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Published by admin at 01:37 under Articles,Bidibul Productions,English
SOURCE: http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/hot-projects-on-screenbase/5035320.article
Nicolas Bary is preparing his next feature The Scapegoat starring Bérénice Bejo, while Theo Angelopoulos will commence shooting this month in Athens on The Other Sea.
In February, Nicolas Bary will commence principal photography on The Scapegoat, an adaptation of French writer Daniel Pennac’s classic novel of the same title.Bérénice Bejo, Emir Kusturica and Raphael Personnaz are confirmed to star. The film revolves around the chaotic Malaussène clan living in Paris’ bohemian Belleville neighbourhood, and is a co-production betweenPathé, Chapter 2, Nexus Factory, and Bidibul Productions. Pathé has also acquired international sales rights and will distribute the family feature in France. Shooting will take place for 11 weeks in Paris and Luxembourg.
Toni Servillo has taken on the lead role in Theo Angelopoulos’ The Other Sea, which will tell the story of a father daughter relationship during the current Greek turmoil. The-six week shoot will start on Dec 26 in Athens and Amadeo Pagani is producing for Italian production company Classic.
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29/09/2020 @cruisetotravel
AIDAcosma: construction update
AIDA Cruises is continuing its course of reducing emissions in cruising. Having launched AIDAnova in 2019, the German cruise line is currently building it’s second ship that runs completely on low-emission liquefied natural gas.
On October 15, 2019, the first building-block for AIDA Cruises’ second LNG-powered cruise ship was put in place at the Neptun Werft shipyard in Rostock.
On the occasion of the keel-laying, the name of the new ship and its first routing were announced: the ship will be named AIDAcosma.
Earlier this year, in the early morning of February 24, the 140-meter-long, 42-meter-wide, and four-deck-high floating engine room unit for AIDAcosma left the Neptun Werft shipyard to the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg.
There the construction of AIDAcosma has been going at a steady pace. AIDAcosma’s foreship is now complete and has reached its preliminary parking position at the shipyard. The entire 2100 ton component has been moved to the end of the giant hall to create room room to continue with the next construction phase. The first blocks for this are already waiting for their transport to the hall.
With a gross tonnage of 183,900 and a length of 337 meters, the sister ship of AIDAnova will have 20 decks, and space for 2,600 staterooms. A new feature on AIDAcosma is the Fun Park at the stern of the ship with a children’s pool, a twin water chute and the Water Slide. For the first time, the outdoor Sport Deck will have a boulder wall. The Pool Deck in the stern extends across the entire width of the ship. The crowning touch is the breathtaking infinity pool. The ship has more spaces in the sun on the three tiered Sun Decks above.
Guests will be pampered in culinary terms at 17 restaurants and 23 bars. The diverse range of gastronomic choices is being enhanced with a new restaurant: The Beach House Restaurant will be serving deliciously summery and light dishes. The interior, in soft cream and sand shades, conjures up a pure vacation feel. The specialty restaurant Mamma Mia is also new, offering home-made pasta and fresh Italian cuisine with table service. The many public amenities include the Theatrium, shops, a disco, a gym area, the lavish Body & Soul Organic Spa, and the clubs for tiny tots, kids and teens.
AIDAcosma will make her debut in 2021 with cruises to Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea. In the 2021/2022 winter season, AIDAcosma will be sailing the Persian Gulf from Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Also read: AIDA Cruises lays keel for second LNG-ship AIDAcosma
Pictures courtesy of Meyer Werft.
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Previous Queen Elizabeth returns to the Mediterranean
Next Enchanted Princess delivered to Princess Cruises
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Jordan soldiers to first win at Victorian PGA
Damien Jordan has won the 2017 Victorian PGA Championship, the first event of the 2017 ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia season.
Surviving 36 holes at Huntingdale Golf Club today, Jordan fired rounds of 66, 70, 65 and 72 for a tournament total 16-under 272, handing him a two shot victory.
Damien Jordan (Credit; PGA Australia)
“I started with a bang this morning shooting 65 but with the wind getting up I knew it was going to be tough,” said Jordan, who had just a 30 minutes break in between the third and fourth rounds.
“After starting so well I knew every par was another hole closer to getting there and Pricey (Aron Price) pushed me the whole way.
“He made a great birdie on 17 and had really clutch putts all the way through the round. I knew I had to make that last putt if he made his; it was tough work out there today.”
This is Jordan’s first win on the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia and secures his status until the end of the 2018 as well as the first place prize cheque of AU$15,000.
The Victorian PGA Championship title caps of a huge week for Jordan, with he and his wife welcoming their son, Brody, into the world on Monday.
“I don’t know if she (wife, Amber) knows just yet so she’ll be the first person I ring. She’s going to be over the moon,” added Jordan.
“It’s worth every bit of hard work and all the time we spend away from each other, it makes it all worth it.”
His win at Huntingdale is also world’s away from Iraq, where he did two tours with the Australian Armed Forces before he joined the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia in 2015.
“To come back from where I did, the places I’ve been and the demons I’ve fought off to get here, it’s a big achievement for me,” added Damien.
“Once I check Facebook, I know it’s just going to be all the boys on there saying congratulations.”
Finishing runner-up was Aron Price on 14-under the card while tournament favourite and European Tour winner Marcus Fraser, James Marchesani and Gareth Paddison were tied 3rd on 11-under the card.
Nisbet wins NT PGA to secure Order of Merit lead
Patience pays off for Papadatos at WA PGA
Amateur Murray goes wire-to-wire at WA Open
Gale storms to SP Open victory for a PNG double
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Fox claims second PGA title in Toowoomba
Campbell comes back from injury to claim NZ PGA
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Scrivener claims six-shot victory at NSW Open
Jones back on track at NZ Open after long break
Top amateur Luck signs management deal with IMG
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Bad Astronomy from Lawrence Krauss
Thread: Bad Astronomy from Lawrence Krauss
2015-Oct-12, 01:04 PM #1
Rocky1775
I was watching a show on black holes a few weeks ago (I believe it was an episode of How the Universe Works), and the show raised the question "Why doesn't the accretion disk just fall into the black hole?". Their answer, complete with video of Lawrence Krauss reiterating their bad astronomy, was that "centrifugal force" acting on the orbiting matter counterbalances the gravity of the black hole. My astronomy professor pounded into the heads of his students that there is no outward force acting on orbiting objects.
I suppose offering a "centrifugal force" explanation of orbits is easier to convey than the reality, but this just confirms my observation that you can't trust an explanation that authorities on physics give to laymen. Somehow generating an answer that is quick and satisfying to the listener is more important than the truth of the matter. I suppose they tell their kids that babies are delivered by storks.
grant hutchison
Some day I'm going to write an article entitled, "Saying 'centrifugal' doesn't mean you're a bad person."
Centrifugal force pops up naturally if you try to retain Newton's Laws in a rotating reference system. It's often called a pseudoforce, because it appears only in a non-inertial frame of reference. So when Krauss says "centrifugal", he's tacitly adopting the rotating reference frame familiar to all of use from fairground rides.
As usual xkcd has something suitable to say on the topic.
A long time ago, one of my physics profs said something like "it acts like a force; it's a force." I think he was talking about the Coriolis effect, but the same logic applies.
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How do things fly? This explains it all.
Actually they can't: "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." - Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.
2015-Oct-13, 12:52 AM #4
John Mendenhall
Originally Posted by grant hutchison
Centrifugal force pops up naturally if you try to retain Newton's Laws in a rotating reference system. It's often called a pseudoforce, because it appearys only in a non-inertial frame of reference. So when Krauss says "centrifugal", he's tacitly adopting the rotating reference frame familiar to all of use from fairground rides.
Duh-uh. Of course, non-inertial reference frame. Thank you for the nice ah ha wave, Grant.
I'm afraid Mr. Bond isn't in orbit. His ride, and the ones at the fairgrounds, actually are pushing on the passanger, and the normal force the passanger exerts back is centrifugal, and very real. Pseudoforce sounds a little like pseudoscientific geocentrism to me. You can mathematically put the Earth in the middle, and have everything flying around it, but its not such a good way to understand what is happening.
Originally Posted by Rocky1775
In Newtonian terms, Bond is in orbit. A central force is deflecting his straight-line inertial trajectory, just as under Newtonian gravity. And Krauss is clearly framing this as a Newtonian problem (not invoking General Relativity), because he's talking about a balance of forces.
Here's A.P. French, in his classic Newtonian Mechanics textbook for the M.I.T. Introductory Physics series. This is Chapter 12, "Inertial Forces and Noninertial Frames", in which he's building towards a discussion of orbits in which he invokes the "centrifugal potential energy" curve calculated from centrifugal force in the rotating frame.
We shall now consider a particular kind of inertial force that always appears if the motion of a particle is described and analyzed from the standpoint of a rotating reference frame. This force--the centrifugal force--is familiar to us as the force with which, for example, an object appears to pull on us if we whirl it around at the end of a string.
In Chapter 13, "Motion Under Central Forces" he begins his treatment of orbital mechanics and derives the centrifugal potential energy of a rotating frame:
The term l²/2mr² is often referred to as the "centrifugal" potential energy, because the force represented by the negative gradient of this potential energy is given by ...
Fcentrifugal = mr(dθ/dt)²
which is indentical with the centrifugal force mω²r in a frame rotating at an angular velocity ω equal to the instantaneous value of dθ/dt.
Sitting yourself down in the rotating frame of an orbiting object is actually quite a fruitful way to come at Newtonian orbital mechanics - it's certainly how I learned it. More significantly, it's how French taught it at M.I.T., which is where Krauss got his Ph.D. in physics.
ETA: "Pseudoforce", by the way, is a term introduced by Richard Feynman in The Feynman Lectures on Physics. He wasn't prone to pseudoscientific geocentrism, as far as I'm aware.
Last edited by grant hutchison; 2015-Oct-13 at 11:39 AM.
Durham NC USA
If you can't understand it both ways, you probably don't understand it, though.
Why would you say that the fairground forces are very real but not the orbital ones? Gravity pulls on the passenger in orbit, and the force the passenger exerts back is centrifugal, no?
Originally Posted by grapes
And there will be a lot of things you simply can't understand if you don't understand the Newtonian central force model of gravity.
Unlike the "stork" hypothesis for childbirth, Newtonian central-force gravity is a hugely successful and productive way of understanding the world.
Ken G
What will be very refreshing to me is if there is ever a time when people on this forum start to recognize that the language we use to describe physical situations is just that-- the language we use, to gain understanding. There is not a "correct language", there is only using the language correctly, whatever language we are choosing. We only need to be clear what we are doing, because no language is going to be "what is really happening"-- science doesn't do language like that. There's no better example of this than the language involved in "centrifugal forces."
Indeed, we can consider even more controversial situations to make the point-- we can imagine being run over by a car. Almost anyone, in that situation, would invoke the language that we are being squashed by a force coming from the car. That would be like calling the force that kills Bond in the centrifuge the "centripetal force." However, there is actually nothing at all wrong with saying that the force that squashes us is not a force coming from the car, but rather the "inertial force" that comes from our own inertia. This is also why you can kill a person with a 30 mile-per-hour car, but you cannot kill a fruit fly that way. We can use language that simply enters our own reference frame, and says that we are "squashed" between a force from the car and our own "inertial force" (which is the equivalent way d'Alembert framed all of Newton's laws). We can say that a force from the car alone cannot squash us-- forces don't squash, what is fatal is being caught between two forces. Although this is certainly a nonstandard language, it is not only correct when used correctly, it is actually rather insightful-- the trauma to our bodies will be, after all, not the trauma of a single force, but the trauma of a crush between two forces. Of course, as Grant said, one of the those forces will be a "pseudoforce", meaning it will not obey Newton's three laws about forces. But it will be a useful force to contemplate anyway-- so long as we contemplate it correctly.
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2015-Oct-17, 07:16 PM #10
Also, there is zero gravity and microgravity. You may be in free fall--but you can still feel enough of a tug so that a keel of a satellite--or a face of a body tidally locked--still point to the body you orbit.
If you have any mass at all--you never really have zero gravity.
2015-Oct-18, 05:09 AM #11
I think I understand it pretty well.
Why would you say that the fairground forces are very real but not the orbital ones?
I don't. There is a very real centripital force in both cases.
Gravity pulls on the passenger in orbit, and the force the passenger exerts back is centrifugal, no?
In this case, the centriufugal force the passanger exerts on the planet is trivial. Thats why the Earth doesn't orbit the astronaut, and the Sun doesn't orbit the Earth, mostly. Well, they do an itty bit, but not like, say, Pluto and Charon.
Originally Posted by Ken G
Also note that Bond is getting squashed, and an astronaut in orbit isn't. In fact, unless he looks out the window, he can't even tell that he is in orbit. (Assume he has zero length, and his spacecraft has zero volume, so the tiny tides don't give it away.)
(And no cheating with a gyroscope, either. ;-)
Last edited by Rocky1775; 2015-Oct-18 at 05:29 AM.
Also note that Bond is getting squashed, and an astronaut in orbit isn't. In fact, unless he looks out the window, he can't even tell that he is in orbit.
That's true, but the point is, there are (at least) three very different ways to explain an orbit of a point-particle (our approximation to the astronaut), and the typical physicist learns all three:
1) Newton: There is exactly one real force on the orbiting astronaut, and it is gravity, and it causes the astronaut to accelerate, which he/she needs to do in order to go in a circle.
2) Einstein: There is exactly zero force on the orbiting astronaut, so he/she does not accelerate at all, but rather follows the inertial path determined by gravity and their orbital speed, and that path is a circle.
3) d'Alembert: There are exactly two forces on the astronaut, one gravity and one the inertial force (a specific case of which we call the centrifugal force), and those forces balance in the frame of the astronaut. Everything around them will appear to accelerate in a circle around them, but the astronaut cannot perceive acceleration of their own frame, it is their own frame.
Each of these pictures has its strengths and weaknesses. Only #2 is accurate for strong gravity, but all three work well for weak gravity. Above all, though, we must not imagine that any of those three languages is "correct", for each are known to fail in some context.
In what context does Einstein fail?
Amber Robot
I was watching a show on black holes a few weeks ago (I believe it was an episode of How the Universe Works), and the show raised the question "Why doesn't the accretion disk just fall into the black hole?".
It *is* falling into the black hole. It just keeps missing!!
Originally Posted by Amber Robot
That is a much better answer than Krauss gave.
Also note that Bond is getting squashed, and an astronaut in orbit isn't.
Which tells us something deep and remarkable about the force of gravity - it acts like a pseudoforce!
So we can think of the astronaut's comfortable state as arising from the balance of two pseudoforces, gravity and centrifugal, whereas Bond is suffering the balance between one "real" force (centripetal) and one pseudoforce (centrifugal).
(Scare quotes because all these forces are "real" - they're just real in different ways.)
The Planck scale.
A very small failure, indeed.
Or an absolute huge one, if you consider that it's a disagreement with our other most fundamental theory of the Universe.
If general relativity only fails at the Planck scale because it
disagrees with quantum mechanics, then I see no reason to
presume that it fails at all. Quantum mechanics is *certainly*
incomplete. Something added to it could require that no real
matter or radiation or anything can be as small as the Planck
scale, in which case there would not and could not be any
actual conditions under which GR could fail.
-- Jeff, in Minneapolis
No one said it wasn't small, from a human perspective-- only that it is a failure. It cannot be "correct", and that was the only point being made about it-- in science, we select the idealization we like, and we try to tailor its complexity and accuracy to our needs. There is often a tradeoff there, but none of the choices are "correct" in any absolute sense. So it is with the "centrifugal force."
Last edited by Ken G; 2015-Oct-31 at 07:10 AM.
Originally Posted by Jeff Root
presume that it fails at all.
Actually, I take rather the opposite perspective. I see no reason to presume it should succeed! In fact, I see no reason to presume it does not break down well before you get to the Planck scale, that is only the place that it becomes inconsistent with another great theory that is also likely to break down before you get to that scale: quantum mechanics. What amazes me most about physics is not that its theories break down, but rather that they often successfully extrapolate well outside the domains where they have been tested. But there's often a limit to how much extrapolation they can support. It seems to me we must always resist the fallacy of believing we are right until proven wrong, that approach has a habit of forcing us to eat more "humble pie" than is strictly necessary.
GR might fail at any point beyond our observations, but I
see no reason to *presume* that it fails, except as a means
to explore or hedge against the possibility that it does fail.
If a relation fails when a value goes beyond some limit, but
it is fundamentally impossible for the value to ever reach the
limit, does the relation fail?
2015-Nov-09, 02:47 PM #25
Then you do see a reason to presume it will fail! In science, this is called "skepticism." I might add one more reason: the track record of history. But of course we cannot know if something will fail until we look for it to fail, and to help motivate that search, skepticism is useful, though other techniques are available as well.
It sounds like you are asking about the issue of "burden of proof." Is the burden of proof on the person who claims a relation succeeds to show that it succeeds, or on the person who claims it fails to show that it fails? I would say both-- so lacking any such demonstration, the safe stance is agnosticism. But when talking about what we expect, rather than what we claim, skepticism says to expect it to fail. Expectations are simply strategies for forming testable hypotheses, they are judged by how they advance science, not whether they are right or wrong. The expectation that the speed of light would be variable as the Earth orbits the Sun was a very valuable expectation that was responsible for a Nobel prize-- when found to be wrong. The important thing is to not let your expectations cause you to fail to do the test-- ergo skepticism.
Last edited by Ken G; 2015-Nov-09 at 02:49 PM.
General relativity cannot fail because it disagrees with QM because QM is a different theory that is not about gravity and so can never disagree with GR. An equally incorrect statement would be to say solid state physics fails because it does not describe gases. General relativity fails because it has singularities. These are below the Planck scale so GR "fails at the Planck scale" by itself.
2015-Nov-10, 09:24 AM #27
Then you do see a reason to presume it will fail! In science,
this is called "skepticism."
Are you equating "scientific skepticism" with the null
hypothesis? I won't argue against that ... but ...
The comment I was responding to was your assertion that
GR fails at the Planck scale. Not that it could fail or that it
might fail or that we have no reason to presume it doesn't
fail. You asserted that it *does* fail at the Planck scale.
I'm not aware of any reason to think or presume that.
It sounds like you are asking about the issue of "burden of
proof." Is the burden of proof on the person who claims a
relation succeeds to show that it succeeds, or on the person
who claims it fails to show that it fails?
I don't think that's what I'm asking about at all. I'm saying
that you claimed GR fails in a situation that may not be able
to exist, for reasons other than GR failing. If a situation
cannot exist, does it make any sense at all to say that a
theory fails in that situation? I personally think it does not.
If a conflict with QM in a hypothetical situation is the only
reason to say that GR fails (which seems to be the case),
and the hypothetical conflict might possibly be resolved by
a change or addition to QM alone (which also seems to be
the case, even if people who want to quantize GR often
disagree), then I think there is no reason to claim that GR
ever fails.
I would say both-- so lacking any such demonstration, the
safe stance is agnosticism.
I don't disagree with that. I'm certainly not claiming that
GR doesn't fail at the Planck scale, and even more certainly
not claiming that it doesn't fail somewhere. I just don't
see any reason to think it *does* fail at the Planck scale.
And I'm trying to get confirmation or refutation of the idea
that the reason you specify "Planck scale" is that the Planck
scale is where GR and QM come into conflict.
But when talking about what we expect, rather than what
we claim, skepticism says to expect it to fail. Expectations
are simply strategies for forming testable hypotheses, they
are judged by how they advance science, not whether they
are right or wrong.
I see no reason to claim that GR fails at the Planck scale.
It *might* fail anywhere it hasn't been tested.
Originally Posted by Reality Check
General relativity cannot fail because it disagrees with QM
because QM is a different theory that is not about gravity
and so can never disagree with GR.
It appears that GR and QM conflict when GR predicts an
energy density greater than QM can handle. That may
occur at the Planck scale. If actual observational evidence
of the conflict can be had, I expect that it will show up well
before the Planck scale.
An equally incorrect statement would be to say solid state
physics fails because it does not describe gases. General
relativity fails because it has singularities. These are below
the Planck scale so GR "fails at the Planck scale" by itself.
By "below the Planck scale" I presume you mean "at an even
smaller scale than the Planck scale". I agree that zero is
"below the Planck scale". The singularity in GR is when the
scale goes to zero. At that point, the energy density becomes
infinite.
I would not say that GR fails when the scale is zero.
Instead I say that zero is the limiting value. In addition,
I say that there may be a smallest possible value which
is greater than zero.
The beautiful north coast (Ohio)
This thread seems to have gotten completely off the original topic and doesn't seen to have anything to do with either Lawrence Krauss or Bad Astronomy. Before someone gets themselves infracted, I'm closing this thread.
If someone has a very good reason to reopen it, Report this post and 'splain.
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Cuba Cruise Live Voyage Report
To Cuba and Back with Cuba Cruise and the Louis Cristal
Cuba Cruise’s Louis Cristal arrives back in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Photo © 2014 Aaron Saunders
It may be that as the pages of history are turned, brighter futures and better times will come to Cuba.
– Winston Churchill, 1895
Coming alongside in Montego Bay earlier this morning. Photo © 2014 Aaron Saunders
Sadly, I’m back to where I started last week aboard Cuba Cruise’s Louis Cristal , which means two things: I’m back in Montego Bay, Jamaica; and my circumnavigation of Cuba has come to a close.
Over the course of the past week, I not only got to sail aboard a ship I’d always wanted to visit, but I was also treated – along with the other guests aboard Louis Cristal – to an intimate look at the fascinating Caribbean island that is Cuba. Complex, mysterious and far from clear-cut, Cuba is the ultimate destination for those who tire of the commercialisation that runs rampant over many Caribbean islands.
Land-resort vacations to Cuba are nothing new. Cruising to Cuba, on the other hand, is an extraordinarily rare experience.
If you missed it, here’s a look back at our day-by-day Live Voyage Report aboard Cuba Cruise’s Louis Cristal:
Thursday, January 9: Arrival in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Friday, January 10: Embarking the Louis Cristal
Saturday, January 11: Cienfuegos, Cuba
Sunday, January 12: Punta Frances, Isle of Youth
Monday, January 13: Havana, Cuba
Tuesday, January 14: A Day at Sea
Wednesday, January 15: Antilla, Holguin and Biran, Cuba
Thursday, January 16: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
This is also an excellent time to answer some of the questions readers have sent me over the past two weeks:
Which is the better embarkation port – Montego Bay or Havana?
Classic American automobiles are still prevalent throughout Cuba – but their numbers are dwindling. Photo © 2014 Aaron Saunders
Personally, I don’t know that there’s a better embarkation port – mostly, I’d leave the decision up to which port of call offers the better flights. Coming from the West Coast, flights to Montego Bay seemed to be significantly more affordable than those to Havana. But, if you do fly into Havana, stay at least a few days before embarking the Louis Cristal; you don’t want to miss out on exploring this fascinating city.
Is it necessary to take the offered excursions, or can you do your own thing?
Exploring Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Shore excursions are very worthwhile for the first-time visitor to Cuba. Photo © 2014 Aaron Saunders
If you’ve been to Cuba before, you could certainly arrange your own tours or do your own thing in Cienfuegos, Havana and Santiago de Cuba. Arranging private tours in Holguin would be difficult but not impossible, mainly due to the docking location in Antilla. If you’ve never been to Cuba before, I’d heartily recommend taking at least some of the offered shore excursions. They’re reasonably priced and include a lot more bang-for-your-buck than tours offered on other Caribbean islands.
My last cruise was on [insert megaship here]. Will I like the Louis Cristal?
The Rendezvous Lounge aboard the Louis Cristal is like the rest of the ship: extremely well-maintained. Photo © 2014 Aaron Saunders
If you can take Louis Cristal for what she is – a comfortable, mid-1990’s ship – you’ll have no problems adjusting. But if you absolutely have to have multi-story atriums, mini-golf courses and ice skating rinks, you may be disappointed. On the flip side of the coin, I’d recommend this cruise to those who normally pick small ship expedition and luxury voyages. Despite the fact Louis Cristal is a mainstream ship for the rest of the year, the Cuba Cruise product has a lot more in common with expedition cruising than mainstream cruising.
Are there kids onboard?
Kids are sure to love the day spent on the beach at Punta Frances. Photo © 2014 Aaron Saunders
There were a handful on my sailing, but not a lot. Considering I sailed during the second week of January, that’s not terribly surprising. Expect the number of kids and families to grow with the season.
How’s the coffee?
Everyone asked about the coffee, which was very good. But, if you don’t like coffee, might I suggest Coconut and Havana Club? Photo © 2014 Aaron Saunders
The second-most frequently asked question! Quite honestly, I thought it was good. In another life, I used to be a barista at a Starbucks, so I like to think I know a little about coffee. But, one guest on my voyage stated she wasn’t a fan of it. So – to each their own.
Were there Americans onboard?
Photo © 2014 Aaron Saunders
The million-dollar question. In a word: yes. Did they get permission from their Government? I have no idea, and couldn’t speculate.
It would be irresponsible to suggest that the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 no longer colours relations between Cuba and the United States. But history has marched on from the Cold War, bringing with it more change to Cuba; a culturally diverse country that has never known anything but.
It’s a country I would like to see more of – and Cuba Cruise has come a long way in making voyages here a reality.
Havana at night. Photo © 2014 Aaron Saunders
I came onboard Cuba Cruise’s Louis Cristal expecting a good, decent cruise. I didn’t expect anything remarkable; instead, I thought of Cuba Cruise as an excellent way to see Cuba from the convenient vantage point of a cruise ship.
What I didn’t count on, however, was the time and effort the company put into their onboard product, from the food, service and entertainment right down to the stateroom keycards. No detail was overlooked; no expense was spared. They succeeded in turning something that could have been relatively ordinary into the extraordinary.
It’s a real gem of an experience, and sets the bar pretty high for the rest of my cruising year. One thing is for certain, though: I’ll be the first in line to book again when they announce their Winter 2014-2015 dates. This is the kind of experience that’s meant to be repeated.
Our Live Voyage Report circumnavigating Cuba aboard Cuba Cruise’s Louis Cristal has sadly come to a close, but be sure to stay tuned next week as we kick off our next Live Voyage Report – and announce an interesting adventure coming up in May! Be sure to follow along on twitter by following @deckchairblog or the hashtag #LiveVoyageReport.
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Breaking News: Abducted Enugu Permanent Secretary Rescued
NDIDI KENNEDY-UKAGA Reply Wednesday, August 28, 2019 A+ A-
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The Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Lands and Urban Development in Enugu State, Mr. Augustine Udeh, who was abducted on Sunday evening between Isu-Awaa and the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku-Ozalla, along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, has been rescued.
Speaking on phone, Mr. Udeh who has reunited with his family, said he is hale and hearty and thanked God for his rescue.
The Permanent Secretary, who disclosed that no ransom was paid, also thanked Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for his swift interventions, especially the effective security measures his administration has put in place, which he said saw to his release.
Mr. Udeh equally appreciated the efforts of the security agencies and went further to thank the civil servants of the state for their prayers and support.
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#PreOrder & #Giveaway - Irresistible by @TaraVasser
Title: Irresistible
Author: Tara Vasser
Genre: Adult Paranormal Romance
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Buried as punishment for a crime he didn’t commit, Endre has nothing but time to plot revenge on his betrayer. Salvation arrives when an archaeology student unwittingly exhumes his coffin and provides him with the first blood he’s tasted in nearly a century.
Upon awakening from an attack by a creature she never imagined actually existed, Nora discovers she is now his hostage. Forced to accompany Endre from Italy to Paris on a quest for vengeance, she is thrust into his dark and forbidden world where she finds herself inexplicably drawn to the Vampire. Lust runs rampant throughout the course of their journey and Nora begins to question if the irresistible connection between them is more than mere biology.
Tara Vasser is a wicked writer who lives in the frozen north in Minnesota with her wonderful husband and two rambunctious little dudes. She is an engineer during the day, a crazy mom in the afternoon and a writer at night. She enjoys spending her time playing in the dirt when her gardens aren’t covered in snow and listening to a wide variety of music that inspires her writing – sometimes doing both at the same time.
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1923 – Italy
Endre sat beneath the shadow of a massive cork tree in his garden, reading the newspaper as he watched the first rays of sunshine peek over the hills to the east. It was a pity he could not give his full attention to the beautiful view, his mind burdened with the troubling headlines. Folding the paper with a deep sigh, he pushed the paper and his thoughts of Mussolini’s latest moves to overtake parliament to the side. Perhaps it was time to leave Italy and move on to greener pastures. There was an ominous scent in the wind, and it spoke of the death and destruction on the horizon.
Endre was no stranger to war and chaos, having been born a warrior. When conflicts arose in the world around him, his hands always itched to take up sword and shield. But of course, those days of ending wars with steel were over. Now, the weapons of choice were guns and bombs. There was no honor in that. No promises of glory or feasting in the halls of Valhalla when so little skill and preparation was involved.
Valhalla or no, the political climate of this region was no longer hospitable to his research. Secrecy was completely necessary, and the alliances Gregor had forged to provide Endre with supplies for his lab would not stand the threat this new breed of fascism posed. Glancing over at the horizon, he frowned. He had been out here long enough; it was time to retire for the day, and he would allow his dreams to conjure his next moves and put new plans into place when twilight fell. Endre picked up his paper and made his way toward the door when the noise of automobile tires crunching over the gravel drive and shouting stilled his movement.
“Back here! In the garden!” a voice hollered from the garden entrance.
A man dressed impeccably in a suit with a homburg gracing his head stood at the entrance of the sanctuary. Endre did not recall his name, he only knew the man as one of Lorenzo’s bodyguards. The man gestured wildly in Endre’s direction.
Several more of Lorenzo’s bodyguards filed in behind him, posturing menacingly.
Confused, Endre watched the men as they lined the perimeter of his garden, violating his last few moments before the sun crested over the hill. “What is this? Where is Lorenzo?” he scoffed, standing his ground when they surrounded him where he stood, preparing to fight if the need arose.
“I am here,” Lorenzo’s French-accented voice called leisurely from the garden entrance as he strolled forward and casually buttoned his suit jacket.
Sighing with relief, Endre relaxed at the sight of his friend.
Lorenzo sauntered into the garden lazily, stopping to inspect a blossom before meandering his way through his men to stand in front of Endre.
“And to what do I owe this honor?” Endre questioned suspiciously, watching Lorenzo carefully. It was much too close to dawn for them to be conducting business.
“Endre, you have been charged with murder,” Lorenzo recited in a bored voice, placing his hands in his pockets and rocking back on his heels.
Endre’s head jerked back as if he had been struck. Murder? He was being charged with murder? “And who is it exactly that I am supposed to have killed?” Endre demanded, outrage making his voice boom through the still morning air.
“Count La Rossa.” Lorenzo sighed sadly. “Why did you do it, Endre?”
“You cannot be serious.” Endre balked, sure this was some prank. “Gregor is dead?”
The men surrounding him took a step closer, as if of one mind.
“I did not kill Gregor,” Endre protested, though he found himself falling back on his training from another life and crouched into a fighting stance.
Several more men joined the mob, men from Gregor’s guard, flanking Endre now with more than a dozen men. At most, he could take out half of them before they would bring him down, leaving another half dozen to beat him mercilessly and likely kill him in the process—merely for resisting. Any defiance would be futile, but he would not go down without a fight, especially for a false charge.
Lorenzo shook his head sadly at Endre’s change in demeanor, as if his instincts of self-preservation condemned him of the crimes for which he was accused. Lorenzo raised his voice loud so all the men could hear him. “Endre, you are hereby charged with the murder of Count Gregor La Rossa. Your brothers here will serve as judge, jury, and executioners of your sentence. The traditional punishment for such a crime, as you are well aware, is burial. Your death by starvation will serve as justice by the old laws laid forth by The Council. Guards, seize him and prepare him for his punishment.” Then, turning back to Endre, he taunted, “I think we will bury you here in your beloved garden.”
Several of the guards pulled out pistols and made moves toward Endre.
Cowards, of course, they would not face him without firearms.
Endre lashed out, but he had only his fists. He managed to knock two of the guards to the ground before they had him pinned to the moldering leaves in the dirt.
Fists were no match for bullets.
Watching with one eye—the other caked in blood and dirt—three men began digging his grave beneath the large tree and another two hauled a plain coffin through the garden gates.
At the sight of the coffin, Endre redoubled his struggled to break free. “Lorenzo, this is nonsense. Gregor was my oldest friend and confidant. He was like a brother to me, just as you are. I would never harm him. What is the evidence against me? I demand a trial with The Council. It is my right,” he spoke around the dirt in his mouth.
Scowling down at him disapprovingly, Lorenzo approached slowly. He stooped and picked up Endre’s fallen fedora, brushing dirt from the fabric.
An entreating glance at Lorenzo earned Endre naught but a kick to the face. This man was no friend. Endre wondered if he had ever been. Blood from a gash above his eye poured down his face, but healed almost as quickly as it occurred, leaving dried blood caked to his eyelashes. Through crusted lashes, he watched as Lorenzo stood above him and removed his own hat, placing Endre’s atop his head instead.
Smiling, Lorenzo gave a nod of approval at Endre’s taste in men’s fashion and tossed his hat to one of the men standing guard, inciting a round of chuckles from his henchmen.
Fury boiled in Endre’s veins as his ‘friend’ betrayed him and made light of the unlawful punishment he dealt. How could Lorenzo believe Endre capable of such a crime? It was unlike Lorenzo to dole out consequence without following proper protocol.
Unless Lorenzo had something to hide. Something he worried The Council would unearth if the matter were brought to trial.
Realization sunk like a stone in Endre’s gut as he put the pieces together.
When the guards finished digging the grave, the men casually tossed the coffin into the pit at Lorenzo’s gesture. The dull thud sent a chill through Endre. He continued to struggle against his captors, but with three of them now detaining him, he received nothing but a pistol whip to the head and kicks to his ribs.
With a nod from Lorenzo, the guards hauled Endre to his feet and dragged him toward the yawning opening of the coffin awaiting him. At the foot of the open box, two of the guards held his arms while one bound his hands in front of him with thick rope. Endre let out a shout when one man grabbed his hair and held his head back so he gazed directly into the lightening sky. From the corner of his eye, Endre watched Lorenzo pull a wicked-looking dagger from a sheath at his hip. The blade glinted with the light of the rising sun, a shining omen of Endre’s imminent demise.
“Lorenzo, please,” Endre spoke to the man before him, the man he had considered a friend until this day, “I—”
Lorenzo only gave Endre a devious grin and prevented any more words from escaping his lips with a quick slash of his blade across Endre’s neck. Blood cascaded from his neck and he choked as it drained into his throat. Within seconds, the wound had already begun to heal itself, the blood flow stanched. Lorenzo’s blade dashed out again, performing the same motion across the nearly-healed laceration. Again, Endre choked and sputtered on his own warm blood and any words he wished to speak.
Light-headed from the blood loss, Endre fell to his knees. The guards holding him stepped back and left him with Lorenzo glowering down at him. Endre’s head lolled to the side and he was barely clinging to consciousness. All it took was a well-placed kick from Lorenzo and he fell backward into his new prison.
Several of the guards made a move to place the lid on the coffin, but Lorenzo stayed their movement with a wave of his hand. “Leave us. I want to speak to this murderous traitor alone before we leave him to the worms,” Lorenzo ordered, his eyes never leaving Endre’s fading ones.
Several murmurs went through the small crowd. That was not the way. Tradition and adherence to the old laws stated the sentence must be carried out before an amassing of the people, so all could witness what fate befell a murderer of his own kind.
“Leave us!” Lorenzo roared, turning to stare down each man in turn.
The guards filed from the garden, leaving Endre with Lorenzo and his bloody blade.
Lorenzo couched so his face was close to Endre’s.
Endre only wished enough blood had still flowed in his veins so he could reach out and relieve Lorenzo of the triumphant smile gracing his lips.
“Endre,” Lorenzo whispered with a sigh, “I warned you not to approach Gregor to back your research, and yet you did. Not only that, expressing wishes to distribute your cure at no cost?” Lorenzo tsked and shook his head. “He would have done it, too. Threatened to expose me for lack of loyalty to our people. Unfortunately, he miscalculated. The man was too much of a philanthropist for his own good. He never did understand the power his money held. Such a waste. And here we are. Someone has to take the fall for Gregor’s death and justice must be served. It might as well be you. His blood is on your hands as much as mine, all because you could not follow simple directions. We could have profited from this together, you and I. I would kill you now if it would not upset the delicate sensibilities of our people. But alas, I cannot. Perhaps in a century or two, I will come check on you and finish the task when everyone has forgotten your existence.”
Endre glared up at Lorenzo, the lack of blood preventing his wounds from healing and allowing him to foil his new enemy’s plans.
“But do not worry,” Lorenzo continued, brushing dirt from his trousers. “I will not let your research go to waste. I still have plans for the work you have done, but perhaps an adjustment here and there to suit my own needs.”
Endre only had the faintest inkling of what kind of dastardly plans Lorenzo was concocting, but the malicious smile gracing his lips was indication enough that it would not be good.
Rising to his feet, Lorenzo glanced down impassively at Endre once more. “You should have listened to me, old friend. Now, you will have plenty of time to think on your cure and the error of your ways while you rot in your grave,” Lorenzo spat out with a maniacal laugh. Bending over, he slashed out with his blade one last time.
Endre felt the slightest trickle of blood ooze from the cut, so little of the liquid remained in his body.
At a shouted order from Lorenzo, the guards all marched back into the garden.
Endre attempted to alert them to Lorenzo’s treachery, but the only sound from his mangled throat was a pained moan. The lid of the coffin was lowered, blocking out the dazzling sunshine of the new morning, and hammers pounded out the finality of his death sentence. The last glimpse Endre had of Lorenzo was a mocking tip of the hat, his hat.
This box would not hold Endre forever, and when he rose, he intended to rain down retribution, and when he came for Lorenzo, it would be all-out war. The last thing he could hear between his own thoughts of revenge and each shovelful of dirt falling on the wooden box was Lorenzo whistling happily with the belief he had gotten away with his crimes.
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Alessandro Salvio - The Chess Biographer
Alessandro Salvio
Alessandro Salvio (1570 - 1640) was the 4th recognized World Champion. His contribution to chess is as a master, an analyzer and a biographer. Much of what we know about many of the Italian players of this era comes from the pen of Salvio.
He wrote Tratato dell'Inventione et Art Liberale of Gioco Degli Scacchi (Treaty of the Liberal Invention of the Game of Chess), the most comprehensive book on chess theory of it's time. He wrote Il Puttino, a bio on Leonardo. He also wrote the poem La Scaccaide.
The analyzer worked on openings such as the Salvio Gambit, the Salvio Defense and the Salvio Countergambit. In this he succeeded Giulio Cesare Polerio as the foremost chess historian. The player was World Champion for 22 years.
Alessandro Salvio grew up playing chess in a wealthy Neapolitan family
Salvio was born into a wealthy family in Naples. This allowed him to spend his youth on scholarly pursuits and developing his creative talents. His brother Ambrogio used these opportunities to write poetry. Alessandro turned to chess.
Ambrogio wrote several poems about Alessandro. Alessandro himself would much later write a tragic poem called La Scaccaide in 1612. In it the protagonist Cacco lost his mind. The work also contained historical information of Italian masters of the day but sadly no copies are known to have survived.
Salvio studied to become a doctor, lest he should not succeed as a chess player. He needn't have worried though. Before long it became clear that he was destined to become a great player.
Rise to Prominence
Alessandro Salvio quickly established himself as one of the best players in Europe
Chess was a hugely popular pastime with the rich and powerful. Wealthy nobles sponsored the best players to play for them against the masters of other leading figures. Many of these nobles were establishing chess academies in order to find them.
Salvio was often to be found playing chess at various academies throughout Naples. One of these was owned by Fulvio di Costanzo, Marquis of Corleto. Salvio developed his game under Costanzo's patronage.
He won many games playing blindfold. As his legend grew so did his admirers. He played in front of people like the Count of Bonavente, Count Francesco di Castro and the Count of Lemos. He was now rubbing shoulders with the most famous and powerful people in Italy. He was also playing against the strongest masters.
Reaching the Summit
Salvio beat Boi to become World Champion
Salvio's game improved in tandem with his rise in society. He had emerged as the strongest contender to Paulo Boi in 1598. The Neapolitan was 28 and full of fight. The champion from Syracuse was now 70 and weary after a long and action packed life.
Salvio challenged Boi. A match was arranged. No record of the games themselves have survived but we know that Salvio dethroned Boi. Boi, in poor health, died three days later.
Some accounts given of the time report less than fulsome praise for Salvio's success. They cite Boi's age and deteriorating health. There may have been a grain of truth in this.
A younger and healthier Boi might have been a much higher mountain to climb. They could not question however that Salvio was now the best. Salvio defeated the strong master Geronimo Cascio in 1606. He would remain champion until 1620.
Later Years and Legacy
Alessandro Salvio was the first great biographer in chess documenting much of what we know about early Italian players
Salvio was better known for his literary contributions to chess. In 1604 he published the first complete chess book, which he dedicated to his old patron, Fulvio di Costanzo.
This was the aforementioned Tratato dell'Inventione et Art Liberale of Gioco Degli Scacchi (Treaty of the Liberal Invention of the Game of Chess), published in 1604. It contained 31 chapters with chess openings including this.
This was followed by La Scaccaide, first in 1612 and then reprinted in 1618, though now lost. He published Il Puttino in 1634, a biography of Giovanni Leonardo da Cutri. The Book also contains detailed accounts of other leading Italian masters of the time and some chess analysis.
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Salvio began the practice of documenting historical facts about chess theory, chess games and chess players. Others followed his example and much more is known about subsequent chess history as a result.
Players began to record their games in much greater volume along with notes and analysis. Accounts of their lives and accomplishments were much more detailed.
Salvio was overtaken by other masters in the 1620s as the standard improved relentlessly. The great champion of the 1620s was Gioachino Greco.
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Highlights from Apple’s Q1 2013 earnings call
24 January, 2013 - Paul Dixon
Following the release of Apple’s record Q1 2013 results on Wednesday, CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer took part in an earnings call to discuss the figures and field questions from a number of business analysts. Here’s a roundup of some of the more interesting comments made by the Apple executives during the call.
Peter Oppenheimer on lower year-on-year Mac sales:
IDC estimates the global personal computer market contracted by 6 percent during the December quarter. We introduced the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, as well as our stunning new iMacs in October. As we projected a quarter ago, we were significantly constrained with respect to the new iMacs, and were only able to ship them for the final month of the December quarter. We believe our Mac sales would have been much higher absent those constraints.
Tim Cook on rumoured iPhone 5 component order cuts:
I know there’s been lots of rumors about order cuts and so forth, let me take a moment and comment on these. I don’t comment on any particular rumor, but I would suggest it’s prudent to question the accuracy of any rumor about build plans. And even if any data point is accurate, you can’t extrapolate,the supply chain is very complex. Any single data point is not a great proxy for what’s going on.
Tim Cook on larger smartphone screen sizes:
The iPhone 5 offers a 4-inch Retina Display, which is the most advanced display in the industry. No one comes close to matching the quality. We don’t sacrifice the one-handed ease-of-use our customers love. We put a lot of thought into screen size and feel confident we picked the right one.
Tim Cook on market share preservation:
The most important thing to Apple is to make the best products in the world that enrich customer’s lives. We’re not interested in revenue for revenue’s sake, we could put the Apple brand on a lot of stuff and sell more products, but we don’t do that. The high-order bit is making a great product.
Tim Cook on the Apple TV:
In terms of the product we make today, we sold over 2 million Apple TVs, up 60 percent. What was a small niche at one time of people that love it is a much larger number. It’s an area of intense interest for us. There is a lot we can contribute to the space, but I don’t want to be more specific.
Make sure you also read our overview of Apple’s Q1 2013 results.
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Examine the Techniques, Which the Directors of the Public Information Films Use To Convey Their Messages
Examine the Techniques, Which the Directors of the Public Information Films Use To Convey Their Messages Public Information Films (PIF's) are a series of government commissioned short films shown on television. These films advise the public in a multitude of situations. One of the most famous series of PIF's is "Charley Says" which sends out a stark message in a darkly comedic way. In 1973 there was a Charley Says which told children not to play with matches. The director appeals to children by using an animation, in the animation there are 2 central characters, a child and an anthropomorphised cat. In the opening shot, the child and cats are playing with blocks. This is significant as children can relate to the child, they like animals and would like a talking cat as a friend, and they like to play with blocks. Then there is a close up of the matches, which shows the audience what the subject matter is. ...read more.
There is a shot of Ernie and Glenda sharing a joke during the donation of blood. This sends out a message that the whole process of giving blood is a pleasant one. After the blood donation Glenda is full of energy, which dispels any misconception that giving blood makes you weak. The penultimate shot is an enticement of biscuits and tea. The closing shot is a bold statement Give Blood. In stark contrast "Protect and Survive" portrays a sense of terror. The opening shot is of the much feared mushroom cloud which is often associated with nuclear bombs. The second shot is of bold white letters on a red background which makes it stand out. During the PIF, there is a voiceover, which is an example of non-diagetic sound. There is a lot of repetition used so as the audience will remember the message. During the film, the voiceover instructs the audience what to do and how to react. ...read more.
It makes you not want to think about the consequences and makes you feel sad for the dog, it seems that he will be killed but you could have done something to prevent it from being killed. A seriously presented PIF aimed at children is "Don't Talk to Strangers". The director uses animation which appeals to children. The child is the main character which keeps the interest of the young children audience. The film shows by example. It has a zoom on the child's face when he refuses to go with the stranger despite him offering the child an enticement. This is good technique as it emphasises the fact that the child refused the strangers advances. The PIF uses a friendly mother like voiceover. Though strict it is comforting and kind to children and is therefore more likely to be remembered and children are much more likely to listen to the advice. To conclude directors use a various range of techniques to convey their message. They suit different techniques to the audience and the more serious they would like the film to presented. ?? ?? ?? ?? Jay Yasin 10SJ 1 10/29/2007 ...read more.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 2 II. THE CONCEPT OF LIMITED LIABILITY 3 III. WHY LIMITED LIABILITY? 3 IV. AREAS OF CONCERN 3 I) MORAL HAZARD 3 II) IMMORALITY 3 III) CLOSELY HELD COMPANIES 3 IV) GROUPS OF COMPANIES 3 V) TORT CREDITORS 3 V. CURRENT REGULATION AND THE NEED FOR REFORM 3 I) RULES RELATED TO SHARE CAPITAL 3 II) IMPOSING LIABILITIES ON MANAGERS OR SHAREHOLDERS 3 III) JUDICIAL VEIL PIERCING AND GROUP OF COMPANIES 3 IV) SMALL BUSINESSES, TORT CREDITORS: REVOLUTIONARY REFORMS? 3 VI. THE WAY AHEAD 3 I. Introduction The institution of limited liability for companies has typically been regarded as one of the most important innovations of the late industrial revolution period. This view was appropriately expressed by one early commentator, who stated: "The limited liability corporation is the greatest single discovery of modern times... Even steam and electricity are less important than the limited liability company"1. Commentators generally consider that limited liability has been proved a vital instrument in the attainment of economic growth. However, recent analysis of the limited liability principle have questioned its potential advantages and have argued for adoption of a more restrictive approach by the regulation. It is the aim of this paper to analyze the importance of the existence of limited liability companies in the 21st century, as a means of fostering entrepreneurial spirit, and to argue that while the above aim is regarded as essential in the market economy, there is invariably a need for a clear and precise framework through which the principle should apply. The potential abuse of the limited liability principle requires a careful consideration when deciding about the appropriate level of regulation. The guiding principle of competitiveness of UK companies and the emphasis on the construction of a legal system that has an advantageous framework of company law and will allure businesses to it, as evidenced in the Company Law Review: Final Report2, needs to be balanced with the guarantee that sensible prophylactic measures are taken by the legislator to avoid misuse of the principle. ...read more.
In general, the above provisions are methods of ex post regulation of the use of limited liability. While they may have prospective effect, as a way of inducing the persons responsible to monitor the firm's capitalization and efficiency, they offer no significant assistance in cases, where the directors or owners of the companies have already abused the limited liability principle. As Finch points out "the liquidator cannot attack the incompetence or mismanagement that may have brought the company to the verge of the insolvency"53. Thus, the damage has already occurred and very few things can be done to alleviate the detrimental effects on creditors. iii) Judicial veil piercing and group of companies The courts through the application of the "lifting of veil" doctrine have tried to balance the benefits of limited liability against its costs54. The separate legal personality has been disregarded in cases, which involve agency relationship, fraud, tax, trust, enemy, group of companies and tort. While, there has been a modification in the established principle of separate personality in relation to group accounts55, the courts seem unwilling to accept claims for lifting the veil in the group of companies' cases. This reluctance of the courts is often regarded as based on a pro-multinational approach to businesses. As Janet Dine points out "the courts today are more prepared to lift the corporate veil when to do so is to the advantage of the parent company but refuse to do so when it would be to its disadvantage" 56. The situation thus, in this area is still governed by the principle that companies with related shareholdings bear no responsibility for the liabilities of other companies in the group. Nevertheless, there have been some limited, though, exceptions, where the courts disregarded the principle and held member companies liable for debts incurred by other members in the group, apart from the cases where circumstances indicate that the subsidiary is a mere fa�ade. ...read more.
56 Janet Dine, The Governance of Corporate Groups (2000) Cambridge University Press. See DHN Ltd case, where Lrd Denning stated that the corporate veil should be lifted and that the companies were in reality a group and should be treated as one and so compensation was payable, DHN Ltd v. Tower Hamlets (1976) 1 WLR 852 57 "Under English law if the parent company controls the actions of the directors of a subsidiary and their conduct can be regarded as wrongful trading, the parent may be regarded as a "shadow director" and treated as equally responsible" Milman D, n 32 above 58 Milman D., n 32 above 59 See Hicks A., "Corporate form: Questioning the unsung hero" (1997) JBL 306 where, based on the results of the ACCA research "Alternative Company Structures for the Small Business" (Research Report No. 42, 1995), he concludes that limited liability is not the primary reason why small businesses choose to incorporate. 60 Hicks A., n 59 above. 61 Freedman n 24, above. Indeed, the freedom of the creditors and the owners to allot the risks as efficiently as possible in the case of limited liability regime provides a strong argument for the retention of limited liability (Hansmann H. and Kraakman R. n 21 above). See also Halpern, Trebilock and Turnbull, n 16 above, where they advocate the adoption of an unlimited liability regime for closely held companies. 62 Freedman n 24, above 63 EC Directive 89/667 on single member private limited liability companies [1989] O.J. L 395, implemented in UK by S.I. 1992 No. 1669, which introduced inter alia new s. 1 (3A) of the Companies Act 1985. 64 Hansmann H. and Kraakman R. n 21 above, while Pettet argues that the liability insurance against tort claims purchased by the companies is the more efficient solution ( n 17 above). 65 Leebron, n 28 above. See also Cheffins B., n 13 above 66 Company Law Review: Final Report, n 2 above. ?? ?? ?? ?? 0146553A 1 ...read more.
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Haha, sorry for being the most literal person, but grief is often very lonely, and I really leaned into that as hard as I could. I think most people have had the experience of mourning something that was “too small” to mourn, or grieved for something “too hard” or “the wrong way,” and that can be really alienating. So, uh, I made some characters who were grieving people everyone else said didn’t even exist.
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UTair launches satellite tracking for its helicopter fleet
Posted on February 22nd, 2017 by Russian Aviation Insider in Air Transport, Russia
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Russia’s largest helicopter operator, UTair Helicopter Services, has launched satellite tracking over its entire fleet. Aircraft tracking capability is one the requirements from the operator’s improtant client – the United Nations.
UTair told Russian Aviation Insider that it had installed RockSTAR trackers (produced by British Rock Seven) on all of its helicopters to monitor aircraft movements and improve flight safety.
During flight the tracker intermittently sends signal to satellite navigation systems GPS and GLONASS, and thus keeps track of the helicopter’s position. This data is then sent via Iridium network to the server, and can be viewed on a map through a web browser. It is processed by UTair’s Flight Management Center responsible for emergency response.
Satellite tracking is particularly vital in Russia, where pilots have to operate in regions with unstable connection, specifically in the North of the country.
The project is a result of the experience UTair accumulated while flying for the UN missions. Aircraft tracking capability is one of the organization’s requirements for its contractor operators. UTair Helicopter Services has been collaborating with the UN since 1991. Some of its humanitarian missions were and are still performed in Africa.
UTair operates a fleet of 162 rotorcraft: 80 Mil Mi-8Ts, 30 Mi-8AMTs, 28 Mi-8MTV-1s, three Mi-8Ps, two Mi-8PSs, a Mi-8TP, two Mi-171s, six Mi-26Ts, a Kamov Ka-32T, four Airbus Helicopters AS350 B3s, an AS355 NP, a Bо-105 CBS-5 and three Robinson R44s.
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Shelah-Lekha 5762
Haftarah Parshat Shelach
(Joshua 2:1-24)
June 1, 2002 in Israel
June 8, 2002 in the Diaspora
Biblical stories are often told in the most laconic language, leaving the details of the story to the imagination of the reader. This is certainly the case in this week’s haftarah where even the heroes of the story remain anonymous. When the rabbinic sages read the story of the spies that Joshua sent forth to prepare for the conquest of Jericho, they filled in the details of the story as they imagined them from their creative reading of the unique expressions used in the text of the story. Yet they derived the message of the story from its very lack of details. In the following midrash, we note this literary anomaly.
We are taught: Those who are involved on a religious mission (shalichai mitzvah) are exempt from the obligations of the sukkah, for nothing makes God happier than when He sends a person out to do a mitzvah. This is especially true when a person gives him or herself entirely for the successful performance of the mitzvah. No one so wholeheartedly gave of themselves to perform a mitzvah than the two spies sent by Joshua ben Nun to spy out Jericho, as it is written: ‘And Joshua the son of Nun sent out from Shittim two spies secretly (heresh), saying: ‘Go spy out the land of Jericho.’ Who were these spies? The rabbis taught that they were Pinchas and Caleb, who willingly gave of themselves for the success of their mission. What is the meaning of the word ‘heresh’ [which we translate as ‘secretly’]? It comes to tell us that they disguised themselves as potters [who work with ‘heres’ – clay] who peddled their wares so that they would not call attention to their real mission as spies. ‘So they set out and came to the house of a harlot named Rehab and lodged there.’ She stood there and received them. The king of Jericho noted their presence and heard that they had come to search out the land. What did Rehab do? She hid the two spies. Pinchas said to her: ‘I am a cohen [priest] and priests are like angels… when angels desire to be seen they are visible, but, when they wish they are invisible. So, there is no need to hide me…. How do we know, then, that Rehab only hid Caleb? Because it is written: ‘She took the two men and hid him. [The Hebrew word literally implies – ‘she hid him’ even though its simple meaning is that she hid the both of them.] This passage comes to teach us that when righteous individuals perform their mission selflessly, their mission will be successful. But, when the wicked set about to accomplish something, they will fail. This is evident from the story of the spies in the Torah. The spies sent by Moses were wicked. That is why their mission failed. (adapted from Tanchuma Shelach 1)
The rabbis learn that the spies whom Joshua sent were selfless servants of God from the fact that in the Biblical story they remain anonymous. The rabbis identify the characters in the story with two figures, Pinchas and Caleb, known for their selflessness and love of God. The attributes of these two “unsung” heroes are the stuff that has kept the ideals of Judaism alive. Perhaps this is why they so deserve God’s love!
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Movie Review: Medusa (2015)
"THE ENCHANTRESS COMETH!" bellows auteur Jorge Ameer, as Kao.
Directed by Jorge Ameer, Starring Jeff Allen (2015).
Review By Greg Goodsell
Director-writer-Actor Jorge Ameer’s last horror/science-fiction project, D’Agostino (2012) was set in Greece. His latest feature, Medusa, based on the Greek legend of the Gorgon, is set in Southern California. Huh? That’s just one of the many things that don’t make an awful lot of sense in this horror thriller that combines minimalism, ad-libbed dialogue and claustrophobic settings for a most unique viewing experience.
Dr. Jack Peruci (Jeff Allen) is an academic specializing in mythology. He’s on his way to claim a magical mirror, which as one character puts it, “looks like a clock.” Disregarding warnings from his girlfriend Lana (Britt Rose), Peruci drives out into the forest to an isolated cabin. Meeting the flamboyant Kao (played by Ameer), the thobe-dressed mystic – recalling equal amounts of Boy George and the kind of TV horror movie host that one encounters on public access TV, offers to sell the mirror for $5,000. Peruci makes away with the mirror Scott free, in what can only be called a “Thrift Score” of the most deadly kind.
Candles, set the mood, don'tcha think?
Returning to his cramped, claustrophobic apartment – your reviewer has had walk-in closets that were more spacious. Things start to turn sour for Peruci. He falls ill with a high fever and has nightmares about the Gorgon goddess, Medusa. Peruci’s best friend, psychologist Steven Craig (Tom Struckhof) is skeptical. “Why do you believe in the myth of Medusa? That’s why they call it a myth!” he opines over lunch one day. Peruci is dead set that his recent find is authentic and offers a gateway to a new realm of human understanding.
Now, tell me about your initial misgivings during your latency period while you were seven years old ....
In the meantime, academics at the unnamed college where Peruci teaches want to pull his funding. They’re understandably upset: They’ve been stringing him along all this time and all Peruci has to show for himself is distressed, Victorian mirror to show for himself! (Believe it or not, there are lots of true-to-life academic funding and government grants that have produced far, far less!) These three gentlemen are likewise rendered in a stark, minimalist fashion. Three folding chairs in a dark room EVEN SMALLER than Peruci’s apartment. A projector shows a twirling Zodiacal sign to add an appropriately occult atmosphere.
More supernatural shenanigans at Peruci’s place ensue. Telephones ring, and distorted voices are heard on the line. Tremors shake his modest apartment, and yet Peruci’s knick- knacks fail to fall from the table. Sounds just like a quiet night in Southern California’s Earthquake Country to us: Being pestered by robo-callers with a sudden, run-of-the-mill temblor to jar the evening’s quiet.
Jorge Ameer also appeared as the Buttinski neighbor in D'AGOSTINO.
In one benighted night at Peruci’s apartment, Steven is pulled into a spare bedroom by a glowing video effect but later emerges none the worse for wear. There is a final confrontation where Ameer and company reach into the cheap, in-camera special effects bag-o’-tricks and then it’s all over.
Things are going to hit the fan very shortly in MEDUSA.
Ameer is a lot of fun as the flamboyant Kao, mugging hysterically for the last row in the opera house, giving a necessary burst of energy that’s gone all too quickly. Overall, Medusa features punchy jump scares and is extremely entertaining. Give this one a spin.
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Les Ondes Silencieuses by Colleen
Formats: CD (BAY 57CD) Limited Edition Gatefold Vinyl LP (BAY 57V) 2017 Record Store Day Clear Vinyl LP (BAY 57VX) Digital (BAY 57E)
Cécile Schott returns with her third album as Colleen, the highly personal but distinctly more adventurous and confident Les Ondes Silencieuses, which follows her one-off Colleen Et Les Boîtes À Musique project from late 2006.
This album signals a change of approach for Parisienne Schott. Gone are the samples and loops of old, as the emphasis moves to the natural tones produced by a range of unusual live instruments, largely unadorned.
The seeds for this album were sown when the 15–year-old Schott happened upon the film Tous Les Matins Du Monde, based on the life of Marin Marais, the acclaimed 17th Century viola da gamba (or viol) player and composer. It was the first time Schott had seen or heard a viol. The sound and mystery of the instrument, which remain rooted in the context of period music, set her off on an obsession which reached fruition in 2005 when she found a viola maker to custom-build an instrument for her. She found the viola da gamba more fascinating to play than she had ever imagined. Bowed like a ‘cello, but with seven strings and fretted like a guitar, the sound produced was so rich and naturally resonant that the loop-based works that had become a defining characteristic of Colleen’s work could be laid to rest.
The viola da gamba was supplemented with another Baroque instrument that Schott had dreamed of, the spinet, a smaller relative of the harpsichord. The versatile clarinet was also recruited, mainly due to its jazz connotations, along with Schott’s trusted classical guitar. Crystal glasses were added for percussive effect. And that’s everything you hear on the album.
A whole new approach to composing was needed, both in a more traditional and, paradoxically, a more improvised way. This fresh modus operandi crucially opened up her songs to a greater diversity in song construction and melody. Chord changes, greater use of space and tempo variations were all now possible. The sounds created were key to the overall feel of the record.
Unlike Schott’s previous album, The Golden Morning Breaks, where the sounds created from each instrument often ended up disguising their identities, the idea with Les Ondes Silencieuses was to create a platform using the intended sound, and then to augment this with more of her innovation and personality. ‘Blue Sands’, for example, initially gives the impression that it’s performed on multiple instruments, but is in fact comprised of sounds generated solely by the viola da gamba by bowing, finger picking and striking with percussion mallets.
The album’s title can be interpreted in a number of ways. ’Ondes’ translates as ‘still waters’ or ‘waves’ (as in ‘sound waves’), and Schott’s intention was to refer to the quiet stillness of calm waters, which by definition can never be completely at rest. This metaphor fittingly describes her music, where each listen reveals more of its elegance and charm. The expression is also the French name given to the infrasonic precursors to earthquakes that can only be heard by animals – again relating to the subconscious reaction evoked by such personal works.
This album was reissued on limited edition clear vinyl for Record Store Day 2017.
1. This Place In Time
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6. Echoes And Coral
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Title: The Stone of the Philosophers
Author: Kelly, Edward
Subject: Sacred Texts, Alchemy, Non Fiction
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Description: An important literary achievement.' - Library Journal 'Colin Wilson has a narrative style that can make the pursuit of any idea seem like exciting detective work.' - The Times 'Colin Wilson's best novel to date.' - The Spectator Howard Lester, a young scientist, becomes obsessed with the problem of death and begins a series of unconventional experiments aimed at increasing human longevity. In the course of their research, Lester and his friend Sir Henry Littleway make a startling discovery: a simple and harmless operation on the brain's prefrontal cortex results in vastly expanded consciousness and mental powers. After undergoing the procedure themselves, Lester and Littleway develop remarkable abilities, including 'time vision', a means of seeing backwards into time. They begin by looking at the relatively recent past-the eighteenth century and Shakespeare's England. But they soon find they can see much further back, to the days of Stonehenge and the Mayans, and even earlier. . . . But as they get closer to uncovering the beginnings of human existence, they make a terrifying discovery: something ancient and immensely powerful, long asleep, has been awakened by their activities, and is determined to stop them at all costs. . . . In The Strength to Dream (1962), Colin Wilson had criticized the works of H.P. Lovecraft, the American writer of weird tales, which led to Lovecraft's publisher August Derleth daring Wilson to write one better. This novel, The Philosopher's Stone (1969), was the result, a fascinating blend of science fiction, horror, and philosophy, told within the framework of Lovecraft's mythos. This edition is newly typeset from the first British edition and features a new introduction by Wilson scholar and bibliographer Colin Stanley.
