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Rag‘n’Bone Man announces Forest Live dates for the summer
By Events Whats On On Oct 5, 2020
Rag‘n’Bone Man has announced dates as part of Forest Live 2021, the summer concert series presented by Forestry England.
Neo-blues & soul singer Rory Graham, aka Rag‘n’Bone Man, is an English singer-songwriter known for his distinctive baritone voice. Having won the 2017 BRIT’s ‘British Breakthrough Act’ and receiving the BRIT’s Critics’ Choice Award in the same year, Rag‘n’Bone Man cemented his success with the record-breaking release of his 4 x platinum No. 1 album Human and a further BRIT Award for ‘British Single’ for the title track (Human) in 2018. The album has been recognised internationally, earning Rory sell-out tours and festival appearances around the globe. Subsequent side-projects include the monster hit collaboration track ‘Giant’ with Calvin Harris. He is currently working on his sophomore album, set for release in 2021.
Forest Live is a major outdoor live music series that introduces forests to new audiences in unique, natural woodland arenas around the country. Over 1.9 million people have attended a Forest Live gig in the last twenty years, enjoying great music and supporting the nation’s forests when buying a ticket. Going to a concert helps Forestry England create beautiful places for people to enjoy, run important conservation projects and keep growing trees. Every year they plant some 8 million trees sustainably, caring for the nation’s 1,500 woods and forests and welcoming 230 million visits annually.
Rag‘n’Bone Man + Will & The People and Charlotte
Thursday 10 June: Westonbirt Arboretum, near Tetbury, Glos.
Friday 11 June: Cannock Chase Forest, near Rugeley, Staffs.
Thursday 17 June: Thetford Forest, near Brandon, Suffolk.
Tickets on sale from 9am Friday 9 October at www.forestryengland.uk/music
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Galaxy Note 8 Arrives Boasting Dual-Lens Camera, Better Security
By: Don Reisinger | August 25, 2017
After months of speculation, rumors and reports, Samsung unveiled its Galaxy Note 8 at the Unpacked event in New York City Aug. 23. Samsung’s latest handset features a design that’s nearly identical to the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. It also runs on the same operating system—Android Nougat—and runs on the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor as its predecessors. But the Galaxy Note 8 is different in a few ways, such as an included enhanced S Pen stylus, bigger screen and, perhaps most importantly, a new dual-lens camera. This eWEEK slide show digs into the Galaxy Note 8’s features and discuss how it compares to the Galaxy S8 line as well as its chief competitor, Apple’s iPhone.
A Familiar Design
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 took its design cues from the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. The Galaxy Note 8’s screen nearly entirely covers the device’s face and curves on either side, providing more viewing area than a flat panel. Also, the fingerprint sensor is located on the rear next to the cameras.
Serious Power Inside
The Galaxy Note 8 runs on an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, the same chip found in the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. The smartphone comes with 6GB of onboard memory. The chip and the memory together should deliver a decent user experience.
Users Won’t Find Oreo
Android Oreo, the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system, won’t be included in the Galaxy Note 8. Rather, the device will come with Android 7.1.1 Nougat. Like the Galaxy S8 line, the Galaxy Note 8 will run on the Samsung software skin, providing access to the company’s many apps.
A Dual-Camera First
The Galaxy Note 8 is the first from Samsung to feature a dual-camera array on the rear panel. One camera is a wide-angle 12-megapixel dual-pixel lens, and the second is a 12-megapixel telephoto lens for more dynamic pictures. The camera has 2x optical zoom and up to 10x digital zoom.
No Storage Concerns
On the storage side, the Galaxy Note 8 should deliver. The device starts with 64GB of storage, and models with 128GB and 256GB will be available. Additionally, the Galaxy Note 8 has a microSD card slot that allows for a card capacity of up to 256GB.
The S Pen Gets a Boost
As expected, the Galaxy Note 8 comes with the S Pen stylus, which has been enhanced with a finer tip and better pressure sensitivity. There’s also an enhanced S Pen for Business that has additional features such as the ability to annotate documents and photos and take secret notes when the screen is off.
Some Notes on the Battery
Samsung emphasized the Galaxy Note 8’s battery is safe, thanks to its new process to test and ensure proper functionality. The Galaxy Note 8’s 3,300mAh battery pack supports wireless charging and will last up 22 hours during continuous talk time, according to Samsung.
A Bunch of Security Features
The Galaxy Note 8 comes loaded with myriad security features, such as a fingerprint sensor on back of the device near its rear-facing camera. Also included is an iris scanner for those preferring that biometric option. The device even supports facial recognition.
A Galaxy Note 7 Surprise
Samsung isn’t turning its back on Galaxy Note 7 owners with the Galaxy Note 8. Galaxy Note 7 owners can turn in their current smartphone for an up to $425 discount on the Galaxy Note 8. Samsung said the trade-in is available only to former Galaxy Note 7 owners who purchase the Galaxy Note 8 on Samsung.com.
Pricing and Availability Notes
Samsung will accept preorders for the Galaxy Note 8 starting Aug. 24, and release is scheduled for Sept. 15. The device is available unlocked and can run on any carrier network. Pricing will vary depending on the carrier, with Verizon charging $960 and T-Mobile charging $930 for the device. But in general, users should expect to pay around $950.
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Myanmar, Mavericks take 2018 OCBC Cycle Speedway titles
But transition chaos mars otherwise superb event
All photos courtesy of OCBC Cycle unless otherwise stated
Teams from the Specialized Roval Mavericks and the country of Myanmar walked away with the titles and some big cash prizes as the latest edition of the OCBC Cycle Speedway Championships thrilled the crowds during nine rounds of racing at the Singapore Sports Hub last Saturday.
However, while the event was as a success, its criterium-relay format – specifically the transition zone where the team handovers took place – once again threw up some problems which saw technical time penalties rather than bike racing skill and speed decide some of the major placings.
The 2018 OCBC Cycle Speedway Championships got underway before dawn as eight countries and 15 club teams gathered in a makeshift “pits” area in a car park beneath the glittering National Stadium. The national teams from Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand were competing for regional bragging rights as well as a winner’s cheque of S$6,000 in the OCBC Cycle Speedway Southeast Asia Championships.
The teams for the OCBC Cycle Speedway Club Championships were Allied World Kemp Technologies, Anza Cycling, Ascenders Team, Geylang Cycling Team, Guerciotti Racing Team, Matador Racing, Rapha Cycling Club, Roadbrothers, Specialized Roval Mavericks, Swiss Club Riders, Team Cycledelic and 30Forty Cycling Team, with the winners awarded a cheque for S$800.
Strangely only 12 clubs applied to take part, so to make up the full 15-strong field, the Mavericks, the Matadors and Rapha CC all received a second team. Each team consisted of five riders, with any four eligible to race in any one of the heats/finals.
12 Singapore-based clubs contributed colour and verve to the day's proceedings
The format for OCBC Cycle Speedway Championships is unique in combining criterium racing with a team relay. Each of the nine rounds of racing took place over 10 laps of a hotdog circuit skirting the northern edge of stadium. The roughly 1.2km loop comprised of two fast straights connected by a sweeping roundabout turn at the far end of the circuit, and a much tighter U-turn at the near side.
The clubs/countries fielded four riders in each heat, with the first five laps raced by two riders before they handed over to the second pair for the final five laps. The results in all the rounds of racing (qualifying, semi-finals and finals) were derived from the time recorded for the fourth rider across the line for each team.
Those handovers played a big part in the proceedings. The first pairs of riders had to stop and get completely off their bikes before crossing a clearly marked “dismount line” and handing over their snap-on wrist “batons”. Similarly, the second pairs of riders couldn’t get on their bikes until they had fully crossed another clearly marked “mount line”. Any transition infractions incurred a 10-second penalty. At the end of the day, five of the nine rounds of racing were affected by such time penalties, including the finals of both the Club Championships and the Southeast Asia Championships.
The Club Championships kicked the action off, with the teams split into three qualifying rounds. The first two teams in each heat plus the two fastest losers would move forward to the semi-finals.
Heat 1 saw the Specialized Roval Mavericks 1 and Geylang Cycling Team take the automatic spots, the Specialized Roval Mavericks 2 and Matador Racing 1 moved through from Heat 2, and Allied World Kemp Technologies and Matador Racing 2 claimed the honours in Heat 3. Joining them as “lucky losers” were Anza Cycling and Rapha CC 2.
Interestingly, only one time penalty for a transition infraction occurred in those three qualifying rounds and it didn’t prove to be decisive in the results. Maybe the stress levels weren’t so bad early in the day.
Similarly, in the two qualifying rounds for the OCBC Cycle Speedway SEA Championships, where the first two countries from each heat plus one fastest loser moved into the semis, the handovers were all clean.
Thailand won Heat 1 with ease, while the Philippines outmaneuvered Cambodia late in the race to take the second spot. Heat 2 saw the home heroes Singapore facing two-time winners and hot favourites Malaysia, as well as Laos and Myanmar.
Team Singapore has perhaps underperformed in past editions of the OCBC Cycle Speedway SEA Challenge, but this year they had high hopes of victory as they fielded a strong five-man squad, consisting of current road cycling national champion Goh Choon Huat of the pro Terengganu Cycling Team, 2017 SEA Games gold medalist Calvin Sim, 2017 SEA Games silver medalist Mohamed Elyas, and national team riders Gabriel Tan and Luqmanul Hakim. The squad also had Firoz Loh as a non-riding reserve.
The presence of Loh and Hakim in the Singapore national squad explained the absence of defending OCBC Cycle Speedway Club Championships winners TWC Racing, as Loh and Hakim are the main riders from TWC. A case of country before club …
To the racing, and the star-studded Team Singapore had no problems moving into the semi-finals, as they won Heat 2 comfortably from Myanmar. The main talking point from Heat 2, however, was the elimination of Malaysia, after one of their riders crashed at one of the turns. While he remounted and finished, over such a short total race distance of 12k, a crash was always likely to prove fatal for any team unlucky enough to suffer from one.
The lucky loser from the two qualifying heats was Laos.
Bastian Dohling and Ben Arnott of the Specialized Roval Mavericks 1 opening up a big lead during the semi-finals (photo Flat Spoke Media)
Before that national teams semi-final, it was back to the OCBC Cycle Speedway Club Championships and its two semis. The first two teams from each race would move into the final, plus one fastest loser.
Semi-final #1 saw both the Specialized Roval Mavericks squads pitted against Allied World Kemp and Rapha CC. In what proved to be the fastest race of the entire morning, the Mavericks 1 team opened up an early lead, which they maintained throughout and helped them take a comfortable 6-second victory in a time of 17 minutes and 42 seconds. Behind, though, the battle for second place and that automatic ticket to the final was closely fought, with Mavericks 2 just pipping Allied World by a tenth of a second.
However, Allied World didn’t have to wait too long to find out if they would qualify for the final as the fastest loser, because it soon became apparent that Semi-final #2 involving Matador 1, Matador 2, Anza and Geylang was unfolding as a tactical affair rather than an all-out speedfest.
Perhaps the close proximity of the teams as the eight riders approached the transition zone played a part in the scenes of chaos that occurred during the handovers; at least one bike was left on the wrong side of the dismount line and some riders were sprawled on the ground.
The racing continued for the final five laps, with the crowd and the teams unsure of exactly what infractions had occurred and the resultant penalties.
It came down to a sprint, and it was Geylang who crossed the line first ahead of Matador 2, Matador 1 and Anza. However, when the dust had settled it transpired that Geylang had committed two rules violations costing them 20 seconds, and with Matador 1 also being given 10-second penalty, it was Matador 2 and Anza who took the two tickets to the final.
Winners are grinners ... or is that gritters?
Next up was the OCBC Cycle Speedway SEA Championships semi-final, which involved just one round of racing, with four of the five teams moving forward to the final. Come on organisers, surely better to have had two semi-finals of three teams, with two from each qualifying.
The contest turned into a bit of procession after Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand separated themselves from Myanmar and Laos early in the race. Those three countries soon realised they didn’t have to risk racing each other to move into the final, but behind it was do or die between Myanmar and Laos. It came down to the wire, with Myanmar edging it in the sprint.
And so to the finals, with the OCBC Cycle Speedway Club Championships first on the road.
Having two teams in the final five made the Specialized Roval Mavericks favourites, but they had been in the same position in 2015 yet finished third and fourth, so nothing could be taken for granted.
Sending men off the front early in the races had proved a successful tactic in some of the earlier rounds, but this proved more difficult in the final as all 10 opening riders stuck fairly close in what was a fast opening five laps. Heading into the changeovers, three of the Mavericks riders had opened a small gap on the rest, but the hectic dynamic of the transition zone saw some skidding, confusion and rumour of penalties as almost the whole field jammed back together as the riders hit the circuit for the last five laps; one man had escaped the handover melee, though, Jon Curry of Mavericks 1.
As he set out on a solo charge around the circuit from which he was never caught, the battle behind was both fast and tactical as none of the teams wanted to play their hands too early. This resulted in all nine remaining riders still bunched together as they hit the crucial final lap.
A mass sprint duly unfolded out of the final roundabout turn that was headed and won by Allied World rider Adam Nelson. The next man across the line was Jonathan Hooper (Mavericks 2), followed by Rick Dumpleton (Mavericks 1) and Trent Illife (Mavericks 2), and with final Allied World rider Sofiane Behraoui finishing close behind, the unofficial finishing order was Mavericks 1, Mavericks 2, Allied World.
The Myanmar team seeming almost shocked to have won (photo Flat Spoke Media)
But the transition zones judges still had to be consulted and while Mavericks 1 had performed a clean handover, Mavericks 2 had infringed the rules twice and so a 20-second penalty saw them relegated from the podium positions. Allied World moved into the runners-up position, with Matadors 2 taking third place.
The action then concluded with the OCBC Cycle Speedway SEA Championships final, which pitted Singapore against Thailand, the Philippines and Myanmar. The opening five laps of racing saw a breakaway escape containing solo riders from Singapore, Thailand and the Philippine, with a Myanmar man stuck in no-man’s land between the leaders and the closely-bunched four riders from each of the teams behind.
The gap between the breakaway and the trailing riders remained large after the changeovers, which were again rumoured to have potential problems for some teams post-race. On the road, the leaders were tearing round the course, while the back burners were engaged in a slow battle of wits as the final result would be decided among them, not the front runners. Indeed, they were almost lapped by the leaders as they hit the bell lap only metres before the first four riders crossed the finish line.
The pace finally kicked up a gear as the small group approached the roundabout turn, and it looked great for the home crowd when renowned sprinter Elyas hit the front with 100 metres to go. But maybe the Singapore man started his sprint too early as his rival from the Philippines overhauled him on the line. Still, second place for Singapore, with Thailand in third was a great result for the home team … or so they thought.
Incredibly, all three of the 1, 2, 3 teams had committed transition infractions, with Singapore guilty of two! Myanmar’s handovers were clean and so the foursome from that country moved up into the champions’ position, with the Philippines in second and Thailand third.
Myanmar coach Aung Myo Naing spoke for his delighted young team post-race.
The Myanmar team seeming almost shocked to have won
"It is an amazing feeling to have won our first title. We did not expect to win today as the other teams have better sprinters than us, but thankfully we had a clean changeover in the transit area. Every year we try to get better, and we have been training for three months for this. Our previous best result was a 4th place finish in 2015,” Aung said. “This is good preparation for us as we train for SEA Games 2019. Our whole team is currently under 23 years old, and this event is good exposure for them.”
The Specialized Roval Mavericks were equally happy with their win in the OCBC Cycle Speedway Club Championships.
“It feels terrific to win this year’s OCBC Cycle Speedway Club Championships, especially having trained intensively for the event. We’ve been training on the course in the weeks leading up to today’s race and had two Mavericks teams in the finals, which put the club in a great position,” said Mavericks rider Bastian Dohling. “Despite coming in first, we did make some mistakes in our transitions this time around, so we have more improvements to work on. We hope to finish even stronger next year!”
The Mavericks 2 team was of course not the only team to make those mistakes in transitions, which inexplicably kept coming despite the rules being crystal clear, with all the competitors fully briefed and aware of the potential pitfalls. Only the racers themselves can know the pressures they were under when they hit the unfamiliar transition zone in a hypoxic state, so let’s not be too hard on them. But it’s a shame that the results of both finals and one of the semi-finals were affected by what was just centimetres of error.
In hindsight, it’s easy to say that the riders shouldn’t have left their breaking at the dismounting line so late, or jumped on their bikes before the mount line, but in addition to the stresses caused by adrenalin, we’re talking about racing cyclists here, not triathletes, and they will only be subjected to these dismount/mount lines once a year in the unique OCBC Cycle Speedway Championship.
It’s a great format, and of course there has to be a system with rules for the handovers as there would have been even more chaos without regulations, but perhaps the officiating didn’t have to be so strict. This isn’t a criticism of the race commissaries, they were just doing their jobs. But perhaps for future editions of the OCBC Cycle Speedway Championships, the organisers can instruct the commissaries to apply a bit of leeway, and only punish blatant infractions, rather than a skidding tyre stopping 1cm over a line being decisive. Or maybe the time penalties could be halved to 5 seconds.
Another idea mooted post-race on Saturday is to at least inform the second pairs of riders still racing on the circuit that they have incurred a penalty, which would give them a fighting chance to try and make up for the penalty by attacking. As it was, many of the teams on Saturday had no idea they had a time fine pending until after the racing had concluded.
Despite the transition calamities, the OCBC Cycle Speedway Championships is a superb event and let’s hope it’s back again in 2019. Greater publicity would perhaps draw a bigger crowd of spectators, and surely a women’s category can be included in future, even if it’s just a straight final.
Quotes and photographs supplied by OCBC Cycle.
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By shakira, when the walls fell - Canada
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By BiGTiMeNeRD | 29
#6443096 - Saturday 24 October 2015 8:39
For those of you not taking pregnancy hormones seriously, it's the worst thing on the planet.
-- Suffering husband.
By Incognico | 22
If it were 9 months I think I would understand it better
By Pandafriend | 22
That must have been a really bad breakup .
whatunicorn | 17
Right?? but seriously.. Hormones dude, they can be a shit storm.
Thatissarcastic | 17
It could have not been tbh lol, hormones make things so much worse. It's like the world is against you.
By KxHoneyCombxP | 24
Are you married now? Either way, that sucks. I am also pregnant and have hit the crying stage. I hate it because usually I am quite the unfeeling zealot.
By zeffra13 | 31
Curious how that came up? You seem to have moved on.
cheeeksss | 29
There's not much logic behind pregnancy hormones. It's out of the woman's control. I'm sure normally OP wouldn't give a shit about her ex.
I reread my comment a few times and I never mentioned her not getting over her ex. And I also stated how hormones are out of a woman's control. What were you trying to correct...
By addioty | 19
Hormones. It happens. Congrats on the baby!
By Kittyphysics | 21
hey, me too! except I cried over a guy that's had me in the friend zone for 9 years. pregnancy sucks.
greeneyedx | 23
Suffering husband to the wife suffering 10 times more
By worldclassrager | 39
You found someone better but wounds take time to heal and at times never do
mamasquirrel78 | 2
#6443805 - Sunday 25 October 2015 4:00
It wasn't even about the guy from 9 years ago. Pregnancy hormones will have you crying if you can't find your shoes. There is zero logic to the thought process but it'll be something like "I can't find my shoes so I can't go to the store and if I can't go to the store I can't get milk and my baby is going to be malnourished and it'll be all my fault" and then 2 minutes later, you're fine and thinking of what color sheets you want for the baby's room, lol.
By iiTzNeeNerz | 26
Pregnancy hormones are for the books.
My husband came home one day and found me sobbing. I was crying over every person who had ever hugged him because they had held my whole world in their arms at some point. Yeah.
It hit out of nowhere. I understand OP.
nerfnidalee | 17
That's the most adorable thing I have ever heard.
Internetflakes | 13
now you have an adorable baby boy! that was such a cute story!
By nyf137 | 20
Oh, yay.. something for girls to look forward to when they have babies of their own
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7 Investing Rules Of Thumb You Should Retire Right Now
Erik ShermanSenior Contributor
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A surgical mask is placed on The "Fearless Girl" statue outside the New York Stock Exchange on ... [+] Thursday, March 19, 2020, in New York. Stocks are swinging between gains and losses in early trading on Wall Street Thursday, but the moves are more subdued than the wild jabs that have dominated recent weeks. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
As markets have swooned and strutted in the COVID-19 pandemic, investors may have found their eyes bouncing up and down in time with the S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq, and Russell 2000. What's the next move to make? A smart thing to do?
One is to start putting old-time rules of thumb and generalizations to the side. "This is not a routine recession," said David Waslen, CEO of HedgeTrade. "We’ve never experienced this mix of macro events before. Extra caution is really a necessity, as well as finding ways to insulate your portfolio from the effects of the market downturn and COVID-19."
I heard from dozens of investing experts about what regular strategies people should reconsider. Here is some of the most popular advice that kept popping up.
The old "sell in May and go away" adage—that you reconsider your individual investments and the balance of your portfolio in the period from May through October—was based on experience. "[T]hese six months have historically been some of the worst six months of the year," as Ryan Detrick, senior market strategist for LPL Financial wrote in a note that I received. But things have changed in general, with stocks doing better in that assumedly fallow period in seven out of the last eight years. Here's a chart based on LPL's data:
Table of returns on stock investment from May through October
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LPL is still betting on a short recession and a "much stronger economy later in 2020." I question the projection, as the depth of unemployment will have long-lasting effects and implications. But, forecasting aside, there is additional sound logic to reconsider this advice now.
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"While this is a popular statement and has a little validity (at least technically) selling this year could be devastating in the recovery of your portfolio," said Justin Goodbread, founder of Heritage Investors. "If you follow the old idea of selling all positions in May and waiting until October to reinvest, then you may miss a single larger recovery day and set your portfolio recovery back years."
Realistically, you could also take part in a big slide if that happens, as it has in some other notable downturns that lasted longer than anyone expected and offered a series of recoveries and drops, as you find with blow-off tops. But even in the worst times, markets have come back within a few years. It depends on your liquidity, but more on that in a bit.
Buy the dip
Another classic bit of advice for a downturn is to buy dips and wait things out. "That is the panacea offered to every investor that has the time to let their assets grow in order to rebuild wealth," says Kelly LaVigne, vice president of advanced markets for Allianz Life. "But not everyone has the time necessary to completely make up for the losses they’ve suffered over the past month, and furthermore, it’s a mistake to move forward without incorporating lessons learned from recent events."
There's no telling how broad changes in the economy—and make no mistake, there will be significant ones—might ultimately shake out. Some companies that have done well may see long periods of poor performance. As David Reyes, financial advisor and chief financial architect at Reyes Financial Architecture put it, further drops are "usually more methodical" but can be "just as or more damaging" than the original one. "This is exactly what happened in the 2000-2002 bear market and in the 2008 financial crisis."
It's also what happened in the Great Depression, when the Dow took a big dive, regained about half of what it lost, and then went skidding down for years, as the graph below shows (data from S&P Capital IQ):
When Warren Buffett dumps all holdings in four major airlines, you can bet that there is a limit to buy and hold, a strategy that assumes a high degree of continuity in business and economic conditions.
Age-based investing
Pegging asset allocation purely to age is "crude even in the best of times," noted David O'Leary, founder of Kindwealth.ca, "but given how low interest rates are right now—and likely will be for the foreseeable future—you may not be able to afford to keep as much fixed income in your portfolio as this rule of thumb would suggest."
According to the formula, as O'Leary pointed out, a 40-year-old might hold 40% in fixed income and "expect to generate meaningful returns." But which bonds would you hold? Corporate as credit ratings drop and risk increases? Treasurys, when the 30-year has been on a decades-long downward trend and real return rates (after inflation) for 5-year and out are all negative?
That doesn’t mean to ignore bonds, but recognize that their traditional strength has a gains hedge against equities may have diminished.
4% withdrawal rule
"The 4% withdrawal rule … advises that retirees can be confident taking 4% out of their retirement funds every year after they stop working to cover living expenses," said Pam Krueger, CEO of Wealthramp and co-host of PBS's MoneyTrack. "It generally works in all kinds of markets, but in this strange new world, investors must be careful to focus on their own individual circumstances. Women especially have to be mindful about not following this rule-of-thumb because they live longer into retirement and have more years to draw down."
Again, this becomes particularly relevant in a time of historically low interest rates.
ETFs and index funds
Passive investing has gained a lot of interest for its ability to outperform many actively traded alternatives, particularly when considering comparative costs of the two categories. Index funds and most ETFs let someone put money into what is supposed to represent a broad collection of stocks and then benefit from the inexorable rise over time.
The "over time" part is today’s potential investment killer. If you have a long horizon, all might be fine. If not—another case for considering your liquidity—perhaps not.
P/E shopping
Many investors use the price earnings ratio as a key to stock picking, comparing it to historical averages. This assumes some continuity in markets. While never a sure thing, this approach is far less so now.
Earnings—the denominator of the ratio—are "usually based on the estimated earning for this year," said Michelle Connell, owner of Portia Capital Management. "[But the] ability to estimate earnings for 2020 just went out the window. Even if companies are still providing guidance, their ability to generate earnings is still a big unknown. Tech stocks can command a higher P/E ratio because they grow faster. But even some tech names are looking at slower growth rates and may deserve a lower multiple."
There is also increased risk in companies. "We know that half of investment grade debt is in the lowest range of credit ratings and several of these companies will have trouble paying or renewing their debt," Connell added. "For those in this category, it will not be business as usual."
In fact, for a still unknown number of companies, it's going to be business not at all.
You can and should apply the same scrutiny to entire indices. With the big drop that started in February, so did last-twelve-month (LTM) P/E ratios for the S&P 500. They were 22.6 in the first quarter of 2019. As of May, that's down to 20.43. However, the value is still well over the roughly 15 to 16 average over the years and is unlikely to have incorporated expected falling earnings, so stocks are far from cheap.
Dividend stocks in a recession
In recessions, one standard recommendation is to shift investments to stocks that pay dividends. The guaranteed income provides at least something in a return, even if market value of shares drops, as the theory goes.
"But in today’s financial climate, we’re seeing companies like Shell cutting their dividends for the first time ever," Waslen said. "If you’re a preferred stockholder, you may have a better chance of dividend payouts, or even get paid later when—or if—the company has a comeback. Some exposure to government bond ETFs may provide a better long-term outlook for receiving dividends."
In other words, we all need to rethink what was considered safe and virtually automatic strategies. Time for some research and trusted advice.
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Cat who alerted homeowners to morning rowhome wall collapse rescued
WEST PHILADELPHIA (WTXF/AP) - The home that partially collapsed early Wednesday morning has been demolished but not before crews - including Jen Leary from the Pennsylvania State Animal Response Team - found the hero cat that possibly saved the lives of the homeowners.
Part of a wall at the West Philadelphia home collapsed outward, and the victims' cat is being credited with helping the couple inside get out.
It happened at about 4:45 a.m. Wednesday in the unit block of S. Ruby Street, near 54th and Market streets, where neighbors can hear the El.
SKYFOX spent considerable time over what's known as a stand-alone rowhome, and there's a large amount of debris on the side of the home.
FOX 29's Steve Keeley reports there was a couple in their 40s at the time and neither had to be taken to the hospital.
Their cat Baxter knew something was wrong and woke up the man who was sleeping on first floor couch. Then, he woke up his wife upstairs, and they heard crackling.
Keeley also talked to two men who were nearby at the time, and became first-responders after they reported hearing the cracking, then a big boom, and the woman screaming.
They say she was holding on to a railing, which luckily didn't go down. In fact, it may have been the only part of the home left.
Police say the only injuries reported are scratches.
Neither Market Street nor SEPTA's Market-Frankford El were affected.
Crowds arrived at the scene and watched crews go up through a second floor window and recover Baxter on the roof. Then they burst into applause.
The cause of the collapse will be under investigation. Construction next door is a possibility. Crews were said to be digging the foundation for new homes on Tuesday.
Keeley also reports insurance companies often refuse to insure stand-alone rowhomes because they are considered compromised, because the rowhomes that supported them for years are no longer there.
The building in west Philadelphia is known for a mural painted on the side of the brick wall that collapsed outward.
The mural called "I Wanna Call You Names" is part of several dozen murals by artist Stephen Powers as part of the city's Mural Arts Program.
The family was too upset to talk on camera, but tell FOX 29 they do have a place to stay and are so thankful their rescue kitty came to their rescue. Baxter is doing OK and is getting a lot of love and attention.
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Search continues for 2 children lost in Wimberley flood
On May 24th, 4-year-old Leighton McComb and 6-year-old William Charba were part of a group of families staying at a home on Deer Crossing in Wimberley.
A 44-foot surge of water picked that house up and smashed it into a bridge.
Nearly a month later, the Blanco River search continues more than 21 miles away in San Marcos.
"Just yesterday we received some information that there were a couple of hits along the Blanco River along the 5 Mile Dam Park. So we have local response agencies out there today that are looking in that area to make sure that those hits are not valid," said Kharley Smith, the Hays County Emergency Management Coordinator.
Smith says in addition to debris removal and repairing roadways, the search for Will and Leighton is still very active.
"We still have response agencies out. We've partnered with search and rescue organizations whether they are trained organized groups or volunteers. We're continuing those search operations and trying to bring a little bit of closure to a lot of people," Smith said.
Smith says there are many areas they haven't been able to search because the water is still too high.
"We don't ever anticipate stopping the search. We will always continue to look. With every new influx of rain, the debris piles shift, the sediments shift and it needs to be re-searched," she said.
Aside from the daily search efforts, those affected by the flood still need all the help they can get. Starting on Wednesday, a 40,000 square foot warehouse in San Marcos will be a drop-off spot for furniture donations.
Rita Davis with the Austin Disaster Relief Network says in addition to cash donations and new bedding -- basic home furniture like couches, tables and chairs is what they need for the flood victims. And they hope to fill the downtown San Marcos warehouse with those items.
"Many of them don't have a home right now for the furniture. But the general public want to contribute, they want to donate now. So we want to capture that enthusiasm and get the furniture at a location where it's ready for the survivors as soon as they're ready for it," Davis said.
Davis says their warehouse in Austin is full of basic necessities like water bottles, paper towels and clothes which they don't need any more of.
The Disaster Relief Network says around 50 people in the Austin-area have already committed to donating furniture.
They just need a way to get it to San Marcos. So they say they have an immediate need for a moving company to donate their time picking up the furniture and taking it to the warehouse.
Here is a statement on the search efforts from relatives of Will Charba:
"The family is still searching and working with agency authorities on Search and Recovery. Both the family and tasked agencies are committed to a long-term sustainable search and recovery effort. Due to weather and more targeted search areas, the family is concentrating major efforts to the weekends. Information and updates will be posted on Wimberley Rescue on Facebook. We are asking the public to coordinate personal efforts through www.WimberleyTXrescue.com. The family is still taking qualified SAR teams and canine units who sign-up online, or email MCCsearch15@gmail.com. We are asking land owners, volunteers, and the media to keep targeted "Areas of Interest" private and confidential to avoid disrupting professional coordinated SAR efforts."
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COVID-19 in Wisconsin: Case increase average down to 3,247 after peaking at 6,500 last month
By FOX 9 Staff
The 7-day COVID-19 case increase average over the length of the pandemic in the state of Wisconsin. (Department of Health Services)
(FOX 9) - The state of Wisconsin's 7-day COVID-19 case increase average continued its sharp decline Wednesday, getting down to 3,247 after peaking at more than 6,500 about one month ago.
Nov. 18, the 7-day case increase average reached 6,563, the highest of the pandemic. Wednesday, the state reported only 2,402 new cases, which is closest to the levels seen at the beginning of the spike in early October.
In addition, the 7-day test posivitity rate average and the 7-day death increase average both continue to decline as well, although slower than the case increase average. The test positivity average is now 27.5 percent and the death increase average is down to 44 Wednesday.
The state says 84 percent of COVID-19 hospital beds are full as of Wednesday, leaving 1,820 available. 331 ICU patients are among the hospitalized, or 23 percent.
The pandemic so far
COVID-19 infections can often go undetected and be asymptomatic; laboratory-confirmed tests only represent a fraction of actual COVID-19 cases. A study from the Journal of the American Medical Association estimated that actual cases in some instances were six to 24 times greater than reported cases.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced an indoor mask mandate for people over the age of 5, which he extended until November 21. Face coverings while indoors except at a private residence have been required since Aug. 1.
Evers extended the state's stay-at-home order until May 26, but on May 13, the state Supreme Court blocked the extension, effectively opening all establishments in the state. Hours later, images emerged of packed bars across the state, leading the Governor to call his state "The Wild West." Evers' original "Safer at Home" order went into effect on March 25. In October, a judge did however allow Evers' mask mandate to remain in effect.
On April 4, President Donald Trump approved a disaster declaration for Wisconsin due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This declaration allows for federal funding to be allocated to state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations that were impacted by the virus.
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About Free, Fair and Alive
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Commoning as a Pandemic Survival Strategy
The pandemic now sweeping the planet is one of those historic events that will change many basic premises of modern life. Let us act swiftly to deal with the emergencies, but let us also seize the opportunity to think about long-term system change. If there is one thing that the pandemic confirms (in tandem with climate change), it is that our modern economic and political systems must change in some profound ways. And we are the ones who must push that change forward. We’ve already seen what state officialdom has in mind — more bailouts for a dysfunctional system. Serious change is not a priority at all.
However, pandemics are hard to ignore. Many ideas once ignored or dismissed by Serious People – commoning, green transition policies, climate action, relocalization, food sovereignty, degrowth, post-capitalist finance, universal basic income, and much else – now don’t seem so crazy. In fact, they are positively common-sensical and compelling.
The pandemic has been horrific, but let’s be candid: It has been one of the most effective political agents to disrupt politics-as-usual and validate new, imaginative possibilities.
Many things are now less contestable: Of course our drug-development system should be revamped so that parasitic corporate monopolies cannot prey upon us with high prices, marketable drugs rather than innovation, and disdain for public health needs. Of course our healthcare system should be accessible to everyone because, as the pandemic is showing, individual well-being is deeply entwined with collective health. Of course we must limit our destruction of ecosystems lest we unleash even greater planetary destabilization through viruses, biodiversity loss, ecosystem decline, and more.
In this sense, covid-19 is reacquainting us moderns with some basic human realities that we have denied for too long:
We human beings actually depend on living, biological systems despite our pretentions to have triumphed over nature and its material limits.
We human beings are profoundly interdependent on each other despite our presumptions – at the core of modern economics and liberal democracy — that we are self-sovereign individuals without collective needs. (Margaret Thatcher: “This IS no society, only individuals.”)
Notwithstanding these general assumptions of modern life, we humans are discovering that we are in fact programmed to help each other when confronted with disasters. As Rebecca Solnit chronicled in her memorable book A Paradise Built in Hell, earthquakes, hurricanes, and gas explosions spur human beings to self-organize themselves to help each other, often in utterly sublime, beautiful ways. It’s a deeply human instinct.
The early journalism about covid-19 confirms this human impulse. Just as the Occupy movement mobilized to provide essential relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, mutual aid networks are now popping up in neighborhoods around the world, as the New York Times has noted.
The Times cited the great work of Invisible Hands, a network of 1,300 NYC young people who spontaneously peer-organized in three days to deliver groceries to at-risk people who can’t venture out of their homes. The piece also cited this radio segment on mutual aid on Amy Goodman’s show, Democracy Now!
