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On innovation patterns and value-tensions in public services
Lars Fuglsang, Rolf Rønning
Innovation i service og oplevelse
In the innovation studies literature, innovation patterns have been described, such as science based and practice based innovation, that varies amongst industrial sectors. As a consequence, firms become distinguished with respect to their typical innovation pattern. Less attention has been paid to the possibility of intertwined innovation patterns. Focusing public sector services, this paper agues that intertwined innovation patterns emerge within public services as a response to value-tensions. Values can be defined as measures for beneficial behaviour that guide innovation. Value-tensions in public services include tensions between the political, economic, communal, aesthetic and intellectual values. The contribution of the paper to service innovation research is the emphasis on the concept of intertwined innovation patterns, such as the intertwinement of science driven and task driven innovation. Further, the paper contributes by pinpointing how varied values guide innovation in public services.
Service Industries Journal
10.1080/02642069.2015.1042971Licens: Ikke-specificeret
Fuglsang, L., & Rønning, R. (2015). On innovation patterns and value-tensions in public services. Service Industries Journal, 35(9), 467-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2015.1042971
Fuglsang, Lars ; Rønning, Rolf. / On innovation patterns and value-tensions in public services. I: Service Industries Journal. 2015 ; Bind 35, Nr. 9. s. 467-482.
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The Delavigne Corporation
Delavigne Corp - New videos on line!
Willy The Security Guard
You should check these new videos about the Delavigne Corp. Pretty funny! (copy and paste the link)
GymGlish - What do you see Mr Cheeter 1/4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-LbaxWqcwE
GymGlish - What do you see Mr Olere 2/4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzu13m4KPU4
GymGlish - What do you see Mr Delavigne 3/4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE24nt_Dfhs
GymGlish - What do you see Mr Marron 4/4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18UUcYqRz7M
Hope you'll enjoy it!
Peace Out -
Willy (The Security Guard of the Delavigne Corp.)
Hey! You should check these new videos about the Delavigne Corp. Pretty funny! (copy and paste the link) GymGlish - What do you see Mr Cheeter 1/4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-LbaxWqcwE GymGlish - What do you see Mr Olere 2/4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzu13m4KPU4 GymGlish - What do you see Mr Delavigne 3/4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE24nt_Dfhs GymGlish - What do you see Mr Marron 4/4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18UUcYqRz7M Hope you'll enjoy it! Peace Out - Willy (The Security Guard of the Delavigne Corp.)
Hi Willy.
Nice and amazing indeed.
Previous releases on youtube had show us how the Delavigne team looked like.
A tremendous show off.
Now with the results of the Rorshah we can look into the bottom of their soul.
We are upset.
But what about you, Willy?
Are you left on the margins of the Corporation?
Appointed or temporarily worker?
For we could neither watch your show off, nor look into your soul.
But be at peace, lucky are the humble ones.
Hi Willy. Nice and amazing indeed. Previous releases on youtube had show us how the Delavigne team looked like. A tremendous show off. Now with the results of the Rorshah we can look into the bottom of their soul. We are upset. Lol But what about you, Willy? Are you left on the margins of the Corporation? Appointed or temporarily worker? For we could neither watch your show off, nor look into your soul. But be at peace, lucky are the humble ones. Gee
Mimi Topper
Its very nice ! lol
hi, its very funny, i like the pictures and the pronunciation its very clear
hi, its very funny, i like the pictures and the pronunciation its very clear thank you a lot
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B Boys, “Dada”
June 12th 2017 by Jason P. Woodbury
CAPTURED TRACKS
“Every day is a struggle to hold on to a sense of myself,” Britton Walker shouts on “Another Thing,” from his band B Boys’ full-length debut Dada. It’s hard to take him all that seriously. From their album art to their song titles (cue up “B Boys Anthem” to get things started) B Boys present a unified front of “selfness.” The Brooklyn trio—Walker, Brendon Avalos, and Andrew Kerr—embody the idea of a band as self-contained unit, a singular force against an indifferent world, a unified wall of inside jokes, jittery noise, and propulsive post-punk.
On Dada, the band’s coherence is illustrated by compact songs, equal parts Wipers, SST hardcore, and brainy Devo-esque abstraction. Like their one-time tour mates Parquet Courts, B Boys are as witty as they are snotty, couching their poetic tendencies in a knotty squall. The songs are hooky, taut, and driving. Occasionally, like on the synth-led, Tubeway Army–recalling “Fade,” the crew land in more tempered territory, but mostly, they keep things speedy.
Often, dual vocalists Walker and Avalos play clumsy rubes; “Fear It” features the line “I don’t like foreign films / ’Cause I can’t relate.” But there’s no hiding the band’s combined smarts: From the titular citation of the European avant-garde art movement to the existential lyricism of “Walking” and the declarative message of “Energy,” B Boys clearly wink with each dismissive bio quote (“It’s all connected; not everything has to make sense,” the trio write) and tricky sonic move. On the fifty-second “Distance,” they build up a mesh of tangled guitars, picked bass lines, and frenetic drums, which fades out just before anything of consequence happens. It’s a joke, or it isn’t; B Boys don’t bother to clear it up. It would be disappointing if they did.
Above The CurrentB Boys
Iggy and The Stooges, “You Think You’re Bad, Man: Road Tapes ’73-’74” + “From K.O. to Chaos”
The Dirty Nil, “Fuck Art”
Beach Bunny, “Blame Game” EP
Nick Cave, “Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace”
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DUVIEILH, GREGORY D. was born 20 October 1953, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 276 Sandestin Blvd W, #, Miramar Beach, Florida 32550. Florida voter ID number 115500886. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 5558 DIAMONDHEAD DR E, DIAMONDHEAD MS 39525-3313. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 August 2017.
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DUVIELLA, CHEYENNE ALONSO was born 27 August 1989, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 6157 Raleigh St, Apt 1401, Orlando, Florida 32835. Florida voter ID number 117353765. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2018.
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31 May 2012 voter list: CHEYENNE ALONSO DUVIELLA, 728 SHERWOOD TERRACE DR, APT 210, ORLANDO, 32835 Florida Democratic Party.
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Duviella, Lesly was born 1 January 1952, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 1304 Ruthbern Rd, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114. Florida voter ID number 108515211. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
DUVIELLA, LYDIA MAY was born 22 June 1922, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 503 Thompson Ave, Lehigh Acres, Florida 33972. Florida voter ID number 111571409. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 May 2012.
DUVIELLA, STACEY A. born 15 November 1972, Florida voter ID number 112841766 See DUVIELLA, STACEY ANDRE. CLICK HERE.
DUVIELLA, STACEY ANDRE was born 15 November 1972, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 813 Quito Ave, Apt B, Orlando, Florida 32807. Florida voter ID number 112841766. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
30 November 2017 voter list: STACEY A. DUVIELLA, 2138 BRANCASTER CIR, OCOEE, 32807 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVIER, YVETTE was born 7 May 1966, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 6900 Nw Denargo St, Pt St Lucie, Florida 34983. Florida voter ID number 108172239. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 May 2019.
Duvigeaud, Christina Riona was born 18 April 1998, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 10832 Hoffner Edge Dr, Riverview, Florida 33579. Florida voter ID number 124463686. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
30 April 2020 voter list: Christina Riona Duvigeaud, 12606 FOX TERRIER CT, APT 204, Tampa, 33579 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvignaud, Bryan Emmanuel was born 25 June 1986, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 4102 W Hillsborough Ave, Tampa, Florida 33614. Florida voter ID number 122495611. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 June 2015.
Duvignaud, Guirlene was born 2 November 1965, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 7546 Maroon Peak Dr, Ruskin, Florida 33573-0102. Florida voter ID number 105509303. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 May 2020 voter list: Guirlene Duvignaud, 7546 MAROON PEAK Dr, Sun City Center, 33573-0102 Florida Democratic Party.
30 April 2016 voter list: Guirlene Duvignaud, 7546 MAROON PEAK Dr, Ruskin, 33573-0102 Florida Democratic Party.
31 March 2015 voter list: Guirlene Duvignaud, 7546 MAROON PEAK DR, Sun City Center, 33573-0102 Florida Democratic Party.
31 December 2014 voter list: Guirlene Duvignaud, 15412 Telford Spring Dr, Sun City Center, 33573-0102 Florida Democratic Party.
30 April 2014 voter list: Guirlene Duvignaud, 15412 Telford Spring Dr, Ruskin, 33573-0102 Florida Democratic Party.
31 May 2012 voter list: Guirlene Duvignaud, 15412 Telford Spring Dr, Sun City Center, 33573-0102 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVIGNAUD, JACQUES was born 3 January 1963, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1056 Sw Whittier Ter, Pt St Lucie, Florida 34953. Florida voter ID number 111766933. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
DUVIGNAUD, JAMAAR ALY was born 13 September 1997, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 600 Dixie Dr, Apt A923, Tallahassee, Florida 32304. Florida voter ID number 123996085. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvignaud, Jessica Skie was born 6 September 1987, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 7546 Maroon Peak Dr, Ruskin, Florida 33573-0102. Florida voter ID number 126108216. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 May 2020 voter list: Jessica Skie Duvignaud, 7546 Maroon Peak DR, Sun City Center, 33573-0102 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvignaud, Jessica Skie was born 6 September 1987, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 7830 17Th Street Ct E, Sarasota, Florida 34243. Florida voter ID number 105507332. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 May 2012.
DUVIGNAUD, KEITH born 21 October 1989, Florida voter ID number 115616044 See Duvignaud, Keith. CLICK HERE.
Duvignaud, Keith was born 21 October 1989, is male, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 7546 Maroon Peak Dr, Ruskin, Florida 33573. Florida voter ID number 115616044. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 July 2020 voter list: KEITH DUVIGNAUD, 401 HAWTHORN CIR S, WINTER SPRINGS, 33573 No Party Affiliation.
30 September 2019 voter list: KEITH DUVIGNAUD, 1683 SEMORAN NORTH CIR, UNIT 203, WINTER PARK, 33573 No Party Affiliation.
30 April 2018 voter list: KEITH DUVIGNAUD, 830 CLOYD DAIRY LOOP, ORLANDO, 33573 No Party Affiliation.
30 April 2017 voter list: Keith Duvignaud, 6804 253rd St E, Myakka City, 33573 No Party Affiliation.
31 May 2016 voter list: Keith Duvignaud, 6804 253rd ST E, Myakka City, 33573 No Party Affiliation.
Duvignaud, Richard was born 4 August 1948, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 5603 N Miami Ave, Miami, Florida 33127. Florida voter ID number 117756040. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvignaud, Samantha R. was born 7 May 1991, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 3601 W Commercial Blvd, North Lauderdale, Florida 33309. Florida voter ID number 116956350. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 28 February 2019.
31 October 2015 voter list: Samantha R. Duvignaud, 18403 NW 9Th ST, Pembroke Pines, 33309 Florida Democratic Party.
30 June 2015 voter list: Samantha R. Duvignaud, 18403 NW 9th St, Pembroke Pines, 33309 Florida Democratic Party.
DU VIGNEAU, RITA MARIE was born 13 January 1966, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 2211 Belleair Rd, #D8, Clearwater, Florida 33764. Florida voter ID number 121754878. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
30 September 2020 voter list: RITA MARIE DU VIGNEAU, 21227 US HIGHWAY 19 N, #140C, CLEARWATER, 33764 Florida Democratic Party.
28 February 2018 voter list: RITA MARIE DU VIGNEAU, 2242 MANOR CT, CLEARWATER, 33764 Florida Democratic Party.
31 March 2016 voter list: RITA MARIE DU VIGNEAU, 621 MEHLENBACHER RD, LARGO, 33764 Florida Democratic Party.
30 September 2015 voter list: RITA MARIE DU VIGNEAU, 30700 US HIGHWAY 19 N, #112, PALM HARBOR, 33764 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVIGNEAUD, BRIANNA L. born 7 May 1994, Florida voter ID number 119602024 See Duvigneaud, Brianna L. CLICK HERE.
Duvigneaud, Brianna L. born 7 May 1994, Florida voter ID number 119602024 See Duvigneaud, Brianna Lynn. CLICK HERE.
Duvigneaud, Brianna Lynn was born 7 May 1994, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 5225 N Dixie Hwy, Apt D 2, Oakland Park, Florida 33334. Florida voter ID number 119602024. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 August 2017 voter list: Brianna L. Duvigneaud, 2300 N SHERMAN CIR, APT 206, Miramar, 33334 Florida Democratic Party.
30 June 2015 voter list: Brianna L. Duvigneaud, 2300 N SHERMAN CIR, APT 206, Miramar, 33334 Florida Democratic Party.
31 May 2012 voter list: BRIANNA L. DUVIGNEAUD, 1081 SW ASWAN AVE, PT ST LUCIE, 33334 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvigneaud, Diane L. was born 23 September 1917, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 107 East Ridge Village Dr, Cutler Bay, Florida 33157. Florida voter ID number 110049545. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 April 2018.
Duvigneaud, Frederick was born 15 July 1993, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 15949 Sw 103Rd Ln, Miami, Florida 33196. Florida voter ID number 120196395. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 October 2016 voter list: Frederick Duvigneaud, 19601 NW 7Th Ave, Miami Gardens, 33196 Florida Democratic Party.
30 June 2015 voter list: Frederick Duvigneaud, 15949 SW 103Rd LN, Miami, 33196 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVIGNEAUD, FRITZ GERALD was born 9 May 1966, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 55 St Davids Way, Wellington, Florida 33414. Florida voter ID number 110238965. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 May 2012 voter list: Fritz Gerald Duvigneaud, 1365 NE 143Rd ST, Miami, 33414 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvigneaud, Fritz Gerald born 9 May 1966, Florida voter ID number 110238965 See DUVIGNEAUD, FRITZ GERALD. CLICK HERE.
Duvigneaud, Fritzgerald was born 14 September 2002, is male, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 55 St Davids Way, Wellington, Florida 33414. Florida voter ID number 128383318. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvigneaud, Georges Emile Rene was born 13 December 1958, is male, registered as Independent Party of Florida, residing at 17257 Nw 8Th St, Pembroke Pines, Florida 33029. Florida voter ID number 114840323. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 August 2017 voter list: Georges Emile Rene Duvigneaud, 2080 N SHERMAN CIR, APT 206, Miramar, 33029 Independent Party of Florida.
30 June 2015 voter list: Georges Emile Rene Duvigneaud, 2080 N SHERMAN CIR, APT 206, Miramar, 33029 Independent Party of Florida.
22 October 2014 voter list: Georges Emile Rene Duvigneaud, 2300 N Sherman Cir, APT 206, Miramar, 33029 Independent Party of Florida.
Duvigneaud, Jacqueline Muetsy was born 11 September 1966, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 8020 Fairview Dr, Apt 309, Tamarac, Florida 33321-3983. Florida voter ID number 124343394. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
30 April 2017 voter list: Jacqueline Muetsy Duvigneaud, 7851 Davie Road EXT, APT 1314, Davie, 33321-3983 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVIGNEAUD, JANE L. was born 11 January 1948, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 37 Louisburg Ln, Palm Coast, Florida 32137. Florida voter ID number 124393230. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvigneaud, Marie E. born 24 December 1964, Florida voter ID number 110008700 See Lafosse, Marie D. CLICK HERE.
Duvigneaud, Nikeisha Guerlenn was born 22 October 1984, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 1300 Ne Miami Gardens Dr, 901, Miami, Florida 33179. Florida voter ID number 126726367. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 2630 NE 213Th St Apt 109, Miami FL 33180-1143. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvigneaud, Richard L. born 30 November 1945, Florida voter ID number 104527735 See Duvigneaud, Richard Lawrence. CLICK HERE.
Duvigneaud, Richard Lawrence was born 30 November 1945, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 4123 Santiago St, Sebring, Florida 33872. Florida voter ID number 104527735. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 December 2016 voter list: Richard L. Duvigneaud, 4123 Santiago St, Sebring, 33872 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvigneaud, Rina was born 29 October 1994, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 15949 Sw 103Rd Ln, Miami, Florida 33196. Florida voter ID number 119159403. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
DUVIGNEAUD, ROSE-ANNE BETTINA born 19 April 1970, Florida voter ID number 115053583 See Duvigneaud, Rose-Anne Bettina. CLICK HERE.
Duvigneaud, Rose-Anne Bettina was born 19 April 1970, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 8441 Alister Blvd W, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33418. Florida voter ID number 115053583. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 May 2012 voter list: ROSE-ANNE BETTINA DUVIGNEAUD, 7240 VIA LEONARDO, LAKE WORTH, 33418 Florida Democratic Party.
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DUVIGNEAUD, RUBINA was born 13 August 1977, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 3238 Ne 49Th Ct, Unit 2, Silver Springs, Florida 34488. Florida voter ID number 112546759. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 May 2016 voter list: RUBINA DUVIGNEAUD, 201 NE 31ST TER, OCALA, 34488 Florida Democratic Party.
31 January 2015 voter list: RUBINA DUVIGNEAUD, 333 NW 117TH CT, OCALA, 34488 Florida Democratic Party.
31 May 2012 voter list: RUBINA DUVIGNEAUD, 6316 17TH DR S, WEST PALM BEACH, 34488 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVIGNEAUD, SASHA EMILY born 30 December 1997, Florida voter ID number 121599462 See Duvigneaud, Sasha Emily. CLICK HERE.
Duvigneaud, Sasha Emily was born 30 December 1997, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 8500 N Sherman Cir, Apt 203, Miramar, Florida 33025. Florida voter ID number 121599462. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 July 2020 voter list: SASHA EMILY DUVIGNEAUD, 1081 SW ASWAN AVE, PT ST LUCIE, 33025 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVIGNEAUD, SHANE M. was born 21 March 1975, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 6316 17Th Dr S, Unit Apt 809, West Palm Beach, Florida 33415. Florida voter ID number 112478736. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 104 FREEMAN ST, BECKLEY WV 25801. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2013.
Duvignol, Jean-Baptiste was born 15 April 1951, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 525 Beech Rd, West Palm Beach, Florida 33409. Florida voter ID number 111773132. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvignol, Jean Frigo was born 28 May 1977, is male, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 525 Beech Rd, West Palm Beach, Florida 33409. Florida voter ID number 116315901. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
DUVIGNOL, JOEL was born 14 November 1975, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1015 Green Pine Blvd, Apt E1, West Palm Beach, Florida 33409. Florida voter ID number 117154842. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
22 October 2014 voter list: JOEL DUVIGNOL, 431 EXECUTIVE CENTER DR, 110, WEST PALM BEACH, 33409 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVIGNOL, LAVAUD born 24 April 1978, Florida voter ID number 119203792 See Duvignol, Lavaud. CLICK HERE.
Duvignol, Lavaud was born 24 April 1978, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 523 Shady Pine Way, Greenacres, Florida 33415. Florida voter ID number 119203792. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 4195 N Haverhill Rd Apt 304, West Palm Beach FL 33417. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 May 2015 voter list: LAVAUD DUVIGNOL, 523 SHADY PINE WAY, APT C1, GREENACRES, 33415 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVIGNOL, LUCKNER was born 15 February 1982, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 525 Beech Rd, West Palm Beach, Florida 33409. Florida voter ID number 119932497. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvignol, Yvana Lorquet was born 1 April 1977, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1015 Green Pine Blvd, Apt E1, West Palm Beach, Florida 33409. Florida voter ID number 129171239. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvil, Ashley Christina was born 28 December 1996, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1338 Oak Grove Ct, Kissimmee, Florida 34744. Florida voter ID number 122327078. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 August 2020 voter list: Ashley Christina Duvil, 255 Whitney St, Kissimmee, 34744 Florida Democratic Party.
31 December 2016 voter list: Ashley Christina Duvil, 2123 AGATE ST, Kissimmee, 34744 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvil, Ashley Tamar was born 25 October 2001, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 4951 Mallory St, Lake Worth, Florida 33463. Florida voter ID number 128184833. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
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Duvil, Jude was born 2 May 1966, is male, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 4951 Mallory St, Lake Worth, Florida 33463. Florida voter ID number 118947406. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvil, Pierre Alain was born 14 May 1969, is male, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 7716 Alhambra Blvd, Miramar, Florida 33023-5820. Florida voter ID number 121646411. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 March 2015 voter list: Pierre Alain Duvil, 7716 Alhambra BLVD, Miramar, 33023-5820 No Party Affiliation.
Duvil, Simeon was born 20 January 1955, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 14913 Ne 2Nd Ave, Miami, Florida 33161. Florida voter ID number 109681780. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 October 2016 voter list: Duvil Simeon, 14913 NE 2Nd Ave, Miami, 33161 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvil, Weber was born 10 October 1971, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 233 Nw 42Nd Ter, Plantation, Florida 33317-3113. Florida voter ID number 102411139. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 May 2015 voter list: Weber Duvil, 233 NW 42nd Ter, Plantation, 33317-3113 Republican Party of Florida.
DUVILAIRE, DIMITRI was born 7 January 1976, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 2867 Palermo Ct, Orlando, Florida 32806. Florida voter ID number 123769398. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 11221 AVALON GATES, TRUMBULL CT 06611. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
28 February 2018 voter list: DIMITRI DUVILAIRE, 13233 GLACIER NATIONAL DR, APT 5806, ORLANDO, 32806 No Party Affiliation.
Duvilaire, Jean-Sebastian born 31 December 1985, Florida voter ID number 116793911 See Duvilaire, Jean-Sebastien. CLICK HERE.
Duvilaire, Jean-Sebastien was born 31 December 1985, is male, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 4121 Sw 31St Dr, Apt 102, Gainesville, Florida 32608. Florida voter ID number 116793911. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 March 2015 voter list: Jean-Sebastian Duvilaire, 4049 NW 30th Pl, Gainesville, 32608 No Party Affiliation.
Duvilaire, Lesly C. was born 30 April 1992, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 9460 Palm Cir S, Pembroke Pines, Florida 33025-1195. Florida voter ID number 120900252. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
30 June 2017 voter list: Lesly C. Duvilaire, 6000 NW 8Th AVE, Miami, 33025-1195 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVILAIRE, LUDWIG JOHN was born 21 December 1980, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 2867 Palermo Ct, Orlando, Florida 32806. Florida voter ID number 102202384. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 11221 AVALON GATES, TRUMBULL CT 06611-5841. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 December 2017 voter list: LUDWIG JOHN DUVILAIRE, 13233 GLACIER NATIONAL DR, APT 5806, ORLANDO, 32806 Florida Democratic Party.
30 June 2014 voter list: LUDWIG JOHN DUVILAIRE, 13022 PRAIRIE MEADOWS DR, ORLANDO, 32806 Florida Democratic Party.
31 May 2013 voter list: Ludwig John Duvilaire, 321 SW 113th WAY, Pembroke Pines, 32806 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvilaire, Ludwig John born 21 December 1980, Florida voter ID number 102202384 See DUVILAIRE, LUDWIG JOHN. CLICK HERE.
Duvilaire, Natalie Fabienne was born 20 October 1985, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 222 Aviation Ave Ne, Palm Bay, Florida 32907. Florida voter ID number 128592321. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvillaire, Rhondetta Torsha was born 13 February 1966, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 9460 Palm Cir S, Pembroke Pines, Florida 33025. Florida voter ID number 109977021. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
30 June 2016 voter list: Rhondetta T. Nelson, 20908 NW 39Th Ave, Miami Gardens, 33025 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVILLARD, SENAT was born 22 August 1953, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1023 W Livingston St, Orlando, Florida 32805. Florida voter ID number 113332591. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 May 2012.
Duvin, Darlene R. was born 21 March 1939, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 5645 Baltusrol Ct, Sanibel, Florida 33957. Florida voter ID number 114260576. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvin, Elizabeth A. born 20 January 1933, Florida voter ID number 106671166 See DUVIN, ELIZABETH ANNE. CLICK HERE.
DUVIN, ELIZABETH ANNE born 20 January 1933, Florida voter ID number 106671166 See Duvin, Elizabeth Anne. CLICK HERE.
Duvin, Elizabeth Anne was born 20 January 1933, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 8022 Feather Ct, Apt A, Hudson, Florida 34667. Florida voter ID number 106671166. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 December 2016 voter list: Elizabeth Anne Duvin, 6428 Sentry Way, APT 4, New Port Richey, 34667 Florida Democratic Party.
30 November 2015 voter list: Elizabeth Anne Duvin, 6711 Embassy Blvd, APT 120, Port Richey, 34667 Florida Democratic Party.
30 November 2013 voter list: ELIZABETH ANNE DUVIN, 191 ASTAIRE LN, APT 132, SPRING HILL, 34667 Florida Democratic Party.
31 May 2012 voter list: Elizabeth A. Duvin, 18055 Tarrington Pl, Hudson, 34667 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVIN, HELENE SUSAN was born 30 December 1961, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 111 S Pineapple Ave, #711, Sarasota, Florida 34236. Florida voter ID number 124768286. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 December 2019 voter list: HELENE SUSAN DUVIN, 700 COCOANUT AVE, 301, SARASOTA, 34236 Florida Democratic Party.
30 June 2018 voter list: HELENE SUSAN DUVIN, 700 COCOANUT AVE, #354, SARASOTA, 34236 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVIN, JOHN ANDREW born 20 June 1929, Florida voter ID number 106671167 See Duvin, John Andrew. CLICK HERE.
Duvin, John Andrew was born 20 June 1929, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 6711 Embassy Blvd, Apt 120, Port Richey, Florida 34668. Florida voter ID number 106671167. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 June 2015.
31 December 2013 voter list: JOHN ANDREW DUVIN, 191 ASTAIRE LN, APT 132, SPRING HILL, 34668 Florida Democratic Party.
31 May 2012 voter list: John Andrew Duvin, 18055 Tarrington Pl, Hudson, 34668 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVIN, KENNETH SCOTT was born 23 June 1959, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 162 Sunway Ave, Sarasota, Florida 34237. Florida voter ID number 123054510. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvin, Louis A. was born 25 July 1970, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 2220 Tequesta Ln, Miami, Florida 33133. Florida voter ID number 110251856. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 August 2016 voter list: Louis A. Duvin, 436 15Th St, #3, Miami Beach, 33133 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvin, Michael G. was born 22 February 1931, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 5412 Dahlgren Dr, New Port Richey, Florida 34652. Florida voter ID number 106513975. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 May 2015.
Duvin, Robert P. was born 18 May 1937, is male, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 5645 Baltusrol Ct, Sanibel, Florida 33957. Florida voter ID number 114145778. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvin, Sandra E. born 27 April 1956, Florida voter ID number 106524984 See Duvin, Sandra Elizabeth. CLICK HERE.
Duvin, Sandra Elizabeth was born 27 April 1956, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 7414 Buchanan Dr, Port Richey, Florida 34668. Florida voter ID number 106524984. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
30 November 2015 voter list: Sandra E. Duvin, 6530 Sutherland Ave, New Port Richey, 34668 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvin, Virginia L. was born 1 July 1933, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 5111 Amulet Dr, Apt 106, New Port Richey, Florida 34652. Florida voter ID number 106513955. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 July 2016 voter list: Virginia Lou Duvin, 5412 Dahlgren Dr, New Port Richey, 34652 No Party Affiliation.
Duvin, Virginia Lou born 1 July 1933, Florida voter ID number 106513955 See Duvin, Virginia L. CLICK HERE.
DU VINAGE, ELIZABETH was born 28 September 1969, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 2517 Stoneview Rd, Orlando, Florida 32806. Florida voter ID number 112746571. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 January 2020 voter list: ELIZABETH DUVINAGE, 2517 STONEVIEW RD, ORLANDO, 32806 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVINAGE, ELIZABETH born 28 September 1969, Florida voter ID number 112746571 See DU VINAGE, ELIZABETH. CLICK HERE.
DUVINAGE, FRANK D. born 17 September 1933, Florida voter ID number 111010761 See DU VINAGE, FRANK DILLON. CLICK HERE.
DU VINAGE, FRANK DILLON was born 17 September 1933, is male, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 4924 Lake Milly Dr, Orlando, Florida 32839. Florida voter ID number 111010761. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
26 October 2020 voter list: FRANK D. DUVINAGE, 4924 LAKE MILLY DR, ORLANDO, 32839 No Party Affiliation.
DUVINAGE, RAQUEL A. born 9 April 1936, Florida voter ID number 111011086 See DU VINAGE, RAQUEL AMANDA. CLICK HERE.
DU VINAGE, RAQUEL AMANDA was born 9 April 1936, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 4924 Lake Milly Dr, Orlando, Florida 32839. Florida voter ID number 111011086. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
26 October 2020 voter list: RAQUEL A. DUVINAGE, 4924 LAKE MILLY DR, ORLANDO, 32839 No Party Affiliation.
Duvincia, Nicolas born 15 May 1963, Florida voter ID number 121404321 See Nicolas, Duvincia. CLICK HERE.
Duvinsien, Kattia born 3 April 1984, Florida voter ID number 110033810 See Duvisien, Kattia. CLICK HERE.
Duvio, Alannah Jean was born 19 September 1996, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 9745 Arbor Oaks Ln, #203, Boca Raton, Florida 33428. Florida voter ID number 126107605. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
DUVIO, ALYSSON JOHANNAH was born 23 March 1998, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 815 Indian River St, 4256, Boca Raton, Florida 33431. Florida voter ID number 124331255. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
DUVIO, JODY ALAN was born 13 March 1959, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 9259 Madewood Ct, West Palm Beach, Florida 33411. Florida voter ID number 112354060. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 2122 BELCARA VW, LEAGUE CITY TX 77573. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 May 2017.
DUVISIEN, GISLAINE was born 9 August 1977, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 5056 Millenia Blvd, Apt 306, Orlando, Florida 32839. Florida voter ID number 120923809. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 22 October 2014.
DUVISIEN, GISLAINE was born 9 August 1977, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 5506 Arnold Palmer Dr, Apt 1433, Orlando, Florida 32811. Florida voter ID number 122401078. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
30 June 2020 voter list: GISLAINE DUVISIEN, 1724 27TH ST, ORLANDO, 32811 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvisien, Jean Claude was born 6 December 1952, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1500 Ne 145Th St, Apt 215, Miami, Florida 33161. Florida voter ID number 110193416. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 July 2018 voter list: Jean Claude Duvisien, 16801 NE 4Th Ave, N Miami Beach, 33161 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvisien, Junie was born 15 March 1993, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 2024 Ne 172Nd St, N Miami Beach, Florida 33162. Florida voter ID number 126344695. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
26 October 2020 voter list: Junie Saint Amour, 13625 NE 6Th AVE, APT 104, North Miami, 33162 No Party Affiliation.
31 July 2019 voter list: Junie Saint Amour, 145 NE 78Th ST, APT 411, Miami, 33162 No Party Affiliation.
Duvisien, Kattia was born 3 April 1984, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 10353 Sw 208Th Ter, Cutler Bay, Florida 33189. Florida voter ID number 110033810. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
30 April 2019 voter list: Kattia Duvinsien, 17255 SW 95Th Ave, APT K129, Palmetto Bay, 33189 Florida Democratic Party.
30 September 2016 voter list: Kattia Duwinsien, 17255 SW 95Th AVE, APT K129, Palmetto Bay, 33189 Florida Democratic Party.
31 August 2016 voter list: Kattia Duwinsien, 690 NE 133Rd St, APT 2, North Miami, 33189 Florida Democratic Party.
31 May 2012 voter list: Kattia Malivers, 17445 SW 108Th CT, Miami, 33189 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvisien, Leclerc was born 19 September 1957, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 12165 N Miami Ave, North Miami, Florida 33168. Florida voter ID number 118190798. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvisien, Romulus was born 2 August 1958, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1041 Ne 151St St, N Miami Beach, Florida 33162. Florida voter ID number 116442058. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
30 September 2014 voter list: Romulus Duvisien, 671 NE 142nd St, North Miami, 33162 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvisien, Sasha Claire was born 15 June 1998, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1012 Nw 87Th Way, Gainesville, Florida 32606. Florida voter ID number 122524607. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 May 2017 voter list: Sasha Claire Duvisien, 8008 NW 31St AVE, APT 1107, Gainesville, 32606 Florida Democratic Party.
31 August 2016 voter list: Sasha Claire Duvisien, 15390 NE 6Th AVE, APT 413, Miami, 32606 Florida Democratic Party.
DUVISIEN, WESLY born 21 June 1972, Florida voter ID number 121119649 See Duvisien, Wesly. CLICK HERE.
Duvisien, Wesly was born 21 June 1972, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 319 S B St, Apt 4, Lake Worth Beach, Florida 33460. Florida voter ID number 121119649. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
30 September 2019 voter list: Wesly Duvisien, 319 S B St, APT 4, Lake Worth, 33460 Florida Democratic Party.
31 May 2016 voter list: WESLY DUVISIEN, 319 S B ST, #4, LAKE WORTH, 33460 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvisien, Wilna was born 20 March 1984, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 8051 Southgate Blvd, Unit 12-12, North Lauderdale, Florida 33068. Florida voter ID number 123840986. Her telephone number is 1-239-810-5120. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 26 October 2020.
31 August 2019 voter list: Wilna Duvisien, 3701 NW 21St ST, APT 211, Lauderdale Lakes, 33068 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvisien, Xerces E. was born 19 June 1998, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 1543 Ne 148Th St, Miami, Florida 33161-2634. Florida voter ID number 124130742. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 July 2019 voter list: Xerces E. Duvisien, 1041 NE 151St St, N Miami Beach, 33161-2634 No Party Affiliation.
Duviveux, Patricia A. born 26 September 1982, Florida voter ID number 123421713 See Duvivieux, Patricia Aline. CLICK HERE.
Duvivier, Bernadette was born 9 October 1936, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 15843 Nw 16Th Ct, Pembroke Pines, Florida 33028-1689. Florida voter ID number 101970784. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 May 2015 voter list: Bernadette Duvivier, 15843 NW 16th Ct, Pembroke Pines, 33028-1689 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvivier, Cedenia was born 3 March 1937, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 4418 Hawksley Pl, Wesley Chapel, Florida 33545. Florida voter ID number 115145555. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 May 2012 voter list: Cedenia Vilbrun Duvivier, 4418 Hawksley Pl, Wesley Chapel, 33545 No Party Affiliation.
Duvivier, Cedenia Vilbrun born 3 March 1937, Florida voter ID number 115145555 See Duvivier, Cedenia. CLICK HERE.
Duvivier, Christopher was born 9 November 2000, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1720 S Glades Dr, Apt 11, N Miami Beach, Florida 33162. Florida voter ID number 126156058. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
26 October 2020 voter list: Christopher Duvivier, 1720 S Glades Dr, N Miami Beach, 33162 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvivier, Christy was born 29 October 1973, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 15350 Ne 14Th Ct, N Miami Beach, Florida 33162. Florida voter ID number 115733075. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 January 2017.
Duvivier, Cristina was born 19 September 1993, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 1281 Sw 9Th Ave, Deerfield Beach, Florida 33441. Florida voter ID number 123437599. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvivier, Derbby was born 29 December 1981, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 7367 Zurich Cir, Lake Worth, Florida 33467. Florida voter ID number 126395214. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 40 Lodge St, Albany NY 12207. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
DUVIVIER, FABIOLA NOEL was born 8 December 1983, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 4904 Figwood Ln, Orlando, Florida 32808. Florida voter ID number 128628734. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
DUVIVIER, FRANCESCA was born 14 March 1977, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 5516 Charleston St, Orlando, Florida 32807. Florida voter ID number 116217580. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2014.
Duvivier, Gladys was born 11 September 1939, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 16237 Sw 99Th Ter, Miami, Florida 33196. Florida voter ID number 116032616. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvivier, Gregory Louis was born 2 November 1971, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 1919 Ashley Oaks Ct, St. Cloud, Florida 34771. Florida voter ID number 106262993. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvivier, Grisela was born 19 September 1973, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 9019 Sw 167Th Ct, Miami, Florida 33196. Florida voter ID number 117194930. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
30 September 2016 voter list: Grisela Duvivier, 2700 NW 87th Ave, Doral, 33196 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvivier, Hillary Leigh was born 18 January 1983, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 3069 Virginia St, Miami, Florida 33133. Florida voter ID number 128067096. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
DUVIVIER, JEAN SAMUEL was born 2 January 1945, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 4904 Figwood Ln, Orlando, Florida 32808. Florida voter ID number 115522048. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
DUVIVIER, JENNIFER C. was born 22 March 1989, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 2132 Harriet Dr, Tallahassee, Florida 32303. Florida voter ID number 114363419. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvivier, Jennifer Lyn was born 1 August 1974, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1919 Ashley Oaks Ct, St. Cloud, Florida 34771. Florida voter ID number 106255659. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvivier, Lakisha Michelle was born 13 July 1995, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 2628 Sir Galahad Dr, Jacksonville, Florida 32254-6208. Florida voter ID number 122747695. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
31 January 2018 voter list: Lakisha Michelle Duvivier, 4734 CINNAMON FERN DR, Jacksonville, 32254-6208 Florida Democratic Party.
30 November 2016 voter list: Lakisha Michelle Duvivier, 7610 Blanding BLVD, APT 1017, Jacksonville, 32254-6208 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvivier, Laurette was born 12 February 1953, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 810 Ne 138Th St, North Miami, Florida 33161. Florida voter ID number 109953250. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
Duvivier, Leila was born 30 August 1999, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 553 Nw 98Th Ave, Plantation, Florida 33324. Florida voter ID number 123476509. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
30 June 2020 voter list: Leila Duvivier, 11045 SW 16TH ST, APT 104, Pembroke Pines, 33324 Florida Democratic Party.
Duvivier, Linda was born 23 October 1967, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 5421 Huddle Hill Rd, Lake Worth, Florida 33463. Florida voter ID number 126400887. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 2945 West 23Rd Apt 3R, Brooklyn NY 11224. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2020.
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Stock Up Now
Whether or not a disaster strikes, your family will need supplies next month and the month after. Why not stock up now? Stock up gradually during normal shopping trips, to allow merchants to replenish.
The retail industry, geared toward just-in-time delivery, is not designed to handle heavy demand. It is up to the public to be ready. You will need the stuff anyway.
A moral duty to stock up
Just as folks have a moral duty to look for a job instead of relying on hand-outs, folks have a moral duty to stock up to avoid depending on relief services. They might not have enough and you will be taking what could be given to others, causing them to suffer.
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Tell Facebook: this can't happen again.
Up to 50 million Facebook users had their information used by Cambridge Analytica, a private company, without their knowledge or consent. That’s not okay.
This wasn't a data breach, no one hacked into Facebook or stole passwords. It happened because Facebook allowed apps to access not just sensitive information of people who used those programs – but their friends as well.
Facebook said it’s taken steps to “limit developer access to detailed friend data”, but Facebook’s current default settings leave a lot of questions and a lot of data flying around. One thing is clear though: Facebook needs to step up and respect its users.
Will you add your name to the petition asking Facebook to change its app permissions and ensure your privacy is protected by default?
Reference: New York Times.
This is part of a broader movement for a healthy internet. See more.
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First View: Precious – Monsters
On April 25, 2020 April 25, 2020 By 429harrowroadIn Single reviewsLeave a comment
London fourpiece band Precious released their debut single ‘Monsters’ earlier this week. Consisting of intense, Rowland S. Howard-esque guitar shapes and a heavyweight rhythm section, the group embrace the dynamic atmospheres of post-rock, with frontman George Latinio-Butler delivering a vocal edged with a threatening urgency, framing lyrics concerned with innocence, mental health and addiction.
Today Further. presents the video for ‘Monsters’, reflecting the themes of the song using manipulated scans of guitarist Will Coath’s own brain.
“Using the brain is extremely poignant in relation to the song’s key theme,” says George Latinio-Butler. “It helps represent this in the best possible way – the monsters are inside each and every person, whether manipulating or torturing you, guiding you or biting you. It’s ironic that people are scared of fictional characters or animals when the scariest thing out there surely is the development of a person’s character over time.
“The music itself is presented as a journey,” continues Latinio-Butler. “It’s like a persistent voice to the painful choruses finally culminating in a crescendo, perhaps signifying a violent ending. The dream-like bridge represents the idea of Groove Child, almost like the inner child: cling onto the Groove Child, be wild, or be forever envious of that free spirit.”
Precious are George Latinio-Butler (vocals), Will Coath (guitar), Dan Preston (drums) and Dan Treacher (bass). Listen to ‘Monsters’ on Spotify.
‘Monsters’ by Precious was released April 23 2020. ‘Monsters’ artwork by Maggie Fraser.
Interview: Mat Smith
(c) 2020 Further.
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Archer Maclean's Games
Backstreet Billiards
a game by ASCII
Genre: Sports
Platforms: Playstation, PSX
Editor Rating: 6.3/10, based on 2 reviews, 3 reviews are shown
See also: Pool Games
Your father, also known as "the hustler," was a pool champion for 10 years straight but died when you were ten years old. Just before he died, he gave you the cue stick that he used to win all those championships. Six years later, that cue stick was stolen. Now you are looking to get it back, and you are willing to talk to everyone and play a game of pool if it will get you closer to recovering your dad’s cue stick. It may be cliche and remind you of anime, but it is just the back story for a decent game of pool.
Up for a game of pool? This one is stuffed to the gills with options and has a nifty little quest for players without any friends around. This game has a lot of depth and extras that make it a very realistic interpretation of the classic game of skill.
You have two different basic views of the table: top-down and three-dimensional. You will want to be familiar with each of them for different shots. In 3D mode, from the cue ball you can zoom in or out or rotate a full 360 degrees around the ball. From both views, you can usually see a white projection of the shot from your current angle through to the first contact between the cue ball and another ball. This projection is a great tool as you can generally line up the center of the projected cue ball through the center of the target ball to the hole.
The different games of pool available on this disc include Nine Ball, Rotation, Eight Ball, Basic, 14.1 Continuous, Bowlliard, Cut Throat, One Pocket, Four Ball, 5-9, Three Ball, Free, One Cushion, and Three Cushion. Before I played this game I was unaware there were this many ways to play, but each game is well represented here. Each game has varying degrees of difficulty that can make things more interesting after you and your friends build up some skills at the basics. Most games give you additional shots until you miss the shot or don’t sink a ball. If you don’t score, the next shot is your opponent's.
In Nine Ball you are only allowed to hit the lowest ball on the table first. You can either go in order up through the nine ball or you can take a short cut by using the low ball to sink the nine ball early on. While extremely rare and challenging to pull off, it is even possible to sink the nine ball on the opening break.
In Rotation you must also hit the low ball first, scoring for each ball sunk according to the number on the ball. For example, when you sink the three ball, three is added to your score.
Eight ball is the game I grew up with. All fifteen balls are used, and you are either assigned to stripes or solids depending on what is sunk first and by whom. After you have put down all the solids or stripes, you must sink the eight ball. If you scratch on the eight (sink the cue ball or call the wrong hole at the higher setting) you lose the game.
In basic pool you may hit any of the balls on the table; the object is to sink eight balls before your opponent does.
For 14.1 Continuous, you score one per ball and play to an agreed-upon point total.
Bowlliard is just like bowling with a player trying to play ten balls in order to score a strike. If you sink all the balls on the second shot you score a spare. After two chance at starting shots you advance to the next frame just like pool.
Cut Throat is played by three or four players with each player having an assigned group of balls. Sink your opponent's balls while preventing the balls assigned to you from being sunk first.
In One Pocket, each player has one of the corner pockets on one side of the table. All shots must be made into your assigned pocket.
Four Ball requires two balls and two cue balls. On your turn you must hit two out of the three other balls on the table to score. If you miss, it is your opponent's turn.
5-9 is a game in which you only score when you sink the five ball or the nine ball. The five ball is worth one point and the nine ball is worth two points. If you sink them in the side pockets, it doubles the score you earn. Balls must be sunk in order and the five ball is returned to the table if it is knocked in along with a lower-numbered ball.
Three Ball is the same as Four Ball, but is played with one less cue ball. Play is continued until the agreed-upon score is reached.
Free takes Four Ball and divides the table into four corners, requiring subsequent shots to be made in different corner areas to be valid.
One Cushion is just like Three Ball, but a scoring shot must include hitting the two other balls and one of the cushions in between hitting the two balls.
Three Cushion is similar to One Cushion but requires hitting three cushions before hitting the two balls to score.
Many of the games are also played by the computer opponents in the one-player quest. The artificial intelligence for the computer opponents throughout the stories is good, and increasingly difficult as you get further along in your quest. Despite their skill, though, even the latter opponents will occasionally hit a scratch and lose the game.
The basic game is decent enough. A really nice element of the story is that as you progress to higher locations, you get to see the full three-dimensional walkthrough of the scenes. They get more elaborate the further you progress. The final boss’s digs are the most ornate with fancy white marble and a plush red pool table.
The only thing I would like to have in this game is the ability to run through all the visual angles and zooming based around a ball other than the cue ball. Other than that, it’s a good game with a lot of challenge and options. If you like pool, this game is worth buying. If you’re not a huge fan, it still may be worth taking a look. Rent it—it’s at least good for a weekend of play.
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I want to like Backstreet Billiards, but I can't. It just isn't accurate enough for me. Let me explain: My family had a pool table and I played it a lot in my younger years, so I like the actual game quite a bit. And no, I wasn't some snot-nosed rich kid. The table we had was used--one that my Dad kind of rebuilt. Anyway, that's not important. First, it is way too hard to aim in BB. Since it's a pool sim, you'd think the game would accurately represent how it feels to aim, and then how the balls react to your hit after that. For the most part it doesn't. In addition to this, the Al opponents are annoyingly good, which sometimes makes the game seem downright impossible. In the Story Mode, certain players say something like, "This is my first time playing. I hope I win. Wow." And then, of course, they sink every ball on the table--using professional-looking bank-shots, spins and other fancy techniques--and they win. Besides the whole poor translation thing, the dialogue is inaccurate. If the characters you meet up with are supposed to be hustling you, it doesn't come across that way. In the game's defense, taking a shot at any of the numerous play modes against a friend or friends is a lot of fun. In that sense, it truly represents pool...well, except for the aiming thing. Rent this one first to be safe.
I don't agree with Sushi on this one...I think Backstreet is the superior pool videogame this month. It's much easier to get into and has so many more games than Pool Hustler. The ball movements and cue stick placement are more realistic (the balls roll into the pockets better and the stick adjusts according to what's in its way). Aiming, however, can be frustrating. You'll miss a few because the ball guide leaves too much room for error.
Backstreet combines a pool sim with a goofy Story Mode to create one cheesy combination. The story is a bit much--you must find your dead father's stolen cue stick, etc., but the pool portion of the game isn't bad. The physics are good, although sometimes questionable. The graphics are nothing great-kind of chunky and nondescript. Overall the controls and functions are easy to learn so just playing 8-Ball is pretty fun.
Now here's a good game of pool with a little story to boot. Backstreet Billiards has solid physics and a very intuitive control interface. There are a decent amount of play options with an amusing if not shallow Story Mode. So how does it stack up to Pool Hustler? It's not as pretty or polished as that game, but BB is still a highly enjoyable game of pool. If the Story Mode was deeper and a little bit tougher, it could have been the best.
Backstreet Billiards racks up 14 game variations to stand out from other PlayStation pool titles. You can either play solo in Story mode as a pool shark, or match skills with friends in pocket and carom games such as Nine Ball, Bowlliards, and Cut Throat.
Well-rendered graphics create believable 3D environments with depth, distance, and height, while smooth controls provide total mastery of your cue stick and angle of view. The superb jazz and blues soundtrack is worth listening to on its own, and players can even insert their own music CDs. Whether you're a pool shark or a guppy, Backstreet Billiards has something for the pool hustler in you.
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For a good break, apply a maximum-power off-center stoke to the center ball.
The more angle you use, the more your ball spins. With enough angle, the cue ball will jump over other balls.
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Kea Trader Wreck Hit by Two Cyclones, Causing Shift on Reef
Mike Schuler
An image of the Kea Trader wreck released March 11, 2018. Photo: Lomar Shipping
Two powerful cyclones within a month have caused the further deterioration of the wreck of the wreck of the Kea Trader off New Caledonia in the South Pacific, further complicating the salvage, the owner of the vessel said Monday.
Over the weekend, the wreck site was hit with its second cyclone, Cyclone Hola, just three weeks after it was also hit by Cyclone Gita. In both instances, precautionary measures were put in place at the wreck site to minimize the impact from the storms, Lomar Shipping said in a update. Measures included bringing personnel and vessels were brought to safe shelter in Nouméa.
Despite efforts, the storms have had a direct impact on the state of the wreck, including its positioning on Durand Reef, where the newbuild containership has been remained since running aground in July 2017.
Lomar Shipping on Monday provided the following update on the wreck:
Initial aerial inspections found the wreck had shifted – with the two hull sections (that had fractured into two last November) colliding to cause damage to the forward section. Hold 3 disintegrated in the extreme sea conditions that were whipped up by violent winds. This hold had been cleaned although four stored empty containers were lost. Hold 2 was also breached, with an estimated 25 empty containers and some residual debris lost to the elements.
The cyclones also affected the aft section. Two hatch covers and some 17-metres of vertical hull sides were detached from a cargo hold previously cleared of containers and other materials. These structures were located adjacent to the vessel on the floor of the rock reef.
Aerial surveillance began as soon as conditions allowed on Sunday, with the Owners working alongside the authorities to assess the vessel and locate any debris. A single container was discovered floating near the site, with sea-going assets dispatched to recover it.
The 25,293 dwt was loaded with 782 containers and flat-racks when she grounded on Durand Reef on July 12, 2017 during a voyage from Papeete, French Polynesia to Nouméa in New Caledonia. At the time, the 2,194-TEU capacity containership was just a few months into service, having been delivered from the Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in China in January 2017.
The vessel ended up breaking in two this past November and it has since been declared a total loss.
According to Lomar Shipping, salvage operations were impacted by rough seas in the first two months of 2018, but a brief respite from the weather had allowed the recovery of 12 additional containers from the cargo holds, leaving just 84 of the original 782 containers and flat-racks still on board. Other materials, including soiled insulating foam, continue to be recovered and removed from the wreck.
Lomar Shipping’s update provided additional details on the operation:
Elsewhere, furniture and electronic equipment were removed from accommodation areas – with the dismantling of partitions and false ceilings completed on the bridge and upper levels. Attention had switched to lower levels of the accommodation block.
Various measures to minimise damage in preparation for the cyclones included the removal of equipment containing fuel and oil, securing of materials and the addition of extra ballast to both halves of vessel. However, the force of the cyclone resulted in the escape of some limited oil deposits and soiled materials from inaccessible areas of the vessel, with tar balls and other material subsequently collected from beaches on the island of Mare.
