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LAWLESS: The End-Times War Against the Spirit of Antichrist
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Try as I might to get away from thinking on the stupefying swiftness with which the world’s monetary crises are reshaping our existence, I cannot. I consider only the so-called peace process being foisted upon Israel by the American administration and, now the Pope and the European Union in exerting new and increased pressures on the Benjamin Netanyahu government to be of slightly more profound prophetic importance than the current economic chaos. So, please indulge me yet another commentary-swipe at the matters involved.
Most who have the ability to receive news reports are aware that the Western world in particular is in unprecedented economic turmoil. While the Great Depression of the 1930s was terrible in its ramifications for the planet’s inhabitants, the crisis was relatively simple in its cause-and-effect dynamics. Relatively simple, that is, compared to the complexities that the decades have wrought with the evolution of interlinkage between banking institutions and governments.
Computers, satellites, and a myriad of other technological wonders have intertwined the fiscal health of continents in a way that was impossible to imagine before the advent of such technology. Actions taken in London, Berlin, Paris, New York, or other such disparate financial centers can instantaneously cause reverberations globally. This intimate linkage can and has included mechanisms to use in averting–perhaps better put, in postponing–disastrous monetary crises. Manipulation by the wizards of finance have worked to this point. But now it seems their magic has fueled a gathering economic storm that is about to break upon a world ill-prepared to cope with what is coming.
Now for the conspiracy-theoritician within your essayist. The question that leaps to the forefront is how much of the economic storm that is ready to break upon the world was fueled by the stumbling, bumbling machinations of those at the monetary controls, and how much was deliberately and masterfully contrived.
What follows–-a news account from several years ago of early manipulations by the world financial gurus–provides a glimpse into the eye of that cyclonic economic turbulence:
BRUSSELS – European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has said he is looking to establish a clearer “hierarchy” among the EU institutions and member states to make it easier to deal with any future crises in the eurozone…
“We are working in order to have some crisis cabinet because we are a lot of players in the field–certainly when you are in crisis–and there is not much hierarchy or organic links between the main players and the main institutions…Really, this is a problem,” he told a gathering organised by European Movement International on Tuesday [May 25]…
The tentative proposal comes after the EU’s often torturous approach to the Greek debt crisis–a protracted response that widened the problem to the eurozone and almost made it a global crisis.
As market-induced panic looked set to gain a foothold, and following the intervention of US President Barack Obama, the sixteen-member eurozone agreed on a €750 million EU/IMF package earlier this month.
But it is widely agreed that this is only a stop-gap measure and that the EU’s budget discipline rules need to be tightened. (“Van Rompuy Wants Clearer ‘Hierarchy’ to Deal with Future Crises,” EUobserver,5/26/10)
Since that time, the manipulations have only made things worse–-much worse.
Bible prophecy again asserts its truth into our daily headlines regarding breaking developments. Like the peace efforts that pressure Israel to give the international community and the Jewish state’s enemies their way dominating news headlines, powerful global economic rearrangements involving the reviving Roman Empire at the heart of the process now also command top headlines above the front-page folds of the world’s newspapers.
Reunited Europe, and its demands to have greatly increased powers to act in the present European and global financial meltdown, hammers home the point. This generation almost certainly is witnessing the groundwork being laid that will assure Antichrist’s eventual elevation to supreme authority prophesied in the thirteenth chapter of Revelation. The pace with which things are shaping makes one wonder whether that man of sin might step onto the stage of history quite soon.
As has been said before, one of the most-often asked questions we get at prophecy conferences is: Is America in Bible prophecy?” We most always answer in one form or another, “No, it is not mentioned by name.” Then, I, at least, must add that this, certainly the most materially blessed nation and one of the most spiritually blessed countries to exist on earth, is in Bible prophecy by implication. Our current president is at the very heart of influencing the two most critical news headlines of these troubled days, both of which are at the top of the list as being Bible prophecy indicators for comprising world conditions at the very end of the age. The U.S. thus seems to be in the lead in helping pave the way for the world’s final führer.
By Terry James in Prophecy Line, Uncategorized on June 18, 2015 .
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I always appreciate your insight, Brother Terry. Again, I agree with you. We are so blessed to be His Children. May God continue to bless you in all your endeavors.
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What will the Catholic Church be like in AD 2,978? My New Novel
I’m writing a new novel and I’m excited about it. I feel alive when I write it.
What if the global economy and currency collapsed and all first world nations lost control?
What if the Pope were the only global leader who could rally humans to order and civilization?
Add to all this a world-wide miracle of the sun in fulfillment of the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart. A miracle that converts billions to the Faith and reveals the way to clean, inexhaustible energy.
By AD 2900, humans have discovered inhabitable planets in the distant corners fo the galaxy. All humans are Catholic. They speak Latin as the universal common tongue of humanity. But they eventually discover something in space that could undermine the very foundations of humanity and the Catholic Church – or perhaps secure it. Pope Gregory XIX resigns the papacy in AD 2978 for the first time since Pope Benedict XVI in AD 2013. What had become an intergalactic Christendom begins to crumble.
That’s the plot. It’s an apocalypse that takes place in the distant future with technology that we have never experienced.
I’ll be releasing chapters of the novel here on the blog.
If you’re an fiction agent or publisher, I’d love to talk to you.
For now, here’s the intro and first chapter:
Holy Roman Territories
The year is AD 2978. After the Great Miracle of AD 2117, the Pope of Rome emerged as the only global leader with enough support to bring stability to the fragile state of humanity on earth. The following 880 years were marked by the glorious and sometimes inglorious reigns of Popes who guided humanity in the exploration of space and the colonization of alternative planets.
The powerful Popes of the Middle Ages were altar boys in comparison to the intergalactic control of the Popes of these later ages. Humans at the end of the third millennium speak Latin as their mother tongue, have discovered an infinite source of energy, and most interestingly of all, they are openly religious with an undying affection for the Pope…and for the power of his technology.
Pope John Paul XI founded the Holy Roman Territories in AD 2800 on planet Earth with three colonized planets as allies. However, by AD 2950, dissent emerged from within the Holy Roman Territories.
When Pope Gregory XIX heard footsteps enter his chamber, he stopped thumbing his Rosary beads and opened his eyes.
“Your Holiness. Pardon my interruption. The Planet of Dismas is in full rebellion. Our communications to the planet are being blocked or jammed.”
The Pope looked up at the fat figure of Cardinal Joachim Nicholas. “Your Eminence, have any of our patrols reported transport activity?”
“Affirmative, Your Holiness. Dismian ships have threatened an attack on Cardinal Trulio’s space station on the moon of Dismas. We received a distress signal from the cardinal’s office just before we lost communication.”
“Joachim. You’re my Secretary of State. What do you recommend?”
“We have been expecting this, but I don’t know how to play out the end game. The last time the Dismians rejected papal governance, they held their cardinal ransom, and then killed him once a ransom was payed.”
The Pope sighed. “Alright then. Get Admiral Romanov on the damn transmitter!” shouted the pontiff in perfect Latin.
Cardinal Nicholas nodded. “I thought you might say that. He’s already standing by on the holographic transmitter.”
“Deo gratias,” said the Pope. He stood up from his throne and left the room.
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Airlines Rules for Emotional Support Animals Have Dramatically Changed
By Apeksha Bhateja
For years, passengers have flown a host of pets as emotional support animals, including dogs, cats, pigs, and mini horses. With ambiguity around what an emotional support animal is (they were classified as service animals that were allowed on planes without any fee), airlines accommodated requests from fliers who asked their pet be flown with them to help ease anxiety and offer comfort, with a note from a mental health professional. Many have unsuccessfully tried to take their snakes, spiders, peacocks, and rodents with them.
Unlike service dogs, emotional support animals didn’t need to be trained, so airlines often dealt with urination and defecation onboard, while passengers were made uncomfortable by pets–there have been reported incidents of aggravated allergies and attacks.
Finally, in 2018, Delta spelled out what animals passengers could take (no rodents, insects, or goats), and required owners to show their proof of health, vaccination certificate, a letter from a mental health professional, and a signed document declaring that the animal would behave during the flight. American Airlines and United cracked down on therapy pets, too, and banned people from taking a menagerie with them.
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The debate has been long-going with passengers arguing that unruly animals disrupt flights, and fliers take advantage of the rule to fly their pets for free, which is a disservice to those with disabilities who truly need service animals. Airlines have also pointed out that untrained pets can compromise the safety of an aircraft, and the variety that’s seen on board is difficult for the crew to manage. On the other hand, nervous fliers or those with mental health issues find it comforting to travel with their pets.
Airlines had the authority to refuse to admit aggressive animals that threatened the health and safety of others, but after more than 15,000 comments by airlines, individuals, people with disabilities, and airports, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) has revised its regulation.
In December 2020, the DoT announced that emotional support animals will no longer be considered service animals. In this new ruling, a service animal was defined as “a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability.” The agency also said that all the unusual animals that people have brought as emotional support pets have “eroded the public trust in legitimate service animals.”
On its heel came the news that airlines in the U.S. were changing their policies around emotional support animals—they would no longer be allowed in the cabin. Service dogs (including psychiatric service dogs), however, will continue to accompany passengers.
The DoT also makes it clear that passengers will have to fill out forms “attesting to a service animal’s health, behavior and training, and if taking a long flight, attesting that the service animal can either not relieve itself or can relieve itself in a sanitary manner.”
New Year, New Rules
Alaska Airlines was the first to declare the change in its policies following the DoT’s ruling. On December 29, the airline announced that “Effective January 11, 2021, Alaska will accept only service dogs which are trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a qualified individual with a disability. Emotional support animals will no longer be accepted.”
Those currently booked for flights on and before February 28, 2021, will be able to take their emotional support animals with them. The airline also specified what passengers need to do to comfortably travel with their service dogs, including appropriate behavior (read here).
Just last week, American Airlines also joined Alaska as it aligned its policies with the DoT’s. Service dogs will be allowed on flight after authorization, while animals that previously traveled as emotional support animals may travel as cargo or carry-on pets. The new policies go into effect starting February 1.
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Jessica Tyler, President of Cargo and Vice President of Airport Excellence for American said in the statement, “We’re confident this approach will enable us to better serve our customers, particularly those with disabilities who travel with service animals, and better protect our team members at the airport and on the aircraft.”
In a press release shared by Delta, Allison Ausband—S.V.P., In-Flight Service, applauded the DoT’s new ruling. The Atlanta-based airline has banned emotional support animals, reporting that since 2016, there has been an 85% increase in incidents of defecation, urination, and biting. Their change, effective January 11, also includes the lifting of its ban on pit bulls—a bone of contention between the airline and the DoT—because the new ruling says airlines can’t refuse to transport a service animal because of the breed. With Delta too, passengers will need to fill out a form and the staff can still refuse to board a service animal that shows aggressive behavior.
In December 2020, the DoT announced that emotional support animals will no longer be considered service animals. In this new ruling, a service animal was defined as “a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability.”
United Airlines was also not far behind in sharing new service animal policies and informed that emotional support animals will be treated as pets. Service animals are allowed in the cabin and would need to be in control of their owners or handlers. Other guidelines include animal behavior, documentation, and seating. For those who have booked travels with an emotional support animal, United will honor bookings until February 28.
JetBlue has also confirmed that it won’t accept emotional support animals after February and passengers will have to bring them on board as pets.
So from next month, you will have to pay extra to bring their companions on board (Delta, American, JetBlue, and United charge $125 per carrier one way; Southwest charges $95). It is estimated that airlines will make $59.6 million a year in pet fees with this new rule and it has already started a Twitter war. Pet owners criticized these policies in the wake of airline bailouts by the federal government and defenders sided with airlines, reminding travelers that they can still bring their pets on board by paying a fee.
Travel is unpredictable these days, so before you book your next travels, make sure you read these new emotional support animal policies to avoid more surprises (or expenses).
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PM Modi announces National Health ID on Independence Day
August 17, 2020 August 17, 2020 3 min read Trisha Upadhyay
During the speech of Independence Day, PM Narendra Modi announced about the National Health ID. It allows every individual to keep track of their health details.
“From today, a major campaign is being launched in which technology will play a big role. The National Digital Health Mission is being launched today. This will bring a new revolution in India’s health sector and it will help reduce problems in getting treatment with the help of technology,” he said.
What is Health ID?
National Health ID will be a digitalized form of all health-related information of an individual such as medication, diagnoses, disease etc. It links to a phone number or Aadhar number of the individual. Thus it depends on the consent of the person whether he wants to link all his detail on the ID.
“Every Indian will be given a health ID, which will work as each Indian’s health account,” Modi said. He added that it would ease problems faced by citizens in getting healthcare access.
How will the health ID function?
According to Prime Minister Modi, This ID will have the prescription made to an individual by the doctor along with the reports. Modi called this ID as ‘swasth khata’ or health book which will be available in the form of a mobile app most approximately.
It will be applicable across States, hospitals with data being safe and protected. This project will empower the health infrastructure in India.
Though, It isn’t compulsory to associate with this scheme. It depends on the individual’s consent only.
The idea of health ID first came to surface in 2017 in the National Health Policy. In June 2018 Niti Ayog proposed a digital health ID to reduce medical errors and empower the medical infrastructure.
Narendra Modi also spoke on the battle with the Corona Virus and how the country is coping with the same. He announced that there are plans for the mass production of vaccines once a vaccine gets a green signal.
He ensured that there is a prepared roadmap to provide vaccines to every individual of the nation in the shortest period . There are three vaccines that are in different stages of trials in the country.
Modi ensured the nation that we will win against this pandemic.
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Entertainment India Investigative
Sushant’s Case: Thousands of accounts created to disgrace Mumbai Police
October 6, 2020 October 6, 2020 3 min read Trisha Upadhyay
The Cyber Police have registered FIR against unknown people for an attempt to disgrace Mumbai Police through fake accounts after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput.
Mumbai police’s cyber unit found that posts were uploaded on social media platforms from different countries, such as Italy, Japan, Poland, Slovenia, Indonesia, Turkey, Thailand, Romania and France. Mumbai police commissioner has asked the cyber cell to investigate and register cases under the Information Technology Act.
“The number could be 8,000 or 80,000. At present it’s difficult to determine the exact number of such accounts that used proxy servers to show they were being posted from foreign locations,” a police officer said.
Although Mumbai police are looking into the fake online account mater, “The fake accounts will be in thousands. We are collecting details. These accounts were used to do false propaganda and to malign the police force for the last few months,” city police chief Parambir Singh said.
Investigations by cyber police have found that since the actor’s suicide, fake accounts were created to demoralise Mumbai police. “The police commissioner has been trolled with abusive contents on the official Instagram handle and other official online media handles. And all the abusive messages to Mumbai police were hashtagged with the late actor’s name,” said a police officer.
Reacting to reports of AIIMS having ruled out the possibility of murder, Singh said, “We had investigated this case very professionally. The CBI has created a panel of AIIMS doctors who have justified our investigation and the findings of Cooper hospital and forensic laboratory. Except for a few people, nobody else was aware of our investigation still many have criticized the investigation.”
Mumbai cyber DCP Rashmi Karandikar told TOI, “There are multiple fake social media account holders trolling the Mumbai police commissioner on different platforms and are using abusive language against him and the force. Hence an FIR has been registered against those account holders under Section 67 of IT Act,” she said. “Earlier, an FIR was registered on September 2 against a suspect who used a morphed image of the official Twitter account of Mumbai police commissioner and through it posted derogatory contents. We have started the probe in both matters,” said Karandikar.
“Initially, the cyber police had asked to block all the accounts and the messages. Now we have started collecting details of accounts,” an officer said.
The fake accounts were used to troll the police commissioner’s social media handle with hashtags like #JusticeForSSR and #SushantConspiracyExposed.
The unknown account holders have been booked under the Information Technology Act for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form. The offence attracts a maximum punishment of 5 years and with fine which may extend to Rs 5 or 10 lakh.
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For veggies and vegans, tofu is an indispensable staple, offering a protein-filled meat substitute that can be easily seasoned and flavored. But there are many different types of tofu, and if you’re new to this culinary subculture, then you’re probably wondering if there’s any real difference between soft vs firm tofu.
Well, the answer is yes, there is a big difference! In fact, different kinds of tofu are better suited to different recipes and different styles of cooking.
Tofu is primarily characterized by its water content and texture, and it’s ranked in terms of its relative softness or firmness. There’s silken, soft, extra-firm tofu, and many more in between. In this article, we explore the major types of tofu and the differences between them!
What is Tofu, and How Many Types of Tofu Are There?
While tofu has only recently gone mainstream in the west, tofu has been an important ingredient in Eastern cooking for thousands of years. Tofu has a long history, but the method of preparation has changed little over many centuries.
First of all, tofu is made from soybeans. The process is surprisingly similar to cheesemaking, as soybeans are first turned into soymilk before a coagulation product is added. This produces a soy curd, which is separated from the liquid and pressed into blocks.
The result is tofu, which can then be used in soups, stews, stir fries, and many more recipes. The process can be varied to produce different types of tofu with varying water content, and therefore varying degrees of softness.
The softer the tofu, the more water content there is remaining. This gives you the chance to prepare a wide range of different textures and consistencies, but generally speaking, there are two major types of tofu. These are silken tofu and regular tofu (with silken being the softest).
On top of this, silken and regular types of tofu are further divided up depending on their relative softness to one another. This gives us soft tofu, medium tofu, firm tofu, extra-firm tofu, and even super-firm tofu.
Let’s take a look at these in more detail!
What is Silken Tofu?
As far as tofu firmness and tofu texture go, silken tofu is the softest type of tofu you can find at the store. Silken tofu is prepared without curdling, which gives you a very soft consistency.
Silken tofu is so soft that it’s silky, which is where it gets the name. A block of silken tofu is almost creamy in texture and taste, so silken tofu is often used as a substitute for dairy products. You can use silken tofu for baking cakes, mixing up smoothies, or preparing rich vegan sauces.
You’ll find that soft silken tofu and firm silken tofu are the most popular varieties. Soft silken tofu is the creamiest, making it the best option for sauces. Firm silken is great for dishes – such as vegan cheesecake – that need a soft yet slightly firmer consistency.
Silken tofu in all its forms is very delicate, so it’s not suited for frying, grilling, or for any other recipes that require it to keep its shape. You don’t need to press silken tofu, as the liquid is integral to silken tofu recipes.
What is Regular Tofu?
Regular tofu also comes in a variety of different consistencies, with the most common being soft, medium, firm, and extra-firm. Regular tofu is sold in blocks, which are then pressed into shape in bulk before being divided up for sale.
The relative softness is determined by your tofu’s water content. The longer the block of tofu has been pressed during the production process, the less water content there will be and the firmer the resulting tofu will be.
But if you’re wondering, “Is silken tofu the same as soft tofu?”, it’s important to note that they are actually quite different. All regular tofu, no matter how “soft” it is, is much more firm than any silken tofu.
However, regular soft tofu isn’t quite like regular firm tofu. Soft tofu is best used for stews or soups where it needs to be boiled. You can also use soft, unpressed tofu for smoothies or cakes (like silken tofu). If you try to fry or grill soft tofu, however, it’s going to crumble and fall apart rather quickly.
Firm tofu and extra-firm tofu have an almost meat-like texture, making them a perfect meat substitute when they are flavored and seasoned. Firm tofu and extra-firm hold their shape incredibly well when they are cooked at high temperatures. These types of tofu are perfect for frying, deep-frying, and grilling. You can prepare batter tofu tempura, tofu burgers, and much more with a firm and extra-firm tofu.
Does Tofu Need to Be Pressed Before Cooking?
Tofu is pressed as part of the production process (that’s how it can be sold in solid blocks), but depending on your recipe, you might need to press your tofu more before cooking.
The pressing process removes excess liquid from the tofu, but it’s important to know both when to press tofu and how to press tofu. Silken tofu doesn’t require pressing, but for silken tofu recipes, you need to retain that silky texture. Pressing silken tofu simply creates a watery mess.
However, you do need to pressregular tofu before cooking. This gives the tofu a much less watery consistency, which is good for the shape and the taste. We often season and marinade regular tofu to make it taste better, and removing the water allows the tofu to better absorb other flavors.
You can press your regular tofu with a dedicated tofu press. To use it, simply place your block of tofu inside the press, then leave it to press and drain for 20 minutes. If you don’t have a press yet, then you can wrap your block of tofu in paper towels before pressing down firmly with a heavy object (kitchen objects such as a chopping board or heavy skillet work well).
What Are the Best Types of Tofu?
While different types of tofu might seem very similar at first glance, you’ll quickly realize just how pronounced the difference between silken tofu vs soft tofu really is – especially as you start cooking with tofu regularly,
For that reason, there’s no one correct answer or easy way to quantify what the best types of tofu are. It really depends on what you are cooking and how you want to prepare it.
As an example, if you need a dairy substitute, then you’ll want the soft, silky, creamy texture of silken tofu. You can use silken tofu for baking, sauces, and smoothies. On the other hand, if you’re looking to make tofu burgers, then the best tofu type is going to be extra-firm tofu. In that case, you’ll need your tofu to keep its shape, absorb the seasoning, and not fall apart on the barbecue!
In the end, it’s good that there are many different types of tofu, because it makes tofu a versatile vegan-friendly option. Any budding tofu chef needs to know the difference between them, so be sure to experiment with them in the kitchen – and why not bookmark this handy guide to types of tofu for later?
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Elluminate Launches VCS 2.0 for Multipoint Video Collaboration
Elluminate has launched an update to Elluminate VCS, a video conferencing and collaboration tool designed for use by academic institutions. The new 2.0 release includes a range of interface improvements, as well as new collaboration capabilities.
Elluminate VCS is a software tool designed to provide educators and students with live, collaborative video capabilities and interoperability with existing videoconferencing tools. The multipoint video solution is designed to allow academic institutions to use legacy videoconferencing infrastructure in conjunction with desktop PCs.
The system offers HD resolutions and frame rates up to 30 FPS. On a single node, it supports up to 50 concurrent multipoint users; it can support up to 200 concurrent users on four nodes. It includes 150 floating user licenses, with support for up to 2,500 floating licenses per deployment.
Beyond videoconferencing, the system also offers collaborative technologies like chat, whiteboarding, application and desktop sharing, and support for file transfers, among other presentation capabilities.
The new 2.0 release offers:
Improved H.264 support;
A streamlined interface, including drag and drop window manipulation and file import, tool ribbons, and participant search;
Hand-raising capabilities;
Session moderation; and
Support for up to 25 connections in single session.
Elluminate is releasing VCS 2.0 this month. Further information can be found here.
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Inside money, markets, and big tech
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UK money saving expert featured in fake cryptocurrency ads on Instagram — AGAIN!
Despite legal action, con artists keep using unendorsed images
It’s 2020, you’d think by now cryptocurrency scammers would have moved on from using unendorsed celebrity images to peddle their heinous cons. But no.
Earlier this week, Twitter user @peterfinn5252 claimed to have come across new adverts featuring Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis. The adverts claim that a “revolutionary Bitcoin home based opportunity” will change the lives of “thousands of British [sic] forever.”
@MartinSLewis I just came across this on instagram. In view of what you have said in the past I am guessing you are not endorsing this pic.twitter.com/WWQSCLMnkf
— Peter finn (@peterfinn5252) January 7, 2020
Sadly, though, it won’t. Because the ads are fake.
One of the adverts is mocked up to look like British tabloid newspaper site, the Mirror. But the URL is clearly not related to the Mirror’s real website.
Martin Lewis has already chimed in to debunk the fraudulent advertisements. Responding to @peterfinn5252’s tweet, he confirmed that he isn’t endorsing the adverts. They’re fakes.
Yes. Correct :(
— Martin Lewis (@MartinSLewis) January 7, 2020
Beware these scams. Now on Instagram :( https://t.co/Y6Dj2mNRtJ
In case you didn’t know, Martin Lewis is a household name in the UK, he regularly appears on News, Television, and in the press to comment on financial products such as bank accounts, savings schemes, government incentives, and so on. He sold the website he founded, MoneySavingExpert.com in 2012 for over $133 million.
Nothing new to see here
This is far from the first time that con artists have used fake celebrity endorsements to sell heinous cryptocurrency programs.
Last year, Hard Fork reported on a number of cases from around the world where images of local celebrities were used by con artists to encourage individuals to invest in heinous cryptocurrency products.
In one case, Dutch journalist and television personality Jort Kelder called out one of the scammers directly over Skype. The perp appeared to show little remorse after being rumbled.
Another Dutch TV personality and one of the brains behind the show Big Brother, John de Mol, attempted to sue Facebook over fraudulent Bitcoin adverts that featured his name and image. The case amounted to nothing, as negotiations reached a stalemate.
Given Lewis’ good reputation, he’s often used in these kinds of scams.
Back in April 2018, Lewis said he was personally launching legal action against Facebook over bogus financial get-rich-quick adverts that contained his image, name, and advice he has never endorsed.
The following month, Facebook admitted that it had indeed hosted thousands of fake adverts featuring Lewis.
No matter the legal action taken against social media platforms, it seems scammers will continue to use these illicit tactics to con unwitting victims. At least people appear to be wising up, though.
Published January 8, 2020 — 10:41 UTC
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Schoolboy Q’s ‘Oxymoron’ Shakes & Rattles Hip-Hop
Posted by the vinyl analysis on February 27, 2014 August 27, 2014
Any time Black Hippy member/solorap artist Schoolboy Q has a new project in the works, the underground hip-hop world naturally stirs. Following in the footsteps of TDE teammate Kendrick Lamar, the West-Coast rapper drops his sophomore EP with a bang, [and some bangers]. 2013 was the year of K. Dot and m.A.A.d. City, (deservingly so), but 2014 belongs to Q. The long-awaited studio album from the bucket hat-wearing rapper is 100% street and unapologetically raw—perhaps two of his signature traits that make us squirm, while simultaneously cranking up the volume. The final product is undoubtedly intimidating…sometimes offensive–but as graceful as gangsta rap gets.
Sometimes Schoolboy Q raps quietly about his self-admitted delinquency, and other times he prefers to rub his misbehavior in our faces, his vices on parade for the world to see. [Think of Kendrick, minus the remorse]. Regardless, causing discomfort brings Schoolboy Q delight. The album’s opener, “Gangsta”, is an instance of the latter. An oxymoron in and of itself, the song’s intro features Schoolboy Q’s four-year-old daughter Joy’s voice, our last taste of innocence before unashamed verbal corruption takes ahold. On a beat as reckless as the lyrics, he reintroduces himself and his role in rap in the simplest way possible: “gangsta”. “Let the barrel spin, get blended in, embrace the funk/Groovy as I’m running through your system.” He makes it seem like an option.
Possibly one of the tightest, most pristine tracks is the summer-released single, “Collard Greens”, a Schoolboy Q-Kendrick duet. It doesn’t get much better than this. Production is impeccable, tailor-made for the beat critic’s ears. The rappers blend soul food imagery with talk of riches, and we’re even graced with a tasteof Kendrick’s Spanish-speaking. Though the song and message is so succinct, even borderline rushed, we’re left with two things: a reverence for the West Coast duo and fierce urge to replay.
Other times, listeners get a taste of disorganization. Welcomed onto “Los Awesome”, is Q’s own Black Hippy brother Ab-Soul. He and Q jump on a Bollywood themed instrumental, revved up with drum sample that depletes the song of any calmness.
Schoolboy Q doesn’t self-censor, nor does he attempt to paint a pretty picture of street survival. From stories of slinging coke to cop run-ins to adolescent flashbacks of old-school homemade raps, if the occasion calls for self-sufficiency, Q delivers. (And with a “YAWK, YAWK, YAWK”). It’s claims like “if God won’t help me, this gun will” (“Blind Threats”) that should make us do a double take, but instead are rationalized by our comfort with his violence, “well, it’s Schoolboy Q”. An angry fusion of Tupac and Mobb Deep comes to mind, especially on money-minded bangers like “Break The Bank” and the riotous classic “Yay Yay”.
One thing is for sure: Schoolboy Q’s no Drake when it comes to emotion. The permeating gloom and “hard” quality of his delivery leave little room for love, but lust is the occasional exception. Though the album is devoid of any slow jams, “Studio” comes close, nonchalantly discussing a hookup, adorned with vocal contributions from the neo-soul crooner BJ the Chicago kid.
Oxymoron is a guiltier Habits & Contradictions—ifwe even thought that was possible. Features and collaborations are far from random, with an underlying sense of artistic cohesion that links each song to the next. The stories aren’t the same, but the skills that fill each beat make each one worth the listen. Schoolboy Q doesn’t bring joy on Oxymoron, nor does he fill you with positivity; rather, he flaunts street-born angst and celebrates his sin.
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Lowetide: Danger, heartbreak ahead for Oilers, Ethan Bear in contract situation
By Allan Mitchell Dec 20, 2020 31
Edmonton Oilers defenceman Ethan Bear is in a difficult situation. He delivered a strong rookie season with the team and has reached the end of his entry-level contract. Under ordinary circumstances, he would be looking at a long-term deal for impressive dollars.
This year and the COVID-19-affected salary cap for the NHL will have a major impact on Bear’s new contract. One thing that is important to note: His 2020-21 deal won’t be a reflection of his 2019-20 season or of his actual value.
Bear as a rookie
In my season-ending report cards for the entire team, I gave Bear an A-plus (one of three on the team), noting that he played 36.1 percent of his five-on-five minutes against elite players, with an on-ice goal differential of 25-19 via Puck IQ. He and Darnell Nurse formed the most successful pairing against elites during the year, with coach Dave Tippett relying heavily on the duo when injuries struck Oscar Klefbom and Adam Larsson. Here are the...
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Oregon QB questions, staff moves and fuel for 2021: 20 final thoughts
By Tyson Alger Jan 4, 2021 20
Jordon Scott committed to Oregon sight unseen as part of the Class of 2017 and moved across the country from Florida to play for a coach who left after one season. Scott started as a freshman, stayed at Oregon after Willie Taggart left for Florida State, won a Pac-12 championship, then a Rose Bowl, and decided to come back for his senior season in 2020.
This wasn’t the year he envisioned when he, Thomas Graham Jr., Deommodore Lenoir and Austin Faoliu gathered together inside the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex a year ago to announce their senior year returns.
Graham opted out, the Ducks (4-3) played only seven games, and unlike last year’s senior class that left poetically with a win in Pasadena, Scott arrived for his final collegiate postgame news conference Saturday night coming off a loss, 34-17 to No. 10 Iowa State in the Fiesta Bowl.
That stung, the defensive tackle said.
“We were just flat as a team,” Scott said. “We...
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Pamela Ingram
Designer, Arsenic and Old Lace ended 14th January 1984, Brewhouse Theatre Taunton.
Designer, See How They Run, Taunton Brewhouse 19th December 1979 – 12th January 1980, Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, Taunton.
Designer, Who Killed “Agatha” Christie? 18th October 1978 – March 1979, Ambassadors Theatre, London.
Designer, Who Killed “Agatha” Christie? 28th August 1978 – 3rd November 1979, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, Ambassadors Theatre, London, and other locations.
Designer, The Further Confessions of a Window Cleaner, Barbara Plays Ltd and Mark Furness Ltd 20th June – 5th October 1977, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, Alfred Beck Centre, Hayes, and other locations.
Designer, Anastasia ? – October 1976, Cambridge Theatre, London and Theatre Royal, Bath.
Designer, The Sack Race 25th July – August 1974, Ambassadors Theatre, London.
Designer, At The End Of The Day 3rd October 1973 – March 1974, Savoy Theatre, London.
Designer, The Tilted Scales 1973 – 1974, Bristol Hippodrome.
Designer, George and Margaret, H.M. Tennent Ltd., by arrangement with Arthur Cantor and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford started 21st April 1973, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, Surrey.
Designer, Nightmare Abbey started 7th November 1972, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford.
Designer, The Brass Hat, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre 4th – 22nd July 1972, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford.
Designer, Friends, Romans and Lovers started 16th May 1972, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, Surrey.
Designer, Smilin’ Through, Leslie Grade, in assoc. with Yvonne Araud Theatre, and by arrangement with Bernard Delfont 1971 – July 1972, Bristol Hippodrome and Prince of Wales Theatre, London.
Designer, Lady Frederick 1969 – 1970, Bristol Hippodrome.
Assistant Designer, The Rose and the Ring , Stage Sixty Productions 21st December 1965 – 22nd January 1966, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, Surrey.
Scenery painted by, Thark, Cooney Productions & Enterprises Ltd 13th July – October 1965, Garrick Theatre, London and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford.
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“The Mountain Between Us” (Fox)
By: The Catholic Post - October 6, 2017 - Movie Review
Kate Winslet and Idris Elba star in a scene from the movie "The Mountain Between Us." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Fox)
The proverbial call of the wild sounds more like a roar in this trapped-in-the-wilderness survival drama, based on Charles Martin’s 2011 novel and directed by Hany Abu-Assad.
Two strangers meet at an Idaho airport, anxious after their respective flights are canceled. A photojournalist (Kate Winslet) persuades a dashing surgeon (Idris Elba) to charter a plane to Denver, where a flight connection awaits. The bumbling pilot (Beau Bridges) has a stroke and the plane crashes on a remote snowy mountaintop. The passengers, along with the pilot’s dog, struggle to survive against incredible odds as predicable romantic sparks fly.
A scary airplane crash, moments of peril, a nongraphic sex scene, two profane oaths. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 — parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
Click here for full reviews of this and other current movies by Catholic News Service.
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Home Happening Now BREAKING: DOJ Hits Back at NY Times and Wapo for Mueller Report...
BREAKING: DOJ Hits Back at NY Times and Wapo for Mueller Report Stories
Jon Heltzel
The DOJ is firing back at another “anonymous source” report claiming AG Barr is covering up damning items in the Mueller report.
The New York Times reported that some of Robert S. Mueller III’s investigators have told associates that Attorney General William P. Barr failed to adequately portray the findings of their inquiry and that they were more troubling for President Trump than Mr. Barr indicated, according to government officials and others familiar with their simmering frustrations.
Another disgruntled anonymous source.
You know, like the ones proven wrong every single time.
I'd bet a good amount of money it's Weissmann who Barr kicked out of DOJ like a dog. https://t.co/l8NG652P8J
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) April 4, 2019
From Daily Caller
The Justice Department explained why it did not release summaries included in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report after reports surfaced that his investigators felt Attorney General Bill Barr mischaracterized their findings.
“Every page of the ‘confidential report’ provided to Attorney General Barr on March 22, 2019, was marked ‘May Contain Material Protected Under Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e)’ — a law that protects confidential grand jury information — and therefore could not be publicly released,” Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said in a statement to The Daily Caller.
Kupec continued, “Given the extraordinary public interest in the matter, the attorney general decided to release the report’s bottom-line findings and his conclusions immediately — without attempting to summarize the report — with the understanding that the report itself would be released after the redaction process.”
The DOJ statement comes after The New York Times and The Washington Post reportedthat associates of some investigators on Mueller’s team are troubled by Barr’s declaration that they found that President Donald Trump did not obstruct justice during the course of the Russia investigation.
The Washington Post reported Wednesday evening that “some members of the office were particularly disappointed that Barr did not release summary information the special counsel team had prepared,” adding that “summaries were prepared for different sections of the report, with a view that they could made public.”
DOJ pushed back against the notion of selective release, saying, “As the Attorney General stated in his March 29 letter to Chairman Graham and Chairman Nadler, he does not believe the report should be released in ‘serial or piecemeal fashion.’ The Department continues to work with the Special Counsel on appropriate redactions to the report so that it can be released to Congress and the public.”
Barr previously wrote to Congress that Mueller’s team found no evidence of collusion and not enough evidence to recommend prosecution of obstruction of justice. The attorney general later revealed, “I anticipate we will be in position” to release the redacted report “by mid-April, if not sooner.”
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View from The Hill
Analysis and commentary on Australian politics
Peter Dutton: a menace to multicultural Australia
May 18, 2016 5.35am EDT
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
University of Canberra provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU.
In some quarters Peter Dutton’s outburst, which was quickly challenged on points of fact, will resonate politically. Mick Tsikas/AAP
If Malcolm Turnbull is returned he should tip Peter Dutton out of the immigration portfolio when he chooses his new ministry.
Dutton’s Tuesday comments, when targeting the Greens proposal for a big increase in the refugee intake, were crude and inflammatory.
He said on Sky that many of these people wouldn’t be literate or numerate even in their own language; they’d take Australian jobs or “languish in unemployment queues and on Medicare” (never mind the contradiction), and there would be a huge cost. “There’s no sense in sugar-coating that, that’s the scenario,” he said.
The first point to remember is that we are talking about people judged to be refugees, not unprocessed asylum seekers. We aren’t talking about people coming in boats but through the proper entrance channels. Dutton, however, tried to conflate increasing refugee numbers and boats restarting.
In some quarters Dutton’s outburst, which was quickly challenged on points of fact, will resonate politically. In others, it will flow on to sully the reputation of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Turnbull did not slap down Dutton. That’s what surely his instinct would have tempted him to do. But in the election “whatever it takes” prevails. Border control is being relentlessly pushed by the Coalition against Labor, although government sources reject suggestions Dutton was put up to what he said.
The Prime Minister adopted the barrister’s approach. He praised Dutton extravagantly, as an “outstanding immigration minister”, on both border security and resettlement.
He then extensively reworked and redirected the thrust of Dutton’s argument into more palatable, less provocative terms, essentially saying that we can’t take more refugees than we can properly look after and integrate.
Turnbull stressed that illiteracy and innumeracy were not the fault of the people concerned; he dwelt on Australia’s success as a multicultural society; he slid away from the claim the extra people would be taking Australian jobs.
But notably, he strongly tied the success of the refugee intake back to the hard line on border control. “We should never forget this - our success as a multicultural nation …depends upon secure borders. Australians accept this high level of refugee intake, this large humanitarian program because they know that their government keeps their borders secure”, which he claimed Bill Shorten would not.
Turnbull’s celebration of Dutton as an “outstanding” immigration minister is a combination of shocking and ridiculous. Turnbull himself has not chosen to have him on cabinet’s national security committee. Dutton is a divisive figure, most at home with political head kicking and policies of enforcement. The toughness required of a minister overseeing border control does not preclude having some compassion, which Dutton does not show.
We hear little from Dutton about the nation-building that used to be proudly at the heart of the immigration portfolio in earlier days.
Dutton is rarely put under much pressure. For example he faced very limited questioning after a federal court judge recently found against him over the transfer of a woman in need of an abortion from Nauru to Papua New Guinea, where abortion is very difficult to obtain. One would have thought an adverse court judgement against a minister would have been a much bigger deal in the media than it was.
At present Australia’s humanitarian intake is 13,750, set to be 18,750 by 2018-19. This is apart from the 12,000 refugees from the Syrian conflict Australia has agreed to accept. The Greens want the humanitarian program boosted to 40,000, and 10,000 of the existing places in the skilled intake set aside for refugees – a total of 50,000 refugees annually. Labor’s policy is to increase Australia’s annual humanitarian intake to 27,000 by 2025.
As a wealthy country, we should be able to do better than we are, but how much better is a matter over which people will differ. We ought to take as many as we can resettle properly – it would be counterproductive for the refugees and the community to accept more than that.
What number of refugees Australia should take, and could absorb, is a perfectly reasonable debate. What’s vital is that the debate is conducted in a measured manner.
Comments delivered in an incendiary way are downright dangerous. Our multiculturalism works very well but it is delicate as well. Negative reflections on refugees risk undermining it. To say nothing of what they do to the morale of those in the refugee community.
Many of these people struggle, caught between the traumas of their past lives and the tests posed by their new ones.
But there are a lot of success stories too. Labor on Wednesday delved back to remind people of examples such as Frank Lowy, who has spoken movingly of the dreadful memories from his early life experience.
Plenty of recent refugees have made good and their experiences should be an inspiration to those following them here and to the general community.
Malcolm Turnbull
May 17, 2016 Politically, Turnbull’s affluence can be used to feed different narratives
May 23, 2016 The Liberals may have miscalculated Turnbull’s electoral appeal
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Lionel 264 Operating Fork Lift Set 1957-60
Lionel made the 264 forklift set from 1957-60. Everything included with the set is shown above except the box inserts.
This is a neat accessory. the forklift grabs a single wood beam from the 6264 flatcar, and backs away from the car. It then pivots to the side and drops the beam. It does this until one side of the car is unloaded. Then you have to move the train a few inches to allow the forklift to unload the other side of the car.
The Lionel 6264 flatcar with lumber is packed in the box without it’s own box. The 6264 box is worth 4-5 times as much as the flatcar itself.
There are no variations of the flatcar or forklift set.
Lionel 163 Target Signal 1961-69
The 163 signal replaced the 253 and 353 signals in the Lionel line up.
It has a single light showing. Compare this to the Lionel 253.
There are no variations of the 163 signal.
Note it would be easy to exchange the light hoods on a 353 and 163 signals to get base variations. The
253 and 353 always have black and tan bases, the 163 always has a plain tan base.
Lionel 253 Block Signal 1956-59
Lionel introduced the 253 block signal in 1956. The all plastic signal replaced the earlier metal 153 signal.
The 253 has a stop mechanism in it. The train approaches a red signal and stops. A timer in the base of the signal hold the train. When the time is up, the signal turns green and the train goes on it’s way.
The same signal WITHOUT the stop mechanism is a 353. A similar signal was made with ONE lamp showing called a 163. The 163 has two bulbs, but a different head. Here’s a page showing the Lionel 163 Signal.
Lionel 2461 Flat with Transformer 1947-48
Lionel intorduced the 2461 transformer flatcar in 1947. The gray base is diecast metal, and the transformer is plastic. The first cars were made with red transformers. Later production runs had black transformers. Red is harder to find and more desirable.
The insulators on top of the transformer are usually broken. On the car above the two on the right are broken off.
Replacement insulators are available and are easy to install. Original insulators are translucent white plastic. Reproduction insulators are dense white plastic and are flat colored.
Lionel 2460 Crane Car 1946-50
The 2460 crane is Lionel’s most realistic crane. It replaced the 2660 and 2560 tin bodied cranes in the O gauge line.
The 2460 has diecast frame, six wheel trucks, and operates. The knob on the back of the cab raises and lowers the boom. The knob on the side raises and lowers the hook.
Lionel made 2 variations of the 2460 crane- black cab as shown above and gray cabs. Gray is worth more.
The black cranes are still quite popular and are very common.
In 1951, Lionel replaced the six wheel trucks with regular four wheel trucks and renumbered the crane as the 6460.
Lionel 2458 Boxcar 1945-48
The 2458 boxcar is a carry over from the prewar 2758 boxcar. In fact in 1945, the 2458 number appeared only on the box. The car was still lettered as a 2758.
The earliest 2458 boxcars came with whirley wheels and flying shoe trucks. See Lionel 2452 Gondola for information on early postwar trucks.
There are no variations of this car. It’s all metal and a good looking car, so still has some desirability to operators.
Note: The ends of the 2758 and 2458 boxcar are diecast metal. This metal sometimes degrades. So when considering one for purchase make sure the ends are sound. These cars are common enough that there is no reason to buy one in poor condition.
Lionel 2452 Gondola 1945-47
The 2452 gondola was Lionel’s first plastic bodied train. The 2954 semi scale boxcar and the Madison cars introduced in 1940 were made of Bakalite. Bakalite is molded from granulated material. The material is compressed and heated to form the car.
The 2452 is made of a dense styrene plastic. Styrene is molded by forcing liquid material into a mold.
Anyway, the 2452 gondola comes in two basic versions. The O gauge 2452 has brakewheels and came with wooden barrels. The 0-27 gauge 2452X has no brakewheels, and didn’t come with barrels.
There are a lot of different versions of this car having to do with the mold – earliest bodies have three round holes in the floor, while later bodies have a large rectangular hole. The holes are for the electronic receiver used on the 4452 gondola.
There is also a lettering variation. The G27 is either small or large. Large is later. None of the variations mentioned above effect the value of the car.
There is another variation that does effect the value. The trucks. The 1945 cars come with flying shoe trucks. The pick up for the uncoupler is open. Later cars have a metal plate under the entire truck to provide support for the shoe.
Two versions of flying shoe trucks were made. The earliest versions have wheels with spirals on the backs – “Whirley wheels,” while later flying shoe trucks have plain backs. Plain backs are shown above.
Flying shoe trucks double the value of this car. A 2452 with whirley wheels can bring 4 times the value of a standard gondola.
Lionel 2411 Flatcar 1946-48
Lionel introduced the 2411 flat car in 1946 as the “Big Inch Pipe Car.” It came with 3 blackened steel pipes. These pipes are hard to find today and are worth more than the flatcar.
In 1947 and 1948 the 2411 came with wood logs. These are the same logs used on the 164 log loader.
The 2411 flatcar is very common. It’s all metal and looks great with any train. In 1949 the trucks were changed to the new magnetic type and the 2411 was renumbered to the 6411.
Lionel Boston And Maine GP-9 Loco 2359 1961-62 and 2346 1965-66
Lionel made the 2359 Boston and Maine GP-9 in 1961 and 62. There are no variations of this loco.
As a side note, the difference between a GP-7 and a GP-9 is the addition of a dynamic brake to the top of the cab.
In 1965 the B&M diesel loco reappeared in the catalog as the 2346 loco. The 2346 Boston and Maine GP-9 was cataloged in 1965 and 66.
Both versions are equally available today and neither commands a premium.
Lionel 2338 Milwaukee GP-7 Loco 1955-56
Lionel introduced the 2339 Milwaukee geep in 1955. The first versions came with an orange cab. Later versions came with a black cab as shown above.
I think the orange cab versions come in boxes marked 2338X. The orange cab is worth considerably more than the black cab.
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Rich Galen
Campaigns and Elections
Posted: Jan 30, 2012 11:57 AM
The polls in South Carolina and Florida have been the statistical equivalent of a zero-gravity flight: Sharp climbs followed by steep dives.
On Monday January 16 - five days before the South Carolina Primary, Mitt Romney was leading Newt Gingrich by an average of 7.7 percentage points in the polls released since Friday.
By Tuesday, that lead had increased to an average of 13.3 percentage points.
Then came the Tuesday night debate in Myrtle Beach which was Newt Gingrich's best debate performance of the year.
By Thursday, Gingrich was leading in three polls by an average of nearly nine percentage points, while two others had Romney still leading by just over 8 points.
By the way all these numbers are courtesy of RealClearPolitics.com.
If you look at polls, you should not just look at the "head-to-head" numbers; but you should also look at when the polls were "in the field," that is, over what period of time was the polling firm actually making the phone calls.
Polls are not predictive. They demonstrate the state of the race during the time the poll was being taken. The closer to the election, the closer the polling results should be to matching the actual results.
Polls have been moving so quickly, that some polling firms have gone to releasing not just the total number, but revealing what the nightly results were to demonstrate whether a trend was developing over the two or three nights of polling.
For instance, in South Carolina Romney might have been leading in the first night's polling, Gingrich and Romney might have essentially tied in the second night, but Gingrich might have been very strong in the third night.
The total results are the same, but a trend like that would be very interesting to know.
By the time the Thursday night debate had been in Charleston, South Carolina - that was the Marianne Gingrich Debate - Gingrich had solidified his lead, and all three polls released Friday and Saturday had him with a seven point lead.
That represented a 20 point swing toward Gingrich in five days.
The swing grew to nearly 26 percentage points as Gingrich crushed Romney 40.4% to 27.8% when the votes were counted Saturday night.
The early polling in Florida was the exact mirror. Gingrich, in the afterglow of his South Carolina victory, came out of the gate with an average lead of 7.25 percentage points over Romney in polls released Monday and Tuesday.
After a weak debate performance by Gingrich on Tuesday night, polls released on Thursday had flipped to Romney who was leading by eight percentage points in two of them, and seven in a third.
Romney's best debate performance of the season on Thursday night resulted to his leading the three polls released yesterday (Sunday) by an average of 14 percentage points.
A swing of - are you ready - 21 points from Monday to Sunday toward Romney.
National polling has followed the in-state polling over the past 10 days. The Gallup organization has been conducting a five-day tracking poll since early December.
The way a tracking poll works is a polling firm will make some number of calls - say 100 - per night over three, four or, in Gallup's case, five nights. After the total is reached the results are released (either to the campaign if it is a private poll, or to the media if it's public).
