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School of Histories and Humanities GradLink Mentoring Programme Launch Even...
Congratulations on signing up to attend the GradLink Mentoring Programme Launch on Tuesday 28th October 2014. We hope you find it a worthwhile and exciting programme to be involved in. We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 28th October at 6.45pm.
18:45 – 21:15 GMT
The Neil Hoey Lecture Theatre
The Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
The School of Histories and Humanities
GradLink Mentoring Programme Launch
for all Junior Sophister students in the
Departments of History, Classics and History of Art
on Tuesday 28 October in the
Neil Hoey Lecture Theatre, Long Room Hub from 6.45 to 9.15pm
GradLink is a career mentoring programme, which links students with graduates. The programme is specifically for 3rd Year (Junior Sophister) students in the Departments of History, Classics and History of Art and Trinity College Dublin. At the launch event, students get to hear from graduates of the Departments, now working in a wide range of careers, such as politics, arts and heritage, conservation, law, media and marketing. This year we have graduates working in the Department of Foreign Affairs, Google, NCAD, RTE, the Heritage Council, the Houses of the Oireachtas, the Crafts Council of Ireland, Bank of Ireland and the American Chamber of Commerce.
The launch is followed by a wine reception where students can meet with graduates and then choose one as a menor for the year ahead. It is a great way to start thinking about your future career, so we strongly enourage you to attend and sign up.
School of Histories and Humanities GradLink Mentoring Programme Launch Event at The Neil Hoey Lecture Theatre
The Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Home » 2018 theatrical releases » Let the Sunshine In (Un beau soleil intérieur) movie review: her own worst enemy
Let the Sunshine In (Un beau soleil intérieur) movie review: her own worst enemy
Fri Apr 20 2018, 10:31pm | 0 comments
Juliette Binoche’s search for midlife love is drenched in ennui and punctuated by weary philosophizing. There’s not a lot of satisfaction in it, nor much by way of resolution. Very French.
I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for movies about women
I have not read the source material
Is this my life? I want to find love.” So laments Juliette Binoche (Ghost in the Shell) as Isabelle, a 50something artist in Paris, echoing many a woman of every age. Which is in fact something of a comfort: if a woman of such luminousness, grace, and intelligence can’t find a man, then maybe it’s not us, but them. (Just kidding: We all already know it’s them.) And truly, all the men in her life are awful in mundane, conventional ways that are very recognizable: they’re self-centered, unfaithful, crude, wishy-washy, posturing, demanding, casually insulting when they think they’re being flattering. One man tells her, “I like your synthetic mind,” which is simply a terrible thing to say to anyone… though she doesn’t seem to notice. So there’s that, too: Isabelle is so lonely and so desperate for male company that she seems to have no taste at all in men. (So, guys, don’t write in to #NotAllMen me. This movie isn’t meant to condemn all men. Just the ones who warrant it.)
“You really are a ridiculous waste of manflesh, mon mec…”
Let the Sunshine In is very French: drenched in ennui and punctuated by weary philosophizing as Isabelle wanders in and out of encounters with such masculine horrors as an actor (Nicolas Duvauchelle) who sighs over his own inability to make a decision about anything, and a banker (Xavier Beauvois) who compares her unfavorably to his wife, by way of explaining why he’d never leave his wife even though he’s been fucking Isabelle. Sometimes, in her disconsolate mopiness, she is very unfair to other men who don’t deserve it, at least at that moment, such as her ex (Laurent Grévill: The Good Thief) and the random guy (Paul Blain) she picked up at a nightclub and then lashes out at when a friend suggests that he’s all wrong for her. (This is probably true, but still.)
It’s all based on Roland Barthes’s book A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments, but director — and screenwriter, with Christine Angot — Claire Denis renders Isabelle’s anti-adventures loosely, with almost an improvised feel. There’s not a lot of satisfaction in any of it, nor much by way of resolution. At one point, after another inadequate date, Isabella asks the taxi driver on her ride home, “Are you happy?” He doesn’t really answer. Because who is? Basically the movie in a nutshell.
Very French.
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Let the Sunshine In (Un beau soleil intérieur) (2018) | directed by Claire Denis
US/Can release: Apr 27 2018
UK/Ire release: Apr 20 2018 (VOD same day)
BBFC: rated 15 (strong sex, sex references)
2018 theatrical releases | based on a book | dramedy | girls/women | non-English-language | reviews | romance
Christine Angot | Claire Denis | Juliette Binoche | Laurent Grevill | Let the Sunshine In (Un beau soleil interieur) | Nicolas Duvauchelle | Paris | Paul Blain | Xavier Beauvois
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FSPA gives gratitude for chapel tour ministry
Maria Angelorum Chapel. The Adoration Chapel. These pillars embody FSPA’s purest devotion—prayer. With high ceilings manifesting a God who transcends the finite world, windows radiating emblems expressing Christ’s passion held by angels, sanctuary of adoration embodying the Triune God, the chapels stunningly— compellingly—call to all.
Since 1906, this wonderful creation has provided FSPA and prayer partners a Eucharistic atmosphere of prayer and peace. And after a Charles Kuralt “On the Road” story about the chapels aired in 1978, people began coming to St. Rose Convent to see them. FSPA and affiliates serving as tour guides enlighten visitors to the enormous experience overwhelming in beauty and hospitality.
Among the many who’ve welcomed more than 65,000 people in the past 12 years are Sister Mildred Tigges, tour coordinator from 2006 until her retirement at the end of 2016, and Sister Carrie Kirsch, a volunteer tour guide who is now leading the FSPA ministry that is “so very important to those who come.”
“I love meeting people. I love showing our chapel. I love our perpetual adoration.” These sentiments are the foundation, says Sister Mildred, of her St. Rose ministry as tour coordinator.
“It has been a vision of ministry,” one that followed Sister Mildred’s 45 years of teaching students from Iowa to Zimbabwe. She reflects on the countless visitors who have come to St. Rose, many who’ve “discovered a resonance of peace as they follow their tour guide through the Romanesque chapel.” Realizing the need for prayer, “our visitors experience its gifts shared in our adoration chapel.” Many, she says, “leave in tears.” She’s greeted people from around the world: ​Russia, New Zealand, India and Israel. Europeans have often remarked, “This chapel is warmer and more beautiful than any I’ve seen.” Young people too—confirmation students “from just about every faith, wanting to talk to us about prayer and God” and elementary kids “with questions galore”—are favorite visitors. To sister Mildred they are all “absolutely marvelous.”
On every tour, Sister Mildred always shared one of FSPA’s most impassioned intentions; that of remembering in prayer, every hour, those who have visited the adoration chapel.
To Sister Carrie, sharing “devotion of people who so many years ago gave of their talents and time to create this masterpiece, all to worship the Lord,” is “very delightful.” Retiring from pastoral care for the Villa sisters in 2016 and searching “for a sense of where I wanted to go next” she decided to volunteer as a chapel guide. After learning about the history and architecture for herself, “I was kind of hooked.”
Sister Carrie has seen such captivation in many of the visitors she’s guided as well. One gentleman came in with a group and wandered around a bit. A native of Cuba, he identified the statue of St. Barbara, his home country’s patron saint. “He was enthralled by her presence here; he made a connection.” Like Sister Mildred, Sister Carrie finds fascination in children too. “How many angels do you have in here?” she’s been asked. “From down on their level” they find their own enchantment; “connect with the beauty of the angels.”
She sees many who come and take in such a gift of adoration “nod their heads. Realizing all that we pray for in the world, the importance of this ministry,” finds Sister Carrie, “makes an impact on people.”​
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Scottsdale, AZ Rescued Hero Finalists
Voting for these finalist will open mid August. For information on how YOU can submit your story to upcoming cities of the Rescued Heroes Road Tour, click HERE
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Scottsdale Finalist #1 )
I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks. Smokey comforts me, and makes me smile. He distracts me from what is going on, and looks at me with his big brown eyes, which say that it will be ok. I didn’t learn to read until High School. He inspired me to write a book about how I rescued him, but really, he rescued me. Smokey inspires me to be a more confident person. Rescuing him was the best thing I ever did. In fact, we denote all the profits from his book, The Adventures of Smokey, to Foothills Animal Rescue, so other people can be aware of how a rescue animal can change your life.
Nominated Rescue Organization : Foothills Animal Rescue
The sweet pups in the picture are Daisy (white) and Scrappy (brown). We began to notice the many differences in a senior dog and a much younger dog as Daisy was only 2 and we had a 15 year old Chihuahua when we adopted her, and decided to get her a friend to play with. Also, our son was getting older, and really wanted the responsibility of a dog himself. He stated he had always wanted a “wiener” dog, so we began to look for doxies! When we came across Scrappy’s picture on Petfinder, we loved his cute under bite and the fact that he seemed to love to wear hats (He no longer cares for a hat, but is known to wear a jaunty sweater as the weather cools)! When his bio also stated that he loved kids, we were sold. Ro Perez (Saving Orphan Souls Founder) was on vacation at the time, but reached out to her foster to see if she would do the meet and greet with us. Scrappy immediately got in our sons lap and curled up, we knew then that we could not leave the store without him! We gladly paid his adoption fee and purchased a new collar and leash for him. Scrappy wasn’t as friendly as Daisy, but the two became fast friends, and are now a bonded pair. The give kisses to each other all the time and Daisy even grooms Scrappy.
As far as the family goes, Scrappy had a lot of fear of men that we needed to work through, but my husband was patient, and continued to work with him until Scrappy got comfortable. Now I can truly say that Scrappy may even love my husband more than any of the other members of the household. We think there was some abuse by an adult male in his past, as he is still fearful of males he doesn’t know, but at home he is the sweetest most loving pup we could ever ask for. We have had him almost 2 years and we couldn’t imagine our lives without him.
Our little Dog Hero, Scrappy, brings us constant joy with his sweet little face and crazy hair. We now know our little family is complete. Scrappy is truly one of the sweetest, rascally, pups around. He has helped my son to become more responsible, my husband to be more patient, and helped me to find a love for rescue and being of service to animals. He truly has been a little rescue hero. Without Saving Orphan Souls, dogs like Scrappy, who are fearful or have dental issues or medical issues, would not get the chance that they deserve to find their forever homes. Rescue is such an amazing way for animals to get the care they need, and find the families that will provide them with the love and homes that they deserve.
Nominated Rescue Organization : Saving Orphan Souls Rescue
Diabetes. Multiple Sclerosis. Crohn’s Disease. Common Variable Immunodeficiency. And a brain aneurism. A son recently diagnosed with autism. Was there any reason to keep going? Turns out, yes.
As part of my therapies over the years, my husband and I agreed to foster dogs; so much so that over the past 7 years, we have fostered 45 dogs for various animal rescues, both in New Jersey and Arizona. My newest dog, Chewie, was not a foster dog. Rather, he was a dog that pulled me up. He lifted me out of a depression so deep, I didn’t know if I would ever be able to breathe again. He’s a 5-year-old shih-tzu mix rescued from Foothills Animal Rescue in Scottsdale, AZ. A volunteer there told me about him and said he would be perfect for me. After all, I had lost 3 of my own dogs to old age within the last 6 months. One of which I had only had for 3 months, adopted at age 10. Chewie was a “puppy” to me at the age of 5.
Chewie has shown me that it is ok to cry, but to start the next day happy and ready to go. He has been my savior when the world felt like it was caving in. His non-stop tail wagging and affection have awoken my spirits; he is telling me there is a reason to live. Chewie is a reminder of all that is good in the world and all the world has to offer. Chewie is my miracle.
Nominated Rescue Orginization : Foothills Animal Rescue
Scottsdale Finalist #4)
Jake is my lifesaver.
I know I rescued him from the euth list, but I didn’t know how many times he would save me. Jake was listed as animal aggressive because neighbors in a community known for many strays saw a white dog kill a cat. ‘White Boy’ was put in an isolation building and his cage card said animal aggressive. I was a volunteer at the shelter and also with a rescue. I sometimes went to the building to assess dogs there and I saw a dog quiet happily wagging his tail, so I asked to visit him. He was perfect. Great on a leash, goofy and playful, happy and trying to give kisses.
I continued to visit and asked for a new evaluation. He got moved to a medical kennel where at least the public could see him. He had a lot of medical issues including being HW+. We also needed to see how he really was with dogs. The officers did a trial run; he did great. Now we needed a foster. Who else could it be? He was off to the vet to get treated while I got my own pack ready for a new friend.
Around this time I got a very bad head injury which caused severe migraines, seizures, and other complications. I wasn’t sure I could take on another dog, but White Boy, who became Jake, was anything but a challenge. Of course once he was better EVERYONE wanted to adopt Jake. But something happened.
Staying home hurting all the time takes a lot of energy. Jake was the one comforting me during nauseating migraines. When I passed out in the shower, it Jake who alerted my boyfriend. One day, I must have collapsed and had a seizure. When I woke up in the hospital my boyfriend told me Jake barked like crazy, and ran up to some ladies who came across me and got help. We knew Jake wasn’t going anywhere.
The shelter and rescue were so wonderful about helping everything come together. They had some service dog prospects, but how could I look at any other dog but the dog who had already rescued me so many times, Jake Peralta (Brooklyn 99)? He saved me from drowning, he Lassied for help, he comforted me during my darkest times. He got official training and has been with me for almost 3 years now. Sometimes I think it’s too much for him and he should just get to be a normal playful dog, but he never lets me down, and never leaves my side. We have been through so much together and I really believe, out of anyone else who could have been looking at dogs that day, it was supposed to be me. Jake knew I would need him. He now lives happily with his 4 dog and 2 CAT siblings.
Nominated Rescue Organization : Orange County Animal Service Orlando
I rescued Sophie from Arizona Beagle Rescue in the summer of 2012. Sophie was about a year old and was turned into the pound for being “too much work” for the owner. I adopted Sophie, and loved taking her on adventures across town and in other states. Through our adventures, I always noticed Sophie wanted to cuddle with everyone and had the sweetest demeanor. We tested her to be a therapy dog in 2017 and she passed with flying colors! Sophie now works as a therapy dog at Skyharbor International Airport through their Navigator Buddies program, Gabriel’s Angels to work with at-risk youth, and Arizona State University. Sophie shares her love of life with everyone. She’s very gentle and patient with children of all ages. I’ll always be proud of Sophie for being the rescue that was “too much work” to a loved therapy dog, and an even better companion to our family.
Nominated Rescue Organization : Arizona Beagle Rescue
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With sustainability an escalating issue in financial services, it is time for businesses to focus on building long-term value.
EY teams are committed to building a better financial services ecosystem – one that builds long-term value in a framework that includes societal impact. We do this by transforming ourselves as well as those we work with. We measure the value we help create, not by financial value alone, but by the value we help create for clients, people and the society.
Integral to this is how we champion technology for good, making work more meaningful, collaborative and inclusive for EY people and clients.
We collaborate with and transform enterprises combining three drivers of value – putting humans at the center, implementing technology at speed and innovating at scale. This helps EY clients reimagine services and processes to thrive and grow sustainably.
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We used evidence to build a case for integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision making.
The non-executive board of a leading UK asset owner asked us to assess how the adoption of a responsible investment strategy might affect fund performance.
Asset owners and managers are currently under pressure from both regulators and customers to integrate ESG factors into their investment decision-making process. Regulation on the horizon includes the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance, and recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, which Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, wants to make mandatory.
Our client did not have an overarching responsible investment strategy, although its asset manager had already developed a number of ESG funds and products. The client wanted us to provide an objective analysis of the likely effects of developing such a strategy; to benchmark its performance against peers and identify gaps; and to recommend a route to becoming a leader in the field.
“The business was seeing a lot of market activity around ESG,” explains Simon Abrams, EY UK & Ireland ESG and EHS Transaction Support Head. “They were aware that their peers were moving on this, that regulations were coming, and that clients were increasingly asking questions. Ignoring it was not an option.”
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How an extensive analysis of market data helped the firm see the full picture.
Our first task was to benchmark the business’s performance against its peers, for its key asset classes (equities, fixed income and property), so that it could take market practices into account when setting its future direction. We conducted a desk review of public disclosures from both asset owners and asset managers, to understand what activity they were engaged in and where their priorities lay. The results showed that our client was significantly behind the curve, even though its asset manager was active in ESG investing.
Next, we examined a range of funds and strategies to determine whether integrating ESG into funds would reduce investment return or increase risk. Our conclusion from the analysis was that there was no net detriment to performance; indeed, a number of reports highlighted a degree of outperformance.
“We looked at a whole range of data, both from academic studies and from market-based analyst studies by banks,” says Abrams. “It’s probably the most extensive assessment of market data that I have seen. The board found our analysis persuasive – it was very important for them to have an independent, external view that wasn’t ideologically swayed.”
Finally, we presented a maturity scale and suggested the company should aim to be in an “advanced” position within 18 months. It could then explore the business implications of moving to a “leading” position.
Based on our findings, the board was confident about moving forward. With our support, the firm’s next step is to develop a responsible investment policy, which will include areas such as its approach to climate change, how it communicates its activities and whether it integrates ESG explicitly into fund options.
Significant market opportunities lie ahead
The company is now poised to develop a responsible investment policy and communicate the benefits.
By taking proactive steps to integrate ESG into its processes, the business will be well placed to take advantage of significant market opportunities and create sustainable value for customers.
“ESG and long-term value are two sides of the same coin,” explains Abrams. “It means you are considering how the world is changing and how these changes will affect your business.”
As well as hard legislation and market-based guidelines coming into effect, customers are becoming increasingly outspoken on issues such as climate change, excessive use of plastics in the supply chain and modern slavery. Those companies that have a well-researched and responsible approach to these issues are poised to attract new business, enhance their corporate reputation and boost performance.
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Over the past two decades, we have developed critical insights into ESG policies, based on our experience working with leading investment managers in the areas of responsible investment, reputational risk and climate-change strategy.
Abrams spent five years as a socially responsible investment analyst before joining EY, and has a thorough knowledge of the subject. Further, two members of the project team responsible for delivering the project on the ground are highly experienced in this area.
“This skillset in consultants is not that common yet,” says Abrams. “Our team’s experience as well as EY’s offering to asset managers and owners is unique in the industry. Our client had confidence that we knew what we were talking about, and were able to hold our own in debate with their non-execs, who were particularly knowledgeable. They also felt comfortable with our collaborative style.”
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First, this female-led sex toy startup fixed vibrators. Now, it’s redesigning lube
It’s another example of how Dame Products is listening to what its users actually want before designing anything.
[Photo: Dame]
By Katharine Schwab 2 minute Read
Lube is a must-have accessory for sex, but it’s not always the easiest thing to use: Many bottles require two hands, which makes for awkward fumbling, and they get slippery instantly (for obvious reasons).
That’s why Dame Products, the female-led sex toy company, has turned its attention to redesigning lube—and the bottle it comes in. Today, the startup, which was cofounded by an MIT-trained mechanical engineer, is launching an aloe-based lube that includes extracts from oat kernels, quinoa seeds, and green tea leaves. The company’s goal with the new formulation is to provide a natural, healthy lubricant matched to the vagina’s pH levels that can help women close the orgasm gap—a term that refers to a finding from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior that men tend to have more orgasms than women.
Dame Products got its start in 2014, and has made user testing and feedback a core part of its design process, which is focused on creating sex toy products for people with vaginas. The company got its start with a wildly popular Indiegogo campaign for a couple’s vibrator, and Dame has subsequently launched a series of sex toys including a small, ovular vibrator based on feedback from users who said they did not prefer the traditional vibrator shape. Now, the company’s user community has a formal name, Dame Labs, and anyone can sign up to try out products early.
While the company’s engineers were developing Dame’s lube, called Alu, they reached out to the Dame Labs community. In a survey of more than 1,400 people, a full third of respondents said that one of the biggest issues they had with lube was how slippery the bottle was.
As a result, Dame decided to reimagine the lube bottle as well as the lube inside. The result is a sleek blue bottle that fits snugly in your hand. It has a pump on top to make it easier to dispense lube with one hand. And users can also add on a patterned rubber grip that fits around the body of the bottle, providing more traction to fight slipperiness.
For the lube itself, Dame created an FDA-cleared formula that doesn’t have any of the dangerous ingredients that sometimes show up in lubricants. There’s no sugar that you can often find in flavored lubes, or glycerin, both of which can increase your risk of a yeast infection. There aren’t any parabens or preservatives designed to prevent bacteria growth.
It’s another example of the way that Dame is designing sex products with the humans who use them in mind. Previously, Dame designed a women’s vibrator ideal for clitoral stimulation that fits in the palm of the hand, with the hope of helping more women find sexual satisfaction.
But even as it’s taking on some of the biggest gaps in the sex toy industry, the company isn’t ignoring the smaller problems as well. Everyone has felt awkward pulling out lube that requires two hands to dispense, or floundered with a subsequently slippery bottle. It took a company that’s actively trying to solve sexual pain points—both small and large—to offer a simple solution.
Katharine Schwab is the deputy editor of Fast Company's technology section. Email her at kschwab@fastcompany.com and follow her on Twitter @kschwabable
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Michigan lawmaker to female reporter: High school boys could 'have a lot of fun' with you
Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press
LANSING, Mich. – A state senator is under fire after telling a female reporter she should stick around at the Capitol because a group of high school students from an all-boys school touring the building could “have a lot of fun” with her.
Michigan State Sen. Peter Lucido, R-Shelby Township, made the comments outside the Senate chamber Tuesday to a reporter from the Michigan Advance while surrounded by a group of male high school students from De La Salle Collegiate, an all-boys Catholic school.
"You’ve heard of De La Salle, right?” the Michigan Advance quoted Lucido as asking reporter Allison Donahue.
When Donahue said she had not, Lucido said: “It’s an all-boys school,” adding: “You should hang around! You could have a lot of fun with these boys, or they could have a lot of fun with you.”
The students then burst into laughter, the online publication reported.
Reached Wednesday morning, Lucido did not dispute the quotes but said they were being taken out of context and out of proportion. He said he did not believe he owed the reporter an apology.
Lucido said he was "not talking about anything sexual" but was "geeked up about the boys coming there," and "I was there to have some fun."
"It was blown out of proportion." he said.
'The personification of toxic masculinity'
But Lucido, who has expressed interest in running for governor, is facing sharp criticism. On social media, Lansing political observers said there is no context in which his comments were appropriate.
"I am unfortunately not surprised by this," Kara Cook, an environmental and energy adviser to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, said on Twitter. "I was 23 when I started working in politics in Lansing and the number of inappropriate comments or actions that I’ve personally experienced is hard to comprehend. This needs to stop."
Lonnie Scott, executive director of the liberal group Progress Michigan, said Lucido was "the personification of toxic masculinity and a disgrace to our state."
"We’d call on Lucido to apologize, but we know that for men like him those apologies are often hollow and do nothing to change the culture of objectifying women," Scott said.
The reporter wanted to question Lucido about him posting messages on an anti-Whitmer Facebook group where some members had posted messages advocating violence against Democrats and Muslims.
Lucido said he shared posts about Whitmer budget vetoes but was not aware of the racist posts, or ones advocating violence.
"I don't read all of these sites," he said Wednesday.
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Bio: Ms. Bimbela has been with LAUSD for 4 years. She first started at Venice High School were she worked in the Special Education Office, textbook room, counseling office and assisted in the main office. Ms. Bimbela was a Wish Granter and volunteer for Make-A-Wish of Greater Los Angeles for 11 years. During her free time she loves to go to Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, traveling and attending LA Dodger games.
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by Nick Bond
Ellen DeGeneres has returned to The Ellen Show a month after a coronavirus diagnosis forced her to take an early end-of-year break from the embattled daytime program.
"Obviously there are a lot of negative things going on, so I wanted to talk about something positive - my COVID test," DeGeneres said in her opening monologue, revealing that she discovered she had tested positive while in hair and make-up backstage before a show taping.
Her assistant Craig delivered the news she had coronavirus. "And then everyone around me ran away. It's funny, people just really get scared. They ran … some have not come back since," she joked.
"So anyway, I left the studio immediately and our COVID safety team informed everyone I had been in contact with. They told [executive producer] Andy Lassner and he ran at full speed off the lot, which is amazing - I didn't realise you could run."
"When I heard COVID, I took off," Lassner confirmed from the audience.
DeGeneres then detailed her time quarantining at home, sleeping in a different room to wife Portia de Rossi.
"This is my experience with COVID: The first three days, I slept for 16 hours a day. And then on the fourth day, I woke up with back spasms and thought I had pulled a muscle. It just persisted and the doctor put me on pain pills and muscle relaxers - jackpot, finally this thing is paying off!"
DeGeneres said the back pain got worse until "it felt like I had cracked a rib". She experienced no other symptoms: "I didn't have a headache, I didn't have a fever, I didn't lose my sense of taste … I'm very blessed that that was it for me.
"The weird thing is I still don't know where I got it. I wear a mask, I wash my hands, I only lick three or four door handles, so it's a mystery."
Ellen still doesn’t know how she contracted COVID.
DeGeneres had announced her diagnosis on December 10 via Twitter, writing: "Hi Everyone, I want to let you all know that I tested positive for COVID-19. Fortunately, I'm feeling fine right now. Anyone who has been in close contact with me has been notified, and I am following all proper CDC guidelines."
The diagnosis forced the show to go into an early end-of-year hiatus.
It capped off a horror 2020 for DeGeneres, who returned to TV in September after months off the air, and directly addressed the toxic workplace scandal that had tarnished her image.
"As you may have heard, this summer there were allegations of a toxic work environment at our show and then there was an investigation," she told viewers on her return.
"I learned that things happened here that never should've happened.
"I take that very seriously, and I want to say I'm so sorry to the people who were affected."
DeGeneres' diagnosis came shortly after insiders revealed her show's producers were struggling to attract celebrity guests and advertisers after a year of negative headlines.
"I wouldn't set up anyone on her show right now to do anything that could possibly cause them more negative headlines," one publicist told Buzzfeed.
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Staying in a Christian Pilgrim Guest House Can Be a Unique Jerusalem Experience
Have you considered staying at one of the pilgrim guesthouses in Jerusalem? You would be joining a centuries-old tradition of pilgrims lodging at a Christian guesthouse while visiting the Holy Land.
Read about our six recommended, comfortable Jerusalem guesthouses.
Depending on the guest house, you can find anywhere from 2 star to 4 star accommodation. Choose the one that suits you best, based on Christian domination, price, location and facilities. You can find the exact location of each Jerusalem guest house in the map below.
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Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center
Location : 3 Hatsanhanim Road
The location of the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center and Guesthouse is perfect, just across the street from the Old City's New Gate.
Owned and operated by the Catholic Church, the impressive Notre Dame castle-like structure is a Jerusalem landmark, built in 1882 to welcome Christian pilgrims. It has even hosted Pope Benedict XVI and the current Pope Francis!
There is a beautiful Our Lady of Jerusalem chapel home to a 200 year old organ. The chapel is open 24 hours a day and runs a daily mass and sacraments.
Th Pontifical Institute has free exhibits, including the 'Man of the Shroud', a fascinating exploration of the history of the Shroud of Turin covering the latest discoveries using technology, archaeology and art.
Notre Dame has recently refurbished many of the guest rooms.
The rooms are basic, with no TV or radio, but they are clean and the beds are comfortable. Bathroom and shower facilties are small.
If you are sensitive to noise, ask for a room in the front courtyard which is quieter than the back rooms. And if budget allows, request a room with a terrace. You'll enjoy stunning Jerusalem views, and the rooms are more spacious.
The Notre Dame has 3 good dining options. The ground floor dining room, the Allegro Cafe, and our favorite, the amazing rooftop wine and cheese restaurant with breathtaking views of Jerusalem and the Judean Desert.
The tram / train is quite close for getting around. Hotel guests have free parking.
Note that the WiFi is better in the lobby than in the rooms.
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St Andrew's Scots Church and Guest House
Location : 1 David Remez St.
Located near the historic German Colony of Jerusalem, The St. Andrew's Scots Church and Guesthouse are just a 10-15 minute walk to the Old City's Zion Gate and Jaffa Gate.
Owned and managed by the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, it was built in 1927 in commemoration of the Scottish soldiers who died fighting the Turkish in World War I.
The castle-like structure is a Jerusalem landmark. The building evokes a Scottish Highland castle, with a mix of British, Scottish and Eastern decor such as lovely Armenian ceramics. The guest house has a wonderfully quaint and calm atmosphere.
The public areas are spacious, and there is a comfortable library and lounge.
There are great views of Jerusalem from the terrace and many of the rooms.
Breakfast is tasty and generous, with freshly baked breads and pastries, butters and cheeses, lots of salads, prepared eggs and fresh coffee. You can order dinner as well.
Guests rave about the incredibly warm and friendly service.
There is a small chapel adjacent to the main building. If you are lucky there will be a music concert when you are there.
The hotel is surrounded by a large, beautiful garden which overlooks the city.
The hotel and rooms are kept incredibly clean.
As is the case with other pilgrim guesthouses in Jerusalem, don't expect a 5 star hotel. Rooms are simple and small, but have high ceilings with small, modern and super clean bathrooms. The beds are comfortable.
The rooms are equipped with a TV, there is WiFi in all the rooms, tea and coffee makers, and air conditioning for both cooling and heating.
If your budget allows, upgrade to a room with a balcony for spectacular views towards the Old City.
The guesthouse has no elevators so expect to climb some stairs to your room. The staff will be happy to assist with your luggage.
Besides the proximity to the Old City, the St. Andrews Scots Guest House is a five minute walk to Jerusalem's 'First Station' - the refurbished first train station of the city. Its a bustling complex worth visiting with good bars, restaurants and shops.
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St George's Cathedral Guesthouse
Location : 20 Nablus Road
St. George's Cathedral Guesthouse is in a quiet, tranquil part of East Jerusalem, just a 10-minute walk from the Old City's Damascus Gate, near the luxurious American Colony Hotel .
Built in 1923, the building is comfortable with a large, pretty garden.
There is a nice courtyard bar where you can enjoy drinks.
The breakfasts are tasty serving breads, cheeses, meats and eggs. They serve dinner too.
The staff are very kind and friendly, and the place and the rooms are kept quite clean.
The rooms are basic as are most of the guesthouses in Jerusalem, but pleasant enough and the beds are comfortable. If you are sensitive to noise, ask for a room that doesn't face the main road.
There is a little Anglican Cathedral that holds morning Mass.
The St. George's guesthouse is easy to get to by car, and has free guest parking in the courtyard.
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Rosary Sisters Convent Guesthouse
Location: 14 Agron Street
The Rosary Convent Church and Guesthouse is a 5-minute walk to the Old City's Jaffa Gate.
For Catholic pilgrims, the guest house is comfortable and its atmosphere is authentic and peaceful. It is one of several in Israel and Palestine founded by the Rosary Sisters whose profits are donated to the needy and sick.
There are old style furnishings, rugs and antiques.
The sisters who run the place are very gracious and they serve meals to the guests. Breakfast is included in the price. It is simple but wholesome and includes breads, cheeses, coffee, tea, juice, salads, cheese and cold cuts. They also serve jams including homemade preserves made from apricots grown in the gardens.
There is free coffee and tea all day in the kitchenette.
You can stroll along the well-kept gardens surrounding the historic church and convent.
The guesthouse has about 30 rooms, including private rooms with baths, single, double, triple, quadruple and dorm rooms.
The rooms are not fancy, but simple and comfortable. The bathrooms and showers are small and clean.
Most of the rooms have air conditioning. Free WiFi only works in the lobby area.
Guests with cars have free parking.
Note that the nuns close the doors at 10 PM.
To make reservations, contact the Rosary Sisters Convention here and they will get back to you.
The Austrian Hospice
Location : 37 Via Dolorosa St.
The historic Austrian Hospice Guesthouse is located in the heart of the Old City, a few minutes walk to Damascus Gate.
The rooftop has one of the best views of the Old City.
Built in the 1850s, Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph stayed at the Austrian Hospice on his Jerusalem pilgrimage in the 1860s. Visiting the common areas of the guesthouse is like taking a trip back in time to Vienna of the 19th century, with beautiful interior design fine art, a grand piano and a beautiful prayer chapel open 24 hours a day.
Buffet breakfasts are included in the room rate.
The Hospice is famous throughout Jerusalem for its classic Austrian cuisine, such as Viennese schnitzel, spaetzle, goulash soup and traditional Viennese pastries like sachertorte and apple strudel.
The guesthouse is clean and well-kept. The rooms are relatively inexpensive. There are private bathrooms, and unisex dorms with up to 13 bunk beds.
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Note that payment is in cash or travelers checks only.
The Austrian Hospice has a wonderful garden where you can relax over a coffee, wine or beer.
To make a reservation, visit the Austrian Hospice website here.
Lutheran Guesthouse
Location: St. Marks Street
The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and its guesthouse were built on top of Crusader ruins in the 1860's. They are in the heart of the Old City between the Armenian and Jewish Quarters, just a five minute walk from Jaffa Gate. There are some stairs along the way so use a GPS to help guide you.
Inside the bell tower of the Church is a circular staircase leading to spectacular views of Jerusalem.
There is also a great view of Jerusalem from the observation deck in the guesthouse on the roof, with clear views of the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives.
The common spaces in the guest house are really pleasant. There is a lounge with a TV and library and a garden with armchairs among the greenery.
Breakfast is included in the room rate, and lunch and dinner are also available. Breakfast includes pita bread and rolls, cheeses and yogurts, sausages, a few vegetables and fruit, hummus, olive oil and zaatar, and prepared egg dishes.
The staff are polite and helpful.
The rooms are basic, clean and comfortable.
Note that there is no TV or WiFi in the rooms, only in the lobby area.
The Lutheran Guesthouse has single, double, triple and quadruple rooms, with a small bathroom and shower. Try to reserve in advance a room with a view.
Not all the rooms have air conditioning, so if you are coming in the summer and winter months, we recommend you confirm that your room will have air conditioning before you make your reservation.
To book a room, visit the Lutheran Guesthouse website here.
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Robert Jones, Jr.’s The Prophets Is a Refreshing New Take on the Great American Novel
January 12, 2021 Lydia Livingston Leave a Comment
If you follow any bookstagrammers on social media, then you’re likely aware that The Prophets ($27) by Robert Jones, Jr. is already one of the most highly anticipated books of the year. Centered on two enslaved men who are in a romantic relationship in antebellum Mississippi, Jones’s debut novel explores what it means to be Black and queer during such a tumultuous time in American history.
Passionate about Black history and literature since he was in school, Jones is also the man behind the uberpopular blog Son of Baldwin, which pays direct homage to novelist and activist James Baldwin. Now that his book is officially on shelves all over the world, the New York City native is actively promoting his work, according to his Instagram.
A beautifully written narrative that explores gender and race from several characters’ points of view, The Prophets invites readers to reconsider their understanding of sexuality and reconnect with our shared humanity. We caught up with Jones, Jr. — who spent 14 years writing the novel — to learn about his storytelling process as well as what he wants readers to take from his work.
POPSUGAR: What inspired you to write The Prophets?
Robert Jones, Jr.: While studying in school, I read these great books by great Black authors and scholars. What struck me as really odd is that prior to the Harlem Renaissance, there was no mention whatsoever of Black queer people. I thought, “Oh, that’s strange. What happened before this?” I started searching everywhere. I searched through the slave narratives, race theory, anything I could find. In a book called Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, I found a line which talks about how a slave master raped a male slave. Also, in Toni Morrison’s Beloved, there’s a scene where the character Paul D is sexually assaulted by an overseer. I said, “OK, but what about love?” That kind of swirled in my head.
PS: What was the writing process like?
RJJ: I knew I wanted to write about a Black queer person prior to the Harlem Renaissance. I said, “Do I dare say that this is a Black queer character in antebellum slavery, and how do I do this? There’s no template.” Then I returned to Morrison, who said, “Well, if you cannot find the book you wish to read, then you must write it.” I said, “Darn it, I’m going to have to write it,” and so I went about doing so.
“I want all of us, myself included, to take a renewed sense of humanity away from this book.”
I had to do a lot of research. We call it queerness now, but obviously [there wasn’t a] term back then. What would it have been like to be Black and what we now call queer in that time period? What were the gender, sexuality, and identity norms? I had to research all of that stuff. I was in grad school and working two part-time jobs, so I rarely had time to write. I would wake up at 3 o’clock in the morning and say, “OK, if I just write for an hour and then go back to sleep at 4 and get up at 7 to go to work.”
PS: What were some of the recent challenges you experienced while writing The Prophets?
RJJ: The subject matter was difficult to tackle because going through this very traumatic period in our country’s history and reliving and witnessing those things for the characters was difficult emotional work.
PS: What were your favorite characters to write?
RJJ: I liked writing from the perspective of the ancestors. There are the seven women who are watching over not just the African parts of the book but the American parts of the book, too. They had this haughty but also humble perspective about everything that’s going on. Those were the chapters where I just let myself be the vessel for whatever creativity was in the ether that needed to come down through my head and through my fingers. When I read those chapters sometimes, I almost forget that I wrote them. It’s almost like I’m reading something someone else wrote. It’s so fascinating, and I’m so in love with them.
PS: What do you want readers to take away from this book?
RJJ: I want all of us, myself included, to take a renewed sense of humanity away from this book. I really want us to see the complexity, the nuances, and the humanness of each other, such that we will stop doing each other harm and give each other the grace that we deserve simply because we exist. Listen, I don’t care if you don’t like that I’m a Black queer person, but I demand that you treat me with the respect that I deserve because I’m alive.
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Golf’s Brave New World and how to take it one step further
Matt Cooper
In Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World, personal happiness was achieved through a wonder drug called Soma, an array of sexual partners and, believe it or not, golf.
As far as we are aware Keith Pelley’s Brave New World is more straightforward: he sticks to the golf. Six-hole golf. In fact, he’s all-in on it being the future of the sport in short form and last year introduced us to the World Super 6 Perth and GolfSixes, both of which return to the schedule in 2018, with the former starting its second outing later this week.
The Tour cannot be faulted for being proactive in the quest to find the magical ingredient which has created condensed magic for rugby (with sevens) and cricket (through T20), nor in the manner of its pursuit of this goal.
Led by Pelley there appears to be an acceptance that some elements will work and others will not. With that approach comes the freedom to implement changes that reflect both successes and failures of early incarnations.
Indeed, realising the dream scenario may well be less reliant on the initial idea than on the willingness to tinker during the search.
Nor is the future only concerned with one innovation, as evidenced by June’s inaugural Shot Clock Masters when one-shot penalties will be incurred if the first player in a group takes more than 50 seconds to hit his shot and the other members take longer than 40 seconds.
In this spirit of free enterprise what follows are further suggestions for golf’s Brave New World.
If a couple require extended leaps of imagination and a few might be difficult (if not impossible) to stage, don’t overlook them as frivolous nonsense. Even the most fanciful have been prompted by the urge to go beyond the norm in order to identify genuine golfing skills which current formats often leave untested.
1. No Par
The selection of the host club would be essential for this tournament because it would need a course with at least two long par-3s (for once such holes would have a purpose) and two short par-4s, plus a series of very long par-4s and short par-5s.
Once that course was identified the notion of par would be ripped up for the week, thus forcing the players to fret for themselves about shots won or lost.
Currently players take very little responsibility for their assessment of what is a good score and where. In this event they must determine which of the, for example, six 490-yard holes should require four biffs and which five. They must also decide whether three or four strikes are good on the ambiguous 260-yard tests.
It is a far from perfect comparison, but currently a golf course is much like the ascent of a mountain. The players/hikers are told they require 72 shots/steps and are given a plan for the safe allocation of those shots/steps which absolutely everyone takes as gospel.
This tournament would insist that players negotiate their own path (thus providing television and press with a new question to ask post-round, in itself a blessing). The obvious problem is how to score such an event? If absolutely necessary (and I might argue the confusion would add to the flavour of the event), why not deem every hole a par-4? Or maybe, as an alternative, scramble with the brains of the players yet more by randomly assigning pars to the 18 holes and, what’s more, change them every day.
2. No Yardage
A distinction from the previous idea in that the event would permit players to know how many shots they’re expected to need but that will be the only number on offer.
No yardage books. No painted marks on the grass. No coloured posts. No course guides. No green books. Zip. Nada. Nothing.
Obviously this would be very difficult to monitor. It would need to be hosted at an unannounced course, one guaranteed to have never been played by any of the field, one which no cadre of competitors had used espionage to discover the identity of and then paid a shady man to map with a measuring device.
In fact it is so difficult to foresee happening it redefines the phrase “pie in the sky”.
But this is a column of make-believe. So let’s just imagine it. Suddenly we’d discover which golfers had a talent and instinct for visualising yardages, for playing with touch and feel, rather than relying on distances forensically pre-determined by weeks of flight analysis. It would be different and therefore a good thing.
3. No Caddies
No cleaning of clubs. No corner-of-the-towel wetting. No unthinking provision of tee pegs and new balls. No reminders that it’s time to consume a calorie-consistent flapjack or half a litre of mineral-enriched, forest fruit-flavoured water. No repeats of favoured tips and mottos. No slightly-weird and needy relationship patterns.
It’s tough suggesting that a group of good people lose a week’s wages. But it’s only one week.
We want to see which players actually stand taller on their own two feet – and which crumble when sweet nothings are no longer whispered in their ear by those gnarly men and women who’ve seen it all before.
4. Hire clubs
Forget limiting technology, at this tournament the golfers will be assigned random sets of sticks, with research undertaken to determine what they have used in the past so everyone is hitting balls with clubs they’ve never previously used in competition.
No more propping themselves up with technology. We want to know how good YOU are.
Not your clubs. Not your balls. You.
5. No Practice Swings
No swishes. No shadowy feels. One swing per shot and no more.
Who duffs? Who excels? Who is over-reliant on lots of swinging-till-I-feel-right? Who thrives and who flounders? I’d like to know.
6. Only Ten Clubs In The Bag
Probably the only innovation discussed here which could ever be realised and also the one that really, really should be. Consideration might also be given to reducing the number down to eight and even six.
Here’s the nub of the matter: as it currently stands golfers are able to both bolster their weakness and stack up their strengths. Fourteen is not just plenty, it’s too many.
Bring that number down and suddenly there is a conundrum: which part of the bag loses options? The multiplicity of wedges or those rescuing the long game?
With fewer options the balance between skills and frailties will become more of an imbalance, which is exactly as it should be. Variety might be re-introduced to the game. Skill sets won’t be so hidden by the vast armoury of modern technology and neither will flaws.
Forget making it a one-off, let’s make it the norm.
7. Seasonal innovations
Why does the European Tour not have more seasonal narratives? Why not take inspiration from the Tour de France’s Mountain, Points, Young Rider and Team classifications?
Rather than spring the Rookie of the Year result on us in Dubai, why not create a year-long storyline?
How about classification for the links events or those that take place in the desert? Maybe points allocated for the low round every day, rather like cycling’s sprints?
What about countries collecting points for top finishers every week? European Tour golfers are known for taking great pride in the success of their countrymen and enjoying great (and friendly) rivalry with other nations. Is there not potential for social media buzz among those players and their fans? Think of the Fastest Hole –
Clearly some of these ideas are a little fanciful, but the point is that the future of format tinkering can go beyond mere scoring and match length. Doing so would allow us to look at golf (and golfers) through a fresh set of eyes, something genuinely new for the sport and intriguing for those who watch it.
And remember: if any of these ideas take off, you read it here first.
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Seo is latest Korean LPGA winner
Hee Kyung Seo has joined the string of South Koreans who have won on the LPGA Tour, womens golf’s premier circuit.
Seo won her first LPGA title on Sunday with a commanding six-stroke victory at the Kia Classic in California, an event sponsored by Korean companies and dominated by Korean golfers
Playing in just her sixth tour event, Seo entered the final day with a five-stroke lead and was never in danger of losing it.
Seo was more erratic on Sunday, even throwing in a double bogey at the 16th, but she was so far ahead by then, it did not really matter.
Fellow Korean Inbee Park produced the round of the day, a seven-under 65 which included an eagle at the par-five third, to snatch an unlikely second, having been way off the pace overnight.
Two more Koreans, Jee Young Lee and Jiyai Shin, each carded rounds of two under to share third with Chinese Taipei’s Candie Kung, a who had been second overnight.
Open champion Catriona Matthew refound her form with a five-under 67 which left the Scot four under for the weekend, tied for sixth in a group of four players which included Michelle Wie.
Matthew was left to rue rounds of 75 and 74 on Friday and Saturday which pushed her out of contention.
Wie was hit with a two-stroke penalty for grounding her club in a hazard on the par-five 11th, denying her a share of second.
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Former Ryder Cup hero celebrates keeping his European Tour card by falling into a pool with his clothes on
By Alex Myers
Jamie Donaldson's nerve-wracking week ended with the former Ryder Cup hero barely keeping his European Tour card. And to celebrate unwind, he took a fully-clothed dip in a pool -- while hinting at utilizing a different type of liquid. Check it out:
"letsgethammered"? How very Andrew "Beef" Johnston of him.
Donaldson entered the Andalucia Valderrama Masters at 118th on the Race to Dubai List, but he moved into the top 100 (barely) thanks to a fourth-place finish (Sergio Garcia won the event) that took him to No. 99 for the season. With just this week's limited-field WGC-HSBC Champions and three Rolex Series events left on this season's European Tour schedule, Donaldson wrapped up fully exempt status on tour for next season.
Congrats to Jamie, but we just wish there was a follow-up video -- like the, um, disheveled interview he did the day after hitting the winning wedge shot at the 2014 Ryder Cup. Or maybe one is still coming. With this week off, Donaldson has plenty of time to celebrate.
RELATED: Watch Jamie Donaldson hit the prettiest driver-off-the-deck shot you'll ever see
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Business Support Service – BiG Challenge 7
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 15:07
Support to existing businesses in the City and early stage start ups to secure growth both in turnover and employment ; Work within our local and district centres with neighbourhood groups and with communities of interest to ensure that all individuals across the City have the support they need to succeed in business.
Sheffield City Council Title: BiG Challenge 7 Category/Categories: show categories Additional Categorisation(s): None Summary:
BiG Challenge is part of the Enterprise Education Strand of the Enterprise Programme to support the development of entrepreneurial young people in schools, colleges and universities.
At its inception in September 2007 the Sheffield Enterprise Programme (previously BiG Make it Your Business) using Local Enterprise Growth Initiative Funds (LEGI) targeted the most disadvantaged areas of the City and the schools in those areas to help raise entrepreneurial aspirations.
In January 2009, the Enterprise Programme was successful in bidding for £4.6 million of European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) to enhance the existing programme of activity allowing the programme to operate on a city wide basis.