Fully trained contractors – with access to equipment made available on all the Loyalty Islands, the mainland of New Caledonia and Ile Des Pins – have been alerted and will respond and collect any materials that come ashore. This shoreline response operation will continue for as long as necessary.
Last week, Lomar Shipping announced it has awarded Shanghai Salvage Company with the contract to remove the Kea Trader from the reef. The U.S. salvage company Ardent was previously hired to undertake cargo removal and anti-pollution operations, which are continuing at the site.
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“Part thriller — and BIG part comedy … entertaining … you can’t help but sit back and enjoy the ride — until the ball drops in Times Square.” —The Keene Sentinel, NH
By Jack Neary
Directed by Douglas Lockwood
Featuring: GSC favorites Paula Plum* and Richard Snee*.
Part mystery, part drama, part comedy, Auld Lang Syne will make you laugh, laugh, laugh! And you may even shed a few tears. This South Boston tale of a New Year’s Eve “business” encounter between a neighborhood low life from South Boston and a retired school teacher, will be around for a long time — but see it here, now!
Running time: about 2 hours (15 minute intermission)
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Paula Plum and Richard Snee in AULD LANG SYNE
Richard Snee and Paula Plum in AULD LANG SYNE
Director Doug Lockwood
Stage Manager Tareena Wimbish*
Costume Designer Molly Trainer**
Lighting Designer Russ Swift**
Set Designer Michael Griggs**
Props Master Thomas Rash
Production Assistant Joseph Fanning
“…likable comedy drama…mordantly witty dialogue…these two auld acquiantances should never be forgot.” –Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe
“Play blends comedy, drama and mystery in one entertaining package!” – Mark Sardella, The Wakefield Item
“A strikingly original humorous thriller…Snee is a pure delight…Plum is fascinating” -Sally Applegate, Wicked Local
By Nicole S. Colson | Sentinel Staff | June 21, 2012 (excerpts of review)
A dark and stormy New Year’s Eve. A knock on a lonely widow’s door. She knows him, but he doesn’t know her. She’s called him there for a favor on the most significant night of her life.
So begins Jack Neary’s “Auld Lang Syne,” part mystery, part drama and big part comedy, the first production of the 2012 season at Peterborough Players. The play opened Wednesday night to a half-full theater. Adding to the excitement was that it was a world premiere, and the production’s Boston playwright was sitting in the audience.
But what can be revealed is although Joe and Mary’s interactions are entertaining, the play deals with many serious themes — life and death, heaven and hell — but in such a way that you can’t help but sit back and enjoy the ride — until the ball drops in Times Square.
By Dave Chivers | New Century Theatre, Northampton, MA | www.newcenturytheatre.org | July 2012
With “Auld Lang Syne,” New Century Theatre co-founder Jack Neary has written a witty, engaging, thoughtful play that provides for a delightful evening of theatre.
The play receives a workmanlike performance from its two actors, Anne Scurria as the solidly Catholic, middle class Mary and Barry Press as Joe LeCedra a two-bit mobster with hopes of becoming something more. Before being brought together on New Years’ Eve for a purpose that is slowly revealed, their only previous connection in life had been as elementary schoolmates some fifty years before.
The play begins with a rat-a-tat opening that seems right out of the best of Abbott and Costello, with silly wordplay and misunderstood double meanings. But under Neary’s sure writing this eventually evolves into something more—an unexpected, but not out of place, exploration of questions such as the relative merits of Heaven and Hell, the existence of God, and what makes life worth living—or not.
NYPD Blue Emmy-award winning actor Gordon Clapp stars in this world premiere as Joe LaCedra, a shady character with unsavory intentions.
Peterborough Players Wins 7 New Hampshire Theatre Awards
The Peterborough Players took home seven awards at the 11th annual New Hampshire Theatre Awards ceremony held on January 26th at Pinkerton Academy’s Stockbridge Theatre in Derry. Auld Lang Syne, a world premiere production, won five awards as follows: Best Production Drama/Comedy; Best Director Drama/Comedy (Gus Kaikkonen), Best Original Playwright (Jack Neary); Best Actor in a Drama/Comedy (Gordon Clapp), and Best Actress in a Drama/Comedy (Kathy Manfre from Peterborough). The 39 Steps took home two awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama/Comedy (Kraig Swartz) and Best Sound Designer (Benjamin Marcum).
In addition to its wins, the Peterborough Players was also a top three finalist in seven categories for The Admirable Crichton, in five categories for The 39 Steps and one category for Auld Lang Syne.
The Peterborough Players, a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 organization, has been providing professional theatre to audiences since 1933. Peterborough Players, PO Box 118, 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough, NH 03458, (603) 924-9344, www.peterboroughplayers.org.
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Sunday, July 13 at 4PM
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Saturday, July 12 at 3PM
At door, day of show only. Limited availability. Supported in part by grants from the Essex, Rockport & Gloucester Cultural Councils, local agencies supported by state agency Massachusetts Cultural Council.
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Good e-Reader Week in Review Nov 31 to Oct 7 2010
November 7, 2010 By Michael Kozlowski Leave a Comment
Welcome to another Good e-Reader Week in Review, where we cover all of the latest news on e-Readers, Tablets, Digital Publishing and eBooks!
In the last week we have a fair ton of announcements regarding the immident launch of the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Whether you live in the USA, Canada or anywhere in the world, we have exclusive information in terms of pricing and regional availability.
We also have lots of news on the new Archos line of tablets and new digital publishing tools from Adobe.
As always, with the Good e-Reader week in review, we only cover the most essential stories that you need to know about. If you want to know more about any of our top stories, click on the title of the link to view video, pictures and the entire story.
Entourage Pocket Edge revealed
Half the size of the original Entourage Edge which certainly makes this new dual screen e-reader a viable item now. It features dual screens, one is a E-Ink screen and one a full color screen, both of them can be interacted with via touch screen. The Entourage Pocket Edge was designed to be a students and work device, it can play music, record audio, connect via WIFI and has a great store to purchase textbooks and other ebooks form. If you are a student off to College or University, this is a must have.
Samsung Galaxy Tab News!
The hottest new Android Tablet is a serious contender to the Apple iPad. Up until now, sure lots of tablets have come out, but they lacked features that made them viable comsumber goods. Samsung is the first major company to come out with a tablet that packs all the features you need, in a small 7 inch unit.
Now for the important news; right now the Samsung Galaxy Tab is available in the UK and in Taiwan. If you live in Canada and deal with Rogers, we have leaked Rogers Wireless pricing. We also have reports that Bell Mobility in Canada will also get the Galaxy Tab on November 12th.
Finally, we also have news that although the Galaxy Tab ships with Android 2.2, it will have GingerBread and Honeycomb updates.
If you would like to read a full preview of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, click HERE.
Amazon Kindle 3 3G Allows Full Internet Access in China
The new Amazon Kindle 3 3G e-Reader allows people living in China to bypass the Great Firewall! You might remember hearing tons of news reports that China has blocked major internet sites such as Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and many more! They also monitor in a draconinian fashion all internet useage, many people have been arrested and many more imprisoned for simply surfing the internet and stating their opinions. Who would have thought an e-reader would allow people to connect up to the internet and allow people to visit any site? This is mainly arbitrated to the fact that Amazons internet connection with 3G is outside of mainland China.
Archos 70 Internet Tablet now shipping
Archos has been making tablets and devices for about a year now and just came out with their new Archos 70 tablet. A 800 x 480 pixel 7 inch capacitive multitouch screen makes up the display. The Archos 70 also includes a front and rear facing camera and runs the latest Android 2.2. However, access to the Android Market is ruled out, something that the Samsung Galaxy Tab has an edge on. Although the price is right, for only $279 you get one heck of a piece of hardware. So good infact that it was sold out in 2 days.
Adobe Webkit Prototype for NextGen Digital Publishing
What does iBooks, and Calibre have in common? They both use the new Adobe Webkit open source software! We got a few preview of their new digital publishing software that allows users to take advantage of adding text and pictures. Not only that, but via touch screen, you can move the picture anywhere on the page and the text will automatically accmodate the pictures your dragging around, in real time! With the advent of HTML 5 and the growing Anti-Flash movement, Adobe is doing their best to stay relevant in web and digital ebook development.
Notion Ink Adam Pre-Orders begin in December
The Tablet all geeks are looking forward to, the Notion Ink Adam out of India. It looks like this device will have pre-orders available in December, with the first units shipping mid December and early next year. We have confirmed reports in terms of the final pricing for the Notion Ink Adam, from its CEO Rohan Shravan. It seems that four versions of Adam will be launched: each will use NVIDIA’s Tegra 2, but there will be Pixel Qi and LCD models and a choice of WiFi-only or WiFi and 3G. The LCD version will cost $399 for the WiFi-only and $449 for the WIFI and 3G model, while the Pixel Qi version will cost $449 for the WiFi-only and $498 for the 3G model.
We have been reporting the last few weeks on Notion Inks company Logo, they have been soliciting the community for images to represent the company. They have selected a Winner who will receive a free Adam, and the other entrants will get mad discounts!
ASUS DR-900 e-Reader Revealed in Video
Many people all this year have been eagerly awaiting the Asus DR-900 and Asus DR-950, and it looks like the wait is over, at least for the DR-900. It has quietly shipped in Taiwan for $390.00. Asus has told us they plan to ship globally both models in the first Quarter of next year.
Toshiba Folio now shipping
The Ultra-Expensive Toshiba Folio is shipping right now! Price wise, the Folio 100 will cost €429 for the Wi-Fi only version and €529 for the 3G enabled Folio 100 in Germany while the same in Italy will make one lighter by €399 and €499 for the Wi-Fi and 3G models respectively. Price of the Wi-Fi Folio 100 in the UK will cost £329. All prices mentioned are inclusive of all applicable local taxes. Click on the title of the story to get FULL specs and features.
Pocketbook to open two USA based e-reader stores
Pocketbook has long been a popular company to do business with, for people outside of North America. They have released a ton of different e-readers over the last few years, and now plan to open up 2 stores starting next week, and over 60 starting next year. They plan on selling 5 different e-readers to start, and plan to intergrate their new Tablet PC soon.
And that wraps it up for another Good e-Reader week in Review! As you guys know, the holiday season is quickly approaching! If you are wanting to buy yourself, or a special someone a new e-Reader, check out our retail partner Shop e-Readers! If you live in Canada, USA, Australia or New Zealand, they have great shipping rates!
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Far Too Many People Die After Cardiac Arrest. Here's What You Can Do To Help.
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Originally posted by Lauran Neergaard on July 1, 1015 on huffingtonpost.com.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Would you know what to do if you see someone collapse, not breathing — a loved one at home, a co-worker at the office, a stranger on the street? Far too many Americans die of cardiac arrest, and now a major new report urges a national campaign to improve survival in part by making sure more bystanders know how to help.
Every year, about 395,000 people suffer cardiac arrest in their homes or other non-hospital settings — and less than 6 percent of them survive, the Institute of Medicine estimated Tuesday.
That’s not the whole toll: An additional 200,000 cardiac arrests occur in hospitals every year, and even there only a quarter of patients survive, the report found.
Cardiac arrest is not a heart attack — it’s worse. It means the heart abruptly stops beating, its electrical activity knocked out of rhythm. CPR can buy critical time if it’s started immediately, but Tuesday’s report concludes the nation must take key steps to give victims a better shot.
“Cardiac arrest survival rates are unacceptably low,” said Dr. Robert Graham of George Washington University, who chaired the IOM committee’s investigation. “There is a lot an individual can do to assist somebody if they witness one, and to work with their communities to improve the system of response.”
What to do may sound straightforward: Call 911, and then start quick, hard compressions of the person’s chest until trained responders arrive. If a device called an AED — an automated external defibrillator — is available, use it.
In reality, the IOM committee said fear, not understanding what cardiac arrest is, lack of first-aid training and concern about legal liability can hamper response and cost precious time. Each year, less than 3 percent of the U.S. population receives training in CPR or defibrillator use, while some European countries mandate training, the report found.
Moreover, there are wide disparities in outcomes: One study found that survival ranged from about 8 percent to 40 percent across 10 different communities.
On Tuesday, the IOM called for a major public education effort to teach people how to recognize and react to cardiac arrest — including making CPR training a graduation requirement for high school. According to the American Heart Association, Connecticut just became the 24th state to pass legislation to do that.
State and local health departments should team with health groups to create “a culture of action,” the IOM recommended. It also urged employers to stock defibrillators and train workers to use them, and expanded access to CPR training for people over age 65 and their caregivers.
Good Samaritan laws provide varying legal protection by state. At the same time, laymen shouldn’t feel they have to provide perfect care, said IOM committee member Dr. Tom Aufderheide of the Medical College of Wisconsin.
“Any CPR and any early defibrillation delivered by the public is better than no care at all,” he said.
—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should create a national registry of cardiac arrest. There are no good statistics on this killer, the IOM said, calling its own numbers the best available estimates. A registry would track outcomes so communities could take steps to improve. The CDC said it will review the recommendation.
—National standards are needed for emergency medical systems, to ensure that 911 callers are talked through how to provide CPR.
—The National Institutes of Health should expand research for better treatments. Defibrillators attempt to shock the heart back into rhythm so it can resume beating, but most out-of-hospital cardiac arrests aren’t the kind of abnormal rhythms that a shock can fix, said IOM committee member Dr. Lance Becker of the University of Pennsylvania. Yet the report found the NIH spends far less on cardiac arrest research than on other cardiovascular problems.
—Hospitals should have to meet national accreditation standards on cardiac arrest care. Survival of patients who suffer cardiac arrest while hospitalized for some other reason can vary by 10 percent between hospitals, IOM found.
Improvement is possible, the IOM found, calling some communities examples. In King County, Washington, there’s a 62 percent survival rate among patients with a specific shockable form of cardiac arrest if they collapse in front of someone. Policymakers there have spent decades studying what care works best, and getting bystanders and professionals on board with response practices.
The American Heart Association — which along with the American Red Cross, American College of Cardiology and the federal government had requested the IOM’s study — welcomed the recommendations.
Cardiac arrest is “the most critically ill state a human being can be in,” said Dr. Robert W. Neumar of the University of Michigan, who chairs a heart association emergency care committee. The nation needs to create a culture where “if someone collapses in front of you with cardiac arrest, it’s your obligation to help.”
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RJ Cole transfers to UConn
Taking his talents from Washington, DC to Stoors, Connecticut.
By Stephen-Michael Thompson Jr
Former Howard guard RJ Cole has confirmed his transfer to the University of Connecticut in a post on his Instagram page.
Via _rjuice on Instagram
Cole announced his intention to enter the NBA draft a few weeks ago. In the process, he also announced his request to transfer from Howard around the same time. He visited Alabama and UConn on official visits and now has made his final decision.
RJ Cole in play vs rival Morgan State
UConn coach Dan Hurley’s connection to Cole is significant. Cole played for Dan’s father Bobby in high school at St. Anthony’s in New Jersey. The duo was successful together during their three seasons, going 32-0 and winning a state title during his junior season.
During his time at Howard, Cole set the MEAC on fire. He averaged over 20 points in his two seasons. His scoring was hard to stop as he scored in double figures in every game he played for the Bison. As a freshman, he racked up 13 MEAC Rookie of the Week honors. Deservingly, he was named to the All-MEAC First team during his last two seasons. He was voted as MEAC Player of the Year this past season.
“I think they are getting a player that wants to win,” Cole told 247Sports. “I know what it takes to win and I’ll do anything to win. They are getting a point guard that will make plays for his teammates, can score and will get after it on defense.”
By rule, Cole will sit out the 2019-20 season. He’ll have two seasons of eligibility remaining. He could also apply for a waiver to be eligible immediately for this upcoming season.
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Uncovering the safety flaws in IBM's Watson supercomputer Date: 09/06/18
Casey Ross
Ike Swetlitz
By Casey Ross and Ike Swetlitz
We started with a simple goal — to learn everything we could about IBM’s leading cancer treatment adviser, Watson for Oncology.
In spring 2017, most of the headlines about Watson were glowingly positive, asking whether the supercomputer could cure cancer or replace doctors. But there were a few chinks in the narrative, most notably when MD Anderson Cancer Center scrapped a $60 million project with IBM.
We started reading countless clips and IBM documents about the design of the product. We also reached out to the company directly. We made no promises other than to explore Watson for Oncology thoroughly, and IBM agreed to make company executives available to talk with us.
Over several months we interviewed IBM engineers, clinical experts and executives. We spoke with doctors who were using the product in the United States and around the world. We got the official sales pitch, observed doctors and nurses using the system, and sat in as cancer specialists trained Watson at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
And no, our editors were not telling us to take as long as we needed. We had to deliver frequent updates, gather for meetings, and draft memos about the status of the reporting and the next steps. We also continued to produce other stories on our beats.
In September 2017, we published our initial story under the headline, “IBM pitched its Watson supercomputer as a revolution in cancer care. It’s nowhere close.”
It reported that the product was not performing up to the expectations that IBM had set for it through a misleading marketing campaign. Our investigation found that doctors around the world were complaining that the system’s recommendations were unreliable and biased toward American methods of care, and that IBM had neither conducted prospective studies to assess the impact of the system’s advice on doctors and patients, nor publicly acknowledged the complaints about its performance.
The story generated huge traffic as well as pushback from IBM, which published a “Get the Facts” blog to tell its version of events. It never contacted us to complain of inaccuracies or request a correction. We produced a follow-up story on how hospitals were using Watson for Oncology as a marketing tool, and another on IBM’s lobbying to exempt Watson from federal regulation. This coverage helped Stat win SABEW’s Best in Business award for general excellence in 2017.
The depth of our reporting began to produce a much bigger impact than traffic and accolades: a steady stream of new sources and tips about Watson and its applications in health care.
We vetted the information as it came in and kept an eye trained on IBM. In June 2018, Watson Health reported layoffs, downplaying them as normal restructuring. More sources came forward to challenge that narrative, and we published a series of stories (on June 11, June 14 and June 15) reporting that the company was struggling with delays and technical problems in merging its data assets for its work with hospitals.
Then, after months of reporting, we got our big break: Access to internal IBM documents that contained important details on problems with Watson for Oncology and its underlying programming.
The documents revealed, contrary to public statements by IBM’s top executives, that Watson for Oncology was trained on synthetic patient cases based on hypothetical scenarios, rather than data about the treatments and outcomes of actual patients. The documents also stated that the system had recommended inaccurate and unsafe treatments while the company was promoting it to doctors and hospitals around the world.
Our second major story detailing these revelations was published in late July 2018. IBM issued a statement for the story emphasizing that it had improved Watson for Oncology and that the product was generating substantial business for the company.
However, a few days later, we published a follow up about an internal IBM meeting in which one of its top executives disclosed that the product had actually fallen short of the company’s revenue goals. In this meeting, which took place on the morning our story based on the internal documents ran, the executive also discussed plans to add real patient data to Watson for Oncology and modify its software to reflect differences in the way cancer patients are treated around the world.
The experience of reporting this story has been among the most rewarding of our careers as journalists. It reinforced old lessons and taught us some new ones. The biggest takeaways are these:
Keep digging, trust your reporting, and don’t let go of the story.
And perhaps most importantly, keep faith in the reporting process and in the insights of your editors and fellow reporters. Cooperation with colleagues always produces a better story than competition.
Casey Ross is national correspondent and Ike Swetlitz is Washington correspondent for Stat. You can follow them on Twitter at @caseymross and @ikeswetlitz.
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GEN Manga Monthly is Back With the Release of Let’s Eat Ramen 3!
Posted on January 7, 2014 by Brett
GEN Manga has announced the release of Let’s Eat Ramen 3 with the return of GEN Manga monthly (one full year of all new indie manga, $24.00) which will begin this January 2014.
GEN Manga is Indie Manga from the Tokyo Underground. GEN Manga was made to give fans an exclusive look at real doujinshi, otherwise known as indie manga, that they had heard about, but until now, unable to get their hands on. In its essence, doujinshi is manga traded among other manga artists. GEN Manga monthly launched with much acclaim in 2011. In 2013 GEN Manga introduced the new Korean underground Manhwa stories to indie manga fans in the pages of its GEN Manhwa monthly magazine.
Now, GEN Manga monthly has returned with an exciting new digital and print publishing schedule for 2014. Here’s what you need to know:
All-new original stories can be read every month exclusively on www.genmanga.com!
Also available, GEN is offering fans access to it’s complete back issues archive, over 2300 pages of real indie manga and manhwa, all in DRM free downloadable PDF format for only $24.00!
Let’s Eat Ramen is showcased in the January 2014 issue of GEN Manga. Let’s Eat Ramen is the story of Saeki, a girl who loves ramen noodles. At last, she thinks that she has finally found the perfect ramen shop, but the problem is the shop is completely full of old regulars and she can’t get in. Will the timid Saeki ever summon the willpower to reach out and get the ramen that she desperately wants? An indie manga about the finer points of eating ramen noodles from Nagumo the creator of the radio manga Radio de Go!
Sorako, GEN Manga’s first print release in 2014 (GN, 152 pages, paperback, $9.95, 978-1939012067), is now in stores nationwide. Sorako lives an ordinary life. And this is an ordinary story. She has friends and family, loves her dog, thinks about life, and occasionally looks for work (kinda). These are the adventures into a typical girl’s life.
NYCC 2012 – GEN Manga Brings Nagumo
Posted on September 27, 2012 by Brett
GEN Manga Entertainment, Inc. announced the appearance of Nagumo, the author of Let’s Eat Ramen at the GEN Manga booth #1025. Nagumo will be conducting signings and Q&A’s daily with fans throughout this year’s NYCC.
Nagumo is the author of the popular series Radio de Go! Making his debut in Manga Time Kirakira Carat in 2007 he has since made waves in the Japanese doujin community with his hit Radio de Go! Nagumo released an original story earlier this year exclusively for GEN Manga titled Let’s Eat Ramen.
Let’s Eat Ramen is the story of Saeki, a girl who loves ramen noodles. At last, she thinks that she has finally found the perfect ramen shop, but the problem is the shop is completely full of old regulars and she can’t get in. Will the timid Saeki ever summon the willpower to reach out and get the ramen that she desperately wants?
Also Flavor by Aji-chi, is GEN Manga’s latest edition to the exclusive underground anthology.
Tales of high-school girls who make friends with the unlikeliest outcasts—witches, ghosts, and living dolls, ostracized and bullied because of their gloomy appearance and introspective temperaments. These hapless characters find companionship and acceptance though serendipitous encounters with their seemingly commonplace counterparts. Both cute and endearing, the psyche of high-school girls is explored in a cute fantasy world of ghosts and other ghastly misfits.
Readers can also find consecutive issues available on the free Comic+ App on iTunes. Books and issues are also available on Apple’s iTunes directly and the Amazon Kindle. And don’t forget as always in print and digitally direct from GenManga.com.
Lots of News from Gen Manga
Posted on July 23, 2012 by Brett
GEN Manga Entertainment, Inc. has announced a new publishing deal with Editora Abril for distribution in Brazil. Under the guidance of GEN Manga’s exclusive publishing and licensing agent in Brazil, Angelotti Licensing, Portuguese language versions of GEN Manga’s titles will start hitting the shelves in Brazil this summer. GEN Manga bills itself as, “America’s #1 source for original underground Japanese manga!” The stories are created by elusive doujin creators in Japan’s secret underground circles and are published by nobody else in the world.
The Editora Abril deal covers all of GEN Manga’s stories to-date, including Wolf; Vs. Aliens; Kamen; Souls; Sorako, Alive; Good-Bye Geist; Let’s Eat Ramen; Anomal; Stones of Power; One Is Enough; and Android Angels.
Wolf a 448 pages, black and white manga for $4.99) is now available along with GEN 13. GEN is giving away a short preview version of the GEN 13 for free this month! So any visitor to genmanga.com can download something for free, too. Yay, free manga!
The thirteenth issue debuts a new story, Psycho.
In a post-apocalyptic future, after nuclear war has destroyed much of the world, Japan has once again closed its borders to the outside world. Again living in isolation, the Japanese people have begun to develop strange mutations. These mutations became commonly known as moryo, a name once given to the grotesque goblins of ancient Japan. These moryo at first were harmless, but they became worse, eventually developing into man-eating beasts and other monstrous forms. Hunters known as exterminators roam the land ridding humanity of these foul mutants. This is the story of one of these killers, a man known only as Psycho.
Android Angels (new story arc), One is Enough (Boy’s Love), Stones of Power (new story arc), Anomal (yokai), and Alive are also continued in GEN 13!
Author of the Doujin Smash Hit Radio de Go!
Posted on January 12, 2012 by Brett
Official Press Release
Author of the Doujin Smash Hit Radio de Go! Creates New Manga for GEN!
GEN Manga Announces the Release of Let’s Eat Ramen
Let’s Eat Ramen appears in GEN 8 and will be available nationwide Jan. 2012!
NEW YORK, NY – GEN Manga Entertainment, Inc. announces the release of Let’s Eat Ramen in GEN 8. (GEN 8, 162 pages, black and white, 1.99) will be available Jan. 2012.
Nagumo is the author of the popular series Radio de Go! Making his debut in Manga Time Kirakira Carat in 2007 he has since made waves in the Japanese doujin community with his smash hit Radio de Go! Now Nagumo will be releasing a new original story for GEN Manga titled Let’s Eat Ramen.
Let’s Eat Ramen is the story of Saeki, a girl who loves ramen noodles. At last, she thinks that she has finally found the perfect ramen shop, but the problem is the shop is completely full of old regulars and she can’t get in. Will the timid Saeki ever summon the willpower to reach out and get the ramen that she desperately wants? An indie manga about the finer points of eating ramen noodles from the creator of the radio manga Radio de Go!, brought to you by genmanga.com.
Junji Ohno creates his second sassy new cover for GEN 8. Ohno made his debut at the age 19 in Weekly Shonen Magazine, and has been a regular contributor to numerous weeklies in Japan, such as Weekly Shonen Fang, Comic Bonbon, and Shonen Comic Champion. Ohno’s work includes: Shiritsu Justice Gakuen (1998), Hotshot, Axel Rex, and Spider Riders. Junji Ohno is the newest edition to GEN, America’s number one source for authentic doujin manga, where Junji will be making his American debut as the new cover artist.
Readers can also find consecutive issues available on Graphicly. Graphicly is available on numerous platforms, including the Nook, iphone, and Android.
GEN stories are published nowhere else in the world. These stories are created by the elusive doujincreators in Tokyo’s secret underground circles, otherwise known in the west as independent creators and hard core fans.
Presenting new indie manga circles from Japan, GEN, a monthly publication, will be released in the US and Japan simultaneously. Digital format and print editions for GEN are available now. Based in New York,GEN Manga Entertainment (www.genmanga.com) endeavors to publish new and unseen graphic workfrom Japan, being in the unique position to bring readers work first, more original and untamed manga will be sure to come!
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Ten National Wildlife Refuges covering more than 365,000 acres. A 160,000-acre national forest. More than 60,000 acres of additional conservation lands protecting everything from barrier islands to flora unique to this part of the world. The largest remaining maritime forest in the country and the largest intact bottomland hardwood forest east of the Mississippi River.
Bald cypress dating back 2,000 years, carnivorous plants, swamps that evoke the same sense of mystery today that they have since their primordial beginnings.
Winter skies filled with overwintering waterfowl from the far north, summer skies atwitter with neotropical migrants.
Few places offer as much potential for raw adventure as eastern North Carolina.
As The Nature Conservancy notes: “The Coastal Plain has some of the richest biodiversity found anywhere in the world, supporting an amazing range of plant life. Rare animals (some federally endangered) like the red-cockaded woodpecker make this place home, as do black bear, the bald eagle and the American alligator.” Don’t forget the red wolf.
Eastern North Carolina offers as much opportunity for wild adventure as any region of the country. Yet the area’s potential goes largely under appreciated.
For starters, our guess is that people don’t fully appreciate what’s here. A bigger reason might be that they don’t know how to explore this unusual terrain and where exactly to go.
That’s where our new GetExploring! Greenville program comes in. We want to help you learn about these great places in our own backyard. Then, we want to take you there.
Take paddling. Perhaps you had a feeling this was a good place to own a canoe or kayak: at Town Common park in downtown Greenville it’s not unusual to see paddlers enjoying the Tar River on a summer evening.
But did you know that there are more than 2,500 miles of designated paddle trails in the eastern part of the state (east of I-95)? That on the Tar River alone there are nine boat ramps from Tarboro to Little Washington? That on the Roanoke River you can paddle through the largest intact bottomland hardwood forest east of the Mississippi? That in the flat coastal plain it’s possible to paddle a loop trail? (Chocowinity Bay and Devil’s Gut near Jamesville are two options.) That there’s a marked paddle trail to keep you from getting lost in the bald cypress and tupelo swamp at Merchant’s Millpond State Park, and that you can paddle among alligators on Milltail Creek in the 152,195-acre Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge?
A boat such the Wilderness Systems Tarpon 100 handles both intimate passages and bigger water well. It also has loads of storage for long days of exploring.
On foot, you can hike a 20-mile trail (the Neusiok) through an upland swamp and pine forest in the Croatan National Forest. You can explore the largest remaining maritime forest along the East Coast at the Nags Head Woods Nature Preserve on the Outer Banks. You can backpack at Merchants Millpond and you can summit a peak at the coast: 60-foot-high Sugarloaf Dune at Carolina Beach State Park.
Eastern North Carolina offers some of the truest adventure remaining in the U.S. Not of the Lewis & Clark variety — where there’s no guarantee you’ll return. But it is one of the few places where you can still find the untamed terrain that causes your heart beat a little faster, your senses to up their game.
It’s a modern explorer’s dream, and a dream our GetExploring! Greenville program will help you live.
Starting in August, GetExploring! Greenville plans to lead a variety of adventures throughout the region. The goal of our program is two-fold.
For established explorers, we aim to show you new places that may be off your radar. Even if you’ve paddled a lot, chances are you haven’t paddled all 2,500 miles of the region’s designated paddle trails (not to mention the waters of the coastal sounds and inlets).
Our main audience, though, is the adventurous at heart. Those of you who’ve been intrigued by the notion of paddling a black water creek or taking a January hike through a stark coastal forest, but didn’t feel comfortable doing it on your own. Through a combination of monthly in-store clinics and guided trips, we hope to make you more comfortable exploring the wild landscape of eastern North Carolina.
We’ll keep in touch in three ways. First, we will announce our trips and clinics through our GetExploring! Greenville Meetup site. Sign up (it’s free) here. We’ll also send out a weekly enewsletter keeping you updated on our trips and clinics, and offering tips and advice on exploring the region. Finally, we’ll share information throughout the week on our Facebook page.
Intrigued?
On Thursday, Aug. 7, we’ll hold an introductory gathering in our Greenville store. We’ll talk more about the GetExploring! Greenville program, we’ll talk about specific trips, and we’ll swap tales on the best places to explore in eastern North Carolina. And yes, there will be refreshments.
We look forward to exploring Eastern North Carolina with you.
Where to paddle close to Greenville
Let’s kickoff GetExploring! by exploring some of the great paddle trips within a half hour or so of Greenville. Here are 10 of our favorites:
1. Chocowinity Bay Loop
Loop trails: common in hiking and mountain biking, not so much in paddling. On land, a loop only needs to have the same elevation at the start and finish (which are the same). It doesn’t usually work that way with water, what with the gravity thing and all.
At the coast, however, loop paddle trails are indeed possible: there’s little elevation change, little current. In places, your can put together some interesting circuits.
Chocowinity Bay is one such spot. From the Twin Lakes Campground Resort put-in, paddle counterclockwise you can paddle the bay up Chocowinity Creek, then return to the bay via Sidney Creek, with out-and-backs up Taylor Creek and Crawford Creek. It’s a protected paddle on mostly intimate waters.
Add a workout to your paddle by starting across the Pamlico River on the Washington waterfront, at the N.C. Estuarium. Paddle a quarter mile across the Pamlico, then head downriver along the peninsula and following it back up Chocowinity Bay. That adds an open water experience and about seven miles of paddling.
More info and maps: Find a description of the paddle trail from Twin Lakes Campground, go here, paddle-trails a map can be found here.
Getting there: From Little Washington take US 17 Business south across the Pamlico River, then turn left on Wichards Beach Road. After about a half mile, turn right into the Twin Lakes Campground Resort. For a map, go here.
Note: Access via the Twin Lakes Campground is sometimes restricted. For an alternate put-in, continue east on Wichards Beach Road to an access at the end of the peninsula. This access adds about two miles to the trip from Twin Lakes.
Length: 8 miles.
Time to complete: 3-5 hours
County: Beaufort
Nearest town: Washington
River access GPS coordinates: 35.520802, -77.04978
2. Contentnea Creek/Neuse River: Grifton to Maple Cypress Landing
History has occurred along all the trails we paddle in Eastern North Carolina. With the first humans moving into the area about 10,000 years ago, you can bet the region’s waterways, handy both for nutrition and transportation, were a magnet for early human activity. Unfortunately, for the vast majority of the area recorded history only goes back a couple hundred years.
Contentnea Creek, however, enjoys some of the oldest recorded history of the Carolinas. In 1700, John Lawson became the first European to keep a written account of the Carolinas’ interior on a six-month trip that resulted in the 1709 bestseller, “A New Voyage to Carolina.” Of his passage through this area in 1701, he noted it was “very thick of Indian Towns and Plantations.” This trip also passes the location where, in 1711, Lawson and Baron de Graffenried were likely captured by Tuscarora Indians, resulting in Lawson’s execution.
Much of this trip, which includes about four miles on Grifton Creek and six on the Neuse, resembles what it might have been like in Lawson’s time. A dense swamp forest insulates paddlers from the world beyond, the banks thick with bald cypress and water tupelo draped in Spanish Moss.
More info and maps: “Paddling Eastern North Carolina,” with Paul Ferguson, p. 238; “Pitt County Paddle Trails,” Mid-East RC&D Council, Inc./Pamlico-Tar River Foundation.
Getting there: The put-in in Grifton is off Water Street; the take-out is 12 minutes down NC 118, SR 1400 and SR 1470. For a map, go here.
Difficulty: Easy/Moderate (length, bigger water of the Neuse)
Length: 10 miles
County: Pitt, Craven
Nearest town: Grifton
Put-in coordinates: 35.21930, -77.25801
Take-out coordinates: 35.18842, -77.18145
Goose Creek narrows, then abruptly ends at a downed tree.
3. Goose Creek
You want the challenge of big water?
Paddle Goose Creek.
You want a remote backwater passage beneath giant oaks, pines and ancient bald cypress?
Goose Creek can’t be all things to all paddlers. But it does offer options that can aid both the indecisive and weather-weary alike. From the Dinah’s Landing boat ramp (which is part of Goose Creek State Park but removed from the park’s main entrance), you paddle about 250 yards before it’s decision time. Go left and you’ll be presented with two forks of Goose Creek, both of which offer increasingly tight passage through the park’s swampy interior. As the creek narrows, you become increasingly familiar with the wax myrtle, red bay and groundsel fighting for turf along the banks. Your odds also increase of catching a glimpse of the park’s wildlife, which ranges from assorted osprey, eagles and hawks overhead, to minks, muskrats and various snakes (including the venomous cottonmouth).
Continue straight from the put-in and you’ll quickly encounter the Pamlico River. Technically still a river at this point, the Pamlico is on the verge of becoming a sound. Thus, paddle downstream for bigger water or go upstream for about seven miles to the Washington waterfront. On calm days, the Pamlico can be glassy. When Mother Nature gets a bit of an attitude, it’s a good time to stick with Goose Creek.
More info and maps: Visit the North Carolina State Parks website for Goose Creek.
Getting there: From US 264 east of Washington, go south on Goose Creek Road. Continue straight on Dinah’s Landing Road to the put-in, about a mile and a half from US 264. For a map, go here.
Difficulty: Easy on Goose Creek, more challenging on the open waters of the Pamlico River. On a day when the Pamlico has white caps, it’s a good idea to have your roll down.
Length: Up to four miles on Goose Creek, considerably more is possible on the Pamlico (overall, it’s about eight miles upstream to Washington).
Time to complete: 1 hour to a day
River access coordinates: 35.28785, -76.55926
Dozens of platforms found on the Roanoke and other rivers accommodate overnight camping trips.
4. Roanoke River: Hamilton to Grabtown Road
From the time the Roanoke River enters North Carolina from Virginia, it has a sense of purpose. It meanders some — what river doesn’t? — but largely it’s on a mission: get to the Atlantic asap. Then, just north of the town of Hamilton, it appears to get distracted, zigging this way and that, suddenly in no particular hurry to end its journey. Rather, it’s intent on exploring as much of this bottomland forest, the largest intact bottomland hardwood forest east of the Mississippi River, as possible.
That’s a great thing for the paddler.
From the NC Wildlife Resources Commission boat ramp on Main Street in Hamilton, the Roanoke rambles eastward, at one point encountering bluffs 70 feet high. To the north, the river borders the 21,000-acre Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge, which includes 9,500 acres of bottomland forest, 8,000 acres of cypress/tupelo swamp and a vast array of flora and fauna. The refuge is home to wintering waterfowl, nesting ducks, raptors, osprey and neo-tropical migrants as well. It is also home to the largest inland heron rookery in the state.
With so much to see, this is not country you want to hurry through. The meandering Roanoke is more than happy to cooperate.
More info and maps: Visit the Roanoke River Partners website here; also see “Paddling Eastern North Carolina” with Paul Ferguson, p. 403.
Getting there: Hamilton is about eight miles north of US 64; see map for directions. For a map, go here and here.
Difficulty: Easy to moderate (length)
Length: 13.5 miles
Time to complete: 6-10 hours
County: Border of Bertie and Martin
Nearest town: Hamilton
Put-in GPS coordinates: 35.56820, -77.12135
Take-out GPS coordinates: 35.56594, -77.02462
From Runyon Creek you can paddle out to the Pamlico River and head upstream to the Little Washington waterfront.
5. Runyon Creek
You’ve just done a trip in the area and the day is young — not young enough for another all-out paddle, but young enough for another hour or two on the water. You need a quick, easy and accessible creek. You need Runyon Creek.
From the Washington Park Access on River Road on the east side of town, you’ll find that easy access via a city boat ramp. From here, you have two options. One, paddle upstream for a mile of increasingly constricting water. At US 264 you can either take out or float back to the put-in (preferable). Or, from the put-in, paddle under the bridge into the Pamlico River. You’ll find speedboat traffic, but you’ll also find a couple islands to explore (Grandpap, The Castle) and as daylight fades, you can enjoy the setting sun over the Washington waterfront.
Two more advantages to this access: One, if you don’t have a boat, Inner Banks Outfitters is right there: take a single kayak out for $30 for up to four hours. And if you’re smelly, you can wash off the creek at outdoor showers across River Road in Havens Gardens Park.
A third additional advantage, actually: If you’re hungry or thirsty, also located at the put-in is Backwater Jack’s Tiki Bar and Grill for apres paddle reflection.
More info and maps: Visit the Little Washington paddle trail guide here.
Getting there: From US 264 in Washington, go south on N. Bridge Street, then take a left on West Main, which turns into East Main which becomes Park Road, then River Road. The put-in is on the west side of Runyon Creek, before crossing the bridge. For a map, go here.
Length: 2 miles (out and back), more if you venture out onto the Pamlico River.
Time to complete: 1 hour
River access GPS coordinates: 35.32199, -77.02345
Sunset on the Tar River at Town Common in Greenville.
6. Tar River: Greenville
At the end of a long summer’s day, there’s no easier and more satisfying place for Greenvillians to wind down than on the Tar River, right in their own backyard. Starting around 5:30 you’ll find folks gathering at Town Common Park to fish, laze about in inner tubes, or simply sit along the greenway overlooking the Tar’s south bank to cool off as the sun goes down.
You’ll also see a goodly number of paddlers, in part because the shallow waters here tend to keep away the speed boats. Paddle downstream for a mile or so to the River Park North Access (or, if you’ve got excess end-of-day energy, continue another three miles to Green Mill Run and the Port Terminal Access), or head upstream under the parallel bridges for Pitt and Greene streets and the railroad trestle. (As you pass the ample stone piers for the trestle, check for snakes squeezing the last sun from the day.) A negligible current, especially during the doldrums of summer, makes either direction a mellow effort.
In fact, you don’t need to go anywhere to enjoy this stretch. Paddle to the middle of the river and just sit and watch the day draw to a close.
More info and maps: “Pitt County Paddle Trails” map, Paddling Eastern North Carolina,” with Paul Ferguson, p. 457.
Getting there: From East First Street downtown, go north on North Side Street for a short distance to the boat access. For a map, go here.
Length: 0 to 3 miles
County: Pitt
Nearest town: Greenville
River access GPS coordinates: 36.916, -77.22101
7. Tar River: Belvoir to Greenville
There are several things to like about paddling the Tar River in eastern North Carolina. For one, the river has seven NC Wildlife Resources Commission boat ramps that make for easy access to the river. Paved access road, paved parking, concrete boat ramps, often with a natural surface area for a kayak or canoe to put in. A welcome sight to any paddler who’s ever shown up at an “official” access and thought, “Seriously? Maybe for John Lawson.”
The river is big enough that it’s almost always got dependable water flow. That’s especially nice during the dog days of a parched summer and during our drier fall months. And the shuttles are usually speedy quick. On this 11-mile run of the Tar, for instance, the shuttle, according to Google Maps, should take 11 minutes. That includes a little in-town driving.
This stretch makes for a nice, long day of paddling. Some run this stretch another four miles, down to the Port Terminal Road NC WRC access. Taking out at Town Common Park lets you avoid the motorboat traffic that picks up near Port Terminal.
Getting there: The put-in is off NC 222 near Belvoir, the take-out is at Greenville’s Town Common park, a drive of about 18 minutes. For a map, go here.
Difficulty: Moderate (length)
Nearest town: Belvoir/Greenville
Take-out GPS coordinates: 36.916, -77.22101
The Tar River through Tarboro has numerous oxbows with white sand beaches.
8. Tar River: Tarboro
It’s hard to imagine that when folks first got the idea that Tarboro would be a good place to start a town, they weren’t thinking: “And dang, you can do a 10-mile paddle with just a 3-mile shuttle!”
As point-to-point paddles go, it’s hard to beat the Tar River in Tarboro for convenience. You’ve got a NC Wildlife Resources Commission access on the north end of town, where NC 33 crosses the Tar, you’ve got a city of Tarboro access on the south end of town, at Riverfront Park. In between, you’ve got 10 miles of Tar River that makes the most of its passage through town with a series of oxbows that, during the low water of summer in particular, create white sandbars ideal for taking a break. There’s not a strong current along this stretch — the river drops a little over a foot per mile on its meander along the east edge of town — but there is enough to make this a lazy day of indifferent attention to your paddle.
If you’re feeling ambitious three and a half miles in, Fishing Creek enters from the left, providing a chance to paddle upstream and explore. Despite passing through town, you don’t get a sense of development until you’re nearly eight miles in.
A lazy half day on the river followed by a shuttle of 10 minutes, if that. A hard combination to beat.
More info and maps: “Paddling Eastern North Carolina,” with Paul Ferguson, p. 456; “Canoe/Kayak Paddle Trails & Civil War Sites of Tarboro & Edgecomb County,” Town of Tarboro.
Getting there: Set your shuttle at the take-out at Riverfront Park, take NC 33 to the put-in at Bells Bridge. For a map, go here.
County: Edgecomb
Nearest town: Tarboro
9. Tar River: Riverfront Park in Tarboro to NC 42
This paddle feels like you’re leaving town for a vacation in the country. You get packed up, you put in at Riverfront Park, you pass under one big bridge (US 64), you pass under another big bridge (US 64 Bypass), the wastewater treatment plant — getting into the country can seem to take forever.
But then, after a mile or so the hustle and bustle of Tarboro and Princeton is in the rearview mirror. The object of your escape is at hand.
Which is to say, the jungle of eastern North Carolina that you’ve come to enjoy: riverbanks choked with vegetation, including bald cypress, that, despite the river widening up to 150 feet, gives the paddle an intimate feel. You’ll also notice that the Tar reflects the relief of the coastal plane, traveling straight and unimpeded through the increasingly flat terrain.
An easy paddle, from put-in to take-out at the Old Sparta NC Wildlife Resources Commission boat ramp at NC 42.
Getting there: The put-in is at Riverfront Park on the southside of downtown Tarboro; the take-out is a 9-minute drive down NC 33 and NC 42. For a map, go here.
Length: 7.8 miles
Tranters Creek offers a mix of wild and backyard intrusion.
One minute on Lower Tranters Creek you’re paddling through someone’s backyard; round a bend and you’re in the middle of nowhere. Another bend and — Hey, nice deck overlooking the water! It’s the variety and surprise of this stretch that make it a popular paddle destination.
Tranters Creek begins well north of US 264. And while you’ll find upstream access marked on maps, the reality tells another story. There’s an access listed at US 264, but unless you’re into hauling your boat 50 yards over riprap and dense vegetation, the NC Wildlife Resources Commission launch at Clarks Neck Road is your best bet for hassle-free access. The good news: most of the powerboats that put in here head downstream to the Tar River, a short distance away.
Head upstream and you may encounter some local boat traffic, but not much. Near the put-in, Tranters Creek is nearly the width of a football field; by the time it reaches US 264 nearly 11 miles upstream, you’re looking at less than two first downs. With an elevation drop of less than a half a foot per mile, the current is negligible, making for easy upstream paddling, a slightly easier return.
If you’re looking to give civilization the slip, Tranters isn’t your paddle. But if you’re looking for an easy social paddle with variety, its easy access makes it a good bet.
More info and maps: “Paddling Eastern North Carolina,” with Paul Ferguson, p. 468.
Getting there: From US 264 west of Washington, go west on Clarks Neck Road. The access is 0.6 miles, on your left. For a map, go here.
Difficulty: Easy.
Length: Out and back paddle. It’s 1.4 miles to the Tranters Creek Resort and Campground, river left; 10.9 miles to US 264.
Time to complete: Varies, but a typical trip is 1-3 miles.
County: Beaufort County
River access GPS coordinates: 35.33773, 77.05081
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Nioh Makes Its Worldwide Debut for the PlayStation 4 on February 9, 2017
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On September 18, 2016 by Olivia Lynn
Nioh is described by players as a kind of demon, samurai action mixed with Dark Souls-like combat and atmosphere that sucks you into the feudal era of Japan. Koei Tecmo announced a worldwide launch date during Sony’s press conference earlier this week. Nioh comes to the PlayStation 4 on February 9, 2017, and first-print copies will include a code to download the full Sanada Yukimura armor set.
There will also be a deluxe edition that will be available in Japan for ¥10,800 (about 105 USD). It will include an avatar set, a season pass that’s good for three bonus missions, new weapons, youkai, bosses, and equipment.
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Upstream Pricingand Advertising Signal Downstream Demand
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Svend Albák
Per Baltzer Overgaard
This paper considers price and advertising decisions by a monopolist manufacturer who is privately informed about the strength of consumer demand. Consumers respond to advertising and to the retail price chosen by an uninformed retailer on the basis of his beliefs about demand. This signaling game has a unique intuitive equilibrium outcome in which a high‐demand manufacturer chooses his full‐information pair of wholesale price and advertising. When demand is low, the wholesale price is distorted downward from its full information level, whereas demand‐enhancing advertising may be distorted in either direction. Dissipative advertising is not distorted because it is never used.
Svend Albák & Per Baltzer Overgaard, 1992. "Upstream Pricingand Advertising Signal Downstream Demand," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 1(4), pages 677-698, December.
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IN ISSUE: May 2016
Northeast Tact takes lead in continuous battle Against low-risk, high-reward bank juggers
Tom Kennedy
Nothing angers and frustrates a dedicated police officer more than an increase in the number of crimes that offer a high reward with little if any risk. Even if caught in the act the jail time for a convicted suspect can be termed minimal at best.
Investigators across the state of Texas are angered and frustrated with the growing crime trend of bank juggin’, a term ‘that comes from criminal street slang for a bank bag known as a “jug.”
One of those growing number of officers is Houston Police Officer Christian Dorton of the 14-member Northeast Division Tactical Unit.
Juggin’ Education
A “jugger” is the street term for a crook who lurks in the shadows of bank parking lots awaiting a likely victim who’s carrying a jug loaded with cash. The juggers – they almost always work in pairs, trios or even gangs of four – follow the victim when he or she drives away and seizes the money bag from the person or burglarizes their motor vehicle. In some known cases the victim leaves the bag in the car while making a routine stop at a grocery store or fast-food business.
In numerous instances these bank juggins have escalated to aggravated robbery or even capital murder.
The juggin’ trend actually began in the 1980s but officers observed a sharp increase in 2013. Dorton and fellow Tact members noticed a significant increase in the number of bank customers who fit this victim profile. They began to use the terms “juggin’ ” and “jugger” when they learned that these have become common street terms crooks used to describe their scheming.
“Overwhelmingly the majority of bank juggin’ suspects are from northeast Houston,” Dorton explained, detailing Northeast Tact’s pro-active approach to this frustrating policing situation.
Dorton and the Tact – who were strongly encouraged by Northeast Capt. Greg Fremin – adopted a pro-active approach that included surveillance of “the usual suspects” and public education through the news media.
“This is organized crime,” Dorton said. “It’s a very sophisticated operation. We made 250 arrests on bank juggin’ since 2013. It’s the same suspects over and over again and the majority of them are gang members.
“I believe that five percent of the criminals are committing 95 percent of the crime and if we would target and punish that five percent we would see a major decrease in crime.
“The city is like a pie or a clock. In the Northeast corner everybody here is either a victim of a crime or a suspect in a crime. In Northeast we see the same suspects all the time and the good people are constantly victimized. If we could target, disrupt and prosecute the career criminals who are responsible for the overwhelming majority of crime, we could increase the quality of life for citizens throughout Houston and the state of Texas.”
Northeast Tact, again with Capt. Fremin’s encouragement, has trained other HPD divisions about bank juggin’ and preventive methods. The dedication to this duty and its pro-active commitment has resulted in Fremin’s group becoming a recognized national leader in the effort to thwart this fad crime.
Fremin is an ex-Marine who prefers no-nonsense tactics that produce good-guy success stories. Of Northeast Tact, he said, “They’ve assisted other Tact teams with their knowledge. There are a lot of other great Tact teams in the city and we collaborate with them and work very closely with them.
