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Slaney Valley Community Games
Kildavin, Ardattin, Clonegal, Bunclody area community games
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ATHLETICS COUNTY FINALS
Posted on July 3, 2015 by slaneyvalleycg
The Community Games Athletics County Finals were held in Ardattin on Saturday and Sunday the 20th and 21st of June. There was a fantastic display of fitness, determination and speed from all the competitors. Over 80 children represented Slaney Valley in the various events. The day started off with the parade and the kids looked fantastic in their new jerseys. Thanks to O’Reilly’s Supervalu, Bunclody for their sponsorship. A big cheer went up from the Slaney Valley kids as they were awarded second place in the parade. The races kicked off with the U6 sprints followed by the U8 sprints. Then the fun began with the relays! We are delighted to say that all the hard work paid off and all of our relay teams made it around in style. Niamh Murphy competed in the bike race at lunch time and will now represent Carlow in Athlone in August. The competition heated up in the afternoon with the U 10 & 12 sprints, distance and relays. There was an early start on Sunday morning for the competitors in the javelin and shot putt. Following those competitons the semi finals and u14 competition started. The finals of all the races took part in the afternoon. This has been the most successful year ever for the club in the finals and there are now 28 members from our area heading to Athlone in August to represent Carlow. The Committee of Slaney Valley Community Games and the athletic coaches are very proud of each and every child who took part. The committee are also very grateful to those who contributed to making the weekend the success that it was and such an enjoyable event for all the kids. Medal winners: Boys U6 60M Michael Redmond 4th. Boys U10 100m Ciaran Scott 1st. Boys U10 200m Jake Nolan 4th. Boys U10 Hurdles 60m Max Coulahan 3rd. Girls U12 Long Jump Roisin Mulvihill 2nd, Zoe Coulahan 4th. Boys U14 Hurdles Rory Byrne 1st. Girls U14 Long Jump Emma Mulvihill 1st, Maise Rose Courtney 4th. Girls U14 Javelin Aoife Carroll 3rd. Boys U14 Shot Putt Stephen Carroll 2nd. Girls U14 100m Kayla Nolan 2nd, Laura O’Brien 4th. Girls U14 800m Aoibheann Brennan 2nd. Girls U14 Cycling Niamh Murphy 1st. Girls U16 100m Orna Brophy 100m. Girls U16 200m. Laura Murphy 3rd Riona Byrne 4th. RELAYS: U6 Girls 4th, U6 Boys 3rd, U8 Girls 3rd, U10 Boys 1st, U12 Boys 4th, U14 Girls 1st, U10 Mixed 4th, U13 Mixed 1st, U16 Mixed 1st. Overall Area Results – Slaney Valley 4th. Best of luck to all those heading to Athlone in August.
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Should Businesses Stop Flying to Fight Climate Change?
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Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swede leading the global youth climate crusade, came to New York to speak at the September gathering of the U.N. General Assembly. She arrived from Europe by boat. Thunberg has pledged to never fly on an airplane because of carbon emissions, helping to create a flight shaming movement in Sweden and elsewhere. From Prince Harry to soccer star David Beckham to CEOs planning to attend Davos, people are being asked a tough question: Should we all stop flying?
It’s a reasonable inquiry. If climate change is an existential crisis — and I believe it is — shouldn’t we do everything we can to reduce our carbon footprints? And should businesses that have already committed to climate action lead the way, in part by slashing airplane travel?
The answer here is a definitive “maybe” that depends on a lot of factors. There are good reasons to keep flying — to connect humankind and enlist global cooperation, for instance, even in service of fighting climate change. No matter which way we intuitively lean, we as individuals and in business must make decisions like this consciously and with good data.
Air Travel Matters, But…
Let’s start with a couple of points of context. First, the anti-flying movement is not wrong: Flying takes up a big footprint, both per mile traveled and in total. A single round-trip flight across the U.S. produces about 2 tons of carbon dioxide per person, or roughly 10% of a typical U.S. citizen’s already large annual footprint. Air travel accounts for about 2% to 3% of global emissions, which is not small, and it’s growing fast: The International Air Transport Association projects the number of airline passengers to double over the next 20 years, to over 8 billion annually.
Second, for businesses, travel can be a significant part of a company’s operational footprint, particularly in the services sector (think banks, venture capitalists, law firms, consulting companies, and the like).
So, what do we do? Just stop? That may not be viable. The same goes for just taking other modes of transport, since cars and trains aren’t alternatives for long-haul and intercontinental flights.
The fly-or-no-fly question is the subject of raging debate. In a recent exchange in the climate Twittersphere (yes, that’s a thing), Genevieve Guenther, founder and director of EndClimateSilence.org, tweeted that climate movement leaders have to stop flying.
The climate movement is not going to be effective until its leaders stop flying. I completely believe that.
Information doesn’t change people’s politics.
Social signaling and new norms do. https://t.co/QntrS3Ri1D
— Dr. Genevieve Guenther (@DoctorVive) September 29, 2019
The replies to this tweet were fascinating. Author and clean tech thinker Ramez Naam pointed out that framing climate action mainly as sacrifice was self-defeating: “If the message we give people is ‘To address climate, everyone must stop flying,’ it’s going to be harder to get climate action, not easier.”
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Why I’ll Continue to Fly
I’ve come down in favor of continuing to fly, with some important caveats. Trust me, I’m incredibly concerned about my footprint, and in the past year, my consulting and speaking have taken me to Asia and South America multiple times. It’s not lost on me that I’m urging companies to treat climate change like an emergency while I’m flying 12,000 miles to share that message.
Here are the four main arguments I’ve seen from the climate community and others that support the decision to keep flying for work. (I believe making the choice about personal travel and vacations is another conversation.) I’ve also included some ideas on how businesses can do better to consciously reduce flying to only essential trips.
It’s efficient. There can be symbolic reasons to abstain, and Thunberg’s decision to sail for 15 days to reach the U.S. may make sense in the context of her speech. But on climate change in particular, we have a lot of work to do. Many people need to get around quickly, both for science (it’s hard to take Arctic ice core samples near home) and to reach the most people possible to advocate for change. In the Twitter exchange that followed Guenther’s post, well-known climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe put it succinctly: “I’m 100% convinced I can make more of a difference [flying] than not.”
I’m not, because I’m 100% convinced I can make more of a difference doing it than not. Please reconsider ?
— Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) September 29, 2019
How to do better: We should all lean into the efficiency point and do more with each trip. For example, when a mining company in Brazil asked me to speak to its board of about a dozen people, I asked my client to help me make the trip really count. They set up another meeting at an industry innovation center, where I spoke (for free) to dozens of people from a number of multinational mining companies operating in the region. All businesses should find ways to combine trips and pick locations for meetings that minimize the total distance traveled.
There’s more impact. We’re a face-to-face species. People working on climate change — and really all of us in business trying to make change happen — have to win hearts and minds. That’s hard to do on a screen, especially when you’re trying to connect on a human level with hundreds or thousands in a room at once. I’ve given presentations on high-quality big screens to reduce travel and cost, and while it’s not useless, it’s not the same. When we’re asking people to change their worldviews and dramatically shift how they live and do business, we sometimes need to look them in the eye.
How to do better: Even though being in person matters, it’s not always necessary. Two core dimensions to consider: how well the people gathering know one another and whether it’s an internal or external meeting. When I joined a new board for a U.K.-based organization, I flew to meet everyone. For the second quarterly meeting, I took part via Zoom. In larger companies, internal meetings offer the best opportunities to reduce. So go see clients and partners in person if it makes a difference or perhaps when meeting an internal team for the first time. But for many other meetings? Zoom, Skype, and other remote conferencing platforms are plenty good enough.
There are other drivers of carbon footprint. As scientist Jonathan Foley, executive director of climate research organization Project Drawdown, tweeted, “Why only flying? The same thing could be said for diets. Or using air conditioning. Or having inefficient lighting. Or driving an internal combustion engine?”
Why only flying?
The same thing could be said for diets. Or using air conditioning. Or having inefficient lighting. Or driving an internal combustion engine?
The obsession with flying is a little odd to me, when there are so many ways climate leaders can cut their emissions.
— Dr. Jonathan Foley (@GlobalEcoGuy) September 29, 2019
This is a fair point. I don’t find it as compelling when it comes to the choices we make on an individual level: I’ve avoided meat and poultry for more than 25 years, our house is ultraefficient and has solar panels, and we drive an electric vehicle now (after 13 years of driving only hybrids), but I’m under no illusion that all of that offsets how much I fly. But for organizations, perhaps those not in service sectors, progress in the other areas could help compensate for air travel.
How to do better: Even for service companies, their operational footprints — the parts that have to do with airline travel by employees — are likely dwarfed by the impact of what their businesses actually do. In other words, banks can have some effect on carbon emissions if they limit staff air travel, but they can have a major impact if they shift their lending, financing, and investments away from fossil fuels and toward the clean economy. That will reduce far more carbon than grounding their bankers. Or consider if consulting, legal, and marketing firms exclusively helped companies move toward truly sustainable models. Company leaders should map out the effects of their business across the value chain and then have some hard, heretical conversations about the purpose of the business. Is it helping to build a thriving world?
Eliminating flying is a distraction. The concern here is twofold. First, is this movement like the plastic straws thing — a nice small action, but with minimal impact on total plastic use? Granted, flying is much bigger. But the other part of the argument is that the focus on individual action and sacrifice has been a strategic, multi-decade effort on the part of the go-slow crowd on climate (mostly the fossil fuel industry and anti-environmental think tanks). They’ve told us to recycle more, eat differently, and so on, rather than question their larger actions or how the whole system works. Yes, the collective impact of small choices matter and send market signals. But climate change is the largest systems problem we’ve ever faced. We need big changes like policies that put a price on carbon and incentives for clean technologies to come into play even faster.
How to do better: To fuel action for change, we should enlist corporate buying power to shift how all suppliers, including airlines, move to lower-carbon methods of doing business. As Naam said in his tweeted response to Guenther, “The politically viable path is tech substitution. … Make the airline industry crank emissions down with a path to zero … to drive innovation.” In short, we should work to help the airline industry hit its low-carbon goals. That means pushing for policies that would reduce carbon (such as support for biofuels or short-haul electric planes), as well as those that would make trains more appealing (investment in high-speed rail and smarter city planning) or enhance telepresence tools (5G and broadband for all). Companies must recognize that we won’t effectively tackle climate change through individual or even corporate action alone.
These arguments are compelling and boil down to what one climate-related nongovernmental organization leader said to me: “Since flying is 3% of emissions, I’m OK with contributing to that if I’m working on reducing the other 97%.”
Speaking Face-to-Face Connects Us
I have one final, philosophical point. We face enormous, complicated challenges like climate change, water and resource shortages, and inequality. Unfortunately, right when we need global cooperation on species-threatening issues, we’re in a historic swing toward selfishness and nationalism. To fight that, we must understand one another — face-to-face. We need to see those we don’t normally run into, in part so we can feel one another’s humanity.
We all know how powerful online social networks are, but they’re not the same as being there in the presence of hopeful (or hostile) audiences. So like the flexitarian or reducetarian movements related to meat eating, we all should reduce our flying while fomenting larger changes in the system that we all take part in.
We have to do both.
Andrew Winston is founder of Winston Eco-Strategies and an adviser to multinationals on how they can navigate humanity’s biggest challenges and profit from solving them. He is the coauthor of Green to Gold and the author of The Big Pivot: Radically Practical Strategies for a Hotter, Scarcer, and More Open World . He tweets @andrewwinston.
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Larry Bradley
The deleterious effects to the Climate of Man's activities are not obvious, at least not in the United States. I don't think any new or drastic changes are needed in the U.S., but would love to see some of the well-meaning activists put their energy into influencing changes in "dirty" countries, such as China. So, no, I won't stop flying, especially domestically.
I don't think it's true to say that clean technologies haven't been evaluated on lifecycle impacts. There are regular studies and articles that claim that EVs, for example, aren't cleaner because the embedded carbon in production, the footprint of the battery metals, and the use of carbon fuels from the grid when you plug in. It still is cleaner to drive an EV, but the point is that there have been a large number of analyses of the kinds of questions you're asking. I don't think many clean tech advocates claim there's no impact from these techs; it's about the entire system, holistically as you say, bringing down carbon emissions (so more EVs, plugged into a grid that's increasingly clean will yield a double hit on carbon).
The hyper loop is an interesting idea -- I wonder what the energy use will look like for that mode vs. rail or air...
I can't but agree that a statement "to stop carbon emission we should all stop flying" is all but populist. And I like a balanced and mindful approach outlined in this article.
The only part I am not so much in agreement with is about solars panels and electric vehicles. Both have been a victim of a similar populist hysteria and are not evaluated on the full scale of their impact on environment: rare earth metal mining, carbon fuels burned in US and elsewhere to produce most of electricity, higher share of plastic parts on electric vehicles…
What is missing in all the debate about (undisputed) climate change and environmental impact is a holistic view and ability to agree on holistic action course. If that were to be applied, then we might end up with relying mostly on (scary thought, really) nuclear for electricity generation and the likes of hyper loop for long-distance fast travel (although transatlantic and transpacific would still be a challenge)…
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The Business Page Won't Let Me Add an Admin in Facebook
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If you're managing the social media pages for a business or other type of organization, it can be helpful if you don't have to pull all the weight on your own. By enlisting other marketing professionals or colleagues to share their stories on your business page, you can get the word out about your business in different ways and potentially reach different people. When you make a person an "admin" of your page, he is able to act as a representative of the page and assist in any administrative duties. Adding an individual as an admin is easy if you know the common pitfalls.
The person you're trying to add as an admin for your Facebook page must have a Facebook account, whether it is a personal profile or a business account. Facebook pages are their own entities, and people who administer them are not necessarily visible to people who like the page. If you've entered someone's email address into the "Start typing a name or email" section of the Manage Admins screen located in the Edit Profile section of your page, Facebook will not register that person unless he is already a Facebook member.
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Another source of your problem may be that the person you want to add as an administrator hasn't yet liked the page. For someone to be an admin, he has to like the page first. Just ask the person to navigate to your page and click the "Like" button near the top of the page; then go back and try to add him as an admin.
Once you've entered either the person's Facebook name or email address into the "Start typing a name or email" box in the Manage Admin screen, you have a few more things to do to make sure the person is added as an admin. After you've selected the person and his name appears in the "Start typing a name or email box," click "Save Changes" at the bottom of the screen. This initiates a pop-up window that asks you to confirm your changes. According to Facebook, this keeps your page secure.
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If you know someone has already liked your page, there's one other way to add him as an administrator. This may come in handy if you can't remember the exact profile name or email address of the person you want to add. From your page, click the "like this" link under the number of people who like your page in the left column. This opens a box that shows the people who like your page. Scroll until you find the person you seek or click "See More" near the bottom to see more names. When you find the person you're looking for, click "Make Admin" next to his name and then click "Save Changes" when you're directed to the next page.
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September 15, 2014 March 17, 2020 stellastarlore
Invasion of East Coast Australia – Ngarakbal Githabal Lands
To achieve Civil Rights recognition in 1967, the Ngarakbal Githabal Elders told their stories….some of the stories were ancestral Lore Bootheram, and some of the stories were historical parables about what had happened in the invasion wars….But all of these stories were vitally important in bringing about unity…and through unity, success…
….“The Invasion of the Northern Rivers of NSW by Europeans began in earnest in 1821 when the Penal settlement of Port Macquarie was established on the Hastings River…In later years cedar getters arrived and harvested cedar apart from the Penal Settlement”….N.C. Keates.”Wollumbin”…………..
The ‘accepted history’ books tell us that the Tweed / Gold Coast environs were established in the mid 1840’s….The first Cedar getters [wood cutters] were claimed to have arrived by boat in 1844…commencing the indiscriminate ‘clear fell’ denuding of the Gondwana Super Forest from the Brunswick River, just North of Byron Bay…However, the oral traditions of the indigenous Aboriginal people tell of this lands invasion beginning well before the 1830’s…The first white skinned invaders they say also arrived by sail boat long before Cook claimed the country for the crown…. contrary to the contemporary history presented by Australian authorities the traditional Aboriginal people tell of a prior arrival of the Spanish in the 1500’s coming to Byron Bay……..but, this has been eradicated from the authorised historical records….prior arrival in Australia would nullify the Crowns claim of Terra Nullus as unoccupied lands….and this is not a popular political option…..
The authorised histories also tell us that John Oxley had discovered the entrance of the Tweed River and sailed into the Tweed Caldera on his Northern voyage (1823) scouting for a suitable penal colony location, but the treacherous Tweed bar, the density of the Caldera jungle and the numerous (200+) angry natives was not ‘conducive’ to a fledgling settlement and so he pushed North to Moreton Bay/Brisbane…and here in 1824 they built the northern jail colony – to operate simultaneously to the southern Port Macquarie settlement
Now, both of these penal colonies were established by British soldiers who had served in the Napoleonic wars – mercenaries…..and scrutiny of the authorised academic records, and the more elusive ships logs, shows these invading mercenaries used classic Roman ‘pincer’ strategy to invade the Yoocum Yoocum ancestral lands……Advancing simultaneously from both the northern and southern penal colonies….pushing upriver, into the mountains….the goal was trapping everyone in the middle…thus, the brutal invasion of the Yoocum Yoocum – ‘Bird Tribe’ lands began…..
The northern Invading forces pushed West, South West from Brisbane…And, at the same time, in the South another group of soldier mercenaries were rampaging West, North West, traveling upwards into the mountains, advancing via the southern flows …
1843 by Surveyor Finch recorded one of the first publicly released detailed maps of the area known as Moreton Bay to Port Macquarie…
You can see another similar map from 1842 on this link
The two Rivers they followed were the Northern Logan/Brisbane and the Southern Clarence…These rivers come from the one source – The Condamine Catchment of the Murray Darling River complex – which to the ancestral Yoocum Yoocum moieties is ‘Rainbow Serpent Dreaming’…The mercenary invaders followed the rivers (like roads) to the headwaters…. massacring many along the way….
Thousands of traditional owners fled into the safety of the Tweed Caldera highland escarpments…traditional site of creation lore of the Rainbow Serpent Bootheram [Dreaming]…high volcanic jungle….
satellite image of the Tweed volcano caldera
Carved by the waters…ringed by the rivers…for the traditional peoples fleeing from the terror of (never seen) guns the Tweed Caldera was a strategic point of survival because of its rugged topography…… and blessed with an abundance of resources….a natural fortress…..
Over Twenty [undocumented] years the initial invasion war’s raged in the Yoocum Yoocum lands …and, like the sanitised maps, these years were cleaned from the authorised histories….but, despite the cover-up campaigns, the oral histories of the survivors recount how the invaders continued to come…like invading ants … lusting for land and the red gold of Cedar wood – later followed by the Gold-diggers establishing the first gold fields behind the lush volcanic lands…despite the reprisals of the Traditional people the invaders continued to come………. “Savage Ants” – the oral metaphor for the numbers and ferocity at which they attacked the ancestral peoples…
Here is one account from Mr. Alex Vesper, who was one of the Ngarakbal Githabal Elders that had been removed from his ancestral country and sent to Stony Gully Aboriginal Reserve near Kyogle….Mr Vesper was later sent to Mulli Mulli Aboriginal Station when the Stony Gully Reserve was revoked by the authorities… Along with the other survivors of his people he was given no rights of recognition as a Human being…so, Mr Vesper, with his fellow elders, rallied his people to overcome the divisions that the ‘invaders’ had so skilfully manipulated…bringing all the people together to lobby as one….dropping ‘old grievances’ and working together they brought about the Civil Rights recognition of the people in 1967…These people are heroes that authorities refuse to acknowledge……..Over-coming manipulation, putting aside self-interests and working together for a positive outcome, together….
To achieve their monumental success the Elders told their stories….some of the stories were ancestral Lore, and some of the stories were historical parables about what had happened to their lands, lore and language by succumbing to the divide and conquer mechanism of the invaders manipulations, in the past…..
In the following account, called ‘The Attack on Tabulam’, Mr Alex Vesper relates an historical event about a Mr Ogilvie who was a Squatter that established a sheep grazing station in the ancestral lands of the Yoocum Yoocum ….Now, this is a landscape that had seen many invasions and has had a long history of inter-tribal warfare as a result…
The Squatters, which were exactly as the name implies – illegal occupiers, quickly figured out the inter-tribal dynamics and would manipulate the ancestral tribes – drawing on the ‘Old scores’ – setting one tribe against another …text-book ‘divide and conquer’ mechanisms…the Squatters led the tribes to attack one another – and do so willingly on behalf of the Squatters…unfortunately, little did the ancestral peoples realise what they were being led to do….and so, Mr Vesper told this story to remind everyone to work together during the decade of the Civil Rights campaigns……forget ‘old scores’, stay unified, and succeed
Alex Vesper – in the centre
The Attack at Tabulam – by Mr Alex Vesper
………….”The shooting of the Aborigines in Ogilvie’s time was the beginning of fear in the Aborigine and a terrifying of him which eventually drove him from his tribal life and place. It happened about 1835.
Ogilvie started a grazing station at Baryulgil, and the area of his grazing even came as far as the southerly part of Tabulam. He had sheep grazing on the area, and it was reported to him that his sheep were being killed. He came up to the place where the sheep-killing had been reported. He blamed the aborigines for killing the sheep instead of blaming the dingoes. He got aboriginal and white stockmen from Grafton and they gathered to attack the tribe at Tabulam.
Through the night, they prepared to surround the camp of the aborigines and to attack at dawn to get everybody unawares.
So, when the aborigines at Tabulam knew that they were going to be attacked, they were warned by their divine powers. They also prepared.
They told their women and old men to pack up and go up Rocky Creek to the mountainous country at a place they call Bull-Dog. All the clever-fellers, the Wee-uns, were left with the war-faring aborigines to await the attack.
The clever-fellers, the Wee-uns, said, “We’ll wait until they attack the camp and then we’ll see who has the power. The bullets will not hurt us. We’ll stop them with our magic power.”
So they waited. Of course, the aborigines who were affiliated with Ogilvie thought with delight how they would have the women of the Tabulam men after the camp was attacked. That was the custom of the aborigines, to take such women back to their own camp.
Well, on the morning of the attack, Ogilvie and his stockmen surrounded the camp while it was still dark. The Tabulam aborigines had kept fires going in the camp all night. Apple-wood was the notable wood used, it would burn all night.
Just at dawn the attackers had the camp surrounded. The Tabulam men were painted up, they were painted white, waiting for the attack. They were singing their sacred songs in order to paralyse the gun-power.
At daybreak the attackers sang out to the camp, “Hoy! Hoy!” The white painted aborigines came out of the camp and the attackers had them surrounded with their guns.
Then Ogilvie and his men said, “Will you surrender?”
The Tabulam aborigines said, “We won’t surrender, but if any of us get shot in the legs or arms, we’ll finish you. You’ll pay the penalty.” But Ogilvie and his men pulled out their guns and started firing.
The Tabulam aborigines never flinched. Their sacred songs had paralysed the guns. The bullets were deflected, and half the guns never went off.
The Tabulam aborigines called out, “Look out if you hit any of us, you’ll pay the penalty.”
So, when one of the Tabulam blokes who wasn’t so clever was hit in the arm, he sang out in the language, “I am hit!”
“All right,” said the Tabulam clever-fellers. “That’s good enough.”
Then one of the Wee-uns, the clever-fellers, pulled out a spear and speared the white man, who had shot the Tabulam man, through the heart.
Ogilvie, when he saw this, threw up his arms and cried, “That’s enough! That’ll do now!” He surrendered, and all his mate surrendered.
Then the Tabulam Aborigines sang out, “We Jabilum! We Jabilum!” and stamped on the ground. This meant, “We belong to this place. We are the originals!”
“Hello,” Ogilvie said, “we’re friends now!” And he told his aborigines to make friends. The Tabulam aborigines said that since Ogilvie had surrendered they would make peace.
They buried the man who was speared. Then, afterwards, Ogilvie invited the ‘Jabilum’ men down to Baryulgil. The aborigines explained that the sheep had never been taken by them. They had no need to kill sheep, they had plenty of food of their own, possum, duck, fish, wallabies and yams. They told the white men that it was a bad report that they had been killing the sheep.
And Ogilvie quite admitted, by surrendering and making peace, that he was wrong. And the tomb of the man who was speared is there to this day at Tabulam……”………Mr Alex Vesper – recorded by Roland Robinson in 1966.
The use of parables to illustrate collective visions is nothing new….His-story has used it to grand effect to validate the appropriation of tribal nations globally…
The stories of the Yoocum Yoocum Elders brought about unity, and through that unity recognition….by looking deeply into the strengths and the weaknesses of the people, and moving forward together……..It’s important to remind ourselves that we are all wanting a better world to “grow up the future”……so, here’s a nice reminder of what the future is about….enjoy…
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Categories Cultures, Dreaming Lore - Bootheram, HistoryTags Aboriginal, Aboriginal Feathered Serpent traditions Lores and customs, aboriginal tracker, Alex Cunningham, Alex Vesper, Baryulgil, Billy Brown, Bundjalung, Byron Bay history, Captain James Cook, Casino aboriginal history, Clever- fellers, divide and conquer, Dreaming Lore, Githabal, Githabul, invasion of the northern rivers, Kyogle, kyogle aboriginal history, Kyogle Aborigines, Moreton Bay penal colony, Mr Close, Ogilvie, Port macquarie penal colony, songlines, tribal warfare, Tweed Aboriginal History, Wee-uns, Yoocum Yoocum
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Gawq wants to burst your ‘echo chamber’ with its smarter news app – TechNewHero
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A new startup called Gawq wants to tackle the problem of fake news and the “echo chamber” problem created by social media, where our view of the world is shaped by manipulative algorithms and personalized feeds. Through Gawq’s newly launched mobile news app, it aims to present news from a range of sources, while allowing users to filter between news, opinion, paid content and more, as well as compare sources, check facts and even review the publication’s content for accuracy.
The idea for Gawq comes from Joshua Dziabiak, co-founder and now board member at the now profitable insurance tech startup The Zebra. Dziabiak stepped down from his day-to-day role this March, and founded Gawq shortly after.
“It started as a passion project and then it transformed into a business,” Dziabiak explains. “I wanted to do something that had a larger social impact. And this idea — this problem — has surfaced and been magnified in really big ways over the past year, especially,” he says.
When news is served up through social media channels, people are presented with their own version of reality, as the algorithms begin to filter out the news that doesn’t engage them and show them more of what does. Over time, this system led some publishers to pursue clicks and outrage with over-the-top, sensational headlines, but it also spawned a network of publications that would slant and bias the news in ways that better connected them with an either right or left-leaning audience.
As a result, the media environment overall began to center itself around eyeballs and not necessarily news quality, Dziabiak says. While there is still quality journalism being created, it can sometimes be hard to find among all the noise.
“I believe journalists and content creators need a new measure for success. One that is based on the core ethics of journalism, and not the number of clicks or shares,” Dziabiak notes.
Image Credits: Gawq
The Gawq name is meant to be a reminder of how today’s headlines often scream for our attention. But it misses the mark for an app about news accuracy. At its core, Gawq is a news aggregator where you are not meant to “gawk” at headlines, but actually read and consider the news with a more critical eye.
At launch, the app organizes more than 150 different top media sources of all types and sizes, including those that lean one way or the other. The publishers cover topics like U.S. and world news, politics, sports, business, tech, entertainment, science, lifestyle news and more.
Gawq also organizes the day’s news without using any sort of algorithms or personalization engines, but instead by topic. As you read, you click to compare coverage of the story with other sources to get a better idea of how different outlets are writing about the same topic. With a clever red and blue slider bar at the top of the screen, you can drag your finger over to the red side to see the coverage from right-leaning sources, or you can drag it to the blue side to see the more left-leaning coverage.
The company says it uses data from three different nonprofits that audit media — AllSides, Media Bias Fact Check and Ad Fontes Media — to determine if sources are “right” or “left.”
Just below the slider bar are the related fact checks to the topic at hand, for easy reference.
While Gawq will allow users to toggle some news sources on or off within the app’s settings, it uses language that deters you from doing so by reminding you that it works best when you maintain a “diverse set of media.”
In addition, Gawq introduces a “smart labels” feature to automatically identify and tag non-news — like op-ed’s, sponsored content or even celeb gossip, if you hate that sort of thing. You can toggle these on or off, too, if you want to hide anything that’s not hard news.
Another nice feature — for the news consumer at least, if not the publisher — is that Gawq loads articles by default into a “reader mode” that strips the ads and distractions that tend to fill the pages on news websites these days. You can still click to view the article on the website, if you prefer.
While much of the above is related to how the news is presented to the reader, Gawq’s bigger bet is that it can create a Wikipedia-like community of news reviewers who will rate stories for adherence to journalistic practices. This is a more ambitious and perhaps overly optimistic endeavor.
On every article, users can click a review button that walks them through a short quiz where they’re asked to rate the story’s balance, the details provided and whether the headline was clickbait. Users then add a comment and submit their report. This review process was built off the core ethics of journalism as defined by the Society of Professional Journalists, Dziabiak says.
Likely, only a minority of Gawq users would rate the stories. But over time and with scale, the reviews could help give outlets an accurate rating on news accuracy and their tendencies toward sensationalism, in the eyes of news consumers. That data may have external value, but for now, Gawq’s business model is “TBD,” Dziabiak admits.
The problem Gawq aims to tackle is a difficult one. And arguably, those who need to widen their worldview will be least likely to download a new app to do so. They’re often passive news consumers who have sat back ingesting news (and often, outrage and lies) from ever-personalized social media feeds. They then click on one favorite news TV channel for everything else. But there is a growing number of people who want a more neutral media landscape, and Gawq can help them find it with how it positions news as right, left or centered when comparing sources.
The startup is currently self-funded and has a small team of engineers, mostly working on a contract basis. Gawq has not ruled out future investment, however.
The app is a free download on iOS and Android.
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scenario planning with SRI
Stanford Research Institute have a quasi-commercial consulting arm. William Ralston, the VP of Consulting there, led a workshop in Scenario Planning this morning, using a fictional Telco as a context, and future WiFi opportunities as a problem.
The workshop was a pretty straightforward run through the classic scenario-building process, but could have been a lot more ‘interactive’. It was mostly lecture, where I think the group would have got a lot more out of it if he had run through more exercises. A couple of the attendees, inclduing a guy from Vodafone US and another from Accenture, seemed to be having trouble grasping the whole concept of scenario building, and I think they would have understood betting by doing, not listening… Still, it was a good refresher, and made me determined to set in process a programme of sessions for a few groups at work.
We also discussed one scenario that reminded me of a presentation I once gave on modalities in mobile use. I think it was at a pitch to a UK 3G company a couple of years ago, when they had (misguided) ambitions to develop content. I got into a bit of a spat with their head of location-based services. I was saying that users’ modalities (what they were doing) where more interesting and relevant that an absolute location. He was adamant that location was paramount, and it wasn’t until later that I found out that he used to be in the army. That would explain his preference for abstract co-ordinates over the fuzzier, but more human, ‘modality’ concept…
April 23, 2003 - 2:58 pm Alistair
Sounds interesting. What were the possible reactions by a telco to the WiFi opportunity?
Oh, and the guy at the UK 3G company (army guy), he now heads all of the products at that 3G company.
Should help that modality angle out!
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Making the most of the mobile advertising opportunity
By Heather McLean on January 20, 2014 Location & Ads, Smart News
SPOTLIGHT InMobi's Arun Pattabhiraman, global marketing lead for performance advertising and app developers, on the best way to monetise an app
While the app developer ecosystem is a competitive marketplace, it is one where everyone has an equal chance to succeed. With thousands of apps claiming similar features, the building of a great app is just the beginning; differentiation and momentum are key to success.
Best practices for monetising an app are ever-evolving, with several different models to consider, such as premium/paid for apps, freemium models with in-app purchases (although this model may be under threat from recent regulator rulings), and ad supported models, or a combination of all three.
One of the most successful ways developers can monetise apps is through in-app advertising; Gartner forecasts worldwide mobile advertising revenue will reach $25.5 billion in 2016, up from $9.6 billion in 2012, creating new opportunities for app developers.
The Internet Advertising Bureau's Digital Adspend report found that the mobile share of total ad spend doubled in 2013, growing 127% to £429.2 million in the first half of 2013. There is no sign of this growth slowing down as continual advances in technology make the ecosystem easier for app developers to achieve scale and monetise effectively.
Following these guidelines will help in taking advantage of the massive mobile advertising opportunity available to you. Whether it is updating SDKs, retargeting in-line with new data or using the latest in dynamic ads, these elements will work together for app monetisation to be successful for developers.
Turn insight into action
Understanding user behaviour is vital in creating an effective monetisation strategy, while also ensuring that user experience and loyalty is not lost. Developers can use behavioural insights to optimise the app experience, while ad networks can use it to enhance the relevance of ads shown.
For this to be achievable, developers will need to choose the right tracking and analytics tools that can provide actionable insights to ensure they can monetise and engage users successfully. Valuable insights include user identification, user behaviour (app engagement, in-app purchase behaviour etc,) anonymous user data (demographic information,) and geographical data (latitude /longitude).
Data is only gold dust if you know how to make sense of it and act accordingly by trying and testing different scenarios. The more data that is sent to monetisation platforms the better the chances are of receiving higher return on current and future campaigns.
Ad exposure
We have more power than ever before to gain insight into consumers' intent and behaviour online. As a result, developers are expected to double-up as savvy marketers and use this insight to generate conversions.
Increased data can support more strategic decisions, enabling better targeting and the best timing to show an ad. There is a common misconception that showing more ads will produce more results; exposure at the wrong time can leave users annoyed and frustrated.
Being sensitive to a user's mood when they are in a game can help support the decision of showing an ad selling virtual goods. An example is choosing to up-sell virtual goods when the user loses a particular level and offering options to win and move to the next level.
By fine tuning approaches to different aspects of a game and using available insight captured on users, developers can maximise the click through rate for each ad served in an application and get the most out of an inventory.
Segment inventory effectively
Categorising and segmenting ads correctly is more important than you think. There is always a choice between showing a house ad (which consists of an ad for a virtual product available within the app or for another app owned by the developer) or ads from an ad network or ad exchange. To put this into context, to your premium users, you could show promotional house ads to sell virtual goods instead of showing an ad-network ad. By effectively understanding your audience and the sections within your app where ads perform well, it will be easier to generate higher revenues.
Optimise your ad formats and think bigger
Choosing appropriate ad sizes based on a device while building an app is just as important as the overall user experience as each slot is likely to receive ads of different formats. If you are using the same sizes and formats for tablets as you are for smartphones, you are losing out on revenue opportunities that bigger devices have to offer.
Interstitials, ads that are displayed across the entire screen between various actions within an app, should not be treated as banner ads. In an interstitial ad, it is the developer's responsibility to ensure it loads appropriately, so you must wait for it to load and only show it when it's loaded completely. Not implementing this process correctly can lead to ads not being displayed.
The key is to ensure you pick the ad format that is customized for your audience and is true to your app's core content. Using the right ad frames or custom ad animations that mimic the app's content are found to drive higher click through and revenues.
Respect user privacy
Developers should ensure they are aware of the privacy policies of the ad networks with whom they are working and how they use the shared data. Ensuring that you always encrypt user identifiers before sending them to any server is essential. As a developer, you have a responsibility to ask a user for their permission for any type of data used or sent to an ad network.
For instance, Apple's policy prohibits the usage of latitude and longitude data for use outside your app, such as sending the data for monetisation. Make sure there are accessible opt-out mechanisms in place for users and that the monetisation partners you work with adhere to users' choices; users must not feel exploited or they will walk away.
Don't forget to update
Finally, don't forget to update your software development kits (SDKs). These are optimised for newer platforms and include important upgrades that can improve an app's monetisation potential and will ensure your applications are compliant. Upgrades are worth the time spent as they help add incremental revenue.
It is essential that developers follow best practice, especially on which ad formats they use and when the ads are displayed in order to maximise ROI. App developers also need to consider different models such as paid versus freemium with in-app purchases or a combination of the two.
With it slowly becoming a requirement that developers are also savvy mobile marketers, following these simple tips will give any developer a head start in getting the most from their ads.
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Written By: Ami Jack
Published: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:00 GMT
Tax Update provides you with a round-up of the latest tax developments. Covering matters relevant to individuals, trusts, estates and businesses, it keeps you up-to-date with tax issues that may impact you or your business. If you would like to discuss any aspect in more detail, please speak to your usual Smith & Williamson contact. Alternatively, Ami Jack can introduce you to relevant specialist tax advisors within our firm.
1.1 OECD guidance on tax treaty issues and COVID-19
The OECD has published its analysis of cross-border issues that may arise due to the COVID-19 crisis. The report sets out the OECD’s view of how tax treaties should be interpreted to resolve these issues.
Many governments have imposed quarantine measures or prohibited travel in response to the spread of COVID-19. These restrictions on movement have, in some cases, resulted in individuals carrying out work in a different jurisdiction from their usual place of work.
In the OECD’s view, an employee dislocated to a different jurisdiction from his usual place of employment is unlikely to create a permanent establishment. It notes, however, that there may still be a requirement to register for CT under domestic law in the jurisdiction of the quarantined employee. The OECD also believes that a company’s residence or place of effective management is unlikely to change as a result of senior staff being quarantined in countries other than the jurisdiction of company residence. Attending meetings virtually is a temporary issue and will not usually trigger a different outcome in the tie-breaker residence test in tax treaties.
There may also be uncertainty regarding the taxation of an employee’s salary if he is quarantined in a different jurisdiction from his usual place of work. If a Government subsidises his wage by making a payment to his employer, the OECD believes that the income should be taxable in the jurisdiction where he would work if not for the current restrictions.
The OECD has also taken the view that the current travel restrictions are unlikely to change an individual’s treaty tax residence.
https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/view/?ref=127_127237-vsdagpp2t3&title=OECD-Secretariat-analysis-of-tax-treaties-and-the-impact-of-the-COVID-19-Crisis
1.2 Agent Update 77
The latest edition of Agent Update contains reminders about recent changes to tax law and procedure. It includes changes to processes that have been introduced as a result of the COVID disruption.
Agent Update 77 covers issues such as:
• how to obtain agent authority for a corporate non-resident landlord that has not yet received its CT Unique Taxpayer Reference from HMRC;
• the delay of the off-payroll working reforms to the private sector;
• how to claim refunds of voluntary payments under the loan charge;
• changes to the short-term business visitors special arrangements; and
• how to claim repayment of CT paid under quarterly instalments if a business suffers a reduction in profit due to COVID-19.
It also confirms that HMRC will no longer receive post by fax.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/ 879454/Agent-Update-WT-77_v6_Accessible.pdf
1.3 Stamp taxes newsletter
The April 2020 edition of the stamp taxes newsletter contains a summary of HMRC’s view on recent cases discussing the meaning of ‘residential’ property.
This edition of the newsletter includes reminders on several procedural points, as well as HMRC’s interpretation of recent SDLT cases. The two FTT cases discussed were decided in HMRC’s favour. They both considered the test for whether or not a property comprising of a dwelling and extensive land was wholly ‘residential’. HMRC notes that the test to be used for the nature of a property is not one of reasonable enjoyment, but whether the land is an appendage to the dwelling or a self-standing function.
The newsletter also contains a helpful summary of the recent changes to the SDLT manuals, and changes to procedures during the COVID-19 disruption.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/stamp-taxes-newsletters/stamp-taxes-newsletter-april-2020
1.4 HMRC enquiries
It has been widely reported that HMRC is offering to suspend enquiries into taxpayers’ tax affairs in response to COVID-19.
HMRC is writing to taxpayers under enquiry stating that due to the pandemic, it will not request information or documents during the current lockdown, nor press for responses to requests already made. Some letters state there is a temporary hold on the enquiry. If the taxpayer wishes to continue the enquiry process, they should let HMRC know.
www.businesstelegraph.co.uk/hmrc-suspends-some-tax-investigations-due-to-pandemic/
www.ftadviser.com/your-industry/2020/04/14/hmrc-pauses-investigations-due-to-capacity-issues/
2. Private client
2.1 HMRC amendments to partners’ tax return after partnership enquiry
Two taxpayers have lost their main appeal at the CA, with HMRC’s method of issuing a notice for repayment of an excessive refund held to be lawful. The taxpayers argued unsuccessfully that the notices were invalid as they were effectively closure notices and so should have specifically included the final amount of tax due.
The taxpayers joined a partnership that generated losses. Their claims to set these losses against income of prior years were initially agreed by HMRC, and repayments were issued. Following an enquiry into the partnership tax return, HMRC disallowed the taxpayers’ loss claims.
The taxpayers argued that the notices served on them to repay the excessive tax refunds were ineffective. The primary ground was that the notices issued by HMRC to amend their personal tax returns were effectively closure notices. The notices should therefore have included the final amount of tax due, but they only included details of the reduction to their allowable losses. The CA found that the notices issued to amend individual partners’ tax return following closure of the partnership enquiry are not themselves closure notices and the notices were therefore valid.
The CA did, however, find in favour of one of the taxpayers on one ground of appeal. HMRC had chosen to carry back her loss, rather than claim sideways loss relief. The CA found that this went beyond the scope of the notice and did not therefore give rise to an obligation to pay the tax sought by HMRC.
Amrolia, R (On the Application Of) v HMRC [2020] EWCA Civ 488
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2020/488.html
2.2 Tax residence rules relaxed for COVID-19 workers
The statutory residence test (SRT) rules have been temporarily relaxed for highly-skilled individuals working in the UK on the pandemic response. This is designed to prevent these individuals from compromising their UK tax position while engaged in this work.
The Chancellor has announced that any time spent in the UK by individuals working on COVID-19-related activities will not count towards the residence tests, for a short period. This is predicted to apply to, for example, engineers working on medical equipment and medical staff, though full guidance has not yet been released.
The scheme has only been announced for the period 1 March to 1 June 2020, but the duration will be kept under review.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-temporary-changes-to-the-statutory-residence-test
2.3 CGT 30-day reporting – property disposals
HMRC has published guidance on reporting CGT on UK property disposals. This covers disposals of UK residential property by UK residents under the new rules applying from 6 April 2020. It also covers direct disposals of any UK property or land by non-UK residents under existing rules, although only disposals from 6 April 2020 should be reported using the new form.
HMRC’s new guidance on reporting CGT on UK property disposals includes:
confirmation as to what disposals should be reported using the new form, covering disposals by UK residents and non-residents. The new form cannot currently be used where the individual who disposed of the property has died. Indirect disposals by non-residents also cannot be reported on this form and should still be reported on a NRCGT form;
details of the new authorisation process to allow agents to file a property return on the taxpayer’s behalf; and
details of what is needed to complete the return.
HMRC has separately confirmed that no late filing penalties will apply to late returns submitted by 31 July 2020, although late payment interest will apply. It is not yet completely clear whether or not this concession on penalties only applies to UK residents, or if it could also apply to non-residents.
www.tax.service.gov.uk/capital-gains-tax-uk-property/manage-clients-capital-gains-tax-on-uk-property-account
www.tax.service.gov.uk/capital-gains-tax-uk-property/start/report-pay-capital-gains-tax-uk-property?_ga=2.245893127.2044502986.1586156364-921708348.1578308931
www.tax.org.uk/policy-technical/technical-news/hmrc-produces-cgt-30-days-fact-sheet
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3. Trusts, estates and IHT
3.1 Trust Registration Service records can now be updated online
The online portal for the Trust Registration Service (TRS) has been updated to include the ability for trustees, or their agents, to update a TRS record online.
Almost three years on from the introduction of the TRS, HMRC has upgraded the service to allow trustees to update a trust’s record online. Changes that need to be reported include the retirement or appointment of trustees, and changes to the settlor or beneficiaries.
www.gov.uk/guidance/register-your-clients-trust
www.gov.uk/guidance/manage-your-trusts-registration-service
3.2 COVID-19: Changes to IHT administration at HMRC
HMRC has updated procedures relating to IHT payments and signatures on IHT forms, due to difficulties arising from COVID-19.
HMRC has informed the professional bodies that, due to administrative difficulties caused by the pandemic, some IHT procedures are being changed. The main points are as follows:
IHT payments can no longer be made by cheque;
repayments from HMRC will only be made by bank transfer; and
where an agent is used, printed signatures will be acceptable on IHT forms if a set declaration is supplied with the form.
HMRC notes that further changes may follow.
www.tax.org.uk/policy-technical/technical-news/inheritance-tax-process-changes
4. PAYE and employment
4.1 Impact of COVID-19 on taxing benefits under salary sacrifice schemes
HMRC has confirmed that changes to salary sacrifice arrangements as a result of COVID-19 will not affect transitional arrangements under the optional remuneration arrangement (OpRA) rules.
The OpRA rules came into force in April 2017 and changed the tax treatment of some employee benefits provided through salary sacrifice schemes. Arrangements already in existence were subject to transitional rules until April 2021 unless they were altered before this date. As a result of the COVID disruption, some employees may have altered their salary sacrifice arrangements. HMRC has confirmed that such variations will not cause an arrangement to become subject to the OpRA rules. Transitional relief in these circumstances will continue to apply because the variation is beyond the control of the parties.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/optional-remuneration-arrangements/optional-remuneration-arrangements#employment-income-manual-eim44030---optional-remuneration-arrangements-transitional-provisions
5. Business tax
5.1 HMRC guidance on company residence and COVID-19
HMRC has published its view that a company’s tax residence will not necessarily change as a result of the current travel restrictions. It will take a holistic view to determine residence; a few board meetings held in the UK will not usually result in a company becoming UK tax resident.
The new section of the International Manual sets out HMRC’s position on how the current travel restrictions will affect corporate residence. It confirms that HMRC is ‘very sympathetic’ to the difficulties COVID-19 is causing to companies. Temporarily holding board meetings in the UK will not necessarily be sufficient to move the central management and control of the company to the UK. It also notes that, because of the tie-breaker test in most double taxation treaties, it may be that the company will not be treated as UK resident even if central management and control has moved to the UK.
www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/international-manual/intm120185
6. VAT
6.1 SC refers long-running VAT case to the CJEU
The SC has stayed the proceedings of a case where HMRC denied the refund of input VAT that was considered not to have been paid by the supplier. The lower courts all agreed with HMRC that there could be no recovery of VAT that should have been charged and could not have been considered to be inclusive in the price.
In 2009, the CJEU ruled that where a universal postal provider had individually negotiated postal contracts, these supplies should have been taxable; they were not exempt from VAT. Input tax, which should therefore have been charged by Royal Mail on particular postal contracts, had not been charged, nor had it been paid to HMRC.
In response to the CJEU’s decision, a party to one of the postal contracts attempted to recover from HMRC the VAT that should have been charged. The taxpayer contended that the supplies it received were subject to VAT, so it was entitled to recover that VAT on the basis that the invoices were to be deemed to be VAT inclusive. No VAT invoices had been received by the taxpayer, however, nor had it demonstrated any intention of requesting VAT invoices. HMRC denied the taxpayer’s claim.
The FTT, UT and CA had all dismissed the taxpayer’s appeals, finding that HMRC was correct to deny the recovery of VAT by the taxpayer. The SC has, however, stayed the proceedings and referred four questions to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling on the correct interpretation of the VAT Directive. The referral demonstrates the continued importance of EU law despite the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.
Zipvit Ltd v Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2020] UKSC 15
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2018-0152-judgment.pdf
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Now, more than ever, is the time to resist ‘working from home’. We have long fought a battle over this and have tried to discourage it wherever it has been mentioned. Indeed, even some of our tax colleagues, who really should know better, have, in our view very unwisely, been embracing it, and in the current emergency we are up against it.
Unconvinced? We think you’ll find that the rules for homeworker’s additional household expenses are very clear. Employment income tax relief for homeworking arrangements is given where the employment is ‘at home’. Not ‘from’; ‘at’. There can be no doubt that for tax people at least ‘working at home’ is correct. That’s what we should be doing, where we can, and for which there may even sometimes be some tax relief.
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Master Elements (ME)
Character Components
Talent Bridge
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PERFORMER TALENT
(Also known as Hurting Officer BaZi Profile)
Performer Talent belongs to OUTPUT Character Component, together with Artist, its counterpart.
People with Performer Talent enjoy to be a star of the show and they thrive on the stage, under the spotlight.
Performers are highly creative, ambitious and image orientated people.
Their drive to impress the audience, whether that is just a group of friends or stadium full of fans, is pushing them to look for perfection in everything they do. They are fast learners, and usually street-smart.
Image being of high importance to them, they make sure always to look polished and sophisticated, whether intellectually, creatively or physically.
They are competent and adaptable, always ready for a challenge. Most of the times they are highly energized and motivated, continuously working on personal improvement.
Performers love success, and of course, glamour which comes with it.
On the flip side, they are terrified of failure and being ignored and pushed out of the spotlight. This insecurity sometimes makes Performers shallow, vain and unpredictable. If their ego is hurt, they might react like a drama queen.
They often have too many interests and projects, so they might spread themselves too thin.
Performers are also very argumentative, do not handle authority very well, so they always look for their creative and spiritual freedom. If someone tries to block their creativity, in the form of an overly controlling boss, or excessive and complicated rules, they will protest furiously.
MOTIVATORCOMPETITORARTISTPERFORMERPIONEERDIRECTORWARRIORDIPLOMATPHILOSOPHERANALYZER
CHARACTER TRAITS AND PROFESSIONS
Below are few key character traits and professions which are related to the Performer Talent, accompanied with real-life examples from famous people so that you can get a better idea of its unique characteristics.
THE CENTER OF THE SHOW
Being in the center of attention, presenting an idea or product to a broad audience, or just telling a joke to a group of friends, gives the most thrill to Performers.
A lot of great musicians and actors have strong Performer Talent in their charts, like John Lennon, Amy Winehouse, Eminem, Jim Morrison, Benedict Cumberbatch, Helen Mirren, and Miles Davis, just to name a few.
Performers are also very much attracted by competitive sports which gives them the thrill of being creative and at the center of attention at the same time. Some of the most famous Performers in sports are Kobe Bryant, Lionel Messi, Roger Federer, Tiger Wood, and Zinedine Zidane.
The combination of creative skills and limelight is what drives these individuals to their perfection.
EXTROVERT CREATIVITY
Performer Talent belongs to OUTPUT Component, and its creativity is more of an extrovert nature than the one from the opposite side of the creative spectrum, which is the Artist Talent.