Gallup released its numbers after five nights. On the sixth night, they recalculated the results leaving the first night off. On the seventh night they left off the second night's results. What this does is give you a very good sense of the arc of a campaign.
Going into South Carolina Romney had a 37-14 lead in Gallup's national five-day tracking poll. By Thursday the national numbers had change to a Gingrich lead over Romney of 32-24.
By Saturday the Gallup five day tracking poll had closed to a 28-26 lead for Gingrich meaning the later days in the track were strongly for Romney.
The Florida primary will be held tomorrow night and we'll get to compare the polling with the voting.
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Church surmounts crisis, emerges as CP leader
Posted: Feb 01, 2012 5:52 PM
BLACK FOREST, Colo. (BP) -- A church that dwindled to 10 families in the 1990s then rebounded by prayer, faith and diligence has become a perennial leader in Cooperative Program giving in Colorado.
"Growing churches do what non-growing churches refuse to do: pray and work hard," said Bob Bender, pastor of First Baptist Church in Black Forest, located on the cusp of Colorado Springs' urban sprawl. "We strive to make evangelism missions the point of the spear in penetrating the lostness of Colorado."
In a state where missions researchers say 86 percent of the population is unchurched, Bender noted that "you have to be highly relational. You pretty much have to earn the right to talk with someone about their faith.
"Our people are excited about their church and invite others regularly. Most we reach are attending our church as a result of a personal visit."
Horse lovers and professionals worship and serve side by side, some driving up to 30 minutes from all four directions to be involved in "The Happenin' Place" where "it's easy to find God and hard to forget Him."
Despite the members' enthusiasm and an active FAITH visitation program -- which, as the pastor put it, "trains our people to do lifestyle evangelism," Bender said the church recognizes that by itself it cannot reach everyone in the world who needs to hear about God's personal love for them.
"That's where the Cooperative Program comes in," Bender said. "It's our first priority. I believe it is the most effective financial method of doing missions -- certainly ordained by God Himself."
First Baptist gives 10 percent of its undesignated receipts to missions through the Cooperative Program, the Southern Baptist way of providing for the work of the state convention outreach and global missions.
"If I am asking our members to tithe to the budgeted ministries of our church, which I do, then their church should set the example by giving 10 percent to the Cooperative Program," Bender said. "I can only imagine that if every church followed this model, the SBC would have more missions money that we know what to do with. ...
"I've traveled abroad and seen firsthand the effect of our CP dollars," the pastor continued. "I like what CP monies are doing internationally -- holistically, not just evangelism, not just preaching. ... We are not involved in the Cooperative Program because of what we get out of it. We're involved in it because of what we can give through it. ... It's more blessed to give than to receive."
As an Acts 1:8 church, First Baptist is involved in missions and ministry "glocally" -- locally through Vacation Bible Schools in area trailer parks, ministry to the homeless and to those on the wrong side of the law -- and extending outward from there.
"I just believe people should get to hear the Gospel once, before we get to hear it four or five times," Bender said. "That's why we give to the Cooperative Program and go on mission trips."
This year the college group is going to Joplin, Mo., to help in tornado recovery ministries; the youth, to Costa Rica to do Vacation Bible Schools; adults have planned a return evangelistic trip to Peru this year and to Alaska in 2013.
Active involvement in Pikes Peak Baptist Association and the Colorado Baptist General Convention is a given. First Baptist started a church in its association and contributes to multiple associational and state convention endeavors such as the Ponderosa Baptist Conference Center and the Front Range Church Planting Center.
"Colorado needs more churches; they grow faster and reach more people per capita," Bender said. "God's plan to evangelize the world is through congregations. ...
"We're committed to our association and state because 'Together Each Accomplishes More' -- TEAM," the pastor said. "It's the synergism effect. When churches get together, you can get more done."
Getting more done -- meaning, reaching more people with the Gospel -- is of primary importance at First Baptist. They contribute throughout each year -- in addition to ongoing giving through the Cooperative Program -- to the church's World Missions Offering. In 2011, a total of $97,065 was received -- nearly double the offering receipts in 2010.
"I got tired of using money to build bigger and better buildings, buying more buses and other optional amenities while the world is in such need of basic essentials just to survive," Bender said. "We sought to change our priority and perspective and, as a result, we witnessed a most amazing and supernatural outpouring of giving to our World Missions Offering."
The 132 families contributing to the offering each gave an average of $735, "a sacrificial amount for most of our folks as we have no wealthy members," the pastor said. One strategy was "change for change" -- an idea encouraging First Baptist members to put their spare change each day into a missions offering container in their home. By year's end, that change totaled about $100 per person.
Three-minute "mission moments" videos were part of each Sunday morning worship service in November and December, utilizing testimonies and stories from missionaries to show how the World Mission Offering was going to be spent. In addition, a bulletin insert each week communicates First Baptist's fourfold mission-giving strategy: Cooperative Program; direct support of missionaries from the church; World Missions Offering; and mission trips.
The church used the "Jesus Dollar" stewardship concept by giving worship participants 500 $1 bills after studying the parable of the talents. They were to use their dollars to make or sell something, and to give the proceeds to missions. At least $20,000 came in as a result.
"It's amazing what God can do through common, ordinary people who make themselves and their resources totally available to God," Bender said. "God's more interested in our availability than our abilities. ...
"I'm just passionate about stewardship because Jesus was," the pastor said. "When we make our resources -- time, talent, tithes -- available to the Lord, it's amazing what God can do."
Karen L. Willoughby is managing editor of the Louisiana Baptist Message, Dakota Baptist Connections and The Montana Baptist, newspapers for their respective state conventions.
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Supergirl Picked Up for Full Season
By Michael Ausiello / November 30 2015, 6:30 AM PST
Courtesy of CBS
Supergirl will remain airborne through (at least) Spring 2016.
CBS on Monday ordered an additional seven episodes of Greg Berlanti’s super-fun DC drama, bringing its Season 1 total to 20 episodes. Although that’s technically two episodes shy of a traditional full-season order, CBS is calling it a “full season” pickup.
Supergirl premiered in October with 13 million viewers and a 3.1 rating, tying NBC’s Blindspot as this fall’s biggest freshman launch. The show’s numbers have since fallen to Earth, with its most recent episode drawing a series-low 7.2 million/1.5 rating.
CBS notes that Supergirl has improved the year ago time period by 46 percent in viewers and 40 percent in adults 18-49.
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Closer Than You Think: Top 15 Things Romney and Obama Agree On
Bruce A Dixon,
President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Mitt Romney. (Photos: Christopher Dilts / Obama for America, Gage Skidmore)Too much agreement between Republicans and Democrats has always been bad news for those at the bottom of America’s class and racial totem poles.
Back in 1875, Frederick Douglass observed that it took a war among the whites to free his people from slavery. What then, he wondered, would an era of peace among the whites bring us? He already knew the answer. Louisiana had its Colfax Massacre two years earlier. A wave of thousands upon thousands of terroristic bombings, shootings, mutilations, murders and threats had driven African Americans from courthouses, city halls, legislatures, from their own farms, businesses and private properties and from the voting rolls across the South. They didn’t get the vote back for 80 years, and they never did get the land back. But none of that mattered because on the broad and important questions of those days there was at last peace between white Republicans and white Democrats —- squabbles around the edges about who’d get elected, but wide agreement on the rules of the game.
Like Douglass, the shallow talking heads who cover the 2012 presidential campaign on corporate media have noticed out loud the remarkable absence of disagreement between Republican and Democratic candidates on many matters. They usually mention what the establishment likes to call “foreign policy.” But the list of things Republicans and Democrat presidential candidates agree on, from coddling Wall Street speculators, protecting mortgage fraudsters and corporate wrongdoers to preventing Medicare For All to so-called “foreign policy,” “free trade,” “the deficit” “clean coal and safe nuclear power” and “entitlement reform,” is clearly longer and more important than the few points of mostly race and style, upon which they disagree.
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15. Although unemployment is the highest it’s been since the Great Depression, the federal government should NOT enact any sort of WPA-style program to put millions of people back to work. Under Democrat Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s, Depression-era unemployment was tackled head on by direct federal hiring to dig subways, build roads, schools, parks, sewers, recreational facilities and public buildings. Oblivious of this history, Democrat Barack Obama maintains that only the private sector can or should create jobs.
14. Medicare, Medicaid and social security are “entitlements” that need to be cut to relieve what they call “the deficit.” Republicans have been on record for this since forever, though they claim not to want to mess with the Medicare people already over 65 are getting. One of the first acts of the Obama presidency was to appoint a bipartisan panel stacked with “deficit hawks” like Republican Allan Simpson and Democrat Erskine Bowles to recommend raising retirement ages and cutting back Medicaid, Medicare and social security, and pass a law directing Congress to have an up or down no-amendments vote on its recommendations. Fortunately the “cat food commission”, as it was called, was deadlocked and offered none. But Obama and top Democrats, most recently House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi continue to express their readiness for some kind of “grand compromise” with Republicans on this issue.
13. Climate change treaties and negotiations that might lead to them should be avoided at all costs. The differences between them are only style. Democrats admit that climate change exists and is man-made, Republicans say it’s a myth. But both ignored the Kyoto protocol and Obama like Bush before him, has worked tirelessly to delay, derail and boycott any actual talks that might lead to constructive international climate change agreements.
12. NAFTA was such a great thing it really should be extended to Central and South America and the entire Pacific rim. Again, there are differences in style. On the 2008 campaign trail, Obama sometimes mumbled about renegotiating parts of NAFTA, and such. But even before the primaries were done, press reports had him assuring the Canadian government this was only campaign rhetoric, raw meat for the rubes. In four years he has pushed NAFTA-like “free trade” corporate rights agreements with South Korea, most of Central America and is now secretly hammering out something called the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
11. Banksters and Wall Street speculators deserve their bailouts and protection from criminal liability, but underwater and foreclosed homeowners deserve nothing. Well, maybe not exactly nothing. Republicans think underwater homeowners deserve blame for forcing banksters to offer millions of fraudulent high-interest loans were then re-sold to investors around the world. Democrats think underwater homeowners deserve empty promises of help that never quite arrives for most of the foreclosed, the about-to-be foreclosed, their families and communities. But both agree on free money for banksters and speculators but no moratorium on foreclosures and no criminal investigations of mortgage and securities fraud.
10. Palestinians should be occupied, dispossessed and ignored. Iran should be starved and threatened from all sides. Cuba should be embargoed, and Americans prohibited from going there to see what its people have done in a half century free of Yankee rule. Black and brown babies and their parents, relatives and neighbors should be bombed with drones in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and similar places. The politicians and corporate commentators have a misleading name for this. They call it “foreign policy.” The realistic term for it is global empire.
9. Africa should be militarized, destabilized, plundered and where necessary, invaded by proxy armies like those of Rwanda, Ethiopia, Burundi or Kenya, or directly by Western air and ground forces, as in Libya. President Georgia Bush announced the formation of AFRICOM, the US military command for the continent which has officially swallowed all US civilian diplomatic presence. But only a black US president, even under the cover of “humanitarian war” could have invaded an African nation and openly dispatched special forces to Central Africa.
8. US Presidents can kidnap citizens of their own or any nation on earth from anyplace on the planet for torture, indefinite imprisonment without trial or murder them and neighboring family and bystanders at will. To be perfectly fair, there are distinctions between Republicans and Democrats here that don’t amount to differences. Republicans Cheney and Bush got their lawyers to say these things were OK and did them. Democrat Obama got Congress to enact “laws” giving these acts a veneer of fake legality, something a Republican probably could not have done.
7. Oil and energy companies, and other mega-polluters must be freed to drill offshore almost everywhere, and permitted to poison land and watersheds with fracking to achieve “energy independence”. The Republicans say “drill baby drill” but it seems only Democrats can chill out enough supposed “environmentalists” to make this happen. Obama campaigned on restricting offshore drilling four years ago, and reversed himself just before the BP oil disaster in the Gulf. The White House cooperated with BP in lying to the public about the extent of the disaster and has shielded BO from paying anything like the value of actual damages incurred to livelihoods, human lives and the environment.
6. The FCC should not and must not regulate telecoms to ensure that poor and rural communities have access to internet, or to guarantee network neutrality. Republicans have always been in favor of digital redlining, against network neutrality. Barack Obama claimed on the campaign trail he’d take a back seat to nobody in guaranteeing network neutrality. But he appointed as FCC chair a man who helped write the infamous Telecommunications Act of 1995, which gave away the government-built internet backbone to a handful of immensely powerful telecoms like AT&T and Comcast, and flatly reversed himself on network neutrality. The Department of Justice was forced to stop the ATT-T-Mobile merger by a storm of public outrage, but approved the Comcast-NBC deal.
5. Of course there really ARE such things as “clean coal” and “safe nuclear energy”. Again these are things Republicans have always pretended to believe. At the 2008 Democratic convention Democrat Barack Obama joined them, declaring he intended to be the president of “clean coal and safe nuclear energy.” Obama is building a wave of 33 nuclear plants across the country, the first two in mostly black and poor communities of Georgia and South Carolina where leaky existing nukes are causing cancer epidemics. The people know these things are myths. But Republican and Democratic candidates for office, all the way down to state and county officials seem not to.
4. Immigrants must be jailed and deported in record numbers. To be really fair, one should note that on this issue Republicans talk a mean game about sending them all back and jailing tens or hundreds of thousands along the way. But only President Obama has walked the walk, deporting over a million immigrants in his term in office, often with little or no due process and after housing many for months in atrocious privatized immigration prisons.
3. No Medicare For All. Forget about it eliminating the Medicare age requirement so that all Americans would qualify.. Republicans never wanted Medicare even for seniors, let alone everybody. Six or seven years ago Illinois State Senator Obama was telling audiences that if they elected Democrats to Congress, the Senate and the White House, they’d get single payer health care. But once in office he excluded Medicare for All from the proposals on the table, and enacted a national version of Massachusetts RomneyCare, requiring everybody to purchase private health insurance or be penalized.
2. No minimum wage increases for you, no right to form a union, no right to negotiate or strike if you already have a union, and no enforcement or reform of existing labor laws. Again, Republicans have always opposed minimum wage laws. Obama promised to boost the minimum wage his first two years in office, while he still had majorities in the House and Senate. But he didn’t do this, or pass legislation beefing up the right to organize unions, which has been eroded under Democrat and Republican administrations alike.
1. The 40 year war on drugs must continue, and even mention of the prison state is unthinkable. There are 2.3 million people in US prisons and jails today, a per capita total that beats the world. Politicians of both parties wag their fingers in multiple directions. But as Michelle Alexander points out, if the US prison population were rolled back to say, only 1 million, the level it was about 1980, this would mean one million jobs, as contractors, sheriffs, cops, bailiffs, judges and functionaries of all kinds would have to go out and find real jobs.
The rabbit hole goes still deeper. We didn’t have to stop at these fifteen points of Democrat-Republican agreement, but you get the idea. Just as in Frederick Douglass’s day, the more Democrats and Republicans agree, the worse it is for the rest of us.
There was a time when black America had its own principles, and formed the immovable leftmost rock of the American polity. But in the 21st century, that rock has been dissolved by a tide of corporate money. With the rise of a cohort of black corporate Democrats and a right wing black Democrat in the White House there is no longer even any vaguely leftish influence on Democratic party politics. The House Progressive Caucus is the biggest in Congress, with over seventy members, but is powerless and irrelevant. Except for stylistic flourishes, the music they listen to and the color of some faces, the differences between Republicans and Democrats seem to exist mostly in political marketing campaigns and inside our own heads.
Bruce A Dixon
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Book Review: Everyman & Other Miracle and Morality Plays
Art has always been a powerful medium. Some see it as a form of protest, injecting their political thought, to convince others of their ideology (or in this case, instill the fear of God in them), while others see it as another means of expression where political thought isn’t necessary.
Medieval art was no difference. What movies and TV shows are for us today, these plays were for the medieval average Joe and Jane. They were their form of escapism, a distraction from their everyday hard lives.
These plays also worked like fables. There was a lesson to be learned at the end of every tale. And like fables, the protagonist had to go through many obstacles, to realize what was truly important.
Among the few medieval plays that have survived is “Everyman” which this edition heavily focuses on. My advice is that you read every play, not just Everyman.
Each play is a retelling of biblical stories, with some being an original story where protagonist face some sort of obstacle they must overcome with the help of supernatural beings (like with “Everyman”). If these plays had relied solely on scary imagery, the audience would have felt little encouragement to stay through the whole event. Similarly, if the Merchant’s Guild (who financed these plays) had not thrown in something funny, the people would have felt just like they did at church.
The commons were eager for the arrival of the holiday season because it meant they would get to be part of another spectacle. Unlike movies today where you have to pay to see them, these plays were free.
At the time that “Everyman” was released, England had been embroiled in a civil war. The two major branches of the Plantagenet Dynasty, York and Lancaster, been fighting each other off for over three centuries. Although Lancaster had been wiped off, one scion remained.
Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, was seen as the new hope for the House of Lancaster. Those who had fought with his uncle and his fierce queen, fled England and joined him in exile. Henry promised that he would beat Richard and crown himself King, and marry the King’s niece, the Yorkist Princess, Elizabeth Plantagenet. Their union would bring the two sides together, thus, ending the conflict. This oath brought many disaffected Edwardian Yorkists to his side.
After Henry became King of England, there was an outbreak of sweating sickness. People were once again reminded of their stark reality. More than ever, these plays became necessary. They needed something to bring them respite from their everyday hardships.
More than escapism, these plays also offered them a sense of comfort. The common man could see himself in the protagonist, or identify with the other characters and go back home, thinking that like them, if they put enough trust in God, things would get better.
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Book Review: Edward III by W.M. Ormrod
An excellent biography on one of the middle ages greatest kings, Edward III of England. What makes this biography different from others is that it offers a new perspective on Edward without the need of being condescending to other historians and biographers.
Ormrod acknowledges that many of Edward’s policies were innovative, and praises his maverick nature but he points out that much of the former were nothing new. He simply built on what his predecessors had done, altering some of their statues and regulations to ensure a more stable government.
The Edward that emerges from Ormrod’s biography is ambitious, scheming (plotting with the pope and other councilors to get rid of Mortimer) but also pragmatic and a great military commander who had a great team of administrators and above all, a man not afraid to compromise when the occasion called for it. Ormrod also puts his flaws, while a careful administrator and able leader, his taxation crippled many and there were times when he was forced to submit to Parliament’s rule and the commons’ representatives. This is not a sign of weakness, as Edward was a great negotiator and nothing he did came without a price.
The last years of his reign however after his wife and eldest son died, became decadent and this is seen through the demands of the Good Parliament that Ormrod goes over in various sections. I like the narrative, and that he went step by step explaining how each group was relevant in medieval society and how much it influenced or was affected by Edward’s policies. I only wish it had more details, it seemed as if each part was a short summary and he kept repeating himself at times. Nonetheless, it was still a good book.
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Book Review: Los Grandes – Maria Tudor
El libro es mas que otra biografia sobre “Maria la Sanguinaria” como es mejor recordada. Esta biografia es acerca de la Maria historica. Una mujer que nacio en el Palacio de Greenwich en 1516, fue la unica hija que les sobrevivio a sus padres, Enrique VIII y su primera esposa, la Infanta Española Catalina de Aragon. Maria crecio mimada y con un futuro resplandeciente. Su madre era la hija de los Reyes Catolicos y por lo tanto esperaba que su hija heredara el trono de su padre. Sin embargo, la dinastia Tudor era bastante nueva e Inglaterra no tenia bien visto la idea de una Reina gobernante. Maria recibio una educacion de lujo pero esta fue suspendida una vez que Enrique se caso con Ana Bolena, declaro su matrimonio con Catalina nulo, y su hija una bastard.
El libro no excusa las acciones de Maria, pero tampoco da excusas para los otras personas que la rodearon. El siglo XVI era una epoca violenta, mas por los guerras religiosas entre varios grupos Protestantes y Catolicos, y tambien entre el Cristianismo y el Islam. Los autores no buscan dar una nueva interpretacion de Maria, si no reportar los hechos tal y como sucedieron, y presentar su mundo tal y como era. Y a Maria como una mujer que sufrio varias decepciones, las cuales influyeron en su decision de quemar varios Protestantes una vez que ella se volvio Reina. Aunque esto no fue de inmediato, no fue tan popular como se pensaba que iba a ser. Inglaterra estaba cambiando, y su decision de casarse con un hombre once años mas joven que ella, que no fue aceptado por el simple hecho de ser un extranjero, le trajeron muchos problemas. Felipe II, una vez que su padre abdico en su favor en 1556, tuvo menos interes en responder las cartas de su esposa o visitarla.
El libro termina con unas notas tristes, pero duras en cuanta a la vida de esta monarca. Claramente, ponerla como una incompredida heroina y angelita no le hace ningunos favores, pero exagerar su imagen y creer en todo lo negativo (mucho de lo cual era eso: exageracion) tampoco es bueno.
Los Grandes sigue siendo de las mejores ediciones de biografias historicas. No esperaba que me iba a gustar, pero me gusto porque a pesar de estar corta, el libro da a conocer todas los detalles importantes acerca de esta monarca. Tiene una buena documentacion y a la vez entretiene.
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Book Review: Demon’s Brood: A History of the Plantagenet Dynasty by Desmond Seward
The Plantagenet dynasty will never cease to fascinate us. With the recent explosion of novels and TV shows, people have become more interested in them.
In spite of this, historians are careful not to treat their subjects as modern day celebrities. Many insist in treating them as we would any other historical subject, by being as objective as we can be. However, bias will always exist and as much as I enjoyed this biography, I found that the author perpetuates a lot of the old Victorian myths and stereotypes about these kings and queens.
Desmond Seward subscribes to the view that the celebrated heroes of this dynasty who continued to be revered as national icons, only became famous because of their success in battle and being surrounded by good councilors.
He is quick to tear down through the myths of the most famous of them all, Henry V, by pointing out that he was a far cry from the noble and reluctant hero of Shakespeare’s play of the same name when he invaded France. For this, I was grateful. I partly agree with him. When Henry V invaded France, he ordered his men to leave civilians alone but his soldiers being desperate, and to avoid them turning against him, he turned a blind eye to their crimes. When one town refused to open its doors to him, he charged against his inhabitants. The survivors fled to a fortress where it ended up capitulating to Henry V who had little qualms about the fate of the townspeople.
This is cruel behavior but it is the type of behavior you’d expect from a fifteenth century monarch. Classifying him as a murderer, zealot, power-hungry, and amoral while turning a blind eye to similar atrocities other monarchs engaged in, makes little sense
I also noticed that when it comes to searching for evidence to support his views, he engages in confirmation bias by heavily relying on secondary sources. While I can see the value in these, to place them in higher regard than primary sources is problematic. This is largely in part because they come from a later period where the social and religious background had changed, making this person(s) views quite different from someone living in that era.
Do not get me wrong. This is not a bad book. Not at all! But it is not great either. History buffs looking for a good book on the Plantagenets might be disappointed in this one. It is entertaining and accessible for newcomers; something you could consider giving to your students if you are an educator or to a friend if you want to introduce him or her to this era.
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Book Review (Nostalgia edition #1) Murder at the Orient Express
November 11, 2017 November 11, 2017 Carolina CasasLeave a comment
Before watching the movie, read the book! That is the general rule, but it is truer when it comes to detective fiction because there is only so much that an adaptation can fit in, especially when in film.
While I do not wish to compare her fiction with that of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle since the two lived at a different time and place, I feel that I must. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle no doubt inspired many authors, but it was Agatha Christie’s mysteries with her two witty protagonists, Hercules Poirot and Mrs. Marple that did more to popularize the genre of detective fiction.
These last two stand out more than their predecessor because whereas Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s mammoth books tended to drag on, Christie’s mysteries cut straight to the chase. She did not shy away from pointing out the horrible nature of her suspects and victims without being as repetitive as the former.
Hercules Poirot relies purely on logic, being (as Kenneth Branagh who plays him in the recent adaptation of this novel brags) “possibly the best detective” that ever lived. Not apologetic about the arrogance her protagonist displays, Hercules Poirot remains one of the best detectives in fiction. He is not afraid to boast because he knows he can deliver, but he is also a human being subject to his own biases and as he comes closer to uncovering the truth, he’s faced with one the toughest decisions he will ever have to make.
The story centers on an unusual murder at the Orient Express, one of the most luxurious train rides of the last century. Hercules Poirot can’t come to grasp with the reality of the situation. Could there be more than one killer? The evidence suggests that there was more than one murderer, yet the case remains a paradox and with the train stranded, tensions continue to rise. Everyone is a suspect and no one is safe from Poirot’s watchful eye and methodical mind.
The end will leave readers shocked but satisfied as Poirot explains how he solved the case and what he plans to do next.
and the conclusion will be something that will leave everyone satisfied and shocked.
If you do not have time to read the book and prefer to watch the movie first, you can purchase it on kindle and then on audible or start a free trial on the latter to get it for free and after one month cancel your trial. Mystery and suspense readers won’t be disappointed.
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Book Review: Anne Boleyn, Adultery, Heresy, Desire by Amy Licence
November 9, 2017 November 10, 2017 Carolina CasasLeave a comment
To understand Anne Boleyn, we have to know about her world first. Her roots, going back to the very beginning, tracing her family story, her role in the shifting religious climate of the Tudor era and finally, the differing views on women. When it comes to giving these women’s a voice, nobody is more suited for this task than renowned women’s historian, Amy Licence. The past comes alive in her new biography on Henry VIII’s second consort, and the mother to one of the world’s greatest female leaders who ruled England the longest out of all her dynasty, Elizabeth I.
Anne Boleyn lived during a time when many changes were going on. Nobody could have predicted her fall, or how far Henry VIII would have gone to have her. Nevertheless, looking back further, some things about her character start to make more sense.
Like her previous biography on Catherine of Aragon, this is a very detailed book. Highlighting the difference in status and the ever-changing cultural norms regarding gender, religion, and ceremony, she pulls the reader in to the 15th and 16th century eras. Another thing that I enjoyed from this book is that she did not shy away from the brutality and prejudices that characterized these time periods.
We often forget that these were people, subject to the same emotional and physical pain, although the later was augmented two-fold given the time and place they lived in, and the large gamble many of the up-and-coming families like the Boleyns took; nevertheless, something set them apart. They viewed the world through dark-colored lens.
The courts where Anne Boleyn served women like the archduchess Margaret of Austria and Queens Mary (her future husband’s youngest sister when she married Louis XII) and Claude of France, and later Henry’s first queen, Catherine of Aragon, valued order above all else. Decorum and class were everything for these people. Everything had to be structured, otherwise, society would come crumbling down and with it, chaos would reign.
Anne Boleyn was aware of this so she chose to follow the rules unlike her spirited sister Mary. But Anne was spirited in her own way. Instead of giving herself freely to men, be it through pressure or for passion, she preferred to shine by showing off her intellectual attributes. Her etiquette, her subtle playful and comely behavior, her occasional defiance, her passion for the new learning and indulging others, including Henry Percy and later the king, in harmless games of courtly love is what made her into one of the most alluring and interesting women at the Tudor court.
But, and this is something that historians still ask (and will likely continue to ask in the many years to come), is this what she intended? Was Anne Boleyn responsible for her fall? Was she a victim, pawn, or villain, homewrecker, or all of these things neatly wrapped together? Amy Licence doesn’t pretend to know the answer and as the book progresses, she is not about to give a definite answer but merely what she believed happened given what we know so far, and leave the rest for the reader to decide.
This is what a good historian. He or she gives the reader as much information as it is available, separates fact from fiction, primary from secondary sources and explaining the why, what, where, and when of the latter- letting the reader come to his own conclusion.
Anne Boleyn was a woman of many faces. She was a woman who might not have started out as the ambitious and unique ‘it’ girl from fiction, but as things got out of hand, she saw no other way but to play the waiting game and indulge the King. Having a strong moral compass -and another one of self-preservation- she did not let him take her virtue just like that. If the two of them were going to be together, he had to propose something grander. And ultimately that was marriage.
The road to the marriage bed was paved with obstacles, and it didn’t become any easier after she was crowned Queen of England. Anne was the first and only consort ever to be crowned with the crown of St. Edward the confessor -meant only for kings and queen regnants. Henry’s choice for this was not merely because of his passion and adoration for her, it was to symbolize something greater. He was not going to let anybody question their unborn child’s legitimacy, hence, his wife was going to have a coronation unlike something that hadn’t been seen before.
This is what the monarchy meant. Displays of force and splendor -and if there was something that Henry loved most of all, was wasting no expense on the latter.
But things turned sour and the rest as they say is history. Anne Boleyn’s story plays out like a Greek tragedy. A woman who chose to take the reins of her own destiny like her ancestors before her and navigate dangerous waters. Her gamble paid off (in the beginning). But she ended up losing everything. Yet, something of her remained, something which has catapulted her to fame. Her daughter. Elizabeth I is remembered as one of England’s greatest rulers. “Good Queen Bess”, “Virgin Queen” “Glorianna”, there is no shortage of titles that history has bestowed on her. But when it comes to Anne, people are still divided.
How do we view her? How do we judge a woman whose moral ambiguity still troubles many? The answer is simple and sometimes the simplest answer is the best: We view her as a woman of her times, a woman of her status, who rose too high and who was brought down by various factors. Some of them her doing, many of them not. Once we do this, a new picture of Anne starts to emerge -the same one which Amy Licence brings back to life in this stunning biography of one of England’s infamous femme-fatale.
Those of you interested in learning more about women’s lives, the struggles they faced, and how they used their different strengths to survive and fight against the rising tide, will devour this book.
Few historians choose to focus on women’s lives, and on the harsh realities that others had to face. And even fewer historians choose not to shy away from the less than flamboyant details that these people had to face, and this includes women’s hygiene, their ordeals during pregnancy, widowhood, and general views regarding these by the old and new church.
Ultimately, this biography is a great addition to our Tudor history bookshelves and more importantly to women’s history as it reminds us why Anne Boleyn is still relevant, and how easy it is for her story to be misappropriated or distorted. It is a product of the ever changing times just as she was a product of hers.
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Farmers earn extra from seasonal jobs prior to Tet holiday in Ho Chi Minh City
Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 17:57 GMT+7
Two workers carry a buffalo mascot statue at a facility that specializes in making decorations for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre
Many farmers have come to Ho Chi Minh City from the Mekong Delta to find unseasonal jobs at a local facility that specializes in making decorations for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
The farmers, who hail from such localities as Hau Giang, Kien Giang, and Can Tho, have been working at a workshop in outlying Binh Chanh District.
They are in charge of multiple tasks in the manufacturing of decorations and mascot statues inspired by the Year of the Buffalo, which is the zodiacal animal of the next lunar year starting on February 12.
Workers make decorations for Tet holiday at a workshop in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre
These objects are often used to decorate shopping malls in downtown areas to attract more visitors before and during Tet holiday.
To save as much money as possible, the seasonal workers live at their workplace.
They brought along a hammock to sleep at night and a rice cooker to prepare their daily meals.
The income they earn will be used to support their families back in their hometowns as well as prepare for the upcoming farming season.
“The tasks are not very physically demanding but they do require some esthetic skills. We each earn about VND25-35 million [US$1,080-1,510] from these temporary gigs,” said Tran Vinh Xuyen, a resident in Can Tho.
A buffalo mascot statue is placed in front of the Diamond Plaza shopping center in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre
Mascot statues are brought to a shopping mall in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre
Two men check some mascot statue designs at a workshop in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre
Seasonal workers talk with their family members via video calls at a workshop in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre
Lunar New Year decorations are set up at a shopping mall in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre
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The voice of reason for the AEC industry
Say what!?
by The Zweig Letter April 22, 2019
If you’re a firm owner or design professional, don’t leave contractors guessing. Using plain language, make your intent clear to avoid disputes, change orders, and claims.
There have been some funny T-shirts that say, “Let’s eat, Grandma!” and “Let’s eat Grandma!” with the caption: “Punctuation Saves Lives!” This shows that the same words can have two meanings, known in legal circles as an ambiguity. When an ambiguity appears in a contract or a set of specifications, courts apply a rule that says the document is “construed against the drafter.” This means that the person who drafts a document (contract or drawing) has to make his or her intent clear, and not leave the reader guessing at the intent. The legal name for this rule is “contra proferentem,” Latin for “against the offeror.”
When to apply the rule? Under this rule, ambiguities in a contract, a set of specifications, or a drawing can be interpreted against the author (the “drafter”) and in favor of the other party’s reasonable interpretation. The concept is that the person or entity drafting the document should not require the other party to speculate as to its meaning. Construction contracts between the government and private contractors are subject to this legal rule to resolve ambiguities. A court’s task in such contract cases is to construe a contract “to effect the parties’ intent” at the time they executed the contract. If, however, the court is unable to interpret a contract based on its express terms, an ambiguity may be resolved by looking to – in order of preference – course of performance, course of dealing, and common trade practices. If all of these approaches fail, the rule of contra proferentem is applied as a “rule of last resort” to construe the ambiguity against the drafter.
When is a contract ambiguous? When one party argues that the contract is ambiguous, courts apply three primary rules of contract interpretation. First, the court begins with the actual language of the written agreement. In this step, words are given “that meaning that would be derived from the contract by a reasonably intelligent person acquainted with the contemporaneous circumstances.” This means considering the context and intentions of the parties rather than just a dictionary definition. Second, the court applies the principle that a contract should “be considered as a whole and interpreted so as to harmonize and give reasonable meaning to all of its parts.” Third, the mere fact that the parties disagree with regard to the interpretation of a specific provision, does not, standing alone, render that provision ambiguous. A contract provision is ambiguous only if it is susceptible to more than one “reasonable meaning.” In other words, differing interpretations must fall within a “zone of reasonableness.”
Contractor’s duty to inquire. Like every legal rule, there are exceptions. The exception to this rule of contra proferentem applies when an ambiguity is obvious on the face of the document, known as a patent ambiguity. This exception applies when the ambiguity is so glaring that it is unreasonable for a contractor not to discover and inquire about it. A patent ambiguity triggers a duty on behalf of a contractor on public projects to ask about the meaning of the ambiguity before it bids on a contract. Absent such an inquiry, a patent ambiguity in the contract will be resolved against the contractor – and not the drafter – for failure to inquire as to the contract’s meaning. Government cases have held that the owner’s so-called Spearin implied warranty does not eliminate the “contractor’s duty to investigate or inquire about a patent ambiguity, inconsistency, or mistake when the contractor recognized or should have recognized an error in the specifications or drawings.” Therefore, contractors are given fair warning that, when faced with an obvious ambiguity in the contract, plans, or specifications, they should err on the side of seeking clarification prior to bidding rather than hoping to pursue a change order later. This is tough law, but it makes sense that a contractor should not be able to “sand-bag” on claims, but should come forward at the earliest stage and seek a clarification. This rule has essentially been written into industry contracts.
AIA contract clauses. In the private sector, this concept is found in the standard AIA A201 General Conditions (2017 edition). Failure to promptly report an ambiguity will result in the contractor bearing the financial risk. Section 3.2, Review of Contract Documents and Field Conditions by Contractor, states that:
“Because the Contract Documents are complementary, the Contractor shall, before starting each portion of the Work, carefully study and compare the various Contract Documents relative to that portion of the Work… “These obligations are for the purpose of facilitating coordination and construction by the Contractor and are not for the purpose of discovering errors, omissions, or inconsistencies in the Contract Documents; however, the Contractor shall promptly report to the Architect any errors, inconsistencies or omissions discovered by or made known to the Contractor as a request for information in such form as the Architect may require…
“If the Contractor fails to perform the obligations of Sections 3.2.2… the Contractor shall pay such costs and damages to the Owner, subject to Section 15.1.7, as would have been avoided if the Contractor had performed such obligations. If the Contractor performs those obligations, the Contractor shall not be liable to the Owner or Architect for damages resulting from errors, inconsistencies or omissions in the Contract Documents, for differences between field measurements or conditions and the Contract Documents, or for nonconformities of the Contract Documents to applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules and regulations, and lawful orders of public authorities.”
The rule of reasonableness. Even if an ambiguity is found to be hidden and not obvious, i.e. latent, the contractor is not automatically entitled to an extra or a change order from the owner. Courts hold that a contractor’s interpretation of a latent ambiguity will only be adopted if it is found to be reasonable. As one court held, “If the court finds that a patent ambiguity did not exist, then the reasonableness of the contractor’s interpretation becomes crucial in deciding whether the normal contra proferentem rule applies.” Interpretation of the contract requires the court to place itself into the shoes of a reasonable and prudent contractor. The contractor does not have to prove that its interpretation of the contract is the only reasonable one, but it does bear the burden of showing: a) that its conclusion is at least a reasonable reading; and, b) that it relied on its interpretation of that provision when preparing its bid.
What to do? If you are an owner or design professional, the takeaway here is to not leave contractors guessing at your intent. Using plain language, make your intent clear to avoid disputes, change orders and claims. If you are a contractor or a subcontractor bidding a job, read the documents carefully and ask for clarification if something is unclear at the earliest discovery of an ambiguity. Failure to do so may result in the financial risk shifting from the drafter to the reader!
William Quatman, FAIA, Esq., is general counsel and senior vice president at Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co. He can be reached at bquatman@burnsmcd.com.
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Thomas Concrete Group expands with acquisition
Gothenburg, Sweden, December 9th, 2020
Sweden-based Thomas Concrete Group is expanding in Europe by acquiring Sollebrunns Betongelement AB. As a result of the acquisition, the company will also become the largest shareholder (35.48 per cent) in the Polish company Scanbet Sp. z o.o., which develops and produces pre-casted concrete.
“This is an important deal that enhances our offering within precast products. It is another step in our long-term strategy to continue to develop and strengthen our position as a group,” says Hans Karlander, CEO and President of Thomas Concrete Group.
The agreement for the acquisition of Sollebrunns Betongelement AB was signed on December 8. The change of ownership is scheduled for March 1, 2021. At that point Sollebrunns Betongelement AB will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomas Concrete Group. The acquired company already holds 35.48 per cent of the stock in Scanbet Sp. z o.o, which, thanks to the agreement, will pass to Thomas Concrete Group.
“We have been impressed by the employees of Sollebrunns Betongelement and by the quality of their products. We now intend to continue to grow and develop the business in Sollebrunn,” says Hans Karlander.
Sollebrunns Betongelement was founded in 1996 and is a complete framework supplier that each year manufactures approximately 10,000 concrete elements. The company has 80 employees in Sweden and has an annual turnover of approximately SEK 200 million.
“We feel reassured with Thomas Concrete Group as our new owner. For us it was important to sell to a partner who wants to develop the business in Sollebrunn in the long term. They also want to revitalize and improve the concrete industry, which we regard as a very positive approach,” says Lennart Pehrsson, Chairman of the Board of Sollebrunns Betongelement AB.
Lennart Pehrsson, Chairman of the Board, Sollebrunns Betongelement AB,
Hans Karlander, CEO and President , Thomas Concrete Group AB
and Carina Edblad, CEO, Thomas Betong AB
Long-term strategy to develop the Group
Thomas Concrete Group was founded in 1955 and has strategically acquired and established operations in Sweden, Germany, Poland, Norway and the USA. Sollebrunns Betongelement focuses on precast concrete elements, and complements the Group’s broad plant network. Following the acquisition, the Group will have 156 plants for ready-mixed concrete and 4 plants for precast products. The Group is the largest independent supplier of ready-mixed concrete in its markets.
Sweden is Thomas Concrete Group’s home market. There the Group has a well-established brand, not least through its leading role in the development and production of climate-improved concrete, which has been offered to customers since 2012. The significant need for new housing and infrastructure in Sweden and the rest of northern Europe offers great market potential. At the same time, extensive new construction combined with the current climate challenges make it increasingly important for the industry to move in a sustainable direction.
“With its long-life cycle, concrete is an important material for achieving sustainable built societies. This acquisition gives us even greater opportunities to develop our business and our customer offering, but also to influence the industry, encouraging it to adopt more sustainable and resource-efficient construction,” says Hans Karlander, who continues:
“As an independent and family-owned group, we retain a strong focus on our heritage, culture and vision. Everything is based on us inspiring one another and working together. We are now looking forward to welcoming all our new employees in Sweden and to creating valuable relationships with our new co-owners and employees in Poland.”
Hans Karlander, President and CEO of Thomas Concrete Group AB,
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Our patients’ stories: New surgical technique helps Cristian avoid transplant
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More On: Heart conditions, Heung Bae Kim, midaortic syndrome, our patients' stories, Pediatric Transplant Center (PTC), renovascular hypertension, TESLA
Typically, when people mention someone’s “big heart” it’s complimentary. But when doctors at Miami Children’s Hospital talked about the “big heart” of then two-month-old Cristian Colon, the phrase was nothing to smile about—it was the sign of a life-threatening illness.
During a routine check-up, Cristian’s doctors noticed the young boy had a heart murmur. The discovery prompted a trip to the cardiologist where it was revealed that his heart was enlarged, likely the result of midaortic syndrome. (Midaortic syndrome occurs when the aorta, the main artery that delivers oxygen-rich blood throughout the body, is narrowed or damaged.) Cristian’s aorta was so constricted it was straining his heart and severely raising his blood pressure by restricting blood flow to his kidneys (a condition known as renovascular hypertension.)
If left untreated for too long, Cristian’s kidneys would fail completely and he’d eventually need a kidney transplant.
He spent the next three weeks in the hospital, until doctors finally found the perfect balance of blood pressure medication to stabilize his small body. With the right medication Cristian was out of immediate danger, but the real question still loomed: How could doctors permanently fix his artery and correct the blood flow to his kidneys?
Most cases like Cristian’s would be treated with a stent (a small mesh tube that acts as a scaffold to open and support restricted arteries), or with a balloon angioplasty, where a tiny balloon is inserted in the artery and inflated, manually expanding the narrowed passage. Another option would be bypass surgery, where doctors would remove the damaged artery and replace it with plastic tubing.
Cristian and his mother Lucy
Unfortunately, all of these options would require multiple procedures for Cristian over the years—if ballooned, the artery would close naturally and need to be re-expanded; and any stents or plastic tubes used would need to be replaced as Cristian grew.
But Cristian’s Floridian doctors thought there might be another way to help their patient. They had heard of a technique being perfected by Heung Bae Kim, MD, director of Boston Children’s Pediatric Transplant Center, which could fix Cristian’s artery with minimal surgeries, and would require no stents or artificial tubes in his body at all.
It’s known as TESLA (tissue expander stimulated lengthening of arteries), and Kim has been perfecting it since 2010. The mechanics of TESLA are fairly simple: a tissue expander (a balloon-like device, about the size of a fist,) is placed underneath a healthy section of artery, downstream from the narrowed or damaged part, and is wedged between the aorta and a sturdy unyielding part of the body like the backbone. Once in place the expander is gradually filled with saline, inflating it like a balloon being filled with water. As it expands it comes between the backbone and the artery, forcing the flexible artery to stretch outward and grow longer.
After weeks of inflating the expander, the artery is stretched by several inches. The expander is then removed, as is the section of artery that is narrowed or damaged. The “extra” artery created by the TESLA stretching is then used to replace the removed, damaged section.
After the expander was inserted in Cristian, he and his family would come to Boston once every three weeks to have it filled with saline. Monthly travel from Florida to Boston Children’s added an extra hurdle to treatment, but in a few months Cristian would be left with a healthy artery, made of natural tissue, allowing perfect blood flow from his heart to his kidneys. No artificial grafts would be in his body and no follow-up surgeries would be required.
“The idea that the TESLA procedure would fix Cristian and prevent him from having to face a whole series of surgeries throughout childhood was something we felt very strongly about,” says Cristian’s mother Lucy. “Dr. Kim explained the procedure clearly, and I could tell he believed it would work. After talking with him we knew this was what we wanted for our child, no matter what.”
Dr. Kim and Cristian
Cristian’s parents were confident they made the right choice for their son, but the experience wasn’t without its struggles. Over the course of six months his expander came loose twice, requiring Kim to reattach it. At one point he was forced to replace the expander altogether, swapping it with a larger, better-designed model that would fit more securely in Cristian’s body.
But despite the setbacks, so far TESLA appears to have been a complete success for Cristian. His aorta was repaired and the expander was removed last month and since then his blood pressure has almost returned to normal as has his kidney function. Aside from routine check-ups to monitor his progress, Kim believes Cristian won’t require any more surgeries as he grows.
“I’m so glad Cristian won’t need multiple surgeries as he gets older,” says Lucy.
“The quality of life that this procedure will offer over the course of his life makes everything worth it. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for him.”
In some ways, Jayshia Lewis represents much of what Cristian’s future could look like. Jayshia first came to Boston Children’s in 2007 for treatment of midaortic syndrome, which had so severely cut off blood from her kidneys that one had shriveled into complete atrophy. In 2010 Jayshia met with Kim who at that point had conceived of TESLA, but had not met a patient it was appropriate for. After months of research and preparation Kim decided the then 3-year-old girl was a good candidate and she became the first person in the world ever to undergo the procedure.
After TESLA Jayshia Lewis is doing great
Now almost two years out from her TESLA, Jayshia is a happy, healthy 5-year-old who loves coloring and riding her bike. She still sees Kim for regular check-ups twice a year and he has been delighted with her progress. In fact, Jayshia’s recovery is going so well that her case was recently reported on in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, because of its favorable outcome and previously unseen technique.
Allowing her daughter to be the first person in the world to have the TESLA procedure was an understandably difficult decision to make, but Jayshia’s mother Sabrina says she had faith that Kim’s innovative approach would eventually keep Jayshia from needing a kidney transplant.
“Everyone has had that moment of inspiration where they come up with a great idea,” she says. “But Dr. Kim’s moment of inspiration saved my daughter’s life and I’ll be forever thankful for that.”
For information about Boston Children’s Midaortic Syndrome and Renovascular Hypertension (MAS/RVH) Program, or to find out if TESLA may be an option for your child, visit their website and use the information provided in the Contact Us section.
Want to learn more? The Boston Globe published an in-depth article on Kim’s procedure, which can be found here.
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You cannot conjure up ‘movie magic’
I don’t remember reading The BFG when I was at school. I remember we did a few Roald Dahl books but mostly his autobiographical books like Going Solo. His positive presence in many a-90’s child is palpable, as we all also grew up with Matilda and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. So when Disney teams up with Steven Spielberg, the writer of E.T. – the late Melissa Mathison – and John Williams on music duties, surely we’re expecting ‘the new E.T.’?
The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) follows the story of Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) who lives in an orphanage in London. Sophie is quite an independent and strong young lady that happens to glimpse BFG (Mark Rylance) one evening and is consequently taken by BFG to ‘Giant Country’. There Sophie discovers the world of giants, whose delicatessi of choice is young children. However, the BFG is a tender-hearted vegetarian giant that befriends young children and is a ‘dream catcher’. Sophie and BFG form a bond and then work together to stop other giants terrorising England and eating children.
It’s a good story and it makes sense that Melissa Mathison was tapped to write the screenplay, however it fails to connect in the unparalleled ways that E.T. did. One of the main problems I believe is the character of Sophie. She’s so unlikable. There was a real disconnect and a lack of pathos with her orphan status. There was so much potential in this, especially as BFG and Sophie are effectively orphans in their respective situations. There are scenes – such as the dream catching scene – that attempt to connect Sophie with BFG, and you really get the sense that the film is trying to make us to connect. This scene also looks really magical – that ‘movie magic’ – but because we haven’t connected well with Sophie or BFG, the scene falls flat.
Mark Rylance’s performance as BFG is very good. I’ve only seen him in Bridge of Spies where he was fantastic and here he again proves to be an actor worth watching. Despite issues with the characters connecting, there are moments of pathos with BFG, and only because Rylance’s performance is good. I can’t wait to see what he’ll be doing next (apparently Spielberg’s Ready Player One). Jermaine Clement is also quite good as Fleshlumpeater, the leader of the bad giants.
The BFG also suffers from a few pacing and tonal issues. It felt like the first 20 minutes were a little bit of a drag, where nothing really happened. The most exhilarating sequence in this period was when BFG races through London, hiding himself from ‘human beans’ as he races off back to Giant Country.