“The Northeast Division Tact unit is truly the best of the best in the nation for what they do. They have a credible amount of knowledge and expertise. The vast majority of juggers and serial bank robbery suspects are from Northeast.
“They (Tact members) literally interact with these guys. I’m not a micro-manager. I point them in the right direction and let them go. Have Gun Will Travel!”
Dorton said that means training other area police departments and, especially, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, where the routine charge for a bank jugger usually amounts to Burglary of a Motor Vehicle, a misdemeanor which usually carries a low sentence of county jail time. When the suspect has multiple previous convictions, they can only be sentenced to a state jail sentence of up to two years.
Low Risk, High Rewards
Dorton and others, including many prosecutors, rankle at the idea that this sentencing practice is based on the belief that bank juggins are generally classified as property crimes, which are given lower priority. Prosecutors and officers point out that these crimes are currently filed in numerous ways – burglary of a motor vehicle, theft from a person, robbery and aggravated robbery. When a suspect is charged with a lower level crime, they typically get minimal sentencing. This enables the juggers to get back on the bank parking lots to stalk bank customers.
Northeast Tact members – led by Lt. Jay Chase and Sgt. Hito Bazan – occasionally see the misdemeanor increased to a third degree felony, usually when a bank customer is confronted and assaulted in order to get the jug with the big money.
And here comes that frustration officers experience.
Dorton said, “We have seen one individual with an ankle monitor commit five more robberies with no fear of punishment. When these suspects post a bond, they have no fear of being caught for anything equal to or less than their current offense. And when they’re finally prosecuted, their sentences don’t stack and they’re only going to do time for one offense. They’re coming back and we’re arresting them again, again and again.”
He and his fellow Tact members believe the state of Texas needs a change in laws that enables police officers to charge juggers with a third degree felony offense to begin with. Dorton would like to see any bank juggin’ theft start at this level. Then, if they keep on keeping on with their juggin’ offenses, the punishment enhancements will keep them in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for longer periods of time, perhaps as habitual offenders.
“Most are recidivists,” Dorton said. “We see multiple felony convictions on every one of them. How do we stop these criminals? We need Harris County to be tough on all suspects. If they use a gun, they are just a trigger-pull away from a capital murder. Short sentences in the Harris County Jail do not deter these career criminals.”
(Please see the story about Harris County prosecutor Bill Exley in this B&G edition for the full discussion of the proposed “Predatory Theft” law that should be proposed in next year’s Legislature to better combat and thwart bank juggers).
Dorton believes bank juggin’ is “an organized crime.” He continuously emphasizes the “low-risk, high-reward” aspect.
Sure, they could wind up with a bank bag with only a few hundred dollars. But Dorton and his fellow Tact officers feel that all these crime perpetrators have to do is drive across town to another bank and use the same tactics. Records show bank juggers have scored as much as much as $100,000 or even $150,000. HPD has documented juggin’ targeting jewelry stores and high-end retail stories. “They use these same tactics to target anything they want to steal, including jewelry and other high-end merchandise and electronics,” Dorton said.
To stress the organization of bank juggers, Dorton said it’s very common for members of a bank-juggin’ group or gang to bond out any fellow jugger who gets caught in the act. They also have enough cash from multiple scores to take care of a jugger’s family if he winds up in state jail for a few months or a year.
The organized effort has spread from Northeast Houston to other sections of the city, the surrounding suburbs, other Texas cities and towns and even other states such as Louisiana and Tennessee have been targets.
Dorton said none of the hundreds of banks in Houston/Harris County has an easy-to-implement security system, while at the same time this area’s bank juggers lick their chops at the number of opportunities. “We’ve seen bank juggers in Austin, San Antonio, Dallas-Fort Worth, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Brenham, Baytown, Sugar Land, Spring, The Woodlands, Pearland, Humble, Kingwood, League City, Bryan-College Station and every suburb around Dallas and all the major cities in Texas,” the Tact officer said. “All suspects were from Northeast Houston.
“These are crews of twos, threes or fours. They often use multiple vehicles. They post bonds for each other, pay for lawyers – the money is shared throughout the community. They help families and if you go to prison they put money in your commissary.”
These bank juggin’ suspects are not only responsible for this type of offense. The same criminals who commit bank juggin’ also commit aggravated bank robberies, aggravated jewelry store robberies, convenience store purse sliding, pharmacy burglaries, nighttime safe-cracking commercial burglaries, ATM smash-and-grab robberies, auto theft and narcotics-related offenses.
“Too many people in the criminal justice system view these suspects through a narrow lens,” Dorton said. “They don’t see the whole picture and don’t realize the other crimes these same suspects are responsible for. Then they appear shocked when they find out that their ‘non-violent criminal’ killed someone in a robbery. Criminals are criminals. They do not care about our laws and they will do anything they want to take it from anyone they want to take it from.”
Again here is another example of Capt. Fremin’s Marine approach. “These are sophisticated crime rings. They operate statewide and go out of state to Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. I’ve given them free reign. They are not restricted to Northeast Houston. They can go throughout the city of Houston and beyond. We’re going to go out there and find them.”
The resultant inter-agency cooperation, requiring a greater awareness and training. “They (Northeast Tact members) have trained the DAs in Harris County,” Fremin said. “They’ve received national recognition for what they’ve done.”
Besides educating other HPD Tact teams and police agencies in surrounding suburbs, Dorton and his fellow Tact members seldom turn away from an opportunity to work with the news media to educate the public about the typical modus operandi of bank juggers.
Capt. Fremin, Dorton and the rest of Texas law enforcement officers will continue to target and disrupt these well organized criminal groups, whose juggin’ should soon entail greater risks and smaller rewards.
The Bank Juggin’ Education 101 begins with the following bullet points:
Avoid using cash as often as possible. Write checks or use money orders or cashier’s checks.
If you must use cash, be as low-profile as possible. Don’t walk out of a financial institution carrying a bank bag or envelop in full view of anyone who might be watching you.
Be alert and very attentive to your surroundings when you’re carrying lots of cash.
Look for suspicious individuals or vehicles near the ATM or on the parking lot of the bank you use.
Once you leave the bank, make a mental note of any vehicles that may be following you. If you see you are being followed, call 911. Keep driving and let the police catch the suspicious driver.
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‘Aggressive’ Shark Near Swimmers Closes Many New York Beaches
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A "significant sized shark" that officials say was acting "aggressive" was spotted just a few feet from swimmers.
On Monday, a Town of Hempstead lifeguard spotted a shark of "significant size" offshore of Lido West Beach on Monday around noon, the Town of Hempstead wrote on Twitter. Three shark sightings were reported on Monday afternoon in New York.
After the sighting officials suspended swimming at Civic Beach, Lido Beach, Lido West Beach, Town Park Point Lookout and Town Point at Sands.
Three more shark sightings were reported on Tuesday, which kept swimmers out of the water.
On Wednesday, beachgoers were allowed to enter the water again, but only up to their knees. That was until more sharks were spotted.
"A significant sized shark was spotted by TOH lifeguards in the water 25 yards from shore at Town Park Point Lookout. Due to this sighting, all swimming is prohibited at TOH patrolled beaches from Lido West to Town Park Point Lookout for the time being," Town of Hempstead wrote on Twitter Wednesday afternoon.
Swimming remains banned as of Thursday morning. According to ABC, there have been at least nine shark sightings since Monday at beaches in New York. One lifeguard told ABC an aggressive shark was spotted near swimmers.
"We saw a large dark gray and white object on the surface of the water making a huge splash that no other fish could make, and it was sitting on the surface of the water for probably about 30 seconds thrashing around," East Atlantic Beach lifeguard Connor Byrne told ABC. "At that point, several of the patrons, most of the lifeguards could all identify the fin and tell that it was clearly a shark and was being aggressive. It was five feet directly offshore from the swimming area with people around, so no one wanted to go back in the water."
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Officials believe sharks are getting closer to shore because as the water heats up sharks are known to move closer to shore in search of food.
On Monday, a New York woman was fatally attacked by a great white shark in Maine. Officials believe she was mistaken for a seal.
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Gathering Place decision day will provide a splash of drama
FORGET the conventional wisdom that council meetings by default are turgid, dreary and boring. Tomorrow’s debate on the Ness arts programme and in particular the planned £300,000 riverside Gathering Place, at Glenurquhart Road HQ, will provide a splash of real drama as councillors thrash out the pros and cons of one of the most controversial schemes in years, and decide whether or not it will go ahead. Whether you’re there in person or watching live on the council website, COLIN CAMPBELL reviews the participants and things to look out for.
An artist’s impression of the riverside Gathering Place, one of the most controversial developments in years.
The ‘missing’ professor Mooney
Whether or not Professor Jim Mooney will turn up to watch the event remains to be seen. Probably not. But, as chairman of “the evaluation panel”, he was presented at the launch of the Gathering Place a year last May as a key, distinguished figure who gave credibility to the scheme. In fact, he set alarm bells ringing from the outset when he offered probably the most risible quote in civic history by claiming that building a wall and concrete pathways at the unspoilt Gathering Place site would “greatly enhance the natural beauty” of the Ness riverside. Since then, nothing has publicly been seen or heard of him in relation to the development. Given the cringe-making absurdity of that initial claim, his absence would be understandable. But it will be fascinating if any supporter of the scheme stands up and tries to explain how a wall and concrete enhances natural beauty.
Provost Helen Carmichael
A dogged supporter of the Gathering Place, she insists it has to be built for financial reasons. She’ll be in the chair and will need to be on better form than she was when the issue was briefly raised at a meeting a few weeks ago. She had to be corrected on proper procedure by Councillor Richard Laird and was also accused of showing bias against councillors opposing the scheme. Will need to be on top of her brief and firmly in charge of tomorrow’s meeting or will face a very difficult afternoon.
Chief executive Donna Manson
Her contribution on the issue came late last week when she said failure to build the Gathering Place would cause “reputational damage” to the council. Expect an audible rumble of frustration from members of the public present if she repeats that claim, with the implication that the reputation of the council is more important than the conservation of the Ness riverside.
Council Leader Margaret Davidson
Has had virtually nothing to say on the merits of the Gathering Place but wants it to go ahead and caused controversy last week when she called fierce opponent of the scheme Ron MacWilliam to account for critical comments he has made in the media. Whether or not she will maintain the persona of a stern headmistress frowning on errant pupils remains to be seen. But will be aware that such a posture is unlikely to stifle criticism and is more likely to inflame it.
Former provosts Jimmy Gray and Alex Graham
Have had nothing to say on whether the Gathering Place will improve the riverside or harm it. Will these two former First Citizens of the Highland Capital finally be bold enough to offer their views on one of the most significant and contentious developments in years?
Councilllor Ron MacWilliam
The leading and most determined opponent of the Gathering Place and the way the issue has been handled will be primed and ready for a meeting he has been demanding be held for months, after the scheme was passed “on the nod” by unelected officials. Deserves more credit than any other councillor for his persistence in bringing about tomorrow’s meeting, which the council hierarchy did not want. Has a mass of criticism he could make, but will need to choose his words carefully for maximum impact.
Councillor Bill Boyd
Armed with the expertise of a former engineer, he tore the construction element of the Gathering Place apart when the issue was briefly raised at a meeting before. His, calm, reasoned and authoritative delivery, backed up by his view that no-one in the near-riverside area he represents wants anything to do with it, was unanswerable. His “voice of the people” demeanour reinforced by his engineering knowledge makes him a highly effective and convincing opponent of the Gathering Place.
Councillor Janet Campbell
Has had little to say so far on the issue, but is known to have deep concerns about the damaging impact of the Gathering Place on the riverside. At the council meeting at which its predecessor, the Tilting Pier, was dumped, her impassioned argument against it was probably the most effective of all on the day. If she’s on repeat form, could help give the Gathering Place a hefty shove into oblivion as well.
Councillor Isabelle MacKenzie
The arts group chairman and driving force behind the Gathering Place has gone from a position of confident certainty that it would be built to recognition that the project is in real jeopardy. When it was briefly raised at a meeting before she did not perform well, saying she knew she’d taken on “a poisoned chalice” without explaining why she’d done so, claimed that colleagues had been laughing behind her back, and accused them of simply wanting to get their names in the papers. They looked on, bewildered by her outburst. Will need to be calmer and rise above the strain of her unenviable position if she wants to rescue the Gathering Place plan.
Councillor Andrew Jarvie
Has changed his mind back and forth on the issue but the Conservative group leader last week strongly criticised the Gathering Place over the lack of planning for disabled people. He himself is disabled. If he comes out against it as a waste of public money – his original stance – he could be influential in bringing other members of the Tory group along with him.
Councillor Alasdair Christie
As depute leader of the council, he has previously expressed the view that there needed to be conciliation over the issue, and the concerns of critics of the scheme must be taken into account. The only councillor who claims no expenses and never has done, funding his work from his own pocket, will he now fall in line with the council hierarchy who want the Gathering Place to go ahead, or will he side with the thousands of critics strongly opposed to it?
Councillors Ken Gowans, Glynis Sinclair, Emma Knox, Richard Laird
The four others, along with MacWilliam and Boyd, who signed up against the Gathering Place to force tomorrow’s meeting to be held. Any or all could provide fireworks if they get in full flow. Glynis Sinclair has previously claimed, in a particularly strong accusation, that there has been council “skulduggery” involved in the issue – but somehow was spared a summons from Margaret Davidson. So expect no mincing of words from her or the other three when they speak out on the issue.
Councillor Roddy Balfour
A quiet but effective voice, he is known to have serious concerns over the Gathering Place and could decide now is the time to publicly make those crystal clear.
Councillors Graham Ross and Carolyn Caddick
Other than Helen Carmichael and Isabel MacKenzie, the only two councillors who have publicly supported the Gathering Place. However that was several months ago, before the groundswell of opposition to it and before a mass protest petition was drawn up. They’ve had nothing to say on the scheme since then. Will they stick with their original support, or will they decide that the views of so many members of the public opposing it should take priority?
The silent ones
If the issue is finely balanced, and we said here last week that it was too close to call, ultimately it’s the stance of those who so far who have had little or nothing to say on the Gathering Place who will decide whether or not it goes ahead. Trish Robertson, Duncan Macpherson, Callum Smith, Bet MacAllister and George Cruickshank have largely kept out of the debate, along with Alex Graham and Jimmy Gray. No-one will be forced to speak out at the meeting, and some may decide to sit it out and maintain a monastic silence on the issue, but under a high level of public scrutiny, that would be seen as a very peculiar and negligent stance to take. Members of the public will be hoping that each and every councillor is prepared to offer their personal opinion on such a contentious issue, with a lack of involvement or candour no longer a credible position to adopt.
Helen Smith and members of the Open Ness group
Petition organiser Helen Smith probably deserves more credit than anyone for preventing such a major riverside development being built with the approval only of unelected officials, as could have happened, without elected councillors having any say on the scheme. She will attend the meeting, along with members of her vigorous and effective campaign group, who have organised public meetings and protests against the Gathering Place. Ms Smith is responsible for bringing together the views of more than 2,300 people who vehemently oppose the concreting over of a natural and unspoilt location, with the simple but explicit demands from many who have left comments on the petition website best summarised as: “The Ness riverside is a place of beauty as it is now. Just leave it alone.”
Members are invited (by the chief executive) to
(i) note that the enhanced governance arrangements that were agreed to by the City of Inverness Area Committee for the delivery of the arts programme have been adhered to throughout;
(ii) note the update on Inverness City Arts Projects;
(iii) note the next steps for the ICArts Working Group;
(iv) note the considerable financial and reputational implications of any decision not to progress any or all of the remaining arts programme;
(v) agree to continue the River Arts Programme under the governance of the ICArts Working Group and as agreed by the City of Inverness Area Committee; and
(vi) note that any decision not to progress the remaining arts programme will require to be remitted to a meeting of the full Council to determine how any additional costs are met.
Still too close to call
In a nutshell, if a majority of councillors vote against continuing the arts programme, of which the Gathering Place is the centrepiece, it will referred back to the full council, where it will inevitably be kicked out. Many councillors from cash-starved areas of the Highlands are resentful of the amount of money spent in Inverness on worthwhile projects, and would without hesitation write off “artwork” that virtually no-one seems to want. Changes and modifications to the arts programme could tomorrow gain consensus. However on the central issue, incomprehensible as it may seem to many people, it is still a distinct possibility that a majority of Inverness councillors will vote to go ahead and build the Gathering Place, resulting in a churned up riverside and months of turmoil ahead.
The meeting will be held at council headquarters, beginning at 2pm, and will be broadcast live on the council website.
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Trump Impeachment Looms Over Biden's First 100 Days Agenda
January 14, 2021 January 14, 2021 3 min read Investors News
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to unveil plans Thursday for fighting Covid and restoring the economy, but the ambitious first 100 days agenda is already overshadowed by the looming Senate trial of his soon-to-be predecessor Donald Trump.
On the day after Trump was impeached in the House of Representatives — becoming the first US president in history subjected to a second impeachment — Biden hopes to seize the narrative and get Americans looking forward again.
In a primetime speech, he is expected to address a twin crisis exceeding even the challenge that faced him as vice president to Barack Obama when they assumed office in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to hit new peaks, the vaccination program is stumbling, and there are fears that the economic recovery from the cratering of 2020 could backslide.
Biden, who will be sworn in on January 20, says his plan is to tackle all of this at the same time, putting one of the darkest periods in American history into the rearview mirror.
One prong will be a third massive Covid relief package since the pandemic began a year ago.
US President-elect Joe Biden wants to get America over Covid and economic crisis Photo: AFP / JIM WATSON
This would include more direct stimulus payments and could also feature new taxes on the wealthy and an increase in the minimum wage.
Biden is also promising to get vaccinations off the ground, with an eye-catching slogan of 100 million shots to be administered in the first 100 days.
It’s a tall order.
Biden takes office with one advantage he wasn’t expecting even a few weeks ago: full control of Congress.
Shock victories by Democrats in Georgia’s two Senate run-off races gave Democrats slim majorities in both chambers. This will also help Biden getting confirmations of his cabinet picks.
The Senate finance committee is set to begin looking at Janet Yellen’s nomination for Treasury secretary on January 19.
Tensions are high in Washington after President Donald Trump’s impeachment Photo: AFP / SAUL LOEB
But the new president will also have to contend with the almost evenly split Senate holding an impeachment trial.
Trump was impeached on Wednesday for inciting insurrection, when he egged on a huge crowd of supporters to march against Congress on January 6. The mob rampaged through the Capitol building, leaving five people dead.
In the Democrats’ dream scenario, the Senate would have convened in emergency session to conduct a lightening trial before January 20, forcing Trump to step down.
But the Republican leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell, scotched that idea, saying there wasn’t time and the rush would be unfair to the president.
As of January 20, McConnell will lose his leadership, ceding to Democrat Chuck Schumer, who is vowing to press ahead.
However, McConnell’s statement that he is open-minded on Trump’s guilt raises the possibility that Trump could still end up being convicted.
If this happened, a second simple majority vote would be enough to bar the real estate tycoon from trying to come back as president in 2024.
Whatever the outcome, Trump is now set to remain at the forefront of US politics, rather than fade into the background, as former presidents traditionally do.
In his first remarks since the impeachment, Biden issued a carefully worded plea late Wednesday for the Senate to help him manage the juggling act.
“I hope that the Senate leadership will find a way to deal with their Constitutional responsibilities on impeachment while also working on the other urgent business of this nation,” Biden said.
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BJP's poll drubbing, Ayodhya shadow on RSS brainstorming meet in Chennai
BJP’s poll drubbing, Ayodhya shadow on RSS brainstorming meet in Chennai
The session, though dubbed routine by the RSS, is expected to offer a "broad guideline" to reconcile the VHP's "Hindus cannot wait for eternity for Ram temple" line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent assertion on the Ayodhya issue
By: PTI | Chennai | January 5, 2019 8:43:20 pm
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will be briefed by 50 senior office-bearers representing different organisations about the work of each of the outfits. (Source: PTI)
The RSS will hold a four-day brainstorming session for its over 30 parivar organisations, including the BJP and the Vishva Hindu Parishad, from Sunday in Chennai. The meet will chiefly look at organisational aspects and carry out a ‘SWOT’ (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis to help the individual outfits with their respective “nationalistic goals.”
The session, though dubbed routine by the RSS, is expected to offer a “broad guideline” to reconcile the VHP’s “Hindus cannot wait for eternity for Ram temple” line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent assertion on the Ayodhya issue, RSS sources indicated.
Modi had in an interview said any legislative initiative — like an ordinance for Ram temple in Ayodhya — will have to wait till the disposal of the dispute in the Supreme Court.
The meet will take stock of BJP’s electoral drubbing in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh besides the work of 30-plus outfits belonging to the larger Sangh parivar.
“It is not a decision-making forum because every organisation is independent and has its own decision-making mechanism,” an RSS spokesperson here told PTI when asked if the meet will take crucial decisions on key issues.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, who has arrived in Chennai, will be briefed by 50 senior office-bearers representing different organisations about the work of each of the outfits.
The spokesperson described the exercise as a “kind of audit” of the progress made and help fine-tune the “nationalistic focus,” by looking at new avenues to accelerate performance.
The views expressed were like providing “value-addition”, the spokesperson said. The office-bearers come with valuable inputs from the grassroots level and will share them at the meeting and that will be enriching for the other outfits too, he said.
While BJP is the “most-known outfit,” in the RSS family, there are several organisations working in different areas such as the Seva Bharathi, which is into social service, relief and rehabilitation, and Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, focused on tribal welfare.
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Photo of a bookshelf with hidden message on coronavirus pandemic impresses netizens
The books have been stacked against each other in such a way that it reveals a hidden message about the coronavirus pandemic.
By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: April 17, 2020 12:55:29 pm
Books have been arranged in such a way that it reveals a message of hope amid the Covid-19 pandemic. (Phil Shaw/ Instagram)
Ingenuity is increasingly becoming a constant theme among netizens to bust the boredom amidst the coronavirus lockdown. Proving this, a photo of a bookshelf arranged in such a way that book titles reveal a hidden message about the virus is going viral on social media.
The special arrangement features popular books like The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje and Stephen King’s IT among others. The books have been stacked against each other in such a way that when one reads across the titles from left to right it reads, “The English patient had caught it on the beach. I should have stayed home she said. Now she was in Quarantine in the dark house of splendid Isolation. Still hope springs eternal with a little bit of luck, common sense and personal hygiene. The corona book of horror stories must end soon. Always remember, clean hands save lives and when in doubt, don’t go out!”
The photo of the bookshelf went viral across social media sites, shared by many libraries, book stores and book clubs. The screenshot of the Instagram post was cropped in such a way that it made it quite difficult for people to credit the genius behind it. However, as the post spread like wildfire across social media sites, a collective effort brought its actual artist to limelight. But what really took everyone by surprise was the fact it wasn’t a photo of an actual bookshelf but a digital-art of books!
Phil Shaw, the British digital-printmaker, uses archival printmaking techniques to blur the line between real and fictional worlds by digitally creating bookshelves to deliver meaningful messages, punched in with sass and humour. In his signature ‘bookshelf’ prints, he uses hyper-real images which would make it impossible for one to realise that it’s an art and not an arrangements of actual books.
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Shelf isolation 2 – the story so far…
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“Awarded his doctorate in ink technology, Shaw uses a specialized eight-colour printing process on fine-grade Hahnemuhle paper,” Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery explained on its website about Shaw’s technique. “His distinctive ‘bookshelf’ prints interrogate the changing place of the printed word in a digital age, and the transfer of meaning through inter-textuality,” the added.
Explaining his philosophy behind the creations, the artist wrote on his website, “My world is a place where humour is a serious matter, and its purpose is not simply to raise a laugh but to call attention to the puzzling absurdities and the dangerous myths, that permeate all our lives.”
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Although he usually shies away from unveiling his artwork on social media platforms and is most seen by patrons in art galleries first, he started sharing his works on his Instagram handle amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
Recently, the artist also created a bookshelf arrangement where books are seen practising ‘social distancing’, featuring works of famous writers.
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“I’ve always been fascinated by the possibility of creating the impossible. In life we all know deep down that magic just ain’t possible, but at the same time we all wish that just once something magical might happen. Just beyond the surface of a picture, the membrane that separates reality from fiction, we are able to experience the impossible,” his website added.
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As part of the work in the Elsecar Heritage Action Zone (a three year partnership project with Barnsley Museums), Historic England has just announced the designation and up-grading of 16 sites by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
The six new sites include the former Elsecar ironworks, which produced plating for HMS Warrior, the Royal Navy’s first armour plated warship; Hemingfield Colliery, a surviving mid-19th century colliery, and a school built by the Earl Fitzwilliam. All the buildings in the Elsecar Heritage Centre have been upgraded to II* and Elsecar New Colliery Scheduled Monument enlarged.
Veronica Fiorato of Historic England said: ‘What is remarkable about Elsecar is that so much of its rich industrial heritage survives today. Not only can we see many of the remains of its collieries and ironworks but also the community that was built around it – the school, the workers cottages and the church. These new listings will both help to raise the profile of Elsecar’s significance and also protect its rich heritage for future generations’.
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Hip-Hop Star Jay-Z Claims Jesus Was Invented To Control Dumb People, While Smart People Worship Satan
dericiousknitty November 14, 2017 November 14, 2017 New World Order, Occult
Hip Hop star Jay-Z has blasted traditional Christian values in an epic rant where he claims to be part of an exclusive club of “smart people” who worships “our true lord; Satan.” The billionaire rapper has also claimed that “God created Lucifer to be the bearer of truth and light,” and that “Jesus never existed” but was merely a “tool created by smart people to control dumb people.” During a backstage tirade at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on Friday, Jay-Z pointed around the room saying, “ya’ll being played.” “There ain’t no Jesus. “Ya’ll slaves to a fake religion. “Do you think I got where I am praying to a guy that don’t exist? “No. I found the guys who invented that guy and I joined the club. “Then I worked my way to the top. “I earned my new form of humanity and maturity when I fully embraced my older brother, Satan.”
The music star claims that Satanism became the “highest form of being” due to the ease of manipulating “mentally-challenged Christians” who “desire to be slaves.” He stated that “there’s real spirituality and guidance in the Church of Satan,” that rewards its followers with “wealth and success,” but “Christians have prayed to God for years and ain’t gotten nothing back, just silence and emptiness.” This, apparently, is what caused Satan to have “gotten a bad rap” from Christians who worship a “fake religion, built by assholes.” Pointing to a small crowd of backstage ticket winners, the multi-Grammy Award-winning musician said: “How many of ya’ll have gotten rich, or famous, after you prayed to God? “Come on, raise your hands?” As the young fans began to murmur nervously, Jay-Z announced: “I can answer for y’all because I am free. “I answer to a higher power. “None of you are rich and none of you are famous because no one is listening to your prayers. “I got everything I wanted because I surrendered to our true lord, Satan. “Because I recognized Jesus is the original fake news, designed to enslave humanity.” “God created Lucifer, not Jesus, so he could rule over us as Satan. “I’m telling you this because I know you guys look up to me and want to emulate me. “I will give you this one guarantee, if you start following the doctrine of Lucifer, you will taste success. “The secret of the universe opens up to you. “It is immediate and glorious.”
The 99 Problems rapper also promoted his Satanic beliefs onstage, telling the audience they should ignore the rules of the venue and the security staff trying to enforce them. Jay-Z instructed his fans to “Do what thou wilt” instead of respecting the rules. jay z wears a sweatshirt emblazoned with the satanic slogan do what though wilt
Jay-Z wears a sweatshirt emblazoned with the Satanic slogan ‘Do What Though Wilt’ It’s no secret Jay-Z is a longtime follower of the English occultist founder of the Satanic religion Thelema, Aleister Crowley. The religion is based on the idea that the beginning of the Aeon of Horus was marked by the start of the 20th century, in which a new ethical code would be adhered to: “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.” This statement indicates that followers, known as Thelemites, should seek out their true path in life, and follow their “True Will.” Jay-Z’s Satanic preaching is just the latest in a long line of public glimpses into the dark side that the rapper has shared. He recreated his image as a dark lord, after starting his career as an aspirational rapper, flashing Illuminati hand gestures and promoting Satanic symbolism as he rose to the top of the music industry. Jay-Z has since attempted to tone down his dark image since establishing himself in the global consciousness as a Devil-worshipping entertainer. However, this latest disturbing rant in New Orleans suggests he has openly embraced the darkest forces in our society, far deeper than ever before. The incident has also sparked fears around the world that the Illuminati has moved onto the next phase of the master plan, and has begun openly promoting sinister spirituality as a viable religious choice for those seeking guidance. Perhaps those most influenced by Jay-Z’s Satanic promotions are his legions of disenfranchised youths, who aspire to one day lead a lifestyle like their hero.
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Meanwhile… I will be praying for him no judgement ….one question though how does Beyonce feel about this she claims to be a Christian… That’s okay J… Here’s the Bible’s answer to your thoughts 1stCorinthians 1:18Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:…….. You can go to the bible to read the rest nothing but love for you
Darby says:
Beyoncé is supposedly a top witch in Hollywood/Music industry. She has said herself she becomes possessed when Sasha Fierce takes over and she has no control of her. CHRISTIANS can’t become inhibited by anything other than the Holy Spirit. There’s is nothing about Beyoncé that is a Christian. The devil himself can quote scripture and claim to be a Christian, but we know that’s not true. Do not be deceived. No Christian would stay married to a devil worshipper.
Bill Hoffman says:
Apparently some of yall forget that Lucifer WAS God’s top dog. Not just a arc angel, but THE arc angel above Michael. Then cast out of heaven for being awoke, and thinking.
gazeahead says:
This is another lie. My cousin Beyoncé and her husband JZ are practicing Methodists. The article is FAKE NEWS!!
Bey wears the symbol of the Bhaphomet on her finger. She is now considered a high level witch
Sosa says:
I disagree with the notion following God wont make you rich. Everything is a choice. If I wanted to become rich, I know a couple of people who would hire me to split people’s wiggs!!!!. Shit I know hoes who suck and fuck anyone and they got bread!!!!. I know men and woman who cheat lie and steal, they got bread.( True riches come but never go!!!.) The Pharaohs tried that earthly shit already. Guess what, when they died they couldn’t take it with them, and the broke people who buried them, dug them up and got paid. Stay focuse people, money is not a Formidable foundation, it’s your choices in life!!!!.
Jacqueline coats says:
U are so right and people really are believing this crap
Geraldinesmith1228@gmail.com says:
I use to think Jay Z was really cool now u know he is a complete ass hole how the fuck do you think believe all that bullshit coming out your mouth?I never knew we had so many ignorant black people’s in this world I feel sorry for his kids cause he is forcing that bullshit in their heads I hope and pray Beyonce ain’t alouding her kids to believe any of that non-sense im done with Jay Z dam dummy just because satan provided u with money and fame dont mean he is to be worship he’s tricking you right to hell with him lets see if your billions can stop that fire from burning your ass up?aint no u haul truck pulling up there to deliver it either 99problems and a bitch ain’t one well 99problem and satan can’t save u so get your hands up its to late once you’re there in hell you better change your life before its to late ill be praying for God to have mercy on you in Jesus name amen
Kieta41 says:
Absolutely nonsense, i will pray for him and his soul… what profits a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul that’s a true statement.
Emiolachuka says:
Jay,I luv u nd Neva want u t perish,come back t Jesus
That’s why it’s lonely
Edmund Dontess says:
She is good with it because she is a Christian. Christianity is a proponent of satanism. They teach jesus is white, Israelites are white and to worship jesus rather than THE MOST HIGH GOD. All things contrary to scripture.
Shalawam
Beyoncé and JZ are practicing Methodists. Pray for yourselves for besmirching their character. There church home is St. John’s Methodist Church Downtown.
Don’t let the CHANGE CHANGE you! Every good and perfect gift comes from God! You didn’t need no help from the devil. FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH! But the GIFT OF GOD is ETERNAL LIFE with JESUS CHRIST GOD’S ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER. WHO BLED AND DIED FOR US ALL. THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS LIFE THAT WILL SAVE YOU FROM THE WRATH TO COME; not even satan. DON’T BE FOOLED OR FOOLISH
Ree says:
Key word: Beyonce “claims” to be a Christian! She is a demon possessed high ranking witch in Hollywood who by her own admission stated that Sasha Fierce who is her alter ego is a spirit (demon) that takes over her body during performances. She states when she sings on her own. Her vocals are not strong neither is her dance moves! She gyrates on stage and in her videos singing about explicit things and giving fellatio to her husband. She also stated that the things she does on stage she would never do when she isn’t possessed and she doesn’t like Sasha Fierce but if that’s not enough of a convincing. How about her song “Lemonade” where there is a line in the song that speaks about her using the Bible yes you heard me correctly the Bible to plug up her menses (to stop the blood flow on her period)! She consistently throws up 666 and the symbol for baphomet! I can go on and on and on but I don’t have the time.
Jeff Connors says:
Satanism, Luciferianism, and Thelema are all separate Left Hand Paths that have nothing to do with each other. Nothing in this article describes actual Satanism. Satanism is atheistic. The writer is clearly just as ignorant as the people reading this.
Next week this person will put out a report about how the LGBTQ, neo-nazi, black lives matter, antifa, are all a bunch of taliban extremists! You see how friggin stupid that sounds! To anyone that actual believes this garbage enjoy your plate of ignorance served by the ignorant!
Erastus Godfrey says:
This whole world (world system) lies in
the hands of wickedness that j z is a part of and he and all those without Jesus Christ (the one and only saviour of the world…the one who he says is
made up for dum people) have no chance of escape of satan and will
certainly be lost for all eternity…”For
God so loved the world that HE gave his
only begotten Son that who so ever
believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” If he or any man does not accept God’s only plan of salvation they will perish in HELL for all eternity…..What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and then lose your soul….You can’t afford to be wrong about this one!!!!!!!
Preston Venzant says:
This sounds way too stupid to be true. Even though, since there are people who actually are as foolish as JayZ is described they just don’t believe they will die. Death comes and that money will be of no value. It will not cool the flames of hell. Not one degree.
Funn says:
Anyone who believes this garbage story wants to believe this lie.
Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess Jesus is Lord.
Stanley white says:
You should seriously listen to the words of his music before you swear for him
I’m not surprised. It’s really lonely at the top when you realize that you’ve been had by the Father of Lies. The devil.
Xzej says:
Fuckin black evil ugly cow who believe satan May ur soul be burnt in hell
Nancy Henry says:
I would like to take an I.Q. test alongside this genius, easily disproving his claims, since he wants to gauge the intelligence levels of such a large group of people.
Stan “TheMan” Ferguson says:
I DIDN’T KNOW THAT
Sweetart says:
The only STUPID people out there are the people who buy or support your music and concerts!!!! YOU’RE THE FOOL ! WHEN YOU DIE YOU WILL SEE HOW REAL THE DEVIL AND HELL IS AND THERE’S NO END TO IT!! YOU BETTER ENJOY YOUR FAME AND YOUR MONEY NOW BECAUSE ONCE YOU DIE IT WON’T HAVE NO VALUE IN HELL!
William H Nickerson says:
What he’s saying is true God did give power to satan over the earth. But not to follow. See satan woke up to the fact music is the fastest way to recruit. Everybody loves music so what better way to gain popularity. There isn’t he have crept into the churches. I want name any names but they’re going to expose themselves soon. God say if you are of me you will know those that are not, so those that are of God already know and what I said is true oh I could go on and on. Have you heard everything that glitter and gold. I’m telling you don’t follow the glitter. Character and morals are to be followed.
Doe says:
Wow. Whomever wrote this fake ass garbage and called it news. Was laying in the blissful field of sure ignorance way too long, looking green like a lit chrismas of jealousy. I mean wow. It takes a lot of anger and passion to manipulate people to your point of view. To show how much evil is in this world. What you consider this article news. You just venting and stating your opinion with religious beliefs.
Dre fleming says:
This shit is stupid
Tim S Funk says:
That is today’s problem, pushing gays, lesbos, trans, war, gangs, any anti-christianity. John 3.16 John 3.17. keep your money, use it wisely because in the end it will burn with you sole for forever. I will pray for you as a Christian. But believe me your time on Earth will be limited, because the devil will snatch you up in a hurry.
What he’s saying is true God did give power to satan over the earth. But not to follow. See satan woke up to the fact music is the fastest way to recruit. Everybody loves music so what better way to gain popularity. Where isn’t he not crept into, the churches. I want name any names but they’re going to expose themselves soon. God say if you are of me you will know those that are not, so those that are of God already know and what I said is true oh I could go on and on. Have you heard everything that glitter and gold. I’m telling you don’t follow the glitter. Character and morals are to be followed.
Kandy says:
Man this dude has sold his soul to the devil, plain & simple! And the main thing about this is he can’t take none of this wealth & gold chains & whatever with him when he croaks. Not gonna do him any good beyond the grave! Yeah, his good ole Lucifer is gonna be waiting on him at death, & it’s not gonna be pretty! Really sad that someone in his position would be so DUMB but think he is so smart. Yes, there is Jesus he is real & I believe in Him & I think I wanna bet on Him rather than go with the evil one & burn in Hell forever! They say there will be more ppl in Hell than go to Heaven & that is sad. But you can keep your wealth I have happiness I have never had in my life just having Jesus in my life!! I have plenty, enough that is, God provides, & that’s what He does. I had nothing before! Own my own home, have 2 cars, 2 motorcycles, bills are paid, food on table, & i thank God for it everyday! I just he is WRONG & I pray for ppl like this, all I can do!
Mavelenzo says:
Jyzee is crazy 🤪 he is a fool
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Maharashtra COVID-19 positive cases touch 215
The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra touched 215 with 12 new testing positive, health officials said here on Monday.
They include five new cases in Pune, three in Mumbai, two in Nagpur, and one each in Kolhapur-Nashik.
The state has so far notched eight deaths, including two patients in their forties, a 40-year old woman from Mumbai, the youngest victim so far, and a 45-year old man from Buldhana, both with no previous history of foreign travel.
The current breakdown is -- Mumbai 88, Pune 42, Sangli 25, Thane 23, Nagpur 16, Ahmednagar 05, Yavatmal 04, Satara and Kolhapur 2 each, one each in Nashik, Ratnagiri, Aurangabad, Sindhudurg, Gondia, Buldhana and Jalgaon, besides one from Gujarat.
Against these, 38 patients who have fully recovered have been discharged in the state so far, including from Mumbai, Pune, Yavatmal, Nagpur and Aurangabad.
As many as 17,151 persons are in 'home quarantine' across the state and 960 are in institutional quarantine.
All government hospitals in cities and districts are fully geared to handle the coronavirus crisis and isolation wards have been set up in all medical colleges in the state.
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Last Tuesday, I got up before 5 a.m., put on multiple layers of clothes, grabbed a hurried breakfast, packed water and snacks, then headed for a nearby precinct where I was assigned to work during this year’s municipal elections. This year was the third year I’ve served as a non-partisan precinct officer during early voting and/or on election days, after receiving initial training and participating in annual refresher courses.
A touchstone of our training is to do everything in our power to allow a prospective voter to cast a ballot. As our political process has become more divisive and hyper-partisan, this can be complicated. Successive gerrymanders and court challenges have sometimes moved voters from one jurisdiction to another, even when they have not physically changed address. Economic downturns and regional disparities have caused other voters to relocate, often without the will or the resources to become aware of issues, candidates, or election dates and procedures in their new locales. Identification requirements have changed frequently and can be confusing, even to precinct workers. Some prospective voters are homeless, making address verification especially difficult.
Luckily for me, the precinct where I worked in this year’s election was relatively stable. Interest in the election was high, with contested races for town mayor and several town council seats. During the nearly thirteen hours from the time our doors opened for voting until the final voter revved his car into the parking lot and panted his way through the precinct entrance a minute before closing, we were rarely idle. Seven of us combined our efforts to perform needed precinct tasks: we verified names and addresses, authorized voting for those properly registered, handed out ballots, answered questions, redirected those who’d showed up at the wrong precinct, gently dissuaded those who’d showed up on the wrong date, provided advice and provisional ballots for those whose voting status was in question, thanked citizens for voting and gave them “I voted” stickers, checked and cross-checked voting tallies to make sure our manual and automated counts stayed reconciled.
A few days after the election came Veterans’ Day. Originally established as a holiday to commemorate the armistice that ended the “war to end all wars” on November 11, 1918 at 11 a.m. and later expanded to include all U.S. veterans, we’ve sometimes degraded the day’s significance. Rather than a reflection on the tragedies and sacrifices of war, we’ve sometimes substituted a jingoistic, commercial-laden extravaganza of pious political sloganeering and holiday sales. The original meaning of Veterans’ Day came home to me more clearly the following day, a Sunday, when our religious congregation honored the living veterans in our community of worshipers and seekers. Some in this varied lot of men and women, ranging from oldsters to those barely out of their teens, had endured hardships and dangers much more severe than the uncomfortable chairs and brief days’ spells of disrupted eating I’d experienced. Yet their sacrifices were partly in service to the work I’d recently participated in. The values we hold dear—fairness, humility, compassion, inclusion—have been fought for at the ballot box as courageously as on any battlefield.
One of our oldest and largest veterans’ rights organizations, Veterans of Foreign Wars, states its mission as honoring veterans’ service, plus making sure veterans get the full benefits they deserve. To ensure this, the group lobbies as an organization, but much of its strength comes from members’ capacity and willingness to vote.
Helping preserve our values and our democracy requires free and fair elections in which as many of us as possible participate. My election-assistance services are episodic and short-lived, but important nevertheless. I’m glad to be among the veterans of domestic elections.
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Above with Stephen Hewett, (Left) Helen Fitt, winner Best Presentation and (Right) Vikash Kumar, winner, Best Paper
7/05/2019, Christchurch - At the 2019 T-Tech Future Transport Conference, winners and highly commended presentations were announced in two categories, for best presentation, and also best paper (and associated presentation). Helen Fitt, Lincoln University and Angela Curl, University of Otago won the Best Presentation category with their presentation "Lime and the La-Z-Boy: A story of the social integration of transport technology into urban life". Vikash Kumar of NZTA collected the award for Best Paper entitled "A Scalable Approach towards Predicting Travel Times of Commuter Buses, Trains & Ferries in Real Time" which included the work of four of his NZTA team members, Steven Hayman, Karim Cisse, Shiv Maheshwari, and Edwin Ng.
Winners of each category were gifted a framed certificate and win up to $5000 towards attending an international transport conference, for example, the ITS World Congress which takes place in Singapore later this year. There were also three highly commended certificates presented to Mahmood Hikmet, Ohmio Automotion for his presentation as well as to Paul Minnett, of Tripconvergence and Dr Glen Koorey of Viastrada for their papers and associated presentations.
Leading up to the event, papers and presentations had been called for in late 2018, and with close to 40 submissions received, after screening, 8 presentations and 20 papers were selected to be presented to the conference.
The 170 delegates at the conference were then invited to vote via the ITSNZ website identifying the two best in each category on the content and delivery of each category, the judging panel totalled scores, identifying the winners and a number of highly commended entries which were of very high calibre and popular with voters.
Chief Judge Stephen Hewett, ITSNZ VP of International Programme and part of the T-Tech events committee announced the winners and presented the certificates, as pictured below.
"The calibre across all speakers and papers was extremely high, making the task for judges very tough, and it was not clear who would win until delegates cast their votes at the conclusion of T-Tech's first day." said Hewett.
"Being the first time we have called for papers we were extremely pleased to receive such a good number of submissions on a diverse range of topics. The presentations included real-world projects, innovative concepts and research outcomes, all delivered by experts in their fields. The topics which covered everything from Mobility as a Service (MaaS), public transport, traffic management to transport behaviours and aligned perfectly with T-Tech's wider future transport themes."
"With submissions coming from industry, academia and government, it really encapsulates what ITS New Zealand aims to achieve with the conference, bringing together all sectors to share and discuss innovations, research and project outcomes."
All papers and presentations are available for ITSNZ members via the website, and also for conference attendees until the end of July.
The three best papers are available to view here:
Vikash Kumar, NZTA | A Scalable Approach towards Predicting Travel Times of Commuter Buses, Trains & Ferries in Real Time
Dr Glen Koorey, Viastrada | Who should control Mobility as a Service?
Paul Minnett, Tripconvergence | Buying decongestion: Crazy idea or credible solution?
Below with certificates presented by Stephen Hewett: (Left) Dr Mahmood Hikmet, Ohmio Automotion, Highly Commended Presentation, (Middle) Dr Glen Koorey, Viastrada, Highly Commended Paper and (Right) Paul Minnett, Tripconvergence, Highly Commended Paper
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Ronaldo Becomes First Person In The World To Reach 250 Million Followers On Instagram
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Superstar footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo reached an impressive milestone by becoming the most followed person on Instagram with over 250 million followers.
The Juventus and Portuguese striker is also the most followed person on Facebook and the most followed sportsperson on Twitter.
In 2020, Ronaldo had also reached the milestone of having the most-liked photo on Instagram. His tribute post to Argentine legend Diego Maradona, following his death, received 19.7 million likes
With his new Instagram achievement , Ronaldo is followed behind by popular celebrities, including singer Ariana Grande (214 million followers) and actor and wrestling icon Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (209 million), who are second and third respectively in terms of followers on Instagram.
Ronaldo’s arch-rival and Argentina footballer, Lionel Messi is said to be ranked second among sportspersons on Instagram with 174 million followers.
The Portuguese footballer is also the highest earner on Instagram through sponsored posts. As per reports, Ronaldo earns between USD 466,000 and USD 777,000 for each post on the platform. The 35-year-old reportedly earned USD 47.8 million from paid posts on Instagram in 2020.
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School of Rock: Churchill choir set for 2012 Westfest mainstage
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Posted on April 18, 2013 August 10, 2015
Churchill School of Rock 2012. Cool choir set to rock Westfest. Photo by Kathleen Wilker
By Kathleen Wilker
“Yo, yo, yo!” shouts School of Rock director Ray Kalynuk, calling his students to order. “Check it!” respond they respond, in chorus. Since he became involved in organizing Churchill Alternative’s cool, kid-friendly choir over seven years ago, Kalynuk has noticed the hip, inclusive vibe permeate the school.
The 96 member choir is open to all students in grades four through six and is often accompanied by 30 or so members of the schools’ ukulele club as well as a band made up of teachers, parents and students on guitar, percussion, piano and stand up double bass.
“Since I’ve been in Junior Kindergarten I’ve been looking forward to joining the School of Rock,” says Westboro’s Aiden Sarkozy.
“Everyone’s welcome and the teachers and parents listen to the kids’ opinions about what songs we want to play,” says Molly Goodman, also of Westboro.
The School of Rock is performing on the Main Stage at Westfest this year (2012) on June 10 at 12:30. “When we approached Westfest, we were actually thinking we might be able to perform on the street,” explains Kalynuk, also a Westboro resident. “We never imagined we’d go straight to the Main Stage.”
“It’s great that Westfest is excited to have us perform,” enthuses Mia Fowler who can’t wait to play Footloose in front of the Westfest crowds and has been practicing her guitar in preparation. “We have so much fun on stage—you can be out there and wild. But usually only our family and a few friends have a chance to see us. This is a chance to perform for a bigger crowd. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity.”
Choosing music that inspires and engages young people who are just beginning to develop their own musical taste is one of the goals of The School of Rock, according to Kalynuk who has to vet song choices to make sure they are all-ages appropriate. Rolling in the Deep, Life is a Highway, Crocodile Rock, Under Pressure, Walking on Sunshine were all on the playlist this year.
“We had to narrow our set to six songs,” says Brooke Auger, who has just arrived in Westboro via England. “So we picked the ones that we could sing the loudest and that had the most kid musicians.”
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The Cannes Film Festival is back on track this Tuesday. This is an opportunity to review 5 cult Arab films that won awards on the Croisette...
5. A thousand months
by Faouzi Bensaïdi (Morocco)
First Look Award 2003
Mille Mois tells the story of the daily life of Mehdi, 7 years old, forced, with his mother Amina, to move to his grandfather’s house in the heights of the Moroccan Atlas after his father’s imprisonment. The boy who knows nothing of his father’s situation, gets used to his new life in the mountains.
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Golden Palm for the short film 2015
Disillusioned by his life in a remote suburb of Beirut, Omar enters the depths of the Lebanese capital. There he meets a familiar universe but yet so far from his own reality and comes to question his identity and integrity. An animated short film, Waves’98 offers a real visual and sensory experience.
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Jury Prize 2002
This is a story of a romance sprinkled with black humour. Intervention divine depicts the daily life of Es, a Palestinian from Jerusalem who falls in love with a Palestinian woman from Ramallah. Palestine being fragmented, the love story between the two souls seems impossible, Es and his chosen being forced to meet in a deserted car park near an Israeli checkpoint.
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In a Beirut court, Zain, a 12-year-old boy, appears before the judge. To the question: “Why are you suing your parents?”, the child answers: “Because they gave me life! “. Capernaum looks back at the journey of this child with no identity and his rebellion against a world that has excluded him.
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4: SHOCK
Calum disembarked his aircraft almost before it had even grounded. Jerome was right behind him, carrying the medical pack on his back and toting a collapsed stretcher under his right arm. Tami, who had piloted the craft down to about a hundred meters away from where Alma lay motionless, followed behind them. All three were dressed in their heavy suits, which was like wearing a layer of radiation-resistant gel. Counter to their name, they actually felt quite light on the body, because they were fitted with fine motion assisters that sensed any force applied by the wearer and amplified the corresponding motion within the suit.
They ran to Alma, who lay limp in her own heavy suit. Though shielded by her protective, transparent mask, Alma’s face pointed up toward the old Shanghai entrance gate, while her eyes were closed.
Jerome and Calum knelt hurriedly beside Alma. Calum laid a gloved hand on her shoulder, lightly shaking her. “Alma,” he said. “Alma, what happened?”
Jerome whipped out the medical pack in front of him. He said to Calum, “Vital signs from her suit were not accessible from base. If it’s the transmission that’s the problem, I can plug in to her helmet and get some information that way, at least. We’re going to have to lift her facemask, though. I’ll have to use the emergency release valve.” He indicated a little red dial underneath Alma’s facemask.
“I’d prefer to get her back to the ship before we try any emergency suit release.” Calum’s forehead wrinkled. “Can we check her wrist-panel? That would tell us pretty quickly whether her suit’s completely dead or not—”
He rounded Alma’s body toward her right arm, splayed beneath her, and lurched backward—her wrist-panel had been completely enveloped by the dark moss, which had grown in a thin but telltale line across the meter or so of ground from the city wall.