Being out there, in front of people, talking, communicating, presenting, it’s their second nature. Even if their work requires for them to be out of the spotlight for most of the time, once their work is presented, they have to be there, receiving credits for their work, otherwise, they might feel unappreciated.
REBELLION & FREEDOM
Some of the most significant rebels of our time were strong Performers, like John Lennon and Nelson Mandela. When Performer Talent is excessive, it’s very likely that two POWER Talents, Diplomat, and Warrior, are weak, which means that they can control authority, or at least give them a hard time.
For strong Performers, creative and spiritual freedom and freedom of speech are of the utmost importance.
When it comes to politics, Performers act like correctors of the establishment, keeping the balance between people and those in the power position. Whenever you see people demonstrating against the government on the streets, you can be sure that most of their leaders will have strong Performer in their charts.
But if this rebellion goes out of hands, meaning Performer Talent is excessive and unchallenged, it will make them restless and aggressive, refusing to accept any kind and shape of authority. In that case, their ability to rally big masses of people will be significantly reduced and might attract only hardcore anarchists.
Generally speaking, one cannot find many politicians with overly strong Performer Talents, because authority position contradicts their core values, which is freedom without compromises, while politics is pretty much all about compromising.
PERFORMERS ARE MOTIVATED BY:
The need to feel valuable and worthwhile
Being able to perform well
Being effective and efficient
The ability to excel and to be affirmed in excellence
The need to be admired, and to impress others
DEMOTIVATED BY:
Looking like a failure
Sitting around doing nothing
Being overshadowed by others
Having to ask for help
Coming off as simply average
Being caught unprepared
BUSINESS SPORT MUSIC MOVIES / TV POLITICS
Steve Jobs Lionel Messi Jimi Hendrix Nicole Kidman Bill Clinton
George Soros Zinedine Zidane John Lennon Tom Hardy Nelson Mandela
Bill Gates Roger Federer Amy Winehouse Helen Mirren Kim Jong-un
Sergey Brin Tiger Woods David Bowie Julia Dreyfus Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Neymar Nina Simone Leonardo Di Caprio Jimmy Carter
Fernando Alonso Jim Morrison Oprah Winfrey
Kevin Durant Luciano Pavarotti Emma Thompson
Eminem John Cleese
Miles Davis Will Smith
Rihanna Ryan Gosling
These are suitable professions for people with healthy and balanced Performer Talent.
Stage performing
Fashion and interior designer
Character traits of people with balanced Performer Talent.
Presentable
Hard workers
Character traits of people with excessive and out of balance Performer Talent.
Overly critical
Showy
Argumentative
These negative character traits will manifest when Performer Talent is excessive, dominating the entire chart, and mostly in situations when individuals are under enormous pressure or threat.
Fights with authority
Controls husband (women only)
Pressurizing colleagues
Please note that every Talent sways between good, bad and ugly characteristics. It’s unlikely that a person will react ONLY positive or ONLY negative traits. The balance between these two depends a lot on the overall emotional stability of the person.
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What The Net-Results Tracking Beacon Is
How The Tracking Beacon Works
How To Implement the Tracking Beacon On Your Website
Ad Blockers and Their Impact – Sometimes the Beacon Cannot Load
Tracking Beacon overview
The Net-Results tracking beacon is very similar to the Google Analytics tracking beacon in both functionality and implementation. Both are small snippets of javascript that call a larger bit of javascript. This larger bit of javascript does all the work.
At a high level, the Net-Results tracking beacon…
Creates a Net-Results “Contact” for each visitor that arrives at your website
This Contact initially lacks a first name, the last name, an email address and all other personally-identifying information. This is known as an “Anonymous Contact”
Creates a “Visit” in Net-Results for that Contact. It stores the source of the website visit as well as duration and number of web pages viewed during the visit
Makes a record of each page view in that Visit such that you are able to see exactly which pages were viewed by any Contact during any Visit
Makes a record of whether your Contact viewed any YouTube, Wistia, or Vimeo videos that you have embedded on your website, as well as the percentage of the video that was watched
Makes a record of any PDF documents that the visitor may have clicked on while visiting your website
Aids in the display of any Net-Results Forms that you may choose to build within Net-Results and then embed the pages of your website
How does the Net-Results tracking beacon work?
The Net-Results tracking beacon issues a unique ID to each visitor. This unique ID is stored in a “1st party cookie”.
A cookie is a bit of text that web browsers like Google Chrome can store. Despite common misperceptions, cookies cannot discover your email address or other identifying information. A cookie is nothing more than a tiny text file. It has no special powers. In this case, we simply store the unique ID in this text file.
Being a 1st party cookie means that the Net-Results tracking beacon makes no attempt to monitor your website visitors once they have left your website. This is something that 3rd party cookies do. Net-Results does not utilize 3rd party cookies.
Whenever a page is viewed on your website, the Net-Results tracking beacon retrieves the unique ID from the cookie. It then sends data to our servers to be stored. The data sent to Net-Results in this process includes…
the visitor’s unique ID
the URL of the page that was visited
the date and time at which the page view occurred
the URL of the web page that led the visitor to the current page
the IP address reported by the visitor’s web browser
Each of these page views is now associated with the unique ID assigned to that visitor and to the Contact record that now exists in Net-Results. This is the mechanism that allows Net-Results to show you each visitor to your website, how they arrived at your website, and which web pages were viewed by that visitor and for how long.
Net-Results uses the IP address in an effort to discover the city, state/province, and country where your website visitor is located. It can sometimes tell us the name of the company where the visitor works.
If a website visitor, at some point during their visit or during any subsequent visit, submits a Net-Results Form embedded on your website, Net-Results will record the form submission (allowing you to trigger a number of automated actions) and update the Contact record for that visitor. Depending on the fields that your form required, your Contact’s first name, last name, and email address may be populated, for example. The Contact is no longer an “Anonymous Contact” but an “Identified Contact”.
What is the effect on the privacy of website visitors?
The vast majority of your website visitors will not submit a form on your website and will therefore remain anonymous and unidentified.
For those visitors that choose to submit a form, we recommend that you publish and update a privacy policy as needed in which you use plain language to disclose the data gathered and how that data will be used.
Hundreds of thousands of companies utilize technology similar to the Net-Results tracking beacon. In our experience, it’s commonly accepted businesses gather data on the usage of their website to improve marketing and communication efforts.
Implementing the Tracking Beacon
This snippet of code is a small block of javascript that needs inserted into the standard or “included” footer in your website. Companies with 2,000+ webpages have implemented this code in literally 5 minutes!
Where to find the code
Login to your Net-Results account.
Navigate to your “My Account” page by clicking on your email in the upper right hand corner of Net-Results.
At the upper right, you’ll find a section labeled “Your Implementation Code”.
When you hover your mouse over the implementation code, a small “copy” button will appear in the upper right hand corner. Click the button to copy your code.
Where to put the code
Good Question! The line of javascript must be placed within the <body> of each page. If your page employs a standard (or included) footer that’s part of each page (which is super common!), the code can be place just once into that included footer. Because the footer is apart of every page of your website, your implementation code is completed in minutes.
The ideal location to place the code is immediately above the tag at the end of the page, though this is not a requirement.
Check out this video to learn more!
The Technical Details
The Net-Results tracking beacon that you add to your website simply loads a larger bit of javascript from Amazon’s CloudFront content delivery network. The beacon determines whether your page was loaded via http or https, and then loads a file called capture.js from the CDN via the protocol that was used by your website visitor to load your page.
Detecting Whether the Tracking Beacon Has Loaded
When the capture.js file finishes loading, a javascript object named “$__MA” will be present in the page. You may test for its presence like this:
if (window.$__MA !== undefined) { … }
Getting the mauuid (Net-Results Unique Visitor ID)
The $__MA javascript object exposes several methods. One of these methods enables you to retrieve the mauuid which may be the starting point of various API operations.
const mauuId = ($__MA.getVisitorId().v);
A Note of Caution on Timing in Javascript
Javascript does not guarantee that any object will load in a certain order or within a given amount of time. The loading of the Net-Results tracking beacon is subject to DNS lookups, connection latency, the variable nature of the devices loading it (phones, laptops, desktops), the amount and nature of other javascript that may be loading or executing simultaneously…
As such, if writing code that depends on the Net-Results mauuid being present, it is a best practice to leverage javascript’s setInterval() method to “wait” until the $__MA object has finished loading before attempting to perform any operations that depend on its presence…
const id = setInterval(function () {
if (window.$__MA !== undefined) {
clearInterval(id);
if (i === 10) {
console.log('no mauuid, bailing');
}, 30)
Leveraging the Net-Results API
When you have the mauuid for a visitor, you may use it retrieve Net-Results’ unique contact_id associated with that visitor via the Contact::getContactIdByMauuid() API method.
The Net-Results contact_id is the key to retrieving data via the Net-Results API.
Note that any Net-Results Contact may be associated with more than one mauuid as any given mauuid is specific to a particular device and browser, given that they are stored in 1st party cookies.
Ad Blockers and Their Impact
Some ad blockers may prevent the proper loading and execution of the tracking beacon. This can result in some “artifacts” appearing in various parts of the platform.
To be clear, Net-Results has no involvement with ad networks and their ads. We have no relationships with these companies. Net-Results transmits no data to them, nor receives data from them.
Website Visits and Page Views
When the tracking beacon is unable to load, Net-Results is prevented from tracking web page views. For visitors using certain ad blockers, Net-Results is unable to create a Contact record or record website visits and their page views.
An exception is PDF downloads. Since these assets are hosted directly by Net-Results, we are able to track PDF downloads for these visitors.
Form Submission Notifications
Ad blockers do not prevent the loading or submission of any Net-Results Forms you may have embedded in the pages of your website, but they can result in some “odd” looking data.
If an ad blocker prevents the tracking beacon from operating, Net-Results cannot record a website visit nor the page views that occur during that visit.
In the Activity Stream for that Contact, you will see a form submission but no associated website visit, which can be confusing.
If your website visitor submits a Net-Results Form during an untracked visit, the form submission notification, which normally provides details of both the “First Visit” and “This Visit” will display “N/A” (Not Applicable) where the visit details would normally appear.
Email Opens & Clicks
Ad blockers do not prevent Net-Results from tracking email opens and clicks. This is because the Net-Results tracking beacon is not involved in capturing email open and click activity. These activities are captured via another mechanism.
In the Activity Stream for such Contacts, you may see that your email was opened or clicked with no subsequent website visit.
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Gamma Rae's one true love is already dead, and her best friend was demoted to being a glorified janitor after a series of what seemed like strategic crimes against humanity. Most people wouldn't call this winning, but sometimes when you're in the middle of a genocidal war that you started with the ugliest people in the city, you'll take what you can get. Collects PRETTY VIO Gamma Rae's one true love is already dead, and her best friend was demoted to being a glorified janitor after a series of what seemed like strategic crimes against humanity. Most people wouldn't call this winning, but sometimes when you're in the middle of a genocidal war that you started with the ugliest people in the city, you'll take what you can get. Collects PRETTY VIOLENT #7-11
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The most exciting matches of the Rugby World Cup so far
With the 2019 Rugby World Cup now three weeks in, we’re beginning to see the favorites emerge whilst underdogs try and upset the odds to win the World Cup.
byTUT Staff
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With the 2019 Rugby World Cup now three weeks in, we’re beginning to see the favorites emerge whilst underdogs try and upset the odds to win the World Cup. We’ve already witnessed some cracking matches in the first three weeks of the tournament – sumptuous tries, high-quality defensive play, red cards, and late drama. As the tournament heads towards the defining period of the pool stage, let’s take a look back at some of the most exciting matches we’ve seen in the competition thus far.
France 23-21 Argentina, Pool C
Although the World Cup was just a couple of days old at the time, this was a crucial clash in Pool C. With England the heavy favorites to win the group, France and Argentina were both eyeing the second spot. France got off to a flyer, leading 20-3 at half-time thanks to tries from Gael Fickou and Antonie Dupont.
The tide changed in the second half, however, as Los Pumas came out all guns blazing. A driving maul game caused France no end of problems. After tries from Guido Petti Pagadizabal and Julian Montoya were followed by an ice-cool penalty by Benjamin Urdapilleta, Argentina found themselves in front by a single point.
There was to be one more twist in the tale. Camille Lopez’s pin-point drop goal restored France’s advantage, and Les Bleus hung on to claim a crucial victory that would ultimately be key in their progression to the quarter-finals.
Japan 19-12 Ireland, Pool A
Most expected Ireland to face a tough challenge against Japan, but few predicted that the hosts would topple the Pool A favorites. Ireland seemed to have alleviated fears of an upset in the early stages of the match, as tries from Garry Ringrose and Rob Kearney gave Joe Schmidt’s side a 12-3 lead.
But that was to be the extent of Ireland’s scoring in the match, as Japan began to seize control of the game, stifling Ireland’s attack and taking advantage of poor discipline at the breakdown. A series of penalties brought Japan within touch before Kenki Fukuoka scored a try to raise the roof off Shizuoka Stadium and give the hosts the lead. Ireland could not recover and suffered a disappointing defeat, leaving the home fans jumping for joy.
Australia 25-29 Wales, Pool D
This was one of the most highly anticipated matches in the run-up to the tournament – two of world rugby’s best sides going head to head. The match lived up to its billing, as Wales’ rip-roaring start gave them a lead they would never surrender despite intense pressure. Dan Biggar’s first-minute drop goal set the tone before Hadleigh Parkes’ try opened up an early ten-point lead.
Although Australia pulled a try back, Gareth Davies’ lung-busting try gave the Welshmen a 23-8 lead at the interval. The Wallabies rallied in the second half to ensure a thrilling finish to this clash of giants but had left themselves just too much to do in the end, as Warren Gatland’s men hung on to secure a precious victory.
France 23-21 Tonga, Pool C
A strange mirroring of France’s first group game against Argentina, this game proved to be a cracker as well. Again, France started fast, their strong attack showing all their worth in establishing a 17-0 lead with tries from Virimi Vakatawa and Ratu Raka, and a penalty.
However, a Sonatane Takulua tries on the stroke of half-time restored some hope to Tonga, and they went from strength to strength in the second half, with further converted tries from Malietoa Hingano and Zane Kapeli narrowing the gap to just two points. But just like in the match against Argentina, France held their nerve and secured another narrow victory.
All in all, we’ve seen some thrilling contests so far in this Rugby World Cup, and some scintillating tries, fine attacking maneuvers, and hard-hitting tackles. All evidence suggests that there are more rip-roaring matches to come in the rest of the pool stage and in the knockout rounds. Who will lift the trophy on the 2nd November is still anyone’s guess, but you can bet there will be plenty more thrills along the way.
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ayokay’s latest offering featuring Baker Grace is an upbeat breakup song with production that directly opposes its message, giving off a similar vibe to Lily Allen’s Smile. Needless to say, this song is far more modern. It’s an endlessly catchy, feel-good summer song that’s tailor-made for a driving with the music on blast and all the windows down. It may only be Tuesday, but when you listen to this it’s going to feel like your weekend is starting early. You’re welcome!
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If you haven’t heard of Ella Vos, pay attention. The singer enjoyed a decent amount of exposure with her song White Noise, which was remixed by a few people, including R3hab. Other equally amazing (if not better) songs of hers include Down In Flames and You Don’t Know About Me, both of which are faster-paced with hollow percussion and modern production. In Your Corner is the perfect complement to the sassy lyrics and punchy beats on her other songs. It starts out slow and simple, but the chorus kicks in with layers of her voice and the instrumental, and the result is stunning. Put this one on repeat, and get ready to float away.
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Billie Eilish hit it big with single Ocean Eyes, and fans of the her ethereal voice and futuristic production have been waiting with bated breath for every single she’s released since. Those fans (myself included) are lucky, because Billie recently released dont smile at me, a three-song package featuring COPYCAT, watch, and idontwannabeyouanymore. All three songs are worth listening to on repeat – they’re incredible. COPYCAT is the standout, though. It’s a far cry from her previous work, and the deep, bass-heavy instrumental contrasts perfectly with her light voice floating over it. With lyrics like “Call me calloused, call me cold, you’re italic, I’m in bold,” Billie is making an statement that she’s here, and she’s not going anywhere.
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I like me better when I’m listening to Lauv. 😉 Lauv is the king of the feels song. Just give The Other or The Story Never Ends a whirl, and you’re sure to be melting into a puddle of tears within a minute. That’s part of what sets I Like Me Better apart, though. This upbeat love song proves that Lauv isn’t a one-trick pony. Just try not to break out into a little dance during the bouncy chorus. Fresh off his first headlining tour, let’s hope this promising artist is getting back into the studio to deliver us more songs soon!
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Let’s take a moment to appreciate how far Flyboy has come in the past two years. This Italian producer has progressed from creating super catchy remixes like this one of Fast Car, and this one of Run With Me, to releasing his own original songs. Maze, featuring frequent collaborator Gavrielle, and Jake Newton, is the perfect laid back summer jam. Keep an eye on this one, big things are coming.
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More vibes coming soon. Switching things up a little… More genres will be covered moving forward, and since Soundcloud is (supposedly) on its way out, I’m going to try to incorporate more Spotify links so that the artists get their streams everywhere. ❤ Happy to be back!
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Kaskade released his new single, Never Sleep Alone, on Soundcloud today, along with remixes from AC Slater, Louis the Child, and CID. Though all of the remixes are good, the Louis the Child remix is the standout, thanks to their unique sound. Louis the Child never disappoints, and where the other remixes (and original) sound a lot like other music being produced, the Louis the Child remix manages not to. Runner up goes to AC Slater. Check out Kaskade’s playlist, featuring the original plus all remixes here. Give Louis the Child a follow here, and be sure to listen to the rest of their remixes. You won’t regret it.
New Luca Lush is always a beautiful thing. Some argue that Flume inspired the overabundance of the synth-heavy future bass sound in music being released, and Luca Lush is one of those artists who transcends the usual sound associated with the genre. It’s fitting that he does so with a Flume song. This remix is mind-bending, and a testament to Luca Lush’s incredible production skills. As one commenter already said, he always pushes the boundaries, and this song is no exception. Follow him here, get the free DL here, and be sure to listen to it on something that has great sound quality, because this remix deserves it.
Santa Barbara-based Choice absolutely killed it with this official remix for FMLYBND’s Young Wild. His remix is perfectly balanced between synth heavy drops, great builds, and layers of vocals and percussion. Get it on iTunes here, and be sure to follow Choice on SoundCloud here.
While the original of this song is undeniably catchy – it’s Bieber and Jack Ü, and pretty basic. Enter Papermind’s remix of Ember Island’s cover. It’s killer. Sometimes, over-straining on the vocal, a la Bieber, really takes away from the meaning behind the words. Similarly, when there’s real meaning behind the words, subtle production is more effective. That’s the case here, and Papermind’s ambient, beautiful remix is reminiscent of Deadmau5 circa ’09, with modern elements. Check out the original song here, and Ember Island’s cover here for comparison. Also, don’t forget to take advantage of the free DL of this remix here 🙂
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Dr. Williams-Witherspoon's class connects with local schools & the DEA
Interview with Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon
Phila Inquirer Highlights Audition Prep Class
Actors go on auditions all the time, but they rarely receive the critical but nurturing feedback that they hear in Jennie Eisenhower's "Musical Theater: Dress Rehearsal" class.
Eisenhower brings in casting directors and other professionals from around the city throughout the semester. Her students receive real-world audition experiences in the classroom along with valuable observations and assessments to help them prepare for life after college.
LA Study Away Moves to Hollywood
We are delighted to announce that the Summer 2015 class is inaugurating our new space at Raleigh Studios! Under the stewardship of Karin Chien and Amy Olk, Temple University's Film and Media Arts department LA Study Away Program has relocated its office and classrooms to the heart of Hollywood in one of the oldest independent studios in Los Angeles. Historic Raleigh Studios was home to stars including Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks; Walt Disney came everyday to his writing office.
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Guadeloupe:
Court Rules in Case of High School Militants
The following article was translated from the April 25 issue of Combat Ouvrier (Workers Fight), the paper of comrades in Guadeloupe and Martinique, two islands that are French overseas departments in the Caribbean. It reports on the current status of charges against two young militants who protested a series of incidents and injustices against students.
On April 21, the courts handed down sentences for two Combat Ouvrier comrades, who produced the journal Rebelle! Sony Laguerre was accused of knocking down a cop. Sony’s charge was dismissed. Raphael Cece, accused of having threatened the police, was given two months on probation, with a fine of 500 euros. Raphael is making an appeal to a higher court.
Once again, there were a lot of police present in the court and they tried a bunch of provocations to create an incident.
In reality, this whole business should never have taken place. It grew out of some pieces written in the student journal Rebelle! which embarrassed the high school administration, the judiciary system and the police. The articles talked about a series of grave injustices against the students. No one could debate the facts cited by the journal. It especially drew attention to the sexual harassment of a number of young women.
So what Sony and Raphael were reproached for was the mocking tone they took in their journal, which became an example for other young people. The school administration was afraid the youth might revolt.
The judgement given was really successful thanks to the mobilization. In the first court proceeding, Raphael was sentenced to five months in prison with probation and Sony sentenced to eight months with big fines. Next will come an appeals court and we will see the judgment made concerning Raphael. The mobilization will continue.
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Hillary Clinton’s New UNPAID Job
Need more proof that (1) Hillary Clinton can’t get a real job, and (2) the Clintons are officially nobodies?
How about this announcement that Hillary Clinton will be the new chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland. Before you get too excited, understand this job is merely symbolic. Put another way, there is no salary.
And as pay-for-play goes, you get what you pay for.
The university issued a statement announcing Clinton’s appointment on Wednesday. The announcement featured a photo of Clinton wearing graduation robes in the school’s colors — red, blue, and pink. The photo was taken when Queens University Belfast gave Clinton an honorary doctorate back in October of 2018.
What is Clinton’s unpaid role?
The role is for five years, likely the amount of time Clinton may serve once we know a few more details about her family’s crooked foundation. But if Clinton manages to stay out of prison her role is as follows, according to a tweet by the university
1. Presiding at degree congregations
2. Ambassador
3. Advisor, available to the @QUBVChancellor and senior management as a sounding board and to provide counsel and guidance
A far cry from authorizing hits on those who would dare buck the Clintons or get in the way of the family’s ambitions.
The school’s real chancellor, Stephen Prenter commented:
“I am delighted that Queen’s has chosen Hillary Clinton to be its new Chancellor. Secretary Clinton has made a considerable contribution to Northern Ireland and as an internationally recognised leader will be an incredible advocate for Queen’s and an inspirational role model for the Queen’s community”.
I think Prenter meant, “internationally recognised LOSER”.
I’m curious about what Hillary Clinton would have garnered if she still had political clout. I mean are the Clinton’s so starved for recognition she would take a job paying nothing?
How long before this university removes Clinton from this role. Vegas odds can’t be good for Clinton lasting in this role. After all, she will soon be in prison for her shenanigans.
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Farron expresses dismay at Government plans to pass disease costs onto farmers
Government plans to charge livestock farmers for dealing with animal disease will heap more financial pressure on farmers according to Liberal Democrat Defra Spokesperson Tim Farron, who has expressed his dismay at the proposals set out by the Government yesterday in their draft Animal Health Bill.
At the moment it costs the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) £44 million every year to prevent animal disease and prepare for outbreaks. However, a new consultation suggests farmers pay half through a new tax on livestock. The £22m would be raised by putting a levy on different animals, from £4.80 for a dairy cow to 4p for a chicken.
Mr Farron has condemned the Government's decision to "pass the buck" on to farmers as reckless and has warned that further attempts to increase industry contributions for disease prevention will only cause further damage to the industry.
Commenting Mr Farron said:
"The Government wouldn't ask communities affected by swine flu to pay to cover the cost, so it's completely unfair that farmers are being forced to pick up the tab.
"The Government's decision to pass the buck is a disgrace. It's grossly unfair for ministers to make livestock farmers pay, given the 2007 Foot and Mouth outbreak came from Government-licensed premises.
"Farmers understand the need to protect public health. But in the current economic climate there can be no justification for shifting the cost to livestock farmers."
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Shashua-Friedman Chat: AI Is Both ‘Miraculous’ and ‘Dangerous’
In an often jovial chat about the future of artificial intelligence (AI), presented Wednesday at...
In an often jovial chat about the future of artificial intelligence (AI), presented Wednesday at the “virtual” 2021 CES, Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua and New York Times pundit Thomas Friedman reached agreement that before “super-intelligent” computers get smarter than people, the machines must somehow be infused with some of the “common sense” values of their flesh-and-blood inventors.
A failure to find this man/machine common ground could be, said Shashua, “a catastrophe.”
It seemed no coincidence that Shashua returned several times to the term “science fiction,” as he described the potential of AI, because speculative writers from Karel Čapek to Arthur C. Clarke and Philip K. Dick have warned readers and scientists for a century about the peril of malevolent robotic minds taking charge over human destiny.
Shashua offered an example both lighthearted and ominous of a “very sophisticated software agent powered by AI” designed to make people happier. Ashua speculated that the AI program “can figure out that if you lower people’s IQ, they tend to be less worried and may become happier.”
He continued, “This is something we did not anticipate as engineers when we programmed this AI and it’s not something that would be evident quickly. It could take decades until people’s IQ got lower… Over time, people would get dumber and dumber and dumber until we understood that this AI, which had good intentions — look, what a catastrophe.”
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Shashua is, of course, a prominent AI advocate whose company Mobileye, is a global leader in intelligent automotive sensing systems. Friedman described his adventure in a Mobileye-equipped autonomous vehicle (AV) conducted by Shashua in the winding streets of Jerusalem, “where there are no two parallel streets… hills, hairpins, donkeys, camels, Jews, Arabs, rabbis.” Friedman enthused that Mobileye’s AV navigated this maze unscathed. He went on to explain how its sensor technology required a “complex adaptive coalition” among the machine and its human constituencies.
The machines figured out how to keep their human masters happy in the Pixar film “Wall-E.”
Mobileye, said Friedman, “actually convened an ecosystem of Volkswagen, their car supplier, the rabbis who run Jerusalem and the Israeli Ministry of Transportation. All together, as an ecosystem, they developed an insurance protocol for self-driving.”
Stretching their conversation beyond autonomous driving, Shashua and Friedman explored the imminent challenges faced by technologists, consumers and government regulators as AI systems become both more pervasive and complicated.
To characterize the swift progress of artificial intelligence, Friedman offered as an analogy the difference between classic and quantum computing, noting that AI today falls in the classic category. “Classic computing is like flipping a quarter,” said Friedman. “Zero-one, heads-or-tails. If you can flip a coin a billion times on a transistor, you’ve got compute and storage. Quantum computing is more like spinning a quarter. It can be in multiple states at the same time.”
Shashua augmented this insight by noting that the first level of comprehension in artificial intelligence was pattern recognition, a fairly basic skill. A much harder challenge is language. But Shashua said this breakthrough — machines that can read, write and tell stories — is imminent.
“This is not science fiction. In the past two years, there have been leaps in language understanding,” said Shashua. “In the next couple of years, five years at the most, I can see computers understanding text, passing reading comprehension tests. High-school reading comprehension tests are very complicated, no computer can pass it. But in two years, I believe it will.”
Shashua posited a “conversation” with a computer that reads, writes and can research exhaustively about the pros and cons of taking the Covid-19 vaccines, advising him about whether to get the shot and which vaccine variety is best for him.
The next leap in sheer computing power in AI is what Shashua and Friedman referred to as “AGI” — artificial general intelligence — a technology that uses “brute force” computing on a scale so massive that it can graduate from mimicking human behavior and tactics to conceiving its own solutions without reference to human precedent. Shashua referred to this “super-intelligence” as both “miraculous” and “dangerous.”
In a more practical vein, Friedman directed the dialog to what he called the emergence of “dual use” technology, powered by AI, and posing what he called “one of the big geopolitical and political issues in the world we’re going into.”
Friedman offered a homespun illustration. “Now, in a fast, fused, deep world, where you’ve got this acceleration in software and chip technology, everything is dual use. My toaster is dual use. If my toaster is talking to my refrigerator and I can install my toaster and refrigerator in your country’s kitchen, I can listen to you. So when we start putting intelligence into everything, everything becomes dual use. We’ve seen that in a lot of the tension between America and other countries around the world. If I sell Russia or China or any other country chips or software, how do I control the use of that?”
Friedman concluded, “Suddenly, we come back to that values question. Are we going to have healthy interdependencies or unhealthy interdependencies?”
The speakers applied this question not only to relationships among nations but the relationship between humans and their increasingly intelligent — and possibly independent — machines.
Friedman said that what Shashua calls an increasingly complicated “flat world” has few comparisons for its sheer, bewildering complexity. “The complexity of the globe today is much more mirroring the complexity of Mother nature,” said Friedman, “When climate changes, which ecosystems survive? Those that are built on complex adaptive systems.”
He said, “In human societies, those communities, countries, businesses — like Mobileye did with your coalition — that build complex adaptive coalitions to manage this change will be the ones that are going to thrive in the 21st century. And we learned that from Darwin.”
Friedman concluded by citing a global coronavirus pandemic that forced cancellation of the annual in-person CES. “With Covid-19, we’re not up against another country,” he noted. “We’re up against Mother Nature. Who does Mother nature reward? Not the smartest. Not the strongest, but the most adaptive.”
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Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a…
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A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
This morning they were playing ping-pong in the hospital rec room. Now they’re lost in New York and framed for murder. This was never covered in group therapy.
Turner & Hooch
Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some ‘real’ cases—not just misdemeanors. When Amos Reed is murdered,…
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Dr. Louis Creed’s family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the…
Bobby Kellar has a crush on Lainie Diamond, girlfriend of school jerk Joel. Coleman is working on an experiment which will help him move into a place where Dreams are…
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The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into…
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The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want…
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Teen Witch
Louise is not very popular at her highschool. Then she learns that she’s descended from the witches of Salem and has inherited their powers. At first she uses them to…
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Romance
This heart wrenching drama is about a beauty shop, in Louisana owned by Truvy, and the tragedies of all of her clients.
Dead Calm
An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with…
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000…
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him…
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
In the sixties, Eddie and the cruisers was the hottest band around. But the tragic death of its lead singer broke the band up. Only Eddie is not dead. He…
Genre: Drama, Music, Thriller
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot but…
A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.
Mollie is a single working mother who’s out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it…
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the ‘black sheep’ of the family, the…
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
A Marine patrol stops at Firebase Gloria at the start of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam war. With the firebase attacked, the patrol remains to help defend it. The…
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Gleaming the Cube
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Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do have going…
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A Grand Day Out
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At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain…
Toulon, a puppet maker, discovers an ancient Egyptian potion and uses it to bring his creations to life. His puppets become murderous little demons and escape. Distraught, the master takes…
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When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he…
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Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot,…
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Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket…
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The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as…
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Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret that may not only…
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A warlock flees from the 17th to the 20th century, with a witch-hunter in hot pursuit. A Warlock is taken captive in Boston, Massachusetts in 1691 by a witch-hunter Giles…
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Around the Web, Ontario
Ontario Government’s actions threaten the protection of endangered species
Polar Bears are listed as a threatened species, likely to become endangered if no steps are taken, says ECO. (Image via Wikipedia)
Toronto – In a special report to the legislature, Laying Siege to the Last Line of Defence, Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner warns that new regulation changes under the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA) threaten the protection of the province’s species at risk.
The ESA prohibits the harming, harassing or killing of endangered and threatened species, or the destruction of their habitat.
Now, the regulation exempts proponents of many activities from the requirement to have a permit before they harm endangered species or their habitats; instead, they only need to follow rules set out in the new regulations.
“By eliminating the permit process, the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has shed its ability to say ‘no’ to a proposed activity, no matter how harmful it may be to an imperilled species,” says Commissioner Miller. “And since proponents don’t have to file any monitoring reports with the ministry, MNR will be blind to the effectiveness of its new rules.”
The Environmental Commissioner says that MNR has been evading its responsibilities since the ESA came into effect in 2008. “The Ministry had five years to ensure that 155 recovery plans were completed for species at risk,” he says, “but nearly half of them have been delayed, often with dubious explanations. Rather than doing its job, MNR brought forward new regulations that strike at the very heart of the law.”
The Environmental Commissioner says the public has lost its rights as well. “Proposals to harm endangered species or their habitats will no longer show up on the Environmental Registry, so the public won’t have any ability to know or comment,” he explains. When MNR posted its proposal to change species protection in Ontario, more than 10,000 Ontarians responded.
Miller says Ontario’s efforts to protect species at risk must be guided by three core principles: the MNR must actually take responsibility for improving the protection of species at risk; decisions should ultimately lead to the recovery of species; and MNR must genuinely engage the public.
“MNR’s regulatory amendments fail on all accounts,” says Miller, “and undermine what the Ontario legislature set out in law.”
New rules threaten protection of endangered species in Ontario, watchdog says
New rules threaten endangered species: watchdog report
New rules threaten protection of endangered species in Ontario, environmental watchdog says
Delays and backsliding on biodiversity and species at risk conservation
And now, a word from EcoJustice
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Best Film and Television of 2020
by George Weston | Dec 31, 2020 | Entertainment, Newsletter, Reviews
Minor Spoilers Ahead for Film and Television Shows of 2020 To say that 2020 might not have been the best year is a huge understatement. The coronavirus hit and every country around the world was and is still being affected. The coronavirus has cost nearly two million...
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The Indy Review
The Four Pillars: Listen, Read, Think, Write
Top Albums of 2018
b.liebman December 19, 2018 December 19, 2018 All The Lists, Notes from the Writers
And so we have reached the end of this long, crazy year. While there continues to be talk of how the traditional album is dying, we here at The Indy Review continued to find great examples to the contrary.
What makes a great album? I would say it’s the cohesiveness of the vision, the strength of the individual songs, the originality of the sound, and the message the artist gets across through their storytelling. Each person has their reasons for loving an album, and below, we give our picks and reasons for what we considered this year’s best full-length albums. (A Note: we track the year starting with December of the previous year, so releases from Dec 2017 – Nov 2018).
TOP ALBUMS OF 2018:
Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer (Bo)
In a world without Prince, we can all be thankful we have Janelle Monáe. Like the Purple One, Monáe seamlessly melds rap, R&B, pop, and rock with a masterfulness that is unseen in the current music industry, and her skills shine through on Dirty Computer. From the opening track, backed with Beach Boys-styled harmonies (courtesy of Brian Wilson himself), it’s clear that the album is going to be something fresh. Wilson’s group famously wrote about songs about pure teen Americana, girls, cars, and parties, and on “Crazy, Classic Life”, Monáe revitalizes this formula with a perfectly modern sheen that reflects on our current times. Monae tackles being a black, pansexual woman in America throughout this opus, but always keeps the lyrics and musical totally accessible. Whether it’s the lascivious bubblegum of “Screwed” or the sharp topical rap on “Django Jane”, every song has character, a message, and stands on its own merits while never feeling out of place on the album. It’s monument to modern music, and is one that will hold up for generations to come.
The Vernes – Maybe I’ll Feel Better When I’m Dead (Jerrod)
These guys are early in their careers. But their sophomore album is dialed in- tight in its production, headstrong in its intent, and confident in its message. It won’t blow your socks off with its musicianship or leave you in awe at the creativity of it lyrics. Instead, it is just so consistent, so solid from end to end. Moving between loud and quiet or whispered and shouted, it adds enough variety but doesn’t deviate from its themes. I can sit and listen end to end and when it’s done I wish there were a couple more tracks. They are a small indie outfit from Philadelphia who haven’t quite finished the jump into the mainstream but I wait to see what happens. I think Matthew Graggs’s voice has a haunting element to it that sticks with you and the band’s instrumentation compliments his singing perfectly leaving empty space or filling the air with reverb as needed. So many bands have had as much talent or more and failed so ultimately I think it will come down to luck if they make it big. But if/when that happens this album will be cited as the catalyst that started the reaction.
XYZ – Artificial Flavoring (Cesar)
First off, do not confuse this “XYZ” with the ‘80s hair-metal “XYZ”. The two cannot be more different from each other.
This 2-person outfit is made up of American, Ian Svenonius (from the short-lived but amazing punk band, Nation of Ulysses, the great garage band, The Make-Up, and many more) and Frenchman, Memphis Electronic (from NON!, Dum Dum Boys, and Die Idiots). Together they make barebones music that immediately conjures up images of tiny, sweaty underground dance clubs. With simple but hard driving drum machines propelling each song along with the fuzzy electric guitars and the synth providing the perfect base for Ian’s impossibly cool vocals. This might be a one-off side project, but it’s immediacy and fun makes this the best new record 2018 in this reviewer’s opinion.
REMAINING TOP 10 (Bo):
2. U2 – Songs of Experience
U2 have not had the best last decade. Bono suffered a serious run-in with death, receive less radio play, and their albums have met with disregard (No Line on the Horizon) or outright scorn (Songs of Innocence) – though the latter was more due to the method of distribution more than the actual music. And that may be at the heart of the issue – people have spent more time paying attention to the band as a brand or a representation of Bono’s oversized personality than actually listening to their music. With Songs of Experience, the Irish rockers flip the script and have returned the focus to what they are – amazing musicians and songwriters. Throughout this collection, it feels like U2 have got their groove back, whether it be hard rockers (“American Soul”, “The Blackout”), danceable new wave (“Red Flag Day”, “The Showman”) or the big anthemic ballads they do better than anyone else (“You’re the Best Thing About Me”, “Landlady”). The songs both hearken to the band’s classic songs while sound completely part of 2018. The lyrics at times touch on the political climate, but with the right amount of attitude to wash over any preachiness. It’s simply the best U2 album since All That You Can’t Leave Behind. If you’re one of the people who wrote off U2 after that album, now is the time to revisit them.
3. Ben Howard – Noonday Dream
With his third full length album, Ben Howard has continued his evolution from an adept pop rock songwriter to a composer of complex, moody and atmospheric musical tapestries that flow and breathe. While this all sounds very elitist and artsy, it needs be said that Howard does all of this without abandoning gorgeous melodies that ruminate in your head for weeks to follow. The melancholy highlight “Nica Libres at Dusk” emotes longing through a dreamy haze, “Towing the Line” drifts elegiacally like an indie folk sea ballad…I could go on touting the majesty of each track. This album is truly mean to be a headphone journey, to be listened to closely in a quiet room while you lay back and let each song breach your defenses and take you away into Howard’s world.
4. Dessa – Chime
Dessa is a true multi hyphenate – a rapper, singer, composer…the list goes on. On Chime, she has all of these talents on display, and creates an album that leaves you wanting more. Chime is possibly her most diverse album to date as well, with laments on loss ( the moving “Good Grief”), bangers (“Fire Drills”, “5 Out of 6”), and even a straight-up pop (“Half of You”) – and it’s excellent throughout. While she’s yet to reach the full mainstream, the mainstream knows she’s where it’s at – Lin Manuel Miranda chose her for the Hamilton Mixtape and also included her on his Puerto Rico benefit song, and you certainly can’t argue with that man’s taste!
5. Darlingside – Extralife
One of the best discoveries of this year, Darlingside craft songs enriched by perfect folk harmonies that imbue everything they touch with an extra warmth and depth. Drawing influences from The Byrds to the Beach Boys, the group boast pitch-perfect harmonies that shine even on the simplest tracks. Unlike similar groups, the songs on Extralife won’t put you to sleep. The soul and advanced musicianship on tracks like “Singularity” feel like the soundtrack to a hero’s journey, while “Indian Orchard Road” invokes the nostalgia and warmth of an east coast autumn day. “Futures” vibes like Simon & Garfunkel, while “Eschaton” mixes electronic touches in with the folk for a sound that is entirely Darlingside‘s. This is a group to watch.
6. Brian Fallon – Sleepwalkers
Brian Fallon has spent most of his music career escaping comparisons to his influences, and on his second solo album, he successfully comes into his own, making music that sounds wholly his own. Fallon’s songwriting remains ever strong, writing upbeat rockers about death (“Forget Me Not”) and mournful love songs (“Watson”) that grow stronger on repeated listens. He also branches out musically, incorporating 80’s influences and ska riffs (“Come Wander With Me”), all the while continuing to elevate his storytelling lyricism (“Yes, and you always believed there was some kind of diamond in me/Oh but if you still burn every night in the hurt/I know a place where the pain doesn’t reach”). Fallon isn’t quite at the level of his musical heroes like Springsteen, Knopfler or Strummer yet, but with albums like Sleepwalkers, he’s certainly on his way.
7. The Coup – Sorry to Bother You
An incredibly original and provocative movie like Sorry to Bother You deserves an equally incredible soundtrack, and the director Boots Riley’s rap group The Coup delivered, with a little help from Tune-Yards, Janelle Monáe, Killer Mike and others. Riley’s lyrics are sharp, smart and clever throughout, rewarding multiple listens, and like the film, the album’s tone runs the gamut without feeling like a mixtape. Whether it’s hard riff-rap on opener “OYAHYTT”, the addictive party anthem “Hey Saturday Night”, or the unsettling trance rap of “Monsoon”, each track feels like it naturally fits onto the album as well as it fits into the wildly unique film.
8. Dirty Projectors – Lamp Lit Prose
I never responded to strongly to the Dirty Projectors until listening to 2018’s Lamp Lit Prose. Finding a balance between their quirkier indie tendencies and sticky, afropop melodies and pop hooks, the album twists and bends in crafty ways that keep it fascinating throughout. The warbling electronic noises on “Break-Thru” create an almost-danceable groove, while lead single “It’s a Lifestyle” embraces a wistfulness that you will feel though may not understand. The group’s lyrics are certainly still esoteric, but like a masterful art film, the meaning and emotion imbued within it still connect
9. Tony Molina – Kill the Lights
Tony Molina began his career in the hardcore scene, where he showed an incredible knack for writing 2 minute punk ragers that never overstayed their welcome. While the length of Molina’s songs hasn’t changed, Kill the Lights show an incredible growth and evolution as a songwriter. Molina has traded in his Black Flag influence for The Byrds, The Beatles and The Beach Boys. The songs here shimmer with jangling guitars and lilting indie rock vocals, weaving melancholy and hopefulness through every lovely song. Each track leaves you wanting more, making repeat listens a must as you try to absorb the nuanced musical touches and thoughtful lyrical prose.
10. The English Beat – Here We Go Love
No one gets to say ska is dead as long as albums like Here We Go Love keep getting made. The English Beat, featuring Dave Wakeling, sail through the songs on their latest album like Elvis Costello on a sugar buzz. The music pops, the vocals are silky smooth, and through all of the fun, skank-ready rhythms, the lyrics aren’t afraid to touch upon weightier topics (see the excellent “If Killing Worked”). That’s not to say some of the songs on here aren’t meant for pure fun; the title track is all about the party, and with the rest of the album, is one you’ll want to throw on when you need a glorious pick-me-up from our rough world.
Albert Hammond Jr. – Francis Trouble
American Aquarium – Things Change
Family of the Year – Goodbye Sunshine, Hello Nighttime
Fat Tony – 10,000 Hours
Femi Kuti – One People One World
George Ezra – Staying at Tamara’s
Imarhan – Temet
Miguel – War & Leisure
Nathan Gray – Feral Hymns
Peter Bjorn & John – Darker Days
Shannon and The Clams – Onion
The Struts – Young&Dangerous
Looking to listen to these albums? Find a playlist here or below containing the first ten (in order), plus all the honorable mentions, for your listening pleasure:
REMAINING TOP ALBUMS (Jerrod):
Runner-up:
Jeff Rosentstock – Post-
A lyrical powerhouse and a rock music opus on it’s first song “USA” to its last, the 11-minute “Let them Win”, Jeff Rosenstock’s 3rd full length Post- was my first exposure to Rostenstock and I am sad at all that I missed before. I can go back and listen, but this album seems to catch the angst and anxiety of the moment so it would have been great to hear his earlier stuff in the rhetorical context of its release. What might sound like a carefree party record at times is so much more with a free will to critique society. It is a challenging record in the sense that with a careful listen it can force you to examine your current contentment and perhaps the impact your apathy has on others. It seems to have an underlying call to action asking its listeners to do a little more in their immediate surroundings as well as for society as a whole. It’s 9 songs of rollicking guitar driven rock. It’s fun. It’s a great album. It’s my runner-up.
Alkaline Trio – Is This Thing Cursed?
I had long ago given them up for dead. They’d gone too far into the plastic, pre-packaged angst or big record label sales number concerns. But this album awakened within me the romance we had had early on with Goddammit and Maybe I’ll Catch Fire. I think with a couple years between this and their last record, they took a step back and took stock. They got their shit together, pared things down a bit, put away some of the production shit to take away their tinny clean sound, and put out their best record in over a decade. This album got me to get off my butt and go see them. Their live performance seemed as inspired as this record. I’m happy to see them get back to being good.
REMAINING TOP ALBUMS (Cesar):
First Runner Up: Starcrawler – Starcrawler
Every once in a while a band appears that gives faith to the world that the “youth” of our age will keep making badass music for years to come. Putting all of their ‘70s influences in a blender and throwing up a beautiful mess of rock. Frontwoman, Arrow de Wilde rocks and glides and postures with the best of them putting her own scary-femininity stamp on her soaring vocals and lyrics. Along with her we have friend Austin Smith and schoolmates Henri Cash and Tim Franco. If this is the kind of music they are making on their debut, I can’t wait to hear what else they will release in coming years.
Second Runner Up: Skating Polly – The Make It All Show
If their video for “Camelot” is any indication, Skating Polly and Starcrawler are running in the same circles and the world is better for it. Unlike Starcrawler, Skating Polly are looking a more recently with an eye to the ‘90s “alternative” scene. They have been around for a while, 2011, and made up of step-siblings Kelli Mayo, Peyton Bighorse, and Kurtis Mayo, this band has been garnering more and more well-deserved attention over the course of their 5 records. All three members shift around playing instruments and both sisters take on lead vocals. It’s great. It’s just freaking great.
Honorable Mention: The Beatles – The Beatles (2018 6-disc Remix)
Okay, okay. This is cheating, but if I totaled the track plays for this release and any other record released this year, even though this was released in November, this 107-track release has been played the most. By that alone I must mention it. And it’s the freaking BEATLES!!! I’m not going to try write anything new about how amazing this record is that hasn’t been written in the last 50 years so I’ll just say as a huge Beatles fan, and “The White Album” being my hands down All-Time Favorite Record of Forever™ and even though I have heard many bootlegs from this “era”, it still brings an immense joy hearing yet another version of all of the songs that helped shape by erratic and wide-ranging musical tastes as a child.
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Here is What Student leaders Demand from gov’t as Schools Reopen
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Education Minister Hon. Janet Kataha Museveni
Student leaders from public and private universities have called on government to reconsider the decision to re-open academic institutions for only finalists.
The guild student leaders from Makerere University, Kyambogo University and Uganda Christian University who presented a joint petition to Speaker Rebecca Kadaga on 14 October 2020, argued that the decision to re-open institutions of higher learning to only finalists disadvantages continuing students.
The Information and Senate Representative from Makerere University, Joshua Muhwezi Lawel said government’s proposal to make it compulsory for continuing students to adapt to online learning is not feasible since internet penetration is still very low.
“This model discriminates students with disabilities especially those with visual and auditory impairments,” he said adding that, ‘online learning model is still affected by number of challenges which include bandwidth limitation, high costs of internet subscription, unreliable internet and infrastructure limited to only urban areas’.
Muhwezi added that online learning does not favour courses that require practical engagement especially science courses like human and veterinary medicine and engineering.
“We propose that online learning is suspended because it is discriminatory and inefficient,” he said.
Muhwezi called on government to make arrangements for continuing students to attend classes physically arguing that the Standard Operating Procedures to curb the spread of the coronavirus are easily observed in gazetted areas.
“Students doing practical courses should be allowed to come back and access accommodation in their respective halls of residence and hostels since online studies are not feasible,” said Muhwezi.
The Guild President of Uganda Christian University, Timothy Kadaga called on government to suspend taxes on private universities since they have been closed for the past six months and yet their operations largely depend on tuition fees from students.
A group Picture of the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga with University student leaders after presentation of a petition about openning of Universities_0139
“The tax suspension will give these universities time to recover from the six months of inactivity,” he said.
Timothy Kadaga also urged institutions of higher learning to exercise lenience in tuition fees payments saying that parents cannot afford the 100 per cent fees.
“Parents have been affected financially; we therefore, ask that institutions of higher learning should allow students to pay 60 per cent of the tuition fees as opposed to the required 100 per cent,” he said.
Speaker Kadaga said she will convene a meeting between the student leadership and the Ministers of Education, Health and Finance to find a way forward.
“We need to find a solution on whether continuing students should study online or not,” she said.
The Speaker added that attempts by legislators to move a motion to suspend taxes on private universities were futile.
“We tried to move a motion on taxes on private universities but the Minister vehemently opposed it,” Kadaga said.
The Ministry of Education and Sports announced that academic institutions will re-open on 15 October 2020 for finalist students at all levels following a six months’ closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Life Tech Privacy fears as governments use phone data to track coronavirus rule-breakers
6:00am, Apr 6, 2020 Updated: 10:28am, Apr 6
Vodafone has provided the federal and NSW governments with "aggregated" and "anonymised" user location data. Photo: Getty
Isabelle Lane Journalist @isabellelane
Australian governments have been provided with Vodafone customers’ phone location data to assist with the coronavirus pandemic response, it has been revealed.
Both the federal and New South Wales governments have been given access to “aggregated” and “anonymised” location data of millions of Vodafone Australia customers for the purpose of monitoring adherance to social distancing and stay-at-home measures, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on Sunday
This is despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison last Sunday telling reporters that “the Australian government isn’t doing that” when asked if smartphone location data would be used to fight COVID-19.
A spokesperson for the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet told The New Daily that the phone data was “offered”, and not requested by the government.
“A telecommunications provider in Australia offered PM&C aggregated, anonymised data showing how busy cities like Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are currently compared with this time last year,” the spokesperson said.
“This data can provide a picture of the effectiveness of measures taken to address the COVID-19 crisis generally.
“No personal information has been provided to PM&C by any telecommunications company nor was it requested.”
However, Vodafone Australia said the data was requested.
The telco “provided, on request, aggregated network information to the NSW Department of Customer Service and the federal Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet”, Vodafone external affairs director Dan Lloyd said.
“No personal information has been provided, and no personal information could be derived from it,” Mr Lloyd said.
“This information simply shows the total number of subscribers in various areas at points in time.
“This information can help show trends in population movements immediately before and after the lockdown measures, with the aim of assisting in the reduction of the spread of COVID-19.”