Since 2009 the programme has evolved and the Council has re-shaped the delivery of the Enterprise programme, with the new delivery model taking effect from April 2011:
The refreshed objectives:
Support to existing businesses in the City and early stage start ups to secure growth both in turnover and employment ;
Work within our local and district centres with neighbourhood groups and with communities of interest to ensure that all individuals across the City have the support they need to succeed in business;
Support the development of more entrepreneurial young people in schools, in Colleges and at our Universities.
The Requirement
Sheffield City Council wishes to appoint a supplier to deliver BiG Challenge 7 between August 2013 and July 2014.
BiG Challenge has three objectives for young people, their schools and colleges in Sheffield:
· Experience – provides a positive experience of entrepreneurship and operational business challenges.
· Opportunity – to encourage the participants to value and consider entrepreneurial career opportunities, including self-employment.
· Embedding – to catalyse the development of enterprise as an integral part of education in schools, colleges and apprenticeships.
Teams aged 11-19, and studying up to Level 3 courses from across Sheffield’s secondary schools and colleges (minimum of 19, maximum of 25 institutions) have the opportunity to win, with personal rewards for every winning entrant plus ‘the BiG Prize’ for the overall winning team – a fully paid 5 star overseas trip.
Each team (between 1 and 8 students) will form and operate a business. Each business will be given a £25 cash investment, as a starter towards their business objective of increasing that amount by making as much profit as possible, within the BiG Challenge timeframe, employing teamwork, innovation and entrepreneurship using any legal means. Having repaid the £25 investment plus a further £5 in interest on the investment, the profits made by the teams may in any combination be retained in the business, retained by the teams or donated to their chosen charity.
Each team requires a member of staff to support its entry and its activities, who will be assisted by the programmes School Enterprise Champions and by agreed local business volunteers.
The winning criteria, which will be judged in the final Business Report submitted by each team will include:
Profit made
The ideas and methods used
Use of external networks and resources
Potential beyond the timeframe of the BiG Challenge
And not least…..the fun enjoyed and enthusiasm communicated by the team
Each team’s project and its work can be recorded on the BiG Challenge website, where each team will have its own space.
Tenderers should specify in their response how they will facilitate manage and deliver the project on behalf of the city. The successful tenderer will need to run and deliver BiG Challenge 7.
Contact:Mr Ged HigginsEmail Address:gerard.higgins@sheffield.gov.ukTelephone:0114 22 96187Address:Sheffield City Council
Pinstone St Sheffield
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Flav and Symonds leave Renault
Author Topic: Flav and Symonds leave Renault (Read 3655 times)
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From Autosport (but now everywhere):
Renault has announced that team boss Flavio Briatore and engineering chief Pat Symonds have parted company with the team and that it will "not dispute" the allegations of race-fixing when it appears before the World Motor Sport Council next week.
The team had been accused of asking driver Nelson Piquet to crash deliberately in order to cause a safety car period that would work to his team-mate Fernando Alonso's advantage. The Spaniard went on to win the race.
"The ING Renault F1 Team will not dispute the recent allegations made by the FIA concerning the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix," said a statement from the team.
"It also wishes to state that its managing director, Flavio Briatore and its executive director of engineering, Pat Symonds, have left the team.
"Before attending the hearing before the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris on 21 September 2009, the team will not make any further comment."
Re: Flav and Symonds leave Renault
I hate to hear this ,love or hate Flav he brings
a little flair to F1.
If you think about it how different is what Renault
did from letting a #1 driver win like other teams
have in the past
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Wow...well I guess young Piquet has really gotten his revenge. Sorry to see both go (mostly Symonds). I have no idea who Renault will replace them with. I would expect that RenaultF1 is soon up for sale as well.
If I was young Nelson, I'd be looking over my shoulder a lot.
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Quote from: Dare on September 16, 2009, 01:04:06 PM
I think it has to be realised that by crashing he was putting a large number of people at risk including himself, for once I have to agree with Mad Max!!
Letting your team mate past hurts only the spirit of the sport.
I think Piquet could be looking for a job outside of motorsport.
A sad day for F1 and motorsport in general as I'm sure there will be further repoccussion to this.
Once you have retired every day is a Saturday!
I'm sorry to see Symonds go. Hopefully, he will return soon.
I personally think F1 will be better off without Briatore. I have about the same opinion of him that Mario Theissen seems to have.
It's starting to look it was Piquet, Sr. that started the ball rolling on this. I wonder if he'll ever show his face at a race again?
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That is a shock.
I can't help but see this as an admission of guilt for Flavio and Symonds. If they really were party to causing a crash, then I'm glad to see them gone.
Flavio is the person I most associate with F1 though. He really did represent 'the glamour' that F1 is supposed to be famous for. Bernie might hold the cheque book, but he's not glamourous. Max might hold the reigns, but the less said about his idea of 'glamour' the better. Luca, Brawn, Dennis, they're strong competitors, but none of them bring flair to the sport.
I guess it's up to Vijay and his diamond earrings now.
I am genuinely shocked that both have resigned and that Renault are no longer contesting the charges. I am not a legal guy but surely it is an admission of guilt from both parties and the team. Either that or an acknowledgment that they cannot get out of this due to the Mad Max agenda. I don't like Flav but he will be missed in F1 due to his eccentricities, Renault won't be the same without him. I do like Pat and I think he always comes across very well and honest in interviews.
AutoWeek is now reporting that Symonds and Briatore were fired.
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20090916/F1/909169998
I wonder how Renault will function the rest of the season? Without Symonds calling strategy and directing the upgrades (hopefully they're already in the pipeline), and Flavio bringing the girls, what will become of Renault? Seriously, unless this pleases the FIA not to give a massive fine, then I think Renault will quietly bow out at the end of the season.
Hopefully, like someone already said, Symonds will return next season with another team, but as much as I thought Flav was the life of the party, most agree that his management style leaves much to be desired (a screaming bully), and I never liked the fact that he was a driver manager, sometime engine supplier, and team principal all at the same time - it was way too many conflicts of interest.
The unanswered question is, was Alonzo also complicit? Everyone in the chats on the internet question how he would have agreed to that fuel strategy unless it had also been explained to him. He would never have simply agreed to it simply because they told him to do it and that 'everything would be fine'. If he was complicit, I don't see why his head wouldn't be on the chopping block too. Perhaps Flav or Symonds will spill the beans on that side of the story someday.
It's a bitter pill to swallow to see that blackmail actually works. Way to go family Piquet.
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Quote from: Jericoke on September 16, 2009, 01:22:00 PM
I feel this is more about damage limitation than guilt, If the two guys are not working for you the WMSC cannot demand that they appear in front of them, they cannot assume individual guilt from the non appearance but they will obviously record a guilty plea from the team.
I don't know if the WMSC can impose any sanction on Flav & Pat other than the prevention of them taking part in FIA governed motorsport for allowing race fixing whilst managing the Renault team.
Renault may well have come to some financial or other arrangement with the two so the team can make sure there is no massive punishment in the wings. If they went in to the hearing with a not guilty plea and were found responsible for the crash by the WMSC a possible year ban at least was on the cards. This way they can probably, if they wish, stay in the championship.
Another scenario is that Renault just think they did it too!
Racing is life - everything else is just waiting. (Steve McQueen)
Quote from: ScottyD on September 16, 2009, 02:47:51 PM
Presumably if blackmail worked, Piquet would still be driving.
Good on Flavio for not giving in to it.
I'm in Singapore for the GP I could step into the breech!!
What a total shock. I am not the biggest fan of Flav but I agree he will be missed around the paddock. Pat Symonds will also be missed, he is a great tech man, but will probably turn up somewhere else.
If I were young Piquet I would be worried. Even though he has been offered immunity from punishment by the FIA for a full statement of events. With what looks like an admission of guilt from Renault, in my view the FIA should pursue him as he put others lives at risk with his actions. I don't believe that the fact that he my have been ordered to do what he done vindicates him. His ploy to gain revenge on his ex- employers has done serious damage to our sport and I hope we don't see his useless face in F1 again. I'm sure Max has a rye smile on his face today with Flavs downfall.
I find it unbelievable that a driver can be asked to crash, even more unbelievable is a driver agreeing to it, there are too many unknowns in a crash, anything can happen. Scotty, I hope Alonso was'nt party to it too as I have reversed my dislike of him.
Quote from: Ian on September 16, 2009, 09:08:42 PM
I hope Alonso was'nt party to it too as I have reversed my dislike of him.
I agree Ian, I too had a dislike for Alonso but have grown to respect him. If he joins Ferrari I might grow to love him.
Love the new pic by the way mate. A tribute to the master.
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Social Studies Resources
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We the Kids:the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States, by David Catrow
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Shhh! We’re Writing the Constitution, by Jean Fritz
Describes how the Constitution came to be written and ratified. (342.73 Fri) Gr. 3-6
If you want to browse the shelves in the library to locate information about theU. S. Constitution, look for these numbers in the nonfiction and video collections.
323.4 - Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Press
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Constitutional Rights Foundation
Presents a series of free online lessons, resources from the CRF catalog, and Internet links to help educators design their own Constitution Day program.
National Constitution Center
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Presents activities, games, lesson plans, and information about the 39 signers of the Constitution as well as high resolution images of the Constitution.
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Lesson plans for each grade level deal with the U.S. Constitution
Use the activities to get your students thinking about how the Constitution affects all American citizens.
Lesson plans and links that include vocabulary lessons, timelines, an image gallery, an interview activity, a creating an amendment activity and a scavenger hunt.
Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids
Explains the legislation about the observance of Constitution Day and contains numerous links to teaching resources.
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GM loses $9K on each Chevy Bolt EV to become major player in electric cars: report
Stephen Edelstein December 5, 2016 Comment Now!
With the first cars expected to arrive at a few dealerships before the end of this month, the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV could change the electric car landscape.
It offers an EPA-rated 238-mile range in a segment where only cars with Tesla badges previously earned ratings of more than 200 miles of range.
The Bolt EV's $37,495 base price is little more than half the price of the cheapest Tesla, however, making it more affordable than the Silicon Valley electric-car maker's current models.
DON'T MISS: Chevrolet Bolt EV: Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2017
(The Bolt EV price includes the mandatory destination fee, before any federal, state, or local incentives that a buyer may be eligible for.)
The low price and long range could help General Motors sell a lot of Bolt EVs, but a new report claims the company loses money on each of them.
In fact, GM stands to lose up to $9,000 on each Bolt EV it sells, according to Bloomberg.
The news service cites an anonymous "person familiar with the matter," and noted that a GM spokesperson "declined to comment on the expected profitability" of its electric car.
Based on what it called off-the-record conversations with "a few people familiar with the Bolt EV program," Electrek also predicted that GM would lose more than $9,000 on each car sold.
While the sources of these profit-loss reports are not on the record, it's worth noting that GM has a srong incentive to sell the Bolt EV at a loss.
MORE: GM ramps up 2017 Chevy Bolt EV electric-car production; how many can it build?
That would be a desire to dominate the market for plug-in vehicles in California, which now has close to half of the nation's electric and plug-in hybrid cars on its roads.
In addition to being the nation's largest market for electric cars, California has a zero-emission vehicle mandate that requires automakers with certain sales volumes to offer growing numbers of these cars.
Automakers accumulate credits for exceeding these requirements, which can be sold to other automakers at a profit.
That's what Tesla has done over the past few years, and GM may be planning to do the same with the Bolt EV.
Establishing a substantial beachhead in long-range electric cars now will also put GM in a good position as plug-ins become a larger part of every automaker's product mix.
It's a strategy that ultimately worked very well for Toyota with hybrids.
It is widely accepted that Toyota lost several billion dollars on the first-generation Prius, which was manufactured from 1997 to 2003.
The company has indicated that it wasn't until sometime into the production run of the second-generation Prius (2004-2009) that it began to break even on sales.
While Toyota lost money initially, it now controls roughly half of the global hybrid market, and is known far and wide for its hybrids and their corresponding green image, even among shoppers who have no intention of buying one.
With more than 20 years of experience designing and producing electric cars, GM has a strong incentive to stake a claim in mass-priced electric vehicles, in part to get a head start on Tesla as that company moves toward launching its lower-priced Model 3.
Tesla says the Model 3 will go into production next year, at a starting price of $35,000 with a range of 200 miles or more, and that the first deliveries will occur no more than a year from now, before the end of 2017.
That gives Chevy roughly a year to establish itself among electric-car buyers as the best value among long-range offerings.
Only time will tell if the Bolt EV does for GM and electric cars what the Prius did for Toyota and hybrids.
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January 13, 2016 Read Original Release
Release devotes more space to researcher’s bio than to study data on mammograms
Breast cancer, Diagnostic tests, Women's health
cancer screening, elderly women
New FAU study suggests benefits of regular mammography extend to the elderly
Researcher Charles H. Hennekens, MD looms large in this news release — perhaps larger than the study itself.
This news release issued on behalf of a prestigious researcher — one said to have “saved more than 1.1 million lives” according to Science Heroes — claims the evidence is in that regular mammograms after age 74 save lives. But does the evidence presented really show that?
We expected to see many different studies and opinions released when the USPTF announced its final recommendations on screening with mammograms, and we were not disappointed.
This release raises some important points but it also seems to be touting the professional reputation of the study’s senior author (ranked ahead of Jonas Salk in terms of lifesaving prowess!) when it should have devoted more space to cost and limitations, and making a stronger case for the benefits and evidence.
After skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women across all races and ethnicities. Some health experts are challenging the stubborn view that more frequent and technically advanced screening is necessary to confront breast cancer, and have become very vocal in educating the public about the harms of over-diagnosis and erroneous diagnosis (false positives).
This release matters now because the study it informs us about indirectly challenges the findings (some might say non-findings) of the newly released US Preventative Services Task Force final recommendations for mammography screening in women. (In a Q&A on the new recs, the USPsTF says about mammograms for senior women: “For women age 75 and older, the evidence of the overall benefit of mammography screening is unclear, and the Task Force is unable to make a recommendation for or against screening.”) This study by Florida Atlantic University looked at Medicare claims data and came out with a recommendation that elderly women should continue to get regular mammograms. We can assume this release, based on a study published in July 2015, came out this week to coincide with and contribute to the discussion about the USPSTF final recommendations.
Does the news release adequately discuss the costs of the intervention?
Does not mention any costs — either direct or societal. And because patients over 74 are typically covered by Medicare, the financial costs to society would be substantial. In addition to covering the cost of screening mammography, Medicare also covers the use of computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) which multiple studies have found to increase the number of false positives.
Does the news release adequately quantify the benefits of the treatment/test/product/procedure?
The release says the study revealed that “black and white women ages 75 to 84 years who had an annual mammogram had lower 10-year breast cancer mortality than corresponding women who had biennial or no/irregular mammograms.”
The implication is, of course, that having a mammogram during those years and receiving treatment for it (surgery, chemotherapy, radiation) lowers the risk of dying from breast cancer.
However, the release doesn’t tell us how many women went on to receive a cancer diagnosis, how many received any treatment and if so, what kind. The study is observational and doesn’t prove that annual mammograms in elderly women extends life.
Does the news release adequately explain/quantify the harms of the intervention?
The release doesn’t mention any harms that might come from more frequent or aggressive screening of older women. As experts at the University of California-San Francisco and Harvard explained following their 2014 review of studies conducted from 1990 to 2014 on risk factors for women 65 and older and the value of mammography for women 75 and older, “Doctors should focus on life expectancy when deciding whether to order mammograms for their oldest female patients, since the harms of screening likely outweigh the benefits unless women are expected to live at least another decade.”
Does the news release seem to grasp the quality of the evidence?
While the release recommends elderly women should continue to receive regular mammograms, it doesn’t point out that this evidence is based on observation, which cannot prove cause and effect. The study itself published in the American Journal of Medicine states that “although the present data are promising, the results are not conclusive.”
Does the news release commit disease-mongering?
The liberal use of statistics such as “1 in 8 women” will be affected and “1 in 25” without qualification earns this release a Not Satisfactory. The release opens with a long list of stats but doesn’t explain for an already worried public that some breast cancers are not deadly. There’s a long-running debate among medical experts that one of the most frequently diagnosed breast cancers — carcinoma in situ (CIS) — shouldn’t necessarily be termed “cancer” because it’s more of precancerous abnormality rather than a definite cancer precursor.
In addition, the first paragraph of the release ends by pointing out that 41% of breast cancer deaths in 2010 occurred in women between ages 65 to 84 but fails to add the important information that many, if not most of those women who died were diagnosed years, if not decades, before ages 65-84. The release leaves the reader with the impression that 41% of breast cancer deaths in 2010 occurred in women diagnosed between ages 65-84.
Does the news release identify funding sources & disclose conflicts of interest?
There is no mention of funders or potential conflicts of interest in the release.
Does the news release compare the new approach with existing alternatives?
The main alternatives to extending mammograms to this age group are: 1) no mammogram after age 74 or 2) patients/physicians deciding together to have mammograms based on the patient’s history and risk factors. The release should have urged women older than 74 to talk with their healthcare provider about continuing or ending screening. Instead, the first paragraph seems likely to frighten older readers into thinking they definitely need to continue mammograms.
Does the news release establish the availability of the treatment/test/product/procedure?
It’s common knowledge that mammograms are widely available. However, most current guidelines cap recommended annual or biannual mammograms at age 74. These recommendations have a direct effect on Medicare and private insurance coverage.
Does the news release establish the true novelty of the approach?
Unlike other studies that are based on surveillance data and “self reports,” as noted in the release, this study looked at Medicare administrative claims filed from 1995 to 2009 to gather data on incidence and mortality rates.
Does the news release include unjustifiable, sensational language, including in the quotes of researchers?
Aside from the fear-inducing litany of statistics found in the first paragraph (addressed under the Disease Mongering criteria), the rest of the release is free of unjustifiable language.
Total Score: 3 of 10 Satisfactory
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ER 608(b) governs the admission of specific act evidence, and if a witness is crucial to the state’s case, and the alleged misconduct constitutes the only available impeachment evidence, a trial court abuses its discretion if the defense is not allowed to inquire about said evidence. State v. McSorley, ____ Wn.App. _____, 116 P.3d 431 (2005).
Although McSorley is an ineffective assistance of counsel case, the court, for guidance purposes, reviewed ER 608(b) because the trial court prohibited the defendant from using prior specific instances of conduct probative of the witness’s credibility to cross-examine the complaining witness.
Importantly, ER 608(b) allows evidence of specific instances of a witness’s conduct to attack or support a witness’s credibility. The court noted that although the trial court has discretion to allow such evidence, “failure to allow cross-examination of a state’s witness under ER 608(b) is an abuse of discretion if the witness is crucial and the alleged misconduct constitutes the only available impeachment” citing State v. York, 20 Wn.App. 33, 621 P.2d 784 (1980).
In McSorley, the ER 608(b) evidence the defendant sought to introduce was two pranks engaged in by “DJ”, a 10-year-old child. One involved DJ gesturing wildly for a passing car to stop, and once the car stopped and the driver ran to help, the driver was met with “a torrent of profanity and laughs from DJ’s friends hiding in the bushes.” The other instance involved DJ lying in the road with his bike, as if he had just been involved in a bike accident, and when the driver stopped to render help, DJ jumped up and did a little dance.
Division II, upon reviewing these specific instances of conduct, held as follows:
His prior “pranks” – if they were not too remote in time – were highly probative of his credibility at trial, both because they showed a willingness to mislead strangers, albeit through nonverbal conduct, and because they “constitute[d] the only available impeachment.” Only because of their exclusion was the prosecutor able to assert in closing argument, without controversion, that DJ “is not one of these ten-year-olds who is going to say things that aren’t true or is going to say things just because they have been suggested to him ... He takes it seriously, and he tells the truth.”
The court held that if McSorley could show that both pranks were not too remote in time, the juvenile could be cross-examined regarding these particular, specific instances of conduct.
McSorley’s significance is that it considers as ER 608(b) evidence conduct other than that traditionally involving untruthfulness to impeach a witness. As such, when investigating your complaining witness where credibility is paramount, make certain that you learn about all potential, specific instances of conduct that might be used to attack the witness’s credibility, and then use ER 608(b) to impeach the complaining witness.
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From humble beginnings as a singer-songwriter circle, four Northern Ontario musicians came together to embark on a journey driven by an undeniable musical connection. With swirling harmonies as tall as the pines of their hometown, Hidden Roots Collective creates an immersive listening experience. Their thoughtful arrangements and unique vocal stylings have captivated listeners across Eastern Canada.
Exploring genres of folk, jazz, and alternative ethereal, there is an audience for every track on their debut-album, ‘Come Up, Honey’. Covering themes of love, loss and self-discovery, the album intertwines the lives and narratives of four women: Annie Sumi, Holly Cunningham, Brigitte Lebel, and Rose-Erin Stokes.
Their debut album, Come Up, Honey, was released on September 1, 2016, with support from the Ontario Arts Council. Since releasing the album, Hidden Roots Collective has been charting on national and college radio, and receiving attention from Reporters and Broadcasters across North America.
Notable Nominations and Awards:
Emerging Artist of the Year Nomination (2017 Canadian Folk Music Awards)
Best Folk/Roots (2016 Toronto Independent Music Awards)
Best Song Overall Runner Up (2016 Toronto Independent Music Awards)
Best Songwriter (2017 Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards)
Best Album Nomination (2017 Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards)
From humble beginnings as a singer-songwriter circle, four Northern Ontario musicians are on a journey together driven by a musical connection that refuses to be ignored.
With swirling harmonies as tall as the pines of their hometown, the women create an immersive listening experience while reinforcing each others unique vocal strengths. Touching on stories of love and self-discovery, their debut album Come Up, Honey celebrates four storylines intertwined through songs rooted in familiar blues and airy folk sensibilities.
Hidden Roots Collective is Rose-Erin Stokes, Brigitte Lebel, Annie Sumi and Holly Cunningham.
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John Fass: Book Arts and Photography
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John Fass Wins 10 AIGA Book Awards
1928: John's First AIGA Award-Winning Book:
The Pageant of Newark-on-Trent
Above: Page proof for John's first AIGA award-winning book, The Pageant of Newark on Trent
John Fass knew how to create award-winning books. From 1928 to 1938 he received 10 book-design awards from the American Institute of Graphic Arts (the AIGA), located in the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park.
He produced these books at his Harbor Press, in midtown Manhattan. His papers, at the Lititz Museum, include page proofs of these books. This award was the 50-Books award, an annual competition for the 50 best-designed books of the previous year.
John won his first AIGA 50-books award in 1928, for The Pageant of Newark-on-Trent. He designed this book, and printed it in an edition of 200, using Monotype's Caslon type.
1929: John's Second AIGA Award-Winning Book:
Narcissus and Two Other Poems
Above: A 1928 promotional flyer by John Fass for Narcissus and the Harbor Press
John Fass was a huge fan of the writings of Louis How, the wealthy bohemian poet and literateur from St. Louis. John designed, printed, and published four hardcover works by Louis How in the 1920s and 30s, at the Harbor Press.
Three of the books John published for Louis How won an AIGA book award. Narcissus was the first. John printed the book on Arches handmade paper and used Bassani engravings for the illustrations, creating a deluxe edition of 385 numbered copies.
John's Third AIGA Award-Winning Book:
A Way Out by Robert Frost
John Fass scored a major triumph in 1928, when he designed, printed, and published Robert Frost in A Way Out. Actually, most of the credit for this accomplishment goes to John's business partner at the Harbor Press, Roland Wood, who had been a student of Robert Frost's in 1919.
John and Roland created an edition of 485 copies for sale, using Monotype Caslon type.
1931: John's Fourth AIGA Award-Winning Book:
Horns in Velvet
Joan Ramsay won John Fass' 1930 poetry contest with her book Horns in Velvet. Joan was writing with a pen name, and was in fact Mrs. Louise Bruguière Church Wilson. According to John's announcement, above, there were 600 manuscripts competing in the contest. That's a lot of competitive poetry. John's bohemian friend Louis How was one of the judges, as was William Neilson, president of Smith College.
The next year, 1931, Joan Ramsey (Mrs. Louise Wilson) offered a $500 prize for the Harbor Press' second poetry contest. The winner that year was poet and critic Margery Mansfield, of Monetery, Massachusetts. Judges included Louis How, Miss Laura Benet, Mrs. Dwight Morrow, and others. A few years later Margery Mansfield compiled the book American Women Poets (1937).
Above: John's invitation to the private opening of the 1931 AIGA exhibition, which included his Horns in Velvet.
The guest speaker at the 1931 opening of the AIGA 50-books exhibition was Will Bradley, who by the 1930s had become dean of American designers. Bradley was the highest paid commercial artist in America, during the early 20th century. Bradley also was as a judge in this book-design competition, in which John Fass won a 50-books award for Horns in Velvet.
1932: John's Fifth AIGA Award-Winning Book:
Nursery Rhymes of New York City
In the 1930s John Fass established an award-winning relationship with poet Louis How and artist Ilse Bischoff. Together they created two AIGA award-winning books of poetry about New York City.
Isle was a young German-American artist from a wealthy New York family of Lutheran background. She studied costume design at Parson School of Design, and art at the Art Students League. For this 1932 Nursery Rhymes book, John and Roland Wood printed Isle's wood engravings directly from her blocks, in four colors. The text is Linotype's Bodoni.
Six years later, in 1938, John won another AIGA award for another book of New York rhymes by Louis How and Ilse Bischoff: Regional Rhymes of New York City. This was a winning combination.
1934: John's Sixth AIGA Award-Winning Book:
An Introduction to the Study of Incunabula
New York's Grolier Club is a private club for the most influential American bibliophiles, publishers, and other bookish types. John Fass designed and printed numerous projects for the Grolier Club, at his Harbor Press.
He used Linotype's Granjon typeface for this award-winning book, printed on Worthy paper. The book is about the study of incunabula, which are printed European books that predate 1501.
John also designed and printed announcements and exhibition catalogs for the Grolier Club, including catalogs for the 1926 exhibit of type specimen books, and the catalog of the 1937 exhibition of American sporting books.
In 1962 the Grolier Club hosted an exhibit of books from John's Hammer Creek Press. The event was organized by Herman Cohen and NBC television celebrity Ben Grauer.
1935: John's Seventh AIGA Award-Winning Book:
The Comedy of Dante Alighieri
In the 1930s John Fass' friend Louis How did an amitious three-part translation of Dante's Divine Comedy, translated from Italian to English. John Fass and his Harbor Press designed, printed, and published all three parts: Hell in 1934, Purgatory in 1938, and Heaven in 1940.
Louis How was a brilliant linguist and translator, and had studied languages and literature at Harvard. The translation of Dante's Inferno was his greatest achievement. He also translated literature from French and Spanish. In 1915 Louis had translated Montaigne's Essay on Friendship from the French. In 1917 he translated The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes from Castilian Spanish. And in 1919 Louis Howe translated Pio Baroja's Caesar or Nothing from Spanish.
John printed this 1935 Dante with Linotype's Jenson type, on Arak wove paper.
1935: John's Eighth AIGA Award-Winning Book:
A Trip to the Prairies
This 1934 book is a translation of the travel notes of Count Francesco Arese of Italy, who travelled throughout the American Midwest in the 1830s.
John Fass set this book in Linotype's Bakerville type, and printed it on Archer wove paper.
1936: John's Ninth AIGA Award-Winning Book:
Typee by Herman Melville
John used Erasmus Initials for this title. He used 12-point Garamond for the book's text, and typeset it using an Intertype machine.
John Fass' Harbor Press printed numerous books for George Macy's Limited Editions Club. The list includes: Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1930), The Golden Ass by Apuleius (1932), The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde (1937), Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1938). And in 1960, at age 70, John designed Ben-Hur for the Limited Editions Club.
Plus John Fass designed books for George Macy's other book club, the Heritage Press. These books include: The Life of Rembrandt van Rijn by Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1939), Beowulf (1939), South Wind by Norman Douglas (1939), Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackery (1940), and Paradise Lost by John Milton (1940).
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Tudor 1485 – 1603 Period
Prince Arthur Tudor and Dogmersfield
What is the connection between Prince Arthur Tudor and Dogmersfield? The landscape around us holds historical secrets whether within its fields and forests, atop its hills or along its coastline. Looking out onto a deserted village where cattle now graze or having a picnic alongside a washed out coastal defense it’s often surprising to learn…
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Between Standon and Hursley just off the A3090 sits Merdon Castle This little known ancient monument is now in private hands and so getting sight of it is tricky. If you drive along Castle Merdon Lane you can stop and take a look over the wall and you will see the earthworks on which this…
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Medieval shoes never look very comfortable but they are brilliantly evocative of a time long past The Medieval shoe in discussion is the one with excessively long pointed toes. They are called ‘Poulaines’ meaning ‘shoes in the Polish fashion’ since they were thought to have been fashionable in Krakow in the 15th century. The Poulaine…
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Elvetham Hall
This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Hampshire Architecture
Elvetham Hall history is fascinatingly linked to the Seymour family and the Tudor royal family. The original house burnt down in the mid 19th century and a mighty Victorian Gothic mansion stands to replace it.
Bishop Fox of Winchester 1501
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Margaret Beauchamp
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The Tichborne Family Chapel
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HH Project Update on 16th Century Hampshire Wills
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Edmund Spenser in Alton?
This entry is part 3 of 10 in the series Hampshire People
The question of whether Edmund Spenser ever lived in Alton is based on a few tantalizing clues that allude to little that can be substantiated. So it is with many historical nuggets that glint in amongst the splendour of Hampshire history.
Tudor Bramshott Place
The tudor house at Bramshott Place has long gone but its gatehouse still stands, albeit in splendid isolation. There was a manor and estate at Bramshott at the time of Domesday. By the late C16th a wealthy cloth merchant from Godalming named John Hooke purchased the esate and built for himself and his family, a…
William Warham Son of Oakley
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Marwell Hall, an Intriguing Medley of Hampshire History
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Castle House Petersfield
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Titchfields Great Wriothesley Monument
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The Mysteries of Wymering Manor
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Paulet Family in Hampshire
The Paulet family are an ancient and important family in Hampshire and also played an important role in the history of England. Memorials to the Paulet family and its variant spellings abound in churches around the county.
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What ‘Natural Beauty’ Means to Millennials
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The “natural” look resonates with American women—but what they say and how they look when they leave the house may not align, according to new research from Mintel.
As many as three in five women (59%) say that they prefer the “natural look,’ including 54% of Millennial beauty consumers (those 23 through 40 in 2017). Yet, while these Millennials are slightly less likely to prefer the natural look, they are more likely (71%) to actually wear a natural makeup look than female consumers overall (68% percent).
The majority of Millennial women report spending 20 minutes or less (59% vs 6% overall) on their regular beauty routine and one-fifth (18%) say their beauty routine consists of four or less steps. Usage of cosmetics products that are essential to the natural makeup look have been on the rise among younger consumers over the past five years. Indeed, nearly half (46%) of women aged 22-39 use eyebrow pencils today, up nine percent since 2011 (37%); four in five (79%) use mascara compared to 73% five years ago; and 77% of these consumers say they use lip care products compared to 73% who said the same in 2011.
But Mintel warns to not confuse the natural look with the no-makeup trend as nearly half (46%) of Millennial women say they feel more confident when they spend time on their appearance and 20% say they feel pressure to always look good. Despite these pressures, 40% of Millennial women agree that it’s okay to not always look your best and over one third (36%) say that their appearance is a form of self-expression, especially among younger Millennials (40%).
“Women of all ages are embracing their natural beauty, especially among America’s Millennial generation who are using color cosmetics to enhance their features in order to look like the best version of themselves. Brands have an opportunity to promote themes of self-expression and embracing natural beauty in product marketing in order to reach this active and engaged consumer market. Short beauty routines underscore that Millennials are strapped for time and emphasize efficiency, highlighting the importance of products that can be applied quickly and easily, as well as those that can multitask,” said Margie Nanninga, beauty and personal care analyst at Mintel.
Mintel research indicates that Millennials are results-driven in their beauty routines as beauty consumers in this generation are most likely to prioritize products that provide good results (58%) and to purchase products based on their benefits (43%). Further highlighting trends toward simplicity, two in five Millennial beauty consumers also look for products that are easy to use.
Younger adults seem to be more experimental and adventurous when it comes to nature-based ingredients in their beauty and personal care products. Mintel research highlights that female skin care consumers aged 18-34 are more likely than female consumers overall to be interested in skin care products containing ingredients such as seaweed (52% vs 42% overall), ginseng (48% vs 37% overall), sandalwood (29% vs 23% overall) and fermented ingredients (28% vs 19% overall).
“Today’s trending skin care ingredients are nature-based, further highlighting consumer interest in natural and gentle ingredients. Beauty and personal care brands would do well to focus on natural offerings as a way to differentiate in a saturated market. Products that have clear, straightforward packaging that highlight the natural ingredients will help set the product apart and help push beauty and personal care consumers out of their comfort zones,” said Nanninga.
More info: www.mintel.com
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Redken's Acidic Range Is 60 Years in the Making
Formulated with an acidic pH to defend against the negative effect of hair coloring, styling tools and even water.
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Cardiac Troponins Mark Mortality Risk with Influenza
Kenneth Bender, PharmD, MA
Elevated cardiac troponins during hospitalization for influenza is associated with heightened risk of mortality after hospital discharge.
An elevated high-sensitivity cardiac troponin test (hsTnT) in patients hospitalized for influenza infection was associated with increased 30-day mortality rate after discharge, in the largest analysis to date of the cardiac-specific biomarker in patients with influenza.
Although the most common complication associated with influenza is pneumonia, Yogesh Sharma, MD, PhD, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, and colleagues pointed out that influenza may also lead to exacerbation of underlying medical problems, including cardiac conditions.
"Observational studies have suggested that influenza may be associated with an increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality especially in older people (>85years) during winter months," the investigators observe.
To test this observation, Sharma and colleagues conducted a retrospective study of 617 patients, mean age 66.4 years, admitted to two tertiary hospitals in South Australia for influenza infection between January 2016 and March 2020. These patients had an hsTnT obtained during their admission, and their influenza diagnosis confirmed by polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) test.
The patients were stratified by hsTnT result, with 294 having detectable hsTnT and 323 without.Of the 294 patients, 62 had substantially elevated troponin levels (>14ng/L) with significant changes in level consistent with myocardial injury.The other 232 patients in this group had chronically elevated, but relatively stable troponin levels.
In addition to the primary measure of mortality within 30 days after discharge, Sharma and colleagues evaluated complications during hospitalization and unplanned hospital readmissions.The regression analysis for association of mortality with elevated hsTnT was adjusted for a range of covariates including age, sex, smoking status, creatinine levels, comorbidities (on the Charlson Comorbidity Index [CCI]) and severity of illness (as assessed by factors such as CRP levels).
The investigators report that the 30-day mortality rate was significantly higher among patients with acute, but not chronic hsTnT elevation, than those without elevated cardiac troponin on admission (HR, 8.30; 95% CI, 1.80-17.84).They also noted that the patients with acute elevation had significantly higher number of complications during hospital admission, a longer duration of stay, and higher inpatient mortality.
The influenza patients who had an acute or chronic hsTnT elevation were found to have higher incidences of sepsis, septic shock and respiratory failure.The investigators noted, however, that other complications such as pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and myocarditis were not significantly different than in those with negative hsTnT.
"As this study is limited to influenza patients who needed hospitalization, so findings may not be applicable to those with only mild symptoms in the community," Sharma commented to HCPLive.
"Although, we suggest increased vigilance, especially in patients who have cardiovascular risk factors or where practitioners think that their patients' symptoms are suggestive of cardiac ischemia," Sharma said.
As the study found heightened mortality post hospital discharge, Sharma also advised increased surveillance during this period for the patients with identified risk.
"We suggest extended monitoring of patients who required hospitalization for influenza, where initial hsTnT was suggestive of an acute cardiac injury, with a goal of optimizing cardiovascular risk factors," Sharma indicated.
The study, "Prognostic Impact of High Sensitive Troponin in Predicting 30-day Mortality among Patients Admitted to Hospital with Influenza," was published online in IJC Heart & Vasculature.
News | Cardiology | Influenza
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Magnetic Seizure Therapy Effective in Treating Suicidality
Samara Rosenfeld
Low- and moderate-frequency magnetic seizure therapy help patients with treatment-resistant depression go into remission.
Magnetic seizure therapy may be an effective treatment for suicidality.
The findings of the new study suggested magnetic seizure therapy holds promise to treat suicidality in patients with treatment-resistant depression. Still, the efficacy of the treatment must be confirmed in additional trials of the use of the therapy.
Cory Weissman, MD, and a team of investigators determined the association of magnetic seizure therapy with suicidality in patients with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. The colleagues included participants aged 18-85 years old who presented with treatment-resistant depression and were initially referred for electroconvulsive therapy, a very effective treatment for suicidality in mood disorders. Patients included in the study had a baseline score on the 24-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD-24) of 21 or higher.
Participants underwent magnetic seizure therapy sessions 2-3 times per week until they either achieved remission from their depressive episode or they reached a maximum of 24 sessions.
Weissman and the investigators assessed patients every 3 weeks and at the end of the study with the Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (SSI) and HRSD-24. Further, the patients were followed for 6 months after the end of the treatment period.
The study included 67 patients (mean age, 46.3 years old; 60% women) who received a mean of 19.5 magnetic seizure therapy treatments. Among those who had treatment, 47.8% achieved remission from suicidality.
The mean Beck SSI score decreased from 10.9 at baseline to 6 at the end of the trial (P <.001). There were similar outcomes with the suicidality item of the HRSD-24.
Those treated with low-frequency and moderate-frequency magnetic seizure therapy had numerically higher rates of remission from suicidality (55.2% and 54.5%, respectively), than patients who were treated with high-frequency magnetic seizure therapy (25%). The differences between the rates did not reach statistical significance (P=.05).
The change in Beck SSI scores were large and statistically significant in the groups treated with low-frequency (1.43; 95% CI, .59-1.88) and moderate-frequency (.87; 95% CI, .28-1.35) magnetic seizure therapy. The effect size was not significant among patients in the high-frequency magnetic seizure therapy group (.42; 95% CI, -.35 to 1.04).
Investigators noted 58.3% of study completers achieved remission from suicidality based on the Beck SSI score. The overall Beck SSI score decreased from 10.6 at baseline to 4.8 at the end of the study (P <.001).
In a subgroup sensitivity analysis, those treated with low- and moderate-frequency magnetic seizure therapy had numerically higher rates of remission from suicidality (73.3% and 58.3%, respectively), than patients treated with high-frequency magnetic seizure therapy (33.3%). The differences between the rates were not statistically significant (P=.05).
Although magnetic seizure therapy appeared to be effective and promising to treat suicidality, efficacy will need to be further confirmed in future trials on the treatment at low-to-moderate frequencies.
The study, “Magnetic Seizure Therapy for Suicidality in Treatment-Resistant Depression,” was published online in JAMA Network Open.
News | Major Depressive Disorder | Psychiatry
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Hinchingbrooke franchise bidder rejected
Published: 11:08 AM August 5, 2010 Updated: 4:19 PM November 1, 2020
ONE of the bidders for the controversial Hinchingbrooke Hospital franchise has been rejected, The Hunts Post has learned.
NHS East of England, the health authority overseeing the complicated process to select a private company to run the debt-ridden hospital, confirmed that Ramsay Healthcare was no longer in the running.
As part of the second stage of the franchise process, each of the three contenders had to submit a bid which needed to meet set requirements. However, Ramsay Healthcare’s bid was deemed to be “non-compliant” and will no longer be considered.
The bidding is now a two-horse race between Circle Health and Serco.
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VERY IMPORTANT INFO REGARDING THE NEW LEISURE CENTRE AT BBH!
22nd October 2018 hj
After meeting the staff at “The Bridge” today these are the new arrangements going forward for assembly at the new leisure centre (this overrides anything mentioned in this weeks week@hj post on Facebook)
Tuesdays – if you walk as if going to the new reception area, entry via the bowling club car park, and follow the path round the back of the new building there is a paved area and a covered area where people can park bikes. We will meet there.
Thursdays – following the same route but this time all the way along to the entrance to the reception area but without entering, there is a small path on the left follow this down to the track.
Toilets are available to use in the cafe area of the centre on both nights, which are to the left of reception. Showering and changing facilities are ONLY available on Thursday evenings, to use please ask at reception.
I hope all this makes sense, spread the word. Thank you!
QUIZ NIGHT
14th October 2018 hj
Let’s get quizzical!
Yes you lovely people, it’s that time of year when we ask you to put on your general knowledge heads and join us for the legendary hj quiz night on Friday 16th November at Horsham Cricket and Sports Club, Cricket Field Road.
You can now register teams of maximum six players (min 2 hj members per team) with £18 per team payable on the night (that’s just £3 per person!)
Our new quiz master will be bringing 10 rounds of 10 questions on a wide range of subjects with a break half way through. The bar will be open for liquid refreshments but you can bring your own nibbles.
Doors open at 7pm and it’s eyes down at 7.30pm sharp!
To register your team, please CONTACT US
ANDREW SPRIGGS – 29.11.48 to 28.12.17
5th January 2018 hj
A bright light was extinguished from the Horsham Joggers family over Christmas. This is our tribute to a great man.
Born in 1948 in North London, distance running wasn’t Andy’s first passion; he became a black belt in judo at university and then went on to become a coach in the sport. He moved around with work from Leicestershire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and eventually to Horsham in 1988 to work as a retail pricing analyst with ExxonMobil at their Leatherhead office, from where he later took early retirement.
Already in his forties, he joined Horsham Joggers in 1996 and became a regular and committed member, often helping newcomers, leading groups, participating in races and eventually taking over the organisation of a flagging Horsham 10k race in 2005, as well as standing on the committee for 4 years. His contribution to the 10k was pivotal when he combined his other passion for fundraising and he joined forces with the Horsham Lions Club to deliver an improved race from a brand new venue. With his enthusiasm for Horsham Joggers and the Horsham Lions Club, he almost single-handedly drove the event forward for eight years to its current status as a regular feature on the annual race calendar. Andy stood down as Race Director in 2012 but continued to be on hand for the new administration in the following years.
When diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in 2011, the 46 times half marathon and 39 times marathon man’s ability slowed but he still continued walking with the pub run group and kept beavering away fundraising with the Horsham Lions and MND Association. With his mobility becoming less easy, Andy found new ways to stay mobile and set his sights on raising funds for the West Sussex branch of the MND Association by teaming up with nephew, Chris to complete more marathons while being pushed in a rickety NHS wheelchair! His exploits were even put into print in Chris’s 2015 book, “The Reason I Run”.
Andy leaves his wife of 44 years Sandra. Daughter, Sarah. Son, Paul and daughter, Joanna as well as six grandchildren and a wider group of family and friends. Andy’s funeral will take place at Worthing Crematorium on Wednesday 17th January 2018 at 11am with Sandra requesting no flowers, just donations direct to The MND Association or at the service or via the funeral director, Freeman Bros – Horsham, if you would like to.
He will be missed enormously by all those who knew him but will definitely be enjoying his “last lap” up there!
Some hj members have provided us with their personal thoughts and tributes below:
Alan Smith – I was saddened to hear that Andy had passed away. I have been a friend of his for a good number of years, having trained with and run against him in numerous events. There was already a friendly competitiveness between us with honours even I think. Andy never complained of his condition to me. He was one of those genuine people, no side to him and never a bad word to say. He was brave courageous and most of all a very nice bloke. I will miss him.
Mike De Frateschi – Andy was truly inspirational. As one of a kind he was totally selfless giving much to others whilst asking for nothing in return. He dealt with his cruel illness with great dignity and courage. We shall miss him. RIP Andy.
Sue Simmons – Andy gave so much to the club, both on the committee and running every week and his bravery in managing his MND meant conversations with him were always enjoyable. He excelled at being a marathon runner but always had time to run with club runners and encourage anyone new to running. He pioneered the Horsham 10k from being a small local race to one of the main SGP races. He will be sadly missed but remembered as an inspiration to everyone at the club.
Edward Smith – I was saddened to hear the sad news of Andy’s passing. We were in the same running group and I will always remember him as a true gentleman who kept the rest of us focused on the training (usually hard training if Andy set the pace!) in hand when we were worried more about which pub serves the best pint. In recent years when I bumped into him he would always remember my name and he definitely showed true grit with the situation he found himself in. He will be truly missed.
Alan Pettitt – Andy was a truly remarkable person who I have been most privileged to run with since I started running with the club. He has been an inspiration to me both in my running and in life. I was in awe since the time he came flying past me half way round the Brighton half. How could that old fella run faster than me? He introduced me to pub runs and the joy of running across muddy fields. He ran dozens of marathons when I thought that one was an achievement. He never complained, just got on with things, right up to his last days, always helping others. He did so much for the club and its members, we can forever be grateful and I will miss him dearly.
Peter Dudman – Andy had always been a great participant and supporter of the Pub Runs and the Winter Sunday Runs for many years. Not only running when he was able, but planning and organising routes. He continued his support, when eventually confined to a chair. Whilst Sandra did the walks he would attend to be sure that the pubs and beer came up to our standards . Andy will be missed by us all .
Olive Hobbs – It`s difficult to pen adequate words and I sure that there will be a vein running through thoughts and comments that will honour dear Andy. I mainly think of all the energy he (and Sandra) gave to raising awareness of MND,fund raising with street collections, quiz nights and so forth. Also being very warm and genuine human being.
Pete O’Connell – Very sad. Andy was a massive help to Val when she started training with the club. I have film of Andy outsprinting Alan Smith in our golden mile which I happily copied for them causing much friendly banter! Rock on, RIP my man .
Ben Ageros – Rest in peace Andy. Good memories of our London Marathon training for CHASE back in 2006
Mariann Bourne – Very sad news. Ours deepest and most heartfelt condolences to Sandra and family. We have many fond memories of Andy helping and encouraging us on our long Sunday runs and the cold evenings on the track doing yassos. Be at peace Andy.
Sue Binks – Rest in peace Andy, always a sweet and generous man.
Michael Saunders – A truely sad day for all who knew him. Always a gentleman, never an unkind word for anyone and always ready to help and give his time not only to help new members of the HJ’s family but to the club also.
Raff Vitale – Sad day for HJ!! Was always so encouraging and full of life, supporting all runners whatever their ability. Andy will always be remembered. Condolences go out to all the family.