“Should we get her back to the ship?” asked Jerome, horrified.
“No,” said Calum, “not if we’re contaminated by that stuff, the way it grows. Have you seen anything like it, Tami?”
Tami shook her head. “It must be far more advanced than we thought. It happened so fast it’s like a time-lapse of normal chemotaxis… except instead of growing toward chemicals, it looks like it’s growing toward our technology. Look how it’s concentrated on the wrist-panel. I have no idea how this type of life might work—it could be there’s a whole host of microorganisms around us doing things that make sense together, but which are invisible to us.”
“Alright, Jerome, we should get her away from the moss. Do the emergency release—radiation levels are low enough for a short exposure. Tami, get the ship ready for a quick boarding and bio-decontamination if possible!” Tami turned and hastened back toward the resting aircraft. Calum reached for the stretcher, which had extended to its full length and was hovering half a meter above the ground.
Jerome put a hand to Alma’s helmet and set it on the metal ring that lined her facemask. In an instant, he shouted in surprise and recoiled. “It’s hot!” he exclaimed.
Calum was rapidly growing more distressed. He had to get Alma back to the aircraft. “Jerome, let’s get her onto the cot, but be careful what you touch,” he said. In the back of his mind, he thought, isn’t this the kind of dangerous, physical work we have drones for? Didn’t Alma have a drone, linked directly to her suit controls?
Jerome had set the stretcher on the ground next to Alma. “You get her legs,” he told Calum. Calum stamped on the trail of moss leading to her arm, and it crumbled without resistance. Alma’s arm twitched, but then lay still again.
Calum reached for her feet while Jerome hooked his hands beneath her armpits. It was hot, the visible metallic connections especially. Had Alma suffered serious burns inside the suit?
The two of them lifted Alma just off the ground, and shuffled sideways above the stretcher. All of a sudden, Calum noticed that his arms were tingling, and he felt a mystifying warmth pulse through his suit. “Jerome, do you feel that tingling?” he asked through their helmet communications system.
“Yes, it’s hot too—here we go—I’m raising the stretcher—”
And as Jerome reached for the small control panel of the stretcher, he collapsed.
Calum, too, had barely enough time to register Jerome falling when he felt every one of his muscles seize and then fall limp in barely an instant. The world closed in, black, as the fire that was the powerful electric surge receded from his body back through his heavy suit.
Tami was, by all means, also too young to be on the most important scientific expedition of the millennium. Yet she was ambitious, confident, energetic, intelligent—all qualities that Calum had picked out right away when creating his research team—and she was five years Alma’s elder, so she avoided much of the public scrutiny on the team for perceived inexperience. Tami had first joined forces with Calum during the ecoconstruction of Maltiste II, a surprisingly Earthlike planet (human destruction aside, of course) with a curious absence of life. Calum had been impressed by her ability and had worked with her in several research settings after that, eventually offering her a place aboard the expedition—with reluctant approval of the Galactic Commission, who had recommended an ecoconstructionist with more years of experience but (in Calum’s eyes) less propensity for innovation.
Tami’s style of innovation, however, was at a desk-monitor brooding over different habitat pathways, and not at the helm of an aircraft overlooking her friends falling victim to some unknown menace. Her “quick thinking on her feet” usually meant satisfying the complaints of some old tenured ecology hag who’d noticed a flaw in her constructions in a public lecture. Now, she watched in horror from aboard the aircraft as her two colleagues fell, stricken by the same force that had conquered Alma. She felt her own veins freeze and desperately willed herself not to panic. Think, she told herself.
The thing—whatever it was—that caused this collapsing obviously spread through touch. It also had to do with the moss, which was perhaps some sort of infectious agent, though the most virulent and rapid one she had ever encountered. She shuddered as she contemplated the implications, desperately willing her mind to focus. Was this why she’d been recommended to the team for her “quick thinking on her feet”—for situations like this? To think it was all based on her satisfying some tenured old ecologist with an impromptu lecture-hall answer on the delayed introduction of protozoan parasites!
Focus, Tami! As long as she was out of the moss’s reach, she was safe. But she couldn’t leave her trio of colleagues—but would she fare any better if she tried to help?
The ship’s comm-panel crackled faintly and Kira’s voice materialized. “Tami,” she said, “are you on board? Please affirm. I see Jerome and Calum have fallen, and I’ve lost any signal from their suits.”
Tami scrambled to the comm-panel. “Kira!” she said. “I’m here inside the ship, I was supposed to get ready for a quick takeoff, but Calum and Jerome just collapsed—what do I do?”
“Breathe, Tami,” said Kira. “Thank Earth, I thought you might be gone too.” Almost to herself. “Just stay in the ship. Let’s see—by the inventory listings, your aircraft should have on board two personal drones. Do you know where they are?”
“Yes,” said Tami, thankful for instructions she could follow.
“Good,” continued Kira, “we should be able to use those to get the three of them back without putting you in harm. Alma’s already on a hover-stretcher, which is good. The two p-drones should have no problem carrying one person each. If you control the drones from the ship, are you in range?”
“I should be,” said Tami.
“Okay, good—go then!”
Tami hurried down to the boarding bay of the aircraft, where a portion of the floor had lowered in a ramp to the ground. The boarding bay harbored racks of equipment along its walls, much of which was emptier than it had been designed for (bureaucracy and funding cuts had affected even the most exceptional of research missions).
She scanned the walls and found the two human-sized niches containing personal drones. Like most of their kind, these p-drones were crudely anthropomorphic, but lacked legs and instead floated above the floor in most atmospheres, using a lighter version of the same technology that flew the aircraft. Tami ran to them and removed the control chips from the slots in their heads, causing the “READY” indicator on both to light up with a dark red. She deposited the control chips into her wrist-panel’s receptacle, which was designed to allow control of up to eight drones or machines at once, from her own arm. At this, the “READY” indicator on each drone turned to green.
She hurriedly punched in a few commands into her wrist-panel and motioned down the boarding ramp. The drones, which had slid from their wall niches, turned quickly and sped down toward Tami’s unresponsive teammates at a speed impossible for human legs. Tami turned and ran back to the control room.
“Okay, I’m back,” she said, checking into the comm-panel. “I told the p-drones to get to them but wait for further instruction—now what? I’m afraid that if they touch them, the p-drones will be infected, too.”
“Yes,” agreed Kira. “Let’s try to get Alma back first, since she’s on a stretcher already.”
“I think Jerome has the controls for the stretcher—but it can also be pushed manually.” Through her wrist-panel, Tami had one of the p-drones, P-72, move to the stretcher and begin pushing it toward the ship. She watched with bated breath, praying for just a hundred meters without mishap.
They had barely traveled ten, however, when Tami was convinced something was amiss. P-72 appeared to be slowing down instead of speeding up; indeed, the drone seemed largely unresponsive to her wrist-panel commands.
“Kira, it’s slowing down! I think I’ve lost control of the p-drone. Something—someone else is controlling it!”
“Is it in range?”
“It was working fine seconds ago, I think it’s the stretcher… it’s like it’s been taken over by a virus, it’s become infected, it’s like it’s turning our technology against us, somehow—”
“Mother Earth! Okay, okay. Is it possible to get the ship closer—”
And Tami heard no more, for a tremendous screeching sound rent the air. It was the sound of metal on metal, twenty thousand years of neglected lubrication, and to Tami it sounded like twenty thousand souls screaming for justice. The old, sealed gate into Shanghai, greatest and most doomed city of the Ancients, was opening.
Moments earlier, Calum’s head and body had ached in the most complete way it ever had. He had struggled to open his eyes and had thought little about anything except feeling that all his limbs and internals still existed.
At length, his eyes had fluttered open and he had seen a steel torso floating motionlessly above him. A p-drone? Attending to him, he had guessed. Not doing a very good job. And he had realized, as his sense of feeling had returned, that he was in a suit, a heavy suit, because he was—of course!—on Earth—he lay on Earthly ground and that was why he was in a heavy suit, and he had fallen to the ground after he had been—invaded?—
At this point, a sense of crushing urgency had lodged in Calum’s delirious mind. He needed to get up, and so he had tried to move his arm, that was a logical first step, but his heavy suit had resisted, or rather, it hadn’t conformed to his every motion, hadn’t supported his movements like any good heavy suit should do… And so he had been left with an arm deliriously pushing against a heavy suit with no intention of moving, and for anyone who has not lifted a dead heavy suit before, they are indeed quite heavy. And why was he resisting the stiffness of the heavy suit’s arm, that just wanted to lie there…?
And thus did the scream of twenty thousand souls split the Earthly air and Calum’s full consciousness return in a spectacular instant.
Ignoring his pain, he hauled himself up against the stiffness of his lifeless heavy suit. He saw very little above the scream, but he saw Jerome first, who was also feebly stirring. Like the rest of his suit, Calum’s comm was dead, and so he turned his face to the left inside his helmet, where a small red control protruded out. He had never had occasion to use this feature before, despite its presence in all extravehicular suits, but now he extended his neck forward and bit down hard on the small cylinder. The emergency release functioned via an entirely mechanical apparatus, and Calum could hear the mechanical clicking as his facemask and helmet disconnected, and the rest of his suit split completely down both sides in one continuous seam. In a second, the front and back of his heavy suit had fallen apart, and Calum scrambled to his feet, free of it.
Jerome was indeed moving, and when Calum leapt over to him, his eyes were wide open. He made as if to speak, but even if his helmet were off or his comm working, the terrible screeching would have drowned his words out. Calum knelt and pressed his bare finger to the red knob beneath Jerome’s chin; it was hot to the touch. Twisting the depressed dial, he activated the external emergency release on Jerome’s suit. It split the same way Calum’s had just moments ago.
Jerome struggled to his feet with Calum’s help. He was evidently still in pain but managed to stand on his own and, at Calum’s motioned directive, began hobbling toward the aircraft.
The terrible screeching came to a halt, allowing Calum’s brain a rest from the sensory overload. He turned his attention to Alma, whom they had left on the stretcher, which was now—gone… no, which was now disappearing into the blackness behind the open gate of Shanghai, pushed by a p-drone! A p-drone directed by whose wrist-panel? “Alma!” cried Calum, and yet she had vanished.
“Calum! It’s taking over our drones!” Tami’s voice rang out to him. She stood at the base of the aircraft’s boarding ramp. “Come, we need to go!” Jerome was halfway to the aircraft already, and in a few seconds would join her.
Calum froze. He did not know whether to pursue Alma through the open gate, or dash back to the waiting vessel. He couldn’t leave one of his researchers, unconscious at best, out on the open Earth, and yet he was clearly dealing with some sort of sentience, a pervasive, deliberate, malevolent force that he did not understand.
“Calum!” cried Tami. “Now!”
The unearthly screeching began again, and this time the moss-covered gate was closing. The devilish wailing flooded Calum’s senses and he made a mad dash for the city. Perhaps it was only a notion from the big action holos he’d seen, but he knew he would make it before the gate closed. He had to reach Alma. His legs, so adverse to movement just moments before, carried him more swiftly than they had in years—
He felt a blow from behind as his legs gave out, and he fell into the well-timed sweep of the personal droid’s arms. P-99 flashed toward the aircraft and up the ramp while Jerome and Tami both sprinted up it. The droid dumped Calum onto the floor, then—according to Tami’s wrist-panel commands—turned and flew down back to the Earth, where it crashed into a stocky tree and fell to the ground, smoking. With a single shake of Tami’s arm, the two droid control chips popped out. As the ramp rose, sealing them in from the strange Earth, she chucked the two tiny chips as hard as she could. They fluttered from the aircraft down to the dry earth below.
She returned to her wrist-panel and, with the last control chip remaining in it—the one connected to the ship’s control room—she initiated takeoff. Rising smoothly from the ground, the aircraft propelled up and away from the Earth, leaving behind it a crumpled droid, two spent heavy suits, and a friend swallowed by the untouchable Ancient city.
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Kupenda Frequently Asked Questions
Our Story Over the Years
What does “Kupenda” mean?
Kupenda means “love” in Swahili. It means an ongoing state of love or the action of love. Through our advocacy interventions, we aim to create communities of love and support for families impacted by disability in low income countries. Most of these families experience widespread stigma and discrimination by people who believe disabilities are caused by curses or witchcraft.
What does “Kuhenza” mean?
Kuhenza is the same word as Kupenda which means “love” in Giriama, the local language in the coastal community in Kenya where our work started.
What is the difference between the Kupenda and Kuhenza organizations?
Kupenda is the name of our U.S. organization and Kuhenza is our affiliate organization in Kenya. For the past 20 years, these organizations have been working together to create a fully integrated society where people of all abilities have access to health, education, and a loving community.
How did Kupenda begin?
Leonard Mbonani, a Kenyan special needs teacher, met Cynthia Bauer, an American graduate student, while she was conducting wildlife research on the Kenyan coast. Cynthia was born without her left hand and discovered that many people in Kenya believed disabilities like hers were caused by curses and she may have even been killed if she had been born there. This knowledge inspired Cynthia to respond when Leonard introduced her to children with disabilities who did not have access to medical care or education. In addition to providing educational assistance, Cynthia and Leonard supported medical interventions and worked with families and communities to change superstitions connected to disability. Because of these efforts and needs, Kupenda for the Children was registered as an official U.S. nonprofit in 2003 and Kuhenza for the Children was registered as an official Kenyan nonprofit in 2007. Together they have the vision of a fully-integrated society where people of all abilities have access to health, education, and a loving community. Over the years, Kupenda and Kuhenza have expanded their direct service model to include an Advocacy Program through which thousands of parents and community leaders have been trained to act as advocates who provide counseling and care for children with disabilities in their communities.
What is Kupenda’s mission?
We transform harmful beliefs surrounding disability to those that improve children’s lives.
Where does Kupenda work?
Our innovation center is in the Kilifi region of Kenya but our model and materials are also being used in parts of Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Malawi, and Haiti and can be adapted for use in all low and middle income countries. Learn more about our global programs here.
Who does Kupenda consider to have a disability?
Kupenda uses the United Nations’ definition of disability:
“The term persons with disabilities is used to apply to all persons with disabilities including those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various attitudinal and environmental barriers, hinders their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.”
The existence of varying attitudinal and environmental barriers mean that a person may be regarded as having a disability in one society but not in another.
Does Kupenda for the Children only serve children?
No. The founding work of Kupenda was based on providing education to children with disabilities. The primary focus of Kupenda’s work continues to be with children, youth, and their families. According to the United Nations, individuals are considered to be youth up to 24 years old. However, because many children with disabilities start school much later in life due to multiple barriers, Kupenda sometimes supports youth past 24 years old. Kupenda’s work reducing stigma and sensitizing communities about disability justice also benefits people with disabilities of all ages.
How are people with disabilities included in leadership of Kupenda?
Kupenda for the children was founded and is led by Cynthia Bauer, a woman living with disability. Kuhenza was founded by and led by Leonard Mbonani, who is a cancer survivor, which is also considered a disability in his country of Kenya. Eighty percent of Kupenda’s board members have disabilities.
Kupenda also works with area Disabled Person’s Organizations (DPOs) and ensures that our program beneficiaries, graduates, and other people with disabilities and their family members are involved in designing and leading all of our workshops and program activities.
How are my donations being used?
Your donations support children, youth, and families impacted by disabilities in low income countries through activities related to education, medical intervention, and advocacy. Kupenda and Kuhenza both report regularly to their respective governments to maintain our nonprofit status in each country. The clearest and up-to-date financial summaries are available in our most recent annual report.
Are my donations secure?
Yes, your donations are secure. The safety and security of your personal information and donations is extremely important to us. We do not share your information with any other parties and all of our online donation systems are secure.
Kupenda uses third-party services to make sure that your donation and information is kept secure. Our online donation page uses Stripe, which exceeds the most stringent security standards:
SSL Protected: All transactions are SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protected. Your information is securely transmitted during the processing of all payments.
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Stripe exceeds industry security standards and is trusted by thousands of businesses of all sizes across the globe including many Fortune 500 companies.
Is Kupenda formally tied to or a subsidiary of any other entity?
Kupenda’s affiliate organization is Kuhenza for the Children. Kupenda for the Children is registered in the U.S. and Kuhenza for the Children is registered in Kenya. Both organizations report to their respective national governments, manage their own operational funds, and are overseen by their own Board of Directors. Each year, Kuhenza and Kupenda collaboratively fundraise to support their joint projects. We have been co-designing and co-implementing disability programs since 2003.
What types of projects does Kupenda implement?
Kupenda implements the following 3 types of programs:
Advocacy: Educating families and communities about the rights of children with disabilities and how to support them by advocating for their medical care, education, legal rights, and inclusion in all aspects of society. Learn more here.
Education: Supporting children with disabilities to access appropriate, high-quality education while supporting the staff and infrastructure of their schools. Learn more here.
Medical Programs: Connecting children with disabilities to appropriate medical services including surgeries, medications, and therapy. Learn more here.
Is Kupenda a Christian Organization?
Yes. Kupenda was founded and continues to operate as a Christian organization which means we believe in and demonstrate the love, justice, and compassion displayed in the life and death of Jesus to people of all faiths or none at all. We follow the biblical guidance of loving all people as ourselves, especially families impacted by disabilities who are often the most vulnerable, marginalized, and abused.
All who desire to be a part of this work are welcome, regardless of religious preference or background. We welcome recipients, volunteers, and supporters from all religious beliefs or none.
We also have a Non-Proselytizing Policy which states we will not proselytize. This means that Kupenda will not offer assistance on the expressed or implied condition that people must 1) adhere to or convert to a particular faith or 2) listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversion to a particular faith. Nor will Kupenda work with entities or individuals who insist on proselytizing as part of their work with us.
Do people living in project communities contribute to Kupenda’s work?
Communities always contribute to Kupenda’s development projects and have a real sense of ownership and true participation. Community participation is integral to transformational development.
Kupenda’s disability advocacy programs focus on engaging and mobilizing local leaders and residents to care for children with disabilities in their communities. Using a human-centered design approach, we develop advocacy best practices and tools with regular, in-depth feedback from these leaders and residents to ensure our programs are culturally sensitive, relevant, and effective. These community members are design partners and lead implementers committed to sustaining our disability outreach programs in their county.
Do Kupenda’s projects create dependence on outside resources?
No. Kupenda’s community development projects are sustainable because they are designed and implemented with local resources, technology, materials, and leadership. Families, local leaders, and individuals share in project leadership, responsibilities and activities from the start and are well equipped and motivated to continue in these roles when Kupenda ends its direct involvement in a community.
How can I volunteer with Kupenda?
Volunteer and internship opportunities can be explored by visiting : https://kupenda.org/#Volunteer
What is Kupenda’s child sponsorship program all about?
When you sponsor a child for just $30/month, you’ll receive your child’s photo, story, and a child sponsorship packet by mail. Thereafter you’ll receive an annual update about how your child’s life and health is improving because of your sponsorship. For more information, please see our Sponsorship FAQs.
How can children and youth get involved in Kupenda’s work?
Check out our Kids for Kupenda program and this brochure that describes “6 Ways Children and Youth Can Get Involved” in our disability justice work. You can also contact us at [email protected] to arrange Kupenda’s founder to be a guest speaker at your child’s school or community club!
How can I get updates on Kupenda’s work?
Please subscribe to Kupenda’s newsletter. You’ll receive regular news on our work and campaigns, as well as opportunities to take action. And please follow us on social media, to get the latest info and updates: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube.
If I'm sponsoring a child and my credit card information changes, how do I update it?
1. Go to https://kupenda.org/sponsor/
2. Click on the “Sponsor Log In” button at the top of the page
3. Log in with your password
4. Click on edit account
5. Click on update credit card
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Dr. Heddy Fry (right), Liberal MP for Vancouver Center and that party’s official critic for health, visited Revelstoke on Friday evening and spoke to a gathering of local Liberal Party of Canada members and sympathizers, including Edie Schleiss, Peter Bernacki and Maria Stagliano. Fry, who was on her way to a Canadian medical Association conference in Calgary, said the 2004 Canada Health Accord desperately needs renewal. Unless it is updated with the active participation of the federal government it could simply be transformed from a true national health-care system into a series of “13 boutique health-care programs.” Canadians deserve better, she said. Unfortunately, Steven Harper’s Conservative government appears to believe that health care should remain the purview of the provinces. It is within provincial jurisdiction but without national government support and assistance it will remain relatively weak. David F. Rooney photo
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Title 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE
Subtitle 2: HEALTH
Part 1: ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 103-A: CERTIFICATE OF NEED
§334-A. Nursing facility projects
1. Projects that expand current bed capacity.
[PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. B, §9 (RP); PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
1-A. Projects that expand current bed capacity. Nursing facility projects that propose to add new nursing facility beds to the inventory of nursing facility beds within the State may be considered under either of the following 2 options:
A. These projects may be grouped for competitive review purposes consistent with funds available from the nursing facility MaineCare funding pool and may be approved if sufficient funds are available from the nursing facility MaineCare funding pool or are added to the pool by an act of the Legislature, except that the department may approve, without available funds from the pool, projects to reopen beds previously reserved by a nursing facility through a voluntary reduction pursuant to section 333 if the annual total of reopened beds approved does not exceed 100; or [PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. B, §10 (NEW); PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
B. Petitioners proposing such projects may elect not to participate in a competitive review under paragraph A and the projects may be approved if:
(1) The petitioner, or one or more nursing facilities or residential care facilities or combinations thereof under common ownership or control, has agreed to delicense a sufficient number of beds from the total number of currently licensed or reserved beds, or is otherwise reconfiguring the operations of such facilities, so that the MaineCare savings associated with such actions are sufficient to fully offset any incremental MaineCare costs that would otherwise arise from implementation of the certificate of need project and, as a result, there are no net incremental MaineCare costs arising from implementation of the certificate of need project; or
(2) The petitioner, or one or more nursing facilities or residential care facilities or combinations thereof under common ownership or control, has acquired bed rights from another nursing facility or facilities or residential care facility or facilities or combinations thereof that agree to delicense beds or that are ceasing operations or otherwise reconfiguring their operations, and the MaineCare revenues associated with these acquired bed rights and related actions are sufficient to cover the additional requested MaineCare costs associated with the project. The divisions within the department that are responsible for licensing and MaineCare reimbursement for nursing facilities and residential care facilities shall work cooperatively to review and consider whether to approve such projects.
With respect to the option described in this paragraph, when the average then current occupancy rate for existing nursing facility beds at facilities within 30 miles of the applicant facility exceeds 85%, the department in its review under section 335 shall evaluate the impact that the proposed additional nursing facility beds would have on those existing nursing facility beds and facilities and shall determine whether to approve the request based on current certificate of need criteria and methodology.
Certificate of need projects described in this paragraph are not subject to or limited by the nursing facility MaineCare funding pool. [PL 2011, c. 648, §5 (AMD).]
[PL 2011, c. 648, §5 (AMD).]
2. Projects to relocate beds. Nursing facility projects that do not add new nursing facility beds to the inventory of nursing facility beds within the State, but instead propose to relocate beds from one or more nursing facilities to one or more existing or new nursing facilities:
A. May also propose renovation, replacement or other actions requiring certificate of need review; and [PL 2007, c. 440, §13 (NEW).]
B. May be approved by the department upon a showing by the petitioner that the project fulfills all pertinent requirements and the review criteria set forth in section 335. [PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. B, §11 (AMD); PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
Certificate of need projects described in this subsection are not subject to or limited by the nursing facility MaineCare funding pool.
[PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. B, §11 (AMD); PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
2-A. Other types of certificate of need projects. Other types of nursing facility projects that do not add new nursing facility beds to the inventory of nursing facility beds within the State and do not propose to relocate beds from one facility to another existing or new facility and that propose any renovation, replacement, transfer of ownership or other actions requiring certificate of need review, such as capital expenditures for equipment and renovations that are above applicable thresholds, may be approved by the department upon a showing that the project fulfills all pertinent requirements and the review criteria set forth in section 335.
A. [PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. B, §12 (RP); PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
B. [PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. B, §12 (RP); PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
2-B. Emergencies and necessary nursing facility projects. If the department determines that an emergency exists, it may approve a necessary nursing facility certificate of need application on an expedited basis when the applicant proposes capital expenditures for renovations and improvements that are necessary:
A. To achieve compliance with code and related regulatory requirements; [PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. B, §13 (NEW); PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
B. To comply with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and related patient privacy standards; [PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. B, §13 (NEW); PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
C. To address other patient safety requirements and standards; or [PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. B, §13 (NEW); PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
D. To address other necessary and time-sensitive patient safety or compliance issues. [PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. B, §13 (NEW); PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
[PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. B, §13 (NEW); PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
3. Evaluating costs. Beginning with all applications pending on February 15, 2012, in evaluating whether a project will increase MaineCare expenditures for a nursing facility for the purposes of this section, the department shall:
A. Allow gross square footage per licensed bed of not less than 500 square feet unless the applicant specifies a smaller allowance for the project. [PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. B, §14 (AMD); PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
C. [PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. B, §14 (RP); PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
4. Cost associated with energy-efficient improvements. The cost associated with energy-efficient improvements in nursing facilities, as set forth in rules governing special reimbursement provisions for energy-efficient improvements adopted by the department, must be excluded from the cost of a project in determining whether the project is subject to review.
PL 2007, c. 440, §13 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 429, §§3-5 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 430, §§2-5 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. B, §§9-14 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 424, Pt. E, §1 (AFF). PL 2011, c. 648, §5 (AMD).
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WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) – The Latest on the fourth Democratic presidential debate (all times local):
Former Vice President Joe Biden is arguing that he’s the only Democratic presidential candidate with major accomplishments.
Asked if the ideas of Sens. Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren could defeat President Donald Trump, Biden told a debate audience Tuesday he was “the only one on this stage who’s gotten anything really big done,” suggesting his achievements make him best prepared to take office.
The former vice president also accused Sanders and Warren of being vague on proposals like “Medicare for All.”
Warren noted her role in the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Biden retorted, “I went on the floor and got you votes,” to which Warren noted she was “deeply grateful” to President Barack Obama for his support. Her response made Biden laugh.
Some Democratic presidential candidates are offering a variety of ways to maintain a woman’s right to an abortion, despite the issue being largely in the hands of a Supreme Court with a conservative tilt.
California Sen. Kamala Harris says her Department of Justice would review state restrictions and stop them by executive order if they violate the Constitution. The policy harkens to enforcement of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts, though there is no federal statute protecting abortion.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she would propose and enact such legislation, although that would require Democratic majorities in Congress, a stylistic departure for Klobuchar who touts bipartisanship.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker says he would try to codify the right, as well as establish a White House-level Office of Reproductive Freedom.
The three oldest candidates in the Democratic presidential field are facing questions over their age during Tuesday night’s debate.
Bernie Sanders is the oldest candidate at 78 and just returned to the campaign trail after suffering a heart attack. He declined to answer when asked how he would reassure Americans of his good health, saying only that he would run a “vigorous campaign all over this country.”
Seventy-six-year-old Joe Biden argued that his experience and wisdom are assets because “I know what has to be done” as president. He also promised to release his medical records before the first nominating contest in Iowa in February.
And Elizabeth Warren, who’s 70 years old, promised to outwork, out-organize and outlast anyone, including the Republicans.
Many of the Democrats seeking the White House say they would lead administrations that would go after drug companies that manufacture addictive opioid medications.
California Sen. Kamala Harris said during Tuesday’s presidential debate that she would prosecute pharmaceutical executives as “high-level dope dealers” for peddling what they knew to be dangerously addictive medications. Former Obama Housing Secretary Julián Castro said drug companies need to “be held accountable.”
That sentiment was backed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who said the companies’ actions are evidence of “what unfettered capitalism is doing to this country” by way of the massive profits made by pharmaceutical companies.
Businessman Andrew Yang and former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke said they support decriminalizing small amounts of opioid drugs as a way to promote safe use.
Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg (BOO’-tuh-juhj) exchanged sharp words over O’Rourke’s proposed mandatory buyback of assault rifles.
Buttigieg last week criticized the idea as a “shiny object” that distracts from more achievable efforts such as universal background checks and banning the sale of the weapons and high-capacity magazines.
At Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate in Ohio, Buttigieg criticized O’Rourke as not having a plan for how the buyback would work.
O’Rourke said the different ideas are not mutually exclusive. He says gun violence “is a crisis and we gotta do something about it.” O’Rourke says candidates should listen to victims, not polls, consultants and focus groups.
Buttigieg shot back, saying, “I don’t need lessons from you on courage, political or personal.”
Former U.S. Housing Secretary Julián Castro says that “police violence is also gun violence” and that he would not give officers “another reason to go door to door” by supporting mandatory surrender of assault weapons.
Castro was the first candidate on Tuesday’s 2020 Democratic primary debate stage to raise last weekend’s shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson, killed in Castro’s home state of Texas after a neighbor called 911 requesting a welfare check on her Fort Worth home because the front door was ajar. Jefferson was playing video games early Saturday with her 8-year-old nephew when Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean fatally shot her within seconds of arriving at her house.
Castro’s remarks were met with applause by the audience.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she supports removing members of the American military from the Middle East.
Warren said Tuesday during the Democratic presidential debate: “I think we ought to get out of the Middle East. I don’t think we should have troops in the Middle East.”
Warren added that it has to happen in an appropriate, thoughtful way.
Democrats at the Democratic debate in Ohio have largely scorned President Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy. Former Vice President Joe Biden and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg (BOO’-tuh-juhj) are among those arguing that Trump is abandoning U.S. allies and weakening the nation’s standing around the world by abruptly pulling troops from northern Syria.
The Democrats seeking their party’s nomination are discussing ways to check the power of Russia’s leader as part of a condemnation of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy decisions.
In Tuesday’s debate, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker said Trump is “turning the moral leadership of this country into a dumpster fire” by “showing moral weakness” in the face of strength of leaders like Vladimir Putin.
The conversation followed on a debate about Trump’s decision to pull troops from northern Syria, something former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke said could lead to future U.S. deployments.
Former Vice President Joe Biden stressed a focus on diplomacy, saying the U.S. currently has “an erratic, crazy president who doesn’t know a damn thing about foreign policy and operates out of fear for his own reelection.”
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg (BOO’-tuh-juhj) is sparring with Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard at Tuesday night’s Democratic debate, with Buttigieg calling Gabbard “dead wrong” for her earlier support of withdrawing troops from Syria.
Gabbard’s previous stance, as well as her decision to meet with Syrian President Bashar Assad, came under fresh scrutiny following President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from the country, paving the way for Turkey to invade and kill the Kurds.
Gabbard has criticized Trump for how he’s conducted the withdrawal but said Tuesday that while Trump has “the blood of the Kurds on his hands … so do many of the politicians in both parties who supported this regime change war.”
Buttigieg says the killings are “the consequence of a withdrawal and a betrayal by this president of American allies and American values.”
Both Buttigieg and Gabbard are military veterans.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker spent much of the first hour of Tuesday’s crowded Democratic presidential debate playing the role of diplomat.
In the primary, Booker has run as a happy warrior, pitching a strategy of love over hate to defeat President Donald Trump. As other candidates sparred over health care, income inequality and impeachment on Tuesday, Booker used his time to step between his opponents, calling for unity, agreeing with their points and shifting the focus back to their common enemy.
Booker cautioned against “tearing each other down because we have different plans” in response to several candidates’ criticism of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s plans on a wealth tax and health care. He also called former Joe Biden a “statesman” in defending him after the former vice president was asked about his son’s business dealings in Ukraine.
Former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke is accusing Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren of sometimes being “punitive” in her policy ideas.
In Tuesday night’s Democratic debate in Westerville, Ohio, O’Rourke says Warren sometimes “is more focused on being punitive, or pitting some part of the country against the other, instead of lifting people up and making sure that this country comes together around those solutions.”
Warren says she is shocked at that notion.
Warren responded, “I don’t have a beef with billionaires,” emphasizing that fortunes are built in part by workers and benefits enjoyed by taxpayers.
Warren, a front-runner in the race, has been the target of criticism from several other candidates throughout the debate.
Many Democrats seeking their party’s presidential nomination stress a need to improve the nation’s jobs picture, but they disagree on how to do that.
At Tuesday’s debate in Westerville, Ohio, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders defended his federal jobs guarantee, saying equalizing the economy will create the need for more teachers and doctors.
Businessman Andrew Yang, who backs a universal basic income, said people “do not want to work for the federal government.” Promoting her own plan to boost social security, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said her proposal would cover retirement for even those in nontraditional positions, like stay-at-home caregivers.
Several, including former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, advocated strengthening unions to keep businesses like GM from moving production to other countries.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is taking fire from her Democratic opponents for refusing to answer whether her “Medicare for All” plan would raise taxes for the middle class.
Warren has refused to directly answer when asked how she’d pay for her proposal, and during Tuesday night’s presidential debate, she once again dodged, insisting only that “costs will go down” for the middle class. South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg knocked Warren for the nonanswer, saying her failure to offer a direct answer is “why people are so frustrated with politicians” and arguing that Medicare for All would “unnecessarily divide this country.”
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who wrote the Medicare for All legislation that Warren has embraced, said it was “appropriate to acknowledge taxes will go up.” Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar also piled on, saying, “At least Bernie’s being honest” and arguing in favor of a public option instead.
Joe Biden is defending both his actions and those of his son in dealing with Ukraine.
At Tuesday night’s Democratic debate in Westerville, Ohio, the former vice president said his son Hunter “did nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong.” Biden was answering a question about why he has pledged that no members of his family would engage in foreign deals if he were to be elected president while insisting his son’s dealings with foreign countries were above board during Biden’s vice presidency.
President Donald Trump is facing an impeachment inquiry over his effort to have Ukraine investigate Biden.
Biden urged that the focus go back on Trump, saying, “Rudy Giuliani, the president and his thugs have already proven the fact that they are flat lying.”
The 12 Democratic presidential candidates debating in Ohio are unified in saying Congress has no choice but to begin impeachment against President Donald Trump, though not all for the same reasons.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren says no one is above the law. Her fellow top contenders, former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, called Trump the “most corrupt president” in the course of American history.
Warren and Sanders said they found the president worthy of impeachment as a result of the Mueller report, which detailed 10 possible instances of obstruction of justice in the investigation into Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker says it’s imperative that Congress’ decision on impeachment be “about patriotism and not partisanship.”
The fourth debate of the Democratic presidential primary is underway with the largest field yet on stage together at a pivotal time in the campaign.
Twelve candidates are debating Tuesday in Ohio. At center stage are front-runners Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren. Another top-tier candidate, Bernie Sanders, is back just two weeks after suffering a heart attack and suspending his campaigning.
It could be the last 2020 presidential debate for some candidates. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke, former Housing Secretary Julián Castro and Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard have not yet met fundraising and polling thresholds to participate in the November debate.
Also participating are California Sen. Kamala Harris, South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, entrepreneur Andrew Yang, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and billionaire activist Tom Steyer.
A trio of Iowa officials is criticizing the Democratic National Committee for instituting polling and fundraising thresholds to participate in the presidential debates, complaining they’re artificially winnowing the field of candidates and usurping the job of Iowa caucusgoers.
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller and Iowa DNC member Jan Bauer said on a conference call with reporters Tuesday that most Iowans are not tuning into the Democratic presidential debates and have not yet made up their minds.
The call was organized by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock’s presidential campaign. Bullock has failed to make the stage for recent debates, including Tuesday’s in Ohio.
Miller and Bauer have endorsed Bullock.
Former Iowa Democratic Party Chair and former U.S. Rep. Dave Nagle said the DNC is shutting out those without access to wealth or name recognition.
Democrats are confronting a rapidly shifting political landscape as a dozen candidates meet on Tuesday for the most crowded presidential debate in modern history.
The House impeachment inquiry that has put President Donald Trump on the offensive has also reordered the political calculus for Democrats, especially Joe Biden. The former vice president is facing baseless – but persistent – allegations of wrongdoing overseas from Trump and his allies.
His early front-runner status is also under threat from Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. But as she rises, Warren is also fending off new questions about her biography.
Adding to the drama, Bernie Sanders is recovering from a heart attack that raised questions about his ability to withstand a campaign and about who might win his support if he had to drop out.
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D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994) Review
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The Ducks get a call up to represent the US at the Junior Goodwill Games in California with some new players added from different states. Can they perform with Coach Bombay in charge at a higher level?
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Gordon Bombay had been playing ice hockey again in the minor league and he had to leave due to a bad knee injury. This then sees him being given he job as a coach for the Team USA Hockey team for the Junior Goodwill Games, with mainly his Ducks and some new players who certainly add to the character of the group and give them different options out on the ice as well. The bright lights of LA is something that Gordon has his head turned with and forgets the true reason of being there, for his players!
It really is a different step from the district league of Ice Hockey in Minnesota and adding new players into the Ducks was never going to be an easy task. Having to bond them all together as a new team and adapt to playing against different countries who have different styles. In particular Iceland who become the big rivals of Team USA in the tournament.
The coach of Iceland Wolf spent one year in the NHL but his brutal and horrendous playing style was not welcomed and he was quite frankly a disgrace. His team them adopt a similar style and that is not something that is welcomed, especially from Bombay. An interesting rivalry is created between not only the coaches but between the players as well.
The Ducks lose their way a little and it takes street kids and a game of street hockey to pull them back to remembering how they should play and the attitude towards it. Also seeing Russ and his knuckle puck shot getting drafted into the US team! Adam Banks has put pressure on himself to impress the scouts attending the games. The best of the new characters after Russ of course had to be Portman, a bash brother who is quite frankly crazy and gives the team a more physical edge.
I found the way Bombay went off towards the money of LA and forgot about the kids rather frustrating, even if I did know he would make the right decision in the end. I felt it undone some of the good work from the first film in his character development which was a little bit of a shame really. A small thing I felt was that Wolf was a similar icy character to Ivan Drago from Rocky IV.
D2 does not have the same type of magic as the first film but it is still fun enough to watch and brings different challenges. Always showing that going back to basics works out in the best possible way. Charlie also gets a very big moment to prove that he should be captain of The Ducks!
I don’t really remember if I had actually seen this film before or not, I couldn’t really recall any of the storyline in all honesty. Especially considering my excitement when a young Kenan Thompson showed up, I used to love Kenan & Kel as a kid! He still looks exactly the same to this day as well!
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Land Professionals Called Upon To Equip Themselves In Developmental Projects
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The President of Ghana Institutions of Surveyors (GhIS), Mr. Edwin Addo-Tawiah has said, it is time surveyors take strategic decisions for the development of the country, considering the United Nations Development Goal (UNDG) which has been estimated that, 60% of Africans would be living in the urban areas by 2020.
According to him, there is therefore, the need for land professionals to equip themselves in terms of decision making in developmental projects.
“And this means, we have to undertake some adjustment in terms of infrastructural developments like, new roads, buildings, railway and off course, people will be displaced so therefore, the need to consider relocation, compensations, Agriculture, as against exchange development.” Mr. Addo-Tawiah added.
He said this at a two-day Master class workshop opened in Accra on Tuesday 1st August, 2017 at the Fiester Royal Hotel, with the call on surveyors to have leadership skills that will help influence decision making towards development and institutional change.
“Though previous governments in Ghana have done a lot, the present government has come out with a very innovative policies like, the One Village – One Dame, One Million – One Constituency, there are new roads being constructed, all to the benefit and development of the people.
Our professional role and relevance within the process of urban regeneration is to ensure beneficial development, help address Issues on lands, to influence change in our professionalism role in the various institutions as it applies to skills and capabilities in regeneration projects,” Mr. Addo -Tawiah added.
Accding to him, the core of the workshop is to concentrate upon positioning the profession of the GhIS, by articulating the professionals role as effective leaders to promote and implement proper infrastructure.
“At the end of this Master class engagement we expect to improve participants’ strategic decision-making skills by developing a thorough understanding of land governance in the context of urban regeneration and our professional place within it,” Mr. Edwin stressed.
He was quick to add that, among the other goals of the workshop, was to build the awareness and confidence of leading strategic change as well as making positive impacts of becoming aware of engagement and communication styles with leaders, where good governance in structural development would extensively be achieved.
In her presentation, Dr Diane Dumashie, the Vice President of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) said, the workshop is to consider opportunities land professionals could make to improve the delivery of large scale infrastructure projects, recognising the context that land professionals skills are set, by providing sustainable development and the building of livelihoods.
According to her, cities are becoming resilient and economic livelihoods needs development, therefore, there is a relationship between national and international land governance and priorities of gaining a better appreciation of the dimensions and dynamics between governance levels.
She called for a collaborative efforts amongst partners in the sector, and challenged them to be at the top ranking of infrastructure as Ghana is ranked among the first ten countries in acquiring land according to research.
“Let us recognise the leading trends in land governance to lead institutional change within our own profession, that will enable us to develop understanding and the use of business tool as a road map to manage investors,” she stressed.
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You can now play as Echo in Overwatch
Take to the field with hero #32 in Overwatch.
Echo is a new hero available in Overwatch.
As of today, Echo is playable on all platforms.
Her abilities allow her to duplicate an enemy power to adapt on the field.
While the new Overwatch hero Echo has been teased for quite some time, she's finally here! Echo is now playable in Overwatch on all platforms. Her abilities allow her to use a Tri-Shot and Sticky Bombs against foes, while her Ultimate lets her duplicate an enemy ability, giving a thoughtful player the ability to adapte and overcome. You can check out an example of how Echo plays in the video below.
Overwatch has been very successful for Blizzard Entertainment, with the game crossing 50 million players earlier this year. Overwatch 2 was announced at BlizzCon 2019 and does not currently have a release date.
We don't know when Overwatch 2 will release but when it does, it'll bring single-player story content as well as a refreshing new take on multiplayer, though cross-play will be possible with players of the first Overwatch. You can see a breakdown of the differences here.
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Palfreeman Trial in Bulgaria - Justice Impossible?
Features |Author: Milena Hristova | January 24, 2011, Monday // 15:59| views
Jock Palfreeman is pictured here as he enters Sofia Appeals Court on January 19 flanked by a dozen prison police guards. Photos by Sofia Photo Agency and personal archive
On a busy street corner in Sofia three years ago the lives of two families from Bulgaria and Australia were devastated after the murder of a young man. Can the court instill a sense of justice? By Milena Hristova
"You can hardly find pictures of Andrei, where he is not smiling," says Gabriela and her eyes fill with tears as she recollects the great times he and her best friend had together.
The happy and promising life of 20-year-old law student Andrei Monov was cut short brutally in the early hours of December 28, 2007 after he was fatally stabbed by young Australian Jock Palfreeman in a street brawl in the center of Bulgarian capital, Sofia. Another man, Antoan Zahariev, was wounded.
Palfreeman was convicted in December 2009 to twenty years in jail, a sentence that he and his parents appealed, slamming it as "hideous perversion of justice". The Australian argues that he intervened only to go to the aid of two Roma gypsies being beaten by the group of boys, part of which Andrei was.
More than a year later Gabriela is anxiously waiting the verdict of the appeals court, which is expected to be delivered within a month. Without the least trace of hesitation she sides with the parents of Andrei, who have launched an appeal of their own, demanding that Jock gets the heaviest sentence in Bulgaria – life without parole.
"He has to stay in jail for life. He is dangerous and he is going to do that again," says Gabriela.
"Jock stabbed Andrei in the back. You don't do that if you act in self-defence," agrees Nikola, who studied with Andrei at one of the most prestigious schools in Sofia.
Ever since the tragic incident Andrei's friends and family have been shying away from the media, barraged by what they have described as "the media performances" of the murderer and the one-sided coverage of the Australian media, who prefer to picture Jock as nothing but a victim of a judicial farce.
Following Wednesday's final hearing the family of the 24-year-old Australian says he is feeling both more optimistic and nervous about the outcome of the appeal process.
"We are optimistic that this court will consider the evidence in a different way. But paradoxically Jock is also more nervous. He feels this is his last chance to get a just verdict," Dr Simon Palfreeman, father of the defendant and a key member of his legal defence team, said outside the courtroom.
Asked whether he will continue to tenaciously defend his son in the Bulgarian legal system, Simon Palfreeman said he is ready to take the case to the Supreme Court of Cassation if the appeal verdict is not in his son's favour.
"A young man lost his life, but I want my son's life back. He deserves to have it back on the evidence that has been presented to the court."
The evidence however has been challenged by both sides.
Jock's appeal is built upon the discrepancies between the initial statements of the witnesses and the trial evidence, a faux pas, which he attributes to their efforts to cover up the initial clash with the Roma. He also wants his original murder conviction overturned on the grounds that the legal process was deeply flawed.
"Evidence confirms that Jock's motive was just to be a good Samaritan," Simon Palfreeman said as he presented his final deposition, the culmination of three years' work.
According to him the original court decision and the whole trial and case has been flawed and wrong, marred by procedural lapses, discrepancies in evidence and intentional oversights. He harshly criticized the police for failing to secure the crime scene, get CCTV footage and call in front of the judges all the important witnesses.
Dr Palfreeman pointed out that an independent witness has confirmed his son pulled out the knife only after he saw a group of men beating an unidentified Roma person for up to 40 seconds.
"Jock's version of events has been consistent throughout. But his fair trial has been significantly affected," the Newcastle pathologist said, giving an indication that the case may end up at the European Court for Human Rights.
In response to accusations by the victim's parents that Jock Palfreeman has shown no repentance, his father said he had "many sleepless nights" after he learned a man had died and has expressed sincere sorrow, but his apologies were rejected.
Small wonder. Andrei's family, friends and the prosecution see the case as a clear-cut crime and Jock as a cold blood, wanton murderer, who stabbed a promising and gentle young man unprovoked.
"This case is not about a Bulgarian being killed by an Australian. It is about one man taking the life of another," says Nikola.
Jock's motivation?
"I can't say what his motivation has been. You should ask him," Gabriela fumes.
The deadly clash occurred while Jock was on holidays from his service with the British army and his physical fitness and superiority over the Bulgarian boys have often been cited by the prosecution as it built its case.
But it is the initial physical clash with the two unidentified Roma that is the major area of contention in the trial. The prosecution and Andrei's friends question the very existence of the Roma and cite the knife as the most incriminating evidence that Jock's intention was to kill.
The father of the 24-year-old Australian man has defended, though half-heartedly, his son by saying it is not illegal and not uncommon for people to carry knives in Bulgaria.
"Well, you should see the knife – it is huge and scary. This is not a knife you cut your bread with, but kill," says Gabriela and recollects how at one of the court hearings Jock even offered his services when the opening of the knife proved to be a difficult task for the lawyer.
"Palfreeman did not show, not even once, that he repents what he has done," she adds, echoing the words of Andrei's father, famous Bulgarian psychologist Hristo Monov.
That impression was just confirmed last Wednesday.
Jock made no comment as he entered the court flanked by a dozen prison police guards, but delivered an impassioned statement inside, though obviously nervous, angry and at times contemptuous.
"My motivation was to defend and protect. I never thought someone would die," the Former St Ignatius' Riverview College student told the court room.
"I wish the court could have seen the eyes of the attacking men," said Jock Palfreeman. "They attacked me like a pack of wolves. Several of them were throwing cement slabs at me and then running back for more, while others continued. It was a rolling, continuous attack."
Turning to the mother of the murdered Andrei, Jock conceded she is right that everybody has a family and the loss of a family member is a heavy blow.
"But why didn't they think of the families of the Roma and my family when they tried to smash my skull with concrete pavements?," an agitated Palfreeman asked.
He ridiculed the witnesses from the group for changing their testimonies and the report, which contains the first instance court's motives for his sentence, saying it does not make sense even in Bulgarian.
"I've not found a single person who can read and understand the report of the court."
The court is now facing an uphill battle – it has to deliver a just verdict despite the unclarities and discrepancies in the trial, shed its image of being ineffective, corrupt and prejudiced especially when the defendant is a foreigner.
Local lawyers have ruled out the possibility of Jock getting acquitted or sentenced to life without parole, killing the hopes for justice of both families on both sides of the world.
It was just one block from the courtroom, on a busy street corner in Sofia three years ago, that the lives of these families were devastated. The one of them will never get their son back, but will do all they can so that the memory of their son and this tragic night never fades.
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Early in 2012, when the trailer for Kahaani first showed up, the responses to it ranged from sceptical to intrigue, the former due to Sujoy Ghosh’s rather inconsistent track record till then, which consisted of the cult classic Jhankaar Beats, the rather off-kilter Home Delivery and the absolutely terrible Aladdin, and the latter responses were thanks to Vidya Balan, who was fresh off the success of The Dirty Picture. A slow starter at the box office, Kahaani ended up being a seminal moment in the careers of both Ghosh and Balan, as it went on to be one of the most memorable movies of 2012.Continue reading “Kahaani 2 Movie Review: Twist In The Tail”
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Pink Movie Review: Much Ado About Pink?
Pink – A Review
Directed by: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury Written by: Ritesh Shah
Starring: Amitabh Bacchan
Sometimes a film comes that taps into some of the core issues of the prevalent society, issues that have already been hotly debated and discussed. When such a film comes from a producer known for making daring, different films (Shoojit Sircar of Piku, Vicky Donor, Madras Cafe), directed by a 2 time national award winner making his first foray into Bollywood (Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury of Antaheen and Anuranan) and starring a septuagenarian colossus of Indian Cinema who is still an audience catcher (The BigB, enuf said), it is only expected that hype around this movie release will hit the roof.
But when hype hits the roof, opinion on the film (so aptly named Pink) can sometimes get “colored” by a different shade. And so when glowing reviews kept pouring in about a pioneering brave work, and expectations rising ever higher, yours humbly tried to approach the movie cautiously, to watch it with a neutral lens while keeping expectations and emotions in check.
The good news is that the film doesn’t disappoint overall, but one is left to wonder whether the film really deserves all the accolades for its bravura. But more on that later. The plot is pretty straightforward (minor spoilers in this paragraph) – a group of single working girls get entangled in an attempt at molestation by 3 Delhi boys, where one of the girls injures his molester in self-defence. Constituting the first half of the film (and probably the better half), what follows is very urban girl’s nightmare in a patriarchal society, as they get constantly harassed by the boys thirsting for revenge, nor do they get any support from the Police, work-place or near-ones. Suffocated by social stigma, the role of victim and oppressor gets intermingled, as the Girls are accused of attempted murder. It is at this point, Deepak Sehgal (Amitabh Bachchan), a retired lawyer suffering from bipolar disorder with an ailing wife (Mamata Shankar), who has till then been a silent spectator to the girls’ troubles, decides to represent them as their defence counsel (the 2nd half of the film).