The data is not “real time”, and instead shows “historic points in time”, for example, “the total number of users in large geographical areas at different points in time such as March 2020 vs March 2019”, a Vodafone spokesperson told The New Daily.
Location data shows the dramatic impact of COVID-19 on CBDs. Image: Vodafone
The data does not identify individuals, and is instead “being used to help understand population movement trends”, the spokesperson said.
We hope it assists decision-making and saving lives.”
NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller was asked at a Sunday afternoon press conference if he was “aware of the ability to use phone tracking to keep watch of people”.
We’re really sort of testing the public support from a policing perspective,’’ Mr Fuller said.
Phone tracking is “a great strategy for when this is over”, Mick Fuller said. Photo: ABC
“I’m not asking for any more measures around tracking people, to be honest with you.
“I know Singapore and other countries have used it well.”
However, he said there was a “really good position” for phone tracking to be used in the future.
It would be “a great strategy for when this is over and [we] open our borders to international travellers”, Mr Fuller said.
But I think at the moment we’re in a challenging space around isolation and police powers and the community coming on the journey.
“We don’t want to lose them either. Community policing is so important to us.”
Are Telstra, Optus, TPG, and iPrimus/Dodo sharing data?
The New Daily asked the nation’s other major telcos if they had, like Vodafone, provided customers’ location data to the federal or state governments.
Neither TPG nor Vocus, which owns iPrimus and Dodo, responded to the request for comment by deadline.
The nation’s two biggest telcos, Telstra and Optus, declined to reveal if they had received requests for, or provided, user data.
But a Telstra spokesperson told The New Daily the firm works “closely with intelligence agencies and law enforcement to support national security and safety efforts under the relevant legislation”.
Any data requests from law enforcement or government are confidential, so we’re unable to disclose if we’ve had any requests,’’ they said.
Protecting customers’ safety and privacy “is always our highest priority”, the spokesperson said.
“There’s a careful balance to be maintained between ensuring law enforcement and the government has the information they need to protect the country and for people to be confident their data and privacy is being handled with respect and due consideration.”
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An Optus spokesperson said “as a provider of essential services, our No.1 priority is to keep Australians connected and safe”.
“This includes working with our Commonwealth and state governments to assist their efforts in navigating our country through these challenging times,” the spokesperson said.
“We do not publicly share the requests we receive.”
Jathan Sadowski, a research fellow in emerging technologies at Monash University, said more transparency and accountability was needed.
Telcos “should be transparent about when government is requesting data from them” whether it’s “location data or other kinds of personal data”, Dr Sadowski said.
There needs to be transparency about these partnerships, about how this data will be used,” he said.
“There needs to be that transparency so that there’s accountability.”
Government ‘must come clean’: Digital Rights Watch
On Sunday, online privacy advocates Digital Rights Watch said the government “must come clean on phone surveillance”, and be transparent about the “nature and extent of its data aggregation from mobile service providers”.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison previously denied the use of phone location data. Photo: Getty
“It’s deeply troubling that just a week after Prime Minister Scott Morrison outright denied any such activity, we learn that the federal and NSW governments have received location data from a major telecommunications provider in Australia,” DRW chair Lizzie O’Shea said.
“It is unrealistic for the government to expect people to accept and comply with the measures they’ve put in place if they’re keeping activities such as this secret, or denying they’re happening when directly asked.”
Ms O’Shea said there is “an ugly history of secrecy and a lack of accountability when it comes to surveillance of people in Australia by our governments, and this latest fabrication only serves to further erode trust in government at a critical time”.
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Dr Sadowski said that rather than adopting a “maximalist ‘collect first, ask questions later’ approach”, governments must explain to the public what they’re doing and how they’re doing it.
We’re not talking about national security or public safety, we’re talking about public health,” he said.
“The enemy, the coronavirus, doesn’t care what cell location data the government is collecting. It’s not going to change its tactic.”
Surveillance technologies implemented in response to COVID-19 will likely continue to be used by governments and law enforcement after the pandemic, Dr Sadowski warned.
“We call it mission creep,” he said.
“We should expect that that’s what’s going to happen because there are plenty of precedents for that exact kind of misuse.”
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Divorce Filings Raise New Questions About Ilhan Omar’s Use of Campaign Funds
August 28, 2019 December 26, 2020 Anthony Gockowski
A new divorce filing shows that Tim Mynett, Rep. Ilhan Omar’s lover, is officially parting ways with his wife, Dr. Beth Mynett, who accused her husband of putting their son “in harm’s way” by having an affair with Omar.
As The Minnesota Sun previously reported, Omar’s campaign committee paid E Street Group, a progressive consulting firm run by Mr. Mynett, more than $200,000 in campaign funds for fees and travel expenses.
Mrs. Mynett alleges in her divorce filing that her husband’s “more recent travel and long work hours now appear to be more related to his affair with Rep. Omar than with his actual work commitments,” according to documents obtained by The New York Post.
Despite the influx in cash from Omar, Mrs. Mynett claims that her husband is “nearly broke, and his business is floundering.”
According to The Post, Mrs. Mynett, who serves as the medical director for the D.C. Department of Corrections, is seeking primary custody of her son because she “doesn’t trust her husband’s judgment” anymore.
“By way of example, days prior to Defendant’s devastating and shocking declaration of love for Rep. Omar and admission of their affair, he and Rep. Omar took the parties’ son to dinner to formally meet for the first time at the family’s favorite neighborhood restaurant while Plaintiff was out of town,” the divorce filing states.
“Rep. Omar gave the parties’ son a gift and the Defendant later brought her back inside the family’s home,” the papers add.
Because of this, Mrs. Mynett believes that her husband “put his son in harm’s way by taking him out in public with Rep. Omar, who at that time had garnered a plethora of media attention along with death treats, one rising to the level of arresting the known would-be assassin that same week.”
John Hinderaker, president of the Center of the American Experiment, explains in an article for Powerline that Omar “has already been found guilty of improperly using campaign funds to pay her own personal expenses.”
“If the $230,000 that Omar’s campaign has paid to Mynett includes travel costs relating to romance rather than political consulting, or if the fees were inflated for the joint personal benefit of Mynett and Omar, it would represent another violation on Omar’s part,” he writes. “An appropriate agency should investigate the appropriateness of the funds paid by Omar’s campaign to Mynett.”
Additionally, an article from Daily Mail notes that Mr. Mynett started his consulting firm in July 2018, just “one month before Omar started paying the company for its services.”
Siraj Hashmi, a writer for Washington Examiner, said that “for many traditionally conservative Muslims, this goes beyond the pale.”
“Dating/marrying outside the religion is enough to ostracize her. However, given her politics, I can imagine them giving her a pass,” he said.
Not sure how this will sit with the Muslim community who support Ilhan Omar.
For many traditionally conservative Muslims, this goes beyond the pale: dating/marrying outside the religion is enough to ostracize her. However, given her politics, I can imagine them giving her a pass https://t.co/VDQNmqHdYu
— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) August 27, 2019
As The Sun reported, Omar and her husband, Ahmed Hirsi, are allegedly in the process of getting divorced.
Anthony Gockowski is managing editor of Battleground State News, The Ohio Star, and The Minnesota Sun. Follow Anthony on Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
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Shared Enemy Covid-19.
Hello been a while since writing an email to everyone. With the Covid-19 pandemic we all find ourselves fighting a shared invisible enemy. I never thought that I would see the day when thousands of people would be showing up in breadlines here in Vermont. At least not real ones, as the shared enemy of Covid-19 effects us all. Though working from home has been a business model that we have used since 2006 when Vermont Internet Design LLC started building websites.
The struggle is real isn't it as people would always come up to me telling me how lucky that I was that I could work from home. Well having 15 years of experience working from home I can tell you a few of the set backs. First and foremost you'll quickly start wishing that you could go out to work everyday like a "Normal Person". Whatever, that means I suppose what is the definition of normal here in Vermont might be something completely different than Venezula. With all due respect the reliance on technology is dire. You know 15 years ago building websites were like designing video games, or printing tee shirts maybe.
Than somehow that turns into well 1,000 aren't going to be getting paid until you get this code working. Which I suppose is pressure that even if you aren't aware that it exists. There is still some quantifiable external force that is acting upon you. It's all just magic right.
If someone walked you through a field and said "By Tomorrow there will be a mansion built right here". You would be thinking something to the tune of ya whatever man. However, if you returned the very next day and saw that there was a mansion in fact sitting there. You might feel kind of freaked out because there is no way that anyone could have built a mansion in that location, since yesterday. Than run off into the other direction to tell everyone in sight how a mansion appeared at this location over night. It had to of been a miracle right. Well a more critical person might actually go up to the mansion to make sure its real. How do you know that it isn't made of cardboard or plywood skin, before they went out and informed the world of a great miracle.
Wait a minute here you might ask. What if you walk up to the building and you find that the building is real and built to the specification that there is no feasible way that anyone could have built in a 24 hour period would it be a miracle then. Well it might be a miracle to someone. Than maybe 1000 men working 8 hour shift in the middle of the night could have somehow built the whole thing in the time it takes you to take a nap. Than it becomes borderline miracle depending on the limitations of your own mind.
Therefore, it is possible for other to create miracles for other people. It is possible to create harm and destruction as well. Technology can make people see things that aren't even there. Why? Well because they are looking at a representation of reality. Not actual reality. Propaganda is more easily inserted into digital media, than it is to insert a bill board downtown in actual reality. However, I think sometimes in the course of business you come across a lot of businesses that don't know what business is. Are business models something that creates itself, or is it sometime of template box that was designed for all businesses to fit into.
I guess that's why some technology flops and some technology sticks around for ever. Sometimes, its not about creating games and toys to keep people entertained. It's about creating the actual process that move people through lines, restart people's hearts, and keep people breathing. Maybe they will create technology that will allow everyone alive right now to live forever. You never really know what the future may bring but I guess if we have any obligations its to the universe that has allowed us to survive amongst astronomical odds to even be here on earth and attempt to create a solution.
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Pancreatic cancer stroma: an update on therapeutic targeting strategies
Abdel N. Hosein, Rolf A. Brekken, Anirban Maitra
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the Western world with limited therapeutic options and dismal long-term survival. The neoplastic epithelium exists within a dense stroma, which is recognized as a critical mediator of disease progression through direct effects on cancer cells and indirect effects on the tumour immune microenvironment. The three dominant entities in the PDAC stroma are extracellular matrix (ECM), vasculature and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs). The ECM can function as a barrier to effective drug delivery to PDAC cancer cells, and a multitude of strategies to target the ECM have been attempted in the past decade. The tumour vasculature is a complex system and, although multiple anti-angiogenesis agents have already failed late-stage clinical trials in PDAC, other vasculature-targeting approaches aimed at vessel normalization and tumour immunosensitization have shown promise in preclinical models. Lastly, PDAC CAFs participate in active cross-talk with cancer cells within the tumour microenvironment. The existence of intratumoural CAF heterogeneity represents a paradigm shift in PDAC CAF biology, with myofibroblastic and inflammatory CAF subtypes that likely make distinct contributions to PDAC progression. In this Review, we discuss our current understanding of the three principal constituents of PDAC stroma, their effect on the prevalent immune landscape and promising therapeutic targets within this compartment.
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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Hosein, A. N., Brekken, R. A., & Maitra, A. (2020). Pancreatic cancer stroma: an update on therapeutic targeting strategies. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 17(8), 487-505. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-020-0300-1
Pancreatic cancer stroma : an update on therapeutic targeting strategies. / Hosein, Abdel N.; Brekken, Rolf A.; Maitra, Anirban.
In: Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Vol. 17, No. 8, 01.08.2020, p. 487-505.
Hosein, AN, Brekken, RA & Maitra, A 2020, 'Pancreatic cancer stroma: an update on therapeutic targeting strategies', Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 487-505. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-020-0300-1
Hosein AN, Brekken RA, Maitra A. Pancreatic cancer stroma: an update on therapeutic targeting strategies. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2020 Aug 1;17(8):487-505. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-020-0300-1
Hosein, Abdel N. ; Brekken, Rolf A. ; Maitra, Anirban. / Pancreatic cancer stroma : an update on therapeutic targeting strategies. In: Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2020 ; Vol. 17, No. 8. pp. 487-505.
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Secondary lymphedema in the mouse tail: Lymphatic hyperplasia, VEGF-C upregulation, and the protective role of MMP-9
Joseph M. Rutkowski, Monica Moya, Jimmy Johannes, Jeremy Goldman, Melody A. Swartz
Disturbances in the microcirculation can lead to secondary lymphedema, a common pathological condition that, despite its frequency, still lacks a cure. Lymphedema is clinically well described, but while the genetic underpinnings that cause lymphatic malformations and primary lymphedema are being discovered, the pathophysiology and pathobiology of secondary lymphedema remain poorly understood, partly due to the lack of well-described experimental models. Here, we provide a detailed characterization of secondary lymphedema in the mouse tail and correlate the evolution of tissue swelling to changes in tissue architecture, infiltration of immune cells, deposition of lipids, and proliferation and morphology of the lymphatic vessels. We show that sustained swelling leads to lymphatic hyperplasia and upregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C, which may exacerbate the edema because the hyperplastic vessels are poorly functional. The onset of lymphatic hyperplasia occurred prior to the onset of lipid accumulation and peak VEGF-C expression. Langerhans dendritic cells were seen in the dermis migrating from the epidermis to the lymphatic capillaries in edematous tissue. Furthermore, these results were consistent between two different normal mouse strains, but swelling was significantly greater in a matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 null strain. Thus, by characterizing this highly reproducible model of secondary lymphedema, we conclude that VEGF-C upregulation and lymphatic hyperplasia resulting from dermal lymphatic ligation and lymphedema leads to decreased drainage function and that MMP-9 may be important in counteracting tissue swelling.
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Rutkowski, J. M., Moya, M., Johannes, J., Goldman, J., & Swartz, M. A. (2006). Secondary lymphedema in the mouse tail: Lymphatic hyperplasia, VEGF-C upregulation, and the protective role of MMP-9. Microvascular Research, 72(3), 161-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mvr.2006.05.009
Secondary lymphedema in the mouse tail : Lymphatic hyperplasia, VEGF-C upregulation, and the protective role of MMP-9. / Rutkowski, Joseph M.; Moya, Monica; Johannes, Jimmy; Goldman, Jeremy; Swartz, Melody A.
In: Microvascular Research, Vol. 72, No. 3, 11.2006, p. 161-171.
Rutkowski, JM, Moya, M, Johannes, J, Goldman, J & Swartz, MA 2006, 'Secondary lymphedema in the mouse tail: Lymphatic hyperplasia, VEGF-C upregulation, and the protective role of MMP-9', Microvascular Research, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 161-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mvr.2006.05.009
Rutkowski JM, Moya M, Johannes J, Goldman J, Swartz MA. Secondary lymphedema in the mouse tail: Lymphatic hyperplasia, VEGF-C upregulation, and the protective role of MMP-9. Microvascular Research. 2006 Nov;72(3):161-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mvr.2006.05.009
Rutkowski, Joseph M. ; Moya, Monica ; Johannes, Jimmy ; Goldman, Jeremy ; Swartz, Melody A. / Secondary lymphedema in the mouse tail : Lymphatic hyperplasia, VEGF-C upregulation, and the protective role of MMP-9. In: Microvascular Research. 2006 ; Vol. 72, No. 3. pp. 161-171.
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5 days in United States Itinerary
Created using Inspirock United States tour itinerary planner
Start: Kansas City
End: Kansas City
Mon, May 17 - Fri, May 21 Edit
Kick off your visit on the 17th (Mon): make a trip to The Keeper of the Plains and then learn about wildlife with up-close encounters at Sedgwick County Zoo.
To see other places to visit, ratings, photos, and tourist information, you can read our Wichita trip planner.
Kansas City to Wichita is an approximately 3.5-hour car ride. You can also take a bus; or do a combination of train and bus. May in Wichita sees daily highs of 77°F and lows of 55°F at night. Finish up your sightseeing early on the 17th (Mon) so you can travel to New Orleans.
Things to do in Wichita
Parks · Zoos & Aquariums
Sedgwick County Zoo
The Keeper of the Plains
See United States Travel Guide
Known for its Creole cuisine, rich musical tradition, and nearby swamps and plantations, New Orleans is one of the nation's oldest cities.
Start off your visit on the 18th (Tue): brush up on your military savvy at The National WWII Museum, then make a trip to Jackson Square, and then get to know the fascinating history of French Quarter. Keep things going the next day: go on a hair-raising tour with a ghost and vampire tour, take in the architecture and atmosphere at St. Louis Cathedral, then examine the collection at Cabildo, and finally wander the streets of Garden District.
To find traveler tips, where to stay, reviews, and other tourist information, you can read our New Orleans trip itinerary builder tool.
You can fly from Wichita to New Orleans in 6.5 hours. Alternatively, you can drive; or take a bus. Traveling from Wichita in May, expect nights in New Orleans to be a bit warmer, around 70°F, while days are little chillier, around 70°F. Finish up your sightseeing early on the 19th (Wed) so you can go by car to Biloxi.
Historic Sites · Museums · Neighborhoods · Tours
See Louisiana Travel Guide
Playground of the South
A busy city on the Gulf Coast, Biloxi is one of the nation's oldest communities, first settled by Europeans in 1699.
On the 20th (Thu), admire the masterpieces at Walter Anderson Museum of Art, then play a few rounds at Fallen Oak Golf Course, and then get outside with Dailey Charters.
To see where to stay, maps, more things to do, and other tourist information, go to the Biloxi online itinerary planner.
Drive from New Orleans to Biloxi in 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus. Expect a bit warmer weather when traveling from New Orleans in May: highs in Biloxi hover around 81°F, while lows dip to 67°F. Finish up your sightseeing early on the 20th (Thu) so you can travel to Charlotte.
Things to do in Biloxi
Outdoors · Golf · Museums
Dailey Charters, Fallen Oak Golf Course, Walter Anderson Museum of Art
Fallen Oak Golf Course
Walter Anderson Museum of Art
See Mississippi Travel Guide
The Queen City
A rapidly growing city in central North Carolina, Charlotte is the state's largest urban center and a major regional hub for finance, industry, technology, and entertainment.
Kick off your visit on the 21st (Fri): join the crowd at Charlotte Motor Speedway, then find something for the whole family at Richard Petty Driving Experience, and then see the interesting displays at NASCAR Hall of Fame.
For photos, reviews, traveler tips, and other tourist information, read our Charlotte online driving holiday planner.
You can fly from Biloxi to Charlotte in 4 hours. Other options are to drive; or take a bus. You'll lose 1 hour traveling from Biloxi to Charlotte due to the time zone difference. Expect little chillier evenings in Charlotte when traveling from Biloxi in May, with lows around 58°F. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 21st (Fri) to allow time to travel back home.
Things to do in Charlotte
Museums · Theme Parks
Auto Race Track
See North Carolina Travel Guide
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United States travel guide
Specialty Museums · Beaches · Historic Sites
More than the country of car-packed streets seen in TV shows and movies, the United States of America is a complex and diverse home to over 300 million people living in a wide range of landscapes and climates. From its big-city skyscrapers to its sprawling natural parks, the country's ''melting pot'' combines many ethnic groups that share a strong sense of national identity despite their cultural differences. A country of road trips and big blue skies, the United States harbors orderly cities filled with restaurants, parks, museums, and innumerable sightseeing opportunities, as well as pristine natural areas perfect for a holiday in the great outdoors. To see as much as you can of this diverse land quickly, drive over some of the more than 6 million km (4 million mi) of highways leading through deserts, mountain peaks, fertile fields, and giant urban centers.
Louisiana travel guide
Historic Walking Areas · Nightlife · Military Museums
The Pelican State
With a landscape of deltas, marshes, and swamps formed by the sediments of the Mississippi River, Louisiana is home to rich native plant and animal life, including rare species of tree frogs, ibis, and egrets. The state's urban areas, most notably the historical city of New Orleans, are some of its most popular attractions and boast a varied multicultural and multilingual heritage, strongly influenced by a mix of French, Spanish, Native American, and African cultures. Native Louisianans proudly cling to their distinctive dialects and musical traditions, offering visitors a chance to explore one of the most culturally diverse areas in North America. The homeland of both Cajun and Creole cuisines, Louisiana remains a top holiday destination for foodies from around the world.
Mississippi travel guide
Casinos · Historic Sites · History Museums
The Magnolia State
Still relatively unspoiled by mass tourism, Mississippi epitomizes rich history and offers warm hospitality to those who vacation here. The Mississippi River forms most of its western border, so it's no surprise that this mighty waterway shapes the lives of people calling the "Magnolia State" their home. The river influences everything from the food they eat to the music they listen to. Perhaps the easiest way to discover Mississippi is to take a drive on the 715 km (444 mi) long national parkway, which follows a route used since pre-colonial times that's famous for its scenic beauty and attractions of historical interest. At the end of the parkway sits a town packed with nearly 600 antebellum homes.
North Carolina travel guide
Historic Sites · Specialty Museums · Zipline
The Tar Heel State
A top destination for a holiday in nature, North Carolina provides a seemingly endless variety of outdoor activities, including hiking, mountain climbing, and skiing. While the state's rural regions offer a taste of traditional Appalachian music and culture, its increasingly diverse big cities feature modern skyscrapers, renowned museums, and historical neighborhoods perfect for sightseeing tours. The coastal region, famous for its year-round temperate climate, attracts millions of annual visitors, making North Carolina the sixth most-visited state in the country. Though it's hard to find a quiet time of year in coastal North Carolina, the state's inland areas retain many secluded corners where you can experience the laid-back Old South atmosphere.
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Random General Trivia Questions and Answers – Triviaso ® 2019
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These movie trivia questions and answers will reveal how much you actually know about this industry. However, we’re not going to talk about the actual film history; we’ll stick to the great movies that some of us grew up with or influenced us one way or another.
The category contains questions from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, Oscars, Disney, Star Wars; so there is something for everyone. They all range in terms of difficulty but if you ever get stuck, you can quickly and easily reveal the correct answer. Good luck and have fun!
Movie Trivia
What is the longest movie ever made?
Logistics – at 51,420 minutes, (857 hours or 35 days and 17 hours), it is the longest movie ever made.
Who is the youngest best actor Oscar winner?
Adrien Brody – aged 29, Adrien won an Oscar for playing the role of Władysław Szpilman in The Pianist (2002), making him the youngest actor to win in that category.
Who said during their one and only Oscar acceptance speech “I think they gave it to me because I’m the oldest”?
Jessica Tandy – she was 80 at the time.
What woman has won the most Oscars?
Edith Head – eight for costume design.
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What was Disney’s first film to win an Academy Award?
Bruce Willis played a time traveler in what 1995 movie?
In which popular Christmas film does Will Ferrell play an elf?
In the 2003 film ‘Elf’, Will Ferrell plays a guy that was raised as an elf, named Buddy.
Carlos Estevez is better known as whom?
The 1959 ‘Some Like it Hot’ starred which bombshell actress?
‘The Wizard of Oz’ lost the best picture Oscar to what movie?
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FEATURED ARTICLES Savage Police Beat Down By 8 Police Officers Captured On Tape After...
Savage Police Beat Down By 8 Police Officers Captured On Tape After Man Surrenders
Written by Mac Slavo
Eight San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies are under investigation after a police helicopter captured a savage beating of a suspected horse thief. The latest incident shows, yet again, the culture of violence and total disregard for the rule of law that exists within America’s police departments from coast to coast.
As you’ll see in the following footage, captured live and apparently without the knowledge of officers on the scene, it’s not just about the color of one’s skin. Francis Jared Pusok, the man shown being tased, pistol-whipped to the head, punched, and kicked, is white. And while his record of resisting arrest, animal cruelty, and robbery are certainly an indicator of his propensity for criminal activities, does it justify the life-threatening beat down dished out to him by officers of the law?
The clip shows 30-year-old Francis Jared Pusok frantically attempting to flee pursuing cops on horseback through the Deep Creek area of Apple Valley yesterday afternoon.
When the horse is spooked by a police helicopter, Pusok falls off before he is approached by an officer who tases him. Pusok is face down in the dirt and obviously not resisting, but another cop arrives on the scene and immediately begins violently kicking and punching Pusok in the head. The other officer also appears to pistol whip Pusok with the taser.
Seven other officers then arrive, some of whom also begin kicking and beating Pusok while he lay prostrate.
“In the two minutes after the man was stunned with a Taser, it appeared deputies kicked him 17 times, punched him 37 times and struck him with batons four times. Thirteen blows appeared to be to the head,” reports NBC Los Angeles.
“The man did not appear to move from his position lying on the ground for more than 45 minutes. He did not appear to receive medical attention while deputies stood around him during that time.”
Source: Paul Joseph Watson / Infowars
Just seconds after Pusok is tased the video clearly shows he surrenders by first putting his hands up and out on the ground, and then moving them behind his back in a position that they can easily be handcuffed. But rather than following procedure, officers immediately begin punching and kicking him in the head and the rest of his body.
And like a pack of wolves, other officers arrive and jump in.
While Pusok has a fairly long list of criminal violations over the years, and he had allegedly stolen a horse and attempted to flee police, once he was taken down with the initial tase and showed his intent to surrender by putting his hands behind his back the incident should have been over.
Such police brutality has likely been taking place for a long time, but with the advent of the internet and real-time video streaming the American people are now seeing the God-complex of many of those in uniform tasked with protecting us.
Pusok is obviously not an isolated incident. Earlier this week an officer executed a man with several shots in the back after he was reportedly pulled over for a broken taillight and then fled on foot. Last year Eric Garner was killed by NYPD after being detained for selling cigarettes to make extra money – he was put into an illegal chokehold for 15 seconds.
A couple of weeks ago, a friend of the author was pulled over, detained and threatened with arrest for simply failing to register her vehicle.
The culture of violence against the American people must stop. It begins with every officer authorized to carry a deadly weapon in America being outfitted with a body camera when performing their public duties. Those who are found to be violating their sworn duties and acting outside of the law should be charged, tried and punished accordingly.
If average Americans must follow the law and be held accountable, so too must those who purport to enforce it.
SOURCE: Freedom Outpost
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Rare 1928 Mercedes found rusting in garage fetches nearly 3m pounds at auction
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The Life of Edward VI of England (Part Two)
This is Part Two in my series on the life of King Edward VI. If you missed Part One, click Here.
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It was at Westminster that King Henry VIII took his last breath.
He had reigned in England since his father�s death in April 1509. When he came to the throne he was a young, athletic and by all accounts attractive man. The man Henry VIII was just before his death in January 1547 was much older, obese and smelled of leg ulcers. Not the catch he once was.
The King�s legs eventually became so swollen, and his pain so severe, that he had to be carried around, room by room, in a chair. I wonder how many men could carry him? I wonder what the chair looked like? If you know, please send me a message because quick Google searches did not render any results for me.
Okay, so, not only did Henry VIII have swollen legs but as I mentioned earlier he had an issue with leg ulcers. He had more than one and they smelled of bacteria infested puss. Cuz that�s what it was. I honestly feel bad for Henry.
Using red-hot irons the doctors regularly cauterised�the King�s ulcers to close the wound. It�s no wonder he was so cranky and unruly.
So anyway…Henry VIII had been sick in bed for while and had decided to finalize his will. The will was dated December 30, 1546. It was signed at the top and at the bottom. Historian Suzannah Lipscomb states in her book, �The King is Dead� that King Henry had not signed his own named since September 1545�, so it comes as no surprise that a stamp had been used on his will.
Titles Warranted – Ceremonies
So that brings us back to Edward VI. Three weeks after the death of Henry – the titles warranted, per his will, were delivered to its recipients, who included: Edward Seymour, William Parr, John Dudley, Thomas Wriothesley, Thomas Seymour, Richard Rich, William Willoughby and Edward/Edmund Sheffield.
On that Thursday after the late King�s burial, on the 18th of February 1547, all the temporal lords gathered at the Tower of London wearing their robes of estate.
Leading off this ceremony was Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford and Lord Protector and �uncle to the King. He was wearing his kertell and was led from the council chamber to the King�s presence with all pomp and circumstance.
Edward Seymour, Lord Protector
If you�re like me, you are probably asking yourself, �What is a kertell?� With the help of my friend, Susan Abernethy, she helped me to visualize it a bit better. A kertell was like a gown, a short gown for men. We might compare it to a tunic. Under it they wore tights. The portrait of Henry VIII with his barber surgeons is a perfect example of a kertell.
Edited version of: Henry VIII and the Barber Surgeons by Hans Holbein
As Edward Seymour entered into the King�s presence chamber he was led in by �The officers of arms in their coats of arms�, two and two.
The Garter, baring his letters patents.
The Earl of Derby (Edward Stanley), baring his mantle.
Then on the right hand of him the earl of Shrewsbury (Francis Talbot), baring the rod of gold; and on the left hand the earl of Oxford (John de Vere), baring the cap of estate with the crown.
The earl of Arundell (Henry Fitzalan), baring the sword, the �pomell� upward.
Then the said earl [of Hertford] led between the duke of Suffolk (Henry Brandon) and the marquess Dorset (Henry Grey).
“All these lords aforesaid being also in their robes of estate.�
And thus in goodly order proceeding, after they entered into the chamber of presence, they made three (iij) reverent �obacyens� to the King�s highness, and when they came to the cloth of estate the Lords stayed standing while Edward Seymour knelt down. Then the Garter delivered the letters patents to Master Secretary, William Paget. Paget then delivered them to the King, the King, in turn, handed them back to Paget and had them read them openly.
The King then placed on Edward Seymour, his mantel, and then put about him a band/sash, over one shoulder and under the opposite arm. Following that he put on his cap, or crown and then delivered to Seymour his rod of gold.
Following that William Paget, the Master Secretary read the patents which contained the creation of Seymour to become Duke of Somerset, Earl of Hertford, etc.
William Paget
With this patent he was given a gift of a thousand pounds of land yearly; and after which Paget delivered the said letters patents to the King�s Majesty, and his highness gave them to the said Duke of Somerset, and the said duke, after thanks given to his highness, stood on the side to assist the King�s majesty to the creation of other estates; and the rest of the lords and the officers of arms returned to conduct the other estates in like manner.�
Once Somerset�s ceremony had concluded they moved on to the next, in order of rank. Each man�s ceremony was like that of Somersets.
With Edward Seymour being raised to Duke of Somerset, he would have been the only duke created that day. So, by rank, he was the first to go.
After duke comes Marquess, which there was but one: William Parr, Earl of Essex. He was led between the Marquis Dorset (Henry Grey) �and the Earl of Arundell (Henry Fitzalan). He was then created Marquess of Northampton and Earl of Essex in similar fashion.
William Parr, sketch by Holbein
After Marquess comes Earl, there were two men raised to Earl on this day, the first was John Dudley, Viscount Lisle. Dudley was led between the Earl of Derby (Edward Stanley) and the Earl of Oxford (John de Vere). He was then created Earl of Warwick and Viscount Lisle, etc. And also given a patent for the office of the Great Chamberlain of England (a position vacated by Somerset after being created Lord Protector).
John Dudley; Knole � National Trust
The second man to be raised to Earl was Thomas Wriothesley, Lord Chancellor of England. Created Earl of Southampton. Wriothesley and Somerset had very different views – especially when it came to Somerset being Lord Protector. He did not think it right. It should come as no surprise that not long into the new king�s reign he was relieved of his duties as Lord Chancellor and removed from the privy council as well.
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton by Holbein Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York.
Following Wriothesley were the newly created barons (four of them) entered, starting with the brother to Somerset and uncle to King Edward. Sir Thomas Seymour, Knight, entered in his kertell and was led between two barons in their robes of estate. A baron before him baring his mantell, Garter baring his letters patents.
“As the words of investimus (to clothe/to cover), the King put on him his robes, and at the delivery of his patents to the King�s Majesty in manner as aforesaid by the secretary, after it was read, then the King�s majesty gave the said lord his letters patents, which contained the creation of him to be Lord Seymour of Sudeley; and at the same time the King�s Majesty delivered unto him another patent for the office of High Admiral of England.�
For someone who has been researching Thomas for quite a while this was a wonderful discovery. This proves that Thomas was given both titles at the same time. When I first began researching him I had read that he was given Lord Admiral after complaining he did not have enough power as uncle to the king. My tip- keep looking until you find a contemporary report. One written during the lifetime of your subject. You can form your own opinions from there.
Following Seymour was Sir Richard Rich. Rich had the same ceremony as previously listed and was given his patent containing the creation of him to be a baron of Parliament. He became Baron Rich of Leez.
Richard Rich, sketch by Holbein
Then came in Sir William Willoughby who was created Baron of Parham.
Lastly, Edward or Edmund Sheffield, created Lord Sheffield.
After that was completed then the King restored and delivered unto:
Lord St. John, Lord Great Master;
Sir Thomas Cheyne, Lord Warden Treasurer [of Household],
and Sir John Gage, Comptroller.
They were presented with their �stavis of their offyces�.
Then the group proceeded, all in their robes of estate, and the dukes, marquesses, earls and barons with their caps of estate on the heads, in like order as they were created, to the council chamber to dinner.
As they left for dinner, the trumpets began to blow. The men were led from the room, by officers of arms who walked two by two, then the Garter led out the Duke of Somerset who was followed by the rest of the peers.
When they arrived at the dinner chamber the peers removed their mantels and hoods and sat in their kertells for the dinner.
When the second course arrived, Somerset herald, because at that time Garter was �horrse�, proclaimed all the peers newly created, with the fees given by them to the heralds.
And after dinner the men changed into other apparel, and some went to give thanks and to attend on the King�s Highness, and the other at their pleasure.
Then, that afternoon at about 3 o�clock, the King and the knights of the noble Order of the Garter, gathered in the King�s closet, and there kept chapter; The King, and the knights of the said Order of the Garter presented, with one voice, to elect the following men into the order:
the lord marquis Dorset, the earl of Darby, the Lord Seymour of Sudeley, and Sir William Paget secretary, and delivered unto each of them the �same time a George and a garter, and the same time the King�s Majesty wore his George about his neck and his Garter about his leg which had been delivered to him by the Lord Protector.
These men were able to become members of this exclusive and member-capped club due to four vacancies made that year: King Henry VIII (who died), Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk (who was degraded and in the Tower), King Francis I of France (who died) and lastly, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (who was degraded & executed). Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (degraded & executed).
The ceremony is referenced in Jessie Childs� book, The Last Victim of Henry VIII when she describes the ceremony for Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey.
Immediately after being elected he would give a speech of thanks and then kiss the cross that was offered to him. Then the Garter was buckled to his left leg with the words:
�Sir, the most friendly Companions of this Order denominated from the Garter have now admitted you their Friend, Brother and Companion, in faithful testimony of which, they impart and give you the Garter, which God grant that you deservedly receiving it, may rightly wear and use to the glory of God, the honour of the most famous Order and of your own.� (Literary Remains of Edward VI)
But that wasn�t it – �in order to officially become a Knight Companion you would also need to take possession of your stall at St. George�s Chapel”.��
This actually turned out to be a busy few days of ceremonies. The following day, the King left the Tower for the first time since arriving and began his coronation procession through the city of London. His destination, Westminster. The following day his coronation would be held at Westminster Abbey.
The occasion is described in �The Literary Remains of King Edward VI�:
On this occasion, Edward rode on horseback. His uncle, the Lord Protector on his left side; a state canopy carried by six knights, BUT Edward rode a little ahead of the canopy so that the �people might the better see him�.
His highness was richly appareled with a gown of cloth of silver, all over embroidered with damask gold, with a girdle of white velvet wrought with Venice silver, garnished with precious stones, as rubies and diamonds, with true-lover�s knots of pearls; a doublet of white velvet according to the same, embroidered with Venice silver, garnished with like stones and pearls; a white velvet cap, garnished with like stones and pearls; and a pair of buskins of white velvet.
Public Domain – Coronation of Edward VI of England. Illustration (verso, page 34) from The Masque of the Edwards of England, published in 1902.
At various states of his progress pageants with speeches and songs were exhibited before him; and in St. Paul�s churchyard he was detained for �a good space of time� in order to watch the performances of a rope-dancer, a native of Aragon, for whom a cable was stretched from the battlements of the steeple to a great anchor at the deanery gate. He was quite amused.
The King appears to have slept at Whitehall that evening.
The following day was the coronation of Edward VI, it was Shrove Sunday, 20th of February. The noblemen were summoned to be in attendance by the early hour of seven in the morning.
The procession of King Edward VI. from the Tower of London to Westminster, Feb. XIX, MDXLVII, previous to his coronation. Basire, John James / Copyright: � Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017. All Rights Reserved
During the ceremony there were three crowns, each place on the King�s head. The first being King Edward�s crown, followed by the imperial crown of England and then a �very rich crown� which was specifically made for Edward.
Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury performed the ceremony and announced: �Sirs, here I present unto you King Edward, the rightful inheritor to the crown of this realm. Wherefore all ye, that be come this day to do your homage, service, and bounden duty, be ye willing to do the same?� to which all the people cried with a loud voice, and said, �Yea, Yea, Yea�; and cried, �King Edward�; and prayed, �God save King Edward�.�
Well known Tudor chronicler, Wriothesley described the events after the coronation as such:
“a great feast kept that day in Westminster Hall which was richly hanged, his Majesty sitting all dinner with his crown on his head; and, after the second course served, Sir Edward Dymmocke, knight, came riding into the hall in clean white complete harness, richly gilded, and his horse richly trapped, and cast his gauntlet to wage battle against all men that would not take him for right King of this realm, and then the King drank to him and gave him a cup of gold; and after dinner the King made many knights, and then he changed his apparel, and so rode from thence to Westminster Place.”�
The following day, at one o’clock in the afternoon royal jousts held at the Palace of Westminster. King Edward and the Lord Protector, as well as other noblemen were present in his highness’ gallery to witness the jousts. The joust had six challengers and twenty-five defender. The challengers were: Sir Thomas Seymour, Baron of Sudeley and Lord High Admiral, Sir Richard Devereux, Sir Anthony Kingston, Sir Peter Carew, Francis Knollys and Mr. Shelly.� The challengers ran against every one of the defenders.�
“And so they passed forthe that day with great valyantnes, and so nobly behaved themselves on ether party, that, thankes be to God, there was nether man nor horse hurt; and brake many speres so redyly, that yt was to their great honour, and praise of all the people there assembled, as the were well worthy.”
That evening, after the events had concluded, they all returned in ‘goodly order’ to the house of the Lord Admiral (Seymour Place), where they had a “goodly” supper prepared for them, with great feasts and thanks.
Then on the following day, the King dubbed fifty-five men Knights of the Carpet. From Wikipedia:
A so-called�carpet knight�was a person who had been awarded a title of�knighthood�by the�king of England�on a holiday occasion (or in time of peace),[1]�as opposed to knighthoods awarded for military service, or success in tournament games.
One can almost imagine how spectacular all of these events were. I’m hoping that through descriptions and pictures I have been able to bring some of it to life.
Read Part Three!
�Lipscomb, Suzannah. The King is Dead: The Last Will and Testament of Henry VIII. December 20, 2016. Pegasus Books. Page
�Childs, Jessie. Henry VIII’s Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey�Hardcover�� December 10, 2007.�Thomas Dunne Books. Page 151
�Memorials of Archbishop Cranmer by John Strype, Vol. II, Oxford 1848 – page 204
Childs, Jessie. Henry VIII’s Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey�Hardcover�� December 10, 2007.�Thomas Dunne Books.
Lipscomb, Suzannah. The King is Dead: The Last Will and Testament of Henry VIII. December 20, 2016. Pegasus Books.
Literary Remains of King Edward the Sixth, Edited from His Autograph Manuscripts, with Historical Notes and a Biographical Memoir���Edward VI (King of England, page xvic
Strype, John. Memorials of Archbishop Cranmer by John Strype, Vol. II, Oxford 1848.
Wriothesley, Charles, Hamilton, William Douglas. A chronicle of England during the reigns of the Tudors, from A.D. 1485 to 1559; Camden Society, 1875-77
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Jean Setering says:
I heard he was a bit of a haughty and stuck up person. Not particularly nice.
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Two men from Texas were sitting at a bar
Two men from Texas were sitting at a bar, when a young lady nearby began to choke on a hamburger. She gasped and gagged, and one Texan turned to the other and said, ‟That little gal is havin’ a bad time. I am a gonna go over there and help.” He ran over to the young lady, held both sides of her head...
How do you stop 2 blind men from fighting?
Scream, “look out he’s got a gun!”
3 men die and go to Heaven
3 men die and go to Heaven. St Peter meets them and starts reviewing their files.
He starts talking to the first guy: “I see that you lived a good life, but you cheated on your wife 30 times. That’s not very good, but not bad enough to send you to hell. So you can stay in heaven, but you’ll h...
Two men are walking their dogs (a doberman and a chihuahua) when they see a restaurant.
They're pretty hungry, do they decide to head in for a bite to eat. Unfortunately, they see a sign out front that says "NO DOGS ALLOWED".
The man with the doberman says "I know what to do, just follow my lead." He throws on a pair of sunglasses and walks in.
The waiter tells him "I'm s...
Three men are standing outside a jewellery shop looking at an expensive ring in the display window
The first man says, "That ring is perfect for Karen. I just wish I could afford it."
The second man says, "I was planning on proposing to Julie soon. She'd love that ring."
The third man says, "Okay, I'll make you both a deal. Whichever one of you gets to the bottom of the street first...
Why do good Christian men fall for gingers?
I'm no scholar but it's something about a burning bush
The doc told a guy that masturbating before sex often helped men last longer during the act.
The man decided, "What the hell, I'll try it," He spent the rest of the day thinking about where to do it before he got home to his wife. He couldn't do it in his office. He thought about the restroom, but that was too open. He considered an alley, but figured that was too unsafe. Finally, he realiz...
What do men do standing up and women do sitting down and dogs do by lifting one leg?
Shake hands, of course!
Two men go hiking
And one of them has a stutter and extreme trouble saying words that begin with a T.
They are walking on a popular hiking trail long 2000m, and they will camp at the destination.
700m into their walk the man with a stutter starts
saying : " T T T T T"
His friend, annoyed with this says ...
Just announced, there is now a morning after pill for men.
It changes your blood type.
A guy walks into a bar and orders a rum and coke, but the bartender hands him an apple.
"What the hell is this? I ordered a rum and coke," the guy protests.
"Just take a bite of the apple," says the bartender. So, the guy bites the apple, and his eyes light up.
"Hey this apple tastes just like rum! What did you soak it in it?"
The bartender tells him, "Turn it arou...
Two Italian men are having a lively talk on a bus...
"Emma come first. Den I come. Den two asses come together. I come once-a-more. Two asses, they come together again. I come again and pee twice. Then I come one last time."
A church lady behind them is crimson red and beside herself. "You two need Jesus! How dare you say such shameless filth? ...
Two men crash a plane on a deserted island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
They both survive the crash. Then just after their terrible ordeal one of the men walks all over the entire island and comes to the conclusion that there is no food or fresh water. He goes back to where his friend is to explain their predicament.
"I've searched this entire island and haven't...
There were 3 men in a brothel. One going up the stairs, one in going down the stairs, and one in a room. What were their nationalities?
The man going up the stairs was Russian.
The man going down the stairs was Finnish.
And the man in the room, Himalayan.
Men get paid more than women because they choose high paying careers like doctor, engineer, and CEO
Women pick low paying careers like woman doctor, woman engineer, or woman CEO
The 3 men (Joke told by professor)
Sometime during the middle ages, one day - an engineer, a priest, and a farmer were being executed by the guillotine due to their crimes they commit against the village
the engineer was punished because he was rigging his builds and selling it blindly to people to make extra money by offering...
Three Men Came to America
One Irish One Canadian and One Mexican. They all lined up to pass their citizenship test.
The professor said...ok. Use the word contagious in a sentence. If you get this correct you pass and will be American Citizens.
The professor asks the Canadian to use the word contagious in a sen...
Do you know why women speak twice the number of words than men in a day?
Because men weren't listening the first time
This shutdown is bad for everyone in the service industry, but it especially sucks for men
We're losing $1 for every $.79 women are losing
A big city doctor visits an indigenous tribe of only men,
He asks "How do you guys relieve your sexual tension?"
"Simple, just come down to the river tomorrow and we'll show you."
The next day the doctor shows up and sees a group of men near a donkey.
The leader of the tribe says "Since you're our guest you get to go first.".
The doctor ...
Q: Why is it so hard for women to find men that are sensitive, caring and good-looking?
A: Because all those men already have boyfriends.
3 men are on a hot air balloon
3 men are on a hot air balloon but it’s losing altitude. They need to get rid of things quickly.
The first man grabs some planks of wood and throws them off the side of the balloon.
The second man throws 3 heavy rocks off of the balloon.
The last man drops a bomb off the side....
Two elderly men sitting in park
Two elderly men sitting in park. Both are starting to have Alzheimer symptoms. They discuss as they usually do on Monday PMs.
One of them sees a food truck across the park and tells the other one: "I'd like an ice cream, chocolate almonds ice cream. Do you want me to get you one ?"
A Men goes to the procotologyst
The man stands in position to be checked and the doctor stands back.
The doctor slaps his patient butt cheeck and says "Relax Smith, stay calm"
- But Doctor, im not Smith, Im Johnson
- I know, Im Smith
Christmas will be the same for most men.
Sitting at the table with a big fat bird,
that doesn't gobble anymore
MEN'S HELP LINE - Letter of the Month
I really need your advice on a serious problem: I have suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me. The usual signs: if the phone rings and I answer, the caller hangs up; she goes out with the girls a lot. I try to stay awake to look out for her when she comes h...
*Nsfw* The military is cutting staff and decide to get rid of three generals. One from the Army, the Airforce, and the Marines.
All of them are old, grizzled men who had seen their fair share of war, so the Pentagon comes up with a unique bonus system for their service. They can choose two points of their bodies and for every inch between them they would get 10k.
First up was the Army general. He chose to measure betw...
My wife just now: Do men's ears actually work or are they just for decoration?
Me: What?
Say what you will about men in porn, but you can't deny one thing
They work hard.
Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft...
Today, it's called golf.
I’m hosting a charity for men struggling to ejaculate
If you can’t come let me know
Three men are chatting when the first says, "I think my wife is having an affair with a plumber.
"I went home last night, and what did I find under the bed? A pipe."
"I think my wife is having an affair with an electrician," says the second. "I went home last night, and what did I find under the bed? A box of fuses."
"I think my wife is having an affair with a horse," says the thi...
Three men are about to get executed in Bulgaria
The executioner approaches the first man and says
"How would you like to die? By firing squad, hung by the neck, or on the electric Chair?"
"I'll take the chair" the prisoner says.
So he gets strapped into the electric chair.
When they flip the switch, nothing happens! ...
There are two types of men in this world
Those who have tried to suck their dick, and liars
Ya know, the best punchlines are kinda like men with ED
you never really see them coming
Two men are playing a round of golf.
The third tee is close to a road, and just as one of the players is about to tee off he sees a funeral cortège driving slowly by. He breaks his shot, lays down his club, takes off his cap and bows his head as the procession passes.
‘Wow’ says his friend, ‘That was very respectful.’
Three men apply for a spy position
Three men apply for a spy position.
Its the final test
Interviewer: "I have your SO in this room. Your mission is to kill them. Here's a gun."
First candidate: " You can't be serious?"
Interviewer: " Then this job is not for you."
Second candidate comes out 5 minu...
Two men go camping
One of them has to take a leak. He ccomes back and says "A snake bit my dick".
The other one calls the ambulance and the doctor on the phone says "You have to suck the venom out"
The friend asks "So what's gonna happen"
The other one says "You're gonna fucking die"
What comes every month, expectantly but often disappointing and makes women wish they were men?
One afternoon a lawyer was riding in his limousine when he saw two men along the road-side eating grass.
Disturbed，he ordered his driver to stop and got out to investigate.
He asked one man，‟Why are you eating grass?”
‟We do not have any money for food,” the poor man replied. ‟We have to eat grass.”
‟Well，then，you cn come with me to my house and I‘ll feed you,” the lawyer said.
Three men are having a contest
The contest is to see who can keep their genital in a waffle iron for the longest. The first man turns the iron on, puts his penis in, pulls out after two seconds. The next man follows suit and lasts four seconds. The third lasted an entire five minutes and when asked about how he won he said “They ...
Why do the election results take so long?
It’s a race between two 70+ year old men. What do you expect?
There’s Three Old Men,
Sitting on their porch, and Jesus finally comes for them. so they’re up in heaven, and there is ducks, EVERYWHERE. Now Jesus Says, “Alrighty, Now in heaven, we only got one rule. Never. Ever. Step on a duck. If you do, you will be chained up to an ugly person for all of eternity.”
Now they all sa...
Three men are hired to work on a ranch.
The first of the three was the youngest. He was told when he is craving a woman to use the barrel behind the barn.
He takes advantage the very first night and describes it to the others in vivid detail. The oldest of the group sat quietly and drank his beer.
The second night he goes bac...
Three men, a philosopher, a mathematician and an idiot, were out riding in the car when it crashed into a tree.
Three men, a philosopher, a mathematician and an idiot, were out riding in the car when it crashed into a tree. Before anyone knows it, the three men found themselves standing before the pearly gates of Heaven, where St. Peter and the Devil were standing nearby.
‟Gentlemen,” the Devil started, ‟D...
Three men die and go to heaven
When they arrive at the Pearly Gates, St. Peter says to them, "Congratulations; you made it into heaven! God has one rule, however, which is: **YOU CANNOT STEP ON, KILL, OR TOUCH A DUCK.** If you do, you will be punished.**"**
The men think this is rather strange, but they agree.
A cou...
Three men, called Joe, Barry and Donald, were walking through some wild lands.
They were suddenly captured by some tribal people who turned out to be cannibals. Somehow they conveyed to these cannibals that they didn't want to be eaten. The cannibals conferred for a bit and decided that they'll let the men go on one condition. They told them that they can go if the individual ...
My wife and I were walking home from dinner when we came across 6 men beating up my mother-in-law.
My wife asked, "Aren't you going to help?"
I said, "No, 6 should be enough."
If the love between men is referred to as "brotherly love," what do you call the love between women?
Scissorly love
Women say, Men never listen.
Never heard my wife say that..
Trumpty Dumpty
Trumpty Dumpty promised a wall
Trumpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the golf courses and all the white men
Couldn't Make America Great Again
4 Horny men in are in a prison cell.
A Rapist, Necro, Psycho and a Sadist .