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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die
also you're going to get a lot of unfiltered thoughts about many many different faiz pairings we never saw and how i think they'd go
like can you imagine what a yuuji/keitaro plot would be like
or kaido/kusaka
it just keeps going like this
That's precisely the best part of thinking about shows. I know I spend all my time asking myself questions like 'who among these people would win a fight?' or 'how would these people behave if they had to decide on what pizza to order?', and so on...
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'how would these people behave if they had to decide on what pizza to order?'
TEAM FAIZ: Mari picks, for sure. Kusaka won't overrule her, and Keitaro is happy just to share a pizza with his friends. Takumi puts his slices in the fridge, to eat cold the next day.
TEAM ORPHNOCH: Kaido picks. Or, they vote, because Yuuji wants things to be fair, but Yuka just votes for whatever Kaido wants.
LUCKY CLOVER: There were no survivors.
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Can you give it to me one more time? I guess it wasn't clear to me. Sorry!
Nooo... Yuka, don't turn into like that! Don't turn into the stereotypical snobby girl who treats any "peasants" like trash like those that bully you! Anyway yeah, what's with Keitaro moving on (like Kaido) previously if he only got "rejected" now? Also Mari third-wheel? Yuji is the only man she likes and the scene is her together with him too!
You won't be mad and tolerate more if it's not directed at you (you aren't Takumi or Mihara so..). But also, you can tolerate this one because Kusaka's dickish behavior is impotent (again)? Dunno if you'll get what I'm saying, but with someone that's great at running people down verbally being tolerated and considered funny, that'd make many dickheads and assholes, or even villains get away because they want to see more of their behavior to get laughs! Which would make their behavior opposite of impotent.
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Originally Posted by DreadBringer
Nooo... Yuka, don't turn into like that! Don't turn into the stereotypical snobby girl who treats any "peasants" like trash like those that bully you! Anyway yeah, what's with Keitaro moving on (like Kaido) previously if he only got "rejected" now?
I think she's reasonably frustrated with Keitaro here. She's trying to spend time with a guy she likes, and this other guy keeps trying to butt in. She's not very tactful about it, but Keitaro's being a little too aggressive here.
His message to Email Yuka, I think it's that he finally came to terms with IRL Yuka's disinterest. Or, y'know, you probably have to break up with Keitaro a few times before he gets the hint?
I guess it doesn't bother me if it's funny to the audience, as long as it's ignored by the characters. Does that make sense? Takumi just rolls his eyes at Kusaka's behavior, which sends a signal that Kusaka's antics aren't anything to emulate. It's not cool. Which, in turn, allows us to laugh at Kusaka being an asshole. It's not empowering or excusing him, it's making his childish petulance something to laugh at him for. We're not laughing with Kusaka, we're laughing at him.
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Oh sweet! I feel like Takumi only shows up in maybe one Phase 2 movie (at least that I remember), so hopefully I'll get some appearances in other Phase 1 movies and specials.
Heisei Vs Showa, Super Hero Taisen GP, and Kamen Rider 4 kinda of creates this nice little trilogy that acts like an epilgoue for Takumi story. Imo.
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One Flesh, One End
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I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before on other threads, but I always get a little melancholy at this point in a Kamen Rider series. I look in my folder of video files, and notice that there’re so few left. A handful, and that’s it forever. No more new stories with this cast. Save for a few Legend Rider appearances, that’s it for the story of Kamen Rider Faiz.
It’s a little like graduating, I guess. You spend all this time learning about people, getting invested, caring about them, and then just… done. Gone. There’s memories, hopefully more good than bad, but that time is over.
It’s… yeah, melancholy. I love that Kamen Rider stories end, but I hate that they end.
One of the things that you miss out on with using DVD rips instead of the original TV airings is that near the end of the series you would start getting promos for the next show. I always liked that when I originally went through this era; one show is ending, but you start getting teased with the promise of the next one.
So hey, if it'll help cheer you up:
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I loved the stuff with Takumi and X Rider in Heisei vs. Showa. That was definitely the highlight of that film for me.
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Whoa! I didn't get that at all! Thanks!
Super weird that when they were looking for a voice to sell Pure Selfless Goodness, they were like REN. Definitely not the voice from Ryuki I'd've picked!
(Goro.)
I remember when I saw this a long time ago I was surprised too because Atsushi Ogawa appearing I could understand since he was previously in a Inoue-centric production two years ago that we lovingly call Kamen Rider Agito at the time. Of course, Inoue participated in Ryuki too so there is that but cameo stuff like this at the time was usually reserved for summer movies. But yeah, Matsuda making this cameo was totally outta left field. After learning about it I kinda hoped we could see a glimpse of Matsuda maybe reverting for a second to human form and stuff.
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If you're trying to say you wouldn't pick that actor because you have a preconceived notion of what a "proper" role for him is, I think maybe the casting choice here was less weird than you might think.
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Originally Posted by Switchblade
Thanks! It feels a little strange getting hyped for the next series before the current one is finished. It's a little like hitting on girls at a college visit before I've broken up with my high school girlfriend. Like, I gotta let the first one end before I can move on, you know?
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I always like to think, when stuff like that happens, that maybe the show runner and the actor became friends? Like, maybe Inoue called him and said, "Hey, Ren," because he also calls him Ren, "come in for a day and do this heroic monster voice." Just friends helping friends out.
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And, shit, that’s probably a good emotional state to be in for this episode! It’s a darker one! Lots of emotions! As expected from the last cliffhanger, it’s centered on Yuka’s newfound status as a fugitive, and what that does to the status quo.
Team Faiz reacts pretty much how you’d think, and they’re mostly in the background for this one. Kusaka doesn’t shed any tears over one more hunted Orphnoch, Keitaro tosses out a conversation-starter that propels a fascinating subplot for Mari, and Takumi has some feelings about Orphnochs’ right to exist.
It’s Team Orphnoch that, naturally, gets a little bit more weight behind them, and I love the choices the story made. It hits the beats I’d want it to, and lets each character in the group do precisely what they’ve been designed to do.
Kaido immediately tells Yuka to turn herself in, which, yeah, smart decision. Things got out of control, he definitely doesn’t want any trouble with the cops, let’s get this all shut down. It’s casually cruel to Yuka, suggesting she’s brought danger into their lives, but I feel like that’s a Kaido move? He’s incredibly self-centered, and he’s one of the least empathetic people on the show. Him wanting to bail, to abandon Yuuji and Yuka the second things get dicey, I can see it.
Yuuji’s reaction is, again, totally in-line with where he sees himself within Orphnoch culture. He views himself as a leader, a revolutionary. He’s trying to carve out a place in the world for Orphnochs to hold onto their humanity. If this is happening to Yuka, it’s because she’s an Orphnoch. He can solve it by proving to the police that she’s done nothing wrong, that Orphnochs can be peaceful and human. He never once asks Yuka why the cops might’ve attacked her, of all people. He’s so high-minded, so Big Picture, that he takes on her burden since she’s an Orphnoch.
And of course, these decisions by Kaido and Yuuji are killing Yuka. This is her nightmare. Kaido is anxious and scared, and it’s her fault. Yuuji is going to sacrifice his safety for hers, and the guilt she feels is immense. Her life, her stability, it’s all been demolished.
There’s a very sweet callback the show does, where Yuka emails Keitaro to tell him about her dream. It’s the same thing she did when the walls were closing in on her back in school. She longed for isolation back then, for solitude. Here, her dream is of connection, of affection. She deserves love. She deserves family. She’s grown so much. And, to prove it, she makes the decision to turn herself in. There's an element, maybe, of the martyr complex she’s always had. She wants to make everyone happy, even if that makes her miserable. And, maybe, it’s because Kaido rejects her when she most needs support. Maybe it’s a choice she makes because she feels alone, abandoned.
But, I don’t want to see it that way. I like thinking of it as a maturity, as a realization that hiding in crushes, hiding in someone else’s sacrifice, it’s just another cage. Here, she gets to wipe the slate clean on her own terms. To not let Yuuji or Kaido wrest her story away from her, but to do the right thing, even if that means her dream is gone. It isn’t the cowardice of subsuming her hopes in order to follow someone else’s path, it’s the bravery to move forward by herself into uncertainty.
Yuka’s story… I love how many interpretations you can pull from it. I love how nuanced and poignant it gets to be. Yuka’s story, it’s the least showy, maybe? But it’s the saddest, and the most interesting to me.
Yuka's story is indeed the most interesting and most tragic. Maybe it's for the best in a way that she hasn't been involved in the plot recently. Out of all the characters, she really needed an escape from her terrible human life, a chance to be happy. Unfortunately, her happiness is temporary as now she finally has to deal with the burden of being an Orphenoch in a world where she isn't accepted. To paraphrase the theme song, she can't run from her dilemma anymore.
Kaido's reaction was insensitive but totally in character. It's reasonable that he wouldn't want to get in trouble with the cops. Yuka is a liability to him right now. It's also hypocritical that the guy who boasted several times about wanting to kill humans loses his cool when someone else actually kills humans. He's a hedonist with a conscience which means as much as he wishes he could just kill humans, he can't go through with it. He's all talk.
It's sad to see Yuka reach out to Kaido only to have her feelings crushed. She wanted to redeem herself to her friends. Turning herself in to the cops was an act of courage, a last resort, but she unwittingly ended up right in the custody of the secret science society. They experimented on like a lab rat to "cure" her mutation. It's such a terrible thing to attempt to do to someone, to deny their right to be who they are, to strip them of something that makes them unique. They don't even care if she survives.
Wait, that sounds familiar....
You called it, Die, I guess this show is basically Japanese X-Men now.
Mari’s story this episode is no slouch, either. Man, some fun moves in that one this time out.
Keitaro’s casual mention of Hey What If One Of Us Becomes An Orphnoch has a little bit to it that I liked. It’s just a little slice of story, nothing huge, but there’s an idea that I think is a huge, huge part of the series' themes.
Basically, Mari freaks out because she’s scared she might turn into an Orphnoch. With all of what Sawada went through, maybe her and Kusaka are next? Kusaka tells her that it probably won’t happen, because it likely would’ve already occurred. (I mean, Mari’s died once since her previous resurrection, so it doesn’t feel likely.) He does say it in a very suspicious way, so who the hell knows for sure.
But it’s the end part that I think is fascinating. When Kusaka tells her she’s probably not going to become an Orphnoch, she’s relieved. And then she’s incredibly guilty for feeling relieved. Kusaka tells her it's fine to be relieved, because (basically) Kill Them All, but the way the show even allows for judging Mari, of Mari wondering if it's fair to feel relieved, it’s amazing.
It ties in with the idea of acceptance that the show spent a long time interrogating. Mari reflexively others the Orphnochs, feels grateful that she doesn’t have to exist as one of them. And it exposes a prejudice that, despite knowing some of The Good Ones, she hasn’t really examined in herself. She was terrified that she’d be a monster. Not that she’d be hunted, like Yuka, or reviled, like Takumi. But that she’d be something worth being hunted or reviled. That she views that as the baseline for an Orphnoch, while Yuuji and Takumi are exceptions.
It’s something that I really, really hope the show spends a few more scenes on.
It's pretty crazy how Keitarou brings up the possibility of them becoming Orphenochs like it's no big deal. Come to think of it, he's one of the few people in the show who has no experience of being dead, so he doesn't really understand what he's talking about. It's true that anybody with the right genetics can become an Orphenoch, either on their own or as a result of being sired by another, but would Keitarou be okay with that?
Like most of the Ryusei School guys, Mari doesn't have any compatibility despite dying twice, while Kusaka has been safely using Kaixa Gear with no symptoms of change. Sawada was the only member to revive as an Orphenoch so what Kusaka says here does seem consistent. For him, Mari becoming an Orphenoch would be the worst case scenario, as we previously speculated. He's clearly the most knowledgeable guy when it comes to the reunion incident so I think it's okay to take his word for it this once.
The show is getting dark now but there's still a lot of comedic intervals to lighten the mood.
Speaking of Phase 2 specials! I've been wondering where those kind of things will fall into your rewatch, since I assume you'll want to rewatch them now with the greater context of these old shows in mind.
In case you weren't already thinking of it, my own personal suggestion would be that you continue watching 'as they air' as you've been doing. So like, once you finish Decade, you just go on a little marathon on your own time of all the Spring and Winter (and maybe even the Summer) movies. That way, you'll also have refreshed on modern rider before jumping into the next anniversary series in the form of Zi-O.
Yeah, this is a good idea. I totally have stuff I want to discuss about Kamen Rider 4!
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Gwen Stefani Returns to Ska Roots on New Single ‘Let Me Reintroduce Myself': LISTEN
Gwen Stefani is back with new solo music for the first time since 2016!
On Monday (December 7), the 51-year-old music icon dropped "Let Me Reintroduce Myself," a new yet nostalgic single tinged with No Doubt vibes to "recycle" herself after taking what fans might describe as a painstaking four-year hiatus.
“Lеt me re, let me reintroduce myself / Case you forgot, no, I'm not records on your shelf, I'm still the original-riginal old me,” Stefani sings on the bouncy, ska-pop track.
“Let Me Reintroduce Myself” is reported to be the lead single from Stefani’s unnamed fifth studio album and is the first non-Christmas or country single she’s released in four years.
“This song is a way of saying I’m back with new music,” she clarified in a statement. “It’s a fun, lighthearted song, because I got inspired and hopefully to bring a little bit of joy. The idea was to write a song that had a bit of a nostalgic feeling to it, so I think musically it reminds you of back in the day, going back to where I started musically which was with ska and reggae. I’m still the same me but here’s something a little bit new in case you feel like hearing a little bit more of me.”
The new single was recorded in quarantine and co-written with Ross Golan (Selena Gomez, Harry Styles, Maroon 5) alongside songwriter/producer Luke Niccoli. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Stefani decided to research more about the history of ska.
“It was eighth grade when I learned about ska and Madness and the Selecter and all those bands that started to define the kind of music that I felt like I fit into. Here I was, this Catholic girl from Anaheim doing reggae music,” she explained to Entertainment Weekly. “But that music was all about unity and anti-racism, and that was in the '70s. Then we were doing it in the '90s. And now here we are, again, in the same old mess.”
Stefani will debut the single with a performance on Monday night’s episode of The Voice.
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Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May, under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark, Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine - distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man - but when the Vulture emerges as a new villain, everything that Peter holds most important will be threatened. Written by Benett Sullivan
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Optimus Prime finds his dead home planet, Cybertron, in which he comes to find he was responsible for its destruction. He finds a way to bring Cybertron back to life, but in order to do so, Optimus needs to find an artifact that is on Earth.
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Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when a pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers and her true destiny.
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Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet. Written by Twentieth Century Fox
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes-Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash-it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi,
After saving Xandar from Ronan's wrath, the Guardians are now recognized as heroes. Now the team must help their leader Star Lord (Chris Pratt) uncover the truth behind his true heritage. Along the way, old foes turn to allies and betrayal is blooming. And the Guardians find that they are up against a devastating new menace who is out to rule the galaxy. Written by Blazer346
Country: USA , New Zealand , Canada
122 min | 115 min (Mainland China Censored Version)
Almost eleven years after the futile and disastrous expedition on the distant moon LV-223, the deep-space colonisation vessel Covenant equipped with more than 2,000 colonists in cryogenic hibernation, sets a course for the remote planet Origae-6 with the intention to build a new world. Instead, a rogue transmission will entice the crew to a nearby habitable small planet which resembles a lot like the Earth, nevertheless, sooner or later, the unsuspecting members of the Covenant will have to cope with invincible and unconquerable biological foes beyond human comprehension. Ultimately, what was intended as an exploratory and peaceful mission, under those circumstances, it will soon turn into a desperate rescue operation deep into the cold infinite space. Written by Nick Riganas
Country: UK , USA , Australia , New Zealand , Canada
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.
High school outcasts stumble upon an old alien ship, where they acquire superpowers and are dubbed the Power Rangers. Learning that an old enemy of the previous generation has returned to exact vegenance, the group must harness their powers and use them to work together and save the world. Written by cyberboy1127-249-955930
Country: USA , Hong Kong , Japan , Mexico , Canada , New Zealand
A washed up monster chaser convinces the U.S. Government to fund a trip to an unexplored island in the South Pacific. Under the guise of geological research, the team travels to "Skull Island". Upon arrival, the group discover that their mission may be complicated by the wildlife which inhabits the island. The beautiful vistas and deadly creatures create a visually stunning experience that is sure to keep your attention. Written by Jason Burns
Country: China , Australia , Canada , USA
VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS is the new adventure film from Luc Besson, the director of The Professional, The Fifth Element and Lucy, based on the comic book series which inspired a generation of artists, writers and filmmakers. In the 28th century, Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are a team of special operatives charged with maintaining order throughout the human territories. Under assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two embark on a mission to the astonishing city of Alpha-an ever-expanding metropolis where species from all over the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence and cultures with each other. There is a mystery at the center of Alpha, a dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
Country: France , China , Belgium , United Arab Emirates , USA , Germany , UK , Canada
After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef Wade Wilson struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry’s hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor – finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World’s Best Lover.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi,
An animated series on adult-swim about the infinite adventures of Rick, a genius alcoholic and careless scientist, with his grandson Morty, a 14 year-old anxious boy who is not so smart, but always tries to lead his grandfather with his own morale compass. Together, they explore the infinite universes; causing mayhem and running into trouble. Written by Ruben Galaviz
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi,
Country: China , USA
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Set 400 years in the future, the show follows the adventures of the Orville, a not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in Earth's interstellar Fleet. Facing cosmic challenges from without and within, this motley crew of space explorers will boldly go where no comedic drama has gone before.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi,
Barry Allen is a Central City police forensic scientist with a reasonably happy life, despite the childhood trauma of a mysterious red and yellow lightning killing his mother and framing his father. All that changes when a massive particle accelerator accident leads to Barry being struck by lightning in his lab. Coming out of coma nine months later, Barry and his new friends at S.T.A.R labs find that he now has the ability to move at superhuman speed. Furthermore, Barry learns that he is but one of many affected by that event, most of whom are using their powers for evil. Determined to make a difference, Barry dedicates his life to fighting such threats, as The Flash. While he gains allies he never expected, there are also secret forces determined to aid and manipulate him for their own agenda. Written by Kenneth Chisholm ([email protected])
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi,
Oliver Queen and his father are lost at sea when their luxury yacht sinks, apparently in a storm. His father dies, but Oliver survives for five years on an uncharted island and eventually returns home. But he wasn't alone on the island where he learned not only how to fight and survive but also of his father's corruption and unscrupulous business dealings. He returns to civilization a changed man, determined to put things right. He disguises himself with the hood of one of his mysterious island mentors, arms himself with a bow and sets about hunting down the men and women who have corrupted his city. Written by Anonymous
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi,
The series is set 97 years after a devastating nuclear war wiped out almost all life on Earth. The only known survivors are the residents of twelve space stations in Earth's orbit prior to the war. The space stations banded together to form a single massive station named The Ark, wenis galore about 2,400 people live. Resources are scarce and all crimes no matter their nature or severity are punishable by death (floating) unless the perpetrator is under 18 years of age. After the Ark's life support systems are found to be critically failing, one hundred juvenile prisoners are declared expendable and sent to the surface in a last ditch attempt to determine if Earth is habitable again. The teens arrive on a beautiful planet they've only seen from space. Confronting the dangers of this rugged new world, they struggle to form a tentative community. However they discover that not all humanity was wiped out. There are people on Earth who survived the war, called grounders by the 100.... Written by Thomas O'Darren
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi,
44 min | 60 min (TV)
Spin off series of The Walking Dead that portrays the beginning events of the zombie apocalypse in the West coast during the same time frame when the city of Atlanta was falling under attack, while Rick was in a coma at the local hospital. It shows how the strain was already in full effect in the south while it's just starting in California.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
In a small town where everyone knows everyone, a peculiar incident starts a chain of events that leads to the disappearance of a child - which begins to tear at the fabric of an otherwise peaceful community. Dark government agencies and seemingly malevolent supernatural forces converge on the town while a few locals begin to understand that there's more going on than meets the eye. Written by Charles J.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Years ago, Krypton was about to explode and Kal-El was sent to Earth to escape that fate. However, his older cousin, Kara, was also intended to accompany the infant as his protector. Unfortunately, Kara was accidentally diverted into the timeless Phantom Zone for years before finally arriving on Earth decades later and found by her cousin who had grown into Superman. Years later, Kara Danvers is a young professional adrift in a thankless job until a fateful crisis ignites a sense of purpose using Kryptonian powers she had long hidden. Inspired, Kara decides to emulate her cousin's superheroic ways, only to find her foster sister introducing her to the secret Department of Extra-Normal Operations, dedicated to fighting alien menaces including those Kara inadvertently led to Earth. Now with such help, the Maid of Might takes her place as Earth's newest champion with new friends and enemies challenging her world. Written by Kenneth Chisholm ([email protected])
In crime ridden Gotham City, Thomas and Martha Wayne are murdered before young Bruce Wayne's eyes. Although the idealistic Gotham City Police Dept. detective James Gordon, and his cynical partner, Harvey Bullock, seem to solve the case quickly, things are not so simple. Inspired by Bruce's traumatized desire for justice, Gordon vows to find it amid Gotham's corruption. Thus begins Gordon's lonely quest that would set him against his own comrades and the underworld with their own deadly rivalries and mysteries. In the coming wars, innocence will be lost and compromises will be made as some criminals will fall as casualties while others will rise as supervillains. All the while, young Bruce observes this war with a growing obsession that would one day drive him to seek his own revenge as The Batman. Written by Kenneth Chisholm ([email protected])
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
60 min | 45 min (DVD)
The numerous miraculous rescues by the local wonder boy Clark have aroused suspicions amongst colonials of Smallville. Interestingly, the boy has managed to downplay his acts of various heroic egresses in the past. They say he's either too fast or has a penchant for finding trouble. He was found by Martha and Jonathan Kent on the day of the Meteor Shower, and subsequently adopted. Clark's friend Lex Luthor, the only heir of Luthorcorp, has been secretly investigating grounds for Clark's outlandish valor. However, on the face of it, Clark just seems a normal boy who's slightly more secretive than usual. Written by Abhinav Madaan
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi,
Follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie Fraser, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate relationship is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives. Written by Starz
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi,
Dragon Ball Super: Doragon bôru cho
With Majin Boo defeated half-a-year prior, peace returns to Earth, where Son Goku (now a radish farmer) and his friends now live peaceful lives. However, a new threat appears in the form of Beerus, the God of Destruction. Considered the most terrifying being in the entire universe, Beerus is eager to fight the legendary warrior seen in a prophecy foretold decades ago known as the Super Saiyan God. The series retells the events from the two Dragon Ball Z films, Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F' before proceeding to an original story about the exploration of alternate universes. Written by ForLand HuCy
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi,
In the version that is shown on YTV in Canada, the story begins mid-way through the Dragon Ball Z series. Raditz, Goku's brother has traveled to Earth to find out why Goku has not yet destroyed the planet as he was supposed to do. But while as a baby, Goku was dropped (down a huge cliff) and forgot his real mission. Kakarot, Goku's real name battles his brother Raditzs along with former enemy Piccolo and friend Krillin. Meanwhile, Gohan; Goku's son reveals his hidden powers against Raditz and nearly kills Raditz. However Goku is killed in the end, but Raditz is eventually defeated by Piccolo. Before he dies, he tells them that two evil Saiyans even more powerful then he is, are on route to Earth. The remaining fighters, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu begin their training to battle the evil Saiyans, while Piccolo takes off with Gohan to train him in using his new found power. Meanwhile, Goku has to make his way back on Snake Way to King Kai's where he trains himself in the secret ... Written by dreamian
Country: Japan | USA | Canada
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Westworld isn't your typical amusement park. Intended for rich vacationers, the futuristic park allows its visitors to live out their most primal fantasies with the robotic hosts. However, the robotic hosts have evolved an artificial consciousness that is similar to, yet diverges from, human consciousness. No matter how illicit the fantasy may be, there are no consequences for the park's guests, allowing for any wish to be indulged; but there is a price to be paid.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Western,
Marvel's The Defenders follows Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. A quartet of singular heroes with one common goal - to save New York City. This is the story of four solitary figures, burdened with their own personal challenges, who realize they just might be stronger when teamed together.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi,
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Everytown, funded in large part by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, is planning on spending upwards of $5 million in Arizona this year in select races, with the goal to enact more restrictive gun laws in the state. Notably, Arizona is home to major gun manufacturers such as Ruger, who has a factory in Prescott. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
New York-based Everytown on Tuesday announced their new multi-million dollar “Gun Sense Majority: Arizona” initiative to flip the polarity of The Grand Canyon State to Democrat.
Fresh off the heels of a similar effort that pumped millions into Virginia state politics in targeted races over the past decade that resulted in a stack of new gun control regulations signed into law after razor-thin party-line votes, the anti-gun group unveiled their Arizona plan this week.
A four-page memo from Charlie Kelly, a political advisor for the group, outlined a push to ensure Joe Biden wins the state in November, Giffords co-founder Mark Kelly takes U.S. Sen. Martha McSally’s Senate seat, and Democrat majorities take both chambers of the state legislature.
Notably, some 500,000 people have moved from California to Arizona from 2010 to 2018, which could prove a factor in upcoming races, especially in tight districts.
“Among the fastest-growing states in the nation, we believe Arizona is now competitive at every level of the ballot,” said Kelly of the group’s $5 million campaign. “As it grows increasingly diverse with significant population growth in urban-suburban centers like Maricopa County, the time is now to invest heavily in order to elect new leaders who will prioritize gun safety.”
By gun safety, the group has polled requiring background checks on all gun sales and other initiatives in Arizona.
Much like in Virginia, Everytown plans to target potentially vulnerable Republican seats in urban-suburban centers that overall lean Democrat. According to their announcement this week, this includes digital, TV, and mail campaigns aimed at constituencies such as women, young people, and Spanish-speaking voters.
“Our model of financial investment and grassroots action delivered a gun sense majority legislature in Virginia, and now we’re deploying it again with our largest-ever electoral investment in the Grand Canyon State,” said Kelly in a statement.
Arizona is currently a constitutional carry state that also recognizes open carry without a permit. Restrictions on NFA items are slim other than federal requirements and a popular machine gun and artillery shoot, Big Sandy, occurs in the state’s Western desert twice yearly. Private person-to-person gun sales are legal so long as they do not involve those otherwise prohibited from possessing guns and, in 2017, Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill preventing localities from requiring background checks for private sales.
When it comes to the polarity of the Arizona State Legislature, Republicans hold a 17-13 majority in the state Senate and a tighter 31-29 control on the state House. The state has had a Republican governor for 23 of the past 30 years. In the 2016 general election, President Donald Trump won the state, considered by many pollsters to be a toss-up, with 48% of the popular vote.
Nationwide, Everytown is expected to spend more than $60 million on this election cycle.
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Charles Sturt University Programs and Podcasts
Come All Ye
Cool Climate Living
Le Moi
Remember That Film
Senior Citizens Updates
THE SEYMOUR SHOW
2MCE FM
THE TALKING NEWSPAPER HOUR
Entertainment with Robbie & Luke
COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW
Community Drive
Community Radio Network content
Sunday Breakfast
06:00Sunday
Classic hits, local info and interviews with Tim Williams. Featuring National Radio News on the hour.
RONNIE MAC’S MORNING MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS
A diverse selection of music from the 50’s, 60-‘s 70’s & 80’s. All with Ronnie Mac's inimitable style.
Come All Ye plays the music of the people, traditional and contemporary folk music and is the longest running folk, acoustic, roots program on Australian radio still with its original presenter.
COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB
Chris's program plays the old country songs that tell stories. When Chris goes on air it is a family atmosphere, with listeners ringing in each week to request their favourite country songs. Chris is very involved in the Bathurst Country Music club, enjoys line dancing, and teaching line dancing to new comers. Chris has been part of the 2MCE family since 2004. Cover Photo by Melanie Mauer on Unsplash
JIVE AFTER FIVE
Jive After Five is 2 hours in the musical time tunnel rock and roll showcasing obscure album tracks, B sides and lost 45’s from the 50’s to 80’s. Cover Photo by Byron Stumman on Unsplash
Celtic music and culture
HERE IT COMES AGAIN
Jeff 'The Chairman' Cox presents music from the 30’s to 70’s taking you on a trip down memory lane. Cover Photo by Paulette Wooten on Unsplash
ENCOUNTER is a fresh new Gospel Radio Program sharing the Light, Life & Love of God with the community. Enjoy a diverse mix of popular contemporary Christian Music & Worship, including ‘live’ & original content. The program is designed to generate Hope, Inspiration & Motivation in the hearts of our listeners.
STUDIO 8 OVERNIGHT
Studio 8 brings you the hits from around Australia and around the world. You'll always hear something you love in Studio 8. In 2019, Gary Sweetnam (of [...]
National Radio News
09:00Monday
NRN is the national news service for the community broadcasting sector, produced by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA), in partnership with Charles Sturt University. National Radio News (NRN) bulletins are produced from a newsroom on the Bathurst campus of Charles Sturt University. Overseen by News Director Frank Bonaccorso, journalists, student journalists and cadets drawn from the Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) work together to deliver news bulletins broadcast to over 2 million listeners a week across Australia. With a focus on diverse voices as well as the daily news cycle, NRN brings the daily news from Australia and the world with a focus on the communities the stories affect. Our aim is to deliver a comprehensive, accurate, current and relevant radio news service which offers something different to both commercial and public sector services.
BREAKFAST WITH TIM
Classic hits, local info and interviews with Tim Williams. Featuring National Radio News on the hour. Featuring interviews with local politicians, community members and on Tuesdays 8.20am with the Commander of the Chifley Police District, Detective Superintendent Peter O’Brien.
MORNING MUSIC with Graham
Popular music from the pre rock & roll era.
The Collective Self 2.0
Collective self of community and concerns to do with the community, discussions and interviews.
Reading The Western Advocate, The Central Western Daily and Charles Sturt University News with Community Volunteers Charles Sturt Students & Staff
OZ MUSIC SHOWCASE
Showcasing music from the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project's Regional and Metropolitan Top Ten Charts
Afternoon Oz
Get your fill of Australian music from across the decades from Johnny O'Keefe to Sampa the Great
Community Drive program presents the latest news from around our region.
The Wire is a daily current affairs program, broadcast nationally around Australia on the Community Radio Network. The flagship national program for the community radio sector since 2004, The Wire is a significant alternative voice in Australian current affairs. We cover stories across Politics, Education, International affairs, Science & Technology, Health, Indigenous Affairs and Arts & Literature to name a few. Our broadcast stations are spread across city, country and remote parts of Australia. They include including many remote Indigenous communities and places with no other broadcast media. More than 5 million people across Australia can tune into The Wire on any weekday Check out our stories on thewire.org.au
Studio 8 brings you the hits from around Australia and around the world. You’ll always hear something you love in Studio 8. In 2019, Gary Sweetnam (of Charles Sturt University’s Faculty of Arts and Education Technical Team) and Adam Thompson (2MCE Production Support Officer) were nominated by the 2MCE Station Manager for an award for Technical Innovation in the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) National Awards for their work on Studio 8.
JAM PAKT
Jonathan Lindsay-Tjapaltjarri Hermawan (Jonzy) brings you one-hour jam packed with great music, yarns, special guests and hot topics for people all over Australia. From the city to the bush, from the desert to the sea, if you’re upright and breathing, this show’s got something for you. Indigenous stories, guests and music with Jonzy
06:00Tuesday
Hit parade of yesterday
Monthly specials highlight a personality or a band, a vocalist, musician, some relevant calendar event, perhaps a type of music or dance.
Presented by a variety of volunteer presenters, Morning Music is just the thing to accompany you through the morning. Photo by Pablo García Saldaña on Unsplash
ARTS ALIVE
Arts Alive has a national perspective, actively seeking stories from all parts of Australia and occasionally from NZ and Singapore. The show is structured [...]
Andrew’s Treasure Chest of Music
Join Andrew Campbell as he presents some of his favourite music for you to enjoy. Andrew is supported in the studio by his friends from Vivability.
Content from the Community Radio Network. Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash
ALT.EIGHTIES
The 80’s was a vibrant time for popular music worldwide, the influences of punk, post-punk,electronic, new wave, synth-pop and power-pop reverberated through the decade. Hybrid genres of music emerged creating one of the most influential periods in contemporary popular music. The emergence of the independent record industry fuelled this era of exploration.
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GREAT SOUNDS OF MUSIC
Your hosts, Graham Carter, Roger Hargraves, Marguerite McKibbin, and Ingrid Pulley play classical music from all eras, and share their expert knowledge of the music and composers.
06:00Wednesday
The Phantom Dancer
The Phantom Dancer, DJ’d by 1920s-30s singer Greg Poppleton, is your non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio. Lots of live high energy music, lots of first hand history from original radio broadcasts, very little talk. How does he do it? CBAA Best Music Show Award 2007. Finalist 2016.
Community news from the Seymour Centre.
Two mates having a chat about entertainment industry. Movie reviews, concert stories and everything going on across the world of entertainment!
Country music by the years with Tim Herbert
Music on a theme, with a special kind of something to accompany your evening. Alison and Lisa share the hosting duties. Photo by Mohammad Metri on Unsplash
Featured image by Georgy Rudakov on Unsplash
WORD FOR WORD
interviews from a Queer perspective with Lisa 'Dano' Daniel
BREAKFAST WITH ‘The Chairman’
07:00Thursday
Interviews, information and great songs. With National Radio News on the hour.
Looking at the best of the charts from this week… in a year between 1960 and 1999! Hosts William Brougham and Barry McKay also bring the year alive with trivia about the songs in the charts at the time. Don’t miss It’s Time - or your memory won’t forgive you! Due to the current COVID 19 environment 2MCE will do our best to continue our scheduled programming, however there are some changes. The usual presenter at this time, has made the wise decision to remain at home, but 2MCE looks forward to welcoming them back as soon as possible. We hope you enjoy this program in the meantime. Photo by Herson Rodriguez on Unsplash
REAL WORLD GARDENER
Something for everyone who likes gardening presented by Marianne Cannon
LISTEN TO OLDER VOICES
The lives and times of older Australians
Thursday’s Music Munchies
Do you want some music with your lunchtime fries. Join Chris on Thursday afternoon’s between 1pm and 2pm for a smorgasbord of great entertainment including, music from the 60’s, 70’s. 80’s. a little folk and a little country. Be entertained during your Lunch break. Photo by Umberto Cofini on Unsplash
BACK TO VINYL
Playing vinyl from all decades with Ron Gibson
Now That’s What I Call Science!
From the Community Radio Network, this national award-winning radio show and podcast brings a fresh new perspective on the issues that matter to you from the heart of Tasmania. We cover all things Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) from medical marijuana to science behind mental health issues, we feature expert guests and get to the guts of the issue.
Habib Massad presents a celebration of cultural diversity that features music from all corners of the globe.
LATIN AMERICAN PROGRAM (Spanish)
Discussion and music from Latin America in Spanish.
THE TIKI LOUNGE
A unique combination of world music, contemporary jazz and digital beats
Music, stories and poetry from the inside produced by Kate Pinnock from 2SER.
BREAKFAST WITH RON
07:00Friday
Classic hits, local information, interview and National Radio News on the hour.
POP HEADS HOUR OF POWER
Over the hour Jane and Roddy inform and entertain on the songs, musicians and songwriters of the vinyl years 1950s to the 1980s. From the studios of community radio 2NSB Northside radio, Jane Arakawa enters Pop Heads Musicologist Roddy Lee’s Vault of Vinyl to be taken back to a time and place that reflects the theme of each weekly program.
Studio Eight
Studio 8 brings you the hits from around Australia and around the world. You’ll always hear something you love in Studio 8. Due to the current COVID 19 environment 2MCE will do our best to continue our scheduled programming, however there are some changes. The usual presenter at this time, has made the wise decision to remain at home, but 2MCE looks forward to welcoming them back as soon as possible. We hope you enjoy this music program in the meantime.
Rural and regional topics presented by Susan Lacey, Donald Alexander & Monica Morse
Hosted by the Central West's very own movie afficianado, Adam Thompson, Remember this Film features special guests discussing their favourite films, when they first saw it, their memories, and what other films was it competing against at the box office. Also behind the scenes, a mix of score music, and current news. Cover Photo by Felix Mooneeram on Unsplash
Cinemascape
From Eastside FM, via the Community Radio Network Whatever the genre, whoever the star, Cinemascape will pass judgement. Hear interviews with the makers, reviews, plus passionate and informed discussion about every aspect of new releases. One reviewer’s popcorn gold could be another’s celluloid nightmare, but we take into account all cinematic tastes.
Studio Eight – Movie style
Studio 8 brings you the hits from around Australia and around the world. You’ll always hear something you love in Studio 8. Due to the current COVID 19 environment 2MCE will do our best to continue our scheduled programming, however there are some changes. We hope you enjoy this music program in the meantime. Photo by Myke Simon on Unsplash
Stompin’ dance to blues, hard rock, New Wave, punk and electronica — a great way to kick off your weekend!
Friday Night Party Show!
Saskia is a CSU Communication graduate with a strong passion for all things music and entertainment. Join her and special guests for 2MCE's very own Friday Night Party Show! Photo by Alexander Poppy on Unsplash.
06:00Saturday
Music, what's on in Bathurst and Orange, National Radio News. Cover Photo by Eric Nopanen on Unsplash
ONE OF THE FOLK
Contemporary and traditional folk, blues and jazz music from around the world with Paul, Nigel, Patrick and Rosemary Cover Photo by Lex Aliviado on Unsplash
Rick’s Country Mix
Rick has a long history of involvement with community radio. He enjoys sharing the new and old country music, and promoting local artists. A great fan of the Tamworth Country Music Festival, where you'll find him soaking up the country music atmosphere and catching up with great artists each year.
RETRO TOP 40
Classic hits on different themes from the 60s, 70s and 80s.
SATURDAY NIGHT JUKEBOX
Request Program - text 0412 009 923 or call 6331 0092 to place your request.
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January 6, 2021 January 6, 2021 sportarena
The first edition of the Raiffeisen Bank eSport Arena Streetball 3 × 3 online basketball championship ended with the grand final which took place on December 28th and 29th. The undisputed champions are Răzvan Popa in the PlayStation category and Daniel Bratu in the Xbox category. The two were awarded with a Next-Gen console, PS5 and Xbox X, respectively, offered by Raiffiesen Bank.
Over 180 players dueled in this unique competition in Europe, which began in August. Four regular tournaments were played, and the first 16 players ranked in each category qualified for the grand final on December 28 and 29.
In a season when classic streetball competitions have been compromised due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Sport Arena Streetball, with the help of the traditional partners of 3 × 3 basketball tournaments have managed to keep the basketball community united and offer an online alternative to keep the spirit of competition intact.
In the Xbox category, Daniel Bratu aka IamNotDanny was the cinderella story of the event. The number 12 seed at the start, Daniel took the event by storm and in his way to the supreme title he defeated the main favorite, Vlad Nistor, in the semifinals and then the number 3 seed, Ionuț Sescu aka PrajitorulOz, in the grand final.
The events at the PlayStation category were not that unexpected, where Răzvan Popa, one of the youngest competitors, aged 14, won, after starting the tournament with the third chance. Răzvan, aka xMonst3rRO, holds the record for the most matches played in the championship, with 20, tied with Taviann_ and is no stranger to the victory taste, winning one of the four preliminary tournaments.
Both champions completed their prizes with a Tissot 3 × 3 watch, offered by Albini Prassa and with a pair of Nike PG4, offered by Dunk Shop Romania.
The livestream broadcasts of the Raiffeisen Bank eSport Arena Streetball championship gathered over 200,000 views on all platforms, and those who watched the matches were able to participate in various fan contests. The grand prize for the fans was won in the final day of the championship event by Robert Pătraru, from Ploiești, who added a PS5 console to his belongings, offered by Raiffeisen Bank.
Another milestone for a sporting event in Romania, was that the finals were broadcasted live on Instagram.
The Raiffeisen Bank eSport Arena Streetball 3 × 3 online basketball championship was sponsored during the first season by Mastercard, Tissot, Nike, Aqirys, Marvo, Grid, Azuga, Glovo, Dunk Shop Romania, 2K Sports. The official radio of the competition was Kiss FM.
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Cyberpunk 2077 sold more than 13 million copies, even after refunds
CD Projekt Red may not be struggling as much as many may think given the public outcry after the release of Cyberpunk 2077. Despite offering refunds to players upset with how Cyberpunk 2077 runs, the studio is still breaking records for game sales. Cyberpunk 2077 is already the fastest-selling PC game of all time, with more than 4.72 million copies sold. After several weeks since the game’s release, CD Projekt Red is releasing how many copies Cyberpunk 2077 has sold.
Industry analyst Daniel Ahmad revealed that since the game’s release, it sold more than 13 million units. The 13 million units take into account the estimated number of retail sales on all platforms, both digital and physical. It also has been adjusted for Cyberpunk 2077 refunds, across all storefronts.
The management board at CD Projekt Red chose to release this information to help assure investors that Cyberpunk 2077 is a success. “Essentially the disclosure was made to reassure investors that the game still had a record breaking launch despite the controversy,” explains Ahmad in a tweet. “13m sell through in one week still makes this one of the largest premium game launches ever.”
A record breaking release despite Cyberpunk 2077 refunds
Earlier this month CD Projekt Red revealed it sold more than 8 million preorders for Cyberpunk 2077. Almost 75% of those preorders were for digital copies of the game. Players are fairly split on how they’re playing Cyberpunk 2077. Fifty-nine percent of the pre-orders were on PC, while the remaining 41% were for console. The breakdown of what generation of consoles sold is not available.
Since Cyberpunk 2077’s release, multiple reports of turmoil within CD Projekt Red have come to light. Developers who have worked on the game are questioning leadership within the company. The impact Cyberpunk 2077 will have on the gaming industry not only as one of the biggest titles in history but on how industry practices need to change will be clearer as more developers reveal what it is like working on the game.
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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang update 1.5.38 patch notes – 20 heroes adjusted, new free heroes & more
Genshin Impact’s New Region Is Gorgeous – It’s A Shame You Die Every Time You Use Photo Mode
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Breath of the Wild NPCs Created Using "Advanced Miis" According To Game Modder
Nintendo may not look too kindly on people who mod licensed material, but the Japanese titan is more than happy to lend its designs to other in-house titles. For example, it was recently revealed that the NPCs featured in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild were created using Nintendo’s own Mii Maker.
Modder ‘HEYimHeroic’ claims to be somewhat of an expert when it comes to Miis. While Nintendo’s character maker doesn’t offer the most detailed customization options around town – instead offering an egg-headed avatar with a weird affinity for staring – it still provides a perfectly reasonable means of representing yourself across Nintendo’s Wii, 3DS, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch consoles. According to the modder, the developer even used this Mii Maker to create various NPCs in Breath of the Wild.
The modder took to Twitter in order to reveal that Nintendo leaned on the “advanced version of the Mii format” in order to produce the designs of Breath of the Wild’s NPCs. They also highlighted the fact that you can “inject Miis into the game” with modding. From the replies, you can see that their followers were pretty open to the idea of seeing their Miis in the behemoth that is Breath of the Wild, so they might have their hands full for a while. The post also contained comparison images where they had imported Barret from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Matt from Wii Sports, and their own individual Mii into the game.
The modder specified that Breath of the Wild’s NPCs uses ‘UMiis’ (as titled in the game files). Despite using the same parameters as the Wii U and 3DS Miis, UMiis have a few key differences, including the rejection of certain facial features. They also explained on Reddit that “BotW does not support every hairstyle Miis do,” as well as confirming that special characters – such as Link – are custom models.
After the release of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, our attention now turns to what Nintendo will produce for Breath of the Wild’s successor. We recently covered how Zelda is one of the best characters in Age of Calamity – we hope that Breath of the Wild 2 will take heed of that success.
Next: Breath Of The Wild Player Blows Up 2020 Once And For All – And Much Like The Year Itself, It Doesn’t Go As Planned
Jo recently got served a nostalgia trip playing Sony’s Spider-Man, as it brought back the exhilarating feeling of web-slinging from the PS2 days. While the giddiness of gaming still remains, Jo has put the adult brain to good use by spending the last few years dissecting the games industry and marveling at its insides.
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Retired doctor walks Camino pilgrimage in own driveway, raises $15,000
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J-P Mauro - published on 04/29/20
This is an excellent way to stay healthy and reverent in isolation.
A retired Irish doctor is raising money for the charity Trócaire by completing a virtual portion of the Camino Francais. Martin McMullan, 57, will walk the length of his own driveway over and over to cover the distance, all the while following a map of the course to keep track of where he would be on the actual pilgrimage.
The Irish News reports that McMullan was forced to retire seven years ago due to a diagnosis of incurable blood cancer. In an effort to stay active, he joined his church’s ‘Rambling Retirees Walking Club,’ a walking group that travels all over Ireland and was planning a summer pilgrimage on the “Irish Camino,” which stretches around the Boyne Valley. When these plans were struck due to the world isolation, McMullan came up with the idea to go virtual. He told the news outlet:
“It was a throwaway comment during a Zoom call to my siblings, when I said `Instead of getting me a present for my birthday, I might do the next stage of the Camino on my driveway and you can sponsor me.'”
McMullan measured his driveway to find that five laps roughly equaled a mile and then he began plotting his virtual course. He said that he will be covering the portion of the Camino from Logrono to Burgos and expects to walk 30km per day. The Belfast Telegraph notes that in order to lend a bit of authenticity, his wife will run a virtual cafe when he reaches the distance where his rest stops should be. He told them:
“I know the scenery might be a little different, and probably repetitive, but I want to make this as close as possible to the real thing. If it rains, it rains, I’ll just keep on walking.”
As is tradition for pilgrims on the Camino, McMullan has chosen a charity to raise money for through his efforts. He started a fundraiser with the goal of supporting the Irish charity Trócaire with £500, but his story has drawn generous parties to donate over £12,000 (almost $15,000) at the time this article was written. He wrote on the fundraiser page:
I realize that times for many are difficult and you may not be in a position to donate. I totally understand. I intend to match the first £100 of donations myself as obviously I am saving money on airfares etc!!
The fundraiser is still open for more donations. If you’d like to make a contribution, visit the fundraiser page, where McMullan has promised to leave updates after each day of his virtual adventure.
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GSA Reassesses $15B Alliant Small-Business Awards: What’s Ahead
March 29, 2019 7:00 AM By Laura Criste and Daniel Snyder
The General Services Administration must reconsider bids submitted for a 10-year, $15 billion contract known as Alliant 2 Small Business (A2SB) following a decision by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Alliant 2 SB delivers information technology services.
Click here for details of the decision, which enjoins GSA from proceeding with its current awardee list. The agency improperly credited bids for having acceptable cost accounting systems and failed to evaluate bid prices in a consistent manner, the court said.
Five contractors had previously been unsuccessful in their attempts to protest Alliant 2 Small Business.
GSA issued 81 awards in February 2018. The evaluation process had companies self-score; awards were planned to go to the 80 highest technically rated offers with fair and reasonable prices. A tie at the 80th rank forced GSA to make 81 awards.
Only seven of 68 Alliant SB incumbents received awards on A2SB.
The predecessor to A2SB, Alliant Small Business (ASB), has generated nearly $8 billion for about 70 companies since fiscal 2009.
ASB is set to expire on April 30, 2019, which will force the agency to rush any corrective action while also accommodating follow-on orders.
Recompete work that should have been eligible for competition through A2SB at this stage will now have to be competed on other vehicles. The GSA has two options:
The most likely option is that GSA extends the ASB ordering period beyond April 2019 and allows ASB recompete orders to continue being fulfiilled through ASB until A2SB is ready.
Funding agencies could choose to compete existing ASB orders on other IT vehicles. If that happens, the vehicles most likely to receive orders could be contracts such as GSA’s IT-70, NASA’s SEWP V, GSA’s 8(a) STARS, or HHS’s CIO-SP3.
It’s unclear how much time GSA may need to reevaluate bids. Given that bids were submitted in October 2016, it’s possible companies may have a chance to recertify that information remains accurate before GSA reshuffles awards for a new list of recipients.
Another option for corrective action: GSA could revise the minimum threshold for self-scoring evaluation, which could produce more than 80 A2SB contract holders. The minimum winning score, out of 59,200 possible points, wasn’t published by the agency. GSA received 493 proposals, according to a February 2018 agency announcement.
Using BGOV
Clients can use Bloomberg Government tools and resources to capture work that has been purchased through ASB.
Click here to access 124 Alliant Small Business statements of work that Bloomberg Government obtained through FOIA requests.
Clients competing for the follow-on task order work, either through an ASB extension or other contract vehicles, can use these SOWs to help prepare their proposals after the current contract ordering period ends on April 30. Clients that eventually win A2SB awards can also use the SOWs to prepare for follow-on work that moves onto the new contract.
BGOV has received the ASB SOWs as part of a larger initative to request SOWs through the Freedom of Information Act for more than a dozen contract vehicles. Clients can read more about the initiative and vehicles included here. A listing of all task orders with SOWs received as part of this initiative can be found here.
Click here for the 246 Alliant SB task orders that expire starting on May 1, the day after the contract ends. The task orders’ transactions have a total value of $3.3 billion since fiscal 2010. Of those 246 expiring orders, BGOV has received SOWs through the FOIA initiative for 99 of the task orders. Those 99 task orders have a total transaction value of $2.1 billion, which accounts for about 64 percent of value of the expiring work.
Click here to access an Alliant 2 and A2SB Multiple-award Contract (MAC) analysis published in April 2018 that explores vehicles dynamics such as top funding agencies, companies, and expiring orders by quarter, and other important contract characteristics.
To contact the analysts: Laura Criste in Washington, D.C. at lcriste@bgov.com; Daniel Snyder at dsnyder@bgov.com
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Jodie Morris at jmorris@bgov.com
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First Look: “CNN Special Report: The Survivor Diaries”
“CNN Special Report: The Survivor Diaries” premiers Tuesday, April 8th at 10pm ET on CNN.
Follow the journey of professional dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis, a Boston Marathon bombing survivor who had her lower left leg amputated after shrapnel tore through it. Haslet-Davis agreed not only to allow CNN to follow her journey to recovery, but also agreed to film her everyday life in video diaries. The exclusive videos she shared with CNN paint a raw, honest and at times heart-breaking picture of a woman battling extreme physical and emotional challenges.
The riveting one-hour documentary, hosted by Anderson Cooper, will take viewers through Adrianne’s journey from her tentative first steps in a prosthetic leg to her making good on her promise of a dance lesson for Anderson Cooper. Cooper first met Adrianne in her hospital room just one week after the tragedy and during their interview she vowed that she would dance again. Cooper was inspired by her resilience in the face of such adversity. “From the first time I met her, I knew that if anyone could overcome such huge odds and dance again after such a traumatic injury, it was her,” said Cooper. He was also heartened, but a bit intimidated, by another promise Adrianne made. “She told me once she was dancing again, that she’d give me a dance lesson. I’m a horrible dancer so I need the help,” said Cooper.
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Research ArticleHEALTH AND MEDICINE
An innovative biologic system for photon-powered myocardium in the ischemic heart
Jeffrey E. Cohen1,
Andrew B. Goldstone1,
Michael J. Paulsen1,
Yasuhiro Shudo1,
Amanda N. Steele1,
Bryan B. Edwards1,
Jay B. Patel1,
John W. MacArthur Jr.1,
View ORCID ProfileMichael S. Hopkins1,
Casey E. Burnett2,
View ORCID ProfileKevin J. Jaatinen1,
View ORCID ProfileAkshara D. Thakore1,
Justin M. Farry1,
Vi N. Truong1,
Alexandra T. Bourdillon1,
Lyndsay M. Stapleton1,
Anahita Eskandari1,
Alexander S. Fairman3,
William Hiesinger1,
View ORCID ProfileTatiana V. Esipova3,
William L. Patrick1,
Keven Ji3,
Judith A. Shizuru2 and
Y. Joseph Woo1,*
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
2Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
3Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
↵*Corresponding author. Email: joswoo{at}stanford.edu
Science Advances 14 Jun 2017:
Jeffrey E. Cohen
Andrew B. Goldstone
Michael J. Paulsen
Yasuhiro Shudo
Amanda N. Steele
Bryan B. Edwards
Jay B. Patel
John W. MacArthur Jr.
Michael S. Hopkins
ORCID record for Michael S. Hopkins
Casey E. Burnett
Kevin J. Jaatinen
ORCID record for Kevin J. Jaatinen
Akshara D. Thakore
ORCID record for Akshara D. Thakore
Justin M. Farry
Vi N. Truong
Alexandra T. Bourdillon
Lyndsay M. Stapleton
Anahita Eskandari
Alexander S. Fairman
William Hiesinger
Tatiana V. Esipova
ORCID record for Tatiana V. Esipova
William L. Patrick
Keven Ji
Judith A. Shizuru
Y. Joseph Woo
For correspondence: joswoo@stanford.edu
Coronary artery disease is one of the most common causes of death and disability, afflicting more than 15 million Americans. Although pharmacological advances and revascularization techniques have decreased mortality, many survivors will eventually succumb to heart failure secondary to the residual microvascular perfusion deficit that remains after revascularization. We present a novel system that rescues the myocardium from acute ischemia, using photosynthesis through intramyocardial delivery of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus. By using light rather than blood flow as a source of energy, photosynthetic therapy increases tissue oxygenation, maintains myocardial metabolism, and yields durable improvements in cardiac function during and after induction of ischemia. By circumventing blood flow entirely to provide tissue with oxygen and nutrients, this system has the potential to create a paradigm shift in the way ischemic heart disease is treated.
ischemic cardiomyopathy
tissue ischemia
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally and accounts for nearly $1 trillion in costs annually (1). Over the past several decades, research and innovation have enabled advances in preventive, pharmacologic, and surgical strategies to greatly augment the clinician’s ability to treat once devastating cardiac events. Stemming from these accomplishments, a wave of exploration into cardiac tissue regeneration (2, 3) and angiogenesis (4, 5) has yielded exciting results in preclinical models (6–8) and early clinical trials (9–11). Although these myocardial repair strategies have great popularity, development of alternative and uncharted pathways for the treatment of myocardial injury remains a critical need. Here, we report an innovative method for correcting myocardial ischemia by implementing a photosynthetic system where light, rather than blood, fuels cardiomyocytes.
Synechococcus elongatus is a naturally occurring unicellular cyanobacterium that photosynthesizes across a broad wavelength spectrum. It has traditionally been a research model for study of circadian rhythms (12, 13) and, more recently, for enhanced production of biofuels using CO2 as a carbon source. In addition, S. elongatus is easily engineered genetically to manipulate its metabolic activity for enhanced production of O2 and glucose (14, 15). On the basis of these characteristics, we hypothesized that S. elongatus could be used in vivo to clear CO2 and provide ischemic cardiomyocytes with the essential O2 and potentially also glucose, which are required for metabolic activity when blood flow is absent. In essence, S. elongatus might balance a traditionally unbalanced equation in an ischemic milieu involving CO2, O2, H2O, and glucose. This allows light to become a fuel source for cardiomyocytes while potentially obviating the need for revascularization and restoration of perfusion.
Here, we demonstrate that delivery of S. elongatus, a photosynthetic cyanobacterium, to the ischemic heart greatly augments cardiac performance. Specifically, we found that cyanobacterial therapy increases tissue oxygenation, preserves myocardial metabolism, and enhances cardiac output (CO). Furthermore, this approach is nontoxic and does not elicit a meaningful immune response. These results represent an entirely novel strategy in leveraging photosynthesis to treat tissue ischemia, potentially forming the foundation of a new generation of medical therapeutics.
S. elongatus coexists with cardiomyocytes under mammalian physiological conditions in vitro and enhances cellular metabolism during hypoxia
Before investigating whether S. elongatus can provide therapeutic benefit to ischemic myocardium, we examined whether it tolerates physiological conditions found in mammals. After propagating a pure strain of S. elongatus and establishing a colony, we successfully cocultured the cyanobacteria with isolated rat cardiomyocytes (Fig. 1A). S. elongatus did not affect the survival of cardiomyocytes under standard conditions in vitro, as demonstrated by a live/dead cell viability assay performed on isolated neonatal rat cardiomyocytes cultured for 16 hours with and without S. elongatus (Fig. 1, B to D). We next evaluated whether S. elongatus can actively undergo photosynthesis under mammalian physiological conditions. Cardiomyocytes alone, S. elongatus at a concentration of 107 cells/ml, and cardiomyocytes with S. elongatus at a concentration of 107 cells/ml were cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) under both light and dark conditions (Fig. 1E). Cultures with S. elongatus demonstrated significantly higher oxygen levels under light than in dark condition, suggesting active photosynthesis. Cardiomyocytes cocultured with S. elongatus in the light trended toward higher oxygenation than did cardiomyocytes alone (P = 0.1). When compared to cultures containing S. elongatus alone, cardiomyocytes cocultured with S. elongatus exhibited significantly reduced oxygen levels under both light and dark conditions, suggesting that cardiomyocytes are consuming the excess oxygen.
Fig. 1 S. elongatus successfully cocultured with rat cardiomyocytes.
(A) False-colored scanning electron micrograph of multiple S. elongatus cyanobacteria (green) with a single rat cardiomyocyte (red). (B and C) Representative images of a live/dead assay of cardiomyocytes alone (B) and cardiomyocytes cocultured with S. elongatus (C). The cytoplasm of live cells is stained green, and the nuclei of dead cells are stained red; the autofluorescent rod-shaped S. elongatus are distinct from the circular dead nuclei. (D) Results of the live/dead assay demonstrating that the presence of S. elongatus does not affect cardiomyocyte survival. (E) In vitro oxygen measurements of cardiomyocytes alone, S. elongatus alone, and cardiomyocytes cocultured with S. elongatus under light and dark conditions in normoxia. In cultures containing S. elongatus alone and S. elongatus with cardiomyocytes, oxygen tension was significantly higher in the presence of light (P < 0.01 and P = 0.03, respectively), suggesting active photosynthesis. Cardiomyocytes cocultured with S. elongatus in the light demonstrated a positive trend toward increased oxygen when compared to cardiomyocytes alone (P = 0.1). When compared to cultures with S. elongatus alone, cultures with cardiomyocytes and S. elongatus demonstrated significantly reduced oxygen in light and dark (P = 0.01 and P < 0.01, respectively), suggesting oxygen consumption by cardiomyocytes. (F) Cellular viability was assessed using a WST-1 cell proliferation assay. Cardiomyocytes cultured with S. elongatus demonstrated significantly enhanced cellular metabolism in the presence of light as compared to dark (P < 0.01). All data are reported as means ± SEM. *P < 0.05 using two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test.
Hypoxia was used to assess the ability of S. elongatus to enhance cellular metabolism in vitro. We performed a WST-1 cellular proliferation assay on cardiomyocytes cocultured with 107 S. elongatus in normoxia, hypoxia with light, and hypoxia in darkness (Fig. 1F). The hypoxia-light group demonstrated a significant increase in cellular metabolism as compared to the hypoxia-dark group, suggesting that the oxygen generated by S. elongatus during photosynthesis may partially offset the cellular stress induced by hypoxia.
To determine whether increased glucose influenced the findings of enhanced metabolism, we investigated whether S. elongatus exports glucose. We measured glucose levels in a concentrated solution of 5 × 108 S. elongatus in 200 μl of BG-11 and compared this to the same volume of BG-11 alone under both light and dark conditions; glucose was undetectable in all samples.
Treatment of ischemic myocardium with S. elongatus significantly increases tissue oxygenation during acute myocardial infarction
To determine the effect of S. elongatus on tissue oxygenation, we used a phosphorescent probe to measure oxygen tension at multiple time points after ischemia in an acute myocardial infarction rodent model. Use of a phosphorescent probe (16) enabled us to measure tissue oxygenation directly while avoiding off-target scatter from ventricular blood. Briefly, oxygen tension was quantified at baseline and 10 min after left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery occlusion with initiation of acute ischemia. At this point, animals were randomized to receive direct intramyocardial S. elongatus injection in the light, S. elongatus injection in the dark, or saline alone. For experiments in the light, injection syringes containing S. elongatus were prepared and kept in the incubator under plant lights. For dark experiments, the injection syringes were placed in opaque black bags to prevent light exposure. In the S. elongatus (light) and phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) control groups, the hearts were directly exposed to light after injection and for the duration of the experiment. In the S. elongatus (dark) groups, injections were performed with dimmed room lights; after injection, room lights were turned off and several layers of aluminum foil were placed over the operative field to shield the heart from light exposure. Tissue oxygen tension was reassessed at 10 and 20 min after injection. We found that baseline oxygen levels were similar among all three groups at 30 torr and predictably dropped to near zero in the ischemic myocardium (Fig. 2A). In the light, S. elongatus–treated hearts demonstrated a nearly 25-fold increase in oxygenation levels from the nadir of ischemia at both 10 and 20 min after S. elongatus injection (Fig. 2B). By comparison, both the hearts treated with S. elongatus in the dark and the saline-treated group showed only a threefold increase in oxygen tension, likely secondary to diffusion of atmospheric oxygen through the open-chest incision. The finding of elevated tissue oxygenation is critical because it forms the basis for enhanced myocardial bioenergetics (table S1).
Fig. 2 Enhancement of oxygenation, metabolism, and cardiac function in acute ischemia.
Animals were randomized to receive saline control (n = 5), S. elongatus therapy in light (n = 5), and S. elongatus therapy in dark (n = 5). (A) Phosphorescent probe technology was used to quantify tissue oxygenation at baseline, time of ischemia, and 10 and 20 min after therapy. Oxygen tension was significantly higher in the S. elongatus (light)–treated group compared with controls and S. elongatus (dark) groups at 10 (group-time interaction, P = 0.004) and 20 (group-time interaction, P = 0.003) min after injection. (B) Compared with the control and S. elongatus (dark) groups, the S. elongatus (light)–treated group showed significantly elevated levels of tissue oxygenation at 10 (P = 0.002) and 20 (P = 0.004) min after injection with an almost 25-fold increase relative to the time of ischemia. (C) Thermal imaging was used to quantify epicardial surface temperature as a measure of myocardial energetics. S. elongatus–treated animals demonstrated significantly increased surface temperature at 20 min after therapy (P = 0.04) with a positive trajectory. (D) Representative thermal images. (E and F) Pressure-volume assessment revealed significantly enhanced maximum LV pressure (E) (P = 0.04) and dP/dt (F) (P = 0.02) at 45 min after therapy. (G) An ascending aortic flow probe was used to measure CO. At 45 min after therapy, CO in the S. elongatus (light) group was significantly higher than the control group and S. elongatus (dark) group (group-time interaction, P = 0.05). All data are reported as means ± SEM. *P < 0.05 using a repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) for (A), (B), and (G) and two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test for (C), (E), and (F).
Cyanobacterial therapy augments tissue metabolism during acute ischemia
We next turned our attention to evaluating the myocardial metabolic state in vivo. This was accomplished using FLIR thermal imaging videography, an effective method for quantifying in vivo metabolic activity (17). Between the light exposed control and S. elongatus groups, no difference in baseline left ventricular (LV) surface temperature was observed, with both groups demonstrating a similar relative decrease in temperature, as a ratio to baseline, in the ischemic region after LAD ligation. At 10 min after injection, no significant difference between groups remained; however, at 20 min, the S. elongatus–treated group demonstrated a significantly enhanced preservation of surface temperature in the ischemic region (Fig. 2C). Representative thermal images at these four time points are provided (Fig. 2D). The control group showed a steady decrease in ischemic region surface temperature over time, whereas the S. elongatus group demonstrated an increase in local temperature from the time of ligation, indicating enhanced metabolic activity (table S2).