My favourite part of the movie was in the third act where Sophie and BFG seek help from the Queen of England to defeat the bad giants. Even though these sequences were hilarious, they felt so bizarre and ridiculous and completely out of step with the tone of the rest of the film. It was as though the filmmakers felt they needed to send up everything about the English Monarchy to absurd heights to establish its ‘English-ness’. There were also many useless characters and wasted actors in these sequences, such as Rebecca Hall’s Mary.
I wonder whether Mathison’s screenplay was up to the standard that she would have wanted as she sadly died before the film was completed. John Williams’s score is adequate, but forgetful. It’s no secret that Disney are going gangbusters to connect with the nostalgia of our childhoods and all of these elements are really good on paper, but Spielberg and co. have attempted to recreate the success of yesterday-year and given us a merely OK movie.
All of the elements are there to create a magical fantasy film that wants to capture the wonder of Roald Dahl’s story, but when you ‘know what they’re trying to do’ – perhaps the magic just isn’t there.
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Friday November 22, 2019 | by Andrew Page
HOT OFF THE PRESSES: The Winter 2019 edition of Glass (#157)
The Winter 2019 edition of Glass: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly (#157) is hitting newsstands and subscriber mailboxes this week. On the cover is a new work by Danny Lane from his brand-new "Carved and Cast" series.
In an in-depth conversation with Gabriela Iacovano, Lane discusses his search for "fluid form" as a key to understanding his varied pursuit of glass art and design. Known best for his ingenious ways of stacking cut float glass, Lane has recently been diving into casting glass, and this "jump into molten material" has transformed his practice and his work in remarkable ways.
Flameworker Shane Fero pens an appreciation and detailed portrait of Muranese artist Cesare Toffolo, who wrestles with the illustrious history of not only glass but visual arts, in work that is itself pushing technical boundaries as Toffolo innovates in the studio by borrowing techniques and tools from the furnace side of things.
Artist John Moran, an American currently based in Belgium, is exhibiting his work in a solo museum exhibition in Ebeltoft, Denmark. New Glass contributor Emma Park visiting his provocative and haunting exhibition in which he freely mixes pop-culture and news headlines in works that seek to break viewers out of their complacency in an age of information overload.
Monica Cook is a multi-media artist who seeks to get underneath the skin, literally and metaphorically. She has developed a fascination with glass and her new work features many aspects of the material from transparency to reflectivity. Sarah Lippek explores Cook's love affair with glass as she deftly describes Cook's unique perspective on art and life.
The fifth feature takes a look at a project to bridge the distance between Venice and America, and their respective approaches to glass. Former Pilchuck artistic director Tina Aufiero shares insights into the Autonoma project, initiated by Venetian creative director Marcantonio Brandolini D'Adda, who was so inspired by the energy of Pilchuck that he wanted to import some of that enthusiasm and passion to Murano, where the glass field is dealing with a host of challenges that threaten its survival.
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Dynacraft launches ‘Disney Princess Carriage Video Campaign' through May 7, 2017
The 'Disney Princess Carriage' is one of the most innovative ride-ons ever created. / Photo via Charlotte Lee, Dynacraft. Used with permission.
Dynacraft launches a video contest that requires young participants to give their opinions about what it means to be a princess
by Meagan Meehan (article) and Milos Kitanovic (video)
April 26, 2017 at 12:24 AM April 26, 2017 at 12:24 AM
Dynacraft is one of the leading producers of scooters, bikes, and ride-ons such as motorized cars and trucks. The company made history in the fall of 2016 with the release of their pumpkin-shaped “Disney Princess Carriage” which was truly the first motorized vehicle of its kind and topped the list of desirable Christmas toys. Regaled for its brilliantly designed, whimsically-shaped, colorfully rendered style and minuet attention to detail, the carriage topped the “hot toy lists” for the holiday season and created a stir throughout the toy industry. In April of 2017, Dynacraft announced the launch of a "Disney Princess Carriage Video Campaign" that will give one lucky child a chance to win a free Disney Princess Carriage.
April is the month of “National Princess Week” and Dynacraft decided the best way to celebrate the occasion was to establish an exciting and fun Contest that will call forth girls’ creativity and imaginations. Hence, girls of age 10 or younger are being invited to submit a 15-second video to Dynacraft discussing what they personally believe it means to be a princess. The entry dates will run from Monday, April 24, to Sunday, May 7, 2017. The video must be submitted via the “contest” tab on the official Dynacraft website.
The 24V Disney Princess Carriage, which retails for $398 at Walmart, is a grand prize to behold. Shaped like Cinderella's famous pumpkin carriage, it is hued mostly pink and purple with silver sparkles embedded in most of the plastic and holographic silver star stickers placed throughout its surface.
It also features translucent purple curtains entwined with shimmery silver threads, a heart-shaped back window, vibrant purple LED lights along its front, strong-grip wheels with a swirled pink filigree pattern and golden center, swirled purple plastic extensions on both the front and back that can serve as bumpers, a gold crown top decoration, a gold trunk/battery holder featuring a purple rhinestone, four gold lantern "coach" lights that attach to the sides and illuminate a lovely white glow, two doors with golden handles containing purple rhinestone accents, and room for two passengers along with secure seat belts.
The Carriage is intended for children ages two to eight and can hold up to 130 pounds. It also comes with a light-up wand that serves as a key to start and stop the purple LED lights on the front of the vehicle. On the dash board there is also a gold crown that matches both the wand and the jumbo-sized crown decoration on top of the carriage. The smaller crown is intended to be worn by the "little princess" who is driving the carriage, or it can just stand as a dashboard decoration.
Other noteworthy visual features include the interior seats which are made of purple plastic but designed to look like soft plush. Likewise, the purple-hued heart-shaped steering wheel has a pink rhinestone center that doubles as a horn, when you press down on it the horn lights up and sounds a singsong "twinkle" melody. As an added bonus, the bottom sides of the carriage feature images of some of Disney's most famous princess characters. The Princess Carriage takes approximately five hours to assemble and eighteen hours to charge and can run for about an hour without recharging. The car is easy to handle, can reach speeds of approximately 5mph, and can go forward or in reverse via a purple gearshift with a rhinestone accent top. Moreover, the car has an excellent pedal start/stop system and is well proportioned so it will not tip over, assuring safety.
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AMERICAN SYSTEMS Wins $52M Deal to Continue Professional Engineering Services
By Ben Wicker September 8, 2016 No Comments
Peter Smith, AMERICAN SYSTEMS
AMERICAN SYSTEMS has been awarded a $52 million contract by Washington Headquarters Services for the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation to provide professional engineering services.
Under the terms of the 5-year — 1 base year plus four option years- contract, awarded under the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract vehicle, AMERICAN SYSTEMS will continue its support of the DASD (DT&E) mission to ensure Major Defense Acquisition Program/Major Automated Information System acquisition programs deliver the data and assessments needed to support critical acquisition and engineering decisions, including the decisions to begin development and enter production.
AMERICAN SYSTEMS will provide warfare area staff specialists to monitor, review and assess the developmental test planning, programming and execution activities of the nearly 150 MDAPs and MAIS under DASD (DT&E). Services include supporting MDAP/MAIS acquisition program managers and chief developmental testers in the development of comprehensive and efficient test strategies.
Work also includes assessing program progress at various key milestones to inform acquisition decision-makers. AMERICAN SYSTEMS will support DASD (DT&E) in managing workflow, tracking action items, and financial execution.
“This contract award further validates our position as a leading provider of test and evaluation services and solutions,” said Peter Smith, president and CEO of AMERICAN SYSTEMS. “AMERICAN SYSTEMS is proud to be able to continue our support of the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.”
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Before becoming the most famous composer of his time, Handel gained a lifetime of experience in Italy. Welcomed by wealthy patrons, he traveled with the Scarlatti family and learned from Corelli and the masters of the Italian Style. Yoo returns to Italy to follow in Handel’s footsteps, taking in the art, architecture, fashion, food, wine, light and landscape.
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Apple Cyber Monday deals UK 2020: Best offers on watches, iPhones, AirPods, iPads and Macbooks
Louise Whitbread,Ellie Fry and Eva Waite-Taylor
30 November 2020, 6:41 pm ·17-min read
It is notorious for not getting involved in annual sales, so here’s how to get discounts on its best products elsewhere (The Independent)
It’s Cyber Monday, meaning one thing – you’ve got a few hours left to get that deal you’ve had your eye on. While tech giant Apple is notorious for its lack of participation in sales with discounts often near impossible to find, it doesn’t mean that there’s not a deal to be had.
Luckily for you, we’re doing the hard work by scouring leading retailers, including John Lewis, Amazon, Argos, and Aldi to bring you the best possible price for its most popular items.
We’ve also got the latest insight on deals across tech, furniture, laptops, TVs, kids’ toys and mattresses to save you endlessly scrolling. Our helpful Cyber Monday guide is being updated regularly with nothing but the creme de la creme too.
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From 27 November until 30 November, Apple are offering between £20 and £120 Apple store gift cards with qualifying purchase across iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, Beats headphones, Apple TV and AirPods.
However, for discounts on Apple products themselves, you'll need to look to other retailers, such as Currys PC World, Argos and John Lewis, you simply need to know where to shop, but this guide is a great place to start.
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Whether it’s the latest iPhone 12, a new set of AirPods, or an upgraded Macbook model, you’ve come to the right place. Below is a carefully curated selection of the very best Apple discounts to be had, so you can save while you shop. Thank us later.
Our IndyBest team hand-picks every deal we feature. We may earn some commission from the links in this article, but our selections have been made independently and without bias. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.
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Best Apple AirPods Cyber Monday deals
Apple AirPods with charging case: Was £159, now £124.37, Amazon
Enjoy an impressive 22 per cent off the second generation AirPods. David Phelan, our technology critic, rated these highly in his IndyBest review of the best wireless earbuds, saying: “Apple’s distinctive earbuds have been massively successful since they first launched and they remain even now some of the very lightest in-ears you can find.
“The design is unchanged since day one, but improved electronics inside mean that you can say, ‘Hey, Siri’ to invoke the virtual assistant without even touching the earbuds,” he added.
He also rated the pro version of the AirPods which are on sale too, down from £249 to £209, but still commended the standard AirPods for their sound quality: “The fit is slightly different from the pro – there’s no silicone ear tip – and there’s no noise-cancelling. Even so, audio quality is very good, as is call quality, which works even if you only use one earbud.”
Apple AirPods Pro with Wireless Case: Was £249, now £198, Very
If you want to upgrade your original AirPods or are just looking to go all out, look to the Pro version, which were awarded the best buy in our review of the best wireless earbuds. David Phelan, our technology critic, said: “Apple’s deluxe earbuds offer the best noise-cancelling of any in-ear headphones. They fit the ears perfectly, with a near-spherical part nestling in the ear comfortably and securely. Three different sizes of silicone eartips are in the box, so you can choose the right size for a perfect fit.
“To help you out, there’s an eartip fit test screen on the phone which plays a short burst of music and can work out if the fit is good or not. The microphones which help with this test and ensure the noise-cancelling is effective also work well for hands-free phone calls," he added. With a £50 saving, snap them up as they’ll go fast.
Best Apple iPad Cyber Monday deals
2020 Apple iPad Pro 11in, A12Z Bionic, iOS, Wi-Fi, 128GB, Silver: Was £769, now £706.70, Amazon
Apple products don’t come cheap and the brand is notorious for not participating in many sales, so although this isn’t a huge saving, it’s a worthy inclusion for the latest 2020 Pro model. Our technology critic, David Phelan, explained in his review the difference between the 2020 iPad Pro and the previous version: “The biggest changes are the new LiDAR scanner and the improved cameras which are designed to turn the iPad Pro into a portable movie studio, say, rather than a better way to take photographs.” The larger 12.9in model is also on sale, reduced from £969 to £895.69.
2020 Apple iPad Air 10.9in 64GB: Was £579, now £559, John Lewis & Partners
Apple discounts are rare, so make sure you snap up this deal fast on the 2020 Apple iPad Air 10.9 in the John Lewis Black Friday sale. Down to just £559, you can enjoy the added bonus of Apple TV+ free for an entire year.This latest model has an advanced camera, enhanced retina display with reduced glare and has been created to help you edit and interact with content more fluidly, whether you’re working from home or using the smart tablet to create graphics and content.
Apple iPad mini (256GB): Was £549, now £499, Amazon
This mini (7.9in screen) cousin to the Apple iPad made its way into our 2020 guide to the best tablets, with our reviewer noting: “The screen resolution is much higher than on other iPads and most other tablets, so it’s extremely detailed. It also has a fast processor and access to all the apps found on other models.” It has a touch fingerprint sensor and up to 10 hours of battery life. Only the space grey and silver models have a £50 saving: if you opt for the rose gold finish the money off is a slightly less generous £20.
Apple 10.2" iPad (2019) - 128 GB, Silver: Was £449, now £379, Currys PC World
This is an entry-level iPad which featured in our review of the best tablets and has a battery life of 10 hours and storage capacity of 128GB. Our reviewer described it as “more than good enough in terms of display, battery life and performance speed.”
They went on to add, “Like the other iPads, this one is compatible with the pencil stylus (first-generation) and a keyboard attachment. The design and build quality are second-to-none.”
Apple iPad Pro, 12.9-inch, Wi-Fi, 256GB - Space Grey (4th Generation): Was £1069, now £1010.20, Amazon
This tablet rivals the size of some laptops and also comes with a retina display and wide-angle camera for picture-perfect photos, graphic design work and presentations. Promising up to 10 hours battery life and the ability to be used with an Apple Pencil or keyboard attachment, this is ideal if you want to have the most streamlined, lightweight device for work as possible.
Our technology critic, David Phelan, wrote in his review of the best tablets of 2020, “It is incredibly fast, and as Apple is fond of pointing out, more powerful than many high-end laptops. The software it uses, iPadOS, is slightly different from what’s found on iPhones, and it includes features better suited to a big screen such as split-screen capabilities so you can display a web browser and a word processing document side-by-side, for instance, with a smaller window floating at the side.”
Best Apple MacBook Cyber Monday deals
Apple MacBook Air (2020) 13 inch Intel Core i7: Was £1,399, now £1249, Very
If you’re an Apple fan, bag this bargain now as the tech giant is known for rarely offering discounts on its products. This MacBook has a retina display, backlit keyboard, touch ID for logins, stereo speaker and promises 11-hours of battery life and 8GB of memory. It’s thin, lightweight and made with a tenth-generation Intel Core i7 processor which claims to make light work of big projects and files. The Apple macbook pro 16in previously topped our guide to the best high-end laptops for working from home.
Apple MacBook Pro (13in) 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD storage, magic keyboard: Was £1999, now £1829, Amazon
Save £170 on this Intel Core i5 processor with touch bar and touch ID. There are four thunderbolt ports and screen resolution of 2560 by 1600. The magic keyboard is backlit and has a scissored design for a quiet and responsive typing experience. The Mac Book Pro 16in made it to the very top of IndyBest’s favourite high-end laptops for working from home, with our reviewer noting: “Apple doesn’t put touchscreens on its laptops, putting this decision down to an ergonomic deficit caused by raising your hand from the keyboard to tap the display. But the touch bar is the answer to that. The display is high resolution and gorgeous to look at, with thin bezels on each side. The lid is perfectly weighted so you can open the laptop with one finger – some laptops would need you to hold down the base as you did so to stop it overbalancing.”
Apple Macbook Air Core i3 8GB 256GB SSD 13.3 Inch laptop: Was £999, now £879, Currys
This thin and light Macbook air from Apple is perfect for anyone looking to upgrade their working from home laptop. Its “magic keyboard” boasts smart features like touch ID so you can unlock your laptop at the touch of a finger, while 8GB of memory meets all storage needs. With £79 off, this deal cannot be missed.
Apple Macbook Pro 2020 Core i5 8th Gen 256GB 13in with touch bar- space grey: Was £1299, now £1180, Currys PC World
The 2020 Macbook pro offers a new level of performance without compromising on anything else. Its features include an Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB ram, 256GB SSD, and a 13.3in screen and still only weighs 1.4 kilos. We reviewed a similar model in our round-up of the best high-end laptops.
Best iMac Cyber Monday deals
2020 Apple iMac 27 All-in-One, Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Radeon Pro 5300: Was £1799, now £1649, Currys
Scooping a deal on an Apple product can be like finding a needle in a haystack, so take advantage of £150 off this 2020 iMac while you still can. With 5K display, a faster than ever 10th generation Intel Core i5 processor, 256GB fast SSD storage, 8GB RAM plus a Radeon Pro 5300 graphics card, this iMac is bursting with technical greatness.
Best Apple Watch Cyber Monday deals
Apple Watch Series 3: Was £211, now £195, John Lewis & Partners
If you’re keen to improve your fitness and want a piece of tech to help track your progress, add this bargain to your basket. It monitors your heart rate, measures your sleep and workouts such as swimming, running, cycling and dancing, is swim-proof so you can get it wet and you can also use it take calls, reply to texts, sync your music and listen to podcasts on the go. The Apple Watch series 6 model also previously topped our review of the best smartwatches. Also, you can claim up to £120 when trading an old Apple watch to John Lewis.
Apple Watch Series 5 44mm 5 (GPS + Cellular, 44mm) - Space Grey Aluminium Case with Black Sport Band: Was £529, now £399.99, Amazon
Save more than £125 on the Apple Watch Series 5. It has both style and substance, with a sapphire crystal and ceramic back and always-on retina display. Not only does it monitor your heart rate, sleep and physical activity, but it even a compass that also shows elevation, so you are ready for anything life throws at you. The watch also has cellular connectivity, so you can stream music or podcasts, or give someone a call mid-hike, when you are far away from any wifi. With 18 hours of battery life and water-resistance up to 50m, you don’t want to pass on this deal.
Apple Watch Series 5 (GPS + Cellular, 40mm) Gold Stainless Steel Case with Gold Milanese Loop: Was £749, now £519.99, Amazon
You can save 31 per cent on this Apple watch in Amazon’s Black Friday sale. This version comes with a number of great features including making calls (even without your phone), monitoring your heart rate, tracking your period cycle and sleep analysis.
The later model, the Apple Watch Series 6, won the Best Buy title in our review of the best smartwatches. The Independent’s technology critic, David Phelan, said: “The Apple watch is easily the classiest smartwatch with gorgeous design and immaculate build quality. It’s easy to control how many (or better, how few) emails, texts, calls or other notifications come through to your wrist. Battery life is enough to get you through a full day.”
With a saving of more than £200, this is the perfect time to snap this Apple Watch up.
Apple Apple Watch SE GPS, 40mm: Was £269, now £259, Amazon
You can take calls and reply to texts from your wrist with this Apple Watch SE, and its processor claims to be twice as fast as the Series 3 watch (in fact it has many of the features of the Series 6 model at a lower price). You can track your fitness and daily activity including running, walking, cycling and yoga – and the design is swimproof too in case you find yourself in the water at any point. Available in gold, white or black and in 44mm (also £10 off) as well as 40mm.
Best Apple iPhone Cyber Monday deals
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max with AirPods: From £38.50 per month with £99 upfront cost, Three
If you’re in the market for a new phone, Three has plenty of offers on contracts like this one, with six months half price at £38.50 a month, that also comes with AirPods, unlimited data, texts and minutes. It has a 6.7in screen, the biggest screen ever on an iPhone, with a bigger battery and camera than other models. The Independent's technology critic, David Phelan, said in his review: “When it comes to battery life, the iPhone 12 Pro Max is epic, it just goes on and on.
"The 6.7in display looks magnificent and in performance terms, it’s near-identical to the other phones in the range, that is, it’s super-fast whether you’re playing a graphics-intensive game (which looks phenomenal on this big display), streaming video, or just opening emails and launching apps."
iPhone 12 Mini with AirPods: From £29.50 a month with £29 upfront cost, Three
Enjoy a half price contract for six months with this deal on the brand new iPhone 12 Mini – there’s plenty of extras thrown in too. For just £29.50 a month and an upfront cost of £29, you’ll be getting unlimited data, calls and texts, with a pair of AirPods and a year’s subscription AppleTV+ too.
According to Apple, it’s the world’s smallest and lightest 5G phone. The Independent's technology critic, David Phelan, reviewed the device, and said: “If you don’t want a big phone, because your hands won’t stretch to one or it’ll ruin the line of your suit, or some other reason, the iPhone 12 mini is pretty compelling. It’s also the first iPhone as small as this to feature an OLED screen, with a much higher resolution than the LCD screen of the iPhone 11, for instance."
He explains that the display is the highest-resolution iPhone screen ever, beating the other iPhone 12 handsets, describing it as “pin-sharp, bright and with great colour fidelity.”
Apple iPhone 12 5G: Save up to £180, O2
Running until 2 December, O2 has great savings on phones, tablets and smartwatches, including on Apple devices. There’s £180 to be saved on O2’s iPhone 12 5G 64GB unlimited data package that has a £30 upfront cost and a monthly cost of £51.37. This offer will also give you 30 per cent off Apple AirPods until 25 December and a six month’s subscription to Deliveroo Plus.
In our technology critic’s review of it, he said: “The big change with the iPhone 12 series is that it now comes with 5G, ensuring that you’re not slowed down by an iffy cellular connection. Its speed is impressive and as more demanding apps and games are released, could prove to be game-changing.”
iPhone 11: Save £180, Virgin Media
In what the Virgin Media claims to be its lowest price ever, you can save £180 on the iPhone 11 when opting for a 36 month contract. For £25 a month and no upfront cost, you can enjoy unlimited texts and minutes and 1GB of data with this 64GB model. For more data, the 8GB package costs just £29 a month, again with no upfront cost. It’s available in three colours.
Apple iPhone SE 2020: Save £200, O2
O2 is offering a £200 saving on the iPhone SE as part of its unlimited data bundle. With a £50 upfront cost and a monthly bill of £39.84, you’ll get plenty of added extras, including six months of Deliveroo Plus, 12 months of Disney Plus or six months of Audible, and a one-year subscription to Apple TV+. There are other plans available too, including 1gb and 5gb packages, where you can still save money. The handset is available in black, blue and red.
iPhone 11 64GB in purple: Was £729, now £579, Very
When choosing your new handset, storage is a key consideration. The average user should find 64GB easily adequate, so £150 off the iPhone 11 is a very attractive deal. You’ll also get a free one-year Apple TV+ subscription to enjoy shows like Defending Jacob, Dickinson, and The Morning Show. Choose between three aesthetically pleasing green, yellow or purple pastel shades.
Apple iPhone XR, 128gb: Was £779, now £529, Very
Save a huge £230 and get a one year’s subscription to Apple TV+ with this iPhone XR deal on Very. It’s not the latest iPhone model, but it still features the most advanced LCD technology, Face ID, and a 12MP camera with portrait mode for the perfect selfie. The 125gb model is water and dust resistant too, although we wouldn’t suggest testing it under water. If you’re looking to buy a phone outright, this is a great price.
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Typing on a laptop under the shade of a cherry tree in rural France, with chickens pecking in the dry grass, the change of scene after months stuck at home in London was energising. Endless weeks of confinement during lockdown left my wife and I with cabin fever (even though we were lucky enough to have a house and garden) so being able to book a flight to Toulouse to stay with my parents – who have a pool – for five weeks made us feel like the One Per Cent (and we probably were). It was also consolation for the fact that my partner, like many other people, had recently been made redundant. I said: “Try not to worry – let’s both be freelancers and work from anywhere. It’s a much better lifestyle. No commute, no boss and no office politics to contend with.” (I run my own company and am a freelance journalist, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.) And so we put it to the test. We carved up the week, allocating three days each for work and one full family day to spend with our young daughter (we continue to do this now). We worked hard and fast, but made sure to build in time for a quick dip or an early-morning jog through the vineyards, and had the added support of childcare from my parents, which gave us bonus time to meet deadlines. For our daughter, there were fields of sunflowers to explore, tractors to spot, potatoes to dig up and tomatoes to water. It was idyllic. What’s more, it felt safe. Safe from crowds and pollution and The Virus. One of the most stressful days we had was when some hay bales tumbled off the back of a truck and knocked out an internet tower so there was no Wi-Fi for a day or two – but beyond that, our challenges amounted to making sure we got the time difference right when arranging Zoom calls and finding enough shade in the heat of the day.
Blue Monday: Seven secrets for happiness from joyful Denmark
Meik Wiking laughs before he answers the key question about his latest project. When did it open? “Well, we started setting up the museum in November 2019,” he says. “And then, in early March 2020, we announced that we would open it in May. The following week, there was a national press conference, with the Prime Minister saying that we had to lock the country down.” He laughs again. “So May was postponed. But we were able to open last July. Obviously, we opened to a Copenhagen with far fewer people around.” If there can have been few worse years than 2020 in which to launch “The Happiness Museum” – a year so bereft of joy that you can only laugh at the very thought of having planned to throw such an institution into its maelstrom – then the Danish capital is at least a fitting location. Denmark, like its Nordic colleagues, is a regular feature at the top end of the World Happiness Report – an annual index which ranks the countries of the planet according to their levels of wellbeing. The 2020 report – released just as the pandemic was really starting to bite, on March 20 last year – had Finland first, and Denmark second. Indeed, Denmark is so happy a country that it is home to Wiking’s main preoccupation. Founded in 2013, the Happiness Research Institute (happinessresearchinstitute.com) is a Copenhagen-based think tank – of which he is the CEO – which attempts to look at global wellbeing from a scientific perspective. “I know we sound like a fantastical place,” he grins, laughing for a third time. “People imagine we are an office full of puppies and ice cream. But we have a serious purpose. Our work comes down to three themes. One – we try to measure happiness. Two – we try to understand why some people are happier than others. Three – we hope to shed light on how we can improve quality of life. How should we design policies differently? How should we design cities – and societies – differently?”
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By Robert Flint
What makes people click with each other?
I just finished reading Click: The Magic of Instant Connections (thx, Matthew Swann, for telling me about the book). It’s a book that tries to answer the question of why do two people click with each other. And I found it extremely edifying. Indeed, I would also say that I “clicked” with the book. (Not only was it interesting but it was light on the fluff and it was well organized: after each principle was explained, a visual map was shown, explaining how the principle integrated into the bigger picture.) The authors of Click found five “accelerators” that foster clicking: vulnerability in communication, proximity, resonance, similarity, and environment. I’ll take you on a tour of each of the factors. Vulnerability is pretty straightforward. If your’e vulnerable in your communication with someone, then through the principle of reciprocity, you two will be more likely to click. But what does being vulnerable mean? For our purposes we can say there are two types of speech: transactional and connective. Transactional speech conveys information whereas connective speech conveys emotion. Transactional speech can be divided into three levels: phatic speech, which are not emotionally revealing and consists mostly of social niceties such as “How are you?” and “It’s nice to see you”; factual speech, such as “I live in New York”; and evaluative statements, which reveal our views about people or situations: “That movie was really funny”, “I like your new haircut.” These statements encompass a certain limited amount of risk, because our statements are potentially in discord with others’ views. Connective speech consists of gut-level and then peak statements. Gut-level statements are things like “I’m sad you’re not here” and “I’m so glad you’re in my life.” Clearly there is more risk incurred when making such a statement. And then peak statements might include thoughts like “When you said you felt I wasn’t good with children, I was dumbfounded–and hurt. Do you really think I’m that insensitive? That I wouldn’t make a good father? I guess at heart I’m terrified that I’m going to lose you.” Clearly peak statements harbor a tremendous amount of risk for rejection; you’re cutting through all the superficial bullshit and exposing your true motives and feelings. The upshot of making such statements is that by using peak level language, the chance of a magical “click” connection occurring is significantly greater. The next accelerator of a click-connection is proximity. Simply by being near someone, you’re more likely to form a connection. This is because you’re going to have a lot of chance conversations that, over time, can amount to a serious relationship. One of the hazards of the modern digital workplace environment is that without being near each other, we miss out on a lot of random unnecessary social exchange, and that hurts our relationship building. Similarly, companies like Pixar have successfully employed this principle by placing the bathrooms and cafeteria and the certain of their office complexes. This forces people to be physically near each other, and improves relational chemistry. Physical proximity is another accelerant: just touching someone on the shoulder or arm can increase the level of trust. Do you remember when I talked about Cziksentmihalyi’s Flow? It is that wonderful state that occurs when our mastery of a skill is met with an appropriate level of challenge. I’m going to introduce a new topic, and then I’m going to connect it to Flow. Are you familiar with the term “presence?” It’s really popular in the New Age community. “Be present.” For the longest time, I thought, what the fuck does that mean? Fortunately, the book Click actually presented a really good definition! It’s useful to view presence on a continuum. There’s simple presence, when we are simply present in a specific location or environment. And then there’s Transformative Presence: a meaningful interaction that touches the lives of those involved in a profound manner. Transformative Presence comprises four components: intentionality, mutuality, individuality, and attentiveness. Intentionality is entering an interaction with a sense of purpose and conscious awareness, and giving the interaction our undivided attention. Mutuality involves being open and available to meet the other person where they are. Mutuality requires focusing on the aspects of trust and honesty involved in the relationship, rather than giving advice or trying to solve a problem. Individuality means being authentic and aware of our own emotional reactions. I don’t know what “being authentic” even means since it sounds like such a loaded term, so I’m going to skip that, but awareness of our own emotional reactions is something that can be developed. A few of the tools I’ve used is knowing my behavioral triggers and monitoring my body language (though maybe I’m doing it wrong). Finally, attentiveness is demonstrating care through active involvement. Actively listening, asking to elaborate, sharing our own reactions, and generally demonstrating to the other person that we’re an active participant in the interaction. When you achieve a state of transformative presence, and combine it with a state of flow, you reach what the authors of Click term “Resonance“. Resonance = flow + transformative presence. When we’re in a state of resonance, others are more likely to enter that state as well and we are more likely to form a meaningful connection with someone. (Mirror neurons may be involved. This may also be due to emotional mirroring, which I don’t feel the authors spent enough time discussing. I know that when I feel emotionally mirrored with someone, I feel a great sense of “rapport” and “clicking”. This may be due to similar circumstances provoking parallel emotions due to shared values, which could well be classified as “similarity”, discussed next.) Next on our accelerator list is similarity. The authors found that similarity has a long-lasting effect on the harmony of an interpersonal relationship, and moreover, it is quantity of similarities rather than quality of similarities that makes a difference. That is, it doesn’t matter whether you’re both Christian, or you both enjoy bass fishing. Each commonality could be tallied as a “point”; once you hit enough points, something occurs. It may be related to the in-group vs. out-group phenomenons. if you’re similar enough with someone, then they could view you as part of their in-group. This could well be incorporated into my future hypothetical Evil Textbook of Awesome Manipulation Techniques. An incredible pair of studies mentioned in the book demonstrate that sharing a birthday with someone dramatically increases compliance, and sharing a name dramatically increases dollars donated when solicited for a donation. And what the authors dub “a safe place” is the last of our listed trigger for click. When people experience joint adversity, they are more likely to form lasting bonds; authors cite the example of war heroes who experienced “action” becoming disproportionately more likely to bond. I have a bone to pick with this because I believe that warring may trigger bonding via aptic structures; for example, certain apes exhibit bonding after raiding behavior, too. But I also remember my social psychology textbook from college talking about how fraternities exploit this phenomenon via hazing, creating a shared experience of adversity amongst the pledges. Safe places invoke a cultural frame, creating an us-vs-them, in-group/out-group dichotomy, and people are more likely to bond with members of an in-group (due to similarity). I feel like there are two major accelerators that the authors neglected. One is when people speak to our ideal self. That is, they offer compliments tailored to the way we perceive ourselves, rather than the way others perceive us. I think I discussed this in more detail in a previous blog post, but if the truest and highest vision of myself is of a great writer, and then someone comes along and says “Zack, I think you are truly an exceptional writer”, then we’re probably going to click. (Sorry, stalkers, I don’t see myself as a great writer . I guess if I revealed more about myself then you would be more likely to “click” with this post. It’s risky, though – what if you make fun of me or invalidate my dream? Anyway, I would like to be seen as a great creative and a great intellectual. Another one I think the authors failed to mention is if the person with whom you are relating possesses great cultural (tribal) capital under the culture with which you identify. For example, I really like basketball, so I think I’m going to be more likely to click with basketball players. For example, when I was living in Chicago and I saw Joakim Noah out at Crescendo, we clicked. (It was in the way we shook hands. You know how sometimes you go to do a high-five / handshake with someone and it feels completely rhythmic, like you transition from one step of the handshake to the next without any friction or awkardness? It was like that.) It’s also the reason why people claim to have connections with attractive members of the opposite sex; they possess cultural capital. Your body wants you to bond with them, to ensure your tribal protection. Some people are naturally better than others at clicking. These people have lots of emotional intelligence, and the authors call them “high self monitors.” They have fluid personalities; they modulate their emotional expression so they can quickly pick up on social cues, they quickly incorporate local norms. They manage others’ perceptions: in an exchange, they act deliberately to create what the other person experiences. They are the center of social networks; in an office, information will tend to pass through them. High self monitor M.B.A.s become promoted more quickly than others. And when you assemble teams of people who click, you get greater results. When people bicker, it is about the issues rather than personal attacks. They are tribally aligned and can focus on the attainment of goals; they don’t need to argue out of insecurity. The exact reasons for this are still fuzzy to me, and I’m yet to lay down an entire cognitive model, but it’s something that intuitively, I strongly believe. It’s one reason that Paul Graham places such an emphasis on startup founders that get along with each other. By clicking, you eliminate a layer of friction that is present in most relationships. For me, the book also prompts reflections on the value of organized religion, which I’m no longer as eager to dismiss as I was when I was younger. When at the end of this year I compile my list of my favorite books I read this year, Click is definitely going to be on it. You can get it from Amazon for only $11.20 (I actually got it for $9.99, because I read it on my Kindle 3). About author Alex Wise is CEO of Loveawake.com free dating site and relationship coach. If you’re interested in the online dating scene, leave a comment below, sign up at loveawake.com, or find us on twitter @Loveawake.
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Proclaiming the Word of God (DL3423Y)
The unit will explore issues and approaches to preaching while concentrating on the application of this knowledge to the proclamation of the Word of God in liturgical and cultural contexts.
Unit code: DL3423Y (Approved)
Unit discipline: Liturgy
prepare and deliver a homily
critically and appreciatively evaluate the content and delivery of a homily
identify and analyse the different “texts” involved in preaching as a communicative process
examine issues concerning the interpretation of biblical texts
appraise the place of preaching in the life of the faith community
All students with a ministerial role will preach as part of their role. The unit helps them learn how to preach, offers them opportunities to preach and helps them develop the requisite skills.
Lecture, discussion, presentation, videos of homilies, peer review
DeBona, Guerric. Preaching Effectively, Revitalizing your Church: The Seven-Step Ladder Toward Successful Homilies. New York: Paulist Press, 2009.
DeLeers, Stephen V. Written Text Becomes Living Word: The Vision and Practice of Sunday Preaching. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2004.
Francis. Evangelii gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel). Apostolic Exhortation, 2013.
Hilkert, Mary C. Naming Grace: Preaching and the Sacramental Imagination. New York: Continuum, 1997.
Keller, Timothy. Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism. New York: Penguin Books, 2016.
Lischer, Richard, ed. The Company of Preachers: Wisdom on Preaching, Augustine to the Present. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2002.
O’Mahony, Kieran J. Speaking from Within: Biblical Approaches for Effective Preaching. Dublin: Veritas, 2016.
Sklba, Richard J. and Joseph Juknialis. Easter Fire: Fire Starters for the Easter Weekday Homily. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2016.
Waznak, Robert P. An Introduction to the Homily. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1998.
Whitfield, Joshua J. The Crisis of Bad Preaching: Redeeming the Heart and Way of the Catholic Preacher. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2019.
Homily/Sermon
Preparation, delivery and evaluation of a homily (7 minutes), plus personal, peer and lecturer review (oral and written) of this homily and oral review of two shorter homilies. All homilies are videotaped and replayed for review as part of the process.
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Teacher ‘Farts’ During Zoom Class With Third Graders, Hilarity Ensues
Emma Ginder, Facebook
Farts are always funny.
Emma Ginder, a third grade teacher in Topeka, Kansas, added some much needed comic relief to her virtual class by seemingly letting out a “toot” during a session, which resulted in an eruption of giggles from her 8-year-old students via webcam.
Ginder had just instructed her students to take out a book when an unexpected sound exploded into the silence: a massive fart.
“I think she farted,” said one of the kids.
“That was a big one,” another added.
“I don’t know who that was,” Ginder said, trying to hold back her own laughter.
“It was you,” another student replied.
“I don’t know who it was but whoever it was might be a little embarrassed, so let’s stop,” she empathetically requested of her class.
“I still blame you,” a student replied.
But it turns out, the fart was faux and the noise was played solely to put a smile on her students' faces.
“Some days you just have to play a toot sound during class to lighten the mood,” she wrote on a Facebook post of the clip. “Way too good not to share. Also, I apologize for having the maturity of an 8-year-old boy.”
Her post was shared close to 45,000 times on Facebook, and a version posted to Twitter has already hit over 5 million views, with the tweet calling the Zoom class prank, “joy we all needed.”
“They’ve gotten to know me and they know that I’m one they should be comfortable with and they can joke around with,” Ginder told news outlet KSNT. “I love that we have that relationship with one another and I love that we can all laugh at a toot because it is funny no matter how old you are.”
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Source: Teacher ‘Farts’ During Zoom Class With Third Graders, Hilarity Ensues
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MSandE History
Arthur F. Veinott, Jr.
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*[[Vita]] (hyperlink to pdf; sent to you on Jan 29)
*Lecture Notes: Pete Veinott was widely known throughout the operations research community for his lecture notes in various subject areas. These notes often included unpublished research findings that were widely referenced later in the scholarly literature. In addition, these notes represent perspectives of Professor Veinott that widely influenced generations of Stanford students, and subsequently impacted the development of operations research as a discipline. The notes are made available under the terms of the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/deed.en_US) Creative Commons] by the estate of Arthur F. Veinott, Jr.
**[[file:Veinott_Dynamic_Programming_course_notes.pdf|Dynamic Programming (Course Notes and Select Homework)]]
**Dynamic Programming (Course Notes and Select Homework)
**Supply Chain Optimization (Course Notes and Select Homework)
Arthur F. Veinott, Jr (known to his friends and family as "Pete") contributed broadly to both the research and teaching of operations research, and also played a key role in creating the Department of Operations Research. His research had major impact in dynamic programming, lattice programming, and inventory theory, for which he was recognized with the INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize in 2007, was made an inaugural INFORMS Fellow in 2002, and was named to the National Academy of Engineering in 1986. He also played an important part in creating the INFORMS journal Mathematics of Operations Research, acting also as its founding Editor-in-Chief, and in creating the John von Neumann Theory Prize.
Long Bio (contributed by Professor Richard W. Cottle)
Vita (hyperlink to pdf; sent to you on Jan 29)
Lecture Notes: Pete Veinott was widely known throughout the operations research community for his lecture notes in various subject areas. These notes often included unpublished research findings that were widely referenced later in the scholarly literature. In addition, these notes represent perspectives of Professor Veinott that widely influenced generations of Stanford students, and subsequently impacted the development of operations research as a discipline. The notes are made available under the terms of the Creative Commons by the estate of Arthur F. Veinott, Jr.
Dynamic Programming (Course Notes and Select Homework)
Supply Chain Optimization (Course Notes and Select Homework)
Obituaries:
Stanford News
Stanford School of Engineering
Lehigh University obituary (link to pdf forthcoming; )
ORMS Today obituary (link to pdf forthcoming; )
Remembrances of Pete Veinott
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iPage Hosting Review: Cheap and Somewhat Cheerful
Last updated on April 8, 2019 by Hannah Whitfield in Web Hosting Services | Comments {0}
Value is a big consideration when looking at web hosting services, since many of them offer similar features. While you can differentiate products by speeds, response times, and unusual features, it all comes down to value. In other words, how much performance and support can you get at the best price?
That’s a view that iPage takes to heart. iPage offers some of the cheapest introductory pricing around at $2 per month. The price goes up after that initial period, of course, but there’s no question it has one of the lowest costs we’ve seen yet for new users.
But is a low first-time offer enough to make iPage the right web host for you? Let’s take a dive into its various features, guarantees, and web hosting plans to see what iPage offers.
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As a company, iPage has been around for a long time. It was founded in 1998, though the Internet Archive’s records show that by 1999 the iPage.com domain was unused and for sale.
Regardless, iPage began life as a web service provider — essentially a landing page like Yahoo. In 2002, it relaunched as a web hosting provider that is currently owned by the Endurance Group, the same company behind Bluehost and HostGator. In its present form, iPage hosts more than one million websites and has two data centers.
Most web hosting services make grandiose claims about their uptime such as 99.99 percent guarantees, and the like. Not so with iPage. The company doesn’t make any uptime claims on its landing page at all.
Our research found iPage has about a 99.94 percent uptime, which amounts to a little over five hours per year of downtime. That’s not a lot of hours in a calendar year, but keep in mind that competitors like Bluehost and SiteGround have uptime percentages around 99.98. Still, depending on the type of site your running, a 99.94 percent uptime might be well within your margin of error.
There are conflicting results out there, however. Hosting Facts reported an uptime of 99.97 percent of uptime in 2017 for iPage, which adds up to less than three hours of downtime in a year. Perhaps iPage are selling themselves short!
Unlike other web hosting services, iPage offers a “one-size fits all” shared hosting plan. The basics of that plan include unlimited disk space, scalable bandwidth, a free domain, and unlimited domain names. You also get a free website builder that’s limited to six pages, and mobile optimization. Most website hosts use the cPanel Control Panel, but iPage opts for the vDeck control panel.
Take note of the unlimited domain names feature, which is unusual for basic accounts. It’s not clear how patient iPage would be if you went nuts and went live with 10 sites, but if you opt for 2 or 3 it will probably be fine.
The scalable bandwidth feature is also interesting. At face value it’s not all that different from the unlimited bandwidth that other web hosts offer. What is notable is that iPage is willing to put a number on what “unlimited” means. It’s kind of an indirect number, but it still gives you an idea of what to expect.
The company says its scalable bandwidth guarantee is able to support “more than 99.95 percent” of its customers’ bandwidth demands. For those that do run afoul of its policies, iPage says it will work with the website to help them transition to a more appropriate hosting plan.
Some of the other basics iPage covers include one-click install for WordPress, support for Drupal, Joomla, PixelPost, as well as forum platforms like Gbook and phpBB.
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Although iPage doesn’t really advertise this on its landing page, it does offer other services beyond shared hosting. There’s a specialized WordPress hosting that includes a free domain for a year, unlimited storage and bandwidth, and pre-installed themes and plugins. If you pay a little more, you also get WordPress dedicated support, automatic malware removal, and SiteLock security.
iPage Hosting offers a laundry list of features. Between this and the pricing, beginners could do a lot worse
Its beginner virtual private server (VPS) package, called Basic, features a single core CPU, 1GB of RAM, 40GB of disk space, 1TB of bandwidth, 1 IP address, and a free domain for a year.
To be blunt that is not a lot of value. A single-core CPU on a VPS is simply not a great option, and usually bottom level VPS packages have a little more bandwidth. But that free domain registration is a nice extra.
If you need a dedicated server where you have control of the hardware iPage offers that too.
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Signing up for an iPage account is relatively simple. It starts with a single search box where you find a new domain name or enter one you already own. If you choose to search for a new domain it will not only show whether your preferred .COM is available, but also other top-level domains such as .NET, .CLUB, and .US.
On the next page you choose the length of your term. To get the absolute best price you must sign-up for three years, but there are 1- and 2-year options as well.
Next, iPage asks you to choose a variety of add-ons. Several add-ons are selected by default, but you can cancel them before checking out. The automatically selected add-ons include domain privacy, website security, and site backup and restore.
Other add-ons include WordPress optimization, a package that includes themes and plugins, automatic malware detection and removal, a customize control panel, and a higher level of support. There’s also an SSL certificate option, and G Suite from Google.
Some of these add-ons are worth keeping. Domain privacy, which costs $10 for the first year and $13 per year after that, keeps your personal information private. If you don’t use this option then your name, address, and phone number end up in a public database of site owners called a Whois database. Brace yourself for some cold calls.
Site backup costs $1 per month and is probably worth it (you pre-pay for the entire term of your commitment) so as not to lose any of your site data.
After dealing with the add-ons you move to the payment page, and soon after that your hosting plan is ready to roll.
While iPage doesn’t have varying plans it does have different pricing tiers based on the length of your initial commitment. If you choose a three-year term, for example, you will pay $2 per month. After your initial period is over, you pay $8 per month as the regular price.
If you choose the two-year plan, the price is $2.50 per month, and then $9 per month after the two years are up. The three-year plan is $3 per month, and then you’ll pay as much as $10 per month for the rest of your time with iPage. It’s a strange pricing system designed to encourage you to sign-up for three years to get iPage’s best regular price.
The WordPress hosting packages have two levels. The first is $3.75 per month for the introductory period with a regular price of $7.50 after that. The higher tier WP Essential plan is $7 per month for the initial period with a regular price of $10.50.
For VPS packages, iPage starts at an introductory price of $20 (regular $25) and goes up to $80 per month (regular $100). Dedicated hosting, meanwhile starts at $120 and goes all the way up to $240.
If you’re willing to commit for three years, iPage offers the cheapest initial pricing for shared hosting we’ve seen so far. If you go with two years, it’s still cheaper than many other services at $2.50, and if you opt for the one year price it’s about the same as some of the cheapest services we’ve looked at.
Since it has varying regular prices, only the $8 per month price is competitive with larger web hosting companies. Its dedicated WordPress prices are good and that base level price of $3.75 per month is very low, but the VPS basic plan is not as good as you can find elsewhere.
Regardless of price, the fact that you can use more than one domain on shared hosting without paying extra is a standout option.
If pricing for the first three years is what matters to you, then iPage is an excellent choice. There’s simply no comparison to that $2 per month price point from the web hosts we’ve seen. After that initial offering, the prices are more typical and can actually be higher if you go with a shorter first-time commitment.
Overall, iPage offers great value at its initial price offerings for shared hosting, and is definitely worth a look for those who are just starting out with a new website.
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TV Review: Agents of Shield, “Shadows” (S2, EP1) – A Competent Spy Show, But Is It Too Little, Too Late?
By Kelly Konda September 24, 2014 September 25, 2014
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Last season, Agents of SHIELD was a big ole pile of disappointment. Everyone stopped watching it by mid-season. So, of course, that’s around the time it suddenly got pretty good, rewarding the faithful for their patience even if it had the gall to introduce multiple season-long mysteries it declined to actually solve by the end of the season. Now, here’s season 2, crying out, “Hey, look at us! We finally figured out what we’re doing. Kind of.” Let’s break it down.
Season 2 premiere spoilers ahead. Duh.
I’m doing a recap this week, but to anyone reading this – do you actually need plot recaps from my reviews? Or have you usually already seen the episode by the time you read something like this?
Back in WWII, HYDRA is busy transferring all of its crazy gadgets in the aftermath of Captain America’s defeat of the Red Skull, and Daniel Whitehall (Reed Diamond) is in charge of an alien obelisk we later learn was the very first 0-8-4. Then Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) and the Howling Commandos show up to bust his operation, sending away the 0-8-4 to be guarded by the early version of SHIELD and Howard Stark.
Cut to the present where a rogue SHIELD agent is attempting to sell intel about that WWII 0-8-4 to badass S.H.I.E.L.D. vet Isabelle Hartley (Lucy Lawless) and her colleagues Lance Hunter and “Idaho.” Of course, it’s actually a sting operation with May, Skye and Triplett lurking in the wings as back-up, but the rogue agent is killed and his intel stolen by an intruding Absorbing Man.
After the mission, everyone returns to the new SHIELD base first glimpsed in the season 1 finale, and the team has expanded in-between seasons to include a mechanic named Alphonso “Mack” Mackenzie (Henry Simmons). Coulson has spent so much of his time as the new Director of SHIELD traversing the globe and recruiting AWOL agents back into the fold that hardly anyone ever sees him anymore. When he instructs Skye to get HYDRA intel from Ward, whom they have in a Hannibal Lecter-like lockdown, it appears to be the first conversation they’ve had in weeks, if not longer.