Armed with a theme that has been the talking point of the media and social networks in the last few years, Aniruddha Roychowdhury paces the film well with a 1st half that looks like is a slowly concocted suspense thriller where we find the victims and protagonists being gradually choked by the after-effects of their traumatic experience. From the opening sequence, the film grips you with a gently piercing background score, building up the tension, while the audience wonders what really could have happened that unfortunate night. Amitabh Bacchan (who eerily looks like an aged stalker) seems to be a brooding spectator as the girls’ next door neighbour, till he finally decides to take matters into his own hands. While Pink on a broad level bears some resemblance to the Hollywood film The Accused (featuring a stunning and explosive performance from Jodie Foster), the scenario and response of the characters are quintessentially of an Indian society. While the Accused was more violent, shocking and graphic, Pink avoids being in your face and never shows the actual events but references them through the statements of the defendants. Also, while Jodie Foster’s reaction was more of rage, the 3 girls in Pink are shown more helpless as they are not only up against their assailants, but the encompassing society which does not sympathise.
However, the film’s level falls off in the 2nd half as becoming too preachy and stereotypical. As a consequence of Amitabh Bacchan’s several court room dialogues, the audience is literally force fed the evils of patriarchy and the meaning of consent. Boys shouldn’t construe girls drinking and partying as an indication of being “easy” and ready; the girls also said “No! Nada! Zip”, hence there is no question of consent. It kind of feels squeamish when a film needs to spell out each and every item as if schooling a society with the emotional intelligence of a kindergardener. Some people may argue that given the kind of disgraceful acts that even our urban society can stoop to, this spelling out of everything seems to have become necessary. What’s worth debating though is if the target audience is even reached by such a film, as the film is unlikely to appeal to such people. Which then necessitates that the film at least plays a more generic role in educating the society, but then again it will be watched more by a relatively mature society who are already well aware of such societal malaises prevalent through the media. In that sense, the film is hardly a social zeitgeist as it has been made out to be by various sections of the media.
The acting of the film was par for the course. Big B was mostly brooding in the film, with occasional flashes of brilliance in the court room scenes. For an evergreen actor, one can still be appreciative of his performance, if it weren’t for the very similar style of acting that he had earlier showcased (and probably better in Te3n). Someone who has seen Te3n would feel he is seeing the same person in Pink, although the characters are entirely different. One wonders if Mr.Amitabh Bacchan is playing the same thing regardless of character (even if the same thing is still pretty good). The 3 actresses give decent performances at best, with Kirti Kulhari standing out. Dhritiman Chatterjee looked aged as the Judge with the quavering voice (not too sure if that was deliberate).
But what is new and refreshing is the depiction of such themes in the Bollywood mainstream. In a year where we have seen Bollywood mainstream go bold with releases like Udta Punjab, Pink can be another feather in its otherwise pretty threadbare cap. Like the old classic and one of the best courtroom dramas, Anatomy of a Murder (1959), was outright in its time with its frank discussion on rape and sexual themes, it took Bollywood mainstream another 50 years to give the setting for such films to come (while bold themes have been prevalent in parallel cinema like Bandit Queen, Matribhoomi, they weren’t part of a mainstream release). On the creative side, the strong points of the film was undoubtedly the musical score with its blend of piano melody mingled with phases of intensity as if portending the audience of something sinister lurking in the background. The editing was also taut, at least during the 1st half.
Overall, Pink is another bold release in a line of Bollywood releases vindicating the fact that the mainstream is maturing over the last few years. While much has been said of the film as a social commentary, I would hardly think the film is an eye opener on a facet of society that has been sufficiently put on the scanner. Rather than being a pioneer, Pink is more of a follower of this trend. One also can’t help but feel the irony that in an unforgiving patriarchal society comprising of roguish boys and women who have conformed to such a setting (like the female police deputy), it is finally up to the ageing patriarch, who finally decides to come out of his brooding shell in an attempt to restore some semblance of parity. The movie poster also shows Big B towering over the 3 defenceless girls with a rather dominating gesture. In a theme about women empowerment and liberalisation, this seems rather out of place (The Accused had a female lawyer Michelle Pfeiffer). Eventually, Pink is still part of Bollywood mainstream, and Big Stars still attract big audience.
So, let’s not get ahead of ourselves in showering our praise, but give credit where it’s due. Pink is not a pioneering film per se; there have been lesser known but more pioneering and relevant films depicting such issues outside the mainstream, like Matrubhoomi or even Bandit Queen. While we admit that gender bias and molestation is a malaise in urban Indian society, the inequality prevalent in rural India is of far more alarming proportions. Depicting rural India may not be as eye catching, so films showcasing these issues are socially relevant and deserve more attention. I’ll also be hoping to write a review on Parched (Radhika Apte in a bold performance), a film on gender inequality in rural India that went under the radar due to the Pink hype, if I get the time.
While quoting the title of Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing may seem to be too harsh a statement on Pink, it is nevertheless true, especially given the hype that was build up around the film. Rather let’s just say it’s a relevant film that resonates with the membrane of today’s society.
My rating: 3.0/5 (maybe +0.5 to be generous)
Pathikrit Basu
(a self-proclaimed cinephile)
pathbasu@gmail.com
Posted bypathikritbasu October 2, 2016 October 18, 2016 Posted inBollywood, Hindi, ReviewsTags:Abhik Mukhopadhyay, Amitabh Bachchan, Andrea Tariang, Angad Bedi, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Anupam Roy, Bodhaditya Banerjee, Bollywood, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Hindi Cinema, Kirti Kulhari, Mamata Shankar, Movie Review, Pink, Pink Movie Review, Piyush Mishra, Rashmi Sharma, Ritesh Shah, Shantanu Moitra, Shoojit Sircar, Taapsee PannuLeave a comment on Pink Movie Review: Much Ado About Pink?
Pink Movie Review: The Film Leaves the ‘Modern Society’ Red-faced
This has been an unusually long dry spell for an average Bollywood lover. Barring an intermittently funny Happy Bhag Jayegi, there has hardly been any film in the last month or so that has managed to register its presence in our minds – forget about leaving an impression. Midst of all the blues, comes director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s Pink – a film with an odd title but an intriguing enough trailer to raise a few hopes. And by the end of its runtime, the film not just exceeds your hopes but also reinstates your faith in the good, old Bollywood and its ability to churn out meaningful, powerful stories.Continue reading “Pink Movie Review: The Film Leaves the ‘Modern Society’ Red-faced”
Posted byAshish Anant September 16, 2016 October 1, 2016 Posted inBollywood, Hindi, Movies, ReviewsTags:Abhik Mukhopadhyay, Amitabh Bachchan, Andrea Tariang, Angad Bedi, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Anupam Roy, Bodhaditya Banerjee, Bollywood, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Hindi Cinema, Kirti Kulhari, Mamata Shankar, Movie Review, Pink, Pink Movie Review, Piyush Mishra, Rashmi Sharma, Ritesh Shah, Shantanu Moitra, Shoojit Sircar, Taapsee Pannu1 Comment on Pink Movie Review: The Film Leaves the ‘Modern Society’ Red-faced
Madaari Movie Review: Why not stay with Irrfan and his haunting eyes? Revolution could have waited.
If only a gifted actor and a promising idea could guarantee an engaging film – Madaari would have gone down as a winner. But alas, gifts and promises are not always a precursor to happy endings. Are they? And in that sense, films and relationships have so much in common.Continue reading “Madaari Movie Review: Why not stay with Irrfan and his haunting eyes? Revolution could have waited.”
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TE3N Movie Review: This Slow Paced Thriller Is An Underwhelming Affair
You can be forgiven if you mistook TE3N to be a sequel to Kahaani, for there are several similarities shared by these films. The film not only reunites Vidya Balan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, it also sees Sujoy Ghosh producing the film. Besides this, Suresh Nair and Ritesh Shah who had written the story, screenplay and dialogues for Kahaani, handle the same responsibilities for this film as well. TE3N can also be interpreted as a film that would have transpired if Vidya Balan’s character from Kahaani would have become a cop and decided to help similarly distressed souls with Nawazuddin as the I.B officer giving her company.Continue reading “TE3N Movie Review: This Slow Paced Thriller Is An Underwhelming Affair”
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Airlift Movie Review: The Film Leaves an Impact Without Much Fuss
There is an innate calmness and simplicity about Airlift. No matter how big the scale or how herculean the task at hand is, Airlift goes about its business with an extraordinary easiness. There is no patriotic chest thumping (may be a little bit towards the end), no heart wrenching portrayal of war and its associated grief, no screeching or shouting. Most of the frames in Airlift are fittingly raw (sometimes eerily ‘still’) and heartwarmingly subtle. And, this is the biggest win for director Raja Krishna Menon and his team. They manage to tell an extraordinary story of courage and survival with an authentic, real-life ordinariness.Continue reading “Airlift Movie Review: The Film Leaves an Impact Without Much Fuss”
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Lai Bhaari Movie Review: Old Wine in an Attractive Tetrapack
The year 2013 saw Duniyadari smash all Marathi box office records, only to see history repeat itself in less than 6 months with Timepass going a step further in the beginning of 2014. We always hear about filmmakers either interested more in the aesthetics and artistic nature of their films or filmmakers who are more interested in how successful their films turn out to be. And there’s that select breed of filmmakers who manage to straddle both Worlds comfortably. But what would you say about a film that is created not as just a creative vehicle, but more like a product with multiple stakeholders backing the same? Imagine a deliberate attempt to create a successful product life cycle, with the product being a film in this case. Well whether you are with me so far or not, I am sure the rest of the post will surely put things into perspective.Continue reading “Lai Bhaari Movie Review: Old Wine in an Attractive Tetrapack”
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CityLights Movie Review : A Dark Tale of the Grim Reality That Must Not be Missed
Hansal Mehta’s CityLights is one film I have been gushed about ever since I heard about it. After watching his earlier venture, Shahid, 2 years ago, I was convinced that Mehta has found his sleight in telling tales of the teething realities of our times. Gripped by the first trailer itself, I went in to watch the film first day first show, this morning. It is not a happenstance that he has cast the phenomenal Rajkumar Rao in this one, post their association in Shahid. The duo also won National Awards individually for the earlier film and Rao is undoubtedly India’s current best actor. Contrary to the struggles faced by Shahid to find a theatrical release, the Bhatts (Vishesh Films) took up CityLights early on and have watermarked it with their traditional music style without robbing it off its essence. Yet, CityLights is far less greater than Shahid which goes on to say that it is hard to create magic on screen everytime you decide to make a film.Continue reading “CityLights Movie Review : A Dark Tale of the Grim Reality That Must Not be Missed”
Posted bysudnigga May 30, 2014 June 4, 2014 Posted inBollywood, Hindi, ReviewsTags:Apurva Asrani, Bhatt, Citylights, Citylights Movie Review, Deepak, Dev Agarwal, Fox Star Studios, Hansal Mehta, Jeet Ganguly, Mahesh Bhatt, Manav Kaul, Metro Manila, Movie Review, Mukesh Bhatt, Patralekha, Rajkummar Rao, Raju Singh, Ritesh Shah, Sean Ellis, Shahid., Vishesh Films1 Comment on CityLights Movie Review : A Dark Tale of the Grim Reality That Must Not be Missed
Citylights: Trailer
Citylights is an official remake of Metro Manila (2013), a British-Filipino film that received critical acclaim and was even Britain’s official entry to the 86th Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film. Produced by Vishesh Films and Fox Star Studios, Citylights sees the National Award winning actor-director duo of Rajkummar Rao and Hansal Mehta coming together once again. The film talks about Deepak Singh (Rajkummar Rao) who is forced by circumstances to move out of his native place along with his wife (Patralekha) and daughter to the big bad World of Mumbai to seek a better living, only to realize that things aren’t as rosy as they had expected it to be.Continue reading “Citylights: Trailer”
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Custom Honda SS50 By George Woodman
Custom bike artist George Woodman’s (real name Sébastien Valliergues) portfolio isn’t as expansive as others’ out there may be; he doesn’t build that many bikes, but when he does finish something, it’s always super notable. In that regard, he’s like Terrence Malick — makes so few films, but each one is an event.
And what an event that image up there is. It’s called the “Wild Horse,” a heavily modified Honda SS50 that, while tiny, packs so many punches. For one, its original 49cc air-cooled single has been replaced with a 190cc engine care of bike tuner Stomp. That pushes the maximum horsepower to 22. That’s an incredible number considering the ride only has a wheelbase of 46 inches.
The engine comes from Zongshen and was built in the same factory as the Daytona Anima FLX. It’s hooked up to a five-speed gearbox and dones an ID Vintage exhaust, brand-new. The suspension has been completely replaced with new forks from YCF via custom yokes, and the gas shocks are also new, from Kepspeed.
Woodman isn’t really a motorcycle guy. Actually, he’s a master woodworker and only builds two to three bikes a year — for fun, if you can believe that. While it may be just a sideline for him, he’s garnered many fans as a result of his excellent bike projects. What sets him apart is his clever implementation of wood into the rides he customizes. You’d expect a master woodworker to just go berserk at it and add wood in every part of the motorcycle, but he doesn’t do that. He’s more subtle and more understated about incorporating the element, preventing the design from being too on the nose.
Photos courtesy of George Woodman
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MetaNumbers
2226 (number)
Positive integer
Octal number
0x129abf
Hex number
5.012 * 10^7
2^4 * 5
Factorized form
2,226 (two thousand two hundred twenty-six) is an even four-digits composite number following 2225 and preceding 2227. In scientific notation, it is written as 2.226 × 103. The sum of its digits is 12. It has a total of 4 prime factors and 16 positive divisors. There are 624 positive integers (up to 2226) that are relatively prime to 2226.
Other Arithmetic Functions
Divisibility test
Geometrical shape
Hash Functions
Basic properties
Is Prime? No
Number parity Even
Number length 4
Sum of Digits 12
Digital Root 3
2 thousand 226
two thousand two hundred twenty-six
2.226 × 103
Prime Factorization of 2226
Prime Factorization 2 × 3 × 7 × 53
Composite number
ω(n)
Distinct Factors
Total number of distinct prime factors
Total number of prime factors
rad(n)
Product of the distinct prime numbers
λ(n)
Liouville Lambda
Returns the parity of Ω(n), such that λ(n) = (-1)Ω(n)
μ(n)
Mobius Mu
1, if n has an even number of prime factors (and is square free)
−1, if n has an odd number of prime factors (and is square free)
0, if n has a squared prime factor
Mangoldt function
Returns log(p) if n is a power pk of any prime p (for any k >= 1), else returns 0
The prime factorization of 2,226 is 2 × 3 × 7 × 53. Since it has a total of 4 prime factors, 2,226 is a composite number.
Divisors of 2226
1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 53, 106, 159, 318, 371, 742, 1113, 2226
16 divisors
Even divisors
Odd divisors
4k+1 divisors
τ(n)
Total Divisors
Total number of the positive divisors of n
σ(n)
Sum of Divisors
Sum of all the positive divisors of n
s(n)
Aliquot Sum
Sum of the proper positive divisors of n
A(n)
Returns the sum of divisors (σ(n)) divided by the total number of divisors (τ(n))
G(n)
Returns the nth root of the product of n divisors
H(n)
Harmonic Mean
Returns the total number of divisors (τ(n)) divided by the sum of the reciprocal of each divisors
The number 2,226 can be divided by 16 positive divisors (out of which 8 are even, and 8 are odd). The sum of these divisors (counting 2,226) is 5,184, the average is 324.
Other Arithmetic Functions (n = 2226)
1 φ(n) n
φ(n)
Euler Totient
Total number of positive integers not greater than n that are coprime to n
Carmichael Lambda
Smallest positive number such that aλ(n) ≡ 1 (mod n) for all a coprime to n
π(n)
Prime Pi
≈ 336
Total number of primes less than or equal to n
r2(n)
Sum of 2 squares
The number of ways n can be represented as the sum of 2 squares
There are 624 positive integers (less than 2,226) that are coprime with 2,226. And there are approximately 336 prime numbers less than or equal to 2,226.
Divisibility of 2226
n mod m
The number 2,226 is divisible by 2, 3, 6 and 7.
Classification of 2226
By Arithmetic functions
Expressible via specific sums
By Powers
Square Free
Base conversion (2226)
Binary 100010110010
Ternary 10001110
Quaternary 202302
Quinary 32401
Senary 14150
Duodecimal 1356
Hexadecimal 8b2
Vigesimal 5b6
Base36 1pu
Basic calculations (n = 2226)
n×i
n×2
n ⁄ i
n⁄2
Exponentiation
Nth Root
i√n
2√n
2226 as geometric shapes
Radius = n
13986.370493782
46202352507.231
Length = n
Space diagonal
2145610.8468413
Triangular Pyramid
Cryptographic Hash Functions
01eee509ee2f68dc6014898c309e86bf
4a5b94151967c0bb1e6ca8c9a825dafc1dbeecd2
cf2661b79280502b34a8b9d1e31a610b69e6f3ea292e08d0d6140d7ce7281efd
88e106523ad7bf75895bf64cb11be91f342f12903bfd7f832648065c4d26cf9fc27b7784591a4332ff8f79c6342e0d8abf4ea023c036652d1367cc67c988cf41
ripemd-160
2c9fa55b362e6aee62cd6313a7ecf7bba7d8b951
Prime numbers list
List of numbers
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In which I wonder if I’m in the right cinema, or: stuff I have to wade through to see Ocean’s 8
I’ve basically got my arrival coordinated now so I don’t have to see any of these, but the only jarring note the first time I saw Ocean’s 8 was all of these trailers for films that left me feeling increasingly alienated as a cinema-goer. It did put me in mind of Into the Storm in that sense — because that was also a film where all the trailers they showed ahead of it were things I’d never see voluntarily in a million years. These aren’t quite that bad. Or. Hmmm.
[I apologize in advance if I’m dissing your favorite, long-anticipated film. There are films I look forward to seeing. They’re just not being advertised before Ocean’s 8.]
Mamma Mia 2
I’ve seen this trailer something like five times now and I still can’t figure out what the movie is about. Something to do with a hush-hush pregnancy and dancing. Abba songs, which I suppose are fine, but a whole movie? I guess you had to see the first one. Does Meryl Streep really have to be in every single film? Small plus point: Cher, of whom I don’t see enough.
Verdict: Skip unless I’m really desperate. Which, admittedly, I might be.
Mission Impossible: Fallout
Tom Cruise stars in a series of equipment crashes in picturesque European locations. He also jumps out a window. But he can’t actually move any part of his face so it’s difficult to experience any thrill about any of it. There also seems to be some kind of religious fanatic. Huh. Plus point: Angela Bassett, but it looks like a very small role.
Verdict: Not unless forced to at gunpoint, and even then you’d have to staple my eyelids open.
This is potentially the one I’m most likely to see, and it has interesting titles, I’ll admit. However, I don’t get why a story that plays in Connecticut is backgrounded with the French song. Could be suspenseful and interesting, but the exploding car is a bad omen.
Verdict: Maybe, if I have time to kill on cheap day.
A drug cartel kills Jennifer Garner’s family so she goes under cover and kills the drug cartel. Nothing at all about this appeals, starting with the gooey beginning, continuing with the weird executions on a Ferris Wheel, and ending with a weird cell phone conversation at a gravestone. This looks like violent kitsch from beginning to end, verging on xenophobia, and I’m trying to figure out if this is someone’s sad attempt at female empowerment, or it’s just guys who like to fantasize about a shoot’em up with Garner, whose guns both literal and figurative definitely impress.
Verdict: You could not pay me to see this film.
I really do not know what to say about this. A weird hotel, a topless man dancing in a wheat field, a guy in a mask, a woman singing “this old heart of mine” … none of it fits together. Huge negative: Jeff Bridges, who has done nothing that convinced me since 1989, i.e., for more or less my entire adult life.
Verdict: “Bad Time” seems to be an appropriate title. People will pay money for this? Really?
Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga playing some sort of weird codependency games at country music concerts. Am I really supposed to believe Gaga doesn’t think she’s attractive? Am I really supposed to believe that Cooper believes that she doesn’t think she’s attractive? Yeah, didn’t think so.
Verdict: Totally superfluous. The 1954 and 1976 versions of this film fully meet my needs (Judy Garland in the better film and Barbra Streisand as my preferred vocalist).
Are you planning to see any of these? Can you explain the appeal?
~ by Servetus on July 8, 2018.
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I’ve seen a few of these multiple times as well. If I never see the Mission Impossible trailer again, it’ll still be too soon.
As for the Mamma Mia 2 trailer, it took me a couple views to realize it’s two timelines. The daughter from the first movie is now pregnant and for some reason, her mom’s not around? or she’s scared to tell her about it? so she goes to the friends who tell her about her mom being her age. That’s why there are two blonde women in the trailer. And then somehow Cher is in it, but I still don’t know where Meryl Streep is…At least that’s what I’ve gathered from my multiple viewings of the trailer. It’s a bit confusing which for a musical sequel means it’s probably trying too hard. I didn’t care for the first one, so I don’t plan on seeing this one.
missfoodietwoshoes said this on July 8, 2018 at 5:47 am | Reply
That IS really confusing. Thanks for the clarification.
I might go see “Bad Times at the El Royale” if only to drool over Chris Hemsworth’s bod. He’s ripped!! And Elsa Pataky is a lucky woman!
Lady Grayse said this on July 8, 2018 at 6:20 am | Reply
He’s not really my taste but I can see the potential attraction.
Hemsworth is eye candy mostly, that’s all. 😀
Lady Grayse said this on July 8, 2018 at 2:26 pm | Reply
I would recommend Mamma Mia 2 above the
other choices. Mamma Mia I thought was sweet, funny and a good summertime escape
primarily for the ABBA songs and the supporting cast of Firth, Walters, Baranski, et al I thought they were funny and sweet. Meryl
is well Meryl and Amanda Siegfried was ok
I didn’t think she was a strong singer but she
is cute and blends in well w the cast. There’s another movie I plan to see called Siberia w Keanu Reeves supposed to come out next Friday July 13 sort of a love/suspense thriller set in yes Siberia. Hope you enjoy the peace and quiet whatever you end up viewing.
Michele Marsh said this on July 8, 2018 at 12:48 pm | Reply
Looks like that is not yet scheduled to be shown here.
I think I’m mourning that I missed two films I really wanted to see because they were here for one week, the week dad’s stroke occurred (First Reformed, and The Seagull).
I have a mental list of actors who I absolutely refuse to watch, due to their personal beliefs and\or actions. Tom cruise is at the top of that list, so no mission impossible for me
Cindy said this on July 8, 2018 at 12:58 pm | Reply
squirrel.0072 said this on July 8, 2018 at 1:12 pm | Reply
LOL, for sure. Although I will read extensive articles about his bizarreness in Vanity Fair. Apparently he’s estranged his kids from Nicole Kidman, which is the height of evil IMO.
Yeah I think he’s just not a great actor. His MI movies are all the same and his best role to date as an actor actor was Born on the 4th of July. Other than that it’s MI or now this Jack Reacher or Preacher or something like that. I found it interesting his The Mummy movie from last summer (at least in the States) bombed. First Reformed might be on Pay per View now (in the States).
Michele Marsh said this on July 8, 2018 at 3:33 pm | Reply
I’m sure I’ll see it eventually. I am one of those people who prefer the big screen unfortunately. But it’s probably very good on a small screen, too.
don’t even get me started on Mel Gibson
On duty, I have time to write. I am lucky not to be under a very hot weather, listening roars or smelling gazoline of old vintage races cars. I am taking time to read Angela Bourke book while coll air conditionning is working.
Thanks for your wide movies choice! Before a blockbuster like “Oceans’ 8” or an arthouse film, the advertising are definetly not of the same taste. Filmgoers are contrasted with extremely different personnalities.
“Mary Poppins Returns” directed by Rob Marshall with Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth could be a good december movie…
https://www.senscritique.com/liste/Les_Blockbusters_de_2018/1823141
La chanteuse du film “A Simple Favor” s’appelle Béatrice Martin: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C5%93ur_de_pirate Elle est d’origine Québécoise, mais fait une belle carrière en France.
Voici la chanson du film: Cœur De Pirate – Crier Tout Bas (live session) – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfbtlsQVbx0
Mary Poppins Returns — yet again, a film with Meryl Streep (and Colin Firth). What movie is she not in? 🙂
Thanks for the info on the “A Simple Favor” song. I don’t object to chansons (on the contrary), just wondering why it’s relevant here.
I don’t know too.
I do love colin firth
I don’t go to the cinema much anymore. At the most about three times a year, often less. When we went to O8, my husband and I were rolling our eyes over the trailers. I don’t remember what they were, but they involved lots of things exploding and crashing and so forth. Who goes to these movies? No thanks.
As an aside, I have liked Béatrice Martin for a long time now, it’s interesting that her song is featured in that film. I like a lot of Québecois pop music, but didn’t think it was very popular outside the Francophone world.
Babette said this on July 8, 2018 at 7:05 pm | Reply
I will have to check Martin out.
I wonder about the state of the world, too, if this is what is getting made. I think in the end it doesn’t even require actors. It can all be done by stunt men.
i like Tom Cruise. I think his mission possible movies are good(action, comedy, but my favorite with him is the movie Legend and it has Tim Curry as the devil. I don’t like Bradley cooper. I don’t know what it is about him, but he just gets on my nerves. Servetus, I think a movie you might like is Winchester(Helen Mirren).
bloodangel said this on July 8, 2018 at 10:22 pm | Reply
Thanks for the tip! I hope that your theater gets rebuilt in time for you to see MI!
I think I’ll watch Mamma Mia 2 (liked the first one) and A Star is born (Bradley Cooper can sing?) on DVD someday but there sure is no rush
Herba said this on July 9, 2018 at 7:15 am | Reply
“there is no rush” is a good description.
Servetus said this on July 12, 2018 at 12:33 pm | Reply
I don’t get to the cinema all that often, maybe three or four times a year if that, it has to be something I really want to see. Of the ones you’ve listed, Mama Mia 2 is the only trailer I’ve seen, both at the cinema and on television, and it’s the only movie I have on my to-watch list at the moment. I enjoyed the first one and have seen the stage show as well. I can go into the cinema knowing I won’t see things that will give me nightmares. I’d much rather toe tapping music, romance, a simple sweet storyline, and a cast that includes Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan (despite him murdering his songs in MM1!).
Mezz said this on July 10, 2018 at 2:51 am | Reply
The stage show was fantastic and I totally agree with you that Pierce definitely butchered his songs but he and Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgaard were delightful and the whole cast seemed to have such a great time.
Michele Marsh said this on July 10, 2018 at 11:39 am | Reply
Good point re: no nightmares and there seem to be fewer and fewer of those films.
I’ve only seen the Mamma Mia and the Tom Cruise trailer over here, the other ones you mention won’t get here until later, I think.
The Tom Cruise one I have zero interest in.
The Mamma Mia one I do want to see. The first one was fun (I do know many people who hated it, but I really enjoyed it). I don’t think this second one is necessary at all, and I’m not so fond of Lily James (who plays the young Meryl Streep character in this) BUT – I really loved the three men in the first one: Colin Firth of course, but also Pierce Brosnan (even though his singing was a little iffy) and Stellan Skarsgard. So, I’m going to see this for them but especially for Colin!
Esther said this on July 10, 2018 at 8:03 pm | Reply
When I saw Colin Firth on the screen, I thought — Esther will see that!
Esther said this on July 13, 2018 at 11:31 am | Reply
I will probably see Mamma Mia 2, only because the group of women from work may go. I saw the Mamma Mia play in 2000 when it first toured. It is a really happy feel-good musical, even if all ABBA. I didn’t see the first movie, though, so I should watch it first.
I’m actually looking forward to A Star Is Born. I loved the Streisand/Kristofferson movie, being a big fan of both singers. I have a soft spot for Bradley Cooper, mainly because of his excellent performance in Silver Linings Playbook. This will be Cooper’s directorial debut and he is also one of he producers. Apparently, Clint Eastwood had wanted to make the movie with Cooper at some point in the past and then moved on. I do believe that Lady Gaga’s character wouldn’t think she is attractive — she is unusual looking and I’ve never thought of her as particularly attractive. She is, however, a surprisingly good singer. Her rendition of The Hills Are Alive at the 2015 Oscars was really well done. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JxcFcKvjZCk
SueBC said this on July 12, 2018 at 4:34 am | Reply
Yes I think Lady Gaga could pull off thinking she is not attractive. She apparently battled bulimia when she was a teenager and has body imaging issues. She has come a long way since her “Just Dance” meat wearing garb days. Both her Born This Way and Joanne albums are fantastic and really show her vocal range. I’m happy for Cooper that he is branching out into directing. I think he has sort of peaked as an actor and I agree Silver Linings Playbook was very good. He seems to thrive in David O Russell works as does Jennifer Lawrence. Some of his other movies (ie Hangover 2 and 3) were just turkeys in my opinion. I think the music in Star is Born remake of Cooper’s is country tinged which is not my cup of tea so I may wait to see what others comment or review and then maybe..
She already failed this test for me in the trailer — she looks attractive and her statement that she is not was not convincing. I admit that that I despise the trope of how men telling women they are attractive is supposed to “fix” them (I don’t like that in the original movies, either). I agree she’s a great singer, and I’m sorry for her troubles, of course, but I don’t need to see this story again.
I’m not a huge fan of Gaga’s music, but she can sing. And I guess she can act too — she won a Golden Globe in 2016 for a TV role. As for Cooper, I did see the Hangover movies on the small screen, just coz he’s easy on the eyes, but they were pretty gross comedies. I saw American Sniper which got great reviews, but I wasn’t all that impressed. His roles seem to be all over the place.
SueBC said this on July 12, 2018 at 6:21 pm | Reply
Well I really liked Born This Way because the theme of the album was love yourself and be proud of who you are as an individual. Also, she had a wide scope of songs-1 German one on there and a couple Italian and a little French so it had a great appeal to a wide ranging audience in my opinion. Joanne was dedicated to her late Aunt who died in 2016 of cancer and I think really was personally moving (she discussed her break up w Taylor Kinney) and where she was at in her life approaching 30. So artistically I thought these albums like Madonna’s Ray of Light in 1998 (about turning 40 among other things) were more honest and evocative than that Art Pop fiasco or even Fame Monster of 2009. Her Emmy was for The American Horror series which I don’t watch.
Cooper-yeah I watched All About Steve last night (on HBO U.S.) which first go around I didn’t like too silly or something but on second viewing I thought it was quite sweet and he held his own in it, not playing a douche bag but a guy the object of Sandra Bullock’s character’s crush then obsession (sort of) but he says at the end of the movie “Mary, don’t ever change who you are” which I myself needed to hear that. I didn’t see American Sniper (another Eastwood directed movie) just not that into it I guess. I agree Cooper is all over the place which is why maybe if he moves into directing he will challenge himself more artistically or something like that..
Michele Marsh said this on July 12, 2018 at 6:42 pm | Reply
I only really know Lady Gaga’s radio hits, which are not really what I listen to. But you make those albums sound interesting. I’ll check them out on iTunes. Yeah I’ve never seen American Horror, but I read she won a Golden Globe.
I think Cooper has talent but it all depends on the vehicle.
I’m not trying to sound like her publicist here but those two albums in particular really resonated with me. One would think she had it all and on these albums she really discussed insecurity, body imaging issues (esp on Born This Way) and death. (“Joanne”). I cried the first time I played the Joanne CD in my car because it was so so honest. I don’t have Art Pop mainly bec the radio release “Applause” was boring and uninspiring. Artpop has a lot of rap music which I do not like. She said she really felt down in the dumps bec Art Pop commercially failed. Yes, bec it sounded like everything else out there in 2013! But Madonna’s whole Millennium career in music except 2000’s Music album has been dismal in my opinion. No originality and trying to look young and sound young when she’s not.
Thanks. I’ll check them out.
Sometimes music hits you that way.
Servetus said this on July 15, 2018 at 3:35 am | Reply
That’s my experience of her, too, but I think she’s a great singer.
he’s not the only actor we know with that problem.
Somehow, though, I’m more forgiving of it with RA. My crush on Cooper was more short-lived. I didn’t like what I saw of him as a person, as much. He didn’t seem like someone I would want to spend time with.
It’s so hard for me to compare, still. Like even with actors who consistently get better roles, I don’t crush on them. So who knows. But I agree that a “problematic” personal life is an obstacle. And honestly I’m happy we don’t read about Armitage all the time in the tabloids.
I think I might be up for seeing “Mammia Mia 2” on stage, live, with a bunch of actors I don’t know. I enjoy the energy of live musicals. I have serious Meryl Streep fatigue.
Clint Eastwood. Wow. Well, he’s on my “absolutely not for any reason ever” list, at the very latest since the “empty chair speech” at the 2012 RNC. I haven’t seen Silver Linings Playbook — seemed like it was not my type of film.
Clint Eastwood is a bit of a red herring, I guess, since he’s not involved anymore. From what I’ve read, it might be a bit of a passion project for Cooper. I wonder if he’ll bring anything really new to the story. As for Silver Linings Playbook, while there is a romance, I see it as a film more about mental illness and family dynamics. Having spent time around people with bipolar disorder, I thought Cooper did a great job with the role.
As for Streep, it does seem that she is everywhere. She is a good actress, but she is not my favourite to see on screen.
I like Streep because she is extremely gifted-she can chameleon into a character with great ease (much as Richard does in my opinion) and I really liked her in Iron Lady. She does what she wants when she wants to which to me is the mark of a confident successful person esp a professional performer. She is going to be in Season 2 of Big Little Lies (HBO U.S.) which I am excited about. Her ability to endure over 4 decades of working steadily and consisting to keep her performances even when the material sucked at A level is truly remarkable.
I really liked her in Hope Springs with Tommy Lee Jones. It’s about an older couple who have drifted far away from each other and she drags him to sex therapy to try to get the romance back. I enjoyed the movie, but it might appeal most to people who’ve been in long marriages. (Mine will be 30 years this fall.)
She was good in that and I like Tommy Lee Jones as an actor esp The Fugitive-that drawl is so delightful “We have a fugitive on the run..” I also liked her in August Osage County w/Julia Roberts-Streep just blew everyone away in my opinion. Talk about watching a Master Class in acting. Cumberbatch was in that movie too.
Oh yeah. August Osage County was really good. Julia Roberts was excellent too. I don’t remember Cumberbatch being in it, though I guess he was.
He played the son of the neighbor who ended up being related to Julianne Nicholson’s character. Yeah I agree Julia Roberts was
good also one of the few times I’ve liked
her in a movie although I like her as a person
very affable and down to earth 😀
Michele Marsh said this on July 13, 2018 at 2:06 am | Reply
I admire her career without necessarily admiring tons and tons of her work. I loved Kramer v. Kramer, for instance. But lately I think she has taken a lot of roles where she is essentially mimicking a known historical figure and I find that quite tiring to watch.
Yeah I agree with you on Eastwood. I’ve never been a fan of his. My dad loved his Forgiven” -that Western that Gene Hackman won an Oscar for but I dislike Westerns even more than gory movies. I would recommend Silver Linings Playbook-it is set in Philly, DeNiro is great in it. I don’t think Cooper is a terrific actor but he has a good meaty role in it and he and Jennifer Lawrence (pre Hungry Games I think) have great chemistry. The writing is great and I like the interaction of the dad (DeNiro) and son (Cooper). I think the relationship dynamics at play might interest you. Maybe?
Live musicals are great! You would probably love Mamma Mia live on stage.
Michele Marsh said this on July 12, 2018 at 12:48 pm | Reply
I just have learned over the years that there are films I am probably not going to like and SLP ticks the central “avoid at all costs” box of “romance.”
I don’t like Westerns either, although I feel like Eastwood’s work has kind of moved away from that. I think the last things of his I saw were Invictus and Gran Torino and I don’t have a real clear memory of either. I haven’t seen most of the things he’s famous for, admittedly.
Servetus said this on July 12, 2018 at 1:05 pm | Reply
Ahh, those are two more than I have seen. I saw Trouble with The Curve bec I like baseball and I like Amy Adams. He was ok in that movie and did not direct it. My sis saw the Paris train movie he directed from earlier this year and liked it , said it was “riveting.” Hmm maybe as a last resort, bored out of my mind night movie.
I have political issues with that kind of thing. Yes, celebrate heroism and character, by all means. I am a huge fan of those things and I tend to agree that we are not teaching our children well enough to be moral citizens in situations where it counts. But films like that push this whole idea we have in the U.S. that the individual is the solution to every problem. To me, what stops terrorists isn’t well-trained individuals who happen to be in the right place at the right time, but rather an international politics that disencentivizes this behavior, and which makes it attractive for people to live non-destructive lives. You’ll never get that from Eastwood; he’s a libertarian.
Those sound like a couple of good ideas for future posts. Anything political or involving films or both seem to generate a lot of wonderful responses in my opinion.
I dunno, I try not to let politics overwhelm this blog (believe me, I have a lot to say). But the main issue at present is just energy and time.
You have such engaging wide ranging geographical commenters that are so well read and intelligent that any political, socio-economic topics/posts would have intriguing replies
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Molecular profiling and classification of sporadic renal cell carcinoma by quantitative methylation analysis
Mark L. Gonzalgo, Srinivasan Yegnasubramanian, Gai Yan, Craig G. Rogers, Theresa L. Nicol, William G. Nelson, Christian P. Pavlovich
Purpose: Preoperative histologic classification of solid renal masses remains limited with current technology. We determine the utility of molecular profiling based on quantitative methylation analysis for characterization of sporadic renal cell carcinoma. Experimental Design: Primary renal cell carcinomas representing three different histologic subtypes were obtained from a total of 38 patients who underwent radical nephrectomy for suspected malignant disease. Genomic DNA was isolated from tumors and was subjected to sodium bisulfite modification. The normalized index of methylation (NIM) for each sample was determined by quantitative real-time methylation-specific PCR at 17 different gene promoters. Hierarchical cluster analysis was performed by using an unsupervised neural network with binary tree topology. Results: The majority of gene promoters that were analyzed in this study demonstrated very low levels of methylation (NIM < 1.0). The RASSF1A gene promoter, however, was methylated in 30 of 38 (79%) cases. The frequency of RASSF1A methylation in papillary, clear-cell, and oncocytoma subtypes was 100, 90, and 25%, respectively. The highest levels of RASSF1A methylation were observed in the papillary (mean NIM = 78.9) and clear-cell (mean NIM = 13.4) subtypes. The vast majority of oncocytomas were completely unmethylated, and none demonstrated > 1% methylation (mean NIM = 0.11). Hierarchical cluster analysis based on quantitative methylation levels resulted in stratification of sporadic renal cell carcinomas into their discrete histologic subtypes. Conclusions: Classification of sporadic renal cell carcinomas into histologic subtypes can be accomplished via multigene quantitative methylation profiling. Validation of this approach and selection of appropriate methylation markers may ultimately lead to use of this technology in the preoperative assessment of suspicious renal masses.
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Gonzalgo, M. L., Yegnasubramanian, S., Yan, G., Rogers, C. G., Nicol, T. L., Nelson, W. G., & Pavlovich, C. P. (2004). Molecular profiling and classification of sporadic renal cell carcinoma by quantitative methylation analysis. Clinical Cancer Research, 10(21), 7276-7283. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-03-0692
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Gonzalgo, ML, Yegnasubramanian, S, Yan, G, Rogers, CG, Nicol, TL, Nelson, WG & Pavlovich, CP 2004, 'Molecular profiling and classification of sporadic renal cell carcinoma by quantitative methylation analysis', Clinical Cancer Research, vol. 10, no. 21, pp. 7276-7283. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-03-0692
Gonzalgo ML, Yegnasubramanian S, Yan G, Rogers CG, Nicol TL, Nelson WG et al. Molecular profiling and classification of sporadic renal cell carcinoma by quantitative methylation analysis. Clinical Cancer Research. 2004 Nov 1;10(21):7276-7283. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-03-0692
Gonzalgo, Mark L. ; Yegnasubramanian, Srinivasan ; Yan, Gai ; Rogers, Craig G. ; Nicol, Theresa L. ; Nelson, William G. ; Pavlovich, Christian P. / Molecular profiling and classification of sporadic renal cell carcinoma by quantitative methylation analysis. In: Clinical Cancer Research. 2004 ; Vol. 10, No. 21. pp. 7276-7283.
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title = "Molecular profiling and classification of sporadic renal cell carcinoma by quantitative methylation analysis",
abstract = "Purpose: Preoperative histologic classification of solid renal masses remains limited with current technology. We determine the utility of molecular profiling based on quantitative methylation analysis for characterization of sporadic renal cell carcinoma. Experimental Design: Primary renal cell carcinomas representing three different histologic subtypes were obtained from a total of 38 patients who underwent radical nephrectomy for suspected malignant disease. Genomic DNA was isolated from tumors and was subjected to sodium bisulfite modification. The normalized index of methylation (NIM) for each sample was determined by quantitative real-time methylation-specific PCR at 17 different gene promoters. Hierarchical cluster analysis was performed by using an unsupervised neural network with binary tree topology. Results: The majority of gene promoters that were analyzed in this study demonstrated very low levels of methylation (NIM < 1.0). The RASSF1A gene promoter, however, was methylated in 30 of 38 (79%) cases. The frequency of RASSF1A methylation in papillary, clear-cell, and oncocytoma subtypes was 100, 90, and 25%, respectively. The highest levels of RASSF1A methylation were observed in the papillary (mean NIM = 78.9) and clear-cell (mean NIM = 13.4) subtypes. The vast majority of oncocytomas were completely unmethylated, and none demonstrated > 1% methylation (mean NIM = 0.11). Hierarchical cluster analysis based on quantitative methylation levels resulted in stratification of sporadic renal cell carcinomas into their discrete histologic subtypes. Conclusions: Classification of sporadic renal cell carcinomas into histologic subtypes can be accomplished via multigene quantitative methylation profiling. Validation of this approach and selection of appropriate methylation markers may ultimately lead to use of this technology in the preoperative assessment of suspicious renal masses.",
author = "Gonzalgo, {Mark L.} and Srinivasan Yegnasubramanian and Gai Yan and Rogers, {Craig G.} and Nicol, {Theresa L.} and Nelson, {William G.} and Pavlovich, {Christian P.}",
T1 - Molecular profiling and classification of sporadic renal cell carcinoma by quantitative methylation analysis
AU - Gonzalgo, Mark L.
AU - Yegnasubramanian, Srinivasan
AU - Yan, Gai
AU - Rogers, Craig G.
AU - Nicol, Theresa L.
AU - Nelson, William G.
AU - Pavlovich, Christian P.
N2 - Purpose: Preoperative histologic classification of solid renal masses remains limited with current technology. We determine the utility of molecular profiling based on quantitative methylation analysis for characterization of sporadic renal cell carcinoma. Experimental Design: Primary renal cell carcinomas representing three different histologic subtypes were obtained from a total of 38 patients who underwent radical nephrectomy for suspected malignant disease. Genomic DNA was isolated from tumors and was subjected to sodium bisulfite modification. The normalized index of methylation (NIM) for each sample was determined by quantitative real-time methylation-specific PCR at 17 different gene promoters. Hierarchical cluster analysis was performed by using an unsupervised neural network with binary tree topology. Results: The majority of gene promoters that were analyzed in this study demonstrated very low levels of methylation (NIM < 1.0). The RASSF1A gene promoter, however, was methylated in 30 of 38 (79%) cases. The frequency of RASSF1A methylation in papillary, clear-cell, and oncocytoma subtypes was 100, 90, and 25%, respectively. The highest levels of RASSF1A methylation were observed in the papillary (mean NIM = 78.9) and clear-cell (mean NIM = 13.4) subtypes. The vast majority of oncocytomas were completely unmethylated, and none demonstrated > 1% methylation (mean NIM = 0.11). Hierarchical cluster analysis based on quantitative methylation levels resulted in stratification of sporadic renal cell carcinomas into their discrete histologic subtypes. Conclusions: Classification of sporadic renal cell carcinomas into histologic subtypes can be accomplished via multigene quantitative methylation profiling. Validation of this approach and selection of appropriate methylation markers may ultimately lead to use of this technology in the preoperative assessment of suspicious renal masses.
AB - Purpose: Preoperative histologic classification of solid renal masses remains limited with current technology. We determine the utility of molecular profiling based on quantitative methylation analysis for characterization of sporadic renal cell carcinoma. Experimental Design: Primary renal cell carcinomas representing three different histologic subtypes were obtained from a total of 38 patients who underwent radical nephrectomy for suspected malignant disease. Genomic DNA was isolated from tumors and was subjected to sodium bisulfite modification. The normalized index of methylation (NIM) for each sample was determined by quantitative real-time methylation-specific PCR at 17 different gene promoters. Hierarchical cluster analysis was performed by using an unsupervised neural network with binary tree topology. Results: The majority of gene promoters that were analyzed in this study demonstrated very low levels of methylation (NIM < 1.0). The RASSF1A gene promoter, however, was methylated in 30 of 38 (79%) cases. The frequency of RASSF1A methylation in papillary, clear-cell, and oncocytoma subtypes was 100, 90, and 25%, respectively. The highest levels of RASSF1A methylation were observed in the papillary (mean NIM = 78.9) and clear-cell (mean NIM = 13.4) subtypes. The vast majority of oncocytomas were completely unmethylated, and none demonstrated > 1% methylation (mean NIM = 0.11). Hierarchical cluster analysis based on quantitative methylation levels resulted in stratification of sporadic renal cell carcinomas into their discrete histologic subtypes. Conclusions: Classification of sporadic renal cell carcinomas into histologic subtypes can be accomplished via multigene quantitative methylation profiling. Validation of this approach and selection of appropriate methylation markers may ultimately lead to use of this technology in the preoperative assessment of suspicious renal masses.
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20 Years a Slave in Secret Space Programs – Abduction & Programming
Dr Michael Salla / September 24, 2016
A new witness to secret space programs has publicly come forward to give details about how these programs operate in recruiting and treating personnel who are considered to be ‘slaves’ with no rights.
Tony Rodriques claims that in 1981, when only nine years old and in 4th grade, he was involuntarily recruited into a “twenty and back” program as punishment for something he did to one of his class room peers.
He publicly embarrassed the son of a high level member of the Illuminati and Rodrigues says that he was soon after abducted by five aliens. He was then genetically tested to determine what skills he possessed, which could be used in covert ‘support’ programs and eventually for the secret space programs themselves when he got older.
Rodrigues says that he was first forced to work as a psychic for a drug running operation out of Peru for four years, before being recruited as a sex worker in the area of Seattle from age 13. When he turned 16 years old, in 1988, he was taken to the Moon to be tested for any skills he possessed that would be of most benefit for service in the secret space programs.
After briefly serving on Mars as a slave fighter for a mercenary military force protecting corporate bases from indigenous Martians, he says was taken to Ceres, a planetoid in the asteroid belt, where he worked for 13 years with a German led freighter crew that was part of the “Dark Fleet,” which was initially set up by Nazi Germany during World War II.
The first public reference to the “Dark Fleet” was by Corey Goode who listed it as one of five secret space programs he was familiar with in early 2015. The existence of a Nazi linked secret space program was subsequently confirmed by William Tompkins in early 2016. Both Goode and Tompkins said that slave labor was used extensively by the Dark Fleet.
I was first contacted by Rodrigues on August 15, 2015, and have spent more than a year vetting Tony’s testimony with the support of two other researchers, Morgan Starr and Rob Potter, who released the first audio interview of Rodrigues on Sept 23. Our conclusion is that Rodrigues is being truthful, sincere and consistent in describing events he recalls experiencing during a twenty and back secret space program.
Rodriges was publicly identified by Rob Potter on the last day of the Secret Space Program Conference held at Mount Shasta from August 26-28. I subsequently interviewed him for Exonews.TV from the speaker lodge at the conference on the morning of August 29.
In this first episode in a five part series on ExoNews TV, Rodrigues explains the event that led to his involuntary recruitment into a twenty and back program, and his first trip to the Moon in 1981.
In the next episode, we will learn what happened to Rodrigues when he was taken seven years later, in 1988, when he was 16, to the moon where he was trained for his first assignment for a secret space program with military and corporate facilities on Mars.
Michael E. Salla, Ph.D.
Announcement: Documents and first hand witness reports revealing the creation of antigravity spacecraft belonging U.S. secret space programs, and the testimony of witnesses, will be presented in an upcoming lecture and workshops in Los Angeles (Oct 8-9) and San Francisco (Oct 14 & 16) by best-selling Amazon.com author Dr Michael Salla. More info here.
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Andrea3333 says:
Tony is 100% genuine in my opinion.
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47MartialMan Valued Member
They have to cash in on the previous title
47MartialMan, May 22, 2010
Waiting for the remake of the remake of a remake of Robin Hood.
Just waiting for the news that Jaden Smith is playing Anakin and Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars remakes. Written, produced and directed by Will Smith.
Coming this fall to a theater near you.......Rocky.....starring Jaden Smith...and Don't miss "The Godfather" .....staring Jaden Smith.........
Jaden Smith is just straight up nepotism. I can't stand that because there's already enough nepotism and favouritsm in life. It's a bit like the boss's nephew stealing oxygen at a conference table while someone who actually worked hard all their life ends up left by the sidelines. I'm not saying he's the worst child actor, but he's certainly no better than the 1,000 other child actors who have more talent than him. Any one of those would have been better suited to this role, but no, Hollywood plays family favourites again. So we're stuck with this arrogant little schmuck with his goddamned annoying hair and smug grin.
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Patrick Smith, May 22, 2010
Topher allo!
I get the impression a new internet meme is developing...
The "Starring Jaden Smith" meme!
Topher, May 22, 2010
Jaden Smith and Will Smith are set to "star" in Amulet, another film conveniently produced by their father. :bang:
ap Oweyn Ret. Supporter
You know, if my dad were in any position to further my career, you bet your backside I'd be accepting his help.
I'm just saying.
ap Oweyn, Jun 17, 2010
AndrewTheAndroid A hero for fun.
I just finished watching it online. It was ok. It would've been a lot better if Jaden could act. The ending was very craptastic as well.
AndrewTheAndroid, Jun 17, 2010
Took the kids hours ago to see it.
It was like the Original in many aspects
47MartialMan, Jun 17, 2010
tkd GU Valued Member
You people are too close-minded/stubborn. It's a kids' movie that's supposed to be inspiring. Although it is a remake which makes it not surprising at all that a lot of people have low expectations for it. I saw the movie and liked it(but then again I like pretty much any movie I can stay awake through ie: not SWAT), however, you can never quite beat the original. There's not really much good to come from expecting too much or too little from the cinema.
tkd GU, Jun 17, 2010
ap Oweyn said: ↑
Yes, but you and your father are not Hollywood douchebags.