Rapist : If there was a cat here , I'd fuck it till it gets weak.
Psycho : Once you done , I'd fuck it to death.
Necro : oh yeaah! , once it's dead , i
I'd fuck it till I die.
The Sadist in the corner very softly: meooooww (uWu)
A man goes into a local bookstore and asks the young lady assistant,
"Do you have the new book out for men with small penises?"
She replies, "I'm not sure if it's in yet."
"That's the one; I'll take a copy…"
Four men are in the hospital waiting room because their wives are having babies.
Four men are in the hospital waiting room because their wives are having babies. A nurse goes up to the first guy and says, "Congratulations! You're the father of twins."
"That's odd," answers the man. "I work for the Minnesota Twins!"
A nurse says to the second guy, "Congratulations! ...
What do you call two clueless, old men.
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
Kids are from Uranus
I’m tired of hearing men talk about how women make their lives more difficult. Just think about where men would be without women...
Still in the Garden of Eden.
Two men are changing in a locker room when one notices a cork up the other guy's ass.
So he asks him, "How'd you get that cork up your ass?" And the guy says, "Well I was walking on the beach when I found a lamp, so I rubbed it and a genie popped out and said, "I am a genie, I will grant you one wish." So I said "No shit?"
I was standin next to this bloke in the changing room at my local gym yesterday when a mobile phone rings.
He was getting dry so he puts it on loudspeaker. I thought straightaway wot a smug bastard!
MAN: "Hello"
WOMAN: "Honey, it's me. Are you at the gym?"
MAN: "Yes"
WOMAN: "I am at the Metro Centre now and found this beautiful leather coat.
It' s only £1,000. Is it OK ...
Three men are discussing what they think is the fastest thing in the world
The first man says “The fastest thing in the world is a thought... I think something and pops into my head”
The second man says “The fastest thing in the world is light... I turn on the light switch and the room lights up instantly”
The third man thinks for a second and says “you are b...
Why do men usually die first?
Because we want to.
The pastor asked if anyone in the congregation would like to express praise for answered prayers.
A lady stood and walked to the podium.
She said, "I have a praise. Two months ago, my husband Tom had a terrible bicycle wreck, and his scrotum was completely crushed. The pain was excruciating and the doctors didn't know if they could help him."
You could hear a muffled gasp from the ...
Women complain why the word Mankind has the word MEN in it...
What about HERpes?
What rock group has four men that don‘t sing?
3 men are walking through a forest
on their way back home, when they stumble upon a lamp.
One of them picks it up, rubs it, and out pops a Genie. It booms "You have finally freed me after all these years, so I'll grant each one of you 3 wishes." The first guy immediately blurts out "I want a billion dollars." POOF, he's ho...
A female class teacher was having a problem with a boy in her 3rd grade class.
The boy said, "Madam, I should be in Grade 4. I am smarter than my sister & she's in Grade 4".
The Madam had heard enough and took the boy to the principal. The principal decided to test the boy with some questions from Grade 4.
Principal: What is 3+3?
Boy: 6.
Princip...
A wizard walked up to three men on the street.
The wizard said “I put a spell on you three. Whenever you run and jump while shouting something that you want, you will get what you shouted.”
The three men were very excited.
The first man ran and jumped while shouting “money!”. A big stack of money appeared in front of him.
The second ma...
3 men in a waiting room while their wives give birth
Three men are waiting together in a waiting room while their wives are all giving birth.
The men start to talk and learn about each other while they wait.
The nurse comes out and tells the first guy "Congratulations your wife has given birth and you now have 2 handsome twin boys"
After early voting today, I stopped off in the men's restroom...
Some pervert stood right next to me at the stall and was eyeballing my junk!
It's ok though, he said he was an OFFICIAL pole watcher.
Three men are travelling home on Christmas day together
As they round a corner their car goes head on into a tree and the three men are instantly killed. All three men arrive at the pearly gates at the same time and stand in a long queue waiting to receive St Peter’s judgement. While waiting, one of the men points ahead to front of the queue after notici...
Two old men...
...decide they are close to their last days and decide to have a last night out on the town. After a few drinks, they end up at the local brothel.
The madam takes one look at the two old men and whispers to her manager, "Go up to the first two bedrooms and put an inflated doll in each bed. T...
There are several men sitting around in the locker room of a Golf club.
After a round, showering and getting changed for the 19th hole.
Suddenly a mobile phone on one of the benches rings.
One of the men picks it up, and the following conversation ensues:
(H – Husband, W ...
Remember men, no means no, but one thousand no's and one yes
is YouTube Premium's entire marketing scheme.
Two men meet in hell...
Person 1: You seem like a nice guy. How did you die?
Person 2: Hypothermia from staying in the fridge for too long. You?
Person 1: I wanted to suprise my wife by coming early from a buisness trip than I told her.
When I arrived I was sure she cheated on me, I could hear sound comin...
There are three men named Shit, Manners and shut up
Shit got stuck in a toilet and Manners went to help and try and pull him out. Shut up decided he should buy a plunger from a hardware store to help get him out and drove off. Halfway there a policeman pulled him over for speeding and asked “what’s you name” Shut up said “Shut up” the policeman got a...
I've noticed lately that women prefer men at least 6'
I heard a woman on the street today tell her boyfriend “ALL MEN ARE DOGS!” during an argument....
But for some reason she wasn’t very happy when I asked if I could pet him.
And anyways, it was pretty irresponsible to have him off leash and all.
3 Men with stutters go to see a speech therapist to help them with their stutters and after a few months of therapy that isn't going very well one day the therapist thinks of a solution...
...the therapist then turns around to them and says "right, if you can tell me where you were born, without stuttering...I'll give each of you a blowjob, right here, right now!
she then steps up to the first man and asks him, "where were you born?"
the first man says "B B B B B B B Bir...
Two men are sitting in the sauna.
An elephant comes in.
He looks down and says “How are you supposed to eat with that?”
An 18 year old girl tells her mom that she has missed her last 2 periods
Very worried, the mother goes to the drugstore and buys a pregnancy test. The test result shows that the girl is pregnant. Crying, cursing and Shouting the mother says, "Who was the bastard that did this to you? I want to know!"
The girl picks up the phone and makes a call. Half an hour later...
Men of 25 play football and . . .
Men of 25 play football, men of 40 play tennis, men of 60 play golf . . .
You notice as you get older, your balls get smaller.
Two men are shipwrecked on an island... (long)
They decide to explore the island to look for food as they are quite hungry. After a while of searching they find a cabin hidden in the middle of the woods and there's smoke coming from the chimney.
The first man tells the second he'll go knock and check it out and that the other should stay ...
Indian men on a bus in NY..
2 men from India get onto a bus in New York. They sit down & engage in an animated conversation. The lady sitting next 2 them ignores them at first, but her attention is galvanized when she hears 1 of them say the following:
"Emma cums first.. Den I cum... Den two asses cum together... . ...
4 Men at a bar discuss the most difficult sport to play.
The first man, wide as a dishwasher and having huge muscles all over, says “I’m a football player, it’s the hardest sport in the world to play! You’ve gotta be in top physical condition and have excellent situational awareness.”
The second man, an older gentleman wearing a collared shirt, say...
Three men die and appear before Buddha...
Stunned by the divine presence before them, they lower their heads.
\-Raise your heads. You were humble in life and your deeds were praiseworthy. You have earned the right to a reincarnation of your choice. You have much to accomplish yet though.
One of the people takes a step forwa...
Two men are playing a round of golf when they get stuck behind two women.
Eventually one of the men walks over to ask if they can play through. He scuttles back and says, "When I got closer, I realized it was my wife and mistress; You go and ask them instead."
The other one walks over to the women but hurries back and says, "Small world."
I’ve helped make men’s dicks hard.
No, I’m not hot, I just donate a lot of blood.
Three men go to heaven
At the gate into heaven St. Peter tells them, they can have everything they want as long as they do not step on a dark cloud. After that, they enter and have an amazing time.
But after a week the first comes up to the others with his leg in a bear trap. The others ask him:
"What happend?"<...
Three friends were bragging about who has the most sex. The first guy starts, “Y'all ain't got nothing on me! I can go to any bar and bring home a new woman every night! Not only that, but I drive a corvette and have an 8 inch penis! I've slept with more than 1,000 women!”
Second guy fires back, “Oh yeah? Well I’m a top gynecologist at the highest rated hospital in the world. I make $800,000 a year, have patients and nurses who have sex with me every hour I’m at work. All the women compliment me on my 12 inch penis and I've slept with well over 5,000 women.”
La...
You are looking through your food bag after just leaving the Taco Bell drive through and find a note written on a napkin that reads "There are 2 armed men in here".......what do you do?
Eat your food.......1 armed men can't make tacos.
What you you call a men's pair of underwear?
A junk drawer.
3 men talk about their best accomplishments.
The first man says, "I helped save a deer from dying of thirst!"
The second man says, "PATHETIC! I once saved a whole dog shelter from a burning fire."
The third man chuckles. "Ha! I found out that, without hands, you cannot move your penis without contracting you ass muscles."
Two men break out of a mental institution.
Two men steal flashlights and break out of a mental institution. They find themselves on the roof of the building with orderlies closing in. The men look and see there is an adjacent roof they might be able to jump onto. The first man runs and leaps over the gap, landing on the roof of the next buil...
Why do men wear black to weddings as well as to funerals?
Because they loose a friend on both occasions.
I like my men like I like my books:
Well read and bound in leather.
Men are like shoe laces
They go through many holes before they tie the knot
3 men are on a rooftop with a wizard. The wizard says that if they jump, the first word they say will break their fall.
The first man jumps and says "Pillows!" and he lands in a pile of pillows. The second man jumps and says "Hay!" and he lands in a pile of hay. The third man then tries to jump, but trips off the edge and says "Shit!"
An Italian, a Scotsman, and a Chinese man are hired at a construction site.
The foreman points out a huge pile of sand and says to the large, muscular, Scotsman he says, "You're in charge of shoveling."
To the slightly less muscular but still large Italian man, he says, "You're in charge of sweeping."
And to the skinny Chinese man he says, "You're in charge of...
What do butchers and men with Onlyfans accounts have in common?
They both get paid to beat their meat.
FINALLY! BLONDE MEN JOKES:
A blond man is in the bathroom and his wife shouts "Did you find the shampoo?" He answers "Yes but I'm not sure what to do...it's for dry hair and I just wet mine."
Two old men are sitting in the lounge chatting.
The one says,” You should try the restaurant my wife and I went to last night. Pricey but well worth the money.“
“Oh, what’s it called?” asks the other man enthusiastically.
His friend thinks for a minute,” Uhm…I…er…”
Obviously having a senior moment he says,” What’s that flower...
Two men walk into a bar and see a sign behind the bar...
the sign reads "FREE Drinks if you complete the 'Task'"
They call the barman over and enquire about the sign
"It's true" say the barman, "free drinks all night if you complete the Task"
Curious, Man 1 asks "so whats the Task?"
"If you look directly up, you'll see two Sirl...
Three men went on a swimming competition. An American, a Japanese and a Filipino.
The rule was simple, swim through the lake full of alligators, reach the other side alive and win unlimited cash.
Confident, Phelps went first. But in the middle of his dive, a gator appeared in front of him and swallowed him whole.
The crowd was shocked, yet they all booed.
Eag...
Two men are talking to each other
M1: I can not believe you slept with her!
M2:What was I supposed to do she was just laying there naked!
M1:The autopsy!!!
M2:Ohh
M1:You are the worst vet I know
Three men go on a hunting trip in the woods...
They gather around the fire at dusk. They eat and drink and tell stories. Then slowly the fire goes down, and they finish their drinks. The men have no more stories to tell, and boredom starts to take over.
"ENOUGH!" Says the first man, standing up. "We should do something! I bet the two of ...
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Dvaraka | Dvarakadhama | Dvaraka's | Kusasthali
Dvārakā, Dvārākadhāma, Kuśasthalī
► All the Queens of Krsna Who Lived in Dvaraka Were in Their Previous Lives Very Greatly Exalted Devotees of God (2 P)
► Bhagavatam Verses Spoken by the Citizens of Dvaraka - Vaniquotes (7 P)
► Dvaraka-mahatmya (4 P)
► Dvarakadhisa (1 C, 4 P)
► God in Dvaraka (7 P)
► Inhabitants of Dvaraka (3 C, 24 P)
► Krsna in Dvaraka (3 C, 180 P)
► Krsna's City of Dvaraka (67 P)
► Queens of Dvaraka (4 C, 40 P)
Pages in category "Dvaraka"
Dvaraka (CC)
Dvaraka (Conversations)
Dvaraka (Krsna Book)
Dvaraka (Lectures)
Dvaraka (Letters)
Dvaraka (SB cantos 1 - 2)
Dvaraka (SB cantos 3 - 12)
Dvaraka (TLC and NOD)
New Dvaraka
Puri-dvaye means
A few months passed, and then, bewildered by Krsna, all the descendants of Vrsni, Bhoja and Andhaka who were incarnations of demigods went to Prabhasa, while those who were eternal devotees of the Lord did not leave but remained in Dvaraka
A person who has lived in Dvaraka for six months, for one month, or even for one fortnight, there is awaiting elevation to the Vaikuntha-lokas and all the profits of sarupya-mukti (the privilege of having the same four-handed bodily features as Narayana)
A possible answer is that it is very difficult to put any of the citizens of Dvaraka into trouble in the presence of Krsna
Actually, due to his excessive ecstatic love for Krsna, Uddhava became known in Dvaraka as crazy
After appearing from the fire of sacrifice, he (the demon) stood wielding the trident in his hand. Instigated by Sudaksina, the demon proceeded toward the capital city, Dvaraka, with many hundreds of ghostly companions
After defeating all the opposing elements and forcibly carrying away Rukmini, Krsna brought her to Dvaraka, and then married her according to the Vedic ritualistic principles. After this marriage, Krsna became the King of the Yadus at Dvaraka
After killing the great demon Dvivida and being worshiped by showers of flowers and glorious sounds of victory, Balarama returned to His capital city, Dvaraka
After Sri Ranga Puri departed for Dvaraka, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu remained with the brahmana at Pandarapura for four more days. He took His bath in the Bhima River and visited the temple of Viththala
All of the residents of Vrndavana and Dvaraka - namely the cowherd men and the members of the Yadu family - are eternally perfect devotees of the Lord
All of them (the great heroes of Dvaraka) were maha-rathis, great warriors able to fight with thousands of men. All were fully equipped with necessary weapons and assisted by hundreds and thousands of charioteers, elephants, horses and infantry soldiers
All the big roads and crossings (of Dvaraka) were carefully cleansed and sprinkled with sandalwood pulp mixed with water. Everywhere was the fragrance of sandalwood (because Krsna was returning to Dvaraka with Usa & Aniruddha)
All the houses of Yadupuri (Dvaraka) were decorated with flags, festoons and flowers. Each and every house had an extra gate specifically prepared for this occasion, and on both sides of the gate were big water jugs filled with water
Although Lord Jagannatha enjoys His pastimes at Dvaraka-dhama and naturally manifests sublime liberality there, still, once a year He becomes unlimitedly eager to see Vrndavana
Although the Yogendras were already conversant in Vedic knowledge, they became very jubilant in Krsna consciousness just by listening to Brahma. Thus they wanted to enter Dvaraka, the abode of Lord Krsna
Any person engaged in the devotional service of the Lord is recommended to live in one of the above-mentioned three places, namely Dvaraka, Mathura or Vrndavana
Arjuna visited Dvaraka, and all the widow wives of Lord Krsna lamented before him. He took them all in the presence of Vasudeva and pacified all of them
Arjuna, in the dress of a tridandi-sannyasi, remained in the city of Dvaraka for the four months of the rainy season, devising a plan whereby he could get Subhadra as his wife
Arjuna, who apparently had not left Dvaraka because he had to fulfill his promise to the brahmana, was called at night when the brahmana’s wife was to give birth to the child
As a human being has to endeavor to achieve certain results, so Lord Krsna, like an ordinary human being, or like His friend Arjuna, left Dvaraka to bring back the brahmana's baby
As Bhogavati, the capital of Nagaloka, is protected by the Nagas, so was Dvaraka protected by the descendants of Vrsni - Bhoja, Madhu, Dasarha, Arha, Kukura, Andhaka, etc. - who were as strong as Lord Krsna
As soon as He seated Himself on the chariot to start for Dvaraka, He saw Uttara hurrying toward Him in fear
As soon as there was some disturbance in Dvaraka, people considered the cause to be the absence of an auspicious personality in the city. Thus there was a rumor that because of the absence of Akrura inauspicious things were happening
As there are anugas in Dvaraka, so there are many anugas in Vrndavana also
As we find herewith in the description of its opulence, Dvaraka was surrounded by flower gardens and fruit orchards along with reservoirs of water and growing lotuses
As we have explained previously, in Vrndavana, Mathura and Dvaraka the system is that all the devotees take advantage of visiting various temples situated in those holy places
At Dvaraka Lord Vasudeva is engaged in His transcendental pastimes along with His plenary expansions, namely Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha
At Dvaraka, You keep sixteen thousand queens in sixteen thousand palaces. Also, there are eighteen mothers and numerous friends and relatives of the Yadu dynasty
Balarama triumphantly reached Dvaraka, where He met with many citizens who were all His devotees & friends. When they all assembled He narrated the whole story of the marriage & they were astonished to hear how He had made the city of Hastinapura tremble
Balarama was very satisfied after His great reception from the side of the Kurus, and accompanied by the newly married couple, He started toward His capital city of Dvaraka
Balarama, who has the same original form as Krsna, is Himself a cowherd boy in Vrndavana, and He also considers Himself a member of the ksatriya race in Dvaraka. Thus His color and dress are different, and He is called a pastime form of Krsna
Because almost all the members of the Yadu dynasty went to Kuruksetra, some important personalities, Sucandra, Suka and Sarana, remained in Dvaraka to protect the city
Devotee said, "But if I become bereft of His causeless mercy, then even if I became the King of Dvaraka, I would be simply an object for pinpricks"
Dhruvaloka is one of the lokas like Svetadvipa, Mathura and Dvaraka. They are all eternal places in the kingdom of Godhead, which is described in the Bhagavad-gita (tad dhama paramam) and in the Vedas
Draupadi was expert in this affair because she kept five husbands, the Pandavas, and all were very much pleased with her. On receipt of Draupadi's instructions, she (Satyabhama) was very much pleased and offered her good wishes and returned to Dvaraka
Dvaraka is certainly more important than the heavenly planets because whoever has been favored with the smiling glance of the Lord shall never come back again to this rotten earth, which is certified by the Lord Himself as a place of misery
Dvarakadhama was considerably big, containing many highways, streets and public meeting places with parks, gardens and reservoirs of water, all very nicely decorated with flowers and fruits
Finding it impossible, and not wishing to take an active part on behalf of either party, He (Balarama) left Dvaraka on the plea of visiting various holy places of pilgrimage
Following his (Pradyumna's) command, many warriors like Satyaki, Carudesna and Samba, all young brothers of Pradyumna, as well as Akrura, Krtavarma, Bhanuvinda, Gada, Suka and Sarana, all came out of the city to fight with Salva
From all angles of vision, the Maharaja (Yudhisthira) inquired from Arjuna about the welfare of Dvaraka, but he concluded at last that as long as Lord Sri Krsna Himself was there, nothing inauspicious could happen
Having acquired such a wonderful airplane, Salva flew it to the city of Dvaraka, because his main purpose in obtaining the airplane was to attack the city of the Yadus, toward whom he maintained a constant feeling of animosity
Having failed to set fire to Dvaraka, the fiery demon went back to Varanasi, the kingdom of Kasiraja. As a result of his return, all the priests who had helped instruct the black art of mantras, along with their employer, Sudaksina, were burned to ashes
He (Pradyumna) said, "I do not even wish to stay at Dvaraka in the absence of my father (Krsna)"
He (Pradyumna) said, "Since my father has left Dvaraka, I do not take much pleasure in practicing fighting, nor am I interested in any kind of sporting pastimes"
He began to travel alone, thinking only of Krsna, through various holy places like Ayodhya, Dvaraka and Mathura
Herein of course we find a different description of the city of Dvaraka. It is understood that the whole dhama, or residential quarter, was surrounded by such gardens and parks with reservoirs of water where lotuses grew
I have brought together in one work all the pastimes performed by Lord Krsna in Vrndavana and in Dvaraka. Now I shall have to divide them into two dramas
If someone simply desires conjugal love, but does not follow in the footsteps of the gopis, he is promoted to association with the Lord at Dvaraka
If that is so, the next question is this: Why would Maha-Visnu come to Dvaraka personally if He were not able to see Krsna? Why did He not send some of His associates to take away the sons of the brahmana?
In a list of temples and monasteries kept in Sankaracarya's monastery in Dvaraka, Bilvamangala is mentioned as the founder of the Dvarakadhisa temple there
In all directions of Dvaraka City, wherever one would turn his eyes he would find green parks and gardens, each of them filled with trees and plants laden with fruits and flowers
In Dvaraka-puri, Pradyumna is the predominator. On the island known as Svetadvipa, there is an ocean of milk, and in the midst of that ocean is a place called Airavati-pura, where Aniruddha lies on Ananta
In that spiritual sky, on the four sides of Narayana, are the second expansions of the quadruple expansions of Dvaraka
In the absence of Akrura there were apparently some disturbances in Dvaraka. The superstition arose for the following reason: Once in the province of Kasi (Varanasi) there was severe drought - practically no rain fell
In the city (Dvaraka) there were as many as 900,000 great palaces built of first-class marble, with gates and doors made of silver
In the highest region of that spiritual sky is the spiritual planet called Krsnaloka. It has three divisions - Dvaraka, Mathura and Gokula
In the Padma Purana there is a statement about the importance of living at holy places like Mathura or Dvaraka
In this Dvaraka-dhama, I am being attracted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, who is personified spiritual bliss
It appeared that he (the demon) was going to burn all outer space to ashes. The surface of the earth trembled because of his striking steps. When he entered the city of Dvaraka, all the residents panicked, just like animals in a forest fire
It appears that the prostitutes of Dvaraka, who were so eager to meet the Lord, were all His unalloyed devotees, and thus they were all on the path of salvation
It is also learned from the Hayasirsa-pancaratra that there are nine forms protecting the two Puris known as Mathura Puri and Dvaraka Puri. These nine forms are Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Narayana, Nrsimha, Hayagriva, Varaha and Brahma
It is mentioned in the Padma Purana, Maharaja Nanda & the cowherd boys of Vrndavana joined the marriage ceremony. Kings from the kingdoms of Kuru, Srnjaya, Kekaya, Vidarbha, Kunti all came to Dvaraka on this occasion & met with one another very joyfully
It is stated in the Puranas, "Persons who attempt to visit the holy places of pilgrimage, like Vrndavana, Mathura or Dvaraka, are actually glorified. By such traveling activities, they can pass over the desert of material existence"
It is understood from the speech of Maha-Visnu that He was very eager to see Krsna. It may be said, however, that since Maha-Visnu took away the brahmana's sons, He must certainly have gone to Dvaraka to do so. Therefore, why did He not see Krsna there?
It is wonderful that Dvaraka has defeated the glories of the heavenly planets and has enhanced the celebrity of the earth. The inhabitants of Dvaraka are always seeing the soul of all living beings (Krsna) in His loving feature
Just as he (Aniruddha) was to be punished for the kidnapping, the soldiers from Dvaraka arrived, headed by Balarama, and a fight ensued amongst the ksatriyas
Krsna abode, the planet which is called Goloka Vrndavana, that has three divisions. As we have got replica on this earth, there is Vrndavana, Mathura, and Dvaraka. Dvaraka is in Gujarat, and Mathura and Vrndavana is in U.P., Uttar Pradesh, near Delhi
Krsna said, "How could Salva possibly enter the city and arrest My father in that way? Whatever Salva may be, his power is limited, so how could it be possible that he has conquered the strength of Balaramaji"
Krsna said, "How could that happen? My brother, Lord Balarama, is there, and it is impossible for anyone to conquer Balaramaji. He is in charge of Dvaraka City, and I know He is always alert"
Laksmana said, "Expecting opposition from the princes, He armored Himself and took up His bow, named Sarnga, and then our celebrated driver, Daruka, drove the beautiful chariot, without a moment’s delay, toward the city of Dvaraka"
Laksmana said, "The whole city of Dvaraka was profusely decorated on that occasion. There were so many flags and festoons and gates all over Dvaraka that the sunshine could not even enter the city"
Lord Balarama, being able to understand the destiny awaiting them (Bhimasena and Duryodhana), was not eager to go further in the matter. Therefore, instead of staying, He decided to return to the city of Dvaraka
Lord Krishna is always pastimeous in the three compartments of the Abode of Krishna namely Gokula, Mathura and Dwarka. And the Vaikuntha planets of the spiritual sky the Lord expands Himself as Narayana with four hands as the residents are there
Lord Krsna could not refuse the request of the King (Yudhisthira). Krsna therefore sent back all the heroes of the Yadu dynasty - Samba and others. All of them returned to Dvaraka, and Lord Krsna personally remained to give pleasure to the King
Lord Krsna is especially glorified for giving pleasure to the gopis and the queens of Dvaraka. Sukadeva Gosvami glorifies Lord Krsna for His enchanting smile, by which He enchanted not only the gopis of Vrndavana but also the queens of Dvaraka
Maharaja Yudhisthira has compared the Yadu dynasty to the ocean of milk and Sri Balarama to the Ananta where Lord Krsna resides. He has compared the citizens of Dvaraka to the liberated inhabitants of the Vaikunthalokas
Maharaja Yudhisthira inquired from his brother (Arjuna) whether anything undesirable happened on the way home from Dvaraka
Maharaja Yudhisthira observed some discrepancies in his kingdom, and therefore he became very anxious about Arjuna, who was long absent, and there was also no news about Dvaraka's well-being
My uncle, you must have visited Dvaraka. In that holy place are our friends & well-wishers, the descendants of Yadu, who are always rapt in the service of Krsna. You might have seen them or heard about them. Are they all living happily in their abodes?
O Brahmana Saunaka, while Maharaja Yudhisthira, observing the inauspicious signs on the earth at that time, was thus thinking to himself, Arjuna came back from the city of the Yadus (Dvaraka)
O King, since you have asked me about our friends & relatives in the city of Dvaraka, I will inform you that all of them were cursed by the brahmanas, & as a result they all became intoxicated with wine made of putrefied rice & fought among themselves
Of the four kinds of separation, three (purva-raga, pravasa and mana) are celebrated in Srimati Radharani and the gopis. In Dvaraka, among the queens, feelings of prema-vaicittya are very prominent
On both sides of every path (in Dvaraka) there were bushes, and at regular intervals there were large trees that shaded the avenues so that the sunshine would not bother the passersby
Once the family members of Lord Krsna, such as Samba, Pradyumna, Caru, Bhanu and Gada, all princes of the Yadu dynasty, went for a long picnic in the forest near Dvaraka
Once upon a time in Dvaraka, a brahmana’s wife gave birth to a child. Unfortunately, however, just after being born and touching the ground, the child immediately died. The brahmana father took the child and went directly to the palace of the King
Pada-sevanam includes: seeing the form of the Lord, touching the form of the Lord, circumambulating the form or temple of the Lord, visiting such places as Jagannatha Puri, Dvaraka and Mathura to see the Lord's form, and bathing in the Ganges or Yamuna
Pradyumna felt great separation from Krsna when He was absent from Dvaraka at the battlefield of Kuruksetra
Pradyumna lives in Dvaraka-pura, and Aniruddha lies on the eternal bed of Sesa, generally known as ananta-sayya, on the island called Svetadvipa, in the ocean of milk
Pure attachment without reverence is found in Gokula Vrndavana. Attachment in which awe and reverence are prominent is found in the two cities Mathura and Dvaraka and in Vaikuntha
Regularly hear Srimad-Bhagavatam and similar literature. 36) Live in a sacred place like Mathura, Vrndavana or Dvaraka. 37) Offer service to Vaisnavas (devotees). 38) Arrange your devotional service according to your means
Rupa mentions, Residing in a sacred place of pilgrimage like Dvaraka or Vrndavana, 8) dealing with the material world only as far as necessary, 9) observing the fasting day on Ekadasi, and 10) worshiping sacred trees like the banyan tree and others
Salva also managed to create such a strong whirlwind within the city that all of Dvaraka became dark because of the dust that covered the sky
Salva thus attacked the city of Dvaraka from the sky, and he also surrounded the city by a large number of infantry. The soldiers on the surface attacked the beautiful spots of the city
Scented waters prepared by distilling flowers like rose and keora were requisitioned to wet the roads, streets and lanes of Dvaraka-dhama. Such places, along with the marketplace and public meeting places, were thoroughly cleansed
She (Satyabhama) was the daughter of Satrajit. After the departure of Lord Krsna, when Arjuna visited Dvaraka, all the queens, including Satyabhama and Rukmini, lamented for the Lord with great feeling
Some important personalities, like Aniruddha, the son of Pradyumna, and Krtavarma, the commander in chief of the Yadu dynasty, along with Sucandra, Suka and Sarana, remained in Dvaraka to protect the city
Sri Balarama suggested, "The jewel might have been kept in the custody of another man in Dvaraka, so You'd better return and search it out"
Such a devotee is never attracted by the opulences of Vaikuntha, nor even of Dvaraka, the royal city where Krsna ruled
Such a qualified brahmana is always truthful and is a devotee of Visnu. Without delay, she (Rukmini) sent the brahmana to Dvaraka
Svarupa Damodara replied for Srila Rupa Gosvami, "He wanted to compose a drama about the pastimes of Lord Krsna. He planned to describe in one book both the pastimes of Vrndavana and those of Dvaraka and Mathura"
The airplane occupied by Salva put the entire city of Dvaraka into distress equal to that caused on the earth long, long ago by the disturbing activities of Tripurasura. The inhabitants of Dvaraka Puri became so harassed that they were not peaceful
The beloved Lord was away from His own prosperous metropolis of Dvaraka for a considerably long period because of the Battle of Kuruksetra, and thus all the inhabitants were overcome with melancholia due to the separation
The best examples of atma-nivedanam are found in Bali Maharaja and Ambarisa Maharaja. Atma-nivedanam is also sometimes found in the behavior of Rukminidevi at Dvaraka
The big avenues, crossings, lanes and streets, and also the thresholds of every residential house (of Dvaraka), were very clean
The bride and bridegroom were ceremoniously seated on the chariot, and they started for Dvaraka, accompanied by the bridegroom's party
The characteristics of the Deities should be discussed, as well as the characteristics of the salagrama-sila. You should also discuss visiting the Deities in the temple and touring holy places like Vrndavana, Mathura and Dvaraka
The citizens of Dvaraka were in a state of melancholy due to the Lord's absence from the transcendental city, as much as we are put in a state of melancholy at night because of the absence of the sun
The city of Dvaraka thus fully displayed all opulences. The heroes in the dynasty of Yadu used to think themselves the most fortunate residents of the city, and actually they enjoyed all transcendental facilities
The city of Dvaraka was well protected by the descendants of Vrsni, who were as powerful as the Lord, insofar as He manifested His strength upon this earth
The city of Dvarakapuri was filled with the opulences of all seasons. There were hermitages, orchards, flower gardens, parks and reservoirs of water breeding lotus flowers all over
The description of Dvaraka-dhama is the ideal of human civilization
The energies (consorts) of the Supreme Lord are of three kinds: the Laksmis in Vaikuntha, the queens in Dvaraka and the gopis in Vrndavana
The factual activities of the Lord, such as Lord Krsna's acting in the Battle of Kuruksetra, or the activities of the Pandavas, or the Lord's activities in Vrndavana or Dvaraka, are related in the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam
The Gaudiya Vaisnava loves the forms of Radha and Krsna, and Krsna and Rukmini at Dvaraka
The great heroes of Dvaraka City, headed by commanders such as Pradyumna, counterattacked the soldiers and airplane of Salva. When he saw the extreme distress of the citizens, Pradyumna immediately arranged his soldiers and personally got up on a chariot
The heavenly planets are more celebrated than the earth. But the celebrity of earth has defeated that of the heavenly planets because of Dvaraka, where Lord Sri Krsna reigned as King
The highways, lanes, streets, crossings and marketplaces (of Dvaraka city) were all beautifully decorated
The inhabitants of Dvaraka said, "If we cannot see You because You are long absent from Dvaraka, then it will be impossible for us to live anymore"
The kingdom of Dvaraka is situated in the western part of India, and Vidarbha is situated in the northern part
The Lord left this earthly planet in His own transcendental body, and as soon as He left, the symptoms of the Kali-yuga, as were envisioned by Maharaja Yudhisthira prior to Arjuna's arrival from Dvaraka, began to manifest
The Lord stays only where pious men assemble and takes pleasure in their glorifying the Supreme Truth. Maharaja Yudhisthira was anxious to know about the pious men and their pious acts in the city of Dvaraka
The Lord used to call Uddhava for consultation when the city was attacked by Jarasandha and others and when He executed great sacrifices as part of His routine royal work as Lord of Dvaraka
The natural opulence of Vrndavana is just like an ocean. The opulence of Dvaraka and Vaikuntha is not even to be compared to a drop
The Pandavas, especially Sri Arjuna, were eternal companions of the Lord, and therefore Arjuna went to Dvaraka to hear from the Lord of His next program of work
The pastimes of the Lord (Krsna) are always current in one universe or another, and when Lord Krsna disappeared from the transcendental abode of Dvaraka, it was simply a disappearance from the eyes of the people there
The Personality of Godhead enjoyed life in the city of Dvaraka, strictly in conformity with the Vedic customs of society. He was situated in detachment and knowledge, as enunciated by the Sankhya system of philosophy
The pillars of the houses and palaces (in Dvaraka) were bedecked with jewels such as touchstone, sapphire and emerald, and the floors gave off a beautiful luster
The planet of Krsnaloka is divided into three sections - Gokula, Mathura and Dvaraka
The roads and streets of the city of Dvaraka were always crowded with elephants, horses, chariots and infantry soldiers
The sacred lakes like Puskara and places where saintly persons live, like Kuruksetra, Gaya, Prayaga, Pulahasrama, Naimisaranya, the banks of the Phalgu River, Setubandha, Prabhasa, Dvaraka - all of these are to be considered most pious and sacred
The songs of the queens at Dvaraka, which are mentioned at the end of the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam, have a very special meaning. They are not understood even by the most learned scholars
The Vrsnis (Krsna's relatives at Dvaraka) felt like that. So spontaneous love of Krsna in the parental relationship is found both amongst those denizens of Dvaraka who belonged to the dynasty of Vrsni, as well as amongst the inhabitants of Vrndavana
The whole city was full of residential homes, assembly houses and temples, all of different architectural beauty. All of this made Dvaraka a glowing city
There are many places of pilgrimage in India, and especially prominent are Badari-narayana, Dvaraka, Ramesvara and Jagannatha puri. These sacred places are called the four dhamas. Dhama refers to a place where one can immediately contact the Supreme Lord
There are many places on the surface of this earth which are also known in the higher planetary systems; we have places on this planet like Vrndavana, Dvaraka and Mathura, but they are also eternally situated in Krsnaloka
There are nine forms protecting the two Puris known as Mathura Puri and Dvaraka Puri. These nine forms are Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Narayana, Nrsimha, Hayagriva, Varaha and Brahma
There was a king of the name Satrajit within the jurisdiction of Dvaraka-dhama. He was a great devotee of the sun-god, who awarded him the benediction of a jewel known as Syamantaka
These (four dhamas, or kingdoms of God) are Badarikasrama, Ramesvara, Jagannatha Puri and Dvaraka. Faithful Hindus still visit all these holy places for perfection of spiritual realization, following in the footsteps of devotees like Uddhava
They (Dvaraka and Vidarbha) are separated by a distance of not less than one thousand miles, but the horses were so fast that they reached their destination, a town called Kundina, within one night or, at most, twelve hours
They (great devotees) generally reside in places like Vrndavana, Mathura, Dvaraka, Jagannatha Puri and Navadvipa because only devotees assemble in such places. In this way they give saintly association to one another and thus advance
They (the inhabitants of Dvaraka) could not understand for certain what had actually happened, and being very sorry and tired they returned to the city of Dvaraka
This is the proof of Dvaraka's opulence: all the Brahmas thought, 'Krsna is now staying in my jurisdiction'
This transcendental situation comprises His (God's) dealings with devotees engaged in transcendental loving service, as exhibited at Dvaraka and Vrndavana
Three places, namely Vrndavana, Mathura and Dvaraka, are more important than the famous planets within the universe
Thus the opulence of Dvaraka was perceived by each and every one of them. Although they were all assembled together, no one could see anyone but himself
Vaikuntha planets are also differently known as the Purusottamaloka, Acyutaloka, Trivikramaloka, Hrsikesaloka, Kesavaloka, Aniruddhaloka, Madhavaloka, Pradyumnaloka, Sankarsanaloka, Sridharaloka, Vasudevaloka, Ayodhyaloka, Dvarakaloka
Vyasadeva went to Dvaraka and informed the Personality of Godhead about his problem, and the Personality of Godhead, at Vyasadeva's request, went to Vyasadeva's cottage, where He assured the child (Suka) in the womb that he would not be influenced by maya
We speak of Vrndavana-dhama, Dvaraka-dhama and Mathura-dhama because in these places the name, fame, qualities and paraphernalia of the Supreme Godhead are always present
When elephants are engaged in service, they are given liquor to drink, and it is said that the elephants in Dvaraka were given so much liquor that they would sprinkle a great quantity of it on the road and still walk on the streets intoxicated
When He (Balarama) returned to Dvaraka, He was received with great jubilation by relatives and friends, headed by King Ugrasena and other elder persons, who all came forward to welcome Him
When Krsna was in the capital of Indraprastha, someone addressed Him thus: "My dear Lord, Your personal associates, headed by Uddhava, are always awaiting Your order by standing at the entrance gate of Dvaraka
When Narada arrived in Dvaraka, he saw gardens and parks full of various flowers of different colors, and also orchards overloaded with a variety of fruits. Beautiful birds were chirping, and peacocks crowed delightfully
When Narada arrived in Dvaraka, he saw there were ponds full of blue and red lotus flowers, and some of these tanks were filled with varieties of lilies. The lakes were full of nice swans and cranes, and the voices of these birds resounded everywhere
When Salva attacked the city of Dvaraka, Ugrasena fought very valiantly and repulsed the enemy
When the Brahma of this particular universe was invited by Krsna to Dvaraka, he thought that he was the only Brahma
When the members of the Vrsni family saw all their friends and visitors departing, they observed that the rainy season was approaching, and thus they decided to return to Dvaraka
When the negotiation of the marriage of Aniruddha with Rocana was complete, big marriage party accompanied Aniruddha & started from Dvaraka. They traveled until Bhojakata, which Rukmi had colonized after his sister had been kidnapped by Krsna
When the news of Pradyumna's return spread all over the city of Dvaraka, all the astonished citizens came with great eagerness to see the lost Pradyumna. "The dead son has come back," they said. "What can be more pleasing than this"
When the Yadu dynasty was to be vanquished, Ugrasena was entrusted with the iron lump produced from the womb of Samba. He cut the iron lump into pieces and then pasted it and mixed it up with the sea water on the coast of Dvaraka
When they returned to Dvaraka, they described with great satisfaction the sacrifice performed by Vasudeva, their meeting with various friends and well-wishers, and various other incidents that had occurred during their travels in the places of pilgrimage
When Uddhava wanted to speak to Vidura, he came down from the abode of the Lord, Dvaraka, to the material plane of human beings
While Arjuna was at Dvaraka, he wanted to have Subhadra as his queen, and he expressed his desire to Lord Krsna
While at Dvaraka, Uddhava was warned to avoid the distresses which were to follow the disappearance of the Lord and the destruction of the Yadu dynasty
While returning to Delhi from Dvaraka, Arjuna must have visited the city of Mathura, and therefore the inquiry about the King of Mathura is valid
Your statement, "The residents of New Dvaraka are praying for your mercy" is very nice
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EBU Reacts To Allegations of Vote Fraud
byBogdan Honciuc
The European Broadcasting Union, the body that organizes Eurovision, has now responded to the growing number of media reports concerning allegations of voting fraud and rule breaching during this year’s contest.
In a statement released on the EBU website this evening, Jon Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest (pictured above), said that the integrity of the contest must be upheld:
The millions of viewers in Europe and the contestants, who have put heart and soul into their performances, deserve a fair and transparent result. […] I have been around at the Eurovision Song Contest since 1998, and every year there are rumors about irregularities in the voting. Particularly this year, we felt it was time to firmly deal with these rumors.
Regarding the Lithuanian press reports on Azerbaijan’s alleged attempt to buy votes, Jon Ola Sand responded:
We are looking into this case, but would emphasise that the intention of these individuals have not yet been clarified, and nor has a link been established between the individuals in the video and the Azeri delegation, the Azeri act or the Azeri EBU Member Ictimai TV.
The statement goes on to specify that, based on criteria established by the EBU and televote processing platform Digame and overseen by a PwC observer, votes garnered through any instances of power-voting are disregarded.
Regarding the vote recount undertaken by Azerbaijan due to the nul points awarded to Russia, the EBU’s response was as follows:
The combination of televotes and jury votes, each bearing a 50% influence on the outcome, did not result in a top 10 position for Russia in the overall result from Azerbaijan. Therefore, Azerbaijan awarded Russia no points – a result confirmed by a notary onsite, by our voting partner Digame and by an independent observer from PwC.
Jon Ola Sand added:
The first duty of the EBU, as organiser of the Eurovision Song Contest, is to its Members, the public service broadcasters in the participating countries (Ictimai TV in Azerbaijan). We believe that the Song Contest’s apolitical spirit is a cornerstone of its enduring success, and we will do all we can to protect it.
The EBU claims that any form of political pressure exerted on professional juries that affects their complete independence is a violation of the Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest, and would be duly dealt with.
With regards to the national jury irregularities, the EBU felt the need to specify that:
To assure a fair jury voting, judges are asked to sign a document declaring their independency, and are asked to submit details about their professional background. The jury voting is overlooked by an independent notary who confirms to the EBU and PwC that the voting has been conducted in accordance with the Rules.
As for possible consequences, Dr. Frank Dieter Freiling, Chairman of the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group, the event’s governing body on behalf of EBU Members, stated:
Let me be clear on this. If we find any clear evidence that the Rules are being breached, including attempts of power-voting, we act immediately to do what we are obliged to do on behalf of the Members: to protect the Eurovision Song Contest brand.
At the end of the statement, the EBU revealed that, based on all criteria laid out in the Rules, the independent observers from PwC had confirmed the validity of the result of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.
While we digest this response and monitor developments in this unprecedented post-Eurovision string of scandals, what do YOU, the readers, the fans and the televoters, make of this response? Do you buy the EBU’s statements? Or do you think that this is just the tip of the iceberg? What shall we make of the EBU’s blatant refusal to accept the Azerbaijani president’s findings? And what about the Italian jury, who clearly didn’t comply with the EBU rules?
Read our exclusive interview with Thomas Niedermayer, the head of the EBU’s voting system. We spoke with him a few days before the Eurovision grand final—and before all these scandals emerged.
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Jim Chang, all your comments are a always about Azerbaijan (anti) and pro-Armenian. i doubt somehow you are not Armenian. Show me a post where you don;t sympathise with Armenia and don’t ridicule Azerbaijan… None! Exactly and very suspicious 🙂
Let me Explain Montenegro has a population of not even half a million ….. So I bet you they didn’t even receive 1000 voted…. or even way less that that because none of the Former Yugoslavian countries were in the final You think people would vote… They probably did not follow the Final at all as broadcaster compete with each other. For Example here in Albania Big Brother Final is always on Eurovision Grand Final is done on purpose because the private broadcaster(TOP CHANNEL) wants to be a monopoly. They dont want to let the Albania public television who broadcasted… Read more »
https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/european-broadcasting-union-release-full-split-results-now-for-all-countries-in-eurovision-2013?utm_campaign=twitter_link_action_box&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition
Ibrahim T.
Journalists are always looking for a scandal and quite often create it themselves. “Nor has a link been established between the individuals in the video and the Azeri delegation” so the Lithuanians video is a true scam. Let’s just leave this story to their
Croto Perrigrotto
People, please don’t mix politics and music!!!!! Mind you own business!!! We’ve got an amazing TOP3 this year and they were the best from the first rehearsals!!! Emmelie, Farid, and Zlata you are true winners of Eurovision 2013!!!!!
Cieran
It’s not about one particular country involved in it. There was an articles about Russia buying votes in Lithuania as well a scandal with Romanian votes in Italy. They really have to revise the whole voting system next year to stop such scam.
@Julian well said… But sometimes you can’t get over good song not making it for example Turkey in 2011 , Austria in 2012 … Poland 2010 … They deserved final and know to learn that the votes are being played it hurt. Unfortunately I believe the roomers. And I am suspicious.. but EBU will cover it up because they want the contest to go on and live…. trust me nothing is going to come up… 🙁
There is an easy way to have a fair winner of the Eurovision contest. All public voting is known eventually and (at least for me) it doesn’t matter who organises the contest next/each year. So we should do a recount of points only taking into consideration public vote and find out who the public vote winner is. It should be recognized as such and then let history decide which one is more deserving.
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It’s pretty easy. Show the votes from televoting and the jury. Give the public all information. Where is your transparency now, mister “I live in a democracy, be transparent” sack of corrupt shit.
Martin Kenny
It’s nice to get some reaction, but I don’t know how it’s all going to work out.
Hm, guys, btw, take a look at this – http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/38309/russians-buying-lithuanian-votes-before-eurovision-final-201338309/
Just pop-up at my alerts about ESC.
Maybe it is really a good idea to recount votes? To see that everything is fair? And anyway Azerbaijan did deserved second place, at least for the best staging that indeed stood out from the rest! For me, anyway. Voted myself for Farid, for Ukraine, for Greece. All of them were great on stage!
lee gilford
Really? Voting was ok? Let me ask only one question:
All the Bulgarians, Serbians, Macedonians and all the other Balkan people, in their countries and all over Europe (!), didn’t vote this year for their entries as they used to do? So, none of them reached the final! 🙂
The claim that voting was ok is nothing but an insult for an (average) IQ! 🙂
@Piksey ? ????????? ?????? ??-??????, ?? ???????????, I’m Ukrainian:))
My point was about an article, not about this particular video. I think all system needs some changes and it’s time for EBU to think about it! That’s all!
Danutz
Well, Mr Sand gave some answers, but he didn’t actually say anything… I would be very curious to see what the results would have been with only the televoting being taken into consideration. is this possible to see?
On one hand, I don’t put much stock in the annual allegations of voting scandals. However, this is a pretty defensive reply by the EBU, which raises doubts in my mind. It looks like Jan Ola Sand’s sole response is to put faith in a notary. “We had a notary who said it’s okay” sounds pretty flimsy. I’m sorry, but you’ll have to do better than that if you want people to put trust in a system. A better defense would be to explain HOW votes are counted, the process used, and to show a methodology that safeguards the results.… Read more »
Piksey
@Julie ‘about Russia buying votes in Lithuania ” Well, Good morning dear! Really? Russia? The scammers in video spoke russian, but ethnically they are actually Belorussians. According your brilliant logic now is Belarus to be blamed. Anyway, the reason why, whoever hired them in Baku, chose russianspeaking people is because Lithuania used to be a Soviet state and people there even now do speak Russian. The Belorussians, unlike Azeribaijanis do look like Lithuanians. This is also very important moment. Thus, Russia has nothing to do with this fraudcase. In the video they say it clearly about number 20 and even,… Read more »
Yep, let’s recount everything! And let’s not forget to recount every vote after rules were changed for a first time in the Contest’s history. Have you got enought people to do it? Cause we can all provide our help!
It’s not about one particular country. There was an articles about Russia buying votes in Lithuania as well a scandal with Romanian votes in Italy. They really have to revise the whole voting system next year. Why they’re trying to be wise now, why not vefore the contest?
Why should people vote for their favorites in ESC next editions? Just for the fun of it? To make profit for the telephone companies??? We vote, we spend money and finally, 5 jurors can divert the results, can change totally the ranking??? I believe there’s no reason for the countries to spent time, money, invest hopes to participate in a contest with winner known in advance and strange/unclear voting rules that leave room to ….. ! Why would they do this? Good bye Eurovision!
Looks like EBU won’t getaway so easily this time since the scandal with the lost Russian points, that probably gone with the wind, is now, on the political/international scale. Russia’s P.M. S. Lavrov uses pretty harsh words.. such: ‘stolen points’, ‘this won’t remain unanswered’, ‘outrageous action’ etc.
And in Lithuania, the ‘Azero fraud’ case being investigated by nothing less that Prosecutor’s Office of Lithuania. So so.. I think it is time to rethink the EBU’s policy concerning participating countries and exclude some undemocratic troublemakers, they are just not ready to take part in such contests.
Umran
The voting system is corrupt, turkey had right…..
Ooh, I didn’t realize the update! Now I get it, thanks.
@ Fikri, please refer to the update in this article:
http://wiwibloggs.com/2013/05/20/italy-rai-reveals-televoting-numbers/27306/
The Italian national jury appears to have broken two EBU rules that are not related to how its members voted.
I don’t get the Italian scandal… So, the jury decided to rank Romania low (which I believe they should), how is that doesn’t comply with the rules?
Jim Chang
I guess in 2009 when Ictimai TV (the same TV channel that EBU pledges its allegiance) blurred the number of the Armenian representatives was not a misconduct on their part but rather a violation that fell from the sky. EBU is pathetic. Less than a 2 days ago they were claiming that none of the reports regarding Azerbaijan buying votes were true, but some days later after the media gave its prompt attention to the matter, EBU is all of a sudden “investigating”. It will probably end with Baku paying some petroleum dollars to feed Jon Ola Sand.
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Viewer Sends Email To Maine News Station Demanding Reporter Be Fired Because Of Her Looks
When you accept a job in media, there's a certain level of notoriety that comes along with the job. That notoriety will inevitably lead to criticism, whether fair or not. Some people pine for nostalgia, that 'so and so' did this job better or that the station was so much more fun when 'so and so' worked there. That is the type of critical feedback that people in media can live with swallowing a little of their pride. But what Mike Redding shared on Twitter last week was an example of something that far exceeds criticism and ventures into the land of personal attacks and it's downright preposterous.