With Ward’s creepy ass assistance (he’s oddly serene but still obsessed with Skye), the team hijacks HYDRA’s method of communication, and tracks the movements of the Absorbing Man, who they realize means to kill General Talbot. Of course, when they spring into action to protect Talbot it actually works out in Absorbing Man’s favor since he lets Talbot’s men capture him thus affording him better access to the facility where the 0-8-4 artifact is stored. May, Hartley, and her assorted group of mercenaries attempt to get to the artifact first, but when they do Hartley makes the mistake of grabbing it with her bare hand — and then is unable to let go, as it transforms her hand, and then arm, into inanimate (read: dead) matter. During the getaway in an SUV, the dead part of her arm is cut off, but the Absorbing Man shows back up and causes their car to crash, killing Hartley and Idaho and allowing him to take the artifact, which doesn’t damage him because of his absorbing powers I guess.
However, Coulson had a secondary agenda, which was for the team to steal one of Talbot’s cloaking-enabled jets, seeing as Fitz has been unable to nail down the cloaking technology on his own just yet. Coulson knew casualties were a possibility, but viewed it as a necessary risk because they need to “go dark,” to operate in the shadows…blah, blah, blah. They’re a covert group now. We get it.
Big twist #1 – They need the cloaking plane because Fitz can’t make one for them because he’s so not right in the head anymore that he actually hallucinates a version of Simmons he talks to even though the real Simmons left the team months ago.
Big twist #2 – The evil Hydra dude from the WWII prologue is still alive and in charge of HYDRA, looking exactly the same (minus the Nazi costume). More importantly, he has dropped what was a truly, unbelievably, hilariously awful German accent.
Is it bad that I was relieved when Lucy Lawless’ Agent Isabelle Hartley and a side character so indistinct we knew him only as “Idaho” both died in the purposefully bleak ending of the season 2 premiere of Agents of SHIELD? This was a premiere which threw so many new characters at us that I had already decided I wasn’t even going to bother with trying to remember any of their names since it seemed obvious from a practical standpoint that many of them wouldn’t be sticking around very long. Heck, by the end I was still looking at Lucy Lawless’ character and simply thinking of her as a modern Xena or a tougher version of Ron Swanson’s wife from Parks & Recreation. So, when she and her “Idaho” buddy went to deadsville I was just glad the show had winnowed its suddenly sprawling cast down a bit.
To be clear, my not caring about their deaths is not really a reflection of the quality of this episode or the manner in which their demise was depicted. Nor is it meant as any kind of slam on Lucy Lawless’ performance. She did enough in a short amount of time to get me to see her as playing a distinct, new character just as long as I was willing to engage with what I was watching. That’s where the problem is, though: I just don’t really engage with Agents of SHIELD that much. It is good enough to watch and enjoy, possibly even on in the background while multi-tasking, but not good enough to get too invested in. I can watch and really care about Vampire Diaries and Arrow but not so much with Agents of SHIELD, although I’d have to be a monster to not find Fitz and Simmons harrowing escape from the bottom of the ocean in the season 1 finale emotionally affecting.
Back in April and May, the SHIELD-shattering events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier granted Agents of SHIELD a freakishly entertaining forward momentum, completely upending the entire universe of the show and humbling our heroes to the point that they were actually forced to base all of their operations out of a crappy motel. This was a time when the show was asking what happens when your best friend (Ward) turns into a monster, seemingly overnight, and what kind of social order is there in what is essentially a military unit when the military crumbles around them. What did it mean to be an agent of SHIELD when SHIELD turned out to be an entire lie? These ideas were gifts delivered to them by the audaciousness of The Winter Soldier.
However, that movie was so last April. It’s not the movie I was blown away by in theaters just a couple of weeks ago, but instead something which is now out on home video, its twists less fresh in the mind and the urgency of its plot less, well, urgent. As such, when horrible moustache man Talbot showed up as a TV talking head in this season 2 premiere of SHIELD discussing the continued fall-out from HYDRA-sized reveal in Winter Soldier I had to kind of remind myself that was something that happened. It’s sort of like I was having so much racing along with SHIELD during its post-Winter Soldier run that the season 2 premiere feels like taking a step back and assessing what exactly this show is now and what its main story arcs and themes are going forward.
For starters, based on this premiere episode it would appear that SHIELD is now at least a competent spy show, crisply paced, efficiently written, and capable of good-enough special effects. The manner in which the team abducted Talbot, and then used his voice to infiltrate the military base was pure, fun spy stuff. It’s also far more self-assured, as killing off two brand new characters and effectively leaving blood on the morally compromised Coulson’s hands feel like things which would have been studio note-d away early last season. It’s also learned how to have its big twists actually land with any emotional resonance as the cliffhanger reveal of Fitz’ truly compromised state was more heartbreaking than expected from this show.
Going forward, it has established a clear connection to its eventual spin-off Agent Carter, set-up a potential big bad in Daniel Whitehall, further teased the eventual reveal of Skye’s dad, used two big spy maps to showcase just how outnumbered they are (way more Red=Hydra than Blue=SHIELD on the map), and re-established the military as an additional obstacle to our team’s goals. Plus, by killing off Hartley and “Idaho” it has introduced uncertainty going forward, although there’s still a big difference between killing off a regular and offing a special guest star.
So, the question, really, is do you like where the show is heading, placing our team as outlaws, lurching in the shadows, trying to put right what’s about to go wrong, and likely taking on more and more supervillains that are actually from the comics? There is a clear course correction going on here, and while this new version of the show is better than the old one there’s still the spectre of “Yeah, but none of these characters are all that great” (to be fair, some people really, really love Coulson and FitzSimmons and May) and “They still have all those crappy mysteries to deal with from last season.” As a result, I still hold this show at arm’s length, wondering if the aftermath of tragedy gifted to it by Winter Soldier will ultimately prove to have been a far more dramatically compelling period than its new “Let’s be outlaw spies now!” era. However, I didn’t really see that twist with Fitz coming nor did I really expect anyone to die, even if I had assumed Lucy Lawless wouldn’t be on the show very long. So, they surprised me, and now I’m intrigued. It’s a good start.
1. It’s cool seeing Peggy Carter and the Howling Commandos and all, but it was fairly obvious how much cheaper Agents of SHIELD’s version of WWII looked compared to Captain America: The First Avenger’s. Plus, that film had a sepia-toned, nostalgic visual flair (as did the Agent Carter Marvel One-Shot) which was completely lacking during the prologue.
2. Agents of SHIELD ended last season saying that the mission going forward was for Coulson to rebuild SHIELD. Well, at least they appear to be following through on that. It remains to be seen how its season shakes out, but as of right now that’s more than you can say for Doctor Who, which established a new narrative mission to find Gallifrey and then completely ignored that, although I highly suspect they’re just doing it in a far more indirect, Steven Moffat-y kind of way.
3. It occurs to me that a fair deal of what I’ve said in this review will be undone if Lucy Lawless’ character isn’t actually dead, but that’s not the story being told by Lawless and the show’s producers in various interviews today.
4. When it comes to movies, I’m a Marvel guy, but when it comes to TV shows and comics I’m a DC guy. What that means is I can watch Gotham and catch every single little reference to Batman lore, but I can watch this episode of SHIELD and have no preconceived notions about comic-book based characters like Hartley and The Absorbing Man. One is not necessarily better than the other, but it’s actually nice to just take it all in, not at all bothered by incessant, “Actually, that’s not how it was in….” thoughts.
5. The Absorbing Man? More like Biceps Man! Am I right ladies? That dude was ripped! I didn’t even care that he had no real personality or dialogue. He was a walking special effect.
6. I still really hate the lighting on this show, specifically any scene on The Bus.
Agents of SHIELD Season 2 Premiere Review | Soipondered
Agents of SHIELD “Shadows” Grade B+ | AVClub.com
:A (Hair)cut Above The Rest | TV.com
I’ve said my bit. Now, it’s your turn. What did you think of the episode? Take to the comments!
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sidekickreviews says:
I totally forget about the season 2 premiere haha but having watched it now it’s pretty enjoyable. I stayed away from any spoilers about special guest actors so it was a nice surprise to see Peggy Carter. I also have a feeling that we haven’t seen the last of Lucy Lawless, touching the very first 0-8-4 might have done something to her. The course correction with the personalities of Skye and Ward, while a little forced, is actually working for me. Let’s see where they go from here.
Kelly Konda says:
I’m actually with you – I basically took the entire summer off from SHIELD. Sure, I’d see headlines about certain comic book-based characters set to join the cast, but since I’m more of a DC person than Marvel those names really meant nothing to me. I didn’t even really watch of the season 2 trailers which popped up over the last 2 months. It wasn’t so much that I was actively avoiding spoilers, though. I just didn’t really care.
However, I won’t blindly cling to cynicism or disinterest. The first 2 episodes of the season have actually been pretty good. They are still in course-correction mode, but the direction they are heading finally looks worth doing.
sosobad says:
I’m a fluent German speaker who lived much of my life in Germany, so I’ve heard a LOT of German accents, and the accents in SHIELD can only be described as offensively, disrespectfully bad. The things they shouted in “German” were so badly pronounced, they were almost incomprehensible, but Reed Diamond’s (the head-honcho Nazi dude’s) “German”-accented English made those all sound Oscar-worthy. I’ve never heard a worse German accent. What gets me is that this is the 21st century, and there’s really no excuse for that kind of lazy, globally ignorant accent going through: it indicates not only severe, stupid laziness on the part of the actors but also on the director’s part for obviously not caring about that particular set of details. It’s not like there aren’t scads of native speakers in and around LA who would be perfectly thrilled to consult or do extra work. Lazy, lazy, lazy.
Maybe their goal was not to create an authentic German accent but instead a homage to all the bad German accents in every American movie ever?
Nah, that’s probably not it. Personally, I got a kick out of Reed Diamond’s hilariously horrible German accent, but I’m not a fluent German speaker nor have I ever been to Germany. I can see why you would be more offended (or annoyed) than entertained.
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The Exception to the Rule
The one who cried rape just to get even
The one who scammed welfare and lived like a king
The one who had an abortion at 30 weeks because she changed her mind
The one who claimed to be transgender to do some peeping Tom foolery
The one who strapped on a suicide vest just because he was Muslim
The one who doesn’t have a job just because he’s lazy
The one who accused a celebrity just for the money
The one who had extra children just for the food stamps
The one with a gun who stops a burglar
The one who stole the job just because he was Mexican
The one who got the promotion only because she was black
The one whose eye was blacked because her boyfriend was acting in self-defense
It happens.
But when did the exception become the rules by which we live?
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16 thoughts on “The Exception to the Rule”
Kathy Lauren says:
I think you put it succinctly and to the point! Will those who need to see it understand it?
Dina Honour says:
Doubtful. Even more doubtful is that anyone who believes the exception IS the rule will change their way of thinking, which is even sadder.
aviets says:
And they’re very rare exceptions. Yet you’re right, it’s those exceptions people so often want to focus on. I was just planning a post on kind of a similar subject…
Your thoughts above remind me of a statistic I found when I was creating our church’s Congregation Protection Policy eleven years ago: Fewer than 10% of sexual abuse allegations made by children are false. Therefore we must take every single allegation seriously – it’s very unlikely to be proven false. Not that I would personally ignore an allegation, but I think the tendency to think kids make this stuff up is at least a small part of what made some organizations allow abuse to continue for so long.
I was reading abortion statistics because of the never-ending female body battlefield. And the same sort of thing applies. Only about 1% of all abortions are ‘late-term’ abortions, and many of those are done for medical reasons (not all, but many). Yet people focus on that small number. Or the statistics of false rape allegations, or the tendency to believe that any woman coming forward to accuse a celebrity of abuse must be only after the publicity. You’ll notice that most of these people we don’t believe are women. No coincidence there.
You’re absolutely right, and it’s sickening. Here’s what I wish this particular debate would focus on: Even if abortion was criminalized, women would still get abortions. Privileged women would do it in a safe environment, and poor women will go back to barbaric conditions. Of course, I have a feeling that the same people who are anti-abortion would also not mind a little eugenics experiment – Yay, let’s kill off those poor, lazy, “taker” women by forcing them to have dangerous abortions! Wow, is that too cynical?
Nope. That’s what I always wonder when people are anti-choice, anti-birth control and anti-welfare. Do they think people are going to stop having kids? What is going to happen to those children? I think a lot of what you described above is already happening in places like Texas. Not cynical. Sadly realistic. I’m starting to think that The Handmaid’s Tale should be required reading.
I’m so glad you’re keeping away from the controversies ………
I know. I’m like a train wreck at the moment. I keep telling myself I’m going to write a nice sweet nostalgic piece or a fluffy parenting thing. But nope. I’m like that guy from The Godfather. Just when I thought I was out, they drag me back in…something about this election has awakened the placard carrying/shouting/feminist protestor in me. I’m not sure if it’s the election or my age or what. But she’s there scratching to get out.
Well, Donald Trump would blame it on menstruation or peri- or actual menopause. Whatever girl-y thing is no doubt responsible 😉
He’s not smart enough to use that word Elyse. He would just stay that I stopped bleeding from my…whatever.
Exceptions granted because of claims of religious faith. I believe; therefore I am allowed to do whatever I damn well please… My post from this morning: https://ourviewfromiowa.wordpress.com/2016/04/04/theological-anarchy/
The exception to the rule has become the urban legend “biscuits in the can exploding in the carseat like a gunshot” or “twins named Lemonjello and Orangejello”. Sadly, too many people can’t see the ridiculousness of all of these and the impact in the ones you mentioned.
Wait…what about Nosmo and King? Are they not real either?? Damn! You’re right. Where is Snopes when you really need them??
And just when you decide no one is actually shooting you from the back seat, it’s actually your 4-year-old! And he shot you with the gun you didn’t secure!
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(1888PressRelease) April 27, 2019 - WESTBURY, NY – 1025Connect, Long Island’s premier network-neutral facility for network interconnection and colocation, today announces that they have expanded their leadership team with the appointment of John A. Danko as Director of Business Development. In this role, Danko will be responsible for the development of domestic, international and subsea carrier business for the 1025Connect interconnection and colocation facility. As a professional with over 23 years of experience in all facets of telecommunications and network neutral infrastructure, Danko’s critical insight will be integral to the company’s continued success and fulfillment of long-term objectives.
Prior to 1025Connect, Danko held similar positions at ColoGuard and Jamestown 325 Hudson LP, where he developed interconnection facilities, negotiated and acquired domestic and international business for the entity’s carrier hotel and Meet-Me-Rooms (MMR). At 325 Hudson, Danko was directly responsible for growing the MMR from zero unique networks to over 30, illustrating his proven success attaining customer opportunities for dark fiber, access and colocation.
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Danko’s addition to 1025Connect underscores the company’s continued commitment to redefining and adapting its interconnection facility. In January 2019, the company launched its ‘Discover the New 1025Connect’ campaign, unveiling its restructured management team and enhanced upgrades to its Meet-Me-Room and colocation facility. Danko joins the company’s dynamic new management team, curated to enhance success and invite customers to re-imagine what colocation and interconnectivity mean for their business. The process has reinvigorated 1025Connect’s operations, bolstering its ability to help customers and partners connect from North America to Europe via global subsea systems and terrestrial networks at the ‘Continental Edge.’
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Meet The Former Nigerian Billionaire Chief Anabor Who’s Now A Taxi Driver
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When we talk about grace to grass stories, there are a few that actually stand out in Nigeria today.
The shocking story of Nigerian man known as Goddy Anabor who was once a very wealthy man and ended up transformed back to poverty is one that gives an important life lesson.
The once popular Lagos socialite and Billionaire publisher of the defunct Hearts Magazine, Chief Goddy Anabor, is now a cab driver. The erstwhile billionaire whose name and t!tles the likes of Sir Shina Peters, Oliver de Coque and so many other musicians documented lavishly in some of their albums now engages in the business to keep body and soul together, and after falling on bad times.
Operating incognito, Anabor uses a Toyota Camry (tiny light) for this and usually resumes his activities around 1 am when fewer eyes will be on him. His take off point is the popular Allen Avenue in Ikeja, Lagos. Some of those who used to know him in his hey days are so sad and shocked by the way he ended up. They blamed bad marriage and drugs for his down fall.
At some point, he was residing inside Moshood Abiola Crescent, off Toyin Street, in Ikeja, Lagos. He also had a guest house in Ikeja GRA (on Joel Ogunnaike to be specific). As a matter of fact, the guest house today houses a Nud3 club – The Cave, owned by Shina Edo. He sold them all at the peak of his crisis. Likewise his huge hotel in Edo State and all his exotic automobiles, including a Rolls Royce.
The former billionaire who now works as a taxi driver to make ends meet was at some point, a popular businessman known years back with the nickname Ikeja axis.
Anabor in a recent interview with Bodun Kupoluyi, opened up on how he lost all his money and went from grace to grass.
The former billionaire revealed that he helped three people to become billionaires back in the day but all the people he helped have turned their back on him.
According to the distraught man, he made his riches through multiple investments but lost all of them because the people he entrusted his businesses to mismanaged it and they were also corrupt in their dealings.
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When my daughter was at summer camp one year, she and a friend devised a secret code. It involved different configurations of coughs, sneezes, pencil taps, and throat clearing sounds, and it enabled the two girls to communicate during quiet time.
Slightly evil and remarkably devious, perhaps. Hilarious? I thought so. So did one of the counselors, when I told her about it years later. We shared a good belly laugh over it.
People have been communicating without words for centuries, from drums to smoke signals. One of the best-known methods in our day and age is Morse code, although already it’s becoming something of a lost art. In my book, THE VOLUME OF WATER, one of my main characters, Mary, is a HAM radio nut. Back in the 1960s, when my novel takes place, you had to be proficient in Morse code to get your HAM license (that’s no longer the case).
Mary, lonely kid that she is, is an extreme audiophile. She hears Morse just about everywhere. A bird, her heartbeat – it’s all translatable for her. In other worse, the world literally speaks to her through Morse.
She’s not the first one to feel that way, I was rather surprised to find. A quick and unscientific Google search proves that Morse is sort of everywhere. Every subject has its nerds, and that goes for birdwatchers and rock-n-rollers as well. Case in point, the Junco hyemalis oreganus, also known as the Morse code bird. Here’s a sampling of their sound, courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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There are even secret Morse messages in popular music – and I’m not just talking Abba songs here. Not to suggest that Rush fans are a bunch of giant nerds, but well …
Fortunately, learning Morse is relatively easy. There are several sites that will even translate normal type into code for you so you can impress your friends. Can you guess what hopeful bestseller this is? – …. . / …- — .-.. ..- — . / — ..-. / .– .- – . .-.
I typed the title of my book into a Morse code music making page I found, and now I can’t get the rhythm out of my head. I think it’s a rhumba. Either that, or headhunters will be here shortly. Hmmmm, wonder if there’s a way to incorporate subliminal audio messages into a query letter?
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In addition to its many cultural and historic landmarks, this destination hosts a number of outstanding festivals and events that may coincide with your trip. If flying in, make your travel plans well in advance to find cheap airfare.
Most Los Angeles events center on one of three themes: sports, ethnic traditions or the arts.
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On New Year's Day, masses of roses and other flowers cover floats in Pasadena's Tournament of Roses Parade , a 2.5-hour tromp along Colorado Boulevard that is a prelude to the prestigious Rose Bowl Game , where top college football teams face off.
Mid-February brings top golfers from around the world to town as the PGA Tour stops at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades for the Genesis Open . Runners lace up their shoes for the Los Angeles Marathon in late March.
Racing fans fill the stands for several big races: the NHRA Winternationals in February, the Production Alliance Group 300 and the Auto Club 400 NASCAR race in March and the Auto Club NHRA Finals in November.
The city's ethnic diversity breeds scores of celebrations and festivals. In late January and extending through February, the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade greets the arrival of spring with The Golden Dragon Parade, Miss L.A. Chinatown Pageant, the Firecracker 5/10K Run/Walk and a carnival. L.A.'s Thai Buddhist community rings in the new year during the Songkran (Thai New Year) Festival in April.
Old-movie buffs flock to Hollywood in late March or early April for the TCM Classic Film Festival , held over four days at theaters throughout Tinseltown.
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Latinos gather in late April to celebrate Fiesta Broadway , a jubilee of Mexican culture that leads into Cinco de Mayo Celebration , an early May extravaganza of mariachi music, folkloric dancing and food. A 36-square-block area around El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument pulsates to the rhythm of top Latin performers. Runners lace up for the 1-mile Cinco de Mile at Fiesta Broadway while golfers take to the links for the Fiesta Broadway Charity Golf Tournament.
More than 80,000 participants show their pride in mid-May during the Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Parade & Festival . Marching groups and floats wind along Ocean Boulevard, while a full slate of entertainment takes the stage at Marina Green & Rainbow Lagoon.
The city has plenty of events to offer its diverse arts community. Fine musicians perform in late May during UCLA's JazzReggae Festival . A bohemian spirit prevails during Venice Art Walk & Auctions in mid-May. Jazz, blues and fusion are the soul of the mid-June Playboy Jazz Festival .
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From mid-July to mid-September, the acclaimed concert season at the Hollywood Bowl, a AAA GEM attraction, invites music lovers to sit under the stars and soak up the sounds of outstanding jazz, classical, world music and other concerts at this world-class performing arts destination.
Little Tokyo comes alive in mid-August with the Nisei Week Japanese Festival . Celebrants gather in the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center Plaza to explore Japanese culture and heritage via parades, food from local restaurants, music, arts and crafts. The Mexican holiday of Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead Festival) , is marked in late October or early November with a mock funeral procession, folkloric dancing and music.
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The Fairplex in Pomona opens its doors each September for the Los Angeles County Fair , one of the nation's largest county fairs. Experience the hair-raising thrills of carnival rides, browse exhibits, compete in a midway game or nosh on candy apples, funnel cake and cotton candy for an evening full of fun things to do with friends.
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It's almost worth traveling by train just to experience Union Station, the combination Spanish Revival-Art Deco-Streamline Moderne-style terminal at 800 N. Alameda St., near Olvera Street and Chinatown. Amtrak trains, (800) 872-7245, use the station, as well as depots scattered throughout the region.
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When it comes to climate change, it’s the decision we make as individuals, whether at the micro, mini or macro level, that ultimately will make a difference.
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Fifty years ago, the world was home to 2.7 billion people. We are now approaching 8 billion people – almost triple in our lifetime. How could that kind of growth, those kinds of numbers, not make an impact on our planet? Global warming, indeed!
But rather than sign up for the passenger list for Elon Musk’s Mars colonization mission, maybe we need to look at how we can utilize our current resources better.
In the Newburyport area, we are lucky. We are leaders at saving the planet. Let’s look at it from a micro, mini and macro perspective.
At a micro level, we excel at residents recycling – look at those containers chock full on garbage day – and the use of the compost program, even though it costs extra.
Another piece of evidence: Crowds every first Saturday at the recycle center swapping items, bringing in electronics, Styrofoam, used oil and metal. The success of the Repair Café at the Senior Community Center is another data point. Newburyporters are getting very good at the six R’s: refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, repurpose, recycle. But we can get better.
Now, let’s turn to examples at the mini level of environmental action. What other small cities have this many options for ridesharing or commuting?
The bus options at the Park & Ride (thanks, C&J!), the local MVRTA bus routes, even the fact that we are at the “rail’s end” and can take advantage of a train to Boston and beyond. Why drive when you can ride? And many locals do ride – especially their bikes on our local bike trails. Check off another one for carbon footprint reduction.
What we often ignore is the macro level contribution we make: our homes. We’ve had an unprecedented growth in solar rooftops. A large part of our housing stock is 1850 and earlier.
Both of those facts put us in an enviable position when it comes to our contribution to the environment. How many trees have we saved by avoiding new construction?
Maybe, that’s a new set of R’s: rent, resell, rehabilitate. Energy awareness programs have made many of our 200-plus-year-old homes as tight as 20-year-old homes.
We tend to live on smaller plots of land. We inhabit an unprecedented number of half houses and have converted many larger homes into condos. Homes have been on their lots forever, built using local materials. I think we don’t give ourselves enough credit.
The Dallas suburbs we are not, and it has paid off, not only environmental dividends, but destination dividends as well – Newburyport history, and our historic homes, make this the place to visit.
Let’s not take all that for granted. Every horsehair plaster wall we tear down, every early growth woodwork we throw out adds to waste and contributes to climate change.
But we Newburyporters are a frugal bunch. If you are like me, gutting a room – or a home – is a last resort. If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it. Add housing preservation to the environmental awareness list.
Recently, Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, an investment management firm, said that climate change has become a defining factor in companies’ long-term prospects.
Homeowners, like companies, have a vested interest in climate change and what it does to our pocketbooks in the next 30 years.
Says Larry: What will happen to the 30-year mortgage – a key building block of finance – if lenders can’t estimate the impact of climate risk over such a long timeline, and if there is no viable market for flood or fire insurance in impacted areas?
While government must lead the way in this climate transition, companies and investors also have a meaningful role to play. But when it comes to climate change, it’s the decision we make as individuals, whether at the micro, mini or macro level, that ultimately will make a difference.
Let’s continue to treat our old Newburyport homes like the climate assets they are by minimizing wholesale reconstruction, interior gutting or tear-downs. Not just for history’s sake – but for the climate’s sake as well.
Jack Santos, a 12-year resident of Newburyport, is a research vice president and chief of research for enterprise architecture and technology innovation with Gartner Inc. He is also an ACES adviser contributing to the development of IT and overall systems. He can be reached at iam@jacksantos.com.
This column was coordinated by ACES YOUTH CORPS member, Eleni Protopapas. To share any comments or questions, please send an email to acesnewburyport@gmail.com. To learn more about ACES and our Youth Leadership Initiative, please view our WEBSITE – https://www.aces-alliance.org
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Two Miles and Two Hours to Thurso
At the tippy-top, most northern part of Scotland, the first ferry of the day from Stromness on Orkney Island arrives in Scrabster on the mainland at 8am.
I had taken this early morning service, which had given me the option of staying the night before in one of the cabins on the ferry (see my previous post, Savoring the Local Hero Vibe in Orkney), where I got the best sleep I’d had in months.
So I was full of vim and vigor as I strapped on my big backpack and stepped onto the dock at Scrabster. Adding to the spring in my step was the weather: it was a stunner of a day, with sunshine, an occasional wisp of a white cloud, and a hint of a coastal breeze to keep the temperature right at perfect.
My plans were to travel back to Inverness that day on the first available train service – a dainty two-car affair departing around 1pm, a good five hours after my ferry docked. Which, in this remote area of Scotland, is ample for what the populace requires.
The train service itself runs not from Scrabster, but from the neighboring town of Thurso. Three days before, I had taken a bus – the one bus of the afternoon – over from Thurso to Scrabster on my outbound journey to Orkney. From this, I knew the distance between the train station and the ferry port was only two miles, making it possible to walk from one to the other.
It was a sublime day, I had five hours before my train arrived, and the first bus wasn’t due at the Scrabster dock for another hour and twenty minutes. “Why not make the walk?” I thought. Sure, there was a hill to climb, and the weight of my big backpack to consider, but with loads of time on my hands, I could take it as slowly as I needed to. The idea of the hike rather appealed to me, though I wasn’t overly keen on the route – from what I remembered of the bus ride, we had traveled along a main road which may or may not have had a sidewalk for the entire trek.
Before I set off to take the hill with my big backpack, I thought it might be a good idea to check with the locals about the walk. Popping into the dockside café (where, very importantly, I’d had a divine ham and brie panini a few days earlier), I told one of the waitresses what I was thinking of doing, and she informed me that, yes, it’s possible to take that main route, but that it’s much nicer to do the cliff walk, which runs along the coastline. Pointing out the window in the general direction of Thurso, she gave me the name of a road to turn onto, and a description of the entrance to the path I would take from there.
This sounded far more picturesque – and quieter – than the main road, and with that settled, off I started up the hill. As I was nearing the top and beginning my lookout for the road I was to turn onto, a man came towards me from the other direction, walking his dog. I stopped and asked him if I was nearing the road for the coastal walk, and he pointed to a small street just up the hill. He then asked me where I was from, and all of the usual “tourist questions” while I petted his friendly mixed-breed pup. We chatted about the beautiful weather and the joys of living where he does, and pretty soon twenty minutes had passed. I thanked him for his help, and he said that he would be passing along this way later and if he saw me looking lost, he would stop and give me a ride to the station, which I thought was exceptionally kind.
Fortunately, I didn’t lose my way. The coastal path, once I located it, was very straightforward. Following the contour of the coastline, it runs along the top of the cliff above the rocks and beaches, and isn’t nearly as treacherous as it sounds. It is a beautiful walk, completely paved, and is traversed by the residents of both Scrabster and Thurso, who take the path to go to the market or into town for dinner at one of the quaint, tantalizing restaurants.
The waitress at the café had given me a gift, I soon realized, when she told me to go this way. With its stone walls, high grasses and spectacular views of neighboring islands, the cliffside path was utterly enchanting, to the point I completely forgot about the backpack on my back. I was aware of feeling only blessed and grateful to be in the sunshine and the beauty of it all, and I delighted in every step.
But it was the people along the path who put the whole experience over the top for me. Every fifty to a hundred yards or so, I would cross paths with one of the locals and we invariably would stop for a chat. Some were coming back from doing errands in town, others were walking their dogs (naturally, I had to stop and speak with every single one of these folks), while others were simply out to enjoy the gorgeous day.
Though I had been up in the highlands for a while, and was getting accustomed to their captivating, thick Scottish accent, I still caught myself thinking, as I was conversing with one of the locals, how strange it is for us to be speaking the same language, saying the same words, yet we sound so very different from each other. What is really remarkable is that we can actually understand each other’s pronunciations well enough, at least most of the time.
Even stranger than that, I realized I was starting to pick up some of these Scottish pronunciations, when I heard myself talking about biscuits. Naturally, when speaking of the British digestives and shortbreads, one uses their term, “biscuits” instead of the American word “cookies” (just as Oreos and Nutter Butters are always cookies and never biscuits). But saying “biscuits” here in northern Scotland, I was startled to hear it come out of my mouth with a proper Highland brogue, as “BESS-ketz.” When did this language gap start closing?
In the end, it took me over two hours to walk those two brilliant miles. Yet I still had hours left to kill before catching the train. I spent that time sitting in the picturesque little square opposite the church, where my backpack enjoyed resting on the benches, alternating between sunshine and shade, while I had some takeaway lunch and did some reading until it was time to catch the train.
It was such a small moment in my travels – a mere few hours between destinations – but that dazzling day has stayed with me, and promises to be one of my favorite memories of the entire journey.
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Top row: The start of the cliffside trail: view to Hoy on a splendid summer day;
Bottom row: Visitors staying in the cliffside campgrounds enjoy a stroll along the path; relaxing in the village square.
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Inequalities key to new Councils' Health and Wellbeing Programme
Released: Monday, 11 January 2021
A renewed focus on tackling the health inequalities revealed by the Covid crisis is to be a priority for post-pandemic health and wellbeing teams at Adur & Worthing Councils, a report reveals.
Understanding inequalities in communities and promoting inclusion with a focus on emotional well being and health, access to finance, skills for employment and learning will form the backbone of a new policy, the report to the Councils’ Joint Strategic Committee says.
This will need more detailed understanding of specific neighbourhoods and their needs together with the creation of a solid network of support within localised volunteer groups and other community organisations as well as other partner agencies, the report says.
It comes as the Councils’ existing three-year health and wellbeing strategy, Start Well, Live Well, Age Well comes to an end.
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Going Local - A scheme in which Councils’ staff work with local GP surgeries to socially prescribe non-medical interventions that may prevent such action. More than 1,200 residents were supported by this scheme in 2020.
Wellbeing Programme - Funded by West Sussex County Council it focuses on interventions around physical activity, weight management, giving up smoking and reduction of alcohol consumption. An average of 3,000 people a year use this service
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What is Corneal Dystrophy and How Can Scleral Lenses Help?
There are many different corneal dystrophies with overlapping symptoms. Among these symptoms is an irregular eye surface, more commonly referred to as corneal irregularity. Scleral lenses offer the perfect solution, as they even out the corneal irregularity, thus providing clear and sharp vision.
An eye exam at The Scleral Lens and Keratoconus Center at Advanced Eyecare Solutions can reveal whether scleral lenses are appropriate for you.
What is Corneal Dystrophy?
Corneal dystrophy refers to a group of genetic and often progressive eye diseases characterized by the accumulation of abnormal material in at least one of the five layers of the cornea.
Most corneal dystrophies progress slowly and in both eyes. The age at which one can expect symptoms varies on a case-by-case basis.
Diagnosis of Corneal Dystrophy
An optometrist can usually detect the presence of corneal dystrophy with a slit lamp microscope during a regular eye exam. During this simple test the doctor shines a bright, thin beam of light into your eye. With the help of a slit lamp, discoloration or deformation of the cornea become visible. The exam can also show the build-up of abnormal material in the cornea.
The eye care professional will look into your family history of eye diseases, as corneal dystrophies are generally inherited. In some cases, genetic testing can reveal whether you are affected.
Symptoms of Corneal Dystrophy
People with corneal dystrophy may not experience any symptoms, while in others, the disorder may lead to significant vision impairment. Vision can be affected by the irregular shape of the cornea, as light is not bent correctly onto the retina. In addition, the accumulation of foreign material within the cornea can cause it to become foggy. In many cases, patients experience recurrent corneal erosion. This occurs when the top cell layer (the epithelium) detaches from the layer beneath.
Common symptoms for most corneal dystrophies include:
increased sensitivity to light (photophobia)
the feeling of having a foreign object in the eye
itching, pain, or severe discomfort
vision loss
How Can Corneal Irregularities Be Treated?
Traditional soft contact lenses cannot correct vision, as the lens merely takes on the irregular shape of the eye surface. Similarly, regular eyeglasses provide improvement only for moderate astigmatism; however, in high irregular astigmatism, eyeglasses are not able to correct the condition.
Corneal erosion may be treated with medication, such as antibiotics, lubricating eye drops, or ointments, to repair damage to corneal tissue. Laser treatment may be applied, or, in severe cases, a corneal transplant may be required.
Rigid Gas Permeable (RGP) lenses for Corneal Dystrophies
RGPs can correct a patient’s vision since the inner surface of these lenses can be adapted to the irregular cornea, while the outer surface maintains a smooth round shape, thus correcting refraction at each point of the cornea.
Scleral Lenses for Corneal Dystrophies
Scleral lenses offer clearer vision than RGP lenses as they vault over the corneal irregularity, forming a smooth dome-shaped surface. They are larger in diameter and rest on the sclera, the white part of the eye surrounding the cornea. The dome-shaped scleral lens spans over the cornea, creating an optically perfect surface with a liquid-filled vault underneath.
In addition, the lens is more comfortable to wear than most other lenses. The larger diameter prevents it from moving around on the eye, and the extra liquid between lens and cornea ensures that the eye remains well lubricated.
Types of Corneal Dystrophies
There are around 20 different types of corneal dystrophies, which can be divided into three distinct categories:
Anterior Corneal Dystrophies, which affect the outer layers of the cornea. These include Map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy, Lisch dystrophy, Meersman corneal dystrophy, Reis-Buckler corneal dystrophy, and Thiel-Behnke corneal dystrophy.
Stromal Corneal Dystrophies, which affect the central or stromal layer of the cornea. These include granular corneal dystrophy, Lattice corneal dystrophy, and macular corneal dystrophy.
Posterior Corneal Dystrophies, which affect the innermost layers of the cornea. These include congenital hereditary endothelial corneal dystrophy, Fuchs’ corneal dystrophy, posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy, and Schnyder crystalline corneal dystrophy.
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A corneal specialist is a surgeon. What you need is someone to monitor the status of your dystrophy. Dr. Sarbjit S. Virk will carry out regular eye examinations to detect changes in your cornea’s health before you experience discomfort and feel the need to contact a specialist.
At The Scleral Lens and Keratoconus Center at Advanced Eyecare Solutions we have the knowledge and technology to monitor your eye health closely. Many patients are astonished at the level of diagnostic equipment and the extent of examinations at our practice. With early detection, Dr. Sarbjit S. Virk can prescribe whatever treatment is necessary at any time or refer you to a corneal specialist, who we keep updated.
Also, at The Scleral Lens and Keratoconus Center at Advanced Eyecare Solutions we are trained in fitting specialty contact lenses and can evaluate whether scleral lenses are the ideal choice for your condition. We will conduct all the necessary eye exams, such as the exact mapping and measuring of your cornea’s surface, and provide you with the best lenses for optimal comfort and clear vision.
We proudly serve patients from Bellevue, Seattle, Kirkland, Redmond, and throughout WA.
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https://www.columbiaeye.org/eye-library/corneal-disease
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Aug 24, 2015, 7:10am
The EU needs to act swiftly to support farmers in Northern Ireland, according to the North’s Agricultural Minister Michelle O’Neill.
O’Neill was speaking from London after her second meeting in a week with the British Secretary of State Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Liz Truss.
She said that the meeting was broadly constructive and covered a wide range of issues on which agreement for action could be built including fairness in the supply chain and procurement.
“However these are steps for the longer term. I, and the industry representatives from the North, were adamant with Liz Truss that action is needed now.
“That the intervention price must be raised and that pursuing opportunities in opening new markets tomorrow will not address the crisis our farmers are facing today,” she said.
The meeting also involved farming unions and Ministers from Wales and Scotland and was called to address a number of issues facing the farming industry, especially the dairy sector.
“It is clear that European support for our farmers is vital right now. The dairy sector in the North, which is heavily reliant on exports, has been hit hard by adverse exchange rates and poor market conditions.
Farmgate milk prices are now below the cost of production. Assistance is required. Despite appearances, I believe that the picture is not as acute in Britain.
“While it is good that my counterparts in Wales and Scotland are committed to influencing Liz Truss to act speedily, I am clear that raising the intervention price threshold is the key lever to effect positive change in the short term,” O’Neill said.
The Minister intends to ask the EU Commissioner Phil Hogan to raise the intervention threshold price when she meets him in a few weeks.
She will also attend the specially-convened Agriculture Council in Brussels on September 7.
“We accept that a successful dairy industry needs a buoyant market with fair returns and cannot rely on intervention.
“However, if we are to have a sustainable dairy industry, we also need to have reasonable safety nets when global market shocks occur. I will continue to lobby for those protections.
“I will press firmly for a review of the current intervention price when I meet Commissioner Hogan. The threshold price was last reviewed six years ago, and much has changed since then.
“A new and higher price would help stabilise prices by putting a floor in the market,” she said.
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"The Mueller probe is not just another criminal investigation. It is also an inquiry into a foreign attack on the nation’s democratic system, the details of which are the public’s to know, and an inquest into official malfeasance at some of the highest levels of government." — The Washington Post
"Of immeasurable importance." — NBC News
“The Mueller probe is the most important investigation in a generation.” — The New York Post
"May be Americans’ best chance to understand an attack on their democracy" — The New Republic
“The only drama that matters.” —BBC
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The Special Counsel’s Office of the Department of Justice was established following acting Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein’s appointment of Robert S. Mueller III as Special Counsel on May 17, 2017.
Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer. The author of the New York Times bestsellers Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, Franklin and Winston, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, and The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, he is a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University, a contributing writer for The New York Times Book Review, and a fellow of the Society of American Historians. Meacham lives in Nashville and in Sewanee with his wife and children.
Michael Beschloss is the author of ten books on presidential history, including, most recently, the New York Times bestseller Presidents of War and Presidential Courage, as well as two volumes on Lyndon Johnson’s White House tapes. He was also editor of the #1 global bestseller Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy. He is the NBC News Presidential Historian and a PBS NewsHour contributor and has received an Emmy and six honorary degrees.
Evan Thomas is the author of ten books, including First: Sandra Day O’Connor and the New York Times bestsellers John Paul Jones, Sea of Thunder, and Being Nixon. Thomas was a writer, correspondent, and editor for thirty-three years at Time and Newsweek, including ten years as Washington bureau chief at Newsweek, where, at the time of his retirement in 2010, he was editor at large. He wrote more than one hundred cover stories and in 1999 won a National Magazine Award. He wrote Newsweek’s election specials in 1996, 2000, 2004 (winner for Newsweek of the National Magazine Award), and 2008. He appears on many TV and radio talk shows, including Meet the Press and Morning Joe. Thomas has taught writing and journalism at Harvard and Princeton, where, from 2007 to 2014, he was Ferris Professor of Journalism. --このテキストは、kindle_edition版に関連付けられています。
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In our modern age most people cannot bother to read reports like this as they want instant gratification in whatever way, including news stories, which can be shown by the way so many can be taken in by fake news, and make some pretty weird decisions. If I was an American, I would not have voted for either Hilary Clinton or Donald Trump, after all I do have some self-respect. You could argue that Trump offered more money in your pocket to the average American, which is at least something.
So, we all have heard and read stories about Russian involvement in the presidential election, the same way they meddled in our Brexit vote, and in other European elections. Mind you, as with the American election and Brexit we do not ultimately know how much difference this has made in the results, because we all know that a lot of people have no idea at times what they are really voting for.
With that out of the way here then we come to the actual report by Robert Swan Mueller III, Special Counsel to the Department of Justice. This Kindle edition is two volumes in length and there is a fully active table of contents to each volume, plus numerous active footnotes. Those unused to reading such documents before then please note that certain information is redacted, so although that information is hidden from us, we are given the reasons, due to privacy, the Grand Jury, to keep secret certain evidence gathering techniques, such as those which could give sensitive details about forensic gathering from computers, as well as information that if released could affect any ongoing investigations that could lead to further prosecutions.
Giving us introductions and summaries so we can see what was investigated and the definitions in US Federal Law that have to be considered to determine whether there is any probable cause to obtain a conviction in court. Also, this takes in constitutional matters and pre-determined meanings under current legislation.
Reading this some may be surprised by certain names coming up, such as Julian Assange, a man who played some part in the leaking of documents in the campaign, and Nigel Farage, although in the latter case there is no smear on his name, just that people in his orbit of acquaintances may have been able to offer assistance. Although it is interesting to note that as I write this it looks like a probe by the EU has been initiated due to the non-declaration of certain monies by Farage. In fact, as you read this report you somehow get the impression that you are reading somewhat a rogue’s gallery.
The first volume is about the inquiry into violations of US Law by Russian Intelligence agencies and their trying to disrupt democracy. The second volume is about obstructing the investigation. The first volume shows that there is not really any substantial evidence for conspiracy between Trump and his campaign and the Russian Government in trying to rig the election to gain a successful prosecution. The second volume which having read the first you will already read of lies and obfuscation carries on with this particular issue, and as we ultimately see this report does not exonerate Trump and there are questions relating to the President that still remain unanswered. Unfortunately for Trump he is perhaps at times his worse enemy, in that he obviously can show a quite fragile ego and will lie and prevaricate and encourage others to do so, because he wants to be seen as the best President ever, and that everyone loves him. Obviously reading this in its entirety will not be for everyone, but it still makes for an interesting read and should make you think about certain things a bit more.
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Okay, so Mueller doesn't set the world on fire, as his report should - that nice Mr Barr saw to that - but the evidence is here. The Russians interfered with the 2016 election, to destroy Hillary Clinton and do everything possible to ensure Donald J. Trump, against all reason and logic, became president. It's a detailed read, not very exciting, but it contains facts. There were just too many Russian faces and names closely associated with the Trump campaign for mere statistical coincidence.
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2019年8月1日に英国でレビュー済み
Despite all the redactions, its hard to understand how Bill Barr has effectively dismissed this report by concluding nothing much happened. Thank goodness I don't live in USA. The whole government seems completely corrupt.
5つ星のうち5.0 historical document
Whilst you do need to be interested in the subject, this book is, for me, a fantastic copy of a historical document that, taken together with official statements from The White House, provides the reader with everything necessary to understand THE TRUTH and not Trump's own version of fake news.
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If you believe the marketing hype from Amazon, you’d be led to believe that the Tap is a significant step forward for the Echo family, pairing the voice control functionality of the original with the added convenience of being able to take it anywhere.
It is an interesting idea on paper but, in practice, the Tap falls some way short of these lofty ambitions. With a lightweight, compact design that can easily be held in your palm or carried in a bag, it’s hard to fault the form of the Tap. The glowing ring atop the original Echo has been replaced with a small row of glowing LEDs which perform much the same task, while repositioning of the ‘talk’ and ‘on/off’ buttons to the side of the device means that volume, pause and track skipping controls can be placed on the top of the cylinder. These design compromises do allow for a significantly smaller body, but it does mean that the Tap feels a little less premium compared to its larger sibling.
Similar strengths; different weaknesses
The same voice recognition software used in the Echo is employed in the Tap, with all of the associated strengths and weaknesses that come with this. It also uses the same Alexa app: this is positive for those who want to control multiple Amazon smart devices in the home, but the horribly unintuitive user interface doesn’t exactly lend itself to regular usage.
This isn’t a problem for the Echo, as the constantly-on voice recognition means that you can control it from the other side of the room. This is not the case with the Tap: rather than it listening out for an activation word, you have to physically push the microphone button before making your voice command. This is a major drawback as it means that leaving the speaker further than an arm’s length away quickly becomes impractical – negating a key reason for having a voice recognition-enabled device in the first place.
The good, the bad and the inconvenient
While the Tap’s physical structure means that it won’t deliver anywhere near the same quality that a high-end loudspeaker will achieve, the audio measures up reasonably well to the original Echo thanks to dual stereo speakers and passive radiators to extend bass coverage. The convenience of the device extends to the charging point, with an elegant cradle that you can place the device on when not in use.
Portability is the raison d’être of the Tap, yet it needs a WiFi or Bluetooth connection in order to operate. This has the potential to be problematic if you want to use your speaker beyond the confines of the house, rapidly draining your phone’s battery by requiring you to use it as a mobile hotspot.
I want to like the Amazon Tap: it feels like it could be a really useful device but is – put simply – more difficult to use than a voice-enabled speaker should be. That it loses much of its intelligence when being used outside of WiFi range simply compounds the sensation that it’s the runt of the Amazon smart home litter.
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A large rainbow flag is carried down Robson Street during the Vancouver Pride Parade in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday, August 2, 2015. For some, it’s best not to refer to the LGBTQ community at all. The acronym, that is.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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The Vancouver Public Library has been uninvited from participating in next month’s pride events, marking the second organization to be barred by the Vancouver Pride Society.
The society said in a news release Tuesday that the decision to ban the library from participating comes after library management decided to allow “Meghan Murphy to book space for an event that undermined the dignity of trans women” in January.
Earlier this month, the University of B.C. was banned from marching in the parade after also allowing “transphobic hate speech” by anti-SOGI activist Jenn Smith on its campus. At the time, UBC allowed Smith to speak, citing free speech rights.
LGBTQAI2S+ and employees of both the library and university can still march in the parade under other organizations and respective unions.
READ MORE: UBC banned from marching in Vancouver Pride Parade after allowing ‘transphobic hate speech’
“When we released our decision about UBC, several people told us to keep the politics out of Pride,” said Vancouver Pride Society executive director, Andrea Arnot.
“Pride was born from resistance led by trans women of colour. Pride has always been political.”
The society says it discussed its concerns with the library since Murphy spoke earlier this year, and issued a joint letter written by the Coalition Against Trans Antagonism urging for changes to the library’s rental policy.
In an emailed statement to Black Press Media, the Vancouver Public Library said it is disapointed in the decision by the society.
“As a public institution, VPL is committed to providing a venue where diverse ideas and opinions can be shared and discussed. We feel that it is through exposure to different ideas and opinions that society can make informed choices about their core beliefs,” the statement reads.
“We acknowledge that this value has led to concerns related to our room rental policies and has caused a loss of trust for some in the LGBTQ2+ community.
“We hope to regain that trust as we continue our longstanding commitment to promoting dialogue and raising marginalized voices through our programs and services.”
The library added that the society is asking it to go beyond what is legally allowed by freedom of expression, and hopes to march as an organizatio0n next year.