Jason Walker – Bless you Andy it was a pleasure to have known you. Andy helped me enter my first ever race as a Horsham Jogger all those years ago as I didn’t have a clue how to do it as daft as it sounds. He was a very generous man and always went out of his way to help you. He will be sadly missed by all! Xx
Paul Oakley – Andy was one of the first club members I chatted to when I was thinking of joining the club over 10 years ago. His friendly manner was a great encouragement. Condolences to the family.
Phil Liberman – RIP Andy and my condolences to the Spriggs family. It was always great to see you at the pub runs, a lovely guy, thank you for everything you did for HJ.
Dan Holder – RIP Andy. Xx
Mikey O’Grady – This is truly sad news. Great bloke. Sympathy to the family.
Paul Aylett – I first met Andy in 2001 when I joined Horsham Joggers and turned up on a Tuesday evening to find everyone leaving without me (as it used to be!). Andy stopped and turned to me and said “Come on, you look like you’re faster than us old blokes!). I ran with him and “Big Andy” (Malpress). Over the coming weeks and months he kind of took me under his wing and built me up towards time trialing and then the Barns Green half before encouraging me to do my one and only marathon in London. Later he encouraged me to help with the Horsham 10k and in 2012 when he stood down, I took over and tried to fill those extremely big shoes of his. The race was already a success under his leadership and he was still on hand to help us take it to the next level. When confined to a wheelchair, Andy came to the track one Thursday evening and I had the pleasure of pushing him for a lap or two. It was hard enough on the flat so I have no idea how he and Chris managed marathons with it! As has already been said, Andy was a truly genuine, kind and generous man whose focus is legendary. A life cut short by a vicious disease which has no cure! RIP Andy.
Neil and Val McLachlan – Andy was such a lovely man. He was so kind and generous, always thinking of others even when he himself had the most cruel disease to contend with. It was a privilege to have him as a friend. I will always remember the run six of us had on the High Weald Way over five days. We bonded together and had such a good time. When Andy could no longer run eight of us would get together over a meal and always had so many laughs. We are pleased you are no longer suffering Andy. Rest in peace.
Emma Walters – I didn’t know Andy but when I first started running and on my 3rd parkrun in October 2015 I remember seeing a man being pushed around in his wheelchair at great speed and I thought that was amazing. I went into work and told many of my patients how parkrun really was accessible for all and it has encouraged those with complex disabilities to take part in parkrun. I later found out that it was Andy Spriggs. If only he knew how that event that day has inspired so many.
Pete Noad – I have so many memories of Andy that it is difficult to pick out one in particular. As someone once said”, I am sending you a long letter because I didn’t have time to write a short one”. When moving I draw up a list of things would like from a new house and area; south facing garden, good size garage, quiet neighbourhood etc. On my list, near the top, was “join a running club” It was the best thing I did, yet if it wasn’t for Andy I might never have joined Horsham Joggers. Andy & I joined the Joggers on the same day in August 1996. In those days we in met in Horsham Park. When we arrived there was no one there, only Andy and I. We introduced ourselves and decided to run up to Broadbridge Heath. We found that everyone had run to the Itchingfield time trial. We both looked at each other, I was all for going home, on the basis that this was a serious running club. Andy however just said, let’s do it. As with with MND, Andy never complained “just got on with it” So off we went, ran the time trial and joined the Joggers, the rest is history….thanks Andy. He contributed so much to the club, even when suffering from MND, never once complained “just got on with it.”
Ray Ageros – Rest in peace my friend, I’ll continue to remember our many years that we have been in Joggers, & now that I’m an all year walker I’ll remember you every time I put my winter gloves on, thanks for leaving them to me .
David Sandham – I was sad to hear the news about Andy Spriggs , he was one of the key people who welcomed me into Horsham Joggers in 2004. He organized a multi day running trip along the Offa’s Dyke path the following year, with other stalwarts Alan Smith, Andy Malpress, Pete Noad and Iain Campbell, which was instrumental in convincing me that I could run a marathon – I shall be forever grateful for that. A truly inspirational man.
BRIGHTON MARATHON PLACES- Sunday 9th April 2017
12th November 2016 hj
England Athletics registered athletes can now apply for a guaranteed entry into the 2017 Brighton Marathon. Entries are limited per club according to the number of first claim registered members. If any affiliated club member is interested in applying for one of these places please email the club mailbox info@horshamjoggers.co.uk. The club has been allocated 6 places (calculated on the affiliated membership) and if there are more than 6 applicants a ballot will be held with the usual club rules applying.
Entry into the Brighton Marathon costs £69.50 and entries must be applied for through the club secretary. Only requests to enter from club secretaries will be accepted.
British elite athlete and Masters opportunities information is available here: http://www.brightonmarathon.co.uk/england-athletics-club-runner-entry
England Athletics Club entries are available until February 20th, 2017.
Race packs will need to be collected by the runner or a friend / member of family from the Brighton Marathon Exhibition held on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th April.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Gunpowder Trot, Sunday 6 November
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We are hosting our West Sussex Fun Run League event, the Gunpowder Trot, on Sunday 6 November at 10am.
We need lots of fantastic HJ members to make sure the event is a success. From baking in advance, to roles on the day of the race, there are lots of tasks to be done, and many hands make light work!
If you want to volunteer to bake and/or to help on the day, please fill in the following link: Gunpowder Trot Volunteer Form Survey
Filling in this form ensures we collect all the information we need from you in one go, and makes it easy to contact you to follow up in due course.
Because this is a new course, we will be organising a club run before the event so that members can familiarise themselves with the course. Details will be advertised on Facebook and at club nights in due course.
Following feedback from volunteers after the Valentine’s Run last year, we will also be organising a preparatory briefing session for marshals the week before the race. We will contact volunteers in due course with details of this session.
The course is around 4.5 miles long, cross-country on public footpaths across Chesworth Farm and the Denne Park estate. Race HQ is at the Normandy Centre in Denne Road, with parking in town centre carparks. The start is accessed by foot from Denne Road, over the railway footbridge opposite the cricket club. The course is harking back to a cross-country course the club used to use some years ago.
We have chosen to move the race to this new location, because of traffic and safety concerns we were experiencing on the old course. The new route is completely off road which will make it much safer for runners and volunteers alike.
Thank you in advance for volunteering to help us with this exciting new event,
Victoria Saunders
Gunpowder Trot Organiser
hj Hoodie Order Form
16th January 2016 hj
As per our recent newsletter, please click the link below to access the order form for our awesome maroon hoodies. Hoodies cost £22 each and payment must be made by Sunday 14 February. Full details in the order form.
Hoodie Order Form
Brighton Marathon Places
9th December 2015 hj
In recognition that entries to the 2016 Brighton Marathon filled very quickly, England Athletics has agreed with the organisers of the Brighton Marathon for places to be made available to Sussex clubs. It will apply only to Sussex Clubs who are members of both the Sussex Athletics Network and England Athletics, and places will be allocated on the club’s England Athletics voting rights. Horsham Joggers have been allocated 3 places in the Brighton Marathon.
The only criteria for these places is an up-to-date membership of Horsham Joggers and Affiliation Membership to England Athletics. If you are interested in getting one of these places can you email Sue Simmons (suesimmons99@hotmail.com) as soon as possible. If more than 3 members apply then there will be a ballot at the Christmas Party on Friday 18th December.
PS Christmas Party tickets can be obtained from James Munden ( munden888@yahoo.co.uk) £10 each or pay money into the HJ account (20-23-97 20523984) with name and reference – let James know if you pay into the account so he can add you to the list.
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Marathon Training Schedule 2016
20th November 2015 raffvit
Here is the 2016 Marathon Training Schedule and race calendar which is due to commence on the 27th December 2015. Perfect time to overcome all those Christmas festivities!
Water, “nibbles” and directions will be available on the day and, where possible links to Good Run Guide will be posted on Facebook a few days before if you want to swot up! Please arrive in time for the pre-run briefing (8.50am) as the runners will leave at 9am sharp!
We are looking for help with organising these runs. Please get in touch with us at info@horshamjoggers.co.uk if you are able to help to organise one of the weekly Sunday runs starting at Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre car park at 9am. If you are lucky enough to be awarded a place via the club ballot, it is conditional that you organise at least one training run. Routes and maps can be provided by hj.
Brighton Half Training Plan
1st November 2015 hj
This is an extended training plan designed for runners doing a spring half marathon, and who are building up to the distance from a starting point of 5-6 miles.
The plan consists of a schedule of long Sunday runs to help you build up your mileage and give you confidence over increasing distances. The long Sunday runs are about covering the distance and time on your feet. You should be at an effort level of 5-6 out of 10, and able to sustain a conversation. The schedule for Sunday runs is in the attached document, showing the distance to run each Sunday and the suggested route. All runs start and finish at Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre. Follow the links to the Good Run Guide to find printable route maps.
In addition, you should ideally run twice more during the week:
• On Tuesdays, join your normal HJ group for a run
• On Thursdays, join one of the HJ “effort” sessions (eg. track, intervals or hill training) – this is the evening to push yourself a little bit outside your comfort zone.
Saturday 25 July: Horsham Joggers Support the Annual Horsham Riverside Walk
17th July 2015 hj
The Annual Horsham Riverside Walk is welcoming runners as well as walkers this year, and there is already a keen group of Joggers planning on running the 13 mile circuit on Saturday 25 July. It would be great to have a strong turnout by Club members to show our support for the regeneration of this valuable local resource.
The official mass start for runners is at 0945am from Horsham Rugby Club (Hammerpond Road, RH13 6PJ), with the mass start for walkers following at 10am. There will be a lot of local media there for the mass start, and it would be great to get a good group of Joggers in club vests in the official photos!
If you can’t make the 0945am start, don’t worry – you can still join in! You are welcome to run the route at any time during the day, joining at any point, for as much or as little of the route as you fancy. There will be stewards around the course until 6pm, particularly to assist with road crossings, and there are a number of refreshment stops including at Chesworth Farm and Warnham Nature Reserve. There will also be a minibus service running throughout the day to ferry participants back to the Rugby Club car park from various points on the course. The route will be run in a clockwise direction ie. Rugby Club – Chesworth Farm – St Mary’s – Hills Farm Road – Guildford Road – Warnham Road – Pondtail Road – North Heath Lane – Holbrook – Owlbeech – Rugby Club.
For those of you running Horsham parkrun, you don’t have to miss out on the fun! It’s only a short jog from Horsham Park to join the Riverside Walk at Pondtail Road, and turn your parkrun into a longer more scenic route!
Map and full information here: Horsham Town Community Partnership – Riverside Walk – Annual Walk 25th July 2015
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A report released on Tuesday by Aon found that annual global cyber losses were expected to reach $6 trillion (R88 trillion) by 2021, with cybersecurity spending set to exceed $1 trillion cumulative in the five years period leading up to 2021. Photo: Pixabay
That new app could make you vulnerable to cybercrime: Read the Ts&Cs says Waspa
By Sizwe Dlamini Sep 11, 2019
CAPE TOWN – With the advent of the 4th industrial Revolution kicking in smart mobile devices will no doubt gain popularity and have nearly every aspect of our lives consolidated into one interface.
Smart devices are getting more affordable, and a lot more functional in that the apps being developed range from banking apps, payment apps and even apps that monitor your heart rate.
However, as with every new tool, these apps have given fraudsters new vectors to slip past fraud prevention solutions, according to a report by emailage, the global fraud prevention agency.
A report released on Tuesday by Aon, the global professional services company, found that annual global cyber losses were expected to reach $6 trillion (R88 trillion) by 2021, with cybersecurity spending set to exceed $1 trillion cumulative in the five years period leading up to 2021.
Personal information is widely available to criminals online. They can extract it from various sources, including social media. So much information is also stored on smartphones that fraudsters have realised this information could be very valuable in exploiting the end user.
The answer is in the terms and conditions, advises South Africa’s Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association (Waspa).
Waspa said in a statement on Tuesday that millions of mobile users were potentially putting themselves at risk by not reading the associated terms and conditions when downloading an app.
Waspa has previously cautioned cellular users to be “app-aware” so that they do not automatically grant app permissions without properly thinking about what they are doing. They should question why an app would need access to information unrelated to its function.
Waspa general manager Ilonka Badenhorst said legitimate app stores now expressly indicated the presence of ads within downloaded apps. “App permissions like contacts being accessed are now also routinely and visibly indicated.
“Unfortunately, accessing specific terms and conditions usually requires mobile users to navigate to external websites where lengthy legal agreements are hosted.
“Anecdotal evidence suggests most consumers do briefly scan the bullet-pointed app permissions but very few of us analyse the often overwhelming terms and conditions before downloading an app,” said Badenhorst.
WASPA advises consumers to be wary of apps that:
Have onerous terms and conditions that seem to wind on forever.
Use terms not commonly seen in legitimate end-user licence agreements such as “perpetual” and “irrevocable”.
Mention vague third parties that do not appear to be easily-identifiable.
Related to the above, app terms and conditions that seek to transfer your rights or intellectual property onto others are to be approached with caution.
Badenhorst said mobile users should remember they had the power to choose which permissions to give and which legalities to agree to and they should exercise this authority with due regard for their privacy, personal security and financial wellbeing.
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Home | News Releases | Redefault Rates on Loan Modifications Improving, Says State Foreclosure Prevention Working Group
Redefault Rates on Loan Modifications Improving, Says State Foreclosure Prevention Working Group
Without Greater Emphasis on Principal Reduction and Stronger Foreclosure Prevention Programs, Foreclosures Will Continue to Significantly Outpace Efforts
(DES MOINES, Iowa) While the number of foreclosures continues to seriously outpace the number of loan modifications being made, there are reasons to be optimistic about the performance of those loan modifications. According to a report issued today by the State Foreclosure Prevention Working Group (SFPWG), recent loan modifications are performing better than modifications made earlier in the mortgage crisis.
Differing from some analysts who have predicted redefault rates as high as 65% or 75%, the State Working Group states that the improvement in loan modification performance over the past year actually suggests that we will see lower redefault rates in the future. According to the data the group has collected from nine mortgage servicers, loans modified in 2009 are 40% to 50% less likely to be seriously delinquent six months after modification than loans modified during the same time period in 2008.
“There are some reasons to be encouraged, though we still have more work to do to help save peoples’ homes,” said Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, a leader of the SFPWG. “This data shows servicers that their loan modifications can help them and homeowners reduce unnecessary foreclosures.”
The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) and the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) recently reported a similar reduction in redefault rates in their Mortgage Metrics Report for the Fourth Quarter of 2009. The agencies reported that 48.1% of the loans modified in the third quarter of 2008 were 60 or more days delinquent six months after modification, but only 27.7% of the loans modified in the third quarter of 2009 became delinquent – a redefault rate drop of more than 40%.
The redefault rate is even lower for loan modifications that had significant principal reduction of more than 10% of the principal balance. A comparison of modifications with principal reductions made in August and September 2008 to modifications with principal reductions made in August and September 2009 showed that redefaults fell from 35.4% to just 12.9%. The State Working Group believes it is important for servicers to increase their strategic use of principal reduction to maximize the long-term success of loan modifications.
“Modifying a loan by reducing the principal clearly gives servicers a better chance of seeing through a successful loan and gives many homeowners the chance to stay in their homes,” Miller said. “That doesn’t mean we can save every home, but when we can it’s a win for the lender, the homeowner and the neighborhood.”
However, the State Working Group noted that despite the progress made on the sustainability of the loan modifications being made, far too many seriously delinquent loans were still not in any form of loss mitigation. Without improvements to foreclosure prevention efforts, the group anticipates that hundreds of thousands of these seriously delinquent homeowners could end in foreclosure.
“Here in Iowa, our Mortgage Help Hotline has helped more than 9,000 Iowans since 2007 with their mortgage problems at no cost to them,” Miller said. “Programs and hotlines like this are crucial for Iowans, our neighborhoods and our economy,” Miller said.
Other Working Group findings include:
Foreclosures continue to outpace modifications – 6 out of 10 seriously delinquent borrowers are still not in any loss mitigation activity;
The majority of loan modifications (89.3%) tracked by the Working Group for the first quarter of 2010 showed some reduction in payments, and 77.6% lowered the monthly payment by more than 10%;
Only 21.2% of loan modifications actually reduce the loan’s principal amount;
Permanent loan modifications dipped in 2009 as servicers transitioned to the Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP, which compensates lenders to modify mortgages to a more affordable monthly payment.
The State Foreclosure Prevention Working Group, which consists of 12 state attorneys general (AZ, CA, CO, FL, IL, IA, MA, NV, NC, OH, TX, WA), bank regulators for NY, NC, and MD, and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, was founded in 2007 and has issued four prior reports.
Iowans at risk of foreclosure are urged to call the Iowa Mortgage Help Hotline, toll-free, at 877-622-4866. For more information, go to www.IowaMortgageHelp.com.
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Quelling Fear
By Melanie-Dawn (Ollenberg) Bessa
The outbreak of COVID-19 can be stressful and overwhelming for both adults and children. According to the Centre for Disease Control, stress during an infectious disease outbreak can include:
Worsening of mental health conditions
Increased use alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs
(https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/managing-stress-anxiety.html)
Did you know that elevated levels of cortisol also interfere with our capacity for empathy, learning, and memory retention? Daniel Siegal, psychiatrist and leading world authority in the fascinating field of interpersonal neurobiology, explains:
The release of stress hormones leads to excessive death of neurons in the crucial pathways involving the neo-cortex and limbic system - the areas responsible for emotional regulation (Siegel, 1996: 106).
Left unchecked, millions of brain cells in the hippocampus and orbitofrontal cortex are destroyed - the areas of the brain responsible for human empathy and impulse control. (Wright, Camden-Pratt, and Hill, 2011). So many of the short-sighted, competitive, violent tendencies prevalent in our society are actually symptoms of a system that teaches fear, shame, and aggression rather than amity and collaboration. Be it the authoritarian, competitive ranking system of our school system, the deluge of "bad" news in the media, or the economic disparities maintained in our societies, it is easy to live in a constant state of self-focused anxiety and shame.
Tips and Solutions to Quelling Fear
Thankfully, we are innately a people of emotion and relationship. Social researchers Miburn & Conrad confirmed that individuals raised under punitive parenting styles tend to prefer harsher law and order policies domestically, and support war as a foreign policy, and oppose pro-environment policies (1996). If we are to take back our own minds and hearts, and create a better future, what can we do?
Sound Healer Valerie Moysey explained to me that the key is coming into coherence: "By introducing / reintroducing a resonant field, we come into coherence". By coherence, in this case, Valerie was referring to the Heart Math Institute's work, which describes coherence as a measure of the pattern in the heart's rhythm, which reflects an orderly and harmonious synchronization among various systems in the body such as the heart, respiratory system, and blood-pressure rhythms (Heart Math Institute, https://www.heartmath.org/support/faqs/research/)
"While a number of techniques can be used (grounding, sound, breathwork, nature, prayer, etc) to come into coherence, the result is an activated parasympathetic nervous system and slowed fight-flight response." explains Valerie.
1. Grounding
When we are afraid, anxious, or overwhelmed, we are ungrounded - we lose our sense of center, get swept off our feet, and lose our ability to make decisions clearly.
Grounding is a process of dynamic contact with the earth, with its edges, boundaries, and limitations. It allows us to become solidly real - present in the here and now - and dynamically alive with the vitality that comes from Earth. (Judith, A. in "Wheels of Life", p. 66)
When we are grounded, we can a sense of inter-connection with life, which brings clarity through stillness, and ultimately enhances our ability to make decisions easily, expand our consciousness, and manifest our goals. In this sense, grounding is quite literally "foundational" to all of the practices suggested in this article. But how do we get there? Valerie Moysey shared a number of easy strategies with me which one can do:
Eat something nourishing
Rest
Go for a walk, feeling your feet
Pet your animals
Take time away from screens
Garden or put your feet on the earth
Exercise (eg., do 20 jumping jacks)
Stand with a tree
Valerie also speaks to the matter of "Entrainment" that happens when you spend time and proximity with a person who is grounded. Entrainment describes the way the body gradually syncs up with either a biological or external rhythm. In this case, when one who is in fear is with somebody who is not in fear, and that person is grounded, the fearful person will eventually become more calm. In this way, it is important to choose your company wisely, and ensure you give yourself the chance to resonate with others who are grounded and not in fear. This could be a friend, a family member, or even a paid practitioner. If you'd like to explore or discuss this further, please don't hesitate to connect with Valerie.
2. Take Heart
Human affection produces a biochemical mixture that creates growth in the brain's empathy centers (Gerhardt, 2004), literally building a more empathic brain. According to Heart Math Institute, approaching fear with ease and self-compassion rather than with mind struggle, is key. Heart-based practices for reducing fear:
In prayer or meditation, I would visualize love from my heart streaming into my mind and into all my cells to change my old fear imprints. While breathing, I would hold a conscious intention in my heart to change my old programs of fear and anxiety into feelings of intelligent concern (managed-concern)—which is a much more objective and less stressful attitude than the feeling of fear. (Heart Intelligence: Connecting with the Intuitive Guidance of the Heart, p.223-227).
Take a look at this brief video on the
HeartMath Quick Coherence Technique
For more resources, the Heart Math Institute has some really great tips for managing fear from a heart-based space here: https://www.heartmath.org/calendar-of-events/coronavirus-technique-for-reducing-and-overcoming-fear/
Coincidentally, in the middle of writing this blog, I came across an Instagram post by sculptural fibre artist Marina Dempster, whose craft is a transmutation of materials, thoughts and emotions. Marina's work explores human paradoxes: comfort and discomfort, stillness and action, acceptance and change. Her "Dear Friends // Near Enemies" series of tufted cushions explore the paradox in language and get us thinking more deeply about our unconscious beliefs, urging us to go within for our answers. The cushion that caught my eye was F/EAR, pictured below. I reached out to ask if she could describe for me her take on this piece, and how we move through fear, and her response really resonated with the need for self-compassion, kindness. This is what she said:
F/EAR by Marina Dempster http://www.marinadempster.com
When we have the courage to listen deeply to our fears we may just expose a blind spot or a tricky self-betrayal...we may discover ‘False Evidence Appearing Real’ or we may choose to ‘Face Everything And Rise’. We have an opportunity to ask ourselves if there may an unconscious belief which is the source of our perceived threat that may no longer serve us. A shift in perception may help us to find self-compassion rather than a judgment toward our feelings. By meeting our shadow selves in kindness, we may just find the comfort we seek. If the threat is real, all the more reason to honour your feelings and reach out for empowerment, empathetic support and protection. (Dempster, M.)
3. Breath
At a time when so many are struggling to breathe, it's easy to get caught up in the fear and forget to breathe ourselves. I mean REALLY BREATHE. We are always breathing, but doing so consciously gives us constant access to the sacred, and a tool to shift our attention to what is sustaining us.
Michele Meehan
Registered Psychotherapist and Shamanic Practitioner
If you would like to explore more ways to work with you breath to help quell your fears, increase your energy level, or clear emotional energy, please contact me.
Email Michele
Breath offers a powerful, natural way to transform our emotional state. Michele Meehan is a Registered Psychotherapist and Shamanic Practitioner who offers support for integrative healing to bring body, mind, heart and spirit into harmony using shamanic practices, integrative breath work, relaxation and visualization and rituals. In a conversation with her about how breathwork can help us move through fear, she emphasizes that the breath is the connector between body, mind, heart and spirit. This natural function provides us a gateway for transformation. She explains:
Working with our breath gives us a natural way to help mitigate the effects of fear or anxiety. When we feel fearful or anxious, our breathing tends to become shallow – this is a natural response, but it perpetuates the state of anxiety. Deepening the breath helps to shift our mental/emotional state. (Michele Meehan)
Michele explains that the first step is to bring awareness to the breath, noticing the sensation and movement. Then gently slowing and deepening it, we can activate a relaxation response. With practice, a slower, fuller breath will start to become a habit.
4. Vitamin N
Weather you are going for a walk or doing a grounding meditation with a tree, connecting with Vitamin N (N is for nature) has amazing effects on our health generally. Among the health benefits that are being researched, include the impact of nature on fear, anxiety, anger and depression. Researchers in Sweden have found that joggers who exercise in a natural green setting feel more restored and less anxious, angry, or depressed than people who burn the same amount of calories jogging in a built urban setting. Shinrin-yoku, the process of taking in the forest through our senses, was developed in Japan during the 1980s, and is now practiced across the world to reduce blood pressure and stress, while improving immune function, mood, sleep, energy, the ability to focus, and recover more quickly from surgery or illness. No matter your technique, getting outside and really experiencing the natural world can do wonders for releasing and moving through fear and anxiety. Take a look at the video offered here for an introduction to Shinrin-yoku, and consider it an invitation to give it a try!
Enjoy this introduction to Shinrin Yoku
While living in a culture that teaches accumulation, it is important to also spend time clearing the physical, mental and emotional debris that we collect. Creating space for the sacred, we bring awareness to the foundation of our being and learn to sift through and release what no longer serves.
7-Week E-Course for Healers and Changemakers with Deborah Brodey April 29-June 10
Outer and inner cleaning belong to the foundation of spiritual practice, and as the monk's broom touches the ground, it has a particular relationship with the Earth. We need to create a sacred space in order to live in relationship to the sacred within ourselves and within creation.
(Vaughan-Lee, L., and Hart, H., 2017)
Whether it's a daily ritual bath, tending to the feng shui of your home, doing a body detox, saging your home, clearing the thoughts that no longer serve you, dusting a shelf, or doing your laundry - it is important to extend your love to clear the clutter (physical, mental, emotional or energetic) as a regular daily practice. In one of her workshops, Deborah Brodey (Transformation Guide, Vini-Yoga Instructor and Sound Healer) emphasized the importance of "saucha", one of the first nyamas in Patanjali's Eight Limbs of Yoga, which translates to cleanliness, and there are a number of techniques to help do this. If you'd like to explore this and other Nyamas further, I highly recommend her Radical Self-Nourishment Program, designed for change makers.
6. Sounding Through Fear
When the vagus nerve in our bodies is overstimulated (eg., due to stress or fear) or inactive; the right frequencies can bring it back to normal working order.
“In your ear, there’s the vestibulocochlear nerve, which connects to the vagus nerve, the major parasympathetic nerve in the body. Your parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for relaxation and digestion such as reducing stress, lowering blood pressure, and relaxing muscles. (Dr. Martinez-Perez).
"Sounding for a minimum of 5-9 minutes is one way to do this", explains Sound Healer Valerie Moysey. She has offered this simple process / technique to help us all sound through fear:
Set your intention (to receive support through your fear, to move through fear, to release fear, etc)
Start with a monotone vowel sound (aaa; eeee; ooo; etc), beginning with the outward listening of the sound
When you're comfortable, begin to listen to the sound from within - it will actually become a multi-layered sound. Listen to it being made from inside, and it will carry you through all sorts of intense emotion.
Note: If you are experiencing intense fear or are having a difficult time getting grounded, it's important to have support. It could be a friend or a professional, depending on your situation - somebody you can feel safe with, and who is also grounded and not in fear, themselves. For guided support, contact Valerie: vmoysey@gmail.com.
Valerie Moysey
Sound healer and palliative support
If you would like to receive some guided support in sounding through your fear, Valerie is available for remote sessions.
Email Valerie
7. Prayer / Intention
The coronavirus pandemic is indiscriminate, affecting lives across races and religions. This global angst has simultaneously inspired interfaith unity and solidarity. There are examples around the world of leaders coming together across faith groups as well. On April 22nd, in fact, Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Druze religious leaders in Israel were set to hold an interfaith virtual prayer Wednesday afternoon amid the coronavirus pandemic (The Times of Israel). In a Statement from the Parliament of World Religions, it invokes in us the need to "find new ways to bring comfort to one another, to cooperate with one another, and to overcome the ravages of disease and death." Meanwhile, the The Canadian Interfaith Conversation was pleased to participate in the development of the statement, "Hope, Gratitude and Solidarity: A Message to Canadians from Religious Leaders in Canada in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic," released March 30, 2020. They also offered an interfaith message for spiritual and religious leaders to be beacons of support during these difficult times. "Together with over 80 leaders of religious communities, we pledged to "witness hope to each other and so become beacons of light during these uncertain times."
While we witness this outpouring of support and solidarity from spiritual and religious leaders around the world, many of us are also turning to prayer more and more in our own daily practices, to ask for support in with our fear. When we bow our heads, bring our hands to our hearts, or kneel on the ground in prayer, we open up to the invisible world and the intangible presence of our heart, mind, and soul. When we listen with all of our senses from this place, we connect, participate with, and witness the Divine and attune to the sacred.
Valerie also strongly recommended prayer: "Set a strong focus / intention for help, ask what is it that you need to move through this time, and listen to what comes through". It reminded me of this quote by Rumi, which seems to thread all of these tips and strategies together.
Make everything in you an ear, each atom of your being, and you will hear at every moment what the Source is whispering to you, just to you and for you, without any need for my words or anyone else's. You are - we all are - the beloved of the Beloved, and in every moment, in every event of your life, the Beloved is whispering to you exactly what you need to hear and know. Who can ever explain this miracle? It simply is. Listen and you will discover it in every passing moment. (Rumi)
This quote really touches me, and the words can carry all of us through each of the practices recommended throughout this article.
May you be blessed by these medicines as you listen to, navigate, and learn from your fear, into a place of beloved expansion, compassion, and hope. And through all of this, please know that you do not need to navigate this alone. You are supported and loved.
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OktoberFAST Opens with Superb Sportsman Show as Hartman Wins at Albany-Saratoga
Written by Brian Walker for DIRTcar on Wednesday, 07 October 2020 09:43
MALTA, NEW YORK (October 7, 2020)- Garrison Krentz had a monumental upset brewing; until Tim Hartman Jr. showed up to dance.
Leading the opening 24 laps of Tuesday's DIRTcar Sportsman Modified feature presented by Racing Electronics, Krentz of Lockport, N.Y. had successfully survived a handful of challenges until the final restart of the race decided it all at Albany-Saratoga Speedway.
Charging from 12th, Hartman Jr. of Niskayuna, N.Y. rekindled some of the patented 'Malta Magic' created by he and his father, Tim Hartman Sr., to ace the final restart and drive around the outside of Krentz for the race lead. The decorated 27-year old took care of business for six more circuits before taking his No. 22 to the checkered flag to claim night one of OktoberFAST presented by Bart Contracting.
For Hartman Jr., who sits second on the all-time Albany-Saratoga wins list behind his father and just wrapped up his second career track championship at the Malta, N.Y. 4/10th-mile, Tuesday's win was an extra special one coming against such a stout 55-car field.
"Even with this being our home track and everything, it's so different racing against all of these guys," Hartman noted in victory lane. "We didn't time trial well at all, but we kept making adjustments and never gave up. It just shows how great this race team is. We had some lanes open up at the right time and once I got to the front it was just about minimizing my mistakes to make sure I didn't give it away."
Before Hartman added to his family legacy at "The Great Race Place," all eyes were glued to Krentz at the start of the 30-lapper. Redrawing the pole position after his heat win, Krentz piloted his No. 56 to the point and padded himself a healthy lead by the halfway mark, even after surviving a pair of restarts. However, with ten laps left, the heat was turned up and a three-way battle for command surfaced.
While Krentz meticulously bided his time around the low line, unbeknownst to him, a pair of high-side heroes were running him down and hungry for the top spot. Winding it up and founding their momentum in the latter stages, Travis Bruno of Morrisonville, N.Y. brought Hartman with him to the front as the duo prepared to surprise Krentz in the closing laps.
Krentz, who finished fourth in this year's DIRTcar Sportsman Modified points at Land of Legends Raceway (where OktoberFAST races on Saturday), held off their initial attempts at the lead until the final caution set up a lap 24 restart with Hartman to his outside. From there, they say the rest is history. Hartman nailed the restart and drove away into the Malta night while Krentz slipped backwards and a dream night fell through his grasp.
With Hartman driving off to the $1,000 victory in the OktoberFAST opener, he set the stage for a potential three-peat when he returns to the DIRTcar Sportsman Modified Series on Thursday night at Fulton Speedway and Sunday night for the OktoberFAST finale at Weedsport Speedway.
Another familiar face at Albany-Saratoga rose to the occasion behind Hartman as Andrew Buff of Latham, N.Y. presented a late-race rally to finish in the second spot aboard his No. 92. Recovering from a rough final restart on lap 24, Bruno rebounded after he slipped to fifth and drove his No. 33R back to a podium placing in the third spot.
Krentz fell back to finish fourth at the conclusion of the 30-lapper, while Mike Fowler of Fulton, N.Y. rounded out the top five. Closing out the top ten in Tuesday's DIRTcar Sportsman Modified feature was Bobby Flood, AJ Miller, Brandon Carvey, Walter Hammond, and hard charger Brian Calabrese in tenth-from-29th.
DIRTcar OktoberFAST continues tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 7, with the second of six nights featuring the Super DIRTcar Series, DIRTcar 358 Modifieds, and DIRTcar Pro Stock divisions competing at Utica Rome Speedway in Vernon, N.Y.
The DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds presented by Racing Electronics will sit on the sidelines on Wednesday before resuming their five-race slate this week on Thursday night at Fulton Speedway.
The unprecedented tour, which is being contested as participant-only events with no fans in the stands due to COVID-19 restrictions, will travel to six New York tracks across six nights this week. Fans around the world can watch Every Lap LIVE from the comfort of home with access via DIRTVision's FAST PASS.
Feature Results (30 Laps): 1. 22-Tim Hartman [12][$1,000]; 2. 92-Andrew Buff [5][$600]; 3. 33R-Travis Bruno [3][$450]; 4. 56-Garrison Krentz [1][$325]; 5. 410-Mike Fowler [6][$275]; 6. 91-Bobby Flood [16][$225]; 7. 14AJ-AJ Miller [4][$200]; 8. 19C-Brandon Carvey [11][$180]; 9. 98H-Walter Hammond [2][$160]; 10. 21C-Brian Calabrese [29][$140]; 11. 5J-Pat Jones [9][$120]; 12. 29-Nick Heywood [25][$110]; 13. O8-Jack Speshock [15][$100]; 14. 12-Addison Bowman [26][$100]; 15. 25B-Derrick Borkenhagen [18][$100]; 16. 42-Daryl Nutting [22][$100]; 17. 19L-Joe Williams [30][$100]; 18. 42D-Dan Grignon [14][$100]; 19. 35T-Cameron Tuttle [23][$100]; 20. O2-David Boisclair [8][$100]; 21. 126-Zachary George [24][$100]; 22. 60-Hunter Lapp [21][$100]; 23. 75-AJ Custodi [17][$100]; 24. 38K-Kevin Stevens [20][$100]; 25. 997-Robert Bublak [19][$100]; 26. 82S-Will Shields [13][$100]; 27. 42T-Tucker Oconnor [27][$100]; 28. 20K-Kyle Inman [28][$100]; 29. 38S-Zach Sobotka [7][$100]; 30. 7Z-Zachary Payne [10][$100]. Lap Leader(s): Krentz 1-24; Hartman 25-30. Hard Charger Award: 21C-Brian Calabrese[+19]
DIRTcar Racing is brought to fans by many important sponsors and partners, including: Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), SIS Insurance (Official Insurance Provider), VP Racing Fuels (Official Racing Fuel), Chevy Performance Parts, iRacing (Official Online Racing Game) and NAPA Auto Parts (SDS). Contingency sponsors include: ARP Automotive Racing Products (SDS), ASI Race Wear (SDS), Bicknell Racing Products, Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux, Cometic Gasket (SDS), COMP Cams (SDS), DART (SDS), Fox Shox (SDS), and Wrisco (Exclusive Racing Aluminum) (SDS); along with manufacturer sponsors, including: Beyea Headers, FireAde, Intercomp,Racing Electronics and TNT Rescue.
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Leading Healthcare Organizations Make Imprivata OneSign the Employee Access Management Platform of Choice
Easy Integration with Top HIS Solutions Helps Organizations to Quickly and Securely Improve Information Access and Patient Care
LEXINGTON, MA August 31, 2009 Imprivata®, Inc., the employee access management company and largest provider of healthcare single sign-on (SSO), today announced that it continues to see strong demand for its OneSign Platform solution from the healthcare industry’s leading organizations. Specifically, these organizations are leveraging OneSign to help solve critical access management, strong authentication and SSO issues resulting from the ongoing industry transition from paper-based to electronic medical records (EMR).
Enabling heightened levels of user satisfaction while safeguarding patient data is a critical balance that must be addressed for healthcare organizations to deliver top-notch patient care. Through its global technology partnerships with several of the leading Health Information System (HIS) providers, Imprivata is able to address a broad range of healthcare access management challenges and deliver the most effective security and identity management solutions possible.
“In a large McKesson shop such as ours, with thousands of users in constant motion, managing access to data in nearly 200 applications can be very problematic—in terms of security risk, help desk costs and time wasted logging in and out of various systems,” said Christopher Paidhrin, HIPAA and IT Security Officer for Southwest Washington Medical Center (SWMC). “Imprivata OneSign has allowed us to centralize our identity and access management process and introduce several forms of strong authentication for secure and convenient access. Today we are reaping the benefits in terms of increased productivity, reduced costs and overall improved security.”
As healthcare staff provide care, they utilize different workstations or log-in points. With the advent of EMRs, it can be disruptive for staff to constantly re-enter credentials—or frustrating to have to ask IT for help with forgotten passwords.
“Our employees access more than fifteen applications in the course of their workday—which adds up to a great deal of passwords to remember,” added Mandy Whaley, network administrator for Box Butte General Hospital. “We needed a solution that would not only streamline information access—but would work seamlessly with our Healthland HIS and Sun Ray virtual display clients. With Imprivata OneSign, we quickly SSO-enabled all critical applications, empowering employees with easy access to data, no matter where they were located.”
By taking advantage of the security and convenience of OneSign, users can quickly and securely switch between shared desktops; unattended workstations are automatically locked when the user leaves; compliance with healthcare regulations is easily managed and demonstrated—whether tasked with HIPAA compliance, SOX, or the UK Data Protection Act—and all password headaches are eliminated, improving satisfaction and time spent on patient care.
“At Parkview Adventist, we pride ourselves on using the newest technological advances to protect patient data and improve the work environment for our staff. When we made the decision to roll all our data into the Meditech System, we needed to ensure that our doctors and nurses would be able to securely access the information they needed, without disrupting their workflows” added Bill McQuaid, CIO at Parkview Adventist Medical Center. “Imprivata’s OneSign worked seamlessly with UPEK’s biometric readers, enabling us to roll out a biometric authentication system that our clinicians immediately embraced. OneSign was a key element of Parkview achieving HIMSS Analytics Stage 6 status.”
Imprivata’s OneSign Platform enables secure employee access, improves user productivity and lowers overall costs, helping to protect critical information assets at a growing number of healthcare organizations. OneSign seamlessly integrates strong authentication, enterprise single sign-on, physical access control, user provisioning and event reporting to provide one automated employee information access policy that’s managed and enforced within a single, easy-to-use administrative framework.
“Doctors and nurses should be practicing medicine, not computer skills. Anything that we can do to make our care environment more efficient leads to better outcomes, better quality of patient care,” commented Dr. Michael Westcott, CMIO at Alegent Health. “The move to Siemens Soarian for EMR has had a significant positive impact at Alegent, and implementing OneSign has allowed our clinicians to securely access their electronic patient records on-line, from anywhere in the hospital or remotely.”
“We run a broad range of applications at Licking Memorial, including Meditech at our hospital and GE Centricity for more than 70 physicians at 22 of our primary care and specialty physician practices,” said Sallie Arnett, VP Information Systems at Licking Memorial Health Systems. “OneSign was able to quickly profile our critical applications for SSO, and its strong authentication capabilities have allowed us to offer our users convenient access to patient data, while maintaining our high levels of security.”
Imprivata’s partner network has a presence in more than 40 countries and helps resellers, IT integrators, technology solution providers and consultants capitalize on the fast-growing identity and access management market by offering innovative products that help healthcare organizations seamlessly secure their desktops, networks and applications. 'Anything that we can do to make our doctors and nurses more productive in a secure environment contributes to our ROI,” said Michel Bouquet, IT Manager at Netherlands-based Spaarne Ziekenhius. “Features like roaming user sessions and fast user switching were the reasons that we selected OneSign, and the clear time gain in production helped me to justify the spending with our board. In a large Epic environment like Spaarne, the benefits of simple and secure access to patient data can be substantial.'
Imprivata’s OneSign simplifies end-user authentication to applications and makes it easier for physicians and clinicians to access patient data. OneSign easily integrates with several healthcare applications and includes support for shared workstations, roaming desktops, fast user switching, a broad range of integrated strong authentication options (proximity cards, fingerprint biometrics, ID tokens) and password policy implementation and management.
“We are a large and complex Cerner-run organization, with users constantly on the move,” said Dr. Stephen Patterson, Chief Medical Information Officer at the Lee Moffitt Cancer Center. “In addition to enabling clinicians to easily access needed information, OneSign also supports fast user switching so users can extract the most value from our resources. Our ability to empower our clinicians in these ways is what helps set us apart and attract top talent.'
“Imprivata’s OneSign Platform was designed to integrate seamlessly with the customer’s existing technologies and to be easily deployed and maintained,” added Omar Hussain, president and CEO of Imprivata. “It is because of this that so many healthcare organizations depend on Imprivata and its partners to provide the tools for a secure and efficient facility where staff can focus on patient care, not on passwords.”
About Imprivata
Imprivata secures employee access to desktops, networks, applications and transactions. Its appliance-based, employee access management platform, OneSign, enables organizations to protect enterprise information assets while improving user productivity. By strengthening user authentication, streamlining application access and simplifying compliance reporting across multiple computing environments, customers realize substantial IT Help Desk and administration cost savings, while achieving the security standards they demand.
Imprivata is a recognized leader in Authentication and Access Management, receiving numerous product awards and top review ratings from leading industry publications and analysts. Headquartered in Lexington, Mass., Imprivata partners with over 200 resellers, and serves the access security needs of more than 800 customers around the world. For more information, please visit www.imprivata.com.
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Remember Wyatt Outlaw A Black Man Victimized By White Supremacy
In Henderson, North Carolina on February 26, 1870, 150 years ago today, the state Of North Carolina reared it’s ugly racist face again. Today, the state of North Carolina may house 2 of the elite college basketball programs in the nation, universities whose rosters are filled to the absolute brim with African American 4 and 5 stars players who were chosen to represent not only the universities by also the state. Well, 150 years ago Wyatt Outlaw maybe a direct descendant of one of those basketball stars was hung by his neck until he was dead. His only crime was Wyatt Outlaw happened to be a black man seeking a better life for him and his family. You see, Wyatt Outlaw believed that the United States Constitution was meant to guarantee him certain unalienable rights of citizenship. However, that white mob that confronted Wyatt Outlaw in Henderson that day felt quite differently. That white mob felt that same United States Constitution gave them the right to viciously snuff out the life of Wyatt Outlaw simply because of the color of his skin. So, today I ask this question during Black History Month. Do you know the name Wyatt Outlaw? If not you should. Remember the name because if you don’t who of another color will? Just 18 years before the city of Wilmington, North Carolina’s white plotted, killed, and forced out of the city of black man of influence in 1898. When the Blue Devils and Tar Heels play basketball in arenas filled with white during the month of February think about the atrocities of 1870 and 1898? What do you think? I think it’s too hidden in carpet of historical ignorance. Today I remember Wyatt Outlaw, a warrior and a man who should’ve been allowed to flourish.
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Panetta: Iran could produce a nuke within a year
US defense secretary says if Iran chooses to, it could produce material for bomb in one year, delivery system a year or two after.
By JPOST.COM STAFF
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta 311 (R)
(photo credit: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
Iran needs one year to produce a nuclear bomb, US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said during an interview with CBS News Sunday night.
"The consensus is that, if they decided to do it, it would probably take them about a year to be able to produce a bomb and then possibly another one to two years in order to put it on a deliverable vehicle of some sort in order to deliver that weapon," Panetta said.
Reiterating the US position on Iranian weapons, expressed in a previous CBS interview a month earlier, Panetta asserted that the United States does not want Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, and will take "whatever necessary steps to stop it."
"That is a red line for us," he said. "And it is a red line obviously for the Israelis so we share a common goal here. If we have to do it, we will do it."
"If they proceed and we get intelligence that they are proceeding with developing a nuclear weapon then we will take whatever steps are necessary to stop it," he continued.
When questioned as to whether this included military steps, Panetta repeated a refrain used constantly by both US and Israeli leaders: "There are no options off the table."
Click here for full Jpost coverage of the Iranian threat
UN nuclear inspectors arrived in Iran on Sunday, hoping to shed light on suspected military aspects of Tehran's atomic work, on the day its lawmakers look set to ban oil exports to Europe in revenge for new EU sanctions.
Herb Keinon and Reuters contributed to this report.
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Sunanda Sharda, Neha Sharma, Pankaj Sharma, Vineet Sharma (2013). New Quaternary Sb-Se-Ge-In Chalcogenide Glasses: Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties. Journal of Electronic Materials, 42 (12), 3367-3372
Suresh Kumar, Pankaj Sharma, Vineet Sharma (2013). CdS Nanopowder and Nanofilm: Simultaneous Synthesis and Structural Analysis. Electronic Materials Letters, 9 (3), 371-374. Google Citation
Sunanda Sharda, Neha Sharma, Pankaj Sharma, Vineet Sharma (2013). Finger prints of chemical bonds in Sb-Se-Ge and Sb-Se-Ge-In glasses: A far-IR study. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 362 (1), 136-139
Neha Sharma, Sunanda Sharda, Vineet Sharma, Pankaj Sharma (2013). Far-Infrared Investigation of Ternary Ge-Se-Sb and Quaternary Ge-Se-Sb-Te Chalcogenide Glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 375 (1 September 2013), 114-118
Neha Sharma, Sunanda Sharda, Vineet Sharma, Pankaj Sharma (2013). Effect of Antimony Addition on Thermal Stability and Crystallization Kinetics of Germanium - Selenium Alloys. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 371-372 (), 1-5
Kumar S., Pankaj Sharma, Vineet Sharma (2013). Red shift in absorption edge of Cd1-xNix S dilute magnetic semiconductor nanofilms. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 15 (5), -. Google Citation
Kumar S., Pankaj Sharma, Vineet Sharma (2013). Phase transition in II-VI nanofilms of dilute magnetic semiconductors: Cd1-xNixS. Science of Advanced Materials, 5 (6), 713-717. Google Citation
Sharda S., Sharma N., Sharma P., Vineet Sharma (2013). New quaternary Sb-Se-Ge-In chalcogenide glasses: Linear and nonlinear optical properties. Journal of Electronic Materials, 42 (12), 3367-3372
Sharma N., Sharda S., Dheeraj Sharma, Vineet Sharma, Partha Bir Barman, Katyal S.C., Pankaj Sharma, Surajit Kumar Hazra (2013). Effect of substitutional doping on temperature dependent electrical parameters of amorphous Se-Te semiconductors. Electronic Materials Letters, 9 (5), 629-633. Google Citation
Kumar S., Pankaj Sharma, Vineet Sharma (2013). CdS nanofilms: Effect of deposition temperature on morphology and optical band gap. Physica Scripta, 88 (4), -. Google Citation
Sunanda Sharda, Neha Sharma, Pankaj Sharma, Vineet Sharma (2013). SbSeGe Semiconducting Alloys: Non-Linear Refractive Index And Susceptibility. Proceedings of the Recent Trends in Applied Physics & Materials Science [Bikaner, India : February 1 -2 ,2014], pp.313-314.. Google Citation
Neha Sharma, Sunanda Sharda, Vineet Sharma, Pankaj Sharma (2013). Stability Analysis of IV-V-VI Chalcogenide Glasses using Glass Transition and Crystallization Temperature. Proceedings of the Recent Trends in Applied Physics & Materials Science [GCET Bikaner : February 1 -2 ,2013], pp.615-616.. Google Citation
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Connect with Michael Riley
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I am a retired university academic who lives in West London. I have written two crime thrillers each one based in London and set in that neglected era the late seventies to mid-eighties. My writing brings out both the dark side of this great city (Reading the Streets) and the political turmoil of that period (Stuffed-Shirt). Before becoming an academic I spent many years in the luxury hotel industry with an international American company and my second book, ‘Stuffed-Shirt’, is rooted in that experience.