Redding, who serves as the News Director for News Center Maine, shared a viewer email he received about a female reporter. Some of the viewer email was redacted to protect the identity of the reporter, but the purpose of the nasty email is still on full display. The viewer believes that the reporter should be fired. Not because she's a bad reporter, not because she's made mistakes on-air, not because she's difficult to understand, not because 'so and so' was a better reporter back in the 90's. No, this viewer wanted the reporter fired because her hair looks bad. Here's what the email said:
"I guess it didn't take long for *redacted* to get her hair to look terrible on air. *sentence redacted* but HER HAIR LOOKED HORRIBLE. And it is starting to look that way again in the commercial I just saw with her in it. Get rid of her."
Redding took this to Twitter because he had crafted a response to the viewer and wanted other's opinions on whether he should send it or not. Everyone who has ever worked in media knows that it's a slippery slope when challenging the opinions of listeners/viewers and that it can lead to more good than bad. But that viewer email was just distasteful and upsetting, who could blame him? The response he crafted was this:
"I'll be blunt, your email makes me angry. Women have enough bullshit to deal with on a daily basis in life as moms, wives, and professionals. The endless pressure put on them to be something someone else wants rather than being who they are. And in *redacted*, she's a fantastic mom and wife...and a rock solid journalist. Yet you are concerned about her hair. So much so that you want her fired. Here's the deal I'll make with you, *redacted* stays and wears her hair any damn way she likes and you watch another channel for local news. Deal? Deal. Never write me or *redacted* again unless it's to humbly apologize for your inconceivable, heartless shallowness."
Mike's words were biting but warranted. and rather than further chide the viewer further, this is an opportunity to remind everyone that the people you see working in local media are human beings. Often times, friends and neighbors to other people you know. There are many local personalities who have grown up in Maine and have their parents, brothers, sisters and more still living in the state as well. There are others that have moved to Maine to start their career and end up putting roots down. They have bad hair days. They're overtired from raising a family or working multiple jobs. They're stressed about the same things you probably are.
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The “Sebastiano and Rita Raeli Foundation for Tor Vergata” will fund a post-doctoral fellowship of a value of 100.000,00 euros.
The University of Rome Tor Vergata and the Centre for Epigenetics and Metabolism of the University of California, Irvine (UCI), have established a high-profile educational and research partnership that extends over several years.
In the framework of this partnership, a selection procedure is open to award n.1 post-doc fellowship of a value of 100.000,00 euros funded by “Sebastiano and Rita Raeli Foundation for Tor Vergata” at the Centre for Epigenetics and Metabolism of the University of California, Irvine (UCI).
The deadline has been extended to May 31 st, 2018, the candidate must have doctoral studies in the fields of medicine or biology earned in an Italian University in the last 5 years and an academic, professional and scientific curriculum appropriate to the specific research topic of the fellowship.
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Growing up in White Rock meant hayrides for many occasions − school picnics, birthday parties, July 4th celebrations − and how especially exciting those got to be in junior high and high school! For many of us, horseback riding at Flagpole Hill was another fun pastime we enjoyed regularly.
White Rock Stables provided us with those memorable times, and is still serving the area. While renting horses for riding and hayrides are no longer available due to insurmountable liability rates, the beautiful 14-acre ranch near Flag Pole Hill and within a mile north of White Rock Lake, remains very much in business after 61 years. It is a serene, pastoral oasis, well separated from the surrounding residential neighborhoods, schools, heavy traffic, highway construction and general chaos of the city.
Texas M. Oddson, Sr. and his wife, Louise McCamy Oddson, purchased the land from Dallas County in 1948. The property was outside the Dallas city limits then. Oddson hailed from Minnesota’s twin cities and, at the age of 16, was on his way to California to train Arabian Horses when he discovered he liked it in Dallas and chose to stay. He went to work training thoroughbreds and jumpers at Moss Haven Farm on Greenville Avenue across from the Royal Parks Country Club, which is now a residential community. Louise and her mother were cooks at Moss Haven Farm when she and Texas met and were married.
On Tex Oddson’s 14-acre White Rock Stables white peacocks roam the serene, pastoral oasis that feels far away from city life. Some people believe that to see a white peacock brings eternal happiness.
Oddson opened White Rock Stables in 1948, when he began boarding services, while offering horse rentals and horse-driven wagon hayrides. The couple had two sons, Terry and Texas, Jr. “Growing up I had a lot of work, but it was fun, and good exercise,” Tex shares. “My brother and I worked seven days a week when we weren’t in school. We worked with the horses, maintained the barn, the fences and we mowed the grass. It was clean living.” Tex says the family didn’t have air conditioning, like many homes in the White Rock neighborhoods that were surrounded by the area’s mature trees. They cooled the house with a traditional attic fan with the windows open. In that regard, it was like “country living.” The young rancher attended Richardson High School, which served Lake Highlands residents at that time.
Tex was drafted in 1967 to the Infantry and served in Vietnam. He returned in 1968 and was out of the military in 1969. He went to work for the president of J.C. Penney, who boarded horses with his family, as the manager at the Irving Mall store. Tex likes to tell this story: “One day, before Christmas, I wore a scarf with my suit in place of a tie. The ladies loved it, and bought them like crazy. The store sold more scarves than in its history. I was just doing my own thing.”
After Tex’s dad had surgery at the end of 1970, Tex went to work with him at the stables until his death in 1994. Tex’s mom passed away six years earlier. Today, Tex, who owns the land and stables with his brother, runs the business while living in his childhood home. His brother, Terry, is a recently retired radiologist in Little Rock, Arkansas.
White Rock Stables currently boards 22 horses, though it has the capacity to board up to 45. Tex believes the economy has caused the drop in numbers. The full-care stables provides private boarding, indoor stabling, outdoor gelding turnouts with shelter and turn-out service. Also available are three riding arenas, an open jump field, 24-hour security gates and locked tack rooms. There is 24-hour on-property staff, high-quality coastal hay and ample trailer parking.
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Tex says his favorite thing about his business is the horses, and he enjoys knowing the boarders’ families. “It’s very good therapy.” He says he has no plans of retiring or going anywhere else. “I’ll be here for a very long time.”
The hard-worker says his hobbies are his horses — and his 1962 red-on-red Corvette convertible. “I’ve owned it almost 25 years. I’m only the second owner, and it has less than 63,000 miles on it. Everything on it is original, except I added Vietnam Vet plates.” When asked what his biggest challenges are, Tex replies, “I don’t have any.” Apparently this entrepreneur is doing many things right!
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LSO: Stolen firearm found in glovebox of car
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Published: Oct. 6, 2020 at 9:51 AM CDT
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says during a stop to help a car on the shoulder, deputies found a stolen handgun inside the glove box.
On Tuesday around 1:30 a.m., deputies said there was a car on the shoulder of 98th Street and Highway 6 with its hazard lights on.
When deputies made contact with the driver to help, LSO said there was a smell of ‘raw marijuana.’
LSO said the driver, identified as Samari Ferguson, gave deputies a false name, and after investigating they learned she had a warrant out of Douglas County, as well as a suspended license.
Deputies said they had probable cause to search the car and found a stolen handgun in the glove box. The gun was a Glock 23, 40-caliber pistol and was reported stolen out of La Vista, Nebraska.
Ferguson and the passenger, identified as Jamal Anderson, were arrested.
LSO said Ferguson is from Omaha and is facing possession of a stolen firearm charge, criminal impersonation, possession of marijuana under 1-oz. LSO she was also cited for carrying a concealed weapon.
Anderson is from Lincoln and is facing possession of a stolen firearm and cited for carrying a concealed weapon.
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Back to Basics: Superlative and Comparative Adjectives
Have you tried to compare things only to get confused as to whether you should put more in front of the adjective or add "er" to the end of it? If so, you aren't alone. A lot of people have difficulty deciding on the proper way to use the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. In fact, it's such a common problem, it's a frequent source of frustration for editors and English teachers alike. That's why I'm covering them in this week's Back to Basics post.
What are comparatives and superlative adjectives?
Both comparative and superlative forms of adjectives are used to compare and contrast different things. Better, worst, larger, smallest, fastest, least expensive, and most important are all examples of comparative or superlative adjectives.
So what's the difference between comparatives and superlatives?
Comparatives do just what it sounds like they'd do. They compare one thing to another.
His house is larger than my house.
Anna runs faster than Mary.
A snail moves slower than an ant.
Eggs are less expensive than beef.
Superlatives show the lowest or highest limit of a thing.
A cheetah is the fastest sprinter in the animal kingdom.
They have the highest grades in our class.
They're the shortest person in their family.
Studying for tomorrow's test is the most important thing on my list of stuff to do today.
The comparative form either uses the "er" suffix or puts words like more or less in front of the adjective. Use the comparative form when you are comparing two different things.
The superlative form either uses the "est" ending or puts words like most or least in front of the adjective. Use the superlative form when talking about the top or bottom ranked thing in a group of three or more things.
How do I know when to use the suffix or a modifying adjective?
There are a couple of things to consider when remembering how comparatives and surperlatives forms are spelled or used. First, ask yourself how many syllables are in the root word. Words with one sylable will always use the modified spelling. Words with three or more syllables will always use the modifying adjective. To determine which to use with two syllable words, you need to look at how the root word is spelled.
Let's look at some examples.
One Syllable Words
loud, louder, loudest
fast, faster, fastest
slow, slower, slowest
Two Syllable Words
silly, sillier, silliest
funny, funnier, funniest
able, abler, ablest
perfect, more perfect, most perfect
Three or More Syllable Words
adorable, more adorable, most adorable
intelligent, more intelligent, most intelligent
dangerous, more dangerous, most dangerous
challenging, more challenging, most challenging
How do I remember which words to give the double consonant?
In a single syllable words, when you only have one vowel followed by a consonant, you need to double the consonant before adding "er" or "est."
How can I tell if I need the suffix or modifying adjective for two syllable words?
For two syllable words that end in "y" or and "e," use the suffix. Just change the "y" to and "i" or drop the "e" before adding the suffix. All other two syllable adjectives will use the modifying adjective.
What about words that don't follow the rules?
As with most any rule in English, there are a few exceptions. Take the words good and bad for instance. You don't say good, gooder, goodest or bad, badder, baddest. Instead you use good, better, best and bad, worse, worst. as is usual with these kids of exceptions, it's usually just best to try and memorize them.
Irregular Comparatives and Surperlatives
bad, worse, worst
much, more, most
little, less, least
far, farther/further, farthest/furthest
Don't forget, you can always use the, "When in doubt, read it out," method. It's not perfect. It's hardly infallable, but gramatical mistakes are often easier to pick out when something is read aloud. Take the third sentence in the paragraph above as an example, and read it out loud. Sounded weird, didn't it?
There you have comparatives and surpurlatives in a nutshell. If you have questions or something you would like to add, please speak out in the comments below. I love hearing from you, and I try to reply as quickly as possible to all comments.
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FRM1920
French Language (Beginners)
Semester Assessment Continuous assessment: regular assignments (5 in all) in writing, reading, listening, speaking at appropriate level. One of these assignments will be linked specifically to the History scheme followed by the student worded as follows: Either a piece of translation (into English) of 500 words, or a precis in English of a longer piece of text (2500 to 3000 words) in French, again of 500 words. Each assignment is weighted equally. 100%
Supplementary Assessment Resubmission of any missing coursework.
1. Demonstrate their interest in and understanding of the French language as a subject of study
2. Be able to use a range of basic grammatical constructions proficiently
3. Translate selected passages from French
4. Recognise a range of linguistic structures, particularly those in more frequent general usage
5. Communicate in written French at a standard appropriate to M level beginners
6. Select the important points in material written in French and summarise in English
7. Recognise intercultural differences between French and British society
8. Use a range of French vocabulary
9. Respond with understanding to spoken French at a basic level (standard French, articulated more clearly and spoken at a tempo that is slower than that of normal native-speaker interaction)
10. Make both supervised and independent use of the facilities available in the department: video, language laboratory, satellite television, web-based learning
FRM1710 is designed for Masters students with little or no prior knowledge of French. Learners will acquire basic competence in writing, speaking, reading and listening and will also become familiar with some aspects of French culture.
Application of Number N/a
Communication Expected to communicate both orally (with tutor, between themselves and with French-speakers studying at Aberystwyth) and in writing. Group work will be encouraged
Improving own Learning and Performance Learners will be able to observe the improvement in their own competence on a weekly basis by showing the capacity to deal with challenging situations and activities
Information Technology ICT is part and parcel of language learning: data searching, email, machine-translation
Personal Development and Career planning Students will acquire the skills which would enable them to become autonomous learners in a Francophone university or in the working environment. Transferable skills are an element of this course
Problem solving Students will be expected to address and resolve various problems posed by the acquisition of a major European language
Research skills Required to find, evaluate and use source materials. ICT, books, newspapers, magazines, language reference works
Team work Organizational skills, time management can be achieved through group work thus preparing students for the workplace: agreeing ground rules and goals, planning actions and allocating tasks, checking on progress, cooperation, balancing own behaviour in team work
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Introduction to Livestock Production Systems
Dr Pip Nicholas-Davies
Mr Manod Williams
Semester Assessment Animal production assignment. 40%
Semester Exam 1.5 Hours 60%
Supplementary Exam 1.5 Hours Students must take elements of assessment equivalent to those that led to failure of the module. 60%
1. Describe the important systems of production used in the beef, sheep, dairy, pig, broiler and egg production industries
2. Identify the main constraints on productivity for each of these systems
3. Compare the efficiency of different methods of production for each system
4. Discuss the application of scientific research to animal production
This module provides an introduction to the major farm animal production systems (beef, sheep, dairy, pig, broiler and egg) and their design in the context of UK and world agriculture. Particular reference to be made to constraints on production - economic, social, environmental and animal health and welfare. The scope for the application of scientific knowledge and research will be highlighted as a foundation for subsequent modules.
1. For each of the main animal production systems (beef, sheep, dairy, pig, broiler and egg) an introduction to:
a. The different systems of production and their relative efficiencies, strengths and weaknesses
b. The current economic and legislative context of each system
c. Health and other constraints on production in each system
2. The application of research to animal production, including biotechnology
Application of Number The assignment will have an element of number manipulation. This will be assessed in the assignment and feedback will be given.
Communication Students will develop effective written communication skills in the examination and assignment, where these will be assessed. Feedback will be given in the assignment.
Improving own Learning and Performance Outside the formal contact hours, students will be expected to research materials, manage time and meet deadlines for the assignment and exam. Students will be able to review and monitor their progress and plan for improvement of personal performance. Feedback on the quality of outcomes will be given in the assignment.
Information Technology Accessing the web for reliable information sources and using databases to find literature in preparation for the assignment and the exam.
Personal Development and Career planning The module will indicate potential career destinations to students
Problem solving The assignment will have an element of problem solving which will be assessed and feedback will be given.
Research skills The assignment and exam will require students to research topics beyond the depth and scope of the lecture material. Information from a variety of sources will be used. Research skills will be assessed in both the examination and assignment. Feedback will be given in the assignment.
Subject Specific Skills Subject specific concepts relating to animal production will be developed and assessed in the exam and assignment. Feedback will be given in the assignment.
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City starts community centre consultations Sept 22
Posted on September 10, 2020 by Friends of Sorauren Park
A City of Toronto video invites you to get involved in consultations for the new Wabash Community Centre at Sorauren Park
The City of Toronto and its consultants are starting public consultations for the new Wabash Community Centre at Sorauren Park, starting with a Virtual Town Hall on September 22.
In addition to the Town Hall, there will be other ways to get involved, including Small Group Discussions on September 28 (online), a survey, and subscribing to project updates. All details are posted on the City’s project website.
The City consultations follow community-led consultations hosted by the Friends of Sorauren Park. The results of those consultations have been shared with the City, and FOSP will support and participate in the City consultations.
Make sure to have your say at this exciting time in the decades-long effort to develop the Wabash Community Centre!
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Community Centre “on track” according to city budget
Posted on January 18, 2020 by Friends of Sorauren Park
The City purchased the old Canada Linseed Oil Mill site in 2000 as the home for the new Wabash Community Centre
New City of Toronto budget documents show the Wabash Community Centre project at Sorauren Park is “on track” as the city’s Budget Committee and, eventually, City Council work to approve the annual budget and 10-year plan in February.
The public documents appear to have been prepared earlier in 2019, as the city subsequently announced the architects for the project, Diamond Schmitt Architects, have been hired from a short-list of four firms.
From Parks, Forestry and Recreation 10-year Capital Budget and Plan, 2020-2029
The documents reveal an assessment of the condition of the existing building at 40 Wabash Avenue (the old linseed mill) has been completed, along with a Draft Cultural Heritage Evaluation and environmental studies. These reports have not yet been released to the public.
The budget indicates the city invested $285,000 in the project in 2019, presumably on these studies and project management costs. A further $1.084 million is budgeted in 2020, for design costs. The total project budget is $40 million.
Though the documents indicate the project is “on track,” expected completion has been pushed from 2023 to 2024.
No updated design plans have been released for the centre. The last feasibility study, with concept plans, was completed in 2009, thanks to collaboration between the City and Friends of Sorauren Park. However, those plans did not include a pool. A pool was subsequently added to the program plan in the city’s 2017 Facilities Master Plan for recreation facilities across the city.
Artist’s rendering of gym and first floor of community centre from 2009 feasibility study
The Friends of Sorauren Park expect the city will announce public consultations with the architects this year. The Friends have already started a consultation process, and more than 1,000 residents have completed a Community Centre survey. The Friends will publish the full results later this winter.
“The community has had more than twenty years now to envision what this great building could become. The Friends of Sorauren Park is passionate about continuing its role as the voice of our neighbourhood on this. We look forward to working closely with world-renowned Diamond Schmitt to bring our community’s vision to fruition,” said Joël Campbell, chair of the non-profit Friends.
Preliminary results from the survey show overwhelming support for preserving the park’s Town Square. The community centre project puts the Town Square at risk as it has been identified as within the “development zone” for the new centre. The Friends of Sorauren Park stands for preserving the Town Square as the “outdoor community centre,” supporting the Farmer’s Market, outdoor movies, festivals, pumpkin sales, and other active and passive uses. (See the video.)
Other positions taken by the Friends include:
Design Excellence:
Supports Design Excellence
Supports sustainable/regenerative building and energy systems
Supports top-floor event space as proposed in the 2009 concepts plans, Green Feasibility Study
Supports preserving the existing trees in Sorauren Park
Supports preserving the industrial heritage of the site as much as possible
Supports preserving the chimney as an iconic feature (used in our logo) and potential chimney swift habitat
Supports preserving the train shed
Aquatic Facilities:
Supports aquatic facilities at the WCC
95% of 2005 survey respondents (500+) supported aquatic facilities
Supports all-ages accessible programming
Supports programming that reflects the needs and make-up of the community, e.g. large number of artists
Supports creation of Community Kitchen (Commercial Kitchen for community use)
Governance/Operations:
Supports Community Key Access, a principle that (for example) allows the FOSP to operate the natural ice rink, outdoor bake oven, gardening and other programs, in accordance with City policies such as booking and permit requirements
Building/Park Integration:
Supports preserving the Sorauren Fieldhouse and enhancing its functionality (e.g., as the “headquarters” and winter location for the Farmers Market) by integrating needs into the new Community Centre, e.g. park-level storage
Naming of Community Centre:
Supports a discussion around the naming of the Community Centre that reflects the community and its heritage.
Diamond Schmitt Architects hired for Wabash Community Centre
Posted on November 11, 2019 by Friends of Sorauren Park
The City of Toronto has hired one of Canada’s best-known architecture firms to design the new Wabash Community Centre at Sorauren Park. Diamond Schmitt Architects was awarded the work after an open bid process. Councillor Gord Perks confirmed the news at the November meeting of Friends of Sorauren Park.
What we heard: Wabash Community Centre consultation
Posted on April 26, 2019 by Friends of Sorauren Park
Community members debate options and ideas at one of four tables during the community centre consultation. Each table focused on different themes.
What does the community want in the new Wabash Community Centre (WCC) coming to Sorauren Park? After 20 years of lobbying and fundraising for park development, the Friends of Sorauren Park and the Wabash Building Society have developed more than a few thoughts on this! But first, FOSP wanted to hear from the community.
So, in January, it held a public open forum to collect ideas and seek consensus on development plans for the new $40 million centre to be built by the City of Toronto.
The January forum was just the first of several opportunities to have your say through this independent, community-led process. The City will conduct its own consultations, which FOSP looks forward to participating in.
Here’s what we heard in January – distilled into 10 main themes (in no particular order):
1. More than ever, there is an overwhelming consensus that the community wants the construction of a pool but also wants more details on how that would affect the building design, Town Square, and park. FOSP position: Supports aquatic facilities at the WCC.
2. The Town Square is where we enjoy the Farmers Market, Outdoor Movies, and festivals. It’s where kids learn to ride their bikes and play ball hockey and is in integral part of the neighbourhood. FOSP position: Protect the Town Square, built through FOSP advocacy and fundraising, as the “outdoor community centre.” Supports the Farmers Market and other Town Square programming including outdoor movies, festivals, pumpkin sales, informal gatherings and play.
3. The existing building is an important part of the industrial heritage of the neighbourhood. FOSP position: Supports preserving the industrial heritage of the site as much as possible. Supports preserving the chimney as an iconic feature (used in our logo) and potential chimney swift habitat. Supports preserving the train shed.
4. Great interest in sustainable building design and successful integration of the new community centre into Sorauren Park and its existing infrastructure, amenities and programming. FOSP position: Supports Design Excellence. Supports sustainable/regenerative building and energy systems. Supports preserving the existing trees in Sorauren Park, many of which have been cared for by volunteers.
5. The community is very excited about the prospect of a foot bridge connecting Wabash to the West Toronto Railpath. FOSP position: Supports the southern extension of the West Toronto Railpath and future bridge connection into Sorauren Park, connecting communities.
6. Community Access and partnership arrangement – community-based governance. FOSP position: Supports Community Key Access, a principle that (for example) allows the FOSP to operate the natural ice rink, outdoor bake oven, gardening and other programs, in accordance with City policies such as booking and permit requirements. Supports keeping the Fieldhouse as a base for many park activities and ensuring the new community centre also supports park life, e.g. with grade-level storage for park needs.
7. Many great opportunities for unique programming with many special interest groups keen to be involved – Dance, Argonauts Rowing and water polo, to name a few. FOSP position: Supports all-ages accessible programming. Supports youth programming and engagement.
8. Youth have a special interest in quiet “hanging-out” spaces and also in creative and educational style maker labs, cooking classes and other so-called “dirty studios”. FOSP position: Supports programming that reflects the diverse needs and interests of the community, not necessarily the “cookie cutter” commmunity centre program. Supports the new SParkLAB Youth Council (Sorauren Park Leadership Advisory Board)
9. Diversity and cross-generational inclusion. FOSP position: Supports diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all. Supports incorporating indigenous history/art/culture in the spirit of truth and reconciliation
10. Excitement about the inclusion of amenities such as a commercial-grade community kitchen, a retail café, and a roof-top event space. FOSP position: Supports creation of Community Kitchen and various spaces for events, conferences, and/or meetings. Supports a discussion around the naming of the Community Centre that reflects the community and its heritage.
Capturing ideas.
In the coming months, Friends of Sorauren Park will conduct a community survey to gauge additional feedback. The City will also be hiring a public engagement company to hold consultations as part of the design process, which will be led by an architectural firm to be hired by the city through open tender. For alerts to add your voice, subscribe to Sorauren Park News email newsletter and follow SoraurenPark on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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Your input matters: Community Centre survey
Interior view from ground-floor level down to basement level. Concept plan from 2009 Wabash Green Feasibility Study.
The City of Toronto will soon hire architects to work on the final design for the Wabash Community Centre at Sorauren Park. This is exciting news, and the Friends of Sorauren Park is asking for your input on what you’d like to see at our new community centre.
Please take a moment to complete our survey.
This survey has been created by the Friends of Sorauren Park, a non-profit volunteer group dedicated to the completion and enjoyment of Sorauren Park.
The intention is to collect community input that can help inform the design process and construction of the new community centre planned for Wabash Avenue adjacent to the park. The survey is just one consultation initiative of the Friends of Sorauren Park to help identify community needs and desires.
You can read the positions taken by the Friends of Sorauren Park here. The City’s consultants will also be undertaking consultations, which FOSP looks forward to participating in.
Construction of the $40-million community centre is to be completed by the City of Toronto and is slated to open in 2023.
Thank you for completing the Friends of Sorauren Park community centre survey.
Joël Campbell
Chair (Volunteer), Friends of Sorauren Park
City hiring architects for Wabash Community Centre
Posted on May 11, 2019 by Friends of Sorauren Park
The old linseed factory site at 40 Wabash Avenue in Sorauren Park will soon be home to the new Wabash Community Centre. The banner was erected in 2004 after the first fundraiser.
The City has issued a formal Request for Proposals for architectural services for the new Wabash Community Centre at Sorauren Park, a milestone in the decades-long campaign to bring a community centre to the site.
“The neighbourhood has evolved since the original leaders started lobbying for this, and the need for a rec centre has continually increased,” says Joël Campbell, Chair of the non-profit Friends of Sorauren Park. “We’re thrilled that our time has come and are so looking forward to identifying, cultivating, and pursuing our community’s vision for this exciting project.”
Proposals from bidders are due May 14. The winning bid will be chosen by the City after a qualification check and evaluation of many factors including past experience and price. A viewing copy of the 155-page RFP is available on the City’s purchasing website.
The RFP essentially asks architectural firms to send in their resumes. Firms must have experience building community centres, aquatic facilities, and also have heritage experience because of the existing buildings on the site. The City also intends the building to be Net Zero Energy: “a building that produces as much renewable energy as it consumes when measured at the site on an annual basis, while maintaining an acceptable level of service and functionality.”
The scope of work for the winning bidder will include several community consultations. Only after this process starts will actual design options be put forward, for further community review. The process is expected to take until mid-2021 before construction begins later that year, according to the RFP document. Final designs will also be evaluated by the City’s Design Review Panel.
In addition to the City-led consultations, the Friends of Sorauren Park has been holding consultations, which will continue in the months ahead. The results of the first FOSP-held community consultation have been published. FOSP will soon issue a community-wide survey, and comments are welcome any time through our comment box. FOSP meetings are also held the first Thursday of every month at the Sorauren Park Fieldhouse at 7 pm, all invited.
City Council approved the budget for the community centre in 2017, currently pegged at about $40 million.
The first community fundraiser for the Wabash Community Centre was held June 2004 (not a typo) at Lula Lounge on Dundas. It raised funds to pay for the banner on the old linseed factory at 40 Wabash Avenue, the property purchased by the City in 2000 for the purposes of the community centre. The banner helped stake a claim. The claim is soon about to pay dividends.
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IBM Introduces DB2 Warehouse Performance Management Suite
Optimizes System Utilization and Eases Administration for Dynamic Warehousing
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ARMONK, NY - 28 Nov 2007: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today introduced a suite of integrated software to help customers better manage the performance of IBM data warehouses. The new DB2 Warehouse Performance Management Suite provides advanced capabilities for reporting and analysis of data and system utilization that will help enterprises more quickly and easily deploy, manage and scale Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Warehouse applications.
IBM's new performance management offering makes it easier for companies to maximize their underlying system resources and takes advantage of the recently-announced extreme workload management features in DB2 Warehouse 9.5. The software also helps customers effectively manage complex Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Warehouse environments via a comprehensive, end-to-end monitoring approach that provides insight on all aspects of the data lifecycle: from data movement processes, database and system configuration, code quality to user and application behavior and growth pressures.
To further the capabilities of DB2 Warehouse Performance Management suite, IBM is partnering with Appfluent Technology Inc. to deliver a comprehensive data warehouse lifecycle management solution that combines the Performance Optimization feature already available in DB2 Warehouse with the new Performance Monitoring feature that takes advantage of Appfluent's monitoring and workload analysis software.
By combining the non-disruptive query monitoring technology and workload analysis capabilities of Appfluent's software with the monitoring, deep analytics and optimization features of DB2 Warehouse, IBM can provide customers with critical insight needed to manage the lifecycle of user-activity, applications, systems and processes.
Several large organizations, such as Ingenix, a wholly owned subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, are already finding value in the combination of these technologies. "IBM and Appfluent are enabling us to gain a better understanding of the usage and performance of our Data Warehouse environment," said Nancy Grimaldi, vice president, Shared Data Warehouse, Ingenix, United Health Analytics. "This combined solution will allow the enterprise IT team to be more responsive and agile to the business needs while continuing to contain costs."
"The new Performance Management Suite will further enhance our dynamic warehousing initiative, providing our clients with the industry's most comprehensive tools for maximizing the performance of their data warehouse," said Arvind Krishna, Vice President IBM Data Services. "These new capabilities will deliver unprecedented insight for IBM customers to better manage their BI and data warehousing applications and infrastructure."
IBM's new DB2 Warehouse Performance Management Suite has been specifically designed to make it easier for organizations to grow their data warehousing environments and handle increasing needs for business intelligence across the organization. This technique enables organizations to understand the impact of various business intelligence applications on their underlying information infrastructure and better manage and support their data warehouse growth.
"IBM Business intelligence and data warehousing customers will now be able to benefit from Appfluent software as part of a complete DB2 Warehouse solution," said Frank Gelbart, President and CEO, Appfluent Technology. "As a result, IBM customers will gain new insight and guidance to improve their application and database performance, efficiently manage their resources, and effectively scale their data warehouse environments."
For more information on DB2 Warehouse Performance Management Suite and IBM's dynamic warehousing initiative and offerings visit: http://www.ibm.com/bi
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls snap election
(AGI) Tokyo, Nov 21 - The lower house of the Japaneseparliament has been dissolved for a snap election on Dec. 14,which could see Prime Minister Shinzo Abe consolidate his gripon power. Mr Abe announced the postponement of a VAT rise onTuesday, and called on the country to vote on the matter. Thepress, led by Asahi Shimbun, has criticised him over what itcalled the demagogic and populist nature of the move. The VATrise was an unpopular plan and the election is also being seenas an attempt by the conservative leader to gain public
(AGI) Tokyo, Nov 21 - The lower house of the Japaneseparliament has been dissolved for a snap election on Dec. 14,which could see Prime Minister Shinzo Abe consolidate his gripon power. Mr Abe announced the postponement of a VAT rise onTuesday, and called on the country to vote on the matter. Thepress, led by Asahi Shimbun, has criticised him over what itcalled the demagogic and populist nature of the move. The VATrise was an unpopular plan and the election is also being seenas an attempt by the conservative leader to gain public supportfor two deeply divisive policies that are expected to dominatethe political agenda in the first half of next year. These arethe reactivation of nuclear power plants that were shut downafter the Fukushima disaster and Japan's participation inmilitary operations abroad for the first time since the SecondWorld War. . .
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Industry groups ask Congress to act if COOL found noncompliant
06/27/14 10:45 AM By Agri-Pulse staff
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2014 – A broad group of agricultural organizations is asking Congress to take action on the U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) rule if it is found to be in violation of U.S. international trade obligations.
More than 50 industry organizations concerned about implications of a pending World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling on the compliance of the COOL rule reached out to congressional leaders to urge them to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to indefinitely suspend the rule if it is found to be in violation of trade obligations.
In a letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, the coalition urged immediate action after a ruling.
“We respectfully submit that it would be intolerable for the United States to maintain, even briefly, a rule that has been deemed non-compliant by the WTO,” the coalition said in the letter. “With little potential for quick Congressional action after a WTO final adjudication, we request that Congress authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to suspend indefinitely the revised COOL rule for muscle cuts of meat upon a final adjudication of non-compliance with WTO obligations.”
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Senators ask Administration to appeal WTO COOL ruling
According to the coalition, both Canada and Mexico have indicated they will seek to retaliate against the U.S. if the WTO rules the new COOL rule noncompliant. Canada has even gone as far as to specifically name potential sanctions against the United States. Mexico has not formally announced any potential sanctions.
The WTO in November 2011 ruled against a previous version of the COOL rule, finding that it treated imported livestock less favorably than U.S. livestock (particularly in the labeling of beef and pork muscle cuts), and did not meet its objective to provide complete information to consumers on the origin of meat products. The international trade body gave the U.S. until May 23, 2013, to bring the rule into WTO compliance. It is that revised rule on which the WTO will rule and that the coalition is seeking to suspend.
The House appropriations bill goes after country of origin labeling (COOL), directing USDA not to implement or enforce a final COOL rule should the WTO rule against the U.S.
For more news, go to www.agri-pulse.com.
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What’s the top-selling combine harvester in Ireland this year?
Jul 24, 2019, 5:20pm
Image source: Shane Casey
Which combine harvester brands are topping the sales league here in Ireland thus far this year? We’ve delved into the raw registration data (supplied by Motorcheck.ie) to find out.
It must be stressed, however, that this data does contain some anomalies. For example, a small number of the entries that are categorised as ‘new registrations’ do, in fact, refer to used (imported) machines.
We’ve sought to correct these where practical but, given the provisional nature of this data, these numbers should be treated as “indicative” rather than “definitive”.
Brand-by-brand
In any event, Claas appears to be the top-selling combine harvester brand here in Ireland thus far in 2019. The raw data suggests that 21 of its (new) combines have been registered – from January up until mid-to-late July (inclusive).
18 are Lexion models; three are Tucano machines. Again, it must be stressed, these are all categorised as ‘new registrations’, but it’s possible that a handful are actually used imports (despite the fact that there is a separate category for such machines).
The data also suggests that 12 (new) John Deere combines have been registered so far. However, within this tally, we’ve identified an erroneous entry (a used import that was wrongly categorised). That leaves us with a figure of 11. Alas, there may be other ‘stowaways’ too.
Most of the ‘new registrations’ are T660 models. Interestingly, there’s a Sampo-built W440 in the mix too.
Thus far, the data suggests that six (new) New Holland combines have been registered. These are all CX models; three appear to be CX8.70 machines.
Two registrations are showing up for Deutz-Fahr – namely C7000 Series models.
Two registrations are also apparent in the Massey Ferguson data. One appears to be a ‘new’ Activa 7347; the other is a ‘new’ Beta 7360. Interestingly, both are Laverda-designed machines.
We can’t find evidence of any registrations of (new) Case IH or Fendt combines for 2019. Nor can we find entries for any other manufacturers.
It’s worth noting that we’ve previously reported on how many (new) combine harvesters were sold last year (and during previous years).
Also Read: Combine harvesters: Who’s top and how many are sold in Ireland?
In that instance, we also provided a brand-by-brand breakdown – detailing how sales were split between the manufacturers in 2018.
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A semidefinite relaxation algorithm for checking completely positive separable matrices
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April 2019, 15(2): 881-891. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2018075
Test of copositive tensors
Li Li a,b, , Xinzhen Zhang a,, , Zheng-Hai Huang a, and Liqun Qi c,
School of Mathematics, Tianjin University, 135 Yaguan Road, Tianjin 300350, China
Department of Mathematics, Taiyuan Normal University, 319 University Street, Jinzhong, Shanxi 030619, China
Department of Applied Mathematics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
* Corresponding author: Xinzhen Zhang
Received June 2017 Revised January 2018 Published June 2018
Fund Project: The second author is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 11471242). The third author is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11431002) and the fourth author is supported by the Hong Kong Research Grant Council (Grant No. PolyU 501913, 15302114, 15300715 and 15301716).
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In this paper, an SDP relaxation algorithm is proposed to test the copositivity of higher order tensors. By solving finitely many SDP relaxations, the proposed algorithm can determine the copositivity of higher order tensors. Furthermore, for any copositive but not strictly copositive tensor, the algorithm can also check it exactly. Some numerical results are reported to show the efficiency of the proposed algorithm.
Keywords: Symmetric tensor, polynomial optimization, SDP relaxation.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 15A72, 65H20, 90C22, 90C59.
Citation: Li Li, Xinzhen Zhang, Zheng-Hai Huang, Liqun Qi. Test of copositive tensors. Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization, 2019, 15 (2) : 881-891. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2018075
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MANCHESTER - A 71-year-old man is dead following a head-on collision on Route 530 Thursday, police Capt. Todd Malland said.
Thomas Kubes, of the township's Whiting section, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened about 4:30 p.m. March 17, Malland said.
He said Kubes was driving a Ford Escape eastbound on Route 530, when his car collided with a Lexus GS 470 driven by Fred Wood Jr., 69, also of Whiting.
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Malland said that a preliminary investigation into the crash indicates that Wood's car crossed the double center yellow line and the center turn lane and struct the Ford Escape. Both vehicles had extensive front end damage.
When police arrived at the scene, they found the Lexus facing east in the eastbound lanes of Route 530, and the Escape facing north on the eastbound berm of the roadway, Malland said. He said Kubes was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Wood suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was flown to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, via state police helicopter. He was reported to be in stable condition, Malland said.
Route 530 was closed for several hours while the crash was being investigated and the vehicles removed.
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Assisting at the scene were members of the Whiting Volunteer Fire Department and Quality Medical Transport, as well as detectives from the Ocean County Sheriff's Department's Crime Scene Investigation Unit and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.
Officers Antonio Ellis, Michael Lynch and Michael Anderson, all from Manchester police's Traffic Safety Section, are investigating the crash.
Jean Mikle: (732) 643-4050, jmikle@gannettnj.com
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Evo is a perfectly matching portable battery base for Amazon's Echo Dot
Rita El Khoury
6:54am PDT Oct 24, 2016
If you're still not sure about Google's new Home intelligent voice interface, then you may want to stick with something that works, and Amazon's Echo family of devices has proven that it does indeed work. One member of this family and a super cheap way to get into home assistants is the Echo Dot, a tiny puck-like gadget that you can spread around the house to listen to your commands and execute them. The second generation Dot was just released for $49.99, putting it almost in impulse-buy territory.
However, there's one lacking option with the Dot: portability. Sure, there's the larger Echo Tap which is battery-operated, but it requires you to tap the microphone each time you want to issue a command, negating the convenience factor of using Echo and Alexa's skills and commands. The Dot requires power through a MicroUSB cable to operate, and so it seems easy to just plug it into a portable battery pack and use it where there's no access to a wall plug. But that combo would look just unsightly... especially compared to the Echo Dot's futuristic colored LED ring and minimalist design. I have one (a 2nd gen Dot) in front of me and I'm loath to even see the big MicroUSB cable sticking out of it. A battery pack would be a bit of a design tragedy.
And this is where the Evo comes into play. (Such a long-winded introduction!) Evo is a portable battery pack for the Echo Dot that has the same round shape, magnets to hold it to the Dot, LEDs to indicate battery level, and a minimalist MicroUSB plug that doesn't dangle and goes right into the Dot.
The first iteration of the Evo was made for the first gen Dot and was released in September, unfortunately just before the 2nd gen Dot was outed by Amazon, so it had a short lifespan during which it was well received by reviewers. In case you're wondering, yes, it seems like a few people are taking their Dots on the go. Why, I don't know, but I suppose it's mostly to balconies, patios, small backyards, and the like.
Now the second generation, which works with the new 2nd gen Echo Dot, is available for pre-order on Amazon for $35 in both black and white to fit both colors of the Dot. It's estimated to be done in November and ship around the end of December.
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ANDY & JORDAN DALTON FOUNDATION GOLF SCRAMBLE RAISES MORE THAN $40,000
The Andy & Jordan Dalton Foundation Golf Scramble played host to more than 132 golfers and guests at The Twin Oaks Golf and Plantation Club on Saturday, May 7. The Foundation raised more than $40,000 through ticket sales, silent and live auctions and general donations.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Foundation’s community outreach programs including the Pass It On Fund, which aims to provide medical equipment and financial relief to families with seriously ill or physically challenged children.
“We were so excited to host a golf outing for the foundation,” shares Andy Dalton. “We’ve had tremendous support over the years and to be able to add another fundraising event to our programming means the world to us.”
Several of Dalton’s Bengals teammates traded in their jerseys for polos to play a round of golf and mingle with foundation supporters, including AJ McCarron, Vontaze Burfict, Clark Harris, Kevin Huber, Cedric Peerman, Rex Burkhead, Keith Wenning and AJ Green.
Guests who attended the post-round reception were treated to food, drinks and a silent auction.
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Disney Will NOT Re-Hire James Gunn For Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
By Vasu Sharma August 16, 2018No Comments
Another report has surfaced stating that Disney will be standing firm with their decision of firing Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn after his old tweets about rape and pedophilia re-surfaced on the internet.
This new report comes through Variety revealing that Walt Disney Chairman Alan Horn reportedly held a meeting with Gunn on Tuesday. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige was not in attendance at the meeting and it’s also strongly rumoured that Feige did try getting Gunn back to Marvel.
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Gunn was fired last month after numerous social media personalities compiled a list of his old posts where the director made jokes about pedophilia and rape. Gunn had since apologised for his comments and even accepted Disney’s punishment. Although the cast and crew of Guardians of The Galaxy has shown sheer support towards the director by signing an open letter to Disney, urging them to re-hire Gunn. Here’s what the letter stated:
“It is our hope that what has transpired can serve as an example for all of us to realize the enormous responsibility we have to ourselves and to each other regarding the use of our written words when we etch them in digital stone; that we as a society may learn from this experience and in the future will think twice before we decide what we want to express; and in so learning perhaps can harness this capability to help and heal instead of hurting each other. Thank you for taking the time to read our words.”
Actor Dave Bautista who plays Drax even threatened to quit if they don’t use Gunns’ script for the third installation of GOTG. During an interview with Shortlist he said
“Where I’m at right now is that if [Marvel] don’t use that script, then I’m going to ask them to release me from my contract, cut me out or recast me. I’d be doing James a disservice if I didn’t.
“Nobody’s defending his tweets, but this was a smear campaign on a good man,” Bautista said. “I spoke to Chris Pratt the day after it happened and he’s a bit religious so he wanted time to pray and figure it out, but I was more like: f-ck this. This is bullsh-t. James is one of the kindest, most decent people I’ve met.”
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is speculated to be released in 2020. We don’t know who will be taking Gunn’s place as the director but it’s likely that they go along with Gunn’s script for the film.
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The PlayStation 5 Will ‘Most Definitely’ Have These 5 Features
By Vasu Sharma October 22, 2018No Comments
Not much is known about the PS5 yet, but we do know that Sony is currently working on a next-gen console, which would likely be called the PS5, which should arrive in the next few years.
However, some abstract details about the upcoming Sony’s system have surfaced on the internet. So, without wasting any more time, here are five features that the PS5 will have.
1. Backwards Compatibility
A recent patent by Sony suggested that PS5 is going to be backwards compatible with not only PS4 but with PS3, PS2 and The Original PS1
2. Big Changes To PSN
There will big changes to PSN, in terms of downloading speeds and most likely, finally allowing for name changes.
3. V-Sync
PS5 will come with V-Sync Support. Games will run better, with a smoother combat and less tearing of screen. This is possible because of V-Sync’s capability of syncing your Games’ frame rate to your display’s refresh rate. So if you are playing a 60 FPS game on 60Hz screen, V-Sync is going to intercept the frequencies and make sure that the game never crosses 60FPS while running which will avoid tearing and other issues.
4. Universal Crossplay
This is finally happening, although it’s only available in beta and supports just a single game. However, this seems to be a big move for our next generation.
5. Improved Graphics and New BD-XL Discs
It’s still unclear what sort of a graphical boost will we get to see but rumours hint that the future games will boast some uncanny realism, something that we are already starting to see in this generation. This will also include new BD-XL discs, scheduled to release next month that can store up to 128 GB of data.
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Upgraded Saxon Patrol to plod on until 2015.
<blockquote data-quote="nasch" data-source="post: 991377" data-attributes="member: 7068"><p>My understanding is that SAXON was originally designed to ferry forward UK based troops to reinforce BAOR. What was therefore required was something reasonably fast (as covering large distances - therefore wheeled), with a basic off road capability (to manouevre across / around bits of autobahn that had been hit, rather than conducting cross country moves), and with basic protection against shrapnel (from nuisance bombardment into rear areas, rather than direct or observed attack). It actually performs rather well against these criteria. It's just that the world has rather moved on since then...</p><p></p><p>VIKING is undoubtedly a hoofing bit of kit. However, it isn't perfect (what is?) and, in particular, don't make too much of its underslingability (if I can make a word up!) - think about how many CH47 would be required to lift even a Pl's worth forward. Then think how useful that would be. Yes, it is a capability, but it's not the most important of VK's capabilities, even if it is one of the 'sexiest'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nasch, post: 991377, member: 7068"] My understanding is that SAXON was originally designed to ferry forward UK based troops to reinforce BAOR. What was therefore required was something reasonably fast (as covering large distances - therefore wheeled), with a basic off road capability (to manouevre across / around bits of autobahn that had been hit, rather than conducting cross country moves), and with basic protection against shrapnel (from nuisance bombardment into rear areas, rather than direct or observed attack). It actually performs rather well against these criteria. It's just that the world has rather moved on since then... VIKING is undoubtedly a hoofing bit of kit. However, it isn't perfect (what is?) and, in particular, don't make too much of its underslingability (if I can make a word up!) - think about how many CH47 would be required to lift even a Pl's worth forward. Then think how useful that would be. Yes, it is a capability, but it's not the most important of VK's capabilities, even if it is one of the 'sexiest'. [/QUOTE]
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Home > News > Apo Six: 2 policemen get death sentence, 3 freed
Apo Six: 2 policemen get death sentence, 3 freed
9th March 2017 Alpha News
An FCT High Court in Abuja has delivered the much awaited judgment on the killing of six traders in Abuja by policemen on 7 June 2005.
Two of the policemen, standing trial, were sentenced to death, while three others were discharged, in the judgement delivered today by Justice Ishaq Bello.
Those condemned to death are Emmanuel Baba and Ezekiel Acheneje, while Danjuma Ibrahim, Nicholas Zakariah and Sadiq Salami were discharged.
The five were among the six arraigned over the killing of the traders on suspicion that they were armed robbers.
The sixth person on the charge sheet, Othman Abdulsalam, who was the Divisional Police Officer in Apo, is on the run.
The accused persons were arraigned on a nine-count charge of conspiracy and culpable homicide, which contravened the provisions of Sections 97 and 221 (a) of the Penal Code Law.
Their victims were young traders, including a woman, aged between 21 and 25.
They were: Ifeanyi Ozor, Chinedu Meniru, Isaac Ekene, Paulinus Ogbonna, Anthony Nwodike and a female Augustina Arebun.
The defendants allegedly played different parts in the killing of the victims while they were returning from a night party on 7 June 2005 in Abuja.
Following their deaths and the subsequent public outcry, an official panel of inquiry was set up by ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration to unravel the plot.
The report of the panel said that the victims were at a nightclub located at Gimbiya Street, Area 11 in Abuja on the night of the incident.
The panel further said that a face-off had ensued between Ibrahim and the group when the female victim (Augustina) allegedly turned down Ibrahim’s love advances at the club.
Five policemen accused of the killings and eight other police witnesses had testified that Ibrahim, the senior police officer among them, had allegedly ordered the killings.
However, the defendants, including Ibrahim, had pleaded not guilty to the allegations.
NAN further reports that the provisions of Sections 97 and 221 (a) of the Penal Code Law with which the defendants were tried attracts death sentence.
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Merima Dzakic - Convolaria
Convolaria is Altchar's information gatekeeper. A role she combines with a love of sleep, sarcasm and an unusually detailed knowledge of chemistry. She harvests gaming facts like a bee collects honey, and sometimes, like a bee, we have to open a window to let her out.
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Crypt of the NecroDancer: Amplified coming to Early Access
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Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow is available now for Android and iOS
TinyCo's Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow is now available for free on Android and iOS. The game contains in-app purchases. Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow combines city building, object collection, and quest completion in Matt Groening's future.
Elite Dangerous - 2.3.01 patch to fix some of the glaring bugs
Frontier Developments will be releasing a major bug fixing patch to address the issues their latest update caused in Elite: Dangerous. The 2.3.01 patch will be released in early May 2017 and is preceded by a heartfelt apology by the devs.
Nintendo Switch - Nindies showcase drops in a compilation video
Nintendo's Nindies@Night event will promote all the indie games headed to the console in the coming months. A new Nindies Showcase video details 20 of those games. Most of these are already available on other platforms in some form.
Prison Architect: Mobile is now available but there's a catch
You can download Introversion's Prison Architect: Mobile from the Google Play Store and the App Store right now, for free. This mobile version of the BAFTA winning game is free to download but includes considerable in-app purchases.
The Division's Last Stand expansion got a release date
Ubisoft has announced the release date for the Patch 1.6 and the Last Stand expansion. The publisher and developer appears quite sincere in their efforts to support the game for years to come. If players will stay still remains to be seen.
Defenders of Ekron heading to Steam and PlayStation 4
In Vitro Games is a developer studio based in Chile. Defenders of Ekron is their top-down open-world shooter attempt which will launch for Steam and PlayStation 4 in July this year. This will mark the studio's debut on PlaySstation 4.
Super Mario Run fails to meet Nintendo's expectations
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Observer is now available for PC, PS4, and Xbox One
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Nintendo has delayed the 64GB Switch cartridges until 2019
Outside game developers have been notified that the 64-gigabyte game cards for the Switch had been delayed until 2019. Nintendo planned to have the 64GB cartridges out by the end of 2018. The delay was caused by "technical issues".
First look at A:IR's primary means of transportation and warfare
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LawBreakers by Boss Key Productions set to release in August
Boss Key Productions with Cliffy B at the helm will release their first game, LawBreakers for PlayStation 4 and PC. The game's release date is set for 08 August 2017 and will be published by Nexon. There are no plans for a season pass.
Project Eagle by Blackbird Interactive shows life on Mars
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Life is Strange: BtS finale to launch simultaneously
Deck Nine's Life is Strange: Before the Storm is about to get its confoluted conclusion. Episode 3 will launch in all countries at the same time on 19 December 2017. The episode's trailer is out now if you were following the story along.
Batman: The Enemy Within - 'Fractured Mask' to land next week
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The Last Of Us Part 2 gets new trailer, new characters
The Last of Us 2 may still have no release date to speak of, but what it does have is a new cinematic trailer. The new trailer takes the cake when it comes to sheer brutality, but it doesn't show us much of anything about Ellie and Joel.
Destiny 2 PC to launch with new minimum and recommended specs
Destiny 2 for PC will be available next week. The game will launch on 24 October 2017 at 6pm BST for the most venerable of gaming platforms. Bungie released an updated chart of minimum and recommended specs, just to rub things in.