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About sharing media captionWatch: One woman's cycle commute to work The bicycle was once a symbol of women's gor, with suffragettes taking to two wheels to spread their message of equal rights. But the latest figures show a big gender divide when it comes to cycling. Commonly cited reasons for shunning the benefits of getting into the saddle include sexual harassment, fears about appearance and concerns about safety. So what can be done to get more women on their bikes and out on the road? Tackling sexist attitudes among male road users would be a first step, says Leigh Campbell, who le all-women cycling rides in Nottingham. I've also been sworn at.
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They wouldn't have said it to another man, it's so patronising and uncalled for.
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As a full-time working mother-of-two, it was almost impossible to factor in exercise but this way I'd be able to make it part of my daily routine. I reported it to Derbyshire Police who said I'd been sexually assaulted. It was frightening and dangerous. If you've got a family, a job, you can get bogged down, you get so busy but on the bike you have some 'me' time, you're taking control and you get to exercise," she said.
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I've also been sworn at. Helen Pidd, a journalist who has written a book aimed at women cyclists and rides with an all-female club called Team Glow, has had her fair share of comments. I feel better physically and mentally and have made some really good friends. When we do our cycling holidays, we're tired and exhausted; you don't want to see another hill but we all encourage each other and it really builds your self-esteem.
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Cristol Elected County Board Chair, Dorsey New Vice Chair
Chris Teale January 3, 2018 at 10:45am
County Board chair Katie Cristol at 2018 organizational meeting
County Board vice chair Christian Dorsey
County Board member Libby Garvey
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County Board member Erik Gutshall at 2018 organizational meeting
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Katie Cristol will serve as Arlington County Board chair for 2018, with Christian Dorsey nominated as vice chair alongside her.
Both were nominated and unanimously voted in at the County Board’s organizational meeting (video) last night (Tuesday), where members lay out their agendas for the year. This year’s meeting avoided the political wrangling of last year, when Cristol was elected vice chair.
In her remarks after being elected chair, Cristol said she would focus on protecting and adding affordable housing and work to help Metro return to a “sound footing” financially. The Washington Post noted her relative youth — 32 — and said she is the first millennial to lead a county dominated by those in the 20-34 age group.
One of Cristol’s other priorities is to continue work on the county’s nascent childcare initiative, which began this year and is looking to expand options and the quality of child care available in Arlington.
“Child care accessibility similarly speaks to the foundational values of Arlington County,” Cristol said. “The idea that this place is a place for young families is part of our ‘old story,’ at least since an influx of veteran families in the postwar years made Arlington a ground zero for the Baby Boom.”
Dorsey called on the county to establish its own consumer protection bureau to educate businesses and residents about their rights and settle disputes between the two. Like Cristol, he also said affordable housing and Metro will be key priorities this year. The Board last year hiked property taxes to help, in part, to pay for increased Metro costs.
Dorsey said the consumer protection bureau could be a crucial addition, which he said “does not require substantial new funding.”
“We frequently hear complaints involving predatory towing, billing and service issues with cable and telecommunications companies, predatory lenders, identity theft, hired transportation, rental housing, and general contract enforcement,” he said. “I believe there are beneficial outcomes in dispute resolution and prevention that a consumer protection bureau can promote.”
Libby Garvey, now the longest-serving County Board member after the retirement of Jay Fisette last year, said she wants to work on public discussions and ensuring they remain civil. She urged residents to give feedback on a draft guide on Civic Engagement, which will be finalized this year.
“I believe improving civic dialogue and general civility in our discussions is another challenge for us,” Garvey said in her remarks. “[Perhaps] it is because of the poor examples we are seeing on the national stage, but I’ve been hearing more and more, recently, about inconsiderate and unpleasant interactions in public meetings on County issues right here in Arlington.”
Independent Board member John Vihstadt, who is running for re-election this year, said the county should strive for more transparency in government, have greater fiscal discipline and better mitigate the impacts of development.
Vihstadt said cost/benefit analyses should be required of every new development, something he called a “cardinal recommendation” of the 2015 Community Facilities Study.
“Other jurisdictions do this; so can Arlington,” he said. “Let’s leverage the new political dynamic in Richmond by broadening the scope of community benefits to find new ways to help offset the cost and stress of additional development on our surrounding neighborhoods.”
Erik Gutshall is new onto the Board for this year, having won last November’s election to replace Fisette, who retired after 20 years. He noted in his remarks that the budget “will be rife with difficult choices constrained by a harsh revenue gap,” but pledged to support public education, affordable housing and civic engagement.
“As we catch a glance in the rear-view mirror, check our current speed, and peer up the road ahead, it’s clear that we are blessed with a strong foundation, deeply rooted in our shared values, that will sustain our continued success as we meet the tumultuous challenges brought upon us by outside forces,” he said.
The County Board’s first regular meeting of the year is set for Saturday, January 27.
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Meet Magic-1, the homemade CPU
A home-built CPU creator takes building a computer to the next level with low-level logic chips and handwrapped wires
Alessondra Springmann (PC World (US online)) 20 February, 2010 12:01
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Have you ever wanted to build your own minicomputer, but felt restricted by the available selection of microprocessors? You may remember Magic-1, the awesome homebrew CPU from the 2007 Maker Faire Bay Area, but were perhaps a little disappointed at the amount of available documentation at the time. Magic-1 creator (and Google engineer) Bill Buzbee has recently updated his Web site to include detailed information on schematics, architecture, as well as his build diaries if you're interested in constructing a similar machine on your own.
Magic-1 is composed of 74 Series TTL (transistor-transistor logic) integrated circuits, the chips that were used to build early minicomputers and mainframes. By wrapping thousands of wires by hand, Buzbee connected hundreds of these low-level logic chips to make a functioning minicomputer running at a blistering speed of 4.09 MHz with 4 MB of memory.
How about an operating system and software? Would any OS run on this custom architecture? Buzbee's CPU runs the Minix 2 operating system; Minix didn't work on Magic-1 out-of-the-box, so Buzbee dedicated several years to porting Minix to his homebrew CPU. In addition, Buzbee also had to write an assembler and linker from scratch, and port C libraries to Magic-1.
This proved to be quite the programming challenge: as Buzbee put it, "when the bug you're trying to track down could involve one or more of: hardware design flaw, loose or broken wire, loose or bad TTL chip, assembler bug, linker bug, compiler bug, C runtime library bug, or finally a bug in the program in question there's lot of opportunity for fun."
What do you do with a Minix-running microprocessor made out of logic gates and handwrapped wire? Serve webpages and play games on it, of course! Magic-1 acts as a webserver as well as a host for a variety of games. Telnet into Magic-1 via telnet://magic-1.org with the username "guest" and the password "magic", then bask in the retro glory of The Colossal Cave Adventure, Eliza, Conway's Life, or Hunt the Wumpus.
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Tiger of Sweden presents SS17 Collection at London Collections: Men
Tiger of Sweden presents SS17 Collection
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LONDON, ENGLAND - In the late 17th century the world was transfixed by the Baroque opulence of the recently built palace of Versailles, and it was around this model that architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger based his designs for Sweden’s new royal palace, Kungliga Slottet.
An homage to the French royal seat, Kungliga Slottet was to be a heady mix of rigidly exuberant Baroque and florid Rococo curves. Built between 1700 and 1754, Tessin’s original plans did not come to pass as King Karl XII – the reigning monarch of the time – disliked many of the architect’s extraneous flourishes and made changes to the palace to make it more minimal.
Tiger of Sweden Fashion Show SS17
Inspired by Kungliga Slottet’s transformation from decadent citadel into a temple to Scandinavian restraint, Tiger of Sweden’s Spring Summer ’17 collection consists of a tapestry of influences, ranging from the ornate to the understated.
A Baroque garden-inspired print adorns slick one-and-a-half breasted suits, bombers and windbreakers at the opening of the show, and bright bold stripes adorn blousons and wide leg trousers. Close-cut, clever takes on regency-style mourning suits are worn with nylon field jackets and smart poplin shirts, while baroque-print jacquard tunics come teamed with classic two piece suits. All these contrasts help to create a sense of intricacy and depth – a blend of old and new, minimal and maximal that feels, ultimately, contemporary.
Elsewhere, utilitarian zip-up field vests in monochromatic shades come worn over traditional cotton tailoring, while sheer jumpers are teamed with poplin shirts and high-shine nylon shirt jackets. Suits are worn with sneakers throughout, while cropped postman jackets look utilitarian and simple in contrast to the collection’s baggy, shortened and kick flared trousers. Above the knee tailored shorts teamed with pulled up white socks have a boyish charm.
Tiger of Sweden Fashion Show SS17 - finale
A considered jumble of styles which comes together as a cohesive whole thanks to Tiger’s consistently sharp cut, this is a collection inspired by Sweden’s rich cultural history as much as it is Tiger’s contemporary attitude to the clothes it produces. Lush yet laconic, smart yet soft – and as desirable as ever.
About Tiger of Sweden
Founded in Stockholm in 1903 as a men’s tailoring brand, Tiger of Sweden has grown over the past century to operate across three continents. Always focusing on their brand philosophy, ‘A Different Cut’, Tiger has grown to now offer complete men’s and women’s RTW lines, shoes, accessories, underwear and a dedicated Jeans line. Continuing to evolve under the directorship of CEO David Thunmarker, Tiger of Sweden offers a modern and contemporary approach to traditional tailoring. Since 1993, Tiger of Sweden has gone from an €1.5 million turnover to €126 million for the 2014–2015 fiscal year. Tiger of Sweden is sold and marketed in 20 countries and has been part of the IC Group A/S since 2003
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Take Action on IPAB Repeal: Contact Congress Today!
Due to the strong, coordinated grassroots and advocacy outreach effort of health care stakeholders including medical organizations spearheaded by ASA, next week the House of Representatives will hold a historic first vote on repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). IPAB, an entity created by the health care reform law, is an unelected, unaccountable board of bureaucrats appointed by the President to make sweeping cuts to Medicare payments including potentially draconian cuts to payments to physicians.
House consideration is expected to occur Wednesday, March 21 and Thursday, March 22.
ASA members are urged to contact their Member of Congress to express support for repeal of IPAB.
Current Status of Repeal Bill
The legislation to repeal IPAB, Rep. Phil Roe’s (R-TN) H.R. 452, the "Medicare Decisions Accountability Act," passed the Energy and Commerce and the Ways and Means Committees in a bipartisan manner earlier this month. The legislation currently has 234 bipartisan cosponsors – a majority of House members. ASA grassroots activists were instrumental in building support for this measure.
For full House consideration this week, H.R. 452 has been merged with H.R. 5, a bill containing medical liability reforms including a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages. Moving forward, the new joint IPAB repeal/liability reform bill will be titled H.R. 5, "The Protecting Access to Healthcare Act."
Why Were the Bills Merged?
In the current budgetary environment, legislation moving through Congress is expected to be "budget neutral." That is, a pending proposal may not result in increased federal expenditures or net increased spending within the federal budget. If the proposal does increase expenditures, the spending or "costs" must be "offset" by reducing federal expenditures elsewhere in the budget.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has found that repeal of the IPAB provision of the reform law would cost approximately $3 billion. The cost is associated with the fact that Medicare spending cuts expected to be made by IPAB in the future would not take place if the entity is repealed. CBO thus assumes increased Medicare spending would result.
CBO calculates that the liability reforms included in H.R. 5 would reduced federal spending by over $50 billion – savings more than sufficient to "offset" the $3 billion cost of IPAB repeal.
On the Floor of the House of Representatives
The new H.R. 5 joint bill is the package for advancing IPAB repeal through the House of Representatives. However, because of the controversial nature of medical liability reform it is possible that alternative amendments will be put forth that "offset" the cost of IPAB repeal with other reduced savings.
In preparation for House consideration of the IPAB repeal bill and related amendments, please call your Representative and ask your Representative to support IPAB repeal efforts. Contact your Representative by typing your zipcode in the white box provided under "Call Now."
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Dictionnaire français-hindi (French-Hindi dictionary)
Federica Boschetti
This dictionary is a set with the Dictionnaire hindi-français (Hindi-French Dictionary) by the same author. Made for beginners, it contains about 10,000 entries.
For each meaning from the French word, illustrated sentences are proposed. Each phrase is translated into Hindi. We realize that the meaning word in Hindi is often from another grammatical category as the French word used in the sentence.
The learners in Hindi are as well informed on the use they can do or not do of Hindi words that are translated into French words. The reading of illustrative sentences also allows the learners to broaden their experience of the syntax. The differences between the constructions of French and Hindi are highlighted and give valuable insight into how Hindi is thought. Finally, the set of grammatical categories around the same etymological root can only liberate the spirit and build vocabulary.
First publication by Éditions du Makar in 1994.
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Dictionnaire hindi-français (Hindi-French dictionary)
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Histoire de renaissances (A history of rebirths)
La faim, c'est le feu (Hunger is fire)
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Le Gita Govinda (The Gita Govinda)
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New government publishes new guidelines for non-punishable abortions
Change will make it harder for hospitals to deny women seeking to terminate pregnancies in cases of rape or endangerment to their health.
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An activist shows off the bandana for the National Campaign for National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe, and Free Abortion at the National Congress. | PERFIL/Juan Ferrari
The Health Ministry has published new guidelines for non-punishable abortions in Argentina, moving to guarantee access for those seeking to end pregnancies that are a result of rape or endanger the mother’s life.
The new protocol, published in the Official Gazette just three days after Alberto Fernández was sworn-in as president, is a move to guarantee access for those who meet the conditions.
“The protocol will be used as a guide, especially in cases where the law clearly allows for the interruption of pregnancies,” Health Minister Ginés González García told a press conference.
The new protocol is similar to the one proposed by former health secretary Adolfo Rubinstein last month that would’ve expanded access to pregnant teens. Published without prior approval from his superiors, the Radical lawmaker’s guidelines were ultimately revoked by then-president Mauricio Macri in the closing days of his administration and prompted the minister’s resignation.
Activists: Macri’s revoking of abortion protocol is ‘arbitrary and shameful’
Abortion has been illegal in Argentina since 1921, but changes to the Penal Code in 2015 authorised the procedure when pregnancy is caused by rape or poses a serious threat to the health of the woman involved. However, the rule has been poorly implemented, abortion activists say.
According to advocates, hospitals exercise sizeable freedom in deciding what qualifies as a “legal abortion” and setting arbitrary requirements to obtain the procedure. Many women are unable to access the procedure even in cases where it’s sanctioned by law, especially in the country’s more religious northern provinces.
Doctors who provide it in such cases also continue to face threats from abortion’s political opponents and the threat of incarceration under an Argentine law that permits jail time for providing or seeking an abortion.
Now, thanks to the new protocol, women seeking a legal abortion will encounter a standardised procedure in hospitals.
The woman needs only to give her “informed consent” and sign a document affirming her situation qualifies under one of the legal exceptions. No more than 10 days can pass between the mother’s first hospital visit and the procedure itself.
‘AS A GUIDE’
The new protocol put forth by González García serves “as a guide” for medical teams, delineating how hospitals should receive, advise and treat a mother seeking a legal abortion in the safest way conditions. It also includes specifications in cases involving minors.
Women can choose to receive abortion through an oral tablet administered by the doctor or through a surgical procedure.
The protocol also emphasises the responsibility of doctors to "fulfill their responsibility to abortion in the Argentine legal framework" and to provide a public health service to patients and communities.
It also protects healthcare professionals from the "intimidation" reportedly received from what González García described as "far right organisations" and "provincial governments.”
The decision was celebrated by Rubinstein, who said he was “very content” that the protocol had been re-implemented and that it finally mandated “compliance with the law.”
Under its new leadership, the Health Ministry also advised that conscientious objection "will not be considered an institutional excuse to not comply with the law." In other words, hospitals must have someone available and able to administer an abortion.
Argentina’s deeply Roman Catholic roots have long influenced its social policies. Only hours after González García published the new guidelines,, Alberto Bochatey, a bishop in La Plata, called the development “unsurprising,” attributing the Fernandez administration “pro-abortion” and unwilling to “enter a discussion about the law.”
“It’s as if they’ve already created legal abortion in Argentina,” Bochatey said.
He accused the new government of avoiding “democratic debate.”
“The Argentine people aren’t in favour of legal abortion, as was shown in the democratic demonstration in Congress in 2018,” he added, referring to the Senate’s rejection of a law approved by the Chamber of Deputies that would’ve legalised abortion up until the first 14 weeks.
The notice in the Official Gazette cited the “best scientific evidence available,” and González García said the provisions are based on “international recommendations” for the safest abortions. It emphasises the importance of "rapid access" and the "highest levels of attention.”
The Ministry of Health estimates there 350,000 illegal abortions annually in Argentina, though international human rights groups believe that’s too low. Improperly executed abortions are a primary driver of maternal death in Argentina. In 2017, it accounted for nearly 15 percent of such fatalities, according to the Official Gazette .
The ferocity around the abortion debate in Argentina has grown since the 2018 measure to decriminalise and legalise the procedure failed in Congress. Alberto Fernández promised to make a similar resolution a priority in his new government.
However, he didn't mention it in his inauguration speech on Tuesday.
--TIMES/PERFIL
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Take advantage of opportunities to empower yourselves- Tobinco advises the youth
Reopening of Schools: Students defy Covid-19 protocols
Home > News > Business > 141,332 chase NaBCo jobs
Out of the 141,332 applicants who commenced the application process for Nation Builders’ Corps (NaBCo), 109,271 have completed and successfully submitted their applications.
This means that 32,060 applicants who commenced the process are yet to complete and submit their applications to meet the deadline of Friday, June 1, 2018.
Co-ordinator for NaBCo, Dr Anyars Ibrahim explained that those yet to submit their application may be working on information requests such as personal statement comprising expectations, aspirations, and ambition, among others.
To keep faith with applicants, he said breakdown of regional and modular applications would only be made available on close of applications on Friday, June 1, 2018.
It has been explained that the central objective of the new programme, unlike the Youth Employment Programme, is to engage the raw talents of unemployed graduates and equip them with skills through a process of value addition and training.
The scheme will this year employ 100,000 graduates under seven modules; namely, Educate Ghana, Heal Ghana, Feed Ghana, Revenue Ghana, Digitize Ghana, Civic Ghana and Enterprise Ghana.
June 4 to 15 to select interview date
Dr Anyars explained that all applicants can select suitable interview slots – time and date – for their chosen module and district from June 4 to 15, 2018.
He said interviews would be conducted in all districts from July 18 to 25, 2018.
Interviews take place July 30 to August 3
According to him, orientation for the selected 100,000 would take place at the district level from July 30 to August 3, 2018.
Passing-out ceremony
The NaBCo Co-ordinator explained that a passing-out ceremony would be organised at regional locations on Saturday, August 4, 2018.
Placement of recruits
“From Monday, 6th August, 2018, Nation Builders’ Corps (NaBCo) trainees will commence placement on their modules.
“Each trainee will be given a three-year contract under a work and learning arrangement.
“For every four weeks of work, one week will be dedicated to skills development and training.
“This results in a cumulative 12-week worth of core training, in addition to the on-the-job training every year,” he said.
Dr Anyars stated that monitoring and evaluation of trainees would be conducted against the standards set for training and the skills acquisition expected of trainees.
To this end, he said, a partnership has been initiated between NaBCo, Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET), and a university partner to evaluate trainees, leading to an exit certification upon completion at the end of the three years.
“It is important to note that the system has been designed to be fair to every applicant.
“Therefore, applicants must remain confident that they can make it through to placement without requiring any undue intervention on their behalf. There is no protocol list anywhere; do not be deceived into paying anyone for such favours as there is none.
“On preparation for the interviews, what I will say is that please take the process seriously. Prepare for the interviews by staying familiar with information on the website – www.nabco.gov.gh.
“This will deepen your knowledge and understanding of the scheme, as well as the module you applied for.
“Avoid being late and show up on your appointment date and time ready and confident,” Dr Anyars said.
Equal opportunity recruitment and fairness
Every step of the way, NaBCo has been fair to applicants.
Most arrangements have avoided personal influences: an online application followed by online appointments for interviews.
Natural processes of recruitment equally entail other evaluative arrangements such as interviews.
This has been decentralised in district basis. Such flexibility takes account of applicants' need for reassurance within a certain comfort zone, as well as costs associated with travel and lodging.
Regarding the panel to conduct the interviews, their only preoccupation is to make judgement on an applicant's suitability to be placed in their chosen module.
Membership of interview panel
In every district, a panel of five will consist of a representative of the district assembly, a member of the NaBCo Secretariat, an official from National Service Secretariat, a representative from a module implementation partner, and a representative from the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations.
In all cases, applicants will be validated and processed through the interview.
Successful applicants
If successful, an applicant will receive a text notification within three days of the interview.
The notification will advise on the next steps, including how to print the engagement letter from the web portal.
Once successful applicants submit their letters to the district of placement, they will be processed to commence a five-day orientation.
In all districts, the dates for NaBCo Orientation are from July 30 to August 3, 2018.
This shall include a military component on resilience, endurance, positive attitude, discipline and responsibility.
Once orientation is over, the successful trainees will all converge at their respective regional capital for a passing-out ceremony.
From August 6, 2018, trainees are expected to commence their placement in their chosen module within the organisations and enterprises they have been placed.
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New Bentley EV four-door coupe to lead brand’s electric charge
Bentley’s striking electrified flagship will use elements from Porsche’s Mission E, and our exclusive image preview how it could look
by: James Brodie
Bentley is planning an all-electric flagship as the classic British brand aims to reposition itself as a marque with strengths in both luxury and technology, Auto Express can reveal.
The Crewe-based manufacturer has already announced its entire range will be available with an electrified powertrain by 2025. But Auto Express has learned work is under way on a pure EV that will harness some of the developments in the forthcoming Porsche Mission E and help Bentley to offer green credentials alongside its traditional craftsmanship.
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With the firm’s boardroom fresh from a complete shake-up, and Brit Adrian Hallmark named as the company’s new CEO, Bentley has plenty of options on the table as it gears up to go electric.
But the brand’s design director Stefan Sielaff told Auto Express what could be the “most realistic” option. “A full electric Bentley is something I am extremely convinced we have to do,” he explained.
“The next step for sure is an electric, unique Bentley that isn’t based on an existing car but a completely fresh and new development, with electric propulsion and obviously different proportions following the function.
“It gives us a great chance to establish a completely new design language for the company.”
Bentley has already given us a taster of its all-electric future in the form of the EXP 12 Speed 6e Concept, seen at 2017’s Geneva show. That two-seat electric sports car concept was spun neatly off into the more conventional, hard-top EXP 12 Speed 6 coupe show car; but it’s unlikely to form the basis of the brand’s electric flagship, according to Sielaff.
“It should be a four or five-seater and it should also have the possibility to carry a little bit of luggage, maybe not for five people,” he added.
“I think we need to make sure that this family member is obviously new, and not imitating another concept we have already in the portfolio. But definitely more than two seats; that’s something I am convinced of.”
With a two-seater in effect ruled out, Bentley’s EV project is at a potential crossroads: all-electric SUV or something lower and more in tune with the brand’s heritage. Sielaff believes it should be the second of those options.
“We are still in the phase of trying to define what it could be,” he said. “But nevertheless I think it should be a vehicle that contains a certain coupe-style or sportivity, and also a certain elegance. I don’t think it should be something that is raised high, like an SUV.”
This points to Bentley’s future EV being a four-door coupe, satisfying both the design head’s desire for something low, coupe-shaped and seating at least four people, while not being based around a previous concept or a current Bentley model. Our exclusive images preview how it could look.
As with Porsche’s Mission E, Sielaff thinks that Bentley’s four-seat coupe EV should strike a balance between unmistakable Bentley design cues and a shape made possible by the lack of an internal combustion engine. A short dash-to-axle ratio is desired, as is a slightly lower nose that retains a grille.
“I think we have to definitely adapt the proportions to the technical demands, and make a new statement,” Sielaff said, explaining that the EV, with its less traditional Bentley bodystyle, will be aimed at new and younger buyers more than traditional customers.
“But nevertheless this is then the fine art of doing all this. It has to be at first glimpse a Bentley,” he added.
Sielaff declined to name a date for the car’s arrival, but he stated: “It will happen not so far in the future.”
With the PPE project between Audi and Porsche aimed at developing an electric platform for higher-riding cars, the J1 architecture used by the Porsche Mission E is the most likely candidate to underpin the electric Bentley.
Previous Bentley CEO Wolfgang Dürheimer told Auto Express last year that the J1 platform was the firm’s best bet, unlocking a range of up to 310 miles and a power figure approaching 600bhp. He also suggested that wireless charging is something Bentley will be focusing on with its upcoming EVs, because dirty, wet charging cables aren’t considered to be in keeping with the brand’s luxury values.
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Ecuadorean congress confirms country's exit from weakened Unasur
Ecuador’s withdrawal from Union of South American Nations underlines fall from grace for the regional bloc.
Maria Gracia Santillana
Peruvian student of journalism and international relations at New York University. Interested in international politics and human rights.
UNASUR headquarters, the Néstor Kirchner building, in Quito. | unasur
Ecuador’s National Assembly formalised the country’s withdrawal from the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) on Tuesday, underlining the extent of the regional bloc’s decline in importance.
The organisation, created 11 years ago under the leadership of several left-wing Latin American governments has now been reduced to just five members, with little planned in the future in the way of activities.
With the support of opposition lawmakers, the Allianza País (“Country Alliance”) party managed to gather 79 votes in the unicameral chamber in favour of finalising Ecuador’s exit from the Unasur. The motion yielded 36 votes against and four abstentions.
"In May, I asked the [National Assembly] to begin the withdrawal process from #Unasur so that Ecuador would leave the bloc. Today, 79 lawmakers backed my request. We seek to foster strong relations with sister countries through regional integration based on democracy, freedom and prosperity," President Lenín Moreno tweeted after the vote.
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Unausr, created in 2008 by 12 South American countries, has now been reduced to Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Paraguay agreed in Santiago, Chile last March to create the Forum for the Progress of South America (Prosur), a new regional initiative promoted by Chilean leader Sebastián Piñera.
"We reached a point where Ecuador's membership in Unasur was unfeasible. Ecuador no longer benefits from its membership in the organisation," lawmaker Fabricio Villamar, of the Creando Oportunidades (CREO, “Creating Opportunities”) party told the National Assembly.
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Moreno first announced he intended to withdraw his country from the bloc back in March, arguing at the time that "there are no conditions in which Unasur can continue to work towards the goal of South American integration” as it had ran into a "dead end," due to a lack of consensus in electing a new secretary-general.
Some expressed opposition to the move.
"With Unasur, Quito became the capital of South America (...) Our people will succeed. We will resist, we will win," said former president Rafael Correa, who is locked in a bitter feud with Moreno, his former partner turned successor.
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Ecuador also formally requested the return of the organisation’s headquarters, on the outskirts of Quito, which houses Unasur’s General Secretariat. The building has been without a tenant since 2017, after the end of Ernesto Samper’s term as secretary-general. The former Colombian president had held the post since 2014.
The construction of Unasur’s modern and architecturally renowned building cost about US$43 million, a sum that was fronted by the government of Rafael Correa.
The ex-Ecuadorean leader was a friend and ally of the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, a huge proponent of the creation of Unasur.
–TIMES/AFP
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Shop-Ware raises cash as cars make a comeback
Shop-Ware has been waiting for a year like 2020 since 2015.
The startup, which sells software to neighborhood automotive shops to digitize their operations, had struggled to capture capital from venture firms. Until recently, its sole major investor was aftermarket automotive giant Bosch .
For companies like Shop-Ware, the disruptive wake of COVID-19 has cleared a path to capital as mainstream investors have sought out startups with services and products needed in the pandemic era. Investors finally get Shop-Ware founder Carolyn Coquillette’s vision and business. Their endorsement: $15 million in funding through a Series A round led by Insight Partners.
“It’s a different level of validation in terms of this industry going through a transition and catching the eye of traditional investors,” Coquillette said.
Coquillette says Shop-Ware will use the funds to fuel growth across its operations, sales and marketing teams.
The fresh capital comes as Shop-Ware has tripled its customer base while also lowering churn, Coquillette said, although she would not disclose total revenue numbers or whether the company is profitable.
The idea of Shop-Ware began when Coquillette started her own San Francisco-based auto shop, Luscious Garage, in 2007. The goal from the get-go was to offer customers a peek into what happens in an auto shop. It meant more communications from the repair-person to the car-owner, and a software platform was the best way to do it. Eventually, the push for modernized software became less of an in-house project and more of a standalone company. By 2015, she had a product and an incorporated company.
How a unique approach to auto repair led to a new kind of shop software
Shop-Ware helps auto-repair shops streamline operations both inside and out of the shop. Auto-repair shops are able to use Shop-Ware to track employee hours, inventory ordering and management and integrate with third-party tools such as QuickBooks . Shop-Ware also helps the neighborhood auto-repair worker communicate and charge customers through text or a web-based interface.
The intricacies of car ownership are something that Coquillette thinks the average consumer doesn’t understand, so she built an entire business around adding more transparency to the clunky process.
“There is no way that a normal person is going to appreciate what it takes to fix their car,” Coquillette said. “The car is built to distract you and hide its complication for you by design so that you agree to buy it.” In other words, she says, you’re buying a “magic carpet.”
It’s an easy pitch for the most part, the founder says.
“Everybody who owns the car has gone to a repair shop and had an unsavory experience,” she said. “It’s pretty obvious to be like ‘oh yeah, you can make that experience less unsavory.’ ”
The real roadblock for the startup is convincing a business to adopt technology to change a process that isn’t technically broken. COVID-19 has been the impetus for auto shops — some of which have been steadfast in their pen-and-paper approach — to turn to a digital platform to communicate and operate.
The sector of digitizing auto-repair processes has grown considerably since Shop-Ware first launched five years ago.
Concierge startups such as CarDash and Wrench have popped up over the past several years to give customers an easier way to request maintenance checks. The services consolidate auto repair shops under one approachable umbrella, which Coquillette thinks is the wrong approach.
“I’m a real big believer that you need to enable those independent providers,” she said. “You have to basically let those special snowflakes be their own snowflakes.”
A closer competitor to Shop-Ware is Shopmonkey, which raised a $25 million Bessemer-led Series B in August. It is welcome competition, Coquillette remarks, because it has put an investment spotlight on the category.
“There’s been a wake-up call around autonomy and how we related to our cars,” she said.
Now it’s up to Shop-Ware to take that wakeup call and turn it into cash.
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As Next Insurance makes its first acquisition, insurtech looks energetic
Next Insurance, a startup that competes in the small business (SMB) insurance market, announced this morning that it has acquired its first company.
Purchasing Juniper Labs will help the unicorn boost its in-house data science team, and the smaller firm’s predictive analytics technology may be applied across the acquiring company’s portfolio of insurance products.
Next Insurance raised $250 million earlier this year at a valuation of $2 billion, making it one of the richest startups to compete in the broad insurtech niche.
After speaking with Next about its acquisition and digging into its economics and recent growth, The Exchange also examined Getsafe’s recent round (European digital insurance startup), took a look at NOW Insurance’s latest investment (commercial insurance startup) and asked Noyo’s Shannon Goggin to fill us in about the insurtech VC startup market itself, given that her health insurance API company just raised its Series A.
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The combined picture that appears is one of an active market, likely accelerated by the IPOs of insurtech unicorns Lemonade and Root, Hippo’s latest megaround and Metromile’s impending public debut via a blank-check company.
Adding to the snapshot of bustling activity, TechCrunch recently explored funding trends in the insurtech sector, which is on track for a record year of venture rounds and venture dollars, provided that the fourth quarter comes close to the year’s average through the third quarter.
There are some concerns, including accounting shakeups at some leading insurtech players as they change cede premiums, the result of which is smaller revenues and stronger margins. How investors will weigh their new economic profiles is not yet clear.
Let’s dig into Next Insurance and then collate a few other recent data points to expand our understanding of one of startup land’s most interesting genres.
Next Insurance and friends
Next Insurance announced its Series D in September of this year, adding $250 million to its accounts at a valuation described by Crunchbase News as more than $2 billion. What stood out about the round at the time was not that it was so very large, but that it was the second time in less than a year that the company had announced a $250 million round. Its Series C was detailed in October of 2019 and was also worth a quarter billion dollars.
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Britta Schöffmann
Britta Schoeffmann, a promoted sports scientist and an internationally known author of dressage books, is a dressage rider and dressage trainer out of conviction. Even as a little girl she was fascinated by the ease with which her idols from the dressage sport presented the highest demands with the horses with dance-like ease. With no such thing as pony “sport” back then, she rode her pony at competitions, took part in the fancy dress classes as well as treasure hunts on horseback. But it didn't take long to concentrate fully on dressage.
Over the years she trained and learned from the world‘s greatest dressage instructors including Willi Schultheis, Harry Boldt and Klaus Balkenhol, who also trained the US dressage team for several years. While Britta successfully competed in tournaments up to Grand Prix level, she taught riding students of all ages and ability classes in addition to her first job as a journalist. Her main concern as a trainer: To train riders so that they can always do their horses justice. „For me, good riding is the best animal welfare,“ Britta says. „I think all horses, no matter what breed or what level of training, deserve to be ridden as harmonically as possible and brought along to the best of their ability.“
In addition to her work as a trainer, Britta continues to write books (including ‚Dressage School: A Sourcebook of Movements and Tips‘ or ,Dressage training customized‘, both Trafalgar Square Books) and specialist articles for magazines. Everything revolves around the training of riders and dressage horses. She now also passes on her knowledge in instructional films that can be found on the international learning platform wehorse.
Britta’s 2021 Presentations
Putting Learning Theory into Practise -
Britta always tries to explain to her riding students how horses learn to understand the rider's aids in the first place and what consequences wrong riding impacts have. This topic is so important to her that she even wrote a book and made a film about it. Learn in this teaching sequence how she puts the findings of Learning Theorie into practical riding lessons.
Half-passes explained from the saddle -
Half-passes are a great exercise for making a horse laterally supple and improving collection. Britta shows here from horseback how to ride correct half-passes and which aids you have to give in detail to achive ease. She also shows you what a rider should avoid working on these movements.
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Newswire 2/22/20
Jon M. Chu and Alan Yang on the legacy of Fresh Off The Boat
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While upgrading or redesigning a restaurant in an established hotel is nothing new in the world of luxury resort properties, not all efforts are deemed equal. And most certainly, not all are successful.
Vancouver’s Fairmont Pacific Rim blew the dust off an iconic hotel brand that is known and loved for its historic, often grande dame- esque global properties, when it opened its doors back in 2010 with a decidedly modern décor and vibe that made sense in the city’s downtown Coal Harbour neighbourhood. The hotel’s new restaurant Botanist opened in April 2017, replacing Oru, and the impressive transformation is far more than a name change, some new furniture and a coat of paint.
Already recognized as one of Canada’s best restaurants, Botanist elevates the concept of Pacific Northwest cuisine by reaching far beyond the food and into the world of design, décor and cocktails. The entire experience is carefully curated by a team who clearly love what they do.
Under the direction of Vancouver-based, award-winning design and branding gurus Ste. Marie Design and Glasfurd & Walker, Botanist consists of four unique, memorable spaces — a champagne lounge, a cocktail bar with glassed-in lab, a garden and a dining room — all paying homage to B.C.’s fertile and diverse agricultural region.
The already-popular Lobby Lounge, an established go-to for the swish cocktail crowd, is your view from the second-floor Champagne Lounge. Start the evening right by sipping a glass of vintage bubble, accompanied by a nibble of caviar or freshly shucked local oysters, while luxuriating, surrounded by walls of glass and lush plantings of greenery indigenous to British Columbia.
Those jonesing for something more spirited can slip into the Cocktail Bar with its dark, sophisticated palette of Italian terrazzo and sexy curved glass. Sample one of the concoctions of award-winning mixologist David Wolowidnyk, Botanist’s head bartender. Adventure seekers can head to the Cocktail Lab and its mad-scientist array of “bar tools” — centrifuge, band saw and roto-vaporizer. Try the dramatic Deep Cove cocktail — a blend of local Island Gin, sea buckthorn and blue algae from the Pacific Ocean, served in an artisan glass moulded onto a driftwood log.
Prefer a more Zen experience? Kick back in The Garden, a life size terrarium surrounded by about 50 different plant species including green tea camellia, cardamom and ginger. All this living green is surely food for the soul.
The grand finale takes place in the Dining Room, with its soothing palette of limestone, whitewashed wood and metal work. Here, the botanical theme is carried throughout from the tactile menus to the polished but still slightly roughhewn dinnerware created by local artists and potters. Eli Canter of New York-based Lady and Butler Collections was tapped to design custom uniforms for the staff to complement each room. It’s the fine attention to detail, such as the 50’s inspired (but done in neoprene) dresses sported by the women and earth-toned shirts with bowties and leather suspenders for the men, that enhance the experience.
Adding to the sensory stimulation is the grand piano — custom-designed for Botanist by master craftsman and pianist Paolo Fazioli — providing live neo-soul funk and contemporary jazz Wednesday through Saturday.
Botanist being a restaurant, after all, the food shouldn’t be outdone by the music and décor, but thanks to executive chef Hector Laguna, this isn’t an issue. Laguna created a menu based on the bounty of the Pacific Northwest with regionally and sustainably sourced, often organic ingredients, with an emphasis on fresh vegetables.
Laguna grew up spending much time in the kitchen of his family’s home in the Mexican state of Hidalgo, north of Mexico City, learning from his mother and grandmother. He honed his craft in food-centric cities, including San Francisco and Miami, with stints at Susur Lee restaurant in Toronto in 2011 and at Vancouver’s highly acclaimed Hawksworth Restaurant as sous-chef before taking the helm at Botanist.
His dishes are almost too pretty to eat. Beautifully arranged plates burst with colour, texture, fragrance and taste, with nods to his Mexican roots on occasion, like his mother’s recipe for charred octopus with chorizo dressing that’s fast becoming a cult fave for repeat visitors. Signature plates include oven- roasted local halibut with spring vegetables and crab emulsion, and herb-crusted lamb rack with green garlic panisse, fava and shallots. “I believe that food influences us emotionally,” Laguna notes. “It can comfort, calm, satisfy and bring joy, all in one meal.”
Complementing the food is the boutique terroir-driven wine program of wine director Jill Spoor, which supports sustainable, organic and biodynamic farming and winemaking practices. The youthful sommeliers who guide you in pairing wines with your meal are charming and enthusiastic, but don’t let their fresh faces fool you; they’re the real deal.
With the team at Botanist, the Fairmont Pacific Rim has found the ideal brand ambassadors who share the hotel’s quality and service ethos. Chef Laguna sums it up succinctly. “It’s about watching someone take their first bite, and [knowing] we’ve made their day even a little bit better.”
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waipu.tv launches Turkish TV package
October 8, 2019 20.53 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger
German internet TV platform waipu.tv has launched a subscription package with 30 Turkish TV channels, 26 of them in HD quality.
The Türk-Paketi also includes additional functions such as recording, pause, restart and access on mobile devices and enables up to four live-streams in parallel.
The bouquet costs €12.99 per month. As a special introductory offer, the subscription is available for €9.99 per month. Customers signing up now secure the reduced price permanently. A free-of-charge trial period (1 month) is also offered.
Further details on the channel line-up and subscription options are available at www.waipu.tv/turk.
Filed Under: Channels, Distribution, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: Türk-Paketi, waipu.tv Edited: October 8, 2019 20:56
About Jörn Krieger
Jörn reports on the latest developments in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Since 1992, he has been working as a freelance journalist, specialised in digital media, broadcast technology, convergence and new markets. He also takes up University lectureships, writes articles in specialist publications, and produces radio reports. Jörn is also a moderator of panel discussions at industry events such as ANGA COM, Medientage München and IFA Berlin.
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What to root for during the Bills bye week
With five wins through their first eight games, the 2014 Bills have set themselves up nicely to contend for the playoffs down the back half of the schedule. The team will certainly have to take care of its own games to push for the postseason, but taking stock of the Week 9 lineup reveals a few opportunities that may help the cause as well.
Keep in mind that winning the AFC East outright is still very much a possibility and would make everything below irrelevant, except for seeding. It goes without saying that Bills wins help the cause more than anything, but having the stars align around the conference won't hurt either.
For reference, here are the NFL Tiebreaking Procedures, updated standings, and complete listing of Week 9 games. Enjoy!
SUNDAY 1 P.M. GAMES
Matchup: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-6) at Cleveland Browns (4-3)
Who to root for:The Browns are in the thick of the AFC North race in a division where all four teams are over .500. While the Bucs are out of conference, a Browns loss may help to eliminate a Wild Card contender and clear Buffalo's path. Root for Tampa Bay.
Matchup: Philadelphia Eagles (6-2) at Houston Texans (4-4)
Who to root for:If it comes down to it, the Texans would own a Wild Card tiebreaker due their Week 4 win over Buffalo, so any Houston loss moves them further down the list of potential contenders. A win by the Eagles helps the Bills indirectly. Fly Eagles Fly!
Matchup: New York Jets (1-7) at Kansas City Chiefs (4-3)
Who to root for:Cross your fingers and pull for the Jets. The Chiefs are currently stuck behind both the Broncos (6-1) and Chargers (5-4) in the AFC West, putting them smack in the middle of AFC teams that may be looking for a Wild Card come season's end. A Jets win, coupled with a Bills victory over Kansas City in Week 10, would do wonders for Buffalo's playoff chances. J-E-T-S! JETS! JETS! JETS!
Matchup: Jacksonville Jaguars (1-7) at Cincinnati Bengals (4-2-1)
Who to root for:The Bengals are currently atop the AFC North, but by the slimmest of margins. A Bengals loss to the Jaguars and a win by the Steelers against Baltimore (see below) is good for the Bills playoff chances if it comes down to the Wild Card. Root for the upset – go Jaguars!
Matchup: San Diego Chargers (5-3) at Miami Dolphins (4-3)
Who to root for:Buffalo has a win in hand and another game remaining vs. the Dolphins, but lost to San Diego in Week 3. Cheer for the Dolphins to beat the Chargers. That helps minimize the Chargers' win over the Bills.
BONUS: After rooting for the Dolphins on Sunday, resume cheering for your Bills to finish the sweep of Miami on Thursday Night Football on Nov. 13 (Week 11), just a few days after the Bills (hopefully) hang a loss on the Chiefs in Week 10.
SUNDAY 4:25 P.M. GAMES
Matchup: Denver Broncos (6-1) at New England Patriots (6-2)
Who to root for:The Bills have one game against each left on the schedule, at Denver in Week 14, and at New England in Week 17, so Buffalo will have its own shot to take care of business. But in this matchup, root hard for the Broncos. A Patriots loss opens the door for Buffalo to lay claim to the AFC East crown for the first time since 1995, and gain an automatic berth into the postseason.
Matchup: Oakland Raiders (0-7) at Seattle Seahawks (4-3)
Who to root for:The Raiders aren't likely to make a postseason appearance this season, but a Seattle win makes it even less so. Root for the Seahawks to win and keep another team out of what's shaping up to be a crowded AFC playoff picture.
Matchup: Baltimore Ravens (5-3) at Pittsburgh Steelers (5-3)
Who to root for:There's no love lost between these two AFC North teams, and major playoff implications are on the line. A Steelers win and Bengals loss (to the Jaguars as listed above) is the best-case scenario for the Bills. Cheer for the Steelers.
Why? It's complicated, and the playoff race with eight weeks left in the season is guaranteed to change somewhat, especially among the Wild-Card pack. Since neither the Steelers nor the Ravens are on the Bills schedule, the head-to-head Wild Card tiebreaker is off the table. In the laid out above (Jaguars and Steelers win), the Steelers would move to 6-3 overall and regain first place in the AFC North, removing them from Wild Card consideration as a division-leader. That said, a legitimate case can be made that a Ravens win helps Buffalo too – Pittsburgh's AFC record is stronger than that of Buffalo (2-3) so a non-division winner with strong credentials is more competition for Buffalo's bid if it comes to Wild Card tiebreaks.
Matchup: Indianapolis Colts (5-3) at New York Giants (3-4)
Who to root for:Outside of the AFC East, it's generally better for the Bills if current division-leaders stay put and the rest of the division falls back as far as possible. When paired with the Eagles-Texans game above (Fly Eagles Fly, remember?) a Colts victory here is good for the Bills. Good Luck!
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A leading benchmark in the aviation watch landscape with its iconic square models inspired by flight instruments, Bell & Ross is extending its new BR 05 collection designed for urban explorers.
Unquestioningly faithful to the brand’s watchwords of legibility, functionality, reliability and precision on which Bell & Ross has built its prestigious reputation, the BR 05 collection is now being enriched with a chronograph of style and technical complexity fit perfectly in a resolutely urban setting
A new icon by Bell & Ross, the BR 05 is now equipped with a chronograph movement – a mechanical complication perfectly adapted to the pace of urban life. Invented to measure and control short time periods, this function is a loyal ally for those who wear it in their quest to master the fleeting nature of time.
The lines of its 42-mm case combine round and square, the basic geometric shapes which form the identity of the Bell & Ross brand.
The new BR 05 chronograph belongs to the family of watches with an integrated bracelet, featuring the same design where the case and bracelet are fused into one cohesive piece. "The case and bracelet form one unit" explains Bruno Belamich, the brand's Creative Director. " This type of design harks back to a category of watches which appeared in the 1970s and when infused with Bell & Ross' signature identity, the resulting graphic style is both striking and modern." The angle of the attachment to the bracelet has been carefully designed to follow the contours of the wrist, ensuring a secure and comfortable fit all day long, in any situation.
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Another signature of its personality, the dial on the BR 05 chronograph ensures optimal legibility thanks to its graphics and its contrasts. Mid-way between round and square, another subtle reference to the 1970s, the shape of its two snailed counters (chronograph minute counter at 9 o'clock and small seconds at 3 o'clock), gives the new BR05 a neo-retro look which in no way diminishes its modernity. Available in navy blue or jet black, the dials give each piece an urban, sporty style.
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Production Ramp Up: Apple Plans To Roll Out More iPhones According To Supplier Report
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Given the many challenges endured this year, it seems only fitting that it should wind to a close amid uncertainty and caution. That seems to be where we are this week. As several recurring themes—stimulus, Fed policy, virus cases and the impending rollout of a vaccine—come to a head. Plus, it’s quadruple witching week, and stock indices are about to get a makeover.
One potential bright spot? We’re hearing the word “bi-partisan” for the first time in quite a while. It’s been so long, in fact, that some investors might have needed a dictionary to find out what the word meant.
Here’s where we are as Tuesday’s trading day gets underway. Early signs are pointing green, so perhaps the S&P 500 Index (SPX) can break its four-day losing streak.
First, the stimulus front. Time is of the essence in terms of getting something done ahead of the holidays, with some Hill watchers saying today is the day that something needs to get done. There are a few bills being floated around Washington, including a potential “two-part” relief bill—the first of which includes areas with bipartisan consensus such as vaccine distribution, small business aid, unemployment extension, transportation, education, and housing assistance—and leaves the main sticking points—liability protections and aid to state/local governments—until a later date.
And speaking of stimulus, today is day one of a two-day Fed meeting. While no major monetary policy moves are expected, Fed watchers will be listening closely to see what the central bank might be thinking as we head into 2021 (see more on the Fed below).
And then there’s the continued back-and-forth between the vaccine rollout and the rising case counts. While vials filled with vaccine doses have started making their way out to doctors and hospitals, such optimism is at times overshadowed by rising case counts in the U.S. and across Europe. Some larger cities here and abroad are eyeing a new wave of full lockdown. That last point seems to punctuate the need for stimulus, particularly for small businesses. As Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) CEO David Solomon pointed out on CNBC this morning, we’re a tale of two economies (a “barbell economy” in a way). Many large businesses are doing well, but small businesses—in many ways the backbone of the economy—are struggling. New lockdowns will certainly leave a mark.
Speaking of large companies, shares of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) are up in the pre-market on a Reuters report that the world’s largest consumer products company plans to ramp up production of its flagship iPhone by 30% year-on-year, according to a forecast AAPL had shared with its suppliers. Given AAPL’s influence in the consumer market, the company’s plans are viewed by many as a proxy for the state of consumer demand.