Van Zandt, Jun 17, 2010
Late for dinner Valued Member
Just saw it.... yup it sucked!
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Late for dinner, Jun 17, 2010
powchoy said: ↑
You're entitled to your opinion, but you must remember that you are not part of the intended audience. The year is 2010, and the producers probably had 7-14 yr olds in mind when they set out to make this film. Don't act so surprised that a lot of adults think it's a silly movie.
ColaMike Valued Member
I saw it with my girlfriend. We both liked it. It wasn't a great movie, but wasn't as bad as I though it'd be.
ColaMike, Jun 17, 2010
I don't think the movie is bad. I think Jaden Smith and his douche of a father are bad.
edudley Valued Member
It's great thing that it's just your opinion; my daughter loved it and to me, that's all that matters.
edudley, Jun 18, 2010
edudley said: ↑
Commies.
I don't get the vitriol. What makes them douchebags? That Will Smith has managed to parlay a music career (that I'm sure he worked very hard at) into a film career (that I'm sure he works very hard at)? Or that he wants to see (and help) his children succeed?
I mean, yeah, you dislike the movie, you dislike the movie. That's the chance that any creative artist takes by putting their work out there. But I admire Smith enormously for 1) taking control of his career, 2) looking out for his family, and 3) not carrying on like a complete tool in the process. Dude seems pretty down to Earth, considering.
Does that mean I like everything he's done? Nah. Men in Black 2 was awful. I'd like to have seen a more faithful adaptation of I Am Legend. And so on. But do I think that there's something wrong with the man, based on his career moves or his involvement in his sons' careers? Hells no.
Honestly, if you think Will Smith is a douche, the rest of Hollywood must be the Devil's Cowpat.
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“and blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord (Luke 1:45).”
The tragic killing of New York City police officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu and the attempted murder of Shaneka Thompson in Baltimore, amidst the world-wide call for justice by the #blacklivesmatter movement has left many people searching for hope. Isaaiyl Abdula Brinsley’s actions are being interpreted as retaliations for the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, and used to justify a power contest between the New York Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association and New York’s Office of the Mayor. As difficult as these incidents are to comprehend, we cannot afford to become distracted from the fact that we (all of us) are the hope for justice that we seek.
In the gospel of Luke, between Gabriel’s annunciation to Mary and her Magnificat, lies a verse that is often overlooked in Advent readings. The words are spoken by Mary’s cousin Elizabeth, wife of Zechariah and mother of John the Baptist. Filled with the Holy Spirit, Elizabeth said “and blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord (1:45).” Because of what Mary believed, she took action – making haste from Nazareth to Zechariah’s home in a Judean town in the hill country (1:39) until it was time to go to Bethlehem with Joseph to be registered per the decree of Emperor Augustus (2:1-7). Mary’s belief-turned-into-action changed the world. Mary gave birth to her firstborn son; the one the angel said would be called the Son of the Most High, the one we know as Jesus Christ. As the darkness of Advent becomes the light of Christmastide, Luke 1:45 begs the question, what would happen if we believed there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to us by the Lord?
What if we believed that every valley will be lifted up, that the uneven ground will become level and the rough places a plain (Isaiah 40:4)? What if we believed that good news will come to the oppressed and liberty proclaimed to the captives (Isaiah 61:1; cf. Luke 4:18)? What actions would we take if we believed what God has spoken to us through our talents, and passions, and gifting – particularly with regard to the witness that #blacklivesmatter? We, in our multiply unique and necessary ways are divinely equipped to be agents of justice, light, hope, compassion, and empowerment. It is the work and witness we are called to as followers of Jesus Christ. Blessed is she, and is he, and are we who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to us by the Lord.
Ours is not a passive, rocking chair, any day now kind of hope. Turning what we believe into action, we will continue to strategize, and march, and protest. We will continue to have hard and honest conversations with our co-laborers, our children, our allies, and allies in training. We will remember and recite the words of great writers, poets, musicians, and artists of our past and our present to affirm that the work before us is difficult but necessary and doable. We will pay attention to how the narratives of victims are told, noting who gets the verbs “shot,” “executed,” “murdered,” or “died.” We will memorialize the names and the circumstances of the fallen; the Black men including the same gender loving and the Black cis/trans*/queer women. We will uplift the families who survive the victims, and hold each other accountable to preach, and pray, and protest for the powerful to be brought down from their thrones, and for the uplift of the lowly (Luke 1:52). We will do these things because we believe in the fulfillment of what has been spoken to us by the Lord. Racism, abuse of authority, mockery of justice, and hegemonic hypocrisy cannot and will not conquer hope, for nothing is impossible for God. God is calling us to become agents of justice.
As the details of officers Ramos and Liu’s deaths unfold, let us mourn the unnecessary loss of lives unfinished. It is a lie that Black and brown lives matter only when uniformed in blue. It is racist to expect hyper-articulated outcries for Ramos and Liu by the Black community when Darren Wilson is let off the hook with no remorse and a handful of police officers don “I Can Breathe” tee shirts in mockery of Eric Garner’s life. As Dr. Martin Luther King wrote in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Let us remember that Brinsley’s senseless violence began with the attempted murder of Shaneka Thompson, and that our prayers are needed for her recovery. Her attack cannot be overshadowed by grandstanding, war declaring union leaders whose real fight is with elected officials.
Amen I say to you, the Lord’s word will be fulfilled. Good news will come to the oppressed. We will participate in delivering it. Liberty will be proclaimed to the captives. We will participate in the proclamation. We who believe in freedom will not rest until it comes. The glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all we who believe shall see it together. #blacklivesmatter #adventofjustice
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What is the point of the masturbation scene in Donnie Darko?
While reading this question What was Frank? it reminded me of one scene in Donnie Darko that I especially don't get how it ties into the story or why it's even there. He is under hypnosis with his therapist and he reaches into his pants and starts masturbating. I believe he does this while telling his therapist he's thinking of her. Why is this scene important?
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Kevin HowellKevin Howell
Honestly I think it has to do with what Donnie's personality is like. He often seems very cynical and void of emotion, except when his sister says he's a dick. He usually just observes things like a zombie of some sort. I think what the scene represents is another side of Donnie that most people wouldn't see normally. The psychiatrist is trying to break through like most normal doctors and understand Donnie. With the hypnosis and him coming out like that I feel it was almost a warning to her that if you want to dig deep into him, you may not like what you see. That I also feel is a metaphor throughout the movie. We can see it in the guru, the gym teacher, and other characters. They are one way when we look at them, but when you did deeper it may not be something we wanted to know in the first place.
KennethKenneth
This is brilliant. You've just given me a new way to look at this movie. – Kevin Howell Oct 10 '12 at 20:36
She asked him about girls, and he said he met a girl. She then asked about school and his family, but he was stuck thinking about girls, and watching Christina Applegate on Married with Children. He never mentioned his therapist.
I do not know the significance of the scene other than to make him seem like a normal teenage boy.
David HarknessDavid Harkness
I believe the scene is suppose to reflect Donnie's lust for Jena Malone's character Gretchen. Not only this however, but also how easily Donnie can be transformed by hypnosis. Donnie is very vulnerable to the powers of hypnosis and becomes more cynical as we see from him masterbating. Seeing what the hypnotist evokes from Donnie by accident can lead the viewer to see just what sins Donnie is capable of under the hypnosis of Frank.
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Students share technology skills on Day of Code
What is code? Even the simplest computerized technology is not much more than a pile of parts without complex code to provide instructions that make it operate. On December 8, 2020, MPS students showed off their coding skills and brought the process to life through a virtual Day of Code.
During Computer Science Education Week (CSEd Week), December 7–13, 2020, student ambassadors from MPS schools offered presentations and demonstrations for students and staff in MPS. Visitors to the event learned about technology taught in MPS schools. CSEd Week is promoted by Code.org, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding computer science education.
Students provided coding demonstrations and talked about their experiences with coding. The emcee for the event was Nadiyah Johnson, graduate of Rufus King High School and founder of The Milky Way Tech Hub and Jet Constellations. The computer science industry is proactively engaging with girls and people of color to explore coding as a career path, and Johnson is one of those leading the way.
“Computer science offers unlimited potential as a career field,” said Michelle Taylor, a teacher at Congress School in MPS. “Computer science influences all aspects of our lives. I’m excited when students realize how many items in daily life depend upon computers—televisions, toasters, SMART Boards, cars, buses—because they start asking how and why.”
The complete Day of Code event is available for viewing on the MPS YouTube page.
MPS has a wide range of technology and computer science classes available to students, including a one-to-one Chromebook ratio in schools. In addition, technology spaces have increased across the district and include makerspaces, Fab Labs, culinary arts labs, robotics labs, and more.
Families are encouraged to inquire about technology available in schools and to learn more about individual school offerings by contacting school sites for a personal tour. Explore MPS schools at mpsmke.com.
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Investigation of Field Corrosion Performance and Bond/Development Length of Galvanized Reinforcing Steel
RESEARCH CENTERS InTrans, BEC, CTRE
Federal Highway Administration State Planning and Research Funding
Junwon Seo
jseo@iastate.edu email >
Yoon-Si Lee
lys@iastate.edu email >
Bridge Research Specialist
Brian Keierleber
In reinforced concrete systems, ensuring that a good bond between the concrete and the embedded reinforcing steel is critical to long-term structural performance. Without good bond between the two, the system simply cannot behave as intended. The bond strength of reinforcing bars is a complex interaction between localized deformations, chemical adhesion, and other factors. Coating of reinforcing bars, although sometimes debated, has been commonly found to be an effective way to delay the initiation of corrosion in reinforced concrete systems.
For many years, the standard practice has been to coat reinforcing steel with an epoxy coating, which provides a barrier between the steel and the corrosive elements of water, air, and chloride ions. Recently, there has been an industry-led effort to use galvanizing to provide the protective barrier commonly provided by traditional epoxy coatings. However, as with any new structural product, questions exist regarding both the structural performance and corrosion resistance of the system.
In the fall of 2013, Buchanan County, Iowa constructed a demonstration bridge in which the steel girders and all internal reinforcing steel were galvanized. The work completed in this project sought to understand the structural performance of galvanized reinforcing steel as compared to epoxy-coated steel and to initiate a long-term corrosion monitoring program. This work consisted of a series of controlled laboratory tests and the installation of a corrosion monitoring system that can be observed for years in the future.
The results of this work indicate there is no appreciable difference between the bond strength of epoxy-coated reinforcing steel and galvanized reinforcing steel. Although some differences were observed, no notable difference in either peak load, slip, or failure mode could be identified. Additionally, a long-term monitoring system was installed in this Buchanan County bridge and, to date, no corrosion activity has been identified.
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Blade Runner 2049 full trailer: no need for clenched arses
When Blade Runner burst onto screens in 1982 all bleak and brilliant, the world couldn’t cope. Under the stewardship of Ridley Scott, Harrison Ford and the rest of the gang entertained and enthralled. Finally, genre fans could point to something other than Star Wars as evidence for the excellence of science-fiction.
30 years after the events of the first film, we have the full trailer for Blade Runner 2049. With it comes the chance to dip toes into the water of our favourite dystopian world once again. Ryan Gosling returns to the big money blockbusters as a new blade runner. He goes in search of Han Solo (sorry) after uncovering a secret that may or may not plunge what’s left of humanity into chaos. Like, people might be nice to each other again. If he succeeds.
Jared Leto looks super spooky as the new bad guy and seems set to do everything he can to prevent nice things from ever happening. While we don’t think he’s totally to blame for the Hershey squirt that was Suicide Squad, the trailer gives the impression that Leto may be about to return to Oscar-winning form. Yoh, those eyes!
Anyway, the trailer doesn’t tell us much else. This is very, very good. Big ups to Warner Bros for a preview that shows us what the film will be like without telling us anything and everything about it. They’ve got the mood bang on and the cast looks solid. Direction should be assured too, with The Arrival director Denis Villeneuve manning the camera.
This is the sequel we never knew we needed. 6 October 2017, God, we’re excited.
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ND Women’s Lacrosse
ND to face Stony Brook after loss
Katie Heit | Friday, February 21, 2014
After dropping their first ACC game to Boston College 15-10 on Feb. 18, the No. 15 Irish face non-conference opponent No. 12 Stony Brook on Saturday at the Loftus Center.
Emily McConville | The Observer
Irish sophomore attack Rachel Sexton races upfield during Notre Dame’s 15-10 loss to Boston College on Saturday.
Irish coach Christine Halfpenny said it didn’t take Notre Dame (1-1, 0-1 ACC) long to put the loss to Boston College (1-0, 1-0) behind them.
“On Monday in a team meeting we were able to regroup and come right back to the drawing board,” Halfpenny said. “It was really exciting to see what this team is made of. That’s typically when you find out what you’re made of, when things don’t go your way, and our team was focused, energized, and ready to get right back at it.”
The Irish face a difficult opponent in Stony Brook (2-0) this weekend. Halfpenny said the team out of Long Island tends to play rougher than many of the teams Notre Dame is used to.
“They are really aggressive,” Halfpenny said. “They run some schemes and strategies that we’ve seen on films and that we’ve known about in the past years, so we’re preparing for what they’re going to throw at us.”
The Sea Wolves’ arsenal includes a returning standout in senior goalkeeper Frankie Caridi, who earned the first shutout in Stony Brook history last weekend against Monmouth. Notre Dame will also have to face a unique defensive style from a team that doesn’t play typical zone defense.
“We’re continuing to do what we do,” Halfpenny said. “However, we need to prepare adequately for what they throw at you. They run a different style of defense. … They have some outstanding players, [Caridi] in goal … we obviously have to pay attention to that and we’ll do that as a team.”
The Irish, meanwhile, will be relying on a wide array of players to lead the charge against Sea Wolves.
Irish junior goalie Allie Murphy started against Boston College and had five saves. Junior midfielder Caitlin Gargan tied her career high with four goals, and sophomore attack Rachel Sexton scored three goals against the Eagles.
Halfpenny said the Irish aren’t so much changing their game for Stony Brook as they are finding their identity on the field.
“I don’t think there are any changes, it’s just continuing to develop,” Halfpenny said. “It’s still early in the season. We’re a spring sport and it’s only February, so we’re continuing to add to what we’ve done, which was our plan for the whole season.”
The Irish are back in action on Saturday when they take on Stony Brook at 8 p.m. in the Loftus Center.
Contact Katie Heit at [email protected]
Tags: Allie Murphy, Boston College, Christine Halfpenny, ND Women's Lacrosse, Rachel Sexton, Stony Brook
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Students weigh in on all-school formal
Alaina Anderson | Monday, February 3, 2014
Saint Mary’s students and their guests relived their high school dances when Saint Mary’s Residence Hall Association (RHA) hosted the all-school, prom-themed formal on Friday at the Hilton Garden Inn.
RHA president Kaitlyn Baker said the event was a huge success and received positive feedback from students in attendance all night.
Eight hundred tickets went up for sale to support RHA. Baker said she was pleased with the number of students that bought tickets.
“We sold at least 780 tickets, so we are pretty happy about that,” Baker said.
The theme for the formal this year was “prom” and included the crowning of a prom queen for the upperclassmen and a prom princess for the lowerclassmen.
“This year we have a very large freshman class,” Baker said. “We thought it was pretty practical so most of the girls could wear their prom dresses again. That’s what drew us towards the prom theme.”
Alaina Anderson
Left to right, Molly Pax, Gabriella Coronado, Catherine Miller, Madeline Rafferty, Caitlin McGarry and Hannah Britton pose barefoot.
First-year student Ali Mahoney was excited about the prom theme and was pleased with her first college formal at Saint Mary’s.
“I think it’s really fun to dress up and get ready for a dance again like we did in high school but to do it in college with all our friends,” she said.
Before the formal, the organizers of Dance Marathon, a charity event meant to raise money for the Riley Hospital for Children, provided hair and nail services in the Reignbeaux lounge in Le Mans from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.. Salon Rouge was painting nails for $5, curling and braiding hair for $2, doing makeup for $2 and applying hair extensions for $7. All the money went to support Dance Marathon.
First-year student Catherine Miller had her nails painted in Le Mans before the formal. Miller said she thought it was such a fun idea for Dance Marathon to offer these services for girls.
“My nails looked so great for formal and you couldn’t beat those prices,” Miller said. “I’m so happy Dance Marathon did this because doing my own nails is always a struggle and it feels great being pampered once in a while.”
First-year student Madeline Rafferty said although she had a great time at the formal, she was upset the dance was held on Friday instead of Saturday.
“My boyfriend goes to University of Wisconsin Madison so he would have had to skip his classes on Friday to make it in time to formal.” Rafferty said. “A lot of other girls have significant others that don’t go to Notre Dame or Holy Cross so it would have been nice if formal was on Saturday.”
Sophomore Annie McGlone said she had a great time dancing with her friends and really enjoyed the prom aspect of formal.
“Formal has been a lot of fun. We just came with our friends and no dates, which can be even better,” McGlone said. “We’re just having a lot of fun on the dance floor.”
First-year student Yosline Camacho said she never attended prom in high school and was happy to share this experience with her best friends.
“Saint Mary’s did such a good job with formal this year and I was so excited it was prom themed. There are always so many dances at Notre Dame and we never have dances here, so when we do it’s a great way for the community to come together, get dressed up, and have a blast,” Camacho said. “I can’t wait for next year’s formal.”
Tags: Formal, Saint Mary's College
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Alaina is a Junior at Saint Mary's College and is studying English Writing and Communication Studies. From the warm and exotic state of Wisconsin, she is a professional shower singer, an ambassador for The Elephant Pants, and an avid lover of alliteration.
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I Wish We’d All STFU About Paying Tolls
You ever read something that makes you want to bash your face into your keyboard (“this blog” is not an acceptable or creative answer)? Okay, me too. Today it came from an article about the cost of tolls, published in the Dallas Morning News. I managed to evade it when it was first published, but Facebook (my nemesis) kept pushing it to the top of my newsfeed. Dammit.
I love Texas, I really do. But this is A Blog About Things That Irritate Me. Maybe one day I’ll submit “53.5 Reasons Why Dallas is the Best” to Buzzfeed. But here, all is fair — and hearing Texans talk about tolls (whether as consumers or as NTTA representatives) makes me want to cry.
Expensive tollways!
First thing in this article….
The emergence of North Texas as Toll Road Capital, USA, represents failure of government of the worst kind. We have to pay for what we could do for free.
Oh, really? I forgot that the rest of America has free roads. They just appear over night, constructed by the street elves that make each piece of material out of magic, hopes, and dreams. I think the author is a Dallas native, so I’m not pointing the finger at him for this…for some reason this idea runs rampant in Texas. It’s like “the man” has come to destroy our fun and make us pay for our roads. Meanwhile, we don’t have a state income tax — and has anyone else ever made the drive from DC to Boston? Because it is $$$ and each of those states charges income tax to their residents.
I once reported the story of a 34-year-old single mother who spent 27 hours in the Allen jail and then the Collin County Detention Center. Police wouldn’t even tell her, at first, why they were arresting her. It was all about a toll bill for $11 from years before. She said she never got it.
I ended up having to Google it, but this is the case he’s talking about. If we had a debtor’s prison in America, Sallie Mae would be the number one reason people are in prison, not drugs. What genius created the TX provision that says not paying tolls is theft akin to stealing money from a business instead of equating it to credit card debt? Did it seem more likely that people would pay their debts if they were criminally prosecuted, and hopefully subjected to prison? I hear the going rates for jobs in prison are excellent. What does NTTA say about this?
At present, individuals do not go to jail for failure to pay a toll. If a warrant is issued and someone goes to jail, it’s because they failed to appear in JP court to address a citation for failure to pay a toll issued under Section 366.178 of the Texas Transportation Code.
At present? Who the fuck do you think you are, NTTA? Capital One can’t throw you in jail for owing $500,000, but god forbid you owe $10 to NTTA…at present you can’t go to jail…but maybe later. Enough of this bullshit thing where NTTA is publicly run and privately run and no one really knows what’s going on. You can go to jail for not paying fines to the state, but you can’t go to jail for not paying fines to a private corporation. Get your shit together. And why is Texas allowing this to happen? Why not just garnish your wages like REGULAR DEBT?
Here’s the thing. I’m not mad at the article (other than the ridiculous claim that non-toll roads are “free”). I’m pissed off that NTTA abuses its power — and I’m even more pissed off about people bitching about NTTA. I never hear people complain they’re going to jail. That is clearly a small, tiny portion of North Texas drivers. I’m pissed that people bitch and moan that roads should be free, that tollways shouldn’t have traffic, that the LBJ sliding scale HOV tolls are evil, etc. Just pay the goddamn toll. I’m one of a very few people I know of that actually pay the tolls. WHY?!
There’s this myth in Texas that everything is just different there. We get a tiny quarter inch of snow — it’s different than the snow anywhere else. We get a tollroad — it’s different than tollroads anywhere else. Not in the fact that you can, in a backwards sort of way, end up in jail. But because we have to pay the tolls. Let’s just take federal funding, charge an income tax, and call it a day…then we’ll see what you like better. If you’re going to complain about NTTA, complain about the weird public/private power it has, not that you can’t go places for free.
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This entry was posted in Texas and tagged ntta, Texas, tolls on July 22, 2014 by mandawritesthings.
Can You Help My AK Pick a Filter? I Don’t Know if I Should Go With XX Pro or Valencia. Also, Target Pretends to Care about Guns
Look, I support your right to have a gun. I even support your right to open carry your gun. But I do not support you in your endeavor to be a complete and total asshole. Remember back in May, when those open carry assholes decided that instead of Instagramming pictures of their burritos at Chipotle, they’d rather IG pictures of themselves holding assault rifles at Chipotle? What you probably don’t remember is all of the normal, sane people who elect to open carry in Arizona and don’t cause a general ruckus. Mostly because they, you know, don’t violate the law and jeopardize a business’s licensing just to make their point.
Now Target has decided to request their customers do not bring guns into their stores, even in states that allow open carry. Um, are the open carry people who bring their assault rifles into places like Starbucks and Target actually anti-gun people who are doing their best to make gun laws as restrictive as possible? Because they’re doing a bang up job convincing people that they’re insane. Fortunately, Open Carry Texas (whose work at appropriate places, like the Alamo, I respected), made a Facebook response to Target to clear up how they feel. Texas OC clarifies that they won’t stoop so low as to interfere with or infringe upon the rights of a private corporation; they even bring up their MONTHS LONG policy of not acting like a bunch of dipshits carrying weapons into fast food establishments. They do decide to point out some important information that Target may have overlooked, though:
Time and time again, businesses that have asked guests not to bring legally possessed, self defense firearms into their establishments have seen their employees and customers victimized by criminals preying on the openly defenseless.
That sounds awful, right? Are you, as a casual reader of this information, curious about the studies that prove this, other than “time”? You aren’t alone:
Yeah. You’re reading that correctly.
Reader: Do you have any studies to back that up?
OC Texas: Go fuck yourself.
Are they just in some contest with the Hobby Lobby owners to see who can be the most universally disliked group of people in America? What possesses a real organization to not support their comments with stats? And then to be rude when someone inquires about it?
Open Carry, y’all might want to buy this book
Then there’s the part where Target didn’t actually ban guns. They basically just said, “Hey guys, we think it would be really super cool if you stopped bringing your guns into our stores. We aren’t going to abide by any state laws and post the required signs that keep our property gun free, we’re going to just ask nicely.” Why? Because the people who are offended by guns haven’t taken any gun classes and don’t know the difference. Newsflash: Nothing has changed, here. If you’re legally allowed to carry in your weapon, you’re still legally allowed to bring it. You’re just a rude asshole if you do it now.
Here I am, Instagramming myself leaving the NRA shooting range — looking totally normal, unlike some people.
Follow me on Facebook or IG…my Instagram is mostly alcohol, not guns. For that Chainsmokers song I probably got stuck in your head with the title, go here.
This entry was posted in Guns, Texas and tagged featured, freshly pressed, Guns, Open Carry, Target, Texas on July 2, 2014 by mandawritesthings.
Finding Love on Dallas Area Rapid Transit: I Don’t Want Your Dirty Tennis Ball, But I Do Miss the DC Metro
My best friend and I were in Dallas for the first time ever (a weeklong vacation that would ultimately result in my permanent residence in the city), and being under 25, we decided to rely on public transit (this was before the days of Uber). When we asked the hotels we stayed at if they knew anything about DART, they acted like we were out of our minds. We didn’t listen to them…how bad could it be? Well. Our 3:00 pm stroll through West End Station was peppered with calls of “hey white ladies!” and “Hey you white girls, what are you doing here?” from men who came and stood too close to us. It was bizarrely aggressive behavior for the middle of the day, and something that could certainly have been stopped by ANYONE IN UNIFORM coming up and just saying hi to us. Neither of us were afraid, but we were definitely uncomfortable — largely because we both realized if anything were to escalate, there were no people readily identifiable as employees of the transit system or the city to come to our aid.
Flash forward to this past weekend, when I’m minding my own business on my phone. I can’t even try to tell this as a story, so here it is in script form.
Guy: Are you taking my picture?
Me: Are you…talking to me? What? No.
Guy: Do you have a boyfriend?
Guy: really? What’s his name?
Me: Andrew.
Guy [reaches underneath the seat and grabs something from his friend sitting in front of him]: You play tennis, right? I got you this. [procures a dirty, used tennis ball.] You can have two boyfriends, you know.
Me: What? No, no thanks. I don’t play tennis, and I don’t think Andrew would like that.
Guy: You could. [gets off train]
While that story is just funny and bizarre and not scary, it goes to my point that every time I go on DART I’m asked on a date. Sometimes it’s weird and WTF like that, other times it’s creepy and while I’m being recorded and then while I’m being followed off the train. Those times are less humorous. They also take place earlier than 9 pm.
Despite the knee-jerk accusations of DART defenders, I’m not racist, classist, or sheltered from what public transit is like. Obviously I took Metro quite a bit when I lived in DC, and I still take Metro, MARC, and Baltimore’s Light Rail when I go back. I have even fully relied on the Detroit public bus system to get around town. I lived/gypsied all over the DC area, frequently in areas where I couldn’t even get a pizza delivered to my home, but I’d say living in Oxon Hill and using the PG side of the green line was really the highlight of my slumming it. Every place I’ve lived in Dallas has been cheaper, safer, and I can get any food brought right to my front door.
So why is it that when I take the light rail in Dallas, I long for the days of sitting on the green line, wondering if my car will still be at Branch Ave (spoiler alert: not always)? Even though DART has lower crime numbers than Metro (and we’ll get to that in a minute), the aggressive and harassing behavior of my fellow passengers is way more worrisome on DART.
Perplexing, and yet I found it more welcoming under this sign than on DART
I have been wondering if there is just so little intermingling between classes and races that my being a single white female simply makes people more likely to same something to me. Indeed, most of the harassing behavior I deal with on DART comes from people who feel the need to point out the color of my skin. Even when I lived in areas of PG that were 1% white, less attention was drawn to my race. I’m still trying to understand Texas racial and social norms, and I don’t know how to interpret this.
I’ve also felt, especially in the cases of going home in poorer areas of the District (specifically living in Landover once the train was passed Eastern Market, and living in Oxon Hill once the train passed the baseball stadium) and in being on the bus in Detroit, that there’s a little bit of a feeling like, “hey we all live here and we’re all on this train so let’s get along and keep to ourselves and roll our eyes at each other if someone acts a fool.” Not to say I always felt super safe on Metro or the Detroit bus, but when it was 8:00 at night and I was clearly coming from work, taking the Detroit bus down Jefferson or riding Metro through Addison Road, no one really ever said much to me other than, “Oh, do you live/work around here?” And these are locations that make the DART system’s criminal activities look like preschool.
At the end of the day, DART is super safe. Allegedly. As I am beginning to understand it, DART is responsible for hiring their own officers and, presumably, doing their own crime statistics. WMATA does the courtesy of publishing per station crimes. I can’t find that for DART. It makes me feel like something sketchy is going on here…that little chart contains very little information.
I don’t like to call for more police presence, but I do wish that there were (some? any?) Dallas PD at the stations, or that DART employees other than the train drivers were visible (existent?). There also aren’t any huge, easily visible maps at most of the stations. Want to guarantee you look like you don’t belong and become an easy target? Look like you don’t know where you’re going. Easy to do on DART! They want to spend all of this money expanding their services when they can’t even get it right where it’s already set up, and that’s a shame — because traffic sucks out here.
This entry was posted in DC, Texas and tagged Crime, DART, Light Rail, Pubic Transit, Safety on June 30, 2014 by mandawritesthings.
“Are we a town of bigotry?” Yes.
Applying to law school? Sending out your resume to midlevel jobs? Better purge your Facebook of all pictures of you out with your friends!
Looking to work for the city of Addison? Tom Hunse can tell you all about how you ought to beef up your LinkedIn with racist statements!
Better to be Christian and Have Dementia than to be Muslim and Qualified
Someone asked me the other day what’s wrong with Dallas — if it’s so cheap to live there, there must be some kind of catch. I didn’t know the answer then, but I sure do now. I should just forward him this article.
So the mayor of Addison (a Dallas suburb where yours truly lives) appoints this nut job, Tom Hunse, to the city’s planning and zoning committee. This is AFTER Hunse quit his job on a different school board because a Muslim was chosen to head the school (and published that info on his LinkedIn!!). Um, what?
Not only that, but Jo Lynn Haussmann, a member of the Keller school board, recently posted to Facebook: “SOUTHLAKE — Do you realize because SO FEW voters took the time and responsibility to VOTE in the municipal elections — YOU NOW HAVE A ‘MUSLIM’ on the City Council!!! What a SHAME!!!!!”
If that isn’t enough to make you weep for humanity, the comments on the article certainly are. People don’t seem to support the removal of these public officials from their positions — and instead support them and their right to free speech/speak the truth. Sure, you can say whatever you want, but you should expect your bigoted statements to have consequences.
The school board held a meeting, but they couldn’t force her to resign. Here’s the contact information for the Keller ISD in case anyone feels like expressing their opinion. Let’s not forget that she has dementia…maybe she just isn’t qualified.
In DC, civilians rarely asked me why I studied Arabic (the general military response is a whole different issue); probably because everyone wants to work for the government and the area has the third highest percentage of Arab Americans in the country. In Texas, people act like they can’t fathom why I would do such a thing. It’s a shame Arabic isn’t offered in more Dallas area schools, since learning a new language forces you to learn about a new culture and helps combat being an ignorant prick. Because let’s be real…most people making these remarks can’t tell you where anything but Egypt is on the map and don’t know Arabic from Kurdish from Dari from Urdu, but they certainly can tell you all about why they hate those damn terrorists.
Oh, by the way — I’d love to share more news information on Tom Hunse, but that single article is the only one that comes up if you Google news.
This entry was posted in Islam, Racism, Texas and tagged Dallas, Islam, Jo Lynn Haussmann, Keller, Muslim, Racism, Religion, Texas on June 10, 2014 by mandawritesthings.
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The initial estimate for Q1 GDP came in at -4.8%.
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GDP Shouts “Carpocalypse Upon Us”
Source: Zero Hedge
GDP fell in both goods and services.
Under services, it was hit by “a pox upon us.” Ironically, health care experienced a considerable decline–an apparent result of people steering clear of doctors and hospitals to make room for possible COVID-19 patients and to avoid sites of high-risk contagion.
The plunge in goods was led by motor vehicle sales–already mired in “Carmageddon” by some accounts–which have now drifted into the abyss.
The first quarter’s pre-plague leap in housing helped levitate the overall numbers a little. Single-family housing boosted the aggregate of mostly bad numbers, but housing turned downward in the final month of the quarter.
The BEA highlighted COVID-19’s contribution to the crash in GDP, but indicated the plunge might not have been due entirely to the pandemic:
The decline in first quarter GDP was, in part, due to the response to the spread of COVID-19, as governments issued “stay-at-home” orders in March. This led to rapid changes in demand, as businesses and schools switched to remote work or canceled operations, and consumers canceled, restricted, or redirected their spending.
Primary Factors In The Recessionary GDP Crash
Personal Consumption, -5.26% (most severe drop since 1980)
Fixed Investment, -0.43% (already in decline in Q4 2019)
Exports, -1.02% (barely positive in Q4 2019)
Imports contributed to growth, +2.32% (more on that below)
Government consumption, +0.13%
(Note that imports actually dropped, but imports are subtracted from GDP, so a decline in imports is positive to the bottom line.)
The BEA also indicated personal savings improved (+0.5%):
Personal saving as a percent of disposable personal income was 9.6 percent in the first quarter, compared with 7.6 percent in the fourth quarter.
Personal income (adjusted for inflation) increased $95.2 billion in the first quarter compared with an increase of $144.1 billion in Q4.
Certainly a recession … probably a depression … numbers not seen since 1929:
BEA Has Been Adjusting Its Numbers Upward
Since government spending accounts for a contribution to GDP, stimulus money supports a better number even if it does nothing to increase production and is paid for with greater debt.
GDP numbers put out by the BEA include numerous adjustments that allow room for the government to present a more positive picture of the economy.
Shadowstats, a site that attempts to recalculate GDP as it was historically configured, states that GDP would actually have come in at -7.1% if calculated by historical methods. Its calculation of GDP is:
… adjusted for distortions in government inflation usage and methodological changes that have resulted in a built-in upside bias to official reporting.
Shadowstats notes that all revisions over the years have tended to improve each current government’s GDP number:
With reported growth moving up and away from economic reality, the primary significance of GDP reporting now is as a political propaganda tool and as a cheerleading prop for Pollyannaish analysts on Wall Street…. The BEA comes up with three estimates of growth, a high, low, and most likely. The numbers then get re-massaged so that the reported growth rate is moved closer to whatever the economic consensus is expecting. There actually is a belief at the BEA that there is some value to economic consensus estimates…. The upward bias shown in the revisions is due to what I call “Pollyanna Creep,” where methodological changes regularly upgrade near-term economic growth patterns.
The BEA, itself, has acknowledged possible shortcomings in how it applies seasonal adjustments to the raw data in determining GDP:
So what’s at issue here is the seasonal adjustment that the BEA applies to the data once it has collected its standard inputs for estimating economic growth. In a statement to CNBC, the BEA’s Nicole Mayerhauser said the agency “has identified several sources of trouble in the data….” There has been a back and forth in the economic community over problems in how the first quarter is seasonally adjusted for.
Accepting claims by the Fed and government economists back in 2015 that its first-quarter results tended to be overly negative, the BEA stated it would make several changes in quarters to come that would tend to increase how much it boosts first-quarter data for “seasonal adjustments:”
Mayerhauser said … The BEA will also be adjusting “certain inventory investment series” that have not previously been seasonally adjusted. In addition, the agency will provide more intensive seasonal adjustment quarterly service spending data…. BEA will continue looking at components of GDP to determine if there are opportunities to improve seasonal adjustment methodologies.
All adjustments were toward improving first-quarter GDP over historic methods. That smells a little like goal seeking.
It also seems highly suspect to me that personal savings went up in the first quarter and that personal income went up when unemployment skyrocketed faster than at any time in history.
Unemployment checks and stimulus checks did not begin going out until after the first quarter ended. There is always a one-week delay before you can apply for unemployment and then two weeks more before your first check gets issued.
Note that the first quarter includes only one month of the COVID-19 pandemic’s hit on U.S. GDP. Second-quarter numbers, all under the pandemic’s assault, are expected to be substantially worse.
If this quarter’s GDP negative print is followed by a second negative quarter, which most if not all economists believe is a certainty, then the U.S. will officially be in recession.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of CCN.com.
This article was edited by Sam Bourgi.
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Margot Halpin is Flourishing After Heart Surgery at Four Months Old
Margot Halpin and her parents.
Multiple prenatal conditions threatened the life of Margot Halpin, but pediatric heart surgery experts and her pediatric cardiology team at UNC Children’s in Chapel Hill, NC helped her survive and thrive.
A Problem with the Ultrasound
The 20-week anatomy scan. A chance to see your baby on screen. In a dark room, an Ultrasound technician slathers cold “goo” on your stomach as you wait with bated breath, the black and white blurry image appearing on a monitor. Emily Halpin and her husband Peter were excited to welcome their first child, a baby girl, expanding their family from two to three. Dad was an assistant professor and mom a graduate student finishing her Ph.D. at New York University.
The image took shape on-screen as they watched the technician take measurements, noticing that the child was small. During the scan the doctors found that Baby Halpin had a two-vessel cord. The doctors explained that in most pregnancies the umbilical cord has two arteries and one vein. Instead, their baby girl had only one artery and one vein. The condition is also known as single umbilical artery and occurs in just 1% of pregnancies. Doctors scheduled a fetal echocardiogram to check on the baby’s heart.
According to March of Dimes, about 20% of infants, two out of every 10 with a single umbilical artery have health problems, including heart, kidney, and genetic conditions. Doctors wanted to be sure that this wasn’t the case with Baby Halpin. The fetal echo showed no malformations or issues with the heart, and the pregnancy progressed with consistent monitoring of both baby and mom to be safe.
An Issue with her Heart
Throughout the pregnancy during the periodic growth scans, Baby Halpin was measuring small. At the beginning of the third trimester, around the 27th week, doctors started to notice additional concerns. During the growth scan the baby had dropped far below standard measurements, and they saw an abdominal abnormality. Doctors conducted an emergency amniocentesis and genetic testing, but both came back normal. They performed another fetal echo and confirmed that the baby had an issue in her heart.
At that point, Mom was on high alert. “I was writing my Ph.D. dissertation and getting ready to defend it while Peter was applying for a job at UNC. It was an incredibly stressful time,” describes Emily. “Plus, knowing that our child had some congenital anomalies was super challenging. At 38 weeks I noticed that the baby had stopped moving and went in for a fetal wellbeing checkup. Her score was not reassuring, and it turned out that she wasn’t tolerating the practice contractions I was experiencing, so I had an emergency C-section.”
Four Pounds at Birth, with Ventricular Septal Defect
Margot Halpin was born on April 30, 2018, at four pounds, 11 ounces at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Doctors did a fetal echo of her heart while she was in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Margot was diagnosed with ventricular septal defect (VSD), one of the most common congenital heart defects, in which there is a hole in the lower chamber of the heart.
The American Heart Association explains that typically, the left side of the heart pumps blood to the body, and the heart’s right side pumps blood to the lungs. In a child with VSD, blood can travel across the hole from the left pumping chamber (left ventricle) to the right pumping chamber (right ventricle) and out into the lung arteries. If the VSD is large, the extra blood being pumped into the lung arteries makes the heart and lungs work harder, and the lungs can become congested.
“Typically babies with VSD have too much blood flow through the hole into the lung arteries called the pulmonary arteries, and that’s why they develop heart failure,” explains Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Chief of Congenital Cardiac Surgery and Co-Director of the NC Children’s Heart Center at UNC Children’s Hospital. “They develop a condition called failure to thrive where they don’t gain weight well; they’re burning a lot of calories at rest because the heart is working harder than it needs to. Over time, that can lead to problems such as developing heart failure. Worsening heart failure can lead to heart rhythm problems and could lead to injury of some of the valves inside the heart.”
Family Moves to Chapel Hill, NC
Margot remained in the NICU for ten days and was discharged with instructions to consult a cardiologist. The day they brought Margot home was the same day that Emily graduated from her Ph.D. program. More changes were yet to come. In August, three months after bringing home their baby girl, the family moved to Chapel Hill so Peter could begin his position as an associate professor in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina.
They were well taken care of before they even set foot in the state. “I got a call from Dr. David Ezon, Margot’s cardiologist at Mount Sinai Children’s Hospital in New York, a former colleague of mine from Pittsburgh,” says Dr. Sharma. “We spoke about the situation with Margot; he explained that the family was moving here and that they needed our support. We made sure the family was taken care of as soon as they arrived.”
With permission, the NC Children’s Heart Center at UNC Children’s Hospital acquired Margot’s health records from her previous institutions. The team reviewed her medical history and listened to the recommendations of her previous providers. “We do our homework,” explains Dr. Tim Hoffman, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Co-Director of the NC Children’s Heart Center at UNC Children’s Hospital.
“We take the time to understand their medical journey so far and make sure they are on the correct trajectory for a successful outcome,” Hoffman explains. “At UNC Children’s Hospital what sets us apart is that we concentrate on family-centered care, and we humanize the experience. We get to know our patients’ families and establish a relationship as soon as possible so we can provide comfort and care to them as if they have been with us the whole time.”
“Before we even had a chance to unpack any of our boxes, we had an appointment with Dr. Sharma and Dr. Hoffman,” Emily recalls. “That was reassuring for us; it made us feel grounded and prepared for her heart care. It helped us feel like we had at least one anchor here.”
Surgery at Four Months Old
Margot’s heart surgery was scheduled for Mid-September when she was four months old. Throughout the six weeks between her initial appointments and planned surgery, the heart team stayed in constant communication with the family. “Peter was hesitant about the surgery because he was hoping the hole would close up on its own,” Emily shares. “Dr. Sharma was helpful in talking through the reality of the situation with us, explaining what would happen if we waited. Dr. Sharma and Dr. Hoffman worked well together as a team, collaborating and making sure to keep us updated on what to expect.”
Hurricane Florence Threatens Surgery Date
The surgery date was set. The only thing standing in the way was impending Hurricane Florence. Margot’s weight gain had plateaued, feeding wasn’t going well, and her breathing was getting worse, becoming an up/down panting even when she was resting. Her heart was working hard each day to supply her body with nutrients while her lungs were getting congested. Emily and Peter were concerned that the surgery would be rescheduled due to the hurricane but thankfully everything went according to plan.
The day after Hurricane Florence hit, Emily and Peter woke Margot up early, gave her a bath with special pre-surgical soap, and got her to the hospital. As she was getting prepped for surgery, Dr. Sharma spoke with the parents. “He was so reassuring,” remembers Emily. “His whole demeanor was calm, cool, and collected, while we were total wrecks. He didn’t seem nervous or worried; he chatted with us and assured us that Margot was in great hands.”
Heart Defect Closed with Pericardium Patch
The surgery lasted several hours. While the parents waited, Dr. Sharma and his team repaired the heart. He closed the defect with a patch made of pericardium, which is the tissue surrounding Margot’s heart.
The tissue is used to create or build a wall between the pumping chambers of the heart so blood is routed in the correct direction. When the surgery was complete, the UNC Children’s nurses informed the family that Margot would be leaving the OR and transferred to the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit, giving them a chance to see her as she was wheeled through.
Margot’s Surgery a “Best Case Scenario”
After the surgery, Dr. Sharma spoke with the family. “He came out and told us it was the best-case scenario, a successful repair,” says Emily. “He gave me a huge hug, and we were thrilled, a huge weight was lifted.”
That evening the family went home to get some rest, but were called in the early morning hours due to an unforeseen complication. Margot had experienced difficulty breathing in the middle of the night and had to be re-intubated, which caused her heart rate to drop. She was stabilized and started on the road to recovery. Margo remained in the hospital for ten days before being discharged. Each day, Dr. Sharma and Dr. Hoffman visited Margot and the family to check on her progress, speak with them, and answer any additional questions.
A Year Later: Thriving After Surgery
Shortly after surgery, Margot’s parents noticed several positive changes. Her breathing was normal, she was eating, gaining weight, and sleeping as peacefully as an infant can. Today, a year after surgery, Margot is a healthy, happy, child, just with a scar over her heart.
Emily shares her feelings about the entire experience with UNC Children’s, “We are so relieved and grateful to the entire team at UNC Children’s Hospital. The level of care and compassion that Margot got was really nice to see,” she recalls. “Dr. Sharma and Dr. Hoffman were great, compassionate, and respectful to Margot, to me, to my husband, and to my parents,” she says.
“I feel very grateful to them and the team. When I look back on it, what I remember overall is how well we were taken care of. The defining memory is their outpouring of compassion.”
Contact UNC Children’s Heart Surgery
For more information about the UNC Children’s Congenital Heart Surgery program, contact Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Chief of Congenital Cardiac Surgery and Co-Director of the NC Children’s Heart Center, details at: https://www.med.unc.edu/surgery/ct/directory/mahesh-s-sharma-md-2/.
UNC Children’s Heart Care: https://www.uncchildrens.org/uncmc/unc-childrens/care-treatment/heart/
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Tammy is forced to stop and sit down while walking to her mailbox in this EXCLUSIVE preview of the ‘1000-Lb. Sisters’ season 2 premiere.
TLC is kicking off the new year with all-new episodes of their fan-favorite shows! Misty comes over to chat with Tammy in this EXCLUSIVE preview of the season 2 premiere of TLC’s 1000-Lb. Sisters. They talk about Tammy’s sister, Amy, who is expecting her first child. “I’m happy for Amy. She’s always wanted a baby,” Misty admits. “I think it’s going to be really hard on Tammy. Tammy does rely a lot on Amy, that’ll be a lot of the adjustment, and I think more than she realizes.”
Tammy asks Misty to take her package to the mailbox. Misty tells Tammy that she’ll walk with her to the mailbox. Tammy agrees to walk with Misty. “I mean, Misty’s right. I do need to get up and move around a little bit more. I am disappointed in myself for backtracking,” Tammy says.
Just 4 months ago, Tammy was walking at the grocery store without her walker. She started using it again when her knees began bothering her. Now she can’t walk without it. “I’m unstable on my feet,” Tammy confesses.
She later admits she’s never walked to her mailbox before. While walking to the mailbox, Tammy starts breathing heavily trying to catch her breath. Tammy has to stop walking and Misty takes the package the rest of the way. “I need to sit down,” Tammy tells Misty. Misty rushes to bring Tammy a chair to sit on in the middle of the driveway. “I’m surprised she got so short of breath in such a short space. I’m worried about Tammy’s health. It seems like the older she gets the worse she’s getting,” Misty says.
Tammy has also moved in next door to Amy and Michael and relies on them for her basic daily needs. Amy worries that with a baby on the way, she won’t have time to care for Tammy, and hopes her sister can learn to become more independent. During quarantine, Tammy’s weight has fluctuated, worrying Amy and her family that Tammy’s recent weight gain means that she has fallen into old habits.
The sisters’ older brother Chris decides to join Tammy on her journey in the hopes of getting approved for weight loss surgery himself and to hold Tammy accountable. They hope they can motivate her to get back on track in order to qualify for weight loss surgery. Meanwhile, Tammy is head over heels for her boyfriend Jerry, who she met in person once last year in Atlanta. Now, he’s agreed to visit her in Kentucky and Tammy hopes this means he’s ready to take the next step.
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There has been a huge public outcry about missing black and latina girls in the DC area, but apparently, it turns out many of the girls left their homes voluntarily.
A post stating that 14 DC girls had gone missing in the span of one day went viral on social media on Friday, March 24th.Since March 19, D.C. police have shared 20 missing person fliers on Twitter, 10 of which were juveniles. As of Friday, six of these juveniles had been found; four still were missing. The hashtag #missingdcgirls went viral because people were upset about the lack of news coverage and amber alerts on the topic. Social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook exploded with reports of the missing persons reports of the missing girls. Well known celebrities such as Taraji P. Henson and Sean Puffy Combs even posted about the topic.
Call to Action for the media to report on these missing women of color!!!! Let's help find these girls!!! #Repost @mstinalawson ・・・ We must make some noise !! Why are we just hearing about this . Why is this not the number one topic in America right now? Let's tweet . Facebook , Instagram , call our local news media outlets let's make some noise people! This has got to stop!❤❤This particular girl was found. There are conflicting stories but all of these girls are not runaways!!! Dont fall for that ! It is a well known fact that a missing person of color Black , Latin or other. does not get the media coverage eqaul to a missing white person. We must not buy soo eaily the stories that these children are all runaways . We must keep reading , researching and educating ourselves on what happened to these precious children . Most of them have not been found. ❤
A post shared by Kris Jenner (@krisjenner) on Mar 25, 2017 at 9:01am PDT
My prayers go out to the families effected by this tragedy. God bless #PrayForDC #FindOurGirls pic.twitter.com/p0NL65lKbc
— Diddy (@Diddy) March 24, 2017
This caused a letter from congress to be written to the FBI and the Department of Justice requesting federal involvement. Congressional Black Caucus chairman and Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond wrote the letter to urge Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director James Comey to investigate the issue.
It turns out that the majority of the missing girls left their homes voluntarily, and were not victims of a sex trafficking scandal.
According to NBC Washington:
Several celebrities shared a viral post saying 14 girls went missing from D.C. in a single day, but police say that’s not true.
“We have no evidence in any of these cases that anyone was kidnapped or is the victim of sex trafficking,” a police commander said.
All of the juveniles reported missing in 2017 thus far left home voluntarily, police say.
Source: DC’s Missing Teens: What’s True and What’s Not | NBC4 Washington http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/DCs-Missing-Teens-Whats-True-and-Whats-Not-417021633.html#ixzz4cTlePhJH
Commander Chanel Dickerson, the new leader of the Youth and Family Services division stated that “We need to find out the underlying reasons that so many young people in the District of Columbia have chosen to leave home voluntarily because they feel they have no other alternatives,” Dickerson said.
Despite the confusion, DC mayor Murial Bowser has made a pledge to find the remaining missing girls. Bowser will increase the number of police officers assigned to find missing children and establish a task force to determine an appropriate social service for teenagers who run away and need a stable home environment.
Regardless of how misleading the posts are, the increased attention to the topic is much needed and has in many ways helped to find the missing girls. According to the Metro Police’s twitter account:
The best thing they can do is share the missing persons fliers to help us locate them. We appreciate your interest in assisting us. https://t.co/uv0DoAtEkN
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First Solar hits straps on efficiency drive
Module conversion efficiency at the company's lead production line now averaging 16.2%.
Investors saw the stock price of leading thin-film photovoltaics exponent First Solar soar more than 15 per cent after the Arizona-headquartered company revealed a strong set of quarterly results including a marked increase in its cadmium telluride (CdTe) module conversion efficiencies.
CEO Jim Murphy revealed net income of $94.5 million on sales of $896.2 million for the three months to June, beating Wall Street’s estimates.
While that and an uptick in full-year sales guidance to between $3.5 billion and $3.6 billion will have pleased many and fueled the stock price reaction, the strong progress with conversion efficiency bodes well for the longer term. Murphy said that the ability to improve that key performance metric was setting it apart from the competition in the PV sector.