Check out a number of useful links in the article to other mutual-aid efforts, including a massive Google Doc listing scores of efforts in cities around the US, and a pod mapping toolkit. And check out the Washington Post’s piece on how a website for neighborhood cooperation, Nextdoor, has become a powerful tool for people to help each other through the pandemic.
The mainstream world likes to refer to such peer-assistance as “volunteering” and “altruism.” It is more accurately called commoning because it is more deeply committed and collective in character than individual “do-gooding,” itself a patronizing term. And surprise: it sometimes comes with disagreements that must be resolved – but which can end up strengthening the commons.
A thoughtful piece on the role of anarchism in surviving the pandemic notes that mutual aid “is the decentralized practice of reciprocal care via which participants in a network make sure that everyone gets what they need, so that everyone has reason to be invested in everyone else’s well-being. This is not a matter of tit-for-tat exchange, but rather an interchange of care and resources that creates the sort of redundancy and resilience that can sustain a community through difficult times.”
The vexing question for the moment is whether state power will support mutual aid over the long term (it may be seen as a threat to state authority and markets) — or whether Trump-style politicians will use this moment of fear to consolidate state control, increase surveillance, and override distributed peer governance.
Another important question for the near-term is: Can we develop sufficient institutional support for commoning so that it won’t fade away as the red-alert consciousness of the moment dissipates. To that end, I recommend Silke Helfrich’s and my book Free, Fair and Alive You may also want to browse the governance toolkit on CommunityRule.info or look into Sociocracy for All.
Throughout history commoning has always been an essential survival strategy, and so it is in this crisis. When the state, market, or monarchy fail to provide for basic needs, commoners themselves usually step up to devise their own mutual-aid systems.
In so doing, they are illuminating the structural deficiencies of conventional markets and state power. As we gave seen political agendas and profiteering have often been higher priorities than public health or equal treatment, as the $2.2 trillion bailout bill passed by the US Congress suggests. President Trump has been more obsessed with reviving the market and winning re-election than in saving people’s lives. Consider how many corporations are more intent on reaping private economic efficiencies (offshoring medical facemask manufacturing; closing down access to cheap generic drugs) than in allowing collective needs to be met effectively through government or commoning.
Numerous commentators are pointing out how the pandemic is but a preview of coming crises. It’s not been mentioned much that covid-19 is partly the result of humans encroaching excessively on natural ecosystems. The UN environment chief Inger Anderson has said that biodiversity and habitat loss are making it easier for pathogens to jump from “the wild” to humans.
And ecologist Stephan Harding has a wonderful piece on how Gaia seems to be trying to teach us to see the dangers of unlimited global commerce: “We are seeing right now how in an over-connected web a localised disturbance such as the appearance of a fatal virus can spread and amplify very quickly throughout the system, reducing its resilience and making it more likely to collapse.”
At this juncture, many massive, pivotal choices await us. We must decide to rebuild our provisioning systems on green, eco-resilient terms, not on neoliberal fantasies of unlimited growth and tightly integrated global markets. New/old types of place-based agriculture, commerce, and community must be developed.
This will entail a frank reckoning with how we re-imagine and enact state power, writes Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens, in the Financial Times: “The first [choice] is between totalitarian surveillance and citizen empowerment. The second is between nationalist isolation and global solidarity.” Harari warns:
Humanity needs to make a choice. Will we travel down the route of disunity, or will we adopt the path of global solidarity? If we choose disunity, this will not only prolong the crisis, but will probably result in even worse catastrophes in the future. If we choose global solidarity, it will be a victory not only against the coronavirus, but against all future epidemics and crises that might assail humankind in the 21st century.
Obviously, I think the commons has a lot to contribute to citizen empowerment and global solidarity. Hope lies in building new systems of bottom-up, place-based provisioning and care that are peer-governed, fair-minded, inclusive, and participatory. Hope lies in federating diverse commons so that they can coordinate and reach more people – accountably, flexibly, effectively, with resilience.
State institutions may be able to play positive roles, mostly in providing general rules, coordination, certain types of expertise, and infrastructure. Beyond that, they should focus on empowering people and smaller-scale governance and thereby engender trust in collective action.
It is still too early to know how the pandemic will unfold and resolve. There are too many complex variables play to predict the many ramifications. However, it is clear enough that this pandemic calls into question MANY elements of today’s neoliberal market/state order, whose institutions and political leadership are either dysfunctional or uncommitted to meeting public needs. It’s not just individual politicians; it’s a systemic problem. Yet the rudiments of a coherent new system with richer affordances have not yet crystallized.
So that may be our ambitious task going forward. Commoners and allied movements, disillusioned liberals and social democrats, people of goodwill must thwart the many retrograde dangers that threaten to surge forward under the cover of fear. But we must also, simultaneously, demonstrate the feasibility of new forms of commoning, infrastructure, finance, and commons/public partnerships. Rarely have needs and opportunities been so aligned!
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APPEAL DECISION IN FAVOUR OF HAVEN GREEN
The planning Inspector has refused the widening of the footpath along the diagonal road because the council are not offering enough (or the right sort of) land in exchange.
He has, though, confirmed that the joint cycle/foot path from Gordon Road to the station should stay, although permission was never applied for. This was less of an issue for FoHG and the amount of land was very small.
This is not necessarily the end of the matter as the Council can appeal to the High Court against the decision.
More comment on this issue shortly.
Read the planning decision
COM 505 569 - Haven Green Decision.pdf
Friends of Haven Green Granted an Appeal Hearing
On Thursday 25 September 2014 the Planning Inspectorate’s Martin Elliott held a Hearing at Ealing Town Hall into Ealing’s application to exchange land on Haven Green in preparation for the additional passengers using Ealing Broadway Station.
A big thank you to those who were able to come to the PINS enquiry at the town hall today. It was great that we were able to applaud to show our support for the points raised (even if we did get told off!).
The disappointing part was that the Inspector was not able to consider past infringements when coming to a decision on the current issue; we will need to find out how we can get this addressed without incurring huge legal bills.
The encouraging part was that Ealing Council have accepted our proposed method of calculating the area of Haven Green for the purpose of measuring how much land needs to be given in exchange for the proposed widening of the diagonal; they have also accepted that the 65 lay-by can no longer be used as part of the exchange.
We wait to see what the council comes back to us with.
A big thank you also to Greg Phelan, Will French and Julian Edmonds – not just for their good performance on the day but also for the hours of preparation they have put in (did you see their indexed folders full of paperwork from which they were able to extract emails, maps etc.at a moment’s notice?)
FOHG Statement of Case Inquiry 25 Sept [...]
Friends of Haven Green have been informed by the Planning Inspectorate that there will be a hearing into our appeal against the encroachment on the Haven Green Common Land.
"Having considered the applications and all the correspondence relating to them, we have decided that the applications should be determined by way of a hearing. A PINS Inspector will hold a hearing into the applications starting at 10.00am on Thursday 25 September 2014. It will be held at Queen’s Hall, Ealing Town Hall, New Broadway, London W5 2BY. "
Friends of Haven Green are delighted that we and other community groups will be able to stand up and be heard.
Encroachment on the Haven Green Common Land
Freinds of Haven Green Appeal to the Planning Inspectorate
In August 2013 Ealing Council applied to the Planning Inspectorate for permission, amongst other things, to widen the footpath on the diagonal road across Haven Green. In return, they were planning to compensate with land from the 65 bus stand (near the roundabout) which was to be returned to common land.
Friends of Haven Green have objected for the following main reasons:
the 65 bus stand was already common land which needed to be restored, and therefore could not be given in exchange
there has been steady erosion of common land since designation in 1965. Examples are the electricity sub-station (temporary planning permission), part of the land occupied by the cycle hub, the 'temporary' cycle racks and their concrete foundations. Each of these is relatively small in its own right but the cumulative effect is considerable.
we dispute that permission was not required for these erosions of common land.
the maps used are of different scales (and in some cases - small scale) and cannot be compared to guage accurately the common land being given/replaced.
As of May 2014 we are awaiting the decision of the planning inspectorate; we hope that an inspector will be appointed to hold an inquiry.
Ealing Council's application for works on Common Land
2013-08 application form.pdf
Friends of Haven Green detailed response to the Planning Inspectorate
FoHG response to application for works o[...]
Temporary consent for the Electricity sub-station
2013-07 Application Decision_1.pdf
Registration of Haven Green as Common Land
2013-08 registration documents.pdf
Management scheme for Commons in Ealing together with Bye-laws
2013-08 management scheme etc.pdf
One of FoHG’s aims is to protect Haven Green as an anciet area of Common Land in the heart of Ealing.
We have grown increasingly concerned about the way that bits of the Common Land have been built on. Despite laws that are designed to protect our Common Land for future generations, Haven Green is being nibbled away and precious areas of grass have been taken for bus stops, an electricity sub station and the new cycle hub.
The encroachment process seems to be accelerating. This year an additional row of 110 cycle stands has been installed for still more cycle parking. This added to all the unsightly clutter around the station area - the first thing that passengers see when they arrive by train into Ealing.
How much further will this process continue? Is all of Haven Green to be lost? FoHG has tried unsuccessfully to discuss with the Council what the future holds. Despite numerous requests by the Friends of Haven Green and other groups, the Council consulted nobody about this latest encroachment.
Legal advice has been clear that Common Land cannot be built on or paved over without Government approval and it may not be taken unless equivalent area is provided. FoHG is asking the Council to justify the grounds on which it took this and other land that has been lost from the Green.
Government advice is that the best way to address such matters is by discussing them with local interest groups, including FoHG. We agree. However, if we cannot have such a discussion the only alternative is for us to apply to the County Court for the removal of all unlawful encroachments and the restoration of the common land. We hope that this will not be necessary.
Previous Posts on this topic
Cycle Stands on Haven Green - April 2013
Why are the temporary cycle racks still on Haven Green - and being made permanent?
Friends of Haven Green did not object to the temporary cycle racks on Haven Green while the new cycle hub was being built - BUT WHY ARE THEY STILL THERE?
Not only are they still there but they are being made permanent ON COMMON LAND.
This is yet another encroachment on this public open space.
Friends of Haven Green support the council in providing sufficient cycle spaces as are necessary as this will help to reduce motor transport in this congested area. However there are more suitable places - like the Spring Bridge Road car park?
We think they should be removed NOW
Friends of Haven Green talk to the Gazette
Friends of Haven Green Chair Greg Phelan and committee member John Hummerston express their concerns to Gazette reporter Michael Russell
This is a picture of the cycle hub taken on 16th January 2013 showing empty spaces.
Why, then do we need more empty cycle racks on the common land which is Haven Green.
Friends of Haven Green believe they should be removed with all haste.
Pedestrians at risk?
The new Cycle Hub is in place
Friends of Haven Green have concerns that cyclists will be tempted to use footpaths across Haven Green to access the hub, increasing the risks to pedestrians and other users of the Green.
Ward funds are allocated to improve the Green
£20,000 of Ward funds has been allocated to the cycle hub project to enable much-needed work to be undertaken.
The work will take place on the south-east corner where the current contractor's compound is sited and where the ice rink was previously sited. This corner has been in poor condition for many years and it is hoped that the work will bring the grass back to its former condition.
Redevelopment of the south-east corner of Haven Green including the re-alignment of the existing pedestrian islands, to provide four free-standing shelters incorporating a taxi office and integrated cycle parking (following demolition of the existing timber taxi shelter (Deemed Consent)
PP/2011/4436
Display of nine double-sided, non-illuminated banners integrated into the shelter roofs (Advertisement Consent) PP/2011/4437
Demolition of timber taxi shelter associatedwith the redevelopment of the south-east corner of Haven Green (Conservation Area Consent) PP/2011/4438
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David Bradbury is Chief Security Officer at Okta. As CSO, he leads overall security execution for the organization and his team is responsible for navigating the evolving threat landscape to best protect employees and customers. In addition, he is instrumental in helping Okta's customers continue to adopt and accelerate Zero Trust security strategies.
Prior to joining Okta, Bradbury was Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer at Symantec where he led and had global oversight of all cyber security and physical security programs. Bradbury has built an international reputation for leading and delivering cybersecurity at scale. He has worked across his native Australia, as well as in the United Kingdom and the United States, leading highly-regarded security teams at some of the world's largest banks, including ABN AMRO, Barclays, Morgan Stanley and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Sydney.
Jinan leads Forrester's security and risk research in Asia Pacific. Jinan's research focuses on enabling the success of the chief information security officer (CISO) role; creating transformational cybersecurity strategies; and building security awareness, behavior, and culture programs at the heart of a security strategy. Jinan is a champion for diversity and inclusion in security and brings a local and global perspective and cultural lens to her research and practice.
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Radeon Logo Redesign
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Tyler Berry
Julie Khan
Ben Gallop
Rob Pratt
Our brief was to rebrand tech giant Radeon (part of chip manufacturing company AMD) to reflect its new goals and aspirations.
Radeon makes cutting edge graphics cards, which are found in everything from Sony's PlayStation 4 to Apple computers and various desktop PCs and laptops. Radeon is part of a multi-billion dollar industry, but recently the company had lost its direction. It got stuck in a rut, producing marketing materials that lacked focus and didn't really hit the mark. We were brought in to realign the business, focusing Radeon with a more 'consumer tech' approach as opposed to the overly masculine and fussy design style, usually seen with the graphics industry.
Radeon recognised that its products appeal to a much broader audience than the industry currently targets and it was our job to reflect this in the branding.
Our first step was to move away from the overly used and somewhat stale 'masculine tech' style that Radeon and its competitors had adopted and instead focus on a more minimal and clean approach.
We did this by realigning Radeon with companies in the consumer tech market; companies such as Google, Nest or Apple. It meant a simple wordmark with a hidden element, subtle design direction that included minimal layouts and a stripped back colour palette with lots of white space to allow the content to breathe.
We also wanted to position Radeon at the forefront of design trends adopting a progression of Flat Design called Material Design (or Flat 2.0). We did this by utilising bold colour choices, edge-to-edge imagery, large scale typography and lots of intentional white space, which typify this approach.
We looked at nature to inform and provide a foundation for the logo design. The letterforms were constructed from a pattern known as the Flower of Life, this geometric pattern underpins a variety of structures and shapes found in the natural world. At the core of this pattern is a perfect cube. Just as the pixel (another cube) is the building block of computer graphics. This became an important aspect of our design direction.
The pixel became our building block and informed the characters found within the logo, the monogram, product nomenclature as well as image art direction.
We created a clean and striking logo based on a brand identity that appeals to a wider range of people. No longer are Radeon the stale 'masculine tech' brand, they now have a new sense of purpose, a new way of communicating their 'consumer tech' aspirations. It's cleaner, less fussy and ultimately provides a foundation for the brand to build upon.
The rebrand is an ongoing project for us but we've already seen a lot of success. The first product Radeon has released since the update, the RX 480, has been extremely successful and the logo has resonated with fans as well. We've even had a fan create an entire font based on our work! https://imgur.com/a/n2G6W#fUbY5p0)
Finally, since we started working with AMD Radeon its share price has risen from 2.14 to 6.27, a massive 192% increase. Not that we’re claiming all the credit for that...
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Gorky once said that "the book is the ladder of human progress". GOS students are keen on reading, because we believe that, books are the spiritual window of the world. There are no books in a house, like a room without windows. There are no books in a school, like no spiritual food for students.
When GOS students learnt that some of the rural schools or city schools of children from migrant families were in poor condition, outdated equipment, lack of teaching resources, no books, they were thinking how to help the children of the same age. In order to provide chance for the children in rural schools to enjoy reading, book donations have been carried out in three consecutive years in GOS
Year 5 students launched the first Book Drive in April 2012. More than one thousand books and 4 book shelves were donated to Jinbao Dashuitian Primary School in Yangshuo, Guilin. The year 5 students visited the Dashuitian Primary School and saw difficult learning conditions with their own eyes. Our children helped them build their first book corner.
In June 2012, Secondary Year 11 Global Perspective group helped Xingxing School in Xiasha, Futian district, Shenzhen. Xingxing School is a disadvantaged school for children of migrant workers. The year 11 students arranged Happy Halloween and Bazaar in order to raise money to buy computers and books for the school. They bought 10 laptops, 10 desktops and hundreds of English books and Chinese books for the school. The book crossing station was established there.
In March 2013, students in year 6 launched a second Book Drive, donated a lot of stationery as well, including a computer and a TV set covered by money raised by teachers. Children from both schools carried out lots of interactive reading activities at that time, such as Group Reading and Paired Reading. Local children had a lively and interesting English lesson with Ms. Kelly using the books we donated.
In 2014, Primary launched the third Book Drive. This time we aimed to improve the book crossing station in Xingxing School. We collected about three thousand books in total. Staff raised money to buy 3 printers and one computer for their office. Xingxing School is located in Xiasha which is more convenient for our students to communicate with them in the future.
The voluntary teaching program has progressed since 2013 with year 11 students. They taught 1 lesson every week in English, Drama and Art. Our students’ constant work gained lots of praise from Xingxing School.
Community action service aims to try our best to help people in need as well as enhance student’s sense of social responsibility. This is what we GOS students are fulfilling.
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Written by Randy Kalista on 6/3/2020 for PC
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They caught me off guard. I opened my gates to four people looking for a new home, a home out of the cold, sheltered from nuclear winter. My heart went out to them. I can be compassionate like that. The moment I opened the gates, however, half of them went hostile. That’s when the shooting started.
Two of those beggars opened fire on my ragtag camp. Thankfully, one of the other guys I had let in the gate was also a specialist—a shooter himself. So, he handled the problem right then and there. He turned on those two newly formed hostiles, two people he’d traveled here with, and capped them both, no regrets. With the bodies still on the ground, he strolled in, a little shot up himself, perhaps, but ready to become a contributing member of the colony. Welcome, newcomer. Good to have you.
Surviving the Aftermath is a city builder. Not on the scale of a SimCity or a Cities: Skylines, but one on the scale of a Banished. One where you indeed manage the residential, commercial, and industrial needs of your survivors, but you’re building one thing, one structure, one stretch of dirt path at a time.
You begin with a dozen people, maybe fewer, depending on the difficulty conditions you set for yourself. There’s a square valley with wood-built and concrete-built ruins. There’s some deer hunting available, and good fishing to be had. You might just be able to make a life for yourself here as a hunter-gatherer. But the clock is ticking. If you think you’ve got time, you’re already behind the curve. The next post-apocalyptic aftershock is always right around the corner, ready to rock the foundations of your camp.
So you build. You build tent shelters. You build a water pump. You send your settlers out beyond the campfires to collect food and building materials. Watch out for the wildlife. Safety is not guaranteed, let alone your survival.
When a pandemic strikes my camp, I’m distressed on multiple levels. Now’s not the time, game! Now’s never the time. But I only have myself to blame. Are we in the aftermath or not? The sound of coughing fills my camp, flies buzz in furious circles, and rats scurry between tents. The air is as dry as everyone’s lungs. But, like everything else that’s hit us, we knuckle up, we soldier on. We just try ignoring the sickly patina at the edges of the screen.
As we rebuild, three radio stations fill the airwaves, and each one is a perfect soundtrack. The Skylights radio is airy alternative pop, and it absolutely breaks my heart. Another station sounds like Red Dead Redemption and The Princess Bride unwrapped a Martin guitar for a wedding gift. Each station is only a few tracks long, but they’re all my favorite.
This being a city builder, it’s almost—but never quite—personal enough. You can squeeze a little bit of subtext out of the gameplay, but mostly you only get the over-the-counter text the developers feed you. Sometimes, though. Sometimes a subtext emerges. Like when you figure out: You can’t help people that won’t help themselves.
Take Noah, for instance. Noah works at one of my medical tents. Somehow he got himself down to about 25 percent of his health. Not sure if it was toxic sickness, the pandemic, or if he was attacked by some enormous beetle. It doesn’t matter. What does matter is that Noah, who—may I remind you—works in the medical field, refuses to heal. I’ve even got 10 big huge first aid kits sitting around here somewhere, but he still refuses. I want to yell, “Physician, heal thyself.”
Or take colonist Aubrey. Aubrey is malnourished. I’m asked to make more nutritious food. I don’t know how to do that, though, since I’m already bringing in a healthy bounty of venison, berries, fish, corn, and potatoes. I’m farm-to-table, lake-to-table, and forest-to-table. So, I don’t know what to tell you, Aubrey. Your traits tell me you’re suspicious, educated, and a bullet sponge. I don’t see why you can’t help yourself to a more balanced meal, unless “suspicious” means you’re like my grade schooler who’s “suspicious” of everything her mom and I ever make for dinner.
Meteor strikes are intensely accurate, if I’m being honest. Stuff rained fiery death down on my camp for an entire day and seemingly had a better hit ratio than than a crack XCOM team. And again, here’s where I questioned the abilities of my volunteer firefighters. They were seemingly asleep on the job. I had tents I’d cleared away and completely rebuilt long before anyone put out the other fires raging. Couldn’t explain why some folks just stood around, watching it burn.
Perhaps all of this can be chalked up to early access bugs. Fair enough. Because, while Surviving the Aftermath is very user friendly, there are still cracks in the pavement with weeds growing through. I’m willing to give the devs time, however, because the game has got good bones.
Some moments, even on the easiest of difficulty level, can be brutal. A second pandemic hit and I was only on day 45 or so. The pandemic not only sent a huge portion of my population scurrying to the medical tents, it started withering my crops, too. But that’s okay (haha) because three bandit vehicles with mounted weapons showed up to gladly snatch my bribe money—then they demolished my front gate anyway. The bandits took a shotgun blast approach, spreading out quickly through my camp, murdering half of my colonists and setting multiple buildings on fire.
But that’s ok, too (insert more nervous laughter), because the next morning, colonist Evelyn went hostile, attacking the medical tent that was treating pandemic victims. Jin, one of my specialists whose skills are more aligned with exploration than attack, started shooting into the tent. When crazy Evelyn was shot, there wasn’t even a skull icon indicating her death. Then Henry died of infection even though I had open hospital beds. Things are going great. How was your day?
Felt good as I got better and better at handling pandemics and other tragedies—a pesky string of problems that seemed to crop up every few days. I had the medical infrastructure in place, and, for instance, when yet another pandemic started ripping through my colony, I’d open up all the med bays, put hospital corners on all the bed sheets, and shift my workforce away from nonessential industries into essential ones. It was almost embarrassing remembering how I’d been plunged into such chaos during my first pandemic, especially compared to my second and third. All I can say is, it gets easier. Take notes, America.
Surviving the Aftermath comfortably bounces between up-close colony management and overworld map exploration. I had to take some inexplicable colonist behaviors with a grain of salt, though the majority of them wake up in the morning, put in an honest day’s work, then get a little R&R at sundown. I wouldn’t mind having more RPG’ish character traits and interactions, but this is a colony builder, not a story generator.
All in all, I like what Surviving the Aftermath has cobbled together so far. Here’s to a meaningful early access period. I’ve enjoyed the game enough to actually submit bug reports and friendly suggestions. I wouldn’t do that if the aftermath was hopeless.
Randy gravitates toward anything open world, open ended, and open to interpretation. He prefers strategy over shooting, introspection over action, and stealth and survival over looting and grinding. He's been a gamer since 1982 and writing critically about video games for over 15 years. A few of his favorites are Skyrim, Elite Dangerous, and Red Dead Redemption. He lives with his wife and daughter in Oregon.
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My artwork graced two book covers for Snuggly Books last year. I been quite overwhelmed, so finally getting around to posting about them now.
The Man From Düsseldorf:
A Tribute to Claus Laufenburg
There was something about Claus Laufenburg that drew them, mothers and daughters, princes and paupers, spicy Spaniards and jet-set Swedes, to him. Was it his dangerous swagger, his arts and skills of passion, or the glittering universe of his gigantic collection of Rumanian limited edition hardbacks?
In these five stories of reckless lust and steaming blood, filthy talk and degenerate banter, by five of the boldest voices in the New Pleasant Movement, the reader is invited to explore the ins and outs of one of Germany’s most beloved bibliophiles as he moves through the world of physical matter. The book that Hollywood refused.
When a Girl Loves a Girl
Jeremy Reed
In A Girl Loves a Girl, British poet Jeremy Reed revamps Sappho, the legendary archaic Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos. As with all his audaciously frontline poetry and fiction, Reed places history as now in the present, mediated over by update, rather than consigned to the irretrievable past. As a pioneering reaction to academic attempts to literally recreate a poetry that exists only in fragmentary form, he remakes and expands on the possibilities of meaning in predominantly same-sex motivated poetry in a way that will bring one of the greatest poets of ancient Greece alive to 21st-century readers. Only Jeremy Reed would dare override scholars from the viewpoint of presenting Sappho in a legacy that extends to new generations of her admirers, as a symbol of love and desire between women.
Both titles are available through Snuggly Books: https://www.snugglybooks.co.uk/
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Travis tells us about moving from Nebraska in the States to be with his girlfriend in Glasgow.
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Travis, from Omaha, Nebraska (Image: Elaine Livingstone)
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I'm from Ohama, Nebraska. Before I left the States I worked in an animal shelter in Aspen, Colorado. I worked with dogs and cats. I love animals, I really miss ‘em. I had my own cat but she passed away. I had her for seventeen years, she was my child. I was able to save money when I worked at the shelter because my boss let me live in my RV on the premises there.
I’m living in Glasgow until the end of October. My girlfriend is from Ireland but she lives here, we met because we both used to post music on a global music site where you can listen to other people’s posts and chat to them online. We got on really well and then she came to meet me in Aspen. I dropped everything to come and be with her here because I wanted to start a new life with her. We would have hoped to settle here but it’s difficult to get a visa to stay.
Glasgow Lives: Olivia, 20, city centre, journalism student at Glasgow Caledonian University
We're planning on going to Thailand, we’ve both been saving up and it’s a little bit cheaper to live over there. I also have a kidney stone and I couldn't afford to get medical treatment in America, so I have to find somewhere that it won't cost so much to get myself fixed.
We're just trying to figure out the life thing. Hopefully we’ll find the right place for us - where we’re supposed to be in the world and the jobs we want to do.
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Glasgow LivesGlasgow Lives in Lockdown - Melissa, 23, city centre, Fashion and retail student at City of Glasgow CollegeMelissa and her flatmate grow and sell plants together from their city centre flat. Here's why having a wee bit of nature indoors does wonders for your mental health.
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Nicola SturgeonDuring an update to Parliament, the First Minister said that although lockdown appears to be having an impact on case numbers, transmission of the virus remains too high to relax restrictions.
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IQOO Z1x 5G launched: SD765G, 120Hz display for just $230
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Vivo’s sub-brand IQOO has added a new device to its offerings. After weeks of teasing and leaks, the company has finally launched the IQOO Z1x 5G. And it is exactly like many expected it to be. It supports 5G, 33W fast charging, and runs on Snapdragon 765G processor. However, that’s not it. The device has many other eye-popping features. So, let’s just dive right into them.
IQOO Z1x 5G Overview
It has a decent 6.57-inch TFT LCD display with FHD+ resolution. The screen has an aspect ratio of 20:9 and a snappy 120Hz refresh rate. Furthermore, the display comes with a punch-hole on the top right corner and it houses the front camera.
On the back, it has a triple camera array with a 48MP primary sensor. The primary sensor comes with EIS. The camera array is completed by a 2MP macro lens and a 2MP depth sensor. As for the front camera, it is a 16MP selfie shooter.
Under the hood, the device runs on the Snapdragon 765G SoC. The available RAM variants are either a 6GB or an 8GB LPDDR4x RAM. And the storage options are 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB UFS 2.1 storage. The device has a huge 5000mAh battery that supports 33W fast-charging. Unfortunately, it is a downgrade from the 44W fast-charging available in the standard IQOO Z1.
The Vivo IQOO Z1x 5G is equipped with a good heat management system too. It has an 85mm cooling pipe along with a 1000 sq.mm graphite sheet. Additionally, it has a Cooling Turbo. It is a software feature that helps to further lower the temperature of the device.
Also Read: Vivo Mobiles Price in Nepal [Updated]
Display: 6.57″ TFT LCD display with Full HD+ resolution (1080 x 2408 pixels)
Rear Camera: Triple, 48 MP primary lens with f/1.8 aperture & PDAF + 2 MP macro lens with f/2.4 aperture + 2 MP depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture
Front Camera: 16 MP with f/2.0 aperture
Processor: Octa-core 7 nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
RAM: 6 GB, 8 GB
Storage: 64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB , non-expandable
Battery: 5000 mAh, 33W Fast Charging
Sensors: Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
IQOO Z1x 5G Price and Availability in Nepal
The Vivo IQOO Z1x 5G is already on sale in the Chinese market. However, nothing much has been said about its global availability. As for the price, the base 6/64GB variant is priced at CNY 1,598 (~$230). Hence, we can expect the Vivo IQOO Z1x 5G to launch in Nepal for a starting price of Rs. 30000, if it launches. Similarly, the other variants 6/128GB, 8/128GB and 8/256GB cost CNY 1,798, CNY 1,998 and CNY 2,298 respectively.
Vivo IQOO Z1x 5G Variants Price in Nepal [Expected]
6/64GB ¥1,598 (Rs.30,000)
6/128GB ¥1,798 (Rs.35,000)
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Food and Drink Features
All the November food news, facts and views from Hampshire
PUBLISHED: 11:40 26 November 2013 | UPDATED: 11:54 26 November 2013
Words by Elizabeth Barnett
England and Harlequins rugby player Chris Robshaw and old school friend, hospitality industry entrepreneur Kevin Latouf, have opened a new joint venture BLACK WHITE RED: an innovative new coffee shop and wine café in Jewry Street, Winchester.
Inspired by Chris and Kevin’s common passion for good coffee and fine wines, BLACK WHITE RED is a new concept in retail. Kevin explains: “Wine and coffee are not usually linked together, but there’s a close relationship in many ways: from the manufacturing process, to the similar rituals, to the way flavours are described and the different styles that pair with different foods. Not only will we match wine with food, but also coffee with food. We want to create an environment that is entertaining, active and addictive!”
Chris comments: “BLACK WHITE RED links the atmosphere, ambience and service of a specialist, premium coffee bar with the exclusive identity of a wine bar. When Kevin opened Josie’s a few years back - his café restaurant and deli in Bishops Waltham - I fell in love with the place. It’s really relaxed and cool, yet the food and drinks are top notch. Josie’s has been a huge hit and so I said to Kevin let’s see if we can do something together and take this concept to the next stage.”
At its heart, BLACK WHITE RED is a coffee shop making top quality artisan coffees from espresso-based drinks with various brewing methods to cold drip coffee, which takes over 24 hours to prepare! Bags of sustainably sourced beans and ground coffee from independent micro roasters are available to take away, or it can be freshly made in store and enjoyed with breakfast or light meals throughout the day and early evening.
A range of eclectic wines is also available, hand-selected by Kevin mostly from small independent wine producers. Wines are displayed around the walls of BLACK WHITE RED by style rather than by country of origin, to encourage customers to experiment and try something new based on what they already know and enjoy. Again all bottles can be bought to take away, or enjoyed in-store.
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Hampshire based food company Copper and Cane™ have recently launched their brand new range of natural and gourmet EAT. TOAST. DUNK ME.™ marshmallows.
Made with only natural ingredients, Fairtrade sugar and no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives, these delicious marshmallows are currently available in six indulgent and seasonal flavours.
Founder, and Director of Copper and Cane Hazel Wright, says: “Our marshmallows are made to a special recipe to ensure the perfect combination of taste and texture to eat, toast and dunk.
“For me, marshmallows conjure up feelings of nostalgia, and I wanted to complement this with bang up to date flavours such as our autumnal Toffee Apple and Pumpkin Spice varieties, that I like to eat and share today without losing any of the camping and bonfire fun I recall from my childhood”.
The resulting range are great to eat in a moment of “me” time, toasted fireside with family and friends and dunked in to your favourite hot drink to give a luxurious velvety topping. The pretty signature swirls also make them perfect for a girl’s night in or as a tasty gift for all occasions.
For stockists and to find out more visit www.eattoastdunkme.com
The team at the Montagu Arms Hotel in Beaulieu are celebrating this month having retained their prestigious status as the only Michelin Starred establishment in the New Forest National Park for the fourth year running.
The hotel and restaurant, a favourite of locals and a distinguished foodie destination for those from further afield, is renowned for championing local produce - combining a mix of contemporary and modern cooking techniques to create delicious, seasonal menus.
Offering world class service and wine pairing expertise, the experienced restaurant team, led by Head Chef Matthew Tomkinson, have assisted in ensuring the Montagu Arms position as one of the most consistent holders of a Michelin Star in the South.
To experience the magic of the Montagu Arms Hotel and to sample the fine dining menu and award winning service on offer for yourselves, visit www.montaguarmshotel.co.uk or call 01590 612324 to make a reservation.
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Exclusive Hotels have recently announced the appointment of Olly Rouse as Head Chef at Lainston House. Previously Head Chef at Coworth Park, where he helped to achieve a Michelin star within its first year of opening and 3 AA rosettes, Olly will be overseeing all of Lainston House’s Food and Beverage offerings. He commented: “Lainston House has everything I’ve been looking for within a property. I cannot wait to work with the team and grow our food philosophy in a really natural way. Our surroundings will be our inspiration to drive the food in the restaurant. We will embrace our Kitchen Garden and set out to utilise all it produces, with interesting combinations created to intrigue and give the feel-good factor.
“Diners can expect dishes which are complex in flavour and texture, with simple yet elegant presentation. We will be using old and forgotten techniques and the best British ingredients to produce dishes that will take the environment into consideration.”
Sweet success
Hampshire-based Anglo-Asian dessert company, Sweet Karma, has been named as a finalist in a prestigious national food awards within a month of its launch.
Former lawyer Neeta Mehta, from Fleet, founded Sweet Karma when her solicitor’s firm folded in mid-2012. She used the opportunity to follow her dream of creating a sweet samosa to fill a gap in the Anglo-Indian dessert market.
Now, Sweet Karma has been named as a finalist in the Frozen desserts category of the 2013 Quality Food Awards, for their apple and cinnamon sweet samosas, alongside other finalists Sainsbury’s and Lidl.
Neeta said, “We’re beyond thrilled to have been shortlisted, I can’t believe it after such a short time. It’s given us a huge boost.”
This year the awards received a record number of entries, so to be chosen among big names including Tesco, Asda, Marks and Spencer and Merchant Gourmet is a huge accolade.
The finalists have been invited to an awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane this month when Neeta will find out if she has won her category. Good Luck Neeta!
Hampshire based cookery school Lemon & Soul has been shortlisted in the prestigious Tiptree World Bread Awards 2013. Owned and run by mum of three Katarina Willingham, it seems a talent for cooking is in the genes as it’s her seven-year-old daughter Lola’s entry that has tickled the judge’s taste buds. Although details of her entry cannot be revealed until after the prize-giving, the recipe was adapted from one passed down by Lola’s Slovakian great-grandmother.
Her entry is shortlisted for the Grainchain.com Young Baker category and the winner will be announced next month in central London. Fingers crossed!
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What royal ladies wore on their nerve-wracking first solo engagements! Kate, Meghan and more
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April 05, 2019 - 10:27 BST Fiona Ward See what all your favourite royal women wore for the first-ever solo engagements! Outfits from Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more
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It's got to be pretty daunting, arriving for your first solo royal engagement, right? Let alone deciding what to wear - now that's a big wardrobe decision. Of course, the event dictates the dress code, but no doubt the likes of the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Sussex and the Countess of Wessex wanted to make a certain impression when they stepped out on their own for the first time. We're taking a look back through all our favourite royals' first solo engagement outfits - let us know your favourite!