Volatility: The Macro And The Micro
But if there’s one theme that may be defining the end of 2020, it’s volatility. Markets have ebbed and flowed a bit to start the week. Even volatility itself has been a bit volatile, with the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) advancing earlier in the week to above 24 but falling about 6% in the early going Tuesday.
When prices make big moves over long periods, it’s called volatility. When it’s lots of back-and-forth in the short term, it’s called “choppiness.” We’ve seen a good share of both.
Take yesterday, for example. It was one of those “fireworks days.” Not the ooh-and-aah type, though, but rather the bang-and-fizzle type. Futures on the major stock indices started the week with a nice advance, but by afternoon, the S&P 500 (SPX) and Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJI) flipped to the red side.
The reality of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution is a bright spot as the year comes to an end. It’s a big moment after a pretty grim year, but it may be a while before we see businesses getting back to pre-COVID-19 levels. Keep in mind we’re seeing rising cases and further shutdowns in some states. And these economic uncertainties could put some sort of lid on the bullish sentiment.
It may take some time before we see a boost in industries that were hit hard by the virus. Case in point: travel-related companies. Maybe when people get vaccinated and are comfortable traveling again, we could see a boom in airlines, cruise lines, and other travel-related stocks. With many countries still not fully open, people are probably not in any rush to book airline tickets or make hotel reservations.
For its part, however, the Nasdaq (COMP) carried the day Monday, advancing nearly 0.5%, as the spotlight turned to a few big names such as PayPal (PYPL)—which was named by investment banking advisor Evercore as its “top pick of 2021.” Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and soon-to-be-SPX member Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) also flashed bright green on Monday’s heatmap.
Semiconductor shares helped COMP as well, with strong showings from NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) after a Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) analyst survey suggested the release of new gaming consoles is “driving a GPU upgrade cycle.” The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) has had a wild 2020, and at this point looks to be finishing the year at or near the top (see chart below). When you consider the top trends of 2021—working, learning, and shopping at home, plus the rise of in-home entertainment—they all seem to require better, faster chips.
Fed, Witching Day, And A Change In The Index Lineup
It’s not just the virus that’s on investors’ minds. We have a big week ahead of us with the Federal Reserve meeting today and tomorrow, earnings season wrapping up with Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) reporting on Friday, and quadruple witching—the expiration date for December futures and options contracts—to end the week.
The 10-year Treasury Index (TNX) has been in an uptrend channel since early August. So it’ll be interesting to hear what the Federal Reserve has to say especially about their asset purchase plans. Will they extend the maturity of their bond purchases? That would probably be important guidance to listen for. And it’ll be interesting to see if TNX continues its upward trend as a result of the Fed’s decision—though it’s worth noting that the uptrend has stalled out below 1.0% twice in the last six weeks.
Given the quarterly witching day is happening just as TSLA enters the SPX (see more below) it wouldn’t be out of reach to expect higher than average trading volume—and choppiness—as traders and investors square up positions.
We’re also getting toward the end of the year and we could see people take off some risks. Some investors may not be sure about what they want to do with their money in the new year considering there will be a new administration. Plus, some investors—and money managers as well—may want to realize their capital gains when they know what their tax rate is likely to be.
Bottom Of The (Sector) Barrel
Though the market closed Monday on a mixed note, the red-hot* Energy sector took it on the chin, falling over 3%. Why the asterisk? While it’s true Energy has been firing on all cylinders lately—it’s coming off six straight weeks of advance and has lapped the sector field over the past three months—year-to-date, the S&P 500 Energy Index (IXE) is down more than 30%.
Energy has been tough to pin down this year, as there looks to be competing dynamics over the short-, intermediate-, and long-term horizons. The coronavirus lockdown and recession from earlier in the year certainly put a damper on demand, but a recent uptick in economic activity—plus a renewed commitment by OPEC+ to honor and enforce output cuts—have helped boost energy prices, and hopefully profit margins of refiners and intermediaries. But over the long term, world leaders—including the incoming Biden administration—have been pushing for new calls to action to address climate change, specifically shifts away from the use of fossil fuels.
In Monday’s Energy pullback, some big refinery names—Baker Hughes Co (NYSE: BKR), Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL), and Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) led the way down, but the biggest laggard award goes to Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY), which fell 8% after news that when TSLA joins the SPX and S&P 100 (OEX) at the end of the week (more on that below), it’s OXY that will be booted from the OEX. TSLA—for its part—continues its climb, gaining nearly 5% yesterday to within a stone’s throw of all-time highs set earlier this month.
CHART OF THE DAY: KNOCK YOUR SOX OFF. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) is trading pretty close to its highs after bouncing off a support level of 2675 (yellow line). Remember: The stay-at-home economy is based in part on adequate technology to handle all the streaming, gaming, and office meetings. All that at-home stuff requires chips. Data source: Nasdaq. Chart source: The thinkorswim® platform from TD Ameritrade. For illustrative purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Buyers’ Remorse? When AirBnB Inc (NASDAQ: ABNB) IPO’d last week, its first-day pop saw its market cap skyrocket to over $100 billion. That valuation dwarfs the six largest IPOs in recent U.S. history. Equally impressive, DoorDash Inc’s (NYSE: DASH) IPO release saw its valuations rise to $55 billion—three times greater than its last private valuation. But after reaching their highs, ABNB and DASH pulled back quite a bit in subsequent sessions. While Wall Street has been a bit exuberant over venture capital-backed debuts, some research firms can always step in to temper the excitement. That’s the big question with IPOs—what’s the right valuation for newly issued IPOs? If share prices reflect investor sentiment on future earnings forecasts, it’ll all depend on ABNB’s and DASH’s future earnings performance. And like many IPOs, positive earnings may or may not come for some time. So, in the meantime, it’s more about potential rather than proof in the pudding.
Not Quite a Space Oddity but Close: TSLA has exhibited quite the impressive take off since word of its being included in the S&P 500 as of December 21. The takeoff may not be quite like the red Tesla roadster blasted into deep space atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket a few years back, but TSLA shares did blast skyward an impressive 56% over the past month. Index rebalances like this can be a major market event especially as investors become more tied to indices. But the TSLA rebalance is a pretty big one. Think about it: to buy $80 billion of TSLA shares, an equivalent amount of the remaining stocks on the SPX have to be sold. The largest rebalance on record was $50.8 billion back in 2018. When all’s said and done, TSLA will account for about 1% of the entire SPX’s market cap. Perhaps the TSLA rally may be the market’s attempt to price in the stock’s valuation. But remember, managers for funds indexed to the SPX will likely begin purchasing TSLA shares ahead of the index rebalances on December 21.
A Green Balloon on the Horizon: If you follow an economic calendar, you might have come across the term money supply. It comes out each Thursday, and traders of a certain age may remember a time when it was a market-moving announcement each week. These days—not so much. Some traders might not even know what it is. Put simply, it’s the total amount of currency and other monetary assets in the country—and since the beginning of the pandemic, the M1 money supply—funds that can be used immediately for spending—has risen 65%. Why is this important? Such rapid money supply expansion has never happened in the history of the U.S.
So, what’s with the increase? The Federal Reserve’s asset purchases of government securities aim to keep the pump primed amid the COVID-19 crisis. The flip side to all of this is the inflation; and investors are keeping their eye on the money supply to gauge its long-awaited return. Although there’s much more that goes into inflationary factors besides money supply, the ballooning green is something worth watching. After all, over 20% of all the dollars in existence was created in 2020. A large “disturbance in the (monetary) force” such as this can’t go without some kind of residual effect, or can it? As this week’s muted inflation showed, it’s not being manifested just yet.
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The Best Of South Africa’s Luxury Travel Experiences
The word luxury means different things to different people but if you are the kind of person who likes to linger a little longer in the lap of luxury and looking to splash some serious cash on a well-deserved post-corona holiday, look no further than South Africa.
Throughout the pandemic, South Africa has consistently been voted the top post-covid 19 holiday destination worldwide - and for good reason. While some countries are blessed with showstopping beaches, a majestic mountain range, a spell-binding desert landscape, savannahs teeming with wildlife or a cosmopolitan cityscape, South Africa boasts all of these attractions within its borders, providing the perfect setting for a number of lavish experiences that you simply cannot find anywhere else in the world.
While South Africa offers a myriad of luxury holiday options, to whet your appetite, we’ve hand-selected just four of the most exclusive and luxurious travel experiences this glorious Rainbow Nation has to offer.
1. Luxury Safari
The Royal Malewane is world-famous for delivering nothing less than the royal treatment and seriously caters to those who like the finer things in life. This exclusive safari lodge hosts a maximum of 20 guests and offers complete seclusion and grandeur on a private reserve within the Greater Kruger National Park. This refined and elegant idyll in the middle of the South African bush is popular with celebrities with former guests like Bono and Nicolas Sarkozy who come to experience an authentic Big 5 safari in regal comfort and style.
From palatial luxury suites complete with private pool, outdoor gazebo and opulent bathrooms with indoor and outdoor showers to plush private villas that come with an exclusive chef, housekeeper, butler, private safari vehicle, ranger and tracker, you really are spoilt for choice. Accommodation is also readily available for those who are travelling with their own Pilot, Photographer or Nanny.
Game viewing here gives you the chance to immerse yourself in nature’s most captivating drama and with an award-winning spa which is world-renowned for its utopian setting and heavenly treatments, you get to refresh and restore mind, body and spirit amid the serenity and peace of the African bush. Dining at Royal Malewane is always a unique and indulgent experience, whether you feel like a light salad by the pool or a decadent six-course dinner paired with fine wines in the privacy of your Luxury Suite.
You can also look forward to romantic lantern-lit feasts in the heart of the African wilderness when you dine in The Bush Tent at Royal Malewane, accompanied by the sounds of the wild and the local village choir. The evening continues with a nightcap around the fire under a canopy of stars as your ranger regales you with the myths and ancient tales of Africa. South Africa produces some of the best wines in the world and Royal Malewane’s trained wine stewards are always on hand to guide you in a food and wine pairing from an extensive wine list. With a fantastic selection of over 40 boutique gins and the largest whisky selection of any safari lodge, you will never be without your favourite sundowners for those spectacular South African sunsets.
With complete seclusion and panoramic views of the wildlife and savannah, Royal Malewane offers an opulent and majestic safari experience fit for a Queen or King.
2. Lavish Train Travel
Rovos Rail has earned an international reputation for its truly world-class travel experiences. Offering a series of bespoke train journeys lasting anywhere between 48 hours to 15 days it’s the most lavish way to see the stunning natural landscapes, vibrant cities, and exotic wildlife of Africa.
As one of the most luxurious trains in the world, it’s reminiscent of the Orient Express, boasting old word glamour with opulent decor and vintage wood-panelled coaches evoking the timeless elegance and romance of a bygone era.
Your journey will be a memorable affair with showstopping views as you traverse South Africa’s mountain ranges, grasslands, and semi-arid Karoo Desert punctuated by a variety of off-train excursions. You may decide however, to travel further afield to some of the African continent’s greatest destinations such as Zambia and Tanzania.
With so many journeys to choose from you could rediscover the old pioneering trail of the Karoo on a three-day journey from Cape Town to Durban, explore the untamed deserts of Namibia and the wild Atlantic coast over ten days, or perhaps you’d prefer the African Collage – a ten-day tapestry of landscape, game, history and culture throughout South Africa.
This panoramic sojourn weaves its way from Pretoria to Cape Town and includes a game drive in Kruger Park, followed by a journey through eSwatini to Hluhluwe and along the coast to Durban for a spectacular city tour. From there you’ll traverse the Valley of a Thousand Hills to Spionkop Lodge, the perfect base for exploring the mountains, bush, birds, and battlefields of the region. Your journey continues to Port Elizabeth for an encounter with the gentle giants at Addo Elephant Park then on to Oudtshoorn for an ostrich-farm visit followed by an impressive descent through the Outeniqua Mountains to George. After visiting the natural paradise of Knysna, the train meanders through the spectacular Garden Route on to the winelands and Cape mountains before this magnificent expedition ends in Cape Town.
With hospitality as warm as the African sun, superb cuisine and a selection of South Africa’s finest wines, Rovos Rail is guaranteed to take you on a decadent and thrilling voyage that perfectly captures the spirit and awe of the early days of African exploration.
3. Cape Town City Break
For the ultimate urban escape, Cape Town is the go-to destination for discerning travellers who are keen to indulge their desire for extravagance and luxury. Just 10 minutes from the Cape Town CBD, Ellerman House boasts Cape Town’s most exclusive address, and this grand old Cape Edwardian mansion is the perfect base from which to explore everything the fairest Cape has to offer. This exclusive and refined property offers just 11 rooms, two suites and two three-bedroom villas with sweeping verandas, breath-taking views, and a sparkling heated pool, all nestled within lush, verdant landscaped gardens.
There are two sumptuous lounges where you can kick back and relax or a plush library where you can curl up with a good book and a glass of wine. Ellerman House offers bespoke experiences from soul-stirring works of art featured in its fine art gallery which is home to the most representative South African art collection in existence and with a wine gallery, a brandy lounge and champagne cellar at your disposal, you can treat your palate to some of the world’s finest nips, tipples and snifters. The superb cuisine at Ellerman House works in symphony with its art and fine wine and will exhilarate your taste buds. Expect an extraordinary experience with vibrant dishes that reflect the best of local and seasonal flavours that will delight and astound the senses. Enjoy soul-soothing wellness in the spa as your body and mind are gently coaxed into balance or work off the extra calories in the fully equipped fitness centre.
When you are not soaking up the many delights Ellerman House has to offer, you will eventually want to head out and explore the stunning cosmopolitan city of Cape Town and its surrounds. Included in Cape Town’s ‘must-sees’ is a visit to the top of the iconic Table Mountain, the vibrant Greenmarket Square with its mimes, buskers and jugglers and the upmarket V&A Waterfront which is home to a buzzing restaurant and shopping scene. No trip to Cape Town is complete without visiting Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years and a tour of the Bo-Kaap, a Cape Malay township famed for its colourful houses. Cape Town is also famous for its beautiful beaches, and you can even swim with penguins at Boulders Bay. Charter a yacht for the day, embark on a whale and dolphin-watching cruise, or if you are looking for adventure you could go shark cage diving, kayaking around Cape Point or whizz across the Atlantis Dunes in an epic Cape Dune 4x4 Safari.
A fitting end your Cape odyssey would be a helicopter tour enjoying an afternoon of fine food, wine, and spectacular scenery on an exclusive flight from Cape Town to Constantia, one of South Africa's premier wine-tasting and culinary hotspots.
4. Winelands Wonder
If you consider yourself a bit of a wine connoisseur and food aficionado, Franshoek is the place you want to be. This traditional vineyard town in the Western Cape Province is famously known as the French Corner of the Cape and is considered to be the food and wine capital of South Africa.
It’s also home to Mont Rochelle, Sir Richard Branson’s hotel and vineyard, part of the exclusive Virgin Limited Edition collection which proudly offers its (often famous) guests the celebrity treatment and the ultimate in privacy and relaxation.
Occupying 39 hectares of vineyards and hills, Mont Rochelle is perfectly situated at the foot of the gorgeous Klein Dassenberg Mountain Range and produces wine on-site, (the hotel’s vineyard processes close to 150 tons of grapes in a season) and guests are welcome to tour the cellars or wander the picturesque paths between vineyard plots.
The Mont Rochelle hotel is a grand Cape Dutch Dame boasting 26 exquisite rooms and suites stylishly designed with your every comfort in mind. Expect spectacular views over the lush green valley and the magnificent mountain peaks that circle Franschhoek.
Surrounded by a terrace with comfy sun loungers and panoramic mountain vistas the sparkling heated pool is large and inviting and serviced by a bar which makes it the perfect spot to spend lazy summer days while the poolside drinks keep flowing.
If you are travelling with children, the Manor House is a luxury villa located a short walk from the main hotel. With four bedrooms it's the perfect option for your family or if you are with friends and looking for a more private retreat. The Manor House features a kitchen, lounge, two swimming pools and a gym and can accommodate up to eight guests sharing, plus bunkroom for up to six children.
The hotel’s spa provides a tranquil retreat where you can enjoy a soothing massage or the signature spa facial which uses grapes as a key ingredient. Spend blissful moments in the hot tub watching the sunset with a cocktail in hand or relax in the sauna, enjoy a soothing massage, or experience true Turkish delight in the onsite Hammam. If you are looking to get active, the hotel also has a gym, tennis court or the opportunity to play a game of croquet which is always invitingly set up on the lawn.
Enjoy sublime wine tastings in the estate’s 150-year-old wine cellar or enjoy a decadent picnic on the estate – the kitchen can arrange a well-stocked delicious picnic basket with a chilled bottle of wine in your choice of red or white – or both. Mont Rochelle certainly deserves its spot on the culinary map with two superb restaurants where you can either dine al fresco at the informal Country Kitchen or enjoy gourmet meals at Miko, the main restaurant.
Leisurely pastimes such as horse riding, hiking, cycling, and trout fishing are just a few of the activities Mont Rochelle offers nearby. If you want to explore Franschhoek on foot, take a slow amble around this charming town’s art galleries, monuments and boutique shops or enjoy a leisurely lunch at one of the area’s many stylish eateries, before you leave do try a chocolate tasting experience at the boutique chocolaterie situated in the main street.
One of the best ways to visit the valley’s many prestigious wine farms and sample the delightful offerings produced by its humble grapes, is by tram. The Wine Tram will take you to eight wine farms of your choice and upon your return, the top deck of the Wine Tram provides a kaleidoscopic view of the rich red grapes soaking up the last rays of the sun reflecting across the glorious mountain range.
Home to some of South Africa’s ‘Top 100’ restaurants Franshoek is a gourmand’s dream with many diverse culinary experiences on the Food and Wine Route, the Artisan Food Route, and Franschhoek Rond en Bont.
More mouth-watering meals can be enjoyed through its festivals such as the Franschhoek Bastille Festival and The Franschhoek Cap Classique & Champagne Festival.
We hope that these luxury experiences have inspired you to travel further and experience Africa at its most lavish. From wine regions to urban life, from safari to city, and from the sparkling Indian Ocean to the deserts of the Karoo we can help you plan the perfect high-end holiday. Select one of our package tours or allow us to create a completely bespoke luxury trip tailored to your specific requirements.
Our holidays are designed to be one-of-a-kind adventure where you’ll experience all corners of this glorious country, its people, landscapes and wildlife, whether it’s from the seat of a luxury train, by helicopter high above the winelands or on a game drive in the African bush. For more information on our collection of wonderful tours and signature itineraries, please contact ash@bestofsouthafricatravel.com
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Hi Ash! I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU for organising such a fantastic trip for us. We loved every minute and your recommendations really helped make it. If I hear of anyone looking to go to SA I will point them in ur direction! I hope you and your family have a lovely Christmas. Thanks again. Lottie ...
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Hank Williams: Complete Health & Happiness Recordings (Vinyl LP)
BMG Rights Managemen
Vinyl LP pressing. 1st time ever on vinyl Produced by Hank Williams Grammy-Award Winner Cheryl Pawelski Audio freshly transferred, restored & mastered from the original 16 transcription discs by Grammy-Award Winner Michael Graves New liner notes from Colin Escott in bookpack packaging Includes I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, I Saw The Light, Lost Highway, and Mind Your Own Business & more! Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme) [Version 1], Wedding Bells (Version 1), Lovesick Blues (Version 1), Old Joe Clark - By Jerry Rivers, Where the Soul Never Dies - By Hank ; Audrey Williams, Sally Goodin (Version 1) - By Jerry Rivers, Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme) [Version 2], You're Gonna Change, There's a Bluebird on Your Windowsill (Version 1) - By Audrey Williams, Fire on the Mountain - By Jerry Rivers, Tramp on the Street, Sally Goodin (Version 2) - By Jerry Rivers, Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme) [Version 3], I'm a Long Gone Daddy, I'm Telling You - By Audrey Williams, Bill Cheatham - By Jerry Rivers, When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels, Sally Goodin (Version 3) - By Jerry Rivers, Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme) [Version 4], Lost Highway, I Want to Live and Love - By Hank ; Audrey Williams, Bile Dem Cabbage Down - By Jerry Rivers, I'll Have a New Life, Fingers on Fire - By Bob McNett, Sally Goodin (Version 4) - By Jerry Rivers, Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme) [Version 5], A Mansion on the Hill, There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight, Tennessee Wagner - By Jerry Rivers, The Prodigal Son, Sally Goodin (Version 5) - By Jerry Rivers, Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme) [Version 6], Pan American, Lovesick Blues (Version 2), Arkansas Traveler - By Jerry Rivers, I Saw the Light, Sally Goodin (Version 6) - By Jerry Rivers, Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme) [Version 7], Mind Your Own Business, Wedding Bells (Version 2), Cotton Eyed Joe - By Jerry Rivers, I've Just Told Mama Goodbye, Sally Goodin (Version 7) - By Jerry Rivers, Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme) [Version 8], I Can't Get You off My Mind, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Fisherman's Hornpipe - By Jerry Rivers, Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine, Sally Goodin (Version 8) - By Jerry Rivers
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ニンジャバットマン
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In this crossover between two popular series, Fairy Tail x Rave follows the two groups as they discover their similarities with each other. As the miscommunications add up, they are pitted...
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Satoshi, Pikachu, and their friends come to a desert city by the sea. Here they meet the Mythical Pokémon Hoopa, which has the ability to summon things—including people and Pokémon—through...
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On the anniversary of his mother's death, Kurosaki Ichigo travels to his mother's grave. When Rukia arrives, Ichigo leaves to speak with her; but what she has to say upsets him. His sisters...
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Leadership and Members
COVID-19 Briefing with the Chronic Disease Community
By California Chronic Care Coalition
April 29th, 2020 | 2 – 3 PM EDT
Join us for a virtual briefing with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Johns Hopkins Medicine, U.C. Davis Health and organizations representing the chronic disease community on COVID-19.
Objective: Learn from experts about why the COVID-19 virus can put people with chronic conditions/diseases at higher risk for complications. Our experts will be able to answer many of your questions about the pandemic and how to protect yourself and your loved ones.
Dr. Georgina Peacock MD, MPH, FAAP
Director, Division of Human Development and Disability, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Dr. William Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC
American College of Cardiology, CA Chapter; Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Director, Noninvasive Services, UC Davis Health
Dr. Vikram Tejwani, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow, Johns Hopkins Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Some of the topics to be covered include:
What makes an individual high-risk for coronavirus complications ?
Why are people with certain chronic conditions more severely affected than others?
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We need your questions. Submit any questions you would like answered by using the form on the registration page or by emailing them to: juliette@chroniccareca.org. We will try our best to answer all your questions.
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The courage to shine
University of Canberra researchers are working in collaboration with the Canberra Hospital’s Oncology Unit and ICON Cancer Centre to research cancer recovery and life after cancer for patients and their loved ones.
The PACES (pre-habilitation, activity, cancer, exercise and survivorship) research group came together in early 2019 and consists of academics at the University of Canberra who are passionate about conducting research in oncology.
The research is a multi-disciplinary approach to improvement for not only the person with cancer, but their loved ones too.
PACES investigates the effect of exercise on cancer patients and those living post-cancer. Initially it focussed on providing group exercise classes at the ICON centre. However, in 2020 it has evolved to include telehealth options (online classes) and one on one classes to minimise risk to participants concerned about exposure to COVID-19.
“It’s been a game changer for me. I have stage 4 cancer, I can’t go to the gyms now they have reopened, it’s too risky.” - Kathy, current PACES participant
Whether online or in person, the classes improve the strength and fitness of participants and have been proven to improve overall health outcomes for those battling cancer and/or recovering from it.
People with any type of cancer can be referred or can self-refer into the program.
"The benefits are incredible. Patients are building their strength back up, they are able to complete their chemotherapy and their treatment much easier if they’re fitter and stronger".
100 per cent of funds raised go directly to the University of Canberra Cancer Research & Recovery Fund.
I came to nursing to make a meaningful difference to what matters most to people affected by cancer, and most importantly, the areas in which they are in most need of support and intervention.
Catherine Paterson Ph.D
PACES Researcher and Clinical Assistant Professor Ph.D,
(All Distinctions: BA, MSc, PgCert LTA, FHEA, Non-medical prescriber, RAN)
The benefits are incredible. Patients are building their strength back up, they are able to complete their chemotherapy and their treatment much easier if they’re fitter and stronger.
Dr Kellie Toohey
PACES Researcher and Clinical Assistant Professor,
I have seen the referrals for patients with a diagnosis of cancer increase by more than 4000 per cent in four years in our department. It’s amazing to see the uptake in this group. I want to ensure that all patients have access to the expertise of an Exercise Physiologist.
Rebecca Cesnik
Higher Degree by Research academic
Leading the world’s research into cancer care
PACES focusses its research activity on three distinct themes: prehabilitation, physical activity in people affected by cancer, and life after cancer.
At it’s core, PACES focuses on:
nutrition and physical activity
mental health and social well-being during and post chemotherapy
Explore some current reasearch projects.
Investigating various aspects of prostate cancer specifically regarding the impact of radical prostatectomy, expected outcomes, influence on incontinence and quality of life.
What are the experiences and unmet needs of people affected by chemotherapy induced alopecia?
Evaluating and increasing physical activity of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Use of honey as a treatment of oral mucositis for oncology patients.
Risk Assessment, Prediction and Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Ambulatory Cancer Patients with Solid Tumours.
Predictors of risk and prognosis of venous thromboembolism in patients with Upper Gastro-intestinal cancer and lung cancer in Australian Capital Territory.
The feasibility and impact of light resistance-based exercise during chemotherapy infusion.
The impact of exercise counselling and education on patients with primary and secondary ovarian cancer.
Does exercise dose reduce the development of osteoporosis and sarcopenia in prostate cancer patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).
Why the research matters
So far, the program has seen some amazing results.
Over 500 patients successfully complete the program.
Increase in treatment success rates for patients.
Increase in mental health.
A reduction of side effects such as bone loss, pain, fatigue, cardiovascular and respiratory issues.
Improved chemotherapy completion rates.
Improved peripheral neuropathies.
Improved prognosis.
Decreased recurrence.
Improved mortality rates.
Your support is vital
With many cancer patients unable to attend work while receiving treatment and during recovery their day-to-day costs can really add up and having to pay to participate in the program can be yet another burden.
Donating $1000 puts one patient through a full 16-week program.
Donating $150 provides a care pack for a new PACES starter.
Donating $50 provides a free one-on-one session for a patient.
“A few months ago it got really hard financially. So I said, “I’m going to reduce the sessions.” And Mel (Moore, UC Cancer Wellness Clinic Supervisor) said “No. You need this, you have to come.” So she found funding for me through the University. It’s amazing. It’s a really important program.” Kathy – PACES participant with stage 4 cancer.
PACES also offer seed funding grants for its researchers in order to support the development of special projects.
For example, during the COVID shut down, PACES researchers needed to devise a telehealth (phone/online consult) option for patients who could no longer visit in person but still required rehabilitation. Researchers quickly investigated how to continue to provide treatment to cancer patients remotely. They have realised that having seed funding opportunities would help them explore new services quickly when the need arises.
A donation of $10,000 would fund a seed grant project for a PACES researcher.
Philanthropic funding is vital to continue the work of PACES researchers. With $90,000 the team would be able to fund a PhD candidate for three years to undertake important research. The outcomes for those with cancer in the community would be life-changing and cannot be achieved without your generous support.
Our goal is to ensure the cancer recovery program is seen as an important part of cancer treatment that becomes available nationally and is fully funded for those who need it.
100 per cent of funds raised go directly to the University of Canberra Cancer Recovery Research Fund.
Exercise Physiology, physical activity, survivorship, chronic disease, rehabilitation, prehabilitation
Professor Nick Brown
Movement analysis and motor control
Associate Professor Catherine Paterson
Oncology nursing, chronic disease, prehabilitation
Professor Karen Strickland
Oncology nursing, chronic disease, health services, digital health
Dr Irmina Nahon
Pelvic floor, prostate cancer, rehabilitation
Dr Jane Kellett
Oncology palliative care, nutrition and dietetics
Dr Reza Mortazavi
Diagnostic pathology, haematology and blood transfusion, thromboemolism
Professor Stuart Semple
Physical activity, CVD, exercise, immunology
Associate Professor Andrew McKune
Stress physiology, immunology and bioenergetics in adaptation to exercise in cancer stress responses
Associate Professor Rachel Bacon
Clinical education and community research, dietetics
Professor Desmond Yip (Adjunct)
Development of biological agents in cancer, renal cell carcinoma and GI cancers
100 per cent of funds raised go directly to the
University of Canberra Cancer Research & Recovery Fund.
Contact the UC Foundation to
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CAROLE ANN GOLDSMITH
Carole Goldsmith, CEO, Carole Goldsmith International, is an international business journalist and content writer, cross -cultural business, journalism and travel trainer, course developer, English language tutor and public speaker. She has lectured at universities across the globe.
Starting her career as a research scientist in Australia and Germany, she has also worked in recreation /economic / tourism development and public relations for city and regional councils around Australia. Carole has conducted public relations for Austrade Grants and Loans, Sheraton Ayers Rock and Victorian state government departments.
She has written content for a wide range of businesses such as Toyota, Blue Scope Steel, Coca Cola Amatil, Linfox, FedEx to name a few. She has also been reporting for a range of Australian and global business media for the past 20 years, among which include: The Australian Financial Review, The Age, Herald Sun, Logistics Magazine, Australian Doctor, Manufacturing Monthly, CCH Wolters Kluwer Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore, Informa, Reed, Elsevier, OOSKA Water News and Global Water Intelligence. Carole also writes lead articles and case studies for AMT Magazine. As she reports across the Asia Pacific, she also conducts international business cross cultural awareness in Australia and Europe. Carole speaks English and German fluently as well as conversational Japanese and French. As a strong supporter of work- life balance, Carole enjoys doing pottery, painting, gardening, paving, learning languages, swimming, walking and travelling the world in search of the next discovery and innovation.
Find some more of Carole’s writing at the following blogs, Japan-on-a-Budget and Nanorods on the March.
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Drowning in spam, Carpe Librum fights back!
While I've been celebrating the increased popularity of Carpe Librum (reaching 100,000 total hits in December 2013), with success comes increased spam in the form of bogus comments.
Last month my site received more than 20,000 hits (wow, right?) but I also received an enormous amount of spam. Today alone when I logged on, there were more than 200 spam comments for me to check and delete.
While it was manageable I was happy to manually check and delete these comments, rather than introduce a verification process. I don't like using a verification process myself when I leave comments on another site, so naturally I didn't want to ask Carpe Librum members or visitors to jump through that hoop, but I'm left with no choice now.
Apologies to all, but from now on you'll need to go through a short verification process in order to leave a comment here. I can only hope that I don't lose valid comments by introducing this measure.
Review: The Whispering by Sarah Rayne
*From Publisher for Review *
The Whispering is the fourth in Sarah Rayne's ghost series featuring Nell West and Michael Flint.
This time Michael Flint is researching the music and poetry of the Great War; in particular how music influenced their individual outlook and work. I studied WWI poetry at university, so it was wonderful for me to see the names of Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon frequently mentioned. I wish Wilfred Owen could have played a role in the story but that might have been asking for too much.
Michael is also researching the origins of the Palestrina Choir: a girl's choir based in a convent that sang behind a rood screen to hide their 'deformities'. Girls who were crippled, malformed or simple were left at the convent by their parents, joined the choir and created angelic music but could never be seen.
Here's a quote from The Whispering about the origins of the long-dead choir. The Palestrina Choir was "..formed in an ancient monastery in Belgium in 1900 to commemorate the start of the new century, and was named for the sixteenth-century composer of sacred music."
I was fascinated by the choir, and Michael visits Fosse House to meet reclusive Luisa Gilmore as part of his research but ends up discovering more than he bargained for.
Meanwhile, Nell is researching the origin of the Holzminden sketch, a drawing that Michael finds in Fosse House, and which could be a sketch made at a WWI prisoner of war camp.
The Whispering is nicely layered and I enjoyed having Michael as the protagonist this time around instead of Nell. There was an important reveal at the end that I had incorrectly predicted, and for me that's a sign of a great read when the plot carries you in an unexpected direction.
The Whispering can be enjoyed as a stand-alone and is recommended for readers who like a good ghost story, or the idea that the past can bleed into the future and vice versa.
Author Request, e-book, England, Ghosts, Historical Fiction, Reading Challenge, War
Hades Giveaway Winner Announced
Thanks to all those who submitted entries in the Hades by Candice Fox Giveaway. The competition closed at midnight on Valentine's Day and I received some great entries and Twitter re-tweets.
All entries were numbered and entered into random.org and the winner drawn was:
Fay Reeve
Her entry was a 'galloping horse.' Congratulations Fay!
Please email me your postal address by midnight Friday 21 February* and I'll send your copy of Hades by Candice Fox to you right away.
* (If I don't receive your postal address by 21 February a new winner will have to be drawn).
Thanks again and be sure to be on the lookout for the next giveaway coming to Carpe Librum soon. I'll give you a hint, it's also by an Australian Women Writer (AWW).
Happy reading and Carpe Librum!
Australian Author, AWW, Giveaway
Review: 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself: Change Your Life Forever | Steve Chandler
I don't recall how I came across this title, but I thought it might be a great self-help book; perfect for the beginning of the year. When I reserved it from the library, I was allocated an older edition of 100 Ways To Motivate Yourself - Change Your Life Forever by Steve Chandler in large print.
The large print was perfect actually and the fact that it's broken into 100 ways/chapters makes it the perfect book to dip into at any time; you can literally flick to any page and start reading. Many/most of the 'ways' I'd come across before in one form or another, but I ended up flagging six sections in the book for follow up later on.
There was one motivational strategy in particular that really grabbed my attention and I immediately put the book down to commence developing a personal goal I'd been avoiding.
For that one idea it was definitely worth reading 100 Ways To Motivate Yourself - Change Your Life Forever by Steve Chandler, although for any readers seeking out this book, I recommend you get the latest edition. I'm confident it'll be even better.
You can read Chapter/Number 40 Find Your Soul Purpose for free online, just click here.
P.S. My favourite quote from the book appeared on page 192, in an excerpt from Anne Lamott's non fiction book Bird by Bird. This phrase came about when Anne's brother had been procrastinating about working on a school project about birds. He was panicking the night before it was due, feeling overwhelmed by the task ahead, and his father said:
"Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."
Brilliant advice, I love it!
Health, Non Fiction, Self Help
Review: Hindsight by Melanie Casey
* From Pantera Press for review *
Cass Lehman is a young South Australian woman in her twenties living at home with her mother and Grandmother, and completely isolated from outside life. The reason? Cass comes from a line of gifted women: her Grandmother is a hands-on healer, her mother can see glimpses of the future and Cass experiences the death of a person when she occupies the spot where they died. In other words, she has retrocognition.
This paranormal gift is a curse for Cass and as a result she spends most of her time living and working from home. Cass and her family have charted all of the 'death spots' to avoid in her small home town, but she is growing increasingly frustrated with the limitations of her lifestyle.
When a woman in the town is murdered, Cass decides to offer local Police her help and is introduced to Ed Dyson. I'll say no more about what happens next except to say that it's the beginning of a thriller ride.
I just knew I'd love the novel as soon as I read the blurb and thankfully Hindsight lived up to my every expectation. I was instantly swallowed up by the story and immediately drawn in to Cass's world. Published by Pantera Press, this is an outstanding debut from Australian author Melanie Casey and it's exciting to see her burst onto our bookshelves in style.
Hindsight is the first in a series featuring Cass and Ed, with the sequel called Craven due out in June this year. I know it's only a few months away, but it's still not quick enough for this reader. Highly recommended!
P.S. If you enjoy Hindsight, you might also enjoy The Shadow series by Kay Hooper. It's an old series and the first is called Stealing Shadows. I gave it 4 stars in 2008.
Australian Author, AWW, Crime, Death, Five star review, From Publisher for Review, Paranormal, Reading Challenge
Australian Women Writers (AWW) Challenge 2014
I've been watching the Australian Women Writers Challenge for several years now but never actively taken part myself. Mostly because my reading choices have nothing to do with the gender or name of the author. I don't need a challenge to read more Australian women writers; I choose the books I want to read based on their appeal, their story.
But by observing the work of the many book bloggers that take part in this challenge every year, I've realised that by mere participation, more reviews are being shared online and therefore Australian novels are reaching a greater audience.
Here are some quick stats from the 2013 AWW Challenge:
Over 1,800 reviews were written;
Over 700 authors had their work reviewed;
A total of 1079 books were reviewed.
With so many reviews written and Australian female authors in the spotlight across the internet, hopefully it's generating attention which might lead to book sales or library visits. I know that my own network of friends and family have read books based on my reviews that they otherwise wouldn't have come across.
It is widely known that many readers predominantly read male authors, while my own split is 41% female and 59% male. I've also read that more male authors are published than female authors, causing some women to write under a nom de plume. While I don't necessarily believe the gender split should be exactly 50/50 (life just isn't like that), I do believe the best novels should be published (regardless of gender) and readers should choose the books they want to read from the titles available.
By the same token, I'm a proud and active supporter of Australian writers and have been participating in the Aussie Author Reading Challenge for a number of years now. It is with all of these thoughts and motivations in mind that I've decided to join the 2014 AWW Reading Challenge. Why? To share my reviews, show my support for Australian women writers and to contribute to the increasing influence of AWW and be part of the change taking place.
I've already read 4 books by Australian Women Writers this year (reaching the Stella level) so I've signed up for the following challenge level:
Franklin: read 10 books – if reviewing, review at least 6
If you'd like to join in and participate or find out more about the reading challenge, click here. You don't need a blog to participate either!
Australian Author, AWW, News, Reading Challenge
Review, Google Hangout and Giveaway: Hades by Candice Fox
*Copy from The Reading Room for review*
Hades is the debut crime thriller from new Australian author Candice Fox.
Hades owns and lives in a rubbish tip in outer Sydney and is the guy underworld criminals go to when they've made a mistake. He makes problems and sometimes bodies disappear but his life changes forever when he receives delivery of two bundles for disposal one night.
Despite his vocation and fearsome reputation, Hades is a loveable character, making large animals from scrap metal and watching over those he cares deeply about.
Also joining the cast of characters is Frank, a Detective in the Homicide squad, paired up with Eden who is still grieving the loss of her previous partner in a shooting. Eden's brother Eric is the office pain-in-the-ass and is a slimy, annoying and dark character most readers will love to hate. Both Eden and Eric have their secrets and in between chasing a serial killer removing human organs from his victims, Frank is determined to get to the bottom of their dark past.
Hades is a page-turner from the very beginning and the writing feels very sharp and polished. I later learned from the author (see below) that the manuscript underwent 15 or so edits prior to publishing, and the work really shows.
I took an odd pleasure in reading about the first crime scene that takes place at Watson's Bay in Sydney, a stones throw from HMAS Watson where I spent many months undergoing navigation training in the Royal Australian Navy. Turns out Candice Fox also spent a brief time undergoing the same Officer training (many years after me) before leaving the military to eventually become a writer.
Hades can be read as a stand-alone crime thriller although Candice is working on the second in the series to be called Eden and I can't wait to read it.
Google Hangout with Candice Fox
This week I had the pleasure of participating in a Google Hangout with Candice Fox, hosted and organised by The Reading Room. Along with three other book bloggers we each took turns asking Candice questions about her book Hades, her writing processes and inspiration. It was a fantastic discussion and you can watch the clip below or on YouTube here.
I have a (lightly read) copy of Hades by Candice Fox to giveaway, thanks to the folks at The Reading Room.
To enter: Hades is a character who works in a tip in Sydney, and who loves to make animals out of scrap metal. Which animal would you like Hades to make for you?
Entries close: midnight Valentine's Day, Friday 14th February 2014.
Eligibility: this giveaway is open to those with an Australian postal address only.
Winner: will be chosen by random.org and announced no later than: Sunday 16th February. The winner has until midnight Friday 21st February to make contact and provide a postal address.
Additional entries: those who Tweet about this giveaway (or RT), sign up to follow Carpe Librum by Google Friend Connect or via email after this post will receive an additional entry in the competition. (Make sure you mention this in your comment/entry).
Thanks and Carpe Librum!
Australian Author, Author Interview, AWW, Crime, e-book, From Publisher for Review, Giveaway, Reading Challenge
Review: The Silence by Sarah Rayne
* From the author for review *
The Silence by Sarah Rayne is the third in her ghost book series featuring antiques dealer Nell West and her academic boyfriend Michael Flint*.
The story takes place at Stilter House (aptly named) located in the Derbyshire Peaks in England and Nell is asked to catalogue some items in her late husband's childhood home.
On the back of The Sin Eater, this series has definitely ramped up in The Silence, and I thoroughly enjoyed uncovering the layers and layers of mysteries within and of course encountering a few ghosts along the way.
The Silence is so much richer than The Sin Eater, with a higher 'creep level' and a particular metal object I won't be forgetting in a hurry (no spoilers though). The word 'outbuilding' takes on a sinister tone and Nell West's beliefs about life after death are tested again. (Thankfully Nell is more accepting this time and less sceptical which was a welcome change).
I was really taken by the young mute boy Esmond, his reason for being mute and the misunderstanding about his mother's death that had serious implications resonating for years.
The Silence has it all despite it's compact length of 272 pages. It's a chilly read, so pack a scarf and dive into this exciting ghost/mystery novel. (I can't wait to start reading the latest in the series The Whispering, next).
*The Ghost Series of novels by Sarah Rayne include:
Book #1 The Property of a Lady (5 stars)
Book #2 The Sin Eater (3 stars)
Book #3 The Silence
Book #4 The Whispering (out now!)
Author Request, e-book, England, Ghosts, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Reading Challenge
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BELLUS Health Announces Overnight Marketed Equity Offering
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LAVAL, Quebec, Dec. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BELLUS Health Inc. (TSX: BLU) (“BELLUS Health” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for conditions with high unmet medical need, today announced that it will undertake an overnight marketed offering of common shares. Bloom Burton Securities Inc. is acting as lead agent on behalf of a syndicate of agents that includes Mackie Research Capital Corporation. The offering is being made on a best efforts agency basis by the syndicate. The offering is to be effected in each of the Canadian provinces by way of a prospectus supplement to BELLUS Health’s amended and restated base shelf prospectus dated November 30, 2018. In addition, the common shares may also be offered for sale in the United States through one or more United States registered broker-dealer(s) appointed by the agents as sub-agent(s) pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) and applicable state laws. Prior to the completion of the offering, BELLUS Health has 120,197,581 common shares issued and outstanding. The number of common shares to be distributed, the price of each common share and other terms of the offering will be determined in context of the market.
This transaction is subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including the receipt of all necessary regulatory and stock exchange approvals.
The net proceeds of the offering will be used to fund research and development activities, including but not limited to, BLU-5937’s clinical development, general and administrative expenses, working capital needs and other general corporate purposes.
The securities described herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act, or any state securities laws, and accordingly, may not be offered or sold to, or for the account or benefit of, persons in the United States or to U.S. Persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act), except in compliance with the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities requirements or pursuant to exemptions therefrom. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the Company’s securities to, or for the account or benefit of, persons in the United States or U.S. Persons.
About BELLUS Health (www.bellushealth.com)
BELLUS Health is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for conditions with high unmet medical need. Its pipeline of projects includes the Company’s lead drug candidate BLU-5937 for chronic cough and several other partnered clinical-stage drug development programs. BLU-5937, a highly selective P2X3 antagonist, has the potential to be a best-in-class therapeutic for chronic cough patients who do not respond to current therapies.
Chronic cough is a cough that lasts more than eight weeks and is associated with significant adverse social, psychosocial and physical effects on quality of life. A commercial assessment performed by Torreya Insights on behalf of the Company concluded that, in the United States alone, more than 26 million adults have chronic cough and more than 2.6 million of these patients suffer from refractory chronic cough lasting for more than a year.
Certain statements contained in this news release, other than statements of fact that are independently verifiable at the date hereof, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation and regulations. In particular, this news release includes forward-looking information relating to the offering and the completion and use of net proceeds thereof. Such statements, based as they are on the current expectations of management, inherently involve numerous important risks, uncertainties and assumptions, known and unknown, many of which are beyond BELLUS Health Inc.’s control. Such risks factors include but are not limited to: the ability to expand and develop its project pipeline, the ability to obtain financing, the impact of general economic conditions, general conditions in the pharmaceutical industry, changes in the regulatory environment in the jurisdictions in which BELLUS Health Inc. does business, stock market volatility, fluctuations in costs, changes to the competitive environment due to consolidation, achievement of forecasted burn rate, potential payments/outcomes in relation to indemnity agreements and contingent value rights, achievement of forecasted pre-clinical and clinical trial milestones and that actual results may vary once the final and quality-controlled verification of data and analyses has been completed. In addition, the length of BELLUS Health Inc.’s drug candidates’ development process, their market size and commercial value, as well as the sharing of proceeds between BELLUS Health Inc. and its potential partners from potential future revenues, if any, are dependent upon a number of factors. Consequently, actual future results and events may differ materially from the anticipated results and events expressed in the forward-looking statements. The Company believes that expectations represented by forward-looking statements are reasonable, yet there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. The reader should not place undue reliance, if any, on any forward-looking statements included in this news release. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and BELLUS Health Inc. is under no obligation and disavows any intention to update publicly or revise such statements as a result of any new information, future event, circumstances or otherwise, unless required by applicable legislation or regulation. Please see BELLUS Health Inc.’s public filings with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities, including the Annual Information Form, for further risk factors that might affect BELLUS Health Inc. and its business.
François Desjardins
Vice-President, Finance
fdesjardins@bellushealth.com
Source: BELLUS Health Inc.
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Where Republican senators stand on impeaching Donald Trump
By Aaron Navarro
Updated on: January 13, 2021 / 12:21 PM / CBS News
House Dems to vote to impeach Trump
House Dems to vote to impeach Trump 04:16
If the House passes articles of impeachment this week against President Trump for the second time in his single term, the Senate would try him and determine whether to remove and disqualify him from holding office again. The article of impeachment charges the president with incitement of insurrection, after he revved up supporters last week to "fight like hell" before they stormed the Capitol, resulting in the deaths of six people and the evacuation of Congress.
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, has signaled that he'd like an impeachment trial to begin immediately after the article of impeachment is received by the Senate.
Most Democratic senators are calling for Mr. Trump's immediate removal, including the Senate's two independent members, Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont. But the bar for the Senate to remove the president is higher than impeachment, which requires only a simple majority in the House.
Two-thirds of the Senate — 67 senators — are needed to convict. CBS News asked the 51 current GOP senators how they'll vote. Twenty responded.
One Republican, Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, embraced the idea of a quick departure from office by Mr. Trump and believes he should resign. But while he thinks the president committed "impeachable offenses," Toomey is not sure it's "practical" to remove him from office with just a few days left, he told NBC News' "Meet the Press."
The other 19 respondents answered with statements, pointed to past press interviews or declined to comment.
Utah Senator Mitt Romney was the only Republican senator to vote to remove Trump on one of the two impeachment charges in February 2020. Following the attacks on January 6, he said on the Senate floor the objections and attacks were a result of "a selfish man's injured pride and the outrage of supporters who he has deliberately misinformed for the past two months."
In a statement Wednesday, he said that "when the President incites an attack against Congress, there must be a meaningful consequence."
"We will be considering those options and the best course for our nation in the days ahead," he added.
Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Ben Sasse of Nebraska are also not closing the door on impeachment, according to statements to CBS News. Sasse said on "CBS This Morning" last week he would "definitely consider whatever articles" the House moves. A spokesperson for Collins said she would not comment on impeachment "because of the Senate's constitutional role in those proceedings, which includes sitting as a jury."
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst said that Mr. Trump "did not display good leadership" and "bears some responsibility for what happened."
Ten senators have told CBS News they don't support impeachment: Marco Rubio of Florida, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Steve Daines of Montana, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Ted Cruz of Texas.
Others said there's no time to impeach Mr. Trump because the incoming Biden-Harris administration will be taking office in days, and they predicted an impeachment process would be divisive.
"Is there any likelihood that he could possibly be removed between now and January the 20th?" Missouri Senator Roy Blunt said on "Face the Nation." "If there's no additional ensuing event my — my belief is there is no possibility of that."
Impeachment is "a partisan exercise that will further embitter and divide the country," Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who voted to accept the Electoral College results on January 6, told WDRB.