Red Dead Redemption 2's trailer shows off next protagonist
Red Dead Redemption 2 just got a new trailer. The game was recently delayed to spring 2018. The trailer that shows the next protagonist and fleshes out the story a little further. While the game was delayed, the hype was merely extended.
Project Cars 2 slows down 'Silence" in launch trailer
Project Cars 2 will launch soon on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Project Cars 2's launch trailer features "Silence", a track that has been hailed as one of the greatest Trance Anthems of all time, but slowed down to a deathly crawl.
PUBG to you choose your map, report button now works
PUBG has a new patch on the test servers. Players will be able to choose which map they want to play in the future. The in-game report button now also works. Both of these things should have been in the game in the first place maybe?
NBA 2K21 Next-Gen: How to make a vicious Scoring Machine build
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How to fix Cyberpunk 2077 FPS issues on PC, for the most part
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Only a bit impossible - six things we learned from Sid Meier's Memoir!
The man behind Railroad Tycoon and the Civilization series prefers to let his games do the talking for him. However, as the pioneer of an entire genre of gaming, Sid Meier has some very interesting things to tell us in his book.
How to license eFootball PES 2021 Season Update fully on PlayStation 4
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Review: Watch Dogs Legion - The resistance hacks back
The third entry in the Watch Dogs series is here, and developer Ubisoft Toronto have decided to departure from a classic model and use a different formula than in the previous games. Does it work?
Is it time EA stopped catering to the arcade style of football?
Should the realism and authenticity of presentation and licenced leagues, clubs and competitions translate to the pitch itself as well? Maybe in the next-gen FIFA 21.
Cyberpunk 2077: In-depth guide for all your burning questions
We had fun playing the Street Kid in CP 2077 - one of the three available life paths player selects at the beginning. The game steers you just enough to properly experience the story, but also gives you freedom to enjoy its sandbox environment.
Legendary games developer Mark Jacobs on reimagining mass PvP in Camelot Unchained
Nearly 20 years ago, Dark Age of Camelot was a new, exciting, PvP MMO experience. As its successor takes shape after seven years, Mark Jacobs tells us his of hopes for Camelot Unchained, how the games industry has changed, and why Star Citizen needs to succeed.
Review: Crysis Remastered - A trip down memory lane
Frankfurt-based gaming industry veterans from Crytek have released a remaster to our beloved Crysis, and we thought that this is going to be just a quick playthrough for a review, but it turned out to be far more than that.
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America’s Goals ❮
The America’s Goals policy library is a non-partisan resource with model policies and research based on legislation that has passed in states around the country.
America’s Goals
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1. Good Jobs
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3. Investing In Children
4. Empowering People Over Special Interests
5. Equal Opportunity For All
Equal Pay For Equal Work Regardless Of Gender Or Race
Stop the Unfair Pay Gap Cycle
Equal Pay for Equal Work with Pay Transparency
End Mass Incarceration
Keep Kids in School with Fair Discipline
Improve Public Safety and Reduce Incarceration Rates By Deepening Justice Reinvestment
End Lock-Up Profiteering
End Long-term Solitary Confinement
Reduce the Jail Population by Ending the Practice of Cash Bail
End Youth Solitary Confinement
Restore the Right to Vote for Those Who Have Served Their Time
Increasing Job Opportunities with the Clean Slate Act
Freedom From Ethnic And Racial Profiling For Everyone
Improve Public Safety by Reinvesting Policing Savings in Community Based and Prevention Programs
Make Communities Safer by Stopping the Use of Military Equipment Against Americans
Save Lives and Protect Communities by Preventing the Rehiring of Police Officers with Records of Misconduct
Improve Law Enforcement, Public Safety and Fairness with Transparent Criminal Justice Data
Stop Evicting Survivors of Domestic Violence and Crime Victims for Seeking Help
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Equal Opportunity For All
All too often, when police officers found to have abused their position or mistreated the public are forced out of one department, they are rehired by another one. By preventing police departments from hiring officers who were previously fired or resigned while being investigated for serious misconduct or excessive force, the Public Safety Through Hiring Act will save lives, improve public safety and reduce police wrongdoing.
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Cast Out Police Officers Are Often Hired in Other Cities
“[E]xperts say thousands of law enforcement officers may have drifted from police department to police department even after having been fired, forced to resign or convicted of a crime.”
Why the officers fired for the George Floyd killing could ultimately get their jobs back
“[One study found that] an average of roughly 1,100 officers working in Florida each year have previously been fired. They tended to move to agencies with fewer resources and slightly larger communities of color. The fired officers were also twice as likely to be fired a second time compared to officers who have never been fired.”
Fired/Rehired: Police Chiefs are often forced to put officers fired for misconduct back on the streets
“[P]olice chiefs have booted hundreds of officers they have deemed unfit to be in their ranks, only to be compelled to take them back and return them to the streets with guns and badges.”
Sheriff's Department hired officers with histories of misconduct
“Nearly 200 had been rejected from other agencies because of past misdeeds, failed entrance exams or other issues. Several of those with past misconduct have been accused of wrongdoing since joining the department, including one deputy who was terminated after firing his service weapon during a dispute outside a fast-food restaurant.”
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This bill helps everyone by reducing the number of lawbreakers on police forces, and increasing the incentive for all members of police forces not to commit misconduct.
Is this high cost for the state government?
No. This law would be incorporated into existing hiring practices, and would save money over time by reducing the myriad costs that emanate from police misconduct.
Model Policy
SECTION 1 (TITLE):
This act shall be known as the Public Safety Through Hiring Act.
SECTION 2 (PURPOSE):
To prevent the hiring of police officers with disciplinary records in order to address police brutality.
SECTION 3 (PROVISIONS):
(a) No law enforcement unit shall hire any person as a police officer who was previously employed as a police officer by any unit or in any other jurisdiction and who:
(i) was fired due to past or ongoing disciplinary infractions or during the process of misconduct investigations, or
(ii) resigned or retired due to past or ongoing disciplinary infractions, or during the process of misconduct investigations.
(b) Any law enforcement unit that has knowledge that any former police officer of such unit who (1) (A) was dismissed for malfeasance or other serious misconduct, or (B) resigned or retired from such officer's position while under investigation for such malfeasance or other serious misconduct; and (2) is an applicant for the position of police officer with any other law enforcement unit, shall inform such other unit of such dismissal, resignation or retirement.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any police officer who is exonerated of each allegation against such officer of such malfeasance or other serious misconduct in the disciplinary process undertaken in the law enforcement unit in which the police officer served at the time of the allegation.
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Paul’s Pile Of Papers: Paul Bright On His Paper Rad Collection And Forthcoming Book
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The East Coast art collective Paper Rad existed for less than a decade, from very roughly 2001 to 2008, but in that short amount of time it created a massive body of work that spanned traditions and disciplines. For this year’s New York Art Book Fair, which opens Thursday night at MoMA PS1, Paul Bright and Sonja Radovancevic will debut “PPP: The Zines of Paper Rad,” a 200-page book that focuses on the publishing side of the multidisciplinary group, bringing together a trove of material from the collective’s prolific zine output. (PPP stands for “Paul’s Pile of Papers” and is the debut offering from Bright and Radovancevic’s new imprint Delema. It includes an introduction from Bright and a forward from the artist Andrew Jeffrey Wright. Included throughout this piece is is an exclusive look into the book.)
Bright—who owns the art, antique, and home store Bright Lyons in Downtown Brooklyn—has been an avid collector of all things Paper Rad (and related, like the work of the Providence collective Fort Thunder) for years now, but started seriously thinking about making a book when he received what he called a “mysterious text message” from Paper Rad member Ben Jones, notifying Bright that his mother was moving, leaving the fate of his zine archive unclear. “Basically, it was like a rescue mission,” Bright told me from the studio he shares with the painter Nicole Eisenman just a block away from his store.
Paper Rad was perhaps best known for their ecstatic color palate and decidedly spiritual appropriation of 1980s and ’90s youth and pop culture, balanced out by original references and narratives native to the group. Their varied output connected them to a number of disparate communities including the worlds of comics, underground music, video, and internet art. Paper Rad did New York gallery shows and played with noise bands in basements. Members of the group collaborated on videos with Beck, others made abstract DJ mixtapes. Their hyper-color website alone is an influential piece of net art. Although Bright and Radovancevic’s book focuses on the zines of the collective, you could just as easily do 200 pages on the group’s videos, installations, performances, or internet work.
At its core, Paper Rad was a three-person collective (Jacob Ciocci, Jessica Ciocci, and Ben Jones), but their membership was always somewhat fluid, especially at the advent of the group, which grew out of a zine Jones made with the comics artist C.F. called Paper Radio (the fact that some Providence artists started a publication called Paper Rodeo just complicates things further). “There were zines here that, like, even with the input of Ben and Jacob and Jessica, we still weren’t sure whether it was Paper Rad,” Bright told me. “There’s some really fucking, like, mysterious shit.” (People who could’ve been counted as Paper Rad at various points in time include members of the collective Dearraindrop, the composer David Wightman and Canadian artist Beau Labute.)
After picking up “five big plastic bins of all Ben’s stuff” Bright said that between the newfound archive and his personal collection, “I felt confident that we had pretty much the entire spectrum of everything Paper Rad did.” He worked directly with members of the collective to attempt to date and title the works. Then reps from Chelsea nonprofit bookstore Printed Matter (which founded the book fair), in Bright’s words, “really put a foot in our ass” to do something for this year’s edition. “Printed Matter said we will give you the space at PS1 to show everything and it was just, like, How could you not do it?” Bright said. “They didn’t say like, ‘You have to do this,’ but they pretty much said, ‘You guys have to be idiots not to do this.’ “
From there, Bright’s involvement “really faded to the background,” and Radovancevic undertook the weighty project of documentation and design. The book includes varied work from the three core members in different configurations as well as sections for collaborations, poetry, post-Paper Rad work, and, of course, some wildcards. “We included these,” Bright said, pointing to two handmade books that looked like they were legitimately made by children. “These were created in the late ’80s. They look like they could be Paper Rad zines, everything about them is very Paper Rad-esque,” Bright said. “These were on the Paper Rad website as zines that were a part of their history.”
Before he got into Paper Rad and related projects, Bright went to hardcore shows and collected Dadaist zines, when he could afford them. Upon his discovery of Paper Rad, he saw a spirit similar to the Dadaists but one that synthesized with something more contemporary. “They had a merch table,” Bright recalled. An ex-hardcore kid (he was wearing a Black Flag shirt the day we spoke), he said that “the idea of a merch table or a distro table was something that was just part of my DNA already. So when I went to an art show and saw Paper Rad with their merch table it was just like, ‘Yeah, that sounds about right.'”
“Contemporary art can suck,” Bright continued. “It can be a really unpleasant, negative world to be a part of sometimes, and Paper Rad was an incredible tonic to that.”
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The ASCH Bibliography, containing both book and journal articles, is quite inclusive and extensive. This bibliography barely skims the surface of the breadth and depth of literature in the field of hypnosis, but it serves as a valuable resource for those looking to find out more information.
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Who updates the ASCH Bibliography?
The Literature Review Task Force advances the awareness and knowledge of hypnosis and the image of ASCH with both the public and professionals through literature.
The purpose of the Literature Review Task Force is to update the ASCH Bibliography and review materials, books, articles, and DVDs to be included in the bibliography.
How do I submit material to the Task Force for review and possible inclusion in the ASCH Bibliography?
Authors need to submit two hard copies of the material to be reviewed to the ASCH office:
C/O John Kasper
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Please note: Items will not be returned.
What criteria are reviewers looking for?
The criteria utilized for the review of materials are focused on the value of the material in providing a resource for learning in terms of knowledge, technique, as well as clinical and scientific efficacy of hypnosis. Members of the Task Force use their own judgments as teaching faculty of ASCH and their experience as teachers and what works best as a learning resource in the field of hypnosis.
When will my material get published in the ASCH Bibliography?
A review should not take more than eight weeks to complete. After the review, the Chair will synthesize the Task Forces recommendation and present it to the ASCH Executive Committee for final approval.
The ASCH Executive Committee meets in March and November of each year and any updates to the ASCH Bibliography will be published shortly thereafter.
Who should I speak with if I have any additional questions?
John Kasper staffs the Literature Review Task Force and can be reached via phone (630) 980-4740 or by email (asch-evp@asch.net)
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Severe CKD Environment Affects CaSR Gene Expression and the Cascade of Genes in Parathyroid Glands Even without High Phosphorus Diets
November 03, 2017 | 10:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Abstract: FR-PO281
Mineral Disease: Vitamin D, PTH, FGF23
November 03, 2017 | Location: Hall H, Morial Convention Center
Abstract Time: 10:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Category: Mineral Disease
1202 Mineral Disease: Vitamin D, PTH, FGF-23
Uchiyama, Taketo, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Taketo Uchiyama,
Ohkido, Ichiro, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Ichiro Ohkido,
Kamejima, Sahoko, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Sahoko Kamejima,
Nakashima, Akio, Division of Kidney and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Akio Nakashima,
Yokoo, Takashi, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Yokoo,
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) disrupts mineral homeostasis and its representative pathosis is defined as secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT). SHPT occurs during the early course of progressive renal insufficiency, and is associated with mortality and cardiovascular events. Reduction of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) occurs slowly and progressively throughout this process, although the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown.
CKD was induced by 0.75% adenine-containing diet. CKD rats and control rats were maintained for 2 weeks on diets containing 0.7% phosphorus or 1.3% phosphorus. In a gene expression analysis, TaqMan probes were used to do the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reactions. CaSR and glial cells missing-2 (Gcm2) protein expressions were analyzed using immunohistochemistry and western blotting. DNA methylation analysis was performed using a restriction digestion and quantitative PCR.
CaSR mRNA was reduced in CKD rats fed the normal and high phosphorus diets (CKD NP and CKD HP, respetctively) (Figure 1), and the amount of CaSR protein was compatible with the gene expression assay. There is no significant difference in the DNA methylation status in the promoters of CaSR between the four groups. Gcm2, which has been shown to directly regulate CaSR and also to transactivate CaSR through Gcm2 response elements in the CaSR promoter, was significantly decreased in CKD NP and CKD HP rats (Figure 2), and using western blotting the expression of Gcm2 was shown to be compatible.
A reduction of CaSR expression in parathyroid glands was observed in CKD NP and CKD HP rats; however, the DNA hypermethylaton was not demonstrated. We then analyzed the Gcm2 gene and its protein expression, as upstream transcription factor of CaSR, and we verified its depression in CKD NP and CKD HP rats. Consequently, our data suggest that Gcm2 was responsible for the reduction in mRNA and protein levels of CaSR and VDR in PTGs of CKD HP rats.
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Our CompanyHeritageScottish Aviation
Originally a Flying School based at Prestwick Aerodrome near Ayr, Scottish Aviation converted 100's of US-built Liberators during WWII before producing its own Pioneer and Twin Pioneer aircraft.
Scottish Aviation was initially formed in 1933 by the aviation pioneer, David McIntyre as a Flying School. He was partnered by the then, Duke of Hamilton (Douglas Douglas-Hamilton).
In 1935, they founded the Scottish College of Aviation Limited although just 1 year later, they changed the name to Scottish Aviation Limited.
McIntyre was already the owner of Prestwick Airfield and they soon acquired, dismantled, transported and re-erected a building previously used as The Palace of Engineering at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Glasgow.
Sited alongside what is now Prestwick Airport, just 30 miles from Glasgow, the new building was predominantly used as a home for the flying school.
However, with the amount of US Air Force personnel and aircraft arriving for the war effort, Scottish Aviation started to undertake aircraft fitting, maintenance and conversion of many aircraft types. Initially, it received and converted American Consolidated Liberators for the RAF Ferry, Transport and Coastal Commands in preparation for operations over the North Atlantic.
Douglas Skyraiders in Hangar at Prestwick
Additionally, Scottish Aviation carried out repair and overhaul on Sunderland flying boats, as well as overseeing the work of Civilian Repair Organisation on Vickers Supermarine Spitfires and Hawker Hurricanes.
Post war, they continued with airliner conversion and modifications and produced their own robust STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) military aircraft such as the Pioneer and latterly the much larger Twin Pioneer.
Scottish Aviation Pioneer Gipsy Queen (VL515)
During the 1960’s the company supported all Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft operating throughout Europe and conducted more than 1,000 Canadair CF-104 Starfighter test flights from Prestwick.
With the Sussex-based Beagle Aircraft Company going into receivership in 1969, Scottish Aviation Limited took over the production of the Bulldog aircraft and after forming Scottish Aviation (Bulldog) Limited, completed the order for the Swedish Air Force. Another collapse one year later, Scottish Aviation Limited took over the production of the Jetstream Turbo-prop aircraft from Handley Page Limited in 1970.
It continued to develop the Jetstream range under the heading Jetstream Aircraft Limited until Scottish Aviation was merged into British Aerospace in 1977.
Scottish Aviation Elementary Flying Training School
1935 Scottish Aviation Limited
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1999 BAE Systems
1947 Pioneer 1969 Jetstream
1955 Twin Pioneer 1969 Bulldog
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A successful military trainer developed from the civilian Beagle Pup.
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer
Scottish Aviation's most successfull aircraft of the 1950's.
Scottish Aviation Pioneer
Scottish Aviation's first design offered superb STOL performance and paved the way to the Twin Pioneer.
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Showing results by narrator "Robin Bloodworth" in Romance
10-20 Hours
Revolution in Time
Out of Time, Book 10
By: Monique Martin
Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
A sudden change in Council leadership puts not only the Crosses but the timeline itself at risk. The new Council no longer wants to protect time, they want to reshape it - starting with the birth of America during the Revolutionary War. However, that isn't the only birth they plan on stopping. For their ultimate plan to work, Charlotte Cross must never be born. Friends old and new join forces to save Elizabeth and Charlotte and keep the world they know from being erased from history.
By Zanne on 13-11-16
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Bold Destiny
By: Jane Feather
Once she had been Annabel Spencer, a proper British subject; now she is Ayesha, the most coveted prize of the powerful Akbar Khan - who offers her to an Englishman for a night of pleasure... a night that ignites a burning desire. Stationed in a remote outpost where the glory of the British Empire has faded, Lieutenant Kit Ralston masks his bitterness behind a cynical facade. But when he meets Ayesha, a scintillating, jade-eyed temptress, his heart awakens. Vowing to make Ayesha his own, Kit abducts her - but can their love overcome the obstacles they face?
The Land of Later On
By: Anthony Weller
Kip - a New York jazz pianist whose career was cut short by a neurological disease - returns from a failed suicide attempt with a vivid, detailed memory of his journey through the afterlife. Resembling the world as he knows it, but unlimited in space and time, it’s unlike any eternity he has contemplated. Its residents are those who choose not to reincarnate, which would erase all memory of who they once were. Kip has a quest: to find his beloved Lucy, a yoga teacher who shared his apartment for years but died of leukemia.
By Mrs. Sarah Watson on 29-06-15
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Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
By: Bill McKibben
Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, Bill McKibben - foreword
Categories: Computers & Technology, History & Culture
Narrated by: Oliver Wyman,Bill McKibben - foreword
The Case for the Green New Deal
By: Naomi Klein
Narrated by: Naomi Klein - introduction, Rebecca Lowman
An instant best seller, On Fire shows Klein at her most prophetic and philosophical, investigating the climate crisis not only as a profound political challenge but also as a spiritual and imaginative one. Delving into topics ranging from the clash between ecological time and our culture of “perpetual now,” to the soaring history of humans changing and evolving rapidly in the face of grave threats, to rising white supremacy and fortressed borders as a form of “climate barbarism,” this is a rousing call to action for a planet on the brink.
Another excellent thought provoking book by Naomi Klein
By Jennifer on 09-19-19
Life After Warming
By: David Wallace-Wells
Narrated by: David Wallace-Wells
An "epoch-defining book" (The Guardian) and "this generation’s Silent Spring" (The Washington Post), The Uninhabitable Earth is both a travelogue of the near future and a meditation on how that future will look to those living through it - the ways that warming promises to transform global politics, the meaning of technology and nature in the modern world, the sustainability of capitalism and the trajectory of human progress. The Uninhabitable Earth is also an impassioned call to action.
Don’t read if you have depressive tendencies.
By Ricky on 03-17-19
A Recent History
By: Nathaniel Rich
By 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change - including how to stop it. Over the next decade, a handful of scientists, politicians, and strategists, led by two unlikely heroes, risked their careers in a desperate, escalating campaign to convince the world to act before it was too late. Losing Earth is their story and ours.
Half a History
The End of Nature
Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
Reissued on the 10th anniversary of its publication, this classic work on our environmental crisis features a new introduction by the author, reviewing both the progress and ground lost in the fight to save the Earth. This impassioned plea for radical and life-renewing change is today still considered a groundbreaking work in environmental studies. McKibben's argument that the survival of the globe is dependent on a fundamental, philosophical shift in the way we relate to nature is more relevant than ever.
The Green New Deal
Why the Fossil Fuel Civilization Will Collapse by 2028 and the Bold Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth
By: Jeremy Rifkin
Narrated by: David Cochran Heath
An urgent, workable plan to confront climate change and transform America's economy for a post-fossil fuel world from the New York Times best-selling author of The Third Industrial Revolution. A new vision for America’s future is quickly gaining momentum. The Green New Deal has caught fire in activist circles and become a central focus in the national conversation, setting the agenda for a new political movement that will likely transform the entire US and world economy.
More influenced by ideology than fact.
Our Final Warning
Six Degrees of Climate Emergency
By: Mark Lynas
Narrated by: Richard Burnip
Mark Lynas delivers a vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist. And it’s only looking worse. We are living in a climate emergency. But how much worse could it get? Will civilisation collapse? Are we already past the point of no return? What kind of future can our children expect? Rigorously cataloguing the very latest climate science, Mark Lynas explores the course we have set for Earth over the next century and beyond.
By Stephen on 08-15-20
Eaarth
Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Those warnings went mostly unheeded; now, he insists, we need to acknowledge that we've waited too long, and that massive change is not only unavoidable but already under way. Our old familiar globe is suddenly melting, drying, acidifying, flooding, and burning in ways that no human has ever seen.
A very important and interesting read
By Ira on 07-19-10
All Hell Breaking Loose
The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change
By: Michael T. Klare
The Pentagon, unsentimental and politically conservative, might not seem likely to be worried about climate change - still linked, for many people, with polar bears and coral reefs. Yet, of all the major institutions in American society, none take climate change as seriously as the US military. Drawing on previously obscure reports and government documents, renowned security expert Michael Klare shows that the US military sees the climate threat as imperiling the country on several fronts at once.
Our biggest danger
By tess pechka on 11-19-19
This Changes Everything
Capitalism vs. the Climate
Narrated by: Ellen Archer
In This Changes Everything Naomi Klein argues that climate change isn’t just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. It’s an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways. Klein meticulously builds the case for how massively reducing our greenhouse emissions is our best chance to simultaneously reduce gaping inequalities, re-imagine our broken democracies, and rebuild our gutted local economies.
Didactic and preachy... and I agree with her
By plau on 09-25-16
The Sixth Extinction
An Unnatural History
By: Elizabeth Kolbert
Narrated by: Anne Twomey
A major audiobook about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes. Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on Earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Lifts you out of the ordinary
By Regina on 04-28-14
The Ministry for the Future
By: Kim Stanley Robinson
Narrated by: Jennifer Fitzgerald, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Ramon de Ocampo, and others
The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, post-apocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us - and in which we might just overcome the extraordinary challenges we face. It is a novel both immediate and impactful, desperate and hopeful in equal measure, and it is one of the most powerful and original books on climate change ever written.
will listen again
By Phillip F Norris on 11-04-20
Apollo's Arrow
The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live
By: Nicholas A. Christakis MD PhD
Narrated by: Nicholas A. Christakis MD PhD
Apollo's Arrow offers a riveting account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it swept through American society in 2020 and of how the recovery will unfold in the coming years. Drawing on momentous (yet dimly remembered) historical epidemics, contemporary analyses, and cutting-edge research from a range of scientific disciplines, Nicholas A. Christakis explores what it means to live in a time of plague - an experience that is paradoxically uncommon to the vast majority of humans who are alive yet deeply fundamental to our species.
By Paris Holliday on 11-17-20
Winning the Green New Deal
Why We Must, How We Can
By: Varshini Prakash - editor, Guido Girgenti - editor
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Priya Ayyar, Inés del Castillo, and others
An urgent and definitive collection of essays from leaders and experts championing the Green New Deal - and a detailed playbook for how we can win it - including contributions by leading activists and progressive writers like Varshini Prakash, Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Bill McKibben, Rev William Barber II, and more.
What to do about climate change
By: Varshini Prakash - editor, and others
Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal
The Political Economy of Saving the Planet
By: Noam Chomsky, Robert Pollin, C.J. Polychroniou - Introduction
Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
The environmental crisis under way is unique in human history. It is a true existential crisis. Those alive today will decide the fate of humanity. Meanwhile, the leaders of the most powerful state in human history are dedicating themselves with passion to destroying the prospects for organized human life. At the same time, there is a solution at hand, which is the Green New Deal.
Excellent Outline of Plan to Tackle Climate Change
By: Noam Chomsky, and others
All We Can Save
Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson, Sherri Mitchell, and others
Narrated by: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson, Cristela Alonzo, and others
All We Can Save illuminates the expertise and insights of dozens of diverse women leading on climate in the United States - scientists, journalists, farmers, lawyers, teachers, activists, innovators, wonks, and designers, across generations, geographies, and race - and aims to advance a more representative, nuanced, and solution-oriented public conversation on the climate crisis. These women offer a spectrum of ideas and insights for how we can rapidly, radically reshape society.
Essential, educational, empowering
By Kalani Carlson on 09-22-20
By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, and others
Learning to Die in the Anthropocene
Reflections on the End of a Civilization
By: Roy Scranton
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Coming home from the war in Iraq, US Army private Roy Scranton thought he'd left the world of strife behind. Then he watched as new calamities struck America, heralding a threat far more dangerous than ISIS or al-Qaeda: Hurricane Katrina, Superstorm Sandy, megadrought - the shock and awe of global warming. Our world is changing. Rising seas, spiking temperatures, and extreme weather imperil global infrastructure, crops, and water supplies. Conflict, famine, plagues, and riots menace from every quarter.
Grief Counseling for Civilization
By Susie on 06-28-16
The Future Earth
A Radical Vision for What's Possible in the Age of Warming
By: Eric Holthaus
Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
This is the book for anyone who feels overwhelmed by the current state of our environment. Hopeful and prophetic, The Future Earth invites us to imagine how we can reverse the effects of climate change in our own lifetime and encourages us to enter a deeper relationship with the earth as conscientious stewards and to re-affirm our commitment to one another in our shared humanity.
Not the way to make necessary changes
By P Willis on 11-29-20
The Future We Choose
Surviving the Climate Crisis
By: Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac
Narrated by: Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac
In The Future We Choose, the authors outline two possible scenarios for the planet. In one, they describe what life on Earth will be like by 2050 if we fail to meet the Paris targets for carbon dioxide emission reduction. In the other, they describe what it will take to create and live in a carbon neutral, regenerative world. They argue for confronting the climate crisis head-on, with determination and optimism.
Mandatory for Humanity
By Rufus of Sol on 03-04-20
By: Christiana Figueres, and others
"[Oliver Wyman's] skillful, nuanced performance is enough to keep listeners from tossing their earbuds aside in despair.... This isn't easy listening, but it's essential for anyone concerned about humanity's future." (AudioFile Magazine)
2019 Washington Post Best Books of the Year
This program includes a foreword read by the author.
Thirty years ago, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change. Now, he broadens the warning: The entire human game, he suggests, has begun to play itself out.
Bill McKibben’s groundbreaking book The End of Nature - issued in dozens of languages and long regarded as a classic - was the first book to alert us to global warming. But the danger is broader than that: Even as climate change shrinks the space where our civilization can exist, new technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics threaten to bleach away the variety of human experience.
Falter tells the story of these converging trends and of the ideological fervor that keeps us from bringing them under control. And then, drawing on McKibben’s experience in building 350.org, the first truly global citizens movement to combat climate change, it offers some possible ways out of the trap. We’re at a bleak moment in human history - and we’ll either confront that bleakness or watch the civilization our forebears built slip away.
Falter is a powerful and sobering call to arms to save not only our planet, but also our humanity.
©2019 Bill McKibben (P)2019 Macmillan Audio
"Narrator Oliver Wyman has the difficult task of engaging listeners with this audiobook's grim tidings on climate change and pending social collapse.... Yet his skillful, nuanced performance is enough to keep listeners from tossing their earbuds aside in despair. Wyman spotlights sporadic moments of humor and hope and channels McKibben's withering rage toward the powerful few who suppress climate action in favor of personal wealth. This isn't easy listening, but it's essential for anyone concerned about humanity's future." (AudioFile Magazine)
Oil and Honey
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What listeners say about Falter
Jasper Yate
Tough words for a tough time.
Hard to listen to, occasionally myopic, but overall full of important insights and unique reads on our current moment in history. Tough to get through because of the hard truths of climate change and global capitalism, but that’s part of what makes it so salient. Bottom line: worth the time of anyone who has the future of our planet and species (or that of the many other species our behavior endangers) in mind.
The book begins with a large focus on wildfires. I work in forestry and firefighting, and found his writing extremely inaccurate. A big factor in the increase in wildfires has a lot to do with well intentioned management practices that focused on preventing and stopping all wildfire up until the relatively recent understanding of fire ecology. This lead to an unnaturally large density of trees, and a buildup of dead litter that serves as highly combustable fuel. That makes for hotter, harder to control fires. People have increasingly built into natural burn zones, and have not incorporated any fire conscious building or landscaping so we are in more of a position to be impacted by wildfire. McKibben also seems to not understand how wildland firefighting actually works, and how the approach differs from structure firefighting. The western US also goes through periodic megadrought cycles such as the pre-industrial event that ended the Anasazi civilization. That's not to say that climate change isn't a factor because it is. The problem is McKibben greatly misrepresents this issue. When you consider how much time he devotes to it then it shows laziness at best, or at worst deception. It's hard to trust the rest of the book. Spot checking claims like Australian crop yields being the lowest in the nation's recorded history uncover more complicated explanations. In that case what he doesn't mention is that Australia was settled during an unusually wet period that can't be fairly used in comparison to today. I'd be interested to see what people with experience in other subjects would make of his writing. This only hurts attempts to get people engaged, and it's what's most frustrating of all about this book. My other complaints are about the style. This really should have been two books, and in the second half it's hard to remember what the thesis of the book was supposed to be. He also spends much of the book repeatedly making random jabs at Trump. Most of the time this isn't a critique of a policy or something he did, just vague snark. This became obnoxiously repetitive, and didn't help him make his point. I think better editing would have avoided these problems.
A Rehash that jumps the shark
By trying to write about everything, McKibben writes about nothing. This isn’t a book about global warming. It starts that way then veers down an absurd, paranoid impossible to sit through rabbit hole of chryogenics and heads being stored in ice chests or brains in the cloud. Maybe that’s our future, but his approach is wack. His US-narcissism perspective on climate change is also extremely limited. Couldn’t finish but sat through more than I could stand.
Lori Bob
Great book, irritating narration
For some reason this very important book that I must listen too because my eyes have weakened with age has a narrator that just grates on my brain. I beg you to have it redone and I will buy it a second time.
Nancy LaPlaca
Another great book by Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben richly deserves his reputation as a leader in the environmental movement. Bill doesn’t sugarcoat it, but nor does he throw in the towel. He tells us like it is, but leaves us with the fortitude to move forward. In my own career working for clean energy, Bill has been a light post, and his essays and books have help me through some dark times. Thank you for your life’s work, Bill, and for a book that both opened my eyes and soothed my soul.
Surprising!
Central to this book is a discussion of Ayn Rand, her acolytes and how Atlas Shrugged is a secret handshake in a world largely responsible for environmental and climate ruin. Leavened with anger and insight, McKibben makes a depressing topic bearable to read. He and I are the exact age, and in some ways, reading him is like hearing my own thoughts on how much the world has changed. That he manages to write at all given his awareness as to how the world has changed is admirable. I'm grateful because it helps me cope. Some have faulted his information and knowledge on topics like wildfires, which he does spend considerable time on, along with ice. I can't address those concerns because I don't know enough. He certainly has done his homework on Rand. However despicable she is, he does not deny her humanity. Today's leaders on politics and business he is not too kind to, but they act with open eyes. Whatever faults this books may have, his perspective continues to be sterling,
This book makes me want to go back to school and become and environmental scientist! It is terrifying to imagine most of these scenarios play out, thus, it is truly important that we are all made aware of the world around us. Thank you Mr. McKinnen for bring these ideas to the forefront of our conversations. I just hope we act, before it is too late...
Joyce Anderson
Love his books, poor reader
I dont like listenin to this reader..he sounds like lecturing uncle..wish it was the author.
I wish the information in this book was presented with a more political unbiased view, but it was still a great listen.
Derick DeMarche
A MUST READ BOOK
Very pertinent to our Daily Lives. Well explained topics that are easily understood. Has a very hopeful and realistic conclusion. Top Notch Job!!!
Bill Wyman would have been better
Narration almost ruins the book and completely undermines the expertise behind it. Oliver Wyman is great for fictional stories about hunting monsters but is a terrible choice for real and monstrous non fiction.
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Playback: Permitting Nightmare Precedes SXSW
SXSW events permitting induces promoter panic, the Austin Music Hall receives a stay of execution, and there are two last Austin Music Poll categories to vote in
By Kevin Curtin, Fri., Feb. 12, 2016
Sick of It All: The Converse/Thrasher stage in the parking lot of Gypsy Lounge last year required a special event permit. (Photo by David Brendan Hall)
South by Southwest Music still looms a month away, but a recent permitting quagmire elicited early panic attacks for Austin's business owners and event organizers preparing for the March megafest.
Last Tuesday, the Austin Center for Events (ACE) – the city's regulatory authority on special event permitting – abruptly stopped accepting permit applications for the week of SXSW. In a Jan. 7 press release, ACE had announced a deadline of Friday, Feb. 5, at 5pm "or until 120 applications have been received, whichever occurs first." The 120 threshold then hit without notice of impending closure, catching organizers off guard.
Jason Hicks, director of local event producers the Electric Company, had been waiting to file five applications.
"I've been on the phone with ACE all week, verifying data points and kicking around scenarios about the upcoming submittals I was preparing," he said last Thursday. "When I got notice that they weren't accepting any more permits, it felt like the rug had pulled out from under me."
Hicks estimates his applications represent $1 million in activations. According to him, that week totals 65% of his business' annual earnings. Permitting failures, he says, could cause local promoters to get sued by their clients. Events requiring temporary use permits (TUPs) and temporary change of use permits run the gamut between corporate-sponsored parties and reggae bands playing in parking lots of e-cig shops, but many of those left in the lurch last week scaled in betwixt: Hotel San José, Gibson Guitar Showroom, official SXSW showcases at St. David's Church, and events put on by local ad agency GSD&M – including Ray Benson's 65th birthday party.
"This came down without warning and it's quite shocking to think our company, as the city's onetime poster child for permitting, may not be able to get our event cleared," GSD&M's David Rockwood vented.
Asked for his reaction to so many event producers being caught off guard by the applications reaching early capacity, ACE corporate special events program manager William Manno pointed to the Jan. 7 press release and added, "This message was also broadcast via several social media sites and emailed to numerous event promoters."
On Monday, promoters who had the wind knocked out of them drew a breath of relief when ACE eventually accepted for review all applications received prior to 5pm on Friday. Manno said he was able to do that because several erroneous applications were discarded. That quelled the public backlash, but doubts in communication between ACE and the music industry remain, and additionally the situation raises questions of how ACE landed at the magic number of 120 permit submissions accepted, down from 147 last year and 167 in 2014.
That essentially downsizes SXSW's nontraditional-venue concerts by 20%.
"It's an arbitrary number," complained one SXSW employee who wouldn't speak on record for fear of retribution. "It doesn't take into account what area of town the event requesting a permit is in or the intensity of use. Spotify House has a different impact than a Yard Dog show."
Manno says the application cap and deadline support the city's efforts to improve public safety during the spring festival, but also reasons that city resources factor into the specific number.
"With current staffing levels in the various departments that review applications and inspect venues, 120 is the number that best allows for proper ongoing inspection of venues and impacts to right of ways," Manno wrote. "As long as current staffing levels remain the same, I see no reason to decrease that number in future years."
When asked about claims by Austin Music People executive director Jennifer Houlihan, in a letter to Mayor Steve Adler, that ACE has no authority in city code to decrease the number of event permits, Manno didn't reply. "Playback" could find no available city code specifying ACE's structure or authority. On Tuesday, South Austin craft beer temple Whip In canceled plans for its annual SXSW party because they missed the deadline to apply for the necessary TUP.
Whip In general manager MJ Smith, an experienced permit applicant as a founder of Queerbomb, said she hadn't heard about the early deadline and points out that current TUP applications still read: "Must be completed 10 days before proposed event."
"ACE obviously just assumes that if they put out a press release, everyone will see it, but that's just not the case," Smith says, adding that the business has lost over $1,000 in deposits because of the cancellation. Her attempts to meet face-to-face with ACE personnel this week were rejected by a receptionist.
"I can see there's no flexibility when it comes to businesses that've helped make Austin what it is," she sighs. "So we won't be doing South by Southwest."
Tamping down SXSW parties is an obvious step toward the greater goal of public safety, but if that process diminishes local participation, perhaps it's not being handled correctly.
Music Hall Still Standing
News broke last July that the Austin Music Hall was destined for the wrecking ball. The teardown makes way for a 28-story office tower overseen by Cielo, the property group that acquired the city's second-largest indoor venue in 2014, after OmniBank repo'd it from veteran local concert promoter Tim O'Connor's Direct Events. Initial reports slated the 21-year-old venue's demolition to begin in January.
And yet, it's now February and the Music Hall still stands. Last Tuesday's Stubb's engagement with G-Eazy prompted enough demand amongst hordes of pop-rap-lovin' kiddos that the show was relocated to AMH – still in operation under management of the Electric Company. Next Thursday, Kid Cudi loads in, two days before a dance music event called A State of Color – Neon Riot invades the venue at 208 Nueces.
Jason Hicks, general manager of AMH, confirmed that the venue has gotten an unexpected stay of execution. The reason, he says, is construction on the sidewalks outside – part of the city's Great Streets project. Until those improvements are completed, the Music Hall won't be demolished.
Hicks expects the venue to get a proper send-off with a series of official, big-name SXSW shows. After that, it'll be reduced to rubble.
Nominations Needed for AMP Awards
Voter turnout was tremendous for the Austin Music Poll. Even excluding 2,491 ballot-stuffers – nearly a third of them voting for Austin Kimble Trio in every relevant category, and then some – it was still the highest polling total in recent memory. Thank you, Austin.
Now there's just one more order of unfinished business: Please nominate deserving Austinites in two special categories overseen by Austin Music People (AMP): the Esme Barrera Award in Music Activism and Education (in honor of the big-hearted, 29-year-old music scenester/teacher who was murdered in 2012), and the Unsung Hero Award. Make your nominations at www.austinmusicpeople.org and AMP's board of directors will select the winners. I'm nominating hip-hop scholar Bavu Blakes and underground videographer/cable access personality Dave "TV" Prewitt.
The winners will be announced at the Austin Music Industry Awards on March 7 at the Palm Door on Sixth, hosted by yours truly and the Spade to my Farley, Chronicle investigator Chase Hoffberger.
Half Notes
Super bowl Victory: Black Pistol Fire's new single "Hard Luck" was featured on a Toyota Prius commercial during the Super Bowl – the one where they turn a Prius into a cop car to catch bank robbers also driving a Prius. Local singer/fiddler Ruby Jane and band, meanwhile, are featured among the local scenery in a KFC ad for the Kentucky BBQ Pulled Chicken Box Meal.
Asleep at the Wheel welcomed longtime booster/collaborator Willie Nelson as a surprise guest last Thursday at the Broken Spoke, where they polished chestnuts including "Nite Life" and "Rainy Day Blues."
Eliza Gilkyson celebrated a small victory recently in her ongoing legal proceedings against Disney. The local songsmith seeks to recover royalties for the continued use of The Jungle Book classic "Bear Necessities," which was written by her father, the late Terry Gilkyson. In late January, a California judge reversed another court's acceptance of Disney's motion to dismiss based on the statute of limitations and the case will now go to trial. Bill Murray sings the song as Baloo in the new Jungle Book movie, the trailer of which premiered during the Super Bowl.
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At Renault, ‘Mobility as an Industry’ is a new business unit
Renault, acknowledging the transformation of the automotive industry, will bundle all its mobility activities in a new operating subsidiary called ‘Mobility as an Industry (MAI).’
Renault, acknowledging the transformation of the automotive industry, will bundle all its mobility activities in a new operating subsidiary called ‘Mobility as an Industry (MAI).’ Our ambition is to be one of the world’s leading operators of new shared, accessible and sustainable mobility,” Renault CEO Thierry Bollore said in a press release.
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Arts, Modern
Under the Spell of Orpheus: The Persistence of a Myth in Twentieth-Century Art
by Judith E. Bernstock
Southern Illinois University Press, 1991
eISBN: 978-0-8093-8299-6 | Cloth: 978-0-8093-1659-5
Library of Congress Classification NX652.O3B47 1991
Dewey Decimal Classification 700
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
This comprehensive view of the Orpheus myth in modern art focuses on an extremely rich artistic symbol and cuts through all the clichés to explore truly significant problems of meaning. The author takes a new approach to the iconography of major modern artists by incorporating psychological and literary analysis, as well as biography.
The three parts of the book explore the ways in which artists have identified with different aspects of the often paradoxical Orpheus myth. The first deals with artists such as Paul Klee, Carl Milles, and Barbara Hepworth. In the second, Max Beckmann, Oskar Kokoschka, and Isamu Noguchi are discussed. Artists examined in the final part include Pablo Picasso, Jacques Lipchitz, Ethel Schwabacher, and Cy Twombly. The author documents her argument with more than sixty illustrations.
Judith E. Bernstock is Assistant Professor of the History of Art at Cornell University.
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BIG4’s behind the scenes recap of the Bathurst 1000
The BIG4-wrapped Nissan car flies around the track at Bathurst.
If you could see through the belting rain and low cloud you might have noticed BIG4 was at Bathurst last week, and knee-deep in title contention late into the Great Race on Sunday afternoon.
Although the BIG4 supercar entry driven by Nissan’s Michael Caruso finished sixth, it could have been so much more. For the first six hours the drivers – including Caruso - stayed conservative, waiting for accidents that didn’t happen, and for engine and car failures that never eventuated.
The only consistency throughout the day was the rain falling on Bathurst – the first drops the city had seen in months, but the most ill-timed rainfall of the year with 2.5 million people watching the race from home.
Rainfall was consistent on the day of the race, making for interesting conditions for drivers.
Into the last hour however, things changed. With the race now on the line, drivers took more risks, resulting in more crashes and more laps under the watch of the safety car. Caruso had fought from 19th and almost 45 seconds behind the race leader to finish in sixth place – a monumental drive in the most trying of conditions.
“I’m feeling really emotional,” said Caruso’s wife Dani, after the race. “I’m so proud of him.”
Caruso and Fiore’s lion-hearted drive mirrored their efforts earlier in the week, when they commandeered a Nissan Pathfinder and Jayco JPod to visit BIG4 parks on their way to Bathurst – reviving an annual event started by brothers Todd and Rick Kelly.
Watch the hilarious video here.
BIG4 was invited along to watch the Great Race, and our keen observer brought home these fun facts about the race, through the eyes of a first-time visitor to Mt Panorama:
Cool tracks are better than warm ones. Drivers zig-zag across the track to warm up their tyres, but they prefer driving on cold surfaces. During practise on a very cool Thursday at Mt Panorama, Nissan co-driver Dean Fiore was asked “what’s the track like to drive on when it’s this cold?” “It’s the best time to drive,” he said. Cold tracks and warm tyres are the perfect combination for speed.
Nissan co-drivers Michael Caruso and Dean Fiore.
Each car goes through $150k in tyres per car per season in the V8 Supercar series, all of them using the same tyres from Dunlop.
Engines in V8 Supercars cost around $100k each.
V8 Supercars emit a very loud mini explosion several times per lap. This is excess fuel exploding through the exhaust. You never hear this on TV.
Drivers don’t fear the speed. They are so comfortable with the car’s pace they spend most of the time looking for the apex, and seeking to brake perfectly – looking for the markers before each braking spot.
Think about this – there’s never any ‘rolling’ time in Supercars. The cars are either under full acceleration or braking. There’s no downtime.
It quickly becomes clear that the drivers don't fear the speed.
Most teams have their own cooks, who are often the hardest working team members. Nissan’s cooks Beez, Katrina and Marco smashed out hundreds of meals in the five-day event working from dawn until dusk.
Teams wear racing uniforms all day, but why? It’s simple. There is so much dust, grit and sweat in car racing that wearing any business shirts and slacks will ruin them in no time.
The power and acceleration of V8 supercars through turns like The Chase at Bathurst are not captured that well on TV. It’s something you need to experience in the flesh to appreciate.
Dean Fiore in Nissan's racing uniform, which is worn all day.
There’s not much difference between drivers in terms of ability – great teams are built around mechanics and engineers who can extract extra power and speed from race cars. Stripping half a second off a lap is the ultimate goal.
The loudest cars by far are the Porsche vehicles in the Carrera Cup. Their noise emission hangs in the air long after the car has disappeared from sight, and is when most people reach for the ear plugs.
The ‘top’ at Bathurst is where the biggest parties, biggest hangovers and biggest cheers happen throughout the event. It’s also the most popular campground at the circuit.
The Porsche cars in the Carrera Cup are by far the loudest.
The section of the track called skyline is a terrifying vision for a newbie. Skyline marks the beginning of the descent into the ‘Dipper’ but it looks like you could fly off the mountaintop as you are coming into the section.
BIG4 and Nissan did a lap of the circuit and driver Grant Rowley had his foot on the brake at 40km/h throughout the descent. Yet the race drivers hammer through this section at 100km/h.
The drivers, mechanics and engineers have a traditional walk of the 6.2km circuit before they race. This is to evaluate the track which, strangely enough, actually changes every year.
The skyline section of the track offers a terrifying blind spot for drivers.
Wednesday is ‘set-up’ day. No cars are allowed to be driven or engines started – but race teams completely establish their garages during this time. The even replace the concrete floor with giant rubber mats so engineers and mechanics have a flat surface to work on.
The Church Bar in Bathurst’s CBD is worth visiting any time of the year. It has the best wood-fired pizza and fairly-priced refreshments. BIG4 ate there several times during race week. Honourable mention to Pantano’s Bar and Grill for their meat selection.
You can’t film the race on Saturday or Sunday. The TV rights are owned by Foxtel and they are super-strict about protecting their rights.
BIG4 and Nissan also combined to deliver a wish for young Wagga Wagga teenager Jaiden Martin. He originally wanted to go Bathurst for the race, but soon found himself in the Nissan garage with Rick Kelly and the race team.
Jaiden and his family were ecstatic to find themselves in the Nissan garage courtesy of BIG4, Nissan and Make-a-Wish Australia.
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Jewish extremist convicted in arson that killed Arab toddler
by: ARON HELLER, Associated Press
Israeli right-wing activist Amiram Ben-Uliel waits in a district court for a verdict in the city of Lod, Israel, Monday, May 18, 2020. An Israeli district court has convicted Ben-Uliel of murder in a 2015 arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents. (Avshalom Sassoni/Pool Photo via AP)
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli district court on Monday convicted a Jewish extremist of murder in a 2015 arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents, a case that had sent shock waves through Israel and helped fuel months of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
The court ruled that the Jewish settler Amiram Ben-Uliel hurled firebombs late one night into a West Bank home in July 2015 as a family slept, killing 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh. His mother, Riham, and father, Saad, later died of their wounds. Ali’s 4-year-old brother Ahmad survived.
“This trial won’t bring my family back,” Hussein Dawabsheh, the toddler’s grandfather, said outside the courtroom in central Israel. “But I don’t want another family to go through the trauma that I have.”
At the time of the arson killing, Israel was dealing with a wave of vigilante-style attacks by suspected Jewish extremists. But the deadly firebombing in the West Bank village of Duma touched a particularly sensitive nerve.
The attack was condemned across the Israeli political spectrum, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged “zero tolerance” in the fight to bring the assailants to justice. Investigators placed several suspects under “administrative detention,” a measure typically reserved for alleged Palestinian militants that allows authorities to hold suspects for months without charge.
“This was an attack with racist motives,” said prosecutor Yael Atzmon. “The court ruled it as a terrorist attack and this sends an important message that terror is terror and the identity of the perpetrators is irrelevant.”
Critics, however, noted that lesser non-deadly attacks, such as firebombings that damaged mosques and churches, had gone unpunished for years. And as the investigation into the Duma attack dragged on, Palestinians complained of a double-standard, where suspected Palestinian militants are quickly rounded up and prosecuted under a military legal system that gives them few rights while Jewish Israelis are protected by the country’s criminal laws.
Nasser Dawabsheh, the toddler’s uncle, said he was convinced that others were also involved in the crime.
“If it was a Palestinian, they would have arrested every one he talked to and demolished his house and convicted him in a very short time,” he said. “We are not relieved because we know that other criminals are out of jail.”
Ben-Uliel’s lawyers, however, claimed their client was severely tortured and that was how his confession was exacted. They did not offer evidence for their claim but said they were not surprised by the verdict and would appeal. There was no immediate word on when the sentencing would take place.
“We hope that the Supreme Court will overturn the judgment,” said Yitzhak Baum, one of his lawyers.
The Shin Bet internal security service had said Ben-Uliel confessed to planning and carrying out the attack, and that two others were accessories. It said he claimed the arson was in retaliation for the killing of an Israeli by Palestinians a month earlier.
Ben-Uliel belonged to a movement known as the “Hilltop Youth,” a leaderless group of young people who set up unauthorized outposts, usually clusters of trailers, on West Bank hilltops — land the Palestinians claim for their hoped-for state.
As the judges walked into the court, the 25-year-old Ben-Uliel sat slouched in the dock, a large white skullcap on his head and blue mask on his face, reading what looked to be a biblical text. He was exonerated of the charge of belonging to a terrorist organization.