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Duchess Kate chose a formal Amanda Wakeley gown for her first ever lone event - and it must have been a pretty last-minute outfit decision, since she actually stepped in for her new father-in-law Prince Charles! The future King had asked Kate to host a private charity dinner at Clarence House on his behalf, as he needed to fly to Saudi Arabia to offer his condolences following the death of the kingdom's Crown Prince Sultan. The champagne reception was held at Clarence House for the donors and sponsors of Prince Charles' charity, In Kind Direct. Since it was just six months after Kate and Prince William's royal wedding, we reckon she did an amazing job!
Duchess Meghan's first solo engagement came in September 2018, with a visit to the Royal Academy of Arts for the opening of its 'Oceania' exhibition. She chose to wear her favourite designer, Givenchy, opting for an ultra-chic black midi dress and her matching Aquazzura Deneuve heels.
The Queen, at eighteen years old, addresses an assembly at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children as their President, during her first solo outing in 1944. We love that chic scalloped hat!
The Duchess of Cornwall chose a gorgeous pastel pink two-piece for her visit to Southampton Hospital's Osteoporosis Centre in May 2005. She and Prince Charles had married just a month earlier in April.
The Countess of Wessex arrived at her first ever solo engagement in April 2002, for a visit to Heatherside Pre-school Spring Fair in Surrey. She wore an elegant houndstooth jacket and pearl jewellery for the occasion. Though she married Prince Edward in 1999, she didn't become a full-time royal until years later, leaving her job in a PR firm to support the Queen alongside her husband.
Princess Diana visited the Royal Marsden Hospital alone in December 1982, over a year after her royal wedding to Prince Charles. It was the first of many visits to the cancer centre. She wore a gorgeous pencil skirt suit by Donald Campbell, with a silky teal shirt underneath.
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Sarah, Duchess of York's first solo engagement came in October 1986, just months after her royal wedding day in July. She attended the Martini Royal Photographic Contest wearing a chic skirt suit, with her hair back in a power ponytail.
Queen Letizia of Spain made her first solo appearance as the country's monarch in June 2014, following her husband King Felipe's accession to the throne. She wore an elegant floral dress to visit a modern painting exhibition at the National Prado museum in Madrid.
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Hamilton, ON - The Hamilton Halton Junior Golf Tour (HHJGT) is pleased to announce its 2015 tournament schedule. The HHJGT celebrates its 32nd season in operation providing local juniors with competitive golf opportunities.
The 2015 season, with the continued support of ClubLink, will feature seven one-day tour stops throughout July and August. The season will begin at Hidden Lake Golf Club on July 2.
"ClubLink has been wonderful to us over the past year and we can't say enough as they have graciously offered seven clubs to us again in 2015. Their courses will offer our players a challenging experience from event to event. The staff at ClubLink facilities were great to the Tour last season and we truly appreciate their generosity,” said Jim Kenesky, President of the Hamilton Halton Junior Golf Tour.
The final tour stop will be held at Blue Springs Golf Club on August 24. Following play, the annual awards banquet will be held to name the respective 2015 HHJGT division champions.
Qualifying Day for all divisions (Junior Boys, Bantam and Girls) will be held on Sunday May 31 at the Chedoke Golf Course - Martin in Hamilton. 17 players (15 Junior Boys, one Bantam, one Junior Girl) have already earned exemptions into the 2015 tour roster as a result of their outstanding 2014 performance.
Returning in the 2015 season is the Pro/Junior Classic hosted by Lowville Golf Club. This unique tournament provides junior golfers with the opportunity to play alongside local professionals. For all young golfers this promises to be an inspiring event.
“I'm certainly excited to see the Pro/Junior Classic back on the schedule. There will be significant changes to the event and we hope to include some special participants. It will be open to all our 2015 members and promises to be a wonderful day for all involved. Full details will come as we head toward the season,” said Kenesky, HHJGT President.
The HHJGT looks forward to providing junior golfers with a memorable 2015 season. Let the countdown to the golf season begin!
Qualifying Day and Tour Registration fees will be available online in the coming weeks.
View the full 2015 HHJGT schedule HERE.
For continued updates on the 2015 HHJGT season find the tour on Facebook and Twitter.
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The Tour provides opportunities for players to make new friends and learn valuable life lessons. Past Champions and Tour players have used their Tour experience to obtain educational and golf scholarships throughout the U.S. and Canada to further pursue their education and golfing careers.
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Loathe to let insurance costs continue to skyrocket, employers are taking a bigger role in providing care to their workers. Some, such as the Boeing Co., are inking preferred partnerships with health networks that provide more consumer-centered se...
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Just as patients are taking a more active role in managing their health, a handful of employers, too, are being more aggressive about their covered employees’ health.
Such is the case with the airplane manufacturing giant Boeing Co., which recently inked a preferred partnership with two Seattle-area health care networks. Starting with the open enrollment period this fall, certain Boeing employees will have the option to either keep their current health plans, or receive care exclusively from one of two accountable care organizations.
The 30,000 or so eligible nonunion employees or retirees who take the second option will gain added perks by patronizing the University of Washington Medicine or Providence-Swedish Health Alliance. Those include everything from same- or next-day appointments to Web test results, and a concierge service that helps members to navigate the system.
Working directly with the employer instead of through an insurer intermediary will allow Providence-Swedish — a partnership between Seattle-based Swedish Health Center and Renton-based, 27-hospital Providence Health & Services — to behave more like Amazon.com and the other fast-evolving, consumer-focused giants of the world.
“That modern retail experience just hasn’t really been present in health care,” says Joe Gifford, M.D., chief executive of the Providence-Swedish Health Alliance. “This arrangement, directly with the customer, allows us to innovate to get there, and I think that’s what’s hugely powerful about it.”
Since the contract was announced in June, Gifford says, the “clamoring” has gotten louder, as more employers have expressed interest in joining the ACO. Boeing, with some 157,000 employees working in all 50 states, may forge similar alliances in other markets, says human relations spokesman Joseph Tedino. It’s been aggressive in managing health care costs in recent years, through retooling supplier agreements, reducing the number of plans offered and eliminating administrative redundancies.
Like hospitals, Boeing hopes to better engage health care consumers in how they use their benefits. “It’s not just about adding more efficiency or reducing costs,” Tedino says. “It’s also about the partnership with employees — asking them to be engaged in managing their health care experience, their costs and being good consumers. All of that, taken together, has had a positive impact.”
A recent report from Leavitt Partners consulting firm predicts that Boeing will soon have plenty of company. In the next few years, the authors write, providers will see a marked increase in the number of direct contracts with employers, as businesses seek out higher-quality care at a lower price.
Such arrangements will come in many forms, from payer-designated centers of excellence for specialty care to narrow networks for all of a company’s covered employees, to directing services for an entire population to the leading area networks. In southeastern Wisconsin, Aurora Health Care system has formed an ACO now comprising 60 employers, with promises to new members that it will reduce costs by 10 percent. And in New Mexico, Presbyterian Healthcare Services formed an ACO with Intel Corp. and 5,400 employees, sharing in risk, operating a work-site clinic, and earning bonuses for meeting quality goals and hitting cost targets.
Brian Klepper, chief executive officer of the National Business Coalition on Health, believes that the “jig is up” in employers’ minds, and health care leaders who don’t take notice of this trend will fall behind the market.
“There is no unending supply of money and we’re up against the wall,” Klepper says. “The people who succeed in the future will be those who excel at delivering a better-quality outcome for a lower cost. That’s an undeniable truth. Purchasers are becoming more empowered and more aware, and the successful health care organizations will be the ones who can cater to that.”
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AHA Teaching & Learning Teaching Resources for Historians Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age Through the Lens of History: Biafra, Nigeria, the West and the World The Republic of Biafra Global Concerns about Biafran Secession Statement by Margery Perham
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Statement by Margery Perham, "Friend" of the Igbo
Margery Perham was a long time scholar who studied and wrote about West Africa, specifically Nigeria. Later you may encounter he analysis of a rebellion among women in colonial Nigeria. This statement was regarded by supporters of Biafra as harmful if not "treasonous."
What values form the basis of her plea? Western? Nigerian? Both?
Why does she want the leader of Biafra to change his course?
Why should he listen to her and value her advice?
Margery Perham's Radio Broadcast to the Leader of Biafra, General C. O. Ojukwu: [Broadcast over Lagos Radio, 7 September 1968. (Text by courtesy of Dame Margery Perham.)From Kirk-Greene, Volume 2, 326-327]
"Concern from a Friend of Nigeria"
This is Margery Perham speaking. I am speaking to you, Emeka Ojukwu, and to the Ibo people with you.
You know for you have written to me--how many Ibo friends I have and how I have tried to put the Ibo ease in Britain for many months. I know that many wrongs have been committed both against your people and by your people since this conflict began. But it is no time to speak of these things now when your Biafra is being surrounded by Federal troops, and it cannot be long before you and your people will have to face defeat.
If you try to fight to the end, many thousands of lives which Nigeria cannot spare will be sacrificed, both on your side and on the Federal side. More than this, if you insist upon holding out to the end, then thousands, perhaps millions, of women and children may die, or be wounded, or have their health fatally destroyed by hunger and hardship. And those people who have come from Britain and elsewhere to help you--doctors, nurses and others--they too might be killed or wounded. It is feeling for your people, and especially the innocent women and children, which has so deeply stirred the sympathy of people in Europe and America who have seen their suffering on television. The world which is watching would condemn you if they now believed that you were using your leadership to prolong a hopeless struggle at their expense: there would be not only sorrow, but indignation against you.
You might say that I have been put up by the Federal Government [the Gowon-led Nigerian government] to make this appeal. It is not so. I think I am too well known in Britain and by many of your own people for it to be thought that I would act or speak in any other way than upon my own judgment and initiative, and as a Christian. I cannot speak for the Federal Government. I can only say that from what I have seen and heard, not only in Lagos but in visits to other parts, the East and the North, I do not believe that your people would be in danger of massacre or revenge. You must know, even if your people do not, that an immense effort is now being made to prepare the way back for your people into life in Nigeria.
I therefore beg you not to take upon yourself the terrible responsibility of refusing to surrender and of fighting to the end.
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Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly, Brigadoon
I love these Cyd Charisse quotes about the two of the greatest musical stars of all time, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. They give you a bit of insight into the men, themselves.
“I can watch Astaire anytime. I don’t think he ever made a wrong move. He was a perfectionist. He would work on a few bars for hours until it was just the way he wanted it. Gene was the same way. They both wanted perfection, even though they were completely different personalities.”
“Fred could never do the lifts Gene did and never wanted to. I’d say they were the two greatest dancing personalities who were ever on the screen. Each has a distinctive style. Each is a joy to work with. But it’s like comparing apples and oranges. They’re both delicious.”
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Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
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Deep in My Heart (1954)
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Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire, The Band Wagon
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Christmas in Connecticut: One of the Best Christmas Classics of All Time
Diana Rigg and George Lazenby: Behind the Scenes of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, Rio Grande
Tamango: Dorothy Dandridge and Curt Jurgens
Today We Live: Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young, and Franchot Tone
Old Hollywood Movie Reviews
The Quiet Man is one of the most beautiful, entertaining, colorful, and perfect movies ever made. Two of my favorite stars (Maureen O’Hara and John Wayne) in one of my favorite movies? It doesn’t get much better than that!
More old movie reviews.
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The beauty above is Silent Film star Mildred Davis. She was a frequent co-star (and longtime wife) of legendary actor Harold Lloyd. She’s one of my favorite silent film actresses and one I can’t understand not being a household name!
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Old Hollywood Movies
There’s nothing quite like watching a movie from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Whether it’s a Musical, Western, Comedy, Romance, Film Noir, or Drama – if it’s on, I’m not too far away… with popcorn and raspberry tea in hand and a couple of cats nearby.
Below are a few Old Hollywood movie reviews I’ve done on the blog. There are, as you’d imagine, a lot more to come. – Joi (“Joy”)
We’re in the Money (Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell)
The Naked Spur (James Stewart, Janet Leigh)
The Prince and the Showgirl (Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier)
The White Sister (Helen Hayes, Clark Gable)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Russ Tamblyn, Julie Newmar)
Rio Bravo (John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan)
El Dorado (John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Michele Carey)
Rio Grande (John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara)
Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein (What is it With Me and These Movies??)
The Stooge (Jerry Lewis’ favorite Lewis and Martin Movie… for good reason.)
Critic’s Choice (Hilarious movie starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball)
To Please a Lady (Clark Gable and Barbara Stanwyck team up in a fast track movie)
Grand Hotel (Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore)
Hearts Divided (Marion Davies, Dick Powell)
The Quiet Man (John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Barry Fitzgerald)
More Old Hollywood Movie Reviews
Classic Hollywood Books & Biographies (Reviews)
‘Tis Herself by Maureen O’Hara
I Know Where I’m Going: Katharine Hepburn, A Personal Biography
Unsinkable: A Memoir by Debbie Reynolds
Ginger by Ginger Rogers
Love, Lucy by Lucille BallMore coming soon!
Getting to Know the Gorgeous and Talented Dorothy Dandridge
My Lucy Obsession
Find out just how much I (truly) Love Lucy in the Lucille Ball category. I’m warning you, I call it an obsession for a very good reason…
Another personal absolute favorite of mine is Barbara Stanwyck. Not only was she beautiful and outrageously talented, she was exceptionally bright, charismatic, and colorful. This growing collection of Barbara Stanwyck Quotes will give you an idea of just how colorful she was!
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iOS 9 Software Helps Avoid Bluetooth iPhone Attacks
September 16, 2015 at 2:07 pm By SauravRoy
Today the iPhone iOS 9 software update will be made available to countless consumers and with it comes a serious security update that can protect users from a bluetooth iPhone attack. For those who can’t stop using their phones, there is also added battery life coming as well.
“On Wednesday, Australian security researcher and consultant Mark Dowd revealed that iOS 9 includes a patch for a security vulnerability he warned Apple about just over a month ago,” according to Wired.
“The attack, which he demonstrates in the video below, would allow someone to install malicious apps on iPhones and Macs via their Bluetooth-enabled Airdrop filesharing feature. Anyone in range of a target device with the feature enabled could plant malware on the phone or PC, even if the victim didn’t tap ‘accept’ for the offered file.”
The more dangerous aspect of this hack is that the iPhone does not have to be jailbroken in order for attackers to carry out the hack. Attackers wait until the phone is rebooted in order to start implanting malware into the device. It’s pretty significant especially for users who depend on their mobile devices for storage of photos and other personal information.
“Dowd outlines two types of threats that could result from his Bluetooth attack,” according to the report.
“First, a hacker could silently scout for users with Airdrop enabled within Bluetooth range—say, in a crowded place like a train or mall—and start planting malicious programs on their phones or Macbooks.”
It’s not very common to see Apple have such a wide range of vulnerabilities but they are present and the company has taken a proactive approach to remedying the situation. Wired is urging anyone with the current iOS 8.4.1 to upgrade to iOS 9 as soon as it becomes available in order to prevent the hack from happening.
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At Inverse, we obsess over one question: What could happen next?
Marvel Finally Revealed Why Spider-Man Quit the Avengers
This article was originally posted on Inverse.
By Emily Gaudette
Marvel has been confusing fans since June, publishing teaser images that featured the publisher's teenage heroes, including Ms. Marvel, Miles Morales's Spider-Man, Totally Awesome Hulk, Nova, Viv Vision, and Teen Cyclops burning their Avengers membership cards. First of all, wait a second, does this mean all the Avengers have laminated ID cards? That seems irresponsible. Second -- and this is the question Marvel wanted us to ask -- why are all the surly super-teens telling the Avengers to fuck off?
On Tuesday, Marvel announced the characters from its teaser images would be forming their own adolescent team of supes called Champions. These are not Marvel's version of Teen Titans, exactly, because that subgroup of teens doesn't harbor ill will toward the Justice League, while Ms. Marvel and her cohorts are frustrated with The Avengers. Forming Champions is a savvy move on Marvel's part: the company reported that the group will focus on activism, as opposed to the Avengers' "traditional" values. Keep in mind, outside the MCU, earth-shattering events like Secret Wars and Civil War II have been torturing Marvel's comic book heroes. Creator Mark Waid's Champions have simply told the likes of Captain America and Tony Stark that enough is enough: it's time to take superhero tactics from the grips of Olds and let the younger generation make some noise.
"When we first started talking about names for this group," editor Tom Brevoort told EW, "we tended to go for something something Avengers. That always seemed off-mission for me. If they're cutting the cord, if they're going off on their own to establish themselves as a thing onto themselves, they kind of need their own name. They are ultimately very socially conscious, very activist-minded, and very positive about being superheroes, so the name had to feel like a really upbeat superhero name."
In addition to being marked by optimism and focused on social issues, Mark Waid says Champions will be rendered in a teenage-friendly, bombastic style. "No one in a Humberto [Humberto Ramos] panel, even if they're in the background, no one is just standing there not doing anything. Somebody's got their mouth wide enough to eat a banana sideways, and somebody else looks like they're gonna explode from rage, and that's just the way Humberto draws people. It's awesome."
There has been no confirmation on a publishing date for the first issue of Champions.
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University Of Missouri Failed To Investigate Reported Rape, Victim Later Commits Suicide
The University of Missouri did not investigate or tell law enforcement officials about an alleged rape, possibly by one or more members of its football team, despite administrators finding out about the alleged 2010 incident more than a year ago, an "Outside the Lines" investigation has found. The alleged victim, a member of the swim team, committed suicide in 2011.
For most of 2010, Missouri swimmer Sasha Menu Courey harbored a secret: She believed she'd been raped by a football player. Late that year, her life spiraling downward, Menu Courey began to share her secret with others, including a rape crisis counselor and a campus therapist, records show. In the ensuing months, a campus nurse, two doctors and, according to her journal, an athletic department administrator also learned of her claim that she had been assaulted.
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Sandhya Jain is a contemporary affairs analyst and independent researcher; she writes a fortnightly column for the daily newspaper, The Pioneer, and edits the web portal www.vijayvaani.com. A post-graduate from Delhi University, Jain is the read more..
Sandhya Jain is a contemporary affairs analyst and independent researcher; she writes a fortnightly column for the daily newspaper, The Pioneer, and edits the web portal www.vijayvaani.com. A post-graduate from Delhi University, Jain is the author of Adi Deo Arya Devata. A Panoramic View of Tribal-Hindu Cultural Interface (Rupa & Co., 2004) and Evangelical Intrusions. Tripura: A Case Study (Rupa & Co., 2009). She has contributed chapters in other publications and most recently edited a compilation titled, The India They Saw. Foreign Accounts: 5th century BC – 7th century AD (Ocean Books Pvt Ltd, 2011).
Narendra Modi prepares to climb the ramparts of the Red Fort
Monday, May 26,2014, 15:59 IST .
According to an apocryphal story about Chandragupta Maurya, the conqueror’s first attempt to seize the kingdom of Magadha failed. Wandering in disguise one night, he came across a mother scolding her son for chewing his bread from the middle. “Eat the outer sides first and then move to the centre of the roti. Not like Chandragupta Maurya who straightaway attacks the centre”,..
AAP's insidious anti-Hindu agenda
Wednesday, Apr 02,2014, 15:44 IST .
Launching his campaign as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate in East Delhi constituency, Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, attacked Narendra Modi and demanded that he ‘come clean on his election funding and subject himself to media scrutiny on his so-called achievements’. Long an academic in the United States and well-known on the capital’s ‘secular circuit..
Aam Aadmi Party : Anti-Modi stalking horse
Tuesday, Mar 11,2014, 23:30 IST .
The Aam Aadmi Party’s links with questionable activists in India make sense if one studies its ‘Made in UK’ agenda, which explains the seemingly disparate causes it espouses, and its visceral hatred towards the Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate. Informed sources say that the AAP core leaders are only foot soldiers whose task is to undermine Narendra ..
DNA of Aam Aadmi party: Disruption, Nepotism & Anarchism?
Saturday, Feb 01,2014, 20:27 IST .
Overwhelmed at the sheer diversity and apparent chaos of India, American economist and envoy John Kenneth Galbraith dubbed it “functionary anarchy”, a description that has evoked smiles over the decades. It has taken less than a month of the Aam Aadmi Party to turn the national capital into a dysfunctional anarchy. One can only shudder at the fate of the nation should the party&rs..
Indian Muslims and the well of victimhood
Thursday, Jan 23,2014, 18:14 IST .
Probably the most powerful spectacle at the star-spangled Saifai mahotsav was the cynical disdain of the Samajwadi Party and its Government in Uttar Pradesh towards human suffering, specifically in the Muzaffarnagar relief camps where 34 infants and children are officially admitted to have died of cold and disease. But the deeper lesson that the minority community would do well to ponder is t..
Tackling Maoist menace: Return of Salwa Judum
Tuesday, Oct 22,2013, 18:46 IST .
As the arc of Maoist violence engulfs Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and West Bengal, the Centre would do well to undo the Supreme Court’s July 2011 judgment that scuttled the Salwa Judum resistance movement against Naxal atrocities in Chhattisgarh. In tacit recognition of the infirmity of this verdict, the Centre last month asked the Odisha government to strengthen internal s..
Ethnic cleansing aim in Kishtwar
Wednesday, Sep 18,2013, 16:40 IST .
A clinical look at the sequence of rioting in Kishtwar since the targetted violence against the miniscule Pandit community and its forced exodus from the Kashmir valley in 1990 reveals a five-year cycle of aggression, viz., 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, and now 2013, which can hardly be coincidental. The implication is grim: long term plans, most likely in concert with Pakistan’s Inter Serv..
Rudra Tandava of Ardhnarishwar : Uttarakhand
Saturday, Jul 06,2013, 16:27 IST .
Kedarnath and Badrinath, two most beloved northern tirthas, have for the past two weeks witnessed an apocalyptic spectacle of pralaya with an enraged god and angry goddess stomping a dance of death in fierce tandem. As clouds burst, mountainsides crumbled, and torrential streams hurtled multistoried buildings, hydel projects, roads, humans and animals alike to..
India needs a Syria strategy
Thursday, Jun 06,2013, 17:15 IST .
Amidst confusing, even contradictory, reports coming out of Syria, it is clear that the world is poised on the brink of a greater conflagration than previously envisioned - a regional war distinct from the US-NATO action in Iraq and Libya, with wider ramifications. Major world capitals have decided their stand vis-à-vis Syria, Lebanon, and Iran. New Delhi is playing ostrich, but may ag..
UPA: Stooping to succumb
Friday, May 10,2013, 23:39 IST .
A Defence Minister who cannot read a hospital register recording the date of birth of his Chief of Army Staff can hardly be expected to read a map and discern Chinese inroads to the extent of an admitted 19-kms (some say 30-kms). So it was no surprise that Mr. AK Anthony remained near-invisible after Beijing’s latest land grab became public, though protection of our bo..
Rani ki Jhansi, Rahul ki jhanki
Friday, Apr 12,2013, 20:16 IST .
The irrepressible Subramanian Swamy tweeted at Rahul Gandhi’s first major attempt at public speaking: “First he confused a piling of cow dung as a mountain of corpses. Now he says Rani ki Jhansi. As Prof. I say: write 1000 times Jhansi ki Rani!”
That bloomer, coupled with a string of confused metaphors, saw the social media quickly give the thumbs down to
Death penalty... Supreme Court muddies waters
Thursday, Feb 28,2013, 08:22 IST .
By granting a six week stay on the death sentence of four aides of ivory and sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, the Supreme Court has heightened emotions in Jammu and Kashmir over the hanging of Afzal Guru, and strengthened feelings in some quarters that the President did an injustice by rejecting the mercy petitions of Ajmal Kasab and Afzal Guru. The Union Home Ministry has also come under a sha..
Modi: Aspirational vs Asphyxiated India
Wednesday, Feb 13,2013, 21:59 IST .
VHP leader Praveen Togadia’s tasteless response to MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi was not so much a warning in case the latter instigated communal mischief as an open indictment of his bête noire Narendra Modi for alleged complicity in the Gujarat riots of 2002.
Using Owaisi’s ‘remove the police’ boast as a peg, Togadia bragged that police were a..
Women are Mothers and Motherland : President
Sunday, Jan 27,2013, 23:29 IST .
In his first presidential address to the nation on the eve of our 64th Republic Day, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee invoked the glorious heritage of Indian civilisation and History to rouse the nation to address its contemporary challenges in a manner befitting our great legacies. It was a glorious departure from mundane speeches of the past, a speech to which routine newspaper reporti..
Congress prepares for early elections
Wednesday, Jan 02,2013, 15:36 IST .
The Congress party hardcore has always been adept at reading the tea leaves, smoke signals, and other occult signs indicating the way its fortunes are blowing. It is fully aware of its declining credibility since 2009, both at the Centre and in Delhi state. Hence, it views the results of the Gujarat elections, which many see as boosting the prime ministerial prospects of chief minister Narend..
FDI & the true face of western capitalism
Wednesday, Dec 19,2012, 00:29 IST .
In a confidential memorandum in December 1991, Lawrence Summers, World Bank Chief Economist, urged his colleagues: “‘Dirty’ Industries: Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]? I can think of three reasons”. Those who believe that the transfer of manufacturing f..
Abortion: A Hindu perspective
Thursday, Nov 22,2012, 00:52 IST .
The medically avoidable, gut-wrenchingly painful death of Savita Halappanavar in an Irish hospital on October 28 brought thousands of Irish citizens, most of them born Catholics, to the streets in heartwarming solidarity with the family of an unknown Indian. Savita was denied an abortion though she was miscarrying, on grounds that it was illegal in the Catholic nation. She protested that she ..
Sonia Gandhi on Kashmir secession body
Tuesday, Nov 06,2012, 23:01 IST .
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has unwisely joined a body supporting Kashmir secession because she loves rubbing shoulders with international glitterati. As chairperson, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Ms. Gandhi is co-president of the Forum of Democratic Leaders in the Asia-Pacific (FDL-AP), an organization promoting democracy (sic) in this region. Other co-presidents include former Philippines Presi..
Judiciary as Reliance Gift Horse
Saturday, Nov 03,2012, 13:19 IST .
While appreciating India Against Corruption’s putting the spotlight on Reliance Industries, its face-off with the CAG and reputed role in the exit of Jaipal Reddy from the Petroleum Ministry, the author would like to point out that she had written about the judiciary’s role in facilitating Reliance’s unreasonable demands nearly two years ago in a column in T..
Farmer suicides in America and Europe
Monday, Oct 22,2012, 00:24 IST .
In what is one of the Free World’s best kept secrets, farmer suicides – a phenomenon popularly associated with India – are rearing their heads in America and Europe, and are becoming difficult to push under the carpet. Though Big Media has largely dodged the story, local newspapers have carried occasional reports. The suicides have been happening for some years now; some sta..
Libya, and the Chinese yuan, give new edge to Putin’s Pakistan visit
The murder of the US envoy and three other diplomatic staff members in Libya on the night of Sept 11 following telecast on YouTube of a film maligning the Prophet, which inflamed sentiments of Muslims worldwide, has given an entirely new dimension to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s pre-scheduled visit to Pakistan early next month. As Washington dithers between containing the fallout ..
Thorium holds key to India's energy security
Thursday, Sep 13,2012, 14:37 IST .
As diwan of Travancore, Sir C.P. Ramaswami Iyer struggled desperately with the departing colonial rulers to prevent the kingdom’s riches, including its thorium deposits, from falling into the hands of the Congress Party whose leadership he did not trust. Thorium’s importance has been known since the early twentieth century when a German chemist scouted it for the gas mantles indus..
UPA compromising Indian nationality
Thursday, Aug 30,2012, 02:27 IST .
When a resolute MP chaperones Rohingya Muslims from far eastern Myanmar to Hyderabad in the south without a hitch en route, it is obvious the Centre has consented to compromise nationality. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should explain if the entrenched complicity with the demographic invasion from Bangladesh is the template for his quest for open borders with our western neighbour, and if New..
Bodos are the victims in Assam riots
Monday, Aug 20,2012, 00:06 IST .
Last month’s violence in Kokrajhar district, Assam, which resulted in 77 dead (so far) and nearly four lakh uprooted from home, their humble hearths torched to cinders, possibly to prevent them from returning to reclaim the vacated lands, was both the consequence of the sharply changing population profile in India’s eastern States, and an attempt to perpetuate and entrench the dem..
Chinese whispers in Indian Power Sector
A television debate following the simultaneous failure of three grids on 31 July revealed India’s plans to integrate its power grid with China, and other neighbours. Not being a subject expert, one cannot opine if this conflicts with current moves by states to ensure ‘islanding’ so that sudden fluctuations in drawing power from the grid do not trigger total blackouts across ..
The War against Welfare
Tuesday, Jul 31,2012, 18:27 IST .
The collapse of the Soviet Union two decades ago was followed by the rise of two unnoticed but related phenomena: first, the West pushed the liberalization agenda on nations that had hitherto resisted integration with its market economy; second, the United States and Europe rapidly demolished the welfare state they had erected after World War II.
This resulted in the end of job..
NATO's proxy war in Syria escalates; Russia-China checkmate UN
Sunday, Jul 22,2012, 21:14 IST .
The United States and its European NATO allies along with Turkey and Saudi Arabia, and of course Israel, are now in a state of undeclared war against Syria, as part of their ultimate goal of containing Iran. That is, until they gather more coalition partners to take on Russia and China. The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has unsubtly weighed in on the side of the NATO aggressors..
The Sawan Calculus - Sandhya Jain
According to the Hindu panchang, the month of sawan which along with bhadoncomprises India’s monsoon season, began on July 4; rains drenched this parched city on July 5. Was the monsoon on time, or ‘delayed’ as the Met Office kept lamenting? The Union Ministry of Agriculture was clueless how to reassure farmers who sowed the&nbs..
Viable middle class key to growth
Thursday, Jul 05,2012, 00:54 IST .
The harsh truth of the American economy has forced Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz to admit that conventional wisdom about ‘trickle-down economics’ is a fraud, and that a country without a viable middle-class is teetering at the edge of a precipice. This means that every nation must tax the rich in proportion to the wealth they cream off the economic pie, empower the middle class t..
Race for Raisina Hill: Why Pranab Mukherjee, why not Sangma
Wednesday, Jun 27,2012, 18:06 IST .
Some weeks ago, as the political ball began rolling to select a candidate for the post of President (and also Vice President a while later), the Catholic Church through The Catholic Secular Forum launched a campaign to demand that the post of President or Vice President be given to a Christian. Never has a Muslim party or organisation or individual ever demanded a position for a Muslim so bra..
Move to reclaim US Congress powers
Tuesday, Jun 19,2012, 11:55 IST .
Bismarck’s pithy admonition, “Woe to the statesman whose arguments for entering a war are not as convincing at its end as they were at the beginning,” comes to mind as America retreats from the forgot-why-we-fought Afghan war, and seeks excuses for fresh conflict with Syria and Iran. But, as the growing economic crisis squeezes ordinary citizens, members of the US Congress h..
1947 War: Time for Accountability
By suddenly inviting debate on the interlocutors report on Jammu and Kashmir, especially its startling suggestion to restore the State’s pre-1953 status, the Congress Party has virtually disowned the actions of its longest serving Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, thus diminishing the legitimacy and stature of the political dynasty descended from him. Some experts have added fuel to the..
Assange impact: Internet censorship - Sandhya Jain
Tuesday, May 22,2012, 16:35 IST .
India’s proposal that the United Nations appoint a 50-member watchdog body to regulate the internet has elicited some sharply divergent opinions. One side maintains that the proposed Committee for Internet Related Polices (CIRP), which would oversee all Internet standards bodies and rule on all Internet-related disputes, is a draconian measure that puts India in the same bracket as regi..
Using NGOs to coerce nations - Sandhya Jain
Non-Western nations have long known that non-governmental organizations, ostensibly set up to provide humanitarian services to citizens in their respective countries, such as against police or other public authorities, fighting poverty or environmental degradation, are funded by foreign regimes to serve their agendas. They are in that sense a tool of coercive diplomacy, or war by other means...
Steve Jobs death: Google, Samsung delay product launches
Google and Samsung have delayed their product introduction scheduled for an October 11 trade show after the death of Apple..
BJP s support to Telangana gives hope and cheer
The Jan chetna yatra is moving through the Telangana region of the Andhra Pradesh. The support and warm response that the ..
Celebrities who accepted Hinduism, Believes Hinduism is a way of life
The List of Celebrities who accepted Hinduism (They did not convert just accepted this HINDU way of LIFE !) We never ask..
Yog In Synergy With Medical Science
This book explores and demonstrates the medical benefits of Yoga (Yog) Pranayam (breathing exe..
The states send a final warning message to BJP
The 5 states have given their verdict and one hopes the victors take forward their respective states growth and help the..
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Eddy Cue talks Steve Jobs, page curls and iBooks launch at e-book hearing
Cody Lee on June 17, 2013
Eddy Cue once again took the stand today in Apple’s ongoing antitrust case with the Department of Justice. The company’s SVP of Internet software and services took the stand on Friday to talk about Steve Jobs’ involvement in Apple’s iBooks project. And this morning, he offered up a few more details.
Cue spoke more candidly on the witness stand today, providing several interesting tidbits about Jobs’ participation in Apple’s iBooks launch back in 2010. Apparently, the then-CEO had a big hand in the project, doing everything from designing minor UI details to choosing which book to offer for free…
From AllThingsD’s Peter Kafka:
– The “page curls” in the iBook app, which show up when you flip an iBook’s page? That’s Steve Jobs’s idea.
– It was Jobs’s idea to pick “Winnie-the-Pooh” as the freebie book that came with every iBook app. Not just because Jobs liked the book, Cue said, but because it showed off iBook’s capabilities: “It had beautiful color drawings, that had never been seen before in a digital book.”
– Jobs was also specific about the book he used to show off the iBook during his initial iPad demo in January 2010. He picked Ted Kennedy’s “True Compass” memoir, because the Kennedy family “meant a lot to him,” Cue said.
The DoJ originally filed its lawsuit against Apple and 5 major book publishers last April, alleging that executives of the firms colluded to raise e-book prices across the industry with an ‘agency’ pricing model. But all 5 publishers have settled with the government, leaving Apple alone to fight the charges.
Over the course of the trial, the Department of Justice has seen several holes nibbled in its prosecution by Apple’s legal team, but it still feels that its case holds water thanks to the now infamous email from Steve Jobs to James Murdoch of News Corporation. But Apple says the letter was taken out of context.
Closing arguments for the trial are set for Thursday.
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Munich’s National Theater was packed to the roof for the last performance of “Artifact II / The Exiles / Zugvögel”. The triple bill combines two older pieces – “Artifact II” by William Forsythe and “Zugvögel” by Jiří Kylián – with “The Exiles”, a newly acquired work by José Limón. It is the fourth work by Limón in the company’s repertory. Forsythe’s “Artifact II” is the second part of the full-evening, quadripartite “Artifact” which has been in the company’s repertory since 2009. “Zugvögel” (“Migrating Birds”) is a creation by Kylían which opened Munich’s ballet festival week in 2009. Performance rights of “Zugvögel” are reserved for the Bavarian State Ballet. (more…)
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“The Girl and the Knife Thrower”, “Le Sacre du Printemps”
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One of this season’s revivals that dance connoisseurs in Germany awaited with much interest, was Mary Wigman’s “Le Sacre du Printemps”. More than fifty years after its Berlin premiere, the Bavarian State Ballet tried to bring the piece back to the stage together with a modern counterpart: Simone Sandroni’s “The Girl and the Knife Thrower”.