A handful of Republican senators voted to object to the Electoral College results in Arizona and Pennsylvania on the day of the Capitol assault: Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Roger Marshall of Kansas, Hyde-Smith, Josh Hawley of Missouri, and Cruz. Wyoming Senator Cynthia Loomis and Florida Senator Rick Scott did not vote for the objection in Arizona, but did so for Pennsylvania. Louisiana Senator John Kennedy voted to object the results in Arizona, but did not do so for Pennsylvania.
Scott, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, didn't disclose his stance on impeachment when asked. Instead, he denounced the Capitol riots and urged Mr. Trump to reconsider his decision to skip the inauguration.
The other Florida senator, Marco Rubio, has rejected impeachment, telling "Fox News Sunday" it would mean that President-elect Biden's first weeks would be about "removing a president that is already not in office."
Here's the list of GOP senators and what they've said about voting on impeachment:
Would consider
Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania)
Ben Sasse (Nebraska)
Mitt Romney (Utah)
Marco Rubio (Florida)
Rand Paul (Kentucky)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (Mississippi)
Roger Wicker (Mississippi)
Roy Blunt (Missouri)
Steve Daines (Montana)
Kevin Cramer (North Dakota)
Tim Scott (South Carolina)
Ted Cruz (Texas)
Lindsey Graham (South Carolina)
Responded but declined to say what vote would be
Mike Crapo (Idaho)
Susan Collins (Maine)
Joni Ernst (Iowa)
Todd Young (Indiana)
Rick Scott (Florida)
Jim Risch (Idaho)
John Cornyn (Texas)
Cynthia Lummis (Wyoming)
Did not respond to CBS News' request for comment
Richard Shelby (Alabama)
Tommy Tuberville (Alabama)
Daniel Sullivan (Alaska)
Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
John Boozman (Arkansas)
Tom Cotton (Arkansas)
Kelly Loeffler (Georgia)
Mike Braun (Indiana)
Chuck Grassley (Iowa)
Roger Marshall (Kansas)
Jerry Moran (Kansas)
Mitch McConnell (Kentucky)
Bill Cassidy (Louisiana)
John Kennedy (Louisiana)
Josh Hawley (Missouri)
Deb Fischer (Nebraska)
Richard Burr (North Carolina)
Thom Tillis (North Carolina)
John Hoeven (North Dakota)
Rob Portman (Ohio)
Jim Inhofe (Oklahoma)
James Lankford (Oklahoma)
Mike Rounds (South Dakota)
John Thune (South Dakota)
Bill Hagerty (Tennessee)
Marsha Blackburn (Tennessee)
Mike Lee (Utah)
Shelley Moore Capito (West Virginia)
Ron Johnson (Wisconsin)
John Barrasso (Wyoming)
Alan He, Bo Erickson, Cara Korte, John Nolen, Timothy Perry and Sarah Ewall-Wice contributed reporting to this story
First published on January 13, 2021 / 3:28 AM
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Transcript: Melvin Carter on "Face the Nation"
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Teran Leads SU Softball to First ACC Win
Saturday, Mar 07, 2020 at 5:06 pm by Sports Editor
By Sam Lebowitz
CitrusTV Softball Beat Reporter
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The most important at bat of the Syracuse softball season so far happened in the fifth inning of today’s matchup against North Carolina. Syracuse was trailing by a score of 5-3 but had runners at the corners with two out. The Orange lineup had put runners in scoring position in every inning of the game to that point yet had not been able to properly capitalize. However, Gabby Teran flipped the game on its head by turning the deficit into a one-run lead with a long three-run homer over the scoreboard in left field.
The home run, her team-leading fourth of the season, was the deciding blow in Syracuse’s (9-10, 1-1 Atlantic Coast) 9-5 win over UNC (9-12, 3-2 Atlantic Coast). The comeback win is an important first conference victory of the year for a Syracuse team fighting hard to get back to .500. It did not look good at first, as the Orange saw an early 2-0 lead disintegrate when the Tar Heels pushed five runs across the plate in the bottom of the second. Syracuse committed two key errors in the frame on top of UNC’s five hits. The punctuating hit was a two-run single by Tar Heel first baseman Campbell Hutcherson that knocked starting pitcher Kaia Oliver out of the game.
Oliver’s replacement was Syracuse’s saving grace in this game. Catie Dobbs came in and slammed the door on the UNC lineup. She finished the game, tossing 5-and-two-thirds innings of scoreless relief, giving up two hits and three walks with four strike outs. She lowered her team-best earned run average to 2.33 while notching her second win.
The Syracuse offense pounded 13 hits after mustering just two last night. Rebecca Clyde led the team with three hits including a double, breaking out of a 2-for-31 funk. Teran reached base four times in the leadoff spot. She was hit by pitch twice for the second consecutive game before homering and walking. Neli Casares-Maher blasted her second home run of the season in the sixth inning, giving the Orange some insurance. The game was put out of reach on a two-run single by Jamie Gregg. In addition to Clyde, Casares-Maher, and Gregg, Lailoni Mayfield also recorded multiple hits for Syracuse.
AJ Kaiser committed two errors behind the plate in this game as her defensive struggles as a catcher continue. She was replaced by Jude Padilla when Catie Dobbs entered the game in the second inning and did not return.
Syracuse will look to keep the bats hot in the rubber match tomorrow in Chapel Hill. First pitch is at 12 p.m.
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Rachel Holland
Dr Rachel Holland
School of Health Sciences, Division of Language and Communication Science
rachel.holland.1@city.ac.uk
Visit Rachel Holland
M101, Myddelton Street Building
Rachel is a cognitive neuroscientist specialising in acquired disorders of language who joined City University London in 2013. She previously worked at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, as a Career Development Fellow and the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London as a senior postdoctoral research fellow.
Rachel studied at the University of Manchester where her degree and PhD were in Psychology. During her doctoral research she specialised in neurocognitive models of language processing and acquired disorders of language following stroke. During her PhD she used a complementary range of neuroimaging and neuropsychological techniques to explore verb processing in healthy and impaired speakers. Rachel then moved to work at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge to work with Professor Karalyn Patterson to explore the neural timings of verb processing using magenetoecephalography (MEG). Rachel's last position was as a senior research fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience where her work focused on investigating the neural basis of language recovery and treatment of anomia after stroke.
BSc, MRes, PhD.
The focus of Rachel's research is how language function is organised within the human brain and how it deteriorates following brain damage or disease. Her current research projects are focused on investigating the neural basis of language processes, language recovery and treatment of anomia after aphasic stroke using a combination of complementary neuroscience techniques including non-invasive brain stimulation, functional neuroimaging and neuropsychological investigation.
- Acquired disorders of language
- Neuroimaging
- Non-invasive brain stimulation
- Neurocognitive models of language
- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London
Principal Collaborators
- Karalyn Patterson, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge UK
- Anna Woollams, NARU, University of Manchester, Manchester UK
- Jenny Crinion, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London, UK
- Cathy Price, Wellcome Centre for Neuroimaging, London, UK
- Alex Leff, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London, UK
Cope, T.E., Shtyrov, Y., MacGregor, L.J., Holland, R., Pulvermüller, F., Rowe, J.B. … Patterson, K. (2020). Anterior temporal lobe is necessary for efficient lateralised processing of spoken word identity. Cortex, 126, pp. 107–118. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2019.12.025 .
Efstratiadou, E.A., Papathanasiou, I., Holland, R., Varlokosta, S. and Hilari, K. (2019). Efficacy of elaborated semantic features analysis in Aphasia: a quasi-randomised controlled trial. Aphasiology, 33(12), pp. 1482–1503. doi:10.1080/02687038.2019.1571558 .
Holland, R., Johns, S.L. and Woollams, A.M. (2018). The impact of phonological versus semantic repetition training on generalisation in chronic stroke aphasia reflects differences in dorsal pathway connectivity. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 28(4), pp. 548–567. doi:10.1080/09602011.2016.1190384 .
Efstratiadou, E.A., Papathanasiou, I., Holland, R., Archonti, A. and Hilari, K. (2018). A systematic review of semantic feature analysis therapy studies for aphasia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61(5), pp. 1261–1278. doi:10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-16-0330 .
Nardo, D., Holland, R., Leff, A.P., Price, C.J. and Crinion, J.T. (2017). Less is more: neural mechanisms underlying anomia treatment in chronic aphasic patients. Brain : a journal of neurology, 140(11), pp. 3039–3054. doi:10.1093/brain/awx234 .
Holland, R., Leff, A.P., Penny, W.D., Rothwell, J.C. and Crinion, J. (2016). Modulation of frontal effective connectivity during speech. NeuroImage, 140, pp. 126–133. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.01.037 .
Patterson, K. and Holland, R. (2014). Patients with impaired verb-tense processing: Do they know that yesterday is past? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369(1634). doi:10.1098/rstb.2012.0402 .
Holland, R., Brindley, L., Shtyrov, Y., Pulvermüller, F. and Patterson, K. (2012). They played with the trade: MEG investigation of the processing of past tense verbs and their phonological twins. Neuropsychologia, 50(14), pp. 3713–3720. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.10.019 .
Holland, R. and Crinion, J. (2012). Can tDCS enhance treatment of aphasia after stroke? APHASIOLOGY, 26(9), pp. 1169–1191. doi:10.1080/02687038.2011.616925 .
Holland, R., Leff, A.P., Josephs, O., Galea, J.M., Desikan, M., Price, C.J. … Crinion, J. (2011). Speech facilitation by left inferior frontal cortex stimulation. Curr Biol, 21(16), pp. 1403–1407. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.07.021 .
Holland, R. and Lambon Ralph, M.A. (2010). The anterior temporal lobe semantic hub is a part of the language neural network: selective disruption of irregular past tense verbs by rTMS. Cereb Cortex, 20(12), pp. 2771–2775. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhq020 .
Modules taught as of September 2014:
• SL2002 - Biomedical Sciences (ear, nose and throat anatomy & neurology, module leader)
• SL3002 - Language Sciences (language processing models and brain and behaviour, module leader)
• SLM002 - Biomedical Sciences (ear, nose and throat anatomy & neurology, module leader)
• SLM008 - Language Sciences (language processing models and brain and behaviour, module leader)
Other teaching expertise
Neuroimaging techniques, research methods.
Events/conferences (5)
Improving naming ability in patients with anomia post-stroke: An error reducing computer-based approach. (2012).
Description: Platform talk at the British Aphasiology Society, (September 2012 meeting).
Object naming during overt picture naming in healthy and anomic stroke patients. Annapolis, MD (2011).
Description: Poster at the Neurobiology of Language meeting.
Auditory phonemic priming of naming preferentially engages left inferior frontal cortex. Washington (2011).
Description: Poster at Society for Neuroscience meeting.
Left frontal anodal tDCS during spoken picture naming elicits neural and behavioral priming in Broca's area. (2011).
Description: Platform talk at the British Neuropsychology Society, (March 2011 meeting).
Localising facilitation during naming: Auditory priming of naming preferentially engages left inferior frontal cortex. Bressanone (2011).
Description: Poster at the EWCN meeting.
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Window On Washington - September 28, 2020, Vol. 4, Issue 39
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital
Congress. The Senate will hold a final vote as early as tomorrow afternoon on the House-passed continuing resolution legislation that would extend government funding through Dec. 11, which President Trump is expected to sign to avoid a government shutdown. The House returns tomorrow, with votes throughout the week on dozens of pieces of legislation and talks continuing from last week regarding the next COVID-19 relief package. Additionally, tomorrow the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties will hold a hearing on white supremacy and local police departments. On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hear testimony from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on the agency’s missions and future plans, and the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing about the pathway to the COVID-19 vaccine. On Friday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is scheduled to testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis on HHS’ response to the pandemic.
Supreme Court. President Trump on Saturday officially nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court. The Senate Judiciary Committee hearings are tentatively scheduled to begin Oct. 12, with Judge Barrett facing questioning for the following two days and then senators hearing from outside witnesses on Oct. 15. This current timeline would allow for a Senate floor vote shortly before Election Day unless something unexpected comes up. Should everything go as planned, this confirmation would set a record for the closest to a presidential election that a Supreme Court nominee has been confirmed. Though previous high court picks have been confirmed in fewer days, they were further out from a presidential election.
Next COVID Package Negotiations. After weeks of pressure from both House Democrats and Republicans, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) plans to introduce and have the House vote on a $2.4 trillion COVID-19 relief package this week. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is involved in talks with Speaker Pelosi on the package as well, but Senate Republicans expressed doubt that a compromise agreement could be reached. The possibility remains that if negotiations extend into October recess, the House could be called back with 24 hours’ notice for a vote. If a deal isn’t reached by Election Day, some Democrats are holding out hope of passing a stimulus bill during the lame-duck session after the election.
2020 Elections. The first of the three presidential debates between President Trump and former Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will be held tomorrow on the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University’s campus, with Chris Wallace of Fox News moderating. The debate’s topics are set to include the pandemic, the Supreme Court, each candidate’s records, the economy, race and violence across the U.S., and election integrity. Additionally, neither President Trump, Biden, or Wallace will wear masks, and unlike past presidential debates, the two sides are foregoing the traditional pre-debate handshake due to the pandemic and are not substituting it with an elbow-bump. There will also be a limited audience of only 75 to 80 people, all of whom will be tested prior to attending the debate.
Last Week in the Nation’s Capital
House Passes Stopgap Funding Bill Shortly After Bipartisan Deal: The House swiftly passed a stopgap funding measure in a 359-57 vote last Tuesday needed to avert a partial government shutdown after top congressional leaders reached a deal resolving a fight over farm payments. (Roll Call)
‘Fix Congress Committee’ Launches Framework for Earmark Revival: Unlike most panels on Capitol Hill, the Modernization Committee is evenly split with six Democrats and six Republicans and has been unusually bipartisan. Committee members advanced their final slate of 40 proposals last Thursday, with the final report to be released in the coming weeks. (Roll Call)
Pelosi Preps New Coronavirus Relief Plan Amid Stalled Talks: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has directed her committee chairs to assemble a scaled back coronavirus relief package as a basis for potential talks with the White House. (Politico)
Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Investigate Political Interference in COVID-19 Response: Legislation introduced last Tuesday would create a task force within the Pandemic Response and Accountability Committee — an independent body created by the CARES Act — to investigate what Democrats argue are clear examples of the Trump administration impeding scientific work by agencies like the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Politico)
Labor & Workforce
House Passes Legislation to Crack Down on Business with Companies that Utilize China's Forced Labor: The House last Tuesday in a 406-3 vote passed legislation aimed at tamping down the exchange of goods made in forced labor camps by Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region. (The Hill)
For-Profits Hope Urban Democrats Will Help Them: The association representing for-profit colleges and universities is coming under fire after a news report that it is targeting Democratic members of Congress in urban areas to oppose efforts to further regulate the industry. (Inside Higher Ed)
Banking & Housing
Mnuchin, Powell Call on Congress to Rescue Small Businesses: During a Senate Banking Committee hearing last Thursday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell urged Congress to make more funding available for small businesses, warning that more economic pain lies ahead, as lawmakers remain deadlocked over a relief package. (Politico)
House Democrats to Include More Aid for Airlines in Coronavirus Package: House Democrats' new emergency coronavirus relief package, which has not yet been unveiled, will include additional funding for airlines, according to Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR). (The Hill)
House Reauthorizes Expiring Trade Program: The House last Tuesday by voice vote sent the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act to the Senate just days before the program expires Sept. 30. The program falls under the Caribbean Economic Recovery Act. (Clark Hill Insight)
Space/NASA & NOAA
NASA Wants a Big Budget Increase for its Moon Plans. Is Congress Biting? NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testified before the Senate Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations Subcommittee last week and emphasized that the space agency needs its full FY21 budget request for landers by the year’s end to keep Moon plan on track. (Ars Technica)
Warren, Khanna Request IG Investigation Into Pentagon's Use of Coronavirus Funds: A pair of Democrats is asking the Pentagon’s internal watchdog to investigate how the department used $1 billion in coronavirus relief funds, after concerns were raised that the Pentagon has used most of a $1 billion fund allocated by the CARES Act on defense contractors rather than medical supplies. (The Hill)
Homeland Security & Immigration
Senate GOP Eases Wolf’s Path to Becoming Homeland Security Secretary: Overcoming a pair of whistleblower reports by employees alleging misconduct and neglect, as well as skepticism over the legality of his current appointment, Chad Wolf faced little resistance at his Senate confirmation hearing last Wednesday to become Homeland Security secretary. (Roll Call)
DHS Whistleblower Testimony Delayed Again Amid Security Clearance Dispute: A DHS whistleblower’s testimony to House investigators has been postponed a second time as his attorney awaits a top-secret security clearance that he now accuses DHS of slow-walking in order to “prevent the deposition.” (Politico)
Judiciary/Justice
Supreme Court Fight Pushes Senate Toward Brink: Senators in both parties acknowledge the level of dysfunction in a chamber where the bulk of their time is spent processing nominations amid failures to break stalemates on pressing national issues like coronavirus relief and police reform. (The Hill)
Capitol Bids Goodbye to Ruth Bader Ginsburg: As the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday became the first woman to lie in state in the Capitol, it was fitting that most of the members of Congress gathered for her intimate arrival ceremony were women. (Roll Call)
Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Boost Cybersecurity of Local Governments, Small Businesses: The Improving Cybersecurity of Small Organizations Act would require the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to develop and issue guidance on cybersecurity policies for small businesses, nonprofits and local governments. (The Hill)
House Stopgap Spending Bill Includes CCC and Nutrition Funding: The bill includes $21 billion in funding for the USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and around $8 billion for nutrition spending. (Pro Farmer)
House Passes Sweeping Clean Energy Bill: The House last Thursday passed the Clean Energy and Jobs Innovation Act in a 220-185 vote, which aims to boost energy efficiency and renewable energy sources as part of an attempt to combat climate change. (The Hill)
CBO Warns Federal Debt Will Nearly Double GDP by 2050: The independent agency released its long-term budget forecast in the wake of the pandemic and the ensuing economic recess, forecasting that the debt will rise to 98 percent of GDP by the end of this year and reach 195 percent of GDP by 2050. Such levels would demolish the previous record of 106 percent just after World War II. (Politico)
New York Times Obtains More than Two Decades of President Trump’s Tax Information: The Times obtained President Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle, and hundreds of millions in debt coming due. (The New York Times)
Health/HHS/NIH/CDC
Trump Signs EOs on Health Care but Does Little to Change Existing Legislation: President Donald Trump announced two new health care executive orders last Thursday on protecting pre-existing conditions and preventing surprise billing. (NBC News)
Trump Says He’s Sending Seniors $200 Drug Coupons: President Donald Trump is promising to send $200 drug discount cards to 33 million seniors, an election year bid aimed at saying he’s lowering sky high prescription drug costs for older Americans. (Politico)
CDC Removes Revised Guidance on Coronavirus Transmission through the Air: The CDC last Monday removed guidance it had posted on its website the prior week that said airborne transmissions of the coronavirus were “thought to be the main way the virus spreads.” The CDC said that the guidance had been posted in error. (The Hill)
Meadows Puts Agencies on Notice About Staff Shake-Up: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told administration officials last Monday to expect senior aides to be replaced at many government agencies, according to an internal email obtained by Axios. (Axios)
Weekly Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly as Stimulus Boost Fades: The number of first-time filers for unemployment benefits were slightly higher than expected last week. The Labor Department reported last Thursday that initial jobless claims for the week ending Sept. 19 came in at 870,000, adjusted for seasonal fluctuations. (CNBC)
Devos Won’t Shift COVID Relief Funds to Private Schools After Multiple Losses in Court: After rebuffs by three federal judges, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos last Friday dropped her effort to give private schools a greater share of billions of dollars in Congress’ COVID-19 relief funds at the expense of public schools in low-income areas. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Banking & Housing/HUD
FHFA Requests Input on Goals for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac: The Federal Housing Finance Agency is requesting industry input on its strategic plan for fiscal 2021 to 2024, weeks before an election that could change the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (HousingWire)
Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in Unused Aid Could Be Reallocated, Say Fed Chair Powell and Secretary Mnuchin: About $200 billion in money allocated to the Treasury to backstop central bank loans remains uncommitted. (NBC News)
Transportation/DOT
Potential Swing States Cash in With DOT’s Latest Grant Round: Some states that may be competitive in November's election — including Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas — raked in millions in infrastructure grants awarded Wednesday by the Department of Transportation, while some blue states like New York got comparatively little. (Politico)
NASA Gearing Up for Epic Asteroid-Sampling Maneuver: NASA is poised to make history next month. The OSIRIS-REx probe is scheduled to pull off NASA's first-ever asteroid-sampling operation on Oct. 20, snagging precious dirt and gravel from a 1,640-foot-wide (500 meters) space rock called Bennu. (Space)
NASA, Space Force Sign MOU for Future Collaboration: The new MOU replaces one signed in 2006 between the Air Force and NASA and has a strong focus on synergies between NASA’s planetary defense and Space Force’s Space Domain Awareness responsibilities. (Space Policy Online)
Defense/DOD
New Study Looks at Space Power Competition Through China’s Lens: A new study by the U.S. Air Force’s university think tank confirms the widely held view that China’s anti-satellite weapons pose a national security threat to the United States, but the study also highlights China’s use of soft power and diplomacy as potentially powerful weapons that could undermine the United States. (Space News)
The Pentagon is Eyeing a 500-ship Navy, Documents Reveal: The Pentagon’s upcoming recommendation for a future Navy is expected to call for a significant increase in the number of ships, with officials discussing a fleet as large as 530 hulls. Supporting documents to the forthcoming Future Navy Force Study reviewed by Defense News show the Navy moving towards a lighter force with many more ships but fewer aircraft carriers and large surface combatants. (Defense News)
DOD Floats Plan to Build its Own 5G Network: According to a Sept. 18 request for information, DOD is looking to industry for ideas on how it can implement dynamic spectrum sharing that would support 5G development and deployment for military and commercial users within the same frequency bands. (Defense Systems)
DHS & Immigration
DHS Proposing Time Limits on International Students, Exchange Visitors: The DHS last Thursday proposed fixed time limits for international students, exchange visitors, and foreign information media representatives to combat overstays. (The Hill)
Judiciary/DOJ
Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, setting up election year confirmation battle: President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he will nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. (CNBC)
GAO Report Calls for White House Cyber Director: Centralized, clearly defined leadership will help government enforce cybersecurity policies and respond to breaches, but legislation might be needed to bring that about, according to a new watchdog report. (Federal Computer Week)
Agriculture/USDA
Second Round of Aid for Farmers: USDA opened enrollment last Monday on the second round of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, which is funded out of the Commodity Credit Corporation. The payments are expected to total more than $13 billion. (Agri-Pulse)
USDA Extends WIC COVID-19 Flexibilities for Duration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: The USDA last Monday announced the extension of more than a dozen flexibilities ensuring participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) continue receiving the food and health support they need during the COVID-19 pandemic. (USDA)
EPA & DOI
Federal Judge Ousts Trump's Top Public Lands Chief: The ruling blocks William Perry Pendley from continuing to serve as the temporary head of the Bureau of Land Management, a post he has held for more than a year. The judge ruled in response to a lawsuit filed by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock who argued it's illegal for Pendley to lead the agency because he had never been confirmed by the Senate. (NPR)
EPA Questions Science Linking Widely Used Pesticide to Brain Damage in Children: Critics see it as the agency laying the groundwork to deny a petition filed by environmental groups years ago to ban the substance in the wake of a reversal under the Trump administration. (The Hill)
Feds Say Offshore Testing for Oil Can Proceed Despite Drilling Moratorium: A recent court filing said that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management can “authorize seismic surveys in the Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”) even in areas of the OCS that are not open to oil and gas exploration under the leasing process.” (The Hill)
California Moves to End Sales of Gas-Powered Cars by 2035: The governor’s office said the new executive order directs the state air pollution regulator, the California Air Resources Board, to craft a mandate to meet that deadline, but that the order would not prevent the public from owning or using gasoline-powered cars or selling them after that deadline. (Roll Call)
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Olympics Moments: Think With Google
https://www.clicky.co.uk/blog/olympics-micro-moments/
We’ve talked a lot about ‘micro moments’ here at Clicky, but we’ve noticed the Olympics naturally create its own unexpected moments in Google’s trending search results!
These ‘Olympics moments,’ similarly to regular micro moments, are an intense desire to act on a particular moment in time. People feel a need to engage with the Olympics, whether it’s cheering on Mo Farrah in the 5,000 metres (well done Mo!) or singing the national anthem out loud. Such a huge worldwide event sparks massive interest among the global population. That means a lot of people are using their smartphones, tablets and laptops to look up various facts and figures about athletes, countries and even the history of the Olympics. How many times have you asked an Olympics-related question only to answer yourself with ‘I’ll Google it’? It’s our innate curiosity to learn more which fuels our ‘moment making’ madness.
So who is Googling what? And where? Here are some amazing search trends from the Rio Olympics 2016!
1. People don’t know how to swim?
We’ll start with an intriguing one – the most searched question in the world for swimming was ‘what is swimming?’ We don’t know whether people are trying to find out what the Olympics swimming events involves, or if they just don’t know how to swim. We tried to find out how many people in the world can’t swim – and the closest we got to a reputable source was a WordPress blog called Maths Pig. According to them, in 2011 only 46% of adults on earth knew how to swim. The blog also explains, rather helpfully, why zombies don’t even need to swim (can you see the huge wormhole this has taken us down!). But on a more sensible note, Google shows that search trends for swimming always peak at every Olympics, but they’re at their absolute highest for Rio 2016! This can only mean that more people than ever before in the world are using their devices to learn more about a particular subject.
2. The long jumpers live up to their name
Searches for individual male athletes competing in the long jump were, well, jumpy! With the exception of Greg Rutherford who remained at the number one spot for the most part, the other athletes spiked and dipped dramatically throughout the Olympics so far. This includes China’s Dong Bin, Canada’s Derek Drouin and Will Claye, and Christian Taylor from the US. Interestingly though, the gold medal winner Jeff Henderson, never topped the Google search results. So at least the gold medal for trending on Google goes to Team GB’s Rutherford.
3. Fiji wins its first medal and tops global trending searches
Fiji earned a gold medal in Rugby 7s – making it the first time ever that the country has won a medal at the Olympics. Congratulations Fiji!
4. great britain are keen for two rounds with Mike Tyson
Google, who double as the wizards of search, and also that creepy guy next door, have even shared with us which Olympic sport is most searched for in each country across the globe. It appears that Great Britain love the boxing, with the French preferring the Swimming events and the Spanish are partial to a bit of basketball. Basketball seems to be the favourite globally, with Argentina, Brazil, the US and China all making searches around the sport as well.
5. #PhelpsFace storms the Internet
Michael Phelp’s concentrating face broke the Internet with 3 times more searches than Olympic swimmer Lilly King’s iconic ‘finger wag’ at Russia’s Yulia Efimova, who tested positive for performance enhancing drugs twice in 18 months. But it was inevitable that the combination of high engagement and social media that #PhelpsFace went viral…
“I regret not choosing Clicky for my digital marketing campaign.”
Personally, we think the real winner is this photo of Usain Bolt’s fabulous smile at the cameras just before he crossed the finishing line for the 100m semi final!
That moment when you realise choosing Clicky as your digital marketing agency was a fabulous choice.
Follow the latest Rio 2016 Olympics trends at Olympic Moments!
Want to utilise moment making with your digital campaign? Get in touch with our team to find out more!
Feature Image source: Robert Deutsch for USA Today Sports
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Death Stranding Review
Proclaimers Simulator
Joel Couture
Score: 7.5 / 10
Death Stranding is a game about making deliveries. About balancing packages on your back and walking them across a massive map. A game of being a mailman at the end of the world. It’s a dull task, and no amount of video game glamour can make it more exciting. Yet Death Stranding contains moments of devastating emotional power – of hope for the future – that make it a vital game to experience.
Death Stranding is a game about exploration above all else. As a porter, your most common actions will be delivering packages to various settlements around the map. These places can be separated by huge distances that you’ll need to walk across, trudging through muddy fields, snow-covered mountains, and rocky plains. They’re stunning places, to be sure. There’s a lonely beauty to these gloomy fields of green, gray, and white, striking views abound as you look toward the distant lands you’re walking to.
That said, these walks can be tiresome, taxing things. Settlements are often far apart, separated by dangerous terrain. On foot, it’s easy to stumble if you’re trying to hobble over big rocks, dropping and damaging your precious cargo. It doesn’t take much to slip and fall while trying to scale a large mountain to shorten a trip. If you can find or create a vehicle, these may get stopped by complex terrain, or just not be a viable way of travelling.
Death Stranding – Kojima Productions
Terrain also grows increasingly challenging as you start carrying stuff. Sam can carry a lot of things, but these take up physical space on his back and body. You’ll want to balance items to keep his load from becoming too unwieldy (which can be done automatically with a button press), as carrying too much or carrying things in weird ways, makes him prone to tripping and falling, further damaging the goods you need to deliver.
These elements make something as simple as a walk into an exercise in planning and forethought. You can brute force your way through each area if you’re stubborn, but there’s a strange elegance in carefully planning your way, or through taking a challenging route with the right tools. This planning adds some interesting elements to something that is, essentially, a long, lonely walk.
Dangerous foes add a little bit of excitement to your travel if you don’t plan to avoid them. Mules are people who are obsessed with delivering packages – basically, what I assume Jeff Bezos dreams about every night. If you cross their territory, they’ll try to pound you and steal your goodies. Luckily, your fists are more than enough to take these guys down for the majority of the game (or you can just avoid them with careful planning).
BTs are a far greater hazard. These invisible spirits stalk rainy areas, and you’ll have to creep about (periodically holding your breath to avoid detection) to keep from getting caught. If they sniff you out, you can run to try to escape their patrol area by running, but if you get grabbed, it will cause a colossal monster to show up. You can try to run from beasts as well or fight it, but if you fail, you’ll cause a terrain-damaging voidout that may make for a headache in your future travels.
These elements add further tension to your route if you aren’t careful, although both can usually be avoided by taking your time or planning a route around them. That said, fighting a massive octopus made of tar sure breaks up the monotony of a long walk.
You can avoid many of these troubles through building structures and items that will help you. Death Stranding features an array of things you can build to cross terrain or make travel easier, allowing you to choose if you want to stubbornly push through areas or try smarter routes. Ladders, bridges, roads, and more can be created to make your life easier.
What’s most useful is that major structures and vehicles can get shared online with other players. A safehouse a player builds in their world can show up in that of another, as can roads or charging stations. This gives the game a wonderful sense of community and connection, and you’ll often find yourself praising another player for their foresight when their lifesaving structure pops into view. It also feels more like you’re rebuilding a broken world, playing well with the game’s themes, and making your building feel far more important than just something that helps you with your deliveries. It feels like you’re really recreating the world.
While this stuff makes travelling easier and adds a feeling of connection in a deeply lonely world, travelling and delivering packages for sixty hours (my personal playtime) may not be something you’re looking forward to. I can see some players enjoying this kind of experience, but personally, I found it could feel tedious at times. You are essentially just a postman in this game, taking packages from one area to the next. While the terrain and enemies can make this interesting, it can feel like you’re just walking back and forth during long play sessions.
Death Stranding also has a tendency to feel like it’s purposely wasting your time. You often have to walk to one location, then return to the old one again, doing a back-and-forth across the map when the missions and interference were already uninteresting. Fast travel exists, but you aren’t allowed to bring cargo when you use it, meaning you’d better savour that walk, as there’s usually no avoiding it.
I had hoped that the story would carry the sometimes repetitive play, and it often does, but not without issues. Kojima has crafted an intriguing narrative that kept my attention throughout, often keeping me pushing toward my next mission to see what happened next, but the narrative and its delivery are not as good as they could be.
The story’s pacing is all over the place, with huge chunks of the game offering no new story, followed by hours of cutscenes exhaustingly playing out all in a row. Characters often belabour subjects that aren’t that complex, but gloss over things the player needs to understand. A great deal of vital information is kept in exhaustive logs that would have been great to listen to as audio while you walked, but instead, have to be read.
Many characters just aren’t that compelling, either, showing little emotion and giving the player almost no reason to care about them. Mikkelsen is an exception, stealing the show with his performance, but many of the other characters come off as cold and unfeeling.
There’s a narrative reason for these stoic characters, but it doesn’t make them any less challenging to connect with as a player. This is because they show little sign of caring about things, yet I’m expected to believe they care a great deal when certain story beats occur. It’s believable that certain people keep their emotions in check, but it makes for a jarring transition when I’m supposed to think these people care. It masks their emotional development, making it difficult to accept change when it happens.
This emotional distance is also quite perplexing given the use of babies as equipment in Death Stranding. The babies (BBs) are used to detect BTs, and Sam’s connection with his BB is arguably a huge crux of the game. Yet, Sam infrequently shows any narrative attachment to the BB, which makes his sudden showing of attachment in certain cutscenes feel abrupt. Yet, oddly, it also DOESN’T feel abrupt because of the player’s interactions with the baby.
Your BB will get upset when you come in contact with BBs, murmuring in fear or bawling should you get captured. As a relatively new parent, these sounds cut me to my core, developing an instant connection with this tiny person. I wanted to keep them safe and make this world better for them. And I could by getting them out of danger, or taking a moment to soothe them in first person, rocking them by rocking the controller.
This sense of touch, combined with the realistic sounds (and some impossibly adorable animations), made me care for this child more than I have for almost any other character in gaming. There are story beats, therefore, that are on the verge of torture. That I gasped – actually released a real, relieved gasp – when they were done. I have never felt so completely shattered by a game.
I wonder if this is from a purposeful attempt to tug at the heartstrings, though. A baby is an easy thing to feel pity for and to want to protect, and implying danger for a young child seems an easy way to emotionally manipulate a parent or player. Still, in designing the ability to soothe the child, and in creating play that forces me to take them into danger, it creates a bond that is joyful and indescribably painful, and some moments I will never be able to forget.
While Sam’s connection to the baby may feel forced, my own was not. There are gameplay reasons to want to soothe your crying child, but I always did so because I couldn’t bear to see this tiny being in pain.
Being a porter is not the most exciting job in the world. I can see players bouncing off of this repetitive task despite the interesting elements involved in traversing a ruined wasteland. It’s compelling, but can also be exceedingly dull at points. The story isn’t always conveyed in ways that enhance the narrative, making it a clumsy journey to the end.
But traversing this place feels real. This grim future is hard, and rebuilding it should feel hard. It should feel like a slog and a chore because rebuilding a world isn’t always about the glamour of the action hero, but about the actions of one person putting in the hard, endless work needed to do it.
Sam is broken and often cold, but the world has made him that way. Has made many that way, which makes the small moments of emotion seem all the more powerful. They can feel forced, yes, but also can be revelations. The spark of life coming back to a barren person, much like the spark you provide to a dead world through your work. And through it all, there is that connection with your child. That powerful, hopeful, crushing bond so like that of real parenthood.
At times, I have hated every moment spent making deliveries, and yet I have felt strong connections with the game that I’ll never forget. I have been bored to tears, and yet I have felt uplifted in seeing hope and friendship come out of the gray dirt. I have felt detached from its cast, and yet I have felt a bond that left me gasping for air, tears streaming down my face for my love of a clutch of code that cries like a child.
Death Stranding’s attention to the real may make it difficult to enjoy, but it is undeniably an experience that will both scourge and soothe the heart.
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Developer: Kojima Productions
Played On: PlayStation 4
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Platform(s): PlayStation 4, PC
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Reply #270 - June 28, 2020, 05:58 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wqk37xXSlM
All these guys came in to PTI to ruin Imran Khan..... and they did it., same old.. same old... Now I am afraid of Imran Khan future ..
Reply #271 - June 29, 2020, 04:05 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M672CsDWWVk
Hassan Nisar Latest Interview with Jameel Farooqui 26th June 2020 on two year completion of PTI governament
NIGHT EDITION | 29 June 2020 _ Shazia Akram with Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jaYNHPTATk
Exclusive Interview Shahid Khaqan Abbasi With Asma Sherazi _29 June 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da1To-B7S5E
Program Breaking Point with Malick | 28 June 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIXrSKPdMyM
Orya Maqbool Jan Latest Interview with Ameer Abbas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oATiT5If9JQ
Islamabad court issues arrest warrants for Zardari in Toshakhana case says news with this picture
An Islamabad accountability court on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for former president and PPP co-chair Asif Ali Zardari in a case that accused him and former premiers Nawaz Sharif and Yousuf Raza Gilani of receiving luxury vehicles and gifts from the Toshakhana.
The court also directed authorities to initiate the procedure to declare Sharif — whose arrest warrants were issued in an earlier hearing — as a proclaimed offender in the case, saying that the former prime minister was not taking part in court proceedings "on purpose".
During the proceedings, Zardari's lawyer Farooq Naek told the court his client had not appeared for the hearing because the former president is "of advanced age" and personally appearing could exposed him to the novel coronavirus. The judge remarked that Zardari would have to appear as it was a criminal case and denied his request for exemption.
Zardari's counsel further argued that issuing arrest warrants would have been appropriate if the former president had no representation in court. Naek said he had appeared on behalf of the PPP co-chairperson, assuring the court that Zardari would appear in a later hearing.
Naek also added that if Zardari appears in person, his supporters will gather at the court which will result in a crowd, putting others at the risk of contracting coronavirus.
The legal representative of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Sardar Muzaffar, said it was the administration's job to control a crowd. He pleaded that the court "should not extend any leniency and issue non-bailable arrest warrants".
Muzaffar also pointed out that Gilani had been exempted from court appearances and no one had appeared on his behalf. Gilani's exemption, he argued, should also be withdrawn.
Naek, while addressing the absence of Gilani, said the former prime minister had contracted Covid-19 and had gone into isolation. "Even I had isolated myself because I had come into contact with Gilani," Naek said, and offered to give a statement under oath on Gilani's behalf.
Accountability judge Asghar Ali adjourned the hearing until August 17.
Toshakhana reference
According to the NAB reference, filed in March this year, Gilani had been accused of illegally allotting cars to PPP co-chairman Zardari and PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif. Khawaja Anwar Majeed and Khawaja Abdul Ghani Majeed, owners of the Omni Group, were also nominated as accused in the reference.
The reference states that Zardari and Sharif obtained cars from Toshakhana by paying 15 per cent of the price of the cars. The bureau further alleged that Gilani facilitated Zardari and Nawaz in this regard. He dishonestly and illegally relaxed the procedure for the acceptance and disposal of gifts, issued by the government of Pakistan vide Cabinet Division’s Memorandum No.9/8/2004-TK dated June 25, 2007, which expressly stipulates that vehicles shall not be allowed to be purchased by the recipients and be given to the central pool of care of the Cabinet Division.
Reference further states that Zardari accepted and received the armoured vehicles as gift from the United Arab Emirates (BMW750 Li model 2005, Lexus Jeep model 2007) and from Libya (BMW 760 Li model 2008) in September-October 2008. It was obligated to immediately report and deposit the vehicles with Toshakhana of Cabinet Division but he neither reported the gifted vehicles nor despoiled the same.
The NAB reference alleges that Sharif did not hold any public office in 2008. However, from April to December 2008, without giving any application or request to then prime minister Gilani, dishonestly and illegally obtained relaxation for his benefits of the procedure for the vide Cabinet Division’s above said Memorandum which expressly stipulate that vehicles shall not be allowed to be purchased by the recipients and be given to the Central Pool of cars of the Cabinet Division.
“Nawaz Sharif knowingly and with dishonest intention obtained illegal favour in connivance with the then prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani by obtaining the relaxation of said procedure for the acceptance and disposal of gifts,” reference states.
These fools in NAB now looking for issues with former governments that deals with cars .. goats and chickens...
. IDIOTS .... look for those billion dollar properties and their origins,,
Reply #275 - July 16, 2020, 04:09 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3arHmfvR-s
Exclusive Interview Shahid Khaqan Abbasi - Nadeem Malik Live | 15 July 2020
NAB chairman orders inquiry against KE for unannounced load-shedding, over-billing says today news...
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Javed Iqbal on Thursday ordered an inquiry against the K-Electric (KE) over complaints of frequent unannounced electricity load-shedding in Karachi, over-billing and violations of an agreement with the federal government for developing the power utility's infrastructure.
Iqbal ordered NAB Karachi to initiate the inquiry while taking notice of public complaints and media reports about prolonged power outages and over-billing worth "billions of rupees" on part of the KE, according to Nawazish Ali, a spokesperson for the accountability watchdog.
MY CHICKENS ARE MISSING .. NAB CHARIMAN SHOULD TAKE A NOTICE AND ORDER AN INQUIRY .. who stole my chickens.. ??
He is turning in to a joker., Fool is putting his foot in every dirty mouth .
Instead of doing his job ., a very simple job .....................that job is dong clean cut inquiry on corrupt people in the country who have assets more than the income .............. he is going after Electricity bill .. water bill..... vegetable bill,,,etc..etc...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XEmOi8wzaQ
Amir Liaquat Hussain Exclusive Interview with Kiran Naz Full Episode 16th July 2020 AND THAT IS YESTERDAY
well Joker is back in action now against Imran Khan ... Imran can not do everything in the country you fools ., and This Carnelian changes his color and his style his language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f239om6UiMg
what a character in politics of Pakistan ...
Reply #277 - July 18, 2020, 11:46 AM
Education: PTI’s plan exposed Writes Retired Physics Prof. Pervez Hoodbhoy
BE prepared, Pakistan! Imran Khan’s government is poised to inflict damage upon this country’s education system in a manner never seen before. Its so-called Single National Curriculum (SNC) hides systemic changes going far deeper than the ones conceived and executed by the extremist regime of Gen Ziaul Haq. Implementation is scheduled for 2021.
At first glance a uniform national curriculum is hugely attractive. Some see it striking a lethal blow at the abominable education apartheid that has wracked Pakistan from day one. By the year, a widening gap has separated beneficiaries of elite private education from those crippled by bad public schooling. So what could be better than the rich child and the poor child studying the same subjects from the same books and being judged by the same standards?
But this morally attractive idea has been hijacked, corrupted, mutilated and beaten out of shape by those near-sighted persons now holding Pakistan’s future in their hands, and who, like their boss, kowtow to the madressah establishment. Prime Minister Khan was widely criticised in 2016-17 for making huge grants to madressahs of the late Maulana Samiul Haq, self-professed father of the Taliban who was murdered by an associate in mysterious circumstances.
The SNC massively prioritises ideology over education quality and acquisition of basic skills.
As yet only SNC plans for Class I-V are public. But the huge volume of religious material they contain beats all curriculums in Pakistan’s history. A column-by-column comparison with two major madressah systems — Tanzeemul Madaris and Rabtaul Madaris — reveals a shocking fact. Ordinary schools will henceforth impose more rote learning than even these madressahs. Normal schoolteachers being under-equipped religiously, SNC calls for summoning an army of madressah-educated holy men — hafiz’s and qaris — as paid teachers inside schools. How this will affect the general ambiance and the safety of students is an open question.
The push for a uniform national curriculum idea derives from three flawed assumptions:
First: It is false that quality differences between Pakistan’s various education streams stem from pursuing different curricula. When teaching any secular subject such as geography, social studies or science, all streams have to cover the same topics. While details and emphases obviously differ, each must deal with exactly seven continents and water being H2O.
Instead, learning differentials arise because students experience very different teaching methods and are evaluated using entirely different criteria. So, for example, a local examination board will typically ask a mathematics student to name the inventor of logarithms whereas an ‘O’-level student must actually use logarithms to solve some problem. The modern world expects students to reason their way through a question, not parrot facts.
Second: It is false that a hefty dose of piety will somehow equalise students of Aitchison College and your run-of-the-mill neighbourhood school. The legendary Mahmood and Ayyaz prayed in the same suff (prayer line) and established a commonality without ending their master-slave relationship. Similarly, rich and poor schools will remain worlds apart unless equalised through school infrastructure, well-trained teachers, high quality textbooks and internet access. How the needed resources will be generated is anybody’s guess. Under the PTI, defence is the only sector seeing increases instead of cuts.
Third: It is false that school systems belonging to the modern world can be brought onto the same page as madressahs. Modern education rests squarely upon critical thinking, and success/failure is determined in relation to problem solving and worldly knowledge. Madressah education goals are important but different. They seek a more religiously observant student and a better life after death. Understandably, critical thinking is unwelcome.
While some madressahs now teach secular subjects like English, science and computers, this comes after much arm-twisting. Soon after 9/11, madressahs were spotlighted as terrorist breeding grounds. Musharraf’s government, beholden as it was to America, ordered them to teach secular subjects. Most rejected this outright but others were successfully pressurised. However, madressahs teach secular and religious subjects identically; reasoning is sparse and authoritarianism dominates.
While the new Class I-V SNC document also discusses secular subjects, much of this is pointless tinkering with the minutiae of teaching English, general knowledge, general science, mathematics and social studies. They are not accompanied by plausible plans for how the necessary intellectual or physical resources will be garnered and the plans implemented.
Still bigger changes are around the corner. The Punjab government has made teaching of the Holy Quran compulsory at the college and university level. Without passing the required examination no student will be able to get a BA, BSc, BE, ME, MA, MSc, MPhil, PhD or medical degree. Even the Zia regime did not have such blanket requirements. To get a university teaching job in the 1980s, you had to name all the wives of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and recite some difficult religious passages such as Dua-i-Qunoot. Still, students could get degrees without that. That option is now closed.
Starkly inferior to their counterparts in Iran, India and Bangladesh, Pakistani students perform poorly in all international science and mathematics competitions. Better achievers are invariably from the elite ‘O’-/‘A’-level stream. More worrying is that most students are unable to express themselves coherently and grammatically in any language, whether Urdu or English. They have stopped reading books.
Significantly, as yet the PTI’s new education regime is mum on how it will advance its goal of closing a huge skill deficit. So poor is the present quality of technical and vocational institutes that private employers must totally retrain the graduates. That’s why private-sector industrial growth is small and entire state enterprises, such as PIA and Pakistan Steel Mills, have collapsed. Pakistan’s space programme flopped but Iran has just put a military satellite into orbit and India is well on the way to Mars.
Empowered by the 18th Amendment, Pakistan’s provinces should vigorously resist the regressive plan being thrust upon the nation by ideologues that have usurped power in Islamabad. Else Pakistan will end up as the laughing stock of South Asia, left behind even by Arab countries. Pakistan’s greatest need — and its single greatest failure — is its tragic failure to impart essential life skills to its citizens. To move ahead, the priority should be to educate rather than score political points.
The writer teaches physics in Lahore and Islamabad.
Published in Dawn, July 18th, 202
I hope IMRAN READS THIS.... I still give benefit of doubt .. but Mr. Khan time is running out.. you play religious cards to keep your job, religious nut cases will bury you sooner than you are imagining...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls2Wzsn_D28
Well Miss Reham Khan .. Imran has his faults but .. he is not buying properties in London with that money.. true he falls for sycophancy and people use him...
but thank you for this video on journalist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzUhOfGOTXU
Reply #279 - August 12, 2020, 09:16 PM
Javed Miandad.........................Imran Cricket Colleague Lashes out at Prime Minister Imran Khan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40BEOMZA4bc
and that is from Aug 11, 2020.. yesterday
and Politics of New Pakistan...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmpQgv9X9ZU
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ., former Prime minster of Pakistan in Parliament House Speech 9th August 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akx9CN_kLrg
Nadeem Malik Live | SAMAA TV | 11 August 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dJ7jW5n1oo
Maryam Nawaz Sharif Press Conference | 11 August 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd3wl-yfOWM
well if this is new Pakistan... then I am not sure ...
Idiots...