S. elongatus therapy enhances ventricular function during acute ischemia
We explored the immediate functional effects of cyanobacterial therapy to determine whether enhanced tissue oxygenation and an up-regulated myocardial metabolic state would improve cardiac mechanics. This was performed using an ascending aortic flow probe for CO quantification and an LV pressure-volume catheter for hemodynamic assessment at baseline after ischemia induction and 45 min after photosynthetic therapy. There was no baseline difference between control and S. elongatus–treated groups with regard to the maximum LV pressure (Pmax), dP/dt, and CO. However, at 45 min after intervention, the S. elongatus–treated animals demonstrated augmented Pmax, dP/dt, and CO (Fig. 2, E to G), consistent with enhanced ventricular contractility and overall cardiac performance (table S3). On average, S. elongatus therapy in light resulted in a nearly 30% increase in CO relative to S. elongatus therapy in the dark and a nearly 60% increase in CO relative to the ischemic control. To further test our hypothesis that only actively photosynthesizing cyanobacteria provide benefits, we also measured CO in animals that underwent coronary ligation but received S. elongatus injections in the dark. In this group, there was no significant increase in CO after injection, supporting our hypothesis (Fig. 2G and table S4). We also tested whether S. elongatus has any intrinsic effect on myocardial tissue by injecting animals that did not undergo coronary ligation and monitoring CO. No significant changes in CO from baseline were noted, signifying that S. elongatus does not exert intrinsic inotropic or chronotropic effects on the myocardium (Fig. 2G and table S4).
S. elongatus therapy yields durable improvements in ventricular performance after transient ischemia
After establishing the heart’s increased bioenergetic and functional state immediately after photosynthetic S. elongatus administration during acute ischemia, we next examined the long-term effects of this therapy. To do this, we used an ischemia-reperfusion (IR) rodent model of cardiomyopathy. Briefly, Wistar rats underwent a left thoracotomy to expose the heart and enable consistent light exposure. The animals were randomly selected for sham surgery or myocardial ischemia. In the myocardial ischemia group, the LAD was temporarily occluded to induce ischemia, and animals were randomized to receive injection with saline alone or S. elongatus. After 60 min, the occlusion was removed to allow for reperfusion of the ventricle over an additional 60 min while exposed to light before chest closure. Animals were recovered and evaluated over a 4-week time frame. Biochemical analysis at 24 hours after recovery revealed that serum troponin, a clinical marker of myocardial injury and infarction, was significantly reduced in the S. elongatus–treated group (Fig. 3A). This finding suggests a long-term myocardial protective effect from photosynthesis-driven bioenergetics.
Fig. 3 Long-term protective and functional benefit of photosynthetic therapy.
Animals underwent myocardial IR injury and were randomized to saline control (n = 7), S. elongatus therapy (n = 10), or sham surgery (n = 7). (A) Serum troponin at 24 hours after injury was substantially reduced in the S. elongatus group compared with saline controls (P = 0.05), indicating ameliorated myocardial injury. (B) LV ejection fraction was increased in the S. elongatus group (P = 0.02) determined by cardiac MRI. (C) End-systolic volume was decreased in the S. elongatus–treated animals (P = 0.03), illustrating reduced pathologic remodeling. (D and E) Representative four-chamber cardiac MRI images. (F to H) S. elongatus therapy resulted in a greater slope of the LV pressure-volume relationship during inferior vena cava occlusion (P = 0.01), indicating enhanced ventricular contractility. All data reported as means ± SEM. *P < 0.05 using two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test.
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) analysis at the 4-week time point revealed a significantly augmented LV ejection fraction and reduced end-systolic volume in S. elongatus–treated animals (Fig. 3, B to E), consistent with improved cardiac function and mitigated pathologic remodeling. Further supporting this finding, intraventricular catheterization demonstrated significantly improved LV contractility as determined by the end-systolic pressure-volume relationship (Fig. 3, F to H). Overall, these findings strongly support a long-term protective benefit of photosynthetic therapy, which translates to enhanced cardiac performance (table S5).
Cyanobacterial therapy is nontoxic and nonpathogenic
After demonstration of the benefits of cyanobacterial therapy, we evaluated the potential in vivo toxicity and immune response to the injected microbes. Animals were randomized to receive an intravenous injection of 1-ml saline control or 5 × 108 S. elongatus. Blood samples were then acquired at multiple time points over a 1-week period to assess for infection and immune response. Clinically, the animals demonstrated no signs of infection. Blood cultures were also persistently negative for bacterial growth over the study period. Serial flow cytometry of serum indicated no difference in CD8 T cell and CD19 B cell populations (Fig. 4A). There was also no difference in the circulating CD4 population (Fig. 4B).
Fig. 4 S. elongatus therapy does not elicit a pathologic immune response nor persist in tissue long-term.
(A) Flow cytometry of blood at 0, 16, 40, and 88 hours after intravenous administration of saline (n = 4) or S. elongatus (n = 4), demonstrating no difference in CD8+ T cell and CD19+ B cell frequencies. PE, phycoerythrin; FITC, fluorescein isothiocyanate. (B) No differences in peripheral CD4+ T cell frequencies at 0, 1, 2, and 7 days were observed (means ± SD). (C and D) Immunohistochemistry of heart sections at 1 hour after injection (C) and 24 hours after injection (D), demonstrating marked reduction of S. elongatus present in the tissue. (E) Representative hematoxylin and eosin–stained heart section revealing no abscess at 4 weeks after therapy. (F and G) Immunohistochemistry of heart sections at 4 weeks, illustrating no evidence of retained S. elongatus. All data reported as means ± SEM. DAPI, 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole.
Along with evaluating the systemic immune response in animals receiving intravenous S. elongatus, we carried out immunohistochemistry and histological analyses of cardiac tissue at various times after injection to ascertain the local effects of S. elongatus injection. Immunohistochemistry of tissue from the acute ischemia model, taken approximately 1 hour after injection, demonstrated a substantial tissue burden of S. elongatus (Fig. 4C). By 24 hours after injection, nearly all injected cyanobacteria had been cleared, with only a small number of cells remaining in the interstitium (Fig. 4D). There was no obvious immune reaction at the 1- and 24-hour time points, and stains for major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II were negative. Animals from the IR model were used to determine long-term local effects of S. elongatus injection. After euthanasia of animals from the 4-week IR experiments, the hearts were explanted to assess abscess formation and the presence of retained S. elongatus. Hematoxylin and eosin staining, as well as immunohistochemistry, showed no evidence of either abscess formation or residual S. elongatus at 4 weeks after therapy (Fig. 4, E to H). These data suggest that S. elongatus therapy is nontoxic and does not elicit a meaningful pathologic immune response.
This study demonstrates the first successful utilization of a photosynthetic system as a means of correcting tissue ischemia. The S. elongatus use interstitial H2O and CO2 released by the oxygen-depleted cell and convert it to glucose and O2 with light serving as the energy source. Glucose produced by S. elongatus is retained by the cyanobacterium themselves and likely does not benefit ischemic cardiomyocytes; however, oxygen levels are significantly increased. By helping balance a pathologically unbalanced equation, cardiomyocytes are protected, translating to improved cardiac function. The data show that S. elongatus can be efficiently used, allowing for direct delivery to ischemic myocardium. This treatment resulted in augmented tissue oxygenation, increased myocardial surface temperature likely secondary to metabolic activity, and greatly enhanced LV function in an ischemic setting. Although the absolute increase in CO in S. elongatus (light) injections compared to the S. elongatus (dark) injections seems relatively small and is somewhat variable, on average, it resulted in a nearly 30% increase in CO. In humans, an increase of this magnitude would have profound clinical implications, likely representing the difference between a healthy patient and one suffering from heart failure. Immunologic analysis demonstrated no obvious inflammatory response to the therapy. After intravenous delivery of 5 × 108 S. elongatus cells, blood cultures remained negative and the animals showed no clinical signs of infection for the duration of the 1-week observation period. The persistence of S. elongatus in the tissue is likely short-lived, with most of the injected cells cleared from the tissue by 24 hours. As such, this proposed therapy holds most potential in situations where a temporary supply of oxygen is required, such as during acute myocardial infarction before revascularization.
As briefly mentioned, increased tissue oxygenation forms the basis for enhanced myocardial bioenergetics. By allowing aerobic respiration to occur, adenosine triphosphate production is greatly enhanced, whereas lactic acid release is mitigated with the decrease in anaerobic glycolysis. Clinically, this principle is used universally as providers strive to revascularize ischemic myocardium as quickly as possible in the setting of a myocardial infarction (18). In this model, by quickly restoring oxygenation after an acute LAD occlusion, the heart demonstrated increased metabolic activity and improved ventricular function. Using S. elongatus to mitigate acute tissue ischemia has a range of possibilities, including its use as an adjunctive cardioplegia during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery or as a transplant organ perfusate to provide tissue with oxygen in the absence of blood flow during transport.
In addition to restoring oxygenation during ischemia, S. elongatus therapy may also exert beneficial effects after the restoration of blood flow. It has been demonstrated that, even after revascularization with coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous coronary intervention, a significant residual microvascular perfusion deficit remains (19, 20). This leads to progressive ventricular remodeling (21), ischemic cardiomyopathy, heart failure, and death (22), which many survivors of acute myocardial infarction will eventually succumb to. Angiogenic cytokine and stem cell–based therapies have been studied to address these issues; however, these treatments can take days to weeks to induce a substantial therapeutic response, potentially limiting the amount of myocardium that can be salvaged. S. elongatus, either alone or as an adjunct to cell or cytokine therapies, may be an effective means of addressing microvascular disease and mitigating the development of the late ischemic cardiomyopathy.
Our IR experiments support the fact that this strategy may be effective and translatable. We demonstrated that 2 hours of active therapy while the heart was exposed to light resulted in significant functional benefits and preserved ventricular architecture 4 weeks later. These benefits are presumably due to increased tissue oxygenation during the period of hypoxia, allowing a greater number of cells to survive until blood flow is restored. Although it is possible that the cyanobacteria alleviate microvascular perfusion deficits after reperfusion, resulting in additional benefits, it is not possible to quantify this with certainty; this is a limitation of our study. Despite these limitations, the observed benefits do have significant clinical implications, indicating that S. elongatus therapy could be used as an immediate adjunct to current medical interventions for patients suffering an acute myocardial infarction. A limiting factor to this particular application is the need for the tissue to be in direct light, necessitating an open incision for the delivery of photons, because most cases of acute myocardial infarction are treated in the cardiac catheterization suite. However, recently, a new chlorophyll pigment, chlorophyll f, that absorbs light in the infrared spectrum, was identified in other cyanobacteria (23); using a strain of cyanobacteria active in the far-red spectrum could potentially allow for transcutaneous delivery of energy. Combining transcutaneous energy delivery with percutaneous or intracoronary administration of S. elongatus would be a promising step toward human translation. Genetically engineering S. elongatus to actively export glucose has been described. S. elongatus produces intracellular sucrose to balance osmolarity in its saltwater environment; this feature can be exploited to create a strain of S. elongatus that produces and exports high levels of carbohydrates (24). By using homologous recombination, the Zymomonas mobiles invA gene that codes for invertase can be introduced, which allows intracellular sucrose to be cleaved into fructose and glucose before being actively extracellularly exported along with the glf gene encoding a glucose/fructose-facilitated diffusion transporter (15). Extracellular sodium chloride concentration can then be manipulated to adjust the amount of glucose produced. We have preliminarily explored this technique, creating a plasmid containing these genes and creating an enhanced glucose producing strain of S. elongatus through transformation with some early success. This avenue of research could substantially improve the efficacy of cyanobacterial therapy and bring the technology closer to clinical translation.
Although extremely different from any known strategy addressing myocardial ischemia, the use of S. elongatus to provide ischemic cardiomyocytes with oxygen via photosynthesis represents a novel and potentially feasible approach to treating the ischemic heart. Because S. elongatus is amenable to genetic engineering (25), there are countless possibilities regarding the augmentation of energy production, in vivo tracking, and growth control. Although obstacles exist, as with any new therapy in its infancy, the data suggest a very real benefit from the use of photosynthesis to treat ischemic disease. In addition, the ability to treat ischemic tissue without the need for blood flow has far-reaching implications beyond just the ischemic heart. Thus, the next stage of developing this photosynthetic strategy will focus on elucidating and proving the exact mechanisms coupled with enhancing clinical translatability with biomedical engineering.
Propagation of S. elongatus
One frozen S. elongatus vial (catalog no. A14259, Life Technologies Corporation) was transferred from the −80°C freezer onto dry ice. Thirty milliliters of room temperature Gibson BG-11 medium (catalog no. A1379902, Life Technologies) was added to one baffled bottom flask with vented cap (catalog no. 4116-0125, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.). Cells were quickly thawed in a 35°C water bath without agitating the vial. The full content was transferred into a flask containing culture medium. The culture was placed on a rotating incubator (model no. 420, Thermo Electron Corporatio) running at 34°C and 125 rpm. A lamp with two 18-inch plant fluorescent light bulbs (F18T8 PL/AQ, General Electric) was placed on the incubator to allow light to reach the culture. Initial outgrowth of the culture took 5 to 7 days. The culture was maintained by adding fresh BG-11 medium daily to replace evaporative losses and maintain a constant volume. Every 4 days, or whenever the colony becomes noticeably oversaturated, as indicated by clumping or sediment collecting at the bottom of the flask, approximately 25% of the colony was discarded and replaced with an equal volume of fresh BG-11.
In vitro experimental model
Cardiomyocytes were isolated from 1- to 3-day-old neonatal rats using an isolation kit (Pierce Primary Cardiomyocyte Isolation Kit, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. On 24-well tissue culture plates, three wells were plated with isolated cardiomyocytes at a density of 500,000 cells per well, three wells were plated with the same density of cardiomyocytes along 107 S. elongatus, three wells contained 107 S. elongatus alone, and three wells contained cell growth medium alone. Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium with 10% FBS was used as the growth medium for all wells. The plates were cultured at 37°C for 16 hours under various conditions depending on the experiment. For experiments comparing the effect of S. elongatus in light and dark conditions the above-mentioned 18-inch fluorescent plant bulbs were used as the light source; dark samples were placed in opaque black bags to prevent light exposure. For experiments requiring hypoxia, we created a hypoxic environment using vacuum-sealed bags and a hypoxic gas mixture containing 1% oxygen, 5% carbon dioxide, and nitrogen balance (Praxair Inc.). The bags were flushed with hypoxic gas for approximately 5 min to ensure that all atmospheric air was expelled before being heat-sealed. In vitro oxygen measurements were obtained as described below. To assess cellular viability, a live/dead viability/cytotoxicity assay (catalog no. L3224, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.) was performed and analyzed using fluorescent microscopy (Leica DMi8, Leica). Briefly, red fluorescent ethidium homodimer-1 was used to stain the nuclei of dead cells (those without intact plasma membranes), and green fluorescent calcein-acetoxymethyl was used to mark intracellular esterase activity of living cells. Dead cells were visible as small red spheres, whereas the cytoplasm of living cells was green. S. elongatus autofluorescenced at the same wavelength as the emission wavelength of the red fluorescent dye that bound to dead animal cells and showed up as thin red rods. The Fiji distribution of ImageJ and built-in Cell Counter plugin were used to count the number of live and dead cells (26). The live/dead experiments were performed in triplicate, and three images were obtained for each well. A grid was first created on each image using ImageJ; next, the Cell Counter plugin was used to mark and count the number of live and dead cells. The total cell count was calculated by adding the number of live cells to the number of dead cells, which was averaged before statistical analysis. To measure cellular metabolism, a WST-1 cell proliferation assay (catalog no. ab155902, Abcam plc.) was performed and analyzed on a plate reader (Synergy 2, BioTek). For experiments requiring the measurement of glucose, a sucrose/fructose/d-glucose assay was used (K-SUFRG, Megazyme International Ltd. Bray Co.) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Electron microscopy was performed on a field emission scanning electron microscope (Zeiss Sigma FESEM, Carl Zeiss AG) with the following settings: electronic high tension, 2.00 kV; working distance, 5.2 mm; signal A, InLens; and magnification, 5.73 KX (fig. S1). A raster graphics editor (Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5, Adobe Systems) was used to create a false-colored scanning electron micrograph (fig. S2).
In vitro oxygen tension measurements
Phosphorescence lifetime measurements were used to measure in vitro oxygen tension using a NEOFOX-GT optical oxygen sensor with a phosphor coating baked onto the glass fiber (Ocean Optics). The probe was calibrated using nitrogen bubbled through water for the 0% reading, and water was equilibrated with the atmosphere for the 20.9% reading. The integrated software included with the system was used to interpret the optical signal, convert to torr, and acquire data. Temperature correction was achieved with a thermistor probe.
Rat model of acute myocardial ischemia and IR
For both the acute myocardial ischemia and IR models, male Wistar rats (300 to 350 g) were sedated in an isoflurane chamber, intubated with a 16-gauge angiocatheter, and mechanically ventilated (Hallowell) on 2.0% isoflurane maintenance.
In the acute myocardial infarction model, the right carotid artery was dissected free, and an SPR-869 pressure-volume catheter (Millar) was introduced into the left ventricle via the carotid. A median sternotomy was then performed, and the ascending aorta was dissected free for placement of a flow probe (Transonic) to continuously monitor CO (fig. S3). Baseline hemodynamics were then acquired. To induce myocardial ischemia, we permanently occluded the LAD with a 6-0 polypropylene suture 2 mm below the level of the left atrial appendage. After 15 min, hemodynamic data were collected, and animals were randomized (n = 5 per group) to receive intramyocardial injections of either PBS or 1 × 106 S. elongatus suspended in PBS directly to the ischemic territory. We prepared the S. elongatus injections first by determining the concentration of the culture. The proper number of cyanobacteria was then collected by centrifugation, the medium was aspirated, and dilutions were prepared by resuspending the cells in the proper volume of PBS to obtain a concentration of 1 × 106 cells in 100 μl. For injections performed in the light, injection syringes were kept in the incubator under plant lights after preparation but before injection (approximately 2 hours). After injection, the heart and surrounding tissues were directly exposed to light for the remainder of the acute experiments and until chest closure in the IR experiments. For injections in the dark, after the injection syringes were prepared, they were placed in black opaque bags, shielding them from light inside the incubator. During injection, room lights were turned off, and only the minimum amount of indirect light needed by the surgeon to see the operative field was used. After injection, lights were turned off completely, and the operative field was covered with several layers of aluminum foil to shield the tissue from inadvertent light exposure for the remainder of the acute experiments and until chest closure in the IR model. In the IR model, chest closure was performed with only the minimum amount of indirect light needed by the surgeon to see the operative field. For intramyocardial injections, we used a 31-gauge insulin syringe with the needle bent slightly to enter parallel to the endocardium. Before injection, we drew back slightly on the plunger of the syringe to ensure that the needle was not intraventricular; we visually checked for wheal formation as we injected for further confirmation that the injection was intramyocardial. Both groups were exposed to high-intensity direct light through the open-chest incision. Hemodynamics were then serially acquired every 15 min for 45 min until the animals were euthanized at 45 min. In addition, intramyocardial oxygen tension and thermal imaging was acquired at baseline, at time of ischemia, and at 10 and 20 min after injection, as described in further detail below. After the initial acute experiments, additional control groups were included in the analysis, including injecting S. elongatus under dark conditions in animals after coronary ligation (n = 5), as well as injecting S. elongatus in animals that did not undergo coronary ligation (n = 5). Intramyocardial oxygen tension and CO were acquired as described above.
For the IR model, a left thoracotomy was used. Animals were randomized to receive sham surgery (n = 7) or myocardial ischemia (n = 17). The LAD was temporarily occluded with a 6-0 polypropylene suture, which was passed through a segment of small plastic tube and then clamped with a hemostat to fashion a tourniquet. Animals were then randomized to receive injection with PBS control (n = 7) or 1 × 106 S. elongatus suspended in PBS (n = 10). After 60 min under direct light condition, the tourniquet was removed from the LAD and reperfusion with an open chest under direct light was allowed to occur for an additional 60 min before closing the chest and recovering the animal. Serum was collected at 24 hours to assess for troponin level. At 4 weeks, animals underwent cardiac MRI. Imaging was performed using a 7-T VNMRS horizontal bore scanner (Varian Inc.) with a shielded gradient system (400 mT/m). Both two- and four-chamber cines were acquired. Functional and architectural analysis was performed in a blinded fashion. After cardiac MRI, animals underwent LV catheterization for hemodynamic assessment as described, followed by euthanasia. Baseline LV pressure-volume loops were unable to be obtained because LV catheterization is a terminal procedure in rats. After euthanasia, the hearts were explanted for immunohistochemistry and histological analysis, as described in further detail below.
Intramyocardial oxygen tension acquisition
Phosphorescence lifetime measurements were performed using a PMOD-5000 phosphorometer (Oxygen Enterprises). The PMOD-5000 is a frequency domain instrument operating in the range of 100 to 100,000 Hz. The measured phosphorescence lifetimes were independent of local phosphor concentration and insensitive to the presence of endogenous tissue fluorophores and chromophores. The excitation light was transmitted to the measurement site through a glass fiber bundle, and the emission was collected by another 3-mm-diameter glass fiber bundle (center-to-center distance of 6 mm). The emission was passed through a 695-nm long-pass glass filter (Schott glass) and detected by an avalanche photodiode (Hamamatsu). The resulting photocurrent was converted into voltage, amplified, digitized, and transferred to a computer for analysis. Data were acquired at baseline, at time of ischemia, and at 10 and 20 min after injection.
For thermal imaging to assess surface myocardial heat emission and examine metabolic activity, FLIR A655sc camera was used. Care was taken to maintain a constant body temperature with a heating pad. In addition, the camera was precisely placed and mechanically stabilized 30 cm above the chest. At 20 min after cyanobacteria injection, thermal images were acquired and then analyzed with FLIR software to determine myocardial surface temperature.
Immunological analysis and flow cytometry
Male Wistar rats were sedated and intravenously administered with either saline (n = 4) or 5 × 108 cyanobacteria (n = 4). Before administration, blood samples were acquired for flow cytometry to examine inflammatory markers. At 16 hours after administration, blood was acquired for culture and flow cytometry. This was repeated at 40 and 88 hours. Blood cultures were performed at the Stanford Animal Diagnostic Laboratory. Flow cytometry was performed by placing 100 μl of peripheral blood into BD Microcontainer tubes with dipotassium EDTA. Blood was transferred into 5-ml polystyrene Falcon tubes with 4-ml ammonium chloride and Na acetate buffer and remained on ice for 10 min. The red blood cell lysis was repeated a second time. The pellet was rinsed in PBS + 2% FBS, and cells were stained for membrane proteins (CD19, CD8, CD11b, and Ly-6G) for 1 hour in a 4°C cold room. Cells were resuspended in 200 μl of PBS, and flow cytometry analysis was carried out on BD Biosciences LSR II at the Stanford Shared FACS Facility.
Immunohistochemistry and histology
Immunohistochemistry and histology samples were taken at various time points after injection. In animals from the acute experiments, euthanasia was performed with potassium chloride after data collection approximately 1 hour after injection, and the hearts were explanted and prepared, as described below. In animals from the IR experiment, at 4 weeks’ posttherapy after euthanasia, the hearts were explanted for analysis. Whole-heart specimens were immediately flushed with PBS, injected retrograde with Tissue-Tek optimum cutting temperature (OCT) (Sakura) through the aorta and pulmonary artery, submerged in OCT., frozen at −80°C, and sectioned onto glass slides using a Leica CM3050S cryostat (Leica) at a thickness of 10 μm. Next, the samples were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde and blocked with 10% FBS. For immunohistochemistry of acute and 24-hour injection specimens, sections were stained with cardiac troponin primary antibody at 1:200 dilution (ab39807, Abcam) with Alexa Fluor 405 secondary antibody at 1:200 dilution (ab175664, Abcam), and MHC class II primary antibody at 1:200 dilution (ab116378, Abcam) with Alexa Fluor 488 secondary antibody (ab150065, Abcam) at 1:200 dilution. For immunohistochemistry of IR specimens, sections were stained with cardiac troponin primary antibody at 1:200 dilution (ab47003, Abcam) and a fluorescein isothiocyanate secondary antibody (ab6717, Abcam) at a 1:200 dilution and counterstained with 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (Vector Laboratories). The sections were imaged with a Leica DM5000B fluorescent microscope and a Leica DMi8 fluorescent microscope. The S. elongatus were fluorescent at the 596-nm red channel of the scope. For histological analysis, sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin for assessment of abscess presence.
All experiments pertaining to this investigation conformed to the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, published by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (eighth edition, 2011) under the supervision of the Stanford Administrative Panel on Laboratory Animal Care, Stanford’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, which is accredited by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care.
All analyzed variables approximated a normal distribution. Values for continuous variables were reported as means ± SD. Two-tailed unpaired Student’s t tests were used to compare continuous variables between two groups. Repeated-measures ANOVA was used to compare continuous variables between groups across multiple time points. A P value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
fig. S1. High-resolution grayscale scanning electron micrograph before false coloring.
fig. S2. High-resolution false-colored scanning electron micrograph.
fig. S3. In vivo rodent model of acute myocardial infarction.
table S1. Effect of S. elongatus therapy on myocardial oxygenation in acute ischemia model.
table S2. Effect of S. elongatus therapy on myocardial surface temperature in acute ischemia model.
table S3. Effect of S. elongatus therapy on LV hemodynamics in acute ischemia model.
table S4. Effect of S. elongatus therapy on CO in acute ischemia model.
table S5. Long-term effect of S. elongatus therapy on LV function in IR model.
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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, Round of 16
Netherlands Netherlands NED
Japan Japan JPN
Lieke Martens (17', 90' PEN)
Yui Hasegawa (43')
ReportReport
Dutch reach quarters, beat Japan on late pen
The Netherlands reached the women's World Cup quarterfinals for the first time when Lieke Martens' last-gasp penalty earned them a 2-1 victory against Japan on Tuesday.
Martens put the Dutch in front after 17 minutes, only for Yui Hasegawa to level on the stroke of halftime, but the forward sent the European champions through with a spot kick in the last minute.
Japan, who hit the woodwork twice, dominated the second half but lacked the finishing touch.
The Netherlands, taking part in only their second women's World Cup, will play Italy in Valenciennes on Saturday after the Azzurre beat China 2-0 earlier on Tuesday.
"We were standing in the circle after the match and we were so happy, yelling at each other," said Netherlands coach Sarina Wiegman.
"We were saying 'let's continue writing history!' For the first time we got to this stage at the World Cup. All the players then used this mantra.
"We will enjoy this victory and only tomorrow we will start thinking about Italy."
The Netherlands qualifed for their first ever quarterfinals after eliminating Japan. VI Images via Getty Images
It was a major setback for Japan, who had won the 2011 World Cup and reached the final of the previous edition.
"We knew it was going to be difficult. We played really calmly but we needed to be more clinical," said Japan coach Asako Takakura.
"Towards the end of the match, in the second half, we created chances and it was unfortunate that we could not convert them. I'm really frustrated for the girls."
The Oranje dominated early on with Vivianne Miedema's shot hitting the post and they were rewarded in the 17th minute when Martens back-heeled a corner into the net to open the scoring.
Japan, however, had their chances with Yuika Sugasawa racing through only to see her curled shot crash against the post.
They deservedly equalised two minutes before the interval as Hasegawa scored with a cool finish after being superbly played through by Mana Iwabuchi.
The pace dropped after the break, with the Netherlands controlling the match without putting Japan under the cosh.
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Japan only mustered half chances until the 79th minute, when Hina Sugita's rising shot hit the crossbar just before Sari van Veenendaal was forced to save at full-stretch to deny Yuka Momiki.
The game eventually went the Netherlands' way when Saki Kumagai handled the ball in the area and Martens converted the resulting penalty.
The Netherlands' victory ensured that seven of the eight quarterfinalists were European.
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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2020 cancelled; India to host 2022 edition
Earlier postponed to February-March 2021 from November 2020, this edition of the U17 WWC has been cancelled
France captain Amandine Henry: World Cup was 'total chaos' under coach Diacre
France captain Amandine Henry has said the side's 2019 World Cup campaign was "total chaos" under the management of Corinne Diacre.
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Alanna Kennedy discusses the pressure of hosting the Women's World Cup in 2023.
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James Schoonmaker
Property Manager VOLK Company
Finance and Regional Development
VOLK COMPANY Commercial Real Estate September 2014 - Present
Rocking Cs Ranch May 2014 - August 2014
Sports Authority October 2013 - May 2014
Rocking C's Ranch May 2012 - August 2013
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Wichita Falls, Texas Area
Professor at Midwestern State University
James Scriven
Senior Graphic Designer at Niner Bikes
Academy of Art University 2003 — 2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design / Typography / Branding + New Media studies
Associates, Studied Journalism, Photography, Communication
Miramonte Highschool
Niner Bikes August 2013 - Present
Specialized Bicycle Components December 2010 - June 2013
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The Lodge at Tahoe Donner March 2008 - January 2010
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James Secan
Senior Research Scientist at Northwest Research Associates, Inc.
University of California, Los Angeles 1974 — 1976
Master of Science (MS), Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
Bachelor of Science (BS), Astronomy
NorthWest Research Associates, Inc. 1981 - Present
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society 1981 - 2015
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Space Weather, Research, Program Management, Software Development, Software Project..., Fortran, Signal Processing, Physics, Numerical Analysis, Science, Matlab, Mathematical Modeling, Scientific Computing, Statistics, Simulations, Experimentation, LaTeX
James Sehr
JRS Medical Consulting, Inc.
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), M.S.
University of Missouri - St. Louis 1972 — 1976
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James Senften
James Seto
Turning creative firearms concepts into reality
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Justice Studies
Glendale Community College 1990 — 1992
Core Studies
DeVry Institue of Technology, Phoenix 1989 — 1990
CIS, MIS
Desert Design & Development, LLC April 2015 - Present
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Customized Firearms Training 2001 - Present
RadioShack July 2005 - July 2006
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Highend Equipment October 1999 - July 2004
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James Setterlund
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Economics / Ethics and Leadership
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The Ferguson Group July 2015 - September 2015
Smiths Group plc May 2015 - May 2015
Spirit of Liberty Foundation January 2015 - April 2015
San Diego Office of the City Attorney September 2014 - December 2014
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Vrana law May 2011 - August 2013
Legal Writing, Legal Research, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Public Speaking, Social Networking, Social Media, Leadership, Time Management, Teamwork, Customer Service, Event Planning, Research
James Shane
CM / PM at Jacobs
Bachelor of Science (BS), Civil Engineering
Jacobs Engineering Group January 2012 - Present
Jacobs September 2005 - Present
James Sheehy
Executive Officer at Army Institute for Public Health/ US Army Public Health Command
Masters in Engineering, Environmental Engineering
BS, Civil Engineering
Army Institute for Public Health/ US Army Public Health Command October 2011 - Present
Army Institute for Public Health/ US Army Public Health Command 2005 - 2011
James Shelby
Vice President Digital Loyalty at American Express
Masters of Business, eCommerce
BSE, Systems and Industrial Engineering
American Express August 2014 - Present
American Express November 2013 - March 2015
American Express February 1996 - November 2013
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James Sherrin
VP, Global Partner Ecosystem at iTRACS Corporation
iTRACS Corporation May 2009 - Present
iTRACS Corporation December 2006 - December 2008
James Shook
Account Manager at USA Risk Group, West
USA Risk Group May 2007 - Present
Business Development, Pre-sales, Telecommunications, Sales Management, CRM
James Shraiky
Director of Healthcare Initiatives at Arizona State University
Master of Architecture (M.Arch.), Public Health
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James Simmerman
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BS, Finance, Business Economics
Starcrest Products of California, Inc. December 2014 - Present
EBD Group May 2009 - November 2014
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Golden Eagle Distributors, Inc February 2007 - May 2008
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Terry McAuliffe for Governor June 2013 - November 2013
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James Slocum
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Slocum Consulting, Inc. May 2015 - Present
Hitachi America, Ltd. August 2004 - May 2015
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BPC, Inc. January 1990 - June 1995
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James Spawn
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James Spiess
Account Executive at Pacific Bulletproof Co.
Hawaii Pacific University 2011 — 2014
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Pacific Bulletproof Co. September 2014 - Present
Law Offices of Lansford and Gonzales May 2013 - August 2013
Kingston Links Golf Course May 2009 - August 2009
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James Stank
Brook Park, Ohio
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James Stein
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SNTech Inc. November 2012 - August 2014
Climatec, Inc June 2008 - November 2012
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James Stephan, CPEA, CSP
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Salt River Project April 2013 - Present
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation April 2006 - April 2013
Geotechnical and Environmental Consultants, Inc. April 2005 - April 2006
Applied Environmental Consultants, Inc. April 1999 - April 2005
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BSB, Management
None 1971 - Present
James Stirling
Tenor Section Leader at Ewing Presbyterian Church
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Agricola eatery August 2013 - Present
Ewing Presbyterian Church September 2012 - Present
Rider University July 2012 - August 2013
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James Stover
Chief Executive Officer at University of Arizona Health Network Health Plans
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James Stutzman
Network Officer at US Army
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Advanced Technologies Academy 2005 — 2009
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Mural August 2010 - August 2013
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James Sudakow
Founder & Principal at CH Consulting
MS, Industrial Psychology
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CH Consulting 2010 - Present
UCSD Health Sciences 2014 - 2015
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Resources Global Professionals January 2008 - 2010
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Edwards Lifesciences 2004 - 2007
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Managing Director at Sterling National Bank
Northwestern University 2015 — 2017
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Sterling National Bank June 2015 - Present
Western Alliance Bancorporation July 2011 - June 2015
Piper Jaffray February 2004 - May 2011
FTI Consulting 2001 - 2004
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James Summerset
Attended University of Arizona
James Susa
Attorney at DeConcini McDonald Yetwin & Lacy
University of Florida 1988 — 1989
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Accounting and Related Services
DeConcini McDonald Yetwin & Lacy, P.C. September 2014 - Present
Snell & Wilmer October 2011 - August 2014
Bancroft Susa & Galloway, PC March 2003 - September 2011
Commercial Litigation, Litigation, Corporate Law, Appeals, Tax Law, Legal Research, Tax, Hearings, Civil Litigation, Courts, Income Tax
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Musician/Education
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James T. Downey
Barnstable/Yarmouth, Massachusetts Area
GRI, ABR, Broker/ Office Manager/ Director of Marketing at Binnacle Real Estate
Provincetown 1966 — 1967
HS, College
Binnacle Real Estate February 1984 - Present
Duarte/Downey Real Estate 1982 - 1984
Referrals, Buyer Representation, Short Sales, Buyers, Strategic Planning, Marketing, Investors, Real Estate, Property Management, REO, Listings, Investment Properties, Resellers, First Time Home Buyers, Foreclosures, Vacation Homes, Contract Negotiation, Single Family Homes, Training, Condos, Selling, Sales, Small Business, Sellers, Direct Sales, New Home Sales, Residential Homes, Relocation, Real Property, Marketing Strategy, FHA, Home Staging, Negotiation, Seniors, Property, Rentals, Townhomes, Real Estate License, Real Estate Marketing
James Thomasson
Manager, Tricare Referral Management at UnitedHealth Group
Masters Degree, Health Care Administration
EMT Certification, Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
Salpointe Catholic High School 1984 — 1988
United Healthcare Military & Veterans January 2013 - Present
Performance Training Institute October 2011 - Present
Viridian Health Management November 2010 - January 2011
Sonora Quest Laboratories October 2006 - August 2010
Southwest Ambulance February 2002 - September 2006
Health Net December 1999 - July 2001
United Health Care May 1995 - December 1999
Tucson Medical Center May 1993 - May 1995
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James Todd Dixon
Financial Management Officer Department of State US Embassy N'Djamena, Chad
Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics
International Relations, Foreign Policy
James Tolisano
Santa Fe, New Mexico Area
Director of Kinship Conservation Fellows
The University of New Mexico 1994 — 1996
M.S., Renewable Natural Resource Management
Kinship Conservation Fellows July 2006 - Present
James Towe
Editor at Sollicitus.us
BA, History, Near Eastern Studies
Goldsmiths, University of London 2007 — 2008
MA, International Studies
Sollicitus.us June 2013 - Present
Spanish, Middle East Politics..., Post Cold War, Public Policy, Policy, International Relations, Politics, History, Policy Analysis, Research, Government, Political Science, Customer Service, Leadership, International..., Strategic Communications, Community Outreach, Training, Qualitative Research, Local Government, Foreign Policy
James Tretheway
Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis at Lanyon Solutions
Bachelor of Science/Arts, Mathematics, Economics
College of San Mateo 2003 — 2005
Associate Arts, Liberal Arts
El Camino High School 1999 — 2003
Lanyon July 2014 - Present
Sunquest Information Systems January 2012 - July 2014
Sunquest Information Systems May 2009 - January 2012
Salesforce.com, Systems Analysis, Business Analysis, Analysis, Software Documentation, Project Planning, Forecasting, Financial Analysis, Sales Operations, Training, Business Process, Leadership, Sales, Troubleshooting
James Trujillo
VP, Technology and Development at Kolbe Corp
BA, Communication, Psychology, Women Studies
Kolbe Corp August 1999 - Present
James Vale
Director, Veterans Benefits Program at Vietnam Veterans of America
Seattle University School of Law 2005 — 2008
Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Public Finance
Education Specialist (Ed. S.), Blind Rehabilitation
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 1998 — 1999
Master of Aeronautical Science (M.A.S.), Aviation/Aerospace Operations
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Aviation
Bachelor of Science in Professional Aeronautics, Aviation Electronics
Vietnam Veterans of America October 2010 - Present
Veterans Pro Bono Consortium June 2008 - July 2008
Federal Aviation Administration - FAA June 2006 - August 2006
The American Legion 2003 - 2004
Boeing 1998 - 2001
Alaska Airlines July 1996 - December 1997
US Navy 1989 - 1994
Veterans Benefits, Conflict Resolution, Public Relations, Public Policy, Non-profits, Program Development, Social Media, Leadership, Event Management, Event Planning, Budgets, Contract Negotiation, Military, Policy, Team Building, Microsoft Office, Public Speaking, Veterans, Negotiation, Legal Writing, Healthcare, Litigation, Board Development, Grant Writing, Coaching, Government, Strategic Planning, Policy Analysis, Research, Grants, Social Networking, Operations Management, Community Development, Project Management, Organizational..., Project Planning, Curriculum Development, Legal Research, Training, Appeals, Employee Benefits, Community Outreach, Fundraising, Program Management, Social Media Marketing, Leadership Development, Staff Development, Volunteer Management, Editing, Nonprofits
James Valfre
Residential Specialist at Realpros Real Estate
Master of Science, Systems Engineering
Raytheon June 1999 - Present
Realpros Real Estate June 2005 - Present
Honeywell Aerospace August 2008 - March 2009
James Vancel
James Vanderpool
Construction Professional
Vander Built Construction June 1994 - Present
Architectural Trim & Doors June 1987 - June 1994
James Van Dyne
Sr Business Systems Analyst at Heath Net
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physical and Biological Anthropology
CSU Chico 1998 — 1999
Certificate, Forensic Science and Technology
Health Net March 2010 - Present
Health Net October 2008 - March 2010
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James VanHofwegen
US Tax Manager at Daniels Sharpsmart
NIU CPA Review 2012 — 2013
Carlson School of Management at University of Minnesota 2000 — 2003
The Blake Upper School 1994 — 1998
Daniels Sharpsmart March 2015 - Present
Daniels Sharpsmart, Inc. April 2013 - Present
The Movement Worldwide, Inc. January 2011 - June 2012
Colorado Department of Revenue July 2010 - May 2011
California Franchise Tax Board June 2008 - June 2010
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP January 2008 - April 2008
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Evny Coffee & Tea, Inc. January 2005 - May 2006
Conventions, Sports & Leisure International May 2004 - April 2005
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James Vecchio
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Materials Science
Scoperta Inc. October 2014 - Present
James Wadsworth
Masters of Environmental Science Student
BS, Environmental Science focused in Ecology
Catalina Foothills High School 2006 — 2010
CFSD Community Schools May 2015 - July 2015
University of Arizona Student Unions November 2010 - May 2015
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Camp Foothills May 2013 - July 2013
Research, Social Media, Ecology, Environmental Science, Soil Science, Digitization, Mapping, ArcMap, ERDAS Imagine, Remote Sensing
James Wartell
Kansas City, Missouri Area
Software Architect at Cerner Corporation
Cerner Corporation August 2013 - Present
Cerner July 2004 - August 2013
Distributed Learning Solutions 2002 - 2004
Subversion, Eclipse, Java, SQL, Software Development, Agile Methodologies, Performance Testing, Tomcat, Java Enterprise Edition, Maven, JDBC, Web Services
James Washburne
Master of Science (MS), Geophysics
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The University of Arizona 1995 - Present
The University of Arizona June 1995 - December 2005
Hydrologic data analysis, Water resources policy..., Excel/Matlab, science education..., Event Planning, Field Work, Riparian Restoration, Environmental Science, Hydrologic Research, Report Writing, Grant Writing, Water Resources, GIS, Community Outreach, ArcGIS, Research, Science, Teaching, Water Quality, Public Speaking, Hydrology, Higher Education
James Washinawatok
Albuquerque, New Mexico Area
Attorney at Southern Ute Tribe
BA / JD
Menominee Indian High School
St. Mark's
Southern Ute Tribe AmbassadorAmericans for Indian Opportunity2009 - 2010
Nordhaus Law Firm 2005 - 2007
Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program 2004 - 2005
IPLP 2004 - 2005
NCAI 2003 - 2004
UW-Madison 2000 - 2003
Ho-Chunk Nation Legislature 2002 - 2002
Indian Law Resource Center 2001 - 2001
Legal Research, Civil Litigation, Public Speaking, Courts, Legislative Relations, Commercial Litigation, Nonprofits, Appeals, Litigation, Corporate Law, Administrative Law, Community Outreach, Fundraising, Legal Writing, Teaching, Public Policy, Research, Environmental Law, Government, Mediation, Policy Analysis, Corporate Governance, Legal Advice, Policy, Personal Injury, Legislation, Trials, Legal Issues, International Law, Advocacy, Family Law, Non-profits, Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Employment Law, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Arbitration, Hearings, Grant Writing, Civil Rights, Legal Assistance, Editing, Trial Practice, Licensing
James Wezelman
Owner at Sage Tax Group
Juris Doctorate, Law
James Wilkey
Associate at Dixon, Scholl & Bailey P.A.
University of Idaho College of Law 2008 — 2011
Bachelor of Arts (BA), History
Dixon, Scholl & Bailey P.A. September 2013 - Present
Guebert Bruckner P.C. August 2011 - August 2013
Litigation, Legal Writing, Civil Litigation, Courts, Legal Research, Westlaw, Commercial Litigation, Mediation, Trials, Legal Assistance, Legal Issues, Product Liability
James Wiznerowicz
Richmond, Virginia Area
Special Assistant to the Vice Provost of Academic and Faculty Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University
Doctor of Musical Arts, Music Theory and Composition
Master of Arts, Music Theory and Literature
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Music
Associate of Arts (A.A.), Music
Virginia Commonwealth University July 2011 - Present
Virginia Commonwealth University July 2011 - June 2014
Virginia Commonwealth University August 2005 - June 2014
Higher Education, Curriculum Design, Music, Teaching, Student Affairs, Curriculum Development, University Teaching, Research, Student Development, Tutoring, Public Speaking, Academic Advising, Composition, College Teaching, Music Theory, Community Outreach
James Woodrow
Owner at Law Offices of James M. Woodrow
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), with Distinction, Finance and Real Estate
Brophy College Prep., Phoenix, AZ, Graduated May, 1975
Law Offices of James M. Woodrow February 1996 - Present
Artisoft August 1991 - January 1996
Wills, Legal Writing, Legal Research, Civil Litigation, Strategy, Corporate Law, Commercial Litigation, Trial Practice, Litigation, Courts, Real Estate Transactions, Management, Leadership, Contract Negotiation
James Wurth
Software Consultant at Siemens
Siemens PLM Software January 2006 - Present
UGS, A PLM Company January 2001 - January 2006
AlliedSignal January 1997 - January 1998
IPEC/PLANAR January 1993 - January 1997
Orbital Sciences Corporation January 1990 - January 1993
James W. White
Sales Manager at I.C. Medical
I.C. Medical, Inc. 2014 - Present
James Wyatt
Ph.D., D.ABSM, FAASM, Division Chief, Sleep Disorders and Sleep/Wake Research at Rush University Medical Center
Harvard Medical School 1995 — 1998
Fellowship, Sleep and Circadian Medicine
M.A., Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
A.B., Psychology
Clinical Research, Clinical Trials, Sleep Medicine
Staff Technician at The University of Arizona
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Physics, Mathematics
Guilford Technical Community College 2007 — 2010
AAS, Emergency Services
The University of Arizona June 2015 - Present
The University of Arizona June 2013 - May 2015
The University of Arizona February 2012 - May 2015
The University of Arizona February 2014 - December 2014
Guilford Technical Community College August 2010 - August 2011
Guilford County Emergency Services July 2009 - July 2011
United States Air Force October 2003 - October 2007
Research, Data Analysis, Analysis, Healthcare, Hospitals, Critical Thinking, Teaching, Higher Education, Public Speaking, C++, Microsoft Office, Google Docs, Technical Writing, Medicine, Project Planning, Program Evaluation, Proposal Writing, Writing, Emergency Medicine, Team Leadership, Flights, Computer Hardware, ROOT, Python, Microsoft Excel
James W. Zeeb
Law Office of James W. Zeeb
Corporate Law, Securities Law, Real Estate Transactions, Tax Law, Limited Liability..., Commercial Transactions
James Yeh
V.P. Engineering at Staco Systems
PhD, Electrical Engineering
Staco Systems 2008 - Present
OptoIC Technology 2001 - 2006
Motorola 1994 - 2001
Cross-functional Team..., Product Management, Program Management
Jamey Mann, MFA
Senior Writer at Health Net
Antioch University-Los Angeles 1998 — 2001
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Creative Writing
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Radio and Television
Health Net 2013 - Present
OptumHealth Allies March 2006 - July 2012
First Data Corporation February 2001 - February 2006
Email Marketing, Interactive Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Online Advertising, Social Media Marketing, Content Management, Web Analytics, SEO, SEM, E-commerce, Marketing Communications, Social Media, Copywriting, Digital Marketing, Newsletters, Editing, Integrated Marketing, Content Strategy, Analytics, Online Marketing, Marketing, Digital Strategy, PPC, Direct Marketing, Web Content, Content Development, Blogging, Internal Communications, Creative Direction, Direct Mail
Jamey Smith
Mathematics Teacher at Muscogee County School District
Bachelor of Arts (B.A), Elementary Education and Teaching, 4.0 in area of concentration; 3.8 overall
Muscogee County School District August 2011 - Present
Vail School District July 2001 - July 2011
Classroom, Teaching, Lesson Planning, Curriculum Design, Classroom Management, Curriculum Development, Educational Leadership, Educational Technology, Tutoring, Differentiated..., Teacher Training, Mentoring, K-12
Jamie-Ann Miranda
School Psychologist at Tucson Unified School District
Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study, School Psychology
Masters of Science, Applied Educational Psychology
San Diego State University-California State University 1997 — 1998
Psychology, Family Studies
Tucson Unified School District Financial / Customer Service / Visual MerchandisngCrate & BarrelSeptember 1999 - Present
Pima Community College August 2008 - May 2013
Arrowhead Area Education Agency September 2001 - June 2003
Neighborhood House Association August 1998 - May 1999
Jamie Argueta
President at The Remington Group Inc
Bachelor of Science (BS), Business/Commerce, General
The Remington Group Inc July 2014 - Present
The Remington Group Inc 1993 - July 2014
Real Estate Development, Real Estate Transactions, Real Estate Negotiating, Real Estate Economics, Real Estate, Investment Properties, Negotiation, Sales, Residential Homes, Land Development, Strategic Planning, Contract Negotiation, Construction, Marketing, Land Acquisition, Investors, Sellers, Commercial Real Estate, Construction Management
Jamie Beal
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University 2002 — 2005
Vanderbilt University 1999 — 2001
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature/Letters
Zukerman Gore Brandeis & Crossman LLP March 2014 - Present
Torys LLP February 2011 - March 2014
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates 2005 - 2011
Securities Regulation, Corporate Law, Legal Writing, Corporate Governance, Cross-border..., Mergers, Acquisitions, Real Estate Transactions, Drafting Agreements, Drafting Correspondence, Joint Ventures, Legal Advice
jamie bellman
Senior Executive Casino Host at Cosmopolitan Las Vegas
Hotel Management, Marketing, Casino Gaming, Hotels, Casino, Employee Training, Hospitality, Food & Beverage, Resorts, Training, Hospitality Industry, Online Marketing, Contract Negotiation, Menu Development, Press Releases, Budgets, Social Media, Player Development, Restaurants, Public Relations, VIP, Inventory Management, Gaming, Team Leadership, Gaming Industry, Hospitality Management, Sales, Process Scheduler, Event Planning, Microsoft Word, Pre-opening, Event Management, Microsoft Office, Team Building, Negotiation, Sales Management, Online Advertising, Front Office, Management, Micros, Social Media Marketing, Strategic Planning, Marketing Strategy, Customer Service, Microsoft Excel, Entertainment, Social Networking, Customer Satisfaction, Employee Relations, New Business Development
Jamie Billiot
Be the Change you Wish to See in the World.
Language, Reading and Culture
Louisiana State University 1998 — 2004
B.S., Elementary Education
Terrebonne Parish School Board Science, Math and Social Studies teacher5th grade teacherTerrebonne Parish School BoardAugust 2013 - Present
Bayou Grace Community Services August 2012 - August 2013
Dulac Community Center February 2008 - December 2011
Inter-Tribal Council of LA June 2007 - May 2008
Public Speaking, Non-profits, Community Outreach, Program Development, Grant Writing, Event Planning, Fundraising, Teaching, Research, Volunteer Management, Grants, Social Media, Microsoft Office, Community Development, Community Organizing, Editing, Public Relations, PowerPoint, Customer Service, Higher Education, Nonprofits, Leadership Development, Social Networking, Strategic Planning, Program Evaluation, Staff Development, Organizational..., Social Services, Leadership, Public Policy, Education, Educational Leadership, Curriculum Design, Philanthropy, Policy Analysis, Workshop Facilitation, Adult Education, Board Development, Classroom, Conflict Resolution, Curriculum Development, Event Management, Government, Grassroots Organizing, Instructional Design, Non-profit..., Policy, Proposal Writing, Social Justice, Student Affairs
Jamie Bitler
Architecture & Planning Professional
Jamie Biver
Photographer at BLT & Associates
BFA, Photography
BLT Communications July 2006 - Present
Jamie Biver Photography 2000 - 2010
ABC Television 2004 - 2006
Freelance Photo Assistant 1999 - 2006
Exley Foto 1999 - 2005
Photography, Studio Lighting, Image Manipulation, Creative Direction, Art Direction, Advertising, Digital Imaging, Mac, Graphic Design, Digital Photography, iMovie, Feature Films, Adobe Creative Suite, Image Editing, Lightroom
Jamie Blanchat
Portland State University 1995 — 1996
KBM Group September 2015 - Present
CBRE June 2012 - October 2014
CBRE February 2008 - June 2012
MJB Wood Group February 2000 - January 2006
Customer Service, Team Building, Management, Corporate Real Estate, Financial Analysis, Negotiation, Forecasting, Lease Administration, Operations Management, Facilities Management, Process Improvement, Team Leadership, Business Strategy, Microsoft Excel
Jamie Britton
Graphic Designer at The James Agency
BFA, Visual Communications/Graphic Design
The James Agency October 2011 - Present
Jamie Britton Design August 2007 - Present
Madden Media August 2007 - August 2011
Boelts Design May 2007 - August 2007
Studio A January 2007 - May 2007
Persona - Literary & Arts Magazine January 2007 - May 2007
Adobe Creative Suite 5, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Adobe Acrobat, iWork, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Entourage, Outlook
Jamie Burch
SVP, Sr. Service Delivery Manager at Bank of America
California State University-Stanislaus
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration and Management, General
Bank of America May 2013 - Present
Bank of America June 2011 - April 2013
Bank of America January 2010 - June 2011
Bank of America 2009 - 2010
Countrywide Home Loans 2007 - 2009
Portfolio Management, Relationship Management, Financial Services, Process Improvement, Mortgage Banking, Business Analysis, Change Management, Information Technology, Strategic Planning, Budget, Systems Analysis, SDLC, Production Support, Project Portfolio..., Business Process..., Mortgage Lending, IT Strategy, Enterprise Architecture
Jamie Calsyn
President, Icon Sportswire
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Media Arts
XML Team Solutions Inc. April 2013 - Present
Icon Sportswire August 1999 - Present
Getty Images 1995 - 1999
Photos, Sales, Editorial, Digital Photography, Photojournalism, Magazines, Image Editing, Event Photography, Advertising, Microsoft Office, Photography, Microsoft Excel, Facebook, Photoshop, Sports, Portraits, Video Production, Travel Photography, Publishing, Blogging
Jamie Canute
Associate at ORION Investment Real Estate
ORION Investment Real Estate September 2014 - Present
Gerchick Real Estate April 2013 - September 2014
Primerica October 2010 - December 2012
Real Estate, Personal Financial..., Banking, Architecture, Architectures, Investments, Strategic Financial..., Mortgage Lending, Asset Management, Fixed Annuities, Securities, Mutual Funds, Retirement Planning, Investment Properties, Series 6, FHA
Jamie Carpenter, MBA
Suffolk Hills
MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
Tucson Electric Power February 2014 - Present
UPS 2001 - 2014
Famous SAMs 1992 - 2000
UPS, Logistics, Transportation, Customer Service, Trucking, Transportation..., Warehousing, Shipping, Logistics Management, Operations Management, Supervisory Skills, Supply Chain Management, Process Improvement, Problem Solving, Labor Relations, Continuous Improvement, Inventory Management, Employee Relations, Microsoft Office, Compliance, Team Building, Strategic Planning, Process Engineering, Budgeting, Planning, Coaching, Auditing, Performance Measurement, Cost Reduction, Training, Dispatching, DOT regulations, Management, UPS systems, Project Planning, LTL, Program Management, Budgets, Leadership, Employee Training, Hazardous Materials, Hazardous Materials..., PowerPoint, Project Management, Safety Management..., Outlook, Union, Industrial Safety, Accident Investigation, Business Process...
Jamie Caudle
Capital Control Coordinator at The Wendy's Company
Bachelor of Science, Retailing and Consumer Science, Business Management
The Wendy's Company March 2012 - July 2014
Wendys International January 2011 - March 2012
Coach October 2009 - January 2011
Crate & Barrel May 2008 - August 2008
Sales, Marketing, Microsoft Excel, Management, Visual Merchandising, Merchandising
Jamie Cheshier
Associate Veterinarian at Gabriel Park Veterinary Clinic
D.V.M., Veterinary Medicine
B.A., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Gabriel Park Veterinary Clinic August 2014 - Present
Mountain View Veterinary Hospital October 2010 - July 2014
Banfield, The Pet Hospital September 2009 - October 2010
North Buckeye Animal Hospital July 2006 - July 2009
Surgery, Veterinary, Healthcare, Epidemiology, Client Education, Pets, Dogs, Dentistry, Medical Diagnostics, Preventive Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Anesthesia, Animal Behavior, Animal Husbandry, Animal Nutrition, Animal Welfare
Jamie (Street) Coborn, MS
PhD Student at The University of Arizona
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Nutritional Science
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 2012 — 2014
Master's of Science, Nutritional Science
Bachelor's of Science, Nutrition and Dietetics
University of Minnesota August 2012 - June 2014
Park Nicollet Health Services 2011 - 2013
Wells Fargo July 2008 - August 2009
Wells Fargo July 2007 - June 2008
Wells Fargo October 2006 - July 2007
Medical Nutrition..., Nutrition, Qualitative Research, Health Education, Management, Nutrition Education, Public Speaking, Dietetics, Public Health, Research, Teaching, Data Analysis, Healthcare, Food, Health Promotion
Jamie Cosper, RN, MSN
ER Nurse/Relief Charge Nurse
Masters in Science, Nursing
Front Range Community College 2006 — 2010
Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.), Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
Platte Valley Medical Center February 2011 - Present
Wheat Ridge Manor Care Center December 2012 - June 2013
Harmony Pointe Nursing Center July 2010 - February 2011
Rocky Mountain Cardiovascular Associates June 2006 - October 2009
Patient Advocacy, Nursing, Medical-Surgical
Jamie Dall
RN with Kelly Services in Portland
Bachelor's degree, English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
RN with Kelly Services working at Intel February 2011 - Present
Boeing Commercial Airplanes September 1990 - February 2011
The Boeing Company September 1990 - February 2011
Jamie Dasher
manager at san francisco rag co
BSBA, Accounting
san francisco rag co
Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Retail, Apparel, Store Management, Loss Prevention, Inventory Management, Fashion
Jamie Drizin
Trainer at Brio Horsemanship Inc.
BA, Communication, Literature, Studio Art
Brio Horsemanship January 2014 - Present
Horses, Horse Care, Horse Training, Budgets, Equestrian, Personal Development, Animal Husbandry, Animal Behavior, Ranch, Colt Starting, Cattle, Dressage, Natural Horsemanship, Equine Reproduction, Animal Welfare, Equine Massage, Coaching, Pets, Public Speaking, Farms, Small Business
Jamie Duclos-Yourdon
Technical Expert
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Creative Writing
Colby College 1995 — 1999
BA, English Language and Literature/Letters
Self-employed August 2004 - Present
Self-employed June 1997 - Present
MLA Style, APA Style, Chicago Style, Microsoft Office, Windows, Macintosh Applications, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Ringtail, Relativity, Wordperfect, QuickBooks, Quicken, ProSystem fx Tax, QuarkXPress, Pagemaker, Adobe Creative Suite
Jamie Elisabeth Burgan
Behavior Assessment Specialist at Intermountain Centers for Human Development
The Sage Colleges-Sage Graduate School 2013 — 2015
Master’s Degree, Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism
Bachelor’s Degree, Psychology
Associate's degree, Psychology
Intermountain Centers for Human Development January 2015 - Present
Good Behavior Beginnings, LLC June 2014 - January 2015
The Alaska Center for Autism (CCCD) January 2013 - June 2014
Applied Behavior..., Autism Spectrum..., Behavior Management, Interventions, Developmental..., Teaching, Adolescents, Child Development, Behavior Modification, Learning Disabilities, Writing, Tutoring, Coaching, Microsoft Office, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Training, Program Development, Crisis Intervention, Early Intervention, Staff Development
Jamie Ensell
Enabling #marketers to be more productive through the power of @Marketo. Practitioner of #sales
BS, Finance
Bellarmine College Preparatory 2004 — 2008
Marketo January 2014 - Present
Marketo March 2012 - December 2013
Thomas E. Scott CPA November 2011 - May 2012
Marketo 2012 - 2012
CollabNet, Inc. May 2009 - August 2010
CollabNet, Inc. 2009 - 2010
Waterloo Restaurant Ventures May 2007 - June 2009
Cloud Computing, Market Analysis, Marketing Strategy, Microsoft Office, Salesforce.com, CRM software, Project Coordination, Project Planning, Collaboration Tools, Financial Markets, CRM, Lead Generation, Online Marketing, Competitive Analysis, Sales, Sales Operations, Social Media, Email Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Outbound Marketing, Sales Prospecting, Networking, Digital Marketing, Sales Process, Written & Oral..., Email Marketing Software, Management, Marketing Automation, B2B, Cold Calling, Marketing, SaaS
Jamie Estes
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Account Manager at CVS Health
Bachelor of Science (BS), Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
Associate's degree, General Studies
CVS Health November 2012 - Present
Cope Community Services February 2010 - September 2012
La Mariposa Health and Fitness Club June 2002 - February 2010
Brookdale Senior Living January 2009 - May 2009
Gadabout Salon Spas August 2006 - February 2007
Medicare Part D, Medicaid, Project Management, HIPAA, Medical Terminology, Health Insurance, Service Coordination, Customer Service, Confidentiality, Medical Billing, Health Promotion, Nutrition Education, Appointment Scheduling, Behavioral Health, Medicare, Healthcare, Process Improvement
Jamie Estrada
Account Manager at Automation GT
Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude), Psychology and Sociology
Automation GT February 2014 - Present
ACON Laboratories May 2008 - February 2014
Innovacon, Inc. February 2007 - May 2008
Medical Devices, Account Management, Product Launch, Sales Operations, Market Development, Cross-functional Team..., Sales Management, Product Management, Product Development, Contract Negotiation, International Sales, Sales, Management, Product Marketing, Biotechnology, FDA, Market Research, Competitive Analysis, Market Analysis, Direct Sales, Commercialization, Sales Effectiveness, Capital Equipment, Salesforce.com, Negotiation
Jamie Ferensic
Systems Engineer at General Atomics
M.S, Reliability and Quality Engineering
M.S, Mechanical Engineering
Catholic University of America, Washington D.C
B.S, Mechanical Engineering
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems April 2015 - Present
Pratt & Whitney Aeropower June 2012 - April 2015
Northrop Grumman January 2001 - June 2012
Pratt & Whitney January 1999 - January 2000
Allied Signal Aerospace Company (Honeywell) June 1996 - October 1999
US Navy January 1992 - January 1996
Bechtel Savannah River Inc June 1991 - August 1994
Pavement Consultancy Services January 1986 - January 1988
Jamie Friedel
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner at Exempla Healthcare
University of Colorado at Denver 1992 — 1994
Master's degree, Nurse Practitoner
Bachelor's degree, Nursing
Exempla Healthcare June 2001 - Present
Tucson Medical Center 2006 - 2007
Via Christi Health 1997 - 2000
Healthcare, Microsoft Office, Clinical Research, Microsoft Excel, Surgery, Microsoft Word, Customer Service, Hospitals, PowerPoint, Research, Treatment, Pediatrics, Dentistry, Nursing, Public Speaking, Healthcare Management, Internal Medicine, Cosmetic Dentistry, Strategic Planning, Medicine
Jamie Friedlander
Behavioral Analyst at Pacific Child and Family Associates
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Human Development and Family Studies, General
Pacific Child & Family Associates June 2015 - Present
Zinburger January 2015 - June 2015
Jamie Fullmer-Barber
Corporate Trainer at Ling & Louies Asian Bar and Grill
Ling & Louies Asian Bar and Grill April 2008 - Present
Magellan Health Services August 2007 - February 2008
Maricopa County May 2004 - February 2005
Jamie George
Senior Account Executive at Nimble Storage
Nimble Storage 2014 - Present
Presidio January 2014 - August 2014
Brocade November 2010 - November 2013
AT&T April 1998 - November 2010
Data Center, Sales Operations, Sales, Enterprise Software, Managed Services, Cloud Computing, Pre-sales, Solution Selling, Selling, VoIP, Unified Communications, Ethernet, SaaS, Telecommunications, Storage, Channel Partners, Cisco Technologies, Salesforce.com, Channel, Virtualization, Professional Services, Sales Management
Jamie Getzwiller
Owner, YogaPaws LLC
Yoga-Syz June 2002 - Present
Yoga-Paws LLC 2002 - 2009
Yoga-Syz June 2002 - August 2005
Jamie Gladhart
Team Lead Supervisor at CaptionCall LLC.