Sandroni’s ballet is based on an eponymous cycle of poems by German writer Wolf Wondratschek about singular moments in the daily life of a circus troupe. The main characters are the knife thrower, his target – a girl, two other young women and a clown. Sandroni relocated the goings-on to a filthy playground and supplemented the group of itinerants by devising roles for two hip-hop Russians.
Pieces by Maliphant, Limón and Massine Put to the Test
“Forever young”, claims the Bavarian State Ballet, are the pieces on this eponymous triple bill, which premiered last season. At least two of them – “The Moor’s Pavane”, choreographed in 1949 by modern dance icon José Limón, and “Choreartium”, choreographed in 1933 by Léonide Massine – are said to be masterpieces exempt from aging. The third, Russell Maliphant’s “Broken Fall”, dating from 2003, has yet to prove its endurance.
The evening started with the contemporary “Broken Fall” and turned back along the timeline to the modernist classics. Created for the Royal Ballet, or more precisely for Sylvie Guillem, the Maliphant work toys with gravity and the risk of falling by challenging the body control of three dancers. It tests the limits of mutual trust. Set to artificial soundscapes by Berry Adamson, the atmosphere was slightly surreal. Two men and one woman – Matej Urban, Nikita Korotkov and Ekaterina Petina -, bare foot and clad in shorts and simple tops, gave little samples of their abilities in passing. They seemed cool professionals engaged in casual training. Their interactions began with slow motion lifts and counterbalances, the interactions becoming more and more risky. Petina’s knee pads seemed to proclaim that, in the sports context, no hazard would be avoided. The three dancers’ faces were, aptly, serious throughout. Although the dancing had the appearance of contact improvisation, it lacked spontaneity and play. Everything was too well-calculated. Lifts and falls were audacious, yet all motion had a smooth quality with the transitions, especially, being softened. Consequently, the interaction of strongly contrasting forces was pretty much watered down. What we got was a physical gymnastics demonstration. Petina, in her final solo which included some classical dance vocabulary, had feline strength, radiated power and was expressive – more so than anything preceding this display.
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The follow-up to Jenny Hval's acclaimed 2016 album Blood Bitch is The Long Sleep, an adventurous new EP that sees the Norwegian multidisciplinary artist embracing an instinctive, even subconscious, approach to creating meaning. In contrast to Hval's more explicitly conceptual work, The Long Sleep foregrounds the act of composition itself, letting the melodies and structures reveal the other elements of the songs. All of the songs on the EP recycle the same compositional motives, but manipulate them into very different shapes that take them further and further out of their original, "life-like" context. Hval recorded The Long Sleep with longtime collaborator Havard Volden and producer Lasse Marhaug, along with an ace new supporting cast of talented players from the jazz world - Kyrre Laastad on percussion, Anja Lauvdal on piano, Espen Reinertsen on saxophone, and Eivind Lonning on trumpet. Hval calls them some of her favorite contemporary musicians, and their musical background helps to give the songs on The Long Sleep their intuitive, improvised feel.
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Elon Musk’s AI Company OpenAI Plans on Building a Household Robot and AI Agent
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In December 2014, Elon Musk, founder of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, and Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator, unveiled their new artificial intelligence company OpenAI during a weeklong AI conference in Montreal. OpenAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, has since then minted a ‘gym’ to let AI researchers train their AI systems on games and challenges. In a blog entry on Monday, it announced it will – build a household robot, an AI agent with useful natural language understanding, and a single agent to solve a wide variety of games.
“We’re working to enable a physical robot (off-the-shelf; not manufactured by OpenAI) to perform basic housework,” the nonprofit said in a blog post authored by Research Director Ilya Sutskever, CTO Greg Brockman, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk.
The household robot is going to be off-the-shelf and not manufactured by Elon Musk’s AI company. It will perform basic housework. By learning algorithms, the household robots will eventually be made reliable enough to even create a general purpose robot. The artificial intelligence nonprofit believes that robotics is a good testbed for many challenges in AI.
Next up, the AI agent will be built to perform complex language tasks. By learning algorithms, it will be proficient in questioning, answering, syntactic parsing and machine translation. In addition, this will enable the AI agent to fully understand a document. In fact, it will even give the ability to follow complex instructions in natural language.
The intelligent agent will be taught to play games quickly. With generative models and reinforcement learning, it will train the agent to be capable enough to solve any game.
Last December, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel and several other Silicon Valley bigwigs pledged $1 billion to OpenAI. OpenAI artificial intelligence open source code is available online on OpenAI Gym, where developers can test their AI.
Previously, Elon Musk has shown concerns hinting that a horrific version of Skynet is waiting to happen. “It’s really just trying to increase the probability that the future will be good,” Musk said of the non-profit, suggesting that emphasizing that AI will make for a better outcome. “If AI power is broadly distributed to the degree that we can link AI power to each individual’s will — you would have your AI agent, everybody would have their AI agent — then if somebody did try to something really terrible, then the collective will of others could overcome that bad actor,” Musk said during Recode‘s Code Conference.
Christy Gren is an Industry Specialist Reporter at Industry Leaders Magazine; she enjoys writing about Unicorns, Silicon Valley, Startups, Business Leaders and Innovators. Her articles provide an insight about the Power Players in the field of Technology, Auto, Manufacturing, and F&B.
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'Fortnite' Week 7 Secret Battle Star Location: Map, Video, and Guide
Corey Plante
The latest secret loading screen in Fortnite: Battle Royale Season 7 Week 7 looks and feels like a cheap rehash of the Valkyrie loading screen from Season 6, but this time around, it features the Ice King. And don’t worry, this one will lead you to a secret battle star, and not just a new banner.
Week 7 began Thursday morning, and for anyone looking to hunt down the secret Snowfall battle star, we’ve got all the information right here, including a video guide from YouTuber garandhero. (Be sure to check out his YouTube page for even more Fortnite videos).
Once you complete all seven of the Week 7 challenges — like using Rifts and visiting Expedition Outposts — you’ll unlock a secret loading screen that features the infamous Ice King seated at his throne in the castle located at Polar Peak. It looks like there’s a lot more ice coming out of the throne in the picture, and a battle star is frozen in the top-left corner.
The Ice King looks scarier than ever before in this loading screen. Epic Games
The loading screen clue is only a little bit misleading, but it’s enough to let players know that the Week 7 secret battle star is indeed located in the throne room of the castle to the left of the throne itself.
Players ought to head close to the center of Polar Peak and enter the castle right through the front doorway, proceeding north on the ground floor to eventually reach the throne. Landing on the roof and hacking through could prove dangerous, even deadly, considering the high ceilings of the throne room.
The throne room is deep inside the castle at Polar Peak. Epic Games
Unlike other Snowfall secret locations that tend to be more remote, Polar Peak is a popular destination even for players that aren’t looking for secret battle stars. So anyone attempting to claim this one should be extra careful.
The in-game countdown says that Fortnite Season 7 doesn’t end until February 27, 2019. So players have plenty of time to complete this and other challenges before Season 8 is upon us, bringing all sorts of new map changes and challenges with it.
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands. May 7, 2018: Ipos Technology has won the KPMG International Game Changers Start- Up Competition. The Award was announced and presented at the Sports Analytics Conference, which was held in the Johan Cruijf Arena in Amsterdam.
Over the course of a full day, the conference highlighted all the positive benefits that sport technology has to offer athletes through three parallel tracks. A great deal of sensor technology is focused on football/soccer.
Photo shows: Menke Steenbergen (CEO) and Joost den Boer (Leader Developer) from Ipos Technology with the KPMG International Game Changer Award 2018, members of the Award Jury and organizers(to the left and right of the picture).
"It was my first conference in many years, at which I didn't know anyone, compared to the Java and Scala conferences that I often attend. And I had not expected there to be so many companies already active with sports and tech," said Joost den Boer, Ipos Technology's Lead Developer. "It was great to see that Dutch companies are apparently very good in this too. We were impressed by companies like SciSports, Sense and Johan Sports."
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Dear Parent or Guardian,
Welcome to Verizon Innovative Learning, an initiative that puts technology in the hands of students, transforming schools into innovative and exciting learning environments. Our mission is to help give millions of students the education they deserve, for a brighter future.
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Millions of students nationwide lack the access to technology and the skills they need to succeed in the digital world. Since 2012, Verizon has been working to help solve this problem, through a transformative program called Verizon Innovative Learning.
Verizon Innovative Learning provides free technology, free internet access, and hands-on learning experiences to help give under resourced students the education they deserve. Through our collaboration with Digital Promise, a national education technology non-profit, we equip every student and teacher at select middle schools across America with a tablet and a two-year data plan. In addition to free technology and access, Verizon Innovative Learning schools receive extensive teacher training, support, and the opportunity to engage in a unique, immersive curricula to leverage technology in their classrooms.
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Gateway to the Amalfi coast, coming from the Chiunzi pass, the first human settlements in Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino dated back to the II centiry b.C., as the remains of a rustic Roman villa testify, now incorporated into the crypt of the Abbey of Santa Maria Maddalena in Armillis. Other Roman remains are burial cairns, a statue of the god Sarno and an aqueduct.
After the fall of the Roman Empire it was conquered by the Lombards and due to its strategic position, along the main street to Amalfi and Ravello, a castrum was built there. Between the VIII and the IX century, a Benedectine monastery dedicated to Saint Gilles (Sant'Egidio in italian) was built in the area where the Roman villa was located. The monastery was mentioned for the first time in a documen of 1113 by which the property of the monastery passed under the control of the Abbey of San Trifone in Ravello. From the XV century to the XIV century it was an "universitas" of Nuceria.
The town of Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino has a rich and interesting monumental heritage, such as the Abbey of Santa Maria Madalena in Armillis, built in the early of the XVI century on the ruins of a Roman villa, with valuable paintings by Luca Giordano and Francesco Solimena and an imposing altarpiece by Andrea da salerno, Raffaello's pupil, the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, the Church of San Lorenzo, aristocratic palaces and courtyards.
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Is HR Ready for Big Data?!
by Hanisha Kumar | Dec 4, 2019 | HR |
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Digital/Analytics HR Leader ☆SHRM/HCI Global Facilitator ☆Adjunct Faculty, Americ… See More
In an era where HR is frantically struggling for a seat on the bandwagon of data-savvy, data-driven business functions; where HR is yet to come to terms with the data value chain; where data culture is practically non-existent; data visualization remains a dark art; and BI stands for Brain Injury! Is HR ready for Big Data?!
WHERE DO WE BEGIN?
I recently delivered a keynote on HR Analytics and the drive towards a more proactive, predictive and business-driven HR function. And, as I had expected, the conference was filled with presentations and pitches about Big Data and its mainstream HR implications – and how it was seemingly transforming HR as we spoke!
Being a longstanding HR professional, and an engineer by training, I am quite familiar with Big Data, its connotations, and its real world applicability within quite singular and unique environments. Environments that typically generate terabytes upon petabytes of very fast and varied data that usually require real-time analysis to generate any worthwhile insight. Barring “questionable” futuristic sci-fi trends (e.g. wearable technologies and real-time sensors in the workplace), I have yet to witness the practical applicability of Big Data in HR. It is, in my opinion, just another hyped up fad!
There is no denying, however, that Big Data (and its big applications) has tremendous significance in a multitude of real-life settings. It carries growing significance in almost all “high-tech” industries and businesses. Industries such as the Airline industry, Retail shopping, Medicare, Manufacturing, Meteorology, Oil & Gas, AI, Seismology, Marketing, Sales, etc. are becoming increasingly reliant on its potent power and potential. Note, however, that these are industries where data comes in really, really BIG! And, not just in terms of Volume, but also in terms of Velocity and Variety (the 3V’s). It is then collected, cleansed, analysed, interpreted and used to generate insightful knowledge, usually in real-time and for real-time application. Any sense of HR, yet?
WHERE ARE WE HEADING?
In our quest to position Big Data within the HR framework, we must first take a few steps back and agree the basic definitions – What is Big Data?
HR professionals need to understand and appreciate the technical connotations of Big Data. According to Gartner: “Big data is high Volume, high Velocity, and/or high Variety information assets that require new forms of processing to enable enhanced decision making, insight discovery and process optimization.” Additionally, a fourth V “Veracity” is sometimes added to further quantify Big Data (making it now the 4V’s model).
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES?
Most data collected by organizations used to be transactional data that could easily fit into rows and columns of relational database management systems; e.g. typical HR data. We are now witnessing an explosion of data from Web traffic, e-mail messages, and social media content (tweets, status messages), as well as machine-generated data from sensors (used in smart meters, manufacturing sensors, and electrical meters) or from electronic trading systems. This data may be unstructured or semi-structured and thus not suitable for relational database products that organize data in the form of columns and rows. We now use the term big data to describe these datasets with volumes so huge that they are beyond the ability of typical DBMS to capture, store, and analyze.
Big data doesn’t refer to any specific quantity, but usually refers to data in the petabyte and exabyte range—in other words, billions to trillions of records, all from different sources. Big data is produced in much larger quantities and much more rapidly than traditional data. For example, a single jet engine is capable of generating 10 terabytes of data in just 30 minutes, and there are more than 25,000 airline flights each day. Even though “tweets” are limited to 280 characters each, Twitter generates over 8 terabytes of data daily. According to the International Data Center (IDC) technology research firm, data is more than doubling every two years, so the amount of data available to organizations is skyrocketing.
Businesses are interested in big data because it can reveal more patterns and interesting anomalies than smaller data sets, with the potential to provide new insights into customer behavior, weather patterns, financial market activity, or other phenomena. However, to derive business value from this data, organizations need new technologies and tools capable of managing and analyzing non-traditional data along with traditional enterprise data (e.g. HR data).
Judging by the above, the need for truly unique technologies and analytics methods in relation to big Data becomes quite evident. Wikipedia further elaborates on Big Data to state that: “Relational database management systems, desktop statistics and visualization packages often have difficulty handling Big Data. The work instead requires massively parallel software running on tens, hundreds, or even thousands of servers”. Thus, for some organizations, the realm of Big Data is only realised after data size exceeds tens or hundreds of terabytes – and even then, only in relation to specific applications. Add to that, the rapid input velocity and variety (the 3V’s) expected of such data – coupled to the need for real-time processing and analysis – and you end up a million miles away from your typical everyday HR number-crunching (by any stretch of the imagination!)
ARE WE THERE, YET?
Don’t get me wrong; I’m all for Big Data. I appreciate, more than anyone, the potential impact and influence of Big Data on the world today. Just not within the realm of HR, and just not today! A massive, massive digital transformation is needed to refurbish HR with the infrastructure (and information) it needs to carry out Big Data operations routinely and effectively … and I am not just referring to equipment!
In HR’s inevitable transformation to the digital domain, most impact seems to be coming from the direction of Data Analytics, Visualisation, Cloud Computing, Collaboration, Mobile Technology, Social Media and, to a lesser extent, Wearable Technology. A possible contender to Big Data within the HR sphere is Long Data. Long Data typically refers to data collected over increasingly “long” periods of time with relatively wider frequency and narrower data points than is typical of Big Data. From a standard analytics viewpoint, richer insight is gained the further away we move from typical descriptive analysis towards more predictive engagements. Skills development, cultural & behavioural change, employee engagement, turnover, attrition, retention, …etc., would probably be amongst the classical examples that lend themselves to a longer term view of data collection and analysis with quite narrow data points and relatively wide collection frequency. Yet, even Long Data is a potential challenge for current HR practices!
HR Analytics has historically been focused on examples similar to the above (e.g. skills development, cultural & behavioural change, employee engagement, turnover, attrition, retention, …etc.). Yet, these examples attract NO significant attention outside the HR department. Rather, our focus should be more towards the harder business metrics, Workforce Analytics and the wider implications of productivity, quality, cost reduction, revenue, time, efficiency, safety, customer satisfaction, …etc.
As a result, and due to our heretofore misguided application of Data Analytics, Data Culture and Data-driven outcomes, HR does not enjoy the strongest of credibilities within organisations. We have only to look to the wider Middle-Eastern context to confirm this notion. And, surprisingly enough, the HR terrain in the western hemisphere is not far removed!
If HR is ever to improve its organisational credibility and reputation and boost itself up to levels typically enjoyed by the more data-savvy, data-conscious and data-driven business functions such as Project Management, Design, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Finance, …etc.; a wider and much more focused effort is needed to connect and apply Workforce Analytics to more hardcore business-related needs and concerns.
IN THE MEANTIME …
In the meantime, let’s forget about Big Data in HR. Let’s not even talk about Long Data. Let’s just look for SMART DATA and apply WORKFORCE ANALYTICS!
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Oil-by-rail vision takes shape in Eddystone
by Andrew Maykuth, Inquirer Staff Writer, Posted: December 23, 2012
Jack Galloway, the driving force of the $68 million project, walks the tracks at Exelon's old coal plant. TOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
Exelon's Eddystone Generating Station was destined to become one more weedy waterfront site after the region's last coal-fired power plant shut down in May.
That was before Jack Galloway, a man on a mission, helped form the Eddystone Rail Co.
The rail venture, announced Nov. 26, has ambitions far larger than the few miles of track that encircle the plant in Delaware County.
The project's aim is to bring North Dakota crude oil by rail to Eddystone, where it will be transferred to barges and transported to refineries along the Delaware or in New York harbor. The rail terminal will collect a fee for each barrel of oil it tranships.
Enbridge Inc., one of North America's largest energy distributors, is the operating partner in the $68 million project.
In Galloway's view, the rail project will contribute to the revival of the region's embattled refineries by supplying them with cheap domestic crude, inject a little life into the maritime trade, and reclaim part of the Eddystone power plant site (Exelon still operates some gas- and oil-fired units there).
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The health of Philadelphia's industries is an issue near to Galloway's heart. For decades, he worked for the Gulf Oil Co. refinery in South Philadelphia, and then for Chevron, in public and government affairs. He was an unabashed cheerleader of Philadelphia as a blue-collar bastion where people and businesses still make goods.
"If you can't keep these industrial jobs, where are all these young people going to work?" asked Galloway, who is 77.
Galloway got into the rail business by a roundabout route.
He formed a company called Canopy Prospecting Inc. to import cane-based Brazilian ethanol to the United States. Although the venture did not get off the ground, Galloway learned a lot about moving fuel.
He also enlisted a protege, Erik L. Johnson, 37, as Canopy's vice president. Johnson was an oarsman on the crew Galloway coached at the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr. Galloway is also an avid rower - he serves as chairman of the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta.
Last year, amid a flurry of announcements from Sunoco Inc. and ConocoPhillips about plans to sell or shut down their riverfront refineries, Galloway and his associates began to explore opportunities related to the plants.
C. Alan Walker, Gov. Corbett's secretary for community and economic development, suggested there was an opportunity in delivering crude oil from North Dakota. Production was soaring in that state's Bakken Shale, but the lack of pipeline capacity made it difficult to transport the petroleum to refineries.
The Midwestern crude would solve one of the big economic problems for Philadelphia refineries because it is much cheaper than crude from Africa upon which the Philadelphia refineries depend.
"If you guys were really smart, you'd figure out how to get this crude by rail," Galloway recalls Walker saying of the North Dakota crude.
Galloway and Johnson explored the waterfront and were soon directed to Eddystone. Exelon was receptive to the idea of leasing their rail yard, a barge dock, and one of the 200,000-barrel fuel tanks on its property. The power plant is next to Boeing's Ridley Township helicopter plant.
"It's kind of a neat project when you think about it," said John F. Barnes, chief operating officer of Exelon Power, which operates the company's non-nuclear power plants. He said Exelon's senior management endorsed the plan because it would support job growth.
An agreement with Exelon in hand, Galloway and Johnson then sought out Enbridge in February.
Enbridge, a Canadian company, operates a network of pipelines and terminals, with a large presence in North Dakota. By next year, it will have export capacity of 475,000 barrels a day in the Bakken. It needs rail routes and customers to deliver 120-car trains, which carry a single commodity to one destination.
"It fits well with our long-term strategy of integrating pipelines and rail," said Kelly S. Wilkins, a planning and development manager for Enbridge Pipelines L.L.C., a division of Enbridge.
The Eddystone project, which is scheduled to open next fall, calls for building two gigantic rail sidings that will loop around the power plant and tie into the Conrail lines. Forty railcars can be unloaded simultaneously under a covered structure - an entire 120-car train emptied in 12 hours.
Enbridge, which owns 75 percent of the joint venture, will build and manage the project.
Wilkins said the project will succeed as long as the North Dakota crude sells at enough of a discount to pay for the extra cost of shipping it cross-country by rail. "That's the real giant risk," he said.
Plans call for doubling the capacity by 2014, from 80,000 barrels a day to 160,000. A second storage tank is planned for the area where Eddystone's coal heap was.
Several refineries in the area also plan to build their own rail-unloading facilities. Philadelphia Energy Solutions, which operates the former Sunoco refinery in South Philadelphia, plans to build a rail yard along the Schuylkill near 28th Street. And the PBF refinery in Delaware City, Del., is also building a rail yard.
Galloway believes there is plenty of demand, and plenty of crude, for everyone.
"I don't think we're scratching the surface of the crude-by-rail possibilities," he said. "We have more than enough to say grace over."
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Friends in faith gather during Ramadan
Rev. Neil Smith is the minister at Cessnock Uniting Church. He has helped host several Uniting Church Iftar events at Hamilton, Broadmeadow and Sefton Uniting Churches and has some helpful advice for congregations thinking of inviting Muslim community members to an event at their church during Ramadan.
For Muslim people, the Iftar meal breaks the daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan which this year starts on 15 May and finishes on 14 June. Guests may be invited to celebrate the Iftar meal with Muslims as part of a larger occasion promoting friendship, unity and social harmony.
All the events we hosted were very well received, Rev. Smith said, “I suggest that first you build a relationship of trust with your local Islamic community before making a bigger commitment to host an event.”
Rev. Smith, a member of the Uniting Church Assembly ‘Relations with Other Faiths Working Group’, explained that the close friendship between the Uniting Church and the Muslim community in Newcastle began with two religious leaders seated together for dinner about 10 years ago.
Rev. Neil Smith recalls meeting Sheikh Mohammed Khamis at an Iftar dinner held in 2008 by the Affinity Intercultural Foundation at Newcastle University.
The dinner took place just weeks after Sheikh Khamis arrived in Australia from his home country Egypt. He was appointed Imam of the Newcastle Mosque. At the time, Rev. Smith was Minister at the New Lambton Uniting Church in Newcastle.
“Immediately it became obvious that we each needed the other,” said Rev. Smith. “I was keen to encourage some of my Christian friends to broaden their network of friendships to include people from different backgrounds and the Sheikh was keen to learn more about the ‘Australian culture’.”
Rev. Smith reflects on his meeting with Sheikh Khamis all those years ago that lead to a second Iftar dinner hosted by the Hamilton-Broadmeadow Uniting Church in 2015 with about 20 members of the Newcastle Muslim community.
Friendship that transcends culture and creed
“What followed was not only a gathering of knowledge about the faith of the ‘other’ but a deep and lasting bond of love and friendship which transcends culture and creed,” Rev. Smith said.
The friendship grew between the two men and their faith communities as they continued to find ways to help one another. Their respective faith communities have kept in contact, meeting at times of celebration and supporting each other in times of crisis.
Rev. Smith encourages Uniting Church congregations to host a meal, a small gathering, visit a Muslim family and to start by even visiting a Mosque.
During Ramadan members of the Uniting Church may be invited by the Muslim community to attend Iftar dinners. “If Uniting Churches can also host an event, these will be very well received. By offering this gesture of hospitality we value and respect the faith and friendship of our Muslim friends,” said Rev. Smith.
Rev. Smith agrees there are definitely some protocols that are helpful to know and to follow. The Assembly Relations with other Faiths Working Group has created some very useful resources here. In conjunction with Relations With Other Faiths the Synod of NSW and the ACT has produced some Congregational resources here.
Hosting and hospitality
By working with the local community you are hosting, you can offer the best hospitality.
“There is no substitute for reaching out to the Islamic community and getting some first-hand knowledge.”
“People are very receptive. Ramadan is a special time of building relationships. It’s not about trying to change perspectives but more about getting to know one another,” says Rev. Smith.
Typically, on the night of the event a member from the Uniting Church would give gave a welcome to the guest Sheikh or Inman who then recites the prayer from the Qur’an in Arabic with the English translation.
From these humble beginnings, “one of the ideas has been that we could start doing things together and not just talking. That we embark on some activities together to care for the environment or we look to assist people who are suffering in the community. The rationale for this being that if we work alongside each other we strengthen the gifts that we have in common and a bond of cooperation can flourish.”
If you would like to find out more from Rev. Smith about his experience, please contact contactus@nswact.uca.org.au
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Voyage across the Arctic Circle via the Svalbard Archipelago and north-east Greenland
Natural splendour, bountiful wildlife and a pioneering spirit all coalesce in the High Arctic, a region once reserved for only the hardiest of travellers but now open to anyone with a real yearning for adventure. Starting out from the isolated Spitsbergen outpost of Longyearbyen, this expedition heads down through the Arctic Circle, taking in the islands of the Svalbard Archipelago, the north-east coast of Greenland and the journey over the Denmark Strait to Iceland. Following in the proverbial wake of explorers past, you'll be treated to stunning sceneries of vast glacial walls, sprawling fjord systems and icebergs the size of skyscrapers. Time spent on the ship will include educational presentations on tales of polar exploration and seabird identification, while there'll be plenty of opportunities for spotting the region's famed wildlife during Zodiac excursions. This voyage across the Arctic Circle allows travellers to experience three different countries of the Arctic in a relatively short space of time.
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Seek out unforgettable Polar Bears sightings while roaming the hunting grounds of this ruler of the Arctic
Discover the history of Greenland with explorations of the ruins of ancient Thule settlements and learn about the Inuit life in Ittoqqortoormiit
Experience how this incredible environment is ever-changing while cruising through freshly birthed icebergs in Scoresbysund
Kayaking on crisp, clear Arctic waters is a unique and intimate way of exploring this amazing region. Book early as these activities can sell out fast
As you’d expect, temperatures in the Arctic are very cold. A warm parka will be provided along with waterproof boots and unlimited hot drinks, but you should also bring base layers and lots of warm clothing. Please see the Essential Trip Information's 'Packing' section.
Weather depending, you will be making regular excursions in a Zodiac boat to explore the local area and look for wildlife. It can get very cold and wet on the Zodiac, so make sure you are dressed appropriately and that you keep your camera safe and dry. Sturdy sea legs are needed as you make wet and dry landings from the boat, and on steep terrain, snow and other uneven surfaces. Some ships have a lot of stairs, so please hold on to the handrails if seas are rough.
The weather plays a pivotal part in this adventure and although there’s an itinerary in place, there are no guarantees that you’ll be able to do everything that is planned for. A level of flexibility and openness to embracing the unexpected are important in expedition travel, especially to such a remote area.
This trip takes places during the time of year that Spitsbergen enjoys 24-hour daylight. Just one of the benefits of this is that incredible wildlife can be seen at any time of the day – be prepared to be woken at any time so as to not miss out on exciting animal sightings.
Polar bears are one of the most incredible and appealing animals on the planet, but they are also powerful predators with little fear of humans. Therefore it’s necessary to be aware of the guidelines surrounding any contact with Polar bears. Follow your leader’s instructions and do not stray from your group – your leader carries equipment to protect you.
Newly built in 2018 and designed specifically with polar cruising in mind, the beautiful World Explorer is one of our newest ships.
This sturdy expedition ship was built in 1975 and underwent an $8 million refurbishment in 2017 which included new engines and refurbished cabins...
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Day 1: Oslo
Your arctic adventure begins in Oslo, where you may arrive at any time today. Upon arriving in this splendid capital city, known for its green spaces and museums, you will check into your included airport hotel.
An arrival transfer is not included today, so please make your own way to the joining hotel.
Day 2: Oslo – Longyearbyen – Embarkation Day
After breakfast, the group will transfer to the airport and board our private charter flight to Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen’s largest settlement. As you embark this afternoon, you’ll enjoy great views of the mountainous landscape that serves as a backdrop for this seaside town.
Days 3-6: Exploring Spitsbergen
Exploring Spitsbergen, the largest of the Norwegian-ruled Svalbard islands, rewards you with abundant wildlife and austere beauty. Here, you’ll visit spectacular glacier fronts and steep-walled fjords with walrus, polar bears and Spitsbergen reindeer among your possible wildlife sightings. Birders will be thrilled to see arctic terns, skuas, long-tailed ducks, kittiwakes and ivory gulls. When conditions are right, you could sail within 10 degrees of the North Pole!
POSSIBLE LANDING SITES IN SVALBARD
LILLIEHOOK GLACIER
In 1906, His Serene Highness Prince Albert I of
Monaco visited Lilliehook Glacier to conduct scientific investigations. His great-great-grandson, HSH Albert II, visited the glacier a hundred years later as part of a scientific investigation, this time to further our understanding of the arctic clam, a species that lives for more than a century. The growth rings of a single clam’s shell contain evidence of the chemicals encountered by the clam. Scientists can determine the variations of the water’s temperature and pollutant content by studying the shell.
Eighteen hundred people inhabit the administrative capital of Svalbard, which is situated on the shore of Isfjorden. The settlement was founded in 1905 by John Munroe Longyear, the majority owner of the Arctic Coal Company of Boston.
MONACO GLACIER
HSH Prince Albert I of Monaco, a pioneer of oceanography, led an expedition to Svalbard in 1906. His team used sophisticated photographic techniques to understand the shape and position of several glacier fronts. Monaco Glacier honors the expedition, the prince and the principality over which he reigned.
HORNSUND
The most southerly fjord in Svalbard offers some of the most spectacular scenery, with dramatic calving glaciers, drifting pack ice and majestic peaks (the highest of which are often shrouded in mist). A Polish research station has operated on the northern shore of Hornsund since 1957. Part of Sor-Spitsbergen National Park, this pristine area is rich in wildlife—reindeer, arctic fox and polar bears can often be spotted hunting for food, while ringed seals bask on the fast ice.The following Optional Activities are available to participate in, on some or all of the departures of this itinerary. These must be booked in advance (additional costs apply) and space is limited.
14TH OF JULY GLACIER
Named after France’s Bastille Day (the 14th of July), in honor of the arctic expeditions of His Serene Highness Prince Albert I of Monaco, this massive glacier is actually two smaller glaciers merged into one. Situated in Krossfjord, a bay on the northwest coast of Spitsbergen, the glacier is teeming with wildlife. Nesting atop the towering bird cliffs are purple sandpipers, common eiders, barnacle geese, arctic tern and Brunnich’s guillemots (thick-billed murres). Bearded and ringed seals also frequent the waters here.
KAYAKING – Our kayaking adventures are the best way to feel at one with the sea. Taken in small groups of maximum 16 people, multiple times per voyage, kayaking adventures are only conducted during calm weather conditions. Kayaking is open to all levels of experience, however kayaking in the polar waters is not suitable for novice kayakers. Beginners interested in kayaking should first take an introductory course prior to the voyage which includes how to do a wet exit. In addition regardless of your experience, we recommend you take part in some kayaking practise prior to the voyage to ensure that you are comfortable on the water in the icy conditions.
INCLUDED OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES offered on some or all departures of this itinerary
HIKING - Hiking is a great way to appreciate the immense windswept landscapes of the Arctic. The tundra comes alive during the brief arctic summer, with bursts of color from shrubs and plants that eke out a living in this polar environment. You’ll find each hike is different - exploring communities, shorelines or glaciated landscapes, often on the lookout for wildlife. Hiking participation is optional and your Expedition Team will advise you of what levels of activity you can expect prior to each excursion.
Days 7-8: Greenland Sea
While sailing south through the historic Greenland Sea, you’ll learn about the wildlife and history of Greenland, your next stop. On deck, you’ll learn to identify seabirds on the wing. Take in a lecture, share your photos, sip an icy cocktail in the bar or watch a movie—there are many things to do during your time at sea.
Days 9-12: Exploring East Greenland
During your tour of Greenland’s remote eastern coast, you’ll enjoy Zodiac cruises and shore visits to several locations. Visit the remains of ancient Thule settlements, and keep an eye out for grazing muskoxen; 40% of the world’s population lives here. Finally, you will sail through spectacular Scoresby Sund, the birthplace of many icebergs and, some say, the most beautiful fjord system in the world.
POSSIBLE LANDINGS AND WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS – EAST GREENLAND
RODEFJORD
The Red Fjord, or Rodefjord, is named for the colorful sandstone located on its western side. The stone has been “stained” red by hematite, creating an oddity in this part of Greenland.
Revered by many as the most beautiful fjord system in the world, Scoresby Sund is definitely the longest and largest. The sound was named after William Scoresby Jr., a whaler, scientist and man of the cloth, who was famed for mapping more than 400 miles (640 km) of Greenland’s coastline.
C. HOFMANN HALVO
This is often the best location for getting close to muskoxen. The peninsula is also home to wheatears and snow buntings, and you may spot rock ptarmigans or great northern divers while at sea.
DENMARK ISLAND
Encounter some of the most stunning icebergs before hiking across Denmark Island, which offers stupendous views of Scoresby Sund and Fonfjord below.
Days 13-14: Crossing the Denmark Strait
At sea, the Denmark Strait is your pathway toward Iceland. Your Expedition Team will keep you informed and entertained with presentations about the history of exploration in the Arctic and the seabirds you’ll inevitably see soaring above your ship.
Day 15: Disembarkation Day – Reykjavik
You’ll disembark in Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital, at the end of your journey. If you have booked post-expedition accommodation, we provide a transfer to a central downtown location.
A departure transfer is not included to the airport.
14 breakfasts, 12 lunches, 13 dinners
Ship, Zodiac, Plane
Hotel (1 night) Expedition Cruise ship (13 nights)
There are currently no scheduled departures on our Spitsbergen, East Greenland and Iceland - Southbound trip. If you are interested in other trips in the region visit one of the links below.
Arctic and Antarctic bookings have an increased deposit requirement of 20% of the full voyage cost (before any discount). The balance is due 120 days before departure.
If a booking is cancelled 120 days or more before departure – the cancellation fee is the full loss of the deposit paid.
If a booking is cancelled between 119 days and departure – the cancellation fee is 100% of the total price of the voyage.
Other fees may apply for air tickets and other arrangements booked in conjunction with a Polar voyage.
Kayaking is available to book on all Arctic voyages (except the North Pole). This must be booked prior to departure and incurs an additional cost. Spaces are limited so please enquire at time of booking. To participate in kayaking, previous, recent experience is essential. In addition, there are other included optional activities offered on some voyages such as snow shoeing and hiking. These activities do not need to be booked in advance and no additional cost applies.
Your voyage is operated by our sister company, Quark Expeditions. All accommodation and transfer arrangements as listed in the itinerary are also operated by Quark Expeditions or their local representatives.
Strict luggage limits apply, as outlined in the Essential Trip Information.
Call us 24/7 on +41 (0) 91 261 13 23 or send us your enquiry below
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IBM Unveils LTO-8 Tape Drives
October 16, 2017 Alex Woodie
The not-so-long wait for the latest Linear Tape-Open gear is finally over, as members of the LTO Consortium last week unveiled their latest drives capacity of storing 30 TB of compressed data. Among the first consortium members unveiling product was IBM, which announced its first two LTO-8 Ultrium drives.
LTO-8 drives can store up to 12 TB of data on a single LTO-8 cartridge, and move data at rates up to 360 MB/sec. With 2.5-to-1 compression turned on, the capacity of LTO-8 drives jumps to 30 TB while the transfer rates increases to 900 MB/sec. That corresponds to a 100 percent jump in capacity over LTO-7, and a 20 percent increase in data transfer speeds.