Average module conversion efficiency across the First Solar fleet now stands at 15.4 per cent – up from 14.7 per cent just three months ago, with plenty of headroom to improve. The company’s best-performing production line now averages 16.2 per cent, while First Solar’s researchers recently demonstrated a full-sized module with 18.6 per cent efficiency.
Noting that as a significant milestone, Murphy added: “With this latest achievement, we're clearly demonstrating that our CdTe technology is both a high-efficiency and a low-cost offering.” The 16.2 per cent figure should be matched on all First Solar’s production lines by the end of this year.
While next year will see more of a focus on fully utilizing production capacity, the efficiency drive will return in 2017 as more process improvements are rolled out. CTO Raffi Garabedian, who remains in that position despite a wider management shake-up at First Solar, is targeting module conversion efficiencies of 20 per cent on the production line by 2017.
15 per cent more power
The improvement to conversion efficiencies on the company’s lead production line means that the modules produced there now deliver 15 per cent more power than those made there a year ago.
That additional power looks likely to become increasingly advantageous in the US. The order books of First Solar and others are currently full as developers rush to complete PV projects before a cut in solar tax credits that is currently scheduled for the end of 2016. After that date the tax credit is likely to shrink, and business models for large-scale solar in the US could change dramatically.
Murphy and the First Solar team expect the higher CdTe module efficiency to become pivotal in the competition with multi-crystalline silicon modules, particularly in hot and humid locations like the south-east of the US.
The CEO said that with the US presidential race now starting to heat up, there was unlikely to be much progress made on issues that need plenty of bipartisan support – like tax credits for solar PV. But he added that the industry in the US was hoping to ensure a smooth transition after the end of the current tax credit period.
TetraSun ramp
Murphy also provided a short update on progress at the company’s TetraSun subsidiary, which is working on high-performance crystalline silicon cells rather than thin-film CdTe.
The division’s first manufacturing line is still being ramped up, while TetraSun products are going through a “very rigorous” qualification process for the lead customer, Murphy indicated.
“We're close to completing all of those activities,” the CEO told investors. “We will produce something on the order of 25 MW this year and then we'll continue to run that line next year.
“We have a number of conversations with a variety of customers under way, and our goal is to successfully operate that line, have very high yields, very high quality and deliver that product to a handful of customers over the course of next year.”
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Plaintiff argues Happy is a ‘person’ and should be freed from captivity at Bronx Zoo
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ALBION – A State Supreme Court judge heard motions today in a case that claims an elephant at the Bronx Zoo should be considered a person and not be held in captivity.
“This is probably the most unusual case I’ve sat on,” State Supreme Court Justice Tracey Bannister said in the Orleans County Courthouse today.
She said she has been a judge for 10 years and worked in the court for 20 years prior to that.
“I’ve always enjoyed elephants,” she told the attorneys before they began their arguments.
Bannister would ultimately not make a ruling on the arguments, except to grant the a change of venue motion from the attorneys representing the Bronx Zoo. The judge said the case didn’t belong in Orleans County.
If the case proceeds and experts, lawyers and witnesses are called to court, Bannister said the courthouse in Albion “would be amongst the most inconvenient places” for a case originating in the Bronx. She said the case should be heard there.
Kenneth A. Manning, the attorney for the Bronx Zoo and its owner the Wildlife Conservation Society, said the Nonhuman Rights Project has been trying to “hijack the judicial system” by arguing an animal is a person and “shopping” the case to different courts outside what should be the obvious jurisdiction.
“Orleans County has nothing to do with this case, nothing,” Manning told Judge Bannister.
Steven M. Wise, an attorney and president of the Nonhuman Rights Project, said the court in Orleans County should hear the case.
He presented his arguments on behalf of Happy, a 47-year wild-born Asian elephant which has been in the Bronx Zoo for the past 40 years. Wise said he didn’t have any issues with Happy’s care by the zoo. He didn’t question the elephant’s veterinary treatment, food and health.
But he said the elephant ultimately is denied its freedom. Happy, while not a human being, should be considered a “person,” Wise said. An elephant is autonomous and social. It doesn’t want to held in captivity and confined to a “postage-stamp” of an acre, he said.
If the elephant was freed, Wise said it could go to an animal sanctuary with up to 2,300 acres to roam, including a site near Sacramento, Calif., or one in Tennessee.
Courts have historically acted on behalf of autonomy, Wise said. He cited cases when children held as slaves have been freed.
NhRP has filed habeas corpus lawsuits on behalf of chimpanzees with cases in Niagara County, Suffolk County and Fulton County. Manning, the Bronx Zoo attorney, said judges in those cases said NhRP failed to how cause. NhRP appealed and the Appellate Division at the Second, Third and Fourth Department all affirmed the courts’ decisions.
“A chimp has no benefit of habeas corpus because they simply not a person,” Manning said in court today.
The same logic should follow with the case of Happy, an elephant, he said.
“They will go from court to court, from animal to animal” until NhRP gets a favorable court decision, Manning told the judge.
He said the zoo has many experts who will testify that Happy is treated well.
Wise said the elephant has fundamental rights and shouldn’t be held at the zoo.
“It doesn’t matter whether they think Happy is happy,” Wise told the judge. “It’s a matter of liberty.”
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Review: Exploiting natural variation and genetic manipulation of stomatal conductance for crop improvement
Identifying methods to improve crop productivity is vital considering the devastating consequences of climate change (e.g., frequent droughts). Stomatal conductance influences photosynthesis and water use efficiency, which are two important indicators of crop yield. Here, Faralli et al. discuss advances in understanding how stomatal traits vary and how these may be manipulated to improve stomatal conductance. Genetic manipulation of stomatal conductance is discussed with the view to stabilise yield and water use in crop species. Natural variation of stomatal conductance exists within populations and is identified as an underutilised non-GM target for crop breeding programs (Summary by Alex Bowles) Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 10.1016/j.pbi.2019.01.003.
Review: MicroRNAs and their regulatory roles in plant–environment interactions ($)
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous small noncoding RNAs that negatively regulate the expression of target genes through mRNA cleavage, translational repression and DNA methylation. The last decade has seen an exponential increase in the studies performed to understand the biogenesis of plant miRNAs, their biological and molecular functions, and mechanisms and regulations of their actions. In this context, Song et al. have presented a comprehensive review of plant miRNA biogenesis, mode of actions, and their roles in plant-environment interactions. The biogenesis of miRNA is largely conserved as the miRNA genes undergo transcription to produce primary miRNAs that are processed into miRNA duplexes by DCL (Dicer-like) proteins. These miRNA duplexes are methylated, and the guide strand is incorporated into AGO (Argonaute) proteins to form the miRNA-induced silencing complex (miRISC). miRNAs having near-perfect complementarity with their targets favor target mRNA cleavage; however, several proteins are also reported to interact with miRISC and affect different steps of translation to result in translational repression. Further, a couple of studies provide compelling evidence on miRNA-directed DNA methylation in the nucleus. miRNA-mediated developmental plasticity is a well-studied approach equipped by plants to circumvent the environmental stresses. Abiotic stress-tolerance responses are regulated by the miRNA modules that are evolved in plants, and a few modules are evolutionarily associated with plant environmental adaptation. In case of biotic stress response, miRNAs are capable of directly regulating the defense response or indirectly by acting as a molecular switch to coordinate plant growth and immunity by targeting R genes. (Summary by Muthamilarasan Mehanathan) Annu Rev Plant Biol 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050718-100334
Review: CRISPR/Cas genome editing and precision plant breeding in agriculture ($)
To fulfill global food demand in the near future, plant researchers keep pursuing simpler and faster crop breeding strategies. CRISPR/Cas systems have been developed as a powerful tool for plant genome editing. In this review, Chen et al. highlight in detail advances in CRISPR/Cas9 and its variants and how to apply these tools in crop genome editing. Here, base editing tools, which allow targeted nucleotide substitutions, are described. Various delivery systems, especially DNA-free methods, which link genome editing with crop breeding, are summarized as well. CRISPR/Cas systems can be used for precision plant breeding, such as trait improvement, enhancing virus resistance, fine-tuning gene regulation, and generating high-throughput mutant libraries. Furthermore, this review discusses the challenges and opportunities for future precision agriculture. These versatile and robust approaches bring hope to both basic plant research and crop precision breeding. (Summary by Jin Liao) Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050718-100049
Review: Brassinosteroid signaling in plant development and adaptation to stress ($)
In this new review, Riverola et al. highlight the significance of the phytohormone brassinosteroid in plant development and responses to stress. The authors discuss BRL1, LRR-RLK receptor mediated signaling mechanism that is crucial for root development and stress response. This signaling mechanism varies at the tissue specific level. Regions where the receptors are enriched are involved in cell elongation, stem cell maintenance, and root vascular cell differentiation. The authors also review the role of brassinosteroids under stress conditions including drought, salinity and elevated temperatures, particularly the trade-offs between growth and stress. Ongoing efforts need to address the downstream players and spatio-temporal activity of this phytohormone at tissue specific level. (Summary by Suresh Damodaran) Development 10.1242/dev.151894
Perspective. Genetic engineering for disease resistance in plants: Recent progress and future perspectives
Providing a sufficient nutrition to the ever growing population in the world is the main focus of modern agriculture. Most of the crop yield loss happens due to pathogenic attack. Conventional breeding plays an important role in reduction of loss, but is very time consuming and labor intensive. On the other hand, genetic engineering possesses lots of advantages over conventional breeding. Methods such as transformation, deletion, insertion and replacement of DNA to get the desired trait incorporated in plants are used in genetic engineering. Scientists have successfully incorporated important traits in plants by using these modern techniques and have shown the effect on disease resistance. In this perspective, Dong and Ronald review the progress and future perspectives of genetic engineering for disease resistance in plants, including the use of RNAi for viral resistance, CRISPR/Cas, and resistance gene encrichment sequencing (RenSeq), as well as methods for R gene stacking. The authors summarize the application and importance of genetic engineering along with its limitation in real-world applications. (Summary by Mugdha Sabale) Plant Physiol. 10.1104/pp.18.01224
Tandem fluorescent protein timers for non-invasive relative protein lifetime measurement in plants
Proteins are in a dynamic state of synthesis and degradation and their half-lives can be adjusted under various circumstances. Many rapidly degraded proteins function as regulatory molecules, such as transcription factors. The rapid turnover of these proteins is necessary to allow their levels to change quickly in response to external stimuli. Other proteins are rapidly degraded in response to specific signals, providing another mechanism for the regulation of intracellular enzyme activity. Accurate protein quantitation is essential to protein studies in a multitude of research topics. A wide array of different methods has been developed but are often unable to distinguish between protein synthesis and degradation. Therefore, specific approaches are required. Here the authors propose the tandem fluorescent protein timers (tFTs) as a powerful approach to quantify dynamic changes in plant protein stability using live imaging with high spatial and temporal resolution. In this technique two different fluorescent proteins are fused, with distinct fluorophore maturation kinetics, which allows protein age identification from the ratio of fluorescence intensities of the two fluorescent proteins. (Summarized by Francesca Resentini) Plant Physiol. 10.1104/pp.19.00051
A direct connection between PSI & PSII systems in green plants
Plants often optimize their development according to the prevailing environmental conditions, of which light is one of the most important. Arabidopsis uses a PSI-PSII megacomplex as the photosystem reaction center, to transfer the excessive energy from PSII to PSI rapidly. Recently, Yokono et al. proposed that sun-plants may accumulate more PSI-PSII megacomplex than shade-plants to increase high-light tolerance. They developed an electron microscopy technique and analyzed chlorophyII fluorescence in representatives from across the green plants, from Streptophyta to Chlorophyta, and found the structure of this megacomplex, which contains one PSII dimer directly sandwiched between two PSIs, enables plants to dissipate excessive energy via deep trap in PSI. This study sheds light on the mechanism of how green plants survive under strong light conditions, and also suggests an ancient and conserved photosystem because this PSI-PSII megacomplex is their common feature of all green plants. (Summary by Nanxun Qin) Plant Cell Physiol. 10.1093/pcp/pcz026
Nitrogen actively controls phosphate starvation response in plants ($)
Phosphate and nitrogen are two essential macronutrients for growth of plants. The homeostasis and sensing pathways for these two macronutrients have been investigated extensively, but independently. Recently, -omics approaches have enabled finding interlinks and cross talks between two or more macronutrients. The components for phosphate starvation response (PSR; PHR1, SPX1, IPS2 and PHO2) and nitrogen starvation response (NSR; nitrate transporter 2.4/NRT2.4, NRT2.5) are well known in model plants. Recent studies showed N-P interaction mediated by NITROGEN LIMITATION ADAPTION (NLA) and PHO2 genes. Using transcriptome analysis Medici et al. identified that PSR related genes are induced strongly in the presence of adequate NO3–. PHO2 and PHR1 are directly influenced by N starvation at the transcriptional and protein level respectively. This PSR regulation by nitrogen is systemic in plant tissue and conserved in crop species like wheat and rice. (Summary by Kaushal Kumar Bhati) Plant Cell 10.1105/tpc.18.00656
The lateral root cap acts as an auxin sink that controls meristem size
During root growth, cellular activities need to be coordinated across tissues. Mambro et al. have identified molecular mechanisms involved in root apical meristem maintenance by auxin homeostasis regulation in lateral root cap (LRC) cells. The cytokinin response regulator ARR1 regulates expression of the auxin transporter PIN5 and an auxin conjugating amidoacyl transferase, GH3-17, in LRC. PIN5 maintains auxin levels by exporting auxin in to the endoplasmic reticulum, and GH3-17 possibly conjugates IAA with glutamate. Altering the expression of PIN5 and GH3-17 alters root meristem size. Thus the authors have shown the significance of auxin homeostasis by cytokinin signaling in LRC for root meristem size and root development. (Summary by Suresh Damodaran) Curr. Biol. 10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.022.
Retargeting of a plant defense protease by a cyst nematode effector ($)
The nematode infection process in plants involves secreted effector proteins that suppress the host defense mechanisms. However, the molecular interactions in which this is done is yet unclear. Here, Pogorelko et al. characterize the function of 4E02, an effector from the cyst nematode H. schachtii, when expressed in A. thaliana. The transgenic plants showed higher susceptibility to this nematode and the necrotrophic fungus B. cinerea. RD21A is a plant defense protease that is expressed in the vacuole and induces programmed cell death (PCD) as an immune response. Using yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) assays and in vivo bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC), the authors found that 4E02 targets RD21A and re-localizes it to the cytoplasm and nucleus. Activity-based protein profiling revealed the enzyme active form is unaltered by its interaction with 4E02. However, in this new location, RD21A targets different proteins affecting cell wall architecture (confirmed by Y2H and cell wall composition analysis), which impacts nematode virulence. Further related studies could lend to advanced control strategies for pathogenic diseases. (Summary by Ana Valladares) Plant J. 10.1111/tpj.14295
Seedling traits predict drought-induced mortality linked to diversity loss
When trying to understand the repercussions climate change will have on future plant communities, trait-based approaches provide valuable insight. Unfortunately, many trait-based studies focus only on the above-ground traits of un-stressed adult plants, ignoring the critical seedling stage. Harrison and LaForgia measured above- and below-ground traits of several native wildflowers and compared seedling mortality between plots that received watering throughout the dry season and plots that remained unwatered, to determine the relationship between traits and drought-related mortality. The strongest predictor of avoiding drought-related mortality was longer seedling root length, followed by a cluster of correlated traits including large seeds, low seedling-specific leaf area, and short seedling height. They found little evidence supporting possible adaptive plasticity in the traits measured, and in fact found that the plants with lower mortality tended to have more stable traits throughout periods of stress. This study highlights the importance of considering appropriate life stages and plant structures when using traits to predict the impacts of climate on a community. (Summary by Rebecca Hayes) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 10.1073/pnas.1818543116
Untargeted metabolomics reveals host plant chemistry before and after pea aphid infestation
Pea aphids are genetically diverse, with different biotypes (or “host races”) having different host plant preferences. Sanchez-Arcos et al. reveal several relationships between plant metabolite production and the possibility of colonization of certain aphid host races. Using UHPLC- MS analysis of the extracts of Medicago sativa, Trifolium pratense, Vicia faba and Pisum sativum before and after the exposure of different host races of Acyrthosiphon pisum, metabolic profiles were analyzed and correlated. The authors found that profiles change before and after the infestation depending the species of plant. Unique metabolites changes are related to the potential of acceptance or rejection of the host plant aphid hosts. Principal groups of metabolites related to a reduction of population growth due to their deterrent activities are: flavonoids, saponins, triterpenes and peptides. Finally the authors conclude that the technique of untargeted metabolomics allows discovery of plant metabolites with crucial importance in interactions between plants and herbivores or pathogens, revealing susceptibility or resistance. (Summary by Laura Alejandra Mejía Agudelo) Frontiers Plant Sci. 10.3389/fpls.2019.00188
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Irish Doodles Are the Poodle Hybrid That’s Trending Right Now—Here’s Why The Breed May be Right for Your Fam
January 11, 2021 – 12:46 PM – 0 Comments
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Today, there are so many breeds of dogs. In fact, according to the American Kennel Club, 195 different dog breeds are formally recognized and 79 others are in the works toward getting AKC recognition. From purebreds to designer dogs, puppies come in just about all shapes, sizes, and breed combinations nowadays. And one such dog breed that has been getting a lot of attention lately—though it’s not yet recognized by the AKC—is the Irish Doodle.
Maybe you’ve heard of the Golden Doodle or Labradoodles. Similarly, the Irish Doodle is a cross between two dog breeds known for their hunting skills. The result is a designer dog bred specifically for its exceptional hunting and retrieving skills. It just so happens to be pretty cute, too!
Thinking of adding an Irish Doodle to your family? Here’s everything you need to know about the fairly new dog breed.
What Is an Irish Doodle?
An Irish Doodle is a type of designer dog—or an intentionally hybrid dog—that is a cross between an Irish Setter and a Poodle. According to WagWalking.com, the Irish Doodle is also often referred to as Irish Doodle Setter, Irish Poo Setter, Irish Setterdoodle, or Irish Setterpoo.
Both Irish Setters and Poodles are known to be intelligent hunting breeds, which historically, have been coveted for their prey drive and water-retrieving skills. By combining these two breeds together, the Irish Doodle has an excellent reputation as a hunting dog, but also fares well in agility, tracking, and obedience training.
According to WagWalking.com, the disposition and temperament of Irish Doodles are generally thought to be pleasant, playful, and “family companions.” It’s also thought to be a very smart and active breed that requires a lot of stimulation—both mental and physical.
Physically, Irish Doodles usually end up being red, apricot, or black in color and sometimes feature white in their coats. Their coat is most often long, dense, and wavy.
The average size for female Irish Doodles is about 40 to 65 pounds; male Irish Doodles generally weigh in between 50 to 75 pounds. Height-wise, Irish Doodles are a medium-sized dog that can measure anywhere from 24 to 26 inches tall.
Related: 50 Small Dog Breeds
Are Irish Doodles Hypoallergenic?
Dogs that are considered hypoallergenic are less likely to induce allergies, though the AKC specifically states, “While no dog is 100% hypoallergenic, there are a variety of breeds that do well with allergy sufferers. These dogs have a predictable, non-shedding coat which produces less dander.”
Poodles, from which the Irish Doodle stems, are often considered a hypoallergenic dog breed because they are low-shedding dogs.Irish Setters, however, are considered moderately-shedding dogs, which ultimately makes the answer to this question a bit more complex.
Most likely, most Irish Doodles will be low-to-moderately shedding dogs, but every dog is different. Most Irish Doodles should be hypoallergenic and not give someone with dander allergies an issue; but the reality is, it’s a case-by-case basis.
Related: 25 Adorable Hypoallergenic Dog Breeds That Don’t Shed
What Is an Irish Doodle and Golden Doodle Generation?
Not sure what F1 and F1b means when it comes to bringing home a Doodle? There are different generations of both Irish Doodles and Golden Doodles.
There are five generations of Golden and Irish Doodles: F1 (First Generaton), F1b (First Generation Backcross), F2 (Second Generation), F2b (Second Generation Backcross), and F3 and Multigenerational.
So, what does each mean? A First Generation Golden Doodle refers to a dog that is a direct result of breeding a Golden Retriever with a Poodle. Similarly, a First Generation Irish Doodle would refer to a dog that is a direct result of breeding an Irish Setter with a Poodle. First Generations usually have a “decrease in health risks,” which is known as heterosis or “hybrid vigor,” according to Pride and Prejudoodles.
Related: Best Large Dog Breeds
With F1b—First Generation Backcross—the result is still a genetically First Generation Doodle, however traits of one parent in particular are “intensified,” Pride and Prejudoodles reports. This is because “backcrossing” is the crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or a dog genetically similar to its parent. F1b Doodles are usually about 75 percent Poodle and have a greater likelihood of being low-shedding and allergy-friendly.
Second Generation Doodles—F2 Doodles—are the result of breeding two First Generation Doodles together. This breeding technique can result in puppies more likely to shed; it also can result in either a full Poodle or a full Golden Retriever or Irish Setter, depending on what the other parent is.
Depending on which generation a Golden Doodle is, you will notice variations in allergy potential, shedding, coat textures and colors, and their grooming requirements.
For these reason, First Generation (F1) and First Generation Backcross Doodles (F1b) are the most sought-after types of Doodles. However, the F3 and Multi-generation Doodle is the most likely to be most hypoallergenic; this generation is most likely to not shed as it can be intentionally bred by two parents with zero shed potential. If you are specifically looking for a hypoallergenic Doodle, F3 and Multi-generation may be your best bet.
Irish Doodle: How to Groom Their Hair
Irish Doodles are generally considered to be hypoallergenic or low-to-moderately shedding dogs. But a low-shedding dog does not a low-maintenance dog make! Their coats should be cared for frequently. In fact, Irish Doodles should be brushed at least once daily if their coat is intentionally kept long.
An Irish Doodle’s coat is generally long, dense, and wavy. However, it also depends on each individual dog and the parent (either the Poodle parent or the Irish Setter parent) that the dog resembles most. In general though, Irish Doodles are moderate-to-high-maintenance when it comes to grooming.
Most Irish Doodle owners keep their dog’s trim short on the body and tail, then keep the face an tail trim a bit longer. AllDogs.com recommends allowing your Irish Doodle’s coat to grow out fully, until they’re anywhere from six to nine months old, before clipping their coat.
If your dog’s coat is clipped, brushing their coat anywhere from two to three times a week should suffice; however, if your Irish Doodle’s hair is kept longer than that, you’ll have to brush it daily due to the threat of knotting and matting.
To maintain an Irish Doodle’s coat, you should either take them to the groomer every four to six weeks if you prefer a long and fluffier coat. Additionally, still comb your dog’s coat once daily. The coat of a Doodle is also susceptible to matting, so air-drying after a bath is not ideal; because the dog’s hair should be blowdried after a bath, most groomers will recommend bringing an Irish Doodle into the groomer for such maintenance.
If your Irish Doodle’s hair becomes increasingly matted, the groomer might suggest shaving it. To avoid matting, brush your dog’s coat frequently and don’t let it air-dry after bathtime.
What Does a Full-Grown Irish Doodle Look Like?
Full-grown Irish Doodles look very similar to Golden Doodles or Labradoodles, but are often darker in color than Goldens. Irish Doodles generally have coats in red, apricot, or black, sometimes with white flecks throughout the coat.
In height, a full-grown Irish Doodle could be anywhere from 24 to 26 inches tall. A male Irish Doodle’s weight generally ranges between 40 to 65 pounds, whereas male Irish Doodles generally weigh anywhere between 50 to 75 pounds.
Not sure what a full-grown Irish Doodle looks like? Here’s a photo of our friend, Hunter, a male F1 Irish Doodle who was born last July.
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He’s pretty cute, huh?!
Adopting a new pup? Here are some funny dog names guaranteed to make you laugh.
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STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE LORD SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF TONGA
Public Accounts Committee to consider PM proposal 20 percent pay cut to MPs salary
THE Public Accounts Standing Committee is considering a motion from the Hon. Prime Minister for a 20 percent cut in legislator’s basic salary due to the impacts of COVID-19.
The House voted to send the Prime Minister’s motion to the Public Accounts Committee to consider it before reporting to the House.
The Deputy Speaker, Lord Tu’iha’angana criticized how the motion was tabled in Parliament. He said there are other avenues where it could have been circulated for approval by MPs rather than discussing it publicly.
Lord Tu’iha’angana said the Prime Minister first preached the need for Parliament to collaborate for the good of the country. Yet, the PM did not consult the MPs first on the issue.
Ha’apai number 1 Noble Representative Lord Tu’iha’angana made reference to the Prime Ministers of New Zealand and Fiji who made similar announcements amid concern over COVID-19. No opposition was reported. Lord Tu’iha’angana said this probably because the MPs were consulted on the matter.
He urged parliamentarians to consider a 20 percent pay cut and for the Remuneration Authority to handle the matter.
The announcement was met with resistance from some Members. The Deputy Speaker argued the Remuneration Authority has no authority over the MPs’ salary. He said it would have been appropriate should PM talked it over first with the legislators.
Tongatapu 2 MP, Semisi Sika challenged the PM to exempt all MPs from the motion and they make the sacrifice to work without pay. Their full pay will assist the COVID-19 prevention activities. Sika also mentioned the PM made a vague explanation of his motion.
In response, the Minister of Police, Lord Nuku explained there is urgency for funds available to finance the work overtime of front-liners including police officers and nurses. He claimed they worked after hours, but no funds available to finance it.
Tongatapu 4 MP, Mateni Tapueluelu also rejected the motion and labeled it as the PM’s political campaign. He suggested the MPs hospitality funds and other means which Parliament can sacrifice instead of the pay cut proposal.
Siaosi Pōhiva, Tongatapu 1 MP also pointed out the biblical perspective on giving generously to the needy.
“When we give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing so that your giving may be secret,” said Mr. Pōhiva.
He said the PM should not have publicly announced the move. Instead, he should have approached the pay-clerk and arranged for his 20 percent pay cut.
The former Health Minister Saia Piukala was disappointed about the PM’s remarks on his political People’s Party manifesto. Piukala said when this was mentioned, it clearly demonstrates party politics remains an obstacle for a unified Parliament.
He said the PM is the head of Government, and therefore should act professionally (have more patience, loving) and acted in a matter to unite Parliament.
In response, Hon. Tu’i’onetoa clarified the rationale behind his motion. It is simply a plea for Parliament to consider giving to those who were affected due to the impacts of COVID-19.
“It was with the impression that all legislators including myself and the Cabinet Ministers lead by example in contributing to the most vulnerable ones impacted by the pandemic. This includes those who have lost their job,” said the PM.
He added the MPs' contribution is a demonstration to ordinary citizens, they feel what they are experiencing during this difficult time.
The PM also denied Tongatapu 2 MP motion. He said this defeats the purpose of his motion, to involve all MPs in the process.
Hon. Tu’i’onetoa said his motion was prompted due to the global impacts of the coronavirus pandemic which also affects Tonga.
To date, Tonga is among ten countries in the world that is COVID 19 free.
The Hon. Prime Minister also mentioned the move because of the biggest budge deficit about 60 million forecasted by the government.
Hon. Tu’i’onetoa also mentioned that despite the challenges Tonga is facing, Parliament should be reminded and should have faith that God is our refuge and fortress.
“God will fight for us, he will build our nation. And through hard work and the concerted effort in everything we do, we’ll build Tonga economically and socially for a stable economy for all,” said the Hon. PM.
The PM was also confident that through national prayer and fasting in April and earlier this month, it strengthens Cabinet's will to continue serving the people.
He also extended an invitation for the MPs participation in the same exercise on June 6-7. The PM firmly believed it is through praying and fasting is the only means to protect and safeguard Tonga from COVID-19.
Dr. Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa also pointed out that Tonga should strengthen their belief that God is our protector.
“Praying and fasting can cast away all fears relating to COVID 19, it gives family peace and comfort,” said the Hon. Prime Minister.
Coronavirus and the impacts of climate change which led to more frequent natural disasters like Tropical Cyclones Tino and Harold are among threats the current government administration had faced since came into power late last year.
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Officer Indicted For Shooting Attacker Who Beat Him In Head With Vodka Bottle
Holly MatkinDecember 8, 2020
San Francisco, CA – A grand jury has indicted a San Francisco police officer in connection with the shooting of a violent attacker who repeatedly bashed him in the head with a vodka bottle last year.
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, the son of two convicted cop-killers, announced on Dec. 4 that a grand jury returned indictments against San Francisco Police Officer Christopher Flores, but did not disclose what specific charges he will face, the San Francisco Examiner reported.
Officer Flores was one of two San Francisco police officers who fired their weapons during the incident.
The attacker, 25-year-old Jamaica Hampton, was hit in the leg, which was later amputated, the San Francisco Examiner reported.
The grand jury also indicted Hampton on unspecified charges on Friday.
“As soon as the defendants are served with the warrants, we will be able to share with the public the scheduled arraignment date, the bail amount set by the court, and the specific charges that the grand jury chose to indict on,” Boudin said, according to the San Francisco Examiner.
Boudin did not request pretrial detention for Officer Flores or Hampton, and encouraged them both to “voluntarily surrender.”
On Friday, a grand jury returned indictments against Officer Christopher Flores and Jamaica Hampton based on an incident from December 7, 2019.
I encourage Officer Flores and Mr. Hampton to voluntarily surrender.
I'll provide more information when an arraignment is scheduled.
— Chesa Boudin 博徹思 (@chesaboudin) December 7, 2020
San Francisco Police Officers Association (POA) President Tony Montoya fiercely defended Officer Flores after news of the indictment broke on Friday.
“Former Public Defender Chesa Boudin’s decision is absolutely appalling,” Montoya said, according to KRON. “Unprovoked, Jamaica Hampton brutally attacked Officer Christopher Flores, bludgeoning him repeatedly over the head with a Vodka bottle causing severe injuries to Officer Flores’ head. Mr. Hampton was the aggressor and Officer Flores acted to protect his own life and to protect the public.”
Hampton had previously been charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism in connection with the attack, but Boudin dropped those charges in January, shortly after he took office.
“Boudin’s failure to personally file charges against Mr. Hampton for his vicious attacks on our officers sends a clear message that Boudin has no intention of protecting officers who are victims of violence,” Montoya said on Monday. “Mr. Boudin is communicating to law enforcement officers today that they must choose between protecting their lives or protecting their freedom, but they cannot do both.”
Officer Flores’ attorney, Nicole Pifari, said Hampton was in the midst of a “brutal, unprovoked, and incredibly violent attack” on police when they fired at him, the San Francisco Examiner reported.
But Hampton’s public defender, Danielle Harris, complained her client has already suffered enough.
“Jamaica has been punished far more than the law would ever allow,” Harris told the San Francisco Examiner. “I don’t believe that our legal system or community have anything to gain from prosecuting Jamaica Hampton given the swift and severe street justice that was dealt to him by police.”
“I look forward to helping him navigate the court process in a way that will hopefully minimize further trauma to him and his community,” Harris added.
The incident which led up to the shooting began when police received a report of a “hot prowl burglary” at 7:47 a.m. on Dec. 7, 2019, during which the male suspect had forced open the door of an apartment in the 900-block of Capp Street, according to KPIX.
The suspect fled the scene before police arrived five minutes later, but a few minutes later, 911 received another call nearby about a man who was trying to break into parked cars.
Officers searched the area and found Hampton wearing clothing that matched the description of the suspect, KPIX reported.
The officers stopped their patrol SUV and attempted to make contact with Hampton at an intersection after he crossed the street right in front of their vehicle, surveillance video showed.
The passenger door of the SUV opened and surveillance footage from nearby cameras showed that Hampton turned around and lunged the officer in the passenger seat.
Police said Hampton “aggressively advanced” on San Francisco Police Officer Sterling Hayes with a 200 ml glass vodka bottle and attacked him, KPIX reported.
His partner, Officer Flores, jumped out from the driver’s side and rushed around the rear of the vehicle to help.
But before Officer Flores had made his way around the back of the SUV, Hampton was rushing at him while brandishing the bottle, KPIX reported.
Hampton repeatedly struck Officer Flores in the face and on the head with the bottle, causing lacerations to his cheek under his right eye, the video showed.
Officer Hayes jumped into the fray to help his partner and Hampton took off down the sidewalk, with the officers right behind him.
Both officers repeatedly told Hampton to drop the bottle and to get on the ground but he ignored them, KPIX reported.
They attempted to deploy pepper spray at the suspect but were unsuccessful.
The video showed that both officers drew their weapons as Hampton played a game of cat-and-mouse with them, dodging across the street and onto the opposite sidewalk before he turned and rushed directly at Officer Hayes with the bottle still in his right hand.
Officer Hayes opened fire on Hampton, the video showed.
He fired six shots and Hampton dropped to the ground.
But the video showed the suspect didn’t stay down.
A split-second later, Hampton got back onto his feet and Officer Flores fired one shot to knock him down again, the video showed.
The video showed Officer Hayes ran back close to the suspect at that point and told Officer Flores to stop shooting.
Then he began yelling “Render aid! Render aid!” over and over as he pulled on gloves.
The video showed that Officer Flores bent over and started to take the suspect into custody, but Officer Hayes yelled at him to “glove up” first and then “render aid!”
Officer Hayes’ bodycam filmed the entire incident but Officer Flores’ bodycam was knocked off when Hampton initially attacked him, KPIX reported.
As other officers and supervisors arrived on the scene, Officer Hayes’ bodycam captured the officer becoming very upset about having had to shoot the suspect.
“Godd—it man, f–k! I didn’t want to do this! I didn’t want to f–king do this!” he told another officer repeatedly.
Once the ambulance arrived on the scene, the Officer Hayes’s bodycam captured audio as the officer began to sob.
The video showed that Officer Flores, clutching an ice pack to his bleeding face, stood with Officer Hayes and kept a hand on his arm as his partner wept.
“I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t want to do it,” Officer Hayes told a female sergeant who arrived on the scene. “I tried to pepper spray him – I got myself.”
Both officers involved in the shooting remain on the force, the San Francisco Examiner reported.
Holly is a former probation and parole officer who is married to a sheriff’s deputy. She is a regular contributor to Signature Montana magazine, and has written feature articles for Distinctly Montana magazine.
Written by Holly Matkin
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Bimblebox — Judith Sinnamon’s New Paintings @ Edwina Corlette Gallery 19 July – 9 August, 2018
Posted on July 18, 2018 by polycentrica
Portrait of Corymbia Aparrerinja, Bimblebox, with Rufous Whistlers (2018), Oil on linen, 154x119cm. Photo by Carl Warner.
Bimblebox Nature Refuge is situated 1,120 km northwest of Brisbane in the heart of cattle and coal country. The fourteen-hour drive to this remnant semi-arid woodlands transforms an artist’s eye along the way. One leaves behind the city and the suburbs, the lush green gardens and rainforest, the endless malls and carparks: to Dalby, Roma, Emerald, Alpha, and finally, Bimblebox. The visuals gradually evolve into a dryer, more austere landscape, wide-open skies and towering clouds, and nature is more prudent with colour.
Judith Sinnamon traveled to Bimblebox late last year due to her lifelong concern for the environment – the fight by activists to save the refuge from Big Coal has been hard fought since 2007, and she wanted to see the land (and its trees) for herself. But, she admits, “I was unprepared for the beauty of the place.” And even though she’d painted trees of southeast Queensland for years, this was another world entirely – and it was under siege. She goes on to say:
“In my work, the celebration and joy of nature is juxtaposed with my (and a collective) sense of alarm in regard to destruction of the environment. My starting point is the awe I feel when in the presence of trees – the trees of the Central Queensland region in this case.”
The balance Sinnamon pursues in her paintings parallels her desire to see equilibrium restored to humanity’s relationship with nature. At the core of her painting concerns is the interplay of opposing energies and dynamics: the stoic stasis of Corymbia aparrerinja contrasted with their vegetal, twisting gestures; her spare, earthy palette applied fluently, quickly in layered daubs, strokes and semi-swirls; and, above all, her sensitive capture of the flicker of light to shadow on the infinite forms and textures of trees, grass and sky. Taken together, these carefully crafted, visual and formal qualities document her deeply felt connection to the natural world.
Portrait of Corymbia Aparrerinja, Bimblebox, with Rufous Whistlers (2018), shares an affinity with Albert Namatjira’s Ghost gum (c.1948) in that both paintings grant their trees the status of individuality. Sinnamon acknowledges the older artist’s influence on her work – particularly the iconic presence of ghost gums in his watercolours. Trees remind her of the human body: “the random twisting of limbs, the bulbous resin growths, pock marks and scarring from lost limbs or insect activity… the luminosity of their trunks evocative of human flesh,” all combine to interconnect the arboreal with the human.
Dancing Ghost Gum (Corymbia Dallachiana) (2018), Oil on Linen, 124x154cm. Photo by Carl Warner
In every canvas, the artist begins with an all-over, bright ochre ground, next carefully mapping out the shapes of trunks and branches, and then building form and volume in layers of single strokes of wet-into-wet paint. Looking close-up at the surfaces of bark in Dancing Ghost Gum (Corymbia Dallachiana) (2018), one enters a microcosm of abstraction. Sinnamon capitalises on the use of subtley-toned complementary greys and taupes on areas of bark to open up space between each stroke, so that a weightless luminosity exists – as if her trees are built from light. Stepping back from the painting, the structured physicality of her brushwork coalesces into volume and heft. Multi-directional movement of lanceolate leaves shimmers dark to yellow-green, forming a canopy energised by light and gravity’s pull. Rhumba-like in dancing gesture, the ghost gums’ branches gyrate, affirming nature’s erotic, dynamic play of creation and destruction.
Bimblebox (Eucalyptus Populnea) #1 (2018), Oil on canvas, 65x65cm. Photo by Carl Warner
Corymbia Tessellaris of the Galilee Basin (2018), Oil on linen, 104x134cm. Photo by Carl Warner
Sinnamon’s profound fascination with trees motivates this work. “I want people to value nature,” she says. “Trees are loved because their beauty is comforting, however nature is not a given. We can’t know that it’s going to be there forever, unchanged.”
Artist quotes are taken from a series of conversations and email correspondence during June-July 2018.
http://judithsinnamon.com/
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2 thoughts on “Bimblebox — Judith Sinnamon’s New Paintings @ Edwina Corlette Gallery 19 July – 9 August, 2018”
Cynthia Porter on July 19, 2018 at 6:47 am said:
Wonderful-all. Thank you.
Margaret Lanzetta on July 24, 2018 at 10:55 am said:
she sure captures that Australian LIGHT
Margaret Lanzetta http://www.margaretlanzetta.com/
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Metrics Explained
This page is intended to give an overview for the various metrics that can be measured by TICS. Note that this is not an exhaustive list of all intricacies that are part of the definitions of metrics. Instead, this is a broad overview of how the metrics are defined and which details are relevant when interpreting their values.
Code coverage is a metric of test suite quality. Intuitively, it is the percentage of code that is covered by (automated) unit tests. These tests can automatically invoke parts of the software and evaluate whether their results are correct. Since automatic tests are much more reliable and cheaper to perform than manual tests, this enables software developers to test their code often, which could help to maintain high-quality software. Code coverage is a metric that can be evaluated on a low level (a single file or method), but it is usually computed over an entire project.
There are different types of coverage, which vary in terms of granularity and precision. The simplest form of code coverage is statement coverage (also known as line coverage). This is a metric for the percentage of statements that are executed by a unit test.
Consider the following example:
int foo(int a, int b) {
int c = b;
if (a > 3 && b > 0) {
c = a;
return c * a;
This is an example of a method that can be tested using unit tests. A unit tests consists of an input (such as foo(0,0) or foo(4,2)) and an expected result for each test case (0 and 16 respectively for the given examples). This program has a total of 4 statements (two assignments, an if statement and a return statement). The test case foo(0,0) covers 3 of these statements (75% coverage), while the test case foo(4,2) covers all statements (100% coverage).
While statement coverage can give an indication of the quality of a test suite, it may be too easy to achieve. For example, if we only use the second test, we achieve a perfect coverage of 100%. However, it could be that for cases where the condition of the if statement evaluates to false, the result is incorrect. The notion of branch coverage alleviates this issue. It requires every branch of every conditional or loop (including if, case, while, and for statements) to be tested at least once. This means that to achieve 100% branch coverage, we need a test for which a > 3 and b > 0 and one for which a ≤ 3 or b ≤ 0. The previously presented examples are an example of a test suite with 100% branch coverage for this method.
Decision Coverage
As branches get more complex, branch coverage may be insufficient as a metric as well. After all, we only have one test case for each branch. Since a conditional may be composed of an arbitrary number of boolean variables through conjunctions and disjunctions, there are many paths through the code that can end up untested even when 100% branch coverage is achieved. A third type of coverage, decision coverage, requires a test case for each of the composed conditions. That means that in our example, we need at least a case for a > 3 and a ≤ 3 as well as cases for b > 0 and b ≤ 0. Again, the provided test cases satisfy this.
Function Coverage
Finally, some tools measure function coverage. This is a very simple metric that determines the proportion of functions (or methods) that have been invoked by test cases. This type of coverage is too lenient to serve as a serious indicator of quality, but may be used to identify parts of the code that are not tested at all.
Code Coverage Tool Comparison
The type(s) of coverage that are taken into account by TICS depends on the tool that is being used to compute code coverage. The value that is used for the TQI is the average of the available coverage metrics. The only exception to this is function coverage, which is always excluded. The table below provides an overview of the coverage metrics that are supported by a variety of tools.
BullseyeCoverage ✔ ✔ ✔
Squish Coco ✔ ✔ ✔
CTC ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
gcov/lcov ✔ ✔ ✔
PureCoverage ✔ ✔
C++Test ✔ ✔ ✔
VectorCAST ✔ ✔
NCover ✔ ✔ ✔
OpenCover ✔ ✔ ✔
Jacoco ✔ ✔ ✔
Cobertura ✔ ✔
TQI Code Coverage
The TQI Code Coverage sub-metric [2] is defined as follows:
score = min(0.75 * test_coverage + 32.5, 100)
Abstract Interpretation
Abstract interpretation is a technique in which the computations of a program are evaluated on abstract objects, with the goal of deriving results without executing the program. This is typically implemented by translating source code to a model instead of an executable program. This model is then examined for patterns that reveal potential errors. Abstract interpretation abstracts from the explicit value of a variable, and instead considers all the possible values it can have mapped to some abstract domain.
if (obj == null) {
obj = getObject();
obj.method();
One problem abstract interpretation may detect in this example is that the obj variable may have the value null even after line 2. This would cause a null dereference in the final line, which results in an error and potentially the termination of the program. A human programmer could very well overlook this fact; they will likely assume the getObject() method returns an actual object rather than a null value. An abstract interpretation tool would detect that null is one of the potential values of obj and flag a warning.
Abstract interpretation works by considering the range of possible values a variable can take and restricting this range based on statements in the program. This means an abstract interpretation tool may be able to deduce that obj can never take a null value. If one of the values it could take is null, something iswrong with the program.
TQI Abstract Interpretation
Abstract interpretation tools result in violations. The compliance factor [3] is used to compute a score based on these violations.
The TQI Abstract Interpretation sub-metric [2] is defined as follows:
score = max(compliance_factor(abstract_interpretation_violations) * 2 - 100, 0)
Cyclomatic Complexity
Cyclomatic complexity [1] (also known as McCabe complexity) is a complexity metric for imperative methods. It is computed by representing the possible paths of execution of the program in a graph and computing its cyclomatic number (i.e., the number of regions in a planar embedding of the graph). The idea is that methods with a lot of conditional statement or loops are more complex. This means maintainability of the program is hurt, since it is hard to understand for new developers working on it. It also means testing the code properly is harder, since it is harder to reach a sufficient level of coverage.
Since the original definition of Cyclomatic Complexity is quite abstract, the definition used by TIOBE is loosely
The decision count plus one
The decision count is incremented for control flow statements that introduce a branch in the code, e.g., selection statements (if-statement), iteration statements (while-statement) and exception handling (try-catch-statement).
The Cyclomatic Complexity of a function (or method) is the number of decisions in the function's body plus one. So, the minimum cyclomatic complexity of a function definition is one.
The Cyclomatic Complexity of a file is the number of decisions of all function definitions in that file plus one. In other words, this is the sum of the cyclomatic complexities of all function definitions in the file, minus the number of function definitions, plus one.
The Average Cyclomatic Complexity is the cyclomatic complexity per function of a file. So, this is the sum of the cyclomatic complexities of all function definitions, divided by the number of function definitions in the file.
The Average Cyclomatic Complexity is aggregated over multiple files as follows. Sum the cyclomatic complexities of all files, minus the number of files, divided by the total number of function definitions in these files combined, plus one.
TQI Cyclomatic Complexity
The TQI Cyclomatic Complexity sub-metric [2] is defined as follows:
score = 6400 / (cyclomatic_complexity^3 - cyclomatic_complexity^2 - cyclomatic_complexity + 65)
Cyclomatic Complexity Tool Comparison
There are a (great) number of free and commercial tools available that can be used to measure the (average) cyclomatic complexity of source files. Here, we will take a look at a few available options.
SourceMonitor
SourceMonitor is a freeware program to obtain cyclomatic complexity for many programming languages. It runs on Windows. The results reported by SourceMonitor are quite reasonable, especially when compared to e.g. CCCC (see below). A disadvantage is that it does not support all programming languages for which TIOBE wishes to compute cyclomatic complexity. Another drawback is that it can only be used on Windows, and not on e.g. Linux.
CCCC is an open source code counter for C, C++ and Java source files. It is reasonably cross-platform and can run on Windows and Linux. Unfortunately, its results are very unreliable. Moreover, it supports just a few programming languages.
TICSpp
TICSpp is a TIOBE proprietary cyclomatic complexity measurement tool that supports a wide variety of programming languages (including JavaScript, Python, Objective-C and Scala). It runs on Windows, Linux and Solaris SPARC.
There are many more tools available to measure cyclomatic complexity. Some commercial, or part of a commercial package, some specific to a certain programming language. We will not discuss these here.
At TIOBE, we compared the results of CCCC, SourceMonitor and TICSpp on a great number of (customer) source files and found that TICSpp produces better results than SourceMonitor, which in turn produces better results than CCCC. These findings, together with its portability and support for a wide range of programming languages makes TICSpp a logical default choice for our customers.
Cyclomatic Complexity and TICS
Be sure to use a default configuration, or specify 'METRICS'=>['TICSpp'], for your language in SERVER.txt.
Running TICS
The metric to run with TICS for Average Cyclomatic Complexity is AVGCYCLOMATICCOMPLEXITY.
To run the TICS client, use TICS -calc AVGCYCLOMATICCOMPLEXITY. To run TICSQServer, use TICSQServer -calc AVGCYCLOMATICCOMPLEXITY.
Investigating High Cyclomatic Complexity in the TICS viewer
To quickly see "bad" files (wrt cyclomatic complexity) in TICS viewer, one can use the treemap and select the Average Cyclomatic Complexity as the color and Total Cyclomatic Complexity for the area metric.
The big, dark red files are the ones to go after first.
Compiler Warnings
Compiler warnings are potential errors in the source code that are discovered during compilation. These include syntactic errors for which the semantics are easily misinterpreted, portability issues and type errors. They can therefore be seen as a metric for the quantity and impact of potential bugs.
if (var = 0) {
var++;
Most languages use the = operator for assignment and expect a boolean condition, e.g., var == 0. Note that in this case, var = 0 is not a boolean expression for the equality of var and 0, but an assignment of 0 to var. This assignment is executed, followed by the execution of the code in the body. A compiler will recognize that this is likely unintended and warns the programmer. Other warnings could relate to arithmetic operations that are inconsistent across systems with different bitness. This hurts the portability of the code.
TQI Compiler Warnings
The compliance factor [3] is used to compute a score based on compiler warnings.
The TQI Compiler Warnings sub-metric [2] is defined as follows:
score = max(100 - 50 * log10(101 - compliance_factor(compiler_warnings)), 0)
Coding Standards
Coding standards provide rules for software developers to follow while writing code. The most important reason for coding standards is maintainability; a clear set of rules makes it easier for programmers to understand the meaning of code. A subset of coding standards can be used as predictor for finding fault- related lines of code.
Examples of coding standards include naming conventions (e.g., using lower case for variable names and capitals for class names), rules for indentation (e.g., use of spaces instead of tabs, indenting the body following an if-statement) and the exclusion of language features (e.g., disallowing use of goto statements).
To measure adherence to coding standard automatically, rules can be pro- grammed into a tool that automatically identifies violations of the standard. This requires rules to be sufficiently precise. A meaningful metric for adherence to coding standard depends on the quality of the coding standard and a suitable classification of the weight of each of its rules.
TQI Coding Standards
The compliance factor [3] is used to compute a score based on coding standard violations.
The TQI Coding Standards sub-metric [2] is defined as follows:
score = compliance_factor(coding_standard_violations)
Code Duplication
Code Duplication is a software metric that indicates the amount of source code that occurs more than once in a program. Code Duplication is undesirable because it is associated with higher maintenance costs and can be indicative of bad design.
A duplication is a consecutive set of source code lines (code fragment) that is similar to another code fragment, possibly inside the same file. A code fragment might be part of more than one duplication.
TICS uses the CPD tool to detect code duplication. CPD finds duplicated strings of source tokens, not lines. At least 100 tokens should be logically identical to qualify as code duplication. TICS translates these tokens to lines: a line is considered duplicate code if it contains at least one token that is part of a duplication. Note that TICS runs CPD on a single project and does not detect duplications over different projects.
The TICS Viewer defines the following basic metrics related to Code Duplication:
Code Duplication (LOC)
The number of lines that are part of a duplication.
Code Duplication (%)
The number of lines that are duplicated as a percentage of the total number of lines.
Code Duplication Metric Coverage
The percentage of lines that could be analyzed by the code duplication tool, ideally 100%.
TQI Code Duplication
The TQI score for Code Duplication is a value between 0% and 100% that, when using the latest TQI definition, is obtained using the following formula:
score = min(-40 * log10(Code Duplication (%)) + 80, 100) * Code Duplication Metric Coverage
Scope-related Code Duplication
Since version 8.5
Scope-related Code Duplication metrics allow you to filter the duplications based on where the source and target fragment of a duplication are located:
File-Internal Code Duplication
The source and target fragments are located in the same file.
File-External Code Duplication
The source and target fragments are located in different files.
Scope-Internal Code Duplication
The source and target files are in the same selected scope.
Scope-External Code Duplication
The target file is outside of the selected scope.