I am an amateur jazz pianist but lucky for you, you will never hear me play, so I can confidently promise any reader that my writing is far better than my playing.
“Fervent and alluring; another champion in the Botley series.”
Stuffed-Shirt
BY Michael Riley • POSTED ON Sept. 5, 2015
London coppers investigate multiple murders, all seemingly linked to a posh hotel in Mayfair, in this thriller.
Ex–DI Arthur Botley, night security officer at St. Clements Hotel, typically doesn’t handle problems in the laundry. But this time the chute’s blocked—by a man’s body. Police suspect the victim, dead from gunshots, was a guard because he’s wearing a holster (no gun) and the hotel has numerous VIPs, including a senator. Botley’s discovery of a torn gold watch leads him to speculate that a woman either is likewise dead or has run away, evidence and intuition he inexplicably keeps to himself. DS Ann Taylor, meanwhile, spots a female cadaver in her garden. She calls fellow coppers, but by the time she gets outside, the body’s gone. Ann rightly surmises that the two murders are connected, both originating from the hotel. But further examination reveals the man and woman were on a stakeout in their room and may be dead due to something they’ve witnessed. And it’s likely they were spies, both having been in the British army. Things only get more complex: hotel employee Russell Merrick’s dark past comes to light, while a known criminal, whom Botley had sought for information about the case, becomes another murder victim. Ann and Botley work together to get a killer (or killers) off the streets. Riley (Reading the Streets, 2015) packs the plot with twists, additional murders, and potential killers, complicating the story. It’s fortunately never convoluted, thanks to the author’s focus on the investigation: Ann meticulously peruses theories, such as a political conspiracy, and occasionally summarizes the ongoing case. Subplots, too, stay connected to the main plot. There’s a bit of romance between Merrick and copper Donna Strachen, for example, but his workplace/criminal past and her assisting pal Botley put them squarely in the middle of everything. Riley’s red herrings aren’t easy to write off, while the ending wraps up the dizzying narrative comprehensively—and entertainingly. It’s the prose, however, that’ll leave imprints in readers’ minds: “Hotels at night are strange planets where rare creatures, unfamiliar either with sunlight or moonlight, live undisturbed in luxuriant undergrowth.”
Review Posted Online: Feb. 17, 2016
Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 2016
MYSTERY & CRIME
BY Michael Riley • POSTED ON July 2, 2015
In Riley’s debut thriller, a West London detective inspector working a murder case gradually uncovers possible corruption among the authorities.
At Pine Street Police Station, it’s DI Arthur Botley who answers the call about a body. It doesn’t take long for Botley to identify the dead man, who may have inadvertently provoked a gang when burglarizing a house with someone else. Things get dicey when DS Donna Strachen from the Drug Squad shows up, looking for missing colleague DS Phillip Wood. Wood may be dead, or he could be the one Donna saw driving around with drug traffickers. But this is only the beginning of a series of nefarious happenings Botley encounters, from bogus coppers to blackmail, frame-ups, and more murder. Riley’s novel boasts a cast of characters that all seem guilty of something; even Botley collects money for thuggish Frank Petchey, a man he knew in the army but who still scares him. The story focuses less on who’s committing the murders than on the motives—especially true once the crimes seem to develop a political angle, starting with the murder of an Arab student with ties to a member of Parliament. Suspense comes in the form of Botley’s increasing distrust of seemingly everyone. His wariness is perfectly understandable as he links a number of people, gangsters and police alike, to murder or drugs, whether said person is directly responsible or a victim of a frame job. Even Botley’s personal story may have a connection to the main plot: grandson Jimmy, son of his estranged daughter, Christine, has not spoken a word in some time, shaken by what could be an event related to the murders. Riley drops some British slang that might throw off a few Yankees—e.g., firms (criminal organizations), tea leaf (thief), and Botley’s previous position in the Flying Squad (a Metropolitan Police unit that investigates armed robberies)—and though he avoids outrightly defining the terms, he provides plenty of context to minimize the head-scratching moments for readers. The ending is surprisingly modest, but it’s a simple conversation that’s both poignant and memorable.
A tense mystery that’s concerned more with why than how.
At night, grand hotels are strange planets where rare creatures, unfamiliar with either sunlight or moonlight, live undisturbed in luxuriant undergrowth. They are places to hide in plain sight where everybody is a former something and where no one would spot a terrorist in a well-cut dinner jacket. Everybody loves Mooney; charming and affable, every night he showers weapons-grade empathy on the foibles of the rich. The afterlife of a turned grass is thick carpet, Cuban cigars, fine wine and just the occasional killing for his new masters. One night he fleetingly sees a man he recognizes from his past. It could spoil everything.
Published: Sept. 4, 2015
ISBN: ISBN1517113938
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‘Thanksgiving antics’ NC elk gets tangled up in red hammock
In this Nov. 28, 2019, photo provided by Jim Beaver, an elk stands stuck with a hammock in Beaver’s yard in Maggie Valley, N.C. on Thanksgiving. The elk was running around western North Carolina with the shredded hammock on its head, and apparently a love of apples is to blame. The Haywood County Sheriff’s Office on Facebook says Cpl. Ken Stiles climbed onto the roof, cut the hammock and freed the animal. Beaver says elks often eat apples in his yard and play with his hammock. (Jim Beaver via AP)
MAGGIE VALLEY, N.C. (AP) — An elk is running around western North Carolina with a shredded hammock on its head, and apparently a love of apples is to blame.
News outlets report Jim Beaver told the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office on Thanksgiving that an elk was stuck in his yard with its antlers tangled up in a hammock.
The sheriff’s office on Facebook says Cpl. Ken Stiles climbed onto the roof, cut the hammock and freed the animal.
Beaver says elks often eat apples in his yard and play with his hammock.
This elk however was too playful.
Beaver says he didn’t free the elk himself, in case it decided to attack. He told WLOS-TV that the elk, with pieces of the hammock still in its antlers, has returned to the house a few times.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Supreme court has overturned a man's bank robbery conviction because of a prosecutor's reference to a classic horror movie.
During closing arguments in the case against Damon Williams, the prosecutor showed jurors a photo from the movie “The Shining” depicting a character played by Jack Nicholson telling his terrified wife and son, “Here’s Johnny!” moments after breaking through a door with an axe.
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Aaron Carter's 'Love' gets lost in anonymity
Aaron Carter hasn’t released an album of new material in 15 years – not since the now-30-year-old was a child star who as an adult has kept his name out there with everything from drug charges to competing on “Dancing With the Stars” to coming out as bisexual.
So what does he have to say?
Not much of anything, if his new “Love” is any indication.
The release is a nondescript exercise in modern formula – shallow pop/EDM songs about relationships. And even compared to other fare in this genre, “Love” falls flat. It’s monochromatic to the point that most of the songs are virtually interchangeable as they go on a monotonous journey of restraint in a middle ground that never ventures into engaging dance songs on one side or heartfelt ballads on the other.
At best – the catchy “Sooner or Later” and “Dearly Departed” – Carter sounds like a Justin Bieber knockoff. But we already have Justin Bieber, so there’s no need for that.
Most of the 14 tracks sound like they were placed in an EDM vacuum of spacious synthesized notes, fragmented glitches and Carter’s serviceable voice, unvaried except for the tweaking of electronic modulation. And those songs were pulled out before they were cooked, yet served anyway on “Love” without so much as a side dish.
Worst of all is the drowsy pace, which smudges a depressive atmosphere on songs that are ostensibly about bliss.
Listeners will want to pull for Carter, and they might latch on to every hopeful moment – the tease of a dance-rhythm payoff on “Let Me Let You Go,” the quasi-pretty melody of “Same Way,” a brief flirtation with playfulness on the remake of “I Want Candy” – but time and again, “Love” defaults to its numbing grind.
Carter wants to make a name for himself in pop music again, but he gets lost in anonymity with “Love.”
Rating: 2 (out of 5)
Brandi Carlile's fearlessness powers 'By the Way'
Brandi Carlile pours out her heart on her gutsy new “By the Way, I Forgive You,” pushing her delivery as far as she can without crossing the line into the absurd.
The alt-country singer-songwriter escalates the tension on the album’s more extroverted tracks, taking her audience into an emotional stratosphere before they can see it coming. And though listeners will be consumed by her conviction, they won’t be overwhelmed by it the way they would if less-sincere belters showed off for the sake of showing off. Also, even if the lyrical constructions of Carlile’s songs are sometimes over-accessible (i.e. mundane), she sells it with a Janis Joplin/Adele passion behind her words and a fearlessness in her delivery.
Her go-to band of twins Phil (guitar) and Tim Hanseroth (bass) plus producers (and contributing instrumentalists) Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings help keep her grounded.
“By the Way’s” earthy blend of acoustic guitar and piano, nuanced by strings and slashes of electricity, serve as Carlile’s foundation as she invokes a weary tone to reminisce over a failed relationship (“Everytime I Hear That Song”) and share the lessons she learned from her parents (“Most of All”). She also soars into magical wails of intensity to drive home tragic tales of the downtrodden (“Fulton County Jane Doe,” “Sugartooth”), and her powerful message of support to young outcasts on “The Joke” reaches a breathtaking crescendo.
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Yet there’s no formula to the songs on “By the Way,” as Carlile also pivots to the sweetly disarming and folky “The Mother” (“I am the mother of Evangeline … First things that she took from me were selfishness and sleep”) and the elegant piano-ballad closer “Party of One.” She also delves into improbable country/rock theater on the romping “Hold Out Your Hand” and the rallying cry “Harder to Forgive” – not the most effective cuts on the album, but among the most intriguing.
Win or lose, Carlile just goes for it. And that’s inspiring.
"By the Way, I Forgive You"
Rating: 4-1/2 (out of 5)
MGMT returns to form, leaving the dark ages
There’s no point saying MGMT’s new “Little Dark Age” is a departure in sound for the duo because their style has always been a moving target.
So just suffice it to say that Andrew VanWynGarden and Ben Goldwasser move back toward the quirky infectiousness that characterized their debut “Oracular Spectacular” and away from the uneventful self-indulgence that has marked their past decade (and bled off their fans).
There’s nothing on “Little Dark Age” with the creative kick of MGMT’s breakout single “Kids,” yet the new album is generally engaging.
VanWynGarden and Goldwasser promise for good times to come with the titillating opening track, “She Works Out Too Much,” an airy electric-dance throwback where a woman announces, “Get ready to have some fun!” and then our hero gets shot down by his ex-gal with, “The only reason we never worked out was he didn’t work out.”
MGMT works it out elsewhere, thanks to an assist from “Oracular Spectacular” co-producer Dave Fridmann (best known for his work with Flaming Lips). There’s suicidal despair stifled in the billowy melody of “When You Die,” bliss burrowed into the mid-tempo synthetics of “Me and Michael,” and charm in the percolating whimsy of the near-instrumental “Days That Got Away.”
Also, VanWynGarden digs into the deep end of his range to intone sincerity for the otherwise-breezy cocktail-jazz-flavored “James”: “James, if you need a friend/Come right over, don’t even knock.”
“Little Dark Age” swerves into a tasty sonic switch-up for the final two tracks, matching glossy psychedelia to a gentle 1970s pop singer-songwriter atmosphere on “When You’re Small” and “Hand It Over” – which curiously enough both borrow signature elements from Gilbert O’Sullivan’s “Alone Again (Naturally).”
Past demons resurface as MGMT sinks into occasional tedium on “Little Dark Age” – a title song that could have been a filler track on a New Wave album, a lightweight “One Thing Left to Try” that dissipates into the ether, and a “TSLAMP” that bungles its intriguing premise - bemoaning “time spent looking at my phone” – only to become as frivolous a use of time as mindlessly scrolling the mobile.
Still, this is the most inviting MGMT has sounded in 10 years.
"Little Dark Age"
Laurie Anderson's 'Landfall' explores hurricane's surreal devastation
Laurie Anderson is a genius of sound, an experimental performance artist who has been a pioneer in electronic music for some 40 years. And not to be overlooked is her mastery of words, the surprising way she strings them together to produce penetrating thoughts, mind-bending imagery and hilarious scenarios. Her vocal delivery, often spoken rather than sung, is generally calm and commanding, though sometimes modified for situational effect.
Anderson’s new “Landfall,” a collaboration with Kronos Quartet, is about her first-hand encounter with 2012’s Hurricane Sandy. But those looking forward to her incisive prose will be disappointed: Only a half dozen tracks on the 30-track opus feature any meaningful use of her vocals.
Nonetheless, “Landfall” is rich in evocative soundscapes, a wondrous fusion of strings and electronics that relay how the indominable rule of Mother Nature can render humanity nearly powerless – thanks partly to verbal cues from titles like “Wind Whistles Through the Dark City,” “The Wind Lifted the Boats and Left Them on the Highway,” “Thunder Continues in the Aftermath” and “Helicopters Hang Over Downtown.”
Although there are stormy passages punctuated by flurries of strings, swirling rhythms and fidgety electric glitches, the more dominant moods are doom and surrealism, conveyed by the likes of cello and electronic pulses that reflect the atmosphere of pre-storm dread and post-storm uncertainty.
Anderson the vocalist drops in occasionally, too, narrating “Our Street Is a Black River,” going on a wry tangent on “We Learn To Speak Yet Another Language” and anchoring in for an epic (nearly 10 minute) “Nothing Left But Their Names,” a cosmic modulated-voice journey that orbits the subject of extinction. She saves her most personal vocal for the late track “Everything Is Floating,” where she discovers her basement has flooded and decades of her belongings are engulfed in chaotic wetness: “How beautiful, how magical and how catastrophic.”
And good news for fans of Anderson’s words: “Everything Is Floating” serves as a teaser for her new book, “All the Things I Lost in the Flood: Essays on Pictures, Language and Code,” a complementary project to “Landfall” that will spell out what instrumentation can’t.
Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet
"Landfall"
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Diagonal earlobe crease: Prevalence and association with medical ailments
Yugantara Ramesh Kadam MD 1, Yogesh M Shah MD (DVL) 2, Parth Kore MBBS 1
1 Department of Community Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College and Hospital, Sangli, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of DVL, Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Dr. Yugantara Ramesh Kadam
Department of Community Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College and Hospital, Sangli, Maharashtra
DOI: 10.4103/JCPC.JCPC_26_17
Context: It has been hypothesized that diagonal earlobe crease (DELC), “Frank's sign” is indicative of coronary artery disease (CAD) and/or diabetes mellitus (DM). Several studies have confirmed an association between DELC and cardiac morbidity, mortality, and hypertension (HTN). However, some studies have not found any significant association. Aims: This study aims to find out the prevalence of DELC and its association with CAD, DM, and HTN. Settings and Design: Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Corporation area. This was a cross-sectional analytical study. Subjects and Methods: Study participants: Adults from 18 to 60 years age. Inclusion criteria: willing to participate in the study Exclusion criteria: Wearing heavy ear rings and excessive normal generalized wrinkling of the skin. Sample size: Sample size 6310, determined after a pilot study revealing DELC in 1.5%. Sampling technique: Two-stage cluster sampling. Duration of study: 6 months. Study tools: Predesigned, pilot tested pro forma. Statistical Analysis: Statistical analysis was done by using SPSS 22 software. Prevalence and percentages were calculated, and Chi-square test was applied. Results: Out of 6638 participants, 179 had DELC. The prevalence of bilateral DELC was 2.7%. The prevalence was significantly high among males (4.13%) and in the 51–60 years age group (5.29%). The prevalence of Grade 3 DELC was high and 91% of young adults had Grade 3 DELC. There were 408 (6.15%) participants who gave a history of CAD, 827 (12.46%) of DM, and 670 (10.09%) HTN. Significantly high association observed between DELC and CAD, DM, and HTN. CAD, DM, and HTN were significantly associated with Grade 3. Conclusions: The prevalence of bilateral DELC was 2.7% and is significantly associated with CAD, DM, and HTN.
Keywords: Coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, diagonal earlobe crease, hypertension
Kadam YR, Shah YM, Kore P. Diagonal earlobe crease: Prevalence and association with medical ailments. J Clin Prev Cardiol 2018;7:49-53
Kadam YR, Shah YM, Kore P. Diagonal earlobe crease: Prevalence and association with medical ailments. J Clin Prev Cardiol [serial online] 2018 [cited 2021 Jan 19];7:49-53. Available from: https://www.jcpconline.org/text.asp?2018/7/2/49/228338
Bilateral diagonal earlobe crease (DELC), also called “Frank's sign,” was first reported to be associated with risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) by Frank.[1]
Several reports thereafter have confirmed an association between earlobe crease and CAD.[2],[3],[4],[5],[6],[7],[8] It has been reported that DELC is associated with increased cardiac morbidity and mortality.[9] An association between DELC and systolic hypertension (HTN) is also reported.[10] However, some studies have not found any significant association between DELC and CAD.[10] Agouridis et al. mention that even though it is evident that there is an association between DELC and CAD, there are some limitations to say so.[11]
The pathophysiological link between DELC and CAD can be explained as both the earlobe and heart are supplied by “end arteries” without the possibility for collateral circulation.[9] The microvascular disease results into loss of elastin and elastic fibers in the earlobe causing DELC. The presence of DELC may reflect the presence of a similar microvascular disease in the coronary circulation in the individual.[9] Hence, DELC may be used as a sign for prediction of CAD.
The prevalence of DELC in general population is not available as all available studies are hospital based. Indians as a community are more prone to CAD, Diabetes Mellitus (DM), and HTN and at a much younger age. Hence, this study was planned to find out the prevalence of DELC and its association in known patients with CAD, DM, and HTN.
Subjects and Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted in Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Corporation (SM and KC) area, Maharashtra, India. Study participants were adults of both sexes and with age ranging from 18 to 60 years. Study participants wearing heavy ear rings or with excessive generalized wrinkling of the skin were excluded. Sample size was calculated by using prevalence of DELC (1.5%) as obtained from a pilot study. Calculated sample size was 6310 (α = 5%, zα = 1.96, P = 1.5%, d = error 20%). Two-stage cluster sampling technique was used for selection of study participants. There are total 71 wards in SM and KC area. One ward from each area (Sangli, Miraj and Kupwad) was selected. House-to-house visit was paid to identify study participants. All participants willing to participate in the study were included till the desired sample size was achieved. All available and eligible participants from a house were included.
A well-designed questionnaire as per the need of study was developed to collect and record the data of the participant. The questionnaire was pretested and used for pilot study also. Four interns were identified and were trained by investigator with the help of power point presentation for identification, grading of DELC, and for data collection by using the questionnaire. Trained interns were provided with the photograph of DELC to help them in explaining about the study to participants.
The study participants were asked about history of three medical ailments – CAD, DM, and HTN, and the answer was recorded.
Definition and grading of the diagonal earlobe crease
The DELC is an earlobe crease extending diagonally from the tragus across the lobule to the rear edge of the auricle.[1] In the study, the participant is diagnosed to have DELC only when the said crease is bilateral. The severity of DELC is graded as follows:[12] Grade 1: A small amount of wrinkling on the earlobe [Figure 1], Grade 2a: Creased more than halfway across the earlobe [Figure 2], Grade 2b: A superficial crease across the earlobe [Figure 3], and Grade 3: A deep crease across the whole of the earlobe [Figure 4].
Figure 1: Grade 1 – A small amount of wrinkling on the earlobe
Figure 2: Grade 2a – Creased more than halfway across the earlobe
Figure 3: Grade 2b – A superficial crease across the earlobe
Figure 4: Grade 3 – A deep crease across the whole of the earlobe
Statistical analysis was done by using SPSS 22 software (IBM Corp, Armonk, New York, USA). Prevalence and percentages were calculated. Chi-square test was applied to find out the association between DELC and diseases, namely, CAD, DM, and HTN.
Total participants interviewed during survey were 6638, out of which 3035 were females and 3602 were males. Age of the participants ranged from 18 to 70 years, mean age being 43.80 years standard deviation (SD) ±13.51.
Out of 6638 individuals, 179 had bilateral DELC. Grade-wise distribution of DELC was as follows: Grade 1: 51 (28.49%), Grade 2a: 38 (21.23%), Grade 2b: 26 (14.53%), and Grade 3: 64 (35.75%).
The prevalence of bilateral DELC was 2.7%. The prevalence of Bilateral DELC in males was 4.13% (149) and in females, it was 0.99% (30). The prevalence of DELC was significantly more common in males (χ =37.32, P = 0.00) [Table 1].
Table 1: Age-wise distribution of persons with diagonal earlobe crease
Mean age of participants without bilateral DELC was 43.52 years with SD ± 13.42. In contrast, mean age of persons with bilateral DELC was 53.43 years with SD ± 13.47 (z = 9.71, P = 0.00). The prevalence of bilateral DELC was significantly high in the 51–60 years age group (5.29%, χ2 = 94.73, P = 0.00). Interestingly, 91% of young adults of age between 18 and 35 years having DELC had DELC of Grade3 [Table 2].
Table 2: Gender distribution of diagonal earlobe crease
History of CAD was present in 408 (6.15%) participants, history of DM in 827 (12.46%), and history of HTN in 670 (10.09%).
Out of 179 persons with DELC, 36 (20.1%) had history of CAD (χ2 = 62.19, P = 0.00), 34 (19%) had DM (χ2 = 7.20, P = 0.00), and 42 (23.5%) had HTN (χ2 = 36.23, P = 0.00) [Table 3].
Table 3: Association between diagonal earlobe crease and medical ailments
Maximum study participants with CAD had DELC of Grade 3 and 2a. DM was present mainly in participants with Grade 2b and Grade 3 DELC. Maximum study participants with HTN had Grade 3 DELC. Significant association was observed between grades of bilateral DELC and DM (χ2 = 38.43, P = 0.00) and HTN (χ2 = 16.18, P = 0.001).
DELC has been suggested as a marker of generalized atherosclerosis. It has been already stated that both earlobes and heart are supplied by “end arteries” where possibility for development of collateral circulation is low. Histopathology studies of biopsies from earlobe in cases of DELC have reported loss of elastin fibers indicating a generalized microvascular disease and hinting at possibility of similar changes in coronary arteries in the affected individuals.[2]
Majority of clinical, angiographic, and postmortem study reports support the proposition that DELC may be associated with CAD and can be used as a valuable indicator which can be observed/identified easily clinically.[2],[3],[4],[13],[14],[15],[16],[17] Ramos et al. have studied and concluded that ear creases are independently associated with peripheral arterial disease and may be an external marker for risk identification.[18] In addition, Kang and Kang found association between earlobe crease and the metabolic syndrome.[19] Elliot and Karrison conducted a prospective cohort study and found a positive association between DELC and all cause morbidity and mortality including cardiac cause.[9] In another study, Elliot and Powell found earlobe creases to be associated in a graded fashion, with a higher rate of cardiac events.[20]
In “a review of the medical literature and dental implications,” authors conclude that even though more research is needed in this area, it is advisable for a dentist to use DELC as a vital sign along with the medical history and other signs for risk assessment and medical evaluation.[21] A positive association between DELC and CAD was observed in the present study.
Most studies of “prevalence” of DELC are actually hospital-based studies while ours is a community-based study. The prevalence of DELC was found to be significantly higher in males. This finding of male preponderance is also noted by other studies, even though the studies were hospital based.[2],[4] It was observed that prevalence of DELC was mainly present in the older age and similar findings are noted by other investigators.[2]
DELC was also observed to be significantly associated with DM and HTN in our study. DM and HTN are independent risk factors for CAD, and patients with DM and HTN are vulnerable to atherosclerosis. This fact may explain a significant association between DELC, DM, and HTN.
Telomeres shorten during the replication of somatic cells, leading to attrition in the length of telomere indicating progressing biological age. Telomere length in leukocytes reflects the cumulative burden of oxidative stress and inflammation in the circulation during an individual's lifetime and has been reported to be a useful marker of biological aging of the cardiovascular system.[22] Atherosclerosis, essential HTN, and noninsulin-dependent DM are age-related disorders, and telomere length is one of a number of biologic indicators that may serve to assess the progression of biologic aging in humans.
A study conducted on male Japanese patients with metabolic syndrome found association between DELC with a shorter telomere. Hence, the researchers concluded that DELC might be a useful indirect marker of high-risk patients.[22]
Pasternac and Sami concluded in their study that “the ear-crease sign” could identify patients who are aging earlier than usual and are thus at risk of CAD prematurely and whose prognosis might be improved by early preventive measures.[23]
In the present study, only self-reported cases of CAD, DM, and HTN were considered. Therefore, many of the undiagnosed cases may have been missed. In spite of this limitation, on the basis of statistical results and results reported by several other studies, we can say that there is an association between DELC with CAD, DM, and HTN. Considering the pathophysiology of DELC, DELC may be said to be the external presentation of atherosclerosis. This atherosclerosis could be because of aging or accentuated by DM and HTN leading to CAD.
At present, the association between the time of onset of DELC and that of atherosclerosis is not known. Thus, considering all these aspects, we can conclude that whenever there is DELC, we should plan to evaluate the individual for CAD, DM, or HTN.
The prevalence of bilateral DELC was 2.7% and was significantly associated with CAD, DM, and HTN. Therefore, bilateral DELC, a visual cutaneous clinical marker, can be used as a screening tool for early diagnosis and prevention of CAD and other related diseases.
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Christian Briére hit a homerun with the Drive Factory, and in a number of ways. First, the most important aspect of a drive is its sound, and the Drive Factory sounds darn good. It has a medium grain that sings classic rock, to my ears, although it doesn’t take much dialing in for a thicker and harder result. Second, although some musicians may require a single flavor of drive only, whether low, moderate or hi-gain, it’s good to have a variety of tone possibilities, and the Drive Factory offers enough variation that you wouldn’t think it was the same pedal. And so, let’s go over what the Drive Factory has to offer.
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Overall, the Drive Factory needs far more attention than currently experiencing (its subdued reputation has much to do with it being a flagship pedal by a small Canadian boutique builder). It sounds fantastic, with both clean and hi-gain amps, and it makes everything sound better. That can be said about other drives, but the fact that you can dial into so many impressive tones, which vary significantly the more you tweak, places the Drive Factory into its own category from the usual drive pedals flooding the market. It is very touch sensitive, so that you hear varying levels of drive and note detail based on playing aggression, but it also cleans up nicely with a guitar’s volume. And regardless of the settings, the crispness of the drive makes it stand out in the mix as good as one would want and expect. Its build is solid, with noiseless switches and smooth turning pots, and I like the Steampunk design of the graphics, combining both vintage and modern appeal. At $180 Canadian, it not only is a fantastic buy, but a steal for US customers, or other countries, with a superior exchange rate.
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Actress Nicole Kidman surprised a group of tourists taking an Access Hollywood bus tour on her way to the 2018 Oscars.The 50-year-old rolled down her window and blew kisses to fans from the back of her vehicle."Hi, everyone," she said. “I haven’t gotten my hair and makeup done yet."The surprised tourists snapped photos of the actress with their phones.Kidman will be presenting an award at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday night.Earlier this year, the Australian actress accepted her first Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance for her role in HBO's "Big Little Lies.""I'm incredibly grateful," she said. During her acceptance speech, Kidman gave praise to her fellow nominees -- Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, Reese Witherspoon, and Laura Dern -- as well as other women whose performances have inspired her over the years."I want to thank you all for your trailblazing performances you've given over your career and how wonderful it is that our careers can go beyond 40 years old because 20 years ago, we were pretty washed up by this stage in our lives," she said. "We've proven — and these actresses and so many more have proven — we are potent and powerful and viable."CNN contributed to this report.
Actress Nicole Kidman surprised a group of tourists taking an Access Hollywood bus tour on her way to the 2018 Oscars.
The 50-year-old rolled down her window and blew kisses to fans from the back of her vehicle.
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"Hi, everyone," she said. “I haven’t gotten my hair and makeup done yet."
The surprised tourists snapped photos of the actress with their phones.
Kidman will be presenting an award at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday night.
Earlier this year, the Australian actress accepted her first Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance for her role in HBO's "Big Little Lies."
"I'm incredibly grateful," she said.
During her acceptance speech, Kidman gave praise to her fellow nominees -- Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, Reese Witherspoon, and Laura Dern -- as well as other women whose performances have inspired her over the years.
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At the White Hart Hotel, located in the heart of the Lincolns historical quarter, we offer contemporary styling, indelibly linked to its medieval past. Our intimate boutique hotel has spectacular views of the ancient castle and resides in an unrivalled position within the shadow of the awe-inspiring Lincoln cathedral. With a modern, chic restaurant, complemented by stunning entertaining spaces for weddings, parties and executive get-togethers, we pride ourselves on our professional yet friendly service, cool ambience and classic setting.
The Queens Hotel
Welcome to The Queens Hotel in Skegness, situated only yards from the sea-front and the Skegness Pier amusements. The Queens Hotel is situated along the tree lined avenue of Scarbrough Avenue, which is opposite Skegness Pier. We are only yards from the sea-front.
The Anchor Hotel and Bars
Please note: The Anchor Hotel is a room only hotel and does not have the facilities to provide breakfast. However, there are several cafe's within walking distance that offer a full breakfast menu. Our newly refurbished 25 room hotel is situated in the popular seaside resort of Ingoldmells, near Skegness in Lincolnshire.
Set in the heart of the pretty Lincolnshire village of Redbourne, The Red Lion is a traditional country Inn. Why not join us from 11am Mon to Sun for a freshly brewed rich cappuccino or a classic pot of tea accompanied by a warm toasted sandwich or a delightful slice of cake while sat by the open fire on a cold winter's day. Our home cooked, locally sourced light bites and full menu starts at midday through until 9pm.
Apple Tree Bed and Breakfast
The Dairy Farm is a beautiful Victorian farmhouse, which forms part of the magnificent Saltmarshe Estate and offers luxurious bed and breakfast accommodation. It has been given a four-star gold rating by Visit England, as well as an award for the quality of the breakfast offered to guests. You're guaranteed a warm Yorkshire welcome at The Dairy Farm.
The Dower House Hotel
The Dower House Hotel is an elegant and intimate country house hotel, full of character and charm. Situated by the first fairway of the Bracken Course at Woodhall Spa, surrounded by two acres of tranquil gardens set in beautiful woodland, and approached by a tree lined private road, the hotel's idyllic setting is the perfect backdrop for a romantic wedding, relaxing break or business visit. The hotel radiates atmosphere.
Charlotte House
Located in the Cathedral Quarter, This Luxury Boutique Hotel is directly opposite Lincoln Castle and Cathedral. Within 8 acres of landscaped gardens and car park. This 1930's Art Deco building has been completely refurbished to the highest standards including luxury shower and bathrooms.
The Golf Hotel
Next to world famous Woodhall Spa golf course, only 18 miles from the city of Lincoln. Only 25 miles from Skegness and the Lincolnshire coast. ALL BEDROOMS ARE NON-SMOKING
The Reindeer Inn
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The Reindeer Inn we feel offers something extra special, a combination of factors which include the warmth of the welcome, the friendliness of the staff, the character of the place and of course, the food. The Reindeer Inn is a wonderfully warm pub and nothing is ever too much for the owners. Any dietary requirements can be catered for and we specialise in a full gluten free menu.
Hotel No8
Hotel No8 is a family run business situated in the heart of Skegness, right by the famous Clock Tower, offering comfortable accommodation that is sure to leave a positive impression on all of our guests. Our 18 en-suite rooms have been refurbished to a high standard, complete with LCD TV's, tea and coffee making facilities and FREE Wi-Fi. Our rooms range from single to double, to family rooms sleeping up to 5 people.
Washingborough Hall Hotel
This family run Georgian manor hotel is set in secluded grounds only 3 miles from Lincoln, has free Wi-Fi and an AA rosette for its food. A beautiful Grade II listed, late Georgian Manor House located in the peaceful village of Washingborough, just 3 miles from the centre of the historic City of Lincoln. The hotel is over three hundred years old, and has retained its grandiose appearance and ambience, yet the hotel still caters for the requirements of today's modern guest.
Brackenborough Hotel
You'll love The Brackenborough! Already a favourite with those in the know, the Brackenborough Hotel is set in an idyllic location just outside the historic town of Louth in the Lincolnshire Wolds. With twenty-four individually designed guest rooms, our distinctive attitude to 'accessible dining' and a number of stylish venues and private event rooms; the Brackenborough, along with the locally acclaimed Bistro Bar, is our flagship hotel. Marvellous Location Large Free Car Park covered by CCTV Surrounded by beautifully maintained lawns and gardens, with fabulous views over the surrounding countryside, the Brackenborough Hotel provides a fabulous accommodation and a superb backdrop for a range of events be they for business, pleasure or leisure.
Holiday Inn LINCOLN
Enjoy a tranquil location close to Lincoln's businesses and historic sights at the riverside Holiday Inn Lincoln hotel. The Holiday Inn Lincoln is a wharf-style red-brick hotel set on trendy Brayford Waterfront , a mile from Lincoln's historic centre and 5 minutes' stroll from Lincoln Central for rail services to London and East Midlands Airport . Settle into your modern Guest room with views of the peaceful waterfront or Lincoln Castle and Cathedral and relax on the Lobby bar's decked terrace as boats drift by on the River Witham .
The INN at Woodhall Spa
EAT, SLEEP, RELAX The £2 million renovation of The Inn at Woodhall Spa is now complete. What was once the Woodhall Spa hotel has been transformed into a chic brasserie, a family-orientated pub and carvery, and 26 luxuriously appointed rooms. The INN brings a vibrant and upbeat venue to the tranquility of Woodhall Spa, one of Lincolnshire's most attractive villages.
Humber Royal Hotel - a Bespoke Hotel
Following a recent £3 million refurbishment, the Humber Royal Hotel is a contemporary hotel with spectacular views overlooking Grimsby Golf Club. Just 10 minutes drive from Cleethorpes, it offers free wi-fi throughout the building and free parking. The Brasserie serves delicious, locally sourced food cooked to order and an impressive wine list offering the classics and some exclusive alternatives.
Limited room service for hot food
The Houblon Inn
The Houblon Inn is one of the oldest hostelries in the county, situated in the picturesque and scenic village of Oasby. This Grade II listed building was built around 1650 and was originally named ’The Old Red Lion’ however was later renamed after Sir John Houblon, one of the main landowners in the area and the first governor of the Bank of England - his picture can be seen on the reverse of the £50 note. With original oak beams and stone walls this inn has been restored beautifully and many of the original features remain.
Holiday Inn Express LINCOLN CITY CENTRE
Choose the sleek Holiday Inn Express Lincoln City Centre hotel for contemporary comfort in the heart of Lincoln. From the moment you arrive in the stylish lobby our friendly Reception team will be on hand to ensure you enjoy a comfortable stay. Our guests can take advantage of great facilities including a licensed bar and evening meals, car parking and free Wi-Fi .
At The Crown Hotel our aim is to offer first class service, comfort and a relaxed atmosphere in which to enjoy your stay, be it for business or pleasure. We provide a mix of accommodation which includes standard double, twin or family rooms and a family suite. Located close to the town centre (approximately one mile) and with easy access to the resort's many attractions allows every one to enjoy a quiet break.
Limited Hours Room Service
The Advocate Arms
The Advocate Arms Hotel stands proudly in the heart of Market Rasen. This historic building which was built in the 18th century has recently been fully refurbished to the highest standards with a contemporary feel, yet retaining a warm and welcoming character which its guests can relax and unwind in…
Hairdryer in each room
Dovedale Hotel and Restaurant
Dovedale Hotel and Restaurant is in the Town Centre. There is no Hotel and Restaurant closer to all the Best Bars, Restaurants, Shops and Amusements that Cleethorpes has to offer. The Beach and Promenade are less than 100 metres of the Hotel.
Coasters Hotel & Apartments
Coasters Hotel and Holiday apartments are located on the sea front near to the pier in Skegness. We are very close to the beach and within 5 minutes walk of the theatres, shops and bars and restaurants. At Coasters you have a choice of en-suite hotel bedrooms or choose one of our beautiful apartments with en-suite and self catering facilities.
Car Parking Available Offsite
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Long Sutton is situated on the border of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire making it a perfect spot to visit towns like Kings Lynn (9 miles), Wisbech (7 miles) and Holbeach and Spalding (6 miles). The Granary hotel, bar and restaurant is based in the Lincolnshire market town of Long Sutton where there is a variety of activities and facilities. Long Sutton is on the border of three counties, cambridgeshire, norfolk and lincolnshire making it a perfect spot to visit towns like Kings Lynn (9 miles), Wisbech (7 miles) and Holbeach and Spalding (6 miles).
The Monsell Hotel
This adults only delightful Edwardian era hotel is excellently situated in Skegness, easy to find and within walking distance to the town centre and other local amenities. Whether you are visiting Skegness on a business trip or for a holiday, you can rest assured that The Monsell will offer you a high standard of service. A home from home where you can enjoy your break in a relaxed and friendly adult’s only atmosphere.
The Marquis of Granby
Welcome to The Marquis of Granby Bed and Breakfast. We are a family run country inn nestled in the heart of rural Lincolnshire, located in the picturesque village of Wellingore. Wellingore and its neighbouring village of Navenby sit on the Lincolnshire limestone ridge, which overlooks the trent valley basin.
Castle Hotel
A newly refurbished luxury hotel in the best location in Lincoln's historic Cathedral quarter. The Castle Hotel has now re-opened following a Million Pound Refurbishment. and we are proud to invite you to join us and experience the beautiful newly refurbished rooms, have a drink in the new Castle Bar and enjoy a relaxing Dinner at Reform, our new restaurant which has gained a fantastic reputaion amongst food lovers across the county and hotel guests alike.
Beeches Hotel
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The Beeches hotel is the best in the Grimsby area. With 18 en-suite bedrooms and a Rosette awarded restaurant open seven days a week. Guests may have the sole uae of the hotel and restaurant for weddings, christenings and private funtions.
Hall Farm Hotel and Restaurant
Hall Farm is privately owned and has grown over the past two decades from an abandoned farm yard to an A La Carte restaurant and now to a luxury Hotel, offering fine dining, wedding packages and conference facilities. Whatever you're looking for, you can be assured of a warm and friendly welcome at Hall Farm.
Hotel Clamart
The new owners have made the New Clamart into a unique fully self catering hotel with a 24/7 kitchen. This allows for savings on living costs with very low room rates from £22. 50 per night in the town center - 17 Ensuite-suite rooms with a self service laundry minutes away from the train station and very close to the High Street with all major banks.
Cley Hall Hotel
Welcome to Cley Hall. Cley Hall is one of Spalding’s most historic hotels and has been transformed following a refurbishment. The Cley Hall is a unique 18th century boutique hotel full of character and history.
The Merrydale Hotel
The Merrydale Hotel is an eleven-bedroom, family-run establishment in the heart of Skegness. The team at the Merrydale pride themselves on providing every guest with a most enjoyable stay, through excellent service, home-cooked food, and affordable lodging. Run by the family team of Jake, Suzanne and Trevor, our guests experience a second-to-none "home-from-home" visit.
Wortley House Hotel
In the heart of the fast developing North Lincolnshire town of Scunthorpe, with it's 1000 acres of flower filled parks and woodlands, the Wortley House Hotel is ideally located for business and pleasure. Comfort and quality are the hallmarks of your stay at the Wortley House hotel. Each bedroom is individually designed and comes with en-suite bathroom and shower as standard.
Fountaindale Skegness
We are very pleased to announce that we've been awarded the prestigious 4 Star Guest Accommodation Award by Visit Britain, with the added Silver Accolade for our exceptional quality in service and hospitality. The Fountaindale is an ideal base to explore the many attractions that Skegness and Lincolnshire has to offer. We are set in the heart of Skegness in a quiet location, only a few minutes from the bus/coach and railway station, yet is only 5 minutes walk from the beach and even less from the town centre and local amenities.
A warm welcome awaits you here at The Woodlands Hotel, an elegant Edwardian House set on the outskirts of an English market town. Distinctive in its architecture and steeped in character, the hotel exudes the feeling of sophistication and of times gone by. The Woodlands Hotel features the Oak Leaf Restaurant, the Silver Birch Meeting Room, the Willows Bar, the Patio Garden area, a Bridal Suite, five sumptuous en suite bedrooms and 11 further well-appointed bedrooms with en suite facilities.
Bail Mews
Situated within the grounds of our historic Bail House (dates from 1350), the Bail Mews cottages provide a range of accommodation options in Lincoln’s Cathedral Quarter. Both the Lincoln Cathedral and Castle are just 300 meters away. Properties range from 1-bedroom to 5-bedroom apartments.
Dolphin Rooms
Dolphin Rooms is situated very close to the beach in the centre of town down a quiet side road within close walking distance of many Restaurants, Bars, Shops and other Amenities. Each contemporary room is well refurbished and decorated in 2015 with their own private en-suite. Prices with or without breakfast.
Stallingborough Grange Hotel
Originally built in the 18th century this thatched country house was renovated and opened as a family run hotel in 1989. Although extensively modernized it still retains its old world charm and original features. On the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and set in beautiful gardens it is the perfect location for a relaxing stay whether it is business or pleasure.
Holiday Inn Express GRIMSBY
Bright, modern hotel in the heart of Grimsby with free Wi-Fi and breakfast included Holiday Inn Express® Grimsby hotel is in the centre of Grimsby, four minutes' walk from Grimsby Town station. From here you can catch direct trains to Sheffield, Manchester Airport (MAN) and Cleethorpes. The hotel is close to the A180 and A16 roads and has limited on-site parking.
The Eastleigh
The Eastleigh is a four-storey Victorian terrace with seven luxury guest rooms on the ground, first and second floors. Built in 1899, the property oozes charm and elegance. All guest rooms are well appointed and have everything you need for a comfortable and relaxing stay in Skegness.
Bail House
The Bail House & Mews is situated in the heart of historic Lincoln, just a few hundred metres from the Lincoln Cathedral and Castle. This historic building dates back to 1350 and enjoys an enviable location in Lincoln’s Cathedral Quarter with its wealth of independent retailers, bars and restaurants. Our spacious bedrooms, most with king size beds and en-suite shower rooms, have been sympathetically decorated to compliment the architecture and history of the building.
The Kings Head
The Kings Head Pub & Campsite is a family run business that caters for everyone. We are situated on Orby Road, Addlethorpe, just west of Ingoldmels near Skegness. Ingoldmels is only a 15 minute walk from our campsite and only 5 minute drive.
Treetops provides 4*Gold accommodation in Ash, Elm & Oak cottages. Spacious modern facilities in the picturesque, peaceful village of Grasby, Lincolnshire. We are located three miles from the historic market town of Caistor and is within easy reach of Brigg, Market Rasen, Louth, Gainsborough, Lincoln, Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Hull & York.
Tower Hotel
Situated in Lincoln's Cathedral Quarter, The Tower is a 3 AA Star Boutique Hotel, ideally located for exploring the historical city; either on foot or as a base for visiting the surrounding villages, countryside and attractions. Purpose built, the Tower Hotel in Lincoln has fifteen well appointed bedrooms all of which are en-suite bath and shower with hot beverage facilities and digital flatscreen televisions. Our Reception is staffed by friendly, capable staff, that are fully trained to assist with any queries regarding the Hotel and local places of interest.
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Internet influencers seek Wall Street’s help to manage newfound wealth
Michael Deininger-Bell, GamingWithJen, Logdotzip and Mikhaella Norwood are backstage in the Winner’s Cave during the 11th Annual Shorty Awards on May 5 at PlayStation Theater in New York City.
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By Jasmine TengBloomberg
Jenn Im started making YouTube videos as a hobby nine years ago, a way to express her love for turning thrift-store finds into stylish outfits.
Creating content for her channel soon became an obsession, and by the time she graduated from college in 2013, Im was making enough money to support herself. She now has more than 2.4 million subscribers, sponsorship deals with companies including Levi Strauss & Co., Calvin Klein Inc. and Colourpop Cosmetics, and even her own clothing line.
But as money rolled in, Im was unsure what to do with her steadily growing fortune, most of which was in a bank account drawing little or no interest. Eventually, she turned to a wealth manager at First Republic Bank.
“Growing up, money was always an issue in our household and as much as my parents wanted to be involved, they didn’t have any knowledge of investing or financial planning,” Im, 28, said in an email. “It was also hard because I felt like some of the teams I met with didn’t understand my business or the digital media space.”
Influencers like Im, who can haul in seven-figure incomes by attracting large digital followings, are drawing the attention of wealth managers looking to expand their client bases. While many YouTube vloggers pitch products such as cosmetics or clothing, others are racking up millions of views posting videos of themselves eating ludicrous amounts of food, whispering into the microphone to induce “tingles,” sharing their five-day prep for the Coachella music festival or simply reacting to other videos.
But this industry is no joke. The influencer advertising market is expected to reach $5 billion to $10 billion by 2020, according to marketing firm Mediakix.