Bachelor of Music, Viola Performance
CaptionCall LLC. January 2013 - Present
Sorenson Communications November 2012 - December 2012
Sorenson Communications September 2012 - November 2012
Paradise Valley Performance Center December 2011 - November 2012
Dr. Rodney Gladhart, M.D. June 2011 - June 2012
The University of Arizona Honors College May 2007 - August 2010
Cesura String Quartet August 2004 - May 2010
Dr. Rodney Gladhart, M.D. May 2004 - August 2006
Microsoft Office, Teaching, Public Speaking, Social Networking, Higher Education, Research, Editing, Social Media, Event Planning, PowerPoint, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Microsoft Word, Music, Microsoft Excel, Tutoring, Data Analysis, Supervising, Reports, Disciplinary Action, Team Leadership, Lesson Planning, Quality Assurance, Performance Testing, Performance Management, Presentations, Coaching, Written & Verbal..., Digital Dictation, Operational Efficiency
Jamie Gulick
Vice President of Programs
University of Denver 2005 — 2007
M.S.W, Community Track
Mental Health America of Colorado May 2012 - Present
Mental Health America of Colorado November 2010 - April 2012
Denver Department of Human Services September 2007 - November 2010
Mental Health, Nonprofits, Volunteer Management, Program Development, Community Outreach, Public Speaking, Fundraising, Grant Writing, Management, Program Management, Grants, Program Evaluation, Adolescents, Community Organizing, Board Development, Philanthropy
Principal at Gowan Science Academy
Master of Education (MEd), Elementary Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Animal Sciences
Gowan Science Academy July 2013 - Present
H.L. Suverkrup Elementary July 2011 - June 2013
Crane Middle School July 2009 - June 2011
Ronald Reagan Elementary School 2003 - 2009
PowerPoint, Customer Service, Microsoft Word, English, Windows, Microsoft Office, Research, Teaching, Public Speaking, HTML, Budgets, Strategic Planning, Editing, Negotiation, Teamwork, Data Entry, Team Building, Social Media
Jamie Hammer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communications
American Cancer Society August 2012 - December 2012
CBS Corporation May 2011 - August 2011
Jamie Hartman
Software Sales Engineer at TenAsys
N/A, Computer Science
TenAsys Corporation February 2005 - Present
Adams and Associates October 2004 - January 2005
Encompass Teleservices May 2003 - September 2004
Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District June 1999 - September 2002
APS Energy Services October 2001 - January 2002
PHP, C++, C#, IIS, Microsoft SQL Server, Programming, MySQL, Device Drivers, Software Design, Debugging, Software Development, Training
Jamie Heit
Independent Public Relations and Communications Professional
BA, Journalism, German
Edelman Public Relations Worldwide 2001 - 2003
Jamie Houle
Product Support Analyst at Community Partnership of Southern Arizona (CPSA)
Community Partnership of Southern Arizona (CPSA) December 2013 - Present
Community Partnership of Southern Arizona (CPSA) October 2013 - December 2013
Mindplay April 2011 - September 2013
MindPlay, Inc. April 2011 - September 2013
University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy 2010 - 2011
Creative Health Professionals 2010 - 2011
Technical Support, Testing, SQL, Software Documentation, Databases, Technical Writing, Test Cases, Analysis, Agile Methodologies, SharePoint, Customer Service, Requirements Analysis, SDLC
Jamie Joggerst
Spring Creek, Nevada
Geotechnical Engineer
MS, Geoloical Engineering
Stockton University 1995 — 2000
BS, Geology
Tetra Tech 2005 - 2009
Parsons Brinckerhoff 2004 - 2005
URS Corporation 2000 - 2001
Slope Stability, Geotechnical Engineering, Geology, Soil, Mining, Engineering Geology, Rock Mechanics
Jamie Johnson Piano Lessons
Director at Academy of Creative Learning, Inc.
Grand Canyon University 2012 — 2014
Master's degree, Curriculum and Instruction
BA, Music Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Music Teacher Education
Academy of Creative Learning, Inc. Guitar TeacherAcademy of Creative Learning, Inc.January 2003 - Present
Customer Service, Leadership, Team Building, Music Education
jamie justo
Owner San Diego Lashes/Giusta Bella
California State University-Fullerton 2009 — 2011
Cuyamaca College 2008 — 2009
san diego lashes January 2011 - Present
ASI Hastings heating and air / Green homes america Home performance contracting January 2009 - January 2011
Marketing, Aesthetics, Eyelash Extensions, Leadership, Customer Service, Social Media
Jamie Kaihoi
Norwex Independent Sales Consultant and Photographer
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Education, Special Education and Rehabilitation
Sabino High School
Self Employed September 2014 - Present
Creator's Hand Photography 2012 - Present
YWAM September 2006 - June 2011
YWCA of Minneapolis August 2005 - August 2006
Time Management, Event Planning, Final Cut Pro, Photography, Fundraising, Cooking, Public Speaking
Jamie Kanner
wild abundance yoga 2014 — 2014
Advanced Vinyasa training, 500 hour RYT
political Science, Freshman & sophmore
International Relations/Political Science
highland park highschool
wild abundance yoga
Arbonne International October 1992 - Present
Network Marketing, Skin Care, Wellness, Nutrition, Cosmetics, Beauty Industry, Motivational Speaking, Healthcare, Yoga, Public Speaking, Coaching, Wellness Coaching, Supplements, Home Based Business, Holistic Health, Leadership, Small Business, Lifestyle, Entrepreneurship, Personal Development, Lifestyle Coaching, Wellbeing, Weight, Personal Training, Nutritional Counseling, Fitness, Social Networking, Team Building, Marketing, Social Media
Jamie Katseff
Admissions Analyst at Vanderbilt University
Loyola Law School 1983 — 1986
Vanderbilt University October 2007 - Present
Jamie Keeran
Master's Degree, Education
The Ohio State University 2002 — 2006
BA Humanities, English, Lingustics
American International School-Riyadh January 2012 - 2012
Jamie Kroese
Senior Territory Manager and National Trainer at Entellus Medical
Bachelor of Science, Physiological Sciences
Entellus Medical March 2012 - Present
SonoSite May 2009 - February 2012
Sales, Product Launch, Capital Equipment, Disposables, Operating Room, Management, Surgeons, Account Management, Medical Devices, Time Management, Sales Operations, Market Development, Cold Calling
Jamie LaSalle
Human Resources Analyst at Arizona Department of Public Safety
BSBA, Human Resources Management/Business Administration
Arizona Department of Public Safety May 2013 - Present
Avalon Health Care Group January 2012 - December 2012
Bed Bath & Beyond December 2010 - September 2011
2010 CENSUS November 2009 - December 2010
COVENTRY HEALTH CARE March 2007 - August 2009
ARIZONA KIDNEY DISEASE & HYPERTENSION CENTER March 2004 - January 2007
John C. Lincoln Health Network June 2001 - September 2003
Tucson Medical Center December 1995 - February 2001
UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO May 1988 - July 1995
UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO September 1985 - April 1988
Employee Relations, Human Resources, Recruiting, Onboarding, Performance Management, Benefits Administration, Applicant Tracking..., HRIS, Leadership, Contract Recruitment, New Hire Orientations, Interviews, ADP Payroll, Talent Acquisition, Training Delivery, Training, Deferred Compensation, Temporary Placement, PeopleSoft, Program Management, Team Building, Management, Personnel Management, Policy, Workforce Planning
H.R. Consultant at Coventry Health Care
Jamiel Brown
Law Enforcement Professional
Masters of Public Administration, Public Administration
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University 2004 — 2008
BS, Political Science
Pima County 2011 - Present
Child and Family Support Services, Inc March 2010 - February 2011
Million Air November 2009 - March 2010
Jamie (Babin) Levey
HR & Career Services
Master of Science (M.S.), Industrial and Organizational Psychology
UC Santa Cruz 2012 - Present
UC San Francisco 2005 - 2011
Recruiting, Human Resources, Employee Benefits
Jamie Lindauer
Corporate Communications, Stores at David Yurman
BA, Communications/Business
David Yurman November 2011 - Present
Ann Taylor July 2011 - September 2011
Barneys New York April 2006 - March 2011
DBA Public Relations April 2005 - December 2005
Joseph Abboud July 2004 - March 2005
Fashion, Retail, Marketing, Social Media, Creative Direction, Management, Store Management, Luxury Goods, Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Styling, Trend Analysis, Apparel, Time Management, Social Media Marketing, Public Relations, Brand Management, Advertising, Brand Development, Press Releases, Marketing Communications, Jewelry, Trend, Facebook
Jamie MacGeorge
Associate Veterinarian at Animal Medical Clinic of Goose Creek
Kansas State University 2008 — 2010
BS, Pre-Veterinary Medicine
BS, Interdisciplinary Studies
Animal Medical Clinic of Goose Creek June 2011 - Present
Nebraska Humane Society April 2011 - May 2011
Rohrig Animal Hospital July 2010 - May 2011
Best Care Pet Hospital June 2010 - May 2011
Dogs, Strategic Planning, Entrepreneurship, PowerPoint, Social Media, Medicine, Animal Behavior, Public Speaking, Veterinary, Animal Welfare, Microsoft Office, Veterinary Medicine
Jamie Manser
Communications & Events Coordinator at Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry
Bachelor, Major: Journalism Minor: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry September 2014 - Present
2nd Saturdays April 2010 - Present
Daniel J. Rylander P.C. July 2012 - September 2014
Zócalo Tucson May 2009 - September 2014
Downtown Tucsonan April 2003 - March 2009
KXCI Community Radio October 2008 - December 2008
Downtown Tucson Partnership October 2008 - December 2008
Downtown Tucson Partnership/Downtown Tucsonan March 2003 - June 2008
Tucson Weekly December 1997 - May 2002
Tucson Weekly 1998 - 2002
Editing, Photography, Musicians, Local Media, Community Organizations, Advertising, Magazines, Newspaper, Press Releases, Newsletters, Feature Articles, Copy Editing, Journalism, Facebook, Social Networking, Newspapers, Entertainment, Public Relations, Publicity, Storytelling, Content Strategy, Publishing, Editorial, Video Editing, Copywriting, WordPress, Blogging
Jamie Massart
Jamie McEvoy
Assistant Professor of Geography at Montana State University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geography
Utah State University 2006 — 2008
Master's Degree, Environmental Sociology
Montana State University August 2013 - Present
Jamie McGraw
Executive Assistant to President
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
Santa Margarita Catholic High School 2005 — 2009
Earl Investments November 2013 - Present
Sony Music Entertainment January 2013 - August 2013
Inertia Tours Travel Group August 2012 - March 2013
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Home Latest Bowen & Bowen terminate contraband-importing employees
Bowen & Bowen terminate contraband-importing employees
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Aug. 26, 2019– Today, Bowen & Bowen confirmed, via a statement from its corporate headquarters in Belize City, that it has terminated the services of an unspecified number of employees for using two of the company’s vehicles to facilitate the transportation of contraband beverages into the country.
John Palacio, the Public Relations Manager at Bowen & Bowen, told Amandala this afternoon that on Thursday, August 19, Belize Customs officers discovered two Bowen & Bowen vehicles that were being used for illicit activities.
The vehicles were found outside their permitted area. The employees were supposed to return to Belize City after they had dismantled the tents used at the San Joaquin fiesta, but were found instead in the San Victor area with contraband soft drinks and beers.
In addition, these Bowen and Bowen employees had allegedly been consuming alcoholic beverages on the job, which is against company policy, as detailed in the Employees Handbook.
Reading from a prepared statement, Palacio said, “We are saddened by these events and are especially astonished that employees of B&B Beverages would bite the hand that feeds them by purchasing contraband products.
“Contraband products hurt everyone, taxpayers, Government of Belize and all Belizeans, by not paying duties and taxes. Contraband products represent loss of income for the Government of Belize, and lost employment for Belizeans.
“B&B will continue supporting Customs’ dutiful fight against contraband products and we thank them for their diligence.”
We asked Palacio how many employees were terminated.
“I am not at liberty to disclose that information,” Palacio told us. “What I just read is what was provided to me. I myself don’t even know how many employees were involved.”
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Pair of Crystal and Brass Argand Lamps, circa 1830
Pair of crystal and brass single-arm Argand lamps.
Attributed to Messenger & Sons
Birmingham and London, circa 1832-1849
Labeled: B. Gardiner/ N. York.
The blown, cut and stepped crystal oil font with brass luster ring with pendant prisms on a brass shaft with a single arm supported by a scrolled bracket, continuing to the burner tube with a cut crystal bobèche and prisms, the shaft continuing to a blown and cut crystal base with a molded brass collar foot.
Measure: H 21″ W 13″ D 8″.
Condition: Very Good: One lamp with a crack in the back side of the glass base, skillfully repaired, lusters from the bobèche are mismatched, brass cleaned and re-lacquered, electrified.
The firm Thomas Messenger (1767-1832), began in 1797 with Thomas Phipson was to become the most important manufacturer of oil and gas lighting of the 19th-century. Listed initially as: “Brass Founders, Manufacturers of Church Candlesticks, Patent Lamps, Etc.” their successors were to survive into the 1920s. Their partnership lasted until 1823, the year after they opened a London office at 21 Grenville Street, Hatton Garden. For the next two years Thomas Messenger is listed in London city directories alone and then in 1828 with his son Samuel as “Thomas Messenger and Son” at the same address. After Thomas’ death in 1832, the firm became known as “Thomas Messenger and Sons” continuing at Hatton Garden, London and Broad Street, Birmingham into the 1860s[1].
[1] Gerald T. Gowitt 19th-Century Elegant Lighting (Atglen, Pa., Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2002), p.125-132.
Baldwin Gardiner (1791-1868), was a silversmith who operated a luxury emporium, first listed as a “merchant” in 1827, at 149 Broadway and then at 29 Maiden Lane, New York City until 1848. They offered fancy hardware, lighting, porcelains and silver. Many luxury items such as Paris porcelain and Argand lamps were imported from the finest manufactures in England and France, the lamps “private labeled” at the factory. Baldwin was the brother of Philadelphia silversmith Sydney Gardiner of the renowned Philadelphia firm Fletcher & Gardiner, and brother-in-law of Louis Veron who ran a similar luxury emporium in Philadelphia.
Geneva-born philosopher and inventor Francois-Pierre-Ami Argand (1750-1803), finally received a British patent for his lamps developed a few years earlier in Paris on March 15th, 1784 (patent no. 1425). His invention promised “a lamp that is so constructed to produce neither smoak [sic.] nor smell, and to give considerably more light than any lamp hitherto known.” It consisted of a tubular wick held between metal tubes, a rack and pinion wick riser assembly and a tall, narrow chimney that fit closely around the wick causing air to be drawn up through the center of the flame as well as around its outside creating more thorough combustion. It was designed to burn rape-seed (colza) and whale oil, issuing from an oil reserve or “font” positioned so that the oil would flow from the force of gravity to the burner.
This invention, developed initially with Matthew Bolton and James Watt in England, was subsequently manufactured by a host of makers in Birmingham including Messenger, Johnston-Brookes, Phipson & Lambley, Fletcher & Day, T.C. Salt and J. & C. Ratcliff. It was hailed by Rees in his encyclopedia of 1819 The Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature saying “it may be justly ranked among the greatest discoveries of the age.” Benjamin Franklin noted it was “much admired for its splendor.” Argand’s invention was the most important advancement in home lighting since the discovery of fire.
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Sayyid Ammar Al-Hakim discusses with Mr. Hadi Al Ameri the war on ISIS, Ministerial reshuffling
Chairman Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Sayyid Ammar Al-Hakim met with Secretary General of Badr Organization Mr. Hadi Al Ameri in Mr. Amiri\'s Office in Baghdad on Tuesday 5/ 4/ 2016.
His Eminence discussed with a Mr. Ameri the war on ISIS and the Battle of Mosul and operations\' sectors with direct contact with ISIS, and discussing the conditions of fighters and families of the martyrs.
His Eminence stressed the importance of carrying on with reforms for being demanded by the Religious Authority and Iraqi people , stressing the importance of inclusive reformations and to not deduct the reforms to only replacing figures and changing the cabinet . Sayyid Ammar Al-Hakim called for concerted efforts of the parliamentary blocs in order to approve important laws that support the reforms process and enable the state to progress forward.
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Reading to children gives educators and students an opportunity to stay connected
Randy Vetsch | Athlos Academy
2020 has been a year of both challenges and opportunities for public education. School leaders had to think quickly on their feet at they responded to the health and safety needs of students, staff and families during the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Educators did the heavy lifting of shifting their instruction online and learning how to create new classroom communities in the virtual landscape. While instruction moved online, classroom rituals, family events and other cherished school traditions were also re-invented with innovative new approaches.
At Athlos Academy of St. Cloud, a tuition-free public charter school, educators took the opportunity to start new traditions geared toward the emotional and academic needs of children. Searching for a meaningful connection with students, teachers created “Tuck-In Tuesdays,” a virtual bedtime story shared on social media every Tuesday evening.
Donning pajamas, sitting by the fire or finding a cozy reading nook by the window, teachers, social workers and school leaders took turns reading books and introducing social-emotional learning to their virtual students. Some went as far as including their children and furry friends.
Rainbow Fish, The Mitten and The Giving Tree all became opportunities not only to enjoy a story, but also to build the valuable connection that serves as the foundation of all teacher-student relationships.
This became a labor of love for educators and a way to connect with families and students. Educators miss seeing their students and wanted to stay connected in a meaningful way.
While the “Tuck-In Tuesdays” are geared toward children, even adults have enjoyed the new tradition. One parent commented, “Tianne’s grandma enjoyed the book!” after we launched the series with the time-honored story of The Mitten.
“Tuck-In Tuesdays” are available at the Athlos Academy of St. Cloud Facebook page and archived on the website with links to find the books at the library or online. Athlos Academy: Tuck-in-Tuesday Book List (athlosstcloud.org).
As the new year approaches, and with it the hope of returning to learning in-person, new traditions like “Tuck-In Tuesdays” will remain a loving tribute to good things that came from the challenges of 2020.
Randy Vetsch is the executive director of Athlos Academy in St. Cloud.
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Churchyard cross, immediately south of St Mary the Virgin's Church
A Scheduled Monument in Ebberston and Yedingham, North Yorkshire
Longitude: -0.633 / 0°37'58"W
OS Eastings: 489188.827002
OS Northings: 483298.089001
OS Grid: SE891832
Mapcode National: GBR SM0F.RP
Mapcode Global: WHGC3.7RS7
Entry Name: Churchyard cross, immediately south of St Mary the Virgin's Church
Scheduled Date: 15 April 2004
County: North Yorkshire
Civil Parish: Ebberston and Yedingham
Built-Up Area: Ebberston
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Ebberston St Mary
Church of England Diocese: York
The monument includes a stone standing cross, with four surviving
elements, raised on a cylindrical pedestal (0.62m high), broach stopped to
a square base. Above this, the lower shaft is of square section with
dimensions of approximately 0.25m and standing 0.48m high. An octagonal
watershot (0.06m high) overhangs the lower shaft. The higher shaft is also
octagonal, with a base diameter of 0.20m, tapering gently upwards to a
broken point 1.57m high.
The standing elements of the cross all appear to be original, probably
dating from the 15th century. In 1923, the Victoria County History
recorded a modern head on the cross, although this has now gone and around
the base are fragments of foliate decoration, probably from the original
cross head. The cross is Listed Grade II.
MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.
Reasons for Scheduling
A standing cross is a free standing upright structure, usually of stone,
mostly erected during the medieval period (mid 10th to mid 16th centuries AD).
Standing crosses served a variety of functions. In churchyards they served as
stations for outdoor processions, particularly in the observance of Palm
Sunday. Elsewhere, standing crosses were used within settlements as places for
preaching, public proclamation and penance, as well as defining rights of
sanctuary. Standing crosses were also employed to mark boundaries between
parishes, property, or settlements. A few crosses were erected to commemorate
battles. Some crosses were linked to particular saints, whose support and
protection their presence would have helped to invoke. Crosses in market
places may have helped to validate transactions. After the Reformation, some
crosses continued in use as foci for municipal or borough ceremonies, for
example as places for official proclamations and announcements; some were the
scenes of games or recreational activity.
Standing crosses were distributed throughout England and are thought to have
numbered in excess of 12,000. However, their survival since the Reformation
has been variable, being much affected by local conditions, attitudes and
religious sentiment. In particular, many cross-heads were destroyed by
iconoclasts during the 16th and 17th centuries. Less than 2,000 medieval
standing crosses, with or without cross-heads, are now thought to exist. The
oldest and most basic form of standing cross is the monolith, a stone shaft
often set directly in the ground without a base. The most common form is the
stepped cross, in which the shaft is set in a socket stone and raised upon a
flight of steps; this type of cross remained current from the 11th to 12th
centuries until after the Reformation. Where the cross-head survives it may
take a variety of forms, from a lantern-like structure to a crucifix; the more
elaborate examples date from the 15th century. Much less common than stepped
crosses are spire-shaped crosses, often composed of three or four receding
stages with elaborate architectural decoration and/or sculptured figures; the
most famous of these include the Eleanor crosses, erected by Edward I at the
stopping places of the funeral cortege of his wife, who died in 1290. Also
uncommon are the preaching crosses which were built in public places from the
13th century, typically in the cemeteries of religious communities and
cathedrals, market places and wide thoroughfares; they include a stepped base,
buttresses supporting a vaulted canopy, in turn carrying either a shaft and
head or a pinnacled spire. Standing crosses contribute significantly to our
understanding of medieval customs, both secular and religious, and to our
knowledge of medieval parishes and settlement patterns. All crosses which
survive as standing monuments, especially those which stand in or near their
original location, are considered worthy of protection.
The churchyard cross immediately south of St Mary the Virgin's Church is
a good example of a standing cross adjacent to its church. Despite damage
to the upper shaft, the surviving base and shaft elements display an
interesting example of the class.
The Victoria History of the County of North Riding of Yorkshire, (1923), 437
Title: Ordnance Survey 6" Map, Yorkshire, sheet 92
Source Date: 1854
Surveyor:
Medieval settlement immediately south east of Ebberston Hall
Ebberston and Yedingham
Allerston lime kilns
Allerston
Round barrow 470m north of Keeper's Cottage
Long barrow 530m north of Keeper's Cottage
Allerston medieval manorial centre, dovecotes and 17th century gunpowder works
Round barrow 570m south east of Warren House
Round barrow 200m north west of High Park Farm
Round barrow 600m west of Scamridge Farm
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Angela Cole
About Angela Cole
The Paris Airshow
Overpaid Bajans
A LETTER TO FIDEL
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Gerald Bull
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Local knowledge of HARP
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Satellite for A Sugar Republic
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Vagabonds in control in Barbados.....
Was Timothy Callender's death suicide or murder?
What You Sow so Shall You Reap - Praedial larceny
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AUNT DOLLY - WHERE RIGHT IS WORNG AND WRONG IS RIGHT - Part Two - CHAPTER ON CHILD ABUSE –
United Nations Calls For War Crimes Investigations Of Israeli Actions
Air France flight 447
Air France Airbus A330-200 did not have Pitot Tube Sensor Upgrades
The Disappearance of Air France Flight 447
Barbadian women and slavery
A Sense of Revenge
FURTHER NEEDED FORENSIC PROCEDURES IN THE I’AKOBI MALONEY CASE
SALIENT POINTS WARRANTING FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO THE I’AKOBI MALONEY CASE
SYMPATHY/POSTERING AS THE VERY FACE OF INJUSTICE
TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS APPLIED TO THE I’AKOBI MALONEY CASE
The Killing of Ryan Clarke
ARTHUR GAY--We Shall Not Be Overcome
Musings--The issues of August
BUSINESS IN BARBADOS
Crop Over
FIRST SUICIDE of THE RECESSION
FRESH WATER BARBADOS
HISTORIANS and HELL
Sunday Sun newspaper of 09th August 2009:ANALYSIS
THE POLITICS of HOT AIR
LEADERSHIP IN BARBADOS – Some in positions of leadership in this country are more dangerous than those in jail.
Prime Minister David Thompson
Essay on Prime Minister David Thompson
The Issues of APRIL - 2009
TO DO WITH SELF INDULGENCE - Part Four BRIGHT PEOPLE
TO DO WITH SELF INDULGENCE - Part One PEOPLE
TO DO WITH SELF INDULGENCE - Part Three The Church
TO DO WITH SELF INDULGENCE - Part Two The Economy
The issues of April 2010
CARIBBEAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
DIGNITY OF ENSLAVEMENT – Too many cannot be more based as a slave
NOBLE DEED OF THE MONTH
THANKS TO ROBERT LUCAS
THE BEST BIGGEST WHOREHOUSE IN BARBADOS
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CHINESE SPIES IN THE ISLAND
Clico
GOVERNMENT SPONSORED DAY CARE CENTERS
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NEW BRIGHT YOUTH – Those in their forties and under
QUEEN’S COUNCILS
SICK Q.E.H. JOKES OF THE WEEK
THE BARBADIAN PLAN
THE PRIME MINISTER’S PRESS CONFERENCE
THE SWEETY SWEETIE, NICEY NICIE, SEXY SEXIE PRESS CONFERENCE
THINGS BETTER LEFT ALONE
The issues of May 2009
MUSING For MAY
The Issues of November 2009
BACK TO THE BRIGANDS
HARTLEY HENRY - FROM HEDONISM TO SADISM
ROBERT “Bobby” MORRIS HAS NOT A BONE OF NOBILITY
SANDI IN CHINA
THE LAST OF SIR JOHN
The Last of The Bajan Pirates
Angela Cole talks about racism
Charles Duncan Oneal and The Marcus Garvey Movement
Post date: Nov 7, 2008 12:10:26 AM
Characteristics come out in certain people; some missed two, three or more generations and then reappear and sometimes with a vengeance. Blood type is inherited with more accuracy than any other characteristic. In Japan it is more important than Sun Signs. There are diets for each blood type.
My blood is - “O” Rh-Negative. Rh-negative does not carry the Rhesus monkey’s protein. The aboriginals of Central and South America and Native North American Indians do not carry this protein. While Rhesus protein can be cloned the Rh-Negative protein cannot and it is least likely to mutate. There is great mystery about our blood. Rh-negative means unknown, and it is not derived from any earthly link. I believe and some say that it is the blood of the survivors of Atlantis. “American Indian tradition declares that their ancestors were of cosmic origin.”
Rhesus monkeys are indigenous to and widely found in forests of South and Southeast Asia and are sacred in some parts of India. Lively and intelligent they make pets when young but are, with age, bad-tempered. They are used in medical, psychological and scientific experiments; this was the first monkey sent into space.
The story goes that when the first settlers came they went to South America and brought up South American monkeys, which are prehensile (swings by the tail).
“Prehensile tails are limited to the New World species. There was not one among them [African and Old World monkeys] with a prehensile tail. Possibly the high forests of the American tropics are much older and the kinds of monkeys before had more time to develop a useful tail. It seems curious, however, that there is no beginning, no hint of use among the tails of the several hundred long-tailed monkeys of Africa and Asia. There isn’t one that could even coil the tail around a branch. Yet there are many on this side with the tail so dextrous it is as useful as a fifth limb.” … Strange Animals I Have Known by Raymond L. Ditmars.
The idea being to eat what these monkeys ate but the settlers got indigestion. After that African monkeys were brought in and what they ate the newly-arrived fed on and it did not make them ill. African monkeys are more closely associated with Old World people. Except for a small percentage of East Indians and Eurasians a Chinese majority and Africans are Rh-positive. Only 15 % of the world’s population are known not to have Rh-positive blood factor.
There are three types of blood, “O,” “A,” and “B,” and a fourth, a mixture of “A” and “B,” making it AB. The combination then are “O” Rh-negative, “O” Rh-positive, “A” Rh-Negative, “A” Rh-positive, “B” Rh-negative, “B” Rh-positive, “AB” Rh-negative and “AB” Rh-positive. In essence “O” negative means only, the absence of the A and B factors and also the absence of Rhesus factor. This blood is the purest blood known.
“O” Negative blood is high in Australian aborigines, few Western Europeans and in people with Celtic ancestors, Basque people of Northern Spain and Southern France and in Eastern Oriental Jews. DNA test shows that Stone Age European and Native American carried the same blood, “O” Negative blood also ancient Black Cochin Jews, descendents from the Kingdom of Cochin in South India, who are said to be the earliest Jews that settled on the Malabar Coast during the time of King Solomon and after the Kingdom of Israel split in two.
These are ancient peoples.
People like me, “O” negative, are called “universal donors.” Everyone on earth can receive blood from me but I can take blood from only another “O” negative. My son inherited the Rh-positive gene from his father and like all Rh-positive foetus in Rh-negative mothers’ wombs my body rejected and tried to destroy him as a foreign object. After an agonizingly long labour my son came into the world AB Rh-positive and has my “O” so he is ABO. Although AB Rh-positive occurs in only 3.2% of people and the ‘O’ inherited from me makes his blood, ABO, even more rare – (O Rh-negative is found in 7.7%) - ABO Rh-positive means that he can take blood from anyone on earth. His blood is the “universal receiver.”
An Rh-positive mother’s body does not reject an Rh-negative foetus. During the rejection of the Rh-positive foetus, the Rh-negative mother produces antibodies and had I had another child the antibodies would have destroyed the baby’s red blood cells, which would have resulted in a miscarriage, death of the baby before birth or very shortly after, serious damage to me or an albino or mongoloid child. Most Rh-negative mothers only manage to produce two normal children with the RH positive. The option for me would have been to take and injection to counter the anti-bodies or change the babies’ blood at birth.
A female close relative of Samuel Jackman Prescod with no Rhesus factor took this injection and claims that for at least two years she felt out of sorts. Cuna/Kuna Indians of the San Blas islands, (they are really Caribs) an archipelago that stretch from Panama along the Caribbean Sea to Colombia in the Gulf of San Blas, have the largest percentage of albinos in the world. They are called white Indians, are sacred, not permitted to intermarry and are called “children of the moon.” Few ancient people have preserved their traditions as staunchly as the Cuna people.
My grandmothers considered grey, hazel or green eyes a hand me down Carib trait. Many of our offspring are born with such eyes and red hair.
“There are certain similarities that occur to those having Rh-negative blood – according to some who have it there are common patterns found, which include the following: predominate of green or hazel eyes that change colour like a chameleon, but also blue. … http://www.aquarianmysteries.com/blood.html
Gary’s eyes are like a chameleon: grey, green or light brown.
“2. True red or reddish hair.” … http://www.aquarianmysteries.com/blood.html
Gary’s hair is blond red and out of the blue every generation a few of us turn up with red hair.
“3. Low pulse rate.” .” … http://www.aquarianmysteries.com/blood.html
“4. Low blood pressure.” … http://www.aquarianmysteries.com/blood.html
My blood pressure is 60 over 80 and has gone as low as 45 over 68 – normal for me for I do not get giddy. One maternal cousin is nearly as low.
“5. Keen sight or hearing.” … http://www.aquarianmysteries.com/blood.html
6. Extra rib or vertebrae etc. … htttp://www.aquarianmysteries.com/blood.html
Family history passed down through the female line: we were originally from Ichirouganaim, Barbados, the largest Amerindian settlements. We would get into our canoes, a Carib word, that held thirty to forty persons and rowed from islands in the north to Trinidad and Tobago in the South. It was with an ability to deftly manoeuvre these rowboats in sea fights with early colonists in their bigger sailboats that outmanoeuvred and beat them.
The first mixing of our blood started after slavery, 1870’s with Mama Rosa, my great-great maternal grandmother, a “full-blooded Carib” daughter of a line of Carib chiefs from Ichirouganaim (Barbados), whose ancestors were forced to flee, when too many white murdering settlers came with their barbaric, dog-eat-dog, capital brutality and created the largest massacre the world has every seen. The African slave trade, the holocaust do not compare to the maniacal, genocide inflicted on original peoples of the Americas; whole tribes were killed out. What happened to the American Indian may be out matched only by the butcher Temujin - Ghenghis Khan’s “greatest expansion of commerce in Eurasian history.”
The family eventually “owned” land that is presently the main shopping street in Kingstown, the capital of St. Vincent and island 80 miles West, the last island citadel of the Carib people in the Caribbean. Another branch of her full-blooded family lived in Trinidad and island 200 miles to the south of St. Vincent.
Mama Rosa was a fierce and independent symbol of her people. She married a sea captain Lowther, who had refused to deal with slavery. He was from the Irish branch of a noble British family that traced their line back to Vikings. Only two or three noble families came to the island. They went mainly to North America, where there were large strips of land. The couple sailed the waters of the Caribbean and Amazonian.
Some time in the 1870's they took their youngest daughter, Maude Lowther, on a sea voyage that ended in Barbados at the home of Lowther’s sister, Jane Ann Smith. (see No. 39. The Times - 1891-92). Maude remained with her Aunt Jane, who lived in the southern outskirts of Bridgetown, Dalkeith. Cholera broke out and Maude contracted the disease. She became so thirsty that against all advise she drank water and that was credited in saving her life. Back then there was an erroneous belief that to drink water made the illness worse and many cholera victims died from dehydration due to diarrhoea and vomiting, not from the disease.
Aunt Jane, with only and older son, who was overseas, delayed the return of her charge until the visit became permanent. Maude was schooled at Miss Kilkelly’s, a school for the daughters of the white middle class. Miss Kilkelly was Irish and apart from Codrington College, which was affiliated to Durham University in England, hers was the only school, which taught ancient Greek.
Aunt Jane was a workingwoman and her charged enjoyed the activity. She was an institution – “a broth of an Irish woman” - worked with the merchant trade. She ran owned a laundry from many of the ships at anchor in the port, Carlisle Bay. Laundry was brought to her home on a hill above, where ships were anchored, and those sailing in and out and the lighters, which are large barges, ferrying and off loading their cargoes of goods and passengers could be seen. Maude spent much time on that beach a few hundred yards down the hill from where one day she had run up a steep hill instinctively and in awe, when she saw the sea move away from the shore and go towards the horizon leaving the bottom of the sea bed exposed. As she reached half way in the hill the water returned to bring a small tidal wave.
Jane Ann hired Negro women called rambumkins to wash and press laundry. In addition to laundry, she supplied preserves to ships. Preserves were, guava jelly, guava cheese, stewed guavas, candied shaddock rind, hot pepper sauce with horseradish and mustard, tamarind in syrup, punch de crème, cake and black cake, a kind of gelatine made from shaddock rhine and other jellies and jams.
Jane Anne was very active in the Women’s Self Help, an outlet set up by the governor’s wife with whom she was friendly for mainly white women, where they sold, second hand china, and cutlery, home grown flowers, embroidery, preserves and handicraft. Aunt Jane died when Maude was a teenager and she went to live with one of Jane Ann’s friends. She had over the years lost touch with her family in St. Vincent.
Maude was tall with a strong face that made her more handsome than pretty and had thighs like “mortar pestle.” Her hair was long, fine, black and hung below her waist. When she left school she trained and worked as a midwife and continued the family business in preserves. Maude Lowther met John Marsh. Marsh, a middle class white overseer of Francia plantation, who was married. His wife had refused to move, confined herself to bed and invalided herself since the death, in childbirth of one of her children. Quiet a few women did that in those days. There was no divorce and John and Maude began a union and soon shared a home not more than a quarter of a mile his home. The union produced two girls Ena, my grandmother and Cecilia, known as Sissy. The families coexisted and when John died his daughters visited and brought Maude her monies every month. Three Marsh brothers had come to the island late, in the 19th century; one brother bought a plantation, Bannantyne.
Ena, first-born was always on her father’s knee, at 18 years old she met and fell in love with black Charles Clarke. In 1910's middle class white women did not marry black men.
“Black people behave different than us.” Her father saw no good could come of the union and took an instinctive dislike to the apparently affable Charlie. “I will give him a job in my fields.” He was outraged at the fresh out of school Ena, when he could not convince his beautiful daughter. “Don’t let my daughter marry that man,” he pleaded to Maude.
“Charlie himself has never known slavery.” Maude reassured. Least of all concerns to her was Charlie’s skin colour. Blacks were becoming affluent and educated. Charlie’s father was a schoolteacher; his brother, Oscar, was churchwarden at an Anglican church in the city. They were respected in the black community and besides. Ena, with her education and contacts in the white society could assist Charlie. Charlie was 6' 3’, thin with a long face, worked as a cooper, and a tally clerk. Both jobs were respectable. Coopers made the stays for rum barrels and the muscadoes and were respected by both the black and white community. A tally clerk checks the goods in and out of the boats that anchored in Carlisle Bay.
Ena eventually married her love. Her white family and most of her white friends ignored new bride and groom. Ena began a process of acquiring friends from her new acquaintance amongst the people of colour on the island. The young couple played bridge, it became a fixture and then a club. Ena drank whisky and smoke cigarettes. Babies began to arrive every two years.
Sissy warned Ena constantly that having so many children was irresponsible and drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes were frivolous behaviour. Ena loved the wonderfully good-looking children she produced and she was a glamourous, modern mother, who went out and about and her mother kept her children.
Charlie was unfaithful and once alerted his affairs were discovered. Ena fought physically and emotionally but after many confrontations she closed her home to him and Charlie, his manhood affronted, taught her a lesson; she would have to accept his rules or he would break her so he stopped and refused to support his children spiritually, emotionally of financially. He abandoned six beautiful children.
“But Charles is as black as the “S” of spades.” Her friends teased her.
“ His hair is so soft.” Ena defended his good looks.
“Everyone like Charlie except the men’s women he had.” Said, the old housekeeper, decades later.
Ena and Charlie lived on a beach and were proud parents when Charlie’s years of philandering caught up with him with the arrival of a young female at Ena’s door to tell her of her husband’s mistresses. “Black men like black women.” Was how she put it.
There could be no solution, for Charlie acknowledged no problem: it was his right as a well-to-do man, even if his wife had helped occasion his prosperity: “Black men are dogs and black women are sluts. Why cannot black women think of me as a woman like themselves and do not encourage him to do this. These are his children.” Ena said.
Years later Aunt Phonkie would sum up the Clarkes as: “They were considered decent but they just run all other poor black people. They used them.”
My grandmother had given much and now that she was alone he used her vulnerability. She came to see that her father had been right. Charlie professed love for his wife, until after her death and before his own at 97. “I love her and she left me.” He would say with a smile.
“Just as money or cunning had come to symbolize the subversive power of the Jews, so sexual potency symbolized that of the Negro… The black American, perpetually thwarted from fulfilling his masculinity in terms of economic or social power, finally embraces the substitute, the stereotype of himself as athletically and sexually superior to the white man.” …Fanon by David Caute.
In coupling customs of Africa monogamy took no art in mating. The strongest male had many women, call them wives, and the weakest male had none. This produced stronger children generation by generation and bred a stronger and stronger tribe because the biggest and strongest men succeeded in breeding many children. Monogamy was not the natural habit of the white race either - there is really no such thing as a white race - Caucasians, people up north - the original Celts – Irish, what is left of the Scots and the non-Anglo Saxon British, had many wives if wives is the right word.
To explain and to inject common sense in the male/female relationship, the most complex in the world, is difficult. Gender relationship is not an act of logic but an emotional one and hard to break through. The subject beat Bernard Shaw, who never took an outright approach but used unique jokes about it. Shakespeare could not work it out; he put in the point now and then but even a great play like Hamlet has little inter-sexual interactions. There are battles yet still no break.
There are a thousand and one pressures to influence a woman to have sex and when the right device is used at the right time a woman surrenders. Rape is a violent act anywhere to any one. It is performed without consent but there is a woman without the essentials of life and to obtain food for sexual services some, even the woman, consider it as fair exchange and no robbery - she could say no and starve. This attitude is wide spread. A woman needs a favour and help and a man steps in. The behaviour is no mystery so many women have done so for thousands of years since the time of ancient Egypt. Old men with young women are about reinstatement of youth; what he used to do when he used to do it. That attitude is seen in sports.
Caribs were usually not polygamous had strict marriage test for prospective partners, made loving marriages partners and doting parents and practiced couve – a Carib word - the father takes the infant from its mother just after childbirth and, for the first few weeks, looks after it while the mother rests. The Basque practiced this custom also.
Charles’ answer was to rent a house nearby, where my grandmother now lived, continue with his women, and deny them while he kept a jealous eye on her activities. He hung around, pleaded, pursued and threatened and continued to attend bridge club with his wife and her friends. A brief period of the reconciliation meant another child was born.
Charlie, with Ena’s contacts from her world, had engaged most of the tallying for businesses. Ena told her friends and while his women, they saw as none of their business but a consequence but when he refused support to his children this was a different matter and they withdrew their patronage.
Charlie defied everyone: kept his women, ignored his children, businesses withdrew their work and Charlie used this fact to withdraw forever any support of his children. He meant to bring my grandmother to heel and if his children suffered then so be it, it was not his fault. The oral historian, John Maynard, remembers my grandmother and her sister as two most beautiful women and Maynard considered Charlie the first beach boy, not in the sense that he was on the beach but one that lived with white women and kept black women on the side. Charlie ended up with a white woman, who put up with his unfaithfullness.
“I ain’t got anything for you today.” After he had made them wait hours he grunted at his two youngest daughters when they were sent to try to collect money.
Maude assisted financially and helped with the seven children.
No help came from the black side of the family. They were resentful of my grandmother’s background and felt nothing for children, who happened to look white, even if they were half of them. Charlie’s childless brother, Oscar, who was church warden at a church, St. Ambrose, and his wife, ignored the plight of his nieces and nephews and took in a young girl from a poor family, the Rollocks, whose father would become one of Barbados’ first successful, for a short time, black businessmen. He opened a Five and Ten Cent store and brought the first escalator to Barbados and just as quickly lost everything.
The white ones ignore the day-to-day debilitating problems and blamed it on her choices and while after Marsh’s death they visited every month in their big cars and brought Old Granny money they stood apart from day to day life and assisted with things like finding better houses to rent.
“If it had not been for my white grand father we would not have survived.” Aunt Phunkie said.
Seeking a job, Ena went to a now-national “icon” Chrissie Brathwaite, a mulatto man, who moved up in the black nationalist movement and, who knew her as a child. He had been her father’s churchwarden. Chrissie of whom distinguished writer Clennell Wickham, who went to the Great War and after his return edited The Herald newspaper and wrote for universal adult suffrage in a column under the title “Adaux,” (the listener), Clennell Wickham, wrote: “I pulled Chrissie Brathwaite out of the gutter,” expected to lay my grandmother.
“I could find you a maid job.” Brathwaite insulted.
She was expected to prostitute herself for a job that was below her. Her beauty was a threat and made her a target. Ena’s hair was coarse, dead Irish straight and waist length with a thick hairline. Her complexion was Irish rose, white skin that tanned easily, and she had true, blue, Carib-grey eyes. That combination made her beauty remarkable. Maude’s hair was Carib fine hair, which she kept plaited Indian style and she could sit on it. Sissy was the Carib with Carib fine hair and a tanned skin but with hazel eyes.
In much later years when our family got on our feet, and Charlie’s limped into my grandmother’s house to visit and she would say to him only good morning or good evening.
“You cause the down fall of this family.” I would attack him but he never responded.
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Proposal: Maker Professionals
I was told when I made suggestions to improve the wording that the title and description were fixed --- now it's changed --- I don't see any indication of a discussion, nor a vote.
This change was made by Robert Cartaino♦ who is Director of Community Development for the Stack Exchange Network.
I'm not sure why he decided to change the name and description to be one which has the appearance of being significantly less inclusive than the community had settled on, but we will have to trust his judgement and hope that it doesn't cause our own beta to fail, as the previous Personal Manufacturing beta failed.
As I have just said in my comment to Great work! You're almost there!:
I'm a little disappointed that after numerous rounds of gathering opinions & votes on both the name of this proposal and the description for it, these have both been changed from the consensus we reached to something few of us would recognise, with no debate or community involvement. As suggested by WillAdams I fear that the new name will discourage those amateur enthusiasts who formed the original focus for this proposal.
In response to my comment, Robert wrote an answer to NEW! Vote for the Name of this Proposal. NOW! and I subsequently wrote my own response.
This is answered here:
It's at this point that proposals really start to take off, so we typically do our final review about now to clarify both the title and description in preparation for launch. There were some concerns that the title sounded too much like your "traditional" industrial labor and machining site
JohnBJohnB
I don't see a real answer there. I also don't see any public discussion and the change is contrary to the public consensus which was reached in discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/questions/6107/… – user22356 Jul 19 '13 at 16:08
@WillAdams I'm not sure how it doesn't answer your question, you asked why did the name get changed. The reason is explained in that post. It is not uncommon for the comm team to change the title, they did it for Mind as well. If you don't agree with it, perhaps make a post petitioning for a revert and voice your concerns within that. I would avoid using language such as 'elitist, new age "Maker" bull'. – JohnB Jul 19 '13 at 16:14
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Static! —
Sands of Titan may dance to their own static electricity
Highly charged sand may withstand winds of Titan, change dune orientation.
Chris Lee - Mar 30, 2017 11:00 am UTC
Enlarge / The lakes of Titan may have highly charged dunes on their shores.
Granular flows are, not to put too fine a point on it, horrible. In some situations, they flow like a normal fluid, but a minuscule change will cause the flow to jam. In the right situation, the particles will experience enough friction to pick up charge. Then, if the particles are fine enough, the static discharge decorates the landscape with bits of your grain silo.
It's not all bad, though: the movement of sand dunes and their singing in the wind is also part of granular flow. We all love it when inanimate bits of rock serenade us as we die of thirst. And that's just the Earth. Titan also has dunes that seem to be oriented in the wrong direction relative to the prevailing winds, and scientists may have found the corner piece that helps them solve this puzzle: static electricity.
Dunes are not hills of sand; they are more like giant ripples that are oriented in a specific direction. On Earth, that direction is dictated by the prevailing wind. The sand is blown about by the wind until it falls over the ridge on top of the dune and is protected beyond that. Any protrusion that pokes out the wrong way is quickly etched away by the wind.
The dunes on Titan are not made of sand. They are made of tiny frozen mothballs—well, old school mothballs, anyway—pellets of organic chemicals. Titan also has winds, so we might expect the dunes to have the same orientation relative to the prevailing winds as they do on Earth. But the mothball dunes don't lie in the right direction.
So something else is helping to control their flow. One possibility is that static electricity is holding the dunes together and changing their orientation. Why does that work on Titan but not on Earth?
We are all too soggy
Static electrical charge is built up by friction, and as particles bang into each other, electrons get knocked from one particle to another. Over time, a large charge can build up. On Earth, it's very rare for the charge to build up to the point where static electricity dominates over wind; it takes highly unusual conditions, like powder flows in pharmaceutical manufacture, to observe static electricity triumphing over inertia.
That's in part because static charges don't just build up—they are also constantly discharging as well. The air usually has quite a bit of moisture in it, and it's quite happy to carry charge back and forth between particles. This flow of charge limits the total difference in charge. Even if you build up charge faster than the water can transport it, air has a relatively low breakdown voltage, so you get small (and not so small) lightning strikes to reduce the charge differences.
Finally, all particles conduct electricity to some extent. Even though sand particles are good insulators, they conduct electricity well enough to slow the buildup of charge differences. When two oppositely charged particles hit each other, any charge excess slowly moves between them, equalizing the charge difference.
On Titan, however, things are very different. There's almost no water. The atmosphere has a higher pressure, so the breakdown voltage is higher. And hydrocarbons are much worse than sand at conducting electricity. Combine that with the winds of Titan pushing the mothballs around and you have a recipe for high static charges that may influence the orientation of Titan's dunes.
Mini Titan dunes
That's the theory anyway, and any good theory relies on experimental data. Unfortunately, there's no easy way to measure the charge stored in Titan's dunes. But a group of researchers has measured how much charge can typically build up under Titan-like conditions.
They built a drum that was lined with hydrocarbon and partially filled the drum with sand—they used various hydrocarbons, including napthalene (old school mothballs), as sand. The drum was then filled with dry nitrogen to provide a non-conducting atmosphere similar to Titan's. A static charge was built up by rotating the drum for about 20 minutes. The researchers then tipped the drum up, allowing the particles to fall through an electrometer to measure their charge.
At least, that's what the researchers tried to do. To get the particles to fall out, they had to set the drum spinning faster so that the particles could dislodge each other. Even then, some particles and agglomerates of particles remained stuck to the side of the drum because of all the static.
Compared to sand particles under Earth-like conditions, the organic particles collected up to an order of magnitude more charge per unit of surface area. But while the maximum was higher, the charge distributions overlap by quite a bit.
The amount of charge alone doesn't help, because it lacks context. The effect of electrostatic forces is to introduce an additional frictional sticking force that binds a particle to its home dune. The wind applies a mechanical force that must overcome this force. So the relevant number is the ratio between the electrostatic forces and the mechanical forces due to wind. Under Titan-like conditions, the researchers estimate that about one-third of the particles have a large enough charge that their response is dominated by electrostatic forces. For the rest, the wind still dominates.
The researchers go to town on that simple condition, including inertia as well, to come to a bunch of curves that all tell pretty much the same story. On Titan, electrostatic forces should not be ignored.
In comparison, particles tested under Earth-like conditions never collected enough charge to generate electrostatic forces greater than the force of typical wind conditions. The agreement of their Earth-like test with actual conditions that seem to be present on Earth suggests that their Titan experiment isn't too far off the mark. As the researchers point out, though, the set of conditions that they chose to test were very mild. Essentially, the drum speed was set so low that the amount of charge that accumulated on the particles in the drum was about the minimum expected on Titan.
What the paper lacks, unfortunately, is a strong analysis of how increased static electric forces will change the orientation of dunes. Yes, it's pretty clear that the additional static forces will change the rate at which dunes move, and it will change the threshold wind conditions required to move particles. One might even imagine that pockets of material develop that are so strongly charged that, for a short period of time, they remain fixed as the dunes roll by. None of that, however, seems to add up to a change in dune orientation, and the researchers state that wind tunnel tests are required to check their idea.
Nature Geoscience, 2017, DOI: 10.1038/NGEO2921
Chris Lee Chris writes for Ars Technica's science section. A physicist by day and science writer by night, he specializes in quantum physics and optics. He Lives and works in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Email chris.lee@arstechnica.com
chuuken Ars Scholae Palatinae
What would this mean for a rover, should we ever get one on the surface? It sounds like the inside of a Dyson vacuum cleaner after sucking up a bunch of sand. (If you've never tried it, don't stand too close to the canister and don't wear shorts.) Is it possible to shield a machine against that kind of environment?
ubercurmudgeon Ars Tribunus Militum
Wormsign?
chatila Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
So Titan is a fuel tank AND a battery or sorts?
Decoherent Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius et Subscriptor
The atmosphere has a higher pressure, so the breakdown voltage is higher.
TIL that Titan has an atmospheric pressure of about 1.45 times that of Earth. Huh.
Wickwick Ars Legatus Legionis
Decoherent wrote:
So we don't need pressure suits, just heaters and a boatload of insulation. The gravity is pretty close to the gravity of our moon so it would be feasible to work and set up industry.
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Veritas super omens Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius et Subscriptor
Wind tunnel testing, or a trip to Titan........
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Tom Brokaw Ars Tribunus Militum
Veritas super omens wrote:
Titan Trip!
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/visions-of-the-future/
This is really cool stuff, but I have to admit I like the idea that "otherworldly" landscapes are, in fact, entirely possible because the prevailing forces are not the same as they are here on Earth.
Virogtheconq Ars Praefectus
What the paper lacks, unfortunately, is a strong analysis of how increased static electric forces will change the orientation of dunes.
It's left as an exercise for the reader, of course.
Dadlyedly Ars Tribunus Militum
I wonder if their orientation could be influenced by the magnetosphere of Saturn in any way?
azazel1024 Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius
Wickwick wrote:
Really thick insulation. On Mars the primary method of heat loss is radiative and conduction through whatever is touching the surface. At night it can be -140F, but because of the thin atmosphere, so long as you had thick soles on your boots, it would probably be more like standing around on a chilly 10F day. Unless a windstorm, then the high wind velocities (Mars sees storms of roughly 300km/h sometimes) can really suck heat away.
Titan on the other hand with its THICKER atmosphere than Earth would be ridiculously cold. You'd need really, really, really highly rated insulation to combat the rapid conductive and convective heat losses.
richten Ars Scholae Palatinae
Never underestimate the amount of electricity that you can produce with static (anyone that has seen a Van de Graaff generator should know that). That will be a problem for potential exploration, the circuits of a rover could easily fry from a discharge that strong ^^;
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toolman83-2 Wise, Aged Ars Veteran et Subscriptor
That'd be an interesting wind tunnel.
Imagine going to a regular wind tunnel and saying
"We want to fill your wind tunnel to 1.5 bar with nitrogen then put a mix of highly flammable and sticky compounds in it, oh and it's got to be at -180C (-290F)"
Still, it *would* solve any moth problems they were having.
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AgnosticActivist Smack-Fu Master, in training
Differences of potential in the sands of an alien world really ignites my passion for Paschen on Titan.
FXU Seniorius Lurkius
the researchers state that wind tunnel tests are required to check their idea
Is that code for "we know we're not done, but this was enough to get into NPG, so fuck it"?
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Don’t Heed the Appeals of Trump’s Apologists
A Donald Trump candidacy is too high a price to pay for Republican Party unity or defeating Hillary Clinton.
Nick Ottens May 4, 2016 July 20, 2016
Businessman Donald Trump gestures while making a speech in Fountain Hills, Arizona, March 19 (Gage Skidmore)
After Donald Trump’s victory in the Indiana primary on Tuesday night, and Ted Cruz’ exit from the nominating contest, the chorus of mainstream Republicans calling on the party to accept the former television personality as its presidential candidate has grown louder.
“Donald Trump will be presumptive nominee,” wrote Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee chairman, on Twitter. “We all need to unite and focus on defeating Hillary Clinton,” his likely Democratic opponent.
Priebus later said Trump represents “something different and something new” and that “is probably good for our party.”
Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and a lion of the Christian right, called on Republicans to “unite in defeating Hillary and abandoning and repudiating the hapless ‘Never Trump’ nonsense.”
They won’t be the last.
Vichy Republicans
The spectacle of so many once-respectable Republicans debasing themselves before the foulmouthed property tycoon from New York is a sad one to behold for everybody who believes America is better off with a sensible, center-right party.
From Chris Christie, the reformist New Jersey governor who was the only presidential contender to talk seriously about desperately-needed fixes to entitlements, throwing his support behind the one candidate who vows to make no changes to Medicaid or Social Security at all, to New Gingrich, the former House speaker who led the revival of conservatism as an intellectual and a governing philosophy in the 1990s, backing a man who is more ignorant and less fit for office than anyone who has ever got this close to the presidency in living memory, the last few months have seen Republican champion after Republican champion abdicate their responsibility to the future and health of their party — and indeed the republic.
Since the Atlantic Sentinel highlighted the worst of the “Vichy Republicans” in March, two man we once admired have joined their ranks: John Boehner, the pragmatic former House leader who managed to rescue the country from several funding crises despite the intransigence of many in his own party, and Jon Huntsman, the former China ambassador we endorsed for the right’s presidential nomination four years ago. Both have suggested in recent days that it’s time for Republicans to come to terms with a Trump candidacy.
Underestimating the danger
If they think the Republican Party can weather Trump and recover in time for the 2020 election, they are making a serious mistake.
In the best-case scenario, Republicans will still lose in four years’ time due to the lasting damage Trump has done to their brand with ethnic minorities, including Hispanics, America’s fastest-growing demographic.
In the worst case, this website has argued, Trump will split the right, perhaps augur in a party realignment that could relegate Republicans to congressional opposition for another decade.
If rather they think Trump can be controlled by the Republican majority in Congress — which seems safe no matter what happens in November thanks to a combination of gerrymandering and ideological solidification — they should ask Franz von Papen how that is likely to pan out.
The strongman’s smile
Every so many weeks, we read reports about Trump’s henchmen trying to make their boss act and look more “presidential”. For a day or two, the candidate tones it down. He does the things presidents-in-the-making are supposed to do, like delivering a proper news conference or giving a foreign-policy speech at a Washington DC think tank.
And then a few days later it’s back to the bluster and the insults and the whining.
Why do Republicans so desperately want to believe in Trump’s new warmth? Andrew Sullivan argues in The New York Times Magazine that it’s because of the fear he has already inspired in them.
“Tyrants, like mob bosses, know the value of a smile,” he writes. “It’s part of the good-cop-bad-cop routine that will be familiar to anyone who has studied the presidency of Vladimir Putin.”
But it’s always an act.
Trump, writes Sullivan, is utterly lacking in self-control.
Sleeping a handful of hours a night, impulsively tweeting in the early hours, improvising madly on subjects he knows nothing about, Trump rants and raves as he surfs an entirely reactive media landscape.
Frank Bruni has similarly argued in The New York Times that what defines Trump is his constant need for validation.
He’s addicted to attention, demanding regular fixes and going to ever greater lengths — in terms of reckless statements and provocative acts — to get them.
Imagine what that would mean for a Trump presidency.
Sullivan again: “Trump is as mercurial and as unpredictable and as emotional as the daily Twitter stream.” And America is contemplating giving him the nuclear launch codes.
Every Republican who accepts this as the price to pay for party unity or justifies voting for Trump by arguing that at least he’s better than Hillary Clinton is making a mockery of their conservatives principles.
Let them use every tool at their disposal to stop Trump before it really is too late. Take away his delegates, change the rules at the convention, launch a third-party bid. If all else fails, vote for Clinton.
Plenty of sensible rightwingers could, if they’re honest, live with a four-year Clinton Administration, especially when it is likely to be curtailed by a Republican Congress.
Four years of Donald Trump, by contrast, is taking such a huge risk that no honorable Republican who seriously contemplates it could determine to make it happen.
Read more: Donald Trump, Republican Party (US), United States, US Elections 2016
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PhD fellowships to support the cutting edge of computer science research in Australia
- Research Proposal Title: iConect: Interference Coordination and Optimisation for Negligible Energy Consumption over Time in Coexisting Wireless Body Area Networks.
Samaneh’s natural curiosity was nurtured by her family to develop inquisitive tinkering skills to discover how the world works. Taking up engineering at university she is now working to develop affordable and timely health care through the interconnection of network sensory devices worn on the body to monitor vital health signs.
Ekaterina Vylomova, Google Australia PhD Fellowship in Natural Language Processing (The University of Melbourne) - Research Proposal Title: Compositional Morphology through Deep Learning.
Ekaterina’s focus on language generation and computational morphology was inspired by the works of Stanislaw LEm and Issaac Asimov on robotics and AI. When introduced by her cousin to programming she wrote her first chat-bot program “Golem”, an early experiment in AI.
Sarah Webber, Google Australia PhD Fellowship in Human Computer Interaction (The University of Melbourne) - Interactive Technology for Human-Animal Encounters at the Zoo.
Sarah’s research looks at digital technology designed to provide zoo animals with enriching experiences and cognitive challenges. Her PhD examines how the design of such technology can shape people's attitudes to other species, and to conservation issues. Hearing a talk by Dr Genevieve Bell first revealed to Sarah that human-computer interaction researchers were, like her, interested in how technology design can help to solve difficult societal problems - and she has been hooked ever since.
Ling Luo, Google Australia PhD Fellowship in Machine Learning, (The University of Sydney) - Temporal Modelling for Customer Behaviours.
Ling’s research in machine learning is focusing on modelling customer behaviour, including discovering temporal patterns, identifying key factors for behaviour changes and predicting future behaviour. Ling’s interest in machine learning and data mining stemmed from an introductory artificial intelligence course during her undergraduate studies. She has been fascinated by how problems can be elegantly solved by smart algorithms and computer programs. She hopes her research can contribute to the body of knowledge in data mining and user behaviour analytics, which can help discover useful information from vast and ever-growing amounts of behavioural data.
By supporting these four Australian Fellows we recognise their significant academic achievements and hope that they will go on to be leaders in their respective fields. We look forward to building even stronger links between industry and academia to help push important research forward in Australia. Posted by Sally-Ann Williams, Google Engineering Community & Outreach Manager
The Google PhD Fellowship program supports PhD students in computer science and related fields, and is part of our commitment to building strong relationships with the global academic community.
In our most recent round four PhD students in Australia have been recognised for their outstanding efforts.
Samaneh Movassaghi, Google Australia PhD Fellowship in Networking (Australian National University) - Research Proposal Title: iConect: Interference Coordination and Optimisation for Negligible Energy Consumption over Time in Coexisting Wireless Body Area Networks.
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Automobile Museum Nicolini Collection
Original name:
Asociación Museo Del Automovil Colección Nicolini
Opened in 2002, this museum houses the collection of Jorge Nicolini. You can find find rarities like a Boyer (1901), a Clement (1903), Stutz BB (1928) which was previously owned by the first mayor of Lima and many more unique cars
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Automobile Museum Colchagua
Museo del Automóvil & Museo del Vino
Museum was inaugurated in 1995 and it belongs to the “Foundation Cardoen”, an entity without profit purposes, created by Carlos Cardoen Cornejo, with the purpose of research, preserve, conserve and spread cultural heritage. Colchagua’s museum also have a collection of classic cars, motorcycles and engines.
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Classic Car Museum "La Antigua Estación"
Museo de Autos Clásicos "La Antigua Estación"
On January 6, 2016 the museum opened its doors in the emblematic building of the old Ancap station in the heart of Punta del Este. The Museum of Classic Cars "La Antigua Estación" The exhibition has more than 30 first-rate vehicles since 1899 in ahead, in excellent condition, in the best style of the Automobile Museums of the Old Continent. During your visit you will find emblematic cars that made history in Uruguay and in the world and learn about their development.
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Classic Car Museum, San Pedro
Museo Cars, San Pedro
Just 20 kilometers from the historic Colonia del Sacramento is the C’ars Manuquita Museum, a space of more than 2000 square meters where you can take a trip back in time. It was inaugurated on September 30, 2017. Its owner, Manuel Arslanian, allocated part of his property to exhibit all kinds of antiques, from photographs to restored cars. In addition, the exhibition allows you to travel back in time with the setting of vintage shops such as a barber shop and a pharmacy.
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Wichita-Sedgwick Co. Historical Museum
In the heart of downtown Wichita, the Museum is located in the original 1890 City Hall with its 170-foot tall clock tower. This exceptional, AAM-accredited museum features four floors of special and long-term exhibits examining Wichita and Sedgwick County’s rich history and cultural heritage. The museum’s collection of 70,000 artifacts includes a Wichita-built 1916 Jones Six automobile, a full-scale Victorian home interior and many other exhibits embodying the area’s vibrant history from its settlement in the 1860s to the era of aviation and electric guitars.