PM Imran Khan First & Full Interview with Kamran Khan | 18 August 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8n8tZ8jGAM
and Zahid Hussain writes in Dawn on that The two-year record Updated 19 Aug 2020
https://www.dawn.com/news/1575210/the-two-year-record
Two years on, there is no sign yet of the PTI government having developed the capability to take rational decisions on critical domestic and foreign policy issues. The government’s increasing dependence on the security establishment for survival has further undermined its ability to improve and course correct. Consequently, the establishment’s extending shadow can be discerned in all dimensions of the state. It seems that the perpetual state of confrontation among political forces has allowed the establishment to play arbiter of political power in the country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV-uJd9eF1U
Hope Captain Khan reads and learns to take proper steps....
well today's news is back on that misogynistic fool so-called Pakistani writer, director, lyricist .. whatever.. Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar
the news says at https://www.dawn.com/news/1575656/pemra-fines-neo-news-rs05-million-for-airing-khalil-ur-rehmans-abusive-remarks
Pemra fines Neo News Rs0.5 million for airing Khalil-ur-Rehman's abusive remarks
http://The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has imposed a fine of Rs500,000 on Neo News for violating its law and codes by airing abusive and misogynistic remarks by writer-director Khalilur Rehman Qamar in one of its programmes earlier this year, it emerged on Friday.
The authority also issued a warning to the TV channel to strictly observe the laws and code of conduct in matters concerning gender and to adopt a strict policy in this regard.
While speaking during a talk show on Neo News on March 4 discussing the Aurat March that was scheduled to be held on March 8, Rehman had used abusive and misogynistic language against activist Marvi Sirmed, who was also a guest on the show...
no no ..no.. this is action of older than old Pakistan., Naya Pakistan should be different., THAT FOOL SHOULD BE FINED.. he should be warned., NOT THAT CHANNEL...
and all that is about this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXNuRriZa0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQSjKQhPh_4
well watch it again..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPrXVC2tZk0
Jahangir Tareen Interview and his Sugar commission case and what Imran Khan PM says on that ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBSd8cU2Gh0
that is Shahid Khaqan Abbasi .. former Prime minister of Pakistan challenges PTI govt.. and I say Present PM Imran Khan must watch him... or even debate him on a Public channel...
NAB rejects minister’s view on Nawaz’s medical reports says news with Dr Yasmin Rashid picture..
LAHORE: At a time when some federal and Punjab cabinet members are clamouring for bringing back former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from London, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has also been embroiled into the controversy surrounding `doctored medical reports’.
Passing the buck on to the NAB regarding the alleged ‘fake’ laboratory reports of Mr Sharif, Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid has opened a new Pandora’s box by demanding that the bureau should be investigated first.
NAB contested Dr Rashid’s statement saying it has not recruited or hired doctors.
Talking to a private TV channel, Dr Rashid said during detention, former PM’s primary blood samples and reports were managed by the bureau itself. “NAB should also be investigated for preparing his first report... from which laboratory it got it,” she said.
Talking to Dawn, a NAB official said on Monday that the bureau was an investigation agency which did not have its own doctors.
“NAB recruits investigation officers, prosecutors and some experts of different fields but doctors have never been hired by NAB ever. Rather, we request the government to depute doctors for routine medical check-up of suspects and also seek services of dedicated duty doctors for any emergency,” he said.
The official further said for transportation of suspect(s) to hospital, a Rescue 1122 vehicle remains standby round the clock.
“Doctors deputed at the NAB office in Lahore belong to the Punjab government. First pathological test report (of Nawaz Sharif) was sought by the Services Hospital, Lahore, which verified and affirmed critical decline in platelet count of Mr Sharif. After receiving that government hospital report, NAB rushed Mr Sharif to the Services Hospital for further laboratory tests and medical treatment,” the official said.
A Punjab government-constituted medical board headed by Services Institute of Medical Sciences Principal Prof Dr Mahmood Ayaz had recommended in November 2019 treatment of Mr Sharif abroad, keeping in view complications of his disease.
The doctors’ panel had come to a unanimous decision that since the complete genetic test facility was not available in Pakistan, “the patient requires treatment abroad”.
Dr Yasmin Rashid said that the medical board doctors had collected the blood samples of Mr Sharif and got them tested.
“I don’t think there was any fishy thing in this regard. However I believe that his (Sharif) treatment could have been done here and he should return home now,” she said.
well NAB should arrest the minister .... Idiots in NAB looking for chickens
These tubes are ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN from Aftab Iqbal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqE46j6ex20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eivA-zcCgMo
Dialogue with History _ Examining Why Pakistan was Created _with Aftab Iqbal
Aftab Iqbal serves as host of the show with special guest, Political Science Professor Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed where they touch on the topic of why there was the Indian Partition with Pakistan being created as a friendly buffer state in the geopolitically strategic region.
Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed is a Swedish political scientist and author of Pakistani descent. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Stockholm University. He has taught at Government College University, Lahore. the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Stockholm University, and the National University of Singapore. He is member of the editorial advisory boards of "Asian Ethnicity"; "Journal of Punjab Studies"; "IPRI Journal, Islamabad"; and "PIPS Research Journal of Conflict and Peace Studies, Islamabad". He has written numerous books on the politics of South Asia, political Islam, human rights, multiculturalism, ethnicity, identity and nationalism.
Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed wrote this book
This study seeks to solve the following puzzle: In 1947, the Pakistan military was poorly trained and poorly armed. It also inherited highly vulnerable territory vis-a-vis the much bigger India, aggravated because of serious disputes with Afghanistan. Defence and Security were therefore issues that no Pakistan government, civil or military, could ignore. The military did not take part in politics directly until 1958, although it was called upon to restore order in 1953 in the Punjab province. Over the years, the military, or rather the Pakistan Army, continued to grow in power and influence and progressively became the most powerful institution. Moreover, it became an institution with de facto veto powers at its disposal to overrule other actors within society, including elected governments. Simultaneously, it began to acquire foreign patrons and donors willing to arm it as part of the Cold War competition (the United States), regional balance-of-power concerns (China) and ideological contestants for leadership over the Muslim world (Saudi Arabia, to contain Iranian influence). A perennial concern with defining the Islamic identity of Pakistan exacerbated by the Afghan jihad, resulted in the convergence of internal and external factors to produce the 'fortress of Islam' self-description that became current in the early twenty-first century. Over time, Pakistan succumbed to extremism and terrorism within and was accused of being involved in similar activities within the South Asian region and beyond. Such developments have been ruinous to Pakistan's economic and democratic development. The following questions are posed to shed further light:
What is the relationship between the internal and external factors in explaining the rise of the military as the most powerful institution in Pakistan?
What have been the consequences of such politics for the political and economic development in Pakistan?
What are the future prospects for Pakistan?
A conceptual and theoretical framework combining the notion of a post-colonial state and Harald Lasswell's concept of a garrison state is propounded to analyse the evolution of Pakistan as a fortress of Islam.
WHOLE SUBCONTINENT MUST WATCH THOSE TUBES OF Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7WyiMg0qOU
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM IMRAN.............
DAMMIT STARVE ALL THE FELLOWS ELECTED TO ASSEMBLY INCLUDING YOURSELF... . give the food to poor folks .. they just want ROTI ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fNCZyiikpM
these idiots unfortunately selected by Imran making noise again on Nawaz Sharif
Reply #289 - August 28, 2020, 08:22 AM
Prime Minister Of Pakistan Imran Khan Exclusive Interview On ARY News | PMO Pakistan | 27 Aug 20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8puwf8g7zQ
Reply #290 - September 01, 2020, 08:11 AM
Well Back to National Accountability bureau of Pakistan.... Now heat is on Imran and his government ... the news says,,,
Nawaz slams Punjab govt over ‘health issue politics’
and PML-N's Maryam Nawaz appears before IHC in Avenfield reference appeal
Maryam travelled to Islamabad from Murree and was welcomed by hundreds of party workers and supporters, who shouted slogans and showered her with rose petals, when she reached Bhara Kahu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjXHfuih82Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dzBZps_-Xk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb6XhBAJ2TQ
well she is certainly a crowd puller and speaks well ., If Imran does not play his cards well .. he will be in trouble .. unfortunately Imran gives his cards to fools, dolls., corrupt scoundrels and sycophants that are surrounded around him .
Millions dollar business empire of Asim Saleem Bajwa's family | ZN News exclusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZVQwYvy3Ig
and news on that danger to PTI party says Lawyers, rights groups slam threats hurled at journalist
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in a joint statement “strongly condemned” death threats hurled at senior journalist Ahmad Noorani for writing an investigative piece about the business fortunes of close relatives of a retired army officer and prime minister’s aide.
The statement, issued by PBC vice chairman Abid Saqi, HRCP chairperson Dr Mehdi Hasan and secretary general Harris Khalique, PFUJ president Shahzada Zulfikar and secretary general Nasir Zaidi, “denounced this well-orchestrated campaign” against the journalist, declaring him anti-state and agent of the enemy.
The statement maintains that if anyone has any complaint against Mr Noorani’s story, they should approach courts. “The bar, press, and civil society leaderships urge the government to provide protection to Mr Noorani and investigate elements behind these threats to the journalist.”
and all that is about this
.................Asim declared on oath his wife has no ‘business capital outside Pakistan’The growth of the Bajwa family’s business empire in the United States and later in Pakistan directly matches the rise in power of retired general Asim Saleem Bajwa, who is now chairman of the country’s massive China-financed infrastructure project and a special assistant to the prime minister.
Asim Bajwa’s younger brothers opened their first Papa John’s pizza restaurant in 2002, the year he went to work for General Pervez Musharraf as a lieutenant colonel on the military dictator’s staff.
Nadeem Bajwa, 53, who started as a delivery driver for the pizza restaurant franchise, his brothers and Asim Bajwa’s wife and sons now own a business empire which set up 99 companies in four countries, including a pizza franchise with 133 restaurants worth an estimated $39.9 million. Out of total 99 companies, 66 are main companies, 33 companies are branch companies of some of the main companies while five companies are dead now.
and that is how problems start....
Reply #292 - September 01, 2020, 05:10 PM
This is how .. Money goes from third world countries to west...
BAJCO GROUP is a privately held business enterprise based in the United States with its principal office in Canfield, Ohio and satellite offices in Dubai, UAE and Lahore, Pakistan. Our affiliated companies currently own and manage 133 Papa John’s Pizza restaurants across 9 states in the USA, 3 Dairy Queen restaurants in the UAE, and a commercial real estate portfolio across Midwest Region of the United States.
Our vision is to be the 'Best in Class' owner operator of Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) and commercial real estate by following our tradition of Think, Act, Prosper!
BAJCO GROUP opened its first restaurant in 2002 in city of East Liverpool, Ohio. Since then, BAJCO GROUP has become:
The LARGEST privately held franchisee of Papa John’s International
87th LARGEST Mega Operator per the 2020 MEGA-99 rankings published by franchising.com
113th LARGEST Restaurant Operator per the 2020 Franchise Times Restaurant 200 ranking
that is what website says ., click the picture and order a Pizza........... real estate and franchise business of relatives of Pakistan general in AMRIKA...
here are websites of these guys who move finances from 3rd world countries..
https://www.linkedin.com/in/razibilal
At BAJCO, we firmly believe in our tradition of Think, Act, Prosper! We focus on investing in industries and sectors we know well: Quick Service Restaurants, Commercial Real Estate and Business Management Services. We seek opportunities in our target industries and invest patient, long term capital and experienced valuable human resources to create value.
• We are committed to building industry leading companies with help of our most valuable asset - Our Team.
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We have proven track record reflected by our growth over the years. We are committed to enhance shareholder value, develop our team and be part of the communities we operate in. We are currently engaged in businesses in the sector of food, Real Estate & Business Management. Our affiliated companies own and manage 133 Papa John’s Pizza restaurants across 9 states in the USA, 3 Dairy Queen restaurants in the UAE, and a commercial real estate portfolio across Midwest Region of the United States.
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BAJCO started its first business venture in the United States by opening two Papa John’s Pizza restaurants in 2002. Driven by the success of its first two restaurants, the GROUP signed a development agreement with Papa John’s International in March 2003 to develop 10 Papa John’s restaurants in Greater Pittsburgh region in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Through multiple acquisitions and new restaurant development, Bajco has grown to become the largest privately held franchisee of Papa John’s International.
2006: Bajco acquires 10 existing Papa John’s restaurants from Buckstone Foods in Ohio and Pennsylvania
2007: Bajco acquires 10 existing Papa John’s restaurants from Pitts. Burgers Limited Partnership in Pennsylvania
2008: Bajco sets up and registers its back office in Lahore (Pakistan)
2008: Bajco acquires 27 existing Papa John’s restaurants in Indiana and Michigan from Central Indiana Restaurants
2008: Bajco signs master development agreement with Papa John’s International to develop 15 restaurants in Ontario (Canada)
2010: Bajco acquires 21 existing Papa John’s restaurants in Florida from TAC Enterprises
2012: Bajco acquires 19 existing Papa John’s restaurants in Indiana and Illinois from Capital Pizza
2013: Bajco acquires 25 existing Papa John’s restaurants in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from PJPA
2013: Bajco forms a partnership with Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis to acquires 4 Papa John’s restaurants in Pennsylvania
2014: Bajco signs master development agreement with International Dairy Queen to develop up to 20 Dairy Queen restaurants in the UAE
2014: Bajco acquires a commercial real estate portfolio of 4 properties in Indiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania
2015: Bajco opens its first 2 Dairy Queen restaurants in UAE
2016: Bajco acquires 21 Papa John’s restaurants from DCT Enterprises in Indiana and Illinois
2017: Bajco divests its Canada, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Buffalo portfolio
2018: Bajco acquires 15 Papa John’s restaurants from Toledough LLC in Ohio and Wisconsin
2018: Bajco acquires a Class A multi-tenant retail center in Indiana
2019: Bajco develops Class A multi-tenant retail center in Indiana
2019: Bajco acquires 5 Papa John’s restaurants from MTP Inc. in Illinois and Wisconsin
there you go..... but we are drowned in Karachi ., Imran .. dear Prime Minister You may be sincere but you collected all loud mouths and criminals around you...
well let me add some links and phone numbers..
]The growth of the Bajwa family’s business empire in the United States and later in Pakistan directly matches the rise in power of retired general Asim Saleem Bajwa, who is now chairman of the country’s massive China-financed infrastructure project and a special assistant to the prime minister.
The Bajwa family’s companies spent an estimated $52.2 million to develop their businesses and $14.5 million to purchase properties in the United States, while Asim Bajwa and his department were encouraging Pakistanis to invest within their relatively undeveloped country. The businesses of the Bajwa family through different companies were named as Bajco Group.
Asim Bajwa’s sons joined the Bajco Group companies in 2015 and also started establishing new companies independent of the Bajco Group in Pakistan and in the United States after he became director general of ISPR and commander of the Southern Command.
Asim’s wife was a shareholder in all the foreign businesses from the very beginning. At present, Asim’s wife, Farrukh Zeba, is associated with or is a shareholder in 85 companies including 82 foreign companies (71 in United States, seven in UAE and four in Canada). The records of US state governments and other records related to companies show that some of these American companies (all jointly owned by Asim’s wife Farrukh Zeba) also have investments in real estate sector and own some thirteen commercial properties in the United States including two shopping centers. Estimated current net worth of businesses and properties of these companies jointly owned by Farrukh Zeba stands at $52.7 million.
In his declaration of assets and liabilities signed in June as special assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Asim Bajwa declared an investment of $18,468 (rupees 3.1 million) in his wife’s name. Asim declared that he and his wife have no “Immovable Property Held outside Pakistan”. Asim also categorically declared that neither he nor his wife have any “Business Capital outside Pakistan”. If in his declaration, Asim wanted to declare his wife’s investments in United States by writing Rs3.1 million in the column of “Investments”, he could never have written word “NIL” in the specific column “Business Capital Outside Pakistan”. Asim Bajwa, 57, is also now the chairman of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
3695B Boardman-Canfield Road,
Canfield OH, 44406
Mazaya Buisness Avenue,
Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai
url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1577741/asim-bajwa-to-resign-as-sapm-on-information-remain-cpec-authority-chairman]Asim Bajwa to resign as SAPM on information, remain CPEC Authority chairman says news[/url]
Retired Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa on Thursday announced that he has decided to resign as special assistant to the prime minister (SAPM) on information.
Speaking on Geo News' programme Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath, Bajwa said he will continue to serve as the chairman of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority.
He said he will present his resignation to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday morning and request him to relieve him of the portfolio, which he was assigned on April 27.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATjgIHjG6-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdJfiW3TyOQ
well there are are plenty of people who can do the job of the chairman of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority.. So Imran should take that position from him and choose a right person..
PM Imran Khan's Interview to International TV | 3 September 2020 | Dunya News | HA1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chID-C0qhsY
PM Imran Khan's Interview to International TV.. well You got to put down that sugar prices down....
TOUGH QUESTIONS & NO ANSWERS....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTD9nMD97Vc
You Should Give Your Money Trail - Kashif Abbasi Asks Tough Questions From Asim Saleem Bajwa
well that is a fair question fromKashif., But Imran... My Prime Minster Khan.. whatever you do.. do not make people that work in media disappear...
Missing SECP official back home after five days says news
Asim Saleem Bajwa To Resign From SAPM | Nadeem Malik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9lhAGOf0Ys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-2Mvuypnro
PM Imran Khan refuse to accept Asim Saleem Bajwa's resign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eti7r3YB8lo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IhstKb0eeo
Express Tribune journalist Bilal Farooqi arrested in Karachi for 'defaming Pakistan Army' says news
Bilal Farooqi, a senior journalist associated with English-language daily The Express Tribune, was allegedly taken into custody from his home in Karachi's DHA neighbourhood by Defence police on Friday evening, according to his family, friends and official sources.
Karachi police chief, Additional Inspector General Ghulam Nabi Memon, confirmed to Dawn that "Bilal Farooqui of Express Tribune" had been "arrested by the station investigation officer (SIO) of Defence police".
Memon said Farooqi was "wanted in FIR No. 613/2020 u/s 500/505 PPC of PS Defence. dated 9.9.2020”.
Earlier, a senior police officer, who requested anonymity, told Dawn that the FIR against Farooqi was under Sections 500 and 505 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Sections 11 and 20 of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca), 2016, on September 9 on the complaint of a private citizen.
Farooqi works as a news editor at the newspaper, according to a report published in ET.
In a tweet, journalist Ebad Ahmed said Farooqi was taken into custody from his home by "two men in plainclothes accompanied by two policemen".
He said police later visited his home again and officials informed Farooqi's wife that he had been detained at a police station in DHA. "Police have taken possession of Bilal’s phone," the journalist added.
that is the news...
and this is Bilal and his tweet...
and his tweet at https://twitter.com/bilalfqi/status/1289390505843994625 says this
Thousands rally in Peshawar to support a fanatic who murdered a mentally-ill man facing blasphemy charges. We're a nation celebrating the killing of somebody suffering from mental illness & glorifying the killer. This is where we are after 70+ years.
along with a video from Peshawar
Ward_End
Naya Pakistan my fucking arse. By sheer fortune I'm glad I wasn't raised in this pathetic country. I genuinely wonder if each and every one of these losers form these mobs feel genuine pride for what they're supporting, or is they just mere bravado? How do they go home with a conscience? Do they have wives? Do they feel embarassed for their vile husbands or do they cheer them on?
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Spectators flock to day one of Cowal Highland Gathering 2014
The crowds came out in Dunoon today as the world’s most spectacular Highland Games finally kicked off.
Visitors have been pouring into the town over the last few days in the run-up to what is one of the most eagerly awaited events in the Scottish calendar.
Today they joined scores of local people in flocking to the Gathering for the start of the action.
At 10am sharp the first event got underway - the Scottish National Highland Dancing Championships.
The Scottish Championships are one of three dancing competitions being held during the Gathering. The others are the Argyllshire Championship and the World Championship, which both take place on Saturday.
Today’s action saw top class entertainment from 361 dancers in 11 categories. Among the winners were:
• Chloe McClean from Edinburgh (14 years)
• Finley Duncan, Banff (15 years)
• Stacey Webster, Wick (16 years)
• Claire McLaughlin, East Kilbride (17 years)
• Stephanie Webster, Wick (18 years and over)
The Cowal 5K run took place this evening which saw last year’s winner Craig Ruddy from Inverclyde AC defend his title. Andrew Harkness from Greenock Glenpark Harriers was second with Sean Gaffney from Inverclyde AC in third. First local was Nathan Robinson in sixth overall and Chloe Simpson from Inverclyde AC was the first female runner.
Cowal Highland Gathering chair Ronnie Cairns said he was delighted by both the crowds and the entertainment they witnessed.
“It’s no exaggeration to say Dunoon is the centre of the Highland dancing world this weekend,” he added.
“People across the globe who are serious about Highland dancing will be waiting with bated breath to see who comes out on top in the various competitions.
“If today’s action is anything to go by, we’re in for a real feast of top class dancing over the next couple of days.”
Ronnie said that all the meticulous planning which has gone on over the last few months seems to have paid off.
“So far, I’m pleased to say that everything has gone without a hitch. Even the weather gods smiled on us today, with no rain to dampen the spirits of either competitors or spectators,” he said.
“We’ve got a packed schedule for tomorrow and Saturday with something for everyone to enjoy, whether it be Highland Dancing, pipe bands, solo piping, heavy athletics, ceilidh music, running, cycle stunt teams, animal display teams, interactive storytelling or any of the many other attractions around the town this weekend.
“I’m delighted with how the first day has gone, and we very much look forward to welcoming everyone back again tomorrow for another day of spectacular entertainment.”
Paul Bush OBE, Chief Operating Officer for EventScotland said: “Scotland is the perfect stage for events and there is still much for spectators to enjoy at the Gathering over the next two days. Cowal Gathering is one of our most exciting cultural events, which celebrates and showcases our rich heritage and with everything from Highland dancing and piping to food and drink there is something for everyone in Dunoon this weekend.”
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Twenty-three years after moving to the city from her native France, Camille Walala is a Londoner through and through. But recently, as her career has seen her spending more time abroad (she's unveiled architecture and public art projects in her Memphis-inspired style everywhere from America to Tanzania), she says the borders of her home have contracted significantly.
"For the last few years, I haven't really enjoyed London that much. It's been a lot of working [in my Hackney studio] and then travelling abroad for work. When I do come back to London, a friend asks me to go to dinner and I'm like 'Oh, I don’t want to go further than Hackney. I can't be bothered'," she explains, fittingly, from her studio in Hackney.
But when the UK went into lockdown in March and borders closed around the world, she says her view of the city began to expand. With international projects and travel all but off the table, she found herself spending the sunny days cycling the empty streets of central London with her partner. "I wanted to see how the city looks when there are actually no shops open and no consumerism, and to just appreciate the architecture. I had so much time to see and to appreciate the details of the city… It was like revisiting London as a tourist," she says.
She remembers the day she spent following the brick-red road that connects Admiralty Arch to Buckingham Palace and picnicking in St. James Park. But what she marvelled at most was the eerie emptiness of nearby Oxford Circus, devoid of shoppers and traffic. "You could hear the birds in the park, and you could just zig-zag in the street with your bike, which was pretty amazing. It was really nice to see the potential of the place if it were to be less car- and consumerism-driven."
The experience inspired her most recent project: a speculative proposal for a pedestrianised Oxford Circus, where oversized fountains, flower-covered benches and planted pots – all in her signature colourful, geometric style – replacing traffic in the city's busiest high street. "What if there were spaces and structures that people could interact with however they liked?" she asked in a letter accompanying the renderings. "What if Oxford Street made you happy?"
In a particularly pandemic-friendly move, Walala and her collaborators at the digital product visualisation studio Omni Visual have made the images available through an augmented reality app, allowing viewers to project the fantasy Oxford Circus into their own living space.
The series is just the latest in what has been one of her most London-centric years to date. Since the start of lockdown, she’s repainted a stretch of eight buildings on Leyton High Street, in East London; unveiled a new mural at the Rich Mix cultural centre in Shoreditch; transformed Canary Wharf's Adams Plaza Bridge, and created seven murals and a particularly dazzling zebra crossing in West London.
Looking toward 2021, Walala says she's keen to increase the size of her London footprint but would like to shift her focus from corporate commissions to more community-driven initiatives.
"I've done quite a bit of charity work during lockdown, and realised a lot of people – kids especially where I am – don't really have any access to art, so I think I want to find ways that I can give back to communities," she says. "I think it’s been really nice to have a successful career, but now I think it’s time to use that for a good cause."
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Ashish Nehra surprised with Virat Kohli’s handling of Jasprit Bumrah in second ODI against Australia
Kohli made too many changes to the bowling thereby not letting any bowler to settle.
Virat Kohli and Ashish Nehra. (Photo Source: Getty Images)
Former India fast-bowler Ashish Nehra has criticised Virat Kohli’s captaincy in the first two ODIs of the ongoing series against Australia. Nehra has questioned Kohli’s decision to bowl only two overs of Jasprit Bumrah upfront during the second match in Sydney on Sunday. The match was a must-win for the Men in Blue but they ended up losing it and consequently conceded the three-match series.
For the second match in a row, Australia took India’s bowlers to the cleaners. Steve Smith scored a 62-ball hundred for the second time in a row and helped the hosts post an imposing total of 389 for 4. The likes of Aaron Finch (60), David Warner (83), Marnus Labuschagne (70) and Glenn Maxwell (63*) played notable knocks too.
Talking about Bumrah, the right-arm pacer’s struggles continued. After conceding 73 runs in the series-opener, he ended up leaking 79 in the second game. However, he had started the match on a good note. The India pace spearhead had bowled the second and fourth overs of the innings, conceding 7 runs including a maiden in his first over.
But surprisingly Kohli took him out of the attack. At first, it seemed like the Indian captain took the pacer out of the attack to change ends for Mohammed Shami, but didn’t bring Bumrah back. He was kept out of the attack after just two overs even though Navdeep Saini was proving to be expensive.
Why use Jasprit Bumrah for only two overs? – asks Ashish Nehra
Speaking after India’s loss, Ashish Nehra questioned Virat Kohli’s decision of giving just two overs to Bumrah with the new ball. The former pacer pointed out that Kohli ‘is being hasty in his decisions’. Nehra said that the 32-year-old is making too many changes in bowling and advised him to take care of it as a captain.
“In today’s game, Virat Kohli gave two overs to Mohammed Shami and then brought Navdeep Saini. He wanted Shami to bowl from the other end, that I understand, but then, why would he use Jasprit Bumrah for only two overs with the new ball?” Ashish Nehra said in an interaction in cricbuzz.
“I agree Virat Kohli is making frequent changes in bowling. He only had five bowling options. India used Mayank Agarwal and Hardik Pandya – it was a decision made on the ground. If things were going in India’s way, you would not have seen these two getting an over.
“Virat Kohli is being hasty in his decisions. In the previous game (first ODI) as well, after Kohli was dropped, it seemed like he is in a hurry. Kohli has chased 350 several times in his career, it is not a big deal for him. But it seemed like he was chasing 475, not 375. I believe, Kohli is an impulsive captain. He is making too many changes in his bowling. And this is an area that he needs to take care of,” he added.
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Robert J. Flaherty's award-winning MAN OF ARAN uses stunning location photography and brilliant montage editing to build a forceful drama of life on the Aran Islands. Situated among the frequent and violent storms that slam into its barren landscape, the islands are 'three wastes of rock' off the western coast of Ireland. With a small crew, Flaherty spent nearly two years shooting, developing, and assembling footage of the islanders' Herculean efforts to survive in unbearably harsh conditions.
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Caterpillar Welding Fumes Litigation
Crowell & Moring has served as Caterpillar's national coordinating counsel in welding fume litigation since 2003. At its height, this litigation spanned the country, with thousands of individual and class action suits filed in both federal and state courts from Pennsylvania to California. Crowell & Moring also acted as counsel of record for Caterpillar in the federal welding rod multi-district litigation (MDL) proceeding established in Cleveland, Ohio. Plaintiffs in these cases typically assert claims against manufacturers and sellers of welding consumables (such as welding rods), alleging actual or potential neurological injury as a result of exposure to components of welding fumes. Caterpillar is not a manufacturer of welding products, but primarily was sued for its involvement in a trade association, through which plaintiffs alleged Caterpillar and various other defendants conspired to conceal the potential dangers of exposure to welding fumes. Through an aggressive motions practice strategy, the Crowell & Moring team achieved numerous successes on motions to dismiss in individual cases, culminating in a global summary judgment order from the MDL court dismissing with prejudice all claims against Caterpillar in every pending federal lawsuit. Following the summary judgment order, the vast majority of the state court claims against Caterpillar have been voluntarily dismissed, and Caterpillar remains a defendant in only a few cases.
CSX Solvent Litigation
We have been retained by CSX as national coordinating counsel for litigation arising out of alleged exposure to several chemical substances, including cases arising under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), state-law-based tort claims, and class actions. Our representation includes advising CSX on its overall litigation strategy, developing CSX's expert case, coordinating discovery, briefing key legal issues such as removal and class certification, and preparing dispositive motions. We also serve as counsel of record in a pending FELA medical monitoring class action case filed in a Florida state court, two environmental exposure cases pending in Florida and Michigan courts, and a recent class action suit filed in an Illinois state court. Within the past several months, we also successfully represented CSX in a putative class action filed in New Orleans, which involved a residential evacuation resulting from a leaking tank car. Recently, in a FELA case brought in West Virginia state court by former railroad workers who alleged that they suffered neurological injuries stemming from exposure to chlorinated solvents, we represented CSX in a four-day Daubert hearing. Our flexible approach to coordinating these dockets has allowed us to tailor our response — and involvement — to each particular litigation, maximizing our effectiveness as well as that of CSX's network of local counsel.
Ritalin Consumer Fraud Class Actions
We represented one of the principal defendants, the American Psychiatric Association, in a highly publicized series of class actions alleging fraud in developing criteria for the diagnosis of a childhood mental disorder (ADHD) and the marketing of Ritalin as the treatment. Initially, the litigation consisted of five class actions pending in five state or federal courts, variously alleging state or national classes of up to six million Ritalin users and their families. These cases were pursued by the same plaintiffs' lawyers (Dickie Scruggs and John Coale) responsible for the tobacco, gun, and HMO litigation, who touted the Ritalin cases as their next initiative in targeting a major industry.
As national coordinating counsel in the five class actions, we anticipated a risk of multiple additional lawsuits around the country if the momentum behind the initial filings was not slowed. Our coordination strategy thus focused on a series of early strike dismissal motions designed to attack the legal sufficiency of plaintiffs' complaints and obtain dismissals in one or more cases. Ultimately, we were successful in securing the dismissal of all five class actions. No new Ritalin cases have been filed.
Delrin Litigation
We act as national coordinating counsel for DuPont in polybutylene plumbing litigation involving its plastic Delrin. The litigation consists primarily of property damage claims. The current cases are pending in state and federal courts in the United States, as well as in the courts of three Canadian provinces and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These cases include attempted national, statewide, and providence-wide class actions.
We provide national strategy, class action strategy, coordination of all discovery (including the management and production of over two million documents), and management of a network of local firms. We coordinate and advise the administration national class settlement claims facility of DuPont. We defeated class certification in two attempted national class actions and obtained full faith and credit in a statewide collateral attack on an earlier national class settlement of DuPont.
UTA Ignition Switch Litigation
We represented a major automobile parts manufacturer in litigation arising out of what was at the time the largest automotive recall in history. We coordinated the defense of over a dozen class actions and scores of individual actions, most of which originated in state courts around the country. Our defense included (1) a case removal and consolidation strategy that ultimately resulted in the removal of most of the cases to federal court and their transfer through MDL proceedings to a single federal court in New Jersey; (2) in tandem with counsel for Ford, successful efforts to obtain the dismissal of most of the products liability, breach of contract, warranty, and consumer fraud claims against our client; and (3) coordination with law firms across the country and extensive work with engineering experts to build the expert case that enabled us to defeat class certification three separate times. Ultimately, we obtained dismissal of all of the original putative class actions.
Bridgestone/Firestone Recall Litigation
We were part of a group of law firms representing Bridgestone/Firestone in the leading recall case in the country and the litigation that grew out of that recall. Crowell & Moring previously worked extensively as national coordinating counsel and trial counsel in automotive rollover cases and other major automotive product liability litigation. We were hired by Firestone to develop and present the case that defects in the Ford Explorer, not tire failure, acted as the primary cause of the rollovers and other accidents alleged to be associated with tire tread separation of Firestone tires. We were responsible for trial theme, expert, and evidence development and worked closely with the trial teams around the country in these high-profile, "bet-the-company" cases.
Caterpillar Friction Products Asbestos Litigation
We were retained by Caterpillar in 2002 to serve as national coordinating counsel for the company's asbestos litigation. The cases against Caterpillar principally involve products liability claims arising out of alleged exposure to friction products and gaskets in heavy equipment and engines. In conjunction with Caterpillar, we are responsible for formulating long-term strategy, developing a stable of "national experts" for use across the country, centralizing written discovery and document management, and working with the company's regional counsel to implement trial strategy. Finally, we are working with Caterpillar to develop long-term solutions to the company's asbestos litigation.
Coumadin Consumer Fraud Cases
We represented a major pharmaceutical company, DuPont Pharmaceuticals (now Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma), as coordinating counsel for a series of consumer fraud and antitrust class actions directed at the company's promotion and marketing of Coumadin®, one of its leading drugs. Plaintiffs, which included consumers, insurers, and the major generic competitor, filed 15 actions in 12 state and federal courts, all but one of which were class actions. We obtained dismissal of several of the state cases based upon First Amendment and Noerr-Pennington protections accorded to the petitioning and related speech of DuPont. In Alabama, we won summary judgment on the basis that the Alabama antitrust statute did not apply to goods shipped in interstate commerce. In Tennessee, we defeated a motion for certification of a nationwide class of consumers. DuPont ultimately settled with its generic competitor through a business deal that proved favorable to the company, and concluded the litigation with an MDL settlement of all consumer and insurer class claims, which settlement was recently affirmed by the Third Circuit. In re Warfarin Sodium Antitrust Litigation, 212 F.R.D. 231 (D. Del. 2002), aff'd, ___ F.3d ___ (3d Cir., Dec. 8, 2004).
DuPont Premises Liability Litigation
Since 1992, we have served as national coordinating counsel for DuPont with regard to its asbestos litigation. The bulk of the cases involve premises liability claims brought against DuPont by employees of contractors that worked on DuPont sites, although we also handle product liability claims. The cases are filed largely in state court in nearly 20 states and litigated as individual cases and through large-scale consolidations or class actions. Many of the cases are brought by nationally known plaintiff firms such as Peter Angelos, Ness Motley, and Provost Umphrey.
As national counsel, we are responsible for developing long-term national strategy, legal issue development, class strategy, coordinating a centralized discovery effort, overseeing trial strategy, and managing a large network of firms. We also participate directly in the key joint defense groups and are counsel of record for all cases pending in the federal asbestos MDL proceeding in Philadelphia, all class actions, and selected appeals. We also serve as co-trial counsel for all asbestos cases against DuPont in Baltimore.
Liberty Mutual Silica Litigation
We were retained by Liberty Mutual in 2003 to serve as national strategic counsel to advise Liberty and its principal policyholders on developing long-term strategies to collapse the burgeoning docket of silica and mixed-dust claims. We work directly with the national counsel of key policyholders on big-picture initiatives, including the federal MDL proceeding, expert development, and applying recent tort reform initiatives to the litigation.
Air Crash Disaster Cases
We represented DuPont in two major air crash disaster cases, the 1998 crash of Swissair Flight 111 off the coast of Nova Scotia and the 1999 crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 off the coast of Nantucket. These two mass litigations, involving over 100 separate lawsuits against our client, included product liability claims such as negligence, strict product liability, and breach of warranty. We served as co-trial counsel and coordinated the various cases in MDL proceedings and in state and federal courts. In Swissair, we filed a motion to dismiss on behalf of DuPont and the court granted the motion late last year. In EgyptAir, in response to a similar motion, plaintiffs' counsel voluntarily dismissed all claims.
Luzenac Talc Litigation
We serve as national strategic counsel for Luzenac in claims arising from the company's talc products. Our role is largely strategic, although we have worked with the company on expert development, discovery management, and various technology issues. We have also worked with jurisdictional counsel on developing case-specific strategies.
Building Product/Property Damage Litigation
We were retained by a major asbestos manufacturer, Eagle-Picher Industries, to supervise all litigation nationwide regarding claims of property damage filed by states, cities, and school districts. Prior to the company's bankruptcy, we achieved one of the most successful win-loss records in the litigation, obtaining dismissal of 108 of 150 cases filed. We also successfully tried and won the first case brought by a state attorney general. At the height of the litigation, we coordinated cases in over 16 states involving 20 law firms.
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Fifty Years of Bond, James Bond
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"Bond, James Bond." Since Sean Connery uttered those immortal words in 1962, the most dashing secret agent in the history of cinema has been charming and thrilling audiences worldwide. This impeccably British character created by author Ian Fleming has starred in 23 EON-produced films, played by 6 different actors over five decades.
To celebrate 50 years of this innovative franchise, EON Productions opened their archives of photos, designs, storyboards, and production materials to editor Paul Duncan, who spent two years researching over one million images and 100 filing cabinets of documentation. The result is the most complete account of the making of the series, covering every James Bond film ever made, beginning with Dr. No (1962) and ending with Skyfall (2012), including the spoof Casino Royale (1967) and Never Say Never Again (1983).
The stunning imagery is accompanied by an oral history recounted by over 150 cast and crew members, relating the true inside story of how the Bond films were made. Containing previously unpublished photography and artwork, as well as production memos from filming, this book is a comprehensive tribute to the legend of James Bond.
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Radiology report form for pulmonary nodules encourages evidence-based practice
James Brice
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A few modifications to the radiology order form can serve an important function in encouraging physicians to adopt evidence-based practices when ordering CT to evaluate small pulmonary nodules, according to a study from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Survey results, presented during a scientific session Monday at the 2010 RSNA meeting by Dr. William C. Black, director of chest radiology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, indicate that referring physicians generally appreciate having access to information about the appropriate use of imaging to interrogate small pulmonary nodules and are influenced by such guidelines in clinical practice.
From experience, radiologists learn that pulmonary nodules of less than 1 cm are a common anatomic abnormality. Large screening studies have shown that incidental nodules appear in the chest radiographs of up to 50% of adults in the U.S. But Black noted that referring clinicians are still often unsure about the significance and proper management of such findings. Their order patterns for multislice CT and FDG PET/CT to measure and monitor small nodules frequently fall outside the American College of Radiology guidelines for such abnormalities. Overly aggressive responses often generate unnecessary imaging costs and radiation exposure.
To address this problem, Black and colleagues at Dartmouth-Hitchcock modified a radiology order form to include concise, evidence-based information describing the appropriate use of CT for incidentally detected pulmonary nodules. An Internet survey of 1075 of medical doctors and non-M.D. medical clinicians found they preferred the modified form to a standard imaging order form.
Seven of 23 questions in the survey focused on a hypothetical 65-year-old former smoker with a 7-mm pulmonary nodule detected incidentally during a chest CT that was negative for pulmonary embolism. About 41% of the clinicians answered the seven questions.
The standard form included information about only the nodule’s size and location. The modified form also included a probability estimate for malignancy (5% to 10% for the example, based on a validated prediction model) and information about guidelines from the Fleischner Society for nodule management.
A comparison of clinician response before and after they had read the modified report revealed its immediate effect on their clinical knowledge and the influence such information could have on their practice patterns.
About 27% thought the nodule was probably lung cancer after reading the report compared with 65% before reading it. About 3% said they would request a PET/CT for further evaluation after exposure to the guidelines, compared with 14% before reading the summary. About seven of 10 referring clinicians said they would have requested a follow-up CT in three to six months before examining the form, but only about three of 10 said they would still order imaging follow-up after exposure to the guidelines.
Overall, 90% of clinicians preferred the modified report, and 79% felt it made them more confident in their response to the incidental finding.
The 41% response rate was a limiting factor for the potential validity of the survey, Black said. Physician confidence in the recommended guidelines could have been affected by the lack of a definitive probability rule and guidelines for small pulmonary nodules, he said.
A modified version of the enhanced form will appear in the future at Dartmouth-Hitchcock as a feature of its new electronic medical records system, Black said.
“With that, we will try to integrate our reporting system with medical records so we can automate calculation of the probability of malignancy based on the prediction model and also automate the recommendations from the Fleischer material,” he said. “We want, ideally, to do this not just for pulmonary nodules but for all sorts of incidental findings.
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As experts warn efficient AC is critical to the future of the planet, Daikin leads sustainable solutions with next generation Inverters that can reduce CO₂ emissions by up to 80%
Daikin’s commitment to develop sustainable systems with a lower impact on the environment
As the world prepares to install 1.6 billion AC units by 2050, Daikin, the Japanese manufacturer and global leader in the development, manufacturing and installation of HVAC and Refrigerants, has pioneered a solution that can save billions of tonnes of C0₂ globally.
According to figures published above by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, & In terms of increased carbon emissions it is the equivalent of creating several new countries, and had prompted experts to call for minimum advances in energy efficiency of 30% per unit, in order to save 98 billion tonnes of C0₂ globally.
Leading the way, Daikin has pioneered the new Inverter Split Wall Mounted unit – the most energy efficient air conditioner of its type available in the GCC. The split Inverter can achieve energy reductions of up to 70%, compared to traditional split AC and window units, and boasts an Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER) of 13.3 at T1 condition, making it the most energy efficient air conditioner of its type in the market.
The result of continued research on refrigerants, R-32 is a next generation gas that addresses a range of environmental considerations in a balanced manner. The Split Inverter features bespoke design for the High Ambient GCC market, and is testament to Daikin’s commitment to develop sustainable systems with a lower impact on the environment.
Daikin MEA Product Planning Manager, Sana Hamdani commented: “Combining the power of Daikin’s inverters with the revolutionary R-32 refrigerant and our Intelligent Eye motion sensor technology, this Inverter has been designed for optimum nominal and seasonal energy efficiency, in line with real life operating conditions in the Middle East, underlining Daikin’s serious commitment to the environment.
“The Inverter AC constantly adjusts the compressor speed to precisely maintain the desired temperature, and contributes on reducing the energy consumption all year round, for a lower electricity bill. The Smart technology utilizes an intelligent advanced control that regulates precisely the compressor speed to constantly adjust delivered capacity to meet the desired room temperature. It also provides powerful cooling, quieter operation and an extended product lifetime.”
By using R-32 refrigerant, Daikin inverter AC is able to maximize energy efficiency while minimizing the global warming impact with zero ozone depletion potential and up to 80% less CO2 emission than R-410A.
Installed in new systems or retrofitted to existing systems, the Split Inverter combines the power of the Daikin inverter swing compressor – designed and patented by Daikin – and the R-32 refrigerant, for an energy bill reduction of 30 – 70% and lower use of refrigerants.
Across the GCC, infrastructure development projects, in addition to a steep rise in residential and indoor leisure projects, currently drive demand for new AC units, with the regional market projected to grow at a CAGR of 7.3% during 2017-2023.
But this high pace of growth has increased C0₂ emissions. According to findings from the UN, total emissions in the Arab region doubled between 1991 and 2008 with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt leading contributions.
In terms of C0₂ emissions per capita in the GCC, these had reduced significant after 2010 but remain higher than the global average, with an average up to 30 metric tonnes in Kuwait against 19.8 tonnes in U.S.
Daikin MEA General Manager, Tuna Gulenc, added: “As a part of our environmental commitment to society, we believe it is manufacturer’s duty to advise the market and develop sustainable solutions that have practical applications to reduce energy consumption and CO₂ emissions. People in Japan, Europe, China, Australia and other countries, already enjoy the benefits of Inverter technology and here at Daikin MEA, we believe the Middle East will soon follow suit. The use of Inverter technology in HVAC units helps each citizen to contribute to the regional efforts to reduce environmental impact.
“In line with the evolving directives and strategies on sustainability as a core theme for future developments in the GCC, Daikin is committed at developing and introducing state of the art products and solutions, specifically designed for the region, achieving highest efficiencies, performances, and reliabilities. To put it simply, Daikin has set a new standard in the HVAC Industry.”
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Seaside will wait to draw new urban boundary lines
R.J. Marx
Mar 30, 2016 Updated Dec 10, 2018
Seaside will take a wait-and-see attitude to future urban growth boundary changes.
With changes in methodology and uncertainty as to the city’s demographic patterns, the Planning Commission unanimously tabled discussions on Seaside’s future population growth and land-use needs.
Clatsop County currently provides municipalities with 20-year forecast data to determine future needs.
Seaside wants to consider a 14-year timetable as recommended by the Portland State University Population Center. The center provides population data, information, research and analysis for cities in Oregon. Both demographic methods are acceptable under new changes to Oregon law.
According to Portland State University numbers, Seaside had 6,585 residents as of July 1, about a fifth of the county’s more than 37,000 residents.
“The state told us, ‘Wait until Portland State University has better figures,’” Seaside City Planner Kevin Cupples said Tuesday.
The 14-year forecast will replace “the city’s projected growth figure that can be used when you’re looking at what you need for buildable land,” Cupples said.
The state requires cities and municipalities to maintain a line around their perimeters to moderate urban sprawl. If more land is needed to accommodate expanding urban population, land is zoned and annexed into the city when landowners outside the boundary choose.
The consequences of using a 14- versus 20-year urban growth boundary expansion time line would vary, said Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development Rural Policy Analyst Sadie Carney.
“The 14-year ‘simplified’ process is intended to be much easier for cities to employ and less likely to be appealed,” Carney said.
New urban growth boundary rules went into effect in January, authorizing small cities under 10,000 to use a simplified evaluation.
This had been the amount of land needed as suggested in a final report prepared by the consultant HLB Otak and delivered to the city in February. The report considered a 20-year urban projection.
The analysis showed the growth boundary would require about 197 additional acres to satisfy the city’s projected population.
Using a 14-year span, the amount of land required would be scaled back nearly 30 percent, to 137.5 acres, to satisfy the city’s projected population, according to Otak.
“The Planning Commission was interested in using a kind of throttled back population figure rather than using the full 20-year that was part of their original projection,” Cupples said.
Commissioners were concerned they were taking “a big bite of the land,” Cupples said.“One of our planning commissioners said, ‘I’d feel more comfortable looking at an estimated 14 rather than 20.”
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Google reveals a tiny, disposable monitor that tracks glucose levels
By Kyle Wiggers August 12, 2015
The Life Sciences division of Google (or Alphabet, I should say) envisions a paradigm in which sugar-monitoring contact lenses and wellness wristbands are ubiquitous. News that it’s working on a miniaturized tracker for diabetics, then, doesn’t really come as a surprise.
Life Sciences’ new wearable, a sensor-laden continuous glucose monitor no larger than a bandage, is intended to supplant the painful pinprick tests that most type 1 and 2 diabetics regularly undergo. It’s inexpensive and disposable, reliable enough to measure sugar “in real time,” and will tap “advanced data analytic platforms” for contextualized reports.
The goal, said Life Sciences head Andrew Conrad in a statement, is to provide users with “actionable information” about how to control their diabetes. “We’re committed to developing new technologies that will help move health care from reactive to proactive,” Conrad said. “This collaboration is another step towards expanding monitoring options and making it easier for people with diabetes to proactively manage their health.”
Life Sciences won’t be fabricating the wearable itself — it’s delegated the responsibility to glucose monitor DexCom to build the sensors — but will handle miniaturization. MobiHealthNews reports that DexCom will sell the monitors exclusively as part of a multi-year partnership, but it’s coughing up serious dough for that privilege — $35 million in stock up front and $65 million in cash or stock after the device reaches certain research milestones. Plus, Life Sciences will collect royalties of between 5 and 9 percent once the first-generation monitor launches (DexCom projects that’ll be in two to three years).
“Five plus years from now […] you get to the point where you overcome basically all of the objections that a patient would have to wearing the device — it talks to your phone, it doesn’t have to be calibrated, you don’t take fingersticks anymore,” DexCom EVP of Strategy and Product Development Steve Pacelli told investors during an earnings call. “There really isn’t a reason you couldn’t get very significant [adoption].”
The glucose wearable may only be the second Life Sciences project to reach commercialization — the division signed an agreement with Novartis last year to manufacture glucose-detecting contact lenses — but the skunkworks team’s other more ambitious creations are progressing surely, if slowly. A patent applied for in March showed a wristband that, when used with a pill containing magnetic nano-particles, can detect cancer. And in partnership with Duke and Stanford University, Life Sciences is analyzing data collected from thousands of people in an attempt to construct a model of the “perfect healthy human.”
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