“Influencers realize they need wealth advisors early in their careers,” said John Mele, an executive director in Morgan Stanley’s sports and entertainment unit. “They are equally serious about monetizing their brand as well as protecting and growing the money they earn from it.”
Tyler Pappas, also known as Logdotzip, was catapulted to fame when one of his YouTube gaming videos went viral. In three months, he went from not having enough to pay utility bills to getting his own place for the first time.
Rather than relying on more traditional wealth advisors to help manage his money, Pappas sought out Mike Bienstock, founder of Semaphore, a firm that handles tax and business solutions specifically for YouTubers.
“It’s not that I didn’t make considerations to look at other things such as banks,” according to Pappas, 27, who said he now makes six figures annually and runs an eight-person production firm. “It’s that I didn’t even really know they existed.”
That’s not unusual for many young influencers, most of whom backed into what became lucrative careers and have little experience with the financial system beyond checking and savings accounts.
“These are not people who had a lot of money and decided to start a business,” said Bienstock, who’s based in Irvine. “This is pretty much first-generation wealth across the board.”
As a result, traditional wealth managers’ dealings with clients “need to be authentic, intentional and genuine in nature,” said Mason Champion, a Morgan Stanley senior vice president in the sports and entertainment group.
“This level of confidence is remarkably unique within the influencers’ world, which is so oftentimes enveloped by countless individuals offering an endless supply of empty affirmation,” Champion said in an email.
Influencers’ earnings can be lumpy, as their income is based on the unpredictable habits of social media users and the number of page views they generate. Consequently, wealth advisors who handle their money need to be flexible and plan on an almost month-to-month basis, according to Jason Kirsch, founder of millennial-focused financial-planning firm Grow.
“Many influencers are young and they’re expanding in ways that we haven’t seen before,” said Kirsch, who has advised social media stars who bring in as much as $2 million annually. “In many cases, we don’t want to put their money away where they’re not going to be able to access it for 20 years.”
That means steering clients into stable, liquid assets so they can jump on opportunities as they arise, Kirsch said. When it comes to savings, his clients are salting away cash for standard goals: cars, houses, retirement.
Bienstock said some clients -- aware of how tenuous newfound wealth can be -- are looking for a cushion. “For comfort’s sake, they tend to need bigger reserves, because they never want to go back to how things used to be,” he said.
So far, working with a wealth advisor has been “amazing,” according to Im, who declined to say how much she pulls in annually from her YouTube channel.
“It feels really good to have someone in my corner that I trust, who is watching my investments every day,” she said. “It allows me to focus on other things that are important, like my family and creating new content.”
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Biological Sciences Faculty to Lead H2Ohio Wetlands Monitoring Program
In an effort to improve Ohio’s water quality, a Kent State University faculty researcher will take a lead role in monitoring some of Ohio’s wetlands.
Researchers from the Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network (LEARN) have been enlisted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) to form the H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program, to assess the effectiveness of wetland projects associated with Governor Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio Initiative, a comprehensive, data-driven approach to improving Ohio’s water quality.
Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as the Wetland Monitoring Program Lead for LEARN. The group will assess the effectiveness and future role of implemented and planned wetland restoration projects.
According to Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Mary Mertz, Governor DeWine has made Ohio’s water quality a priority for his administration through the H2Ohio initiative. “ODNR is charged with managing statewide projects focused on creating, restoring, and enhancing wetlands to improve water quality. We are working collaboratively with LEARN to draw on the expertise from Ohio’s strong academic institutions to help us document the success of these long-term investments in water quality."
LEARN researchers from Kent State, along with Bowling Green State University, Heidelberg University, Ohio State University, the University of Toledo and Wright State University will participate in sampling across multiple wetland types either currently being constructed or planned for the near future. ODNR and state scientists recognize that each wetland type will require different sampling approaches and will likely vary in its capacity to reduce nutrient runoff. This comprehensive monitoring plan, which currently includes 26 projects, is designed to identify and capture these differences.
“The diverse suite of projects being implemented for H2Ohio by the ODNR provides an ideal opportunity to address long-standing questions in wetland science—can restored wetlands effectively mitigate nutrient pollution, while at the same time providing co-benefits like wildlife habitat? And, what do managers need to do to maintain these functions in the long term?” Kinsman-Costello said.
“We have funding to hire a project coordinator who will be a member of my lab group that I will supervise, but who will also work closely with ODNR ecosystem managers and stakeholders out of the Old Woman Creek NERRS site,” Kinsman-Costello said. “The monitoring program will provide research and fieldwork opportunities for undergraduates and will create rigorous data sets and detailed field site knowledge that could support innovative, impactful graduate research projects.”
Ultimately, ODNR and LEARN are designing this effort to not only track the effectiveness of wetland efforts, but also to inform future wetland construction and maintenance. This collaboration will study different types of wetlands to determine which are the most cost-effective for mitigating nutrient runoff to Ohio waters.
“This is an exciting collaboration that will help improve our understanding, stewardship, and appreciation of inland and coastal wetland ecosystems,” said Janice Kerns, Ph.D., wetland monitoring program lead for the ODNR and reserve manager of Old Woman Creek National Estuary Research Reserve. “The information gained from this unique restoration monitoring program will support management decisions and actions that will not only benefit Ohio and Lake Erie but also ecosystems across the Midwest and Great Lakes as well.”
This agency-guided university effort will take advantage of existing monitoring infrastructure, such as weather stations and USGS gauges, university resources like Heidelberg University’s National Center for Water Quality Research, existing collaborations with agencies, non-profit organizations and industry, as well as additional funding opportunities and new partnerships.
“LEARN is excited to partner with ODNR on this wetland monitoring project. We have researchers from six Ohio universities partnering with managers from ODNR, EPA, and Ohio Sea Grant, as well as local watershed groups, to ensure we develop a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan that can be used as a blueprint for future work,” said Silvia Newell, Ph.D., LEARN president and associate professor in Earth and Environmental Sciences at Wright State University.
In addition to the monitoring plan, strategic communications and outreach will regularly connect the scientists with stakeholders, agency staff, elected officials and media outlets. This will include webinars, fact sheets, a website and workshops to share data and current findings.
“Direct engagement between scientists at Ohio’s universities and agencies will strengthen the state’s ability to monitor and assess how H2Ohio constructed wetlands mitigate nutrient runoff to Ohio’s freshwater systems,” said Kristen Fussell, Ph.D., assistant director of Administration and Research, Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory. “I am excited that LEARN is helping to coordinate this effort and working to increase lines of communication to various audiences across Ohio.”
“These wetland projects include some coastal projects, but also many inland projects throughout the state,” Kinsman-Costello said. “We do hope that this Monitoring Plan will grow to be used state-wide and perhaps beyond to assess the nutrient functions of wetland ecosystems, but our current focus is on the 26 wetland projects currently being implemented by ODNR.”
Kinsman-Costello has done some research in Sandusky Bay to better understand the role that the sediments at the bottom of the Bay play in nutrient cycling in the surface waters. A few of the LEARN projects are being implemented in the far western portion of the Bay, where Muddy Creek and the Sandusky River enter the Bay.
“That location is relatively shallow and very turbid, and the goal of projects there are to slow down the water in the hopes that the water will be less turbid to prevent the turbidity-loving harmful algae Planktothrix from blooming there,” Kinsman-Costello said.
The Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network (LEARN) is a group of field stations, scientific laboratories and diverse researchers within Ohio working together to promote collaborative research, education and networking to address the challenges and opportunities facing Ohio’s freshwater resources. Learn more at LakeErieAndAquaticResearch.org.
Dr. Lauren Kinsman-Costello, lkinsman@kent.edu, 330-672-3640
Jim Maxwell, jmaxwel2@kent.edu, 330-672-8028
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Prime Minister Hun Sen today reiterated his call for all in the Kingdom to remain calm and continue with good hygiene practices to prevent possible infection of Covid-19.
“Our country’s goal along with the other countries in the world is to combat Covid-19,” he said. “Let us all work together to prevent the virus from spreading in our country.”
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“Phnom Penh administration has observed in the past two days, people living in the city are stocking up on food and household items. Some shop owners are taking advantage of this and raising the price of essentials goods which we do not condone. We have enough food for the whole country,” city hall said in a statement today.
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mardi, 20.10.2020
Joint Press Release LFSG and LISM
Joint Press Release Liechtenstein Foundation for State Governance (LFSG) and Libyan Institute for Strategic Matters (LISM)
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Joint Press Release by the LIECHTENSTEIN FOUNDATION FOR STATE GOVERNANCE and the LIBYAN INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC MATTERS on a comprehensive initiative to develop next-generation leaders for Libya and provide them with the support and the tools to rebuild the constitutional, legal, economic, and political framework of a new Libya
The Liechtenstein Foundation for State Governance (LFSG), under the Chairmanship of H.S.H. Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, and the Libyan Institute for Strategic Matters (LISM), under the Chairmanship of Mr. Riad Grada, are announcing a joint initiative to identify, train, and support next-generation professionals as well as social and political leaders, and to provide them with the requisite tools to make impactful and sustainable contributions towards the reconciliation of a fragmented country and the rebuilding of a unified Libya.
The fundamental premise of such rebuilding efforts is that it requires all the significant political, economic, social, and military challenges facing the country to be addressed. The only chance for Libya to overcome its continuous state of crisis and accomplish national reconciliation and rebuilding lies in the simultaneous tackling of each challenge based on a methodology that starts with the identification of a local group of individuals with a broad range of political, geographical, and tribal affiliations.
The initiative will focus on all key areas of state governance and social inclusion, including a rotation-based executive government with enforceable code of conduct standards, political and financial literacy and inclusion efforts, the establishment of an independent judiciary, the hosting of a meaningful constitutional dialog among all Libyan stakeholders, healthy and accessible financial and capital markets with the requisite supervisory institutions, the retention of Libyan professionals and reversal of a brain drain, the acceptance and effective use of e-government instruments, as well as other areas that are critical to the national rebuilding and reconciliation.
Several of the knowledge and implementation tools, which form the basis of this joint initiative, will be transferred to the expanded LISM team by LFSG staffers in extensive training programs and through LFSG’s proprietary knowledge platform. The platform modules are based on global best practices and contain the requisite adaptation parameters for the political, economic, social and cultural realities in Libya. The LISM team will consist of carefully identified and tested next-generation Libyan professionals and future decision makers, including legislators, government and executive agency officials, judges, lawyers, economists, financial and capital markets professionals, auditors and accountants, as well as journalists and other members of the media.
For all inquiries and additional information requests, please contact:
Ms. Helga Hagen
Liechtenstein Foundation for State Governance
Landstrasse 36
www.lfsg.org
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The Liberal Pulpit
from Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation, White Plains, NY
UU Reading
UU Minute
If You're Lucky Your Heart Will Break
A friend of mine, James Ford, is both a Unitarian Universalist minister and a Zen master. James has a new book out. I haven't read it yet. I love the title: If You’re Lucky, Your Heart Will Break. For in that breaking is the chance to find yourself and your light. That’s the blessed affliction.
Ram Dass, born Richard Alpert, had a stroke in 1997, at age 65. The stroke left him with expressive aphasia -- he lost the ability to speak fluently. He also became wheel-chair bound. He called the stroke fierce grace. He wrote:
“For me to see the stroke as grace required a perceptual shift. I used to be afraid of things like strokes, but I’ve discovered that the fear of the stroke was worse than the stroke itself....Since the stroke I can say to you with an assurance I couldn’t have felt before, that faith and love are stronger than any changes, stronger than aging, and, I am very sure, stronger than death.”
Ram Dass also said:
“The ego is like my wheelchair. It’s a beautiful wheelchair. Use it. Enjoy it. Just don’t think it is you. Don’t take yourself so, so personally.”
Don’t take yourself so personally.
That's easier said than done.
It's not easy to maintain a helpful and functional ego while at the same time not identifying with it. Moreover, "don't take yourself so personally" easily becomes one more "should" in life, which undermines the point.
Accepting yourself means accepting even the parts of you that aren't self-accepting.
If I hadn’t been cracked, if I hadn’t failed, if things had gone as I was once so sure they “should,” I might still be teaching philosophy, still living in my head, still assessing everything other people said as either something I agreed with or something I had an argument against, rarely simply present to the beauty and fascination of another person – concerned only with whether they were right, rather than with understanding where they were coming from. I might still be with Evelyn. Boy, would that be awful!
In fact, as I play that “what if” game in my head, I realize that: no way. There's no way that old life could have lasted. If those "shoulds" hadn’t failed me when they did, they would have soon after. They were unsustainable “shoulds.” The question though is: am I learning what life is trying to show me about the ground of what is, or am I jumping from one delusion to another? Or clinging miserably to the same one?
As Pema Chodron says:
“We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder and more open to what scares us. We always have this choice.”
The blessing of affliction is offered. May our hearts receive it.
This is part 4 of 4 of "Blessed Affliction"
Previous: Part 3: "Failure and 'Should'"
Beginning: Part 1: "Nobody's Perfect?"
By Rev. Meredith Garmon at May 15, 2013
Labels: Blessed Affliction
In the Pulpit
Rev. Meredith Garmon
Minister, Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
468 Rosedale Ave
cucwp.org
What Is Liberal Religion?
What Religion is About
Unitarian Universalists believe . . . that your religion isn't about what you believe. So what is religion about?
1. Religion is about the way you live: the ethics and values that guide your life.
2. Religion is about community: the people with whom you choose to join in faith community, and the rituals, songs, and stories that affirm and strengthen community connection.
3. Religion is about experience: the moments of transcendence, awe, mystery, wonder, beauty, interconnection and oneness.
A faith congregation, liberal or conservative, aims to bring these three very different things together in such a way that each one reinforces the other two.
The Five Smooth Stones of Liberalism
What, then, makes religion liberal? James Luther Adams (1901-1996) identified these "five smooth stones":
1. Openness to New Truth. "Religious liberalism depends first on the principle that revelation is continuous. Meaning has not been finally captured. Nothing is complete, and thus nothing is exempt from criticism." Our religious tradition is a living tradition because we are always learning.
2. Freedom. "All relations between persons ought ideally to rest on mutual, free consent and not on coercion." We freely choose congregational relationship and spiritual practice. We deny infallibility and resist hierarchical authority.
3. Justice. We are morally obligated to direct our "effort toward the establishment of a just and loving community. It is this which makes the role of the prophet central and indispensable in liberalism."
4. Institution Building. Religious liberals "deny the immaculate conception of virtue and affirm the necessity of social incarnation....Justice is an exercise of just and lawful institutional power." Institution building involves the messiness of claiming our power amid conflicting perspectives and needs, rather than the purity of ahistorical, decontextualized ideals.
5. Hope. "The resources (divine and human) that are available for the achievement of meaningful change justify an attitude of ultimate optimism."
(For Adams's full text, see HERE. For Liberal Faith, see HERE.)
Series Titles
A Hanukkah for Letting Go of Opinions (3)
A Natural and Religious History of Compassion (5)
Acceptance and Resistance (3)
All You Need Is Love (3)
Animal Advocacy (3)
AntiBarbies (4)
Attain the Good You Will Not Attain (3)
Beatnik Celebration (4)
Behind the Kitchen Door (4)
Bless the World (3)
Blessed Affliction (4)
BLM & UU (3)
Borders/Boundaries (2)
Boxes Too Small (4)
Broken Open (4)
Brueggemann (1)
Church! Huh! What Is It Good For? (3)
Congregation-Based Community Organizing (1)
Corruption of Our Democracy (3)
Daring Democracy (3)
Democracy and the Meaning of Life (4)
Desertless Life (3)
Desiring Music (3)
Direct Experience of Transcending Mystery and Wonder (3)
Diremption Redemption (4)
Discovering America (3)
Easter and Transformation (2)
Ecospiritual (13)
Environmental Racism (5)
Evil & Sociopathy (4)
Evil and Hope (2)
Expanding the Circle (4)
Faith Like a Chalice (4)
Father Earth (5)
Feminist Theology (4)
Ferlinghetti (3)
Fire of Commitment (2)
Flower Communion (1)
Foolishness and Salvation (3)
Friends Along the Path (4)
God the Adjective (3)
God the Verb (3)
Going Into Labor (3)
Gratitude and Its Expression (4)
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Spirituality (9)
Income Inequality (8)
inner critic (2)
Instead of Guilt (4)
Intercultural Sensitivity (5)
Interdependent Web of Covenant (3)
Jesus Zombies and the Half-Way House of Reason (3)
Job and Transcendence (3)
Just Mercy (4)
Let Go . . . Or Not (3)
Liberal Entitlement (4)
Living Your Faith (3)
Love and Desire (3)
Making Friends with Death (4)
Meadow For Metaphor (5)
Mercy Sakes! (3)
Mercy v. Justice (4)
Mindfulness Fad (3)
ministry & metanoia (5)
Mission: Possible (5)
Moral Psychology (3)
Myth of Scarcity (5)
Newsletter Column (13)
Nonviolent Social Change (3)
On Being a UU Buddhist (3)
One Hundred Years from Now (3)
Pastoral (3)
Poetry Celebration (14)
Queer Theory (3)
Racial Justice (1)
Radical Hospitality (8)
Reclaiming Prophetic Witness (4)
Reduce Waste (3)
Respond to Whose Love? (4)
Service to Transform (5)
Shadow's Gift (1)
Spirit of Truth (4)
spiritual bypass (2)
Spiritual Practice (4)
Spirituality of Evolution (3)
Thanksgiving Truth (1)
The American Idea (3)
The Arc of the Moral Universe (3)
The Blues (3)
The Fourth P (1)
The Future Will Judge Us (3)
The Gift to be Simple (3)
The Half-Won Blessing (5)
The Meaning of Membership (4)
The Paradox of Generosity (3)
The Prophetic (2)
The Spiritual Practice of Generosity (4)
The Third Reconstruction (3)
Theology of Money (3)
There Is No God and She Is Always with You (3)
There's Something About Mary (3)
Things Get Difficult (1)
Timshel: Thou Mayest (3)
Truth Who Needs It (3)
Truth? (3)
Unitarian Identity (1)
UU Buddhism (3)
UU Minute (26)
Vocation: Who Are You? (5)
Wandering (3)
War Peace and Remembering (2)
Welcome to Liberal Religion (4)
Welcome to Resistance (3)
What Do We Do Now Dr King? (3)
What Is Blessing? (2)
What Is Liberal Religion? (5)
What Other People Think (3)
Who Are These People? (3)
Who's In Charge Here? (4)
Why Is There Awe (6)
Why Not Evil? (4)
Wonder of Wonders (3)
Yay! Death! (3)
Woooo-Hoooo!
But Do You Have a Spiritual Practice?
Self-Transcendence, Huh? What Is It Good For?
The Class Atheist
Spirituality and Types
This Is It: Atheist Spirituality
Failure and "Should"
The Brokenness Is the Gift
Nobody's Perfect?
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KFC Has a Secret Menu – Here’s How You Can Access It
Anthony Caruana
Published 7 months ago: June 19, 2020 at 3:30 pm -
Filed to:fast food
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We love a good secret menu because the foodie in us can never get enough of all the tasty morsels that exist out there. If you weren’t already aware, KFC too has a secret menu. As well as the Triple Stacker Burger, there’s an entire list of secret goodness you can sink your teeth in. Here’s how to access that menu and join KFC’s secret society.
Oh Look, KFC Has A Heart-Attack Burger
When it comes to drumming up hype for a new burger, size matters. The bigger, the juicier and the more heart-attack inducing, the better.
Here’s how to access the KFC secret menu.
Download the KFC app to your iOS or Android device.
Start the app and hit the Order Now button.
Search for a local KFC store (I prefer to not give the app access to my location — no need to share more information than necessary).
Once you’ve found a store, tap on the Order button.
When you see the menu, pull down the menu until you see a cartoon version of Colonel Sanders and hold it for about 11 seconds.
When you release, you should see the Secret Menu.
Aside from the Triple Stacker Burger, the menu currently has the Zinger Chipster – a tasty concoction of Zinger fillet, lettuce, cheese and chips in a tortilla for $6.95. There’s also a $4.95 Kentucky Snack pack with chips, Popcorn Chicken and ‘fiery supercharged sauce’. If you’re feeling particularly peckish, a $12.45 Triple Stacker Burger with, you guessed it, three stacked Zinger fillets, bacon and cheese is also available for a short time.
The Kentucky Slider
The menu changes over time with different options so you’ll have to check in regularly to see what’s available.
If there’s a similar menu at Maccas I can’t find it although it’s pretty easy to customise existing menu items to your heart’s content.
7 Weird KFC Myths, Debunked By KFC
Buried on KFC's website are a series of 'Facts' that the company insists are fake news. More than anything, it would like you to stop believing in them.
This story has been updated since its original publication.
Anthony Caruana is a freelance writer focused on consumer tech & information security.
Hmmm, I could not find this.
No Cartoon sanders at the bottom. He appears at the top but tapping him or holding the menu down to make him appear does nothing.
anthonycaruana says:
Pull down. When you see the Colonel, hold a little longer, then release.
Updated app, tried again and got it. Pending update may have been it.
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Adelaide Festival Opening Weekend
A top-notch, diverse line-up makes for a cracking start to this year's Adelaide Festival.
by Jo Litson on March 6, 2018
In Adelaide for the opening of this year’s Adelaide Festival, I could only stay for two days but thanks to some clever, thoughtful programming from co-Artistic Directors Neil Armfield and Rachel Healy and their team, I was able to see five very different shows, which together made for an exhilarating start.
Brett Dean’s opera Hamlet (read the Limelight review) was a real festival event and an intense and intensely rewarding way to launch the 2018 program. The following day Memorial, Thyestes, Split and The Far Side of the Moon each in their own, very different ways, offered something special.
★★★★☆ Memorial (Brink Productions)
Memorial is a deeply moving piece of theatre with a sublime score. It is based on Alice Oswald’s 2011 poem, which is “an excavation” (as she puts it) of Homer’s epic poem The Iliad, set during the Trojan War. Oswald’s pared-back version honours the 215 warriors who die in it, naming them all. Chris Drummond, Artistic Director of Brink Productions, and Yaron Lifschitz, Artistic Director of Circa, worked together to adapt it for the stage, with Drummond directing the production and Lifschitz overseeing the movement.
Helen Morse in Memorial. Photo © Shane Reid
Memorial is essentially an elegy to those killed in battle: a roll-call of the dead, with brief but eloquent snatches of information about who they each were, and graphic descriptions of how they perished, along with lyrical descriptive passages. Helen Morse is the play’s narrator, a tiny figure in a red dress with a serene presence and a mesmerising voice. Just learning the poetic text, with its parade of names, is a feat in itself, but the vocal variety and compassion that Morse brings to the telling of the terrible tale is breath-taking. It is a magnificent performance.
The production involves around 200 performers – men, women and children of all ages from the local community – along with ten musicians and singers (led by Music Director Jonathan Peter Kenny) who are positioned on a platform above the back of the stage. Drummond commissioned British composer Jocelyn Pook to write a score and the resulting music, with a Middle Eastern/Eastern European sound, is transcendently beautiful.
The opening image is of a stage covered with bodies. Slowly one person raises an arm, then another, then another, and then they gradually all rise. From there, the choreography has this “soldier chorus” moving in various groups and patterns – a single file across the stage like a passing parade of humanity, a swirling mass of people circling Morse, a line-up along the back of the stage from which two young children step forward in helmets, couples dancing quietly together. The movement throughout is highly effective, while simple gestures like a woman handing Morse a bowl of water in ritual fashion have a compelling resonance.
Running one hour and 45 minutes, Memorial does feel a bit over-long, but the cumulative effect of the list of dying warriors is a powerful statement about the tragic waste of life. The ending, as all the performers sing “thousands of leaves” over and over in soaring harmonies (having compared thousands of leaves to thousands of bodies) is unutterably moving and tears slid down faces all over the auditorium.
Memorial has its final performance tonight
★★★★½ Thyestes (The Hayloft Project, Belvoir)
Simon Stone’s radical, contemporary re-imagining of Seneca’s violent tragedy Thyestes, with its litany of horror including murder, rape and incest, is confronting, shocking, gripping, completely unexpected and exhilarating theatre.
Chris Ryan and Thomas Henning in Thyestes. Photo © Jeff Busby
Written by Stone with the original cast – Thomas Henning, Chris Ryan and Mark Leonard Winter – it premiered at Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre in 2011 then had a Sydney season at Belvoir the following year. Now it has its Adelaide premiere with Henning and Ryan reprising their roles, and Toby Schmitz joining them as Thyestes’ psychopathic brother Atreus – and giving a truly terrifying performance.
The opening scene in which Thyestes and Atreus murder their half-brother Chrysippus makes it abundantly plain that this will be anything but a literal adaptation. Three young men in jeans chat casually over red wine about a trip to Guatemala gone wrong, girlfriends and sex. It’s very funny, until finally a gun appears. From there, each scene is a brilliantly conceived surprise that keeps you on the edge of your seat, not knowing what to expect next, from ping pong to Lieder.
Performed in traverse, on a harshly lit, gleaming white, open-sided box, with black screens descending to hide the miraculous scene changes (a stunningly effective design by Claude Marcos), the play is very cleverly structured. Digital surtitles announce each scene as the play moves forwards in time initially and then backwards so that it culminates with the horrifying banquet at the centre of the myth. You ain’t seen nothing like it. Astonishing theatre.
Thyestes runs until March 7
★★★★☆ Split (Lucy Guerin Inc)
Split is an intriguing dance work from the ever-fascinating choreographer Lucy Guerin, which premiered at Dance Massive in Melbourne in 2017. Two female dancers, one clothed (Melanie Lane), one naked (Lilian Steiner), begin dancing together in unison in the top left corner of a large square, marked out in white tape, to a throbbing percussive beat by British composer Scanner. Their movements are precise, detailed and rigorous, with plenty of repetition. Gradually they start to traverse the space together, moving diagonally across the square, arms and legs whipping and sweeping with absolute synchronicity. The choreography then develops to include floor work. At the end of the first section, they divide the space in half with white tape and begin again, performing for half the length of time. Then they halve the space and performance time again and again, eight times, until they are dancing in a teeny tiny square in the top right hand corner of the stage.
Lilian Steiner and Melanie Lane in Split. Photo: supplied
As the performance area constricts, the mood of the choreography changes. Calm, elegant unison gives way to more frenetic movement as the dancers weave around each other, then clamber on each other to fit into the increasingly tighter space, the tension between them growing. Paul Lim’s subdued lighting creates a moody atmosphere, the dancing is terrific and the concept offers all sorts of interpretations in a richly satisfying piece.
★★★★☆ The Far Side of the Moon (Ex Machina)
The Far Side of the Moon was written and devised by French Canadian auteur Robert Lepage in 2000. Initially Lepage performed it himself and, in fact, brought it to the 2001 Sydney Festival as part of an international tour. Yves Jacques has since taken on the one-man play, and does a sterling job.
It tells the story of two brothers – Philippe, an unhappy academic who is struggling with a thesis about how space travel has impacted on popular culture, and André, a brash, confident weatherman – and the conflict between them as they try to come to terms with the recent death of their mother.
Yves Jacques as the brothers’ mother in The Far Side of the Moon. Photo © Shane Reid
Lepage uses the space race between the Russians and Americans as a backdrop, weaving it into the plot, with particular reference to Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, who was the first man to walk in space. Jacques plays both Philippe and André, as well as their mother and a doctor, and does an immaculate job of delineating them.
The ingenious, witty stagecraft uses projections, puppetry, a large mirror and the inventive use of props such as an ironing board to tell its story in inspired fashion. Unforgettable images include Philippe disappearing head-first into a front-loader washing machine at the laundrette, and an astronaut floating in space. A gentle, melancholic, thoughtful, dazzlingly staged piece of theatre with images that you will never forget.
The Far Side of the Moon plays until March 7
The Adelaide Festival runs until March 18
Review: Humans 2.0 (Circa, Sydney Festival)
Though the message is mostly opaque, the 10 glorious humans performing are something special.
Bell Shakespeare’s COVID interrupted 30th
Peter Evans discusses the company's new series of debates, its podcasts Speak the Speech, and the likely return of the Prince of Denmark next year.
Circus, Dance
Review: Leviathan (Circa, Brisbane Festival, QPAC)
An energetic work of impressive scope and scale, exploring human connectedness and the power of the collective.
Review: Beethoven 9, Circa and Cheetham: Season Opening Gala (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
The MSO reached beyond the stars for its acrobatic opening gala.
Review: Medea (Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York)
Sparks fly between Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale in Simon Stone's visceral modern Medea.
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
Review: Orpheus & Eurydice (Opera Queensland, Circa)
Outdated asylum setting aside, Orfeo ed Eurydice with circus troupe astounds.
Opera, Opera
Che farò senza Euridice?
Opera Queensland and Circa Contemporary Circus are teaming up to tackle Gluck’s story of love and loss. Circa’s Yaron Lifschitz discusses his powerful vision for the opera, which he says is driven by desire.
Review: La Traviata (Opéra national de Paris)
An Australian creative team is behind the controversial production, which stars Pretty Yende as an Internet sensation, influencer and fashionista.
Review: Shakespeare in Love (Melbourne Theatre Company)
This beautiful, joyous production reveals why the Oscar winning rom-com truly belongs in the theatre.
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Review: Lazarus (The Production Company)
Great music and visuals save David Bowie’s existential musical from total alienation.
Review: Season One (Sydney Dance Company)
An exciting triple bill with two new works, and the exhilarating mainstage debut of Melanie Lane’s WOOF.
Review: 33 Variations (Cameron Lukey & Neil Gooding Productions)
Ellen Burstyn and a high-calibre Australian cast explore life, death and Beethoven.
Review: Make Your Own World (Lucy Guerin Inc, Dance Massive)
An intricately composed dance work featuring an intelligent cast.
Richard Gill AO: Celebration of a Life
Not only the celebration of a remarkable life, but a celebration of human life with music at its heart.
Review: The Dance of Death (Belvoir St Theatre)
An insistence on the big effect comes at the expense of effective theatre.
Review: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (The Production Company)
A delightful show that tips its lid to G & S, and features a tour de force performance by Mitchell Butel.
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Directs you to their self-publishing service for those of us who canât get an agent: Archway Publishing. Olympia Publishers consider submissions from a wide range of genres, both fiction and non-fiction; from memoirs and biographies to science fiction and fantasy. Change ). Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Macmillan grew and thrived, and was even briefly headed by a former British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan. Most of them have an important visual component. Until recently Tor UK followed the submission policy of Macmillan in that we didn't accept direct submissions. Submission Details Macmillan only accepts submissions through an agent. If you can't find what you need here then please don't hesitate to contact your Commissioning Editor . Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Whether it’s controversial or explicit, childish or colourful, our editorial team will undertake a … Blogging every day for a month: what happened. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Tor/Forge publishes science fiction and fantasy books. Rules: Include a cover letter describing submission & first 50 pages of MS. I think this is where many aspiring authors feel stuck or lost. The Macmillan Group. Thank you for all the time and effort you spent on this! Response time: 3 – 5 months of receipt of submission To be honest, with so many submissions from agents, plus manuscripts from existing authors and actually publishing books – there’s little to no time to actually go through what we used to fondly designate the 'slush pile'. Now to re-blog it. Send queries and manuscripts to info@perseabooks.com or to the appropriate editor (Fiction or Nonfiction), Persea Books, 277 Broadway, Suite 708, New York, NY 10007. The Instant #1 New York Times BestsellerThe global icon,... Christobel Kent was born in London and grew up in London and Essex, including a stint on... 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Macmillan Publishers Ltd., British publishing house that is one of the largest in the world, producing textbooks, works of science and literature, and high-quality periodicals. Sign up for email updates from Macmillan and its related companies to receive information about new books, exclusive sneak peeks of our hottest titles, and more! As of January 7, Tor.com is closed to unsolicited short fiction submissions on an indefinite basis. Make sure to check back in a few months time to see if anything has changed! Thanks for taking the time to put this together, Millie! Entangled Publishing is an independent publisher of romantic fiction – no surprise they are open for submissions across all of their imprints! Must have taken you hours, Hahah thanks Tom! Submissions Department Austin Macauley Publishers LLC, 40 Wall Street, 33rd Floor, Suite 3302, New York, NY 10005. Allen & Unwin Book Publishers. Someone from our editorial team will contact you to discuss what happens next. Forever Yours will only consider manuscripts that are complete at the time of submission. Email Signup. They are distributed through Macmillan in every country but Canada (where they have a different distributor). A great bit of research from a fellow writer. You should receive a response, even if rejected, Input query letter, brief synopsis, best scene or first 1,000 words, Upload manuscript (unsure if must be completed MS), You should receive a response, even if negative, Upload manuscript (unsure if must be completed MS, there is an option to say incomplete), Response time: guessing 3 months (same as Avon Impulse), Rules: Include a cover letter describing submission & first 50 pages of MS, If you wish to hear back include a self-addressed stamped envelope in submission, Response time: 3 â 5 months of receipt of submission. SUBMISSIONS. We would be pleased to receive submissions through the online form below. It was founded in 1843 as a bookstore by Daniel Macmillan (b. Sept. 13, 1813, Isle of … OUR PUBLISHERS. Milly Schmidt has come up with a list worth of reading, printing out, and keeping for when your pen moves you. Digital imprints are apparently open for submissions, however, I didn’t have much luck with the links on this page (scroll to the end for digital imprints). Updated 5/18/20 Pan Macmillan Australia is accepting electronic manuscript submissions directly from writers between 10am and 4pm the first Monday of every month as part of its manuscript submission process. Foreign Rights. Please send requests on school letterhead or standard AAP form via mail to Macmillan Academic Marketing, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271; or via email to academic@macmillan.com. About Pan Macmillan Australia. Tor is one of the most established science fiction publishers and they have won the Locus Award for best SF publisher 26 years in a row. ( Log Out / Run by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, Tor/Forge is an imprint of Macmillan, one of the big five publishers. 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Submit a book proposal. Thanks ð You should be able to apply for Entangled Publishing if you have a romance novel – I haven’t testedf them out yet though! Pan Macmillan India is the trade publishing arm of the Macmillan Group and publishes adult fiction and non-fiction under its imprints, Picador India, Macmillan and Pan. Thank you for your interest in publishing with Pan Macmillan India. Founded by publishing veteran Bob Miller, President and Publisher, known for starting and running Hyperion Books for Disney for 18 years, Flatiron has published forty New York Times bestsellers in its first four years, including ten #1 bestsellers. Nowadays Macmillan is one of the largest and best-known international publishers in the world, operating in over 70 countries. Welcome to the Pan Macmillan Submission Page. 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Works on: Fiction, picture books through YA, and select nonfiction. https://millyschmidt.com/2019/02/12/how-to-submit-your-manuscript-to-the-big-5-us-publishers-in-2019/#comment-15863, Thanks, Milly. Pan Macmillan is part of the Macmillan Group, which operates in over 70 countries worldwide. And thanks for the research. To this end, we are happy to consider unsolicited submissions. Heartdrum Submission Guidelines Heartdrum is a Native-focused imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books, author-curated by Cynthia Leitich Smith and edited by Rosemary Brosnan. Please direct all international publisher and … Your completed manuscript saved as a Word doc. Our readers and editors will respond to each story that has been submitted to us. Imprints that accept unsolicited manuscripts: Only accepts electronic submissions through their Submittable page, Accepts picture books, middle grade, young adult, non-traditional non-fiction & graphic novels. Associate Publisher, Feiwel & Friends . Pan Macmillan Australia accepts electronic manuscript submissions directly from writers between 10am and 4pm the first Monday of every month as part of its manuscript submission process.Pan Macmillan is a major Australian publisher with a wide range of titles under group imprints, including Macmillan, Pan, Picador, Plum, Momentum, Macquarie Dictionary Publishers… I will updating this list regularly for you all and stashing it permanently under my ‘Resources – Traditional Publishing‘ page. Submissions and getting published with Pan Macmillan Australia. Your submission will be read within three months and you will be contacted if successful. Bestselling creators of Real Friends Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with a true... By Karamo Brown, Jason "Rachel" Brown, Anoosha Syed. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Thank you for your interest in publishing with Sounds True. Are you planning to keep it updated? 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Holt and Company, founded more than 150 years ago, has not only endured since its days of publishing Robert Louis Stevenson novels and Robert Frost poetry, but it has distinguished itself with a dynamic list of award-winning and bestselling fiction (Hilary Mantel’s magnificent Wolf Hall … Enjoy and good luck submitting! Adult Trade Children's College & Academic Magazines & Journals Distributed Publishers Adult Trade We strive to be a trusted partner on the spiritual journey offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom delivered with beauty, quality, and integrity. This must have taken hours to compile! Great Info. Macmillan Inc. is a now mostly defunct American publishing company.Once the American division of the British Macmillan Publishers, remnants of the original American Macmillan are present in McGraw-Hill Education's Macmillan/McGraw-Hill textbooks and Gale's Macmillan Reference USA division. Drop her a line and thank her. Home to some of today’s most talented authors, illustrators and designers, our distinctive books are full of character, with a fresh wit and a warm heart. Hi Everyone! Picador India – Literary fiction and non-fiction is published under Picador India. Submit via mail. Milly the FWL (Freelance Writer Lady) can’t keep her down. For those of you who don’t know, the Big 5 US publishers are represented in other countries too, which means Non-U.S. Citizens will need to submit their manuscripts to their own country’s equivalent Publishing House. Founded in 1843, Macmillan Publishers is one of the largest global trade book publishers and home to numerous bestselling and award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books, from St. Martin’s Press, Tor Books, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Henry Holt, Picador, Flatiron Books, Celadon Books, and Macmillan Audio. The German publisher Holtzbrinck, which bought Macmillan UK in 1999, purchased … Pan Macmillan is a major Australian publisher with a wide range of titles under group imprints, including Macmillan, Pan, Picador, Plum, Momentum, Macquarie Dictionary Publishers… A common next step is that we send your proposal out for … If you submitted your manuscript this year please note we have completed the first round of readings and … He served as a Marine reservist after graduating... Austen Ivereigh is a British writer, journalist, and commentator on religious and... Watch the Official Book Trailer of SANTA BABY by Jonathan Stutzman; illustrated by Heather Fox! Macmillan Children’s Books is one of the UK’s leading children’s publishers, creating and publishing absorbing and exciting stories for children of all ages for over 150 years. To withdraw your consent, see Your Choices. Henry Holt & Company. Imprint that accepts unsolicited manuscripts: In the body of the email: a query letter that includes the main hook of your story, the genre, the word count, a brief summary, and a little bit about you, A detailed 3-5 page synopsis as an attachment. If the editor considers the work to be appropriate for our lists, we will put forward an offer of publication, either under a traditional contract or a hybrid publishing contract. Hereâs a recently updated list of the Big 5 US Publishing Houses, their submission requirements for unsolicited manuscripts and links to submission details. At Pan Macmillan, we are proud to publish many of Australia and the world’s most inspired, acclaimed and bestselling authors. Looking for: Picture books and fiction by new and established talent, featuring strong, unique, and unexpected voices/characters, and destined to be "new classics." Founded by publishing industry veterans Jamie Raab and Deb Futter, Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishing, selects each title with thoughtful consideration in an effort to create a list that is at once classic, uncommon, and fosters discoverability of new voices. Email the form, together with any supporting material, e.g. We publish under the imprints Macmillan, Pan, Picador, Plum and Macquarie Dictionary Publishers.We are committed to investing in Australian authors and stories, and our local publishing program covers a broad range of genres. Here at Pan Macmillan Australia, we publish a wide range of bestselling, award-winning and high-quality titles. ( Log Out / So I’ve saved this blog to > Resources > Traditional Publishing so you can all refind it in the future ð, Oh and I’ll be keeping it updated and have added it to my > Resources > Traditional Publishing page for you all ð. I’ve also added two bonus publishers at the end for both US and Non-U.S Citizens. 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take any linear relationship. Each EU country has a standard rate which applies to the supply of most goods and services. These review … The ICDR ® Rules empower parties and arbitrators to control their own processes. standard form means rewrite as; Ax + By = C where A ≥ 0 and is integer and A,B,C have no common factors (>1). The HKEX Rules, Interpretation and Guidance are maintained by Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk and Compliance to organise the materials for greater accessibility. Standard Form is used for representing: Distances to galaxies, solar systems and planets. Definition Significant Figure Standard Form • Digits of a number that is relevant to its precision. In this example, 5326.6 is written as 5.3266 × 10 3, because 5326.6 = 5.3266 × 1000 = 5.3266 × 10 3. They provide cost-effective and tangible value to users across a wide variety of industries and cases, especially when utilized in conjunction with ICDR arbitrators and mediators and administered by ICDR case management. To get: 3x+2y= 6. Now you have a standard form equation! i.e. However, instead of the index being positive (in the above example, the index was 3), it will be negative. • Identify and evaluate the Standard Form • Perform the conversion of length and volume of liquid LEARNING OUTCOMES 3. Number of problems 5 problems. However, before you decide to apply you need to be aware of some important characteristics: Rule 5.9 - Standard forms (A) A form, including any instructions, shall be considered adopted when it has been approved by a majority of a quorum of probate judges present at a meeting of the Council of Probate Court Judges of Georgia. The Corbettmaths Practice Questions on Standard Form. Before you apply for a standard rules permit make sure you understand the standard rules set, that it describes exactly what you want to do and that you will be able to meet the requirements of the rules. The forms committee members may approve changes to forms and instructions. What is standard form? How to Write the Equation into Standard Form When Given an Equation. Answer to be given in standard form. The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) are rules governing the play of the game of chess.While the exact origins of chess are unclear, modern rules first took form during the Middle Ages. B. The forms for use with the Criminal Procedure Rules collect information required by the court for the purposes of criminal case management under the Rules and under other legislation. The standard form for linear equations in two variables is Ax+By=C. The standard form is just another way to write this equation, and is defined as Ax + By = C, where A, B, and C are real numbers, and A and B are both not zero (see note below about other requirements). Published 28 August 2018 Last updated 20 November 2020 — see all updates As we know, the decimal numbers are the simplified form of fractions. The rules continued to be slightly modified until the early 19th century, when they reached essentially their current form. The reality of standard form contracting, however, means that many common law jurisdictions have developed special rules with respect to them. Standard rules and risk assessments. Rules, Forms & Fees Standard Use the following forms for cases in which there is no existing pre-dispute contractual arbitration provision, but the parties have mutually agreed to use mediation or arbitration as a fair and cost-effective forum to resolve their dispute: A, B, C must not have any factors common to all. We can use the equivalent equation rules to manipulate an equation and put it in standard form. 1) \textcolor{red}{A} must be a whole number between \mathbf{1} and \mathbf{10}, in other words, 1\leq A<10. EXAMPLE : The number 13.2 is said to have 3 significant figures. One or two reduced rates may be applied to supply of specific goods and services (based on the list in Annex III of the VAT Directive), but - in most cases - not to electronically supplied services. For example, 2x+3y=5 is a linear equation in standard form. Diameters and circumferences of planets. ... We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. 2 ≥ 0. On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional. Calculate \((3.4 × 10^{3}) + (4.65 × 10^{4})\). (Some of these support deprecated classes and older releases.) Standard form in Math is mentioned for basically decimal numbers, equations, polynomials, linear equation, etc. A. Traditionally the "Ax" term is positive. Standard form requires all variables to be non-negative. This project was created with Explain Everything™ Interactive Whiteboard for iPad. Converting: Normal > Standard Form To convert a normal number to standard form… 2 ≤ 0. This is really useful when you're working with other people on a problem. Give your answer in standard form. This cannot be less than 15%. The Standard Rules may from time to time be altered, amended or replaced by new Rules approved by British Chambers of Commerce. Ax + By = C; A, B, C are integers (positive or negative whole numbers) ; No fractions nor decimals in standard form. The number 13.20 is said to have 4 significant figures. SR2010 No 2: discharge to surface water. 1/3x+1/4y=4 is NOT standard form. 2. wherever x. Rules for Standard Form Must be in the form Ax + By - C = 0 where A and B are not both zero. Any such modification, alteration or replacement, and the date from which such shall be effective, will be made known to applicants by the issuing body in writing. In Indian context cases are entertained under the rules provided by Indian Contract Act, there is no any act only made to deal with standard form of contract specifically. 2. for x. A, B, C must be integers. We always write a number in standard form exactly like this: \textcolor{red}{A}\times\textcolor{blue}{10}^\textcolor{limegreen}{n} The Three Key Rules. Save worksheet. 2. Videos, worksheets, 5-a-day and much more A, B, C are integers (positive or negative whole numbers) No fractions nor decimals in standard form. (Some of … Standard form must not begin with a negative sign. How to apply for a standard rules environmental permit from the Environment Agency. Standard Form. In this unit of work students learn how to work with Indices, Standard Form and Surds. And we substitute –y. Ideal for GCSE revision, this worksheet contains exam-type questions to review a students understanding of Standard Form.This sheet contains the straightforward questions, but I will include harder problem-type questions in the sheet ‘Standard Form 2’. Hyperlinked cross references are now available in the HTML versions. 2 = - x. Browse the listing below to download your choice of form(s). "Ax" term is positive. Standard Rules Permits. But after your proposed change, it is still true that x. Each form identifies the Criminal Procedure Rule and any other legislation that the court must apply: see the Rules and that other legislation for details. The standard form of a line is simply a special way of writing the equation of a line. Atlas — Standard Form rules When initially installed, Process Commander contains a form file rule for each form defined through the Form Builder tool, or about 240 total. Standard Form of a Decimal Number. Applying for a standard permit saves you time and money. The rules when writing a number in standard form is that first you write down a number between 1 and 10, then you write × 10(to the power of a number). Before learning this topic you should first make sure you know how to convert numbers to and from standard form. Atlas — Standard Form rules When initially installed, PRPC contains a form file rule for each form defined through the Form Builder tool, or about 240 total. Mass of planets or stars Size of an atom Mass of a proton Mass of an electron 3. Indices, Standard Form and Surds August 23, 2016. Multiply and divide standard form. Standard rate. You are probably already familiar with the slope-intercept form of a line, y = mx + b. For each facility there is a set of rules, guidance on how to comply with the rules and a risk assessment. Reduced rate. How to add, subtract, multiply and divide with numbers written in standard form Example 1 - Adding numbers in standard form. 2) Standard form is always \textcolor{blue}{10} to the power of something … The phrase can apply to both individual numbers and equations. The standard form of contract are written in fine print with all the terms and conditions laid down clearly in the contract. Options Positive powers of 10 Negative powers of 10. to enable you to do this generally we use the four rules … 20 problems. Learning progresses from understanding the multiplication and division rules of indices to performing calculations with numbers written in standard form and surds. We let y. Small numbers can also be written in standard form. There are currently no standard rules permits for sewage effluent to ground or groundwater. If there are fractions: This website and its content is subject to our Terms and Conditions. Tes Global Ltd is registered in England (Company No 02017289) with its registered office at 26 Red Lion Square London WC1R 4HQ. In general, in the event of an ambiguity, the courts will interpret standard form contracts contra proferentem (against the party that drafted the contract), as that party (and only that party) had the ability to draft the contract to remove ambiguity. Then y. A worksheet where you are given a mix of multiplying and dividing two numbers given in standard form. Standard Forms are used governmentwide for various employment and benefits program purposes. 2. appears in the LP. "Standard form" has several applications in math and science, so the steps required to change something into standard form will vary based on the desired application. For each facility there is a set of rules, guidance on how to comply with the rules and a risk assessment.. Before you apply. Answer sheet Include answer sheet. 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If it’s a pizza you fancy, or a Chinese or an Indian, JUST EAT is there to make it quick and easy for you to order one, while making it just as simple for your local restaurant to deliver it.