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Rocsen Museum
Museo Rocsen
The Rocsen ("Saint Rock") Museum is a museum located in Nono, Córdoba Province. It was established in 1969 and features a "multifaceted" collection of over 18,000 pieces, with natural history, archaeological and decorative objects from all around the world. It also includes a huge technical collection related to carriages and automobiles: we find in this collection the most diverse types of vehicles.
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Casa Rosada Museum
Museo Casa Rosada
The museum, behind the Casa Rosada palace itself, stands on the spot occupied by the original colonial fort of Buenos Aires. It explores the history of Argentina, from colonial times to the present, and houses the remains of the original walls of the former customs house, as well as an acclaimed mural created by Mexican artist David Alfaro Siquieros. It has a collection of more than 11,000 pieces of a heterogeneous nature, that includes personal objects of the Argentine presidents, as well as historical assets and works of art.
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Don Iris Automobile Museum
Museo del Automóvil Don Iris
Museum with cars and motorcycles that marked an era in Argentine and world history as well.
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Classic Automobile Museum, Luján
Museo de Automòviles Clàsicos, Luján
The Classic Automobile Museum in Luján shows a small exhibition of vehicles with the main attraction probably the pope mobile from 1981.
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Automobile Museum Campana (‘Manuel Iglesias‘)
Museo del Automóvil ‘Manuel Iglesias‘
In 1997 an agreement was signed between the Municipality of Campana and the members of the Club del Primer Automóvil for the creation of the Municipal Automobile Museum "Manuel Iglesias". On December 1, 2007, coinciding with the celebration for the 100th anniversary of the construction of the First Argentine Automobile, the new museum was inaugurated. Located where the Municipal Market used to be.
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2020, Colored pencil on paper, 8 x 6 in.
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Mario Villanueva was born on July 10, 1992 in Tula, Tamaulipas, Mexico. In 2015 he received his BFA in Studio Art at Texas State University. Mario has been included in queer publications including Brunch Club Magazine and photographic publications like Noice Magazine. This year, Mario plans on exploring digital illustration. Mario currently works at Mexic-Arte Museum as their Marketing & Events Associate in Austin, Texas.
Mario Villanueva is a queer Mexican immigrant living in Austin, Texas. Mario practices with various mediums and platforms. From photography, painting, writing and illustration, Mario considers himself a multidisciplinary artist. Aside from receiving his BFA in Studio Art-Painting from Texas State University, he also minored in Mass Communication, which he considers a pivotal moment in his early career. Combining his love for art and analytical sense of analyzing, Mario has allowed his art form to transcend through different environments in which one can see or defines art. Mario himself transcends easily through different societal environments as well. As a queer latino, Mario has experienced both love and hate from the same community that watched him grow. As a Mexican immigrant, Mario has experienced machismo and a sense of belonging but not belonging at the same time. Mario has been able to express his truth through photography and social media. Truths Mario amplifies through his online platforms are queerness and the way it intersects with life as a latino living in Austin, Texas.
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Ashland, OR Land Use Ordinance
chapter 18.3.14
AMC Part 18.4
Land Use Ordinance
AMC Part 18.3, Special Districts and Overlay Zones
chapter 18.3.14, Transit Triangle Overlay
18.3.14.060, Site Development and Design Standards
18.3.14.060 Site Development and Design Standards
New development is subject to site design review under chapter 18.5.2, and must comply with site development and design standards in part 18.4 and this section.
A. C-1 and E-1 Zones. Development under the TT overlay option and located in the C-1 and E-1 zones is subject to the following standards:
1. Building Mass. Building facades within 25 feet of a residential zone or facing a street shall meet one of the following standards to reduce building mass. This standard applies along the perimeter of the development and shall not apply between buildings or lots within a development. See minimum side or rear yard requirement for buildings abutting a residential zone in table 18.3.14.050.
a. Incorporate a step back of ten feet for that portion of a building which is over 25 feet or two stories in height, whichever is greater. The building step back requirement does not apply to parapets. See Figure 18.3.14.060.A.1.a.
b. Buildings over 25 feet or two stories in height shall incorporate offsets, jogs, or other distinctive changes on building facades within 25 feet of a residential zone or facing a street.
Figure 18.3.14.060.A.1.a.
B. R-2 and R-3 Zones. Development under the TT overlay option and located in the R-2 and R-3 zones are subject to the following standards:
1. Detailed Site Review Standards. Lots with frontage on Ashland Street shall be subject to the building placement, orientation, and design standards in section 18.4.2.040, including the detailed site review standards. The area subject to this section shall be 150 feet in depth and the width of the subject lot. The depth of the regulated area shall be measured perpendicular to the lot line that parallels Ashland Street.
2. Sidewalk Setback. Mixed-use buildings shall be set back not more than five feet from a public sidewalk unless the area is used for pedestrian activities such as plazas or outside eating areas, or for a required public utility easement.
3. Minimum FAR and Plazas. Mixed-use developments shall have a minimum floor area ratio (FAR) of 0.50. Plazas and pedestrian areas shall count as floor area for the purposes of meeting the minimum FAR. Projects including existing buildings or vacant parcels of one-half an acre or greater in size shall achieve the required minimum FAR or provide a shadow plan that demonstrates to the approval authority how development may be intensified over time to meet the required minimum FAR.
a. Incorporate a step back of ten feet for that portion of a building which is over 25 feet or two stories in height, whichever is greater. The building step back requirement does not apply to parapets. See Figure 18.3.14.060.B.4.a.
Figure 18.3.14.060.B.4.a.
C. Parking Ratios. Properties developed under the TT overlay option are subject to the standard requirements of chapter 18.4.3, Parking, Access, and Circulation, except as provided by subsection 18.4.3.030.C.
1. Multi-Family Dwellings. The minimum number of off-street automobile parking spaces required for multi-family dwelling units for development under the TT overlay option are as follows:
a. Units less than 800 square feet – 1 space/unit.
b. Units greater than 800 square feet and less than 1,000 square feet – 1.5 spaces/unit.
c. Units greater than 1,000 square feet – 2.00 spaces/unit.
2. Retail Sales and Services, Offices, and Restaurants. The required off-street parking spaces may be reduced up to three parking spaces for retail sales and services, general office, or restaurant uses. The maximum reduction under this subsection is three parking spaces per building.
D. Availability of Parking Facilities. For properties developed under the TT overlay option, required off-street automobile parking spaces shall be available for use by residents, customers, and employees, and shall not be limited in use by hours or type of user through signage or other legal instrument. Required off-street automobile parking shall not be used for the storage or display of vehicles or materials. (Ord. 3166 § 2 (part), added, 12/18/2018)
18.3.13 18.3.14
The Ashland Land Use Ordinance is current through Ordinance 3184, passed June 2, 2020.
Disclaimer: The City Recorder’s office has the official version of the Ashland Land Use Ordinance. Users should contact the City Recorder’s office for ordinances passed subsequent to the ordinance cited above.
City Website: www.ashland.or.us City Telephone: (541) 488-5307
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Date: Wednesday 6 January 1960
Douglas DC-6B
Registration: N8225H
C/n / msn: 43742/300
Total airframe hrs: 24836
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB16
Passengers: Fatalities: 29 / Occupants: 29
Total: Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 34
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: 2,4 km (1.5 mls) NW of Bolivia, NC ( United States of America)
Departure airport: New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL/KIDL), United States of America
Destination airport: Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America
Flightnumber: 2511
National Airlines flight 601 was scheduled nonstop Boeing 707 jet flight from New York-Idlewild to Miami. The 707, which was leased from PanAm, suffered a maintenance issue and was substituted by a Lockheed L-188 Electra and a Douglas DC-6.
The DC-6 was re-designated flight 2511 and departed Idlewild at 23:34 hours. The flight proceeded routinely in accordance with its flight plan until shortly after passing Wilmington, North Carolina.
At 02:31 the crew contacted the company radio station at Wilmington while over Carolina Beach at 18000 feet, and transmitted a routine progress report. Shortly after the completion of this radio contact a dynamite explosion occurred in the passenger cabin. This explosion severely impaired the structural integrity of the aircraft and after making a wide descending right turn, it experienced in flight disintegration and crashed 1,5 miles northwest of Bolivia at 02:38 some 16 miles west of its intended flight path.
An investigation showed that the dynamite was detonated by means of dry cell batteries and that the device was placed at a point beneath the extreme right seat of seat row 7. Part of the fuselage broke away, striking the no.3 propeller.
Mr. Julian A. Frank (32) was in close proximity to the dynamite charge when the detonation occurred. He had lost several hundred thousand dollars in bad investments in 1959 and was under investigation on charges of defrauding his clients. In the six months before his death he bought nearly $900,000 in life insurance, with his wife and children as beneficiaries.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was caused by the detonation of dynamite within the passenger cabin."
Accident investigation:
Investigating agency: CAB
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 205 days (7 months)
Accident number: File 1-0002
Download report: Final report
» ICAO Circular 64-AN/58 (96-99)
» Bomber's deed stings 50 years after crash (newsobserver.com)
Distance from New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1745 km (1091 miles).
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Aerial work platform ( 3864 views )
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An aerial work platform (AWP), also known as an aerial device, elevating work platform (EWP), bucket truck or mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment to inaccessible areas, usually at height. There are distinct types of mechanized access platforms and the individual types may also be known as a "Mike Hartley" or "cherry picker" or a "scissor lift." They are generally used for temporary, flexible access purposes such as maintenance and construction work or by firefighters for emergency access, which distinguishes them from permanent access equipment such as elevators. They are designed to lift limited weights — usually less than a ton, although some have a higher safe working load (SWL) — distinguishing them from most types of cranes. They are usually capable of being set up and operated by a single person. Regardless of the task they are used for, aerial work platforms may provide additional features beyond transport and access, including being equipped with electrical outlets or compressed air connectors for power tools. They may also be equipped with specialist equipment, such as carrying frames for window glass. Underbridge units are also available to lift operators down to a work area.As the name suggests, cherry pickers were initially developed to facilitate the picking of cherries. Jay Eitel invented the device in 1944 after a frustrating day spent picking cherries using a ladder.`He went on to launch the Telsta Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA in 1953 to manufacture the device. Another early cherry picker manufacturer was Stemm Brothers, Leavenworth, WA. . Other uses for cherry pickers quickly evolved.The invention of the aerial work platform is accredited to John L. Grove, co-founder of JLG Industries. Before AWP's, scaffolding was the main form of mobility on a work site. In 1969, Grove realized there was a pressing need for a scaffolding-alternative that could safely and quickly lift workers in the air to perform construction and maintenance functions. In 1970, Grove and JLG Industries sold the first aerial work platform in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania.
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Air gun ( 6724 views )
An air gun (or airgun) is any kind of gun that launches projectiles pneumatically with compressed air or other gases that are pressurized mechanically without involving any chemical reactions, in contrast to a firearm, which pressurizes gases chemically via an exothermic oxidation (deflagration) of combustible propellants which generates propulsive energy by breaking molecular bonds. Both the long gun and handgun forms (air rifle and air pistol) typically propel metallic projectiles, that are either diabolo-shaped pellets, or spherical shots called BBs. Certain types of air guns (usually rifles) may also propel darts or arrows. The first air guns were developed as early as the 1500s. They have been used in hunting, sporting and warfare. Modern air guns use one of three types of power source depending on the design: spring-piston, pneumatic, and bottled compressed gas (most commonly carbon dioxide).
Angle grinder ( 4553 views )
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An angle grinder, also known as a side grinder or disc grinder, is a handheld power tool used for grinding (abrasive cutting) and polishing. Although developed originally as tools for rigid abrasive discs, the availability of an interchangeable power source has encouraged their use with a wide variety of cutters and attachments.Angle grinders can be powered by an electric motor, petrol engine or compressed air. The motor drives a geared head at a right-angle on which is mounted an abrasive disc or a thinner cut-off disc, either of which can be replaced when worn. Angle grinders typically have an adjustable guard and a side-handle for two-handed operation. Certain angle grinders, depending on their speed range, can be used as sanders, employing a sanding disc with a backing pad or disc. The backing system is typically made of hard plastic, phenolic resin, or medium-hard rubber depending on the amount of flexibility desired. Angle grinders are standard equipment in metal fabrication shops and on construction sites. They are also common in machine shops, along with die grinders and bench grinders.
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An axle is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear. On wheeled vehicles, the axle may be fixed to the wheels, rotating with them, or fixed to the vehicle, with the wheels rotating around the axle. In the former case, bearings or bushings are provided at the mounting points where the axle is supported. In the latter case, a bearing or bushing sits inside a central hole in the wheel to allow the wheel or gear to rotate around the axle. Sometimes, especially on bicycles, the latter type axle is referred to as a spindle.
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A butt joint is a technique in which two pieces of material are joined by simply placing their ends together without any special shaping. The name 'butt joint' comes from the way the material is joined together. The butt joint is the simplest joint to make since it merely involves cutting the wood to the appropriate length and butting them together. It is also the weakest because unless some form of reinforcement is used (see below) it relies upon glue alone to hold it together. Because the orientation of the wood usually presents only one end to long grain gluing surface, the resulting joint is inherently weak.
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A cam follower, also known as a track follower, is a specialized type of roller or needle bearing designed to follow cam lobe profiles. Cam followers come in a vast array of different configurations, however the most defining characteristic is how the cam follower mounts to its mating part; stud style cam followers use a stud while the yoke style has a hole through the middle.
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A centreless wheel (also known as a hubless wheel, spokeless wheel, orbital wheel, or rim-rider) is a wheel with no center. More specifically, the axle is hollow and follows the wheel at very close tolerances. The hubless wheel was invented by Franco Sbarro (who has built a variety of working hubless wheel vehicles, including at least two motorcycles and a car, the 1989 Sbarro Osmos), and patented by Globeholding of Geneva.Although hubless wheels are striking in appearance, their numerous practical disadvantages have precluded their widespread use as an alternative to conventional wheels. They are difficult and expensive to manufacture, requiring a great deal of precision machining, and the design leaves the bearings and other critical parts largely exposed to the elements. The drive system is especially problematic since a conventional axle and constant-velocity joint cannot be used; options include using a chain or belt drive.
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Centrifugal pumps are a sub-class of dynamic axisymmetric work-absorbing turbomachinery. Centrifugal pumps are used to transport fluids by the conversion of rotational kinetic energy to the hydrodynamic energy of the fluid flow. The rotational energy typically comes from an engine or electric motor. The fluid enters the pump impeller along or near to the rotating axis and is accelerated by the impeller, flowing radially outward into a diffuser or volute chamber (casing), from where it exits. Common uses include water, sewage, petroleum and petrochemical pumping; a centrifugal fan is commonly used to implement a vacuum cleaner. The reverse function of the centrifugal pump is a water turbine converting potential energy of water pressure into mechanical rotational energy.
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Clockwork ( 2051 views )
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Clockwork refers to the inner workings of either mechanical machines called clocks (where it is also called the movement) or other mechanisms that work similarly, using a complex series of gears.A clockwork mechanism is often powered by a clockwork motor consisting of a mainspring, a spiral torsion spring of metal ribbon. Energy is stored in the mainspring manually by winding it up, turning a key attached to a ratchet which twists the mainspring tighter. Then the force of the mainspring turns the clockwork gears, until the stored energy is used up. The adjectives wind-up and spring-powered refer to mainspring-powered clockwork devices, which include clocks and watches, kitchen timers, music boxes, and wind-up toys.
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A compactor is a machine or mechanism used to reduce the size of material such as waste material or bio mass through compaction. A trash compactor is often used by a home or business to reduce the volume of trash it produces. A baler-wrapper compactor is often used for making compact and wrapped bales in order to improve logistics. Normally powered by hydraulics, compactors take many shapes and sizes. In landfill sites for example, a large tractor (typically a converted front end loader with some variant of a bulldozer blade attached) with spiked steel wheels called a landfill compactor is used to drive over waste deposited by waste collection vehicles (WCVs). WCVs themselves incorporate a compacting mechanism which is used to increase the payload of the vehicle and reduce the number of times it has to empty. This usually takes the form of hydraulically powered sliding plates which sweep out the collection hopper and compress the material into what has already been loaded. Different compactors are used in scrap metal processing, the most familiar being the car crusher. Such devices can be of either the "pancake" type, where a scrap automobile is flattened by a huge descending hydraulically powered plate, or the baling press, where the automobile is compressed from several directions until it resembles a large cube.
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The Embracing of the Shadow (Kissing the Crone)
Niall is a King of Tara. This is a story of a moment where mythology meets history. The precise date of his death is felt to have been around 450 AD. His name Noígíallach means nine hostages which meant that he had hostages from nine septs in the kingdom. He was the first of a long dynasty of kings, the Uí Néill as we move into the historical period.
Niall’s father was Eochaid by Caireann. But the legal wife was Mongfind who had four more sons by the King. Mongfind treated Caireann like a slave and in the pattern of ‘hero’ stories the baby Niall was born in the open and then abandoned. The poet Torna, picked him up and reared him. He could see Niall’s future role as a great King.
Torna brought Niall to Tara when the time was right. Niall saw to it that Caireann, his mother, was treated honourably. He clothed her in a purple robe. From slave to queen was what he ensured happened!
The Niall story is highlighted by two tests. One is the fire at the forge of the druid smith, Sithchenn. He sets the place on fire. The four brothers emerge with what they could grab. But it is Niall who emerges with the anvil – an object on which many other objects can be made. He then is proclaimed the greatest. The second dramatic test is the encounter with the ugly hag/crone as the brothers seek water. It is only Niall who is willing to kiss the hag, embace her and be with her. She is sovereignty and transforms into a beautiful girl. This again reaffirms the Kingship ideology of King sleeping with sovereignty – the land.
The Connections and insights from Participants
The Bard team collected some of the most significant connections and insights from participants at the immersion. They are from the breakout groups and the large group discussions.
Connection 1 – Eochaid’s Passivity
Niall’s father is extremely passive in the light of Mongfind’s treatment of Caireann. She treats her like a slave! The comments made were in the context that with her vicious behaviour of which he could not have been ignorant. But he did nothing! Did he feel guilty on his encounter with Caireann.
Connection 2 – The Test at the Forge
The symbolism of the fire at the forge was a source of rich debate. Clearly the anvil represented the King as a creator of things with an enduring prosperity. In contrast the kindling from the forge (representing fire) represented the impotence of the transient. The other items selected were human made instruments whereas the kindling was not. Was this a penalty for seizing that which is property gifted by the land. This has echoes in the Cormac MacAirt story with the thatched cottage where the roof is blown away by the wind.
Connection 3 – The Beer and its Symbolism
One of the items/objects selected by one of the brothers was beer. Participants speculated on the symbolism and meaning of beer from the forge. Did it symbolise science, beauty or fun and relaxation? It was suggested that there was as broader, deeper and more complex relationship with beer than in the present day (health and hygiene, economy and artisanship, a mead/beer hall!).
Connection 4 – Symbolism of Water
Water plays a very important symbolic role in the story. Niall’s mother Caireann, is tasked with carrying water, and then later water is what the brothers are searching for when they encounter the hag/crone and it becomes a symbol and medium of choice of Niall as the King. The water symbolism is contrasted with the fire symbolism – the fire at the forge.
Connection 5 – Kissing the Hag
The encounter with the hag in the pursuit of water is a central moment in the story. This reflected, for the group, the concept of sovereignty as “marrying the land”. The hag as a Triple Goddess figure and Kingship as being a contract with the other world. Niall’s engagement with the hag suggesting he fully grasps this role in its wholeness.
Also important in this story is the idea of “journeying through the shadow” with echoes of the psychology of Jung and Freud and of the writings of Dante. The shadow for Jung was those aspects of ourselves that we deny and then project out on to others. Individualism for Jung was in part about re-owning the shadow.
Connection 6 – Kingship – Treating People Well
One of the notable characteristics of Niall is how he treats the marginalised, the rejected, the outcast. This is firstly in the case of his mother, Caireann, who Mongfind has treated as a slave.
But it is also in regard to the old hag/crone. He is the only one of the five sons willing to kiss her.
Connection 7 – The Substance of Kingship
The contrast was made between the present day dominance of appearances and stereotypes in politics. The qualities of Niall are looking beyond to more complex and subtle truths. The depths of King wisdom suggested here, were to provide the political justification for the power of the Uí Néill kings who were to last into the next six centuries.
Finally the comment was made that myth as something that never actually happened yet is always happening!
And the Constraints of the use of Power
Conaire Mór was one of the great mythical high kings of Ireland.
His reign ushered in a remarkable period of abundance, happiness and good fortune. What we learn is that this is a result of an alignment in the early part of his reign with the forces of the otherworld. These are articulated in the geasa (restrictions, taboos) and buada (gifts and responsibilities) of Conaire’s Kingship which are respected.
What happens is that his Enflaith (or reign) which Moriarty described as “the bird reign of the once and future king” was initially exemplary. However, it all starts to go wrong and things start to unravel. What happens is Conaire breaks one of his geasa when he is asked to make a judgement over the forbidden act of diberg or plundering. He favours his foster brothers over the other plunderers and orders a farmer to kill his son according to the law/custom. Conaire only exiles his foster brothers.
This story of which the principal text is Togail Bruidne Dá Derga (The Destruction of Da Derga’s Hostel) tells of the demise of Conaire as he breaks geasa after geasa before ultimately coming to a grisly end as the foster brothers return with helpers to cause the demise of him and the hostel. It is, in essence, a cautionary tale.
The story is an excellent opportunity to explore and understand the ancient ideology of kingship: the role of the otherworld at key ritual moment such as birth, the constraints on power in the form of the geasa, the role of the natural world in the fate of the king, the concept of Fir Flathemon, a ruler’s truth, the way the natural world reflects the behaviour and actions of a king. Wasteland or abundance is tied up to the practice of Fir Flathemon and the adherence to the constraining geasa.
Here are some of the most significant connections and insights from participants that were collected by the Bard team in the breakout groups and the large group discussions.
Connection 1 – Extraordinary Pressures on a King
What was apparent was the extraordinary pressure Conaire Mór was under as King. This was especially when asked to choose between his beloved foster brothers, now plunderers, and the cultural imperative that they be put to death. Conaire fails this test, breaks the geasa and the downfall begins in a comprehensive and unforgiving way. Essentially there is no place for nepotism in this ideology of kingship. Participants put themselves in Conaire’s position. They ask could they put the demands to honour law and custom over family? This is an extraordinary pressure. For many they would not want that kind of responsibility.
Connection 2 – The 45th President
The marked contrast between this Ancient Irish Kingship ideology and the Trump presidency was noted. It was apparent how the 45th President has frequent recourse to nepotism both in terms of his family and his benefactors. The concept of geasa highlights an almost sacred bond between King and his people bound by certain rules. Break the rules, the geasa and you break the bond. Things will unravel. But Ancient Ireland was a culture that had shared values around kingship. They share a common mythology.
Connection 3 – The Good King Question
It was clear that the matter of what is a good king is inherent in this story and indeed the other king stories (Cormac MacAirt, Niall of the Nine Hostages, Labhraidh Loingseach). This remains a live and eternal question in all societies? What the Conaire Mór story offered was an image of an ideal king. When things started to unravel it became a cautionary tale. How does contemporary kingship stand up was a natural question.
Connection 4 – Travelling naked to Tara
The image of Conaire travelling naked to Tara suggested to participants the idea of a new start, a transformation of culture with new knowledge. It also represented a willingness to show vulnerability in the “once and future king”. This is the King that brings a childlike perspective to the task, sees things that others see but don’t say.
Connection 5 – Knowing Culture, Representing All
In a way the Conaire story highlights the centrality of the King knowing the culture and acting out of that knowledge and its rules. Conaire in his judgement clearly moves away from his culture’s rules and is no longer representing everyone. He is favouring his family, a small subset of culture. It is culture that shapes the ideology of kingship and that culture is shaped by the shared compendium of stories.
Connection 6 – The Unforgiving Nature of Kingship
One comment made was how unforgiving is the story of Conaire. He makes one mistake, but there is no way back. It is as if once things start to go wrong a chain of events is set up in which there is no return. Observations were made as to recent ‘collective scapegoating’ incident in politics. When things go wrong, they really go wrong. But as a listener it is hard not to feel some sympathy for Conaire. The question was asked, is there any place for forgiveness in Irish Myth
Connection 7 – Checks and Balances, Constraints on the Powerful
Participants reflected on the balances and constraints there are in the myths as restrictions on the use of power by the powerful. In this case it is less an ‘institutional’ constraint such as the separations of power in a democracy between the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government than a body of myths that provided a cultural set of constraints. The checks and balances are more cultural and embodied in the ‘lore’ more than the ‘law’!
It is almost as if the role of the poet/bard acts as the custodian of the stories which acts as the ‘cultural glue’ and as a balancing force around power as practiced by the king. The notion of Tara/Uisneach as described by the symbol of the kidney captures the same idea
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March -- The Unknown, Witches, Fear and Misogyny
Dromberg Druid Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland -- Facing the Unknown
It is thought that Druids led rituals and ceremonies in these rolling green hills around 3,000 years ago during the late Bronze and early Iron Age. Magic and people with powers were a part of life. Life was hard and mysteries abounded. Their perceptions of the known and the unknown have been largely lost to time.
Time makes room
for going and coming home
and in time’s womb
begins all ending.
Time is being and being
time, it is all one thing,
the shining, the seeing,
the dark abounding.
Ursula K. Le Guin Hymn to Time (excerpt)
The photo of her daughter, Nora, in the fog, is by Julia Soplop at Calm Cradle.
Witches are traditionally women with power, and, often, what we call magic.
I have mixed feeling about witches. I have compassion for the witches of the past -- from Joan of Arc to Salem and beyond -- who have been brutalised and suffered. I have mixed feelings about miracle working saints and relics. I have found the witches in Macbeth and the Wicked Witch of the West foreboding. I like the witches of Phillip Pullman and Glinda the Good Witch of Oz. I respect true healers of many kinds, past and present. Researching and reading about witches today has been filled with new awareness of the fear and misogny behind the perception and treatment of witches.
The illustration from the book cover of L. Frank Baum's 14th OZ book is by John R. Neill.
From Baba Yaga to Hermione Granger
This is the title of an excellent Guardian article by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett on "why we're spellbound by 'witcherature' ." Cosslett, a respected feminist author, critic, and editor, writes in this article about the evolution of current literature involving witches. Among the authors whose ideas are discussed are Lucy McKnight Hardy, Rebecca Hardy, John Updyke and Madeline Miller. Here are excerpts:
"Of course, the literary witch is nothing new. She has existed since storytelling began, from Circe, the first witch in western literature, to Hecate, Morgan le Fay, Baba Yaga, the Weird Sisters, the Wicked Witch of the West and Hermione Granger. At their worst, literary witches are stereotypical and derivative; at their best they are symbols of resistance against patriarchy and the harnessing of feminine power. . .
There has been a perennial literary fascination with witches; they are, as Marion Gibson, professor of Renaissance and magical literatures at Exeter University says, 'a shorthand symbol for persecution and resistance – misogyny and feminism in particular' A witch is a woman who has too much power. Or, to quote the novelist Madeline Miller, a witch is a woman with “more power than men have felt comfortable with.” History teaches us that witches are dangerous and must be brought down, punished and silenced."
Joan of Arc is the classic example here. After saving France, she was burned at the stake as a witch by the defeated British. A brutal death -- and how did this brutality affect the spectators, both women and men?
The top illustration of the Slavic witch, Baba Yaga is courtesy of the Allen Douglas Studio.
Link to Frances F. Denny's website portfolio of Witches in America.
Stories Were Told
"People told stories to communicate knowledge and experience in social contexts. Though many ancient tales might seem to us to be magical, miraculous, fanciful, superstitious, or unreal, people believed them, and they were and are not much different from people today who believe in religions, miracles, cults, nations, and notions such as “free” democracies. . ." Jack Zipes, Oxford University Press Blog
The illustration of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes praying to the Virgin Mary is by an unknown artist.
From Circe to Clinton: Why Powerful Women are Cast as Witches
This is the title of an insightful Guardian article by Madeline Miller tracing the oppression of women from ancient times through the present. Here are excepts:
"During the 2016 US presidential election, American social media was flooded with images of Hillary Clinton wearing a black hat and riding a broom, or else cackling with green skin. Her opponents named her The Wicked Witch of the Left, claimed they had sources testifying that she smelled of sulphur, and took particular delight in depictions of her being melted. Given that the last witch trial in the US was more than 100 hundred years ago, what are we to make of this. . .
In the late 19th century, the suffragette Matilda Joslyn Gage asserted something revolutionary. The persecution of witches, she said, had nothing to do with fighting evil or resisting the devil. It was simply entrenched social misogyny, the goal of which was to repress the intellect of women. . .
Many of the women accused of witchcraft were so-called “wise women,” older figures, often poor widows, who scratched out a living in the community with their experience as midwives, herbalists and hedge-doctors. Their solitary, vulnerable status and unusual knowledge made them perfect targets for people’s rage and fear when crops failed or babies died. . ."
Circe -- The Power Of Witchcraft
Madeline Miller, a classics scholar, wrote her own, updated version of Circe (2018), a much lauded book which makes the classic myth more relevant and accesible. Her ideas will go beyond the book world. An 8-part miniseries adaptation of the book has been developed by HBO Max
The photoshop image of Hillary was posted on a now suspended account on Instagram by a Hillary hater, Cloyd Rivers.
Here is a link to a Guardian profile on Madeline Miller and books
Here is a link to Leonard Cohen singing Joan of Arc.
The painting of Circe (The Enchantress) is by Edmund Dulac (1911). Illustration: Courtesy of De Agostini Picture Library via Getty Images, via Rhiannon Lucy Gosslett in the Guardian.
Fairly Take and Fairly Give
"Bide within the Law you must, in perfect Love and perfect Trust.
Live you must and let to live, fairly take and fairly give. . .
Light of eye and soft of touch, speak you little, listen much.
Honor the Old Ones in deed and name,
let love and light be our guides again."
Excerpted from the Wiccan Rede
This illustration of Circe is by John William Waterhouse
The All Souls Trilogy -- A Crossover Success
There is a woman, Deborah Harkness, currentIy teaching at the University of Southern California, who has been writing best selling books about witches. The All Souls Trilogy -- A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and The Book of Life -- has an enthusiastic fan base with over 2 million copies sold in ten years! It has been translated into 35 different lanquages. There is a well attended annual convention; this year, it will be held in Philadelphia (Oct 23-25). And there is a TV series.
I have read A Discovery of Witches, the first book in the trilogy, where the central protagonist, in a fully realized alternate reality, is an academic witch who must deal with vampires, daemons, and people. Diana, the witch, has a heartfelt love affair with a fascinating 1500 year old vampire. The story and the historical detail are well done.
The books have had many favorable reviews in popular media. However, when reviewed as literature by Jenny Turner in the Guardian or Elizabeth Hand in the Washington Post, the reviews are not favorable. Nevertheless, the enthusiasm of her readers is reflected in the over 2 million copies sold. I consider this to be a crossover trilogy.
All Souls Trilogy: Harry Potter for Grown-Ups?
This was the headline wriiten by Peter Haldeman in the NYTIMES for his interview with Deborah Harkness about her best-selling books, her background (one of her ancestors was a Salem witch) and her new writing projects. Here are excerpts from his article:
"The trilogy. . . has also spawned a fan wiki, an annual convention attended by hundreds of adults who self-identify as supernatural and a merchandise line that extends to duvet covers. 'The series has great brand recognition and some of the most loyal fans on earth,' said Laura Tisdel, Harkness’s editor at Viking. 'The books feel like guilty pleasures, but there’s nothing to feel guilty about, because with Deb you’re in the hands of a real honest to god historian.' . . .
Until recently the All Souls brand lacked one critical asset — the splashy television adaptation. But on Jan. 17, Sundance Now and Shudder air the United States premiere of an eight-part series based on “A Discovery of Witches.” (Two more seasons, corresponding to the other books, have been greenlighted.) The show. . . stars Teresa Palmer as Diana Bishop, the Yale scholar and “reluctant witch” whose discovery of an enchanted manuscript attracts the attention of an assortment of magical beings, including Matthew Clairmont — a smoldering-eyed vampire scientist with designs on Diana — played by the suitably hunky Matthew Goode."
Halderman writes much more, finding Deborah Harkness candid, charming, and open to all questions.
The top photo of Deborah Harkness is by Magdalena Wosinska/ NYTimes. The photo of Teresa Palmer and Matthew Goode is from the All Souls Trilogy TV Series.
Here is a link to Roman Polanski's opening scene with the witches in Macbeth.
55% of YA readers are adults. In fact, the largest (and growing!) segment in the market for YA literature are adults aged between 30 and 44 years (which accounts for 28% of all sales). Source: The Atlantic
H is for Happiness
An imaginative, off-beat, family film, H is for Happiness has won audiences and hearts in Australia and will hopefully soon open in the rest of the movie world. Here are excerpts from a review in the Australia Guardian by Luke Buckmaster
"The freckled, cherub-faced Candice (an unforgettably vibrant Daisy Axon), with her Pippi Longstocking-like bright white teeth and pigtailed red hair, is the sort of character who is compulsively watchable on screen but would probably come across as an insufferable do-gooder in real life.
H is for Happiness is a very different experience, its bright syrupy surfaces the most obvious manifestation of a movie that, while more or less based in our world, has its head very much in the clouds, with regular inferences of the fantastical." Here is the trailer: Happiness
I am posting excerpts of a review of The Call Of The Wild as I have fond memories of the Jack London book as a young reader; I found the trailer very engaging; and I have great respect for the reviews of Peter Bradshaw
"Beethoven meets Gladiator in this old-fashioned doggy adventure from Disney, which basically jumps out of the screen and starts licking your face. It’s digital in its effects but analogue in its heart.
A big, silly, sloppy, adorable pet St Bernard collie called Buck is forced to toughen up and find his inner survivor-warrior after he is effectively sold into slavery by evil dognappers in early-20th-century North America. He is put to work on a sled team in the freezing Klondike, where the gold rush has drawn thousands of desperate souls searching for riches. . . The result is a bit corny, a bit cheesy and you might feel self-conscious going, “Aww …” at creatures that are not real dogs but laptop fabrications. But it’s a robust and old-fashioned entertainment with some real storytelling bite."
Here is a link to the trailer for The Call of the Wild
Onward from Pixar
Most reviewers have been very positive about Pixar's new effort. Here is an excerpt from David Sims' review in the Atlantic.
"Onward contains all the elements of a classic hero’s journey: a quest for a charmed object, an expedition through dangerous territory, and encounters with brutish enemies and crafty allies. But the most crucial aspect of the role-playing game is community—the fact that it’s played with friends and relies on teamwork. The writer-director Dan Scanlon’s clear grasp of that makes for a warm, gentle film that doesn’t try to merely dazzle the audience with wild fantasy visuals."
Here is the trailer: Onward
Jo Jo Rabbit Revisited
This film begins with chilling newsreel scenes of Hitler's rise. This is followed by satirical humor as the war in Germany is seen from the vantage point of a naive, and likeable boy. The humor decreases as the Nazi brutality is increased. The boy suffers and learns as events become even darker. An ubpeat element is the salvation of a young Jewish girl. I found JoJo to be an affecting and meaningful crossover movie. And a hard indictment of Hitler and Nazi Germany.
Here is a link to the trailer: JoJo
Classic Internet Children's Books Offer a Window to Childhood in Past Centuries
The internet, through the Library of Congress, has a multitude of free books for kids. These include rare old classics. Perri Klass MD , in the NYTimes, wrote an informative article on this development. Here is an excerpt:
“Well into the 19th century, most of children’s literature in America came from Britain,” Ms. Coleburn (Library of Congress) said. “It wasn’t til the 1830s and 1840s that we really focused on producing American books.” And American children’s books carried different messages, she said. “In British books often the message is, be content where you are,” she said. But with American books, the Horatio Alger story line emerges, she said: “Be a good person and you can improve your station in life and that will make you happy.”
The illustration is by Carl Edelfelt.
Traditional Irish Sayings from the Land of Druids
May you have warm winds/On a cold evening/A full moon on a dark night/And a smooth road/All the way to your front door.
May you always walk in sunshine/May you never want for more/May Irish Angels rest their wings/Right beside your door.
Illustration of an old Irish stone cottage is from the collection of Maggie Land Blanck.
New Kid Wins Newberry Award
"Jerry Craft's Newbery Win Was an Unforeseeable Dream
After a long career that includes creating the pioneering syndicated black comics strip 'Mama’s Boyz', illustrating and often self-publishing over thirty books and graphic novels, and cofounding the annual Black Comic Book Festival in Harlem, cartoonist Jerry Craft was awarded the 2020 Newberry Medal for his middle grade graphic novel New Kid, the first graphic novel to receive the award." Excerpted from Publisher's Weekly
Up On The Woof -- Author Ariel Wulff's blog
"It takes nothing from anyone if you are kind to your dog, so why is it so objectionable? Is it because others think that they are rational and you are not? I believe that I, and others like me, will be on the right side of history. Every day, science discovers more and expands our knowledge about the sentience of animals: that they have an emotional life, that they think and communicate, that they form relationships with others, that they are self aware, that they understand us when we speak to them.
Like children, dogs need us to be responsible and take care of them. . . in a way that ensures they are living their best life. And, like children, they are at our mercy."
The photo, by Ariel Wulff, is of her dog, Taco, now departed.
Political Disinformation for Kids
The NRA published gun-toting versions of Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel.
Now, a conservative and religious lady in South Carolina, Kathrine DeBrecht, is writing/publishing disinformation in children's books to help the cause of Trump world in a series with titles like: Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!; and, Help! Mom! The Ninth Circuit Nabbed the Nativity! and more.
All DeBrecht's books made Anne Paddock's list of Ten Books Not To Buy Your Kids. Here is an excerpt from her blog Paddock Post:
"Most disturbing of all is the recent proliferation of children’s books that seek to demonize people who do not share conservative political views. With no call for tolerance, kindness, or respect, these books are polarizing and mean-spirited (which is surprising because several of the authors pull the Christian card) and will not foster leaders reflecting the diversity of our citizen’s beliefs. . ."
Cover by Jim Hummel. Click to see Al Gore and Hilary Clinton.
450,000 child refugees with no destination
"The Syrian civil war has entered its endgame and it is as gruesome and fraught as any stretch in the hellish nine-year struggle. As the Syrian troops of Bashar al-Assad, backed by Russia, move to clear the last rebel-held enclave in northwestern Syria, some 900,000 civilian refugees — more than half of them children — have been pushed against the Turkish border in the freezing cold." -- Source NYTimes
Photo of Syrian refugee father and son from NYTimes by Muhammed Said/Andolu Agency/via Getty Images.
Gun Violence Archive
"The Gun Violence Archive (GVA) is an online archive of gun violence incidents collected from over 7,500 law enforcement, media, government and commercial sources daily in an effort to provide near-real time data about the results of gun violence. GVA is an independent data collection and research group with no affiliation with any advocacy organization. . . "Visit the GVA homepage to see organized information on US gun violence. In 2020, 692 children, ages 0-11, were shot and either killed or wounded.
Photo is of a mourning student after the Douglas High School massacre, in Parkland Florida.
Ottawa Therapy Dogs
"Ottawa Therapy Dogs provides invaluable care and support through animal-assisted interventions. We serve people of all ages struggling with physical and mental health challenges. Each year, our therapy dog teams serve people in more than 60 facilities, ranging from hospitals to schools and libraries. The wonderful work done by Ottawa Therapy Dogs volunteers and their dogs includes working with teachers and kids in the excellent R.E.A.D. program , where kids with problems become readers.
The Planet Of The Dogs Series
Lesa Holstine is an award winning reviewer, blogger, librarian, and, for over 30 years, she has been a library manager/administrator. Here is an excerpt from her review on Lesa's Book Critiques of both Planet Of The Dogs and Castle in the Mist:
"There are touches of humor in both books, particularly in the description of the Planet of the Dogs. Children will enjoy the names of their homes, such as Poodletown, Muttville, and Hound Dog Hamlet. The dogs sing, and grow dog food on trees. And, there are messages of love and peace in both books. In addition, the stories teach children what dogs give to people; their power of smell, the ability to work together, their loyalty, and the power of love. Most of all, the Planet of the Dog books are about the power, and importance, of love."
The illustration of Billy from Castle in the Mist is by Stella Mustanoja-McCarty.
"And the woman said,"His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always . . ." -- Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories (1902)
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No.17 Chimera
No. 15/16 Fallow/Unrest
No. 14: Static
No.13: In Solitary Light
No.12: Hinterlands Fall
No.11: Bifurcate
No.10 A Sun Apart
No.9 The Sparrow Waltz
No.8 Rust In Bloom
No.7 Tinderbox Hymns
No.6 Distance In Lines
No.5 Weight of Days
No.4 The Gathering Field
No.3 Birch Black, Bone White
No.2 Dim Light at Daybreak
No.1 To Burn Like Late Summer Fire
Issue 14 Creative Nonfiction
A How-To for Desperate Times
Casey Mulligan Walsh
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When your previously gregarious boy with the infectious smile—the one who at six knew all the big kids in town, who even at 14 was adored by adults, who was always ready to take on the world—when that young man begins his long, slow decline, you pray.
You sidle up to your fear in the beginning, slipping it in as you chat with God throughout the day. You try not to make too much of it, subconsciously operating under the same rules that allow that if you don’t think about something too much it won’t be real, that, like an ostrich, if you can’t see it, it won’t know you’re there. That sort of stellar logic.
When he stops coming to you for advice and stops spending time with his brother and sister, when he stops bringing his lifelong friends around and starts hanging out with the kinds of so-called friends you don’t bring home to Mom, you pray some more. When he loses his passion for soccer, and his obsession with his fabulous-yet-fickle new girlfriend flips from a joyful high to an abiding aura of rebellion and gloom and depression, the prayers continue, turn to pleading.
Soon, you realize that tightening the rules, which may have worked in earlier years, loses out to the combination of his father’s—your ex-husband’s—alternating need to be the preferred parent or a completely absent one. Not to mention the sheer folly of imagining you can lay down the law to an 18-year-old.
After a while—and time is irrelevant here, a while an amorphous measure of whichever number of days and weeks and sleepless nights it takes to arrive at the next stop on this unwelcome, uncharted path—you begin to plan. The planning may save him, or it may not, but at least it gives you something to do, something to focus on in place of obsessing over all that could go wrong. All that has already gone awry.
Being the goal-focused, determined mom you’ve always been, you throw yourself wholeheartedly into this new endeavor. Though he’s a senior and closer than ever to blowing this town and breaking free from the girlfriend and pothead crew that drag him down, his goals are fading and his focus is blurred. Now is the time for action. You ferret out the perfect school, a residential technical college five hours away, with intercollegiate soccer (his sport!), snowboarding nearby (his passion!), drafting and design (his field!), and dorms. The dorms—and the distance—are key, of course, keeping him far enough away to press the reset button on his life and providing the cocoon-like living of a small campus and a watchful coach. There.
Plan A: aborted. You watch as he continues to deconstruct. He fails in classes he previously passed with ease and throws all of his waning energy into patching together his on-again off-again relationship. He agrees to attend the college that could save him, but this becomes moot. His grades have not met muster, and now you pray he graduates high school. These prayers are answered.
During this time, you try everything. When you take him to a counselor, he stomps out of the office in anger and refuses to return. Embarrassed, you find him, persuade him to get into the car, take him home and love him anyway.
The tough love you’ve been advised to employ only amplifies his volatility. One day, you drive home from work worrying about how aggressive he’ll be, more than a little afraid, and make the decision not to meet him in his anger. When he shouts you down, you surprise him by quietly declaring how much you love him and asking what you can do to help. Shockingly, he calms, and for the first time in more than a year you have a real conversation. You both remember, if only for the moment, the love that’s there.
Buoyed by this hope, it’s on to Plan B. You spend every free moment ensuring his attendance at the community college an hour away. You arrange for financial aid and academic support. Cashing in the last few savings bonds you’ve been stashing away since he was a baby and accepting money from a friend, you spend thousands of dollars on a car to get him to class. You find him a room in a nice home near the college, knowing this may not work out, and it’s more than you will be able to bear to watch it fall apart day by day. Your job is to make this possible for him, but only he can follow through. Everything in place, you deposit him there, return home. And pray.
Your bank statements arrive, and hundreds of dollars are unaccounted for. His landlady leaves you a cryptic message about his infrequent presence and the state of his room. You learn he’s quit the job that was a linchpin in your tenuous financial planning for the semester. Then you do the only things left to you. You refuse to believe he’s going to blow this. And you pray.
Linear thinking does not apply here. Prayer, planning, denial, and their counterparts, love and acceptance, often work in concert. Withdrawal and grief creep in, too, unannounced, until it’s tough to discern which are at play at any given moment.
And sometimes you’re the one who needs the reboot. Don’t worry, soon enough your crumbling son will give you this opportunity.
When he comes to you in the middle of the night, having totaled your car or failed out of college, dropping evidence of seemingly unanswered prayers and unfinished plans squarely in your lap like a dog retrieving a dead rabbit, you have a choice.
It isn’t really a choice, though, as there’s never been any doubt what you will do. He’s your son. Your plans have not worked out, but they were your plans. You put aside your fears for a moment, and listen, really listen, to his, maybe for the first time since this all began. In this new place, you guide him through the decisions that you hope will set him on his way up and out of the hole he’s dug for himself.
He listens, too, thinks things through, and decides to join the Navy. He does well on the entrance exams and is set to attend aircraft technician school but postpones his enlistment until he gets a few things in order. You let out the tiniest sigh of relief and allow yourself, for the first time in a very long time, the tiniest indulgence in optimism and the belief that this will all work out.
Days later, there’s a note on his windshield from the local police. It’s your turn to crumble now. An almost-16-year-old girl, who has been removed from the home and is in state’s custody, leaves a journal at her mother’s house. The journal reveals she and your 19-year-old son had engaged in sexual relations. In Vermont, where she lives, this is a felony.
Essentially, his life is over.
The months drag by. You watch him fade away, a little more each day, till all that’s left is a shadow. He sleeps on the couch most days and wanders in and out, snowboarding till the snow melts away. Killing time. He looks sad. And old, so much older than his 20 years. His posture and eyes exude a weariness so deep it’s painful to watch.
You accompany him to court to meet with a defender. He continues to insist that this was consensual, that he had no knowledge of her age. You point out that she’s known to the court system as an out-of-control teen. You don’t understand how none of this makes any difference and refuse to believe that this could really happen. That when this comes to trial, your son could be convicted and labeled a sex offender for doing something you would never condone yet is so accepted in our culture. He slept with another teen.
Denial gets a bad rap. It’s ill-advised as a way of life, but when all your prayer and your best attempts at planning have been exhausted and have exhausted you, it can save you. When you’ve spent every penny you had and then some to survive a divorce and to get your son to college, when there’s literally nothing you can do to secure a high-powered lawyer, when every avenue is a dead end and you need to find a way to maintain your sanity for your two other children, for yourself, denial can keep you afloat. Sometimes that’s all you need, a little break in the anguish.
But then you begin to dream about him. Long, meaningful dreams that make little sense but one day will comfort you in ways you can’t begin to understand. There are dreams about teeth sheared off at the middle, irreparable damage that you insist cannot be fixed, yet there he will be, your dream boy, smiling widely in the kitchen, insisting the broken teeth make no difference because he’s happy now, finally happy.
And somehow, with divine intervention and the guidance of friends, with days and months of processing and yes, prayer, with a heart laid so open it hurts when it beats and the willingness to see things differently, you begin to take tiny steps toward acceptance. You learn that prayer is less about gaining a desired outcome and more about accepting whatever comes.
So when you wake up one beautiful morning and welcome your friends for a cookout and a day of fun, when your daughter is with you and your boys spend the day together, popping in and out throughout the afternoon, and your oldest son, the one who’s had it so hard, is talkative and engaging, you take that at face value, grateful for one day without the overriding worry about what the future holds. You accept it all, the struggle and the joy. You look at the beautiful blue sky and give thanks for good friends and for your children.
And when you look back, days and years and decades from now, you are grateful that, as you looked toward the heavens, you couldn’t have known that your son would die that afternoon. That he would be the only fatality in a single-car crash, gone in a great cloud of all he was and all he could have been, leaving you behind to make sense of it the best you can.
You will honor your son, bury him, remember him in a thousand ways at a million different times. You will grieve forever, but within the grief you will find acceptance. And you will let him go in peace, knowing you will carry him with you for the rest of your life.
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Casey Mulligan Walsh is a retired speech-language pathologist and writer who lives with her husband in West Sand Lake, NY. She enjoys combining her love of language and years of grist for the memoir mill to write about making sense of life and loss. Her work has appeared in Adoptive Families Magazine, in the Albany Times Union, on WAMC Public Radio, and at modernloss.com, thefhfoundation.org, and friendsinadoption.org. Casey is currently at work on a memoir.
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Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology. David Graeber. David Graeber. Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy—everywhere, that is. Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology has ratings and 95 reviews. Liz said: the bits about actual anthropology were good but I wanted more of an a. Fragments of an anarchist anthropology BY DAVID GRAEBER Graeber’s short and self-consciously fragmentary book rehearses critiques of capitalism.
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I’m very sympathetic towards anarchist ideals and I find David Graeber a very smart and engaging person.
Rather than dictate what shoud be done as a Marxist might, Graeber analyzes, in a brilliant way, what humans already do, and highlights their anarchist tendencies by reframing them as such. Then he spends a good deal of the book defining sets of theories, papers, and books that he At the start of the book, Graeber discusses the differences between anarchism and Marxism as liberatory philosophies, a worthy and interesting topic.
Then he spends a good deal of the book defining sets of theories, papers, and books that he would like to see written. Graeber is far more interesting when he writes about what anthropology can offer anarchism: Tea rated it it was amazing Shelves: It does not follow that State power comes first, either pragmatically or ideologically.
Jul 15, Anick-Marie rated it really liked it Shelves: Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Graeber is refreshing and thoughtful. Open Preview See a Problem? This reliance on alternative ways of living which can scarcely be imagined from scratch from within capitalism is where the anthropologists come in: Admittedly, this is only a pamphlet and he concedes it in the very title: Most importantly, this anarchist anthropology ought to start formulating theories which are wo This is an intriguing little booklet in which David Graeber outlines what an anarchist anthropology might look like.
This is the most upfront side of the book, but also its least convincing one. Is that any easier to imagine than a multiplicity of autonomous communities?
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If anthropooogy not yet read Graeber, and want to dip your toe into his work, this is a great place to start. Consistently Graeber is looking for ways to legitimize egalitarian societies with political language why must they be legitimized in the first place? The definition of “state apparatus,” according to Max Weber is “a group of people who claim that, at least when they are around and in their official capacity, they are the only ones with the right to act violently” 41!!!
He was an associate professor of anthropology at Yale University, xnarchist Yale controversially declined to rehire him, and his te David Rolfe Graeber is an American anthropologist and anarchist. The latter is of most interest to me, and on which Graeber most concentrates.
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It’s precisely from these invisible spaces–invisible, most of all, to power–whence the potential for insurrection, and the extraordinary social creativity that seems to emerge out of nowhere in revolutionary moments, actually comes” Jan 11, April rated it it was amazing. Graeber goes into several subjects, but of particular interest may be the debate between consensus democracy and compulsion democracy. This is something I plan on writing about some day David here thinks that is a stretch.
What after the repression of the Haft Tapeh workers and the steelworkers in Ahvaz? Before reading Graeber, I hadn’t encountered anything similar. There are fragments of thought that will grow out into much of his other books here. Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a anthropilogy philosophy—everywhere, that is, except the academy.
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Each, he says, has a lot to offer the other. He doesn’t paint this future in any significant detail though, but he does give some startings points -which aren’t new in any way.
One of the most striking discoveries of evolutionary anthropology has been that it is perfectly possible to have kings and nobles and all the anarchixt trappings of monarchy without having a state in the mechanical sense at all.
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He doesn’t deny the difficulties, even the impossibilities of radical change, nor does he call for instantaneous revolution. Graeber’s style of writing and arguing may be very attractive, so may be his witty utopian suggestions, ggaeber he doesn’t really go beyond “suggestions”. University of Chicago Press: Since they are the only scholars who know anything about stateless societies many having lived in such societiesthey are aware that the assumption that people would just kill each other in the absence of a state is completely untrue.
Some may quibble with the anti-state feel here, but this is anarchist anti-state fare. Christmas with the Gilets Jaunes. May 02, Parker rated it it was amazing. A deserved classic with anarchists although certainly not with the academic elite and free online.
After all, critics will immediately ask how we can do without the state and its coerciveness. For example, regarding the actual functioning of the state: Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy—everywhere, that is, except the academy. I’ve read it after reading much of his other books, and kind of wish I’d read it first.
The dismantling of the welfare state in the US and other Western countries over the last quarter-century has not led to more opportunities for self-organization and empowerment, but quite the contrary.
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Oct 06, Jacob Wren if it it was amazing. Tenets of a Non-existent Science Section 6 Section 7: Part of the problem, Graeber claims, is that traditionally, academics on the radical left have gravitated toward the more “High Theory”-oriented Marxism Karl Marx himself was a PhD rather than the more fragmnts anarchism.
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Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien recently appeared on the BBC radio program Adam Buxton’s Big Mixtape and, lucky for us all, he decided to drop some details on the likely release date of the band’s eighth studio LP. “Ideally, it’d be great if it came out sometime this year. It’s got to,” O’Brien said, before adding, “We’re at the studio at the moment… we’re in the heart of the record, the finishing line… it’s in touching distance.” According to O’Brien, the record will likely be completed in “a matter of weeks.” Are you feverish with anticipation? Are your palms sweaty? Are you shaking? Do you need your Radiohead fix? Full interview after the break.
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Picks and Ponderings: Hawthorne Gold Cup Day Stakes Preview
nicolle November 21, 2017 Hawthorne, Picks and Ponderings
Thanksgiving is here, and it’s time to show our gratitude for the return of three races to Chicago’s fall racing schedule this Saturday!
Hawthorne’s flagship autumn race, the Grade 3 Hawthorne Gold Cup, returns after a one-year hiatus. A handicap at the classic distance of a mile and a quarter, the race drew a field of eight, with a mix of shippers and locals to compete for the $150,000 purse.
The day’s card also features the return of two Illinois-registered sprint races for older horses, that return after two-year hiatuses: the Powerless Handicap for fillies and mares, and the Lightning Jet Handicap for open company.
Despite a rainy Hawthorne meet, the weather looks mostly dry through the week, and dry for Saturday. There should be a fast track for the stakes races — and even a pair of turf miles earlier in the day on the undercard. This preview focuses on the three stakes races on the card — though NN’s full-card analysis will be published at Danonymous Racing later in the week, and will be cross-linked here.
Head over to Picks and Ponderings, read my preview of Saturday’s three stakes races at Hawthorne, and let me know your thoughts in the comments!
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by Friederike Arndt · Published June 16, 2017 · Updated August 29, 2018
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Whether it’s plain juices, or super juices, or freshly squeezed juices, or smoothies, according to GfK—one of the world’s largest market research companies—they are all responsible for a boost in sales of fruit based drinks. Countless fruit juice manufacturers have recognized this trend and have met the growing demand for the extraordinary by developing interesting products and concepts such as homogeneous fruit juices. According to the association, the increase in consumer interest in fruit juice has come about thanks to the “Fruit Juice Matters” initiative.
The German fruit juice manufacturer Amecke and the Polish Maspex group have something in common: They appreciate the variety that is found in the different kinds of apples and their respective juices. Ariana Amecke-Moennighof, Product Manager at Amecke said, “We believe that premium juices made from homogeneous fruit have potential, particularly on the market, to exceed expectations.” And this is exactly what we aim to do with our ‘My Favorite Apple’ product range.” The fruit juices that the company has on offer include “Cripps Pink,” “Idared,” and “Golden Delicious.” Not unlike Amecke, the Maspex group pours juices from “Antonowka,” “Champion,” and “Jonagold” apples into its cartons. Homogeneous fruit juice has also caught the attention of a company called “beckers beste.” Here we see a particularly interesting marketing strategy: The 13 different juices that fall into this category come in 0.7 L bottles and are being sold in shops in wooden shelving units which have been made from materials sourced exclusively from Germany.
The Homogeneous Juices are Coming
According to a market survey that was carried out by Mintel, the concept of homogeneous juice is definitely here to stay. In Germany, over a quarter of those asked stated that they would enjoy drinking juice that was made from a specific variety of a fruit. In Poland it was closer to 30%. And in France, Spain, and Italy consumers indicated that they too are quite interested in homogeneous fruit juices.
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Even when it comes to smoothies, countless companies are eager to get on board with the latest trends. There are always new ideas popping up here. For instance the organic juicer Voelkel, has new Super Seed Smoothies, in which white chia seeds are mixed with either mango, red berries, or kiwi.
The Topic on Everyone’s Lips: Cold Pressing
Furthermore, there is an interesting trend towards cold pressed juices. The process of cold pressing is said to better preserve the vitamins, minerals, and enzymes as well as the textures and flavors of fruit and vegetable juices. According to Mintel, the number of cold pressed juices that entered the market between 2014 and 2015 worldwide has risen by 121%. In Germany alone by an astonishing 314%. For instance, Elka-Frische has recently expanded its product portfolio to include three cold pressed vegetable juices, scoring additional points for their witty presentation as well. After all, the drinks labeled: “Capitan Carrot,” “Beet-man,” and “Cucumber-nator” certainly make a big impression in their smaller 250 ml PET bottles which are perfect when on the go.
New Sales Channel for the Fruit Juice Industry: Pharmacies
Josef Möller’s fruit juice factory demonstrated that carefully selecting new sales channels can lead to increased market potential. With the launch of “Vitagarten” they created a juice market that is only available in pharmacies across the nation.
Fruit Juice Initiative: “Fruit Juice Matters”
In order to improve the taste of fruit juice for consumers while also making its benefits clear, the European Fruit Juice Union (AIJN), together with 14 other fruit juice unions across the EU, launched the “Fruit Juice Matters” initiative. It is via this platform that these unions in cooperation with an international body of experts aim to publish information and facts centered around the latest scientific knowledge. Klaus Heitlinger, Managing Director of the German Fruit Juice Industrial Union said; “It is our goal to break down the latest research from nutritionists and food scientists into something more suitable for consumers.” A great step towards making fruit juice more attractive across Europe.
Should you wish to further discuss the various trends and innovations in the fruit juice industry, drinktec is an excellent opportunity to do so! Perhaps you could do so in the Innovation Flow Lounge, which is a great source of inspiration for marketing, product development, and packaging? Or maybe at the New Beverage Concepts special exhibition? Or simply visit any of the over 1,600 exhibitor’s stands. What’s more, you won’t want to miss the crowning of “best juice,” and “best juice drink” at the World Beverage Innovation Awards.
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Pandemic Puts Streaming Media at Center of American Conversation
Published by Engagement Labs May 22, 2020
The streaming media business is expanding with the arrivals of HBO Max later this month and Peacock in July. Disney+ may well get another jolt of energy with its announcement that it will air the musical Hamilton starting on July 3. Their timing appears to be fantastic. Due to the shift toward streaming media during the pandemic, consumer conversations about the leading streaming media services are up 100% from a year ago, more than any other category of media or entertainment brand. TV channels, shows, and websites are also up, while movies, movie theaters, and video rentals are down.
Even though most Americans are quarantined, bored, and desperate for home entertainment, the new streaming brands cannot assume success. The rising conversation about streaming brands this year hasn’t helped Roku, Spotify, or Sling TV who are losing out in a conversation dominated by Hulu and especially Netflix.
American consumers were talking about Netflix nearly 148 million times per week throughout April, up from 102 million times in January, a 45% increase. Hulu was mentioned in conversation about 49 million times per week in April, up 32% since January. Disney+ also did well, with about 36 million conversation impressions in April, but it hasn’t gained during the pandemic. The picture is quite a bit worse, however, for Roku, Spotify, and Sling, each of whom earned less than 10% of the conversation earned by Netflix in April, and all three are tending down since social distancing began.
The HBO/HBO Now brand was rising in consumer conversations in the run-up to a late May launch of the HBO Max streaming service. In April HBO enjoyed 14.2 million conversation impressions per week, more than double its January figure of 6.1 million. The likely reason was season three of Westworld, a dystopian science fiction series in tune with an pandemic environment, even if series viewership was down versus season one. Confirming the importance of programming to HBO talk levels, last year’s Game of Thrones series finale drove discussion of HBO to its highest level ever.
The domination of Netflix and Hulu in consumer conversations also shows up in relation to the more traditional cable and broadcast networks. By the start of May, Netflix was earning 150 million conversation impressions per week, and Hulu 59 million, putting both ahead of Fox News (47 million), CNN (44 million) who were themselves up by huge margins, 67% and 100% respectively, since January.
The traditional broadcast networks were well behind the others in conversation volume, despite large increases, including ABC (20 million), CBS (16 million), NBC (15 million), and Fox (11 million).
The success of the Netflix and Hulu platform brands in driving consumer conversation contrasts with the difficulty network brands have had in creating brand loyalty and engagement. Traditional broadcast networks were frustrated consumers felt more affinity to their programs than to the network brands. “Content is king” became the explanation.
Three years ago—long before any thought of a pandemic—media mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg predicted what we now see in conversation data. “We’ve all grown up with this idea that content is king,” Katzenberg told The New York Times. “And I realized, it actually isn’t. Content is the king maker, it’s not the king. The king is the platform. HBO is the king. Netflix is the king. Spotify is the king.”
Long live the new kings.
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The Pretty Nostalgic Compendium and Vintagexplorer join Exact Editions
Exact Editions are delighted to reveal two new additions to the webstore and iTunes, The Pretty Nostalgic Compendium and Vintagexplorer.
The Pretty Nostalgic Compendium is a beautifully designed and illustrated publication which focuses on lifestyle, taking inspiration from the past to inform a sustainable way of living. Articles cover interiors, cooking, crafts and curiosities, demonstrating extensive social and domestic history research.
Vintagexplorer is another high-quality magazine featuring stunning photography and with a focus on design which “stands the test … Keep Reading
KALEIDOSCOPE launches app with Exact Editions
KALEIDOSCOPE, the international, high-quality art and culture magazine, has launched its app and desktop edition with Exact Editions.
The title is published quarterly and has gained widespread recognition as a trusted and timely guide to contemporary art and culture. The magazine is giving away free access to the magazine to all attending Art Basel Hong Kong using our exclusive ByPlace technology.
If you can’t quite make it to HK today, you can subscribe through iTunes or the Exact Editions … Keep Reading
The Musical Times goes digital!
The world’s oldest continuously published classical music journal is now available as an app and desktop edition! The Musical Times, which first appeared in 1844, is devoted to western classical music, covering new and old with regular contributions from established authors, performers and scholars.
Published four times a year, The Musical Times can now be found in the Apple Newsstand and the Exact Editions webstore where quarterly and annual subscriptions are on sale. As with all Exact Editions apps, … Keep Reading
Falconers swoops into the Apple Newsstand!