Each of the four types has a relative (%) and an absolute (LOC) variant. The scope-based metrics require a scope that is chosen by the user and can be a directory, component, or other subsystem. The scope is indicated in the breadcrumb trail as ' Scope'; all items before it form the scope. You can move the scope to a different place using drag & drop.
The sum of Internal and External Code Duplication (LOC) might be larger than the value given by the overall Code Duplication (LOC) metric. The reason is that the same fragment can be part of two duplications, of which one internal and one external. Such a fragment is only counted once for Code Duplication (LOC).
Using these advanced metrics, users can filter duplications by the type that they are interested it. For instance, file-internal duplication could be considered easier to solve because they are located in the same file. On the other hand, file-external duplications might be harder to keep track of by developers and one might want to solve them first. The scope-internal metric can be useful for developers to limit the duplications they see to the component for which they are responsible or are allowed to make changes to.
Custom Code Duplication
Since version 2020.1
It is possible to configure the duplication detector to use a different minimum number of tokens that qualify as a duplication than then the default of 100 that is used by the TQI definition, Configure a higher threshold will result in less duplications, whereas setting a lower value will result in more. When you have configured a custom token count in TICS and after you have performed an analysis, the Custom Code Duplication related metrics will be shown in the metric picker.
To use this feature, you have to enable the TICS metric DUPLICATEDCODECUSTOM as explained here. This metric is separate from the DUPLICATEDCODE metric and will not affect the TQI version.
Fan Out
Software programs are structured in terms of modules or components. These modules and components "use" each other. The fan out metric indicates how many different modules are used by a certain module. If modules need a lot of other modules to function correctly (high fan out), there is a high interdependency between modules, which makes code less modifiable. Hence, fan out is related to the "Maintainability" ISO attribute.
Furthermore, there is a difference between the usage of external and internal imports. External imports concern imports from outside the software system (for instance standard libraries) while internal imports concern references within the code base itself. External imports are a method of reusing software and as such are considered to be less harmful to the quality of the software system.
Fan Out split by internal and external imports
In the case that an internal/external import split is supported by the TICS integration of the language, fan out is measured by counting the number of imports, whether external or internal, per module, and taking a weighted average where internal imports count for 4 times the negative impact of external imports. The specific measurement is language dependent. Currently, split fan-out is supported for C, C++, C# and Java.
Unclassified Fan Out
In the case that it is difficult or impossible to discern from an import statement whether it is external or internal fan-out, no difference is made between the different types of fan-out. Instead, fan-out is treated as a single metric, of which the value is equal to the number of import statements. If split fan-out is not supported, then unclassified fan-out is used.
For C and C++ the number of include directives is used. The split is made dependent on whether a standard include or a user include is used; standard includes are counted as external fan-out whereas user includes are counted as internal fan-out.
The situation is even more complex for C# because it uses a different import mechanism. The using statement in C# imports a complete namespace, which could consist of hundreds of classes, whereas only a few of these are actually used. That is why for C# the actual number of unique dependencies per file is counted. If an import comes from a namespace associated with the software system, then it is counted as internal fan-out; else, it is counted as external fan-out.
For Java, the number of import statements is counted. Wildcards in Java import statements appear to be difficult because these statements import several classes from a package at once. That is why we choose to count these statements as 5. If an import comes from a package associated with the software system, then it is counted as internal fan-out; else, it is counted as external fan-out.
For EcmaScript 6, the number of import statements is counted.
ES6 modules are stored in files. There is exactly one module per file and one file per module.
Therefore, each module mentioned in the from clause counts as 1 irrespective of the number of elements imported. E.g.,
import localName from 'src/my_lib';
import * as my_lib from 'src/my_lib';
import { name1, name2 } from 'src/my_lib';
all count as 1 since each statement imports one module.
For Python, the number of modules mentioned in the import statement are counted. from-import counts as 1.
For Swift, the number of modules mentioned in import declarations is counted.
Average Fan Out
The average Fan Out of a software system is a weighted average of the count of internal imports and the count of external imports in the case the difference between internal and external fan-out is supported for the language, and the number of imports in the case unclassified fan-out is used. These are then aggregated by summing the fan out values of all files, and divided by the number of files.
TQI Fan Out (unclassified fan-out)
score = min(max(120 - 5 * unclassified_fan_out, 0), 100)
TQI Fan Out (split by internal and external)
score = min(max(120 - (8 * internal fan_out + 2 * external fan_out), 0), 100)
Dead Code
Dead code is code that does not serve any purpose. As such, it hurts the maintainability of software.
Measuring dead code is restricted to unused files and methods. Dead code is measured in terms of LOC. This means that an unreachable method or file is counted more heavily when it is larger.
Dead Code Suppression
It is possible to suppress C/CPP dead code violations as reported by CppCheck using TICS's violation suppression mechanism. Suppressing such violations can be done by using special comments in the code. These special comments start with "//TICS" or "/*TICS". After the preceding "//TICS" or "/*TICS" one can specify the ruleid "-DEADCODE". This mechanism can be used to suppress functions triggered by hardware. To give some examples:
//TICS -DEADCODE: HW triggered function
The following example shows how this mechanism can be used in practice for suppression of dead code on one or more functions. The first comment turns suppression on, while the second comment turns the suppression off again. So functionA is not counted as dead code, while functionB is again counted as dead code in case it is not reachable.
void functionA {...}
//TICS +DEADCODE: HW triggered function
void functionB {...}
//TICS !DEADCODE: HW triggered function
The following example shows how this mechanism can be used in practice for suppression of dead code on one specific function. The TICS !DEADCODE comment turns off dead code for functionC.
void functionC //TICS !DEADCODE: HW triggered function
{...}
TQI Dead Code
The TQI Dead Code sub-metric [2] is defined as follows:
score = max((100 - 2 * dead_code), 0)
Lines Of Code (LOC) counts the physical lines in each source file, including comment lines and blank lines, but excluding generated lines. Generated lines of code are those regions in source files that are automatically generated by development environments and are outside the control of software developers. TICS ships with a default set of recognized markers for generated code for commonly used development environments. See the section on GENERATED code for languages in SERVER.txt.
Lines Of Code is the primary measurement of code size used by TICS. All measurements are related to LOC for comparison. E.g., for the compliance factor violations are weighed by LOC. For treemaps, LOC is the default area metric.
Effective Lines Of Code
Effective Lines Of Code (ELOC) counts the physical lines in each source file, excluding comment lines and blank lines, and excluding generated lines.
Effective Lines Of Code is a measure of actual code size; those lines that are not affected by formatting and style conventions but are necessary for the required functionality of the program being written.
Effective Lines Of Code is a subset of Lines Of Code.
Generated lines included Lines Of Code
Generated lines included Lines Of Code (GLOC) counts the physical lines in each source file, including comment lines and blank lines, and including generated lines.
GLOC indicates the absolute amount of code of the application. This metric is not used as a submetric for any other (aggregated) measurement.
GLOC is a superset of LOC. The difference between LOC and GLOC gives the number of generated lines of code in the code.
Change Metrics
Change metrics (also known as Churn metrics) measure the amount of changes in the project. These changes can give insight into how actively a project is developed, which components are changed most often and which parts are being added and/or removed.
The change rate metric measures the amount of changes that were made since the previous measurement. This change is expressed in terms of lines of code.
The change rate includes code that has been added, deleted or changed. These metrics are stored separately. Their sum is the total change rate.
Accumulative Change Rate
In addition to change rate, TICS also stores accumulative change rate. This metric refers to not just the changes that were made since the last measurement, but all of the changes that have been recorded historically.
Other change metrics
The following metrics are also available:
The last time a file was changed.
Changed Files (#)
The number of added and changed files.
Changed, non-New Files (#)
The number of changed files, excluding added files.
New Files (#)
The number of new files.
Deleted Files (#)
The number of deleted files.
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P. Jansen, R. L. Krikhaar, and F. Dijkstra. (2007). Towards a single software quality metric, [Online]. Available: https://www.tiobe.com/files/DefinitionOfConfidenceFactor.pdf.
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Jane Simpson (born 1965) trained at Chelsea School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools, London.
In 1994 she was included in the seminal exhibition Some Went Mad, Some Ran Away, curated by Da...
In 1994 she was included in the seminal exhibition Some Went Mad, Some Ran Away, curated by Damien Hirst, at the Serpentine Gallery, London; she was also selected to take part in the controversial Sensation exhibition of 1997. Her work is held in many public and private collections including the Saatchi Collection, the Arts Council of England, the British Council and the Colección Ciudad de Pamplona.
Recent solo shows include Tableau at CAC Malaga, 2004; Somewhere (between freezing and melting) there lies passion, Galería Javier López, Madrid and Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, 2004; A Three Way Conversation with Myself, New Art Centre, Roche Court, Wiltshire, 2005; Still Still Life, Javier Lopez Gallery, Madrid, 2006 and Jane Simpson, Gering & López Gallery, New York, 2008. Recent group shows include Valencia Biennale, 2005; kissingcousins, curated by Jane Simpson and Sarah Staton, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, 2007 and Weather Report (Art and Climate Change), Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno Canary Islands, 2007.
Jane Simpson lives and works in London.
11th July - 25th August 2012
Gravity and Disgrace is a group show curated by Rachel Howard which brings together the artist’s own work with that of Jane Simpson and Amelia Newton Whitelaw. Inspired by the Hayward Gallery’s 1993 exhibition Gravity & Grace: The Changing Condition of Sculpture, 1965 – 1975, the exhibition considers how select artists today continue to explore unconventional materiality through painting and sculpture.
February 14, 2011 Jane Simpson - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Solo exhibition of recent work including sculpture, drawing & photographs
18 February - 19 March 2011
For more information, visit our blog
Louisa Buck on Jane Simpson
‘Cultured, elegant, meticulous and greatly influenced by the work of artists like Morandi and Hepworth, Jane Simpson has created her own profound, authentic style, whose expressive force lies in the life she infuses into each of the objects she creates. These are everyday objects in which the viewer recognises and intuits his or her own experience. Through relics modelled using such unconventional materials as silicone or ice, Simpson composes a discourse which speaks of memory, the past and nostalgia.’
Fernando Francés, Director of CAC Malaga, 2004
Jane Simpson began using refrigeration while still at the Royal Academy Schools, in London. She was working with foodstuffs and in order to preserve them, she explored ways to freeze specific elements but discovered that she was more interested in the refrigeration process in its own right. Since then she has frozen - and melted - chandeliers, stair rails, sewing machines, pieces of furniture and a wide variety of objects arranged across shelves, plinths and tabletops. In each instance the process is meticulously tailored to suit the individual piece. In ‘Ice Table’ (1996) an assortment of everyday things - knives, forks, glasses, a bunch of keys and an aluminium takeaway carton - become coated in a blanket of ice which builds up across the metal topped table to create both an exquisite study in silver and white as well as a meal held in frozen limbo, reminiscent of the dust- clogged, petrified wedding breakfast of Dickens’ jilted Miss Haversham.
Her embracing of the multifarious qualities of ice stems from her profound engagement with materials. She has always immersed herself in the practicalities of process and the physical nature of whatever that she is using, even when, as an art student in the late 80’s, this placed her, somewhat out of kilter with the prevailing preoccupation with a more hands-off, conceptual approach to art production. She frequently casts in silicone rubber, where the attributes of rubber are thoroughly investigated to rich and often subversive effect. The behaviour and appearance of this highly evocative material directly informs such pieces as Butter Dish, Buttery Knife, 2002, in which the material is used to almost mimic the substance the dish would contain. ‘Hat and Coat Stands’ (1999) casts a row of six hooks originally intended for firemen, in white rubber so flaccid that the hooks cannot support themselves and are forced to dangle ineffectually in abjectly-drooping detumescence; while ‘When Two or More are Gathered’ (1998) crowds a mass of rubber sauceboats on top of a plinth where they jostle and sometimes wobble with a tension that is almost palpable. In fact, the anthropormorphism of Simpson’s sculptures causes them to strike up complex conversations not only with their audience but also with each other. Her objects and vessels droop, group, pose and cluster with an almost exaggerated gregariousness. Generators gently hum, handles shrug, spouts pout and apertures gape. These pots, vases, jugs and cups strike conversational poses and assume animated attitudes like the participants in a tableau vivant they may be motionless but they can never be completely inert.
Flat Footstool and Tender
Jane Simpson, Flat Footstool (Home Entertainment), 2001
Ice Table, 1996, wood, aluminium, steel, glass, chrome, refrigeration unit, copper pieces, 76 x 109 x 61 cm
The Younger Generation, 2004, silicone rubber, glass and lacquered wood, 30 x 81 x 5 cm
Still Life with lost Marbles, 2005, wood, lacquer, nylon, brass, glass marbles, silicone rubber, 56 x 41 x 33 cm
Still Life - Copper Warrior in Velvety Surround, 2005, wood, glass, crystal, sand, copper, brass, cement fondue, polyester lacquer, nylon, 221 x 175 x 127 cm
Somewhere (between freezing and melting) there lies passion I, 2006, ice sculpture, 201 x 401 x 180 cm
The Ladies Who Lunch, 2008, wood, lacquer, silicone rubber, 46 x 61 x 30 cm
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Bernhard Langer Oldest To Make The Masters Cut
Bernhard Langer of Germany became the oldest player to make the cut in tournament history.© AFP
Two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer of Germany became the oldest player to make the cut in tournament history Friday at Augusta National. The 63-year-old winner of green jackets in 1985 and 1993 finished 36 holes on three-under par 141 after completing a four-under par 68 first round and a second-round 73. The projected cut is a Masters record low 143, with 48 golfers yet to finish their darkness-halted second rounds. “To be the oldest to make the cut, it’s certainly an achievement,” Langer said. “Hopefully I get to play a few more years and enjoy this place.
“It’s certainly not easy to do it.”
Langer and 62-year-old Larry Mize became the first two over-60 players to shoot below par in the same major round when the 1987 Masters champion opened with a 70.
Langer says playing the course doesn’t make him feel younger.
“No, it actually makes me feel older when I play with these young guys and I see how far they hit it and how short I hit it,” Langer said.
“I like this golf course. I think I know how to get around it, even though I hit very long clubs. But it’s certainly not easy.”
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Breaking down hypothetical College Football Playoff committee debates
Let’s talk head-to-head matchups.
Except these won’t be played out on the field. The two-team battles we’re discussing today will be waged behind the closed (Zoom?) doors of the College Football Playoff selection committee. We’re asking the question: If it came down to these two teams, in these exact scenarios, which would the committee choose?
To answer these questions we’re relying on our trusty Allstate Playoff Predictor. Because it’s a mathematical model based on the committee’s past behavior, the Predictor won’t tell us definitively whom the committee would choose, but instead will dish out its opinion in probabilities. Sometimes, it will be quite confident; other situations will be more of a toss-up. But it will always have an opinion. So, who gets in …
Undefeated USC vs. one-loss Notre Dame (loss in ACC championship game)
Allstate Playoff Predictor: lean USC
This really could go either way. In a normal season it wouldn’t be close — an undefeated Power 5 conference champion is a shoo-in — but the Pac-12’s abbreviated schedule means that its conference champ won’t have as strong a résumé as schools from other conferences, sometimes even if those other schools have losses. And that’s the case here: We project that Notre Dame with a loss would have a stronger strength of record than an undefeated USC.
But, USC still would have not one but two things going for it here compared to Notre Dame: a zero in the loss column and a conference championship. As we’ve noted before, number of losses shouldn’t be in the Playoff Predictor model because strength of record already incorporates it and the committee has historically placed an extra emphasis on the number of losses regardless of the difficulty of a schedule.
Despite that, this is close. While the Predictor thinks the Trojans would be the (slightly) more likely selection, it wouldn’t be stunned if the committee ultimately sided with the Fighting Irish.
Notre Dame won its first game against Clemson, but what would a potential loss in the ACC title game to the Tigers mean for the Irish? Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Undefeated BYU vs. two-loss champion Clemson
Allstate Playoff Predictor: BYU more likely, with a caveat
The first part of this equation is very likely to happen. No team is more likely to record an undefeated regular season than BYU, at 89%, with just two games to go (including a gimme against North Alabama). For Clemson, we’re assuming a loss against Virginia Tech before a win over Notre Dame to win the ACC.
This sets up an extreme version of the debate the committee has had for years: best vs. most deserving. There’s not a soul in the world that would argue BYU is better than Clemson, even if the Tigers drop another game. But at the same time, it’s far easier to argue that BYU earned the playoff spot, having gone undefeated and with Clemson having a pair of losses.
The Playoff Predictor thinks the Cougars would probably win this battle, with Clemson’s second loss torpedoing the Tigers’ chances. But would the committee excuse Clemson’s loss to Notre Dame since it didn’t have Trevor Lawrence? It also doesn’t feel impossible that we’d hear the argument that the Tigers are “basically a one-loss champion,” even though that would essentially mean that one of the best college football games of the season actually had no consequences for Clemson. That part is out of the Predictor’s purview and it does not account for it. Without the Lawrence argument, it thinks BYU would have a solid edge.
Undefeated Cincinnati vs. one-loss champion Wisconsin
Allstate Playoff Predictor says: lean Wisconsin
This is interesting because it has a whole confluence of factors flying in different directions. We’ve got Group of 5 vs. Power 5, which normally wouldn’t be a question. But Cincinnati is undefeated against a much longer schedule than Wisconsin — which would be just 6-1 in this scenario and would have a worse strength of record than the Bearcats.
Still, the Allstate Playoff Predictor thinks the Big Ten champ would have the edge. Keep in mind, however: FPI is head over heels for the Badgers. It thinks they’re the fourth-best team in the country, largely based on its preseason opinion since Wisconsin has only played one game. If the Badgers were to stumble en route to that 6-1 record, this could flip.
Cincinnati is having one of its best seasons in program history, but how would an undefeated Bearcats team stack up against a one-loss Big Ten team in the CFP selection committee’s eyes? Joe Robbins/Getty Images
One-loss champion Oregon vs. 10-1 Texas A&M
Allstate Playoff Predictor says: Texas A&M, clearly
The Allstate Playoff Predictor is sympathetic to the Pac-12’s playoff chances … so long as that Pac-12 champion is undefeated. That goes back to the committee’s deference to the loss column. But once the Pac-12 champion picks up that loss, the Predictor loses any affection it has for the conference. The short schedule without any truly elite wins available means that Oregon’s conference championship wouldn’t be enough to earn the respect of the committee over an A&M team that didn’t reach the SEC championship game but lost to only Alabama.
Résumé-wise, this one isn’t close: A&M would likely have one of the very best strength of records in the country at 10-1 against a schedule that featured Alabama, Florida, Auburn and LSU, while Oregon’s average SOR rank would be 13.
One-loss champion Oklahoma State vs. one-loss non-champion Ohio State
Allstate Playoff Predictor says: lean Ohio State
This is actually too unlikely for the Predictor to make an exact call on. FPI thinks Oklahoma State is only the 18th-best team in college football and thus the chances of it actually winning out are pretty slim. That’s also a factor when it comes to the committee’s decision. While we’ve noted that résumé is more important than team quality — and Oklahoma State would have the résumé edge here in terms of both strength of record and conference championship — the latter does play a role. And this is one of those situations where Ohio State, despite being the non-champion in this matchup, is clearly the better team (the Buckeyes rank second in FPI’s rankings).
Lauren Poe contributed to this article.
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Connie Fung
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pathology
Connie received her B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics from UCLA, where she conducted research on how the eukaryotic parasite Toxoplasma gondii invades and replicates inside host cells in the lab of Dr. Peter Bradley. Subsequently, she obtained her Ph.D. in Microbiology & Immunology from Stanford University with Dr. Manuel Amieva. Her thesis research involved the use of high-resolution microscopy to study how the bacterium Helicobacter pylori establishes and maintains persistent colonization of the gastric epithelium. Connie joined Dr. Michael Howitt's lab as a postdoctoral research fellow in 2019 and is currently investigating how tuft cells, specialized taste-chemosensory cells, modulate mucosal immunity in response to intestinal parasites.
Institute Affiliations
Maternal & Child Health Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford School of Medicine (2021)
Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford School of Medicine (2020)
Office of Graduate Education Travel Grant, Stanford School of Medicine (2016, 2017)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation (2014-2017)
Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University (2012-2017)
Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, Microbiology & Immunology (2019)
Bachelor of Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (2012)
Howitt Lab Website
A Tuft Act to Follow: Leukotrienes Take the Stage in Anti-worm Immunity. Immunity Fung, C., Howitt, M. R. 2020; 52 (3): 426–28
Tuft cells are specialized taste-chemosensory cells that detect the presence of intestinal parasites and orchestrate type 2 immunity. In this issue of Immunity, McGinty et al. discover that parasitic worms, but not commensal protists, stimulate tuft cells to release cysteinyl leukotrienes to amplify anti-helminth immunity in the small intestine.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.immuni.2020.02.011
High-resolution mapping reveals that microniches in the gastric glands control Helicobacter pylori colonization of the stomach. PLoS biology Fung, C., Tan, S., Nakajima, M., Skoog, E. C., Camarillo-Guerrero, L. F., Klein, J. A., Lawley, T. D., Solnick, J. V., Fukami, T., Amieva, M. R. 2019; 17 (5): e3000231
Lifelong infection of the gastric mucosa by Helicobacter pylori can lead to peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. However, how the bacteria maintain chronic colonization in the face of constant mucus and epithelial cell turnover in the stomach is unclear. Here, we present a new model of how H. pylori establish and persist in stomach, which involves the colonization of a specialized microenvironment, or microniche, deep in the gastric glands. Using quantitative three-dimensional (3D) confocal microscopy and passive CLARITY technique (PACT), which renders tissues optically transparent, we analyzed intact stomachs from mice infected with a mixture of isogenic, fluorescent H. pylori strains with unprecedented spatial resolution. We discovered that a small number of bacterial founders initially establish colonies deep in the gastric glands and then expand to colonize adjacent glands, forming clonal population islands that persist over time. Gland-associated populations do not intermix with free-swimming bacteria in the surface mucus, and they compete for space and prevent newcomers from establishing in the stomach. Furthermore, bacterial mutants deficient in gland colonization are outcompeted by wild-type (WT) bacteria. Finally, we found that host factors such as the age at infection and T-cell responses control bacterial density within the glands. Collectively, our results demonstrate that microniches in the gastric glands house a persistent H. pylori reservoir, which we propose replenishes the more transient bacterial populations in the superficial mucosa.
A Toxoplasma Palmitoyl Acyl Transferase and the Palmitoylated Armadillo Repeat Protein TgARO Govern Apical Rhoptry Tethering and Reveal a Critical Role for the Rhoptries in Host Cell Invasion but Not Egress PLOS PATHOGENS Beck, J. R., Fung, C., Straub, K. W., Coppens, I., Vashisht, A. A., Wohlschlegel, J. A., Bradley, P. J. 2013; 9 (2)
Apicomplexans are obligate intracellular parasites that actively penetrate their host cells to create an intracellular niche for replication. Commitment to invasion is thought to be mediated by the rhoptries, specialized apical secretory organelles that inject a protein complex into the host cell to form a tight-junction for parasite entry. Little is known about the molecular factors that govern rhoptry biogenesis, their subcellular organization at the apical end of the parasite and subsequent release of this organelle during invasion. We have identified a Toxoplasma palmitoyl acyltransferase, TgDHHC7, which localizes to the rhoptries. Strikingly, conditional knockdown of TgDHHC7 results in dispersed rhoptries that fail to organize at the apical end of the parasite and are instead scattered throughout the cell. While the morphology and content of these rhoptries appears normal, failure to tether at the apex results in a complete block in host cell invasion. In contrast, attachment and egress are unaffected in the knockdown, demonstrating that the rhoptries are not required for these processes. We show that rhoptry targeting of TgDHHC7 requires a short, highly conserved C-terminal region while a large, divergent N-terminal domain is dispensable for both targeting and function. Additionally, a point mutant lacking a key residue predicted to be critical for enzyme activity fails to rescue apical rhoptry tethering, strongly suggesting that tethering of the organelle is dependent upon TgDHHC7 palmitoylation activity. We tie the importance of this activity to the palmitoylated Armadillo Repeats-Only (TgARO) rhoptry protein by showing that conditional knockdown of TgARO recapitulates the dispersed rhoptry phenotype of TgDHHC7 knockdown. The unexpected finding that apicomplexans have exploited protein palmitoylation for apical organelle tethering yields new insight into the biogenesis and function of rhoptries and may provide new avenues for therapeutic intervention against Toxoplasma and related apicomplexan parasites.
View details for DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003162
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Toxoplasma ISP4 is a central IMC Sub-compartment Protein whose localization depends on palmitoylation but not myristoylation MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY Fung, C., Beck, J. R., Robertson, S. D., Gubbels, M., Bradley, P. J. 2012; 184 (2): 99-108
Apicomplexan parasites utilize a peripheral membrane system called the inner membrane complex (IMC) to facilitate host cell invasion and parasite replication. We recently identified a novel family of Toxoplasma IMC Sub-compartment Proteins (ISP1/2/3) that localize to sub-domains of the IMC using a targeting mechanism that is dependent on coordinated myristoylation and palmitoylation of a series of residues in the N-terminus of the protein. While the precise functions of the ISPs are unknown, deletion of ISP2 results in replication defects, suggesting that this family of proteins plays a role in daughter cell formation. Here we have characterized a fourth ISP family member (ISP4) and discovered that this protein localizes to the central IMC sub-compartment, similar to ISP2. Like ISP1/3, ISP4 is dispensable for the tachyzoite lytic cycle as the disruption of ISP4 does not produce any gross replication or growth defects. Surprisingly, targeting of ISP4 to the IMC membranes is dependent on residues predicted for palmitoylation but not myristoylation, setting its trafficking apart from the other ISP proteins and demonstrating distinct mechanisms of protein localization to the IMC membranes, even within a family of highly related proteins.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.05.002
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White wines are best young and fresh. Well, sometimes.
By Treve Ring / Wine + Drinks / November 8th, 2016 / 17
It’s common knowledge, right? Red wines are best with some age, and white wines are best young and fresh.
Well, no, and yes. And sometimes.
The only thing black and white in the wine world is the grape varieties —provided we don’t get started on teinturier grapes, the red-fleshed varieties. While it’s true that many red wines benefit from age, so do many whites. In fact, some of the world’s longest-lived wines are whites — maturing, improving and complexing for decades — some for up to 100 years, or more. But how to know which whites are cellar-worthy, which ones will improve and for how long? Turns out it’s a hazy shade of teinturier.
What makes a wine age?
Wine science is not conclusive when it comes to determining a wine’s ageworthiness, though it’s generally agreed that the key influencing factors are acidity, phenolics (see below) and grape variety. Sugar and free sulfur dioxide also play a role, as does the wine’s interaction with oxygen. Of course, closure and storage are also components to be taken into consideration (see sidebars). In reality, it’s not one key factor that determines a wine’s longevity, but rather the concentration and complex interaction among these traits.
For red wines, tannins from the grape skins provide much of the structure. Tannins are one of the phenolic compounds (polyphenols) that are found in highest concentration in the stems, seeds and skins of grapes. They act as a preservative, which is necessary when you’re thinking about holding/aging a wine for a long period of time.
The majority of white wines aren’t in contact with these elements to the degree that reds wines are, so they don’t have the preservation power of phenolics in the same way. The total amount of phenols found in a glass of red wine is somewhere around 200 mg, versus approximately 40 mg in a glass of white wine. Without that phenolic framework, white wines rely more on a backbone of acidity to create structure.
Acidity is not just the structural backbone of a wine; it also determines the pH level of that wine. Generally, the higher the acidity, the lower the pH. The benefit of high acidity/low pH is creating an environment unfavourable to microorganisms that could spoil the wine. For white wines that are not fermented on their skins, and thus afforded more phenolic protection, acidity and pH are critical.
The white grapes with the best aging potential thus tend to be those with a high amount of natural acidity. This is why Chenin Blanc and Riesling, high-acid grapes, have the potential to age for decades, and why cool-climate, higher-acid white Burgundy tends to have more ageworthiness than lower-acid California Chardonnay.
But Mother Nature is not that simple, nor that straightforward. Unfortunately, that simple acid equation doesn’t explain why Sémillon tends to age better than its blending cousin, the higher-acid Sauvignon Blanc, or why relatively low-acid/high-pH Marsanne ages better than high-acid/low-pH Roussanne. Likewise, Muscadet can be screaming with natural acidity, but age-worthy Muscadets are rare.
Balance is key: acidity is constant and does not change as a wine ages. Therefore, if the acid isn’t balanced with sugar, alcohol, et cetera, to begin with, the wine will show more of that imbalance over time. Similarly, if a wine doesn’t have a considerable concentration of flavours and aromas in its youth, it’s not going to create them in the bottle.
Some of the longest-lived white wines in the world are sweet — think about Sauternes and Trockenbeerenauslese. However, for all their ample sugar content, they have pitch-perfect acidity to match. For a white to have aging potential, you need a wine that is balanced in youth, with a high intensity of concentration and acidity.
As a white wine ages: what to expect
Though white wines make up a much smaller percentage of collectors’ cellars, some of the greatest wines for aging are whites. Also useful is the fact that many of these wines are relatively affordable to purchase in youth, something you don’t see as often with their age-worthy red cousins.
As white wine ages, its colour will eventually fade to a golden hue, then to brown. Such changes occur due to the chemical and oxygen reactions of the phenolic compounds in the wine. Much like how an apple will colour and fade once cut, grapes and their by-product wine will oxidize over time. Primary aromas of fresh fruits and flowers will change to a bouquet, whereas more secondary notes of dried fruit, savoury earth, honey and nuts will emerge. With all wines, there will come a point when the wine has reached its peak and will plateau for a time, before a gradual demise.
So which white grapes, and wines, are the best value to stock up on now for aging?
Riesling remains king, its potent draw being its natural and piercingly high acid, providing the wine with tremendous structure and allowing it to nimbly balance out ridiculous levels of residual sugar. The high-wire balancing act between razor acidity and ripe sugars is an addictive effort — for the vintner, the drinker and the collector. Germany is a natural here, and balanced German Rieslings, of all Prädikat levels, can regularly clock decades. Cooler-climate Australian Rieslings (from the Clare and Eden valleys, in particular) remain excellent value in our market for seriously age-worthy wines.
Chenin Blanc is another cellar star. Whether racy and dry, or heady and sweet, unmistakably constant in cared-for wines is a spiking acidity, apparent even through softening with time in wood or via heavy-handed winemaker intervention. Chenin can continue to mature for decades, transforming greengage and angelica notes into mushroom, salt, honey and toast. When noble rot (Botrytis cinerea) affects this grape, the results can be otherworldly — Bonnezeaux and Quarts-de-chaume are such cosmic examples.
Though Sémillon changes dramatically from youth through twilight, it always carries itself with an air of nobility. Young versions show bright, sometimes racy acidity, citrus and hay/herb notes. With bottle age, these wines tend towards fatness, with a waxy, honeyed heft that gains weight and complexity. And, of course, the long-lived sweet wines of Bordeaux — Sauternes —owe much of their complexity and credibility to Sémillon. Australia’s Hunter Valley Sémillon grapes are particularly well regarded for producing brilliant, age-worthy wines that compete with the top wines in the world — for a fraction of the price.
Marsanne is most commonly seen in the Rhône Valley, where it is often found arm in arm with blending partner Roussanne. On its own, however, Marsanne produces deeper hued wines that are rich and nutty, with hints of spice and pear, even in youth. As Marsanne ages, the wine takes on an even darker colour and the flavours can become more complex and concentrated, with an oily, honeyed texture. Perhaps due as much to its recognition as its availability, most people don’t think of reaching for this grape for the cellar, but it remains one of the best buys in Canada for cellar-worthy whites.
Tahbilk, in the Goulburn Valley in Victoria, Australia, has Marsanne vines dating back to 1927, and still make wines from these vines.
The winery also has a Museum Release program through which they release back vintages, allowing consumers the chance to taste property-aged Marsanne, even if they don’t have the means or interest to do it themselves. The wines below are currently available and around the $20 mark; if you can’t find them at your local shop, ask the stockist to look into finding you some.
91 Tahbilk Marsanne Museum Release 2008, Goulburn Valley, Victoria, Australia
Honeysuckle is scented with light macadamia, smoked stone, eraser and bitter lemon pith in this 8-year-old Marsanne, bottled under the “Museum Release” label. The palate flows with an oily slickness, though there is a subtle fine grip through to the very lengthy, ashen and salty finish. Pale gold in hue, this wine is lagging in its evolution more than some vintages, showing hints of the fruity characteristics of young Marsanne but with some of the secondary characteristics of the age-worthy grape. Has a ways to go still: 5 years easy. A cellar-worthy steal to buy now.
92 Tahbilk Marsanne 2010, Goulburn Valley, Victoria, Australia
Petrol, eraser and faint honeysuckle line the nose and the glass of this 6-year-old Marsanne, showing some of the grape’s age-worthy characteristics. A light golden-yellow hue, with bitter marmalade, scrubby herbs and lemon thistle carry along a light slick of oil, finishing with pear-skin spicing. A fine thread of persistent acidity runs the length of this lean-bodied wine right to the extended finish. This is all about tension and savoury stoniness. Another 6+ years easy.
Pale green/yellow in hue, streaked with herbed salts, citrus, meadow grasses, subtle hedge and light white honey. Juicy and brisk in the palate, with frisky acidity and clean, tight citrus and green apple notes on a light/medium-bodied frame. An apple-skin grip adds a light savoury and textural element to an oil-slicked palate, finishing with fine spice. A shadow of age here, but after 5–10 years in the cellar (or beyond), this will be an entirely different wine.
Treve Ring
Treve Ring is a wine writer and editor for regional, national and international publications, as well as an international wine judge and speaker. She is based on Vancouver Island, though is most often found on a plane or in a vineyard. She writes for WineAlign, Gismondi On Wine, Meininger’s Wine Business International, SIP Northwest Magazine, Scout Magazine and others.
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Eagle Forum PAC Endorses Harris
The conservative Eagle Forum PAC has endorsed state senator Andy Harris in his bid to unseat nominal Republican Congressman Wayne Gilchrest.
A nationally recognized conservative organization, Eagle Forum PAC, has endorsed Andy Harris in his bid to unseat incumbent Wayne Gilchrest. Eagle Forum PAC supports candidates who are committed to a conservative philosophy of limited government, national sovereignty, and traditional values.
In the endorsement, Eagle Forum Founder and President, Phyllis Schlafly said, “Andy’s articulate conservative voice in the Maryland General Assembly shows he’s the right man to represent the first district. From his support for the unborn to limiting the size of government to ensuring that illegal aliens do not receive driver’s licenses, Andy knows the issues facing America and is willing to address them head on,”
“I am proud to receive the endorsement of this respected conservative organization,” said Andy Harris. “I share Eagle Forum’s commitment to limited government, support for the unborn, and defense of our national sovereignty.”
“This endorsement shows that on February 12, 2008 conservatives have one choice in the first district – Andy Harris,” said Chris Meekins, Campaign Manager for Andy Harris for Congress.
This is the second endorsement of the Harris campaign by a major conservative organization. The degree to which this influences the course of the campaign is arguable, however, it does underscore the point that Senator Harris’s campaign manager Chris Meekins has been making for weeks. Movement conservatives have exactly one choice in the primary: Andy Harris.
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Cancel The Wedding
Publisher Harper Collins, August 8, 2014
A heartfelt tale of one woman’s journey to discover the secrets of her mother’s hidden past—and confront her own uncertain future—for fans of Emily Giffin’s Southern charm and Jennifer Weiner’s compelling, emotionally resonant novels about the frustrations of blood ties.
On the surface, Olivia has it all: a high-powered career, a loving family, and a handsome fiancé. She even seems to be coming to terms with her mother Jane’s premature death from cancer. But when Jane’s final wish is revealed, Olivia and her elder sister Georgia are mystified. Their mother rarely spoke of her rural Southern hometown, and never went back to visit—so why does she want them to return to Huntley, Georgia, to scatter her ashes?
Jane’s request offers Olivia a temporary escape from the reality she’s long been denying: she hates her “dream” job, and she’s not really sure she wants to marry her groom-to-be. With her fourteen-year-old niece, Logan, riding shotgun, she heads south on a summer road trip looking for answers about her mother.
As Olivia gets to know the town’s inhabitants, she begins to peel back the secrets of her mother’s early life—truths that force her to question her own future. But when Olivia is confronted with a tragedy and finds an opportunity to right a terrible wrong, will it give her the courage to accept her mother’s past—and say yes to her own desire to start over?
“Part mystery, part soul-searching, Dingman’s Cancel the Wedding leads you on a path of discovery that is well worth the ride.”
— Laura Lane McNeal, author of Dollbaby
“A buried town, a misplaced casket, long-hidden secrets, more than one canceled wedding–Cancel the Wedding by Carolyn Dingman is a delightful tour de force that had me laughing out loud one minute and wiping away tears the next. This is a book you can’t wait to share with your friends!”
— Cassandra King, New York Times Bestselling author of The Same Sweet Girls and Moonrise
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Roy Jones Jr. Honors Kobe Bryant In Mike Tyson Fight
Lakers Rumors: Anthony Davis Wanted Markieff Morris Re-Signed
The Los Angeles Lakers recaptured their place atop the NBA after dominating the 2020 playoffs en route to the franchise’s record-tying 17th championship.
Despite the obstacles it took for them to get there, the Lakers prevailed on the back of their suffocating defense as well as the star play of LeBron James and Anthony Davis. While everything broke right for them in the postseason, they are poised to defend their title during the 2020-21 season after injecting the roster with more youth and talent.
Los Angeles is the odds-on favorite to repeat, but before the season begins sports fans around the world were gifted an entertaining boxing match between legends Roy Jones Jr. and Mike Tyson. The exhibition consisted of eight two-minute rounds and the match was exciting as Jones Jr. and Tyson exchanged a few blows that brought flashbacks to those who watched them in their primes.
The bout took place in Staples Center, and Jones Jr. paid homage to the late Kobe Bryant with his custom set of boxing gloves.
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Bryant has been gone for over 10 months now, and the gesture from Jones Jr. is heartwarming to say the least. Staples Center is synonymous with winning after Bryant’s run with the Lakers resulted in five championships, and Jones Jr. paying his respects to the icon was fitting.
Athletes around the world are still mourning the loss of Bryant, with LeBron James posting an emotional message on his Instagram just over a month ago. Bryant’s presence within the Lakers organization still looms large and was a driving factor for their recent title run.
Jones Jr. was big Kobe fan
Jones Jr.’s gesture was not just for show as the former champion is a well-documented Bryant fan. He previously stated that Michael Jordan was his all-time favorite player, but Bryant and Allen Iverson are up there among his favorites.
Bryant was beloved by most athletes for his intense competitive nature and drive to win, something that surely resonates with someone like Jones Jr. who won several title bouts during his career.
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Revisiting Child Development Theories and their Application to Patients of all Ages
Edited by Henri Parens M.D. and Salman Akhtar - Contributions by Salman Akhtar; Harold Blum; Susan Coates Ph.D; Wendy Olesker; Henri Parens, MD; John Munder Ross; Daniel Schechter and Ann G. Smolen
In Growing Up: Revisiting Child Development Theories and their Application to Patients of All Ages, editors Henri Parens and Salman Akhtar present a collection that draws on over fifty years of professional experience in child development. Contributors to this collection touch on psychoanalytic conceptualizations of child development, separation-individuation theory, personal clinical experiences, the effects of trauma and neurodevelopmental disorders in the mother-child relationship, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma. This edited collection is recommended for scholars and practitioners interested in psychoanalysis, child development, and clinical psychology.
Series: Margaret S. Mahler
Subjects: Psychology / Developmental / Child
Henri Parens, MD, is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.
Salman Akhtar, MD, is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.
Our Understanding of Child Development: An Introductory Overview
Salman Akhtar
On the Road to Object Constancy
Harold Blum
You Can’t Have Self Without the Other
John M. Ross
Separation-Individuation Theory 50 Years Later
Henri Parens
“Oneness with Other(s)” and Its Reverberations throughout Life
Wendy Olesker
Talking with the Wall: On Intersubjectivity, Trauma, and Neurodevelopmental Disorder in the Parent-Child Relationship
Intersubjectivity and Intergenerational Transfer of Trauma
Susan Coates
Where in the World Did Mahler’s Separation-Individuation Theory Go?: A Concluding Commentary
Ann G. Smolen
Growing Up: Revisiting Child Development Theories and their Application to Patients of all Ages is a veritable treasure trove of the history of psychoanalytic perspectives on development. The contributors to this edited collection demonstrate the value of Margaret Mahler’s separation-individuation theory, including the integration of attachment theory, trauma theory, and intersubjectivity of Mahler’s object relations theory.
— Leon Hoffman M.D., New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, coauthor of the Manual of Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C) with Externalizing Behaviors
This is a landmark collection of essays on child development and its relevance to clinical work with patients of all ages. Within its pages, a stellar constellation of pioneering researchers and gifted clinicians explicate the intrapsychic in interactive terms and trace the interpersonal to its intrapsychic origins. As a result, we find ourselves on a solid platform to launch newer refinements in developmental theory and in clinical practice!
— M. Hossein Etezady, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia
This is a landmark collection of essays on child development that is relevant for clinical work with patients of all ages. Within its pages, a stellar constellation of pioneering researchers and gifted clinicians explicate the intrapsychic in interactive terms and trace the interpersonal to its intrapsychic origins. As a result, we find ourselves on a solid platform to launch newer refinements in developmental theory and in clinical practice!
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Anti-‘drug war’ priest charged with sedition in Philippines – BBC News
A Catholic priest in the Philippines is set to stand trial on charges of "conspiracy to commit sedition" over an alleged plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. Father Flavie Villanueva is a fierce critic of the president’s "war on drugs", which since July 2016 has seen thousands killed in police operations. He has been accused, alongside 10 others, of being behind a viral video series that the government says tarnished the president’s reputation. Father Flavie denies the charges.
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New report estimates that Scottish salmon farming mortalities are now running at 20 million fish a year despite 2/3rds of the industry being certified as RSPCA Assured
Posted on 04/07/2017 28/11/2018 by Chris
A new report for S&TC Scotland on RSPCA Assured certification of Scottish farmed salmon reveals that Scottish salmon farming mortalities as a percentage of total production have almost doubled in the last four years.
On the basis of official data, the report estimates that over 41 million fish died during 2015 and 2016, an average of over 20 million fish per annum.
With 67% of the industry signed up to the RSPCA Assured certification scheme, pro rata, this mortality would equate to approximately 27 million fish dying on RSPCA Assured farms in 2015 and 2016, although, as those RSPCA Assured farms are not named by the RSPCA, the exact figures cannot be known.
Andrew Graham-Stewart, Director of S&TC Scotland, said:
"There is no doubt that the RSPCA Assured logo on packets of Scottish farmed salmon is intended to persuade supermarket customers that what they are buying is consistently reared with high standards of animal husbandry and protection for the wider marine environment.
The shocking level of mortalities apparent across the industry, including on RSPCA Assured farms, casts severe doubt on whether RSPCA Assured is much more than a fig leaf, both in terms of the welfare of the farmed fish and the wider environmental performance of the fish farming industry.
We fear that consumers are left in the dark both about the welfare of the farmed salmon, but also about the environmental impact of the fish farms producing these fish."
Mr Graham-Stewart added:
"The alarming incidence of parasites and disease on the fish farms, which causes many of these mortalities, also has major implications for wild fish outside the farms, particularly the huge numbers of juvenile sea lice released from the farms into the sea lochs where they infest wild salmon and sea trout."
Guy Linley-Adams, solicitor for S&TC Scotland's salmon farming campaign, said:
"The doubling of the rate of mortalities over the last four years should be prompting the Scottish Government to ask serious questions of the industry and we look to the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee to fully address this issue within their recently announced Inquiry into the salmon farming industry, a direct result of S&TC Scotland's detailed Petition to the Scottish Parliament last year.
The RSPCA should also re-consider urgently its endorsement of Scottish salmon farming and ask itself whether lending support to an industry with this level of mortalities and serious environmental impact, is really compatible with their charitable objectives."
The full report "RSPCA Assured certification of Scottish farmed salmon" is available here
We recently wrote to the RSPCA. The letter concluded:
"While S&TC Scotland fully respects the RSPCA's remit in matters of animal welfare, it is disappointed to note that the very weak environmental standards within the welfare standards applied to farmed salmon continue to be applied and do nothing to address the myriad problems of salmon farms to which S&TC Scotland, and S&TA before it, has tried to alert you. A report will be published very shortly, but our clear view is that the RSPCA Assured scheme should now be suspended, pending what should be an open review."
We have received no response.
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INDIA & BEYOND
Bihar Assembly election: BJP gets 121 seats, JD-U 122 in seat-sharing plan
By Sambad English Bureau On Oct 6, 2020
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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday announced the seat-sharing plan among the constituents of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the Bihar Assembly election. The BJP will contest 121 seats while Nitish’s JD-U has 122 seats.
In a joint NDA press conference here, the Chief Minister said that the BJP has been given 121 seats, while the JD-U has got 122 seats. He said that JD-U has given 7 seats to Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) from its quota, while BJP will give seats to Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) from its quota. He said that talks between BJP and VIP are in the final stages.
Nitish said, “We are not concerned with what someone speculates. We are working together and will do so.”
Several leaders including Bihar BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal, BJP Bihar in-charge Bhupendra Yadav, BJP’s Bihar poll in-charge Devendra Fadnavis, JD-U state chief Vashisht Narayan Singh and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi were present at the joint press meet.
Lashing out at the opposition RJD, Nitish Kumar said that NDA will fight the election on development works done in the last 15 years.
“What was the development in Bihar during 15 years tenure of RJD? There were no roads, no power supply, law and order situation was pathetic with so many massacres across the state. How many jobs have they given to youth of Bihar during their tenure. Now they question us on jobs,” Nitish said.
Reacting on the alliance with BJP, he said that there is no confusion over seat sharing and selection of candidates.
“We are contesting under the umbrella of NDA and we have no confusion on it,” he said.
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He also lashed out on LJP chief Chirag Paswan and said: “LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan is ill at the moment and I want him to recover as soon as possible. At the same time I want to clarify that LJP has no strength to send Ram Vilas Paswan to Rajya Sabha. LJP has just 2 MLAs and it was JD-U and BJP who supported him in order to confirm his seat in Rajya Sabha,” Nitish said.
While referring to Chirag Paswan and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, he said that some people have it in their nature to object to work done by the ruling party.
“I have nothing to do with it. They are free to say whatever they want,” Nitish said.
Earlier, Bihar BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal reiterated that the NDA is contesting the Bihar polls under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
“We are contesting this election under the leadership of Nitish Kumar and we have no confusion over it. He is the leader of NDA and he will remain our CM face post election. Numbers do not matter to us,” Jaiswal said.
Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi said that NDA has four alliance partners – JDU, BJP, HAM and VIP.
“These parties are entitled to use photographs of PM Narendra Modi and CM Nitish Kumar. Misuse of photos will be liable for legal action. Our party is ready to write to the Election Commission to take action against those parties or individual candidates if they are involved in it,” Sushil Modi said.
His statement comes after Chirag Paswan said that his party will use photos of Prime Minister Modi in the election campaign.
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Santee Chamber Weekly Update 30APR20
Hello Santee!
As we start to see the light at the end of this tunnel, I am reminded repeatedly of just how amazing our community is. It’s no wonder that we miss our old way of life, it was great. We’ve held back and missed out on just enough to really recapture some gratitude for the gifts we are given each day. We have new information surrounding us daily and it seems guidelines and regulation requirements can change by the hour. But in the midst of all the chaos, life goes on and we lost a resident who was a friend to anyone he met: Buddy Rabaya, Santee Chamber of Commerce’s 2018 Person of the Year. Buddy and I met several years ago as my role at the Chamber was evolving and I was beginning to gain invitations to circles of leadership I previously had been watching from afar. Buddy was the typical “gentle giant” working quietly around town as the face of SMOAC but obviously having a deep love for our town’s seniors and struggling families. When we hosted our inaugural Heroes Luncheon last March of 2019, we were celebrating the year before and all that was accomplished in Santee with the help of what I am now realizing were those long overdue in getting some serious recognition. Buddy was among these amazing folks as he helped sell out the room for all who were being honored. At one point, I stopped and realized it wasn’t just the room full of people he was impacting, but more a way of thinking, feeling and living that he was spreading throughout us. The power of that contagious love has been more apparent than ever during his stint in the hospital leading up to his passing. We’ve seen the many programs and outreach efforts he put in place still continue in his absence as more and more people #belikeBuddy and follow in his footsteps. I now know that all along, this is what he wanted. He wanted people to give where they can, when they can, to make us all stronger as we are obviously better together. As we get restless about our normalcies being removed from our lives, please consider going back to the basics and just doing what’s right. Support our local small businesses, thank a hero, help a neighbor and if you had a chance to meet Buddy, thank your lucky stars you had him in your life and make sure his memory is preserved by continuing his legacy of giving.
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Solid phase amorphization and crystallization in multilayer and bilayer Rh-Si thin films
S. R. Herd*, I. M. Fisher, G. U. Singco, R. D. Thompson, King-Ning Tu
國際半導體產業學院
Solid phase amorphization in multilayer structures consisting of alternating layers of crystalline Rh and amorphous Si thin films and in a bilayer structure consisting of a crystalline Rh thin film deposited on a [100] oriented single crystal Si wafer have been studied by in situ resistivity measurement and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy. In both of the structures, amorphous alloys of Rh and Si form upon heating from 120 to 250 °C. The metastability of the amorphous alloy as measured by the crystallization temperature depends on the alloy composition and the initial layer thickness of Rh and Si. The amorphous alloy that has a composition close to that of RhSi is quite stable and has a crystallization temperature of around 450 °C. Its kinetics of solid state amorphization and crystallization have been measured and are discussed.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0254-0584(93)90047-P
Published - 1 一月 1993
10.1016/0254-0584(93)90047-P
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Herd, S. R., Fisher, I. M., Singco, G. U., Thompson, R. D., & Tu, K-N. (1993). Solid phase amorphization and crystallization in multilayer and bilayer Rh-Si thin films. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 34(3-4), 274-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/0254-0584(93)90047-P
Herd, S. R. ; Fisher, I. M. ; Singco, G. U. ; Thompson, R. D. ; Tu, King-Ning. / Solid phase amorphization and crystallization in multilayer and bilayer Rh-Si thin films. 於: Materials Chemistry and Physics. 1993 ; 卷 34, 編號 3-4. 頁 274-284.
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