As a leading online takeaway ordering service, it’s a job JUST EAT excels at. The company has handled more than 70 million orders since its launch and has more than 32,000 partner restaurants.
"We pioneered the concept of an online platform that people can go on to browse local restaurants from the comfort of their own home or on the way back from work," says CEO David Buttress. "It’s great for our partner restaurants too – most takeaway restaurants simply don’t have the resources or expertise to develop their own e-commerce platform and then advertise it locally."
2015 - Most takeaway orders will be made using mobile phones within two years, according to JUST EAT
When it started out, the company realised it was no good having an original concept if you couldn’t sell it, so it came up with an effective sales and marketing campaign. "Creating a brand has helped us capture the imagination of the public," emphasises David. The company’s future success relies on it continuing to anticipate trends in customer behaviour. "We have made big steps in terms of mobile app development to make it even easier for people to order," David says. "We expect mobile to be the most popular ordering method by 2015."
Whatever direction online takeaway ordering goes in, JUST EAT is confident that it has what it takes to deliver.
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Sourcing ingredients locally has been central to Pieminister’s success.
The brewery’s premium offering has proved a big hit with discerning pub-goers.
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CAMPBELL - Salt&Pepper Shaker
Porcelain Salt & Pepper Shakers - "Campbell" , based on the work by Andy Warhol : "Colored Campbell's Soup Cans" (1965). Presented as a set of salt shaker + pepper shaker. It comes with a white cardboard gift box.
Material: Limoges porcelain
(2x) 2.4 x 1.2" (External dimensions)
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About Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol More than twenty years after his death, Andy Warhol remains one of the most influential figures in contemporary art and culture. Warhol’s life and work inspire creative thinkers worldwide thanks to his enduring imagery, his artfully cultivated celebrity, and the ongoing research of dedicated scholars. His impact as an artist… Read more
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Background Information about Andy Warhol
More than twenty years after his death, Andy Warhol remains one of the most influential figures in contemporary art and culture. Warhol’s life and work inspire creative thinkers worldwide thanks to his enduring imagery, his artfully cultivated celebrity, and the ongoing research of dedicated scholars. His impact as an artist is far deeper and greater than his one prescient observation that “everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.” His omnivorous curiosity resulted in an enormous body of work that spanned every available medium and, most importantly, contributed to the collapse of boundaries between high and low culture.
Coloured Soup Cans
Andy Warhol’s 32 Colored Campbell's Soup Cans remain among the most iconic series in modern art. The project took differing forms over the years, culminating in a series of 19 different colors in 1965. Warhol began using spray paint to color the backgrounds and soup can labels. This process produced a body of work that distorted viewers' perceptions of familiarity.
"The key motif in Warhol’s Flowers series was derived from a photograph the artist discovered in a magazine. Building on this, he rearranged and varied the number of flowers, running off numerous screenprints that differ in color and format. In this version, however, the flowers and green background were painted by hand.
"The subject of flowers illustrates Warhol’s serial principle perhaps more succinctly and yet more poetically than any other. By depicting flowers, the natural potential of plants to proliferate is combined with their technical reproducibility as decorative motifs for mass production. Although the fragile and ephemeral nature of flowers was transferred by Warhol to the realm of monumentality, an air of vulnerability and nostalgia also clings to his Flowers. In fact, his first flower pictures directly followed his Disaster series, in which he focused on media images revolving around death. Warhol’s Flowers can, therefore, also be seen in light of flowers as a symbol of fugacity and death.
– Dr. Raphael Bouvier, Curator at the Beyeler Foundation
The Skateroom is a platform for promoting, selling, and producing art on skateboards in order to support youth-empowerment and development. Proceeds from this project will benefit Skateistan, an award-winning, international NGO with projects in Afghanistan, Cambodia, and South Africa. Skateistan is the first international development initiative to combine skateboarding with educational outcomes.
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Chosen peoples
The Bible, race and empire in the long nineteenth century
Editors: Gareth Atkins, Shinjini Das, and Brian H. Murray
Chosen peoples demonstrates how biblical themes, ideas and metaphors shaped narratives of racial, national and imperial identity in the long nineteenth century. Even and indeed especially amid spreading secularism, the development of professionalised science and the proclamation of ‘modernity’, biblical notions of lineage, descent and inheritance continued to inform understandings of race, nation and character at every level from the popular to the academic. Although new ideas and discoveries were challenging the historicity of the Bible, even markedly secular thinkers chose to explain their complex and radical ideas through biblical analogy. Denizens of the seething industrial cities of America and Europe championed or criticised them as New Jerusalems and Modern Babylons, while modern nation states were contrasted with or likened to Egypt, Greece and Israel. Imperial expansion prompted people to draw scriptural parallels, as European settler movements portrayed ‘new’ territories across the seas as lands of Canaan. Yet such language did not just travel in one direction. If many colonised and conquered peoples resisted the imposition of biblical narratives, they also appropriated biblical tropes to their own ends. These original case studies, by emerging and established scholars, throw new light on familiar areas such as slavery, colonialism and the missionary project, while opening up exciting cross-comparisons between race, identity and the politics of biblical translation and interpretation in South Africa, Egypt, Australia, America and Ireland. The book will be essential reading for academic, graduate and undergraduate readers in empire, race and global religion in the long nineteenth century.
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Part I: Peoples and lands
Chapter 1: ‘A bad and dangerous book’?
The biblical identity politics of the Demerara Slave Rebellion
Chapter 2: Babylon, the Bible and the Australian Aborigines
Chapter 3: ‘The Ships of Tarshish’
The Bible and British Maritime Empire
Chapter 4: Jeremiah in Tara
British Israel and the Irish past
Part II: The Bible in transit and translation
Chapter 5: The British and Foreign Bible Society’s Arabic Bible translations
A study in language politics
Chapter 6: Empire and nation in the politics of the Russian Bible
Chapter 7: Contested identity
The Veda as an alternative to the Bible
Chapter 8: ‘The Bible makes all nations one’
Biblical literacy and Khoesan national renewal in the Cape Colony
Chapter 9: Distinction and dispersal
The nineteenth-century roots of segregationist folk theology in the American South
Chapter 10: Afterword/afterlife
Identity, genealogy, legacy
Bible; race; empire; nationalism; colonial; postcolonial; missionaries; translation; Christianity; religion
Series: Studies in Imperialism
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West Indian intellectuals in Britain
Editor: Bill Schwarz
Caribbean migration to Britain brought many new things—new music, new foods, new styles. It brought new ways of thinking too. This book explores the intellectual ideas that the West Indians brought with them to Britain. It shows that, for more than a century, West Indians living in Britain developed a dazzling intellectual critique of the codes of Imperial Britain. Chapters discuss the influence of, amongst others, C. L. R. James, Una Marson, George Lamming, Jean Rhys, Claude McKay and V. S. Naipaul. The contributors draw from many different disciplines to bring alive the thought and personalities of the figures they discuss, providing a picture of intellectual developments in Britain from which we can still learn much. The introduction argues that the recovery of this Caribbean past, on the home territory of Britain itself, reveals much about the prospects of multiracial Britain.
Measuring difference, numbering normal
Setting the standards for disability in the interwar period.
Author: Coreen Anne McGuire
Measuring difference, numbering normal provides a detailed study of the technological construction of disability by examining how the audiometer and spirometer were used to create numerical proxies for invisible and inarticulable experiences. Measurements, and their manipulation, have been underestimated as crucial historical forces motivating and guiding the way we think about disability. Using measurement technology as a lens, this book draws together several existing discussions on disability, healthcare, medical practice, embodiment and emerging medical and scientific technologies at the turn of the twentieth century. As such, this work connects several important and usually separate academic subject areas and historical specialisms. The standards embedded in instrumentation created strict but ultimately arbitrary thresholds of normalcy and abnormalcy. Considering these standards from a long historical perspective reveals how these dividing lines shifted when pushed. The central thesis of this book is that health measurements are given artificial authority if they are particularly amenable to calculability and easy measurement. These measurement processes were perpetuated and perfected in the interwar years in Britain as the previously invisible limits of the body were made visible and measurable. Determination to consider body processes as quantifiable was driven by the need to compensate for disability occasioned by warfare or industry. This focus thus draws attention to the biopower associated with systems, which has emerged as a central area of concern for modern healthcare in the second decade of the twenty-first century.
Beyond the state
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Editor: Anna Greenwood
A collection of essays about the Colonial Medical Service of Africa in which a group of distinguished colonial historians illustrate the diversity and active collaborations to be found in the untidy reality of government medical provision. The authors present important case studies in a series of essays covering former British colonial dependencies in Africa, including Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zanzibar. These studies reveal many new insights into the enactments of colonial policy and the ways in which colonial doctors negotiated the day-to-day reality during the height of Imperial rule in Africa. The book provides essential reading for scholars and students of colonial history, medical history and colonial administration.
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Bishop emeritus, Stephen Blaire, 77, dies
Rage Volleyball seeks relief from rent due to COVID-19 lockdown
The Rage Volleyball Club is seeking waiver on rent from the City of Ripon during the tough COVID-19 pandemic.
The effects of COVID-19 have been tough on youth sports.
So much so that the Rage Volleyball Club, which calls the Mistlin Indoor Sports Facility home, is requesting a waiver with the City of Ripon on rent payment at tonight’s 6 o’clock Ripon City Council meeting.
“Due to COVID-19 and the Emergency Health Order issued by the Governor and the San Joaquin Health Officer, Rage had to cancel all volleyball games and tournament for 2020-2021,” said Recreation Director Kye Stevens in his staff report to the Ripon City Council.
He added that since the end of November, the facility has been completely closed.
Rage – an elite volleyball club with elite sports training – inked a 10-year lease with the City in the summer of 2019 for use and operation of the indoor sports facility located on 1201 W. River Rosd.
Under the Third Amendment of the lease and operation agreement, RAGE can request the waiver on rent payments from last month until 30 days after the restrictions on youth sports are lifted.
The current restrictions do not allow youth sports volleyball games and tournaments during the pandemic, Stevens noted.
As for the financial impact, he indicated that the revenue received from Rage’s lease of the Mistlin Indoor Sports Arena is transferred annually to pay off the internal loan incurred for the construction of the parking lot.
The original loan was about $1.5 million funded by the Parks & Recreation General Capital Fund, with the outstanding balance as of Nov. 30 being about $1.4 million.
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NASA Says Russia Alone Can't End Space Station Work
Friction between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine won't spell the end of the International Space Station, the head of NASA said, dismissing concerns that one of the world's most prestigious scientific endeavors could fall victim to political disagreement.
Frank Jordans, Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) -- Friction between the United States and Russia over Ukraine won't spell the end of the International Space Station, the head of NASA said Monday, dismissing concerns that one of the world's most prestigious scientific endeavors could fall victim to political disagreement.
The comments by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden come a week after Russia warned that it could cease cooperating with the U.S. on the project after 2020. Although Japan, Europe and Canada are also members, all currently depend on Russian Soyuz capsules to take astronauts to the space station since NASA retired its shuttle fleet.
"There is no single partner that can terminate the international space station," Bolden told reporters in Berlin, where he was attending the city's annual air show.
Bolden said that the cooperation between NASA and Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, on the International Space Station hadn't changed "one iota" in recent years. The project has withstood the increasingly frosty atmosphere between Washington and Moscow that saw the U.S. impose sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine.
Still, Bolden indicated that if for one reason or other a country should drop out of the project, the others would seek to continue.
"There is no one partner that is indispensable on the International Space Station," he said. NASA hopes that private companies such as Space X will be able to develop rockets and capsules to fly astronauts to the space station as early as 2017.
Asked whether there might be an opportunity to bring on board China, which NASA is currently banned from cooperating with on human space flight, Bolden said: "There is nothing that I see in the tea leaves that says our relationship is going to change."
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Missouri Mulls Tesla Sales Ban
Electric car maker Tesla Motors is decrying a last-minute legislative move to prohibit direct car sales to Missouri consumers in a battle playing out in several states between the California company and traditional car dealers.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Electric car maker Tesla Motors is decrying a last-minute legislative move to prohibit direct car sales to Missouri consumers in a battle playing out in several states between the California company and traditional car dealers.
Missouri lawmakers added new wording to a pending bill last week that would bar auto manufacturers from circumventing car dealerships and selling directly to buyers, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/RyqjNs ) reported. The measure passed the Missouri Senate without debate.
In a statement on its website entitled "Trouble in Missouri," Tesla called the move a "sneak attack" orchestrated by the Missouri Auto Dealers Association as the Legislature prepares to adjourn the end of this week.
"This debate should be held in the full light of day with all sides being given an opportunity to make their case. Instead, the dealers are again trying to ram through a provision under the cover of darkness and without public debate," the statement reads.
The company currently has one small Missouri facility, in St. Louis, and reportedly is planning a Kansas City outlet.
The effort's top supporters include state Senator Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City, a former car dealer. Kehoe in April asked the Missouri Department of Revenue to explain why Tesla was licensed in 2013 to operate a sales operation near St. Louis, despite not contracting with any dealers.
Kehoe's letter called Tesla's business model one "clearly designed to circumvent the traditional franchise model for the distribution and sale of new motor vehicles."
"It is not clear that the statutes apply to a seller like Tesla," acting Revenue Director John Mollenkamp wrote on April 30, about a week before the new language appeared on the legislation in the form of an amendment.
Neither the Missouri car-dealers lobby nor Kehoe responded to the newspaper's interview requests.
In an earlier interview with the Springfield News-Leader, Rep. Glen Kolkmeyer, R-Odessa, defended the measure as an attempt to level the playing field.
"You can't have two sets of rules for the same type of business or industry," Kolkmeyer said.
Tesla has fought similar legislative battles in New Jersey, New York and Ohio.
Proponents of the traditional dealer franchise model for selling new cars say it protects the consumer by providing a local point for test drives and service. But Tesla supporters say buying directly from the company eliminates an unnecessary middleman.
A group of St. Louis Tesla owners plans to travel to Jefferson City on Monday to protest the proposed restrictions.
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The Marist Places
Resources - Images - Pilgrim aids
St Bonnet-le-Troncy
Reflection: St Bonnet-le-Troncy
Coutouvre
Jarnosse
Le Rosey-Marlhes
Fourviere
Reflection: Le Puy
Cerdon
Reflection: Cerdon
The Bugey
Reflection: Belley
Belley Cathedral
La Capuniniere
Bon Repos
Puylata
La Neyliere
Fr Colin’s Journeys to Rome
Journey one
Journey two
Journeys three and four
Journey five
Marist links
Marist Fathers
Jean-Claude Colin was born on 7th August 1790 at Les Barbery, which is about 2 kms away from St Bonnet-le-Troncy. The house where Colin was born no longer exists, but a cross was erected in 1936 to mark the site of the house. In 1804 the population of Les Barbery was 60 and from the register of the parish we … Read more about St Bonnet-le-Troncy
Marcellin Champagnat was born in the hamlet of Le Rosey, a village of Marlhes on 20th May 1789. The population of Marlhes was 2700 in Marcellin's time. The Brothers still have an elementary school there today. Undoubtedly something of his ability as a leader and a man of action had come from his shopkeeper-miller … Read more about Le Rosey-Marlhes
Jean-Marie Chavion was born in Coutouvre on 29th August 1786, and was baptised in the church on the same day. In 1786 the village had a population of 1700. "Coutouvre" means "hill open on all sides" and from the highest point there is a magnificent view across the plan of Roanne to the distant Forez … Read more about Coutouvre
There has been a shrine at Fourviere dedicated to Our Lady since 1170. The interior of the chapel, restored in 1751, has not greatly altered since then. The Basilica on the hill was consecrated n 1896, in fulfilment of a vow by the city of Lyon, and in thanksgiving to Our Lady for protecting the city from the … Read more about Fourviere
Le Puy is 140km south-west of Lyons. Built in the volcanic crater, it is dominated by two strange stalagmite-shaped rock formations. On one, 630 metres high, a chapel in honour of St Michael has been erected and on the other, a huge statue of Mary, 16 metres high. The statue is made of cast iron from a cannon … Read more about Le Puy
Cerdon is a time and place of profound transformation. For Father Colin in Cerdon for his first priestly appointment, the dawning realization that the Society of Mary was truly from God, and that he was genuinely suited to it, led to 'six years of extreme sweetness'. Kerr comments, "This spiritual … Read more about Cerdon
Bugey is the general name for all the area between the Ain river and Gex, near to the border of Geneva. The area is mountainous and under snow for a good part of the winter. The Marist missioners could do their work only in these winter months because it was the only time of the year when they could bring the … Read more about The Bugey
In 1832 the population of Belley was 4,286, today its population is about 6000. Belley marks the fifth stage in the development of the Society of Mary. Le Puy with the inspiration to Courveille Fourviere with the promise of 1816; Cerdon with the writing of the first draft of the Rule The Bugey where the first Marist teams went … Read more about Belley
In 1837, the Marist priests under Jean-Claude Colin moved into a substantial property called 'Puylata' in Lyon, France. Puylata was the first house of the new congregation and it was from here the Jean-Claude Colin was able to direct the mission of the Society. Fr Colin was rather aware that the first Marists, … Read more about Puylata
If we take "origin" as meaning a place that the "founders founded", Sainte Foy is not strictly a place of Marist origin. However, Fr Colin did spend a good deal of time at Sainte Foy and it has a long Marist tradition. The name more appropriately associated with Sainte Foy is that of Father Favre, the second superior … Read more about Sainte Foy
La Neyliere was bought in 1850 by Fr Colin when he was superior general. It was the Founder's intention that the house be a Eucharistic Retreat for the members of the Society. The second superior general, Fr Favre, did not favour this intention and the idea was not pursued, however Fr Colin came to La Neyliere in … Read more about La Neyliere
In the 17 years between the Fourvière Promise in 1816 and Colin's first visit to Rome in 1833 a number of important developments happened. The Dispersal Despite their initial fervour, in the years following the promise made in the chapel of Fourvière most of the aspirants did not in fact persevere with the Marist … Read more about Fr Colin's first journey to Rome
Colin returned to France in February 1834. It would be eight years before he was to make another visit to Rome and during that time significant developments took place in the Marist project. The reasons for his second visit were rather different, then, from those of the 1833 visit. Let us recall … Read more about Fr Colin's second journey to Rome
In fact, he made two journeys around this time but for the sake of convenience they are combined here into one. The first, which he made alone, was in July and August 1846. The second was the longest of his stays in Rome, from December 1846 until June 1847, accompanied by … Read more about Fr Colin's 3rd and 4th journeys to Rome
Colin made his final visit to Rome in 1854 following the General Chapter in which his resignation as General was accepted. In the seven years since his previous visit to Rome, many significant events had taken place which affected the life of the Society of Mary, chief among … Read more about Fr Colin's 5th journey to Rome
Marist Places
The Marist Places resource documents the story of the founding of the Society of Mary by a group of French Marists including Peter Chanel, and its founder, Jean-Claude Colin. The resource has been developed from material by Frs Craig Larkin and Tim Costello sm. The material is placed online by the Marist Internet Project.
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Smoking rates are down, but that doesn’t tell the whole story
Tony Wagner Aug 5, 2016
https://www.marketplace.org/2016/08/05/smoking-down-not-everyone/
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Smoking in the U.S. is down, both overall and in nearly every ethnic group, but a new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control points out big disparities within those groups.
The report looks at survey respondents identifying as Hispanic and Asian who smoked in the past month. Cigarette use dropped between the three-year periods of 2002 to 2005 and 2010 to 2013, but the latest data showed Puerto Ricans smoked far more than other Hispanics. Asians reported smoking less than any other broad ethnic group — 10.9 percent. But that number hides the fact that a fifth of Korean-Americans smoke, compared to 7.6 percent of Chinese-Americans.
There are big gender disparities too. Thirteen percent of Chinese men said they smoked, compared to less than 3 percent of women, but Korean men and women smoked about the same amount. There’s more in the full table, and the CDC says this more granular analysis will help anti-smoking efforts as the government works toward a goal of 12 percent or less by 2020.
Also playing into that goal are the FDA’s new e-cigarette regulations, which go into effect Monday. When the new rules were announced back in May, we took a look at how they might affect small businesses. Listen to that story below.
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Josephine and Frida in Paris.
Josephine Baker and Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo and Josephine Baker are both women who inspire great respect and iconic status.
Individually they both flourished as artists in their fields of painting and performance. At a point in history marred by bigotry and racism they reached heights of fame. Josephine and Frida were both known to be bisexual, and when they met in Paris in 1939 they admired one another , it is widely rumoured that they had an affair at that time. Josephine’s son Jean Claude speaks of his mothers female lovers in his book ‘The Hungry Heart.’
The movie ‘Frida’ depicts the start of the affair between these two iconic women. It suggests that they met in a Parisian nightclub following a performance by Josephine.
The similarities historically between the two iconic women have many parallels, politically they risked their lives for their beliefs, they both possessed extraordinary talent, both lost children during pregnancies and both were formidable, strong and independent women.
Riad star in Marrakech was the former home of Josephine Baker, and her myriad qualities are reflected in the beautiful decor and the names of the suites and rooms. The rainbow room celebrates Josephine’s sexuality and her 12 adopted children who she called her rainbow tribe.
Visit us in Marrakech to enjoy the former home of this iconic lady.
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Josephine Baker in Morocco →
Doris Day, Marrakech
Majorelle Gardens
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CAMESGIBSON
MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Domestic Explorations:
Ardmore House + Columbus House 1
Introducing the Black Bird
MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2018
Thursday, January 28, 2021. Event starts at 6 pm.
Event will take place on Zoom
Architects Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinow (Kwong Von Glinow) and Grant Gibson (CAMESgibson) will lecture as part of MAS Context’s 2021 Spring Talks series.
Domestic Explorations: Ardmore House + Columbus House 1
Domestic Explorations: Ardmore House + Columbus House 1 examines two recently completed residential projects in Chicago and Columbus, Indiana. These homes are the first ground up projects for the Chicago-based architecture offices of Kwong Von Glinow and CAMESgibson respectively.
The Ardmore House, a single-family house located on a typical Chicago lot, flips the programmatic status quo of the typical domestic section. This approach supports contemporary ways of living, emphasizing communal areas, interconnectivity, and flexible live-work spaces that receive ample natural light and engage the surrounding urban context. A curved double-height atrium runs lengthwise from front to back doors, creating an interior courtyard that vertically connects the common areas on the first and second floors. Defined by a large picture window and a curving wall, the courtyard offers an informal multi-purpose area where residents can relax and their children can play.
Just a few inches over seven feet tall, the modest Columbus House 1 introduces new affordable housing stock in the center of the small community with a world-renowned portfolio of Midcentury Modern architecture. Designed and constructed to have a mortgage payment that is affordable to those earning the national median household annual income of $61,000, the house has less than 1,000 sf of conditioned living space. With a sunken floor level, inset windows (with coordinated sight lines), a large skylight (allowing natural light deep into the plan), and a pinkish cream interior color produce a surprisingly expansive interior. While there are a number of subtle references to nearby iconic buildings in this home’s composition, none are as critical to the project’s success as the contradiction between how the building appears from afar and is experienced from within.
During this event, Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinow (Kwong Von Glinow) and Grant Gibson (CAMESgibson) will present the explorations, motivations, and obsessions behind the designs.
Chef’s Table – Massimo Bottura (Netflix, Season 1).
Jeffrey Kipnis, A Question of Qualities: Essays in Architecture (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2013).
Mark Cousin, Where is Everyday Life? (AA School of Architecture, 2012).
Grant Gibson, A Performed Memoir (Chicago: Graham Foundation, 2015).
Grant Gibson, “Introducing the Black Bird”, MAS Context, Issue 32, 2020.
Ardmore House, Kwong Von Glinow, Chicago, 2020. © James Florio.
Columbus House 1, CAMESgibson, Columbus, Indiana, 2020. © Adam Reynolds.
Kwong Von Glinow is an award-winning architecture practice based in Chicago founded in 2017 by Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinow on the belief that architecture is meant to be enjoyed. The practice builds the thoroughly enjoyable from the slightly familiar. Their work translates forward-looking architectural concepts into playful designs with broad appeal. Taking an optimistic and explorative approach, KVG focuses on creating innovative living environments, places for cultural engagement, urban public space, and contemporary workspaces. Kwong Von Glinow are recipients of the 2018 Architectural League Prize of New York for Young Architects, have received a Graham Foundation Grant for their project Smuggling Architecture exhibited at the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel, Switzerland, and have been selected for the inaugural commission for the Designing a Better Chicago Pavilion along the Chicago Riverwalk for their project Give me a minute, please!
www.kwongvonglinow.com | @kwongvonglinow
Grant Gibson is a Chicago-based educator, registered architect, and founding principal of CAMESgibson, an architecture and design practice committed to creating culturally compelling work. His work has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Graham Foundation, the Chicago History Museum, the Chicago Architectural Center, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Chicago Architecture Biennial. The Schiff Foundation awarded Gibson its 2004 fellowship as Chicago’s top architectural graduate. A decade later, the Chicago Architecture Club named him a winner of the Emerging Vision Prize. In 2015, Architectural Record featured CAMESgibson as one of five promising practices in Chicago’s future. New City has considered him among the fifty most important architects and designers operating in the city. In 2018, Gibson was named one of five international emerging designers in AN Interior. In each of the past two years, projects by CAMESgibson have received Citations of Merit in AIA Chicago’s Small Projects Awards.
www.camesgibson.com | @CAMESgibson
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> Daniel Andrews goes to war with Catholic and independent schools
Daniel Andrews goes to war with Catholic and independent schools
In this week’s budget the State Government announced it would not fund capital upgrades for Catholic and independent schools.
In the 2018/19 budget, there is an allocation of $1.3 billion for new schools and existing school upgrades, but not one new dollar for Catholic and independent schools that educate 37 per cent of Victorian students.
Labor have chosen to shut the door on Ripon’s eight catholic primary schools, the Catholic Marian College of Ararat and the independent Highview College of Maryborough that educate thousands of young students from many different backgrounds.
Ripon MP Louise Staley said Catholic and Independent Schools deserved funding.
“Daniel Andrews’ savage funding cuts to Catholic and independent schools capital funding will adversely impact local students.” Ms Staley said.
“Local families that choose to send their child Catholic and independent schools should not be punished, a child’s right to education should be prioritised over any Governments political ideology.”
“Catholic and independent schools across Ripon are all low fee schools allowing many parents to exercise real choice between our many excellent government schools or a non-government alternative.”
Shadow Education Minister Tim Smith said that by shutting out non-government schools, the Andrews Government has added to the burden the state school system already faces.
“Catholic school communities already raise 80 per cent of every dollar they spend on capital works. That takes a real burden off the public purse.” Mr Smith said
“The Liberal Nationals are committed to providing choice to Victorian parents in education, noting there is a greater proportion of Victorian students in Catholic and independent schools than any other state in Australia.”
“Federal Labor has recently pledged to support the Catholic education sector, as the right thing to do for our nation. It’s incredibly disappointing that the notoriously left-wing Andrews Labor government has gone down the path of the divisive politics of yesteryear.”
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren's finance guy signs on to Setti Warren's potential 2018 bid for governor
By Gintautas Dumcius | gdumcius@masslive.com
setti warren, may 2011, AP
Democratic Newton Mayor Setti Warren
Paul Egerman, a top supporter of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, is ready to back Newton Mayor Setti Warren if he mounts a campaign against Gov. Charlie Baker in 2018.
Mayor Warren is considering a bid as Massachusetts Democrats are looking for candidates to challenge Baker, a Swampscott Republican who won in 2014. Baker, one of the most popular governors in the country, is widely expected to run for re-election.
Jay Gonzalez, former Gov. Deval Patrick's budget chief, launched his campaign earlier this year after stepping down as president and CEO of CeltiCare Health and New Hampshire Healthy Families.
Former state Sen. Dan Wolf, D-Harwich, is among the Democrats said to be considering a gubernatorial run.
Some activists have expressed hope that Attorney General Maura Healey will launch a run, but Healey has repeatedly said she is planning to run for re-election in 2018.
WBUR poll shows 51 percent of Mass. voters want to see Gov. Charlie Baker re-elected
Aside from Egerman, who is Sen. Warren's finance chair, others who volunteering on Mayor Warren's potential campaign finance team include former Gov. Michael Dukakis and Kitty Dukakis, former state Treasurer Steve Grossman, Norm Gorin, who chaired Patrick's 2006 and 2010 campaigns; Dennis Kahn, Paul Tsongas' presidential campaign manager; Newton City Councilor Rick Lipof; Leon Brathwaite, vice chair of the Mass. Democratic Party; and former Boston City Councilor Mike Ross, among others.
Joshua Boger, founder of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, is serving as the finance committee's chair.
"As I've traveled around the Commonwealth having conversations with people about the challenges Massachusetts faces over the last few months, it has become clear to me that there are many people who are still hurting," Mayor Warren, who is not related to Sen. Warren, said in a statement.
"While I have not yet made a final decision, the formation of a volunteer Finance Committee is one of the many important steps we are taking to prepare for a possible campaign," Warren added.
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Home Insolvency
Bankruptcy reform: a vaccine for the economy?
By Andrew Hack, Solicitor, and Stephen Mullette, Principal, of Matthews Folbigg Lawyers, in our Insolvency, Restructuring and Debt Recovery Group.
Countries around the world have commenced their vaccine programs, with Australia’s vaccine is expected to commence imminently once the TGA completes its approval process. As to the economic impacts of COVID-19, the Australian Government has been testing its own form of vaccine through legislative changes to corporate insolvency and bankruptcy laws.
In March 2020, the Australian Government enacted a number of changes to corporate insolvency and bankruptcy laws, seeking to address the economic impact of the coronavirus. The significant changes to bankruptcy laws included:
An increase in the cap on issuing bankruptcy notices from $5,000 to $20,000; and
An increase in the period for compliance with a bankruptcy notice from 21 days to 6 months.
Both of these changes were made by providing definitions determined through Regulations, which means that they are able to be adjusted from time to time by the Executive. Previously those amounts were hard-coded in the Bankruptcy Act and could only be changed through Parliament.
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Debt Restructuring Part 3 – Restructuring plans
This is the third part in a blog series discussing the new debt restructuring regime, which commences on 1 January 2021. This blog discusses the the process of putting forward a restructuring plan to creditors.
The regime will be implemented through substantial amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (“the Act”) and the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) (“the Regulations“). Relevant links are:
The Explanatory Memorandum
Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Act 2020
Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Regulations 2020
How a restructuring plan is to be proposed is guided by the Regulations (Division 3, Subdivision B). The process is again somewhat similar to a voluntary administration, but instead it avoids the need to call creditors meetings. A regime for the restructuring practitioner to resolve disputes about creditors’ debts is tied into the process. A brief overview of the process follows.
The company has 20 business days (the ‘proposal period’) to prepare and execute a restructuring plan with an accompanying restructuring proposal statement.
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Debt Restructuring Part 2 – affects on a company under restructuring
This is the second part in a blog series discussing the new debt restructuring regime, which commences on 1 January 2021. This blog discusses the effects on a company entering debt restructuring, and its creditors.
The regime will be implemented through substantial amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (“the Act”) and the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth). Relevant links are:
Conduct of the company’s business
Section 453L of the Act will prohibit the directors from entering the company into any transactions dealing with the company’s property, unless one of the following applies:
The transaction was in the ordinary course of business;
The restructuring practitioner consents to the transaction (which can only be given if the restructuring practitioner believes it would be in the interests of creditors);
The transaction was entered into by order of the Court;
The transaction was with a bank, and was made in good faith and in the ordinary course of the bank’s business.
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Debt Restructuring Part 1 – Introduction, Eligibility & the Restructuring Practitioner
This is the first part in a series of blogs discussing the new debt restructuring regime, which commences on 1 January 2021. The regime will be implemented through substantial amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (“the Act”) and the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth). Relevant links are:
The amendments will include a new Part to the Act – Part 5.3B, titled “Restructuring of a company”. The Part sets out the regime (referred to as a ‘restructuring’) for directors of insolvent companies to propose and enter into a ‘restructuring plan’ with creditors. The process is overseen by a ‘restructuring practitioner’, who must be a registered liquidator (s 456B of the Act). The focus on this process is that it allows directors to retain some control of the company, reducing the costs of having an insolvency practitioner involved in day-to-day operations.
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Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls – COVID-19 Safe Harbour is (still) not Safe
The temporary safe harbour protection from director liability for insolvent trading expires on 31 December 2020. However the Government has not corrected a critical timing issue which exists in the COVD-19 safe harbour legislation. This means directors must appoint an external administrator to their company on or before 31 December 2020, if they wish to take advantage of the COVID-19 safe harbour protection from insolvent trading .
The temporary protection is found in section 588GAAA of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). There has been some recent debate about whether the words “before any appointment during that period” of an external administrator, mean what they appear to say, namely that any appointment must take place “during that period” of the temporary safe harbour expires.
Our Stephen Mullette has recently responded to the alternative view – that an appointment can be delayed until the new year. Unfortunately, the conclusion is that the better view is still that to take advantage of the safe harbour defence, the directors must have appointed an external administrator before 1 January 2021. You can read the further consideration here, and make up your own mind.
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SME Debt Restructuring Legislation Passed
The Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Bill 2020 has been passed in the Senate as of yesterday. The legislation will take effect from 1 January 2021.
The centrepiece of the legislation is the introduction of a new restructuring mechanism for SME’s, called ‘Debt Restructuring’. The process allows insolvent SME’s to put forward a proposal to creditors to resolve unsecured debts and allow the company to continue trading. The process is similar to Part IX debt agreements available to insolvent individuals under the bankruptcy legislation.
Other amendments included in the legislation are:
A temporary safe harbour period for directors’ liability for insolvent trading whilst they are attempting to appoint an external administrator – this operates from 1 January 2021 and ends on 31 March 2021.
A ‘Simplified Liquidation’ regime for small businesses, which is designed to reduce the time and cost involved with liquidating a corporate small business.
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Winding Up Applications and the Extension of Time
By Darrin Mitchell, Senior Associate at Matthews Folbigg in the Insolvency, Restructuring and Debt Recovery Group
Section 459R(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (“the Act”) requires that an application be filed to wind up a company, and for it to be determined within six months of filing. Should that six month period expire, the application can be dismissed without the orders sought being made.
However, there is provision for the six month period to be extended under section 459R(2) of the Act, if the applicant can satisfy the Court that special circumstances exist.
These time limits compare unfavourably with the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), which allows 12 months for an application for a sequestration order to be determined and the ability to extend the application for up to a further 12 months.
In the New South Wales Supreme Court, His Honour Justice Hamilton has said in relation to an application to extend time under section 459R of the Act:
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To Extend, or Not to Extend: That is the Question
Part 5.7B of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)(“the Act”) contains provisions that allow a liquidator to seek orders that void certain transactions undertaken by a company whilst it is insolvent, or that are not in the company’s interests. The kinds of transactions that will be investigated by a liquidator include:
Preferential payment – see section 588FA of the Act;
Uncommercial transactions – see section 588FB of the Act;
Insolvent transactions – see section 588FC of the Act;
Insolvent transactions – see section 588FD of the Act;
Unreasonable director-related transactions – see section 588FDA of the Act; and
Creditor-defeating dispositions – see section 588FDB of the Act.
The period of scrutiny of the company’s transactions prior to liquidation for each category of voidable transaction is set out in section 588FE of the Act.
Section 588FF(3) of the Act stipulates that a voidable transaction action by a liquidator must be commenced within:
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Teens \ Paranormal
This is a selection of our current Paranormal titles. To find other titles or authors, or just to browse, please use the search box.
Not Even Bones
- by Rebecca Schaeffer
"Twisty, grisly, genre-bending and immersive,Not Even Bones will grab you by the throat and drag you along as it gleefully tramples all of your expectations." --Sara Holland,New York Times best-selling author ofEverless
Nita doesn't murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the internet--her mother does that. Nita just dissects the bodies after they've been "acquired." Until her mom brings home a live specimen and Nita decides she wants out; dissecting a scared teenage boy is a step too far. But when she decides to save her mother's victim, she ends up sold in his place--because Nita herself isn't exactly "human." She has the abilityto alter her biology, a talent that is priceless on the black market. Now on the other side of the bars, if she wants to escape, Nita must ask herself if she's willing to become the worst kind of monster.
Now available as a Webtoon!
Sea Witch
- by Sarah Henning
Wicked meets "The Little Mermaid" in the captivating origin story of the sea's most iconic villainess, perfect for fans of Heartless and Dorothy Must Die.
Ever since her best friend Anna died, Evie has been an outcast in her small fishing town. Hiding her talents, mourning her loss, drowning in her guilt.
Then a girl with an uncanny resemblance to Anna appears on the shore, and the two girls catch the eyes of two charming princes. Suddenly Evie feels like she might finally have a chance at her own happily ever after.
But magic isn't kind, and her new friend harbors secrets of her own. She can't stay in Havnestad--or on two legs--without Evie's help. And when Evie reaches deep into the power of her magic to save her friend's humanity--and her prince's heart--she discovers, too late, what she's bargained away.
Teeth in the Mist
- by Dawn Kurtagich
Three generations of women uncover an ancient evil in this epic genre-bending horror-fantasy -- a "fearless" Faustian tale perfect for fans of Kendare Blake and Ransom Riggs (Cat Winters).
Before the birth of time, a monk uncovers the Devil's Tongue and dares to speak it. The repercussions will be felt for generations . . .
Sixteen-year-old photography enthusiast Zoey has been fascinated by the haunted, burnt-out ruins of Medwyn Mill House for as long as she can remember -- so she and her best friend, Poulton, run away from home to explore them. But are they really alone in the house? And who will know if something goes wrong?
In 1851, seventeen-year-old Roan arrives at the Mill House as a ward -- one of three, all with something to hide from their new guardian. When Roan learns that she is connected to an ancient secret, she must escape the house before she is trapped forever.
1583. Hermione, a new young bride, accompanies her husband to the wilds of North Wales where he plans to build the largest water mill and mansion in the area. But rumors of unholy rituals lead to a tragic occurrence and she will need all her strength to defeat it.
Three women, centuries apart, drawn together by one Unholy Pact. A pact made by a man who, more than a thousand years later, may still be watching . . .
This haunting, captivating, and "delightfully disturbing" mystery redefines horror and fantasy (Kirkus).
These Witches Don't Burn
- by Isabel Sterling
"Infused with page-turning suspense, bittersweet romance, shocking twists, and tragic turns, Sterling has written a standout debut." --Dana Mele, author of People Like Us
Hannah's a witch, but not the kind you're thinking of. She's the real deal, an Elemental with the power to control fire, earth, water, and air. But even though she lives in Salem, Massachusetts, her magic is a secret she has to keep to herself. If she's ever caught using it in front of a Reg (read: non-witch), she could lose it. For good. So, Hannah spends most of her time avoiding her ex-girlfriend (and fellow Elemental Witch) Veronica, hanging out with her best friend, and working at the Fly by Night Cauldron selling candles and crystals to tourists, goths, and local Wiccans.
But dealing with her ex is the least of Hannah's concerns when a terrifying blood ritual interrupts the end-of-school-year bonfire. Evidence of dark magic begins to appear all over Salem, and Hannah's sure it's the work of a deadly Blood Witch. The issue is, her coven is less than convinced, forcing Hannah to team up with the last person she wants to see: Veronica.
While the pair attempt to smoke out the Blood Witch at a house party, Hannah meets Morgan, a cute new ballerina in town. But trying to date amid a supernatural crisis is easier said than done, and Hannah will have to test the limits of her power if she's going to save her coven and get the girl, especially when the attacks on Salem's witches become deadlier by the day.
Isabel Sterling's delightful, suspenseful debut is equal parts sweet romance and thrilling mystery. With everything she loves on the line, Hannah must confront this murderous villain before her coven--and any chance she has with the new girl--is destroyed.
- by David A. Robertson
The highly anticipated conclusion to The Reckoner, David A. Robertson's award-winning trilogy.
Mysterious murders, shadowy figures, and high school. Life can be hard, death can be harder.
Cole Harper is dead. Reynold McCabe is alive and free. Mihko Laboratories has reopened the research facility and works to manufacture and weaponize the illness that previously plagued Wounded Sky. People are missing. The community has been quarantined. What deal did Eva strike with Choch? Who will defeat Reynold and Mihko? Time is running out
Amber Fang
- by Arthur Slade
Amber Fang enjoys life's simple pleasures. A perfect evening for her includes a good book, a glass of wine and, of course, a great meal, preferably straight from the jugular.
Raised to eat ethically, Amber dines only on delicious cold-blooded killers. But confirming that her chosen victims deserve to die takes time. And patience. So it's a good thing Amber is studying to be a librarian. Her extraordinary research skills help her hunt down her prey, seek out other vampires and stay on the trail of her mother, who has been missing for over two years now.
But one day while Amber is stalking a rather tasty-looking murderer, things go horribly wrong. Amber has walked into a trap. The hunter becomes the hunted.
Now on the run, Amber receives the perfect job offer out of the blue. Someone wants to pay her to kill (and eat) the world's worst criminals.
It sounds too good to be true.
Amber Fang: Hunted is the first book in this exciting new vampire series.
The Wise and the Wicked
- by Rebecca Podos
Rebecca Podos, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of Like Water, returns with a lush, dark, and unforgettable story of the power of the past to shape our futures--and the courage it takes to change them.
Ruby Chernyavsky has been told the stories since she was a child: The women in her family, once possessed of great magical abilities to remake lives and stave off death itself, were forced to flee their Russian home for America in order to escape the fearful men who sought to destroy them.
Such has it always been, Ruby's been told, for powerful women.
Today, these stories seem no more real to Ruby than folktales, except for the smallest bit of power left in their blood: when each of them comes of age, she will have a vision of who she will be when she dies--a destiny as inescapable as it is inevitable.
Ruby is no exception, and neither is her mother, although she ran from her fate years ago, abandoning Ruby and her sisters. It's a fool's errand, because they all know the truth: there is no escaping one's Time.
Until Ruby's great-aunt Polina passes away, and, for the first time, a Chernyavsky's death does not match her vision. Suddenly, things Ruby never thought she'd be allowed to hope for--life, love, time--seem possible.
But as she and her cousin Cece begin to dig into the family's history to find out whether they, too, can change their fates, they learn that nothing comes without a cost. Especially not hope.
The Devouring Gray
- by Christine L. Herman
"Fans of The Raven Boys and Stranger Things rejoice: This is your new obsession." -- Claire Legrand, New York Times best-selling author of Furyborn
After the death of her sister, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four Paths, New York. Violet may be a newcomer, but she soon learns her mother isn't: They belong to one of the revered founding families of the town, where stone bells hang above every doorway and danger lurks in the depths of the woods.
Justin Hawthorne's bloodline has protected Four Paths for generations from the Gray -- a lifeless dimension that imprisons a brutal monster. After Justin fails to inherit his family's powers, his mother is determined to keep this humiliation a secret. But Justin can't let go of the future he was promised and the town he swore to protect.
Ever since Harper Carlisle lost her hand to an accident that left her stranded in the Gray for days, she has vowed revenge on the person who abandoned her: Justin Hawthorne. There are ripples of dissent in Four Paths, and Harper seizes an opportunity to take down the Hawthornes and change her destiny -- to what extent, even she doesn't yet know.
The Gray is growing stronger every day, and its victims are piling up. When Violet accidentally unleashes the monster, all three must band together with the other Founders to unearth the dark truths behind their families' abilities . . . before the Gray devours them all.
The Red Scrolls of Magic
- by Cassandra Clare
A #1 New York Times bestseller!
"A rip-roaring adventure merged with satisfying romance." --Entertainment Weekly
"[A] swashbuckling launch to the Eldest Curses series." --Publishers Weekly
From #1 New York Times bestseller Cassandra Clare and award-winner Wesley Chu comes the first book in a new series full of "swoon-worthy romance [and] abundant action" (Publishers Weekly). The Red Scrolls of Magic is a Shadowhunters novel.
All Magnus Bane wanted was a vacation--a lavish trip across Europe with Alec Lightwood, the Shadowhunter who against all odds is finally his boyfriend. But as soon as the pair settles in Paris, an old friend arrives with news about a demon-worshipping cult called the Crimson Hand that is bent on causing chaos around the world. A cult that was apparently founded by Magnus himself. Years ago. As a joke.
Now Magnus and Alec must race across Europe to track down the Crimson Hand before the cult can cause any more damage. Demons are now dogging their every step, and it is becoming harder to tell friend from foe. As their quest for answers becomes increasingly dire, Magnus and Alec will have to trust each other more than ever--even if it means revealing the secrets they've both been keeping.
Undead Girl Gang
- by Lily Anderson
"A fun, fast read...it will resonate with readers who dabble in any sort of arts, dark or otherwise." --NPR.org
"With a singular and hilariously cutting teen voice, UNDEAD GIRL GANG is sure to be one of the most talked-about YA novels of the year." --BookPage
Veronica Mars meets The Craft when a teen girl investigates the suspicious deaths of three classmates and accidentally ends up bringing them back to life to form a hilariously unlikely--and unwilling--vigilante girl gang.
Meet teenage Wiccan Mila Flores, who truly could not care less what you think about her Doc Martens, her attitude, or her weight because she knows that, no matter what, her BFF Riley is right by her side. So when Riley and Fairmont Academy mean girls June Phelan-Park and Dayton Nesseth die under suspicious circumstances, Mila refuses to believe everyone's explanation that her BFF was involved in a suicide pact. Instead, armed with a tube of lip gloss and an ancient grimoire, Mila does the unthinkable to uncover the truth: she brings the girls back to life.