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Home News Bulletin KBS-MAM Kapcai Endurance Series Rd. 8 @ Sepang
KBS-MAM Kapcai Endurance Series Rd. 8 @ Sepang
Highlights from last weekend’s KBS-MAM Kapcai Endurance Series Rd. 8 held in the Sepang International Go-Kart Circuit.
Held over the recent weekend was the KBS-MAM Kapcai Endurance Series. The eighth round of the season was held in the Sepang International GoKart Circuit. As usual, things started off with the Practice and Qualifying sessions on Saturday. Two races were held on Sunday, one in the morning for Class 1 and Class 2 entries, followed by another in the afternoon for Class 3 and Open Class entries.
Keeping the excitement up on Sunday were the two KTM 390 Duke Battle Malaysia one-make sprint races held in between the two enduros as well. Despite the early morning shower delaying things, it did little at dampening the spirits of the many youths to compete in the first two-hour enduro of the day that started just before 10am.
Taking top honours in the first race for Class 1 were the Rexxo Accent Fatt Fatt team, followed by the TSR-SMW Racing Team 1 in second, whilst team Fast Run Garage 1 placed third. Class winners Rexxo Accent Fatt Fatt set the pace for their category, completing a total of 109 laps of the 1.247km-long Sepang International Go-Kart Track.
However, taking the overall win for Race 1 was the Maquzy Racing team from Class 2. The Maquzy Racing outfit riders were in top form, completing a total of 110 laps with a fastest lap time of 1:02.675. Completing the Class 2 podium were the Amat Ayam Pagoh Motocross team in second, followed by the I Bike & STP Motorsport outfit in third.
Shortly after the second KTM 390 Duke Battle Malaysia support race and a meal break, the second enduro of the day was flagged off at 1:23pm under the blistering heat of Sepang. Adding further to the challenge for all was the technically challenging layout of the 1.247km Sepang International GoKart Circuit – indeed a good albeit ‘miniaturised’ reflection of the 5.5km-long main circuit.
Taking both the Class 3 overall race wins was the PMP Motorsports team. The team and its riders managed to complete a total of 101 laps and set fastest lap time of 1:01.003 as well, making them the fastest team on track for the day too. Completing the Class 3 podium were the Akademi Permotoran Pagoh team in second, followed by the I Bike & STP Motorsports 2 team in third.
The open class, on the other hand, saw the PMC Cheetah Power 1 team take top honours after completing a total of 99 laps. Following closely behind were the second-placed Cheetah Power FX Racing team. Completing the podium were the WK Racing Team who finished just a lap behind the first and second place teams.
With the eight round concluded last weekend, it also marks the end of the series’ state-level rounds. The KBS-MAM Kapcai Endurance Series heads for its grand finale in the Sepang International Circuit in just a fortnight’s time.
In the grand finale, all the top three winners from each class who have earned their tickets to the finals in the state-level rounds will compete on the main circuit. All will be vying to be crowned as the series’ grand champion for this year.
Posted below are the complete results from the weekend, as well as an extensive gallery of the on-track action. Don’t forget to read our report of the KTM 390 Duke Battle Malaysia support races as well. More pictures are also available on the official BikesRepublic.com Facebook page.
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Police bust huge cannabis factory hidden behind fake toilet and secret passageway in West Bromwich home
West Midlands Police discovered 150 cannabis plants in a cellar of a property in Dial Lane which was accessed through a tunnel in the bathroom
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A huge cannabis factory was found hidden behind a fake toilet in West Bromwich.
Police discovered 150 plants in a cellar of a property in Dial Lane , which was accessed through a secret passageway in the bathroom.
Officers raided the property at 8.20am on Friday, September 13 as part of West Midlands Police's continued bid to flush out drug-related crime.
The electricity supply had also been bypassed, which cops said was causing "a danger to other residents".
Photographs from inside the property show the 'toilet' tank was attached to a panel, which was easily removed to reveal the way to the cellar.
The secret passageway to the cellar was hidden behind a fake toilet (Image: WMP)
Inside, there were rows and rows of cannabis plants, all growing under artificial lights.
The drugs have now been seized by the force's cannabis disposal team.
All of the plants will now be burnt at a 'waste to energy' plant - a procedure overseen by a police officer to ensure the cannabis never makes its way back onto the streets.
To date, no arrests have been made but enquiries are still ongoing.
Anyone with information should contact the force via Live Chat at west-midlands.police.uk between 8am and midnight, quoting log number 472 of September 13.
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DAY 2: Yolyn Am & Dungenee Canyon
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DAY 4: Camel Riding to Red Hill
DAY 5: Camel Riding to Chono Kharaikh
DAY 6: Camel riding back to Red Hill
DAY 7: Camel riding back to the “Singing Sands”
DAY 8: Bayanzag/Flaming Cliffs
DAY 9: Ongi Monastery
DAY 10: Karakorum
DAY 11: Ulaanbaatar
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Baga Gazriin Chuluu
After breakfast in our hotel restaurant, we will leave for the Mongolian countryside. Our first stop will be 250 km southward in the beautiful region of Baga Gazriin Chuluu. It is a huge granite formation in the middle of the Mongolian sandy plane.
On open plain we will visit the remains of a small monastery named Delgeriin Choir Monastery. You will be entering first time in a Ger, huge impressive 12 walls Ger richly decorated and carved used by monks to chant during colder season when the stone monastery gets too cold to be inside.
End of the afternoon we will drive and hike around in the area. We will visit the picturesque ruins of a small monastery that are hidden in a nice little protected valley and wander between huge endless piled granite rocky hills as if they were put.
(Ger Camp L, D)
Yolyn Am & Dungenee Canyon
Today we will drive to South Gobi province town Dalanzadgad. The Gobi Desert measures over 1,610 km from southwest to northeast and 800 km from north to south and stretches over Mongolia and China. It occupies an arc of land 1,295,000 km2 in area, making it fifth largest in the world and Asia’s largest. Much of the Gobi is not sandy but is covered with bare rock.
The Gobi is a cold desert, with frost snow on its dunes during the winter months. Besides being quite far north, it is also located on a plateau roughly 910–1,520 meters above sea level, which further contributes to its low temperatures. An average of approximately 194 millimetres of rain falls per year in the Gobi. Additional moisture reaches parts of the Gobi in winter as snow is blown by the wind from the Siberian Steppes. These winds cause the Gobi to reach extremes of temperature ranging from –40°C in winter to +50°C in summer.
We will take a ride through the beautiful gorges of the imposing Altai Mountain Range. We will pass through the Yolyn Am and the Dungenee Canyon both located in the Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park. Ancient rivers carved those green valleys.
We may catch a glimpse of the wild Argali sheep, the Ibex, the desert gazelles or the Golden Eagles. We will also pay a visit to the little museum of the park where you can admire a collection of dinosaur bones and local flora and fauna.
(Ger Camp B, L, D)
Khongoryn Els
After a good morning breakfast, we will drive 150 km westwards to the Khongoryn Els. These are Mongolia’s largest sand dunes. Those impressive dunes of 275 meters high in some places, stretch from East to West over more than 130 km. Behind the sand dunes we will see the impressive black rocky mass of the Sevrey Mountain. Once you reach the top of Duut Mankhan known as the “Singing Sands” the whole environment looks full of mysteries, and you get amazed how possibly the landscape can be. The sands have attractive curves which end in a sharp edge, making wave like patterns on the sand. We will visit our host camel breeding family. It is our tradition to offer food and drinks without asking the visitors.
Camel Riding to Red Hill
In the morning we will reach family where we load our luggage on the camels and start camel riding along the Singing Dune. We will be guided by experienced camel man from the host family during our 4 days camel journey. The Gobi is rich of antelopes and black-tailed gazelles. We might catch a glimpse. We will have enough time to wander around the area and then set up our first camp site. We will start to know how to water the camels and take care of them little bit as nomads do. Enjoy your evening as the sun sets the desert cools rapidly.
(Tented Camp B, L, D)
Camel Riding to Chono Kharaikh
We will continue the camel riding journey through rolling sand dunes of Gobi Desert. The first change of landscape will be a stream called Chono Kharaikh flows between sand dunes. There will be no sign of life except for us, camels and small animal tracks. With a breeze which is unavoidable in Mongolia it is a perfect place for overstressed city brain. At stream with a little chance we might observe some species of birds and antelopes as the latter one serves the main water supply for the many yet mostly unobserved wild animals in Gobi desert.
Camel riding back to Red Hill
Today we will ride to the Red Hill going the same way back. Take in the beauty of Gobi Desert. The continually change shape due to wind and reflect yellow-white colors as the intensity of light changes during the day.
Camel riding back to the “Singing Sands”
Our last day of the camel riding we will be heading back to the camel breeding family at the singing dune. We will get there in the afternoon and bid goodbye to the family members and leave to our Ger camp where we stayed last time.
Bayanzag/Flaming Cliffs
Today our drive will take us to Bayanzag also known as the “Flaming Cliffs” is the worldwide renowned place where palaeontologist Roy Chapman Andrews found dinosaur bones and eggs in 1920s. The surrounding landscape is a beautiful combination of rocks, red sand and scrubs. Here we will spend some time exploring the cliffs.
Ongi Monastery
Today we will continue driving to northwest to Ongi Monastery. Ongi is the collective name for the ruins of two monasteries that face each other across the Ongi river in south-central Mongolia. We will enjoy the peace and beauty of the Delger Khangai Mountains. We will explore the ruins of Hoshuu Monastery on one side of the river and the ruins of Ongi Monastery on the other side of the river. We will hike around in this massive series of rocky hills cut by the river. Southern complex consisted of various administrative buildings as well as 11 temples. The northern complex, built in the 18 century, consisted of 17 temples-among them one of the largest temples in all of Mongolia. The grounds housed 4 Buddhist universities.
The monasteries were built in the 17th century and destroyed in 1937. They were among the largest temples in Mongolia and housed over 1000 monks.
Now day between ruins little monastery was built and in Ger museum are exhibited remains of old monasteries.
After an early wake up, we will set off for a driving day to Karakorum (also called Kharkhorin).
Kharkhorin is the site of the 13th century capital of the Mongolian Empire created by Genghis Khan. The founding of Karakorum started on the ruins of Turug and Uigur cities in the Orkhon valley at the eastern end of the Khangai Mountains in 1220 by the Genghis Khan’s order. It was completed 15 years later during the Ugedei Khan’s reign. The town was a very cosmopolitan and religiously tolerant place.
The silver tree, part of Möngke Khan’s palace has become the symbol of Karakorum.
The highest peak of its prosperity was from 1220 to 1260. The specific feature of this stage is that Kharkhorin existed as the great capital of the Euro-Asian Empire with Mongolia as its core and as the centre of politics, economy, culture, religion, intellect, and diplomacy and the prominent tie of international relations.
Between 1260 and 1380 Kharkhorin lost the status of the Great Mongolian Empire and became the capital of Mongolia. When Kublai Khan claimed the throne of the Mongol Empire in 1260, as did his younger brother, Ariq Boke, he relocated his capital to today’s Beijing. Kharkhorin was reduced to the administrative centre of a provincial backwater of the Yuan Dynasty.
In 1368, the rule of Mongolian Yuan Dynasty collapsed and the centre of Mongolian government was shifted to its homeland after 110 years since Kublai Khan moved the Empire capital to China in 1260. It gave Karakorum a chance to prosper again.
In 1388, Ming troops under General Xu Da took and destroyed the town.
Today nothing is left from this legendary city.
In 1580, when Abtai Sain Khan together with his brother, lord Tumenkhen, visited the 3rd Dalai Lama and expressed their wish to build a temple in Mongolia, he advised them to reconstruct one old temple in Karakorum. The temple in Takhai ruins that was restored in 1588 according to the Dalai Lama’s recommendation is the Main Zuu temple of Erdene Zuu monastery.
Now Erdene Zuu Monastery is all that remains of what once was a huge monastery of 100 temples and about 1.000 lamas residing there. We will explore the grounds of Erdene Zuu Monastery surrounded by its massive 400 m X 400 m walls. We will be guided around the 3 remaining temples: Dalai Lama, Zuu of Buddha and Lavrin Temple.
Another place we will visit will be Karakorum Archaeological Museum. It is a small museum but housed in a modern well-run building with good lighting and display cases with clear English labels. The exhibits include dozens of artefacts dating from the 13th and 14th centuries which were recovered from the immediate area, plus others that were found from archaeological sites in other parts of the provinces, including prehistoric stone tools. You’ll see pottery, bronzes, coins, religious statues and stone inscriptions. There’s also a half-excavated kiln sunk into the museum floor. Perhaps most interesting is the scale model of ancient Karakorum, which aims to represent the city as it may have looked in the 1250s, and is based on descriptions written by the French missionary William of Rubruck. Another chamber exhibits a most recent addition, a Turkic noble tomb with wall paintings and artefacts, including gold items and jewellery. There is a short video of actual burial site.
Drive back to Ulaanbaatar. You may enjoy the free afternoon to catch up all the places you haven’t visited yet. You might as well check the beautiful cultural show enjoy the colourful and rhythmic Mongolian dance, throat singing & admire the contortionists.
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Book 5: The Disgraced Lords
The flames of desire fuel a torrid reunion as bestselling author Bronwen Evans returns with another captivating novel of the Disgraced Lords. See why Jen McLaughlin raves, “Bronwen’s historical romances always make the top of my reading list!”
Lady Evangeline Stuart chose to wed a tyrant with a title, or so society believes. That was five years ago—five long years she could have spent with her first and only love: Lord Hadley Fullerton, the second son of the Duke of Claymore. Now Evangeline is a widow, and her soul cries out for Hadley. But when they see each other at last, everything has changed. The passion in his eyes has been corrupted by betrayal. Somehow Evangeline must regain Hadley’s trust—without revealing the secret that would spoil the seduction.
Hadley is determined not to be distracted by Evangeline. He and the other Libertine Scholars are in pursuit of an enemy who has been striking at them from the shadows, and Evangeline’s mere presence could be dangerous. But with one smile, one touch, one taste of Evangeline’s lips, Hadley’s resolve is overpowered by much more pleasant memories. As the two enter into a discreet affair, Hadley vows to give her his body, never his heart. That she will have to earn.
» Excerpt: A Taste of Seduction
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“This tale is poignant, heartwarming and readers may be reaching for the Kleenex once or twice before the breathtaking ending.”
– RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars), on A Kiss of Lies
“A page-turning, sensual adventure.”
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“Bronwen Evans spins a sexy romp in A Touch of Passion, as a lord who doesn’t dare love is locked in passionate battle with a woman who will accept nothing less. And may the best woman win!”
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“With complexity, depth, and hot, hot passion, Whisper of Desire kept my emotions on a roller coaster—and I didn’t want to get off.”
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“A TASTE OF SEDUCTION is a grand love story, tremendously exciting, and the wonderful, fabulous ending promises for the next book to be at least as brilliant!”
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“Evans presents another exciting entry in her action-filled, romantic Disgraced Lords series with Hadley and Evangeline’s story. Picking up where she left off in the last book, she tackles issues seldom addressed in Regency times that are turning points in the story. Evans paints evil with a fine brush, so it’s sometimes difficult to sort out the bad guys. Be prepared for a cliffhanger that makes the next book a must.”
– RT Book Reviews, A Taste of Seduction, 4 Stars – Hot
“Although second son of a duke, Lord Hadley Fullerton has plenty to offer a bride. He’s madly in love with Evangeline Stuart, who gives herself to him body and soul. Just as they’re about to elope, she marries a man with wealth and title. Now widowed, she seeks an audience with Hadley, who wants nothing to do with her. He’s now betrothed to a woman who’s unaware of the prearranged marriage. There is a villainess known only as De Palma who is out to murder all the Libertine Scholars. Her latest attempt fails, as she misses Hadley and wounds Evangeline instead. This brings out long-buried feelings he believes had died. Although she is willing to help in the search for the party attempting to harm the Scholars, Evangeline is withholding key information from Hadley. Will an affair mend their differences? (LOVESWEPT, dl $3.99)”
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“Evans’s somewhat predictable fifth Disgraced Lords Regency romance (after A Whisper of Desire) reunites two lovers who were separated by misunderstandings and time. Lord Hadley Fullerton, second son of the Duke of Claymore, planned to marry Lady Evangeline, going against the wishes of her mother. Then he received a letter from Evangeline telling him that she intended to wed Viscount Stuart. Five years have passed since Hadley received that note, and Evangeline is now back in London after marrying the abusive viscount and being widowed. But Hadley will soon announce his engagement to Lady Claire Hampton and tells himself that he has no interest in Evangeline. After coming face-to-face with Evangeline, Hadley must decide whether she is telling the truth about not writing the note; meanwhile, he’s trying to unearth the identity of the culprit who has set out to harm him and his friends, the Libertine Scholars. The familiar plot is balanced by the constant undercurrent of attraction and mystery. Agent: Sarah Younger, Nancy Yost Literary. (Aug.) Bronwen Evans. Loveswept, $3.99 e-book (283p) ISBN 978-1-101-88317-4”
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Reviewed by: Alex Rosenwald
Last modified:Jan 24, 2019
We review Before There Were Stars, a storytelling board game published by Smirk and Laughter Games. Before There Were Stars is a family friendly game where players are trying to craft the best story from the cards given.
In today’s modern world, we have a multitude of ways to share stories with the world at large. Whether through Instagram, Tumbler, written blogs (like this one!) and Twitter, we have a variety of ways of telling the tales of our everyday lives. However, there is still something personal and intimate about storytelling in-person. Whether simply among friends, or in public at an event like The Moth, engaging and experiencing the art of storytelling can be a powerful one. The skill of storytellers is put to the test in Before There Were Stars, by Smirk and Laughter Games, allowing players to weave tales to impress their fellow storytellers. Does this story have a happy ending? Keep reading to find out.
Before There Were Stars is a storytelling game for 3-6 players that takes between 45-60 minutes to play. Before There Were Stars works well with any number of players.
Before There Were Stars is played over four rounds called chapters. Within each chapter, there are three phases that players work through to choose the components of their story, share their tale, then judge their fellow storytellers.
Various symbols and archetypes allow you the flexibility to create a unique story.
In the Stargazing phase, each player rolls 12 dice, then chooses a Constellation card from the tableau that matches up with the values of dice that are rolled. The Constellation cards form the foundation of the stories that will be told by each player, with symbols such as Spider, Book, Ring, Blizzard, Skull and other archetypes present. Each player selects two Constellation cards each Chapter.
In the Storytelling phase, each player uses the Constellation cards they chose and cards from previous Chapters (in later rounds) to create a story. Using a prompt from each chapter (“In the beginning…” or “At the end of days…”) the players share their story with the rest of the players.
During the Appreciation phase, players award their fellow storytellers points based on their story and how well it was told. Each player has a bag where other players put in point tokens of varying denominations by passing the bag around the circle of players, allowing each player to get a score from all other players.
At the end of the last chapter, one last “Over The Moon” point is awarded by each player to another whose story particularly entertained or resonated with them. The scores are kept secret until the end of the last chapter, at which point the points are revealed and the storyteller with the most points is declared the winner.
The stars have to be right in your dice roll in order to bring your chosen story to life.
Gameplay Experience:
Before There Were Stars provides a refreshing break from the game design world where creators are looking to cash in on the NSFW-theme and social-judging mechanism to be the next Cards Against Humanity. The power of myth permeates much of the pop culture that our society tends to consume on the regular, and constructing stories from archetypes is something that humanity has been doing since spoken language was created. Before There Were Stars does an excellent job of giving players the necessary components to stretch their creative muscles within a loose framework of rules and constraints.
In the beginning, there was a giant bear who wielded a mystical hammer…
One of the aspects of gameplay that works well is the dice-rolling and Constellation selection. Instead of having a hand of cards drawn at random, players are given a fair amount of agency to select the components they want to use when crafting their tales. This is a better mechanism than some storytelling games that railroad you into having to add certain components into your story that may not be the best fit.
Our feeling is that Before There Were Stars is best geared towards younger gamers and families, which is supported well by the point-awarding system. By having every player receive some points during the Appreciation phase, it allows every player to feel as though they have made a positive contribution to the game. When playing with younger players, we especially like the Over The Moon point at the end, where each player can be publicly recognized for one aspect of their storytelling.
Hidden scoring is a unique twist on the standard “social judging” mechanic.
With such laurels for the theme and design of the game, it should come as a surprise that Before There Were Stars will not likely hit our table again. Not because it is a poor game, but rather that it is a poor fit with our gaming group, which is one of the risks taken by both game designer and game consumer. Titles can be excellently designed, but still fall flat if the game and the group do not sync up, and this is the major issue facing Before There Were Stars—it requires the right group of gamers for this star to truly shine.
This issue of group-game fit leads to the other issue facing Before There Were Stars, which is that it can get repetitive and boring after a few plays. Much like Joking Hazard or Cards Against Humanity, sometimes too much of a good thing is not the best.
Before There Were Stars is a great game for families with young gamers, or for creative types who love crafting stories. We definitely recommend the title to those groups who will be able to immerse themselves in the theme and title and gameplay fully. However be sure to know your audience before bringing Before There Were Stars to the table.
Final Score: 4 Stars – Well-designed, but faces the same issues many games of this type do.
• Great theme that is accessible to all ages and interests.
• Interesting mechanic for story component selection.
• Wide variety of archetypes to help players construct stories.
• Needs the right group of gamers.
• Repetitive gameplay with limited replay value.
Alex likes his barbells heavy, his beers hoppy, and his board games thematic and fun to play with two players. When not at the gaming table, you can find him wearing short shorts and carrying a weighted rucksack for miles on end.
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SEVEN SECRETS #3 First Look
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Your First Look at SEVEN SECRETS #3 from BOOM! Studios
“Seven Secrets delivers high-octane action, an intriguing premise, and gorgeous art, and it seems BOOM! has yet another huge hit on its hands.”—ComicBook.com
“This book is slick and should be handled with gloves so it doesn’t burn you with its awesomeness.”—AIPT
BOOM! Studios today revealed a first look at SEVEN SECRETS #3, the latest issue of the highly praised new original comic book series from New York Times bestselling author Tom Taylor (DCeased), artist Daniele Di Nicuolo (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), colorist Walter Baiamonte, and letterer Ed Dukeshire, introducing readers to seven powerful secrets—words, wonders, weapons, and worse—with the power to change the world.
The only thing standing between Caspar and his dream of protecting one of the Secrets—and getting to know the mother who devoted her life to the Order—is the Trials. Caspar is pitted against the best and brightest of his generation, fighting for his life—but will it be worth the cost of winning?
SEVEN SECRETS #3 features main cover art by series artist Daniele di Nicuolo and variant cover art by acclaimed artists Miguel Mercado (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and Ben Oliver (Judge Dredd).
SEVEN SECRETS is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; Faithless by Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet; The Red Mother by Jeremy Haun and Danny Luckert; Alienated by Simon Spurrier and Chris Wildgoose; King of Nowhere by W. Maxwell Prince and Tyler Jenkins; Wynd by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas; and We Only Find Them When They’re Dead by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties including Joss Whedon’s Firefly from Greg Pak and Dan McDaid; Buffy the Vampire Slayer from Jordie Bellaire and David López; and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from Ryan Parrott and Daniele Di Nicuolo.
Print copies of SEVEN SECRETS #3 will be available on October 14, 2020 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the one nearest you) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Madefire.
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Buchkosky Jewelers is a third generation family, jewelry store. Since its beginning in 1939, Buchkosky Jewelers has been serving the Minneapolis and St. Paul areas.
Son of Polish immigrants, Helmuth W. Buchkosky graduated in 1935 from Dunwoody Institute as a draftsman. These were depression years, and finding work in his trade proved impossible. Helmuth met a streetcar motorman in his neighborhood who fixed watches at his kitchen table at home. He let Helmuth work with him, for company as much as anything, one or two nights a week. After some time the motorman suggested that Helmuth go to watchmaker school. Following the suggestion he enrolled in St. Paul Vocational Watchmaking School. Graduating in 1937, Helmuth gained employment for Mr. Geist, a jeweler on 7th St in St Paul. Mr Geist retired in 1939, and left Helmuth once again unemployed.
At that time Helmuth was a offered a space to open his own store by Mr Hirt, a shoe store owner at 2128 West Broadway in North Minneapolis. Mr Hirt offered Helmuth a space within his shoe store for a counter, a watch bench and a display window for $25.00 a month. Mr. Hirt allowed him to put a sign on the front of the building that read BUCHKOSKY JEWELERS. This is the humble beginning for our store today.
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When the US entered the war as a result of the Pearl Harbor bombing in 1941, Helmuth was called in for inspection for war duty. He was given the option to serve as skilled labor due to his skills as a watchmaker, and so the jewelry store was closed while he went to work at General Mills for the next two and half years. His role was in the assembly departments where they tested the accuracy of roll correctors for navy cannons.
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‘Bakwet’ | Militarization triggers evacuation of 2,000 Lumads in Surigao del Sur
Dee Ayroso October 30, 2014 1 Comment Andap Valley, forced evacuation, internal refugees
Armed men have killed two Lumads, ransacked a store, started fires, and knocked on houses, in the middle of military operations.
Human rights group Karapatan-Caraga reported that some 1,783 residents from 16 hinterland communities have forcibly evacuated for fear of ongoing military operations in Surigao del Sur.
In its urgent alert, Karapatan Caraga said that in the morning of Oct. 27, up to 378 families from the bordering towns of Lianga, San Agustin and Tago “began their trek towards the barangay (village) center of Diatagon, Lianga.”
The evacuees arrived in the afternoon of the same day at the Diatagon village gym, where they are currently staying.
The most recent incident was on Oct. 27 in Kabulohan, Buhisan village, San Agustin when armed in plainclothes set the community school and a farm implement on fire after ransacking a store.
The human rights group reported that since early October, military operations in the area were started by soldiers of the 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Battalion, 36th Infantry Battalion, 401st Brigade, and the Cafgu. The military is accompanied by the paramilitary group led by Calpit Egua, said Karapatan.
Karapatan-Caraga believes that the recent spate of military operations are but another attempt of the US-Aquino government to force the entry of large scale mining within the ancestral lands of the lumad people in the Andap Valley Complex.
The Andap Valley Complex spans the upland towns of San Miguel, San Agustin, Marihatag, Cagwait, Tago and Lianga in Surigao del Sur.
Seven community schools from the three towns were forced to close, affecting 569 students. Three other learning centers in the nearby village of Libas Sud in San Miguel was also closed down, affecting 306 students.
Overbearing presence
Karapatan-Caraga said that since Oct. 22, soldiers intensified their presence in the communities.
On Oct. 27, six armed men in plainclothes ransacked the cooperative store in Kabulohan, Buhisan village, San Agustin, emptying the store of its contents including rice and a container of kerosene. The men threatened the store caretaker Richard Tejero who was forced to open the door.
From the store, the men set fire to the community corn sheller, which was given by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Then they proceeded to the community school, where the men poured kerosene and lit the tarpaulin of the UNICEF which declared that “All schools are peace zones. Don’t use it as command post, detachment and supply depots. RA 7610 Protection of the Rights of Children.”
“They then poured kerosene on the walls of the school and set it on fire. The community members upon seeing their school burning shouted and ran towards the school to put out the fire,” Karapatan-Caraga said. At that point, the men opened fire which sent the residents, including pregnant teacher Josephine Trimidal and children, running for safety.
On Oct. 24, Henry Alameda, a leader of the Manobo group Malahutayong Pakigbisog Alang sa Sumusunod (Mapasu) was dragged out and shot outside his home in San Isidro village, Lianga. Soldiers were seen operating in the area before the killing. Another Lumad, Aldren Dumaguit, was also killed in nearby Proseridad, Agusan del Sur, while on Oct. 23, abaca farmers Jojo Tejera and Elde Martinez were disappeared in San Miguel.
Karapatan said that at 6 p.m. later that day, soldiers and paramilitary members went around the house of Genasque Enriquez in Simowao, Diatagon. Enriquez is the general secretary of Kasalo-Caraga who was recently arbitrarily arrested and detained.
On Oct. 26, soldiers went inside houses, and intimidated residents in Pamuknoan and Maluy-a in Diatagon village.
On the same day, at around 1 p.m., residents overheard soldiers of the 36th IB passing by Hayon, Libas Sud, San Miguel saying: “We chanced upon two men in the mountains and thought they were members of the NPA.”
Karapatan-Caraga insisted that the military is using the paramilitary group of Calpit Eguat to target the the Mapasu leaders “who have been consistent and firm in their refusal to allow coal mining within the Andap Valley Complex.” The 401st Brigade had reportedly denied links with the said paramilitary.
Karapatan also named Marcos Bocales, a “trusted member and follower of Calpit Egua, former leader of Task Force Gantangan-Bagani Force” as among those conducting the operations. Bocales reportedly has links with the Army’s 29th Infantry Battalion, said Karapatan.
John USN November 1, 2014 at 11:53 pm · Edit
These are hired corporate thugs were not soldiers. Soldiers are decent fighters. They’ve been doing since the beginning of time. Whenever a corporation needs the land in any nation of the world they use terrorism or bio-terrorism such as virus.
Governments are usually part of the scheme instigating communist , religious radicals, or nowadays terrorist.
If the affected local community started defending their land they are labeled terrorist or anti-government or anti-democratic etc.
Here again, the right to bear arms are necessary. The problem lies in the third world constitutions. Their constitution does not enumerate right to bear arms. Instead they use the word democracy and general welfare nonsense. But, again, constitution is a farce to these government sponsored terrorist.
Every human being in this world have the right to live and to be happy – a natural right. How can one have the right to live if you cannot have the right to protect your life and the lives of your love ones and to protect your property.
Corporations and government were the oldest form of terrorist in history-called corporatism.
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How To Engineer a Media Moment
By Chantal Fernandez and Laure Guilbault November 11, 2019 05:20
There’s no science to 'going viral' in fashion, but these strategies will help cut through the media noise — even if you're on a budget.
Models walk the lavender fields during the Jacquemus show in June | Source: Arnold Jerocki/WireImage
PARIS, France — It was impossible to miss the hot pink catwalk that designer Simon Porte-Jacquemus dreamt up for his tenth-anniversary show this June. The designer had pulled off buzzy shows before, but the cinematic images of models walking down a 450 metre-long runway, framed by rolling lavender fields in Provence, reached a new level of global media hype. It was Instagram catnip, and quickly became one of the most memorable fashion images of the year.
According to global fashion search platform Lyst, the lavender fields show boosted Jacquemus’ social mentions by 1,343 percent in the third quarter of 2019. But such a moment wasn’t pulled off by a Kering or LVMH mega-brand. While Jacquemus declined to reveal the show’s budget (the independent brand transported 300 attendees to the remote location thanks to sponsorship from Air France and railway company SNCF), it certainly wasn’t working with Chanel-sized sums.
Yet the event managed to rival anything produced that season by one of Paris’ big fashion houses in terms of interest and publicity. According to Jacquemus’ publicist Lucien Pagès, “thanks to the beauty of the catwalk running through the lavender fields, images circulated far beyond the fashion world.” Indeed, the show was covered by news and non-fashion magazine outlets globally.
Thanks to the beauty of the catwalk running through the lavender fields, images circulated far beyond the fashion world.
It was the kind of attention every designer hopes to get. But in today’s crowded social media landscape — where brands have to fight for space on an endless Instagram scroll — creating a moment that breaks through the noise is more difficult than ever.
Those challenges only increase for independent and emerging designers with limited budgets and less brand recognition. Houses under the Kering and LVMH stables are better placed to produce large-scale shows and can count on their collections getting valuable media real estate, especially from publications they advertise with.
But creating a resonant media moment requires more than just deep pockets and investment in fashion’s glossy magazines. And while strategy is important, so is luck — there’s no science to “going viral” in fashion.
BoF breaks down five strategies for smaller designers and brands aiming to rise above the daily news cycle and create a breakout moment on a budget.
Lay a foundation of real relationships
Elza Wandler, founder of Instagram-friendly handbag line Wandler, travels to New York and Los Angeles from her Paris home twice a year, taking time to build relationships with buyers and editors in the city. For this autumn’s launch of the “Georgia” bag, Wandler publicist Justin Padgett and his team at DLX New York sent it to editors and influencers like stylist Gabriela Karefa-Johnson and Harper’s Bazaar’s Chrissy Rutherford, with the knowledge that it would align closely with their personal styles.
The goal was that they and others would wear it at upcoming shows where street style photographers would put the bag front and centre. The strategy worked, earning the bag multiple write-ups on style blogs. It translated to sales, too. Padgett said the style has outpaced Wandler’s previous best-seller.
Collaborators help tell and expand your story.
Gifting and product seeding is nothing new, a tried and tested method across brands of all sizes, but “every brand in the world is throwing bags at these people,” said Padgett. Where smaller labels can succeed, however, is by building genuine relationships with influencers, who will be more incentivised to support them, especially at events like fashion week.
But it’s not just important to focus on cultivating industry contacts if that’s not relevant to a brand’s goals or place in the landscape of fashion. A community is a brand's most important asset, said Amanda Carter, founder of communications agency Modeworld, and that community can include other creatives or activists or influencers. “Collaborators help tell and expand your story."
Focus on your brand DNA
Brands that stand out today are those with a real direction and point of view, said Carter. “Figuring out who your audience is, who you are, who you stand for as a brand — those are the brands that get the most attention,” she said.
With its tradition-bunking casting and wild runway performances, Gypsy Sport runway shows are consistent highlights of New York Fashion Week — and a place where talents like singer Cardi B, artist Rico Nasty and model Raisa Flowers are able to get the industry’s attention for the first time.
Gypsy Sport have succeeded at creating a media buzz because, according to PR lead Gregory Werbowsky of Loft Creative Group, everything they do is filtered through the lens of what the brand stands for — a platform to celebrate people who are queer, people-of-colour or otherwise outsiders in mainstream fashion — as led by founder and head designer Rio Uribe.
Werbowsk said many brands want “to be a little bit of everything for everyone” because that equates to popularity and exposure. “But the more focused it can be, the more effective our communication and our strategy can be when you add in multi-dimensions.”
Make actual news
When Ganni, a Copenhagen-based cult favourite with small exposure to the US, opened its first permanent store in New York in October, the news was big enough to generate several large features across different publications. According to Padgett, the store opening was the crescendo of US media coverage that had bubbled up over the course of a year in which the brand was otherwise more quiet in regards to press in the region. With a scarcity of coverage ahead of the date, the impact of the store’s opening was even greater.
Sometimes designers do stuff and they don’t even realise it’s press worthy.
Good angles for news coverage are if a brand is launching a new category, or is a celebrity favourite but hasn’t been covered at all, so it’s like a new discovery, according to Carter. Buzz can also be generated if a collaboration is genuinely surprising.
“Sometimes designers do stuff and they don’t even realise it’s press worthy,” she said, noting Eckhaus Latta’s 2017 show which featured a heavily pregnant model, artist Maia Ruth Lee. The designers didn’t realise at the time of casting that Lee’s presence on the runway would be as radical as it was.
Think visually (and with a sense of humour)
For jewellery designer Lisa Sadoughi, who started selling padded and beaded headbands in May 2018 as an experiment, the visual nature of her product (and their selfie-friendly nature) helped drive sales which are expected to reach 150,000 headbands this year. “That’s the benefit of being in a small company, you can be more nimble and try things out,” she told BoF. Sadoughi is very involved in her brand’s Instagram comments and direct messages, and that’s helped her see how to keep the headband “moment” going, even as others hop onto the trend or copy her style.
Images are arguably our most powerful communication currency. A standout fashion moment, like Jacquemus’ lavender fields, creates a striking visual element that can immediately signal what a brand is about, but a comical element can push this one step further. Take Jacquemus’ pocket-sized Le Chiquito bag. Debuting in March, the bag quickly spread via social media and was responsible for over 12,500 monthly online searches over the last quarter, according to Lyst. The bag has appeared twice this year in Lyst’s index of the 10 hottest products.
Likewise at Gypsy Sport’s Spring 2020 show, some models were covered in full-body biodegradable glitter. Their images had the widest reach of the entire collection, according to Werbowsky, generating press for the brand. “It turned into the sensation of the season,” he said. “All of a sudden you get all these insanely amazing glittery alien memes.”
Invest in authentic or surprising celebrity moments
Dressing a well-known artist or actor comes with a certain level of built-in press coverage, but for independent and emerging brands, celebrity relationships are more effective when there is an unexpected or distinctive element to the tie-up.
It’s fair to say no one was expecting Céline Dion to attend Ronald van der Kemp’s intimate couture show in January 2019. The world-famous singer, who had worn the designer’s dresses before and had tagged the brand on Instagram, attended only two shows that day (the other one being Valentino). She sat front row, sporting a metallic suit from the collection and posed with the designer backstage after the presentation.
The suit Dion wore was from a limited edition of 12 pieces, and it sold out immediately. The brand also got lots of specific customer requests via their website and Instagram account. “You gain a lot of contacts,” the designer said to BoF. “It’s also brand building. You reach a completely different audience that you wouldn’t normally reach.”
Another example is Bode’s custom corduroy suit for singer Leon Bridges at the Grammys in February. Designer Emily Adams Bode had a longstanding relationship with the singer and his stylist, Mac Huelster, and created a suit that featured illustrations of the symbols and places of his life and career, including his music and childhood in Texas.
“It wasn’t something you think should be or would be red carpet but it was fully personalised to his own narrative,” said Werbowsky. “Seeing Bode on a true red carpet was a big turning point [for the brand].”
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US Education Department Criticizes Duke-UNC Middle East Studies
21 Sep 2019, 16:05 GMT+10
The U.S. Department of Education has notified Duke University and the University of North Carolina that their joint Middle East studies program might see its federal funding curtailed.
In a letter dated Aug. 29 and published Tuesday in the Federal Register, Assistant Secretary Robert King wrote that the Education Department is "concerned" that the Center for Middle East Studies, which promotes the learning of critical Mideast languages, might lose its Title VI funds.
Issue with Iran curriculum
The Education Department, headed by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, takes issue with curriculum around Iran.
"Although Iranian art and film may be subjects of deep intellectual interest and may provide insight regarding aspects of the people and culture of the Middle East, the sheer volume of such offerings highlights a fundamental misalignment between your choices and Title VI's mandates," the letter stated.
"Although a conference focused on 'Love and Desire in Modern Iran' and one focused on Middle East film criticism may be relevant in academia, we do not see how these activities support the development of foreign language and international expertise for the benefit of U.S. national security and economic stability," the letter said.
The department laments that elements of the Middle East program do not, in its opinion, hold up under Title VI as it applies to the teaching of Farsi, or Persian, the national language in Iran. The program is in jeopardy of losing its $235,000 federal grant.
Lack of balance
Additionally, the Education Department letter said the studies program "lacks balance" in focusing on "the historic discrimination faced by, and current circumstances of, religious minorities in the Middle East, including Christians, Jews, Baha'is, Yazidis, Kurds, Druze, and others," instead placing "considerable emphasis" on "the positive aspects of Islam."
"To be clear, activities focusing on American culture or academic preferences that do not directly promote foreign language learning and advance the national security interests and economic stability of the United States are not to be funded under Title VI," the letter continued.
The Education Department asked Duke-UNC "to demonstrate that it has prioritized foreign language instruction as required by law" and "to provide the department with a full list of courses in Middle East studies, including academic rank and employment status of each instructor who teaches each course."
The federal government supports critical-language learning around the world through immersive experiences, including the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program for college students that grants "summer study abroad opportunity for American college and university students to learn languages essential to America's engagement with the world."
The U.S. Department of Defense also offers similar critical-language training through its Project Global Officer, or Go program, "a collaborative initiative that promotes critical-language education, study abroad, and intercultural dialogue opportunities for Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) students. Project GO programs focus on the languages and countries of the Middle East, Asia, Central Asia, Africa, and South America."
Those languages include Arabic and Persian.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the department was motivated by what it sees as an anti-Israel movement on college campuses that participate in "Boycott, Divest, Sanctions." That movement criticizes policies in Israel over the treatment of Palestinians.
"The department's civil rights chief, Ken Marcus, previously ran an advocacy organization that filed civil rights complaints against BDS groups on campuses, arguing that they discriminated against Jewish students," the Journal reported.
Hebrew is included in the list of critical languages the federal government promotes, according to the website of the National Security Education Program. The program is "a major federal initiative designed to build a broader and more qualified pool of U.S. citizens with foreign language and international skills," according to its website.
The universities have a deadline of Sept. 22 to respond.
Diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Iran have been severed since 1980, when Iran held 52 American diplomats and citizens hostage for 444 days. Recent tensions over Iran's nuclear program have escalated the conflict.
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Home General News Man of the moment – President Ramaphosa honoured
Man of the moment – President Ramaphosa honoured
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has been blamed for employing a 'quiet diplomacy,' and for looking soft and playing the wait and see attitude, however, he took bold actions and rose to the situation just in time.
He is now being praised for his bold move.
He has seemingly outdone other leaders from powerful nations such as the United States of America, the United Kingdom and emerged a hero in a league of the big boys.
His decision to put in place stringent measures in the war to stop the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) has made the likes of US president Donald Trump and British prime minister Boris Johnson look like amateurs in a war of supremacy.
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President Ramaphosa was bold when he drove the message home. He made the declaration after wide consultations. "Let us never despair. For we are a nation at one, and we will surely prevail," he said.
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Coping with Celiac Disease
Diagnosis & Recovery, Related Disorders & Research
A Question About Enterolab
You've found your Celiac Tribe! Join our like-minded, private community and share your story, get encouragement and connect with others.
By IMResident, September 8, 2006 in Coping with Celiac Disease
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Right on Cara !!!!!!!!!!!!
especially for children the blood tests are not accurate. sometimes I wonder how many of those blood tests are actually run or if some lab person just wants to go home early.
I talked to a lot of celiac people yesterday (in person) & I had more than one person that repeated my saying - test for the genes - if you have the genes, you need to be gluten-free. Well to keep from hacking a bunch of people off, I usually say if you have the genes & symptoms... But we all know that some people have no symptoms & have flat villi.
imresident, Enterolab nor anyone else really needs your approval nor will any of your arguments dissuade anyone from using Enterolabs. People are angry because they have suffered needlessly for years. I was talking to a 73 year old woman yesterday & she was livid still, after being gluten-free 8 months, about all the treatments that doctors had put her thru and you know how they found out what was wrong with her? A friend told her that "hey, you know you have about the same problems as my husband". She & her husband are having their whole family tested thru Enterolab.
I am part of the babyboom generation & you know those of us that have been sick our whole lives & have fought the medical community for treatment while exercising & doing everything that we could to stay healthy & have seen so many bad changes in the medical community - we are fed up. We are disgusted that we have suffered needlessly our whole lives. We are frightened that we have passed these genes onto our children and now our grandchildren are also suffering. Enterolab is a God send to us. We are so willing to send in our money & get a gene test & a poop test & find out if we are gluten intolerant, for ourselves & our families. We are sick of our grown children not being able to go to the doctor that they want to & having to get referrals and justify any little thing they want done, like heaven forbid they want to get a mammagram before they are the prescribed age according to the medical community to justify the time and expense. We like being able to order the test without a doctors prescription (becasue frankly we are all tired of the roll the eyes treatment that we get from doctors) and we also like it that there is no official record of the results on our medical files. Because for our children we do not want this to keep them from getting insurance in the future or other consequences.
So just think how many babyboomers there are out there that are figuring this celiac stuff out & what a huge part of the population our children and grandchildren are, and you will get an idea of the surge of popularity that Enterolab is experiencing.
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Monday » September 11 » 2006
Celiac disease on the rise
It's not diet deja vu, more people are avoiding the bread basket
Rosie Schwartz
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Don't be surprised if you start noticing more people avoiding the bread basket. No, it's not a case of diet deja vu. Low carb is not making a comeback. But the diagnosis of celiac disease is on the rise. Or at least that's what the U.S. National Institutes of Health expects as the group embarks on a heightened awareness campaign for health professionals.
Through the campaign, launched in July, the experts hope to increase physician awareness of the disease, resulting in earlier diagnosis and better outcomes for celiac patients. Also known as gluten-sensitive enteropathy, celiac disease occurs when the immune system responds to the consumption of gluten with the production of antibodies. The disease can cause delayed growth in children, certain skin rashes, infertility, osteoporosis and an increased risk for certain cancers such as lymphoma.
The term gluten includes a group of proteins found in the grains wheat, barley, rye, kamut, spelt, triticale and possibly oats. While oats themselves may not trigger a response, it may likely be cross-contaminated by other gluten-containing grains. But for those with celiac disease, consuming gluten can have a wide range of adverse consequences including damaging the lining of the small intestine and poor absorption of a range of nutrients.
Celiac disease was thought to be somewhat rare, affecting only about one in 3,000 people in North America. For physicians, the typical picture of a patient who had undiagnosed celiac disease was an unwell-looking emaciated person with a host of gastrointestinal complaints.
Well, it's now apparent that the experts were way off in their estimates. The incidence in North America is around one in 133 people. And those with the disease can suffer from a variety of vague symptoms, making it much harder to even suspect celiac disease. In addition, it can strike at any age.
The range of gastrointestinal symptoms can include chronic or intermittent diarrhea and possible weight loss. But those with vague abdominal bloating, gastric reflux or heartburn, or those thought to have irritable bowel syndrome, may actually have celiac disease.
Also on the list are those with iron deficiency anemia, lactose intolerance, infertility, osteoporosis or autoimmune illnesses. And many people with the disease may be anything but emaciated and may be struggling with weight management issues.
Many health care professionals are not aware of the updated incidence figures on celiac disease nor the change in thinking about the typical person with the disease. Added to the mix is the method of diagnosis. It is a very confusing state of affairs for those who must come up with the diagnosis. There are relatively new blood tests that can be used to help pinpoint cases. But all across the country, medical laboratories are using the old ones such as the determination of anti-gliadin antibodies -- tests that have been shown to be unreliable.
When a physician orders a celiac disease screen in many health centres, it's not the recommended state-of-the-art tests that are performed. This is occurring for a few reasons. One is that many labs aren't aware of and don't perform these tests -- known as IgA antihuman tissue transglutaminase and IgA endomysial antibody immunofluorescence -- both of which are related to antibodies produced when gluten is consumed by those with celiac disease.
Another reason for the lack of appropriate testing is that there is not uniform coverage for these tests by provincial health care plans. For example, in Alberta, there is no extra charge for having these tests, while in Ontario, an individual has to pay out of pocket for them. The unreliable ones, though, are paid for.The Canadian Celiac Association is also lobbying for the inclusion of the test names on lab forms so that the requests for the tests are simplified.
And for those who have been avoiding gluten, there's another real concern about making a diagnosis. The tests may reveal a false result because in order for the antibodies to be produced and measured, gluten must be regularly consumed prior to the test. But for a definitive diagnosis of celiac disease, a biopsy of the small bowel must be done.
The treatment for celiac disease is straightforward -- a gluten-free diet. With no gluten being consumed, over time many of the associated health problems then may disappear. But it's not just about avoiding the gluten-containing grains outright. The assortment of products containing gluten is astounding. Terms such as hydrolyzed vegetable protein, modified food starch or modified starch, caramel colour and malt or malt flavouring on an ingredient list in such products as soy sauce can signify the presence of gluten. Even beer, which is almost always made from barley, is on the gluten-free hit list.
Following a gluten-free diet may be a clear-cut treatment, but easy it's not. To the rescue is Shelley Case, a Regina-based dietitian and one of North America's foremost dietary experts in the field. The latest edition of her book, Gluten-Free Diet -- A Comprehensive Resource Guide, is an invaluable tool that should be in the kitchen of every person who has celiac disease.
It should also be on the bookshelves of health and food service professionals. Besides providing an overview of the disease and diet, Ms. Case has provided a wealth of details including the foods where gluten may be unknowingly found. Preparation basics, recipes and sources for alternative grain products such as quinoa, sorghum, amaranth and millet are also included along with more than 2,600 gluten-free specialty foods listed by company.
The book is available at most bookstores across Canada or can be ordered from Ms. Case's Web site at www.glutenfreediet.ca.
- Rosie Schwartz is a Toronto-based consulting dietitian in private practice and is the author of The Enlightened Eater's Whole Foods Guide: Harvest the Power of Phyto Foods (Viking Canada).
nutrition@nationalpost.com
© National Post 2006
IMResident,
I think one thing you are overlooking is that although you might have 100% faith in the blood test and what it is supposed to do, you are forgetting to factor in the labs and the people who are supposed to administer these blood tests. I have to wonder how many labs in Canada or US have bothered to update and get current with the new blood test that is more accurate. My guess would be not too many, considering the cut-backs in health care and general lack of knowledge of this disease.
Just another perspective.......
positive bloodwork, positive biopsy
Celiac, collagenous colitis, hypothyroidism
endometriosis (at age 20)
spinal stenosis (early 20's)
Biopsy August 2006 confirmed complete villous atrophy despite being gluten-free for years and bloodwork within range showing compliance with diet. Doctor has confirmed diagnosis of Refractory Celiac Sprue.
Endoscopy also showed numerous stomach ulcers, have started taking Losec.
Mother to Eileen 13 yrs
Rhiannon 8 yrs
Daniel & Connor 6 yr twin boys......
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IMResident 0
Speciicity 58% - almost half of the cases the test said were positive didn't actually have celiac disease.
I want to clarify what specificity of 58% means for the fecal antibody testing.
In the case of the study there were 24 people with celiac and 60 controls (completely healthy people without any intestinal or gluten sensitivity symptoms). The fecal testing found about 22 of the celiac people positive for celiac as well as about 20 of the completely healthy people.
This means that if this test is applied to the real world where the prevelance of celiac/gluten sensitivity is lets say around 5% of the population (a high number but let's say that's true), it will find 30% of the normal healthy people positive for celiac disease. In other words if you get a positive result from enterolab it is likely to be 85% false positive and 15% true positive, making it a truly useless test.
Many people have mentioned that doctors will sometimes do only one test for celiac, but it's possible to just ask the doctors to do all the tests and insist if they don't want to do it, and even if the insurance doesn't pay for it, it still cheaper than Enterolab testing.
prinsessa 0
But how do you know that the 60 controls were completely healthy? I wonder what percentage of the population really has gluten intolerance. I didn't have intestinal symtoms until a year or so after the birth of my son. I might have tested postive to the test before having any symptoms. (btw, I tested negative to the blood test but have had positive results from going gluten free....I haven't been tested by Enterolab yet, but I am testing my children). Just because a person doesn't have symtoms of gluten intolerance it doesn't mean that they aren't gluten intolerant.