IBM doesn’t quite hit all those best-case specs with its newest LTO-8 drive. The TS2280, which it announced October 10, is a half-height drive that can work as an external standalone drive or be mounted into a standard 19-inch rack. It sports a 6-Gb/sec dual-port SAS interface that can move data at speeds up to 300 MB/sec (750 MB/sec with compression). It does get the full capacity of 12 TB (30 TB compressed), however.
With its SAS connectivity, the TS2280 can connect to a wide variety of IBM enterprise systems, such as IBM i and System z servers, as well as Intel-based Windows and Linux machines. IBM says it will start shipping the new drive, which carries a price tag in the $15,000 to $20,000 range, on November 17.
IBM also announced its TS1080 Model F8A, a full-height LTO-8 drive that connects to systems via 8 Gb/sec Fibre Channel connections. The TS1080 Model F8A, which is designed to fit into IBM’s TS3310, TS3500 and TS4500 tape libraries, supports up to 12 TB (30 TB with compression) and hits the maximum data transfer rate of 360 MB/sec (900 MB/sec with compression), as a full-height drive should. The drive is expected to ship on November 17. Pricing was not available.
IBM also added LTO-8 drives as supported options on a range of storage products, including the IBM 7226, which can support multiple tape drives, DVD-RAM drives, and RDX removable disk drives; the TS3100 and TS3200 tape drives, which can support the half-height TS2280 SAS connected drive as well as the full-height TS1080 Fibre channel-connected drive; and the TS4300, which can support the new SAS drive as well as half-height and full-height varieties of the full-height FC drives.
The IBM TS2280 can move data at rates up to 300 MB/sec while writing up to 12 TB of data to a single cartridge.
The native capacity of LTO-8 cartridges is exactly double of LTO-7 gear, which started shipping just two years ago. The 360 MB/sec data transfer rate offered by LTO-8 gear is an upgrade from the previous generation, which was 300 MB/sec native.
Both the capacity and the data transfer rates of LTO-8 gear are a bit less than early expectations. LTO-8 had been penciled in as providing a transfer rate of 427 MB/sec, while the capacity of 12 TB was just shy of the expected 12.8 TB.
However, it’s the data transfer rate that has been the more stubborn metric of the two. Before LTO-6 gear shipped in 2012, there were expectations that those drives could move data at speeds up to 315 MB/sec. But when those drives finally materialized, data speeds were scaled back to 300 MB/sec. The same thing happened with LTO-7, which the LTO consortium said would hit 315 MB/sec, only to be born with the same 300 MB/sec speed of its older sibling.
Current expectations call for LTO-9, which we could ostensibly expect to hit the market in the second half of 2019 if the current 24-month cadence between LTO releases hold true, to move data at 708 MB/sec. It would seem that those expectations may be a bit unrealistic at this time, considering the difficulty in getting beyond 300 MB/sec. For comparison’s sake, IBM’s fastest enterprise-class drive, the TS1155, moves data at 350 MB/sec over Fibre channel connections. The LTO-8 gear should top that.
LTO-8 drives can read and write to LTO-7 or LTO-8 cartridges. Users of the new drives can also use LTO’s encryption capability with both generations of media. The LTO technology also supports write once, read many (WORM) functionality for establishing long-term archives of data in highly regulated environments. Companies storying large video or audio files, such as media companies, will also benefit from the LTFS, which enables users to handle large unstructured files in a relatively straightforward manner. LTFS is not supported on IBM i, however.
Tape backers will view the launch of LTO-8 gear as proof that tape is still a long way from the grave. In August, IBM Research revealed the latest breakthrough in tape: a new “sputtered” tape format that offers 20 times the areal density of standard commercial tape drives like LTO-7 and IBM’s TS1155 (the old “Magstar” drives). The research, which IBM conducted with Sony, could result in new commercial drives that offer capacity of up to 330 TB of uncompressed data.
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Microsoft plans to integrate npm with GitHub following acquisition
The JavaScript platform will undergo a host of improvements, with the community given a stronger voice
by: Keumars Afifi-Sabet
GitHub has signed an agreement to acquire widely-used JavaScript platform npm, with parent company Microsoft eventually hoping to integrate the newly bought company into GitHub in the longer-term.
Considered an essential part of the JavaScript ecosystem, the npm package manager is home to 1.3 million packages and sustains 75 billion downloads per month. The platform will be integrated into the GitHub development platform, which Microsoft took under its ownership in 2018.
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The firm is planning to invest in the registry infrastructure and wider platform, with investments made to ensure it’s fast, reliable and scalable.
Microsoft will moreover, improve the core experience for developers while retaining npm’s open-source status. Additional features, such as Workspaces and improvements to multi-factor authentication (MFA) processes, will be developed with time.
Finally, the company wants to actively engage with the JavaScript community so the views of developers can be fed into future builds of npm.
“The amazing energy and creativity of millions of JavaScript developers is evident every day in the work that appears in npm,” said GitHub chief executive Nat Friedman. “We are honored to support that community in a new way. The future of npm and the JavaScript ecosystem is very bright.”
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The eventual goal is to integrate GitHub and npm to improve the security of the wider open-source software supply chain, the company said. Users in future would be able to trace a change from a GitHub pull request to the npm package version that fixed it.
Friedman added users who use npm Pro, Teams and Enterprise to host private registries will continue to be supported under the GitHub-npm umbrella. The firm says it’ll invest heavily in packages so it serves as a wide-ranging multi-language that’s fully integrated with GitHub.
Later in 2020, Microsoft will allow npm’s paying customers to move their private npm packages to GitHub packages, with an exclusive focus on ramping up the public registry for JavaScript.
The move to integrate the JavaScript platform signals the extent to which Microsoft is aiming to build GitHub into an all-encompassing hub for developers and coders.
JavaScript has long been considered to be one of the most popular coding languages. Despite the rise of newer languages like Python, MDM and Kotlin, JavaScript was still found to be the most popular language for businesses, according to research from 2019.
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£16m support for small businesses hit by Honda closure
Friday April 5, 2019, 8:15 AM
Honda workers have taken their cause to Westminster in the last few months. Credit: PA Images
A £16 million programme will be launched to help automotive suppliers affected by the planned closure of Honda's car factory.
The move was announced by Business Secretary Greg Clark after he set up a task force to try to save the Swindon plant.
Support will be offered to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) across the country, starting with those in the Honda supply chain, who sell to the automotive sector.
Suppliers will be given advice on how to evolve their products and processes, training for specialist staff, or help on accessing business loans.
3,500 people work at the Swindon plant. Credit: PA Images
In support of the Honda and UK-wide automotive supply chain I've launched a new £16 million programme designed to specifically support SME businesses in the automotive supply chain.
Greg Clark MP, Business Secretary
The Business Secretary has set up a task force to try and convince Honda to stay in Swindon. Credit: PA Images
Honda Swindon supports over 12,500 jobs in the supply chain across the UK, so this support is obviously welcome.
Alan Tomala, Unite regional officer
Honda have announced they plan to close the Swindon operation in 2021. Credit: PA Images
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Jaxon & James Hats Victorian Top Hat
James Bond wears a Jaxon & James Hats Victorian Top Hat as part of his disguise at the Day of the Dead festival in Mexico during the opening sequence of SPECTRE (2015).
More information and links
Lock & Co. Hatters dove grey felt top hat
In the movie Licence To Kill (1989), actor Timothy Dalton wears a dove grey felt top hat with black ribbon band from Lock & Co Hatters. Bond is seen holding the hat on the way to Felix Leiter's wedding and then later in the helicopter, before the hat is shot with a bullet.
Lock & Co. Hatters James Bond Trilby Hat
The hat that Sean Connery wears in the first James Bond movies is still available at the original store, Lock & Co. Hatters on St. James's Street in London. Ask for the Sandown model, a trilby type hat. Although the hat in film looks grey, the hat is actually brown.
Update 2020: The same hat is now available online at Mason & Sons for £295 / $377:
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Maria Godoy
The vaccine is now being used in Brazil, Indonesia and Turkey for starters. But there are conflicting reports about its degree of effectiveness.
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Austin, a retired four-star Army general, served in the military for 40 years including as the first Black general to lead U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East.
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Listography - Songs that transport me to a particular time and place
Music is a bit like perfume. One whiff of a certain tune and suddenly you're tumbling down the rabbit hole of space and time into a long forgotten but very precise moment from your past life.
There are so many songs and albums that do this for me (thank you music), but the force is particularly strong in a few select ones.
And so we begin the next Listography. It's a ridiculously easy one - apart from limiting them to just five that is.
Here's mine:
1. Space Oddity - Bowie
Bowie was the gift that kept on giving from my older and cooler siblings. At the time there was something confusing that I didn't get about him, and a weirdness that was almost frightening for a young girl still running around in pig tails and dungarees (cheers Mum). But the draw was always there, and never more so than through Space Oddity. I loved it the minute I heard it and each time I listen to it now I am transported back into the den of my friend Jenny's house, where her sister would eject Madonna's True Blue cassette tape and put it on especially for me. (I never did like Madonna).
2. Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
A double whammy. This still brilliant tune is forever welded in my mind to other delights such as The The and Psychedelic Furs. For me it's the moment of getting ready to go out to the local club, when your fake id was the passport to the night's success or failure.
Years later, finally of age and drunk to prove it, I was standing unsteadily in a busy pub in New Zealand wearing a witch's hat and stripy tights when this song started unexpectedly blasting through the speakers. The joy!
Incidentally, I'd like to apologise to all the people who were in the room that night.
3. I hope that I don't fall in love with you - Tom Waits
University was filled with music, from the obvious Primal Scream and Pink Floyd to the 'friends of a friend' new band The Frames and guilty pleasures such as The Carpenters. But the song that brings me sweeping down to that particular house, in that particular street, where that particular guy handed me a tape and told me to 'listen to this' - is this beautiful tune from the fabulous Closing Time.
4. The Sea - Morcheeba
'Left my soul there, down by the sea'. *sigh* Byron Bay was supposed to be a three day stopover as I backpacked my way alone down the Australian East Coast. But on day one it got under my skin and then I just couldn't leave, It was a special place and a special time and this song was the soundtrack to it all.
5. New York City Cops - The Strokes
A boring Friday night, Top of the Pops on the TV playing the same old crap until - hold on - what the f*ck is that! There was no hype to believe on my part, but they would have lived up to it anyway. That song came out of nowhere, hit me in the face and made me remember that there was great music being made out there. Actually, years later Julian Casablancas would hit his manager in the face too. Glad mine was just metaphorical.
So that's my rather lovely list. Now it's time for yours. If you want to join in just add your post to the linky below and I'll pop by for a visit.
Enjoy the trip down your musical memory lane.
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Latest News 2020 May Kaweah Delta kicks off elective surgery with 38 patients, all test negative for COVID-19
Kaweah Delta kicks off elective surgery with 38 patients, all test negative for COVID-19
Posted By Laura Florez-McCusker
VISALIA, CA – Kaweah Delta’s first day back at elective surgeries post COVID-19 was a busy one with all of its 38 patients testing negative for COVID-19 prior to surgery.
“As a team we were excited to get back to work and help patients, some who have put off surgeries due to COVID-19, but were in pain,” said Brian Piearcy, Kaweah Delta’s Director of Surgical Services. “We know this is not an easy time for patients because of our no-visitor policy, but it’s for everyone’s safety. We spent a lot of time on the phone today with our patients’ loved ones giving them updates because we know that is important.”
In anticipation of starting back to elective surgeries, Kaweah Delta put a number of measures in place for patients coming into the Medical Center for surgical procedures to protect patients, staff and physicians. They included:
Testing every surgical patient for COVID-19, 24-48 hours prior to surgery
Pre-screening all patients the night before and the morning they arrived for their procedure
Continuing with enforcement of a no-visitor policy, with limited exceptions.
Screening all visitors who enter the Medical Center.
Unviersal masking for all individuals in the Medical Center, including surgical patients, employees and medical staff.
Enhanced facility cleaning and usage of personal protective equipment for clinical teams
Maintaining isolated units for COVID-19 care
Requiring medical staff and employees to self-monitor for symptoms prior to reporting to every shift.
As COVID-19 numbers continue to rise in Tulare County, Kaweah Delta is taking a slow and thoughtful approach to opening up services so that in the event of a surge, it has beds available to care for the community.
While starting up elective surgeries, the focus remains on keeping patient beds available in the event of a surge, said Gary Herbst, Kaweah Delta’s Chief Executive Officer. “We’ll slowly start to reintroduce other services knowing that we have the flexibility to stop at any time. If we see that surge coming, we can ramp right back. If we see the numbers continue to fall, we can accelerate,” he said.
Throughout COVID-19 and in preparation of beginning elective surgeries, Kaweah Delta has taken a number of steps to ensure that the Medical Center is a safe and clean environment for patients and staff. Kaweah Delta’s Environmental Services (housekeeping) team has stepped up efforts to do a terminal, or top to bottom, clean of those departments that were used to cohort suspected or known COVID-19 positive patients during the pandemic, but will no longer remain in use for that purpose. Additionally, Kaweah Delta’s Environmental Services team has stepped up cleaning of high traffic and high touch areas and has continued its work to clean patient rooms and, every 24 hours, the team cleans operating rooms from top to bottom even those that have gone unused, with hospital-grade disinfectants approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Kaweah Delta’s Laundry Services team has also followed CDC recommendations to clean and disinfect laundry. Employees use gloves and gowns when handling dirty linens, clothing and other items that go to the department from the Medical Center and the team makes sure to wash laundry in water that heats up to 170 degrees – current research suggests that the virus cannot withstand temperatures at or above 158 degrees.
“The hospital is probably one of the safest places you can be right now given the amount of disinfection we are doing, the constant hand washing, the constant wearing of the personal protective equipment,” said Herbst, who noted that life-saving emergency surgery cases have continued at Kaweah Delta. In April alone, 515 surgeries were performed at Kaweah Delta.
“We never stopped doing surgeries. All of those surgical patients who have been coming to us for months have been in the safest place they could be,” he said.
In an effort to encourage safety in the community, Kaweah Delta is also asking the community to adopt the following safe practices to prevent the spread of COVID-19:
Wash hands often with soap and water or hand sanitizer
Maintain social distancing (6 feet apart)
Wear face masks
Clean/disinfect frequently touched surfaces
Monitor for symptoms of illness (fever, cough, difficulty breathing, loss of taste or smell, or GI problems, etc.)
Kaweah Delta shares COVID-19 information and regular updates with the community on its website at www.kaweahdelta.org/COVID19 and on its social media accounts.
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Robert knows a thing or two about a good beat. A drummer for most of his life, he understands that a steady beat is the foundation to any good song, and the same can be said for a healthy heart. Fifteen years ago, Robert’s demanding career took its toll on his health when he suffered a mild heart attack. After the heart scare, Robert knew he needed to make some major changes to save his life. Less than three months after the heart attack, he retired from his stressful job and moved north from the chaotic streets of Los Angeles to the peaceful orchards of Tulare.
Last fall, 14 years after moving to Tulare, Robert’s elevated blood pressure was making him worry so he made an appointment with Dr. Sarmad Said, a cardiologist affiliated with Kaweah Delta. Robert passed heart test after test but his blood pressure remained elevated. Thankfully, he was in the expert hands of Dr. Said. “Dr. Said didn’t turn away from me. He took the time to listen to me and scheduled me for an angiogram to take a closer look.” Just as Dr. Said began the procedure, Robert’s blood pressure dropped dangerously, revealing to Dr. Said that an artery blockage was likely and heart surgery would be necessary. In the end, Robert’s heart required quadruple bypass surgery performed by Kaweah Delta-affiliated Cardiothoracic Surgeon Dr. Leheb Araim.
Now on the road to a full recovery, Robert believes he was meant to move to Tulare County to be treated by the compassionate team at Kaweah Delta. “I really can’t convey the appreciation I have for Dr. Said, Dr. Araim, and the hospital’s medical staff. It wasn’t just a hospital experience. It was a people experience. I was always told by music teachers that the drummer is the heartbeat of the band, and Kaweah Delta’s goal was to give me the beat back. They revive and restore lives, and I’m one of them. Those are the people who bring you back to life.”
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Oxford hotels near Merton College
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Old Bank Hotel
"Located in Oxford City Centre, this luxury hotel is steps away from All Souls College and University of Oxford. Bridge of Sighs and Bodleian Library are also within 5 minutes. Oxford Station is 17 minutes by foot. "
Pros: Comfortable, clean, uniquely beautiful property!
Pros: Very comfortable, centrally located, walking distance to most of what you want to see. Very friendly staff. Attached to a very nice restaurant.
Pros: An excellent welcome and staff could not do enough for us. Room was comfortable and beds lovely
Pros: Very central location
Pros: The service was outstanding. Staff were really helpful, friendly and eager to make our stay great. The hotel has a fantastic location, right in the centre of Oxford, and it's clean, stylish and very comfortable. The bar and brasserie downstairs is great. I would definitely stay there on every visit to Oxford!
Pros: Espesialy Yiannis perikleous was very helpfull because he specking Greek that is my language
Old Parsonage Hotel
"Located in Oxford City Centre, this luxury hotel is steps away from Keble College and University of Oxford. Oxford University Museum of Natural History and Ashmolean Museum are also within 10 minutes. Oxford Station is 16 minutes by foot. "
Pros: pleasant staff, room and restaurant
Pros: Very coasy and good English style interior, very good food, reasonable prices.
Pros: We liked the location of the hotel, which is ideal.
Pros: convenient for city centre
Pros: The bed was luxurious - a very comfortable night's sleep.
Pros: Friendly and generally helpful staff, great location, sense of history in the older part of the building.
Voco Oxford Spires
"Located in the heart of Oxford, this spa hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Bate Collection and Christ Church College. University of Oxford and New Theatre Oxford are also within 1 mile (2 km). Oxford Station is 27 minutes by foot. "
Pros: Large clean rooms Fast wifi
Pros: It was my 2nd stay in Oxford Spires Four Pillars Hotel through Booking.com and it was very pleasant and the staff are very professional
Pros: Convenient location with the huge advantage of car parking. The hotel was clean and comfortable.
Pros: very comfortable,easy reach of oxford,lovely views and surroundings.
Pros: Sports Club facilities were excellent, and the staff were helpful and friendly.
Pros: I liked the fact that the staff was friendly especially in Deacons Bar. The front desk staff were also helpful with transportation and a room change. I appreciated that they were willing to make the change so easily.
Pros: We ate in the dining room each evening as the town was a 25 minute walk away. The service was very good and choice of menu reasonable.
Pros: Very friendly and attentive staff. Excellent food in restaurant. Excellent facilities. Good location
Pros: easy reach of city centre,hotel layout very good,friendly staff,food very good.
Pros: An all round excellent hotel. We particularly liked the rural location, which was only a few minutes walk from the city centre.
Pros: Very attentive, efficient and helpful service. The location is excellent and it is comfortable and quiet. Breakfast had a wide variety of options.
The Head of the River
With a stay at The Head of the River, you'll be centrally located in Oxford, within a 5-minute walk of University of Oxford and Christ Church College. The front desk is staffed during limited hours.
Pros: The breakfast was really good and you could have as much as you wanted.
Cotswold Lodge Hotel
"Situated in Oxford, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of University of Oxford, Oxford University Museum of Natural History and Ashmolean Museum. Bridge of Sighs and New Theatre Oxford are also within 1 mile (2 km). Oxford Station is 23 minutes by foot. "
Pros: All things are very good. There is very quiet the bar is very nice to take a rest.
Pros: Quiet room on the top floor of the hotel. Lovely comfortable bed. Nice bathroom. Friendly helpful staff.
Pros: good atmosphere, helpful staff,good situation, quiet rooms, convenient parking andd straightforward billing arrangements.
Pros: I enjoyed the comfortable room, though rather small for a double. The location is very good, just 10 mins into town on foot and several restaurants/pubs within 100 yards. The staff were friendly and reasonably helpful.
Pros: Very comfortable room with good facilities
Pros: Location and nearness to labs and centre
Pros: Its closeness to the centre of the city, its old world charm, and particularly the reception staff who were extremely helpful
Pros: the car park and the fact that the room was fairly quiet.
Pros: very convenient location, pleasant surroundings, good breakfast
Rewley House University of Oxford
Located in the heart of Oxford, Rewley House offers 4-star campus accommodation in quiet Wellington Square. It is within walking distance of some of the city's oldest and most historical colleges and the University of Oxford's central administration office is 20 metres away. A wide selection of accommodation is available, including single, twin, and double rooms, along with an apartment and a twin room with full disabled access. All rooms are en-suite and offer tea/coffee making facilities. With a beautiful garden, Rewley House also offers a fully licensed bar and a shared kitchen. Other facilities offered at the property include conference/meeting facilities, luggage storage, and a vending machine. The restaurant is open daily for a full English or Continental breakfast buffet served from 08:00 until 09:30. Free WiFi access is available to guests throughout all accommodation buildings. Rewley House is 300 metres from the Ashmolean Museum and a 10-minute walk from Oxford city centre.
Best Western Plus Oxford Linton Lodge Hotel
The Best Western Plus Oxford Linton Lodge Hotel in Oxford is just minutes away from the thriving city center. However, it’s set in a quiet location - so this hotel offers the best of both worlds for guests who want the perfect place to stay in Oxford. Full to the brim with fascinating architecture and old-school tradition, the university town of Oxford is a truly wonderful place to visit. Thanks to the Best Western Plus Oxford Linton Lodge Hotel in Oxford, it doesn't have to be a flying one - we'll be more than happy to be your base for a long weekend or even longer holiday. If you’re planning a celebration like a wedding, we have excellent facilities to host it too – all in a convenient central location. As an indication of how attractive Oxford is to tourists, you'll find a selection of buildings and beauty spots within walking distance of the hotel. Explore the dreaming spires of the city’s world-renowned academic halls and be inspired yourself. Just outside the city, you’ll also discover the beautiful countryside of the Cotswolds, with its picture postcard villages and walking routes. Or pay a visit to Woodstock village for the stately Blenheim Palace – the former home of Winston Churchill. So if you’re looking for a place to stay in Oxford - England’s famous university location - The Best Western Plus Oxford Linton Lodge Hotel in Oxford is a smarter choice by far. ***Parking information*** Free on-site car parking is available between 3 p.m. on day of arrival until 11 a.m. on day of departure. Outside of these times we charge 2.00 GBP per hour. Subject to availability. Please contact hotel for further details.
Pros: Our flight got in early and they had a room ready for us. It was a long flight so it was nice we didn't have to wait.
Pros: Its convenience to City centre.Noth
Pros: Convenience and cost
Pros: Checking out.
Pros: Good, secure location with parking. Short walk to city centre or frequent buses. Smart and clean inside.
Pros: Clean and modern room and bathroom
Pros: location/ease of access to transportation and free wireless access
Pros: Staff were very courteous and friendly
Pros: Staff is friendly and helpful, hotel is located in a nice and quiet area, free broadband internet access
Central Backpackers Oxford
"Located in Oxford City Centre, this guesthouse is steps away from Said Business School and University of Oxford. Oxford Castle and New Theatre Oxford are also within 10 minutes. Oxford Station is only a 4-minute walk. "
Malmaison Oxford
"Located in Oxford City Centre, this romantic hotel is steps away from Oxford Castle and University of Oxford. Christ Church College and New Theatre Oxford are also within 10 minutes. Oxford Station is 8 minutes by foot. "
Pros: Very comfortable and friendly staff. Would definitely stay again.
Pros: the hotel building is beautifully restored and kept, the room and service were of high standard
Pros: Althiugh it was a busy weekend, the staff, were pateient courteoud and helpful.
Pros: Responsive staff- about the best I have encountered.
Pros: The quirky nature of the former prison - cleverly converted
Pros: Central location, unique design, extremely handy for the Oxford Colleges which was why we booked it. Particularly liked the fact that you are immediately into the centre of the city as you leave the hotel
Pros: Nice hotel, interesting features and full of character.
Pros: Excellent location, great design hotel
Pros: The hotel is very stylish and has a unique atmosphere. It's very close to the city center and the train station which is very convenient. The restaurant has superb food and is reasonably priced.
Pros: Well situated.Intriguing building with a good ambiance.Has the potential to be excellent.
The Randolph Hotel, by Graduate Hotels
"Located in Oxford City Centre, this luxury hotel is steps away from Oxford Playhouse, University of Oxford and Ashmolean Museum. New Theatre Oxford and Bridge of Sighs are also within 10 minutes. Oxford Station is 10 minutes by foot. "
Pros: excellent location in central Oxford, minutes away from historic colleges, the central market, and the bus station.
Pros: It is in an excellent location for visiting my daughter who is studying at Worcestor college.
Pros: Clean bedsheets and towels
Pros: Good enjoyable stay
Pros: The friendliness & helpfulness of the staff. The excellent breakfast. The well-equipped bathroom. The proximity to the Ashmolean
Pros: The location of the Hotel in the centre of Oxford
Pros: Location, 'character', most staff (but not all)
Pros: Excellent central location.Spacious and well furnished room.
Pros: Lovely hotel and rooms. Particularly impressed by the turn down service.
Pros: room was clean and bathroom large.
Pros: Convenience,quality of service
Pros: Friendliness. Convenience to City Centre. Quiet.
Pros: Staff were friendly and efficient but very busy and difficult to get hold of.
Royal Oxford Hotel
With a stay at Royal Oxford Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Oxford, just a 4-minute walk from University of Oxford and 5 minutes by foot from Oxford Castle. Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff.
Pros: Location great. Staff friendly and efficient. Room good, beds comfy, everything clean. Nice biscuits. Would stay again.
Pros: The location is excellent for the station and for central Oxford. The room was quiet and comfortable.
Pros: Although the hotel's excellent location was the main reason for choosing it I was very impressed by the overall standards of comfort, such as good quality beds and by the very helpful and friendly staff.
Pros: Very handy for train station arrival and only a short stroll into town centre. All reception and breakfast waitress staff friendly and polite. Twin room, en-suite, was a good size, clean, tidy and comfortable. Used hotel for visit with son to attend university open day
Pros: Relatively late check out was good.
Pros: Close to where I needed to be
Pros: The location is great - particularly for train travellers. The bar and restaurant were excellent and the rooms extremely comfortable and very clean - lovely fluffy towels too!
Pros: The modern design in an attractive old building; the fact that it is central and easy to find.
Pros: It was adjacent to the Said Business School, where I was doing some work.
The Buttery Hotel
"Located in Oxford City Centre, this guesthouse is steps away from Balliol College, University of Oxford and New Theatre Oxford. Ashmolean Museum and Bridge of Sighs are also within 5 minutes. Oxford Station is 11 minutes by foot. "
Pros: I enjoyed everything about my stay at The Buttery. I wish I was there now. Next year I hope to stay ther again.
Pros: Excellent location - could not be bettered. Very pleasant and helpful staff. Comfortable room. Value for money was quite good considering the location. I really enjoyed my stay.
Pros: Near the pedestrian walkway and close to many shops and pubs.
Mercure Oxford Eastgate Hotel
"Located in Oxford City Centre, this hotel is steps away from The Queen's College and University of Oxford. Bodleian Library and Bridge of Sighs are also within 10 minutes. Oxford Station is 21 minutes by foot. "
Pros: Excellent kitchen for all meals. Wonderful included breakfast
Pros: We particularly liked the room (105) - spacious and comfortable. The view is wonderful and the location very convenient.
Pros: The location of the hotel was ideal for getting to the office and shopping. Which was the purpose of the trip/stay
Pros: The location was great, the staff were excellent, and the hotel itself: clean, stylish and cosy
Pros: Seems a bit sad,but we really liked the bathroom!It was a proper room,not just a partitioned off corner of the bedroom.Nice floor as well!
Pros: The reception staff were excellent-very friendly and helpful-and it was good to have parking in the City.
Pros: The breakfast and service.
Pros: convenient location
Pros: Room was very nice
Pros: central location and car park facility
The Bocardo Hotel
"Located in Oxford City Centre, this hotel is steps away from Balliol College, University of Oxford and New Theatre Oxford. Ashmolean Museum and Oxford Castle are also within 10 minutes. Oxford Station is 9 minutes by foot. "
Vanbrugh House Hotel
"Located in Oxford City Centre, this hotel is steps away from New Theatre Oxford and University of Oxford. Ashmolean Museum and Oxford Castle are also within 10 minutes. Oxford Station is 9 minutes by foot. "
Yha Oxford - Hostel
"Located in the heart of Oxford, this hostel is within a 10-minute walk of Said Business School, University of Oxford and Oxford Castle. Ashmolean Museum and New Theatre Oxford are also within 15 minutes. Oxford Station is only a 3-minute walk. "
Pros: Location is excellent, a short walk away from the bus and train stations. Rooms are decent, clean and comfortable.
The Ridings Guest House
"Situated in Oxford, this guesthouse is within 1 mi (2 km) of Bate Collection and Christ Church College. University of Oxford and New Theatre Oxford are also within 2 miles (3 km). "
Pros: The staff was very helpful and nice, breakfast - delicious. Nice clean, quiet room.
Pros: An excellent location from which to walk or bus into Oxford with off road car parking. Clean and comfortable bedroom with nice little extras like tissues,q tips.facial wipes and flannels. Lovely freshly cooked breakfast together with ceraels,fruit etc. Most friendly host.
Pros: Very friendly and chatty staff, really homey, welcoming, personable feel to the place. Could come and go as I pleased even though I had to return very late. They were flexible with my check in/out times.
Pros: Pat, the hotel owner was very friendly as most of the reviews of this hotel tell. As I was a solo traveler, it was good to be with a friendly owner while having breakfast.
Pros: Staff is very kind, and freindly. Dinning is beatiful and breakfast is very good. An atmosphere is excellent.
Pros: Cosy and lovely rooms, excellent breakfast, good location, kind and cheerful hostess.
Pros: Friendly Helpful
Pros: Easy access to Oxford centre with bus stop close by; excellent breakfasts; very friendly and helpful hostess
Pros: Pleasant staff, warm welcome. Spotlessly clean. Good food. Advice given re local transport and local restaurants etc.
Euro Bar And Hotel
"Located in Oxford City Centre, this inn is steps away from Worcester College, University of Oxford and Oxford Castle. New Theatre Oxford and Ashmolean Museum are also within 5 minutes. Oxford Station is 6 minutes by foot. "
Pros: THE LOCATION IS VERY CENTRAL
Pros: Location!
Pros: Good central location
Pros: Location convenience and proce which was the reason I booked.
Pros: the hotel staffs are nice, and the room gave me a feeling of home
Pros: Hotel staff were nice and polite. The location is excellent.
Pros: the breakfast and location
Pros: friendly and responsive staff - great location!
Pros: Staff very friendly and helpful.
Pros: Great location
Pros: Simple accommodation in the town centre
Athena Guest House
"Situated in Oxford, this guesthouse is within a 15-minute walk of O2 Academy (Oxford) and University of Oxford. Churchill Hospital and Oxford Brookes University are also within 2 miles (3 km). "
Overall 5.7 Okay
Pros: The wi-fi speed was decent
Pros: For one night it was fine. I wouldn't use it for a holiday, but for business or short stay it was ok.
Pros: decent breakfast (for £3.50 could have a full english). Comfortable, warm rooms with sky digital. Very fast and decent wi-fi which was essential for me.
Pros: Athena is a very convenient guest house. The service and the welcoming attitude of the stuff make me feel like home.
Pros: Athena Guest is placed within a reasonable distance from Oxford city centre - 5-10 minutes by bus. There are lots of restaurants in the area and a supermarket as well.
Pros: Soft white fluffy towels, a pleasant room,a good quality hairdryer and a very generous breakfast.
Pros: The location to an event on the Cowley Road. Clean room, clean bathroom and comfortable bed.
Pros: the food (breakfast), the bed, the shower room
Pros: Clean bright room, very tidy
Pros: Clean room. Served it's purpose as a B&B. Situated on the Cowley road which is well worth a stroll down. Check out the great street art on the buildings and the eclectic mix of shops. Twenty minutes and your in the heart of the city.
Pros: Room was well laid out and perfectly clean and tidy.
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Study of outcome of 300 cases of arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with quadrupled hamstrings tendon graft using anterior cruciate ligament tightrope for femoral fixation
Sanjay K Rai, Rohit Varma, Sunit S Wani
Department of Orthopaedics, Naval Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Dr. Sanjay K Rai
Department of Orthopaedics, Naval Hospital, RC Church, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 005, Maharashtra
Objective: The aim of treatment of tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in any military soldiers is to restore normal/near normal stability and function of the knee, preventing further damage to other knee structures and quick return to duty. We studied the functional outcome of arthroscopic-guided ACL reconstruction using quadrupled hamstring tendon graft (QHTG) and femoral side graft fixation using ACL TightRope and also to evaluate its complications. Methods: In this prospective study, evaluation parameters Lachman test, pivot test, and hamstring strength were assessed pre- and post-operatively at 3, 6, 12, 18, and 36 months. Lysholm test was assessed postoperatively. Results: A total of 300 male soldiers with a mean age of 26.5 years were evaluated. Injury due to military training, sports, fall, and road traffic accident was a common cause. Preoperatively, all patients had a positive pivot and anterior drawer tests, 4+ score of Lachman test, and 4/5 muscle strength with restriction of movement to <10°. Mean ± standard deviation Lysholm score at 3, 6, and 12 months were 81.19 ± 10.21, 83.86 ± 12.44, and 89.17 ± 8.32, respectively. At the 3rd month, negative Lachman test was seen in 83.6% (251/300) of patients, 13.6% (41/300) had 1+ laxity, and 2.6% (8/300) patients had 2+ laxity. None had positive pivot shift test. At 3 and 12 months, 91.3% (274/300) and 100% (300/300) had a grade of 5/5 power in hamstring muscles. Fifteen cases developed postoperative complications such as infection and graft failure. Conclusion: Autologous ipsilateral QHTG is a near anatomical and good choice for ACL reconstruction and is associated with fewer complications.
Rai SK
Varma R
Wani SS
Anterior cruciate ligament TightRope
Anterior cruciate ligament tear
Hamstring tendon graft
Quadrupled hamstring tendon
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To Our Audience: We Are Committing To Do Better By You
KUT 90.5 | By Debbie Hiott
Published November 9, 2020 at 5:49 PM CST
Julia Reihs
Views from the Rosewood neighborhood in East Austin.
Dear KUT & KUTX Audience,
We are in a time of reckoning for our country about the systemic racism that people and organizations have long perpetuated and endured. Today, across the country, members and organizations within the public media system are reflecting on the failures of our institutions to overcome this challenge, and committing anew to efforts to change through the Public Media for All campaign.
We believe it is essential to acknowledge the race problem we have in most, if not all, institutions, including and especially our own, here at KUT and KUTX. We sit at a crossroads of two industries – media and music – which both have a poor track record on race and we are part of an institution of higher education, the University of Texas, with its own history of racism.
Here at our stations, as has occurred at other public radio stations, we have heard from former and current staff that our organization has too often been an uncomfortable place to work for many of our colleagues of color. We acknowledge the negative experiences of our colleagues who left the station, over the years, feeling unwelcome, and we apologize for the pain and harm they experienced.
This history, which goes back many years, is something we have wrestled with for more than 18 months as we have undergone management changes, training, created an internal workplace culture committee and hired additional talented staff, who are helping us to better reflect our community. We have made progress, but there is much more work to be done.