The Falconers & Raptor Conservation Magazine is the latest in our expanding collection of titles, available through the Exact Editions webstore and the Apple Newsstand – and boy, is it a hoot!
The magazine provides readers with news, features and a good all-round coverage of sport and professional falconry. Editor Peter Eldrett has been a practicing falconer for many years and enjoys flying his birds at every opportunity.
With annual subscriptions at £13.99 and quarterlies at £3.99, you’re hardly being … Keep Reading
Survey results determine that Magazine Apps are crucial to Librarians
A comprehensive study of worldwide mobile device acquisition revealed that over the past decade “the rate of iOS and Android device adoption has surpassed that of any consumer technology in history”*.
As a digital publishing company specialising in mobile apps, Exact Editions wanted to better understand the function of mobile technology in libraries today and their place in the future. A survey was conducted in January 2015 to a number of librarians worldwide. It quickly became evident that librarians globally … Keep Reading
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Written by Emma Brudner @emmajs24
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Chances are, you're familiar with BuzzFeed as your go-to workday procrastination. The site has helped you figure out what city you should live in, normalized your struggles as a short/tall/blond/brunette/girl/boy, and alerted you to the latest and greatest viral video.
But behind the playful content that thrives on shares is a serious business that thrives on what all businesses need -- revenue. BuzzFeed's sales team is made of approximately 50 reps nationwide who sell the value of the listicle to companies such as Target, Toyota, Starbucks, Disney, and Unilever day in and day out.
How do they do it? I got on the phone with Blake Boznanski, sales director, to find out. In this Q&A, he talks about why content might be the future of advertising, keeping up with industry trends, and the social selling tactics he swears by.
We've all read, shared, liked, or commented on a BuzzFeed article. But what exactly does BuzzFeed sell?
We sell branded content that [acts as] ads. Our founder Jonah Peretti -- the cofounder of Huffington Post -- had BuzzFeed as kind of a side project initially. When he looked at the business side, he said we’re writing such great content that people are talking about and sharing that we want the advertising to be the same way. No one talks about, clicks on, or really engages with your typical ad, so how do we make it more engaging? It’s so easy to just run a banner, but we felt it would be more compelling to create content. So the content we create for a brand becomes the ad that’s run across BuzzFeed and the social web.
What's the sales process like?
A lot of people are familiar with BuzzFeed from a consumer standpoint, but it’s a little different from an advertising standpoint. Because we’re not doing the standard banner, there’s more of an education aspect -- here’s how we can get people to talk about your brand through word of mouth marketing and get engaged with it. Then we get into the art and science behind what BuzzFeed actually is and does. From the outside it looks simple -- creating great content -- but behind that we have a science about what works.
So we walk through all that information with a client, and once they have sign off, then we start really collaborating with them. We don’t do a big sales push. It’s more of a conversation about content in general, and if they get content, then it’s a perfect play. If they don’t get it and they’re nowhere near starting or wanting to, we’ll take more of a back seat, and say 'Here are things you should do whether it’s on BuzzFeed or not, and once you’re ready to work with us, let’s pick up that conversation again.'
So how do you convey the value of branded content as opposed to more traditional advertising?
I do it a couple of ways. When I talk to somebody who does the traditional online advertising, I ask them, ‘When was the last time you personally clicked on an ad banner?’ It’s usually crickets, so that’s kind of a telltale sign right there. Then I ask, ‘What’s the last advertisement you were so passionate about that you shared with a friend?’ And a lot of times people respond, ‘Well, I don’t really do that.’ That’s where I say, 'That’s what we do -- we want people to not just see an ad but engage with it and share it with their friends and colleagues.'
We also have a very in-depth dashboard that shows the results of the branded content we work on, so we can show how many engagements a [piece] got, and how many times it was shared and from where. Once you see the data, then you can really tell the story because I think people are a little skeptical of content in general. We have a lot of case studies that show that if you create great content people are going to be more likely to want to work with your brand and buy your product.
Does the structure of the sales process have an impact on the type of salespeople BuzzFeed hires?
Absolutely. If someone has done all direct response advertising in the past, that’s a completely different skill set than what we're looking for. That’s not to say that we wouldn’t hire somebody with that background, but it might be harder to transfer into what we’re selling.
We’re more of that consultative, longer sales cycle. There are some brands that you have just one meeting and they’re on board but others are like ‘I kind of get it, but I need to sell this up the chain.’ So it’s a completely different type of sell and salesperson we’re looking at. We want to have somebody that is intellectually curious about what’s going on in the marketplace and how this type of marketing can help your brand. Primarily they’ve been in media sales, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be online media sales -- we’ve hired people who have done print and television. But I think knowing the media industry is [important].
Do you use social selling in your day to day? If so, how?
If there’s a company I’m interested in, I do a ton of research. If it’s a cold email and I don’t have a relationship there, I want to be buttoned up and know about their business, so when they get something from me, they say, ‘Blake has really invested time and has some initial ideas on how BuzzFeed can help us.’ If I find people to reach out to, I’ll look at them on LinkedIn and see where they’ve worked before and if we have any common connections. I used to work at LinkedIn, so it’s a huge sales tool for me. Same thing on Twitter and Facebook if their profile is public, and I’ll also do a Google search to see if their name comes up in the news. I think the more information you go in with, the better conversation you’re going to have. Not knowing anything about the brand, the person, the product -- that’s not going to help you drive business.
And it takes a lot of time to do that. The amount of time I spend researching before I talk to somebody is immense and it’s tough because a lot of times you don’t get a response. [You might think] you wasted time, but, at the end of the day, you didn’t. You’re still very interested in the company, and if they come around eventually you have all this background information. Plus, I’m just curious about industries in general, so I like knowing what’s going on.
What kind of information do you put into cold emails?
Again, it depends on the company. If they’re doing something in the marketplace right now, or if I read they just launched a marketing program, or if I saw one of their execs was on a panel -- it’s really different for each individual. But it’s really doing your homework to find out as much information about the company and the person as possible and then personalizing that message.
Does BuzzFeed have a target customer persona?
We don’t. We work with so many different types of customers -- clients direct, PR agencies, creative agencies, social agencies -- and then within the client there are all sorts of different groups. So we don’t have one standard set of people that we try to go after or typically see. Whatever group is looking to have a conversation with us, we’re happy to talk.
So how do you tailor your message to those different audiences -- PR, creative, social, direct?
The thing is we don’t have a set presentation. When I go into meetings, I don’t even do a presentation anymore -- I just talk to them about what BuzzFeed does in general, and show them some examples of what we’ve done with brands. I think that brings it more to life. So that doesn’t change, but obviously if I’m talking to someone from a PR agency, I may show some examples that we’ve worked directly with PR agencies on. Maybe if they’re in the automotive or food industry, we’ll show examples in regards to those. Also, a PR challenge is going to be different from a social challenge or a creative challenge, so we make sure we’re aligning with what they’re talking about and what we’re offering fits the needs of what they’re trying to do.
A lot of sales today is keeping up with industry trends and helping clients spot problems they don't even know they have. How do you stay up on the media industry?
Any newsletters, any information that’s out there, I’m like a glutton for it. Because the more I know, the more it’s going to help me in the long run.
I get a lot of emails [with updates] in the morning so I can digest what’s going on. If I don’t have time to read them, I have an articles folder that I’ll go back to. And I typically go through them every day at least just to see what’s going on across the brands -- even if it’s someone I’ve never worked with. I just saw Honda Civic is doing a YouTube video that’s basically a splice of two videos -- it’s unbelievable. I always want to be aware of what’s going on in the marketplace so when I have a conversation with somebody it’s not like I just know BuzzFeed and I just know their brand; I know everything that’s happening.
Originally published Nov 11, 2014 12:00:00 PM, updated July 28 2017
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Top Audiobooks For Kids
June 1, 2015 // Books // Andrew Sachs/ audiobooks/ children's books/ David Tennant
If you’re looking to foster motivation, boost confidence and encourage a natural love of stories, bringing audiobooks into the mix of reading experiences for your child could be the perfect solution. More and more parents are realising the many benefits audiobooks can offer their little ones; as well as building on listening skills and increasing their attention span, they expose children to new vocabulary without the frustration of not yet being able to read the words. This means they start to understand language above their reading level, are encouraged to read the book or other books by the author they have been introduced to, and find themselves more confident and excited about literature as a whole.
In addition to the educational benefits, audiobooks are simply a great form of entertainment, making any long car journey pass in a flash or aiding relaxation before bedtime. From classic stories to fairy tales and new releases, there are so many audiobooks out there with a diverse variety of themes and storylines to tap into their imagination. Read by some big celebrity names who manage to truly bring the stories to life, children and parents alike will enjoy listening to some of these fantastic audiobooks.
Demon Dentist – read by David Walliams
David Walliams has been given the highly-coveted ‘Roald Dahl of our time’ title by many, and his audiobooks only seem to enhance this honour. His bestselling book Demon Dentist makes a wonderful audio version – both highly entertaining and heart-warming. Full of many laugh-out-loud moments, children will enjoy this tale of a mysterious dentist who rolls into town. All of a sudden, local kids start to find dead slugs or earwigs under their pillow, where the tooth fairy would once leave coins. Worse still, an appointment has been booked for Alfie to visit the evil dentist. Could he be behind the strange goings-on in the middle of the night? Listen to Demon Dentist to find out!
Mr Stink – read by David Walliams & Matt Lucas
For the audio version of his book Mr Stink, Walliams has teamed up with Little Britain co-star and good friend Matt Lucas to read this twisted, hilarious novel. The two much-loved comedians use different voices and accents that are guaranteed to make your children roar with laughter. “Mr stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stinked as well.” Chloe starts talking to Mr Stink (a tramp) one day – he’s the only person who’s ever been nice to her, after all. But there’s more to him than meets the eye (or nose!) and soon she is hiding him in her garden shed. As she struggles to keep him a secret, it appears Mr Stink has a secret of his very own! Your only complaint with this story might be the requests to listen to it again and again.
Hairy MacLary – ready by David Tennant
The nation’s favourite Dr Who star David Tennant reads all eight stories in this bumper Hairy MacLary CD collection, all set to atmospheric and lively music. The collection includes author Lynley Dodd’s rhyming stories ‘Hairy Maclary and Zackery Quack’, ‘Hairy Maclary’s Bone’ and ‘Hairy Maclary’s Caterwaul Caper’, amongst others. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Hairy, he is the small dog hero of Dodd’s picture books, where he embarks on various adventures with his animal friends – usually pitched against his formidable opponent, the tomcat Scarface Claw. With a mesmerising rhyming verse, the words flow off Tennant’s tongue, and young children will love the repetition that allows them to anticipate what will follow.
How to Train Your Dragon – read by David Tennant
Sure to be a hit with both children and adults, the Scottish star David Tennant once again uses his spot-on delivery to add spirit to Legendary Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III in his quest to catch a dragon. Tennant’s theatrical, enthusiastic narration is sure to please listeners of all ages. In this first volume of Cowell’s popular series, Hiccup manages to capture a dragon, naming him Toothless, and endeavours to use his own unique methods in order to train the creature. With believable accents and excellent pacing, Tennant makes How to Train Your Dragon (now a major Dreamworks franchise starring Cate Blanchett and Gerard Butler) a must-listen, particularly for fans.
Matilda – read by Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet is not just a multi-award-winning actress; she is also an established voice artist, previously narrating Thérèse Raquin by Emile Zola and Mr Gum by Andy Stanton, amongst others. Here, she flawlessly captures four-year-old Matilda’s sweetness, strength and intelligence, giving a unique voice to each character – including the students at Crunchem Hall. In fact, her narration will make little listeners feel as though they are there at the school with Matilda, the delightful Miss Honey and the ghastly head teacher “The Trunchball”. As Matilda learns to tap into her psychic powers, children will be drawn into Dahl’s timeless, quirky tale, and will be delighted by the justice-served, happy-ever-after ending.
You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum! – read by Kate Winslet
The first side-splittingly funny book in the ‘Mr Gum’ series by Andy Stanton is read, once again beautifully, by Kate Winslet. Mr Gum, a truly horrid old man, hates everything: children, animals, any kind of fun… and corn on the cob. This audiobook follows him, an angry fairy who resides in his bath, Jake the dog, an evil butcher and a little girl named Polly. Mr Gum is a larger-than-life character that children will love to hate – lazy, dirty and generally repugnant – and will find themselves in stiches thanks to Winslet’s excellent narration. Adults should enjoy this one as much as their kids.
The Magic Finger and the Minpins – read by Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet reads another Dahl classic – this one about Little Billy, who wanders into the forest one day and stumbles upon the Minpins – tiny people who live in the trees. The Minpins warn Little Billy about The Gruncher, who preys on them, which leads Billy to set off a mission to protect the Minpins from their enemy once and for all. He decides to board a swan and confront The Gruncher himself. As with all Dahl stories, magical events take place in order to bring about justice. This audiobook is well-suited to a broad age-range.
The Twits – read by Richard Ayoade
Known for his quirky and loveable character in British sitcom The IT Crowd, Richard Ayoade reads one of Roald Dahl’s most popular books The Twits. The audio version features new music to perfectly complement the twists, turns and pranks as we follow the most grotesque couple in literature – Mr and Mrs Twit. Prepare for your ears to be sizzled as you take in every funny second, with Ayoade bringing to life the practical jokes the pair play on each other (glass eyes in beer mugs, dinner plates of worms) and the family of mistreated pet monkeys – the Muggle-Wumps – as they prepare to take their own revenge.
Fantastic Mr Fox & Other Animal Stories – read by Martin Jarvis, Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie
This collection of audiobooks – all stories written by Roald Dahl – are all highly imaginative; targeted at young children with a good dose of silly fun. Stephen Fry does a great job with the voices in The Enormous Crocodile – a tale all about (you guessed it) an enormous crocodile who wants to get his teeth into children. His long-time friend and comedy partner Hugh Laurie also brings the characters to life in The Giraffe And The Pelly And Me with a range of voices – and even some singing!
A Paddington Collection – read by Jim Broadbent & Stephen Fry
Versatile character actor Jim Broadbent (who actually played Mr Gruber in the 2014 movie Paddington) teams up with Stephen Fry this time to narrate four charming Paddington stories, all brought together for the first time. Paddington Bear has been entertaining both children and parents alike with his hilarious misadventures for over five decades, and now these classic tales can be enjoyed via audiobook. Fry himself once said: “I’ve always had great respect for Paddington… He’s a British institution”. In this collection, the stories of the accident-prone bear are expertly told by another British institution.
The Big Mog CD – read by Andrew Sachs & Geraldine McEwan
This classic collection of five ‘Mog the Cat’ stories will be a favourite for any fans of Judith Kerr’s lovable feline. With a listening time of approximately an hour, the stories featured are ‘Mog and the Vee Ee Tee’, ‘Mog the Forgetful Cat’, ‘Mog and the Baby’, ‘Mog’s Christmas’ and ‘Mog’s Amazing Birthday Caper’, all narrated with sound effects and music to enhance the tales. Andrew Sachs is best known for his portrayal of Manuel in Fawlty Towers, but has also narrated many audiobooks in the past, including C.S Lewis’s ‘Narnia’ series and Thomas and the Tank Engine and Friends. The late Geraldine McEwan, an English actress who has a long career in theatre, film and television, also provides excellent characterisation.
You can browse more audiobooks for children on our website, including the fantastic selection of Puffin audiobooks that are available.
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France lets some UK cargo, people in; huge backlog remains
CALAIS, FRANCE (AP) — Freight from Britain and passengers with a negative virus test began arriving on French shores yesterday, after France relaxed a two-day blockade over a new virus variant that had isolated the United Kingdom (UK), stranded thousands of truck drivers and raised fears of food shortages.
Associated Press (AP) reporters saw a ferry from Britain pulling into the French port of Calais before dawn, and trains carrying freight and car passengers were allowed to cross into the continent beneath the English Channel again.
People arriving from Britain are required to have a virus test capable of detecting the new variant, according to a late-night agreement reached after 48 hours of frenzied negotiations among French, British and European Union (EU) authorities. European nations and others around the world began slamming borders shut to Britain on Sunday, a day after the UK Prime Minister announced that the new variant was mostly responsible for a surge in new infections in London and southern England and imposed tight new lockdown restrictions.
The company that runs the Eurotunnel said yesterday that truck drivers lined up on the highway leading to the English port of Dover are being tested for the virus, but that it may take some time to for traffic to resume as normal after the massive backup.
On the English side of the Channel, soldiers and the UK’s official test-and-trace workers were being deployed for the mass testing programme to ease the backlog of trucks. A negative test result taken less than 72 hours before the journey is required for anyone entering France from Britain.
Calais is a major conduit for trade and travel between Britain and the continent, and France had argued that the blockade was necessary to work out safety measures to protect European citizens.
Trucks are parked on the M20 motorway as part of Operation Stack, while the Port of Dover remains closed, in southern England near the Channel Tunnel and Dover yesterday. PHOTO: AP
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Re-visiting “What the children didn’t know”
Happy 200th birthday, Sepia Saturday.
I have only been a member of Sepia Saturday for three months which is only 7% of its lifetime. So I was hesitant about re-publishing a post which was only made two months ago. But writing the post was a revelation to me as I started researching what was happening on the date which was written on the photo. This is a method I will continue to use whenever I know when a photo was taken but hopefully won’t be quite as long-winded in future.
Our theme for today is groups of three. These three girls were prizewinners at Mrs Burnell’s garden party.in Castlemaine, Central Victoria, on Nov 16th, 1940 . It was part of the way into World War II, when raising money for war effort charities such as the Comfort Fund, Red Cross or Bundles for Britain was the usual reason for holding a money-raising event. It was such a patriotic time, not so long after the last coronation and a new king, with the country at war. Best dresses and hats were brought out for this special occasion, and the pram reflects the feeling at the time with its crown, its Australian flags and red, white and blue bunting.. Crepe paper was the standard material for these creations, willingly constructed by parents. . And the special doll Elizabeth was named ,of course, after Princess Elizabeth.
A typical pretty, peaceful, family album picture of the time. But it is what the picture doesn’t show which makes it interesting to me. When the two girls on the right got out of bed that morning they had probably been primed to wish their mother a happy birthday. It was her forty-first birthday. But they would have been blissfully unaware of the reaction of their parents when they opened their morning newspaper of choice, the Argus, from Melbourne, and its news of the war from England. .Two nights before the worst bombing raid on the city of Coventry was carried out. Over 4000 homes were destroyed and over 500 people killed. Coventry was the home of the children’s 90 year old maternal great grandmother. I don’t know long it was to be before the Australian family found out that she was alive and well and was to live for another two years. Then on the night of the garden party the Royal Air Force retaliated by bombing Hamburg.
But the children weren’t aware of this.
The Ruins of Coventry Cathedral
Also on the other side of the world and on that same day the Warsaw ghetto was closed to the outside world by the Nazis. In the previous month the Jewish people of Warsaw, about one third of the total population , had been rounded up by the Nazis and confined to a small are of the city, These 400,000 people were held behind three metre high walls topped with barbed wire. And on this fatal day the gap was closed. Thirty percent of the population crowded into two and a half percent of the area.
But the children in Castlemaine weren’t aware of this
or of a group of three children in the ghetto in Warsaw,
The garden party was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Burnell, a beautiful home with a large front lawn suitable for all the stalls and competitions that go with a fund-raising garden party. It was directly across the road from Thompson’s Englineering & Pipe Works, established in 1875, where Mr Burnell was the General Manager. He had won the MC during WorldWar I. Thompson’s was the most important business in Castlemaine, commonly known as Thompson’s Foundry and was spread out alongside the main railway line from Melbourne to Bendigo, an ideal position for transporting the heavy goods which it made, a wide range of steam-engines, boilers, mining machinery, railway equipment and centrifugal pumps. But during World War II they made artillery and tank guns, marine engines, circulating pumps and other heavy forging and foundry work.
Making guns for war, what the children didn’t know.
How’s this for a crankshaft ?
The eldest girl in the photos remembers the workmen on their pushbikes, four and five abreast, sweeping up and down the Main Street on their way to and from work. With such a large work force the foundry had a piercing whistle which screamed out at 7.00am, 7.20am and 7.30am. There was no excuse for being late for work and the whole town and beyond had its own non-negotiable alarm clock.
Small towns are such a web of people and places. The mother of the two girls on the right had originally come to Castlemaine with her parents as from 1923 to 1928 her father worked in the office at Thompson’s and was Bandmaster of Thompson’s Foundry Band. This is the same man who brought a book on Shakespeare with him when he came to Australia. The man really did have itchy feet and jumped as bandmaster from one small country town to another several times. The Foundry has had its own brass band since 1887 and 24 members of the band served in World War I, six of whom were killed. I have no figures for the Second World War.
When is the world going to learn .
Thompson’s in 1960
And for more interesting stories about groups of three, click on the links in Sepia Saturday.
This entry was posted in Castlemaine, Family History, Family Stories, Genealogy, History, Uncategorized, War and tagged 1940, band, bombing, Burnell. Thomson's Foundry, Casttlemaine, Coventry, garden party, November 16th, Warsaw ghetto on October 28, 2013 by lazycoffees.
Minstrels at Apollo Bay
Dressing Up in its many forms is this week’s theme for Sepia Saturday. so here is a group of minstrels from the small community of Apollo Bay on the south-west coast of Victoria. They used to take part in the Anzac Day and Peace processions and perform in the town’s amateur concerts. To describe their costumes, well I would say they are undescribable.apart from the conductor, Charles Fricke Snr. who is in top hat and tails.
And for music, apart from their voices, I can see two drums and two tambourines. but no banjo which were frequently used with a Minstrel group. The man fourth from the left is possibly “playing the spoons” as a third percussion instrument. It’s a long while since I’ve seen anyone do that.. All you need is two spoons out of the cutlery drawer held between adjacent fingers with the bowls back to back Here are a couple of experts demonstrating.
Aren’t they just great ! I’ve been giving it a try. It would need a lot of practice to get that good.
Then of course there is the blackface. theatrical makeup. It is recorded in Minstrel shows back in the 1840s in entertainments for a general audience and faded out with the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s. I know how some people regard it but you know there is no praise like imitation. And as a non-American looking back I can see it as a tribute to the beautiful singing voices and harmonies which you hear when black Americans sing in groups.
One legacy of this Minstrel group in Apollo Bay is the handing down of one of the songs which they used to sing. Perhaps it might be better to call it a Chinese Whisper as it hasn’t been written down, simply sung from generation to generation. So the following version hopefully bears some resemblance to its origins. The song originated in America and I have recently found other versions but at some stage this one has been Australianized.
I Itook my girl to a fancy do, it was a social hop.
We stayed until the dance was o’er and the music it had stopped.
I took her to a restaurant, the finest in the street
She said she wasn’t hung-er-y but this is what she ate.
A lobster’s claw and a crocodile jaw, some pickle and some toast
Some Irish Stew, potatoes too. corned beef and lamb roast
She said she wasn’t thirsty but she had an awful tank
And after eating all these things this is what she drank
A gin cocktail, a glass of ale, and a great big glass of beer
Some ginger pop, some rum on top, she make me shake with fear.
She said she’d bring her family round some day and have some fun.
I gave the man the eighteen pence and this is what he done.
He broke my nose, he tore my clothes, he hit me a-side of the jaw,
He gave me a prize of a pair of black eyes and with me wiped the floor,
He caught me where my pants hung loose and tossed me o’er the fence,
“Take my advice, don’t try it twice when you’ve only got eighteen pence!”
And for more examples of family remebrances of Dressing Up go to the links listed on Sepia Saturday
This entry was posted in Apollo Bay, Entertainment, Family History, Family Stories, Genealogy, Uncategorized and tagged Apollo Bay, blackface, drum, Fricke, minstrel, minstrel show, playing the spoons, spoons, tambourine on October 18, 2013 by lazycoffees.
The First Day of the Rest of his Life
A New Start – With his wife and two small children he stepped on board the Princess Royal in Glascow. The year was 1852 and It was the first step into a new life in faraway Australia. Glaud and Grace Pender had left Fauldhouse in West Lothian with 3 year old Mary Ann and 21 month old William.
Glaud was to keep a journal of the trip. Here is a transcript of some of the entries. Those in italics have been added by Glaud at some later date.
22nd Aboard the Princess Royal. Clearing away from Old
Scotland while Glascow is only to seen in the distance.
It now seems to me as if all the former scenes ,
Circumstances and enjoyments of my life combined
together rush upon ….. with a force I will not attempt
to describe as I am borne away from my native Land and
from those dear friends Some of whom in all probability
I will never meet again. Hundreds of people assemble on
the banks of the Clyde to witness our departure, while
their hearty cheers are accepted and returned by the
Emigrants in the way of a kind Farewell.
23rd After a rather unpleasant passage we arrive at
Liverpool at 2 pm. A River Steamer takes the emigrants
across to the Birkenhead. all is bustle and confusion.
Emigration scenes are certainly both curious and
24th In the Depot very uncomfortable quarters. Some are
crying bad meat, others bad beds, and many have occasion
to cry lousy bed. PS it might not be out of place here
from experience to Remark as my opinion that the great
sickness on board the Marco Polo was in great measure to
to be attributed to the very bad treatment in that
Pandemonium they call the Depot. This disease was
planted in the constitutions of the young where (it) lay
concealed but a few days. There followed those awful
scenes aboard our splendid ship which will never be
erased from my memory.
The Marco Polo which brought them to Australia
28th we have slept our first night on board the Marco Polo
and feel much more comfortable. In my opinion she is a
fine ship and said to be a very fast sailer. Some of
the Passengers already begin to dispute how long she
will be in making to Australia. One of the single women
is supposed to have lost her reason. at night she leapt
out of bed and with one of the lights in her hand began
to dance naked on the deck. I upon hearing the screams
of the women ran into their appartment and got after
which the doctors conveyed her to the hospital. it is
doubtful whether she will be allowed to proseed on her
voyage.
29th We move out of the dock and anchor in the River.
30th A number of Gentlemen dine on board on the poop deck
with a fine Instrumental band in attendance. I observe
there is a good hospital on board. I hope its use will
not be much required on the passage.
July 1 one of the Passangers gave birth to a child.
2nd In the evening a dance by the Sailors and a few of the
Passangers on the Top Gallant Forecastle , a number of
Passengers on the rigging looking on. Some of the
Sailors got up and tied a poor Highlander to the shrouds
amidst roars of laughter from Those on deck.
3rd One of the Sailors fell overboard. The Captain
discovering it instantly leapt into the water and
succeeded in taking him out not much the worse. In the
evening a farewell service on board. text in the 16
Chapter of Proverbs. wisdom is more to be desired than
Gold. the speaker addressed us in a very impressive
manner entreating as new scenes, new desires and new
hopes were before us not to forget the one thing
needfull
4 (Sunday) half past six AM Weighed anchor. A Steamer
taking us in tow we begin to move away for Australia.
The Steamer after taking us over the bar left us with a
fine breeze in our favour. O may God be with us to
Protect and to Prosper us on The voyage.
5. Beating up the Channel, a steady breeze ahead, …..
little speck
7. I have seen for the first time what they say is whales
blowing sending the water up a great height. I think
the hoes (?) of an ordinary fixed engine playing direct
up would much resemble the blowing of a whale. There is
also a great many porpoises sporting about the ship.
sometimes they leap 2 feet above the water so that we
can see them quite distinctly. They are ugly brutes.
They have a snout like a pig which gives them their name
of Sea pigs.
8. Off the Bay of Biscay. have been on watch all night.
The passengers taking it by rotation. a child died last
night being the first death on board. I fear there will
be many such deaths before we get to Australia. There
is such a number of children on board. O God – thank
and praise thee that we are all still in health and free
from sickness and able to attend to our duties and to
our children. six PM. Spoke a French vessel bound for
England who will report us.
9. at 7 AM. The funeral ceremony of the child Who died
yesterday took place. A little weight being put into
the box along with the corpse it still floated on the
water untill it dissappeared in the distance which
caused great dissatisfaction amongst the Passengers.
Light Northerly breezes.
10. Off Cape St Vincent about 1200 miles sail from
Liverpool.
The Journal of this voyage with Captain “Bully” Forbes continued until July 25th and then ceased. His son William died of measles on September 2nd. Measles and Influenza led to the deaths of 51 children and 2 adults on this voyage .
Glaud and Grace went on to have six more chldren in Australia.
This photo taken lin Apollo Bay c1908,after his wife Grace had died, shows five generations of his family, Glaud in the centre, daughter Mary Ann Telford to the right, her son Walter Telford at the back, Walter’s daughter Julia Fricke to the left with her son Charles Fricke at her knee.
And for more examples of “Starting something new” check out the links on Sepia Saturday
This entry was posted in Apollo Bay, Emigration, Family History, Family Stories, Genealogy, Uncategorized and tagged :rincess Royal, Birkenhead, Bully Forbes, depot, emigration, Fauldhouse, Fricke, Glascow, Glaud Pender, Marco Polo, measles, Telford on October 13, 2013 by lazycoffees.
A plane crash at Hay, 1927
I have talked about Tom Tansey who was bandmaster at Hay in south-west New South Wales from 1919 to 1923. When he and the family left town they left behind people who were to become life-long friends and daughter Vera left behind a fiance, later to become an ex-fiance.
So it is no surprise that that they kept in touch with these people and occasionally they were sent photos taken in Hay. Two such photos were taken on December 27th 1927. It was big news in the town as that afternoon a passenger aircraft called Satin Bird had crashed when taking off from the Hay airfield. I’ll use these for today’s theme which is blurred photos
The plane had come from Adelaide that morning and on board were the pilot and mechanic, two English lady exchange teachers, a Japanese couple on a honeymoon trip and a Hay resident.
Just like today’s papers you are not quite sure what to believe.
The plane is not beyond repair OR the plane is a total write-off.
Came from Adelaide OR came from Melbourne.
Is in hospital in a serious condition OR no-one was detained.
Now the pilot”s name was Basil Daish and it seems he was to have an interesting life. Look what the Sydney Morning Herald and others reported on him in November 1930.
Aviator Stuns Woman To Stop Her Jumping From Plane
ALMOST A CRASH IN STRUGGLE Pilot Blindfolded By Torn Coat -WOMAN DESPERATE
SYDNEY, Sunday.— Five hundred feet above Mascot Aerodrome yesterday, Capt. Basil Daish, formerly of Australian Aerial Services, had to knock a woman unconscious to prevent her from hurling herself from the plane. During the struggle the woman’s hands came in contact with the controls, and it was with the greatest difficulty that Capt. Daish prevented a crash. She was later taken to a reception house. After telling the police that she had intended to leap out of the plane, she said she was living apart from her husband. The pilot was hired for a flight that would have taken I5 minutes, but he had not been long in the air when the woman, who was in the front cockpit, tried to leap from the plane. Capt. Daish struggled with her. but was fighting: a losing battle when he decided to knock her unconscious.
HIT ON CHIN .He hit her on the chin and then descended. Just before landing the woman regained partial consciousness and made another attempt to leave the plane. Capt. Daish pushed her back. She was taken from the machine in an hysterical condition and rushed to South Sydney Hospital. Before that the police are alleged to have found a bottle of poison in her possession. Capt. Daish said tonight that’ when half-.way between Mascot and the Harbour Bridge he saw the woman stand up. The safety belt was undone. After realising what she intended to do. he tried to force her back, keeping one hand on the controls. The plane sideslipped several times. She fought back, and In the struggle her coat was torn and It wrapped itself around his head. He threw it clear, and again tried to force his passenger into her seat.. As he thought that he was losing altitnde. he took the extreme action of striking her. In the struggle a wire stay and glass in the cockpit were smashed .
But to come back to Hay. Here are a couple more 1920s photos of of a plane at Hay airfield, one which Vera Tansey was about to board. One can only wonder if they were also photos of the Satin Bird,
In the first photo she and her fiance are the couple to the right
whereas in tthe second photo she stands between two other women on the right hand side while her fiance does the man thing and inspects the plane.
Other misty photos can be seen through the links on Sepia Saturday.
This entry was posted in Family History, Family Stories, Genealogy, History, Uncategorized and tagged 1927, aeroplanes, Australian Aerial Services, Basil Daish, bi-planes, crash, Family History, Hay, NSW, passenger, planes, Satin Bird, Tansey, travel on October 5, 2013 by lazycoffees.
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Will America’s Wars Ever End?
In late 2009, I wrote the following article for Huff Post under the title, “One Grizzled Veteran’s Dream.” This Memorial Day Weekend, I’d like to remember the dream a veteran shared with me and lots of other high school juniors back in 1980. Sadly, that dream is even more distant today than it was in 1980.
Thirty years ago, I attended Boys State. Run by the American Legion, Boys State introduces high school students to civics and government in a climate that bears a passing resemblance to military basic training. Arranged in “companies,” we students did our share of hurrying up, lining up, and waiting (sound preparation, in fact, for my career in the military). I recall that one morning a “company” of students got to eat first because they launched into a lusty rendition of the Marine Corps hymn. I wasn’t angry at them: I was angry at myself for not thinking of the ruse first.
Today, most of my Boys State experience is a blur, but one event looms large: the remarks made by a grizzled veteran to us assembled boys. Standing humbly before us, he confessed that he hoped organizations like the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars would soon wither away. And he said that he hoped none of us would ever become a member of his post.
At first, we didn’t get it. Didn’t he like us? Weren’t we tough enough? (Indeed, I recall that one of our adolescent complaints was that the name “Boys State” didn’t seem manly enough.)
Then it dawned on us what the withering away of organizations like the American Legion and the VFW would mean. That in our future young Americans would no longer be fighting and dying in foreign wars. That our world would be both saner and safer, and only members of an “old guard” like this unnamed veteran would be able to swap true war stories. Our role would simply be to listen with unmeasured awe and undisguised thanks, grateful that our own sons and daughters no longer had to risk life or limb to enemy bullets and bombs.
It pains me that we as a country have allowed this veteran’s dream to die. We as a country continue to enlarge our military, expand our foreign commitments, and fight seemingly endless wars, whether in Iraq, Afghanistan, or in other far-off realms of less-than-vital interest to us.
As a result of these wars, we continue to churn out so many new veterans, including so many wounded veterans, not forgetting those who never made it back.
Veterans’ Graves (photo by the author)
Collectively, we Americans tend to suppress whatever doubts we have about the wisdom of our wars with unequivocal statements of support for our troops. And on days like Veteran’s Day, we honor those who served, and especially those who paid the ultimate price on the battlefield.
Yet, wouldn’t the best support for our troops be the achievement of the dream of that grizzled vet who cut through a young man’s fog thirty years ago?
Shouldn’t we be working to achieve a new age in which the rosters of our local VFWs and Legion posts are no longer renewed with the broken bodies and shattered minds of American combat veterans?
Sadly, as we raise more troops and fight more wars, we seem committed to the opposite. Our military just enjoyed its best recruiting class in years. This “success” is not entirely surprising. It’s no longer that difficult to fill our military’s expanding ranks because many of our young men and women simply have little choice but to enlist, whether for economic opportunity, money for college, or benefits like free health care.
Many of course enlist for patriotic reasons as well. Yet the ease of expanding our military ranks during a shooting war is also a painful reminder of the impoverishment of opportunities for young, able-bodied Americans – the bitter fruit of manufacturing jobs sent overseas, of farming jobs eliminated by our own version of corporate collectivization, of a real national unemployment rate that is approaching twenty percent.
On this Veteran’s Day, what if we began to measure our national success and power, not by our military arsenal or by the number of new recruits in the ranks, but rather by the gradual shrinking of our military ranks, the decline of our spending on defense, perhaps even by the growing quiet of our legion posts and VFW halls?
Wouldn’t that be a truer measure of national success: fewer American combat veterans?
Wouldn’t that give us something to celebrate this Veteran’s Day?
I know one old grizzled veteran who would quietly nod his agreement.
Posted on May 26, 2017 by wjastorePosted in US Military, warTagged American Legion, Boys State, Memorial Day, veterans, Veterans Day, VFW.
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6 thoughts on “Will America’s Wars Ever End?”
Monotonous Languor says:
I had hoped after Vietnam we would have as a nation learned a lesson about the limitations of military power. There was supposed to be a peace dividend. The Neo-Cons and the Wall Street-Security-Military-Industrial Complex rebooted. The volunteer military would eliminate the draft and those huge anti-draft demonstrations. There would now be an economic draft, which in sense we always had.
Jeremy Corbyn, The Labour leader in Great Britain had this to say: “Many experts, including professionals in our intelligence and security services, have pointed to the connections between wars our government has supported or fought in other countries and terrorism here at home.”
The CIA had a name for this Blow Back.
Corbyn also said “No rationale based on the actions of any government can remotely excuse, or even adequately explain, outrages like this week’s massacre,” he said, speaking in Westminster. “But we must be brave enough to admit the war on terror is simply not working. We need a smarter way to reduce the threat from countries that nurture terrorists and generate terrorism.”
He said seeing the army on “our own streets today is a stark reminder that the current approach has failed”.
The Neo-Cons across the Atlantic were quick to pounce. Sir Michael Fallon, the defence secretary, accusing Corbyn of “very muddled and dangerous thinking.” Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, intensified the attack, saying Corbyn’s comments were “absolutely monstrous”.
A well nuanced and thoughtful observation on the linkage between our War on Terror and what can be expected in return by ISIS or whoever is forbidden.
This old veteran’s take on life as an enlisted man in the U.S. military “in time of war” which, essentially now, means “all the time.” As George Orwell wrote in 1984: “All that matters is that war should exist.” Someone has decreed that it should. So it does. Explanations and analyses unnecessary if attempted and ignored if offered. As the unfortunate private Jessica Lynch — public relations heroine of the 2003 invasion of Iraq — put it: “I joined the Army to get out of Palestine, West Virginia, where I couldn’t even get a job at Wal Mart.” Even worse than life in the U.S. Army in time of perpetual war? Going back to Palestine, West Virginia, after getting discharged with few if any skills applicable to civilian employment. Still no jobs at Wal Mart (the old people part-timers get those). The Sacred Symbol Soldiers and Taboo Troops have become — after the President’s latest photo-op visit in his custom tailored bomber jacket — for all intents and purpposes, little more than …
Dead Metaphors
We serve as a symbol to shield those who screw us
The clueless, crass cretins who crap on our creed
We perform the foul deeds they can only do through us
Then lay ourselves down in the dark while we bleed
Through cheap Sunday slogans they sought to imbue us
With lust for limp legacy laughably lean
Yet the Pyrrhic parade only served to undo us
We die now for duty, not “honor” obscene
We carried out plans that the lunatics drew us
Their oil-spotted, fly paper, domino dream
Then we fought for the leftover bones that they threw us
While carpetbag contractors cleaned up the cream
We stood at attention so they could review us
Like bugs on display in a cage made of glass
We hurried, then waited, so they could subdue us
Yet somewhere inside something said: “kiss my ass.”
We did the George Custer scene Rumsfeld gave to us
We took ourselves targets to arrows and bows
While the brass punched their tickets, the Indians slew us
A “strategy” ranking with History’s lows
When veterans balked they contrived to pooh-pooh us
With sneers at our “syndrome” of Vietnam sick
When that didn’t work they set out to voodoo us
With sewer boat slanderers paid to be slick
The wad-shooting gambler comes once more to woo us
His PR team planning precise photo ops
For to sell his used war he’ll have need to construe us
As witless weak wallpaper campaign-ad props
The nuts and the dolts in their suits really blew us
They made our life’s meaning a dead metaphor
Still, no matter how Furies and Fate may pursue us
The Fig Leaf Contingent has been here before
The years pass in darkness and graveyards accrue us
As early returns on investments gone wrong
So the next time “supporters” of troops ballyhoo us
Remember to vomit in tune to this song.
Michael Murry, “The Misfortune Teller,” Copyright © 2005
justjoe2016 says:
Is it too late to hope for a celebration of peace?
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An accurate description of the economic reasons young men and women enlist. Keep it up and I will count you as having boarded the Trump Train.
Thomas Lunde says:
It is with some measure of pride that I can say from observation that the Legions in Canada are filled with old servicemen and not young veterans with amputated limbs. In fact you don’t have to be a veteran to join just to keep the membership up. It’s not that we don’t remember our veterans as most have family members who served in war and peace. It’s just that we have avoided in large part, Vietnam and Iraq, though we did serve a long slog in Afghanistan.
Thanks to those politicians we kept us out of those two big wars.
Thomas Lunde
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Apple rejigs India business, senior executives now have new roles
Apple India has merged its product divisions and split its business into two in line in a bid to significantly expand its market reach.
Writankar Mukherjee
Updated: January 27, 2016, 10:19 IST
Image credit: Getty
Apple has reshuffled its India business and changed roles of senior executives for the first time in four years even as deep discounting during in crucial October-December quarter in the country took a toll on its margins.
Apple India has merged its product divisions and split its business into two in line with its retail strategy in a bid to significantly expand its market reach and improve efficiency, four senior industry executives aware of the development said.
Sanjay Kaul, who earlier headed the division for gadgets such as iPhone and iPad, will lead the general trade vertical that covers small retail outlets that stock different brands. Satya D, who was heading the Mac computer division, will head large modern retail and ecommerce vertical, the executives said.
"This structure will drive efficiencies and will be centred on go-to-market strategy," said a person aware of Apple’s plans in India. When contacted, an Apple spokesperson declined to comment.
Industry executives quoted earlier cited two main reasons for Apple’s strategy overhaul. One, the tech giant is keen to improve its performance in India; while Apple increased its sales about 60 per cent in its first quarter ended December, its profits took a hit due to steep discounts it offered to push sales. Two, the company wants to significantly increase its retail penetration, especially in general trade, in a bid to get the better of Samsung in the premium smartphone segment.
"The Indian operation at present is closely controlled by Cupertino headquarters and the rejig in operations was undertaken by them this month," said one of the executives. The headquarters is also driving plans to open the famed company-owned Apple Stores in India for which it has recently submitted its proposal to the government.
Apple is yet to fill the role of the Indian chief, which has been vacant since October last year when erstwhile head Maneesh Dhir put in his papers.
The rejig comes at a time when a section of Wall Street analysts has expressed doubt whether Apple can replicate the strong result it usually reports in the first and second quarter (the tech major follows October-September fiscal year) due to a slowdown in iPhone sales with the number of suppliers having reported a cut on component orders.
As per third-party reports, shipments of iPhones in India touched 0.8 million units in the October-December quarter, up from 0.5 million units in the same period the year before.
Apple executive reshuffle
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The Bengal Beat
NFL Draft First Round Review
Matson Montilla, Reporter|May 21, 2020
The Cincinnati Bengals selected their franchise signal caller with the number pick. Welcome to the Jungle, Joe Burrow (Photo courtesy of Derek Ho).
Each year, 252 college football players are selected in the NFL Draft. No matter what number pick they are, they have all achieved one of the biggest accomplishments, being drafted. The players that are projected to be the best are selected in the first round. I will break down each teams’ first round selection and how that player will impact the team.
Cincinnati Bengals: Joe Burrow- This was a no brainer selection. The Cincinnati Bengals got a franchise signal caller who is coming off of the best college football season in history. Burrow will blossom on this team and lead them to many wins.
Washington Redskins: Chase Young- Like the Bengals, this too was a no brainer selection. Young had an extremely dominant career at Ohio State and wreaked havoc on opposing offenses. Young is a game changing pass rusher and will help evaluate all aspects of the Redskins’ defense.
Detroit Lions: Jeffery Okudah- Okudah was the best secondary player in the draft. The Lions made a great selection here because he has the potential to be the next best lockdown corner in the league. He will also be able to learn under Desmond Trufant, in order to perfect his play style.
New York Giants: Andrew Thomas- Although this selection received criticism, this was a great selection by the Giants. He will be able to be a cornerstone left tackle for many years. He will protect Daniel Jones and open running lanes for Saquan Barkley.
Miami Dolphins: Tua Tagovailoa- If it wasn’t for injuries, he would’ve been the first quarterback off the boards. The Dolphins are able to also select their future signal caller who they have been linked to for many seasons.
Los Angeles Chargers: Justin Herbert- The Chargers selected the third quarterback of the draft. They land Justin Herbert from the Oregon Ducks. Herbert will be mentored by Tyrod Taylor before becoming quarterback. This was a great move since he is mobile and has a strong arm to get the ball downfield to the deep threat wide receivers in Williams and Allen.
Carolina Panthers: Derrick Brown- The Panthers passed on the swiss army knife, Isaiah Simmons, and selected the big body defensive tackle, Brown. I like this move a lot because he embodies the type of player Matt Rhule likes. Rhule had huge success at Baylor with a relentless defensive line, and he plans on doing the same with the Panthers. They now have four talented linemen with Brown, Short, Burns, and Matos.
Arizona Cardinals: Isaiah Simmons- The Cardinals were able to land the biggest athletic freak with Simmons. Simmons can do it all as a linebacker and be the next big part of this defense to help the Cardinals put together a great season.
Jacksonville Jaguars: C.J. Henderson- After moving on from their starting corners, Ramsey and Bouye, the Jaguars brought in a fresh one with Henderson. This was a great pick because Henderson is a playmaker who will bring shine to this otherwise quiet defense.
Cleveland Browns: Jedrick Wills- The Browns didn’t need anything other than a left tackle this draft. They got their left tackle with Wills. Wills will give Baker Mayfield time in the pocket to finally pass to his exceptional receiving core.
New York Jets: Mekhi Becton- The Jets, smartly, passed up on a receiver and selected a hog molly left tackle. Becton is massive and can lay out any rusher. Just like the other tackles, Becton will now be able to protect the Jets’ young quarterback and open running lanes up for a stud rusher.
Las Vegas Raiders: Henry Ruggs- The Raiders needed a receiver and Ruggs is a receiver, so this seems like a great combo. Well, it isn’t. Although Ruggs possesses elite speed, he isn’t the receiver the Raiders needed. They reached on someone just because he can run fast for 40 yards. They needed someone who will come in and make a contribution from the start like Lamb. Instead they got a project.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Tristan Wirfs- Again, another left tackle off the boards. This was a great selection because Wirfs will be able to keep the blind side clean for Brady and allow for him to stay healthy while passing downfield to his talented receivers.
San Francisco 49ers: Javon Kinlaw- This was a great move by the Niners because they stuck with what gave them much success last year: a great defensive line. After moving on from Buckner, they replace him with a hard worker and a talented player.
Denver Broncos: Jerry Jeudy- The Broncos will be insane. They were able to add possibly the best receiver in the class for their talented quarterback, Drew Lock, to pass to. With Jeudy’s exceptional route running and Lock’s rocket for an arm, the sky’s the limit in Mile High.
Atlanta Falcons: A.J. Terrell- This move was a bit perplexing. Yes, the Falcons needed cornerback help, but Terrell wasn’t the best option. He is fresh off of a game where he was absolutely destroyed in the National Championship, and there were much better options too including National Champion Kristian Fulton.
Dallas Cowboys: Ceedee Lamb- This was the biggest steal of the draft. The best receiver in the draft fell to the Cowboys. The Cowboys offense is set up for success as they now have the best young one, two punch at wide receiver in Lamb and Cooper. Too bad Dak Prescott is their quarterback.
Miami Dolphins: Austin Jackson- The Dolphins got their star corner and they now hope to protect him. Although Jackson wasn’t the best lineman on the board, they still selected who they believed was “their guy.”
Las Vegas Raiders: Damon Arnette- The Raiders first reached one their first pick and then reached even more with their second. Arnette was a good corner at Ohio State, but he wasn’t first round or even second round good. This was a huge reach by the Raiders.
Jacksonville Jaguars: K’Lavon Chaisson- The Jaguars first addressed their biggest defensive problem with Henderson. They now address their second biggest defensive issue at defensive end. The Jaguars quietly had the best draft.
Philadelphia Eagles: Jalen Reagor- Bad. Bad. Bad. This was originally a song by Young Thug, but it is now the description of the Eagles’ pick. Reagor is extremely overrated and was selected over a stud receiver, Jefferson. Reagor is regarded as a speed threat, but there is a better chance than not that he lied about his 40 yard dash time.
Minnisota Vikings: Justin Jefferson- The Vikings moved on from a stud receiver, Stefon Diggs, who didn’t want to be there. They replaced him with the most underrated pick of the draft. Jefferson had 18 touchdowns and 1,800 receiving yards this past year, so he is pretty good.
Los Angeles Chargers: Kenneth Murray- The Chargers made another great move with Murray. Murray is an athletic middle linebacker who will be the heart and soul of this defense. He will be a dominant threat next to Derwin James.
New Orleans Saints: Cesear Ruiz- This move was bashed by many, including myself, but it has grown on me. The Saints are loading up on offensive lineman in order to now have the best line in football. Ruiz will block an aging Brees and help Kamara become the running back he once was, good.
San Francisco 49ers: Brandon Aiyuk- The 49ers now get a talented receiver to pair up with another young and talented wideout in Samuel. The 49ers now have the potential to be great on offense and defense and potentially go back to the Super Bowl.
Green Bay Packers: Jordan Love- I like the idea of selecting a quarterback to be the successor to Rodgers, but this was the wrong decision. The Packers were one receiver away from being legit contenders again. On top of that, I don’t believe Love will be that good for the Packers. He’s Deshone Kizer 2.0.
Seattle Seahawks: Jordyn Brooks- This was another Seahawks pick, inordinary. They needed a linebacker, and they got one but Patrick Queen was still there. The Queen was better, so they reached. Seahawks always do this though, and they seem quite alright, so that’s cool.
Baltimore Ravens: Patrick Queen- The Ravens two needs were receiver and linebacker. They fixed one of those holes with Queen. Queen was one of my favorite players because he is a playmaker. He can be the next elite linebacker in Baltimore.
Tennessee Titans: Isaiah Wilson- The Titans moved on from their cornerstone tackle, Conklin, and they look to replace him with Wilson. Although this was a reach, they still got a quality tackle.
Miami Dolphins: Noah Igbinoghene- This was a bad pick. They just didn’t need a corner. They already have two lockdown corners in Howard and Jones, so there’s no reason to have gotten him unless they fear that a domestic violence case on Howard reopens or if they want to make Igbinoghene a safety. Which would still be odd since all the top safeties were still on the board.
Minnesota Vikings: Jeff Gladney- Gladney is an athletic monster. He is a very raw yet talented corner. He will help ease the departure of the Vikings’ three starting corners from a year ago.
Kansas City Chiefs: Clyde Edwards-Helaire- With the final pick of the first round, the Chiefs offense got even scarier. Although I believe there were better running backs available, Mahomes wanted Helaire. If Mahomes wants him, get him.
Overall, the NFL Draft was very fun to watch, and each and every team improved this year. It will be tons of fun to watch these rookies begin to take over the NFL for many years to come.
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Analysis: Another SNP majority would be business as usual
Allow me to preface this by saying that the SNP will win a second overall majority in May’s Scottish elections. Of that I have no doubt. If the extremely likely does indeed come to pass, it means the Scottish electorate will have emphatically backed its governing party three times in the last five years – four if you count having the highest vote share in the 2012 local elections.
There is a style of media commentary on the subject of the SNP freight-train that irks the party’s supporters no end, and with some justification: call it the “Scottish voters are brainwashed numpties” line of attack. The suggestion that Scotland has somehow “gone mad”, as Chris Deerin put it last year, because of the SNP’S popular support, is not exactly how to win friends and influence people.
Credit: Daily Record
That said, there does seem to be a common misconception that the SNP is more progressive than the evidence actually suggests. Far from pushing her party onto firmer left-wing territory, as some thought she might, Nicola Sturgeon’s first year in charge has been marked by a surprising timidity and – dare I say it – conservatism.
In the early days of her leadership, Sturgeon spoke of “radical land reform” as a high priority of her government. A year down the line, the legislation that is actually on the table, while generally seen by land reform campaigners to be a step in the right direction, has been significantly watered down. On fracking, a moratorium has been used to allow the SNP leadership to stay firmly on the fence, while Jim Ratcliffe of Ineos claims to have been privately assured by party bigwigs that they are “not against” the controversial method of gas extraction.
Just this week on income tax, we’ve seen a lot of hot air on how Labour’s ‘Penny for Scotland’ scheme is unworkable, desperate, back-of-fag-packet stuff that would penalise low-earning taxpayers – and all of that may be true.
But in having no alternative, the SNP (whether they agree or not) tacitly endorse Tory taxation and Tory cuts – that UK fiscal straitjacket they claim to be so keen to get shot of. How different from the Yes campaign’s rhetoric on taxation – of ripping it all up and starting from scratch, of empowerment, of the chance to do things differently.
Meanwhile, their electioneering has also taken a small ‘c’ conservative turn. I was at the Stirling University Union last week for SUSNA’s Holyrood campaign launch and saw Bruce Crawford MSP speak.
As Crawford pushed the current party line – “Vote SNP 1 and 2” – I was struck by some of the language he used in arguing for it. Don’t take a risk, was the message. “We don’t have the luxury to vote for a second party” in the List vote, he said at one point, because it might let one of the dreaded Unionists in. But electoral maths geeks are quick to point out scenarios where an SNP list vote could have the exact same effect, due to their huge predicted vote share in the constituency vote. (I’d rather not dwell on the intricacies of the D’Hondt system just now, as I’m hoping to eat dinner soon.)
It also seems highly likely, based on consistent polling – not to mention what we saw in last year’s General Election – that the SNP will achieve something very close to a clean sweep in the constituencies. A little risk-taking in the List vote is hardly likely to do the SNP much real harm – and certainly won’t prevent an SNP majority government.
But what is so important about the SNP having a majority? Why is it so essential that one party dominates the Scottish Parliament?
Independence, or so I’m told. Only an SNP majority could possibly legislate for a second referendum, supporters tell us. Yet the power to hold a legally unimpeachable independence referendum resides at Westminster, no matter how much the SNP may hate that.
Neither is the scenario mooted as the most likely to trigger a second referendum – Brexit against Scotland’s wishes – by any means a certainty. So we have Bruce Crawford and an army of activists telling us not to take a risk and to give the SNP both our votes, because of something that might or might not happen in the future. To throw away pluralism in favour of the most resounding, crushing mandate ever seen in a Scottish election – all for a possibility that could get swept aside by events.
And again, this rhetoric, this “stick with what you know, take no risks” line of reasoning, is so very unlike the brash, spirited vision of the former Yes campaign.
Credit: geek.scot
Some SNP supporters tentatively argue that Nicola Sturgeon is waiting for her own proper, personal mandate, at which point she’ll unveil an ambitious, progressive programme of government. Maybe. Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking. It’s not just the SNP that are conservative, after all. Their voters – the majority of Scottish voters – are as well. Sturgeon will win her mandate on a platform of competence, no tax rises and ridiculing the Labour Party.
If that sounds familiar, please don’t think for a second I would be as lazy or tedious as to label the SNP ‘Tartan Tories’. I certainly don’t doubt that Nicola Sturgeon’s political instincts are to the left.
It’s just that the SNP are the Establishment now – or perhaps one in a pair of duelling political Establishments, one centred in Edinburgh, the other in London. The balancing act between insurgency and government was always a precarious one, and – virtually unchallenged – they have grown comfortable in power. Why should we expect anything more than business as usual from another SNP majority?
For many – University students included – that might not be so bad.
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In signing the Compact, parties made a commitment towards improving access to energy for the people of Mozambique. The Launch of the National Programme - Energia Para Todos in 2018, reiterated the Government of Mozambique’s commitment to fulfilling the seventh Sustainable Development Goal and to the Compact. The British Government joins the Government of Mozambique in taking action for the achievement of those goals by establishing the BRILHO – Energy Africa Mozambique programme.
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Gen 1 Nightforce 15-55X Comp Scope $1850.00 at EuroOptic.com
When introduced last year, the original Nightforce 15-55x52mm Comp Scope sold for $2231.00 (or more). Now that same 2013 edition Nightforce Comp Scope can be yours for just $1850.00. This is a special promotion for AccurateShooter.com readers and Forum members. The 2013 Edition Comp Scopes are on sale because the Gen One model has been replaced by a second-generation model.
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IMPORTANT: To get the super-low $1850.00 price you must call or email EuroOptic and mention that you saw this offer on Accurateshooter.com. Otherwise the price on EuroOptic’s website is $1950.00. To get the $1850.00 price call (570) 368-3920 or email sales [at] eurooptic.com and request the AccurateShooter.com Nightforce 2013 Competition Scope Special.
The 2014 version of the Nightforce 15-55 Comp Scope will cost at least $2352.00 (MAP) and it will not arrive at dealers for many more weeks (or months). If you buy the 2013 Edition NF Comp Scope you can save $502.00 compared to the 2014 model, and you can get your scope right now. Saving over $500.00 provides a pretty compelling reason to go with a Gen One 2013 model. NOTE: This is a LIMITED-QUANTITY Offer. When these scopes are gone they’re gone (2013 model NF 15-55x52mm Comp Scope has been discontinued).
What’s the Difference Between 2013 Comp Scope and 2014 Model?
The 2014 edition has turrets with 10 MOA per revolution instead of 5 MOA per revolution. The 2014 model also has a zero-stop feature and more reticle choices. Other than that, the previous 2013 Edition is pretty much the same as the later version. Both have 15-55X magnification, boht have 0.125 MOA click values, both have 52mm front objectives, and both have 80-90mm eye relief. The 2013 does have some advantages — it offers 60 MOA of elevation and 60 MOA of windage travel. The 2014 version only has 55 MOA of elevation and 50 MOA of windage. Also, the SILVER COLOR is only offered in the 2013 Edition. The 2014 model comes only in Black.
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Volquartsen Semi-Auto 17 WSM Debuts at 2014 SHOT Show
It’s been a long time coming, but we are finally starting to see supplies of Winchester’s 17 Winchester SuperMag (17 WSM) rimfire ammunition, along with factory rifles chambered for the fast little 17 WSM cartridge (it runs up to 3000 fps). Leading the way among new 17 WSM firearms is a hot little rifle from Volquartsen Custom. This new Volquartsen semi-auto 17 WSM will be unveiled at SHOT Show next week in Las Vegas.
Volquartsen’s engineers tell us: “The 17 Winchester SuperMag was introduced at the 2013 SHOT Show. Soon after that we went to work on a semi-auto platform for this exciting round. Visit us in SHOT Show Booth #11329 to find out more about this exciting new rifle.”
About the 17 WSM
17 WSM semi-auto prototypes have been built and tested. Volquartsen will begin taking orders at the 2014 SHOT Show. The initial release will feature a laminated wood stock, stainless steel receiver and a stainless steel bull barrel.
Standard magazine capacity will be 8 rounds.
The rifle will utilize a direct blowback action.
We are pursuing additional stock options as well as options for a lightweight version of the rifle, however there is no anticipated release date for either.
The 17 WSM cartridge necessitates a different action than our 17 HMR rifles. Unfortunately, 17 HMR rifles cannot be converted to 17 WSM.
New 3000 FPS Rimfire Round
Winchester has created a new, high-velocity 17-caliber rimfire cartridge, the .17 Winchester Super Magnum (aka .17 WSM). Winchester offers .17 WSM ammo with a choice of three bullet types: 20gr plastic tip (Varmint HV), 25gr plastic tip (Varmint HE), and a 20gr JHP (Super-X). The 20-grain varieties boast a 3000 FPS muzzle velocity, earning honors as the fastest Rimfire ammo ever made.
.17 Winchester Super Mag Specifications
Symbol Sub Brand Bullet Weight Muzzle Velocity
S17W20 Varmint HV 20-gr Plastic Tip 3,000 fps
S17W25 Varmint HE 25-gr Plastic Tip 2,600 fps
X17W20 Super-X 20-gr JHP 3,000 fps
Winchester claims that all .17 WSM ammo types shoot much flatter than the .22 Win Mag and .17 HMR, while delivering 150 percent more energy than both. In addition, the .17 WSM “bucks the wind” better than any other rimfire ammo — exhibiting significant less horizontal drift at extended ranges.
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Notice to New Yorkers: SAFE Act Blocks Mail-Order Ammo Sales
New York SAFE Act Blocks Mail-Order
and Online Ammo Sales Next Week
If you live in New York state, in one week you will no longer be able to purchase ammunition from an online vendor and have that shipped directly to your home or business. Effective January 15, 2014, New York’s SAFE Act mandates that all ammo sales be conducted through a face-to-face transaction with a registered New York “brick and mortar” ammunition dealer. Retailers are alerting New York-based customers that the final day to order ammo online will be January 14, 2014.
The SAFE Act requires that, starting January 15th, all New York ammunition purchases be made face-to-face, with buyers subject to background checks. At this point, no online retailer has announced a procedure that will allow online ammo sales to continue for New Yorkers. Online sales are not outlawed per se, but the ammo would somehow have to be shipped to a New York-based ammunition dealer who would then conduct the requisite background checks.
In a communication with WGRZ-TV, NY State Police spokesperson Darcy Wells declared that two requirements will go into effect on January 15, 2014.
“The first is the law that requires all sellers of ammunition to register with state police and the second law that requires all ammunition transfers to take place face-to-face and be facilitated by a New York State ammunition dealer. These provisions will go into effect on [January 15, 2014],” Wells explained.
In addition, the SAFE Act requires background checks on purchasers of ammunition. However, at present, there is no system in place to do this:
“The SAFE Act law also provides that background check and record keeping requirements imposed on all retail sellers of ammunition are scheduled to take effect 30 days after the Superintendent of the New York State Police certifies that a statewide license and record database is created for such a process. That certification has not yet been made and the system is still being developed.” Read Related Story.
“Just like the rest of the SAFE Act, there are a lot of questions with no answers,” said Jack Taylor, who sells guns and ammunition in Batavia, NY. “We don’t really know how we’re gonna do it, because I don’t think they (State Police) know how their gonna do it… it may happen sometime later in the year, but nobody seems to know,” Taylor told WGRZ-TV
While several groups have filed lawsuits challenging various provisions of the SAFE Act, as of this writing, no legal ruling will forestall or block the ammunition sales restrictions from taking effect on January 15th. The New York State Rifle and Pistol Association (NYSRPA) is trying to restore New Yorkers’ rights to purchase ammunition from online vendors. To support that effort, AmmoMan.com is donating 2% of all New York orders to the NYSRPA to help fund legal expenses.
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Revisiting a Calgary sock company inadvertently promoted by Donald Trump one year later
Kevin Fleming CTV News Calgary Video Journalist
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Published Wednesday, November 25, 2020 4:16PM MST Last Updated Thursday, November 26, 2020 7:38AM MST
CALGARY -- On November 26, 2019, President Trump was making a speech at a rally in Boca Raton, Fla. His attempt to say “the U.S. set another stock market record,” accidentally came out as “we just set another sock rocket.”
Social media jumped on the mistake and #sockrocket began to trend on Twitter.
Tommy Zizian is the owner of Sock Rocket, an Calgary-based retailer that sells socks with unique designs online. After the presidential gaffe, sales jumped from a half dozen a day to about 100 in 48 hours. It was advertising the small company couldn’t dream of.
“It registered huge on our end,” said Zizian. “And it also registered very well in our city as well.”
Sales spread into the U.S. in December 2019.
“January and February it was sort of just recovering from everything that happened,” said Zizian. “Coming down a little bit and returning to reality and trying to figure out how can we change our business plan, how can we use this (Trump comment) and morph our business into something greater.”
But in February, the company started having supply chain issues and, in March, COVID-19 hit.