I know quite a few people (especially in my family) who have intestinal problems, but don't really want to admit to it. Is it normal to have tons of gas and/or be on the toilet for long periods of time? I don't think it is. Both of those things went away for me after going gluten free.
I hope I am making any sense....I some how got glutened over the weekend and my brain is a little foggy
CarlaB 22
Yea, right. How was I supposed to know what tests were supposed to be done when I expected celiac? I just went in and asked for a blood test. By the time I was educated enough to know one test wasn't enough, I was already gluten-free. In your perfect, theoretical, dream world, you might be right. But that's not what the average person experiences.
This is true for the tests you presented. Dr. Fine's tests apparently have different results. We'll have to wait to see what his studies show.
Again, I will ask, are you trying to gather information, or are you trying to convince us that Enterolab is invalid? Your mind seems to be made up already.
gluten-free 12/05
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jerseyangel 413
Location:south jersey
Even after I was diagnosed, my mom was only given one test--not the whole Celiac Panel..
This was after I sent her the list of the tests included in the panel to show to her doctor. I have no idea why her doctor didn't have the complete panel run, but my mom has complete faith in her doctors, and when this *one* test came up negative--despite years of what I now realize were Celiac symptoms--she chooses to believe she's not affected.
"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans"
"When people show you who they are, believe them"--Maya Angelou
"Bloom where you are planted"--Bev
Actually antibodies levels decline pretty slowly (about 10% per month) so being gluten free for one or 2 months is not a problem and you can still be blood tested.
All labs doing fecal antibody testing including Dr. Fine use exactly the same lab tecniques and prodcedures as in the study, so this study applies to his lab as well.
To answer your second question, I was gathering information initally but now my mind is made up about Enterolab, after seeing the research on it.
jcc 0
Location:Wisconsin
Dr. Fine doesn't look for celiac disease. He looks for gluten sensitivity, and he isn't alone in believing that 30% or more of the population have some form of gluten sensitivity. I think it was mentioned previously by someone else that many people with total villous atrophy are asymptomatic.
So, how does one determine whether one is really completely healthy? The doctors always called my daughter 'a healthy 15 year old' in their notes... when she had chronic asthma, chronic sinusitis, seizures and many more vague complaints.
I was gluten-free for several months and wheat free (more or less) for three years prior to my blood test. I figured out on my own, without the help of docs who always told me I was healthy, that gluten made me sick. I wish I had half the faith in the medical profession as you do! Don't forget, dietary response is clinical proof, even if you don't accept Enterolab.
I hope you don't become a doctor like those I went to who thought everything had to fit in the conventional protocol. Each person is different ... most doctors don't seem to respect that fact and expect everyone they see to fit the same mold.
A tad off topic, but this is very interesting in regard to how it is determined which tests are cost effective, or if it is cost effective to screen an at risk group. You need to register, but access to this article is free.
Serological Testing for Coeliac Disease in Patients With Symptoms of Irritable Bowel
Syndrome: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/478542
IMResident... can you give a source for saying that blood tests are accurate two months after a gluten free diet? I don't think that is generally accepted as true, but I can't seem to find any documentation on it. I know that antibodies can sometimes linger up to twelve months, but I think I also remember reading somewhere that they can drop within the one/two month time period. ?????
I did find this that said 3 months of a gluten free diet would render the antibody testing inconclusive.
https://www.celiac.com/st_prod.html?p_prodi...-39106468580.c6
I guess the concern would be that if someone were in early stage of disease that might show only a low positive, even a month off gluten might cause them to test negative?
Editing to add:
Didn't want to necessarily get this thread moving again, but I did just bump into something about antibodies sometimes dropping rapidly, and remembered this thread. I knew I had read this before.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.f...t_uids=15554953
Antibody levels in adult patients with coeliac disease during gluten-free diet: a rapid initial decrease of clinical importance.
OBJECTIVE: Analysis of antibodies against tissue transglutaminase (tTG) has been shown valuable in the diagnosis of coeliac disease (celiac disease) but how quickly serum titres decrease after introduction of a gluten-free diet (GFD) is not known in adults. celiac disease is a well-recognized disorder amongst the general population and many persons try a GFD for fairly vague symptoms before they seek medical advice. Therefore, it is important to determine the time that the serologic tests remain predictive of the disease after the introduction of a GFD. METHODS: Sera were taken from 22 consecutively biopsy-proven adult patients with celiac disease in connection with the diagnostic biopsy. The patients were followed for 1 year and sera were taken after 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after start of a GFD. Sera were stored at -20 degrees C and analysed for IgA antibodies against gliadin, endomysium and two different commercial tTG assays based on recombinant human tTG (tTGrh) and guinea-pig liver (tTGgp). RESULTS: Twenty patients could be followed during GFD and all antibody titres fell sharply within 1 month after introduction of a GFD and continued to decline during the survey interval. Thirty days after beginning the diet only 58, 84, 74 and 53% of all patients had positive antibody levels of tTGrh, tTGgp, EmA and AGA respectively. CONCLUSIONS: As the antibodies used to confirm the diagnosis of celiac disease fall rapidly and continue to decline following the introduction of a GFD, it is important that health care providers carefully inquire about the possibility of self-prescribed diets before patients sought medical attention.
Cara,
what's your definition of gluten sensitivity?
Because if you tested anybody in the normal population, close to 100% would have fecal and blood antibodies against gluten, as well as transglutaminase and anti-endomysial antibodies. In low numbers but they would have them nonetheless. People also have anti-rice, anti-potatoe, anti-vegetable, anti-everything antibodies, in very low numbers. IN fact anything we ingest we have antibodies to. Does that mean that we are all gluten/rice/vegetable sensitive? No, because only in extrememly high numbers can an antibody cause problems, and this is exactly the point of the serum test to detect when the antibodies will cause ilness in a person. Saying 30% of the pop.has gluten sensitivity is like saying all diseases are due to gluten. The highest estimaation for celiac and gluten sensitivity is 1/100 but I am going to say for the benfit of the doubt that it's 5%. Not all diseases are related to celiac, in fact 99% of pneumonia, diabetes, heart disease, diarrhea, neuropathy, depression, asthma is just that, without a celiac conection.
It is a large mistake to tell people with depression, neuropathy, diarrhea , asthma, pneumonia (and 99% of these are not related to celiac) that the cause of all their symptoms is celiac. Because than these people would never get treatement for the ilness and this not only prolongs suffering (imagine years and years with depression) but could also be dangerous and fatal in the long term.
I will only speak to my circumstance. In the case of my daughter, she had an isolated mildly positive antigliadin IgG antibodies of 30 (20-30 weak positive, >30 moderate to strong positive). She had diarrhea for two years, 5-6 explosive episodes daily for over a year. She had daily stomach aches. She complained of leg pain daily, and joint pain in her knees. She had a rough red hand rash on the top of her hands and wrists that was painful. Repeated episodes of a mosquito bite like rash and vomitting. She had fleeting episodes of eyelid drooping, lazy eye, leg drag, staggering, limp body fatigue (like a rag doll, couldn't move), and a couple episodes each of slurred speech, loss of bladder control, and difficulty swallowing (throat spasm like). The leg drag was starting to be there every day.
It has all resolved on a gluten free diet, although she does have GI trouble with a few other foods, no other foods caused the neurologic episodes.
She doesn't have celiac disease. She doesn't even carry the celiac gene.
I think I'll pass on the rest of your post, which I believe might be meant to antagonize.
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It is a larger mistake by conventional medicine to rely on the blood tests as a main criteria for diagnosis of celiac. IF my family had been tested for celiac disease the depression that almost cost both my and my childrens lives would have been addressed before one of us attempted suicide and one developed paranoid delusions and began cutting and one had the most isolated angry childhood and teen years you could imagine. NO CONVENTIONAL doctor linked our depressive illness to celiac, because none tested for it. Even at my worst no doctor thought to do an endo to check for celiac. After all I didn't show up in their blood work why should they? I suffered years and years of horrible mental and physical pain and some permanent disability because my doctors, at one of the most advanced hospitals in NY, trusted the same lab tests that you are counting on to find all of us. You and most of the other doctors on this continent have a lot of learning to do. Doctors are supposed to first do no harm, for many celiacs the drugs and their side effects when celiac is glossed over because of low positives and or ignored altogether cause years of suffering. You really need to do more research into the neurological effects of gluten intolerance and you need to start looking past the outdated stuff most doctors are taught. I hope you do this before you have your own patients.
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Ravenwoodglass,
I'm sorry to hear of your history and suffering.
I've been hanging around celiac boards long enough that I've heard so many similar testimonials over and over.
I met a pathologist several years ago on the Delphi board who suffered severe depression for a very long time...can't remember how long exactly. He tried every medication and therapy there was. Eventually, he was diagnosed with celiac disease. When he began to research celiac disease he was rather appalled by the fact that no doctor treating his depression had tested him for celiac disease, after all... it is a common presentation among adults. There was tons of medical literature linking the two...yet no doctor had ever looked.
I've met others whose primary symptom was depression.
I'm beginning to think Mr. IMresident is just having some fun with us.
oops...a repeat.
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Actually it would be a large mistake to tell people who had depression, neuropathy, diarrhea, asthma, pneumonia (and 99% of these are not related to celiac) who removed gluten from their diet and got better that gluten wasn't the problem.
Just like it was a huge mistake to tell folks with Ulcers that it was all in their head and that if they had less stress they wouldn't get them. Seemed that they made a mistake there.
Just like it was a mistake that Celiac Disease is a disease of children and that only the classic symptoms would lead them to this diagnosis.
I'm sure there a great many more mistakes made by our current Drs that will someday down the road have similar resolutions.
And I really don't see how Antibodies to Ttg could be so highly specific, given all the functions of this enzyme and the related tissues, how can their not be other diseases/pathogens that end up causing these antibodies to be produced? This isn't exactly rhetorical either, I'm really interested.
Heck, when did we make this discovery for anti-ttg and Celiac, wasn't it pretty recent? If we went on the studies before anti-ttg was found we'd be making a similar mistake with some other antibody.
Fresh this month~
Low specificity of anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. PMID: 16960894 Sept 2006
And in July~
Anti-tissue transglutaminase IgA antibodies in peripheral neuropathy and motor neuronopathy.
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Antibody to Tissue Transglutaminase May Fall Short for Accurate Triage of Celiac Disease
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Strongly positive tissue transglutaminase antibody assays without celiac disease.
False positive reactions for IgA and IgG anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies in liver cirrhosis are common and method-dependent.
couple more false positives~
IgA and IgG tissue transglutaminase antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Shalia 0
Blood tests should be mandatory in psych units. Maybe then they would have caught me before I figured out the connection and went gluten-free on my own.
I'm angry too, Ravenwood. Years of life wasted, and it was all food intolerance. Years of drug trials, months in hospitals, time that I'll never ever have back. And I *had* an endo years ago. He didn't even biopsy, when I complained of every major celiac symptom.
No, doctors need to test for Celiac with mental illness. It costs too much in life to not know it's something as simple as food.
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I'm not Cara but let me turn this around and ask you a question. Dr. Fine reports a very high correlation of people who have "gluten sensitivity" > than the cut-off point he defined and people who reportedly have relief of their symptoms once going gluten free. He also has tracked the negatives, some of which went gluten-free and found that most of them had no relief from symptoms. He also finds that not 100% of people have those antibodies in significant quantities. Only about 30% do. (I attended a lecture by him, the slides you can find on the enterolab.com web site).
With many diseases there's a part of the disease process where you're not as sick as the later stages... like... oh lets say "cancer". You don't wake up one day with a fully grown, cancerous tumour. Diseases have progressions, they also have levels of acuteness that vary from person to person. Why would you think that there isn't a progression for celiac disease that... just maybe... y'all haven't figured out how to detect yet?
Anyway, I think a lot of us believe there is something other than black and white, celiac or non-celiac. Shades of gray.
Once you doctor-folks have made up your mind about something... like what causes ulcers, its pretty hard to reprogram your collective consciousness with the new information.
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I know what you mean about shades of gray, but docs think in absolutes. When I was pregnant, they checked my hemoglobin every couple weeks. It needed to be above 12. If it was 11.8, it was a crisis we needed to address; if it was 12.2, I was okay. Docs need to think and not just do what they're programmed for.
Another point with the fecal testing. I did not read through it all, but only skimmed the scientific study that IMResident posted. Dr. Fine says that all the people he finds are gluten intolerant respond to the diet. He also catches 100% of the celiacs who are already diagnosed.
I am thinking -- if the fecal test IMRes posted was inaccurate, did it pick out all the celiacs and have a problem with "false positives"? Seems like I remember him saying that. If it was a problem with "false positives" could it be that the fecal tests were just more sensitive and picked up a few people who had not progressed in their disease far enough to have the antibodies detected in the blood? I mean, what was the control for the test? We all know that Enterolab picks out more gluten intolerant people than the blood test ... we all know that at some point the intestine is not yet damaged but the damage is starting ... so were we making the assumption that the blood test and biopsy are 100% correct when we know they have false negatives? So, what 100% method was the standard that the fecal tests were measured against?
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Were you actually pregnant or just borderline pregnant?
more tomorrow when I am sober.... (hope you realise the above is rhetoric)
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In the beginning I was borderline pregnant, but as the months went on I was definately pregnant.
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PatrickCA 0
Resident,
First, let me thank you for triggering much thought and discussion. This is a very interesting thread. Thanks everyone!
It is clear that you appreciate the scientific perspective and are looking for evidence. Yes, the verdict is not yet in on Fecal testing. But, it seems that you fail to appreciate the rate at which this field is evolving due to current molecular research (when combined with clinical research). Only six or seven years ago we knew very little about the molecular pathogensis of celiac. Since roughly 2000, however, researchers such as Chaitin Khosla (Stanford), and many others are rapidly uncovering the molecular details of gluten sensitivity.
Is it then surprising that most doctors (whom went to school before then and are not teaching) are currently lagging the state of the art? Even conservative Celiac specialists such as Peter Green, are well aware of this education problem.
It is a large mistake to tell people with depression, neuropathy, diarrhea , asthma, pneumonia (and 99% of these are not related to celiac) that the cause of all their symptoms is celiac.
I don't think any of us are advocating doing this without some clinical and molecular dx information.
But, here you'll need to be a bit more careful. Here, you are, in essence stating an opinion which is not supported by scientific evidence. Do you really know that many cases of peripheral neuropathy of unknown cause are not likely to be a result of gluten sensitivity or celiac? I don't think so. But, you are willing to give a strong opinion anyway. This, is where the medical profession is failing many, many of us, and many others with other diseases. But, alas, I understand you are trying to learn more, and are not purposely trying to get us 'riled up'.
There are several reports in the literature, that suggest (completely convincing evidence will simply require a little more time) that when other causes are ruled out, PN is rather likely to be caused by gluten sensitivity or celiac.
Lancet. 1996 Feb 10;347(8998):369-71. Links
Does cryptic gluten sensitivity play a part in neurological illness?
Department of Neurology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
BACKGROUND: Antigliadin antibodies are a marker of untreated coeliac disease but can also be found in individuals with normal small-bowel mucosa. Because neurological dysfunction is a known complication of coeliac disease we have investigated the frequency of antigliadin antibodies, as a measure of cryptic gluten sensitivity, and coeliac disease in neurological patients. METHODS: Using ELISA, we estimated serum IgG and IgA antigliadin antibodies in 147 neurological patients who were divided into two groups. There were 53 patients with neurological dysfunction of unknown cause despite full investigation (25 ataxia, 20 peripheral neuropathy, 5 mononeuritis multiplex, 4 myopathy, 3 motor neuropathy, 2 myelopathy). The remaining 94 patients were found to have a specific neurological diagnosis (16 stroke, 12 multiple sclerosis, 10 Parkinson's disease, 56 other diagnoses) and formed the neurological control group. 50 healthy blood donors formed a third group. FINDINGS: The proportions of individuals with positive titres for antigliadin antibodies in the three groups were 30/53, 5/94, and 6/50 respectively (57, 5, and 12%). The difference in proportion between group 1 and the combined control groups was 0.49 (95% CI 0.35-0.63). Distal duodenal biopsies in 26 out of 30 antigliadin-positive patients from group 1 revealed histological evidence of coeliac disease in nine (35%), non-specific duodenitis in ten (38%), and no lesion in seven (26%) individuals. INTERPRETATION: Our data suggest that gluten sensitivity is common in patients with neurological disease of unknown cause and may have aetiological significance
Also, peripheral neuropathy is a diagnostic convention, rather than a well defined disease. It dosen't say much about cause.
This brings up my final point, in case it wasn't mentioned already. It is now well known that there is a substantially higher rate of autoimmune disesaes that co-occur with celiac. While any possible connections are not clear, one should not assume there is not a connection either. The evidence thus far, is begging for major studies.
Medical science by definition (and perhaps necessity) trys to catagorize where, in reality, such catagories are weakly defined and can become quicky outdated.
I'd guess that in five years many will no longer think of a 5-sample biospy as a "gold standard."
It will seem extremely invasive and barbaric.
But to end, I hope that every medical student resident, does what you're going now more than once, for multiple different conditions. There is much to be learned by 'talking' with individuals.
You know, all three of my pregnancies followed that exact same course....
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Although the first month of the fall semester has taken a big chunk out of most of our members' traditionally calculator-devoted blocks of free time, several notable projects continue or have started. Our illustrious TIFreak8x has jumped into Prizm coding, releasing Key2Text and Sample Scrolling Menu, two great reference programs for those of you looking to get started with Casio BASIC for the Prizm calculator. TIFreak8x is also starting a port of his Age of Darkness game from the TI calculators to the Prizm; please stop by the thread and encourage him! New user Sarah has jumped right into Prizm BASIC, with projects including the descriptively-titled Simple RPG (though she is open to title suggestions), and a medley of minigames for the Prizm. Dependable Cemetech administrator Merthsoft, as an interim project while he moves to a new state and a new job, has been working on a Periodic Table of the Elements program for the Prizm. In an unusually thorough move, he first prototyped the program's data lookup and retrieval mechanism in C# as a computer application before porting it to C for the Prizm. We wish these and all our authors the best of luck on their projects.
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Two Oklahoma tribes have reached new compacts with the state to continue lawfully operating Class III gaming (slot machines and table games) at their tribal casinos.
Sports betting could soon be offered at casinos owned by two Oklahoma tribes. One such location being the Comanche Nation’s Red River Casino. (Image: Nexstar Media Group)
Governor Kevin Stitt (R) announced today that new 15-year gaming compacts had been reached with the Otoe-Missouria Tribe and Comanche Nation. The Otoe-Missouria Tribe, headquartered in Red Rock, owns five casinos. Comanche Nation, based in Lawton, has four casinos.
Under the new terms, the tribe’s current casinos will share between 4.5 percent to six percent of their gross gaming revenue (GGR) from slot machines and table games with the state. New casinos built by either tribe would see their tax on Class III gaming increase to as much as 13 percent, dependent on net casino win.
The compacts take a sound approach to assessing the value of substantial exclusivity in a modernized tribal gaming industry, and importantly, the compacts expand opportunity for both the compacting tribes and the State to compete in future gaming markets,” Stitt declared.
The compacts additionally authorize sports betting, with the state collecting 1.1 percent of the amount wagered – aka handle.
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Oklahoma is home to 38 federally recognized tribes. All but three operate Class III gaming inside the Sooner State.
Stitt argues the 15-year gaming compacts reached back in 2004 expired January 1, 2020. The tribes say the language in the contracts states that they automatically renew for another 15-year period.
Oklahoma tribes have been sharing between four and six percent of their GGR from slots and tables with the state. Stitt, a member of the Cherokee Nation, has called for the state to receive more of the casino winnings.
The first-term governor alleges that tribes are unlawfully operating gaming because of his assertion that the compacts have terminated. The Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations filed a lawsuit January 1 against Stitt, requesting a federal court to reject the governor’s claims.
The litigation, which has since been joined by numerous other tribes in Oklahoma, has been ordered into mediation. But its resolution is being delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Otoe-Missouria Tribe and Comanche Nation’s new compacts provide them with the privilege to operate sports betting. However, the Native American casinos will not be permitted to take action on collegiate games involving Oklahoma schools, nor college sports occurring within the state.
The compacts add, “For the avoidance of doubt, even if it should be found that the State’s conduct of Event Wagering is in violation of the State’s obligations, if any, under compacts with other Oklahoma tribes, such a finding shall have no effect on the Tribe’s right to engage in Event Wagering.”
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August 12, 2003 / 8:08 AM / AP
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday warned about a serious flaw in all versions of its popular Windows software that could allow hackers to seize control of a person's computer when victims read e-mails or visit Web sites.
Microsoft assessed the problem's urgency as critical, its highest level, and urged customers to download a free repairing patch immediately from its Web site, www.microsoft.com/security.
A top Microsoft security official, Steve Lipner, said the vulnerability was being discussed openly among experts on the Internet when Microsoft learned about the flaw early in January.
An Internet security company, iDefense Inc. of Chantilly, Va., said Wednesday it learned about the flaw in December 2002 from Roland Postle, a respected British computer security researcher widely known on the Internet as "Blazede," and passed the information to Microsoft on Jan. 9.
But iDefense also immediately and quietly warned its clients, which include large corporations and U.S. agencies, before Microsoft could fix the problem.
"It was made public before we had our fix out," said Lipner, Microsoft's director of security assurance. "It was under fairly wide discussion in some forums that we heard about."
Microsoft and iDefense said they were unaware of any reports that hackers already had used the technique to break into computers, even though months had passed between the disclosure of the flaw and Wednesday's announcement that it could be fixed.
Russ Cooper, a security expert for TruSecure Corp., based in Herndon, Va., predicted that antivirus software will be updated to protect users who might receive infected e-mails and that Web sites with infected pages would be shut down quickly once they are detected.
"I doubt we will see an attack based on this," Cooper said. "It's pretty unlikely any such exploit attempt will get legs."
The problem involves tricking Windows into processing unsafe code built into a Web page or e-mail message. It was particularly unusual because it affected so many different versions of Windows, from Windows 98 to its latest Windows XP editions.
Lipner confirmed that the faulty software code was created years ago and included in every successive generation of Windows software without programmers ever realizing it was so seriously flawed — even after the intensive scrutiny of Microsoft's latest flagship, Windows XP, which the company has billed as its most secure ever.
"I would have hoped this would have been caught," Lipner said. "Clearly it's one of those things we'll be looking at."
Lipner said Microsoft's automated software scanners were being updated to detect similar problems. He said the flaw announced Wednesday was "not obvious by any stretch of the imagination" even to experts studying software blueprints.
There was some good news. Microsoft said customers using the newest versions of its e-mail software, Outlook Express 6 and Outlook 2002, were protected from hackers trying to exploit the problem using e-mails.
Older versions of Outlook would also be safe if customers had manually applied another security patch, which Microsoft released in 2000 after the spread of the damaging "ILOVEYOU" virus.
Microsoft said customers could manually adjust settings hidden deep within its Internet Explorer browsing software to prevent Windows from processing the dangerous code. Experts, however, said that was not easy to do for many users and that it would cripple convenient functions for many popular Web sites.
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Win! Mastercard and VISA cut ties with Pornhub + millions of vids removed
Posted on News by Caitlin Roper · December 14, 2020 11:41 PM · 1 reaction
Progress in our joint global campaign but still a long way to go to bring Pornhub to justice
School girl’s Instagram ‘live’ post becomes sex predator webcam
Posted on News by Lyn Kennedy · March 17, 2020 1:16 PM
How Instagram broadcasts live sex acts to kids
*Content warning: this article describes real events that may be distressing for readers
As a researcher and campaigner advocating for an end to the objectification of women and sexualisation of girls, I follow dozens of underage girls on Instagram. They are aspiring models, gymnasts and dancers. They pose in swimwear and leotards. I watch how they use Instagram to promote a new brand-name bikini, or to exhibit their latest ventures in flexibility: an attempt at oversplits or a contorted backbend. Some of the girls have hundreds of thousands of followers. We - their followers - didn't have to look for them: Instagram’s search , ‘Explore’ and ‘Suggested for you’ features served them to us in an algorithm-procured gallery of pre-pubescents and young teens that caters to the predator’s eye.
An Instagram feed filled with prepubescent girls in bikinis
The setting is a picture of after-school normality: an average kitchen in a home in Australian suburbia. Two girls in school uniform do what kids up and down the eastern seaboard are doing: arriving home after a long day of school, they dump their school bags and head to the kitchen to make a snack.
One of the girls - 14 according to information on her Instagram account - casually picks up her phone. Still in her uniform (easily providing information about what school she attends and where) she opens Instagram and with a tap of an icon starts a live post: a livestream video that her followers can watch. Instagram even promotes the live broadcast. I, one of her 12,000 algorithm-procured followers - and one of hordes of strangers whose identities, whereabouts and motives for watching a 14 year old girl are unknown - get an Instagram notification that she’s started a ‘live’. I click her avatar to start the livestream, and instantly I’m transported into the family kitchen. The girl and her friend occupy the foreground, creating a soundtrack with teenage chatter. In the background is a fridge plastered with photos, bills and reminders – artefacts of average family life.
One of the 50+ viewers makes a request to ‘be in’ the ‘live’. This request is one of Instagram’s built-in live-post features that allows viewers to interact with the host via a simultaneous, live video broadcast which the other viewers can see. The girl accepts the request, smiling curiously at the screen as she scans viewers’ incoming comments. As she does, my screen splits horizontally, making way for the viewer’s live video broadcast.
The viewer is a man. He is naked. And he is masturbating.
The girl bursts into nervous laughter and steps out of view, leaving viewers to watch the fridge and the man. He repositions his phone to show his genitals from a different angle before his school girl host returns, hand over mouth, and ends his live video. With the screen to herself again, she continues her live post giggling, while, from off-camera, her friend makes a comment to the effect that they shouldn’t be laughing: it’s not funny. But they don’t appear all that shocked. It’s almost as if this isn’t the first time a stranger has made a sexual approach this way, as though this after-school event is also normal. Parents aren’t told, no alarm is raised. They continue with their live post - even accepting another viewer’s request to be in the live post.
An underage girl has just – with no moderation or intervention from the global multi-billion dollar Facebook-owned platform - broadcast a live video of a naked man masturbating. She and her friend - and fifty other people - just witnessed a serious criminal act, prohibited by Australia’s Commonwealth, state and territory child exploitation material laws.
Who else witnessed the live sex act? Other school friends? Perhaps younger children – cousins or neighbours who tuned in to catch up on some big-girl news? How widely did Instagram disseminate this piece of child exploitation material that it failed to moderate and helped produce? How many times is this scene being played out in Australia each day? How many kitchens and bathrooms and bedrooms of Australian homes are being infiltrated by predators who want to abuse underage girls in this way? How many men are using Instagram to broadcast live sex acts to children? Has this type of criminal behaviour become ‘normal’ for girls who have been desensitised to predatory advances because sexual objectification, harassment and predation are so entrenched in their everyday, lived experiences? Why - in flagrant disregard of human rights, law, child safety principles and common sense - is Instagram connecting predators to minors?
Four days later our concerns that this event was not a one-off, that predators are targeting underage girls for the purpose of broadcasting live sex acts to them and that this is 'normal' for some girls were confirmed when we found the public Instagram account of a 9 year old girl based in Europe. She had saved a live post to her profile, allowing anyone to watch it for the 24-hour period that followed. We watched the video and saw that it was interupted several times as the young girl accepted requests from different viewers to be in the broadcast. We counted three different viewers who filmed themselves masturbating. We then followed the girl. Within an hour we received a notification from Instagram that she had started a live post. We began viewing the video immediately and within seconds she accepted a viewer's request to be in the broadcast. It was another naked, masturbating man.
In the week since I first saw men masturbating via live videofeed at those girls, I have not been able to erase the images from my mind. These are among the most disturbing things I’ve come across since my colleagues and I began investigating hundreds of predatory approaches to underage girls through their Instagram pages. Within a short time of making a report to Instagram about the 9 year old girl her account was removed. But how many backup accounts does she have? How long until she creates a new account? How long until Instagram reconnects her old followers to her? How long before they're again using Instagram as a webcam to broadcast live sex acts to her and other children? How many other victims are there? And what does the future hold for these girls who have been groomed by Instagram's predators to believe that men exposing and rubbing their genitals at them is normal? Will they be safe from unwanted sexual advances from their bosses and colleagues? From strangers? Will the #MeToo movement mean anything for them? Will others enable men to harass or commit other heinous, sexual crimes against them, the way Instagram did in their childhood?
Our investigation began last July and demonstrated how Instagram serves as a pedophile directory and forum. We reported web-based pedophile forums containing direct links to underages girls’ Instagram accounts, in which pedophiles described violent sex abuse fantasies involving Instagram’s child models, gymnasts and dancers - girls as young as one. We reported multiple examples of child exploitation material.
In November 2019, Collective Shout, in coalition with the National Centre on Sexual Exploitation in the US and Defend Dignity in Canada, launched #WakeUpInstagram - an international campaign to hold Instagram and Facebook executives accountable for the exploitation and predation of underage girls on their platform to try to leverage our combined weight to force the platforms to act.
We then wrote to Instagram’s Head of Global Policy with some of our key discoveries, including countless sexualised and predatory comments made by men to underage girls, and to ask Instagram to address its widespread child predator problem. In the letter we made several recommendations and asked Instagram to stop adults from contacting minors during live posts. Having viewed several live posts hosted by girls as young as 11, we knew that men were using ‘lives’ to harass and solicit sexualised content from minors.
Three months later – while Instagram’s investigations continued - we witnessed yet another example of how Instagram caters to predators and even facilitates criminal behaviour, and how girls’ safety and well-being are sidelined. Instead of safeguarding children, Instagram is bringing child predators - naked and masturbating in real-time - into their homes.
Instagram’s catchphrase rings of utopian ideals of boundless connectivity: “Bringing you closer to the people and things you love”. When juxtaposed against our discoveries which show that the ‘people’ are often predators, and the ‘things’ they love are underage girls, the slogan rings sinister. Nowhere in society are we fostering connections between child predators and children. In fact we are vigilant in our efforts to prevent such connections. Why are the rules different for social media companies? Shouldn’t Instagram not only stop connecting predators to children but work fastidiously to prevent these connections?
Instagram does prevent certain adult-child connections: those between parents and their children. According to its “Tips for Parents” Instagram can’t - due to privacy laws - give a parent access to their 13+ year old child’s account. But an Instagram-procured predator who wants to masturbate at a child has the freedom to do so.
In a timely report, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children highlighted some of the dangers of social media that we - through the #WakeUpInstagram campaign - are calling on Instagram's corporate leaders to address:
'Offenders, traffickers and criminal groups use Internet tools, such as social media, to identify child victims more easily and establish relationships, subsequently intimidating them into exploitative situations.'
The report further pointed out that offenders are empowered by impunity:
'Ultimately, the essential feature of most offenders is their knowledge or belief that their actions will go unpunished'.
Our investigations have shown that predators are fed a steady stream of victims via Instagram’s algorithms and that predators are free to roam and prey at will, not just with impunity but with the endorsement of moderators who tell us their behaviour ‘doesn’t go against community guidelines’.
Australia is at the forefront of global efforts to improve online safety. The Office of the eSafety Commissioner’s user-centred initiative, Safety by Design, was the outcome of consultation with industry, service providers, parents and young people and resulted in a set of principles that prioritises user rights and safety. Safety by Design highlights the imperative role of service providers like Instagram in the broader context of shared responsibility for online safety. It spells out eight initiatives designed to 'ensure that known and anticipated harms have been evaluated in the design and provision of an online service'.
In the same week we witnessed how Instagram is used by sex predators to broadcast live sex acts to children, its parent company Facebook committed to a set of new, voluntary standards developed by the Five Country Ministerial (represented by government Ministers of Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand) to combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Can Instagram abide by these principles and standards without a drastic overhaul to its ethos and operations? While it is underpinned by ideals like boundless connectivity which connects child predators to children? While it stands by community guidelines that accommodate the sexual harassment of little girls? While it indiscriminately gives its users tools - like 'Explore' and live posts - which predators can use to find child victims and commit sexual crimes against them?
As Campaigns Manager Caitlin Roper warned:
'We cannot overlook the significance of a wider culture that sexualises children and treats them as appropriate objects of men’s sexual desire.'
Instagram - through its predator-friendly policies and practises - has fostered a community that fetishises underage girls and helped fuel a culture that normalises their sexualisation and harassment. Now - as well as upholding the principles it has committed to, Instagram must work to eradicate its child predator community, and to foster a culture in which the sexualisation, harassment, exploitation and abuse of children is unthinkable. We owe it to girls and women - this and future generations - to make sure they do.
If you are concerned about suspected online child exploitation material, make a report to the eSafety Office.
If you are concerned about an adult behaving inappropriately online toward a child, make a report to the Australian Federal Police.
Make an anonymous report to Crime Stoppers or phone their toll free number 1800 333 000.
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Kids movie Show Dogs accused of grooming children for sexual abuse
Posted on News · May 24, 2018 9:21 AM
*UPDATE: CNN has reported the film will undergo edits to remove the objectionable content!*
Child advocates have accused new kids film Show Dogs of sending “a troubling message that grooms children for sexual abuse”. The film was released in the US last week, and is not scheduled to be released in Australia until July.
The film follows the story of a police dog going undercover at a dog show. There are reportedly several scenes in which the dog, Max, has to have his genitals inspected. When he is uncomfortable and wants to stop he is told to go to a ‘zen place’. When he does this, he can advance to the final round of the dog show.
National Center on Sexual Exploitation has called on distribution company Global Road Entertainment to halt the distribution of Show Dogs in movie theaters and recut the movie:
“The dog is rewarded with advancing to the final round of the dog show after passing this barrier. Disturbingly, these are similar tactics child abusers use when grooming children — telling them to pretend they are somewhere else, and that they will get a reward for withstanding their discomfort.
“Children’s movies must be held to a higher standard, and must teach children bodily autonomy, the ability to say ‘no’ and safety, not confusing messages endorsing unwanted genital touching.”
From News.com.au:
Reviewers, too, have expressed their discomfort over the scenes in question.
Slate writer Ruth Graham called it “unsettling on several levels”.
“First, this is a children’s movie in which the protagonist’s success depends on withstanding a stranger touching his genitals even though it makes him uncomfortable,” she wrote.
“The movie’s solution to Max’s discomfort with the inspection is not to empower him to escape it somehow; it’s to have him learn to checkout mentally while he endures it, and to make no outward sign of his humiliation. It is not paranoid to say that this is a bad message for kids.”
Writer Jenny Rapson echoed those sentiments in a blog post on For Every Mom: “Max’s success is riding on whether or not he lets both his partner (for practice) and a stranger (the competition judge) touch his private parts. IN A KIDS MOVIE. WHAT??? Newsflash, folks: THIS IS CALLED GROOMING and it’s what sexual predators do to kids!”
Writer Terina Maldonado wrote on family film blog Macaroni Kid that “during the movie, I kept thinking, “This is wrong, it doesn’t need to be in a kids movie. Everything else in the movie is good fun except for this.”
In response to the outcry, Global Road Entertainment, co-producers of the film released a statement to CNN:
“The dog show judging in this film is depicted completely accurately as done at shows around the world; and was performed by professional and highly-respected dog show judges,” the statement said in part. “Global Road Entertainment and the filmmakers are saddened and apologise to any parent who feels the scene sends a message other than a comedic moment in the film, with no hidden or ulterior meaning, but respect their right to react to any piece of content.”
One of the writers of the film has spoken out against the scenes in question, claiming that they were written into the script by of the “13 other writers” who worked on the movie.
“[I] didn’t get to see the film until it was in its final stage of completion, and had zero say in creative choices the second I signed away the rights to my work.”
“I absolutely condemn any suggestion or act of non-consensual touching in any form, as well as disassociation as a coping mechanism for abuse of any kind. I understand and empathise with the parents’ and groups’ concerns regarding the message the movie may impart,” he said.
Children’s charity Bravehearts is also calling for a ban on the Australian Classification Board to ban the film:
Bravehearts is responding to reports this children’s film contains multiple scenes where a dog character must have its private parts inspected and manhandled. When the dog feels uncomfortable and wants it to stop is then told to just go to a ‘zen place’ and is later rewarded for his consent by being advanced to the final round of the dog show. This message is not only wrong, but it promotes acceptance of grooming and goes against the very basic principles of child protection.
The charity asked supporters to urgently contact the board at enquiries@classification.gov.au and Senator, The Hon Mitch Fifield at Minister@communications.gov.au.
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Sex trafficking websites shutting down in the wake of new legislation
Posted on News · April 06, 2018 10:55 AM
Campaigners and survivors of sex trafficking are celebrating what has been dubbed “the most important anti-trafficking legislation in a generation”.
According to the National Centre on Sexual Exploitation, despite investigations by the U.S. Congress, websites that facilitate sex trafficking have not been held to account. New amendments to the “outdated” law, the Communications Decency Act (CDA) would allow victims of sexual exploitation to pursue legal actions against these websites and aid prosecutors in bringing charges against them.
A still image from the 2017 documentary I am Jane Doe.
As reported in the Washington Post:
The legislation arose as Congress learned that its current anti-trafficking laws could not be applied to websites like Backpage, which host thousands of ads daily for female and male prostitutes, some of which are children being trafficked by adults. Backpage has successfully cited the Communications Decency Act, which protects websites from liability for material posted by third parties, to evade both criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits.
Congress launched an investigation into Backpage which showed that its operators helped customers modify their ads to delete references to teenage prostitutes, yet still allowed the ads to run. The Washington Post then reported that Backpage used a company in the Philippines to solicit both prostitutes and johns from other websites, and created new ads for the prostitutes.
In response to the amendments, various major sites have implemented significant changes:
Cityvibe shut down completely, the Erotic Review, the “Yelp of the sex trade” where men rate their experiences with trafficking victims, shut down advertisement boards in the United States, NightShift shut down to review policies, VerifyHim shut down its “newsreel,” Craigslist personals section was shut down, Reddit’s prostitution-related “subreddits” were marked private and the site instituted new policies banning the sale of sex acts and drugs, Google reportedly deleted its publicly shared commercial sex-related advertising, WordPress.com reportedly removed its commercial sex-related advertising sites, Paypal reportedly disabled advertised accounts for commercial sex-related payment, Rubmaps, Erotic Monkey, and USA Sex Guide had extended maintenance periods over the weekend, suggesting upcoming changes due to the new law, Microsoft is issuing new Terms of Service effective May 1st covering all of its platforms, including Skype and Xbox, to urge users not to use the services to share pornography or criminal activity. Read more.
This is a massive victory for survivors of commercial sexual exploitation.
Watch the trailer for 2017 documentary I am Jane Doe
Backpage’s Sex Ads Are Gone. Child Trafficking? Hardly. New York Times
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January 13, 2021 News » Private Eye
Election Consequences
By John Saltas @johnsaltas
City Weekly pays tons of money to Adobe software annually. Adobe runs most of our operation in nearly all departments. If we could use Adobe for distribution, we would. As much as we hate their prices, we also wouldn't be around without their software. The Utah headquarters for Adobe sits to the east of Interstate 15 in Lehi. For that, Adobe should thank its lucky stars today.
In that area of Utah County, I-15 marks the boundary between the U.S. Congressional District 3 and District 4. Adobe therefore is represented in the U.S. Congress by John Curtis. To date, Curtis has been a stable and sane voice among Republican representatives—"domestic terrorism was inspired by and encouraged by the president," says he, regarding events at the U.S. Capitol last week. He voted to certify the Biden electoral victory. Curtis can be annoying to Democrats, but he's not insane. For that alone, Adobe and all the other tech companies in the Curtis realm can be thankful.
The same can't be said for those poor souls on the other side of the freeway. Those tech companies, barely a football field or two from Adobe's HQ are in the same boat as me, being represented in Congress by newly elected Burgess Owens. Thanks to the evil pencil that drew up Utah's current congressional districts—intended to overwhelmingly elect only Republicans—my Murray home wound up in the same district as those tech firms west of I-15—plus Copperton in the Oquirrh Mountains (and just below that community, the new massive Amazon distribution center), Goshen, Moroni and Fairview. Yeah, me and Gov. Spencer Cox were penciled into in the same congressional district, despite the fact that neither he nor I have ever bumped into the other at the post office. I have no friggin' idea where the people of Fairview buy their gas, anymore that Cox knows the directions from my home to the Murray liquor store.
We are both saddled with Burgess Owens, though. In his first official vote as our congressman, Owens voted not to certify the presidential electoral college count. It's been said a million times, but the voting that sent Owens to Congress by a thin margin— with votes being counted days well beyond Election Day—is the same process that he voted not to certify in the presidential race. What is unique, however, is that Owens is the guy that hundreds or thousands of Utah tech companies in his district are represented by in Washington D.C. Which is to say—just like me—they have no representation.
Owens is a pawn of right-wing political interests. That can't be good for Utah tech. Our own president says, "Big tech is doing a horrible thing for our country and to our country." There's no reason to think Owens believes any differently. Yeah, yeah. We aren't supposed to take Trump literally. Really? Tell that to the family of the U.S. Capitol Police officer who was bludgeoned to death by Trump supporters last Wednesday. Just hours later, Owens voted to dispute the election. If that doesn't tell you the temperature of the blood in Owens's veins, nothing will.
If I were sitting back at the helm of a big tech company looking for some raw land to locate on, I wouldn't choose Utah. If I were a Utah kid in a garage tapping out lines of code, developing the new software that would change the world, I'd grab a map and find me a place outside of Utah to set up my new company. Or if they choose to remain here, move to Provo or Orem and have a saner man like Curtis represent them. A Democrat will never win in that district. Neither will a resident of Monticello or Blanding which are also in the 3rd Congressional, despite those residents having so very much in common with big tech interests.
You know, it's as if the grand plan to gerrymander Democrats from having a voice in D.C. is backfiring. All it's really done is allow for crazier and zanier Republicans to find high office—and in the process, disenfranchise their own centrist base along the way. Who coulda predicted that?
Farther north, my downtown Salt Lake City rep, the equally malleable bootlicker Chris Stewart also voted not to certify the presidential election. He supposedly flew Air Force bombers. To do so, he had to trust his instrument panel. If he didn't, he'd crash or maybe nuke Mexico City instead of Pyongyang. He therefore knows science and facts. Yet, despite all evidence to the contrary, he tossed election facts and science, standing right there behind the lies of a stolen election. If more harm comes to our country, I rank persons such as Stewart as the most culpable.
Today, the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce released its updated Utah Economic Outlook and Policy Statement. I scanned what I could, but it seems far more optimistic than what I hear on the streets of Salt Lake City. So be it. Chris Stewart has done not a whit for downtown Salt Lake City. Meanwhile, Marriott International, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Goldman Sachs have suspended contributions to congressmen who voted against certification. Oopsie, Chris? If I were downtown dynamo Goldman Sachs, I'd think twice about sticking around in Salt Lake City. Really, what's the point? To be represented by a man who has a habit of crapping on anything not resembling one-person rule?
Remember the shouts of "elections have consequences?" Well, yes, they do. So, Utah, in electing the likes of Owens and Stewart, really can't complain if big tech and big enterprise take a pass on our fair state. Their bed is partisan, scare-the-base politics. Utah will pay the price.
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Why Tort Reform Myths Are So Difficult To Combat
A recent article in the Washington Post reports on a study by Norbert Schwarz, a University of Michigan social psychologist, that provides insight into why tort reform myths, and other false statements, are so hard to combat. According to the article:
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a flier to combat myths about the flu vaccine. It recited various commonly held views and labeled them either “true” or “false.” Among those identified as false were statements such as “The side effects are worse than the flu” and “Only older people need flu vaccine.”
When University of Michigan social psychologist Norbert Schwarz had volunteers read the CDC flier, however, he found that within 30 minutes, older people misremembered 28 percent of the false statements as true. Three days later, they remembered 40 percent of the myths as factual.
Younger people did better at first, but three days later they made as many errors as older people did after 30 minutes. Most troubling was that people of all ages now felt that the source of their false beliefs was the respected CDC.
More importantly, the article goes on to note that denials and clarifications, despite their intuitive appeal, paradoxically reinforce the belief. The more the fact is denied, the more the participants in the study believe the fact is true.
While the article doesn’t address how this phenomenon might work in the tort reform arena (it primarily uses the myth of an Iraq backing of 9/11 as its example), it explains why the tort reform movement has been so successful. The tort reformers took the upper hand and spread half-truths (eg portions of the facts surrounding the McDonald’s coffee case) or outright falsities (the Stella awards), and those of us opposing tort reform simply respond with facts to set the record straight. But instead of combatting the beliefs, we’re probably reinforcing them.
So what are we to do? Remain silent? No, the article cites another recent study that found that accusations or assertions that are met with silence are more likely to be believed as true.
Instead, the article suggests that the best response might be a pseudo response. It states:
Mayo found that rather than deny a false claim, it is better to make a completely new assertion that makes no reference to the original myth. Rather than say, as Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) recently did during a marathon congressional debate, that “Saddam Hussein did not attack the United States; Osama bin Laden did,” Mayo said it would be better to say something like, “Osama bin Laden was the only person responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks” — and not mention Hussein at all.
So instead of simply offering facts and analyses rebutting the tort reform myths, we need to change the framework of the debate. Now how to do that is the more difficult question.
The study probably has a lot of relevance to litigation. The study seems to support the old adage that the key to winning the battle is how you frame the issues. In a trial, instead of rebutting the other side’s claims (which the study suggets may simply reinforce the beliefs), the better course is to try and frame the issues to your liking.
Thanks to Peter Kelly of Houston’s Moore & Kelly, PC for the nod to the article.
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Thyla Blast Through 'Fade' In This Wicked Live Clip
Check it out now...
Thyla have this wild sense of theatre to their sound, a gripping river of emotion that bursts out of the speakers and washes over you.
Their recent EP 'Everything At Once' was a bold listen, matching elements of Kate Bush to flecks of Kevin Shields style shoegaze.
The release had Clash yearning to catch the band live, but alas the pandemic has put paid to those ambitions.
We've nabbed a neat performance clip instead, with Thyla performing live in the studio.
Blasting through EP highlight 'Fade', the dreamy songwriting is reminiscent of Another Sky in its widescreen splendour.
Surging into fresh spaces, 'Fade' is Thyla at their most direct. The band comment...
"'Fade' is a song with two sides, on the surface it’s a three mins 30 pop song but the lyrics are pretty harrowing on a personal level. With this video we want to express the darker side of the song and the emotion behind the lyrics. We thought capturing a live performance in an intimate setting was a great way to do that. We made the setup raw and really stripped back and focused on a more intimate vocal delivery than we’re used too. It’s a little different to our usual sound but we love how it turned out."
Lead singer Millie Duthie offers these thoughts on the track:
“As you grow up you realise things aren’t as they seem. The more you learn the more you realise you have to learn, and it can be a really painful experience taking off the blinkers of your youth. It’s hard to come to terms with the fact that a lot of your drive is based on a hedonistic attitude. Fade’s about waking up to some ugly truths about your personal life and development. How strong are your relationships really and where are you headed if you stay on this trajectory?”
Sapphire Needham directs the video, and it's a riveting watch.
Tune in now.
Photo Credit: Phoebe Fox
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(C45s)My Love Is Music/ Final Signal by Space
Label: Casablanca 974 Year: 1979
From a warehouse find, this is a new, unplayed stock copy, in its original factory sleeve. This French studio "Disco" concoction fools you at first... It starts out sounding like boilerplate Funk/Disco with the emphasis on the bass line, but as the song progresses the percussion and piano begin to exert their force, and slowly the performance creeps up and finally reveals something truly special. Definitely worth a second or even third listen if aren't entranced by the snippet we're providing on first listen. (The snippet is unusually long for us... I typically try to keep them under 1:40, but here I had to lop off some from the beginning as well as a chunk from the end, and still you never hear the best bits which take place in the last 1/4 of the track.) The flip is an equally great but more techno/synth instrumental, again with a solid and irresistible dance beat. By the way, the singer here is none other than Madeline Bell, she of several drool-worthy 1960s Soul singles.
Condition Detail:Label: M | Vinyl: M- | Audio: MWritten by: Didier Marouani (A&B)Produced by: Jean Philippe IliescoChart info: #60p in April 1979Track time(s): A: 4:15 | B: 4:25Mix: Stereo
99 1/2 by Carol Lynn Townes (M), Polydor 881008, 1984: $12.00
Breakaway/ Hell Bent Heaven by Big Pig (M), A&M 3014, 1988: $9.00
I Got The Message by Men Without Hats (M), MCA 52332 , 1984: $6.00 $5.00
I Wanna Be A Cowboy by Boys Don't Cry (M), Profile 5084, 1986: $9.00
Invisible by Alison Moyet (M), Columbia 04781 , 1985: $11.00
Invisible/ Hitch Hike by Alison Moyet (M), Columbia 04781, 1985: $10.00
K.I.S.S.I.N.G./ Taboo by Siedah Garrett (M), Qwest/Reprise 27928, 1988: $9.00
Mea Culpa Part II by Enigma (M), Charisma 98806, 1990: $6.00
Nobody's Diary by Yaz (M), Sire 29569 , 1983: $8.00
Pop Goes The World/ The End of the World by Men Without Hats (M), Mercury 888859, 1987: $9.50
Real Life by Black Britain (M), Virgin 99389 , 1987: $8.00
Rock Me Amadeus by Falco (M), A&M 2821, 1986: $10.00
She Controls Me by Strange Advance (M), Capitol 5214 , 1983: $10.00
Situation by Yazoo (M), Sire 29953, 1982: $12.00
So Wrong/ If You Want A Little Love by Patrick Simmons (M), Elektra 69839, 1983: $8.00
The Man with the 4-Way Hips by Tom Tom Club (M), Sire 29549 , 1983: $14.00
The Only Way Is Up by Yazz and the Plastic Population (M), Elektra 69635 , 1988: $10.00
Unbelievable/ Search and Destroy by EMF (M), EMI 57799, 1991: $9.50
Vitamin L/ Lonely At The Bottom by B.E. Taylor Group (M), MCA/Sweet City 52311, 1984: $9.00
Wild, Wild West/ We Can Run by The Escape Club (M), Atlantic 89048, 1988: $11.00
Wild, Wild West/ We Can Run by The Escape Club (M), Atlantic 89048, 1988: $7.50
Do I Love You? by The Ronettes
Just In Case by Ronnie Milsap
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