This summer, we convened conversations at all levels of our organization, from the newsroom to the music meetings to the membership team. We updated our diversity statement, to emphasize an ongoing commitment to inclusion, especially for Black, Indigenous and People of Color in our community. We put together an action plan, and because we want to be held accountable by our listeners and our community, we are sharing it with you here. And we are reinforcing our commitment to continue improving the diversity of our staff to better reflect the community we serve. These documents, by themselves, are by no means our final words on these critical issue, and they should be considered a starting point. That’s why we also want to hear what you, our community, expect from us going forward. Please share your ideas and thoughts on ways to improve our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion using the form below.
Our goal through this process is to increase our outreach to all communities in Central Texas, provide content that better reflects the breadth of culture and experience in the region, and deepen our coverage of the inequities that affect too many residents, particularly those who are Black and/or Latino. We want to make KUT and KUTX a better and more inclusive place to work for all of our colleagues, regardless of their race, ethnicity, creed, gender identity or abilities.
Thank you for joining us on this journey. It’s an important one, and we are committed to it. We appreciate your help.
Debbie Hiott, General Manager & Executive Director
Sylvia Ponce-Carson, Deputy General Manager
Teresa Frontado, Executive Editor, KUT
Matt Reilly, Program Director, KUTX
And the entire KUT & KUTX senior leadership team
NewsDiversity
Teresa Frontado
Teresa Elena Frontado is the executive editor of KUT and the Texas Standard
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KUT and KUTX Diversity Statement
KUT Staff
As a media organization, KUT and KUTX have a responsibility to reflect the diverse culture, issues and lives of residents of Central Texas and the state.…
KUT and KUTX Commitment to Engaging Diverse Audiences
The KUT and KUTX audience and membership are overwhelmingly white. As a community service, it is imperative that we commit to outreach and engagement to…
KUT and KUTX Commitment to Diverse Hiring Practices
KUT and KUTX are community-supported non-profit media, and as such should reflect the demographics of our community as much as possible through both…
KUT Newsroom Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Action Plan
Our journalists are committed to the work of inclusion and have chosen to formulate a statement that we all support: The audience we don't yet serve is as…
KUTX Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Action Plan
Among KUTX’s primary missions is introducing our audience to new sounds and music experiences. Another mission is the promotion of Central Texas musicians…
KUT and KUTX Commitment to Equitable Business Practices
As a community-funded organization, KUT and KUTX are committed to equitable, inclusive business practices. We recognize the need for greater outreach to…
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La Trobe to Host Revived Fin McNab University Cup Tournament
La Trobe University Hockey Club is pleased to announce, in collaboration with Melbourne University and Monash University, the return of the Fin McNab University Cup tournament in 2013.
Established in the 1970s, the Cup competition began as a Men’s three way tournament between the universities at the time. Findlay McNab, patron of the then Victorian Amateur Hockey Association, had sons playing at both Melbourne and Monash and suggested the competition which was often used as selection for the Vic University teams.
Having last been played more than 15 years ago, the three universities are pleased to announce its revival in 2013 in what will continue to be an annual competition.
The 2013 tournament will be held at La Trobe University Hockey Club’s ground on the 2nd of March. The three clubs will compete in both the Men’s and Women’s tournament. RMIT and Swinburne have also been invited to participate.
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Lawyer to face music after weapons wrap
By Justin Whealing|12 November 2012
A lawyer to rap stars Eminem and 50 cent appears to have taken the ‘gangsta’ lifestyle a step too far and has been arrested on weapons charges.
One of Folklaw’s favourite mags, Rolling Stone, reports that New York celebrity lawyer Randall Cutler has been arrested on felony weapons charges.
The Stone reported that police found a small arsenal of weapons, including an AK-47, an automatic handgun, a sawn-off shotgun, tactical vests and a laser scope, in the lawyer’s New York home.
Folklaw applauds lawyers trying to ape the behaviour of clients to be more in tune with their concerns. We can only theorise that he was aiming to be able to provide sound commercial advice to 50 Cent, who warbles on the number Gunz Come Out: “The semi auto spray, run if you get away. I’ll find your whereabouts and clap at you another day.”
Hmmm. Apparently, the area of Bronxville where Cutler was arrested does not justify being armed like Robert De Niro from Taxi Driver, one of Folkaw’s favourite New York films.
“We have kids, and were under the impression that we were living in a safe neighborhood, so I'm not sure how to react to this,” a neighbour told the Tarrytown Daily Voice. “What if he's released and is back living on our block. What would happen, can we even allow that? I'm just scared to know that we were living next to someone who owned so many guns, with around 500 rounds of ammunition.”
Folklaw would be concerned too.
Cutler, whose home was searched by police in connection with a domestic dispute, is due in court on 21 November.
Folkaw reckons the armed-up lawyer should have stuck to representing clients from the New York jazz scene. You can’t get in too much trouble acting for mellow cats with berets.
Justin Whealing
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Terrified Skiers Trapped On Swinging Lift As Storm Hits Resort In Austria
5 January 2018, 13:46 | Updated: 5 January 2018, 14:48
Terrifying video has captured the moment trapped skiers were thrown wildly from side to side on a lift during a violent storm in Austria.
The footage, taken at the Silvretta Montafon ski resort, shows the chairlifts being rocked dramatically as those onboard cling on.
Resort staff attempted to rescue the skiers as Storm Eleanor swept parts of Europe, but their efforts were in vain.
Luckily, no one was injured in the incident and those trapped are said to have not been in any danger.
Speaking to Voralberg ORF radio station, the chairlift’s managing director Martin Oberhammer said: "The guests were always safe, the safety bars and bubble were always closed”.
Meanwhile, four people have been confirmed dead in France as winter storms continue to hit northern Europe.
A 50-year-old farmer was found dead on Thursday under a snow slide in the Savoie region of the French Alps.
The body of a 93-year-old woman was found in southeast France after her house was flooded when a river burst its banks.
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Plastic Pollution Reduction in Macclesfield?
David Attenborough's Blue Planet II was shocking, and together with Drowning in Plastic, left us wondering what we as individuals could do to reduce the problem?
This website aims to answer that question, offering a menu of nine simple strategies.
Macclesfield is a long way inland and, like most developed western countries, most of our waste is well managed and doesn't find its way into the sea - apart from litter that gets into the drains and rivers, and plastic items flushed down the toilet.
But if we consider only micro-plastics, (pieces smaller than 5mm) western developed countries have more work to do, being the largest contributor to micro-fibres from washing machines and micro-plastics from road run off.
30% of fish caught in our UK coastal waters contain traces of micro-plastic.
Lots of the big changes, such as the proposed deposit scheme on bottles and cans, are being made by government and trade associations, but this website suggests ways you as an individual can make a difference - by your own actions, and by influencing others.
If we reduce the number of single-use items sold to the public, we reduce the 'opportunities' to discard them as litter.
But the idea of a simple 'War on Plastic' risks throwing out the baby with the bath water. Durable plastic products have served us well in many aspects of daily life - from near-indestructible toys, to reducing the weight of our cars, making them more fuel efficient and safer.
Our focus should be a 'War on Single-use Plastic and Litter'
Menu: Choose from these Topics
Reduce Litter?
The key to ocean pollution by items bigger than 5mm, lies in understanding and reducing litter and fly-tipping. Plastic items put into a bin, (any bin - recycling or not), will be managed properly, and won't find their way into drains or rivers.
Previously, this litter has seemed mainly a cosmetic issue; but now we are aware of real casualties from this problem.
Britain is not a major contributor to ocean plastics derived from mis-managed waste. In 2015, the journal 'Science' estimated 84% comes from 20 countries, mostly in Asia. In contrast, if all of coastal Europe was combined we would rank only 18th. more
Fortunately, Blue Planet II struck a chord in China; reportedly the internet was slowed when around 80 million people watched the second episode. Theresa May (rather pointedly) gave president Xi Jinping the box set when they met in February 2018.
What Can be Done about Litter?
If an area is clean, no-one can claim their new litter makes no difference.
Pick up a few bits of litter each day when you walk the street or your local park.
Every little helps. Clean areas attract less litter. By being seen to clean up, you will encourage others to clean up too, and you promote the idea that litter is not OK .
Dog walkers tend to have preferred routes, and could easily 'maintain' them - and improve the environmental image of dog walkers at the same time.
When you are at the seaside, pick up a few items of litter.
See the video at #2minuteBeachClean.net
Runners in Sweden are encouraged to try Plogging (collecting rubbish as you run).
Ask your council for more litter bins in the street, and maybe try one of these Top 7 Anti-Litter Campaigns .
The successful Keep Britain Tidy 'Bin it for Good' scheme rewards bin use with charitable donations.
Read more about litter bin design and placement
Publicise the effect of litter on marine life.
Download and print these A4 posters.
or these:-
Appeal to local pride, and engage community action.
Encourage residents to clean up (and maintain) their neighbourhoods. Find your neighbourhood group.
The Don't Mess With Texas campaign harnessed local pride and endorsements by celebrities to target 18 - 34 year-old males, and was credited with reducing Texas highway litter by about 70%.
Disposable Nappies add to plastic use, but tumble-dried reusable nappies have a higher carbon footprint. Use a clothes line to dry them when possible!
Cigarette Ends, made from cellulose acetate, are the world's most common item of litter. They take 10 years or so to degrade, and travel from street gutters via drains, and rivers to the sea, where they are picked up by birds. These 500 butts were collected in one beach clean.
Chewing Gum is the world's second most common item of litter. These paper wrappers can be re-used to prevent discarded gum sticking to everything - an 'advantage' not offered by sugar-coated tablets of gum.
Better still, find a Gumdrop, gum recycling point, and have your gum made into something useful. more
Apply the new £150 fines for littering. Small fines, rarely applied, trivialise the problem. Large fines that are aapplied, send a signal 'Litter is Damaging'.
Introduce the deposit scheme on plastic bottles.
The UK uses a staggering 38.5 million single-use plastic bottles every day, of which more than 40% are not recycled.
In addition to encouraging people to recycle their own bottles and cans, The deposit scheme will encourage people to pick up littered bottles to claim the deposit (as in Germany) - before they get into the sea .
Research shows deposit schemes work:
In Norway, recycling rates are at 97%.
(That's only 3% not recycled, compared with our 40%).
Watch the BBC Video about Norway's scheme
In some parts, of the UK 37% of children drink bottled water rather than tap water (!)
That said, clear plastic PET drinks bottles sink in water (if the tops are removed) but translucent milk bottles and other opaque bottles float, with or without their tops. See plastic types
Although PET bottles sink, the bottle tops float - and appear to be a tasty morsel to sea birds and larger fish. So there are suggestions that the tops should be somehow made captive on the bottle - such as flip-tops.
Why does Litter Persist? Keep Britain Tidy published a paper on their website 'Using behavioural science to reduce littering: Understanding, addressing and solving the problem of litter' .
The main points are summarised here.
The full document is a fairly heavy read, but has been distilled down to an 11 page (!) document, highlighting what were the most useful paragraphs, or you can read the full document here
Coffee Cups: Each year in the UK, fewer than 1% of the 2.5 billion paper coffee cups used are recycled.
Support coffee shops that are working to reduce plastic such as on Churchill Way.
Take a re-usable (insulated?) mug for your coffee purchases, and get a discount.
Reducing the base price and charging a 25p surcharge for the disposable cup, giving the same net price, worked better in a trial at Winchester University. It seems we hate a surcharge more than we love a discount.
Interestingly, Starbucks are introducing a surcharge of 5p for a disposable cup.
Will it be as effective as 5p on plastic carrier bags was - reducing use by 85% ?!
Coffee Cups CAN be recycled in Cheshire East. Tear the cup, breaking the wax seal and allowing the chemicals used in paper making to 'get under the skin', and put it in a Silver Bin.
Cafes serving single-use plates, cups and cutlery
Ask them to change, or at least use compostable equivalents. Many of these items are heavily contaminated with surplus food, so it makes sense if they can be composted together - not in domestic compost heaps (not hot enough), but in commercial in-vessel composters, such as Cheshire East will have in 2019.
Compostable container prices are now only 5p - 10p more than styrofoam.
Ask your local take-away why they use plastic trays rather than aluminium foil or compostable bagasse?
Show them this list of alternative suppliers.
Why use plastic cutlery rather than wood? Can they at least offer their customers a choice?
Macclesfield's Treacle Market encourages store holders to go plastic-free
Plastic straws are not recyclable
McDonalds have announced that they would switch their 1.8 million plastic straws per day to paper in September 2018.
Support the proposed ban on plastic straws and plastic cotton buds
Sign the petition to ban plastic straws here.
Use paper straws, or try one of these..........?
As with many aspects of sustainability, textiles is a subject full of trade-offs. Synthetic materials such as Nylon, Polyester, and Acrylic, use very little water in production, but consume fossil resources, and their laundering releases millions of micro-fibres into water courses.
Cotton, in contrast, is a natural fibre, but uses large amounts of water in processing. (It takes about 8,000 litres for a pair of cotton jeans - though over half of all cotton is rain-fed rather than irrigated).
The fashion industry is the world's second largest polluter - after oil and gas. The colouring dyes used in cotton production pollute water courses - as detailed in Stacey Dooley's 'Fashion's Dirty Secrets' .
Cotton growing also accounts for 7% of pesticides used in the USA.
Wool, on the other hand, seems quite sustainable - apart from sheep burping greenhouse gases.
Polyester Fleece is thought to be one of the biggest emitters of micro-fibres due to its construction. An alternative is woollen fleece.
Acrylic fabrics, (mostly sweaters, socks, and fleeces) are the worst, shedding about 50% more fibres than polyester fabrics.
Recycled fabrics - including cotton and polyester - use less resources. e.g. Inland Sea products
Which fibre types are the most sustainable?
The 'Good On You' website offers more information about the sustainability of different fabrics here
What could you do?
Buy Fewer New Items: It is claimed that 60% of clothing is discarded within a year. About half of what we buy use natural fibres such as cotton and wool; a third is synthetic; and about 10% is made from viscose/rayon (derived from wood cellulose - i.e. tree felling).
Keep Clothes for Longer. Think twice before replacing a serviceable garment with a new one.
This reduces your consumption of resources.
Cherish the clothes you have. Buy better quality to last longer. Let fashion changes pass you by.
Learn How to Mend Clothes: For example The Tailoring Academy on Pickford street run drop-in sewing classes.
Patagonia offer tips on maintaining clothing .
Collingwood-Norris show how to mend knitted gloves
and Love Your Clothes have tips on Invisible and visible mending
Don't buy new: The first washes of a new garment release significantly more fibres than subsequent washes. Check out your local charity shops or clothes up-cyclers before buying new - and maybe get a designer label at a good price?
When You're Done With Them, don't throw them away.
Charity shops accept worn and dirty clothes - not just the most saleable items. If they can't sell them in the shop, they go to a specialist textile recycler who makes use of the fibres. Sainsburys Report
In addition to the charity shops Marks & Spencers have in store collection points, and reGAIN have an app that enables used clothes to be exchanged for discount vouchers on new clothes.
Fabric Washing is the major source (35%) of micro-fibres in the ocean, with a typical 5kg wash load of polyester fabrics producing six million micro-fibres.
Water treatment filter plants around the country can remove 65 - 90% of textile fibre fragments from waste water, but they are then contained within the (mostly organic) sludge residue, that is either applied to the land as fertiliser, or dumped at sea(!). We need to ask how that can be improved?
Wash Less Often: At home, an obvious first move is to consider whether you are washing more often than necessary? How often do you really need to wash clothes, towels, bed linen? There is a potential saving of water, and energy used too.
Wash Programme Selection: Shorter, gentler, wash programmes with lower temperatures release fewer fibres.
Wait until you have a full load for your machine; the clothes move around less, and break off fewer fibres.
Detergent: Liquid is less abrasive to fibres than powder, and you can offset the disadvantage of its plastic container by using a refill service such as Ecover - currently being trialled by Inland Sea at the monthly Treacle Market
Tumble drying is best avoided as it beats the fabric, making fibre damage more likely. If you can dry your clothes on an indoor airer or outdoor clothes line, that risk is minimised - and you save energy too.
If your machine has a lint filter, don't clean it out by washing the lint down the drain; put it in a bin.
Fibre Capture: Until washing machines are equipped with outlet water filters, the only options available are a few products which aim to retain some of the micro-fibres inside the drum:-
Coraball £25
A 10cm diameter recycled plastic ball, which claims to retain 25-33% of fibres in every wash.
You pick them out of the ball when they have accumulated.
GuppyFriend £25
Claimed retention of around 80% of fibres.
The fibres accumulate in the corners of the bag, where you can pluck them out and bin them.
An outlet water filter is available for about $150 in the USA, but presumably there is a risk of becoming over full and causing a flood?
More Information about Textiles
The HUBBUB website offers some good videos
Help With The Washing have a good overview of the problem and some solutions here
Ocean Cleanwash has an analysis of the problem.
Parliamentary sub-committee report on Micro plastic prevention and solutions
BBC News article
Technical Background Document here
Buy Fewer Single-use Items.
Disposable? Think twice about buying anything with the word 'Disposable' in the description.
Lighters - Use matches or a refillable lighter.
Razors - The combination of steel and plastic cannot be recycled. Use an electric razor, or a safety razor with replaceable blades. see the video .
Cutlery - Keep a set of travel cutlery with you at work or in your bag to avoid plastic cutlery.
Buy your Milk in Glass Bottles - delivered to your door
Newton's Dairy, Trevors Close Farm, Dark La, Macclesfield SK11 9QZ. Phone: 01625 423987
Smiths Dairies, Queens Avenue, Macclesfield SK10 2BN, Phone: 01625 616178 Website
John Evans of Marple, for Prestbury and Bollington 01663 741108
Or buy Milk in Big Plastic Bottles; a 4pint bottle will stay fresh for a week in the fridge, and uses half the plastic of four 1pint bottles.
Buy only loose tea or bio-degradable tea bags such as Twining's 'Loose Leaf' pyramid tea bags, Pukka Herbs, Aldi's premium Specially Selected range, Yorkshire Gold, and Waitrose's Duchy range. more
Take a plastic storage box (preferably re-using an ice-cream tub or similar) to the butcher or fishmonger, so they don't need to wrap it for you? Morrisons put their checkout barcode sticker on your container, so you can just scan it like any other item. You also get 100 loyalty points worth 10p.
Avoid food sold on Black Plastic Trays. Recycling scanners generally can't 'see' black plastic items. Buy food sold on lighter coloured trays, it will help motivate the suppliers to change.
Buy refills for glass jars (e.g. spices, coffee), liquid hand soaps, wipes.
Shops that still offer free plastic bags; ask them to stop proffering them, and provide only when asked. (Make an end to "Would you like a bag for that?" ). Show them this list of alternative bag suppliers.
Buy Butter and Margarine in foil rather than tubs.
Instead of Cling Film, save food left-overs in old ice-cream tubs. But don't fret about cling film; recycling a single 4-pint milk bottle, saves as much plastic as 10 metres of cling film.
Buy Shampoo Bars instead of bottles.
e.g. Lush . The Independent's review of shampoo bars .
Plant Pots. The 500 million plastic pots we use in the UK each year, generally contain up to 98% recycled plastic, so they have been round the system once already, but black plastic cannot be 'seen' by most recycling systems, and ends up being burned for energy recovery.
However, a new recyclable taupe (grey) pot is being trialed. You can help by asking for them at your garden centre.
B&Q have started accepting used plant pots for recycling.
The Horticultural Trade Association is offering garden centres a black plastic collection service. Does your garden centre offer this service to customers?
Extend the ban on micro beads. more
Impose a tax on single-use plastic items - bottles, cutlery, straws, take-away food containers?
(Is it true that most plastic-bottled drinks are either sugary, or pointless - like still water?)
Toilets cause 7% of plastic pollution on beaches.
Toilets are for Pee, Poo, and Paper.
Get a bin in your bathroom for wipes, tampons, condoms, plasters, dental floss, cigarette ends, etc.
Wet Wipes: Switch to bio-degradable, not just 'flushable'.
e.g. Waitrose, Boots and Andrex. (The labelling is sometimes confusing, with the wrapper itself marked as non-recyclable plastic).
An option for those who prefer wet wipes to toilet paper is the ‘toilet paper spray’. Various products are available which moisten toilet paper with a moisturiser to make it feel similar to a wet wipe, but without the problems associated with wet wipes. Example
Use bio-degradable cotton buds (without plastic sticks) more info
Contact Lenses: Don't flush them; Boots will recycle any brand for you. More info
See the videos produced by City to Sea and their Facebook page
Surfers Against Sewage have a Plastic Free Coastlines campaign and downloadable starter pack.
Can you engage with your local water company? It's in their interest to reduce filter blockages.
Bottled Water: The Alternatives
Water accounts for almost 20% of soft drink bottles sold in the UK.
Make public water fountains available to re-fill bottles?
Ask your council and local employers to install them.
Persuade more local business owners to offer free refills and join the Refill scheme. (See the map right).
Download the App from Refill.org.uk to locate free water near you.
Dispel the Myth that plastic water bottles are dangerous to re-fill.
See the BBC video clip. (Want to know the source of the myth?)
If the Taste of tap water makes you buy bottled water:-
Try using a filter jug at home or a filter bottle on the go.
If you like Sparkling Water, consider buying a SodaStream with reusable bottles.
Buy your water in glass bottles from Wilboarclough's Crag Spring Water company. more
Airports: Look out for more airports that make it easy for you to empty your water bottle and then refill it after passing through security. See a list www.wateratairports.com
Manchester Airport now makes it clear that you can take an empty bottle through security, and refill it at one of 19 free water fountains, or get a free refill at any of the bars, cafes, and restaurants. Details
Road Run Off
When your tyres wear out, you probably don't wonder where the rubber went.
Sadly, the answer is mostly into roadside soil, or into drains, rivers and the seas.
Micro-plastics are defined as particles less than 5mm in diameter.
Progressing from left to right, the graph below shows how most micro-plastics (98%) originate on land, rather than the breakdown of larger pieces in the ocean. Land based activity produces :- Road Run Off (66%), Waste Water (25%), and Wind borne dust (7%).
These components take a variety of routes, but ultimately half stays in the soil and half gets into the oceans.
Tyre abrasion is estimated by Friends of the Earth to be the second largest source of plastic pollution - after 'Large Plastic Items', and eight times bigger than that from clothes washing.
There are some specially designed roadside gullys now that aim to collect this material, but the vast majority of existing gullys have limited capacity, and can be flushed out in heavy rainfalls.
The developed western nations can take some comfort from (relatively) good performance on managing plastic waste, but (compared with developing countries), we are big contributors in road run-off:-
What can you do? Apart from raising awareness of this problem, there is not much an individual can do, apart from choosing tyres that claim longer life, and driving as you would to save fuel.
Check tyre pressures
Don't carry excess weight or a roof rack.
Accelerate, steer and brake gently.
Walk, cycle, car share or use public transport.
But avoid creating other problems:-
Plastic wrapping around a cucumber trebles its fridge-life, and reduces food waste - a source of methane gas in landfill.
MAP - Modified Atmosphere Packaging: Some of the apparently pointless sealed plastic bags around foodstuffs, contain a gas such as nitrogen or carbon dioxide that extends the shelf life and reduces food waste. more
Replace plastic bags for fruit and veg with paper bags?
This good for plastic pollution, (If a paper bag escapes into the environment it biodegrades very quickly, whereas a plastic bag degrades hardly at all), but The Environment Agency have calculated that paper bags are worse for global warming - unless they are used four or more times, but that was unlikely to happen, due to the poor durability of paper bags - particularly if they become wet from leaks or condensation on chilled food items.
On the same basis, you have to use a heavy-duty plastic 'bag for life' five times; a polypropylene bag 14 times; and a cotton bag 173 times. more
Glass bottles are heavy to transport, and more liable to break into dangerously sharp pieces.
If you want to be able to squeeze or see the contents of a container, there are almost no alternatives to plastic.
Plastic packaging (padding and foam) prevents damage to goods in transit - another source of waste.
Unlike metal, plastic items don't rust or need (toxic?) paint coatings.
Don't replace durable plastic items with 'greener' equivalents; plastic disposal is what we seek to avoid.
Do not burn plastic - it needs 2 seconds above 850 deg. C to avoid producing toxic dioxins.
This can only be done in commercial incinerators.
Improve our Recycling?
Recycling is more about conserving resources than pollution reduction. Any rubbish put into the local 'Waste Management System' will indeed be managed - with the worst case being landfill. However, since the introduction of the Land Fill Tax of almost £90 per tonne, everyone in the waste management industry is highly motivated to recycle as much as possible.
Increasingly, the worst case is incineration to generate electricity for the national grid. Even then, the resulting ash is sifted for recoverable metals, and the remaining ash is used for road-building.
In Cheshire East only 5% of all rubbish goes to landfill. Overall, recycling has improved from 17% to 55% in a decade.
Residential rubbish from kerbside collection:
Silver bin contents are taken to UPM at Shotton. The site principally recycles newspaper and magazines; other materials including mixed paper and cardboard, are separated and shipped elsewhere for more processing , mostly quite local to Shotton and all within the UK. What cannot be reused, is burned for energy recovery.
Black bin contents are sent to MES Environmental at Stoke for energy recovery. Metal is recovered from the ash, and the ash itself is used as road-building material.
Green Bin currently garden waste only, but in January 2020, Cheshire East will have an in-vessel composter at Crewe, operated by Wastewise. You will be able to put food waste, including compostable cups, plates and cutlery in the green bin too. Details .
Currently food waste makes up around 40% of the average black bin contents.
Rubbish taken to a 'Household Recycling Centre' (formerly 'The Tip') goes a different route, via H R Martin. The staff at these sites encourage visitors to put plastics in the right skip for subsequent sale to a recycler. Our rubbish is divided into an extensive range of recycling categories:- garden waste, general waste, wood, chipboard, white goods, TVs and computers, bicycles, scrap metal, paper, cardboard, batteries, fluorescent lamps, builders' rubble, three separate colours of glass, oil, and plastic bottles.
Commercial waste collection is partly undertaken by the council, and partly by private contractors such as Henshaws, Veolia, Viridor , Fresh Start and Biffa who all have their own materials recovery systems.
Waste Cooking Oil from cafes and restaurants is collected by Olleco (seen here at the Wizard Tea Rooms, Alderley Edge.
Waste in Litter Bins is not currently sorted, but Macclesfield Town Council have introduced recycling bins in the town centre. Their success will depend on clarity of signage, and goodwill on the part of the public to separate their deposits.
about Litter Bins
for Recycling
How is Recycling Sorted?
Description of the sorting process at UPM Shotton here .
Watch the Video of how silver bin material is sorted at UPM here
The quick rule of thumb is to put only plastic items which you can crush in your hand into the silver bin; otherwise use the black bin.
If you want to know more: Follow the Guidance on Cheshire East's website on the flyer , and the mobile phone App 'Waste Watchers". Android or Apple
They describe both the most ecological and economical way to dispose of each material. (and it avoids having your bin rejected at the kerbside.)
This advice aims to strike a difficult balance between simplicity, and completeness; High Peak Borough Council use the same recycling company, and some people prefer High Peak's advice for recycling plastics in their brown(!) bins.
Use the Recycling Codes moulded into plastic items to avoid uncertainty about what to do with "Hard Plastics".
Unfortunately, there is currently no market for some recycled plastic grades; they end up being burned for energy recovery.
If in doubt, put items in the black bin, or call 0300 123 5011 for advice.
Bottle tops are best left on the bottle, so they don't fall by the wayside in the journey to the recycling plant. It also stops contamination (broken glass etc.) getting inside the bottle.
Rinse. You don't need to be too fussy about washing your recycling, but a quick rinse will stop it becoming smelly. Do avoid leaving much food in containers - so that it doesn't leak onto paper in the same bin, and make that un-recyclable.
Coffee Cups CAN be recycled in Cheshire East. You must tear the cup, breaking the wax seal and allowing the chemicals used in paper making to 'get under the skin'.
Cling film should go in your black bin - it is generally too contaminated, and represents very little plastic.
Ten metres of cling film represents the same mass of plastic as one 4-pint milk bottle.
Clear Plastic Film, 'Cellophane', and Polythene: If it makes a crinkley sound when handled, and tears rather than stretches, put it in the black bin.
If it makes no noise, and stretches before it tears, its probably polyethylene and should go in the silver bin.
(Technically, uncoated cellophane can be composted, but it is often coated - which slows the process - and it is so difficult to correctly identify, that it is safer to put it in the black bin).
Plant Pots: can be returned to B&Q for recycling.
Plastic bags go into the Silver bin. The film usually comprises several layers of different polymers that are impossible to separate, but it is used to make black bin bags.
Aluminium Foil needs to be reasonably clean, not perfect.
Larger pieces are best scrunched up into a ball the size of a tennis ball.
The reason for this, is that aluminium cans are repelled from the conveyor belt by an eddy current system, and leafy pieces of foil flutter aimlessly instead of following the same trajectory as aluminium cans.
Watch an eddy current separator at work .
Steel items fall steeply off the second roller, while
aluminium is repelled forward into the collection box.
Foil bottle tops, and smaller pieces of foil can be
squashed into an aluminium drinks can over several days, and retained with a piece of tape if necessary when full.
No Nappies Please: They have to be removed from the process by hand....................
Books generally contain too much glue in the binding for making into new paper, but telephone directories contain so much paper they are acceptable. Books are a mixed blessing to charity shops. Some books can be sold for 50p-£1; The Ziffit App uses your phone to scan barcodes and give an instant value to some books; Everything else goes to World of Books earning the charity only 2.5p per kg. (that's 0.6p for a paper back, or 3p for a coffee table book).
Clothes, Textiles and Shoes are not recycled from the wheelie bin collection, but you can take them to banks at various locations:- London Road Co-op, Duke Street Car Park, Tesco Hibel Road, Sainsbury's, Westminster Road Shops. H&M have now started a clothes recycling scheme.
Arrange a Free Talk or workshop by Ansa or Cheshire East for your community group or school.
Don't Bin it; Donate it.
Try a local Charity Shop. Small plastic toys, clothes, and bric-a-brac are well received.
Local Groups such as Freecycle or MaccRecycle will generally put you in touch with someone who wants your item and will collect them within hours.
Textiles and footwear recycling bins are to be found outside corner shops and supermarkets
Scrap Metal: The silver bin can accept only cans, but Henshaws will buy quite small quantities of scrap metal, car batteries etc. For example copper is bought for about £1.50 per kg. Aluminium 40p, Lead 65p, Car Batteries 30p (about £4 -£6 per battery).
Psychology: The Viridor Recycling Report 2017 found the reasons people DO recycle were-
Because I care about the environment.
Because everyone else in my local community recycles.
Because I want future generations to grow up in a world that is environmentally safe and,
Because I feel bad about throwing things away.
Get in Touch with like-minded people:-
Macctastic
A group of people working towards a brighter more ecologically sound future for the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire East, UK.
If you are interested in plastic pollution, or the broader issue of Sustainability in Macclesfield, Macctastic has set up six working groups interested in Litter Picking, Helping small retailers to recycle more, Plastic Reduction, Pollinators, a Repair Cafe, Tool sharing, and Transport.
Visit the website for details of the next public meeting.
For more information visit www.macctastic.org or the Facebook Group.
Contact: admin@macctastic.org
Find the community group for your neighbourhood. here
Transition Bollington's Facebook Page and website .
Transition Wilmslow's 'Plastic-Free Town' website and Facebook Page
Transition Buxton's website and Facebook Page
Rethink Plastic New Mills Web page
Transition Northwich
Feedback on this website enquiry@notjustonce.org .
Background Information Sources
Try this mind Map; one of several from Learning Fundamentals in Australia
Publicity: Some big guns are being brought to bear on this problem.
Sky have an Ocean Rescue page and a separate Ocean Rescue website both with lots of videos.
Chris Froome and their Tour de France team rode with #PassOnPlastic team strip.
The BBC has a dedicated page explaining the plastic problem
a separate Plastics Watch Section.
and a series of three iPlayer Radio talks about the origins of our plastic use, and the solution.
What are Supermarkets doing to help? BBC article
Learn more about the proposed (New) Circular Plastics Economy/Commitment , INCPEN (The Industry Council for research on Packaging and the Environment) and WRAP (The Waste and Resources Action Programme)
The Guardian: Michael Gove on Recycling
Note: Cheshire East use a recycler : UPM at Shotton. The Shotton site principally recycles newspaper and magazines; other materials including mixed paper and cardboard, are separated and shipped elsewhere for more processing at other UK based sites.
Plastic is not one material, but a family of many different types.
The amber coloured cells below show those that float in water.
The green cells on the right show the only grades that have a recycling value.
Note that coloured material is worth less. (If you must buy a drink in a PET bottle try to avoid strongly coloured bottles.)
The lower value grades tend to be burned for energy recovery.
Bio Plastic: Generally plastic made from plant material such as cellulose or starch.
It can have the same properties as plastic made from oil, (i.e. not easier to recycle) and there is concern that it could take land away from food growing. Only about 40% is bio-degradable.
Bio-degradable Plastic: Another mixed blessing; can degrade into small plastic particles that are particularly undesirable in sea water, and (because it degrades) if it is put in with recycling, it reduces the quality of the recycled plastic (!).
Compostable, Industrial: Bio-degradable plastics can be composted, but generally do not bio-degrade in domestic compost heaps or in the natural environment - they need the higher temperatures found in an 'In Vessel Composter' such as the one Cheshire East are building at Crewe and due to go into service in 2019.
This opens the opportunity to process food waste mixed with biodegradable cutlery and plates - a big recycling problem for the catering trade. Vegware, producer of plant based catering supplies, have a good page on Compostable Materials
Compostable, Home: Some lightweight films used in plastic bags and wrappers are approved for composting at home. They tend to be made from starches such as potato, and break down at lower temperatures.
Micro-plastics are pieces smaller than 5mm in diameter. Primary micro-plastics are pieces that were made that small when new (such as fibres); secondary micro-plastics are the result of erosion of larger pieces.
PCR - Post Consumer Recycled Plastics: Using old plastic items to make new plastic is key to the Circular Economy.
Wikipedia has a good section on Plastics. It is detailed but well structured, making it easy to skip to what you want to know.
BBC guide to identifying plastics here
SLOactive have an informative webpage on the facets of plastic pollution.
See the Viridor Report on UK Recycling 2017 . Key findings:-
Nearly two-thirds (63%) of consumers were frustrated that different councils collect waste in different ways.
Three-quarters (73%) of the UK public said they would like more transparency on what happens to their waste.
Only half (49%) were very confident they put different waste in the right bins.
Plastic Facts published by the Association of Plastics Manufacturers.
40% of plastic goes into packaging. Only 4 to 6% of all the oil and gas used in Europe is employed in the production of plastic materials. (in Asia where 50% of plastic is made, it may be more).
Across Europe, of all the plastic waste that is collected 30% is recycled, 30% goes to landfill, and 40% is burned to recover energy.
Plastic packaging recycling rates are higher at around 40%.
The US packaging company O.Berk offers an extensive list of plastic ocean-pollution information sites here
What about Cleaning up the Oceans?
What are the Gyres, what's in them, and why not just clean them up?
Micro plastics are pieces less than 5mm in length, mostly broken down fragments of larger items, that tend to float below the surface, turning the sea to soup.
theOCEANCLEANUP. is a project to put slow-moving booms in the gyres to gather the drifting plastic for easy harvesting.
A report published in Nature, March 2018 , states that in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch gyre, over three-quarters of the plastic mass was carried by debris larger than 5 cm and at least 46% was comprised of fishing nets. Micro plastics accounted for 8% of the total mass, but 94% of the estimated 1.8 (1.1–3.6) trillion pieces floating in the area.