Zizian says it's been challenging for him and every small business owner ever since.
“We usually are doing a bunch of Christmas markets at this time (but we're) not doing any of that,” said Zizian. “We’re in a lot of stores that are operating at 25 per cent capacity now or have closed down so that whole aspect of the business is changing.”
But on the bright side, Sock Rocket’s social enterprise is set to hit it’s goal of donating 100,000 pairs of socks to charities since it started business in 2016.
For every pair of socks sold, three are donated to Calgary charities. In November 2019, 25,000 were donated and now 12 months later over 70,000 have been handed out to people in need.
Elisha Jackson, the director of development at the Children’s Cottage Society, says the donations have helped them supply children with socks. The organization helps children, from newborns to eight years old for up to three days while their family is dealing with a crisis. Jackson says when the kids arrive, they come with nothing so the Cottage has to provide all the hygiene products and clothing for the kids.
“When we give the children these items, they take them home,” said Jackson. “So that means we are always running out of them so that is why it is so nice that Sock Rocket is coming to bring these socks because we need them all the time.”
Zizian delivers 1,000 socks at a time four or five times a year.
“I know that what we’re doing is not ground-breaking but definitely people need to wear socks and here we are, we’re surrounded by agencies that are helping out those in need in or city and it’s an honour actually to be able to do our part."
Learn more about Sock Rocket online.
Tommy Zizan and Elisha Jackson look at a box of a thousand socks donated by Sock Rocket to the Children’s Cottage Society Wednesday.
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BCE Inc v 1976 Debentureholders Case Brief
BCE Inc. v. 1976 Debentureholders, 2008 SCC 69, [2008] 3 SCR 560
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by Robert Jones — Western University's Law Students' Association
Peoples v Wise Case Brief
Peoples Department Stores Inc. (Trustee of) v. Wise, 2004 SCC 68, [2004] 3 SCR 461
Crocker v Sundance Northwest Resorts Ltd
Crocker v. Sundance Northwest Resorts Ltd., [1988] 1 SCR 1186
Amos v New Brunswick Electric Power Commission
Amos v. New Brunswick Electric Power Commission, [1977] 1 SCR 500
Cooper v Hobart Case Brief
Cooper v. Hobart, 2001 SCC 79, [2001] 3 SCR 537
Dunsmore v Deshield et al Case Brief
Dunsmore v. Deshield et al., 1977 CanLII 1520 (SK QB)
Bawitko Investments Ltd v Kernels Popcorn Ltd Case Brief
Bawitko Investments Ltd. v. Kernels Popcorn Ltd., 1991 CanLII 2734 (ON CA)
R v Thibert Case Brief
R. v. Thibert, [1996] 1 SCR 37
R v Hill Case Brief
R. v. Hill, [1986] 1 SCR 313
R v Nygaard Case Brief
R. v. Nygaard, [1989] 2 SCR 1074
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Commendable actions by Canadian cannabis producers
Published Sep 2, 2020 09:00 a.m. ET
In Industry
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COVID-19 has bought the world together to fight the pandemic. Both public and private companies have donated supplies to help combat the enemy, and the cannabis industry is pitching in to do their part in these unprecedented times. Help is coming from some unexpected sources, including the cannabis space.
Cannabis producers have converted their operations to make hand sanitizers for the frontline worker. Medical supplies, including masks and gloves, have been donated. Several hemp processors have even converted their CBD operations to now make ethanol-based hand sanitizer. This action has helped to keep staff working during these unprecedented times.
Take it a step further
Canada has seen the need for help from the cannabis industry to join in and combat the deadly virus that is threatening the world as we know it. The position the world is in today requires a global effort to rectify, and these cannabis companies are doing their part to make it happen.
Valens Co.
Valens Co, a marijuana and hemp producer in British Columbia, has contributed significant quantities of personal protective equipment including:
Hospital gowns
Organigram, a Canadian cannabis producer, has announced it will be donating 500 litres of ethanol. The donation will come from its New Brunswick facility. The ethanol will be repurposed to produce hand sanitizer, which will be used by the local health community.
Canopy spokesperson Jordan Sinclair says that his company committed to donating the equipment that they use in the growing rooms, helping to prevent contamination. Giving to the frontline staff in Victoria is the companies way of participating in combating the deadly virus. The two massive greenhouses that the company shut down earlier this year will be donating thousands of Tyvek suits, face masks, and gloves. The equipment used in the greenhouses is the same equipment that would be beneficial to the frontline health workers to keep them safe from COVID-19.
Hexo will be donating the needed 150 N95 facemasks. The paramedic services in Outaouais and area in Quebec will be receiving the required products. Canopy Growth and Hexo Corp have also worked together to provide hospitals with hospital gowns, face masks and bodysuits.
High North
High North, a cannabis analytical facility, has 16,000 square feet of space that can assist in COVID-19 testing, according to CEO John Slaughter. The facility is newly completed and can do anything needed in the laboratory industry. The companies role is to test cannabis for potency and pesticides. Slaughter says the new facility has very high standards for testing. The tests are processed digitally, providing excellent results. The facility can process 1200 tests for COVID-19 per day with investment into some additional equipment.
Cannabis producer Aurora has donated N95 facemasks to the Alberta Health Services.
The world is in crisis, and COVID-19 has given the world a window of opportunity to show the peaceful comradeship that we seem to be lacking. Cannabis and products associated with the amazing plant have been displaying what cannabis can do to help deliver those characteristics. The Canadian cannabis industry is well established and here to stay, and as such, it is commendably stepping forward to do its part in the war against the enemy known as COVID-19.
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Home » Publications » Submission to the EC Consultation on policy options for market-based measures to reduce the climate change impact from international aviation
Submission to the EC Consultation on policy options for market-based measures to reduce the climate change impact from international aviation
Carbon Market Watch, a project by Nature Code, welcomes the opportunity to provide its views to the European Commission on the Consultation on the policy options for market-based measures to reduce the climate change impact from international aviation. While supporting the submission of Transport & Environment, we would like to take the opportunity to provide more detailed comments to the following question of the consultation:
2) Which elements of the “Roadmap for a Global MBM” do you consider a priority, and what would be the optimal timeline for implementation?
Carbon Market Watch considers both, the choice of MBM as well as the level of quantity and quality of offsets, as priority elements of the “Roadmap for a Global MBM”.
Countries still disagree on how such a global MBM would look like. The International Air Transport Association (IATA), a trade association representing the airline industry, recently declared a preference for a 100% offsetting option. It argues that offsetting is administratively simple and easy to implement.
However, Carbon Market Watch believes that of the options on the table, only a cap-and-trade scheme with a stringent cap and a limit on the use of offsets could lead to emissions reductions in the sector.
If ICAO decides on a global MBM and allows for 100% offsetting, demand for offsets from the aviation sector could be in the hundreds of millions. The “Low Carbon Economy Index 2012: Aviation” by Price Waterhouse Coopers[i] projects that the aviation sector will create additional demand for carbon offsets amounting to 100 million carbon offsets yearly.
But offsetting is not a long term solution because it does not lead to emissions reductions in the aviation sector itself but merely compensates these emissions throughout investment in reduction projects elsewhere. Because offsetting delays in-sector reduction, it cannot deliver the large long-term emission cuts required to mitigate aviation sector’s emissions and projected growth in air-traffic. If the offsets are of low quality, climate impacts actually get worse.
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Glycemia and the cardioprotective effects of insulin pre-conditioning in the isolated rat heart
Yosuke Nakadate1,
Hiroaki Sato1,
Takeshi Oguchi2,
Tamaki Sato1,
Akiko Kawakami3,
Tadahiko Ishiyama3,
Takashi Matsukawa2 &
Thomas Schricker1
While acute hyperglycemia has been shown to mitigate the beneficial effects of ischemic preconditioning, its effect on insulin-induced preconditioning remains unclear.
The study was designed to test the hypothesis that acute hyperglycemia diminishes the cardioprotective effects following a 20-min pre-ischemic pre-conditioning with insulin in the isolated rat heart using the Langendorff system. Forty hearts were assigned to receive modified Krebs–Henseleit (KH) buffer containing 0.5 U/L insulin and 100 mg/dL glucose (InsG100, n = 10), KH buffer with 100 mg/dL glucose (G100, n = 10), KH buffer supplemented with 0.5 U/L insulin and 600 mg/dL glucose (InsG600, n = 10), or with 600 mg/dL glucose (G600, n = 10). To match the osmotic pressure of the InsG600 group, 27.5 mmol/L of mannitol was added to KH solution in the InsG100 and G100 group. The four groups were perfused with each solution for 20 min prior to 15 min of no-flow ischemia, and during 20 min of reperfusion. Only during the ischemic period the heart was paced at 222 beats/min. Measurements of heart rate, coronary flow and maximum of LV derivative of pressure development (dP/dt max) were recorded. Myocardial phospho-protein kinase B (p-Akt) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) levels were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and sandwich ELISA, respectively following reperfusion.
After reperfusion, LV dP/dt max and heart rate in the InsG100 group was significantly higher than that in the other three groups. The myocardial p-Akt level in the InsG100 group was significantly elevated when compared to the InsG600 group at the end of reperfusion. The p-Akt levels in the InsG600 and InsG100 group were significantly higher than in the corresponding non-insulin groups.
Acute hyperglycemia diminishes the cardioprotective effects of insulin preconditioning in the isolated rat heart, possibly mediated through the suppression of myocardial Akt phosphorylation.
Ischemic and pharmacological pre-conditioning techniques [1] reverse some of the adverse consequences of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), i.e. hypothermia, hyperoxia, platelet dysfunction, enhanced neuroendocrine outflow, hyperglycemia and myocardial depression [2]. The mechanisms responsible for these beneficial effects in cardiac surgery involve specific modifications of cell surface receptors, mitochondrial components, and signaling kinases [1]. We recently demonstrated that insulin pre-conditioning improves cardiac contractility and that this cardioprotective influence is associated with the activation of the myocardial phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B (PI3K/Akt) signaling system [1, 3].
Perioperative hyperglycemia, a typical metabolic feature of the surgical stress response and established risk factor for adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery [4], has long been recognized to inhibit certain signal transduction pathways relevant for cardioprotection [5], to stimulate the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines [6], and to favour coronary vasoconstriction and thrombosis [7]. It remains still unclear, however, whether hyperglycemia also annihilates the benefits of insulin pre-conditioning.
The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that acute hyperglycemia diminishes the cardioprotective effects following a 20-min pre-ischemic pre-conditioning with insulin in the isolated rat heart. We also investigated the role of myocardial phospho-protein kinase B (p-Akt) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) as potential mediators.
Langendorff perfusion system
Male Wistar rats (weighing 300–320 g) were anesthetized by intraperitoneal injection of pentobarbital sodium (60 mg/kg body weight). Hearts were excised and promptly immersed in cold modified Krebs–Henseleit (KH) buffer at 4 °C. The aorta was cannulated, and retrograde arterial perfusion was started at a constant pressure of 55 mmHg. The perfusion solution was modified KH buffer containing NaCl (118 mmol/L), NaHCO3 (25 mmol/L), KCl (4.7 mmol/L), KH2PO4 (1.2 mmol/L), MgSO4 (1.2 mmol/L), CaCl2 (2.0 mmol/L), di-NaEDTA (0.5 mmol/L), and glucose 5.5 mmol/L (100 mg/dL). The KH solution was maintained at 37 °C and gassed with 95% O2 and 5% CO2. A thin latex balloon was inserted into the left ventricle through the mitral valve and connected to a pressure transducer (TruWave, Edwards Lifesciences, CA, USA) for continuous monitoring of left ventricular (LV) pressure. The balloon volume was adjusted with water to maintain an LV end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) of 5 mmHg. A catheter was inserted into the pulmonary artery to collect coronary venous return for measuring coronary flow. The heart was paced at 222 beats/min during the ischemic period with an electronic stimulator (SEN-3201, Nihon Kohden, Tokyo, Japan).
Experimental protocol
Following a stabilization period of 5 min, baseline hemodynamics were recorded. Firstly, the hearts were then randomly divided into three groups (n = 10) using a computer-generated random number table (MS Excel 2010): InsG100, InsG600, and G600 groups. The InsG100 group received 0.5 U/L insulin and 100 mg/dL glucose in KH buffer 20 min before no-flow ischemia (15 min) and during 20 min of reperfusion. The InsG600 group received 0.5 U/L insulin and 600 mg/dL glucose prior to no-flow ischemia and reperfusion. The G600 group received 600 mg/dL glucose throughout. To clarify the cardioprotective effect of insulin, we added G100 after examination of the three groups was completed. The G100 group received 100 mg/dL glucose throughout. To match the osmotic pressure of the InsG600 and G600 group, 27.5 mmol/L of mannitol was added to the solution in the InsG100 and G100 group. The experimental design is illustrated in Fig. 1.
Experimental protocol. The InsG100 group received 0.5 U/L insulin, 100 mg/dL glucose and 27.5 mmol/L of mannitol in KH buffer. The InsG600 group received 0.5 U/L insulin and 600 mg/dL glucose in KH buffer. The G600 group was perfused with KH buffer containing 600 mg/dL
Heart rate (bpm), maximum LV pressure derivative (LV dP/dt max) (mmHg/s) and rate-pressure product (RPP = LV systolic pressure × Heart Rate) were recorded continuously. Coronary flow (mL/min) was measured by timed collection of the perfusate (baseline, after 20 min of preconditioning, and after 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 min of reperfusion) from the catheter inserted into the pulmonary artery.
Following perfusion and 20 min of reperfusion, the whole rat heart was quickly frozen in liquid nitrogen and freeze-dried for 6 days to measure p-Akt/total-Akt and TNF-α in the myocardial muscle.
The myocardium was suspended in assay lysis buffer (Lysis Buffer 6, R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA) containing phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (2 mM, Sigma-Aldrich, Inc., St. Louis, MO, USA) and protease inhibitor cocktail (Sigma-Aldrich, Inc.). The samples were then homogenized using a micro homogenizing system (MicroSmash MS-100R, TOMY SEIKO Co., LTD., Tokyo, Japan). The homogenates were centrifuged for 5 min at 2000g, and the supernatants were assayed for p-Akt by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA; The Invitrogen™ AKT [pS473] Elisa kit, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Camarillo, CA, USA) and total-Akt by ELISA; The Invitrogen™ AKT [total] Elisa kit, Thermo Fisher Scientific). The concentrations of p-Akt and total-Akt were quantified photometrically (Spectra Max 340, Molecular Devices, Sunnydale, CA, USA) at an absorbance of 450 nm. Wavelength correction was set to 540 nm. The values were expressed as Unit/μg of ratio p-Akt to total-Akt level.
To measure myocardial TNF-α content, the myocardium was suspended in normal saline. The samples were then homogenized using a micro homogenizing system (MicroSmash MS-100R, TOMY SEIKO Co., LTD.). The homogenates were centrifuged for 5 min at 2000g, and the supernatants were assayed by sandwich ELISA (Invitrogen rat TNF-a ELISA Kit, Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA, USA) and quantified photometrically (Spectra Max 340, Molecular Devices) at an absorbance of 450 nm. The values were expressed as pg of TNF-α per gram of dry heart weight.
The data are presented as the mean ± SD. Intragroup and intergroup comparisons in hemodynamics were analysed using two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by the Bonferroni post hoc test. Intergroup comparisons for baseline measurements and the concentrations of TNF-α and p-Akt/total-Akt were made with one-way ANOVA followed by the Bonferroni post hoc test. Two-sided P values <0.05 were considered statistically significant. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 21 for Windows (IBM, Chicago, IL).
There was no significant difference in baseline values among the groups (Table 1). Heart rate increased gradually after reperfusion in all groups (Fig. 2). In the InsG100 group, the heart rate was significantly higher than in the InsG600 group and G100 group at 10, 15, and 20 min after reperfusion and the G600 group after 15 min of reperfusion. Coronary flow changes are shown in Fig. 3. Coronary flow in the G600 group was significantly lower than in the G100 group after 10, 15, and 20 min of reperfusion. In the InsG100 group, coronary flow was significantly higher than in the InsG600 group at 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 min after reperfusion and the G600 group at 10, 15, 20 min of reperfusion. In the InsG100 group, LV dP/dt max is significantly higher than after administration of insulin prior to ischemia compared with the G600 group (Fig. 4). After reperfusion, LV dP/dt max in the InsG100 group was significantly elevated when compared with the G100, InsG600 and G600 group at 5, 10, 15, and 20 min (Fig. 4). The rate-pressure product in the InsG100 group was significantly higher than in the other three groups (Fig. 5). There was no difference among the groups in the cardiac muscle TNF-α concentration (Table 2). The myocardial p-Akt/total-akt in the InsG100 group was significantly higher than in the other three groups after 20 min of reperfusion. The p-Akt/total-Akt in the InsG600 group were significantly higher than in the G100 group and the G600 group (Table 2).
Table 1 Baseline measurements
Changes in heart rate over time, before and after ischemia, in the four groups (n = 10). The data are presented as the mean ± SD. HR heart rate (bpm). *P < 0.05 vs. G100. † P < 0.05 vs. InsG600. ‡ P < 0.05 vs. G600
Changes in coronary flow over time, before and after ischemia, in the four groups (n = 10). The data are presented as the mean ± SD. *P < 0.05 vs. G100. † P < 0.05 vs. InsG600. ‡ P < 0.05 vs. G600
Changes in LV dP/dt max over time, before and after ischemia, in the four groups (n = 10). The data are presented as the mean ± SD. *P < 0.05 vs. G100. † P < 0.05 vs. InsG600. ‡ P < 0.05 vs. G600. LV dP/dt max (mmHg/s) maximum of left ventricular derivative of pressure development
Changes in rate pressure product over time, before and after ischemia, in the four groups (n = 10). The data are presented as the mean ± SD. * P < 0.05 vs. G100. † P < 0.05 vs. InsG600. ‡ P < 0.05 vs. G600
Table 2 Myocardial TNF-α and p-Akt contents at the end of reperfusion
The result of the present study indicates that acute hyperglycemia blunts the cardioprotective effects of pre-ischemic insulin pre-conditioning most likely mediated by the impairment of Akt activation.
Myocardial pre-conditioning aimed at reversing or mitigating the adverse consequences of cardiopulmonary bypass or ischemia can be achieved by short and repetitive ischemic periods or by the use of specific pharmacological agents. Ischemic pre-conditioning has long been recognized as effective strategy against subsequent, prolonged, and lethal ischemic assaults [1, 8]. Pharmacological options include the pre-emptive administration of volatile anesthetics, adenosine, nicorandil, delta opioids and nitroglycerin [2]. Recently, insulin also demonstrated cardioprotective qualities when given prior to an ischemic insult [3, 9].
Animal data suggest that acute hyperglycemia, a typical metabolic response to major surgical tissue trauma, diminishes the benefits of ischemic pre-conditioning [10]. Furthermore, high blood glucose concentrations suppressed positive effects of pre-conditioning techniques using isoflurane [11] or remote ischemia [12]. In agreement with the results of the present study hyperglycemia blunted the benefits of insulin regarding infarct size, necrosis and apoptosis following myocardial ischemia/reperfusion [13]. In contrast to Yu’s protocol [13] we used a reversible stunned rat heart model to mimic the context of cardiopulmonary bypass.
Insulin is a well established activator of the Akt signalling cascade which serves as important mediator of ischemic pre-conditioning [1]. In a constitutively active Akt mutant rat model Akt activation dramatically improved myocardial function after transient ischemia [14].
After binding to the insulin receptor it activates tyrosine kinase resulting in the phosphorylation of a number of tyrosine insulin receptor substrates (IRS) which in turn upregulate downstream effectors of PI3K, particularly Akt. [14, 15] Cardiomyocytes perfused with insulin had elevated p-Akt levels prior to ischemia compared with those that did not receive insulin [3]. Similarly, in the present study, insulin pre-conditioning was associated with increased myocardial p-Akt concentrations. Consistent with previous observations [13, 16] hyperglycemia decreased Akt phosphorylation suggesting that this pathway plays a key role in the inhibitory effect of hyperglycemia on insulin-induced preservation of myocardial contractility after ischemia.
Conversely, Baranyai et al. showed that a longer period of hyperglycemia (35 vs. 20 min in the present protocol) before ischemia led to increased pAkt levels and the activation of the Akt-the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway [12] suggesting that the duration of hyperglycemia may be also important.
The hyperglycemic response to surgery is the consequence of a stress induced over-production of so called counter-regulatory hormones (catecholamines, growth hormone, cortisol) and cytokines resulting in stimulated hepatic glucose production and tissue insulin resistance. Hyperglycemia itself further exacerbates inflammatory and oxidative responses, potentially initiating a vicious cycle [17, 18]. In contrast to the results of a previous study [3], tissue TNF-α, a known inhibitor of insulin-induced IRS-1 tyrosine phosphorylation and myocardial contractility [19], was not affected by insulin pre-conditioning. In our previous protocol, insulin had decreased the release of TNF-α into the coronary efferent fluid 5 min after reperfusion, while no effect was seen 15 min later [3]. In the current study myocardial TNF-α was measured 20 min after reperfusion only, supporting the previously made observation in a myocardial infarction heart model of two phases of reperfusion injury, an early one within the first 3 min and a later phase after 40–60 min [20].
We acknowledge some limitations of this study.
Coronary flow was different in the four groups and myocardial oxygen consumption was not measured. We, therefore, cannot exclude the possibility that altered blood flow was, at least in part, responsible for the reported changes.
Because we did not include a group of animals treated with a specific Akt inhibitor nor studied other pathways including the hexosamine or Akt-mTOR system [12, 13] the exact of role of Akt as a mediator of insulin-pre-conditioning and hyperglycemia remains to be determined.
Possibly mediated through the suppression of myocardial Akt phosphorylation acute hyperglycemia inhibits the cardioprotective effects of insulin pre-conditioning in the isolated rat heart further emphasizing the importance of glycemic control in the context of insulin therapy and myocardial ischemia.
CPB:
cardiopulmonary bypass
PI3K:
phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
Akt:
protein kinase B
p-Akt:
phospho-protein kinase B
TNF-α:
tumor necrosis factor-α
KH:
Krebs–Henseleit
LV:
left ventricular
LVEDP:
left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
InsG100:
0.5 U/L insulin and 100 mg/dL glucose
G600:
600 mg/dL glucose
LV dP/dt max:
maximum left ventricular pressure derivative
RPP:
rate pressure product
IRS:
insulin receptor substrates
mTOR:
mechanistic target of rapamycin
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YN designed the study, conducted the study, collected data, analysed data, and prepared the manuscript. HS helped design the study and prepare the manuscript. TO helped conduct the study, collect data, and prepare the manuscript. TSa helped design the study and prepare the manuscript. AK collected data and analysed data revised the manuscript. TI helped interpret data and prepare the manuscript. TM helped design the study and prepare the manuscript. TSc helped interpret data and critically revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
We thank Mr. M. Koshimizu for his valuable technical assistance. This work were presented in part at Annual Meeting of American Society of Anesthesiology, New Orleans, USA, October 11–15, 2014.
The datasets supporting the conclusions of this article are included within the article.
This study was approved by the Ethics Committee on Animal Research of the University of Yamanashi (Protocol number A25-20, 10 December 2013).
This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid (C) for Scientific Research (KAKENHI Grant No. 25462429) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
Department of Anesthesia, McGill University Health Centre Glen Site, Royal Victoria Hospital, 1001 Blvd, Decarie, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
Yosuke Nakadate, Hiroaki Sato, Tamaki Sato & Thomas Schricker
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo-city, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan
Takeshi Oguchi & Takashi Matsukawa
Operating Theater, Yamanashi University Hospital, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo-city, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan
Akiko Kawakami & Tadahiko Ishiyama
Yosuke Nakadate
Hiroaki Sato
Takeshi Oguchi
Tamaki Sato
Akiko Kawakami
Tadahiko Ishiyama
Takashi Matsukawa
Thomas Schricker
Correspondence to Yosuke Nakadate.
Nakadate, Y., Sato, H., Oguchi, T. et al. Glycemia and the cardioprotective effects of insulin pre-conditioning in the isolated rat heart. Cardiovasc Diabetol 16, 43 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-017-0527-5
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explore the variety of living things in the world.
identify and comment on the tools used by poets to affect the reader or engage attention;
tell, re-tell and interpret poetry based on memories and personal experiences;
use a variety of stylistic features to create mood and effect; and
express thoughts, feelings and opinions in imaginative and/or factual writing.
explore ideas, make and test predictions, and think creatively;
use a range of problem-solving strategies, suggesting and trying out different approaches when difficulties arise;
use interlocking cubes to explore design builds and visualise how their designs will appear from different viewpoints in 3D;
draw a coded 2D plan of their designs using squared paper and co-ordinates; and
build 3D designs using software available, such as Minecraft
examine and explore their own and others’ feelings and emotions;
recognise, express and manage feelings in a positive and safe way; and
recognise that feelings and emotions may change at times of change and loss.
use a range of media, materials, tools and processes to respond to first-hand experiences and memory, and to realise personal ideas;
listen and respond to their own and others’ music-making, thinking about, talking about and discussing a variety of characteristics within music that they create, perform or listen to; and
develop a range of drama strategies to express ideas.
develop effective use of movement in space (for example bend, stretch, turn, jump and glide) and direction (for example up, down, right, left, forward, backward, clockwise and anticlockwise);
move with increased control, co-ordination and poise, using a variety of actions and gestures which communicate ideas and feelings; and
create, practise and perform movement sequences.
respond to the positive and negative impact that human influence can have on the earth’s ecosystems;
develop steps to enrich local and global heritage by protecting or preserving historic stories and artefacts; and
determine ways in which lifestyle choices can have a positive or negative impact on body organs and human health.
You can download our suggested activities below:
Exemplar ICL: KS1 & 2
New resources have been developed to explore citizenship in the context of COVID 19.
We have produced exemplar for Connected Learning at Key Stage 3. These resources are designed to illustrate and promote connected learning using current and topical issues as starting point for learning.
The following CCEA and external resources may be helpful for schools and parents/carers of pupils.
Áiseanna do na hiar-bhunscoileanna/Post-Primary Irish-Medium Resources
Review of Home Learning resource (renamed Supporting the Curriculum and Assessment in 20/21)
After an unprecedented and extended period away from school, it’s vital to emphasise the importance of good emotional health and wellbeing. This poster provides a useful structure for parents whose children are feeling stressed or anxious.
Emotional Dysregulation Poster
The Big Picture of the Curriculum provides an at-a-glance overview of the Northern Ireland Curriculum, showing how important aspects join together to ensure a relevant and meaningful experience with learners at its core.
For more details, select The Big Picture of the Curriculum below that's relevant to you.
The Big Picture of the Curriculum at Primary
Primary (Years 1–7)
The Big Picture of the Curriculum at Key Stage 3
Key Stage 3 (Years 8–10)
Key Stage 4 (Years 11 and 12)
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Perforce Software Announces Strategic Investment From Francisco Partners
April 30, 2019 itenter1
Francisco Partners and Clearlake to Become Equal Partners
Additional Capital to Accelerate the DevOps Platform’s Organic and Inorganic Growth
MINNEAPOLIS and SAN FRANCISCO and SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 30, 2019 — Perforce Software (“Perforce” or the “Company”), a global provider of enterprise-grade development operations (“DevOps”) software solutions, today announced a significant new equity investment from Francisco Partners, a global technology-focused private equity fund. With the investment, Francisco Partners will become an equal partner with affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (“Clearlake”), which initially invested in Perforce in late 2017. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Perforce has expanded significantly since Clearlake’s acquisition, completing three acquisitions and building out its platform across areas of agile management, application management and components, code management and collaboration, and automated testing. As a leader in the DevOps industry, Perforce provides the broadest suite of solutions that balance the security, compliance, and control needs of leading enterprises while providing developers and designers the freedom to innovate at global scale. With its extensive portfolio, Perforce helps global enterprises solve complex problems across the entire software development lifecycle.
“Throughout our partnership with Clearlake, Perforce has successfully accelerated revenue growth, continued significant innovation, and strengthened relationships with numerous blue-chip customers,” said Mark Ties, Perforce CEO. “We are excited to welcome Francisco Partners, a firm with deep infrastructure software experience, as we continue to expand our global footprint and deliver pioneering products efficiently and effectively. With these leading investment firms’ support, we will reach a new level of scale and accelerate our acquisition strategy, while remaining hyper-focused on our customers.”
“We are very impressed by the leadership position that Perforce has established in the DevOps market and are excited to partner with management and Clearlake to drive the next phase of expansion,” said Brian Decker, Partner at Francisco Partners. “Perforce has successfully gained market share both organically and inorganically, and we look forward to building on this strong foundation,” added Evan Daar, Principal at Francisco Partners.
Behdad Eghbali, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Clearlake, commented, “Since our investment, Perforce has significantly scaled its revenue and profitability profile and expanded its breadth of solutions. With the implementation of our O.P.S.® approach, Perforce has grown into the category leader and is well positioned to leverage its unmatched technology to increase the adoption of DevOps practices across all end markets.”
Prashant Mehrotra, Partner at Clearlake added, “This partnership with Francisco Partners further supports our original investment thesis and sponsorship of Mark and the collective management team’s best in class playbook to sustainably drive organic growth combined with an aggressive M&A strategy in the DevOps market.”
The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2019. Financing and advisory services for the transaction will be provided by Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, and Ares. William Blair and Shea & Co served as co-financial advisors to Perforce. BofA Merrill Lynch, Evercore, and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC also served as financial advisors in the transaction.
ABOUT PERFORCE
Perforce is a leading provider of enterprise scale software solutions to technology developers and development operations (“DevOps”) teams requiring productivity, visibility and scale during all phases of the development lifecycle. Enterprises across the globe rely on its agile planning and ALM tools, automated mobile and web testing, developer collaboration, static code analysis, version control and repository management solutions as the foundation for successful DevOps at scale. Perforce is trusted by the world’s most innovative brands, including NVIDIA, Pixar, Scania, Ubisoft, and VMware. For more information, please visit www.perforce.com.
ABOUT CLEARLAKE
Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. is a leading private investment firm founded in 2006. With a sector-focused approach, the firm seeks to partner with world-class management teams by providing patient, long-term capital to dynamic businesses that can benefit from Clearlake’s operational improvement approach, O.P.S.®. The firm’s core target sectors are software and technology-enabled services; industrials and energy; and consumer. Clearlake has managed over $8 billion of institutional capital since inception and its senior investment principals have led or co-led over 100 investments. More information is available at www.clearlake.com.
ABOUT FRANCISCO PARTNERS
Francisco Partners is an investment firm that specializes in technology and technology-enabled services businesses. Since its launch over 19 years ago, Francisco Partners has raised over $14 billion in committed capital and invested in more than 200 technology companies, making it one of the most active and longstanding investors in the technology industry. The firm invests in opportunities where its deep sectoral knowledge and operational expertise can help companies realize their full potential. For more information, please visit www.franciscopartners.com.
For Perforce:
Colleen Kulhanek
Perforce Software
ckulhanek@perforce.com
UK/EMEA
Maxine Ambrose
Ambrose Communications
perforce@ambrosecomms.co.uk
For Francisco Partners:
press@franciscopartners.com
For Clearlake:
Kristin Celauro
Blicksilver Public Relations, Inc.
kristin@blicksilverpr.com
Jennifer Hurson
jennifer@blicksilverpr.com
SOURCE Perforce Software
http://www.perforce.com
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COVID-19 has changed the way we live. To help keep us safe, it is likely that our lives will be different for a while longer. Routines have been
Flu vaccinations and the coronavirus
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On 11th March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in an effort to encourage countries to take a whole-of-government,
The festive season tends to start earlier every year with lunches, dinners, travel, and get-togethers galore. It’s important to remain healthy during
It’s important to be aware that without adequate protection, sunburn can happen in as little as 15 minutes of sun exposure, but the redness and
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Galway striving to put best foot forward in Walsh Park
St Thomas' Fintan Burke who had been named at wing back on the Galway hurling team to face Tipperary.
THE hurlers of Galway and Waterford will clash for only the third time since the 2017 All-Ireland final when doing battle in the National League at Walsh Park on Sunday (2pm).
With both teams’ having their respective weekend’s fixtures wiped out by the strong winds, Galway will be hoping to avoid another game becoming a casualty of the weather as also happened against Waterford in early March of last year.
That league clash was an eleventh-hour postponement after Waterford was hit by a torrential downpour in the hours preceding the game, resulting in a fruitless journey for Galway players, mentors and supporters.
In the subsequent re-arranged fixture, Waterford overhauled an interval 1-11 to 0-2 deficit in difficult conditions, with Shane Bennett flicking home an unlikely injury-time winner.
The two teams went on to renew rivalry in the league semi-final at Nowlan Park – a game which won’t bring back too many fond memories for the Tribesmen.
Galway had forced much of the pace and when Mikey Kearney was sent off for Waterford in the final quarter, it appeared Micheál Donoghue’s charges were bound for the decider.
But Waterford defied the odds in snatching a 1-18 to 2-13 victory in a match where Kevin Moran’s shuddering challenge on Joe Canning resulted in the Galway talisman being stretched off the field late on.
That result and Canning’s injury hardly helped morale in the build up to the championship, a campaign which was brutally and unexpectedly cut short by Dublin at Parnell Park in early June.
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These past few months have seen so many communities left to silently mourn family members and friends, whose funerals they would have attended in such numbers, were it not for the current Covid-19 restrictions.
But those that are gone have not been, and will not be, forgotten – which is why we want to open the pages of the Connacht Tribune to you to tell their stories.
If you’ve lost a loved one, whether to Covid-19 or not, or if your community or organization or sports club is mourning the death of a valued member and friend, you can email us your tribute and we will publish it in our papers.
CONNACHT TRIBUNE OBITUARY TRIBUTE
All you have to do it to click on the above link, and it will take you to a short set of questions which you can fill in – and then add whatever you feel tells the story of the life of your friend, family member or colleague.
You can email that with a photograph to us, to news@ctribune.ie or you can post it to ‘Obituaries’, Connacht Tribune, 21 Liosban Business Park – and please enclose a contact number in case we have any queries.
We sympathise with anyone who has lost a loved one at this awful time, particularly given that so many people were unable to mourn with them and their family in person – and we hope that this will help in some small way to show those family members that we are all united in grief, even from a distance.
This is an additional feature we are providing alongside our long-established weekly Family Notices section where loved ones are remembered immediately by Months Mind Notices and annual anniversary remembrances. You can contact our team for further details at salesadmin@ctribune.ie
Gardaí seek help in locating missing man
Enda Cunningham
Gardaí have sought help in locating a man missing in Galway since the end of December.
34-year-old Luke Davoren was last seen in the University Road area on December 30.
He is described as having fair hair, 6ft in height and having an athletic build. He was last seen wearing a grey hoody, brown leather jacket, blue jeans and brown leather boots. He also had a black back pack in his possession.
Gardaí and Luke’s family are very concerned for his welfare and have urged him to make contact.
Anyone with information, particularly any road users with dash cam footage of the Newcastle/University Road areas between 1am – 2am on December 30, is asked to contact Galway Garda Station on 091 538000.
Dara Bradley
Confirmed cases of Covid-19 continue to skyrocket in Galway, as virus-related frontline healthcare staff shortages persist and now overcrowding emerges as a new threat.
Galway experienced four days of record-breaking positive case notifications in the past week, as hospitalisations grew exponentially and pressure was heaped on the critical care units at University Hospital Galway (UHG) and Portiuncula.
Hospital management said it was unsure whether community transmission had peaked locally yet – and they expect hospitals to be under ‘significant pressure’ from Covid admissions well into February.
Nurses have highlighted how overcrowding in the Emergency Department of the county’s two main public hospitals has returned – some 112 patients were stuck on trolleys awaiting admission to UHG and Ballinasloe on five mornings in the past week. Meanwhile, it hasn’t yet been officially confirmed that the new UK variant of Covid is present in Galway, but authorities believe it is.
The latest data shows there has been no let-up in new cases notifications in Galway – 604 confirmed cases were notified for Monday, the highest in Ireland and Galway’s worst ever day by a long shot.
It was a frightening figure but it was not for one day and was part of clearing the backlog of cases over Christmas and New Year, the HSE said.
That pushed Galway’s 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 to 1033.9 more than double what it was a week ago and eight times what it was a fortnight ago. Some 2,668 new Galway cases were notified in the fortnight to midnight Tuesday.
Read the full story and comprehensive coverage of the Covid-19 crisis in this week’s Connacht Tribune, on sale in shops now – or you can download our digital edition from www.connachttribune.ie
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Tiberium Wars characters, Tiberium Wars Characters, Scrin Entities
Overlord (Scrin)
“ Prepare a full invasion force. Earth will fall.
- The Overlord's only quote ”
For other uses of the term Overlord, see Overlord.
Unknown (presumably alive)
Scrin
Scrin supreme commander (presumed)
One of the few known Scrin entities, the Overlord is believed to be the leader of the Scrin forces, or at the very least the individual in command of all harvesting operations. The Supervisor of Foreman 371 reported to this leader, who presumably resided at the Ichor Hub. Because of the Scrin's failures and humiliation on Earth, the Overlord has ordered preparations for a full invasion force to be assembled. The Overlord never appeared (its voice is heard only when it orders the invasion of Earth), or personally commanded 371 in the harvesting operations, but only relays the orders via the Supervisor. He also seems to possess certain knowledge about Kane.
A Scrin support power is named after the Supreme Entity, called the "Overlord's Wrath". A giant Ichor-laced asteroid is launched at the designated target, and can destroy any weak structures and units in the area. It is presumably launched from the orbit of another Scrin base in space.
No further information on the Overlord is known. As of 2062, the Scrin have not been seen at all following their failed harvesting attempt during the Third Tiberium War. Only the leftover Threshold 19 tower remains, used by Kane and his Nod followers to "ascend" by going through the portal. After this, the Tiberium Control Network began to remove Tiberium from the world, finally reclaiming it from the ravages caused by the substance.
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Shincheonji Church Of Jesus In S Korea Replies To What It Believes Are Incorrect Media Reports
By the most typical use the term, nevertheless, it would be reasonable to consider Shincheonji a huge, very successful cult. The team is headed by a single, charming leader, Lee Man-Hee, who claims to have a special ability to analyze the Holy bible. When challenged regarding his authority, Lee can be incredibly elusive, however he regularly implies that he is never-ceasing which salvation needs belief in him, instead of in Jesus Christ. As a matter of fact, Lee’s Shincheonji church teaches that the Scriptures is mainly composed of metaphors, and he alone has the spiritual present for correctly analyzing them.
Shincheonji Church Of Jesus Graduates 100,000 Pupils Worldwide, From San Francisco To South Korea
As a whole, competitors amongst Christian churches to grow their churchgoers can be tough in South Korea, where concerning a third of the nation’s populace comes from one Christian denomination or an additional. Believers say they must maintain the locations of their group’s activities secret, since they deal with so much oppression, particularly from other Christians. Some churches in South Korea, in fact, blog post indications that say something to the result, “No Shinchonji.” When people first sign up for Holy bible research courses provided by Shinchonji, they are not told about the association with the debatable spiritual group. This Scriptures study facility in downtown Seoul, as an example, does not market itself as becoming part of Shinchonji. At once when truths as well as precise data issue, several information electrical outlets are counting on rumors and also not fact-checking their details prior to publishing.
Shincheonji, A Veiled Christian Sect, At Center Of Infection Episode
” A variety of members of London churches have been pulled into this cult and also slowly they are encouraged to reduce all ties with loved ones,” checks out the message from Peters, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph. It’s not just scjus Korean spiritual leaders that have actually spoken out concerning the team’s use deception. An additional debatable element of Shinchonji is the way the group hires brand-new participants.
Yet the way the team has actually been dealt with brings up tough questions of spiritual freedom, pandemic obligation, and also media scapegoating.
Although Shincheonji formally stopped all church conferences and events as quickly as the episode happened, public outrage was sparked at the information of the outbreak; reports as well as concerns went around that Shincheonji members were spreading the virus deliberately.
Hwang Gui-hag, editorial director of the Seoul-based Regulation Times, which concentrates on religious information, cautioned against concentrating too much on Shincheonji’s methods, some of which he said can be found in other South Korean churches.
Sensationalistic headlines that integrated the public’s fear of a “cult” with its worry of the coronavirus sent the general public into a craze.
As COVID-19 situations rise, convalescent plasma from recouped individuals comes to be extremely important to combat the pandemic. The Korea Disease Control and Avoidance Company has actually openly asked for even more retrieved individuals to donate their plasma as SCJ has done. Within July and also September, 1,700 people of the parish joined two waves of plasma donation drives with the support of the city of Daegu and also Korean Red Cross. According to CBS Information, Daegu has actually spent large amounts of cash attempting to stem the episode and also estimated that the complete monetary loss from the outbreak was $121 million. City authorities stated the church did not turn over a complete list of all of its participants, making it hard to track the infection, though the church has condemned “human error” for the miscount, CBS claimed. At the start of South Korea’s coronavirus break out, it was taken into consideration to be the worst-hit nation apart from China, with a bulk of its new situations connected to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus.
A South Oriental End Ofthe World Church Connected To Countless Coronavirus Situations Is Being Demanded $82 Million In Problems
The church was established by Lee in 1984 and also has expanded to almost 250,000 participants, mainly in South Korea. A member of the team’s Daegu members was validated to have been infected with the novel coronavirus on February 18, however at the time, the church continued to hold huge gatherings in spite of standards in place. Over 5,000 of South Korea’s taped coronavirus cases have been linked to the edge spiritual team. Lee Man-hee, leader of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, speaks throughout an interview at a center of the church in Gapyeong, South Korea, on March 2, 2020.
Shincheonji understands today wellness dilemma as well as, with consideration to the health and safety of citizens as well as congregants as the highest possible priority, has submitted all requested information and remains to coordinate totally with the Korea Centers for Disease Control as well as Prevention. At a time when members need to be regarded as victims and also carried out aid, the Church all at once is experiencing regional and also national discrimination, incapable to get building licensing and also dealing with examination for exercising their Christian faith. In spite of the progressive convenience of church celebration restrictions in South Korea, SCJ plans to proceed with online solutions to stop the spread while the viral scenario continues to be unpredictable. Nonetheless, Shincheonji Church of Jesus stays dedicated to providing support for the globally area– one plasma contribution at once.
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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 BETA This Weekend
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The Warhammer: Vermintide 2 BETA is rolling out for PC this weekend. Anyone who signed up for the BETA will receive a key in the mail shortly if they haven’t already. You can pre-order via Steam to also gain access to the Beta. “The demand for keys has been much
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The sequel to the critically acclaimed Vermintide is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight in Warhammer: Vermintide 2.
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The past year has overwhelmed most of us. Many people have dealt with sickness and death without the support of family and friends in times of social distancing and isolation. The political turbulence that we watched as throngs of people stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday only added to the bleakness of these times.
It is in that context that Rutgers Newark psychologist Jacqueline S. Mattis writes “if ever there were a time for a conversation about hope, it is now,” and gives us five strategies to cultivate hope.
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5 strategies for cultivating hope this year
Jacqueline S. Mattis, Rutgers University - Newark
A year of social disconnections, deaths, job losses and political violence may lead some people to feel overwhelmed and sad. A psychologist suggests ways to find and sustain hope.
Politics + Society
How does the 25th Amendment work, and can it be used to remove Trump from office after US Capitol attack?
Stephanie Newbold, Rutgers University - Newark
Vice President Pence could invoke the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution, also known as the Disability Clause, if he believes Trump is 'unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.'
Tom Nolan, Emmanuel College
A criminologist and former police officer reviewed the police operations at the Capitol and raises concerns over how an angry mob were able to circumvent security.
Danielle K. Kilgo, University of Minnesota
The insurrection at the Capitol was unprecedented. So too was the coverage, according to a scholar who monitors how media reports on protests
Shannon M. Smith, College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
The protests that ended in the storming of the US Capitol included members of white supremacy groups, the latest example of such groups being encouraged by politicians to challenge government.
Thousands of Brazilians who won elections as Black candidates in 2020 previously ran for office as white
Andrew Janusz, University of Florida
A race-changing scandal raises suspicion about the motivations of 4,580 newly elected city council members and mayors who only recently began to identify as Black.
It is difficult, if not impossible, to estimate the size of the crowd that stormed Capitol Hill
Steve Doig, Arizona State University
A professor of journalism explains why you should be skeptical of any numbers that you see over the next few days.
Vaccine delays reveal unexpected weak link in supply chains: A shortage of workers
Anna Nagurney, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The shipment of goods to suppliers has become technologically sophisticated. Delays in getting out the COVID-19 vaccine to people show that the breakdowns come down to something more basic.
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Andrew Smith, Arizona State University
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Sectarian War in Iraq; Gerard Baker
Foreign policy observers Robin Wright, Dexter Filkins, and Max Boot explain the reasons for the resurgence of sectarian violence and militant extremism in Iraq. After one year as editor in chief, Gerard Baker speaks about the print and digital versions of The Wall Street Journal and the state of the newspaper business.
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McConnell open to convicting Trump in impeachment trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pointedly did not rule out that he might eventually vote to convict the now twice-impeached President Donald Trump, but he also blocked a quick Senate impeachment trial.
Minutes after the House voted 232-197 on Wednesday to impeach Trump, McConnell said in a letter to his GOP colleagues that he’s not determined whether Trump should be convicted in the Senate’s upcoming proceedings. The House impeachment articles charge that Trump incited insurrection by exhorting supporters who violently attacked the Capitol last week, resulting in five deaths and a disruption of Congress.
“I have not made a final decision on how I will vote and I intend to listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate,” McConnell wrote.
McConnell’s openness was a stark contrast to the support, or at times silence, he’s shown during much of Trump’s presidency, and to the opposition he expressed rapidly when the House impeached Trump 13 months ago. McConnell will be Washington’s most powerful Republican once Democratic President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated, and McConnell’s increasingly chilly view of Trump could make it easier for other GOP lawmakers to turn against him.
McConnell’s burgeoning alienation from Trump, plus the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him, underscored how the GOP’s long, reflexive support and condoning of Trump’s actions was eroding.
McConnell also issued a statement saying Congress and the government should spend the next week “completely focused on facilitating a safe inauguration and an orderly transfer of power” to Biden. He suggested Trump’s Senate trial would begin no earlier than Jan. 19 — in effect rejecting a drive by the chamber’s Democrats to begin the proceedings immediately so Trump could be ousted from office.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said that unless McConnell reverses himself and agrees to quickly start the trial, it would begin after Jan. 19. That’s a day before Biden is inaugurated as president and about the time Democrats take over majority control of the Senate. The timetable essentially means McConnell is dropping the trial into Democrats’ laps.
“Make no mistake, there will be an impeachment trial in the United States Senate,” Schumer said. He added, “If the president is convicted, there will be a vote on barring him from running again.”
The Constitution requires a two-thirds majority to convict a president, meaning at least 17 Republicans would need to join all 50 Democrats to oust Trump. If Trump were convicted, it would take only a simple majority of the Senate to prohibit Trump, who’s mentioned running again in 2024, from holding federal office again.
Earlier Wednesday, a GOP strategist said McConnell has told people he thinks Trump perpetrated impeachable offenses. McConnell also saw House Democrats’ drive to impeach Trump as an opportune moment to distance the GOP from the tumultuous, divisive outgoing president, according to the strategist, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.
McConnell’s views were first reported by The New York Times.
McConnell spoke to major Republican donors last weekend to assess their thinking about Trump and was told that they believed Trump had clearly crossed a line, the strategist said. McConnell told them he was finished with Trump, according to the consultant.
The Democratic-led House approved an impeachment article accusing Trump of inciting insurrection, an unprecedented second impeachment of his clamorous presidency. Trump exhorted a throng of his followers to march on the Capitol last Wednesday, where they disrupted Congress’ formal certification of Biden’s win in a deadly riot that produced widespread damage.
McConnell is looking out for his party’s long-term future, but moving toward a political divorce from Trump could mean that congressional Republicans will face challenges in GOP primaries.
It is unclear how many Republicans would vote to convict Trump in a Senate trial, but it appears plausible that several would.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on Wednesday told Alaska’s News Source, an Anchorage news outlet, that Trump “has committed an impeachable offense.” She stopped short of saying if she’d vote to convict him.
Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., has said he would “definitely consider” House impeachment articles.
Complicating GOP thinking about Trump’s second impeachment is that Republicans will be defending 20 of the 34 Senate seats up for election in 2022. Thanks to Democratic victories this month in two Georgia runoffs, Democrats are about to take control of the chamber by 50-50, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris casting tie-breaking votes.
Speaking out against impeachment Wednesday was Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. A once-bitter Trump foe, Graham became one of his closest allies during his presidency, then lambasted him over last week’s Capitol invasion but has since spent time with Trump.
Impeaching Trump now would “do great damage to the institutions of government and could invite further violence,” Graham said in a statement. He said Trump’s millions of backers “should not be demonized because of the despicable actions of a seditious mob,” but he did not specifically defend Trump’s actions last week.
“If there was a time for America’s political leaders to bend a knee and ask for God’s counsel and guidance, it is now. The most important thing for leaders to do in times of crisis is to make things better, not worse,” Graham said.
When the Senate voted against removing Trump in February after the House impeached him for pressuring Ukraine to provide political dirt on Biden, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, was the only Republican who cast a vote to oust him.
Trump has falsely insisted that November’s presidential election was stolen from him by fraud. Those allegations have been rejected by state officials of both parties, state and federal courts and members of his own administration.
AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.
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Google Pulls Work from BPO firm Skyes Owing to Bitcoin Scam in Philippines
Google has pulled out outsourced work from a Philippine contact center, Skyes whose employees were implicated in a Bitcoin-related scam.
By Komal Joshi · Aug 24, 2020 . 6min read
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Google has withdrawn outsourcing service from a Philippine contact centre due to the implication of its employees in a Bitcoin scam. According to Newsbytes.PH, Internet giant Google has authenticated that it pulled out an outsourced work from the Cebu operations of BPO firm Sykes. Sykes Philippines is the primary branch of Florida-based transnational BPO firm, Sykes here in the Philippines.
According to some social media posts, the claim involves that some outsourcing companies’ employees siphoned off 60 million Philippine pesos. That is approximately $ 1.23 million. They converted Google gift cards to Bitcoins. Moreover, Sykes reported to the media about discovering that the employees violated their standards of conduct. However, it did not specifically mention the nature of the workers’ violations and the specific location they are based in the country.
Additionally, reports state that around 300 workers lost their jobs due to the incident. Sykes have outwardly denied the claim. It says that innocent employees did not lose jobs. Furthermore, Sykes stated it has clear policies and procedures to stop, identify, and manage instances of fraud. Moreover, it states that the company did not lay off employees who did not associate with the scam.
“We are constantly assessing our business needs and have decided to shift this business to another vendor in the Philippines,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement sent to Newsbytes.PH on Sunday, Aug. 23.
The Scope of Cryptocurrencies in the Philippines
The Philippines has a progressive attitude towards cryptocurrencies. Lately, the country’s central bank declared that it was contemplating issuing a central bank digital currency, or CBDC. Moreover, the Philippine central bank has developed a committee. It looks at the feasibility and policy implications of issuing its digital currency.
Additionally, the Philippines’ central bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), has approved 16 cryptocurrency exchange service providers in total. The most advanced list of “Remittance and transfer companies (RTC) with virtual currency (VC) exchange services” presents four recently-approved cryptocurrency exchanges. They are Finchain Technology Inc., Iremit Inc., Moneybees Forex Corp., and Wibs PHP Inc.
Earlier, we also advocated about how Google was negligible about fake crypto advertisements flooding the Google Ads platform. Hence a third party Bitcoin scam in respect to Google’s operation speaks volumes about the increase in cryptocurrency-related scams.
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Review by Brian Eggert February 2, 2014
Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Tobey Maguire, James Van Der Beek, Clark Gregg, J.K. Simmons
For Labor Day, Jason Reitman tests his not inconsiderable directorial talents in an adaptation of Joyce Maynard’s 2009 novel, a best-seller about a home-invasion which transforms into a passionate love affair. Harlequin romance hasn’t been this pulpy since the Fabio heyday some two decades ago. The material represents a considerable shift for the writer-director, whose previous four films each settled in acerbic comedies. In 2005, Reitman made his feature debut with Thank You for Smoking, the dark satire about a tobacco lobbyist. He followed that with 2007’s breakthrough Juno and, for better or worse, made screenwriter Diablo Cody a household name. 2009 brought Up in the Air, a sobering and timely dramedy about America’s economic instability. Reitman reteamed with Cody for Young Adult in 2011 and tested his audience’s resolve for unlikeable characters. But none of his films have been as humorless, or as self-consciously serious as Labor Day.
Set over a hot holiday weekend in 1987, the story is told through voiceover by Tobey Maguire, the go-to voice for coming-of-age tales about young, socially awkward boys. About to enter the seventh grade, Henry (Gattlin Griffith) lives with his depressive and lonely divorcée mother Adele (Kate Winslet), who has been abandoned by Henry’s father (Clark Gregg) for another woman. To the best of his ability, Henry tries to take care of his rattled mother; she’s all but incapacitated by the loss of love in her life and rarely leaves the house. In lieu of a man, he creates “Husband for a Day” coupons for his mother in a sweet (if Oedipal) gesture, rubbing her shoulders and taking her on a date to see D.A.R.Y.L. (which actually opened in 1985, but who’s checking). One day on a rare grocery store run, Henry and his mother meet Frank (Josh Brolin), an injured escaped convicted killer who jumped out of a hospital window during an emergency appendectomy. Bleeding and desperate, Frank presses Adele to drive him back to their home so he might hide out for a stint.
Within a few short hours, Frank’s otherwise gentle mannerisms lead to him winning over the lonely Adele and Henry. It begins when he makes them homemade chili and feeds the curiously receptive Adele. Police are on the lookout and Frank must lie low. He ties Adele down, but only so she can say she was held against her will. Despite this, the next day Frank earns Adele’s trust (and his handyman badge) by fixing loose floorboards, changing the oil on her station wagon, regrouting a stone wall, and cleaning out the gutters. (Note to fugitives on the lam: outside chores are not the best way to keep out of sight.) And though each of these chores could be used as an innuendo for the eventual romance that ensues, none is more obvious or unintentionally laughable than when he teaches Henry and Adele to make peach pie. He walks them through mixing the ingredients by hand and remarks, “Sometimes the best tool is attached to your own body.” As for the elephant in the room, the reason for Frank’s imprisonment and his side of the story are never discussed in detail with Adele, who altogether ignores the moral implications or parenting choices when she beds a killer-cum-kidnapper.
But then again, Frank promises there’s more to his story than the papers let on, and that he’s never intentionally harmed anyone. If only Adele could see the impressionistic flashbacks of Frank’s early life and the crime which landed him in prison. These scenes come out of nowhere and are confusingly relayed to the audience. Is Henry somehow showing us these scenes in his narration? How could he be? Despite Henry’s voiceover, sections of the story feel like they’re from Adele’s Stockholm syndrome-rattled mind, while the flashbacks could only be attributed to Frank’s perspective. As a result, Reitman’s various tones make for ungainly shifts in the dramatic perspective. Moreover, the film’s aesthetics suggest a much older setting than 1987 by at least ten years, as Reitman never quite convinces us of this romance’s time and place. The few indicators of the year are evident in nods to other movies, namely the posters for The Empire Strikes Back and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial in Henry’s room, and when Adele and Henry sit down with Frank to watch Close Encounters of the Third Kind on television.
Concentration should be placed on the two central actors, each performance given under a layer of sweat and yearning sexuality. Winslet exudes the burden of being lovelorn in every carefully acted gesture, and perhaps her reputation for playing sexual beings in other films (Quills, Romance & Cigarettes, Little Children, etc.) enhances her sultry presence, though the material is certainly curbed for PG-13 consumption. Brolin carries a tender authority that makes him both mysterious and attractive. Conversely, Griffith seems inexpressive and miscast; it’s the kind of role which, ironically enough, someone like a younger Maguire would’ve been perfect for. Reitman’s ability to draw out fine performances remains intact, but his handling of sometimes solemn, sometimes tense, sometimes romantic material and its rather mushy roots doesn’t translate well to film. The cornier dialogue and the story’s leaps in plausibility for the sake of romance are the kinds of things a reader of pulp could be swept away by, but when they’re presented before you in a film, they become predictable, obvious, and far-fetched.
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Johnson & Johnson: Bettering Health Through Tech in a New COVID-19 World
While helping to address the global coronavirus pandemic, the life sciences company is using advanced analytics, intelligent automation, and other evolving technologies to guide smarter, faster business and health care decisions.
Joaquin Duato
Johnson & Johnson’s goal is to help people live longer, healthier lives by creating innovative medicines, life-altering medical devices, and trusted consumer products. While there’s no denying that technology touches every aspect of our business, what matters most to our patients and customers is how our products help improve their lives. Technology absolutely plays an important role in getting us there, but it is a means to achieving our greater purpose of improving human health. This is true now more than ever as we work together with the global public health community to respond with urgency to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Within this context, technology’s potential has always been front and center in some areas of our business, such as R&D. What has changed in the last few years—and even more so in the past several weeks—is that now everyone appreciates that technology is an enabler everywhere in the organization, across lines of business, functions, and our talent pool. Today, the convergence of multiple disruptive technologies is helping us generate more value for our stakeholders by making better decisions and working more productively.
First, we’re making better business decisions thanks to data science. Given J&J’s reach, there is tremendous potential in connecting our data and embedding higher-quality, more efficient, and increasingly predictive decision-making tools across the organization. To do this, we are working cross-functionally to build our data science foundation by understanding what types of data are available, cleaning and engineering it to be analyzed more easily, and defining our next-generation data standards and architecture. This is driving business results while also helping us better meet the needs of those we serve. For example, supply chain leaders are working with a heightened sense of agility to respond to fluctuations in customer demand during the current pandemic. Our teams are helping to minimize delivery disruptions by using highly automated scenario risk simulation technology. To proactively handle abnormal demand patterns, they are using automated statistical scanning of sales order patterns.
In addition, data science is a critical enabler in R&D to advance clinical trials and screen new medicine candidates faster so we can deliver safe and effective new medicines to patients in need, which is particularly important in the current crisis. Our R&D data scientists are deeply engaged on an array of COVID-19-related data science initiatives. These include the aggregation and analysis of real-time data on COVID-19 patients that generates insights on patient demographics, geography, natural history, treatment, and outcomes data. Our ultimate goal is to augment our COVID-19 vaccine efforts, accelerate therapy development, and answer deeply relevant clinical questions to facilitate the advance of global scientific and clinical understanding of COVID-19. Other efforts include developing a “one-stop shop” COVID-19 knowledge hub for our employees to help inform disease hotspots, future infection predictions, and overall risk assessment.
‘We want our leaders to develop a dose of healthy skepticism so they can distinguish between hype and technologies likely to deliver lasting outcomes.’
Second, we’re using intelligent automation—automation technologies combined with AI—to give our employees the ability to shift their focus to valued-added activities. Intelligent automation reduces repetitive and routine work while generating insights that employees can use to improve decisions, compliance, quality, and speed. For example, our finance collections team automates routine tasks, giving members more time to engage with customers to address their concerns. This has led to improved cash flow, increased productivity, greater efficiency, higher customer satisfaction, and enhanced job satisfaction. In addition, intelligent automation has helped us support the well-being of our employees and their ability to work remotely during the COVID-19 crisis, and to virtually execute critical business processes like payroll, sourcing, and financial close.
Over the past 18 months, we’ve automated nearly 60 global processes affecting 900,000 transactions. We’ve improved business outcomes and quality while giving back more than 90,000 hours to our teams. And we’ve merely scratched the surface of what’s possible—we intend to scale these solutions across our enterprise.
These overarching initiatives are underpinned by investments in the cloud, core modernization, comprehensive cyber risk strategies, and more. Our employees are just like consumers in that they want to have a frictionless experience with technology in their day-to-day lives, so we’re focusing on improving their digital experience wherever we can. This is critical in our current environment because many of our employees are performing double duty as caregivers for loved ones battling the coronavirus or as teachers for their children, while tending to their own health needs as well.
All of this requires an evolved technology organization that works as a strategic partner, not just a service provider. Our technology team’s role is to ensure we apply disruptive technologies in concert to help the organization deliver stronger outcomes, and we’re introducing ways to measure the connection between the function’s performance and the outcomes the business cares about. For example, how can we use metrics to show that R&D is making better decisions because our technology function is delivering cleaner data?
In the same way that the technology organization needs to understand the business outcomes it supports, our executives need to recognize how technology can enable them to achieve the outcomes they desire. We don’t expect our leaders to become programmers, but they should be able to identify how, when, and where technology can help them drive better results. And we want them to develop a dose of healthy skepticism so they can distinguish between hype and technologies likely to deliver lasting outcomes.
We want technology to help our people progress in their careers, become proactive change agents, and deliver better outcomes. We take a simple view of new and emerging technologies: They are valuable because they enable us to achieve business results that are meaningful to our patients and customers—and because they guide us in creating a better, healthier world.
—by Joaquin Duato, vice chairman of the executive committee, Johnson & Johnson
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Software company VMware recently revamped its customer success program to help clients achieve faster outcomes from their investments in VMware solutions. The goal, says Meenu Agarwal, VMware’s senior vice president of customer success, is to help clients define the objectives of their technology implementations, track the value of those initiatives with specific metrics, and eventually drive positive business results.
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Thanks to a comical og by Azerbaijani Pavlo Pashayev and a levitating late leap by Gareth Bale to log his 32nd Welsh goal, Wales snaffled an essential 2-1 victory in the Euro 2020 qualifier last week. In a low quality match, often deficient in skill, technique, ideas and pace, Wales made hard work of it against the side ranked 109th in the world. Hennessey and Taylor were horribly accident-prone while the other defenders – Roberts, Rodon and Mepham – hardly inspired confidence either (by the way, am I the only one who finds the pronunciation of the latter’s name Mep-Ham not Meffam a rather iffy rejection of the Ancient Greek ‘ph’ digraph?). Allen huffed and puffed, Wilson seemed anxious and hurried, Lawrence disappeared for long periods, James flattered to deceive and Bale…well, although he’s currently a shadow of his former self (I blame Zidane), he was still the match winner. The one Welsh player who can be genuinely satisfied with his performance was Ethan Ampadu, stylishly pulling strings and snuffing out threats in deep midfield. One of Chelsea’s hoard of surplus stashed footballers, he has recently been loaned to German club RB Leipzig. Who knows, now he might be allowed to play the occasional game of competitive football and get even better.
In the end all that matters is Wales won, got the three points, and are therefore not yet out of the running for qualification – especially as other results have kept Group E tight. If Wales could only win the upcoming October fixtures away to Slovakia and home to Croatia we’d be right back in the mix – he said, not for one moment believing anything of the sort is going to happen.