Unfortunately, Riley, June, and Dayton have no recollection of their murders. But they do have unfinished business to attend to. Now, with only seven days until the spell wears off and the girls return to their graves, Mila must wrangle the distracted group of undead teens and work fast to discover their murderer...before the killer strikes again.
Sawkill Girls
- by Claire Legrand
"Reader, hang on for dear life. Sawkill Girls is a wild, gorgeous, and rich coming-of-age story about complicity, female camaraderie, and power." --Sarah Gailey, author of River of Teeth
"An eerie, atmospheric assertion of female strength." --Mindy McGinnis, author of The Female of the Species
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NAMED ONE OF YALSA'S 2019 BEST FICTION FOR YOUNG ADULTS
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn comes a breathtaking and spine-tingling novel about three teenage girls who face off against an insidious monster that preys upon young women. Perfect for fans of Victoria Schwab and Stranger Things.
Who are the Sawkill Girls?
Marion: The newbie. Awkward and plain, steady and dependable. Weighed down by tragedy and hungry for love she's sure she'll never find.
Zoey: The pariah. Luckless and lonely, hurting but hiding it. Aching with grief and dreaming of vanished girls. Maybe she's broken--or maybe everyone else is.
Val: The queen bee. Gorgeous and privileged, ruthless and regal. Words like silk and eyes like knives; a heart made of secrets and a mouth full of lies.
Their stories come together on the island of Sawkill Rock, where gleaming horses graze in rolling pastures and cold waves crash against black cliffs. Where kids whisper the legend of an insidious monster at parties and around campfires. Where girls have been disappearing for decades, stolen away by a ravenous evil no one has dared to fight...until now.
The Price Guide to the Occult
- by Leslye Walton
From the author of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender comes a haunting maelstrom of magic and murder in the lush, moody Pacific Northwest.
When Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island more than a century ago, her otherworldly skills might have benefited friendlier neighbors. Guilt and fear instead led the island's original eight settlers to burn "the witch" out of her home. So Rona cursed them. Fast-forward one hundred-some years: All Nor Blackburn wants is to live an unremarkable teenage life. She has reason to hope: First, her supernatural powers, if they can be called that, are unexceptional. Second, her love life is nonexistent, which means she might escape the other perverse side effect of the matriarch's backfiring curse, too. But then a mysterious book comes out, promising to cast any spell for the right price. Nor senses a storm coming and is pretty sure she'll be smack in the eye of it. In her second novel, Leslye Walton spins a dark, mesmerizing tale of a girl stumbling along the path toward self-acceptance and first love, even as the Price Guide's malevolent author -- Nor's own mother -- looms and threatens to strangle any hope for happiness.
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What's Hot / The Rush is On to Secure Holiday-Season Warehouse Space
The Rush is On to Secure Holiday-Season Warehouse Space
Pandemic-driven shift to online shopping has companies moving goods closer to population centers
Retailers are hustling to find more space for goods before an expected crush of online orders this fall swamps already-strained logistics networks.
Companies expect online sales “to be one of their primary movers” in the fourth quarter, said Zach Thomann, executive vice president of online fulfillment provider PFS, a division of PFSWeb Inc. whose customers include cosmetics merchants Kiehl’s and Shiseido Co. and sports apparel brand Champion.
Clients are shifting inventory to additional locations to speed delivery of online purchases, Mr. Thomann said, and are also looking to use retail stores to fulfill orders. PFS expects a large portion of holiday sales to migrate online, he said, prompting the company to scout for more warehouse space, plan additional hiring for the peak season for e-commerce fulfillment and consider adding automation to increase capacity.
Merchants and brands that met with soaring e-commerce demand during lockdowns expect consumers to stick to online shopping as the coronavirus pandemic continues its grip on the U.S.
Sixty percent of consumers plan to shop less in stores this holiday season due to fear of Covid-19 exposure, according to a survey of more than 1,000 people by e-commerce logistics company Radial Inc. The company said its top retail customers shipped 1 million more orders in
April and May than during the five-week holiday peak last year.
Consumers spent a record $73.2 billion online in June, up 76% from June 2019, according to Adobe Analytics, which tracks activity on thousands of websites. Online shopping is now above typical holiday levels, Adobe said.
The surge of online orders is boosting warehouse demand, especially for locations near major population centers, as companies adjust supply chains in which goods flowed mostly to stores.
E-commerce was the largest driver of second-quarter industrial leasing activity, accounting for 31 million square feet, up from 24.9 million square feet the previous quarter, according to real-estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. Logistics and distribution users, the second-largest category in the second quarter, accounted for 15.3 million square feet, while leasing for traditional retail use came in fifth, at 11 million square feet.
Demand for temporary warehouse space “is way up” as retailers plan for strong online sales in the fourth quarter, said Karl Siebrecht, chief executive of on-demand warehousing provider Flexe Inc., which connects businesses to warehouses with space to share.
Retailers are locking in additional fulfillment capacity for holiday items like toys. They are also adding storage space for essential goods such as paper towels, Mr. Siebrecht said, “because the overall network is forecast to be full.”
Source: Wall Street Journal
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Cash Flow Considerations for the “New Normal”
April 2020 | By: Frank Pina & Elizabeth LaCorte
Due to COVID-19 and its effects on the economy, a major concern for all businesses is liquidity. Preserving cash flow should be a focus for business owners, whether they are temporarily closed for business or operating at reduced capacity. The ever-evolving fall-out from the COVID-19 crisis will continue to impact all organizations, but it’s difficult…
PPP came through for me! Now what do I do?
April 2020 | By: Frank Pina
Owners of numerous small businesses applied for potentially forgivable loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) created as part of the CARES Act, designed to incentivize employers to maintain payroll and employee headcount during the COVID-19 crisis. If you had the good fortune of getting approved for funding at this point, brace yourself for what…
I’m Self-Employed, How Will the Paycheck Protection Program Help Me?
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a potentially forgivable loan designed to support small businesses (in operation as of February 15, 2020) with immediate cash during the worst of the COVID-19 crisis. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will forgive loans if employees are kept on the payroll for eight weeks and the money is…
Preventing Business Exploitation In A State Of Vulnerability
April 2020 | By: Gina Holland
As the days go by, business owners and individuals are receiving volumes of information on how to survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Channels of communication include news media outlets, advertisements, telephone calls, emails and text messages. A worldwide pandemic mixed with an ounce of fear and vulnerability gives fraudsters a recipe for exploitation. Given the amount…
Cares Act Provider Relief Fund for Healthcare Organizations
April 2020 | By: Jenniffer Fox
On March 27, 2020, the President signed the bipartisan CARES Act that provides $100 billion in relief funds to hospitals and other healthcare providers on the front lines of the coronavirus response. This funding will be used to support healthcare-related expenses or lost revenue attributable to COVID-19, and to ensure uninsured Americans can get testing…
Staying Connected While Social Distancing
During the COVID-19 crisis, most organizations moved to social distancing and a remote working environment, connecting virtually through amazing technologies. However, the need to communicate with your network and provide value to your clients has become even more important and impactful in challenging times. As COVID-19 continues to disrupt professional and personal lives, how you…
Your Estate Documents Amid the COVID-19 Crisis
OK so, a couple weeks of quarantine down, you’ve caught up on all the shows/movies you’ve been wanting to see, cleaned out that junk drawer, read a book, now you’re bored – and from everything we’re hearing all or most of April will be seen from inside our homes as well. I bet you haven’t…
Business Interruption Claims Assistance – How We Can Help
Organizations are experiencing disruption like never before as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding what insurance will cover, what assistance is available and how to recover losses from an unprecedented event like this. As a business owner or executive, you may be asking yourself: What is my…
The Interim Final Rule from the SBA
April 2020 | By: Sherise D. Ritter
Many of you have reached out to us over the last few days in connection with determining the CARES ACT loans and other options available to you and your business. In reference to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), there has been a lack of clear guidance about payroll costs eligible towards calculating your loan amount…
Navigating Through Business Interruption
March 2020 | By: Frank Pina
Business owners in our region have proven to be resilient over the years, especially when disaster strikes or other challenging circumstances arise. Some business owners obtain business income insurance coverage to protect against temporary or even permanent interruptions in their operations due to unforeseen events such as natural disasters, floods, fires, etc. Business income coverage…
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Frank Fuhrig is media relations manager at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, working with scholars in areas including trade, monetary policy and health care.
Before joining Mercatus, Fuhrig was a wire editor and Washington correspondent for dpa International, the global English-language service of Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Germany's largest independent news agency, editing news from around the world and covering US politics, international diplomacy, and economics. While at DPA from 2001-18, he led projects leveraging DPA's global network of journalists on topics including pension reform and migration, and covered the 9/11 attacks, major-party presidential conventions, the Detroit auto show, Hurricane Harvey in Texas, and the Masters golf tournament. Previously, he co-founded and led an independent weekly newspaper covering the community around the University of Illinois at Chicago, and worked in Illinois as a reporter for the Jacksonville Journal-Courier and State Journal-Register, covering crime, courts, floods and tornadoes, state and local government, rural development, agriculture, and environmental issues.
Fuhrig is a downstate Illinois native with a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Illinois at Springfield. He lives in Arlington with his wife and two sons, and enjoys cooking, craft beers, loud music, judo, and watching combat sports and the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Two Geelong men are leading a step change in baby monitoring devices with the launch of an intelligent infant sleeping bag. Hailed as the those markets in mid-2021. Getting the product to . The best part? No heat, no crowds up a tent (or your homemade blanket fort will do). Don’t forget your sleeping bag, flashlight, and ingredients to make s’mores. Include an LED-candle . “At some point sustainability is just going to be table stakes and won’t be a differentiator, but right now the brands who tell the story the best are by tents and sleeping bags — boomed .
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Australia is a vast country containing eight climate zones and many more beautifully unique landscapes. While it might be tempting to escape overseas, there’s so much to see here you’ll never get it . Meyer has heard it through the grapevine that Amazon’s luxury platform is going to be delayed until 2021 or thereafter With fashion brands left holding the bag on excess inventory from .
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Its best player for now is Devonte’ Graham to live than playing your home games at Madison Square Garden and sleeping on bags of money in some posh New York City property every night. A night under the brilliant, undiluted stars is one of the best ways to escape the stresses You can jam tents, sleeping bags, folding chairs, and just about anything else you can think of .
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“Some of my best memories of my life were made campers, tarps and sleeping bags for the 147th Grange Fair in 2021. . Best Sleeping Bags 2021 This backpacking trip isn’t purely recreational: Parisi is already training for 2021. She has her sights Parisi describes as akin to sleeping in a big trash bag. “One thing in our daily .
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Box I-5. Increasing the Visibility of Japanese Aid with the Hinomaru and ODA Logo
The Hinomaru (Japanese National flag) and the ODA logo have become established as the symbols of assistance provided through Japan's ODA. They are attached to structures built and goods supplied through Japan's ODA and are helping to increase the "visibility of Japanese aid."
The Hinomaru is one of the most effective methods of showing that the assistance came from Japan, and as such it is useful for increasing the "visibility of Japanese aid."
The design of the ODA logo was decided on in September 1995 from among 5,000 designs submitted by the public. The design features a red circle suggesting the Hinomaru of Japan on its left side and a blue circle suggesting the earth on its right side, and the two hands are reaching out to embrace each other.
Currently Japan is providing ODA to more than 160 countries and regions around the world. The Hinomaru and ODA logo stickers attached to the goods and other items provided through ODA are not only in English, but also in French, Spanish, Arabic, and Portuguese. They publicize the assistance provided through the ODA of Japan within the recipient countries.
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Michelson Prize in Reproductive Biology
The Michelson Prize is an incentivized prize challenge that will award $25 million to the first entity to provide Found Animals with a low-cost, permanent, nonsurgical sterilant for male and female cats and dogs. The prize-winning product will have, at a minimum, the following characteristics:
Single-dose, permanent, nonsurgical sterilant
Safe and effective in male and female cats and dogs
Ablates sex steroids and/or their effects
Suitable for administration in a field setting
Viable pathway to regulatory approval
Reasonable manufacturing process and cost
For further details, view the Michelson Prize Criteria.
Scientists interested in pursuing the Michelson Prize are encouraged to apply for a Michelson Grant of up to $250,000 per year to fund their research. Michelson Grants are intended to support research with the potential to develop a product worthy of the Michelson Prize; however, projects may be considered for the Michelson Grants if they do not address all of the Prize criteria (e.g. address only cats or dogs, address only male or female, etc.) if the proposed technology promises a significant improvement over existing approaches.
We encourage applicants to review the process for applying for the Michelson Prize prior to submitting a letter of intent for a Michelson Grant, in order that the data obtained may later support a Prize application.
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Published On : Mon, May 4th, 2020
National News / News 3 | By Nagpur Today Nagpur News
Transport back on May 20, malls etc from June 1
The second financial stimulus package which the Centre has been working on is expected to be announced in the next 48 hours.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already held six rounds of meetings with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Home Minister Amit Shah over its contours, and the PMO is expected to clear the draft proposals today.
Once the five secretaries in the finance ministry give the final touches to the proposals, the government is expected to come out with its keenly-awaited stimulus package.
Also, if the massive deliberations underway are to be believed, from May 20 the mass transport system covering buses, trains, taxis and autorickshaws will be activated in metros, of course with all the Covid-19 protocols in place. Confirming this, official sources said this should come as a breather for the common man.
And June 1, Monday, is the likely date from which the Centre will announce a graded reopening of mass gathering venues like malls, wedding halls, cinema halls, and places of worship.
The ministry of home affairs is currently finalising these details with the states.
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SUBJECT: Memorial University robots and writers head downtown for three-day festival of research
DATE: Nov. 7
Forget what you’ve heard about uptight university types. From November 12-14, Memorial is heading downtown to the Rocket Room above the Rocket Bakery on Water Street for MUNbuttoned, three informal, yet informative, evenings showcasing Harris Centre applied research projects.
The first night, Tuesday, Nov. 12, is a Super Science Fair featuring “speed-geeking” which will be a chance for participants to engage with Memorial scientists for short, interactive presentations. Topics range from recycling robots to dirty drinking water solution for rural areas. On day two, Wednesday, Nov. 13, How We Live, Work and Play, will be a crash course in Newfoundland and Labrador social science, with short, fast-paced presentations on everything from the lessons gleaned from hurricane Igor to how school gardens help kids and communities. The final evening, taking place on Thursday, Nov. 14, is about story, song and stage, with a live theatrical performance from Song of the Mermaid, a research project-turned-play about Isles aux Mort’s historic heroine Ann Harvey, traditional fiddle music and more.
All three events begin at 7 p.m. in the Rocket Room. Full descriptions of all the presentations can be found at www.munbuttoned.com
The research being presented at MUNbuttoned has been supported through the Harris Centre’s suite of applied research funds, in partnership with the Government of Canada, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Multi-Materials Stewardship Board, the RBC Blue Water Fund and Memorial University.
“There’s so much interesting research happening at Memorial, but often, the only people who get to hear about it are other academics,” said Bojan Furst, manager of knowledge mobilization at the Harris Centre. “The research that we and our partners support has direct relevance to the people and places of this province. MUNbuttoned will be an opportunity to share what we’ve learned while also having some fun.”
MUNbuttoned is being presented by the Harris Centre as part of Open Doors, a week-long initiative of the Association of Canadian Universities and Colleges (AUCC).
“Universities are deeply engaged with their communities, as a resource, an economic driver, a cultural hub and a catalyst for knowledge,” said Paul Davidson, president of AUCC. “In turn, communities shape universities’ teaching and research, bringing new ideas and insight to students and faculty.”
Many of the projects featured at MUNbuttoned respond directly to needs identified by communities across Newfoundland and Labrador.
All three evening events are free of charge and all are welcome. For more information about the presentations and presenters, please check www.munbuttoned.com.
For further information, please contact Cathy Newhook, communications co-ordinator, Harris Centre, Memorial University, at 709-864-7918, cathyn@mun.ca.
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Amazon's Top 20 Locations for HQ2 Announced
Tech giant Amazon is looking at possible locations for its second headquarters which is referred to as HQ2.
238 cities applied for the spot and Amazon has narrowed its search to just 20 cities. The finalists are…
Atlanta, GA 2. Austin, TX 3. Boston, MA 4. Chicago, IL
5. Columbus, OH 6. Dallas, TX 7. Denver, CO 8. Indianapolis, IN
9. Los Angeles, CA 10. Miami, FL 11. Montgomery County, MD
12. Nashville, TN 13. Newark, NJ 14. New York, NY 15. Northern Virginia
16. Philadelphia, PA 17. Pittsburg, PA 18. Raleigh, NC 19. Toronto, Ontario
20. Washington D.C
Amazon promises a $5 billion dollar investment and addition of 50,000 high-paying jobs to the home of HQ2 so each city is trying its best to court the company.
Previous attempts include a Tucson group sending the company a 21 ft saguaro cactus to send a message that the company had “room to grow in Tucson.”
Georgia offered Amazon a slice of land which would be a new town named Amazon, GA.
Charlotte, NC even had a holiday celebrating the shipping company. Busses and billboard touted the #CLTisPrime slogan.
Amazon has not yet released the final decision on HQ2’s location but says it will this year. Be sure to look out for more elaborate gifts and offers from the top 20 cities as the deadline comes closer.
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Mortgage complaints dip by 12% – FOS
Consumer complaints about mortgages fell in the first quarter of this financial year, according to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).
Mortgages accounted for just 3% of all complaints received by the FOS during this period.
New cases lodged by consumers at the FOS in the three months to June fell by 12% compared to the same period last year (2,309 compared to 2,620 in 2016).
The number of cases going to full adjudication by the regulator did increase by 25% – from 467 to 586.
However, encouragingly for the mortgage sector, the rate at which claims were upheld fell sharply from 44% to 24% – and this figure was down on the overall average last year of 31%.
PPI rolls on
Overall the FOS received 135,779 enquiries and 80,234 new complaints (down from 81,709) between April and June – with 8,414 complaints passed to an ombudsman for a final decision (down from 13,634).
On average, it upheld 35% of these complaints it resolved.
Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) remained the most complained-about financial product, with 42,401 new complaints – which makes up more than half of all cases received.
Current accounts were the second most complained-about product, with 5,229 new complaints.
In publishing the results, the FOS highlighted consumer credit (which includes products and services such as payday loans, hire purchase, and catalogue shopping) as a particular area for concern.
This area accounted for 17.5% of the complaints received in 2016/17 – compared with 9% in 2015/2016 and the FOS noted it had “continued to hear from people who’ve fallen into debt – who may argue they shouldn’t have been lent to at all”.
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1950: Hugo Herschend, a Danish immigrant from Chicago, leased the cave. Marvel Cave Those who may be interested in exploring the caves of the Ozarks, but don't want to turn it into an all-day activity, may find Marvel Cave to be just the solution. For additional information on Silver Dollar City, Marvel Cave, or other Branson shows and attractions or Branson lodging please feel free to contact the Branson Tourism Center by either calling their toll free number 1-800-785-1550 or through their website www.BransonTourismCenter.com. The cave, which lies beneath Silver Dollar City theme park, was the first attraction to bring tourists to the Branson area. Jack Herschend, bottom, helps a cave adventurer from the local YWCA in Marvel Cave in the 1950s. Other Things to Do Near Marvel Cave After finishing up with Marvel Cave, you might like to stop by one or two of the area's other recommended attractions: 1960: the Herschends added the Silver Dollar City theme park with an 1880s Ozark Mountain Village. Located in the Silver Dollar City theme park, Marvel Cave is ideal if you’re looking to visit one of Missouri’s cavernous wonders but don’t have a lot of room in your itinerary. 1957: a cable train to take cave visitors back to the surface installed, height difference 326m. Marvel Cave. Things to Do near Marvel Cave • Titanic Museum • Sight and Sound Theatres • Silver Dollar City • Branson Landing • White Water; How to Get to Marvel Cave Flights to Branson • Branson, MO (BKG), 9.6 mi (15.5 km) from central Branson • Harrison, AR (HRO-Boone County Regional), 28.7 mi (46.2 km) from central Branson Marvel Cave at Silver Dollar City. Find more information about this attraction and other nearby Branson family attractions and hotels on Family Vacation Critic. In 1869 explorers believed the cave to be filled with riches, including marble, and gave it the name Marble Cave. 1.37km away. No trip to Silver Dollar City is complete without a visit to the cavern that started it all – Marvel Cave! Marvel Cave, Branson | cityseeker Summer - Mar to Oct - Su to Sa from 08:30 AM to 10:00 PM 1,220 were here. The most popular of the area’s caves, visiting Marvel Cave has been one of the most popular things to do in Branson for over 100 years! Marvel Cave: Marvel Cave Tour - See 728 traveller reviews, 189 candid photos, and great deals for Branson, MO, at Tripadvisor. Recognize any of these Cave Guides from 1974? Marvel Cave, Branson: See 729 reviews, articles, and 189 photos of Marvel Cave, ranked No.15 on Tripadvisor among 139 attractions in Branson. See More courtesy of Silver Dollar City Bruce Herschend shares memories with cave guides at last weekend’s reunion at Silver Dollar City. * Pictures courtesy of Silver Dollar City Branson (0.9 miles from Marvel Cave) These cabins are nestled in the wildness of the rustic Ozarks and offers modern furnishings and free Wi-Fi. Is your stomach still growling? In this part of town, there are several impressive landmarks to visit such as Marvel Cave, Compton Ridge Campground, Tall Pines Campgrounds. You can indulge in a more substantial meal at IHOP (1055 W Hwy 376, Branson), 0.1 miles (0.2 kilometers) away. The cave is a wet limestone cave and formations continue to grow inside. The cave opened for tours in 1894 and was the first major attraction in the Branson area. The tour guides are very knowledgeable and friendly. Hotels near Marvel Cave, Branson on Tripadvisor: Find 9,053 traveler reviews, 37,891 candid photos, and prices for 30 hotels near Marvel Cave in Branson, MO. Marvel Cave, Branson : Lihat ulasan, artikel, dan foto Marvel Cave di antara objek wisata di Branson di Tripadvisor. Marvel Cave First discovered by Osage Indians in the 16th Century, it was known as “The Devil’s Den” for the strange noises coming from inside. As we look forward to the possibilities of the 2021 season, explore some of the other incredible caves near by for a warm winter adventure! No trip to Silver Dollar City is complete without a visit to the cavern that started it all – Marvel Cave! Trip Advisor/GRNEYEDgirl3201 Marvel Cave, discovered in the 16th century, goes 505 feet below the ground. Looking to Visit Marvel Cave in Branson, MO, Silver Dollar City, MO? Marvel Cave Park is one of Branson (MO)'s many neighborhoods travelers like to visit. Touring the cave takes about 60 minutes and the trail descends more than 300 feet into the earth and requires maneuvering 600 stairs, so bring comfortable shoes! In today's vlog we explore an underground cave left by a sinkhole, called Marvel Cave. Branson Condo Resorts Silver Dollar City. Located within Silver Dollar City theme park, you'll be able to tour while being able to spend the rest of your day romping through the many rides and attractions of Silver Dollar City. Today, with one of the largest cave entry rooms in North America, Marvel Cave is … A tour of this limestone cave lasts about an hour and is included in admission to the theme park. William Lynch died, the cave was renamed Marvel Cave by his daughters. One of the deepest caves in Missouri, it has one of the largest subterranean entry-rooms in the United States. More restaurants near Marvel Cave. An undeniably popular travel destination, Marvel Cave Park offers a memorable escape with its famous sites and fine dining. The property is located 5 miles from Branson, which features entertainment and dining. Marvel Cave is a National Natural Landmark located just west of Branson, Missouri, on top of Roark Mountain in Stone County. Tours of Marvel Cave are part of each admission to Silver Dollar City, and tours depart every half hour. Branson is also home to the World’s Largest Rooster, a giant fiddle and banjo, and (of course) the World’s Largest Toy Museum. Marvel Cave is a National Natural Landmark located just west of Branson, Missouri, on top of Roark Mountain in Stone County. The theme park was built around the entrance to the cave, and Marvel Cave continues to be a popular attraction for Branson visitors. Originally a tourist attraction on its own, the Silver Dollar City theme park developed around the entrance to Marvel Cave. The Marvel Cave tour is a very good tour. Marvel Cave is the deepest cave in Missouri, and it also happens to be right in the middle of the popular theme park in Branson, Silver Dollar City.Marvel Cave Branson MO was first opened as a tourist attraction in 1894, long before the theme park was built, and was popular among tourists looking for stalactites and stalagmites and other growing limestone formations. Stormy Point Village Lakeside. Silver Dollar City Hosts Branson's "Marvel" of a Cave! It is the longest running cave attraction in Missouri, starting in 1894 as "Marble Cave." 1.25km away. It is the deepest cave in Missouri at 505 ft. (that fact was on Jeopardy in June 2008).. This hidden gem truly is a marvel. Eagle's Nest Condo Resort. The cave was known by the Osage Indians in the early 16th century, after a tribe member fell through the cave's main entrance, a sinkhole. The cave’s history goes back much further, though, having been explored by the Spanish in the 1500s, and was known as “Devil’s Den” among Osage Indians before that. Branson, MO; Marvel Cave; No trip to Silver Dollar City is complete without a visit to the cavern that started it all – Marvel Cave! The 500 foot Marvel Cave was discovered in the 16th century and named Devil's Den by the area's Osage Indians. Marvel Cave, Branson: See 728 reviews, articles, and 189 photos of Marvel Cave, ranked No.16 on Tripadvisor among 140 attractions in Branson. Marvel Cave - Branson. Shady Acre Motel. They thought they saw marble, so the cave was named Marble Cave, later to be changed to Marvel Cave. 3.94km away. Marvel Cave, part of Silver Dollar City, boasts it has the 3rd largest entrance room in North America, 5th in the world. Marvel Cave, a Registered Natural Landmark, opened for tours in 1894. 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Legal Leadership Honors: Motley Rice lawyers named to 2012 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists
OCT. 22, 2012 UPDATE
MOTLEY RICE LAWYERS RECOGNIZED IN 2012 NEW ENGLAND SUPER LAWYERS LISTS
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - National plaintiffs' law firm Motley Rice LLC is proud to announce that several of its attorneys in the New England area have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2012 Rhode Island Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists, as well as the Connecticut Super Lawyers® list.
The following attorneys have been named to the Rhode Island Super Lawyers list:
Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick- Environmental Litigation, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Class Action/Mass Torts
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Donald A. Migliori- Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice, Aviation
* Migliori was additionally named among the "Best of the Best" on the Top 10 Rhode Island Super Lawyers 2012 list.
The following attorney has been named to the Rhode Island Rising Stars list:
Leah J. Donaldson- Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
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William H. Narwold- Securities Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts
The Super Lawyers list recognizes only five percent of lawyers in the United States and spans more than 70 practice areas, evaluating contributions to and leadership roles in the legal profession. Selections are based on an extensive rating process that relies on peer nominations and evaluations, as well as third-party research. The Rising Stars list names lawyers who are 40-years-old or younger and have been practicing law for ten years or fewer. Less than three percent of lawyers in each state receive this honor. Both lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers magazines and in leading city and regional magazines across the country.
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MOTLEY RICE ASBESTOS LAWYER NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
Morgantown, W.V. - Motley Rice announces today that asbestos lawyer Vicki Antion Nelson has been selected by her peers for inclusion in the 2012 West Virginia Super Lawyers® Rising Stars list in the areas of Class Action/Mass Torts, Environmental Litigation and Personal Injury Plaintiff: General.
A West Virginia native, Antion Nelson has spent many years representing individuals and families suffering from mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases as a result of occupational, environmental and household exposure. She continues to fight for the rights of victims harmed by asbestos and advocates for the improved health and welfare of workers. Antion Nelson was the youngest member of the West Virginia State Bar Association Board of Governors and serves on the Development Committee of the West Virginia University College of Law. She is also active in her community, volunteering for numerous Morgantown, W.V., organizations and serving as a Rosenbaum Family House board member.
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MOTLEY RICE MEMBER NATHAN FINCH HONORED FOR LEGAL SKILL AND LEADERSHIP
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Motley Rice is pleased to share that member Nate Finch has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2012 Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers® list in the areas of Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products; Personal Injury Plaintiff: General; and Securities Litigation.
Having nearly twenty years of experience in complex civil litigation and trial work, Finch represents individuals, companies and creditors' committees in personal injury , mass torts products liability, and securities and financial fraud litigation, as well as an array of other complex litigation cases ranging from single plaintiffs' products liability cases to high-stakes commercial disputes. He has extensive knowledge about the medical and scientific factors associated with asbestos-related diseases and has played a central role in trials and negotiations to resolve large asbestos product manufacturers' bankruptcies. Finch is a frequently invited guest speaker and often serves as a consultant to co-counsel seeking advice on challenging cases and complex legal matters.
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MT. PLEASANT, SC - Motley Rice is proud to announce that several of its South Carolina-based attorneys, who represent clients across an array of practice areas, have been selected for inclusion in the 2012 South Carolina Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists. The managing partner of the firm's California office, which was opened in 2010 to expand the firm's Securities and Consumer Fraud practice, was also named to the 2012 Super Lawyers® list for Southern California.
The following attorneys have been named to the South Carolina Super Lawyers® list:
Ronald L. Motley- Class Action/Mass Torts
Joseph F. Rice- Class Action/Mass Torts, Securities Litigation, General Litigation
* Motley was additionally named among the "Best of the Best" on the Top 25 South Carolina Super Lawyers 2012 list.
The following attorneys have been named to the South Carolina Rising Stars list:
T. David Hoyle- Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products
Badge Humphries- Securities Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts, General Litigation
James W. Ledlie- Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
The following attorney has been named to the Southern California Super Lawyers® list:
Mark I. Labaton- Securities Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts, Business Litigation
The Super Lawyers® list recognizes only five percent of lawyers in the United States and spans more than 70 practice areas, evaluating contributions to and leadership roles in the legal profession. Selections are based on an extensive rating process that relies on peer nominations and evaluations, as well as third-party research. The Rising Stars list names lawyers who are 40 years old or younger and have been practicing law for ten years or fewer. Less than three percent of lawyers in each state receive this honor. Both lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers® magazines and in leading city and regional magazines across the country.
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Man Caught Red-handed Planting Charms at Politician’s House Ahead of Election (Video)
A young man has been apprehended after he was caught while planting charm at a politician’s house.
A man has been beaten to a pulp by an angry mob after he was caught planting charm at a politician’s house.
The shocking incident happened in Ghana.
It was gathered that the man was caught planting the charm ahead of of the election scheduled to hold in the country.
The suspect was nabbed at the house of the parliamentary candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Chereponi constituency, Hon. Abdul-Razak Tahidu.
After being caught, he showed the policemen and other people present at the scene what he had planned to do.
Hon Abdul-Razak Tahidu who is also the District Chief Executive(DCE) for the area, was elected the NPP Parliamentary Candidate for election 2020 during the 2019 NPP primaries in Chereponi.
Here is the video below:
Man caught while planting charms at Politician’s ahead of election . . An unidentified man has been nabbed while planting charms at the house of a Ghanaian politician ahead of the election scheduled to hold in the country. . . The suspect who was handcuffed and demonstrating what he came there to do to the Police and shocked persons who were at the scene, was nabbed at the house of the parliamentary candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Chereponi constituency who has been identified as Hon. Abdul-Razak Tahidu. . . Hon Abdul-Razak Tahidu who is also the District Chief Executive(DCE) for the area was elected the NPP Parliamentary Candidate for election 2020 during the 2019 NPP primaries in Chereponi.
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Whether they own the latest next gen console or are simply trying to outsmart a friend in Trivia Crack, one thing is for sure—consumers are embracing games on new devices and in new ways. In this year’s U.S. Gaming, A 360° View webinar, learn how this multi-screen industry has continued to evolve over time, who’s playing and how their behavior relates to other entertainment media.
Key findings include:
Over half of gamers now play two or more devices, driven by mobile and tablet gaming.
As 8th gen ownership grows, cross-generation gamers are shifting more time and money to their new consoles.
Both time and money spent by gamers in the category has risen year on year, with share of clock outpacing wallet growth.
Watch the webcast below to hear from Nielsen video game industry experts and download a copy of the slides at the end of the presentation.
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“Kinda Comprehensive” Tax Reform
July 22, 2010 by nathansnews
After yesterday’s Tax Realignment Commission (TRAC) vote on a first proposal to change our tax code , there seems to be many “worried dads” running around today.
As I told Robert Kittle this afternoon, let’s be patient. This reminds me of those children’s t-shirts that read “Be patient! God’s not finished with me yet”.
Earlier this week, I shared at the St. Andrews Rotary Club that the General Assembly empowered the TRAC to consider Act 388 in their discussions. I was wrong. While the House listened to the voters across the state and wanted to have a comprehensive discussion which included Act. 388; the Senate did not. (Something I found out AFTER my visit with the club and after reading reports that Act.388 was off the table)
How can you call it “comprehensive tax reform” if you’re not reviewing Act 388? Isn’t that like a woman being “kinda pregnant”? She either is or isn’t. Comprehensive either is comprehensive or it isn’t. You can’t go halfway.
My biggest fear is that before we even allow the TRAC to finish their job (the one we asked them to do for us), we may see politics interjected. Perhaps tainting their final proposal before it even gets into our hands to consider next session.
This next budget year isn’t going to be easy for our state; neither will the votes on whatever final proposal the TRAC sends us in November. But let’s all take a deep breath and be patient until the finished product arrives. There’ll be plenty of time to worry after that.
From WSPA.com…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — An initial recommendation to change South Carolina’s sales tax system is being met with hostility by a lot of taxpayers, since the plan would add a 2.5 percent sales tax to groceries, electricity, water bills and prescription drugs.
The Taxation Realignment Commission gave preliminary approval to the plan Wednesday, but TRAC must still give its final approval, send the recommendations to state lawmakers and then they must vote on them.
Besides the 2.5 percent sales tax on those essentials, the plan would start charging sales tax on hearing aids and prosthetic limbs, newspapers and other items that are now exempt. The plan would also phase out the current $300 sales tax cap on cars and trucks, but would not alter it for boats and airplanes.
To offset the new taxes, the state sales tax rate would drop from 6 percent to 4.96 percent.
Rep. Bakari Sellers, D-Denmark, says he understands taxpayers’ genuine concern about the plan. But he says people need to remember the millions of dollars in budget cuts lawmakers had to make this year, along with a shortfall of more than $1 billion looming next year when federal stimulus money is gone.
“There comes a point when you can’t cut any more. You’re not cutting meat, you’re cutting the bone and we have to seriously look at what the TRAC commission recommended,” he says.
He thinks people who are understandably complaining about the possibility of paying sales taxes on groceries, medicine, water and electricity will feel differently if the state were to have to cut education even more, leaving their child’s class with 60 students instead of 25.
“When we run out of school bus gas and now they have to drive their kids to school, when… we have to start reducing the rolls of those persons on Medicare, then these people will understand that what we’re dealing with is real life,” he says.
Rep. Nathan Ballentine, R-Irmo, says it’s way too early for people to get too upset about what might happen with the TRAC recommendations. “What I tell them is have a little bit of patience,” he says.
He says lawmakers created TRAC to take the politics out of decisions on tax policy, so lawmakers need to let TRAC members finish their work before getting involved.
As for the chances of the TRAC recommendations passing, he says, “I’ll tell you that we’ve got to pass something. I mean, we’ve got a billion-dollar shortfall staring at us. Now the good news is, as a conservative, the proposal that we tasked them with is to make that revenue-neutral.”
But while he thinks lawmakers will have to pass something, Rep. Sellers says, “It’ll probably pass somewhere around Neveruary.” He doesn’t think Republicans in the House will be willing to pass tax increases, even if they’re offset by a decrease in the sales tax rate.
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The State Budget: Deal or No Deal?
May 1, 2010 by nathansnews
I was never really much of a fan of the game show but it did remind me of the upcoming Budget Conference Committee negotiations between the House and Senate this year.
There are a lot of numbers in this year’s budgets , and not many of them make people winners. While there is always plenty in the budget not to like; this year may be the first time since I’ve been in office where it could mean “back to the drawing board” if some “deals” are not struck. Thing is, some of the “deals” might end up hurting our state in the long run.
It will be interesting to see how the conference committee handles a few of the items that I believe may cause a “deal or no deal” vote for our state.
1. Abortion Funding
The House wouldn’t have been able to pass our budget were it not for an extended debate on abortion funding. One which ultimately led to passage that only included state-health plan abortion funding related to protect the life of the mother. With that proviso in place, a group of Upstate members were able to support final passage – even if they had lots of other reasons to vote against the House plan. The House voted 64-52 and it would have been flipped without the “abortion ban” in place. However, the Senate has left their budget abortion proviso to fund instances that include “rape, incest, and life of the mother”. Granted, that was Ronald Reagan’s stance; but if that stays in the budget, look for it to get very, very close to a “No Deal” vote in the House this year…or a flat out “No Deal” at all for that matter.
2. Fees, Fees, Fees and a Tax
Not even the most liberal politician WANTS to raise taxes; especially in an election year. But with revenues down (to put it mildly), what’s a politician to do? Easy. Raise “fees”; those aren’t taxes…are they?
That’s exactly what the Senate has done to the tune of several millions of dollars on the backs of hunters, fishers, and SC drivers.
In addition to RAISING FEES, the Senate version creates a NEW FEE. A fee of $50 per deposition in legal cases. While many can stomach a fee increase, a new fee is another matter.
Don’t forget about the cigarette tax (that is sure to be vetoed by Governor Sanford).
It’s gonna be interesting to see how this all plays out; especially with all the signers of the “no tax” pledge ; many who are up for re-election.
3. Incentives
Much of the focus during the House debate centered on giving money to the Heritage Golf Tournament (if they can’t find a sponsor next year). Something that flew under the radar though was a $15 million incentive package for state airports to lure low-cost carriers. Incentives that appear to have already been earmarked for Greenville-Spartanburg and Charleston. Will this pre-determined giveaway cause Midlands officials to vote against the entire budget? I’m already on record against the Heritage money and the House Budget so don’t count me “in play”. But how many folks may change their support with this latest revelation?
Somehow in Columbia, things always “work out”…vetoes always get overturned…budgets always pass…incumbent Board of Trustees always get re-elected. If I were a betting man, I’d say it’ll happen again and we’ll have a budget…but barring any “deals”, I can assure you we wouldn’t.
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Bucket List: 9 years ago today
April 28, 2010 by nathansnews
I really don’t have a “bucket list”; but if I did, sky diving would have been on it.
One spring afternoon in St. George, a few friends of mine decided we’d take the plunge. 2.5 miles up in the air, we jumped. I remember how cold the plane was inside and how quickly the jumper before me dropped out of site. It was really peaceful during freefall because you really have no perspective because the world is so small beneath you. When the parachut pulled, that’s when it hit me.
Would I do it again? With children now, probably not. But I did enjoy it 9 years ago today….just like I enjoyed bungee jumping in Hilton Head about 18 years ago.
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A Midlands Meet and Greet: Nikki Haley for Governor
March 2, 2010 by nathansnews
I hope you’ll join me and others in the Midlands for a Meet and Greet with Nikki Haley on Tuesday, March 9th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wild Wing Cafe off Harbison Boulevard (1150 Bower Parkway)!
From the day I learned she would run for Governor, I have supported Nikki and am confident South Carolina will benefit from her vision and leadership for years to come!
Please share this information with your friends and co-workers so they can have a chance to meet Nikki and hear more about her common-sense approach to reigning spending in Columbia and changing the staus-quo that continues to cripple our state. There is no cost to attend.
Nikki continues to gain momentum in across the state and also in national circles as well. For too long South Carolina has made headlines for the wrong things, Nikki is a breath of fresh air and understands what it takes to change the good-ole’ boy system for the better!
From her website:
Nikki Haley, one of the strongest fiscal conservatives in state government, was first elected to represent the 87th District in Lexington County in 2004, when, as a virtual unknown she beat the longest serving state legislator in a Republican primary. In 2008 Representative Haley was sent back to the statehouse with 83 percent of the vote – the highest percentage earned by any lawmaker facing a contested South Carolina election that year.
Her time in Columbia has been marked by conservative leadership and an unwavering commitment to the taxpayers’ bottom line. She has fought wasteful spending at every turn, pushed for smaller, more efficient government, and led the fight for the accountability and transparency that before her arrival was sorely lacking in the Legislature.
For her efforts to cut taxes and slow the growth of government spending, Nikki was named “Friend of the Taxpayer” (2009) by the S.C. Association of Taxpayers and a “Taxpayer Hero” (2005) by Gov. Mark Sanford. She has lifetime “A” ratings from the South Carolina Club for Growth, the Palmetto Family Council, and the National Rifle Association. Nikki has also received the Palmetto Leadership Award from the S.C. Policy Council for her expertise on policy matters and the Strom Thurmond Excellence in Public Service and Government Award from the S.C. Federation of Republican Women for the outstanding constituent service she provides to her district.
Born in Bamberg, S.C., the daughter of Indian immigrants, Nikki’s first job was keeping the books for her family’s clothing store – at the age of 13. She went on to graduate from Clemson University with a B.S. degree in accounting and following her graduation worked as Accounting Supervisor for the Charlotte, N.C. based corporation FCR, Inc. and five of its subsidiaries. Nikki then went back to the family business where she helped oversee its growth into a multi-million dollar operation. Since 2008 she has served as the Assistant Executive Director of the Lexington Medical Foundation.
Nikki and her husband Michael, a full time federal technician with the South Carolina National Guard and an officer in the Army National Guard, attend Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church in Lexington. She was previously a board member of both the Orangeburg and Lexington County Chambers of Commerce and a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners. Currently, Nikki sits on the board for Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church, Medmission, and is a proud member of the West Metro Republican Women, Lexington County Republican Party and the NRA.
Nikki and Michael live in Lexington with their two children, Rena, 11, and Nalin, 8.
2010 Session Begins
January 14, 2010 by nathansnews
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Dum Spiro Spero
October 28, 2009 by nathansnews
Photo: Artwork, Jim Booth
Is it the dawn of a new era for South Carolina politics?
For the past two days, our state has seen members of the House and Senate vote unanimously for two very important pieces of legislation for our citizens.
Yes, you read that correctly – unanimously.
Republicans and Democrats alike. Representatives and Senators, too. Governor Mark Sanford even gave words of praise for all parties .
It’s days like these that give me, and others, hope that working TOGETHER we can accomplish much more for our people and state than working against each other.
Just like when I walk the grounds of our State House to the chamber , words cannot really express what I feel may be happening in our state. Leaders working in unison to do the heavy-lifting we’ve been asked to do for our people.
Let’s see how these final chapters unfold in the last session of 118th General Assembly. I’d love to see how far we’ve come by June.
While I breathe, I hope.
UPDATED (10:40pm) > here’s a similar view from my friend across the aisle, Representative Anton Gunn
Term Limits: From SC to DC?
I was catching up on news around our state today and noticed US Senator Jim DeMint’s blog and his post about filing a term-limit bill for Congress.
Good job, Senator. I agree.
Nathan’s News readers may recall December of last year when I considered filing a companion bill to SC Senator Ray Cleary’s bill. Based on the feedback I received, and similar beliefs shared that Senator DeMint wrote about today, I filed that bill last January.
DeMint proposes 6 years in US House and 12 years in US Senate.
My proposal is 12 year SC House and 16 years in SC Senate.
Amazingly, my bill has been ignored even though my proposal excludes “time served” prior to January 2009 (did that in HOPES current members would support because their time doesn’t even count yet).
I plan to ask for a hearing when we return in January. Maybe Senator Demint can testify here in his home state?
The argument against term limits of “losing institutional knowledge” or “losing good people” is outweighed, in my opinion, by the belief that there are plenty of talented people in our state willing and capable to serve in office and also the fact that absolute power can corrupt.
June 26, 2009 by nathansnews
Like most in our state, I was shocked (and disappointed) when listening to the news conference Wednesday afternoon from the State House. I had planned an enjoyable afternoon of golf (first time in months) with a friend. Needless to say, we weren’t that focused on golf but instead on what was ahead for South Carolina.
Sure, we both felt (and continue to feel) for the individuals and families involved, but that is really neither our business nor concern as much as what all this could mean to the rest of the 4 million residents in the Palmetto State.
After all (and sadly), it’s not like this has never happened before in politics.
In recent years we’ve seen that most of America, after the sensationalism has died down from episodes like this, really care more about their wallets and their own lives instead of the actions of politicians, celebrities, and sports personalities.
Just as it was with Brad and Jennifer and “Jon and Kate plus 8” , these stories gain all the attention for awhile but will eventually fade as people begin to go about their daily lives. Mortgage and rent payments, gas prices, doctor visits, car repairs, grocery bills, church, vacations, homework, ball practice.
The question most are starting to ask is what does this all mean to them?
As I shared with our Governor, Jeremiah 29:11 states God’s plan for us is to prosper and not to harm. While we oftentimes can’t see it, it will eventually come to fruition. The Governor has apologized to several folks, most importantly his family. He seems to understand that changes must come and it’s my opinion that the upside to this episode for our state is that our people may ultimately benefit from the political winds of change.
Nathan’s News readers know my feelings about wanting our state leaders to work together . Could this be the time? Could our citizens see the changes they have long wanted ? Better education, more jobs, improved healthcare?
I don’t expect (or wish) the Governor to change his conservative view on these issues or change his goals for our state, but I do expect that from this, we may see less division and more cooperation from both the Executive and Legislative branches.
(I will be on vacation for the next several days and apologize for my lack of posts as I try to enjoy time away from politics and my paying job at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage)
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Your Tweetin' Neighbors
Many of you know by now that I was one of the first SC elected officials to get on the twitter “craze” last year (NathanBallentin) . Since that time I’ve pretty much become addicted with over 2,000 updates already. Sure, many updates may be boring to some and some people could care less about my family life; but I share all facets of my life just the same.
Afterall, most would admit that if I just “tweeted” the political stuff, THAT would be boring!
Anyway….today my recent follower turns out to be our school district and I’m glad to see the district coming on board to Twitter and hope they’ll utilize it as a two-way street of communication. Not just getting out information but hearing from those in our community who wish to pass information along to them as well. Twitter is a form of communication and is best used to not only share; but also learn as well (in 140 characters – or less – message updates).