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation was launched in 2010 to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. Since its creation the charity has emerged as a global thought leader, establishing the circular economy on the agenda of decision makers across business, government and academia.
Feedback Welcome: enquiry@notjustonce.org
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Philcare Wellness Index Found Pinoys are Happy About Their Heath...
Philcare Wellness Index Found Pinoys are Happy About Their Heath But Unprepared for Emergencies
by Kaye David 2 years ago 2 years ago
Many Filipinos are guilty of the dangerous habits of self-medicating, neglecting minor pains, resorting to traditional herbs to treat chronic diseases, or consulting “manggagamot” or quack doctors for cheaper fees. Yet many of us claim to be happy about their overall wellbeing. But you know how deadly illnesses can be traitors. Today you’re okay then tomorrow you find out that you’re dying.
Are you prepared for these kinds of emergencies?
PhilCare Wellness Index, a study launched by HMO provider PhilCare to quantify Filipinos’ sense of well-being gathered new insights into the country’s general health. The result of the survey was revealed in a media brief that was recently held at the New World Manila Bay Hotel.
This study was spearheaded by Dr. Fernando Paragas, lead researcher of PhilCare Wellness Index and Associate Professor of Communication Research College of Mass Communications at the University of the Philippines, Diliman.
In summary, the 1350 respondents to the survey rated themselves as feeling “somewhat good” in terms of their overall health. They also attested to feeling good about their psychological health. Meanwhile, most respondents also rated themselves as feeling “somewhat good” about their physical, lifestyle, nutritional, financial, and medical well-being.
The optimism of Filipinos about their health is high but most of them admit that they lack confidence in addressing future medical needs. Around 40% of them also said they were unsure whether they can pay for their medical bills. Meanwhile, 35% said they are unsure if they could afford regular medical checkups.
Checking on their history of medication, PhilCare Wellness Index found that 37% managed to pay their bills using their savings, while 25% ended up seeking help from friends and relatives to pay what they owe. Only 15% said they were able to settle their bills with the health insurance they own. And while there is Philhealth assistance for those who are employed, it was found out that only 63% of the respondents were able to use their savings with the said government agency.
Also present during the event were former Health Secretary and Chairman of the 2019 PhilCare Wellness Index Dr. Enrique T. Ona, PhilCare Chairman of the Board Monico Jacob and former Health Undersecretary Dr. Susan Mercado.
In a speech, Dr. Ona said that PhilCare needs to forge partnerships with the government and use the study to craft relevant policies. Many of us already know that the Philippines is one of the few countries left who remain close-minded about getting health-related policies while other improved countries make it a mandatory expense to invest every year.
To serve the Filipinos in their health needs, Tanco said that the 2019 PhilCare Wellness Index will be used by the company to develop more programs that are packed with features but can be afforded even by ordinary Pinoys. One of their newest products is the “Dengue Assist” voucher which covers 2 consultations and comes with Family Medicine and General Practioner Specialist at PhilCare Clinics. It also has a single-use benefit of up to 30,000 Pesos for hospitalization coverage due to Dengue disease in 500+ PhilCare accredited hospitals nationwide.
Other products are:
ER Vantage Plus 60 For Adults which features single-use healthcare voucher that provides coverage of up to P60,000 for emergency care and hospitalization for viral and bacterial illnesses, treatment of injuries resulting from accidents (except for stroke) in 500+ designated PhilCare-accredited hospitals nationwide.
ER Vantage Plus 60 for Kids which features single-use healthcare voucher that provides coverage of up to P60,000 for emergency care and hospitalization for viral and bacterial illnesses, treatment of injuries resulting from accidents (except for stroke) in 500+ designated PhilCare-accredited hospitals nationwide.
ER Health Assist 40 for Adults which features a health voucher that covers multiple-use benefits for unlimited medical and dental consultations to Philcare Makati and MOA Clinics only and a single-use benefit up to Php 40,000 for outpatient emergency care and hospitalization coverage for viral, bacterial illnesses, and treatment of injuries resulting from accidents (except for stroke) in 500+ Philcare accredited hospitals nationwide.
ER Shield which features a single-use health voucher that provides coverage for outpatient emergency care for viral and bacterial illnesses and treatment of injuries resulting from accidents (except for stroke) in 500+ designated PhilCare-accredited hospitals.
…and so much more.
To end, Dr. Paragas said that we are still at a long way to achieving the same positive results of other countries when it comes to health and wellness. He believes that to make a healthier nation, it will need the concerted effort of both government and private institutions.
Inspired by New Zealand’s The Sovereign Wellbeing Index of 2015, Canada’s Index of Wellbeing and United States’ The State of American Well-being of 2019, PhilCare Wellness Index is a study that serves as the second of its kind in the Philippines.
PhilCare President and CEO Jaeger L. Tanco said that the PhilCare Wellness Index was established to gather data that will determine the level of perceived health and wellness of Filipinos. The first study was launched in 2014 where PhilCare used the information as references to create affordable HMO plans that have been providing protection to its insured members.
HMO, Philcare, PhilCare Wellness Index
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LOMA SYSTEMS® true variable frequency metal detection technology helps Alpine Slicing & Cheese Conversion, also known as ‘The Big Cheese,’ raise their level of quality control.
When Bill Stuart and a few fellow cheese aficionados in Monroe, Wisconsin ventured out to form their own cheese packaging business in 2005, the result was Alpine Slicing & Cheese Conversion. The company provides slicing, cutting and packaging services to cheese producers nationwide.
One crucial part of the slicing and dicing process is to make sure no metal ends up in the final cheese product. The team has since built more flexibility into their processes with true variable frequency metal detection, taking their quality control standards to new levels.
Alpine converts bulk cheese from different cheese plants into slices, chunks and shreds. The end result usually ranges from an 8-ounce chunk, wedge or package of slices to a 5-pound deli piece. The company converts all natural cheese products, including organic and kosher. To wrap the cheese, Alpine typically uses polyethylene-based structures on a wide range of packaging equipment, including vacuum, gas flushing and both horizontal and vertical form-fill seals.
Because Alpine was building a new operation from scratch, it was the perfect time to choose flexible equipment that would deliver the performance they were looking for. Historically, metal detectors
operated on a single frequency, calibrated solely to specific product characteristics. With the introduction of two- and three-frequency metal detectors, those capabilities expanded, but sometimes results still showed compromised statistics. But when the team found a true variable frequency metal detector, they knew it was just the thing to help the company raise its level of quality control.
“We run a combined total of 78 different products and sizes through our metal detector,” said Bill Stuart, Alpine’s Plant Manager. “Before variable frequency came along, you would have to set the metal detector at a compromise point that would work for all of your products across the board.”
Because Stuart’s team converts cheese from other vendors into consumer-sized pieces, the product goes through cheese cutters and slicers, so it is important to detect any metal in the shavings. “We use the metal detector at the end of the process line to ensure there is no metal found as a result of slicing or chunking,” he said.
“The true variable frequency metal detection technology gives operators a dramatic choice in the way they can use a metal detector,” said Don Hannes, Regional Sales Manager at LOMA SYSTEMS, a manufacturer of metal detection, checkweighing, x-ray inspection and data management systems located out of Carol Stream, Illinois.
The metal detector analyzes product effect (temperature, moisture, salt content, speed, packaging material, etc.), reviews a broad band of frequencies and offers the right one for the specific application within seconds. The automatic calibrate/learn process of the metal detector analyzes the product characteristics through multiple product passes. “Through the learn process, the metal detector uses a product’s signature and signal as the means to identify it and through this process, it can then differentiate between metal-free and metal-contaminated product,” Hannes said. “It also can differentiate unnoticed and unwanted product changes. Depending on the value of the product effect signal it analyzes, the metal detector will choose the frequency that is optimal for the product. At any frequency setting, when a new product is analyzed and the product effect signal is too high, the metal detector will automatically reduce the frequency setting to establish the sweet spot for optimal metal detection,” he continued.
“More and more companies won’t do business with you if you don’t have metal detectors,” Stuart said. “We need true variable frequency detectors because we deal with all different kinds, shapes, and sizes of cheese. In our business we’re not running one product all the time. We change to different products and the true variable frequency gives us flexibility to do that. If you run an 8-ounce cheddar piece through, the metal detector would calibrate to that product. But because it’s true variable frequency, you can also have it programmed for a 2-pound piece of mozzarella. A lot of times, metal detectors are set for one size and type, but the true variable frequency gives you the option to run multiple sizes and shapes.”
Most metal detectors are sold with a single, fixed factory setting that is manufacturer determined through their history and experience. Even with two or three frequency settings to address some product variations, the operator is still limited. But operators now have the additional facet of frequency choice at their disposal to program the metal detector for the product.
“The continuing challenge from the market is to obtain smaller metal detection with technology advances,” Hannes said. “Operators can now have 70 embedded frequency values All previous parameters for correct product set-up on the metal detector remain the same. The added parameter is the operator’s ability to have the metal detector choose the optimal operating frequency for the product, rather than a suitable, but perhaps not optimal, factory-chosen frequency.”
The new true variable frequency metal detector takes things to an even higher level by offering Stuart’s team increased sensitivity and improved stability. “The ability to detect small particles accurately has really improved with the new equipment,” Stuart said. “It’s one more tool to help us meet our HACCP requirements.”
Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) are used in food manufacturing facilities to keep food as safe as possible. There are seven guiding principles to a sound HACCP program and each individual food manufacturer develops a specific HACCP program to suit their overall process. The manufacturer will determine the metal detection standards to employ for finished product or in-process product inspection.
The LOMA SYSTEMS IQ3 metal detector’s capabilities are a result of the latest in case and coil geometry, which deliver immunity from vibration, electrical interference and thermal shock. Instead of a rectangular shape, the case design has a rounded top with additional bends that increase the rigidity of the metal form. “Using an energized three-coil arrangement creates the electromagnetic field of inspection,” Hannes said. “The coil design is what allows a true variable frequency metal detector with 70 choices, instead of two or three.”
Operators usually want a metal detector to provide the smallest metal detection possible and to do it with zero false positives. Having so many variable frequencies enables increased stability, which means fewer false positives. A false positive is a reject signal that occurs when detectable metal is not present in the food item. It can occur when product characteristics change, such as when expected frozen product is not frozen, or the metal detector has not learned the new product being inspected. Hannes states, “The unfrozen product will exhibit a vastly different product signature and product effect signal that will exceed the detection threshold of the metal detector.”
Stuart said his team is more productive with the HMI capabilities the detector offers including the language-based interface with multiple choices and user ID options with varying levels of security access. A graphics-driven touch screen simplifies communication and operation issues in a culturally diverse workforce that speaks multiple primary languages. “The touch screen is operator friendly,” Stuart said. “Before it was more elaborate to set up, but now you can just enter in the program you need. We don’t need the frustration of a new piece of equipment not working. We’re grateful the installation of these machines was flawless,” Stuart concluded.
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New Zealand goes into lockdown
14:49, March 23, 2020
The New Zealand government has outlined details of its national response to Covid-19 as the nation prepares to go into lockdown.
Earlier today, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed the country would go into alert level four - and a full national lockdown - in the next 48 hours.
All of Government Controller John Ombler addressed a media conference, along with other key personnel involved in the response.
Ombler said it was clear there would be significant disruption to everyone, "but the alternative would be far worse".
"I'm confident that this all of government leadership is the best way to support the community.
"These are restrictions to save lives."
He said essential services included the health sector or anyone involved in the Covid-19 response. A list of services considered essential would be made available and could be updated.
Civil Defence Emergency Management director Sarah Stuart-Black said under stage four, powers under the Civil Defence Act would be enacted, and the country would be in a state of emergency.
Stuart-Black said powers under a national state of emergency would "enable us to be able to close or restrict access to roads or public places, remove or secure dangerous structures or materials, provide rescue, first aid, food, shelter, conserve essential supplies, regulate traffic, dispose of fatalities in terms of people that have passed away or animals, enter into premises to rescue people or save lives, evacuate premises or places, remove vehicles and vessels, requisition equipment and materials and assistance".
Ombler said he would not rule out the Defence Force being on the streets, if it came to it.
Ombler said as authorities worked through all the various scenarios that may come up during the lockdown, information would be provided to the public.
He said the influx of people into the country had significantly decreased.
Ombler said there was no problem with calling out to neighbours and having a conversation over the fence - but to remain two metres of distance
He reiterated that people did not have to stay locked up inside - they could go out but had to stay apart from other.
Police commissioner Mike Bush said more officers would be on the streets "almost immediately", but he hoped it wouldn't get to the point where restrictions had to be enforced and officers' first role was to educate people about what to do.
He said police would intervene to make sure supermarkets were safe if it came to it.
Police would be on the lookout for any unlawful behaviour and anything that brought others' safety into question, Bush said.
"Our prime objective here is to deter people from doing anything that causes harm to others."
Bush said police had been seriously considering the issue of domestic violence during the lockdown.
"I would encourage neighbours to be looking out for each other, regardless of the circumstance."
He said the defence force had already been working with police.
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Man creates new Led Zeppelin song using the power of artificial intelligence
By Fraser Lewry (Classic Rock) 28 July 2020
Mountain Man by Led Zepbot is just the latest in a series of crazed AI experiments
There have been many landmarks in the history of artificial intelligence, from the formulation of the mathematical theory that inspired neural networks back in 1943, to IBM’s famous Watson AI beating two champion Jeopardy! contestants in 2011 to win a million dollar prize.
Future historians may look back at 2020 as a similarly important checkpoint on the road to AI dominance. Why? Because YouTuber Funk Turkey has created a new Led Zeppelin song using the power of AI.
Mr Turkey used a set of lyrics provided by lyrics.rip – a web service that scrapes the Lyrics Genius database for a particular artist, then cleverly splices together the results using a predictive algorithm known as a Markov Chain to compose a new song – then added some music, before singing the results in the style of Robert Plant. The result? Mountain Man.
Eagle-eyed viewers may notice that the video doesn't feature any footage of Led Zeppelin, but Turkey has an explanation: "I know I usually use concert footage of the band for my videos. However, YouTube keeps yanking the video for this one so that means DEPLOY THE STOCK FOOTAGE OF ADORABLE PUPPIES."
However, the captivating canines shouldn't distract from the song, which features the kind of lyrics that once made Plant famous as a golden-haired symbol of sexual abundance.
"The lyrics.... well, it sure spit out a lot of Robert Plant-esque adlib, which I think turned out okay," says Turkey. "Towards the end with the repeating 'Nevers' in particular, which is something that Markov Chains do – repeat phrases that had been repeated once or twice, but to infinity. It actually repeated the word 'never' almost 37 times, but I had to cut it short to fit the song, and also to freaking breathe."
This isn't Funk Turkey's first experiment with AI. Back in April he came up with The Nickelbot, which used the same techniques to compose a new Nickelback song, Nobody Died Every Single Day, and he's gone on to create Great Balls, a song very much in the style of AC/DC, and Power Gravy, an AI-driven tribute to Iron Maiden.
Perhaps this is how Greta Van Fleet got started.
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Electronic Discovery & Information Governance - Tip of the Month: Document Preservation for Tax Litigation
Electronic Discovery & Information Governance - Tip of the Month: Document Preservation for Tax...
Anthony D. Pastore
Eric B. Evans
Ethan A. Hastert
Michael E. Lackey
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is auditing a large multinational company. One issue that has emerged is the company’s “transfer pricing,” the pricing of goods, services, and licensed IP between the company and its overseas subsidiaries. It looks as if the IRS might challenge the company’s pricing and try to allocate more of the company’s profit to its US affiliates. In-house counsel is looking for guidance on when and how to implement document preservation procedures.
The Right Perspective
It is important to approach preservation issues in tax disputes from the right perspective.
Many general litigators and in-house lawyers view document holds as an unwanted and burdensome obligation.
In tax controversies, it pays to think about legal holds differently than you would in a typical lawsuit. Unlike cases in which a company finds itself as a defendant and is left guessing as to what may be relevant, in tax controversies, the company is nearly always the plaintiff and bears the burden of proof. To prevail, it must build its own case using its own documents.
It would therefore be wrong to think of document preservation for tax litigation as a compliance issue to be handled at the lowest possible cost. Burdensome though it is, consider it an opportunity to preserve the evidence you will need to tell your story to the IRS or a court.
The “When”—Anticipating Tax Litigation
We all know that document holds must be issued when there is a reasonable anticipation of litigation. Tax disputes are no different.
But, in tax, it may be hard to pinpoint when litigation is reasonably anticipated.
The problem arises because tax controversies have a longer-than-normal gestation. The company first stakes out its position when it files its tax return. Perhaps a few years later, the IRS may choose to open an audit, which often drags on for several years. If the issue isn’t resolved at that point, the company may attempt to settle the dispute in IRS Appeals, an administrative dispute-resolution process. If the Appeals process—which is also time-intensive—looks as if it is breaking down, the company may then make the formal decision to litigate.
When in this timeframe does the company anticipate litigation? It might be when the company analyzes the tax treatment of a transaction that the IRS will likely challenge—theoretically, before the company even files its tax return. It might be when the company anticipates a contentious audit. Or it might be only when it appears that the company will not reach a resolution with Appeals.
Case law on this timing question is surprisingly baroque, with outcomes varying from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Deciding when in the process to issue a document hold might therefore involve more art than science.
The “How”—All Potentially Relevant Documents
It is also common knowledge that document holds must preserve documents potentially relevant to the litigation. But what does that mean in tax?
It is often said that tax litigation can “put the entire business on trial.” And transfer pricing cases are a good example: they require a “functional analysis” directed at figuring out which subsidiaries created value that must be compensated through transfer pricing. That analysis may implicate almost all of the company’s operations and may not be limited to the tax years before the court. A staggering amount of non-tax business documents, including many older documents, may thus be relevant.
Think of it this way: major tax controversies—including transfer pricing cases—may combine the topical scope of an antitrust case with the temporal scope of a product liability case. The result is that preserving documents for big-ticket tax litigation may be a real headache.
But there may be a silver lining: the tax department has probably done some of the work already. When the company filed its tax return, the tax department was required to preserve records “sufficient to establish” tax due, such as the return itself and supporting workpapers. To protect against tax penalties, it was also required to preserve basic documentation about the company’s transfer pricing method. And tax departments frequently work diligently to preserve documents that the IRS might request in audit.
As a result, many relevant documents might already have been preserved.
A Few Best Practices
While every tax case is unique, a few strategies are always worth considering when approaching document preservation for tax litigation:
Going Beyond the Tax Department. A litigation hold order strategy should be crafted with the understanding that many non-tax business documents inform an item on a tax return. For major tax controversies such as transfer-pricing cases, it is probably impossible to avoid preserving documents from numerous custodians across many of the company’s operating divisions. And going beyond the tax department may well pay dividends: the business units might have documents that support the company’s tax position.
Preserving Early. It might be advantageous to err on the side of an early hold order. Because work product is created “in anticipation of litigation,” some courts have equated the work-product standard with the standard for preserving documents. It may be harder to claim work product over documents created at a time when no hold order was in place.
Thinking Before Writing. While it is always a good idea to think before you write, that advice is especially salient in tax. The IRS often seeks discovery of emails and other internal correspondence about tax issues. It may be necessary to waive privilege to defend against tax penalties. And the duty to preserve may begin a lot earlier than you expect. Putting that all together, it is hard to rule out the possibility that an ill-advised email you send will show up in tax litigation down the road.
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Your View: Our father wrote a groundbreaking history of Negro Leagues. He would applaud MLB’s recognition of the leagues
Op-ed: Our father wrote a groundbreaking history of the Negro Leagues. He would be pleased to see that MLB announced it will add into its records the names of about 3,400 Negro League players.
By Margie Peterson and Tom Peterson
Readers React: Let’s start MLB season
Reader: I love baseball (especially the Phillies). It’s about time to play ball, and show your fans it is not always about the money.
Readers React: Designated hitter isn’t good for baseball
Reader: Talking about instituting a designated hitter for the pitcher in the National League like in the American League takes a lot of the strategy out of the game.
Baseball, we need you more than ever. Don’t let us down.
Column: Baseball's 2020 season is being threatened not only by the coronavirus, but by greedy owners and players haggling over a diminished pot of money.
By Paul Muschick
Phillies battered by Nationals, inch closer to elimination from playoff contention
Patrick Corbin pitched six effective innings, and the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 on Monday night to strengthen their playoff positioning.
Phillies come up short against Red Sox, fall to 3.5 games out in wild card race
The Phillies allowed a run in the top of the ninth inning and could not respond, suffering a 2-1 loss to the defending champion Boston Red Sox at Citizens Bank Park. With the loss, the Phils fell to 3.5 games out in the race for the second wild card spot.
J.T. Realmuto boosts Phillies to series split with Braves
Cesar Hernandez, J.T. Realmuto, Jean Segura and Adam Haseley all hit home runs to lift the Phillies to a 9-5 win over the Braves Thursday night.
Readers React: Ticket prices, analytics also to blame for baseball’s troubles
Reader: Another reason for decline in baseball attendance: Just look at your empty wallet after taking the family to just one major league game.
Hoskins, Realmuto power Phillies to series victory over Pirates
J.T. Realmuto, Rhys Hoskins and Corey Dickerson led the Philadelphia Phillies' 17-hit attack in a 12-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.
Bryce Harper blasts Phillies to sweep of Cubs with walk-off grand slam
Bryce Harper blasted a grand slam with one out in the ninth inning, capping a six-run rally that sent the Philadelphia Phillies over the Chicago Cubs 7-5 Thursday night for a three-game sweep.
By Rob Maaddi
Phillies stymied by Jeff Samardzija in listless loss to Giants
Jeff Samardzija pitched eight stellar innings of two-hit ball, Evan Longoria and Kevin Pillar each homered, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 on Saturday.
By Gideon Rubin
Phillies blown out by Braves again, fall 7½ games back
Ozzie Albies hit a grand slam, Ronald Acuna Jr., Ender Inciarte and Adam Duvall also homered and the Atlanta Braves routed the Philadelphia Phillies 15-7 Saturday night.
Phillies fall flat in series opener against division-leading Braves
Ronald Acuna Jr. had two hits and three RBIs, Brian McCann hit a solo homer and the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-2 on Friday night.
Red Sox pound Yankees 19-3, biggest win ever in rivalry
Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run homer in a seven-run first inning, then added a solo shot in the eighth as the Boston Red Sox put a historic pounding on the AL East-leading Yankees, beating New York 19-3 on Thursday night in the opener of their four-game series.
By Jimmy Golen
Phillies closer Hector Neris suspended 3 games
Philadelphia Phillies closer Hector Neris has been suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed fine for intentionally throwing a pitch in the area of the head of David Freese of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Bryce Harper drives in 5 as Phillies rally to walk it off against Dodgers
Bryce Harper hit a two-run double off Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen with one out in the bottom of the ninth after pinch-hitter Matt Beaty hit a three-run homer off Philadelphia closer Hector Neris in the top half, rallying the Phillies to a 9-8 win over Los Angeles on Tuesday night.
What a Circus: Phillies simply embarrassed by Dodgers
Cody Bellinger hit his 32nd and 33rd homers, Clayton Kershaw struck out seven in six innings and the major league-leading Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Philadelphia Phillies 16-2 on Monday night.
Marlins’ Castillo beats Phillies with his first hit in 10 years
Wilkin Castillo hit a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh inning in his first game back in the majors in 10 years, lifting the Miami Marlins to a 5-3 victory over the struggling Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday.
Andrew McCutchen out for season with torn ACL; Phillies call up Adam Haseley
Andrew McCutchen tore his ACL in a rundown and will miss the rest of the season, causing the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies to again reshuffle their outfield.
Phillies-Twins what we learned: Zach Eflin rolls, bullpen gets it done
After allowing a home run to leadoff batter Max Keppler, Zach Eflin mowed down Twins hitters over seven solid innings of work. The 24-year-old allowed just the one run on six hits to go with five strikeouts and no walks to earn his second win of the season.
By Nick Fierro
Phillies pitching report: what we’ve learned since opening day
The Phillies' biggest question mark coming into the 2019 season was their starting rotation. The starters have been slightly better than expected so far for the Phils, compiling a 4.42 ERA in 36 2/3 innings.
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Pandemonium Four - The road to Rio
Thursday, 4th August 2016
During a summer of Brexit discord and terrorist attacks, it’s great to look forward to the imminent opening of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and the promise of the wildly exciting Samba rhythms, colours and extravagant costumes Brazil is renowned for.
Rewind to the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony and my wonderful memories as one of the Pandemonium Drummers* in the Industrial Revolution section and also one of the marshals moving and grooving around the athletes. The moves, the music from the ceremony and the amazing rhythms have all gradually found their way into my weekly classes and I’m never short of inspiration being an active drummer. This Olympic legacy continuously feeds my favourite element of Medau Movement with its use of rhythm and rhythmics to influence and inspire movement.
This positive spirit will be familiar to anyone who has ever been involved in a collective creative project or organisation and that of course includes the wonderful family of Medau Movement teachers, trainers and class members With the Pandemonium Drummers, I’ve since gone on to perform at over 150 events, including the FA and Champions League Cup Finals, London New Year’s Day Parade, London Marathon and various community and charity festivals. Four years ago I could not have dared to believe how my life would change and how my inherent love of rhythm could be so elevated. It just proves that if the opportunity arises to try for something you love, just go for it: it could change your life and open up a whole new world. Seize the moment as I did and just go for it.
*Pandemonium drummers feature on a new charity single released on
27th July in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust
It celebrates the spirit and legacy of the games and is an anthem of unity, hope and
positivity. The track is dedicated to the late Stephen Sutton MBE, who performed with the drummers at Wembley Stadium in May 2013, fulfilling a bucket list goal, and made headlines around the world after raising millions for the charity.
The track is available now – full video and pre-order links:
Championsong.uk
Grainne Sinclair can be contacted on:
Email: grainnesinclair@yahoo.co.uk
www.pandemoniumdrummers.org.uk
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How the Atari 2600 Led Videogaming’s Home Invasion
May 16, 2019 / Collectibles, Geek Culture, Retro Tech / by Pascualino Milazzo
Pundits used to joke that there were four major TV networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and Atari. In 1977 the first Atari Video Computer System sold for $200. Buyers –including us, hehehe– could plug it into the TV, letting the family play seminal, interactive games like Asteroids and Pac-Man, while broadcasters tried to keep viewers’ attention with Falcon Crest and Mork & Mindy. Atari’s console wasn’t the first to commandeer TV screens, but in the late ’70s the VCS skyrocketed in popularity because it was so versatile. The system let users pop game cartridges in and out, giving its audience a near-endless array of options. Atari was also in the coin-operated arcade machine business, which gave it ready access to fresh material (including the Japanese title Space Invaders).
The company let outside publishers build games for the VCS too. But, as the saying goes, sometimes too much of a good thing … Abundance and lack of quality control were blamed for the videogame crash of 1983, when industry earnings took a 97 percent nosedive. Still, that collapse ended up being just a bump in the road. In 1982, Atari relaunched the VCS as the 2600 (bringing out the low-cost 2600 Jr. soon after), and it persevered until 1992. That’s a record for a console. In those 14-plus years, the original games achieved plenty of nostalgic popularity—and revenue.
What do you think? Will Atari be able to retake his legacy ever? Will the Atari VCS new console be available for backers? We’ll see…
Source: Wired.com
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A Friend of Medjugorje discusses the abortion comments from Rep. John Rogers (Alabama), and we share an incredible testimony from our Mission House in Medjugorje about what is happening in Ireland.
Transcript for "Kill Them Now or Kill Them Later"
The subject matter contained in this presentation is based on Biblical principles and designed to give you accurate and authoritative information with regard to the subject matter covered. It is provided with the understanding that neither the presenter nor the broadcaster is engaged to render legal, accounting, or other professional advice. Since your situation is fact-dependent, you may wish to additionally seek the services of an appropriately licensed legal, accounting, real estate, or investment professional.
"No one can serve two masters. He will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life-- what you shall eat or drink-- or about your body-- what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
"Look at the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap. They gather nothing into barns, yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they? Can any of you, by worrying, add a single moment to your life span?
"Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wildflowers grow. They do not work or spin. But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was clothed like one of them. If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will He not much more provide for you, oh you of little faith?
"So do not worry and say, what are we to eat? Or what shall we drink? Or what are we to wear? All these things the pagans seek. Your Heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
"But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil."
This is Mejanomics with a Friend of Medjugorje.
So, here we go again, Alabama leads in certain things that the rest of the nation follows. Yesterday, May 1, the Alabama House passed a bill that, in essence, annihilates abortion. Its the toughest law ever been passed by one of the states. Other states are trying to do things. Alabama wants to counter whats going on in New York because theyre saying they can do abortions even after the birth of the baby.
We attribute this to Our Lady in many ways because She appeared here and whats taken place. Weve talked last week about Boston, what broke there because Our Lady appears there every day with Ivan. And so, theres a result in seeing in Alabama what Our Ladys done here. We have felt that for a long time. It is the most Biblical place in the United States of America according to a Pew Survey. So theres a lot to say about that, a lot to say about Our Lady. But this bill was not just passed to stop the abortion. It was done to be defiant against Roe v. Wade. The vote was 74 to 3. So, almost nobody opposed it. The one who did oppose it was a Democrat who was Louise Alexander. He challenged it saying, Nobody knows what a woman goes through. I know you dont because youre not a woman. You dont know why I want to have an abortion. It could be because of my health; it could be for many reasons. My choice is just as important. I just want to say one thing until all of you walk in a womans shoes. You all dont know.
So, this overwhelmingly was won into a bill in the House, but its purpose really is to challenge in the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade. Because we already have some strong restrictions on abortion now in Alabama. But what I want to bring up to you is there was another representative named John Rogers who represents Jefferson County which is where Birmingham, Alabama is, where you will have more people for abortion. And we got a clip of what hes saying, and its pretty astounding. These kinds of people dont represent Alabama. And hes only one of three that voiced this insane, crazy, all the above you can say about it. Heres his clip.
All Im saying to you, it ought to be a womans choice. Im not about to be a male telling a woman what to do with her body. She has a right to make a decision herself. [Inaudible] Some kids arent wanted. So you kill them now, or you kill them later. You bring them in the world unwanted, unloved. You send them to the electric chair. So you kill them now, or kill them later. But the bottom line is that I think we shouldnt be making this decision.
Wow. What such wisdom. Theyre going to kill them anyway in an electric chair, lets just kill them now. Its crazy. Beyond. Insane. But also hes saying from a perspective that hes admitting that a woman who is having an abortion is going to raise a killer anyway, or a criminal. And there are stats that support that. Not that we support what hes saying, but there is a truth in this. You would think you would never hear somebody say this. He said, quote, Some kids are unwanted, so you kill them now or you kill them later. You bring them into the world unwanted, unloved. You send them to the electric chair. So you kill them now, or you kill them later. Thats the bottom line Amazing.
But lets dissect this. Lets understand this in another way. The Bible relates to us that all evil works toward good for those who love God. We literally have babies in Heaven that, had they been born, that would be in hell. Every aborted baby has made it to the light. And Our Lady said that. She was asked by Mirjana, I think it was, about the babies who are aborted. She says, They are with me. So, the good out of this great evil is that these people, what this wicked man said yesterday, kill them now or kill them later, which is wrong, there is something that we have to look at from another point that these people who do these things will be raised in troubled monsters.
Im not saying that in justification. Im not saying hes right. But from his prospective he says something that works toward good even though its evil and that we can never be for it. And our read relates to this today.
This is taken from the book called Freakanomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.
What sort of woman was most likely to take advantage of the Roe v. Wade? Very often, she was unmarried or in her teens or poor and sometimes all three. What sort of future would her child have had? One study has shown that the typical child who went unborn in the earliest years of legalized abortion would have been 50% more likely than average to live in poverty. He would have also been 60% more likely to grow up with just one parent. These two factors, childhood poverty and a single parent household are among the strongest predictors that a child will have a criminal future.
Growing up in a single parent home roughly doubles a childs propensity to commit crime. So does having a teenage mother. Another study has shown that low maternal education is the single most powerful factor leading to criminality. In other words, the very factors that drove millions of American women to have an abortion also seem to predict that their children, had they been born, would have led unhappy and possibly criminal lives. To be sure the legalization of abortion in the United States had a mired of consequences. Infanticide fell dramatically. So did shotgun marriages as well as the number of babies put up for adoption which has led to the boom in the adoption of foreign babies.
Conceptions rose by nearly 30%, but births actually fell by 6% indicating that many women were using abortion as a method of birth control, a crude and drastic source of insurance policy.
What was just read says, Another study has shown that low maternal education is the single most powerful factor leading to criminality. This shows maternal need of a child, lack of education, raises up children who they themselves will repeat the errors of the mother. They say maternal. They didnt say fatherly. This points that the problem today is in womanhood. Weve talked about this forever. How to Change Your Husband is about that. Its in the womans hands. You say, What does the guy have to do with it? If she wasnt in consent, this wouldnt be taking place. So, can we say this is a blessing in disguise? No. We cant put it in that context, but we can have a perspective of this that God is populating Heaven with these people because, even if theyre raised that way, theyre going to put them in a path that loses their soul.
And so, this Rogers guy, sits there and says, By being born you send them to the electric chair. So you can kill them now or you can kill them later. Amazing the mentalities we have. But let me tell you something else about John Rogers who said this. He goes and is a member of St. Marys Catholic Church. So, see, this is as much of a Church problem as it is a people problem. And we changed the roles of the genders, what a husbands supposed to be, a fathers supposed to be, and the familys wrecked. And this is the fruit of all these things. And many people who have nothing to do with abortion, physically, but they have contributed to it.
Divorce contributes to this factor. We all have to look at ourselves in a lot of ways. My point Im getting to is thank God were going now to the Supreme Court with this law for things to change. But nothings going to change if the desire is still in the heart of the maternal mother who wished she could kill her child. Because, if you have it in your heart, its the same thing as physically doing the act. So, other religions say dont do the act. Christianity teaches not just dont do the act, dont have it in your heart. For if you have it in your heart, then you commit it. So, this evil, evil sin has a whole another side to it. And thanks to John Rogers, the Catholic who needs to be ex-communicated out of the Church. So, the pulpits are weak, his pastors not doing anything about it, and we have these kinds of things being said.
Were going to go to Medjugorje live at this time where were going to speak to one of our Community members. We now have the Mission House open full time for the season. We also have the pilgrimage group there. And being in Medjugorje in the Mission House, we have many people who come in and speak to us from around the world, the different issues that are taking place in their country. And just as a Friend of Medjugorje speaking today about whats taking place about abortion, there are many people particularly from Ireland that have come in and have spoken about the difficulties that their country is going through right now, especially with the last two referendums. One of our Community members spoke to a couple of Irish women the other day, and shes going to give us a recap of what that discussion was.
[JESSICA]
Hi, from Medjugorje. We are definitely have had a lot of traffic since the Mission House has been opened and just to jump into what a Friend of Medjugorje is talking about today as far as the abortions. We had an Irish woman come in yesterday afternoon. And she had been speaking out against the recent Irish referendum about abortion. So, she was relaying to me some of the stories from her country, and she began with one that had happened in her own town. Amnesty International had set up a table there and they were trying to raise funding for women in another impoverished country. But, she wanted to know what they were there for, so she went up to the table and just asked one of the young girls there, What is Amnesty International about? What do you do? And the girl wasnt sure how to respond and she said, Well, what do you mean? And so, the woman said, Well, what do you stand for? Do you stand for life? And the Amnesty International young girl said, What? And then she stood up and yelled at this woman, this Irish woman and said, Get away from here! Leave here. Leave this place. Get away! And shes hollering at the top of her lungs telling this woman to get away, shouting that this woman is against abortion. This woman is against abortion. Get away! Get out of here.