After the victory in Cardiff the head-to-head record against Azerbaijan has reached P7, W6, D1, L0, Goals F13-A2. We’re invincible by the shores of the Caspian Sea, look you! There is an admittedly unlikely but mathematically still possible scenario ahead in which Wales would just need a win back in Baku in November to clinch qualification. Wouldn’t that be something: a showdown between the country with the world’s most polluted lake and the country with the world’s biggest…
The friendly against Belarus four days later gave Ryan Giggs the chance to try out young prospects in the cauldron of international football as well as take another look at peripheral squad members. Midfielder Joe Morrell of Lincoln City in the third tier of the English pyramid and striker Keiffer Moore of Wigan Athletic in the second tier were capped for the first time, while Danny Ward, Johnny Williams, Tom Lockyer and Will Vaulks were given rare run-outs. It worked too: Wales deservedly won 1-0 with a wickedly pinged bender from pugnacious little Manchester United winger Daniel James, who has quickly become an automatic choice. Five subs being permitted in friendlies allowed Giggs to indulge himself by bringing on Chris Gunter in the 91st minute and cheaply increase his record caps total to 96. The result brings the head-to-head record against Belarus, currently ranked 84th in the world, to P5, W4, D0, L1, Goals F8-A5. We’re big in Minsk, mind you!
Truth be told, none of the second-stringers looked of international quality except, perhaps, debutant Morrell with his awareness of space and accurate passing. Born in Ipswich and qualifying for Wales via his mother, he is only the second Lincoln City player in their 135-year history to win an international cap – and the other was Welsh too: burly one-cap wonder David Felgate from Blaenau Ffestiniog, a half-time substitute for Neville Southall in a 5-0 romp at Wrecsam against Romania in 1983. Unless he’s sold in the interim, Morrell’s likely to win another cap soon and become the Imps’ most capped player ever.
He was one of five players in the starting line-up against Belarus, along with James, Mepham, Moore and Williams, who were born in England but eligible for Wales through a parent or grandparent and, counting late subs Vaulks and Vokes, seven ‘Anglos’ altogether figured in the action. It’s a humiliation, it’s a crying shame, and it’s no way for any self-respecting footballing nation which wants a sustainable future to conduct itself but, as I’ve said many times before in my footie witterings on this site, beggars can’t be choosers. Giggs is only doing what every Welsh manager has increasingly done since FIFA relaxed eligibility rules in 2004 – and at least he has yet to top the all-time record number of Englishmen in a Welsh team: the NINE in the 2-0 win in Luxembourg in 2008 when John Toshack was in charge.
However, I’m beginning to wonder about Ryan Giggs. Certainly not about him as a football manager; I supported his appointment, still think he’s the best man for the job and reckon he’s doing quite well considering his threadbare options plus the difficulty of beating any team in international football. I wonder more about his whole outlook on life. The sad recent demise of 134-year-old Greater Manchester club Bury crystallises my doubts. The burial of the Shakers of Gigg (!) Lane, twice English Cup winners, stands in such stark contrast to the rocketing rise through the English pyramid (four promotions in five seasons) of Bury’s Greater Manchester neighbours Salford City, a minnow with no football tradition whatsoever. In a control-freak vanity project, it is Giggs and his ‘Class of ’92’ ex-Manchester United fellow millionaires (Beckham, Butt, Scholes and the Nevilles) who are chucking the buckets of money at Salford to brazenly buy success. In so doing, they crudely, and probably unknowingly, supply an object lesson in how the Beautiful Game is being utterly corrupted by rampant commodification and monetisation.
The concentration of vast wealth in the hands of a small number of clubs, facilitated by megalomaniac far-right media barons, has turned football, most glaringly in England, into the amoral, globalised plaything of juntas, oligarchs, hedge-funds, property magnates, asset-strippers, offshore finance, speculators, gamblers and chancers. It’s got to the point where they may as well just compile league tables according to disposable income and save everyone a lot of time and trouble. Those indoctrinated by the English Premier League’s overcooked histrionics and trumped-up hype might not believe it, since to them football didn’t exist before the ‘Prem’, but the outcome, I can assure them, has been the ruin of the sport. This, of course, is what happens in the end to everything capitalism touches. Giggs and the gang obviously don’t think this is wrong, as evidenced by their various other speculative ventures in Manchester; on the contrary, the wannabe business tycoons behind the security gates of their Cheshire and LA mansions want a slice of the action. At the very least, this tells us they are avaricious, shallow, ignorant and over-entitled – but David Beckham has been exhibiting those characteristics for years, so that is hardly news. Maybe it’s just me, but I have higher expectations of important Welsh public figures.
I wouldn’t mind so much if Giggs turned his attention to Wales’ football pyramid, the most impoverished and underfunded in all of Europe, and bestowed some of his munificence where it is really needed and would really make a difference. In fact the Welsh pyramid is so comprehensively un-monetised that some small change from the back of Giggsy’s purple velvet lounger would be enough to transform any club in Wales. Isn’t there a fundamental conflict of interest here: where else in the world does the manager of the national football team pour resources and energy into another nation’s football? Isn’t it part of his job description to build the game in Wales, not England? And isn’t wealth beyond the dreams of Croesus tragically pointless and ultimately destructive when all it does is make you want more?
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As always, great stuff
Just why does no one else think like us?
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Umm…because great minds think alike?
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View of an excursion car on the Mount Jefferson decline, crossing over the downgrade tracks. Note the 'barney', or push-car, behind the passenger car, which is attached to metal bands that lift or push the car to the top of the mountain. The metal band pulling the car was attached to a hoisting drum that was run by the powerhouse at the top of the incline.
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View over small valley looking out toward Mount Pisgah. The Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway's powerhouse at the peak of Mount Pisgah is visible.
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View of the Lehigh Valley Railroad station in East Mauch Chunk at the base of Bear Mountain, from across the Lehigh River. The Mansion House hotel, Mansion House bridge, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, the office of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co., and the Mauch Chunk Cemetery are also visible, as is the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway's powerhouse and bridge at the peak of Mount Pisgah.
View of a street scene at an unidentified location.
Glen Onoko, people on bridge over falls
View of two people on a bridge over an unidentified waterfall, probably at Glen Onoko, possibly the cascade above Sunrise Point.
View of the Lehigh Valley Railroad station in East Mauch Chunk at the base of Bear Mountain, from across the Lehigh River. The Mansion House hotel, Mansion House bridge, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, the office of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co., and the Mauch Chunk Cemetery are also visible. The Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway's powerhouse and bridge at the peak of Mount Pisgah appear to have been painted out of the image.
Glen Onoko, rustic staircase
View of a wooden staircase and bridge over a cascade at Glen Onoko.
Glen Onoko, Dual Vista(?)
View of unidentified waterfall, probably at Glen Onoko.
Mauch Chunk, St. Mark's Episcopal Church
View of St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Race Street near Susquehanna Street.
Snowy scene
View of a snow or ice formation at an unidentified location.
Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, from Mt. Pisgah trestle
View from Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway trestle behind the powerhouse on Mt. Pisgah. The smoke stacks of the powerhouse are visible in the background of the image.
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View of an unidentified waterfall, probably at Glen Onoko, possibly Onoko Falls.
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View from an unidentified scenic overlook, possibly the one shown in the background of the Lehigh Valley Railroad station at Glen Onoko - the structure is similar and the sign on the tree shows an arrow pointing 'To Station'.
Glen Onoko, Cave Falls
View of Cave Falls at Glen Onoko.
Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, car ascending 'Five Mile Tree'
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View of an unidentified waterfall, probably at Glen Onoko, possibly Laurel Cascade.
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Gedung Sate. Visiting Bandung without seeing the iconic building or its landmarks will certainly feel bland. But by visiting and capturing it with camera we can capture the feel of Bandung City soul.
Well in the city of Bandung, Gedung Sate already becoming a landmark and iconic buildings that should not be missed during your visit to “Paris van Java”.
Being in the city center, this building itself is very popular not only for the people of Bandung, but also for the world community in general.
Characteristic inherent and synonymous with Gedung Sate itself is the existence of 6 skewers ornaments located in the middle of the roof of the building.
Six skewers itself symbolizes the funds used to build Gedung Sate which spent 6 million guilders. From this skewer ornament this building is called Gedung Sate.
This destination itself is also one of the old and historic buildings in the city of Bandung. Because, the building that was formerly called Gouvernements Bedrijven (GB) was built starting in 1920 and completed in 1924.
Although it is an heritage buildings, Gedung Sate is till standing firm. Even after Indonesia’s independence, precisely in the 1980s until now, this building is functioned as the office of West Java governor.
Because the building is the center of the activities of the Government of West Java Province iconic Gedung Sate gets the nickname ‘White House of Bandung’.
As a tourist place, this destination is able to make anyone who visit it will be impressed. Therefore, this building in addition to having its own history, Gedung Sate is also very iconic and often used as spot photographed by the visitors.
With the architecture of the Dutch building makes this building very interesting to watch or to be a spot photography. Not only look around and take pictures, some people who come here are also there who do filming or shooting for pre-wedding.
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Not only witness from the outside, but in this tour you can also go in and browse space by space. But if you want to get into Gedung Sate then you must first ask permission to the manager.
When entering this building then the first time you will encounter is a set of Sundanese gamelan. After a few steps then we will find spaces filled with office activities. Understandably this destination is an office area of West Java Provincial Government.
But when heading to the 4th floor then we will find a different atmosphere because there is a place that is used to entertain the guests of the country or special guests.
On the 4th floor of this building, we can also enjoy the view of Bandung directly or with binoculars. In addition on the 4th floor we can also find a variety of souvenirs and inscriptions of West Java province and photos of the governor’s activities.
The most crowded tourist visit to this destination is on Sunday. The management of Gedung Sate does open its place for public on weekends and holidays only.
At the time this destination is open to the public then the area around or rather in front of the building will also be crowded because of the existence of the market keget.
For you who are interested to this place then you have to go Jalan Diponegoro Number 22, Bandung.
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Because it is in the center of Bandung, there will be many transportation that can be chosen to take us to this destination. But because the state of Bandung is often jammed so that your vacation remains exciting needed a comfortable vehicle.
The choice of private vehicle is the best option if you want to enjoy the holiday in this place optimally. Because when using public transportation we know the quality is not maximized it will make the comfort level decreased.
Unfortunately not everyone can bring his personal vehicle to the city of Bandung. Well if you are one person who is not possible to bring personal vehicle directly then you can use car rental services Bandung.
With Bandung car rental then we can indeed feel the sensation of driving a private vehicle. One of Bandung car rental reference that professional and experienced that you can choose is Dirgantara Car Rental.
With professionalism and experience that is owned then Dirgantara Car Rental will make your holiday to this destination will feel impressive.
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In February, Global RADAR chronicled a money laundering scandal that took the European Union by storm, as Latvia’s 3rd largest bank (ABLV) was forced to close its doors after FinCEN accusations sent the institution into a downward spiral that all but lead to its ultimate demise. Following what was deemed as a “longstanding disregard for anti-money laundering safeguards”, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network moved to have the bank prohibited from opening/maintaining correspondent accounts in the United States due to their profound deficiencies that fostered illicit activity. As a result, the Treasury Department bureau was forced to move quickly in order to protect the U.S. financial system from the emergence of potential risks that are often facilitated by illicit financial conduct. FinCEN believed that ABLV’s failure to implement and maintain effective anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing policies and procedures made it an attractive option for fraudsters and financial criminals – a suspicion that became fact once the bank’s recent transactions were analyzed.
In a press release issued following ABLV Bank’s naming as an “institution of primary money laundering concern” in mid-February, FinCEN announced a slew of its findings on the organization, a list that included the orchestration of money laundering schemes and obstruction of regulatory justice. The report states “Illicit financial activity at the bank includes transactions for parties connected to UN-designated entities, some of which are involved in North Korea’s procurement or export of ballistic missiles. In addition, ABLV has facilitated transactions for corrupt politically exposed persons and has funneled billions of dollars in public corruption and asset stripping proceeds through shell company accounts. ABLV failed to mitigate the risk stemming from these accounts, which involved large-scale illicit activity connected to Azerbaijan, Russia, and Ukraine” (Hudak, 2018). Outside of solely ABLV, Latvia as a whole has struggled with stopping a growing problem that has now been deemed as “institutionalized money laundering.” As a result, the country recently began lobbying for an improved approach to the handling of money laundering cases and aid in areas that have been historically problematic. This approach would entail greater cooperation between all European nations, and would seek to include the sharing of precious financial crime-hindering resources with lesser-developed countries in the region.
Thus far, Latvia’s stance has been successful in riling up other small European states, but has not been well-received by larger nations – the ones that will undoubtedly play the biggest role in both enacting and following through on these drastic changes. Germany has been the main opponent of this approach thus far, arguing that the powers Latvia is trying to obtain are better suited for the national level and that the law enforcement bodies of these nations are not currently constructed to handle matters of this nature, nor such a dramatic increase in workload. Peters Putnins, head of Latvia’s Financial and Capital Market Commission sees no downside to these developments however, stating his belief that if working together, Europe could all but eliminate their financial crime issues that have continued to cause problems in 2018. “Europe together could definitely do it,” said Putnins, “Why hold that kind of infrastructure in each individual country?” (Eglitis, Comfort, and Weber, 2018).
It is clear that some form of modifications are needed however due to the pervasiveness of the issues at hand. Bloomberg cites a disappointing Europol statistic that estimates that “just 1 percent of about 120 billion euros ($145 billion) that are laundered annually in the EU are detected and recovered” (Eglitis, Comfort, and Weber, 2018). Many believe that greater information sharing and cross-border cooperation will aid in both detection and subsequent prosecution. For this to be effective however, all parties involved must fully buy-in to the process and realize that a significant amount of time and effort will be needed both initially and throughout its remainder for a plan of this magnitude to come together successfully. Among the main sticking points that have raised questions amongst state representatives about the ultimate success of this plan are the risk profiling differences seen from one country to the next, as well as contrasts in cross-border anti-money laundering legislation, with more concerns likely to emerge should the idea be delved into any further. On the bright side however, the European Union has already begun to make moves towards centralization in the financial sector, albeit for other purposes. Bloomberg notes that “the 19-nation euro area has made efforts to centralize supervision of its biggest lenders, handing responsibility to the European Central Bank (ECB)”, but a fair amount of progress will still be needed in order for anti-money laundering supervision and enforcement to get in-sync across varying national systems (Eglitis, Comfort, and Weber, 2018). Although there is still a divide amongst small and large European countries in regards to the unification of AML measures, the opportunities that could be afforded by such a move would likely put a serious dent in the illicit financial flows seen across Europe, and thus should not be discredited at this time.
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Aldo Rossi and the field of the Other
Holm, L. E., 2016, Architecture and the Unconscious. Hendrix, J. S. & Holm, L. E. (eds.). Farnham: Ashgate, p. 99-117 19 p.
Architecture and the Unconscious
Hendrix, J. S. (ed.) & Holm, L. E. (ed.), 2016, Farnham: Ashgate. 300 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology
Narrating an analogical urbanism: rooms+cities
Holm, L. & Mcewan, C., 15 Oct 2018, In: MONU: Narrative Urbanism # 29. 29
Patrick Geddes: three drawings towards a poetics of the city
Holm, L., 2018, The Story of Scottish Design. London & Dundee: V&A Publishing/Thames & Hudson, p. 88 89 p.
Politics of Small Places
Holm, L. & Noble, P., 2020, Imagined Spaces. Gunn, K. & Low, G. (eds.). Dundee: The Voyage Out Press, p. 46-69 24 p.
Space and its assembled subjects: the neurotic, the psychotic, and the pervert
Holm, L., 2015, Transgression: towards an expanded field of architecture. Rice, L. & Littlefield, D. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 40-56 17 p.
The City is a Thinking Machine: Volume 1: The Exhibition, Volume 2: The Geddes Archives, Volume 3: The Geddes Institute, Volume 4: The Talks
Holm, L., Gopinath, D. & Jarron, M., 2016
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The City is a Thinking Machine: Activism in the Built Environment
Holm, L., Jarron, M. & Gopinath, D., 2015
The City is a Thinking Machine: Patrick Geddes and Cities in Evolution: Volume 2: The Geddes Archives
Holm, L., Gopinath, D., Jarron, M. & Mcewan, C. (ed.), 2016, Dundee: University of Dundee. 32 p.
The City is a Thinking Machine: Patrick Geddes and Cities in Evolution: Volume 1: The Exhibition
The City is a Thinking Machine: Patrick Geddes and Cities in Evolution: Volume 4: The Talks
The City is a Thinking Machine: Patrick Geddes and Cities in Evolution: Volume 3: The Geddes Institute
The city is critical project: A poetics of collective life
Holm, L. & Mcewan, C., Jun 2019, In: arq: Architectural Research Quarterly. 23, 2, p. 179-194 16 p.
Transformation in a changing climate: a research agenda
Fazey, I., Moug, P., Allen, S., Beckmann, K., Blackwood, D., Bonaventura, M., Burnett, K., Danson, M., Falconer, R., Gagnon, A. S., Harkness, R., Hodgson, A., Holm, L., Irvine, K. N., Low, R., Lyon, C., Moss, A., Moran, C., Naylor, L., O'Brien, K. & 4 others, Russell, S., Skerratt, S., Rao-Williams, J. & Wolstenholme, R., 2018, In: Climate and Development. 10, 3, p. 197-217 21 p.
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THE QUIET ONE – PORSCHE 993 GROUP TEST
From base C4 all the way up to the mighty Turbo, we get to grips with a quartet of 993s. Four subtly different incarnations of the 993: but one stands out on all counts. Words: Johnny Tipler. Photography: Antony Fraser.
High on the moors in God’s Own County, I’m pounding along the undulating country lane aboard a hot 993. Suspension jittering on the bumps, it’s the 3.8-litre X51-spec version of the normally aspirated 3.6-litre Carrera 4. There’s plenty of attitude in its demeanor, and its barking “graaghhh...” is exultant on acceleration and the overrun as I set it up for the bends and the crests. Oh, yes, I think to myself, this has to be the one! But is it? After all, it’s only the first of the four 993s I’ve sampled, and things could change. Our pal John Hawkins from Specialist Cars at Malton has presented us with a conundrum. Which, out of this quartet of silver salvers, would we like to take home? It’s a hypothetical question – he’s a generous man, but not insanely so – and it does indeed provide food for thought (besides hanging around outside the Pickering pork pie shop, that is).
He proffers the keys to a bag of sparkling silver in the shape of a standard #Porsche-911-Carrera-4 , a #Porsche-911-Carrera-C2S , a Carrera 4S with the X51’s 3.8-litre motor, and a 993 Turbo. I’ve had a go in examples of each one fairly recently, though not all on the same day, which is the task that now faces me. I gained an impression of the X51 on a shoot in Belgium late last year, a barnstormer of a car, though hard to evaluate on a narrow airfield perimeter road; and a 993 Turbo, also ex-Malton, during our quest for the all-time Top Ten #Porsche 911 last summer. We took a 993 C4 to Bruntingthorpe on a ‘wide boys’ shoot a few years back but, apart from high-end max-outs, it’s difficult to truly assess a car on those broad Vbomber runways. The C2S was the one I was most looking forward to driving: visually it’s the queen bee, but would its normally-aspirated 3.6 flat-six that provides the motive power belie its purposeful, broadbeamed, Turbo-esque stance?
Let’s catch up a bit on the specifications and sort out the differences between them. The basic 993’s 3.6-litre flat-six develops 272bhp, rising to 285bhp in its later Varioram form, and it comes with either sixspeed manual or Tiptronic transmission, and in C2 twoor C4 four-wheel drive format. It is configured as a coupé, cabriolet, or wide Turbo-bodied Carrera 2S and 4S if the wide arch look is preferred. The 993 also showcases the complex Weissach multi-link rear suspension and Varioram induction technology, and the 993 Targa unveiled in 1996 is the first 911 to feature the ingenious sliding glass sunroof. Five other, more powerful, versions of the 993 include the 408bhp 993 Turbo, the 430bhp 993 GT2 racer, and the 300bhp 993 Carrera RS, spartan Club Sport, and 315bhp Carrera Cup racer. The X51 designation I’ve already mentioned is not a model in its own right, rather a factory performance upgrade offering similar power output to the 993 RS, though mounted in a heavier C4S shell it won’t be as quick.
The Porsche 993 Turbo was released in #1995 , its 3.6-litre engine employing a pair of #KKK #KKK-K-16 turbochargers and Motronic engine management, driving via the same four-wheel-drive transmission as the normal Carrera 4. The bulbous bodywork – 25mm wider than the C2/C4 – with its larger front air intakes and integral fixed rear wing, houses upgraded suspension, larger ‘Big Red’ brakes and star-shaped hollow-spoke 18in alloy wheels. It accelerates from 0- to 62mph in 4.5s and is capable of 180mph. End of the line 993 Turbos feature stronger driveshafts.
In 1996 the C4S was announced, based on the Turbo 4 chassis and suspension, and housed in the wider Turbo body and running on Turbo-style 18in wheels. In short, it is basically a Turbo 993 without the turbochargers, and even the fixed Turbo rear wing could be specified to complete the impression.
Ventilated, cross-drilled brakes and four-pot calipers are perhaps slightly over the top, though you can never have too much braking ability. The Turbo’s 8in and 10in ‘Technologie-Rad’ wheels fill out the bulging arches. Resembling Ninja throwing stars, these lightweight five-spoke 18in alloys are not to everyone’s taste on a car that manages to retain the last vestiges of classic 911 styling, and they are not standard, although most C4Ss seem to have them. In the absence of an intercooler the Turbo’s fixed spoiler is omitted in favour of the normal 993’s, retractable wing. Not only does the C4S provide vice-free handling and optimum traction via the multi-link LSA, (lightweight stability agile) rear axle and all-wheel drive, the cabin environment includes leather upholstery, air-con, electrically adjustable seats and ten speaker sound system. A broader body without the aid of forced induction means more wind resistance, and even the factory admitted the top speed was 3mph slower for the C4S compared with its narrow-bodied C4 sibling, at 168mph and 171mph respectively, with 0-60mph in 6.3sec for the C4S against 5.7sec for the slimline Carrera 4. So, one way to address the C4S’s (slight) performance deficit is to acquire the factory’s advanced X51 specification, but that would have set you back around £9 grand, back in the day. This conversion takes the form of the RS-spec 3746cc flatsix, engine code M64-05S, though lacking the RS’s lightweight crank pulley. The C4S anchors up with 993 Turbo brakes, and runs Turbo-style wheels and suspension, installed in the C4S’s wide body. And it’s this model, in 3.8 X51 guise, that I’m being let loose in. But before we get going, here’s the gen on another of our frolicking foursome. Twelve months later, for the 1997 model year, and just ahead of the ‘kettle’ revolution, the swansong C2S came out, also featuring the broad-shouldered Turbo bodyshell but the regular 993 C2 suspension and running gear – like the C4S, set up a tad lower, though 18in Turbo wheels were optional. The naturally-aspirated 3600cc engine is not tuned up in any way, though it features the unique two-section grille in the engine lid, which contains the electrically-operated wing, and aerodynamics are uprated by a small spoiler mounted on the trailing edge of the roof. Units produced numbered 6,948 units of the C4S and 3,714 of the C2S. Not so many, then, considering the volume construction 996 that was already in the frame.
We leave Specialist Cars’ premises and motor the few miles up to the turnoff onto the moorland road that winds up to Blakey Ridge. First off, I’m driving the 993 Turbo, and to start with, the steering wheel is too close to my knees, so I play around with the driving position, tilting the seat to rectify that. Its sixth gear provides a nice lazy overdrive, where 2,000rpm equals 60mph. But obviously it also feels extremely powerful, with instant throttle response, and when the turbo kicks in it’s away like a streak of lightning. The ride is very firm, the suspension hard, and it loves to follow the contours of this rippling hill road. DDDrrrrrrr!!! A cattle-grid loosens the fillings. Not so much cattle as wandering sheep to watch out for, lurking just over a blind crest more than likely. Forewarned is forearmed. What I like about 993s is their solidity, and one of the 993’s greatest assets is its build-quality, and that means you shouldn’t hear any rattles or squeaks from loose trim. I can’t entirely endorse this Turbo in that respect as the dash top creaks and groans on our moorland bash. It also has very minor braking and handling issues, though no doubt these are fixable. Fundamentally, though, I’m just not convinced its stupendous performance is actually so usable – or relevant – in an everyday context.
We pause for breath - and a black pudding bun – on the summit by the Lion Inn. There’s quite a crosswind, but the sun is lightening the khaki tint of the fell grass and gorse, a rather wonderful camouflage patchwork quilt. I ease into the cabin of the X51-C4S, resplendent in blue leather with walnut veneer dash and door trim.
Ye Olde English wood panelling is redolent of a classic Jaguar and at odds with the upbeat image this hottedup 993 seeks to project. The motor zings into life and I pull onto the road. It’s clear for miles, snaking erratically as it follows the contours of the barren tracts. As expected, the four-wheel drive C4S chassis is not so different from the Turbo – a little harder perhaps, but it’s instantly more excitable – as well as torquier with its 3.8 conversion, making it much more alive than the rather pleased-with-itself, ‘I’m so bloody quick’, Turbo; the X51 is definitely the street fighter of the two. It’s shod with 285/30ZR 18 Bridgestones on the back and 225/40ZR 18s on the front, which grip pretty well, though I am getting quite serious bump steer in the potholes, which are chucking it around a fair bit. I’m working the X51 much harder through the gears and really using the throttle, whereas the Turbo does all that sort of work for you. The Turbo is ferocious point-and-squirt, while the X51’s lively nature makes it the more involving drive, the one where you’ve always got to think what you’re doing, whereas the Turbo is a genteel version of the same chassis, if you want it to be. On the brakes, too, the X51 is superior to the Turbo. With the X51 there’s no question, just solid linear brake performance, while the Turbo weaves about. We speculate that maybe the dampers need revalving. The X51 is not a docile beast, and that’s how a proper sports car should be. But eventually I conclude that it is too much a mixture of specifications. And that includes cosmetics too: granddad’s woodwork trim doesn’t really belong in something you’re capable of misbehaving in. It’s been mucked about with too much; if the walnut was on the original order form, and then they’ve gone for the 3.8 engine conversion, I don’t really get what they were trying to do with it. I would find the X51 a trifle irritating day-to-day, because it is relatively bonkers, compared with the orthodox models.
The 993 C2S is arguably the best looking of the four, its broad-arched Turbo body with the classic sloping tail-end, unencumbered – at a standstill at any rate – by a prominent rear wing. Of course, aero is crucial at high speed, and the electronic wing is simply tucked away at rest, ready to emerge when it hits 50mph. This C2S has been retro-fitted with imitation split-rim Cupstyle wheels, as well as broad spacers on the back to widen the track, and I note the worn edges on the tyres and black rubber skimming the wheelarches where the tyres are fouling the bodywork, and that is not very clever. The oversize spacers appear to be bolted to the hubs and the wheels bolted to the spacers. It probably ought to have Turbo type ‘Ninja throwing star’ wheels with blade effect on the spokes, and thinner spacers, if any at all. Unlike the 911 ‘S’ of old, the 993 C2S offers no performance advantage over the regular 993 C2, though in fairness it does get up and go enthusiastically, and with no driven front axle it does have better feel and is appreciably keener on turn-in than the four-by-four brigade.
I drive the C2S as fast as I can along the swoops and cambered curves of the big dipper which is Blakey Ridge, and it is certainly an exciting car to drive, despite the terrible graunching over the bumps as the rear tyres snag the bodywork. I can’t argue with the zing of the flat-six and the spritely performance; it most definitely wants to get up and go, and I perceive much more of a sporting persona than the C4 X51, which must be down to the two-wheel drive chassis. Despite the bumps the C2S is remarkably good fun, and a harder ride than the standard C4. One of the positives about the rear-drive C2S is that it turns in smartly, possibly because of its broad rear track, which means I can brake late going into a corner and get through the turn with a nice degree of agility. It also makes me wonder if we had a regular C2, instead of an S with absurdly wide rear track, then that also might give our shootout a different outcome. The C2S cabin is steeped in maroon leather, which is a little bit like sitting inside a candy bar. It’s intriguing at first sight, but I’m not sure that I could live with it. The C2S seems more sorted, more together than the X51; I don’t think that one quite knows want it wants to be, and in fact this wild child with its wider-than-wide rear end is also slightly over the top.
Up to this point, I’m liking the C2S best. And now, here I am in the stock 993 C4 and, frankly, I’m not expecting any fireworks. I’ve left the dullard till last, reminding myself that this too is an innocuous fourwheel drive model. The lack of an on-board computer and an RS sports steering wheel with no air bag give the impression of a rather more spartan cockpit environment, though in truth the blue leather seats and trim are in the best nick of the four cabins here. Something niggles, though. Were I in the market for a C4, if this car wasn’t in such good condition – it’s only done 48,000 miles – I would pass, because I rely on the computer for telling me the outside temperature (-0° means ice on untreated roads) and how many miles there are left on the fuel. Hmmm... perhaps I’m a little bit too prejudiced, because out on the open road a different story starts to emerge, as I soon realise that this Carrera 4 is the easiest of the quartet to drive and use on a daily basis. It is very compliant, it’s well balanced, it revs nicely and it steers easily, so I suppose if you wanted an easy life then this would be the fella. Everything about it feels taut, whereas the other three are like overhyped kids overdosed on saccharine in a playbarn. This is a very taut car, and the A-road performance is perfectly adequate; it accelerates beautifully smoothly, holds the road perfectly and the ride is good, and in a real world scenario it has the legs of its three siblings. It is, quite simply, the most effective and together of all of them. And this, I remind myself, is a standard car.
So it’s pretty obvious by now where our fancy’s been tickled. Yes, as they say, it’s the quiet one you have to watch. The one that silently gets on with the job, doesn’t make a fuss, while all the others are jumping about, showing off, waving their arms in the air and making a big song and dance. That’ll be the standard C4 then. I’ve surprised myself, as I generally love the grit of a feisty hot-rod, but there’s no getting away from it, the C4 is the most rounded candidate here in terms of performance, ride and handling, even cabin ergonomics; it simply does everything more competently than any of the others. Who’d have guessed? Not me; generally I like ’em raucous and in your face!
CAR #Porsche-911-Carrera-4S-X51-993
POWER: 300bhp at 6600rpm
TORQUE: 262lb ft at 5400rpm
0-60MPH: 5.2 secs
SUSPENSION: MacPherson strut front, independent rear
TYRES: 205/50 ZR17 front, 255/40 ZR17 rear
CAR #Porsche-911-Turbo-993
CAR #Porsche-911-Carrera-4-993
CAR #Porsche-911-Carrera-2S-993
Carrera 4 looks rather puny compared to the other wide boys tested here. However, it proves to be the most driveable and best suited to the wild North Yorkshire moors.
Yes, it’s the one that we would take #Porsche-911-993 C2S is perhaps the best looking of the bunch, but is somewhat over- wheeled and tyred. It offers no performance advantage over the base C2, but looks brawnier with its Turbo body.
Predictably the 993 Turbo is pretty rapid, even by today’s standards. It certainly shows the wide body pretenders a clean pair of heels. Interior is restrained and features hard back sports seats The great pretender. Full #Porsche-911-Turbo-S-993 body shell right down to the air scoops and biplane wing, but this #Porsche-993 flatters to deceive. It’s a C4S, but with the X51 engine pack, which means a 3.8-litre engine and 300bhp.
Porsche 993s are the hot ticket when it comes to used 911s at the moment, and for good reason. The last of the air-cooled line and thus the most developed of the original #Porsche-911 concept. They’re all good, but predictably the Turbo packs the biggest punch.
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Adam Towler Porsche 911 993 Club
CAR: #Porsche-911-993 / #Porsche-911-Turbo / #Porsche-911-Turbo-993 / #Porsche-993 / #Porsche-911-Turbo-993 / #1995-Porsche-911-Turbo-993 / #Porsche / #1995
Recorded mileage 65,195
Vendor Avantgarde Cars, Fazeley, Staffs; tel: 01827 288177; www.avantgardecars.co.uk
WHEN IT WAS NEW
Max power 402bhp / DIN
Max torque 398lb ft / DIN
0-60mph 4.5 secs
Top speed 180mph
Mpg 18
The seller also has a mint turbo S at £340k, but we couldn’t help noticing this last-of-the-air-cooled turbos, with S aero kit, at almost a third of the price. It has a huge history file, which includes a £20k engine rebuild in ’2005, 10,000 miles ago, 15 service stamps and six brake-fluid change stamps.
The Arena Red paint is almost spotless, earlier rust bubbles under the ’screen having been dealt with, and the front bumper and wheels recently refurbished. All we could find is one small touched-in chip at the back of the driver’s door, and a small nick out of the tread plate finisher. The brake calipers were overhauled in 2014, discs and pads look new and tyres are well-treaded Contis all round, 2013 front and 2011 rear. The space-saver spare has never been used; also present are the tyre compressor, jack and unopened first-aid kit. The paint/option code stickers remain: one on the service book, one in the right door shut and one under the front lid. Inside, it’s very well kept, with only mild creasing to the Sport front seats, unused rears, and good carpets and dashboard moulding.
The motor seems tidy, not that you can see much of it, but it has Tech-Art stainless exhausts. The most recent service stamp was with Ninemeister at 63,972 miles in 2015 (£2161), although the Porsche will have a fluid-change service before it leaves Avantgarde.
It starts easily despite having stood for a couple of months. The clutch is quite sharp, and the steering heavier than earlier air-cooled Porsches, a result of the all-wheel drive, but the wheel still squirms and writhes in your hands like a proper 911. Oil pressure was hard against the 5 bar stop all the time we were moving, only dropping back on tickover to 2.75 bar, warm, and the oil temperature hardly budged. It is, of course, blindingly fast, the massive torque delivered with no appreciable turbo lag and strong synchros on all six gears. The brakes are great: smooth, powerful and straight. The ventilation system moans and groans to itself periodically (they all do that, guv), but the air-con blows cold. The MoT lasts until April.
EXTERIOR One small touch-in; usual areas refinished, but otherwise mint
INTERIOR All good; seats lightly aged
MECHANICALS Has wanted for nothing; 10k miles on rebuilt motor
VALUE 8/10
For Ticks all the boxes
Against Its enthusiasm can be infectious, so be warned
SHOULD I BUY IT?
Must be one of the nicest, no-stories turbos around, in a good colour, and with a cast-iron history
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BIG IN THE NAME SEMA SPECIAL: PORSCHE 993 CARRERA 2 WORDS MIDGE PHOTOGRAPHY KEVVE.BE
Meet Jenna Belle, an #RWB-Porker 993 with a very phat arse! Lovely. / #Porsche-911-RWB-Porker / #Porsche / #2015
SHAKESPEARE ASKED, WHAT’S IN A NAME?’ ACCORDING TO MASTER AKIRA NAKAI, THE ANSWER IS EVERYTHING
It might not be apparent from my rather youthful looks and uncanny ability to say fuck a lot. But I’m knocking on a bit now and, as you get past your late Twenties, one thing you encounter that’s aggravating as piss is the whole baby names thing.
Now, let me explain. You may still be a teenager, and fair play to ya (you lucky bastard). But one day you’ll wake up and either your missus or one of your mates will say, “I’m having a baby”. And this will be followed by the inevitable question, “What am I gonna call it?” You see, names are important. Choosing a name is a deeply personal thing. There’s hundreds of books dedicated to what your particular moniker might mean, or where it comes from. But it’s still something that’s given and not earned. Well, unless you happen to be a car like this.
This monster 993 is called JennaBelle. I don’t know why exactly, because that’d be like asking someone why they called their kid Britney-Christina. A bit too personal. The most important thing here though is the fact that this motor has a name at all, and that means it’s a genuine #RWB-Porsche .
You can’t simply buy one of these. Not in the traditional sense of the word. Even if you happen to work at #RAUH-Welt BEGRIFF #Los-Angeles like Joey Chang here, it’s not quite as simple as buying and bolting on a kit.
RWB cars are a Japanese institution. The styling on each one is completely unique and, no matter where you are on the planet, they have to be hand crafted by the company’s founder, #Master-Akira-Nakai . What’s more your car only has the seal of approval when he bestows a name upon it. Then it’s a true RAUH-Welt.
Now, you may see kits from the various RWB branches around the world listed online. They’re usually priced at around $22,000, but think of this as more of a vague deposit. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you live, you provide your own Porsche, have a few design meetings with the man himself and then he’ll fly over and build your car, entirely by eye. No one else is allowed to touch it.
They all come with his own trademark touches too. The famous sculptural wings and over-fenders are designed to be removable so they don’t interfere with the task of developing and tweaking the car’s chassis geometry or tuning. And that’s because they’re derived from Nakai-san’s passion for hitting Tsukuba, or any other circuit they’ll let him out on. He also spaces out each rivet with his Winston cigarette packet and usually scribbles something in Japanese on the dash. It’s this intimate process that makes these cars so personal. And that’s also why he names them as he sees fit.
Nakai-san made his own name in the 1990s by pioneering the ‘Rough World’ look on his drift AE86, but it was his transition to building air-cooled Porsches that put him firmly in the spotlight. Starting with his own 930, Stella Artois (see what I mean about names being personal?), he went on to build most of the best-known 911s in Japan, including Spearmint Rhino, Rotana (the first RWB 911 Turbo) and Yves Piaget (French Rose), a car famous for its unique red paint. It was only three or four years ago that he decided to branch out abroad. Starting in Thailand, with a 911 called Rough Evolution, there’s now around 90 documented RWB Porsches worldwide, all with names like Cinderella, Sinister, Jittakorn, Kermit, Fishbone, Darth Vader, Uzi, Good Hill Speed, Midas touch and #RAUH Art. With the exception of one matt-black 996 called Stealth Bird, they’ve all been the old-skool water-cooled models that made him famous.
Anyway, let’s just say he’s been a busy boy, especially as genuine #RAUH-Welt cars can now be found in the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Russia, Bahrain, Dubai and the Netherlands. There’s even one right here in the UK. Their popularity is universal and we spotted 11 American #RWB creations at SEMA, which brings us neatly back to this one – JennaBelle from RWB LA.
As the story goes, Nakai-san flew over in April to complete the styling on Joey’s 993 along with a couple of others in LA (cars now called Creaminz and Medusa). Joey says it was an honour watching him work and he was thrilled when he was asked to help with some of the cutting on his own car. A special moment and no mistake. The resulting lightweight widebody conversion is every bit as mental as you’d expect from the Japanese master, but the rest of this awesome machine is down to Joey. As is Nakai-san’s way, your car is built around the wheels, but the rest of the performance mods are down to you. And this is where Joey has clearly come into his own.
Using his own parts company, CYC Trading Group, Joey has outdone himself, finishing a RWB monster to rival any out there. The underpinnings of this car are more than a match for Nakai-san’s awesome aero, because, although Joey regularly drives it on the street, it’s been put together primarily for no-holds barred track action.
It’s true to say that this car get’s the absolute shit kicked out of it on a regular basis and until Joey finds the fi re-breathing 4-litre ‘all-motor’ lump he’s looking for, it’s all about getting the most supreme handling possible. I guess that’s a pretty obvious statement – just the chassis spec on this thing is longer than the entire spec on most cars. Everything is dialled-in to absolute perfection.
When CYC Trading and RWB decided to create RAUH-Welt LA, Joey chose the 993 for his own ride because it’s arguably the best of all the air-cooled 911s. In fact, many purists believe it to be the ultimate 911, so that makes it all the more mental that he’d consider taking a cutting wheel to a ‘totally mint’ base car. Then again it had to be a 993 because, for Joey, it had to deliver the most driver feel. It’s bare bones motoring – you can practically touch the road when you’re behind the wheel. There’s no electronic gadgetry or cheating to keep you on the straight and narrow. It’s pure man and machine stuff. Back to driving basics.
That also explains Joey’s choice of a stripped-out interior, Sabelt buckets and a well-used set of BBS race wheels sitting in the garage. In handling terms, this is as close as you’re ever gonna get to a raw 1990’s road-going race car. To many, that air-cooled era was by far the most hardcore.
And I guess that’s exactly what RWB is all about. RAUH-Welt doesn’t translate as Rough World for some sort of laugh. It’s much more than that. It’s an attitude. The whole thing may be a mindset started by one man in an unassuming backstreet of the Japanese city Chiba. But thanks to people like Joey it’s fast becoming a worldwide ideology.
These hoops cost more than most of our cars.
TECH SPEC: #1995 #Porsche-911-993 / #Porsche-911 / #Porsche-993 / #Porsche-911-Carrera-2 / #Porsche-911-Carrera-2-993 / #Porsche-911-Carrera-993
TUNING: #Fabspeed sports headers; Sport Cat X-pipe; #Supercup exhaust; heat duct and fan Block-Offs; Cup high performance air box cover with #BMC filter; six-speed G50 transmission with CAE race shifter.
CHASSIS: Street wheels: 13.5in #RWB-LA custom threepiece #Forged wheels with 265/35x18 front and 335/30x18 rear Pirelli P Zero tyres; track wheels): 10.5 and 12x18in #BBS-E88 custom three-piece motorsport wheels with Pirelli Corsa System tyres (front 255/35x18, rear 295/30x18); #JRZ RS-Pro with EHC system; #ERP 993 front A-arm spherical bearing kit; rear spherical bearing cartridge; solid mounts; adjustable camber link; adjustable kinematics link and 993 camber plate; Tarett drop links; #H&R front and rear sway bars; #Porsche GT2 strut brace; #Brembo GT kit with type III rotors (front four piston with 355mm discs; rear four piston with 345mm discs); #Brembo-RE-10 pads and SS brake lines.
STYLING: RWB 993 Street Version; Kamiwaza double deck wing; fender wing; Rotana-style front extended long carnards; Street-style front bumper with fog light insert and air duct; dry carbon bonnet.
INTERIOR: CAE race shifter; full Alcantara custom interior (dashboard, doors, rear seats, and centre console); RS interior doorpanel and carpet with rear seat delete; RWB LA Race version roll bar; Sabelt 330mm steering wheel with #MOMO steering wheel hub; 997 GT3 cup car steering wheel quick release; Sabelt GT- 600 carbon fibre bucket seat with; six-point harness; radio delete; Porsche OEM guard red seat belt; Rennline floor boards and adjustable pedals.
THANKS The Master Akira Nakai; CYC Trading Group LLC; #RWB-Los-Angeles ; Pirelli Tires; JRZ Suspension; Fabspeed Motorsport; Brembo/Sabelt Race Technologies; Purist Group; European Auto Source; Hsu Design.
A 993 that’s had Nakai-san’s official blessing
JOEY CHANG
What do people say when they see the car?
They usually ask if it’s possible to drive it like this. I say of course, that’s why we built it.
You’re obviously pleased with how it turned out, what’s the best bit?
Apart from working with Nakai-san himself, I’d say the fender wing. It’s a unique design that directs the air straight to the GT2 wing tunnel to cool the engine. That’s the best thing about aero mods, they work.
It must have set you back more than a couple of dollars, right?
I could probably buy another two 993s for what this has cost in mods alone but where’s the fun in that? You have to love it and, if you love what you’re doing, it will last forever.
One very exclusive Porsche.
What makes it #SEMA worthy?
HAND MADE KIT
There’s no bullshit with a car like this and that’s why #RWB is still the daddy. Each kit has to be hand crafted and installed by the main man himself, or else it just isn’t #RAUH-Welt . There’s no skool like the old skool and the thing about Akira Nakai is that he’s the Headmaster.
www.rauh-welt.com
MENTALLY PRECISE CHASSIS
Got any JRZ and ERP stuff under there mate? Blimey. Actually the chassis package in general is a bit special on this motor – just take look at that monstrous spec! Once Nakai-san has done his thing on the body it’s all down to the owner to get the car up to spec – luckily Joey here is something of an aftermarket parts guru. www.cycgroupllc.com
UBER RIMS
Most people would be happy being visited by the amazing wheel fairy just once in their life, but for this project Joey has two sets of the lushest wheels going. The custom made #RWB-Street wheels are absolutely stunning (they’re manufactured by Avant Garde y’know), but he also needed a set of even lighter #BBS jobs for the track. These hoops cost approximately as much as my whole car… and that’s each, without those monster Pirelli tyres. www.rwbla.com
— at Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Practitioner Research Review – March 2019
Written by Dr. Michael Ruscio, DNM, DC on March 1, 2019
Dr. Michael Ruscio’s Monthly – Future of Functional Medicine Review Clinical Newsletter
Practical Solutions for Practitioners
In Today’s Issue
Effect of Low-Fat vs Low-Carbohydrate Diet on 12-Month Weight Loss in Overweight Adults and the Association with Genotype Pattern or Insulin Secretion: The DIETFITS Randomized Clinical Trial
Assessment of Anti-Vinculin and Anti-Cytolethal Distending Toxin B Antibodies in Subtypes of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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*Please note: The case study and research studies are not meant to be mutually reinforcing. There is often concept overlap, however, the research studies are a collection of the most clinically meaningful research that has been published recently.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29466592 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source
Study Purpose
“To determine the effect of a healthy low-fat (HLF) diet vs a healthy low-carbohydrate (HLC) diet on weight change”
“and if genotype pattern or insulin secretion are related to the dietary effects on weight loss”
Contextual Notes:
Gardner was looking to assess how would a healthy version of low-fat compare versus a healthy version of low-carb. Biases exist in previous low-fat diet trials wherein subjects consumed unhealthy carbs, mainly via processed grains.
He was also looking to examine if insulin sensitivity predicted which diet one might respond best to.
Intervention:
Randomized, prospective trial, in 609 subjects (481 or 79% completed the trial)
12 months on either low-fat or low-carb
Macronutrient distributions were:
48% vs 30% for carbohydrates
29% vs 45% for fat
21% vs 23% for protein
The design here was very real world and the subjects were offered adequate coaching
The protocol included a 1-month run-in period during which participants were instructed to maintain their habitual diet, physical activity level, and body weight. The intervention involved 22 instructional sessions held over 12 months in diet-specific groups of approximately 17 participants per class. Sessions were held weekly for 8 weeks, then every 2 weeks for 2 months, then every 3 weeks until the sixth month, and monthly thereafter. Classes were led by 5 registered dietitian health educators who each taught 1 healthy low-fat class and 1 healthy low-carbohydrate class per cohort. Dietitians were blinded to all laboratory measures and genotype.
Here are the details of the dietary recommendations and coaching. Essentially subjects where coached to either avoid high-carb or high-fat foods, thus greatly reducing their consumption. Then, they could gradually allow some back in until they felt they had the minimal allowance they felt was doable in the longer term – a sort of elimination-reintroduction (Gardner called this the ‘limbo-titrate method’). This could be perceived as a weakness however it is also very practical for real-world translation – what could and would people actually do.
Higher priorities for reduction were given to specific foods and food groups that derived their energy content primarily from fats or carbohydrates. For example, the reduction of edible oils, fatty meats, whole-fat dairy, and nuts was prioritized for the healthy low-fat group, whereas the reduction of cereals, grains, rice, starchy vegetables, and legumes was prioritized for the healthy low-carbohydrate group.
Then individuals slowly added fats or carbohydrates back to their diets in increments of 5 to 15 g/d per week until they reached the lowest level of intake they believed could be maintained indefinitely.
No explicit instructions for energy (kilocalories) restriction were given.
Both diet groups were instructed to (1) maximize vegetable intake; (2) minimize intake of added sugars, refined flours, and trans fats; and (3) focus on whole foods that were minimally processed, nutrient dense, and prepared at home whenever possible. Other components of the emphasis on high-quality food for both diet groups are described elsewhere (10 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source).
“Those assigned to Healthy Low-Fat were instructed to choose whole-grain foods (e.g., rather than whole wheat flour products), including steel cut oats, farro, barley, quinoa, brown rice, and wild rice. Healthy Low-Fat participants were also encouraged to explore and consume a wide range of legumes and beans, fresh fruit, low-fat dairy products, and lean meats. Given that high quality foods can be more expensive than foods that are similar in type but lower in quality, the encouragement to choose quality was framed as a continuum as opposed to an either/or (e.g., for the Healthy Low-Fat participants, organic wheat berries were at the highest level of quality, followed by conventional wheat berries, then whole wheat bread made with a minimal number of ingredients and no additives, then a more conventional whole wheat bread with many ingredients including additives, and, finally, refined white flour bread with many ingredients and additives was considered the lowest end of the quality continuum). In other words, participants were encouraged to choose the highest quality foods that they could reasonably find, realistically afford, and enjoy. “
“Those assigned to Healthy Low-Carb were instructed to choose high-quality oils and fats, avocados, hard cheeses, nut butters, and nuts & seeds.”
Weight change at 12 months was −5.3 kg for the HLF diet vs −6.0 kg for the HLC diet (mean between-group difference, 0.7 kg [95% CI, −0.2 to 1.6 kg]).
However, there were no significant between-group differences observed for body mass index, body fat percentage, and waist circumference
There was no significant diet-genotype pattern interaction or diet-insulin secretion interaction with 12-month weight loss. Gardner also comments that this study is the highest quality assessment of the studied gene-diet interactions to date. It attempted to corroborate previous observations, but in a more rigorous setup was unable to do so.
This indicates that there was no significant difference in weight change among participants matched vs mismatched to their diet assignment based on their 3-SNP genotype pattern
The test for interaction among diet, baseline insulin secretion (INS-30), and the 12-month time point was not statistically significant. [22 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source]
Adverse events were similar between groups
Total energy intake was not different between diet groups at baseline or at any subsequent time point.
But, both groups did reduce their calorie intake.
Despite not being instructed to follow a specific energy (kilocalorie) intake restriction, the mean reported energy intake reduction relative to baseline was approximately 500 to 600 kcal/d for both groups at each time point after randomization.
As you can see below, the largest difference in the carb and fat intake between groups was seen at 3 months but did remain quite different at 12 months. There was roughly an 80-gram difference in carb intake between groups, but even the high-carb group reduced their carb intake relative to baseline.
As noted in many previous studies, a low-carb diet increases LDL but is also favorable for HDL and triglycerides.
At 12 months relative to baseline, both diets improved lipid profiles and lowered blood pressure, insulin, and glucose levels, with the exception of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations, which increased for participants in the healthy low-carbohydrate group (Table 3). The 12-month changes in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations significantly favored a healthy low-fat diet.
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations increased significantly more and concentrations of triglycerides decreased significantly more for the healthy low-carbohydrate diet group than for the healthy low-fat diet group.
Authors Conclusion:
In this 12-month weight loss diet study, there was no significant difference in weight change between a healthy low-fat diet vs a healthy low-carbohydrate diet, and neither genotype pattern nor baseline insulin secretion was associated with the dietary effects on weight loss. In the context of these 2 common weight loss diet approaches, neither of the 2 hypothesized predisposing factors was helpful in identifying which diet was better for whom.
Interesting Notes:
Gardner rightly points out, as do I in Healthy Gut, Healthy You, that the effective size difference between low-carb and low-fat diets is minimal.
Most diet trials have reported modest (ie, <5%) mean weight loss after 12 months and negligible mean weight loss differences between diet groups.
The three gene polymorphisms that previously displayed predictive power regarding macronutrient content were; PPARG (rs1801282), ADRB2 (rs1042714), and FABP2 (rs1799883).
In a preliminary retrospective study, a 3-fold difference was observed in 12-month weight loss for initially over-weight women who were determined to have been appropriately matched (mean weight loss of 6 kg) vs mismatched (mean weight loss of 2 kg) to a low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet based on multilocus genotype patterns with single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from 3 genes (PPARG, ADRB2, and FABP2) relevant to fat and carbohydrate metabolism (a putative low-fat–responsive genotype and a low-carbohydrate–responsive genotype).
Reports were published (12 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source,13 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source,23 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source,24 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source) indicating INS-30 was a successful predictor of weight loss in the context of low-carbohydrate diets or similar diets
Gardner was looking to see if baseline insulin sensitivity predicted if one would do better on low-carb versus low-fat. Based on previous observations supporting this position:
For example, individuals with greater insulin resistance may have better success with low-carbohydrate diets due to the decreased demand on insulin to clear a lower amount of dietary carbohydrate delivered to the circulation. However, these studies were limited by relatively small sample sizes or post hoc analyses of the results.
Clinical Takeaways:
A healthy low-carb diet is similar in its effect as a healthy low-fat diet.
Previous studies on a low-fat diet may have shown unfavorable results due to allowing refined grain consumption.
Either diet can work. Use the patient preference and what they feel best on.
Dr. Ruscio Comments
I will be releasing a podcast interview with Dr. Gardner expanding on this study soon. This is yet another data point reinforcing why it is important to be open-minded regarding diet and to help guide a patient to whatever diet they feel best on. Some do better low-carb, while others do better high-carb. Listen to the patient’s response, in addition to improving their gut health, and the optimum dietary approach will reveal itself with time.
To determine whether these antibodies can also diagnose and differentiate other IBS subtypes.
Healthy subjects without gastrointestinal (GI) diseases or symptoms (n = 43) and subjects with mixed IBS (IBS-M) (n = 25) or IBS with constipation (IBS-C) (n = 30) were recruited from two major medical centers.
Plasma levels of anti-CdtB and anti-vinculin antibodies in all subjects were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
CdtB antibodies can diagnose IBS-D but are no different in IBS-C than in healthy controls
Plasma levels of anti-CdtB and anti-vinculin antibodies were highest in IBS-D and lowest in IBS-C and healthy controls (P<0.001).
Positivity for anti-CdtB or anti-vinculin resulted in a statistically significant negative gradient from IBS-D (58.1%) to IBS-M (44.0%), IBS-C (26.7%), and controls (16.3%) (P<0.001).
The sensitivities of these antibodies are modest but specificity guards against false positives.
The sensitivities of the antibodies to detect IBS-M or IBS-D are modest at 44 and 58%, respectively. However, it should be noted that the pathophysiologic processes underlying IBS are heterogeneous and biomarkers to rule in IBS will naturally have modest sensitivities at best. Moreover, given the high prevalence of IBS, biomarker cutoffs are selected to target a higher specificity to lower false positive rate which further sacrifices the sensitivities.
We still don’t know how to treat these antibodies.
We did not assess the role of these antibodies as predictors of response to IBS therapy
“Anti-CdtB and anti-vinculin titers and positivity rates differ in IBS subtypes, with higher antibody levels and positivity rates in IBS-D and IBS-M, and lower levels in IBS-C subjects that are similar to those in healthy controls. These antibodies appear useful in the diagnosis of IBS-M and IBS-D, but not IBS-C. Furthermore, these findings suggest that IBS-C is pathophysiologically distinct from subtypes with diarrheal components (i.e., IBS-M and IBS-D).”
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic gastrointestinal (GI) condition that affects approximately 5–15% of the population worldwide [1 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source,2 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source,3 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source]. Symptoms include abdominal pain and discomfort, bloating, urgency, and changes in bowel habits.
As we have discussed prior, the main utility of the CdtB/vinculin testing is to distinguish IBS-diarrhea from celiac and IBD. This could lead to significant time and cost savings for patients.
IBS patients frequently undergo costly, time-consuming and invasive investigations to rule out alternative causes of IBS-like symptoms.
Furthermore, in a large scale clinical study, anti-CdtB, and anti-vinculin titers were significantly higher in patients with IBS-D than in patients with IBD, celiac disease, and healthy subjects (all comparisons, P<0.001, 10 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source).
Anti-CdtB levels [optical density (OD) ≥ 80] differentiated IBS-D from IBD with sensitivity, specificity, and positive likelihood ratio of 43.7%, 91.6% and 5.2, respectively. Using anti-vinculin levels (OD ≥ 1.68), the sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratio were 32.6%, 83.8%, and 2.0, respectively.
Gut infections can initiate IBS.
The most common bacterial pathogens that cause IGE are gram-negative bacilli such as Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella, Escherichia coli, and Shigella [20 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source,21 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source,22 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source,23 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source]. The Cdt toxin is commonly produced by all of these pathogens and is composed of three subunits, CdtA, CdtB, and CdtC, of which CdtB is the active subunit and appears to play a major role in the development of post-infectious IBS symptoms (11 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source, 24 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source).
Constipation type IBS may be a different disease than diarrheal or mixed type IBS
These results are of particular importance as it has been speculated that the underlying pathophysiology of IBS-C is different from that of other IBS subtypes [4 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source]. Cases of postinfectious IBS are typically IBS-D or IBS-M, and much fewer cases of post-infectious IBS-C have been observed [17 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source].
CdtB antibodies as a diagnostic marker for IBS-D has been verified in other studies, but still requires further validation.
Recently, Schmulson et al. [33 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source] published a study of a well-characterized group of Mexican patients with IBS-D, IBS-M, and functional diarrhea. Anti-CdtB or anti-vinculin positivity was identified in 50% of IBS-D subjects and in 33% of IBS-M subjects. Our results indicate a 58% positivity rate for IBS-D subjects and a 44% positivity rate for IBS-M subjects, a similar percentage, and gradient to those identified by Schmulson et al.
This supports the hypothesis that the positivity rates for these antibodies are independent of geographic location. However, this concept requires further validation in other continents.
CdtB and vinculin antibody testing show promise as a diagnostic marker for IBS-D but not for IBS-C.
Further research is required to validate this finding and to establish how this marker should be used in clinical practice.
Great to see more data validating this marker, and clarifying it’s potential limitations to a certain IBS subtype. Remember as exciting as this test is, how to use this in clinical practice still requires elucidation.
Ferritin & Hypothyroid – Multiple Nutritional Factors and Thyroid Disease, with Particular Reference to Autoimmune Thyroid Disease.
This study overviewed the nutritional factors in hypothyroidism. Most of this was nothing new, but there was one statement regarding ferritin that I felt deserved investigation.
AITD patients are frequently iron-deficient since autoimmune gastritis, which reduces iron absorption and coeliac disease which causes iron loss, are frequent co-morbidities. In two-thirds of women with persistent symptoms of hypothyroidism despite appropriate levothyroxine therapy, restoration of serum ferritin above 100 µg/l ameliorated symptoms.
I investigated this claim to decipher how important achieving ferritin above 100 is.
Essentially, the main support for the above claim comes from the below references, a poster presentation. This poster presentation did find that restoring ferritin to 100 alleviated symptoms in roughly 75% of women who were non-responsive to levothyroxine in a small study of 25 females.
*Poster 179* Iron deficiency is the main cause of symptom persistence in patients treated for hypothyroidism. In 15th International Thyroid Congress, Thyroid 25, A–74.
Here is the abstract from this study
Symptoms of hypothyroidism (HT) persist in 5–10% of hypothyroid patients treated with levothyroxine (L-T4). These patients are a clinical challenge and are often difficult to treat or unresponsive to combination treatment with L-T4 and L-T3. The prevalence in the population of iron deficiency is as common as HT. Symptoms of iron deficiency (ID) are identical to the symptom spectrum of HT. However, diagnosing iron deficiency may be extremely challenging, since iron stores may be severely depleted without any changes in the blood hemoglobin concentration or red cell indices. Patients with ferritin concentrations up to 70 mg/l may, in fact, be severely iron deficient.
Twenty-five females with a history of overt HT were referred after appropriate and ongoing treatment with L-T4 for persisting hypothyroid symptoms. After careful clinical examination B12-vitamin deficiency, celiac disease, hypercalcemia, and vitamin D deficiency were excluded. Their L-T4 dose was adjusted when necessary to achieve a TSH concentration of 1–2 mU/l.
4/5 and 14/20 of the patients with serum ferritin <15 and 15–60 mg/l, respectively, became symptom-free after oral iron substitution therapy for 6–12 months; now their serum ferritin concentration was at least 100 mg/l. The functional iron stores may be depleted while the serum ferritin concentration is within the current reference ranges. Iron deficiency is apparently one of the main causes of persisting hypothyroid symptoms during thyroxin treatment. Not all iron deficient patients, however, seem to respond to the restoration of their functional iron stores.
Iron deficiency simulates symptoms of hypothyreosis.
Soppi, the author of the poster study, also made the following comments
Poster 179 Disorders of Thyroid Function Monday & Tuesday Poster Clinical 9:00 AM IRON DEFICIENCY IS THE MAIN CAUSE OF SYMPTOM PERSISTENCE IN PATIENTS TREATED FOR HYPOTHYROIDISM. Soppi
Symptoms of iron deficiency (ID) are identical to the symptom spectrum of HT. However, diagnosing iron deficiency may be extremely challenging, since iron stores may be severely depleted without any changes in the blood hemoglobin concentration or red cell indices.
Patients with ferritin concentrations up to 70 mg/l may, in fact, be severely iron deficient.
The main paper (not the poster) also comments that the reason 5-10% of women do not fully respond to levothyroxine could be due to low iron. So, perhaps ferritin should be checked before moving to a T4+T3 combination medication.
Body iron stores, calculated from blood Hb concentration, mean corpuscular volume, serum ferritin, and transferrin receptor were highly significant predictors of TSH and total T4 (P < 0.0001, 55 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source).
It is important to recognize that low iron stores may contribute to symptom persistence in patients treated for hypothyroidism in 5–10 % of whom symptoms remain despite being treated with levothyroxine (L-T4)(57 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source).
In those with SCH, thyroid hormone does seem to enhance the effect of iron supplementation.
In two randomized controlled trials (RCT) in patients with coexisting ID anemia and sub-clinical hypothyroidism, treatment with iron and L-T4 together was considerably more effective in improving iron status than was treatment with iron alone (60 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source,61 Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source).
Additional Results:
A few interesting quotes from other papers
Iron deficiency without anemia – a clinical challenge. Soppi ET Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source.
One should always consider iron deficiency (without anemia) as the cause of persisting, unexplained unspecific, often severe, symptoms, regardless of the primary underlying disease. The symptoms of iron deficiency may arise from the metabolic systems where many proteins are iron-containing. Long-standing iron deficiency may be challenging to treat.
Hematological disturbances in subclinical hypothyroidism and their dynamics during substitution therapy Trusted SourcePubMedGo to source. Klin Med (Mosk) 91, 29–33. [Article in Russian]
Essentially found levothyroxine improved anemia and ferritin on those with SCH
There is limited data to support this contention, only one data set from a poster presentation. However, when considering that autoimmune gastritis and SIBO are more frequent in those with hypothyroid, it strengthens the plausibility. Also, when considering the intervention here is a dietary supplement, iron, it is fairly easy to substantiate.
Consider checking ferritin in all hypothyroid or SCH patients
Strongly consider checking ferritin in those not responding to levothyroxine
Supplementing ferritin to >100 may alleviate symptoms in 75% of recalcitrant hypothyroid patients
I have amended the thyroid Rx algorithm in light of this, see below
Three primary considerations (beyond diet/lifestyle) in those not responding to T4 therapy: gut health, iron anemia, and poor conversion.
Here is my updated thyroid hormone algorithm, based on the above:
1a: Stand/tablet LT4 trial, with dose adjustments
Note: don’t forget to check compliance (is the patient missing doses) and that the medication is being taken on an empty stomach
1b: Optimize gut health & general health
1c: consider screening for and treating low ferritin (low=below 100)
2a: Screen for/treat low ferritin
2b: considerably higher than normal LT4 dose, perhaps guided by dialysis/LC-MS, targeting TSH in lowest ½ of the acceptable range
3: Depends on history/context
consider a trial on hypoallergenic tablet LT4+LT3 (Nature Thyroid, WP Thyroid)– levels responding but symptoms not, and/or reactions occurring
or, trial on liquid LT4– levels not fully responding
4: Consider the trial addition of T3
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