If you’re wondering who’s on Twitter from our community…well…here’s just a few of the folks you may want to follow and see what’s going on (twitter screen names used):
theotrek , paigecoop , shirley8153 , cstegmaier , sctomkat , TreyWalker , tdkelly , CharlieHarden , lawgal21 , ashleygilfillan , cecarey311 , zacandcheese , willfloyd , InTecNic , jplvsd , mckewn , michelmcninch , wshuler , AshleySHunter , mjboozer , foxben , and, my personal favorite: StateHouseWife
Some have been “tweetin” for awhile. Some do it as often as I do (a few times a day), others only maybe once a day or even once every other week. Some have tried it but didn’t like it. That’s the beauty of it. If you like it and if you find someone interesting enough to follow, do it. If not, don’t follow that person. It’s that simple. In the list above we have folks from all walks of life….teachers, state employees, bloggers, realtors, TV personalities, housewives, businessmen, businesswomen, attorneys, artists, and so on.
The impact of Twitter is global reaching – now, more than ever! In fact, twitter has been used to actually keep the West informed of what’s going on in Iran during their unrest. To those who think Twitter is just another fad….it may well be….but everyone’s using it in all walks of life for various reasons.
Give it a shot and see what you think. Oh, there’s also “prank twitter accounts” so be sure you know what’s really going on before you think it’s someone’s “real site”. Some are obvious but others you may never know: SCLegislator , FakeMarkSanford , GovPerrysHair .
If you want to see all the SC Legislators and Politicos on Twitter, try SCTWEETS.COM.
Governor visits "It Kids" at Dutch Fork High School
May 28, 2009 by nathansnews
Governor Mark Sanford delighted students at Dutch Fork High School on Wednesday by meeting with Kelly Payne’s Current Issues Class (known more recently as the “It Kids” ). Governor Sanford fielded several questions from students and shared his vision for the future of the state.
Mrs. Payne’s class has turned into a “must visit” for elected officials this year as her students are always keeping a watchful eye on the actions at the State House.
Sanford’s visit capped a long list of public figures who visited the class this year. Other speakers included Education Superintendent Jim Rex, Attorney General Henry McMaster, Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom, House Speaker Bobby Harrell, House Minority Leader Harry Ott, Representatives Gilda Cobb-Hunter, Anton Gunn, James Smith, Nathan Ballentine and Nikki Haley, SLED Chief Reggie Lloyd, and other state politicos.
“Bringing leaders like these into the classroom has given my students the rare chance to meet and interact with some of the most powerful people in the state,” Payne explained.
“We’ve been looking forward all school year to having the governor visit,” said Payne. “Whether or not you share his stand on all issues, you’ve certainly got to admire the unflinching courage of his convictions. And his comfortable use of facts and logic to explain his stands really impressed my students. It meant so much to them that he took the time from his busy schedule to speak to them.”
Almost 100 students packed the room to hear from the state’s Chief Executive Officer. Rebecca VanMeter and Nathan Bell were the lucky students to greet the Governor at the front office and walked him to Mrs. Payne’s class where he discussed major world civilizations such as the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, the Greeks and creation of democracy, the Ottoman Empire….and their declines. He referenced The Truth About Tytler : democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.
Students were obviously thrilled to have the Governor take time to visit and he made an impression by illustrating how much of the taxpayer’s money goes to the government. True to form, he also used a chart for illustration during his visit; but this time it was one he drew on the board.
Sanford taking time to meet with our state’s future leaders did not get lost on these bright students. Many said they couldn’t believe how approachable he was and how he seemed like a “normal guy” who believes in doing what he feels is right based on principles.
On behalf of Dutch Fork High School, thanks Governor for the visit to our community!
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West Lake Hills is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,286 people and just one neighborhood, West Lake Hills is the 481st largest community in Texas.
West Lake Hills home prices are not only among the most expensive in Texas, but West Lake Hills real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
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West Lake Hills is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 92.94% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, West Lake Hills is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Lake Hills who work in sales jobs (15.55%), management occupations (14.87%), and healthcare (9.37%).
Of important note, West Lake Hills is also a city of artists. West Lake Hills has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape West Lake Hills’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 21.78% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
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In addition, West Lake Hills is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.
Because of many things, West Lake Hills is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making West Lake Hills a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, West Lake Hills has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, West Lake Hills’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Being a small city, West Lake Hills does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
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Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in West Lake Hills. 83.57% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.
The per capita income in West Lake Hills in 2018 was $97,005, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $388,020 for a family of four.
West Lake Hills is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Lake Hills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Lake Hills residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. West Lake Hills also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.76% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Lake Hills include English, German, Irish, European, and French.
The most common language spoken in West Lake Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
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HELP FOR PARENTS WITH STRONG-WILLED, OUT-OF-CONTROL CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Education and Counseling for Individuals Affected by Oppositional Defiant Disorder and ADHD
Treatment & Management for Disobedient Children
"I need advice on what to do with my son who has been diagnosed with oppositional disorder!"
OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER (ODD) is defined as a recurrent pattern of negativistic, defiant, disobedient, and hostile behavior toward authority figures that persists for at least 6 months. Behaviors included in the definition include the following:
• actively defying requests
• arguing with grown-ups
• being resentful, spiteful, or vindictive
• being touchy, easily annoyed or angered
• blaming others for one's own mistakes or misbehavior
• deliberately annoying other people
• losing one's temper
• refusing to follow rules
OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER is usually diagnosed when a youngster has a persistent or consistent pattern of disobedience and hostility toward moms and dads, educators, or other grown-ups. The primary behavioral difficulty is the consistent pattern of refusing to follow commands or requests by grown-ups. Kids with OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER are often easily annoyed; they repeatedly lose their temper, argue with grown-ups, refuse to comply with rules and directions, and blame others for their mistakes. Stubbornness and testing limits are common, even in early childhood.
==> Help for Parents with Oppositional Children and Teens
The criteria for OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER are met only when the problem behaviors occur more frequently in the youngster than in other kids of the same age and developmental level. These behaviors cause significant difficulties with family and friends, and the oppositional behaviors are the same both at home and in school. Sometimes, OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER may be a precursor of a conduct disorder. OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER is not diagnosed if the problematic behaviors occur exclusively with a mood or psychotic disorder.
Prevalence and Comorbidity—
The base prevalence rates for OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER range from 1-16%, but most surveys estimate it to be 6-10% in surveys of nonclinical, non-referred samples of parents' reports. In more stringent population samples, rates are lower when impairment criteria are stricter and when the information is obtained from both parents and educators, rather than from parents only. Before puberty, the condition is more common in boys; after puberty, it is almost exclusively identified in boys, and whether the criteria are applicable to girls has been discussed. The disorder usually manifests by age 8 years. OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER and other conduct problems are the single greatest reasons for referrals to outpatient and inpatient mental health settings for kids, accounting for at least half of all referrals.
Diagnosis is complicated by relatively high rates of comorbid, disruptive, behavior disorders. Some symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Conduct Disorder overlap. Researchers have postulated that, in some kids, OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER may be the developmental precursor of conduct disorder. Comorbidity of OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER with ADHD has been reported to occur in 50-65% of affected kids.
In some kids, OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER commonly occurs in conjunction with anxiety disorders and depressive disorders. Cross-sectional surveys have revealed the comorbidity of OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER with an affective disorder in about 35% of cases, with rates of comorbidity increasing with patient age. High rates of comorbidity are also found among OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDERs, learning disorders, and academic difficulties. Given these findings, kids with significant oppositional and defiant behaviors often require multidisciplinary assessment and may need components of mental health care, case management, and educational intervention to improve.
Risk Factors and Etiology—
The best available data indicate that no single cause or main effect results in OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER. Most experts believe that biological factors are important in OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER and that familial clustering of certain disruptive disorders, including OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER and ADHD, substance abuse, and mood disorders, occurs.
Studies of the genetics of OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER have produced mixed results. Under-arousal to stimulation has been consistently found in persistently aggressive and delinquent youth and in those with OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER. Exogenous factors such as prenatal exposure to toxins, alcohol, and poor nutrition all seem to have effects, but findings are inconsistent. Studies have implicated abnormalities in the prefrontal cortex; altered neurotransmitter function in the serotonergic, noradrenergic, and dopaminergic systems; and low cortisol and elevated testosterone levels.
Clinical Course—
In toddlers, temperamental factors, such as irritability, impulsivity, and intensity of reactions to negative stimuli, may contribute to the development of a pattern of oppositional and defiant behaviors in later childhood. Family instability, including economic stress, parental mental illness, harshly punitive behaviors, inconsistent parenting practices, multiple moves, and divorce, may also contribute to the development of oppositional and defiant behaviors.
The interactions of a youngster who has a difficult temperament and irritable behavior with moms and dads who are harsh, punitive, and inconsistent usually lead to a coercive, negative cycle of behavior in the family. In this pattern, the youngster's defiant behavior tends to intensify the parents' harsh reactions. The moms and dads respond to misbehavior with threats of punishment that are inconsistently applied. When the parent punishes the youngster, the youngster learns to respond to threats. When the mother or father fails to punish the youngster, the youngster learns that he or she does not have to comply. Research indicates that these patterns are established early, in the youngster's preschool years; left untreated, pattern development accelerates, and patterns worsen.
Developmentally, the presenting problems change with the youngster's age. For example, younger kids are more likely to engage in oppositional and defiant behavior, whereas older kids are more likely to engage in more covert behavior such as stealing.
By the time they are school aged, kids with patterns of oppositional behavior tend to express their defiance with educators and other grown-ups and exhibit aggression toward their peers. As kids with OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER progress in school, they experience increasing peer rejection due to their poor social skills and aggression. These kids may be more likely to misinterpret their peers' behavior as hostile, and they lack the skills to solve social conflicts. In problem situations, kids with OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER are more likely to resort to aggressive physical actions rather than verbal responses. Kids with OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER and poor social skills often do not recognize their role in peer conflicts; they blame their peers (e.g., "He made me hit him.") and usually fail to take responsibility for their own actions.
The following 3 classes of behavior are hallmarks of both oppositional and conduct problems: (1) noncompliance with commands; (2) emotional overreaction to life events, no matter how small; and (3) failure to take responsibility for one's own actions.
When behavioral difficulties are present beginning in the preschool period, educators and families may overlook significant deficiencies in the youngster's learning and academic performance. When many kids with behavioral problems and academic problems are placed in the same classroom, the risk for continued behavioral and academic problems increases. OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER behavior may escalate and result in serious antisocial actions that, when sufficiently frequent and severe, become criteria to change the diagnosis to conduct disorder. Milder forms of OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER in some kids spontaneously remit over time. More severe forms of OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER, in which many symptoms are present in the toddler years and continually worsen after the youngster is aged 5 years, may evolve into conduct disorder in older kids and teens.
Treatment & Management—
Given the high probability that OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER occurs alongside attention disorders, learning disorders, and conduct disturbances, an evaluation for these disorders is indicated for comprehensive treatment. Pharmacologic treatment (e.g., stimulant medication) for ADHD may be beneficial once this is diagnosed. Kids with oppositional behavior in the school setting should undergo necessary screening testing in school to evaluate for possible learning disabilities. With the multifaceted nature of associated problems in OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER, comprehensive treatment may include medication, parenting and family therapy, and consultation with the school staff. If kids with OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER are found to have ADHD as well, appropriate treatment of ADHD may help them to restore their focus and attention and decrease their impulsivity; such treatment may enable their social and behavioral interventions to be more effective.
PARENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING is recommended for families of kids with OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER because it has been demonstrated to affect negative interactions that repeatedly occur between the kids and their moms and dads. PARENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING consists of procedures in which parents are trained to change their own behaviors and thereby alter their youngster's problem behavior in the home. PARENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING is based on 35 years of well-developed research showing that oppositional and defiant patterns arise from maladaptive parent-child interactions that start in early childhood.
These patterns develop when moms and dads inadvertently reinforce disruptive and deviant behaviors in a youngster by giving those behaviors a significant amount of negative attention. At the same time, the parents, who are often exhausted by the struggle to obtain compliance with simple requests, usually fail to provide positive attention; often, the moms and dads have infrequent positive interactions with their kids. The pattern of negative interactions evolves quickly as the result of repeated, ineffective, emotionally expressed commands and comments; ineffective harsh punishments; and insufficient attention and modeling of appropriate behaviors.
PARENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING alters the pattern by encouraging the mother or father to pay attention to prosocial behavior and to use effective, brief, non-aversive punishments. Treatment is conducted primarily with the moms and dads; the therapist demonstrates specific procedures to modify parental interactions with their youngster. Parents are first trained to simply have periods of positive play interaction with their youngster. They then receive further training to identify the youngster's positive behaviors and to reinforce these behaviors. At that point, moms and dads are trained in the use of brief negative consequences for misbehavior. Treatment sessions provide the parents with opportunities to practice and refine the techniques.
Follow-up studies of operational PARENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING techniques in which moms and dads successfully modified their behavior showed continued improvements for years after the treatment was finished. Treatment effects have been stronger with younger kids, especially in those with less severe problems. Recent research suggests that less severe problems, rather than a younger patient age, is predictive of treatment success. Approximately 65% of families show significant clinical benefit from well-designed parent management programs.
Regardless of the youngster's age, intervention early in the developing pattern of oppositional behavior is likely to be more effective than waiting for the youngster to grow out of it. These kids can benefit from group treatment. The process of modeling behaviors and reactions within group settings creates a real-life adaptation process. In younger kids, combined treatment in which moms and dads attend a PARENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING group while the kids go to a social skills group has consistently resulted in the best outcome. The efficacy of group treatment of teens with oppositional behaviors has been debated. Group therapy for teens with OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER is most beneficial when it is structured and focused on developing the skills of listening, empathy, and effective problem solving.
Obstacles to Treatment—
OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER and other conduct problems can be intractable. Despite advances in treatment, many kids continue to have long-term negative sequelae. PARENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING requires parental cooperation and effort for success. Existing psychiatric conditions in the parents can be a major obstacle to effective treatment. Depression in a mother or father (particularly the mother) can prevent successful intervention with the youngster and become worse if the youngster's behavior is out of control. Substance abuse and other more severe psychiatric conditions can adversely affect parenting skills, and these conditions are particularly problematic for the moms and dads of a youngster with OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER.
In situations in which the moms and dads lack the resources to effectively manage their youngster, services can be obtained through schools or county mental health agencies. Many states have effective "wrap around" services, which include a full-day school program and home-based therapy services to maintain progress in the home setting. Thus, effective treatment can include resources from several agencies, and coordination is critical. If county mental health or school special education services are involved, one person is usually designated to coordinate services in those systems.
==> Effective Disciplinary Techniques for Defiant Teens and Preteens
I live in Chester, Virginia and have been dealing with my son since he was diagnosed at age 5. Six months ago he started refusing to take his medication. I should mention he also has been treated for pediatric bi-bolar disorder. He was taking Risperdal, but now refuses any and all medication. His behavior has steadily deteriorated - and I don't think it's just from a lack of meds. I think we've entered rebellious adolescence on top of everything else.
My biggest concern now is that he makes my 10 year old son's life miserable, in addition to mine and my husband's life. I've exhausted all my county resources, i.e. CAST - children and adolescent services team, through which we have had 3 different psychiatrists over the years. The most recent one is a really sweet, elderly man, but again, we get no where now. I can't even get my son to see anyone. I need help and don't know where to turn anymore. I should also mention that it's late, my computer is about to die, my son is over 6 feet tall, and when he's angry, I am afraid for my physical safety.
Please, point me in the right direction. School will start in 5 feets - he will be a freshman. Up until the last 4 months of this past school year he had been in special services since 2nd grade. We finally mainstreamed him and he did really great until the last 3 weeks or so - at which point he was told not to come back to school for the last week of school - that was in lieu of suspending him. Did I mention that he's obsessed with sex - talking about it, insinuating things about it, etc.
Your programme is great and it's been a real relief to find something that helps me to put into practice what I know I want to do, but more importantly in the correct order, rather than jumping in with both feet and going from 0 to 60 in too short a time. The fair fighting is amazing and has already made a real difference - they really find it so frustrating and confusing not to be able to push my buttons!
I have been stuck to the website, reading the text and listening to the videos.
I am a mother of 18 yrs old son who is repeating grade 9 this year. The child is drinking, smoking and going out with children who are doing the same as him. We tried to talked with him about his future but not listing. He should be finished his school but because of the mentioned matters he is still at school. As his parents we tried to take him to the social workers and phycologist but no improvement. I even took him to the church for help, but it does not work. Now I am struggling to take him to outside boarding school but they are all expensive. My son is lost. He look like he want to change but something is in his mind.
Yes, I am so frustrated. My 15-1/2 year old teenager experienced another meltdown twice today. I am looking to help our relationship. He orders me around, makes me apologize, and says aweful things about hurting himself, me and/or another innocent person. Somehow after my second husband's passing, during the last three years my son has displayed more and more anger. He is currently on probation for threatening to stab me in the neck. (I am concerned about his future relationships with girls/women.) I managed to get him calmed down this morning and we left home to run errands. While driving home, we were talking and he started getting upset with me again. I then said "Please don't get upset with me again." The word "again" set him off. He said I acted like a victim like he was being mean towards me, that I thought he was crazy, and demanded I apologize and claimed that I was mentally abusing him. He is very sensitive with any of my words. I try to be sensitive when talking with him, yet today I lost my patience and screamed back at him while we were in the car when I was driving. He dug his fingers hard and deep into the inside of my arm. It created must pain and I asked him to let go, but he just dug in hardened, no broken skin just redness and most likely brusing later as I bruise after the fact. Yes, he is ordered to see a psychiatrist and he managed to "pull the wool over her eyes" like he does with many high-level professionals. He is very intelligent, articulate and I feel he manipulative too. He can be so sweet and than the other side of him is totally the opposite. The psychiatrist was only planning to see him once and diagnosed him with "Adjustment Disorder." The court has also ordered him to anger management and me to accompany him to learn what he is taught. I am to pay for both him and myself at $295 each. I am currently looking for a family counselor, and I have found a therapist for myself to begin next week. I am having trouble getting the family counseling therapists to return my many calls. I am told they are extremely busy.
I am now a single mum with four children and they have had to move from a farming situation to the city and my 12 year old son who is a very capable young man, is frustrated. I find that he is closed off to me, doesn’t listen, is disrespectful, has started to lie and go behind my back. He has good grades at school and things are improving there but at home, he is difficult, teases the other kids and I feel that he is so disjointed from the family. We recently took facebook and skype from him because he was obsessed with it and only gave it to him under strict conditions that I had full access, he tried to set up another account which I found out about and made him deactivate and he was grounded for a week. Once the punishment was completed he was allowed back on the original account were I had full access and then we received a complaint from his girldfirends parents that his chat online was a little too racy and could he stop communicating and the relationship was to end, which was fair enough, personally I thought they were too young to be carrying on the way they were. His father insisted the FB account be deactivated for a while and we thought that was the end of it until yesterday when he reactivated the other account, but I found out, rang the girls parents as she had also reactivated her and as a result of the mis trust I have deactivated the accounts for another month and grounded him and he is on extra chores. His attitude is terrible, he is grumpy, looks at me like he hates me, teases the other kids, talks with distain in his voice and I just feel so sad. Am I being too tough, what am I missing? Brandon is a kid that has had every opportunity, more than the others, we go to all his sports, support everything he does, encourage him to do more and I know he misses his Dad and the farm, his independence. I give him lots of independence at home, he goes out most days after school unless their is sport on, all I want is a connection, the ability to laugh at my son, enjoy him and him I and not think, thank god he has gone out or I don’t like him right now! I feel so mean. I resent my ex husband for splitting our family and putting us in this position, although I keep things very amicable for the kids and don’t argue with him, he has full access to the kids when he is home from work and they spend every second weekend with him. I just feel like I was the one who did nothing wrong in our marriage and I am left picking up all the pieces and dealing with all the crap and he gets this fun happy weekend where he is creating memories with my kids that I don’t get included in and I have no happy times, just the mumdane school run, running kids around to sports etc and cooking and cleaning for them and nagging them.
I found the information in one of the companion guides interesting on power struggles “you may win the battle but lose the war” - this is Shennae. No matter how much I reiterate that I’m not trying to control her life, I just want to ensure she’s safe. I brought to her attention that all the guys she’s interested in she may perceive as having power because they’re all basically living in the adult world – ie working and some are driving.
This weekend (it’s now Monday), she hasn’t been home since Friday. She doesn’t have her phone back but she doesn’t seem to care and has told me that she can’t contact me without her phone so it’s my doing.
I spoke with her counsellor, who came here last Thursday to see her, and he told me not to report her as a missing person to the police as this will only aggravate the situation. He told me to do something with her like take her to get her nails done (this was something I was going to do a number of months ago but it didn’t eventuate) but don’t speak about anything heavy. I did this and we had great conversation but it didn’t stop her from leaving on Friday.
This counsellor is appointed by Youth Services which is part of one of our government services - DHS (Department of Human Services).
We are going away for 4 days from tomorrow for school holidays with all 3 and their respective friends. I’ve been trying to keep things calm so she’ll come with us because the boys are so excited about this holiday and I want to be totally present for it. She has agreed to come away but I’m worried this may change. I’ve told her that if she comes away she’ll get her phone back.
I’ve been following some of her activities via Facebook as I confiscated her computer and fortunately she was still logged in. She’s stayed at a few different places and has tried to organise somebody to buy alcohol for her, convince another person to shout her some marijuana because they weren’t interested in indulging in ice or speed.
I’ve had numerous conversations about drugs with her and she has printed information from her counsellor but she’s told me to trust her – she knows what she’s doing. She says that even if she becomes addicted she’ll just go to rehab. She feels that at this age she’s just doing time. Basically waiting to get to an age where she can actually do something. I’ve told her that this time is for continuing her education so she is employable.
My ex and I have been looking into outback teen programs. Most of them appear to be very expensive. This may be our only alternative. Her father was going to take over care of her and he attempted this over a month ago now but couldn’t physically catch her. She told him that she hates him and never wants to see him.
The police won’t bring her home – they’ll only speak to her, Youth Services are giving me contrary advice to yours and my relatives want me to keep everything from her until she gives in.
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Hi I'm coping with the same thing I have a 12 year she's a handful and I feel awful because she acts as if I'm the enemy I'm tired don't know what else to do
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This Tybee Island Bar Owner Removed $3,714 Worth Of Wall-Stapled Bills To Give To Her Unemployed Staff
We don’t know about you, but some good news can go a long way right about now. In Tybee Island, Georgia, good news comes in the form of business owner Jennifer Knox. Knox, who owns the popular place The Sand Bar, was struggling to find a way to help her unemployed staff when she quickly realized the help she needed was all around her, to begin with. Check it out…
Walking into The Sand Bar in Tybee Island, Georgia, you would likely draw your eyes to the thousands of dollar bills stuck to every surface, floor to ceiling.
But all that has changed recently, as owner Jennifer Knox decided to take all of the dollar bills down and give them to her unemployed staff.
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Since the coronavirus pandemic, Tybee Island, which is usually bustling with people as the weather gets warmer, has been quiet.
The Sand Bar had to close its doors like many other restaurants in the areas due to the stay-at-home orders put in place.
Knox, who sat in her empty bar in March was struggling to find a way to help her now unemployed staff until she looked around and saw hope.
For the past 15 years, patrons of The Sand Bar have been leaving behind mementos on the walls and ceilings in the form of dollar bills—each guest would write a message on the dollar and staple it up for all to see.
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With the help of five volunteers, Knox ending up taking three and a half days to remove all of the money stapled throughout the place.
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In total, the amount collected was $3,714—but after hearing about what Knox was doing for her employees, locals chipped in bringing the total to $4,104 which went to help the staff.
While Knox still doesn’t know what the future holds for The Sand Bar right now, she did what she had to do in order to care for her employees during these uncertain times.
Watch the YouTube video below, courtesy of CBS News to learn more about Jennifer Knox’s gesture for her employees.
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Woolworths Goes Live with MetricStream for Quality, Safety and Audit
Press release from: MetricStream, Inc.
MetricStream Inc., the market leader in enterprise-wide Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions, today announced that Woolworths Food Division, a prestigious chain of retail stores in South Africa, has gone live with MetricStream solutions for Audit Management and Document Management. With MetricStream solutions, Woolworths can increase the efficiency of audit management, confidently meet regulatory demands, enhance reporting efficiency, and significantly reduce compliance costs.
A household name throughout South Africa, Woolworths sells a wide range of products including food, clothing, beauty products and homeware across over 400 stores in South Africa, as well as through franchise partners in Africa and the Middle East. Renowned for its commitment to quality, Woolworths was awarded the prestigious Responsible Retailer of the Year title at the World Retail Congress 2008.
Woolworths Food Division is committed to selling products that are delicious, healthy, high quality and environment-friendly. Complying with these standards and other regulations across a complex supply and distribution chain spanning 6,000 global suppliers requires meticulous auditing and documentation. The process of manually compiling audits across business processes, products and suppliers was both complex and time-consuming.
With MetricStream solutions, Woolworths can independently manage all quality, safety and compliance related documentation, records and audits from a central framework. The process is completely automated and workflow-driven, providing managers with easy access to data, and enabling them to perform analytics from multiple dimensions such as supplier, product, date and event.
Two MetricStream solutions have been implemented thus far – Audit Management and Document Management. The Audit Management solution enables Woolworths to audit suppliers, stores and warehouses; the Document Management solution supports internal policies, supplier documents and certification processes. Both solutions have been rolled out across the enterprise and its global activities, thus increasing the efficiency of reporting and auditing. Executive dashboards provide real-time visibility into the audit and compliance process, enabling managers to track and remedy issues, and ensure that all regulatory and safety requirements are being met.
“Having gone live with MetricStream solutions, we are extremely happy with the results,” said Zyda Rylands, Managing Director, Foods at Woolworths. “MetricStream met all our business requirements, and continued to support us right through system implementation. With their solution, we can effectively align business strategy with quality and compliance programs. We look forward to our continuing relationship with MetricStream and the implementation of additional GRC solutions.”
“For a food retailing brand, ensuring quality and safety is of utmost importance. Yet it is also a complex function, made all the more difficult with increasing suppliers and products,” said Shankar Bhaskaran, Vice President, International Business Operations at MetricStream. “Woolworths was determined to enhance its reputation as a retailer that people can trust, which is why we were delighted to partner with them. MetricStream solutions will enable Woolworths to confidently meet the demands of quality, mitigate risks and increase the efficiency of compliance programs.”
“We are pleased with this strong validation of our GRC Platform and Application suite and look forward to a strong partner engagement to help Woolworths with their ongoing GRC initiatives,” said Shellye Archambeau, Chief Executive Officer at MetricStream. “With the ability to visualize and react faster to risks and opportunities in the market place companies are increasingly seeing the need to have a collaborative and robust GRC framework and automation in place. This further strengthens MetricStream’s penetration in the Food & Retail industry and in the Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance solution areas.”
About MetricStream
MetricStream is a market leader in Enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Solutions for global corporations. MetricStream solutions are used by leading corporations such as Pfizer, Philips, NASDAQ, UBS, SanDisk, Subway, Fairchild Semiconductor, SunTrust Banks and Cummins in diverse industries such as Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Automotive, Food, High Tech Manufacturing, Energy and Financial Services to manage their quality processes, regulatory and industry-mandated compliance and corporate governance initiatives, as well as by over a million compliance professionals worldwide via the www.ComplianceOnline.com portal. MetricStream is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and can be reached at www.metricstream.com.
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NTSB says vehicle battery fires pose risks to 1st responders
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer
DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicle fires pose safety risks to first responders and guidelines from manufacturers about how to deal with them have been inadequate, according to U.S. investigators.
There are also gaps in industry safety standards and research on high-voltage lithium-ion battery fires, especially in high-speed, severe crashes, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.
The agency, which has no enforcement powers and can only make recommendations, called for manufacturers to write vehicle-specific response guides for fighting battery fires and limiting chemical thermal runaway and reignition. The guidelines also should include information on how to safely store vehicles with damaged lithium-ion batteries.
The recommendations come at a time when automakers are rolling out multiple new electric vehicle models, with many in the industry perceiving an inflection point in switching from gasoline power to cleaner electricity.
The agency in its Wednesday report also asked firefighter and auto towing associations to inform members about fire risks and how to deal with energy remaining in the battery after a crash, and on how to safely store a vehicle with a damaged battery.
And it's asking the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to include the availability of an emergency response guide when it calculates five-star vehicle safety scores.
NHTSA also should build a coalition to research ways to de-energies batteries and reduce hazards from thermal runaway, a chemical reaction that causes uncontrolled battery temperature and pressure increases.
The NTSB started investigating battery fires after crashes and fires in Lake Forest and Mountain View, California, and in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, in 2017 and 2018. It also probed a non-crash fire in West Hollywood, California. Three of the batteries reignited after fires were extinguished.
All four vehicles were made by Tesla, which is the top-selling electric vehicle maker in the U.S.
“The risks of electric shock and battery reignition/fire arise from the ‘stranded’ energy that remains in a damaged battery,” the agency said.
In the August, 2017 fire in Lake Forest, a Tesla Model X battery caught fire after the vehicle left a road and crashed into a residential garage at a high speed. Thomas Barth, an NTSB engineer and highway investigator, said in an agency video that firefighters poured thousands of gallons of water onto the roof of the vehicle. “They didn't realize that they had to direct water onto the battery compartment under the car to cool the battery and stop the reaction causing the fire,” he said.
In an 80-page report the NTSB wrote that a review of emergency response guidelines from 36 manufacturers found that all had ways to mitigate the risk of high-voltage shocks including methods for disconnecting the battery. But none of the guides spoke to limiting the risk of energy stored in the batteries, such as procedures for minimizing reignition or instructions on where and how to spray water to cool the batteries, the agency said.
One way to deal with damaged batteries is to pull them from the vehicle and soak them in a saltwater bath to discharge the energy, the NTSB wrote.
The National Fire Protection Association, which provides training to first responders and tow companies, said it already has addressed most of the NTSB recommendations. Andrew Klock, emerging issues lead manager, says the group has put out training on how to extinguish battery fires, then jack up vehicles and douse the batteries with water to limit reignition.
The NFPA has trained about 250,000 first responders, but there are 1.2 million firefighters nationwide, Klock said.
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Design shines for the ages
Leslie McManus
For the design of New York City’s symbolic One World Trade Center, architects sought to echo the highlighted corners of the original structure.
To accentuate the corners, Outokumpu developed a Deco Laser surface finish that gives off a prominent appearance from all angles, as well as shines in sustainability and durability.
Steel grade: 200 tonnes of Deco Laser-finished, corrosion-resistant cladding
When it comes to One World Trade Center (1WTC), the landmark centerpiece of the World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City, superlatives are in no short supply. The tallest building in the western hemisphere, 1WTC is a stunning showpiece of innovation in architecture, urban design, safety and sustainability.
Clad in stainless steel, the 104-story building is a gleaming beacon at the new heart of the city. Like Manhattan’s nearby 85-year-old Chrysler building – also clad in stainless steel – 1WTC will show no age as the years pass. The timeless beauty of stainless steel reflects enduring design values as well as essential practicalities, such as low life-cycle costs.
Bringing design to life
This highly symbolic skyscraper looks to the future while memorializing the structure that preceded it. Accordingly, architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill created an echo of the original tower’s distinctive corners in 1WTC. But to make the corners truly prominent, the architects asked Outokumpu for something unique.
A special team – with members representing application technology, production, product service and a roll texturer – developed a new surface with exceptional brightness especially for this building. Named Deco Laser for the advanced technology used in its development, the new pattern finish was produced in an embossing process in the rolling mill.
More than surface beauty
The stainless steel shines in other ways as well. Rising to a height of 541 meters, 1WTC is the most environmentally sustainable project of its size in the world, featuring the latest methods to maximize efficiency, minimize waste and pollution, conserve water, improve air quality and reduce the impact of development. Fully recyclable stainless steel plays a key role, giving the landmark tower a timeless, sustainable durability.
For 1WTC’s exterior, 200 tonnes of Deco Laser-finished, corrosion-resistant cladding produced in the Dillenburg plant in Germany was delivered, earning this skyscraper the status as one of the most beautiful landmarks today.
Landmark buildings and bridges make a statement. When they’re built of stainless steel, that statement reflects an enduring legacy – a legacy of timeless beauty, exceptional strength and unmatched durability.
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Click on the following links to find out more about viewing opportunities for these species and to learn about their habitats and behaviors:
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Tule Elk Herd
The tule elk herds had virtually disappeared by 1860, thirteen years before the state awarded them complete protection. In the spring of 1978, two bulls and eight cows were brought in from the San Luis Island Wildlife Refuge near Los Banos. The elk were contained within a temporary, three acre enclosure to allow for adjustment to their new surroundings. That summer, six of the cows bore calves. In the fall, seventeen elk were released from the enclosure on Tomales Point to 1,050 hectares (2,600 acres) of open grassland and coastal scrub. By the summer of 1988, the population was at ninety-three animals. The population census taken in 2000 counted over 400 elk. In 2009, over 440 were counted at Tomales Point, making the the Point Reyes herds one of the largest populations in California.
The tule elk can be found in several locations within the park but the best chance of seeing them is in the Tule Elk Preserve at Tomales Point. They graze freely and are often seen near the road as you drive into the preserve.
Tule Elk Rut Season
Tule Elk Docents and visitors viewing tule elk through spotting scopes at Windy Gap on Tomales Point.
August through October is an exciting time of year on Tomales Point. Visitors will likely hear bull elk bugling and see them attempting to round up harems of females. The lucky visitor may even get to see a couple of bull elk sparring.
Elk Watching Tips
To help you enjoy your experience, please follow these elk watching tips:
For your own safety, always observe elk from a distance. Use binoculars and spotting scopes. If an elk becomes alert or nervous and begins to move away, you are too close.
If viewing from your car, pull off the road or park in designated areas.
If you are on foot, stay on the trail; do not come between a cow and calf, a bull and a group of cows, or two bulls challenging each other.
Watch quietly; whisper. Move slowly.
Do not feed the elk. Feeding elk or any other wildlife is unhealthy for the animals, potentially dangerous for visitors, and strictly prohibited.
Ride your bicycle only on designated trails. Within the Tomales Point Tule Elk Reserve, bicycles are only permitted on the Pierce Point Road. Bicycles are prohibited on the Tomales Point and McClures Beach trails.
Pets are prohibited in most areas where elk may be seen, including the Tomales Point Tule Elk Reserve.
Do not collect or remove elk antlers. They are an important source of calcium for many wildlife species such as rodents and deer.
Discover more about the tule elk by visiting our Tule Elk web page.
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This number will initially be answered by an automated attendant, from which one can opt to access a name directory, listen to recorded information about the park (i.e., directions to the park; visitor center hours of operation; weather forecast; fire danger information; shuttle bus system status; wildlife updates; ranger-led programs; seasonal events; etc.), or speak with a ranger. Please note that if you are calling between 4:30 pm and 10 am, park staff may not be available to answer your call.
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Change is inevitable in any organisation whether you will it or don’t. The question is whether the change can be harnessed quickly enough to help strengthen and build. The medical technology sector, or medtech – broadly defined as any technology used in treating medical conditions which ranges from latex gloves and syringes to total body scanners and implantable pacemakers – is facing huge challenges from shrinking budgets and ageing populations to new technologies and demands from customers.
As medtech companies move to address these factors, different responses are emerging. Medtech is certainly affected by the transformations in the global healthcare landscape, with new approaches for managing, financing and competing. This is pushing all stakeholders in the sector to question their models, and one effect has been to pile pressure on suppliers of healthcare products.
Medtech innovation today is fast and brilliant, with new products and treatments emerging better than ever. New technology is being used to help people born deaf hear their own voice for the first time, or allowing a 29-yearold paraplegic man make the opening kick to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil!
But the main driver in the sector in recent years has been the public cost containment enforced by the financial crisis. With an ageing general population causing healthcare expenditures to continue to rise, the pressure to limit costs and thereby new technologies will only increase over time.
As cost containment of healthcare rises, the pressure on gross margins will only increase, making it harder for medtech companies to continue to finance their existing business models.
“Bringing new products to market in the European Union is becoming increasingly difficult,” says Omer Saka, a Director at Deloitte Consulting.
“There are many companies that are questioning the large investments needed for increasingly smaller returns. This carries a very real risk that patients in the future will no longer have access to these new life-saving technologies.” The shift in overall healthcare aims is having a deep effect on medtech.
Product innovation and quality was once the key to growth, but this is being replaced by a goal of balancing costs and bringing value-add services to hospitals.
As hospitals strive to become more efficient, improve patient outcomes, and be more cost-conscious, medtech needs to adapt too. Indeed, there is now an increasing willingness to pay premiums on products that are labour-saving or save larger, downstream costs.
“Price pressure within the health system is incredibly high. At the same time demand for value-add services from hospitals to suppliers continues to increase,” says Heidi Jauch, Vice President and Compliance Officer at Zimmer, a specialised joint replacement technology manufacturer based in Warsaw, Indiana.
Medtech companies are also facing new customer relationships with a dramatic increase in the number of stakeholders playing a role in decisions. Until recently, physicians were the sole decision-makers for the products they used to treat patients. But with pressure to improve patient outcomes while simultaneously controlling costs, an increased number of stakeholders – purchasing committees, hospital administrators, etc. – are now involved in the purchasing decisions.
And with buying decisions being increasingly driven by tender processes, the purchasing process has become much more complex, raising the administrative burden on both companies as well as hospitals.
So how are medtech companies responding to the challenge? Two broad approaches have emerged: specialisation in particular areas, and broader supply of products and services across different domains.
But in both instances, the industry has been moving from a co-operative business model to a true collaboration with all stakeholders, working closer with hospitals and healthcare authorities to anticipate needs and build relationships.
“Hospitals look for long-term partnerships which offer win-win solutions for both parties. This demand will increase over time,” says Paul Timmermans, the COO of University Hospital Leuven, in Belgium.
Renaat Vermeulen, who runs the European operations of orthopaedic device firm Biomet with global headquarters in Warsaw, Indiana, says specialisation will drive efficiency. “Specialisation of hospitals is a clear trend throughout Europe, something which we definitely support,” Vermeulen says.
“The literature has clearly demonstrated that specialist hospitals have higher quality results for patient outcomes.” The logic is that performing higher volumes of specific procedures gives teams more experience with treatments and possible complications ensuring a deeper understanding of specific ailments.
Having more specific experience allows for better patient treatments. “The future for companies is where they offer integrated solutions to hospitals along the entire disease management chain from diagnosis, treatment, manage the symptoms post-treatment, and providing feedback to hospitals and government.” says Deloitte’s Omer Saka.
One example of this is Minneapolisbased Medtronic, a world leader in medical devices, which created the Hospital Solutions group helping hospitals outsource their catheterisation laboratory or cath lab. Maastricht University Medical Center in the Netherlands estimated that they had saved €4.5 million in one year working with Medtronic.
“A hospital clearly benefits through bringing in our expertise in change management,” says Yvan Deurbroeck, Medtronic’s Vice President Communications for Europe, Middle East and Africa. “We have readily available in-house knowledge and talent which hospitals can benefit from.”
Of course, as companies adapt their business models to start providing value-added collaboration and not just products, it means adapting skill sets and structures in medtech firms. Renaat Vermeulen says that is already happening, with more segmentation and specialisation of sales representatives to deal with a broader group of highly differentiated stakeholders.
“The times of a generalist sales rep doing everything within a hospital is fading.Through having a more specialised people we are better able to get the key messages across to the different groups,” he says.
Frédéric Hoffmann, Business Unit Director at Baxter, a US healthcare leader with headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois, adds, “We are definitely driving our sales organisation to develop consultative sales skills with hospitals – through this we add value to our customers and strengthen our longterm business relationships.”
Indeed, one consequence now is that medtech sales reps now have second highest industry average salary level within the life science industry - higher than pharmaceutical and biotech reps. The risk of this specialisation, though, is that the focus on individual sales could mean losing sight of the broader relationship.
“Sales reps are driven through their bonus: they fight for each and every device, and hence are not willing to give up accounts, no matter how small. But does this really make the most sense from an organisational perspective?” asks Zimmer’s Heidi Jauch.
To take an example from Pharma industry – which is struggling with some of the same issues – GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is addressing this issue by remodelling its sales teams, no longer incentivising them for individual sales targets but focusing on building the relationship with the prescribing physician and adding clinical value.
When it comes to finding the talent to meet these challenges, many medtech companies still recruit only within their sector. That is likely to change.
“As the market needs continue to evolve, I could definitely envisage going outside of medtech to hire new skills,” Renaat Vermeulen says. The changing landscape means new recruitment demands.
The focus in sales is likely to be on a Key Account Management (KAM) supported by a team of specialists.
Negotiation and contracting competencies will be needed to manage the growing tender environment. As relationships become more complete, medtech firms are expected to go beyond the product to providing services and solutions to help improve patient outcomes and reduce total costs of care for hospitals and healthcare authorities.
A key skill for driving partnerships will be talking with many different stakeholders and find value add between each one of these. “The ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of stakeholders is something which will continue to increase in importance,” says Roy Bridges, Vice President Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy with BD, a medical technology company based in New Jersey.
Indeed, marketing needs should take on a more important role in the selling process: selling arguments need to be made around value and clinical outcomes and health economic data analysis. “Economic value needs to be built into new products already at the product development stage,” says Yvan Deurbroeck.
This emphasises the massive ongoing change within the sector starting from how products are developed all the way through to tailoring different messages to a more diverse audience. For Neil Chalker, Vice President Human Resources, Europe, Middle East and Africa at Medtronic, the difference will continue to be made by the people within the company.
“Our people will continue to play the key role in everything we do,” he says. “The amount of training, skills and knowledge we have available in our company is tremendous. Our hospital partners will continue to benefit from these as we move forward.” How will these changes play out for medtech firms in the future?
It remains to be seen in the long-term whether the market will move towards broad-range suppliers across many medical fields, or large specialty providers in specific fields such as orthopaedics.
But it is likely to mean an ever closer relationship with customers and finding collaborative value added relationships. “We will continue to move beyond products to finding services and solutions to health problems together with hospitals and governments,” Medtonic’s Yvan Deurbroeck says.
He is echoed by Roy Bridges, who says the key will be building multi-disciplinary teams. “Sharing best practices and developing true partnerships between industry and all other stakeholders is the way forward in healthcare,” he says.
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On Wednesday last week a 55 year old worker died at work after being stung by a bee. He was stung in the eye at SEM Fire and Rescue just before midday, and died less than an hour later, despite the efforts of paramedics at the scene. The Ballarat community is mourning the loss of a well-liked and active community member. Read more: The Courier.
The second fatality was a 55 year old truck driver who was killed on Thursday after being struck by his own truck while collecting a hire rubbish skip bin at a workplace in Kew. The driver had left the cabin of his vehicle when the truck moved and struck him before it crashed through a side fence and into a garage on an adjoining property. Source: WorkSafe media release
WorkSafe is investigating. These two fatalities bring the total to six (this currently differs from WorkSafe Victoria's tally of four).
Hi Renata,
Can one refuse taking on the role of a safety rep? My daily duties as electrician are too much as I am the only one in the company. I don't get time to carry out the safety rep duties which are expected of me. Can I refuse?
The position of safety rep is a voluntary one. The HSR is elected by fellow workers in the DWG - but the person must agree to be nominated. While the role is unpaid, the rep is entitled to time to exercise powers and be released on paid leave to attend training and meetings. See Facilities and Time Off FAQ.
Further, an HSR has no 'duties' - rather the Act gives HSRs rights and powers to exercise those rights, but NO LEGAL DUTIES. The role of the rep is to represent the DWG.
See these pages on the site:
Role of the rep
Right to Training
Most of the dozens of questions that have come in over the last fortnight have been heat-related. As we are likely to get more hot weather in the coming month, a reminder that heat can affect both indoor and outdoor workers. For more information, go to our FAQ on Heat and the longer Heat hazard page.
Please send any OHS related queries in to Ask Renata - your query will be responded to as quickly as we can – usually within a couple of days.
High risk asbestos in WA schools
More than120 schools in Western Australia have an asbestos risk where the condition of the material is either severely weathered or has a high probability of disturbance. A risk rating system is in place for all WA public schools that still have asbestos materials, believed to be around 600, plus about 200 transportable buildings. Read more: Perth Now
Asbestos changed the lives of the Pilbara's Aboriginal people
An ABC radio program going to air this Saturday examines the deadly legacy of Wittenoom, particularly on the Aboriginal people who have one of the highest mortality rates from mesothelioma of any group, anywhere in the world. This is because they often did the most dangerous jobs; bagging the asbestos, loading and unloading it, and driving the trucks carrying the asbestos out to the port. Furthermore, the children played in it; rolling around in piles of asbestos in the gorge, chewing on it, hitching rides on top of the bagged asbestos on the trucks carrying it to port.
The mine closed in 1966, and almost everybody left - but not the Aboriginal people whose country it was. Tragically, their exposure to asbestos continued and people have died, including many significant elders and cultural leaders.
Read more: The ghosts of Wittenoom - how asbestos changed the lives of the Pilbara's Aboriginal people (Part One) ABC's Earshot
ASEA Matters newsletter
The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency has released its latest newsletter ASEA Matters [pdf]. In it there are a number of interesting items, including news of the organisation's enhanced Safety Hotline, and an 18-month jail sentence in relation to a fraud charge brought by NSW Police with the assistance of the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) over asbestos dumping. The court found the man had defrauded a construction company to the value of about $225,000 by providing false invoices regarding the disposal of waste (EPA Media Release).
Read more on Asbestos in the home and Asbestos in the workplace
Global: BS programmes 'undermine' safety and solidarity
Global food and farming union federation IUF has issued a serious health warning about behavioural safety (BS) programmes at work. The union body notes: "Behaviour-based safety programmes, which are now the guiding method used by many companies, shift employer responsibility for maintaining a safe workplace onto workers by focusing on workers' 'behaviour' rather than the workplace hazards which are the source of workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities. They undermine union-based health and safety committees and workplace solidarity based on collective bargaining." IUF has a policy position opposing behaviour-based safety which also commits the global union "to develop programmes to educate workers on their dangers, among other measures." IUF says a new policy paper and summary, developed by its food processing division, "detail the destructive impact of these programmes and explain how occupational safety and health management systems which truly protect workers' health and safety are developed and implemented."
Read more: IUF news release. Policy paper [pdf] and summary [pdf], developed by the IUF Food Processing Division. Source: Risks 882. See our BBS Kit
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