So, the Irish woman stays there and says to this young girl, she says, This is my country. This is my town. And this is my street. And Im not going anywhere. So, all the other Amnesty International volunteers are watching this scene unfold. And another older volunteer comes over and, again, comes to this Irish woman and says to her, Are you aware how many of your country women leave Ireland and go to England every year to have abortions? And it was kind of a last jab at her to prove their point. And so, the woman left, but she was shaken to have experienced this in her own town. And its a whole new wave of people that have come into Ireland, which Ill get to. She had another story about that.
But, she was shaken. So, she reached out to one of her good friends to explain what had just happened to her and the friend relayed a similar story she had had with an Indian man who was there in their town who was maybe conducting some kind of survey with people walking by. He asked her friend her name and so she gave the Indian man her first name. And he said, Well, thats not your full name. And she said, I dont have to give you my full name. Youre a stranger to me and I dont have to give you my full name. And he raises his voice to her and says, Ive lived in this country for five years! Im Irish! And she responded to him, My people have been in this country for 5,000 years! So you have a little bit of catching up to do.
So, where this was going was to the next story. She said, Twenty years ago we saw what was happening in Germany with the migrants coming in, Muslims coming into Germany. She said, I never would have thought that would happen to my country. But, my country is no longer my country. Basically. And she said, My town has been labeled a sanctuary city. I didnt know that. They never told us. They never announced it. I happened to grab an article I never read, a newspaper. And it was printed in fine print at the bottom of it that my town is now a sanctuary city. She said, We see it. We feel it. You cant say anything against people or youre called a racist or its hate-speech. She says everything has to be peace, peace, peace.
And she says the bishops are silent about abortion, about the abomination, abominable false union masked as marriage referendums. The bishops are silent and she said, Any priest that speaks out once is sent out to some, basically, Timbuctoo where he doesnt even have anybody to impact. The priests are squashed into silence. And I said, Well, thats why Trump is building a wall. We see it here in America coming through South America. Those arent families. Those arent women and children. Those are men. And she said, Exactly. That it was men, young men, coming into our country, coming into Europe. I said, So, thats why Trump is building the wall. She said, Trump is fantastic. She said, But our newspapers are so censored by our media who so strongly oppose Trump for what hes doing that they spread incredible lies about Trump. So, any of the Irish people who arent seeking their own information are believing these lies about Trump. A group of my friends, we are so supportive of Trump that we prayed strongly for his election and what hes doing is very good for your nation.
And she went on to say, I bought up Muslims then, misfires, abomination, and abominable marriage and what theyre bringing into their nation and how the priests arent speaking out about it. And she said, You know, theyre teaching this in first grade. And so I said, Well, I bet the Muslims arent quiet about that because they dont teach that in their religion. And she said, Oh no. She said, Its the Catholics that are quiet. Were the Protestants. Theyre taught peace, just have to be peace. But she said, The minute they passed that and started teaching that in our schools to first graders, the Muslims were out in their streets and they protested for three weeks. And at the end of three weeks, the school backed down and got it out of the curriculum.
In describing how their town has been flooded, how their country has been flooded with migrants, she gave another story about walking down the street in her town, and she saw a migrant screaming at an elderly woman in her 70s, an elderly Irish woman. And she said, as she approached, the old woman was shaking and the screaming was just escalating and she asked, Is everything here ok? And the migrant turned to her still screaming and said, This woman touched my car. This woman touched my car. Im calling the police. She touched my car. She needs to be arrested. And so, the Irish woman said, I slowly reached out my hand and put it on her car and I said to this migrant, Well I touched your car now too. Are you going to have me arrested? And she said, she turned at started screaming at her as well but that she was forced to leave. The elderly woman just thanked her.
But, the last story she relayed was, The current prime minister of Ireland wasnt elected by the people. He was simply placed there. And he had been the minister of health previously and had run their health care into the ground. But, she said that there are trolley cars filled with elderly people, elderly Irish people that are waiting to be seen in these health care facilities. She happened to need health care assistance. She went in one day and she was filling out her paperwork information and a migrant came straight up to the desk, didnt wait in line, and said, I have a headache. I want an MRI. And she said, He didnt have to fill out any paperwork. Migrants that have come in our country, they get free healthcare, free jobs, free food. The Irish people dont even get. They get their homes taken away. Her sister lost her home. But the migrants come in and get anything they need. The Irish people have no power because theyre called racist if they stand up. The priests cant stand up. The Irish are attacked in their street.
So, they were really disturbing encounters because of really where we are in our country also as far as if Trump hadnt been elected and what were facing with the border walls and all the issues. So, that was what was news from Ireland.
What does she feel the fate of the country is going to be? Did she relay that to you?
She did. She said its very difficult because they cant, the citizens who do understand whats going on cannot speak out and she relayed that there is something which I havent researched or heard about. But she said theres something called Agenda 2040 that shes heard about that deals with the plan of migration into their nation, their country, that the Irish people, by 2040 would become minorities. And she said, again, twenty years ago she might not have believed that, but when she was watching Germany go through this migration. And she said now its rampant throughout Ireland. I said, Well then theyre going to change the laws and Shri-law? She just said, Well, we already are losing our voices. And, they didnt even get to vote their prime minister in. He was just put there, placed there. So, also, she knows that the protection where the people are voting for abortion, theyre voting for abominable false unions. She said its just bad all over because, where is the hope? The priests are sent away if they speak out and help form the people, help strengthen the people. And then you have the Muslims that are there that are protesting, that are speaking out, that are gaining the power also with these refugees. And the Irish cant get jobs, they cant keep their houses if they dont have a job. The government is not intent on helping the Irish be successful. Theyre intent on helping the migrants that are pouring into their country still, to be successful.
Ive read about the project Ireland 2040. Actually, listen to the verbiage of what it talks about. It says, Project Ireland 2040 has been enhancing regional connectivity and competitiveness in proving environmental sustainability and building a fairer, more equal Ireland for everyone. This is how it comes on. Its a lie. Its purpose is to crush those who populate Ireland. And the population movement is going to be no Irish, basically, in 40-50 years and very few people will be speaking English.
One thing this woman said, shes praying for Trump, which is a recognition that the United States is the nation that if we win, the world wins. If we lose, the whole world loses. And this goes back to everything about the consecrations, the Patriotic Rosary, everything weve been talking about. We are having an aggressive movement of darkness against the light right now and these next two or three years, were peaking out to 40 years of apparitions. All this should say something. When you says kill these babies now or kill them later, all this should shake you. And weve heard for years about these stories about Ireland.
I just recently had a nasty letter from an Irish man say, You said that Ireland is dead. He relayed that we dont want this either. We fight. Yeah, but youre in a minority. And Ireland is dead. And its dead because its the first nation in the world that has voted, even what the Roman empire did not make legal, or even Sodom, or all these places, they didnt legalize it. They just did it. Ireland is the first nation in the world thats done this. We have to pray for Ireland. We have to pray for America. We have to pray for the whole world. Because these things have put us on a frightening path.
Our Lady is not saying, Those who pray are not afraid of the future. Those who fast are not afraid of evil. If you dont do that, youll be frightened. This woman who just relayed this to us is brave. She stands up. Shes connected to Medjugorje and her hope is not in Ireland, but is in the United States of America.
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And so, we have to look at the seriousness of the world. We have a window, not just from Ireland but from England, from Russia, from Poland, from Australia. People from all over the world come into our Mission House. We need you to support it. Were the only place in Medjugorje that you can come and discuss what we just heard to people who can give them the messages, material, how to pray, how to bring it, how to live it. There is no other place in Medjugorje. Were doing right now our fund drive to supply for the rest of the year free material through a container well send to Medjugorje. We ask that you support this. Its very important. And youre the hope, like this older Irish woman, that she can cling to.
They live by what we put out in that Mission House. Nowhere else in Medjugorje can you do it. There is not any place you can get what we give there. So, were praying for you. We need to be praying for our nation, thereby praying for the whole world.
We wish you Our Lady. We love you. Goodbye.
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UVB Exposure May Boost Low Vitamin D
— MIAMI BEACH -- Narrowband UVB therapy may be a better treatment for vitamin D deficiency than supplementation, Swedish researchers reported here.
by Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today March 5, 2013
MIAMI BEACH -- Narrowband UVB therapy may be a better treatment for vitamin D deficiency than supplementation, Swedish researchers reported here.
In a small, single-center study, patients deficient in vitamin D3 who were given 6 weeks of full-body UVB phototherapy had significantly greater increases in serum vitamin D levels than those who took a supplement during that time (P=0.02), reported Morten Bogh, MD, PhD, of Malmö University Hospital in Sweden, during a poster session at the American Academy of Dermatology meeting.
This study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Narrowband UVB therapy may be a better treatment for vitamin D deficiency than supplementation.
Point out that the results do not mean that patients should turn to tanning beds for UV exposure, because those machines mostly generate UVA radiation, which doesn't stimulate vitamin D production in the body the way UVB does.
However, the results do not mean that patients should turn to tanning beds for UV exposure, Bogh warned. Those machines mostly generate UVA radiation, which doesn't stimulate vitamin D production in the body the way UVB does, he said.
"We would not recommend phototherapy as a source of vitamin D to the general population," Bogh said. "Vitamin D deficiency can easily be treated with oral supplementation as shown in this study and several others."
"Nevertheless," he said, "it might be a useful alternative for certain groups of patients, especially those with malabsorption problems or noncompliant patients."
To compare narrowband UVB exposure with supplementation for patients with vitamin D deficiency, as measured by serum 25-(OH)D3 levels of 25 nmol/L or less, Bogh and colleagues enrolled 73 patients between February 2010 and May 2011, skipping the summer months of June through September when patients may have had sufficient exposure to the sun.
Patients were also excluded if they went on holiday to a sunny location during the course of their treatment.
They were randomized to either full-body narrowband UVB radiation three times per week (mean cumulative dose of 9 J/cm2) or to supplementation with 1,600 IU of vitamin D plus 1,000 mg of calcium.
A total of 32 patients completed the full 6 weeks of treatment.
During that time, the researchers found that patients treated with UVB phototherapy had significantly greater improvements in serum vitamin D levels than those taking supplements, rising from 19.2 nmol/L to 75 nmol/L in the phototherapy group compared with an increase from 23.3 nmol/L to 60.6 nmol/L with supplementation.
Bogh concluded that full-body UVB phototherapy thrice weekly is more efficient at raising vitamin D levels than supplementation, but again stressed that it should be reserved for patients with malabsorption problems or noncompliant patients.
Jeffrey Miller, MD, of Penn State University in Hershey, Pa., who moderated the session at which the findings were presented, warned that the tanning industry has promoted tanning beds as a way to build healthy vitamin D levels.
Bogh pointed out that only 1% to 5% of the UV in tanning beds is UVB.
Another audience member agreed that it would be "very dangerous" to misinterpret the findings as a suggestion that indoor tanning could treat vitamin D deficiency. However, future studies could look at using UVB phototherapy that exposes only part of the body to radiation, rather than the whole body.
"It's well known that you get maximum vitamin D with only your arms exposed for 15 minutes a day," she said. "We don't need to irradiate the whole body."
The researchers reported no conflicts of interest.
American Academy of Dermatology
Source Reference: Bogh M, et al "Alternative treatments of vitamin D deficiency" AAD 2013.
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The MN Go-4’s work with national four wheel drive organizations, as well as state and local clubs to help protect the off-road areas currently used to ensure that they are there for years to come. The club and all our members are members of the Minnesota 4 Wheel Drive Association(MN4WDA). The MN Go-4’s host the annual Total Off-Road Rally every Memorial weekend at Trollhaugen Memorial Racetrack in Dresser, WI. For more information on who we are and how to join, check out our Membership page!
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how to build a stone walkway on a slope
To give it a rustic look, we're using flagstone for the path and cobblestones for a border. Don't miss your favorite shows in real time online. Place a three-inch deep layer of mortar in the trench bottom (Image 2), then position the cobblestones so they sit an inch or two above the level of the walkway (Image 3). As outlined below, dig out about four-inches of soil for your gravel base depending on the thickness of each piece of flagstone. Make sure any stone you use has a natural surface and is thick enough to be strong (don't use polished stone, which is very slippery when wet). Simple pour the remaining concrete into a disposable 8″ cake pan, add some smooth pressed stones into a design, or “carve a design” with a pointed pencil. … Make some mini tiers going up or down the hill, whatever your case may be. When buying stone for a walkway or any other building project, consider these criteria: Climate: If winters are cold where you live, use dense stone like granite, bluestone or quartzite that can withstand freezing temperatures. Types Of Paving Slabs. Next, mix preblended cement-sand mortar mix according to the manufacturer's instructions. The Spruce uses cookies to provide you with a great user experience. Additional Tips for building a Faux Stone Walkway – if you have leftover concrete, consider making your own stepping stones for the garden! After moving the stones away, remove the underlying sod and set it aside for later. Alternate large and small stones as well as different shapes and colors for a natural, random look. While stone paths sometimes are laid in mortar, this requires a concrete foundation and experience with stone masonry. Carve out a stone-paved path that winds past areas of interest in your yard. First, dig a shallow trench, approximately six inches wide and six inches deep, on each side of the walkway. That may be the easiest way, at least to me. Because each stone has a different thickness, adjust the amount of gravel for the correct depth and level (Image 1). Because the stone is placed on the sand, it is possible to keep the surface of the stones even. Stretch a level string line from the high point on the path to the low points, measure the height differences and position the stone steps near the low point. Remember to bend at the knees. Walk the slope and decide what purpose the landscaping stone will serve. Before working on the sloped area, you must decide where you Build this pebble stepping stone walkway to feature a mosaic pattern in your garden. The clean, sharp lines of modular or geometric-shaped stone make it a good choice for contemporary homes; brick and cut stone blocks, called ashlar, are more suitable for traditional or period homes; and the rustic look of rough, irregular stone adds to the character of country homes. Use a chisel to mark them if at all you want to cut pavers. Then use the toolâs hammer end to rap sharply along the line to break the stone. Add or remove sand beneath each stone to raise or lower it, as needed. Step 1 Measure the length of the walkway you're going to build on the slope. Dec 31, 2013 - There are various reasons why you may wish to create a walkway, especially where a steep slope occurs. You might also set the height of the path a few inches higher than the surrounding ground to help keep the path drier. As outlined below, dig out about four inches of soil for your gravel base (Image 3), depending on the thickness of each piece of flagstone. layer of sand over the path of building. To get the height of your slope, put a stake in the ground at the top, wrap a mason string around the bottom of the stake, run the string to the bottom of the slope where you’ll have another (maybe longer) stake that you will level and tie it to. As a general rule, lay two smaller pieces of flagstone adjacent to every large one. Their bulk makes them far less likely to move. This material is available in various sizes and colors. The path will be in a low-traffic area and we want it to blend in with the lawn and garden plantings, so we've designed it with wide grass joints between the stones. Be sure the joints â the space between the flagstone pieces â are consistent. Use a level to make sure the individual stones are equal in height and level with the ground around them, and that none are set too high. You also want to choose stone that complements your yard and home. wide so two people can walk side by side. Eventually all of the stones will be re-laid, but for now we're fixing the worst stones that pose a tripping hazard. You love to DIY. When the level is perpendicular to your house, you want to see a slight positive slope. Place the flagstone in the walkway as if you were putting together a large jigsaw puzzle. You can build a flagstone walkway with grass joints in a weekend. You can begin using the walkway right away and in a few days the grass will reestablish itself and your stone path will look like it's been there for years. In areas where freezing and frost heave can be a problem, the gravel also provides room for ice to expand and prevents the individual stones from lifting. Clean off debris from the stone walkway path with a garden hose which will also begin to rejuvenate the turf that was transplanted for this project. Add sand or gravel to fill the gaps between the stones, as desired. For a high-traffic walkway leading to a home's entry, choose smooth, uniformly cut stone set with tight joints to prevent trips and make walking easier. Use a garden hose at first, so you … STEP 2 To check the slope, lay a spirit level from the back to the front with a 10mm-thick wooden batten under the front edge, on the riser. Spread a 3-in. © 2020 Discovery or its subsidiaries and affiliates. Step 6- Spread sand over the pavers. Use a rubber mallet to pound the stone into the gravel until its surface is flush with the surrounding sod surface. Wash off the stones with a garden hose to remove debris and help resettle the grass (Images 3 and 4). Spray the sand with water to help concentrate and compact it prior to setting the stones. Begin this in the epicenter of the walkway and then get in working out the sides. With this technique, the stones are simply laid onto a bed of sand, which keeps the stones stable and makes it easy to get everything level. Simply remove or add sand under a flagstone to accomplish this. Choosing stone for a walkway is mostly a matter of taste, as any wide, flat stones will do. Photo by Saxon Holt HOW WIDE? For convenience, prepare just enough at a time to remain workable for a half hour or so. Tamp the soil firmly with a hand tamp or simply by walking repeatedly over the ground. The width of the walkway should be about 4 feet. Consider using a beautiful stone with a random pattern to create a walkway that will provide the foundation for an entire backyard transformation. Use pieces of the grass sod previously set aside to fill any gaps between the flagstones and the surrounding turf. Building a Stone Walkway. This percentage is determined based on your rise (height) divided by you run (length) multiplied by 100. Joints should be no more than four inches wide (Image 3). But a coral brush has a rough surface. When the level is parallel to the house, the bubble should be right in the middle, indicating that the stone is on an even grade. Add two inches of sand over the landscape fabric. Calculate the square footage of the walkway area to estimate the quantities of material you'll need. Laying the stone walkway is like assembling a big, heavy jigsaw puzzle (Photo 8). If there are no stone yards or quarries in your area, you can order it through your local builder's supply. Just lay large stones over grass to form a casual, comfortable path. How to Install a Flagstone Patio with Irregular Stones, How to Build a Standard Wall Over a Stone Wall. For example, non-masonry paths may be composed of fine gravel, decomposed granite, or stone dust . Lay out the path stones to one side of the walkway so all of them are visible. One of the most favorite materials used for the stone walkway ideas is a coral brush. Be sure the joints â the space between the flagstone pieces â are consistent. Most flagstone that is 2 to 3 inches thick is ideal. Once it’s dry, you can Paint your design. below the surface of the lawn. Add a one-inch-deep layer of loose gravel on top of the crusher run base. You need to penetrate only the grass and roots sod layer â about an inch or two deep â at this point. For example, if a stone is 2 feet wide, it should be 1/4 inch lower on one side than the other. Continue placing and setting the flagstones until the path is complete. Use a flat spade or sod cutter to slice through grass along the path's edges, following the strings or garden hoses. •In a yard dominated by lawn, a stepping- stone path breaks up and adds interest to the expanse of green, and protects the grass from wear and tear. Spread the stones out on the ground so you can pick shapes and colors that fit. Use a rubber mallet to help. Move the stones away; remove the underlying sod (Image 2), and set it aside for later. Learn how to lay a flagstone pathway around your home. Let it dry well. Cut stone, if necessary, by marking the line you need to cut. In this example, I would not need any steps. Crusher run is sold by the cubic yard. Add sand or gravel to fill the gaps between the stones, as desired. Pinterest; Facebook; Twitter; Email; Related To: Flagstone Hardscape Structures Stone Walkways. To make the sand uniform, lay pieces of 1/2-inch outside-diameter PVC pipe on the ground and pour a layer of sand over the area. Depending on thickness, one ton of flagstone will cover 80 to 100 square feet of walkway. If the walkway goes through a flower bed or garden, a decorative border can help to define the path and hold back mulch (Image 1). Dig a shallow trench, approximately six inches wide and six inches deep, on each side of the walkway. A stone walkway has rustic charm that is ideal for a cottage garden design but is equally suitable for any natural landscape plan. Learn how to lay a flagstone pathway around your home. If using thicker stones, you can set them directly on the soil without crusher run. Lead the way to a lovely outdoor space with a flagstone pathway. You can make the tier however deep and wide as you need to make the path you want and won't have to go all the way across the slope tiering it that way. In this project, weâre using a rough-cut flagstone for a random, rustic look appropriate to its lawn and garden setting. A walkway, including a zigzag pattern, is preferred for a steep slope, as it gives better stability and balance. Do this by laying down yarn the distance of the walkway. (By contrast, a brick path is better suited to formal landscaping.) Mark the path of your walkway, using stakes and string (for a straight path) or two garden hoses (for a curving path). Adjust them if they're too far apart or too close together. Position the cobblestones so they sit an inch or two above the level of the walkway. Replacing a simple stone path with a sturdy flagstone walkway will enhance any landscape and last for years. Use a rake to smooth the sand about 2 in. Flagstone may be set directly on well-drained earth, but placing it on a base of gravel or sand ensures drainage and makes it easier to bed and level rough, heavy stone. Use a rubber mallet to tap the cobblestones firmly into the mortar. When moving rock, be careful to watch your back. Walk on the stones to see whether they're stable and spaced to accommodate a comfortable gait. The slate walkway and patio are great features on this house, but they're both in need of serious repair. Remove all grass or other vegetation (including all roots) in the path area. Next, mix preblended cement-sand mortar mix according to the manufacturer's instructions. Spread the sand with a broom, spray the walkway with water to settle the sand, then fill the gaps again, repeating until they are full. Check the stones for stability by rocking back and forth on each with your full weight. Trim the fabric along the sides of the path with a utility knife, and secure the fabric to the soil with landscape fabric staples. By using The Spruce, you accept our, 8 Flagstone, Slate, and Other Stone Walkway Ideas, How to Make an Easy Brick Patio Pattern for Beginners, How to Install a French Drain in Your Landscaping, How to Build a Retaining Wall With Blocks, 25 Beautiful and Functional Flower Garden Paths, How to Use Polymeric Sand When Installing Pavers, How to Build a Garden Pond Using Retaining Wall Blocks, How to Build Outdoor Waterfalls Inexpensively. Using a masonry drill bit, cut walkway flagstones to the desired shape by drilling a series of small holes in the stone, about 1 inch apart. Depending on thickness, one ton of flagstone will cover 80 to 100 square feet of walkway. David Beaulieu is a garden writer with nearly 20 years experience writing about landscaping and over 10 years experience working in nurseries. Start by laying the flagstones on top of the grass to check spacing (Image 1). First, determine the approximate width of your path, then multiply that number by the walkway's length, which will give you the square foot total. jeffreygardens Itâs a good idea to buy about 10 percent more than your estimate to avoid additional delivery costs if you run short. After laying out your walkway pattern, use a garden trowel or spade to cut through the turf around each stone. The next step on how to lay paving slabs on a slope is to install the paver, starting from the areas with lower altitudes. It's usually bundled on wooden pallets and sold by weight. Kelly Bacon is a licensed general contractor with almost 50 years experience in construction, home building and remodeling, and commercial building. Wash off the stones with a garden hose to remove debris and help resettle the grass. Use a garden trowel or spade to cut through the turf around each stone (Image 1). Materials Used for Stone Walkway Ideas Coral Brush. Â. This project features a walkway that branches off from the front gate and meanders around the side of the home to the backyard. If you're planting the walkway, fill the gaps with a potting soil mix, then add "stepable" plants, such as wooly thyme, sedum, or bugleweed. Leftover concrete from other projects can be used for stepping stones in the garden. Transform your favorite backyard space with an easy-to-install, European-style cobblestone pathway. All rights reserved. When buying stone for a walkway or any other building project, consider these criteria: Climate: If winters are cold where you live, use dense stone like granite, bluestone or quartzite that can withstand freezing temperatures. Wash Off Stones. Check the stones for stability by rocking back and forth on each with your full weight (Image 3). While this may seem complicated, it can be achieved with a little bit of know-how, and patience. Simply create a level surface, line with a mesh barrier fabric for weed control, add a shallow level of crushed gravel, and arrange bricks in the desired pattern. These steep slopes pose many challenges in regard to being passable. If you have to cut a stone for any reason, however, it can be accomplished with a mason's chipping hammer. Joints should be no more than four inches wide. Style: Use stone that suits your homeâs architectural style. Set up strings or hoses on both sides of the path. Our step-by-step instructions tell how to install a stone walkway. Create easy â and attractive â hillside access with a snazzy set of steps made from redwood, ledge stone and crushed rock. Add or remove gravel until each stone is level and is stabilized as you walk over it. Once you’ve got the correct dimensions, mark the entire perimeter with a shovel. The … Lay out the course of your walkway with two long pieces of rope. Once a few are set, use a level to keep the cobblestone tops consistent with each other. To add strength to the border, place some mortar along the outer edges of the cobblestones (Image 4), below the path surface, and trowel it smooth at a slight angle away from the stone sides. First, use the hammerâs single flat tine to chip or score a cutline across the back of the stone, then turn the stone right-side up and repeat this scoring along a corresponding line across the stone face (Image 5). source pinterest.com. Smooth the sand so it is flat and level, using a 2x4 board that is slightly smaller than the width of the path. Lay landscape fabric over the soil along the entire path. From square slabs to brick-shaped slabs. Because this walkway is supposed to look rustic and natural, you don't need to "dress" each stone to remove or reshape irregularities. Try to use a continuous piece as much as possible. Many of our flagstones will sit on a layer of crusher run (Image 2, bottom), a type of gravel made of crushed limestone, which can be purchased along with the stone. Laying flagstone on a slope is no different than laying flagstone in a flat area, and as long as you have the necessary tools, time and resources you can enhance any section of your own and garden. Use a level to make sure the individual stones are equal in height and level with the ground around them, and that none are set too high. Use a rubber mallet to tap the cobblestones firmly into the mortar. As you settle the stones into place, use a level to check each surface. Set each stone so it is stable (without rocking) and is level with the surrounding stones. Use a rubber mallet to pound the stone into the gravel until its surface is flush with the surrounding sod surface (Image 2). Smaller slabs are easier to put in place, while more massive … For convenience, prepare just enough at a time to remain workable for a half hour or so. Whether running through your garden or leading to the front door, paths provide a way for guests to meander by without crushing any beloved blooms. Stretch a garden hose out to use as the outline for your walkway. Once a few are set, use a level to keep the cobblestone tops consistent with each other. If the walkway will be used for frequent traffic, such as a path between a driveway and a front door, make sure it is wide enough for two people to pass by each other comfortably. Softer, more porous stones like limestone and sandstone are better suited to warmer areas because when temperatures fall below freezing, any water they absorb could cause them to spall and crack. They should slope at about 1/8 inch per foot. The size of a path should relate to its use. For perfect directions, use string and stakes. The idea is to see the size and shape of each stone so you can pick and choose the best fit as you lay the walkway. Learn tips for creating your most beautiful (and bountiful) garden ever. Arrange pieces to make the path look natural, and rearrange the stones as necessary to obtain a random balance of color and shape (Image 2). For example, if my rise was 1 foot and my run was 20 feet, that would give me a 5 percent slope. Begin placing stones into the sand bed of the walkway, fitting them together as desired.
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Llanelli: Police appeal over Trinity Road assault
Jason Cooper
Dyfed-Powys Police is investigating a report of an assault in Trinity Road, Llanelli.
A man was assaulted near the mini roundabout at around 12.35am on Monday, October 16.
Any witnesses, or anyone with any information that could help police, are asked to call 101.
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Funding for agri-plastics research
THE USE of plastics in agriculture has improved food production and food security in many countries. It has also left a legacy of plastic pollution on agricultural land.
A new multinational research project working with five low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and funded by the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council will search for ways to resolve the plastic pollution caused by adopting plastics as cheap and readily available mulch layers, and for other uses.
It will have the dual focus of addressing current problems and setting up legacies to enable future generations to engage with the situation.
The UK Research & Innovation Award sees three Bangor University experts, Professors Davey Jones Dave Chadwick and Peter Golyshin of the University’s School of Natural Resources working with research groups from the Universities of Bristol and Reading in the UK, and soil scientists, socio-economic researchers, advisor and farmer networks, agri-industries and regional governments in China, Egypt, India, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
The five countries selected are at differing points in tackling their acute problems with agricultural plastics.
Together, these countries use 3 million tonnes of agricultural plastic film each year, covering 25 million hectares of agricultural land. They also span a wide range of climates and possess different governance structures.
As well as quantifying the risks posed by the plastics currently in the soil, the teams at each location will co-design practical, economic, socially acceptable and politically viable solutions specific to the needs and problems of their country to reduce plastic legacy.
The focus for Davey Jones, Professor of Soil Science is to investigate the impacts that conventional macro, micro and nano-plastics that are degrading within soils pose to the long-term health of agricultural ecosystems.
He said: “These plastics have wrought significant improvements. The use of plastic mulch films, in particular, has transformed the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers across the world. The use of plastic for such purposes should continue, alongside the continued development of sustainable agriculture.
“But the fate and disposal of plastics have never been properly addressed. We need to know what impact these widely used materials are having on the environment and on human health.”
Dave Chadwick, Professor of Sustainable Land Use Systems, said: “Plastic pollution is identified by the UN Environmental Programme as one of the top 10 global environmental problems and is hampering achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
“Most of the ocean’s plastic originates from the land- and terrestrial plastic may be a larger problem than we realise.
“We want to work in partnership and co-deliver viable solutions to help remediate lands contaminated with plastic. We also want to ensure that the projects have a legacy so that tools, technology and partnerships which develop persist beyond the end of the project, and can be shared with others.”
Professor Sir Duncan Wingham, Executive Director of the Natural Environment Research Council, said: “Pollution caused by plastic waste is one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges, and UKRI is at the forefront of funding research to find solutions.
“These awards totalling £20 million are a vital step in helping world-leading researchers develop realistic and feasible solutions to reduce plastic pollution while enabling equitable, sustainable growth.
“Our investment in international development research aims to positively impact the lives of millions of people across the world and supports global efforts to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.”
Self Assessment customers warned about scammers posing as HMRC
Carli Newell
SELF ASSESSMENT customers should be alert to criminals claiming to be from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
As the department issues thousands of SMS messages and emails as part of its annual Self Assessment tax return push, HMRC is warning customers completing their returns to take care to avoid being caught out by scammers. The annual tax return deadline is on 31 January 2021.
The department knows that fraudsters use calls, emails or texts to contact customers. In the last 12 months, HMRC has responded to more than 846,000 referrals of suspicious HMRC contact from the public, and reported over 15,500 malicious web pages to internet service providers to be taken down. Almost 500,000 of the referrals from the public offered bogus tax rebates.
Many scams target customers to inform them of a fake ‘tax rebate’ or ‘tax refund’ they are due. The imposters use language intended to convince them to hand over personal information, including bank details, in order to claim the ‘refund’. Criminals will use this information to access customers’ bank accounts, trick them into paying fictitious tax bills, or sell on their personal information to other criminals.
HMRC’s Interim Director General for Customer Services, Karl Khan, said: “We know that criminals take advantage of the Self Assessment deadline to panic customers into sharing their personal or financial details and even paying bogus ‘tax due’.
“If someone calls, emails or texts claiming to be from HMRC, offering financial help or asking for money, it might be a scam. Please take a moment to think before parting with any private information or money.”
Pauline Smith, Head of Action Fraud, said: “Criminals are experts at impersonating organisations that we know and trust. We work closely with HMRC to raise awareness of current scams and encourage people to report any suspicious calls or messages they receive, even if they haven’t acted on them, to the relevant channels. This information is crucial in disrupting criminal activity and is already helping HMRC take down fraudulent websites being used to facilitate fraud.
“It’s important to remember if you’re contacted out the blue by someone purporting to be from HMRC asking for your personal or financial details, or offering you a tax rebate, grant or refund, this could be a scam. Do not respond, hang up the phone, and take care not to click on any links in unexpected emails or text messages. You should contact HMRC directly using a phone number you’ve used before to check if the communication you have received is genuine.
“If you’ve been the victim of fraud, contact your bank immediately and please report it to Action Fraud online at actionfraud.police.uk or by calling 0300 123 2040.”
Customers can report suspicious activity to HMRC at phishing@hmrc.gov.uk and texts to 60599. They can also report phone scams online on GOV.UK.
HMRC is also warning the public to be aware of websites that charge for government services – such as call connection sites – that are in fact free or charged at local call rates. Other companies charge people for help getting ‘tax refunds’. One way to safely claim a tax refund for free is to log into your Personal Tax Account.
HMRC has a dedicated Customer Protection team that identifies and closes down scams but asks the public to recognise the signs to avoid becoming a victim. HMRC regularly publishes examples of new scams on GOV.UK to help customers recognise phishing emails and bogus contact by email, text or phone.
Ways to spot a tax scam
It could be a scam if it:
· is unexpected
· offers a refund, tax rebate or grant
· asks for personal information like bank details
· is threatening
· tells you to transfer money.
Self Assessment customers can complete their tax return online and help and support is available on GOV.UK.
To protect against identity fraud customers must verify their identity when accessing HMRC’s online services. They must have two sources of information including:
· credit reference agency data
· tax credits
· P60/payslip
· UK Passport
BHF Cymru calls for stock donations before Christmas
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION Cymru’s home store in Llanelli is appealing to the local community to donate their unwanted items before Christmas.
The charity shop on Vaughan Street has reopened following the recent ‘firebreak lockdown’ and desperately needs stock to help raise funds for life saving research. During the pandemic and the town’s local lockdowns BHF Cymru has missed the local community’s generous donations of preloved items such as sofas, beds, kitchenware and dining furniture.
Richard Jones manager of the home store appealed for local people doing a pre-Christmas clear out at home to make a donation. Every item sold will be turned into funds for research that could help transform the lives of the 340,000 people in Wales living with heart and circulatory diseases.
“Like all charity shops this year has been a tough one for us,” said Richard. “We’re back open now and our staff and volunteers are here to welcome our customers safely into the store. Our free collections service is now back up and running, with Covid-secure measures in place and is available to book online. We are more than happy to receive any quality unwanted furniture, electrical and homewares so we can continue to raise money in support of our lifesaving research.”
“It’s easy to donate and depending on your preference, our van crews will either collect from your room of choice, your doorstep or an alternative safe access point. All collections will be signature free.”
British Heart Foundation open a new Home Store in St David’s Retail Park in Swansea. © WALES NEWS SERVICE
The coronavirus crisis has had a devastating impact on the BHF’s income, leading to a potential £50 million cut in research funding and the delay of important scientific breakthroughs. It is now urgently asking the local community to support it by simply donating good quality items that they have been clearing out while at home.
Head of BHF Cymru Adam Fletcher said: “We currently fund £3m into research in Wales to help prevent, treat and cure heart and circulatory diseases. Every pound raised in our shops helps us to support the 340,000 people in Wales living with heart and circulatory diseases, many of whom are at increased risk from Covid-19. Shopping at the BHF, or donating your quality items will help us, help them.”
Store Opening Cwmbran
BHF shops and stores have measures in place to keep staff, volunteers and customers safe. Customers will also be able to donate items at contact-free donation points set up at BHF shop entrances.
The BHF home store is located Vaughan Street in Llanelli. To contact the store please call 01554 528730
To book a free collection visit https://www.bhf.org.uk/shop/donating-goods/book-furniture-collection-near-me
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20th & 21st July 2019
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The Mitchell Rangers Travelled to Hayes Park, Thornbury. To play against the Northern Falcons in a battle never before seen, The Rangers were eager to get on the pitch, with two new players Dakota and Craig, welcomed to the Rangers family. The Rangers were given clear instructions before the game, pass, pass. pass the ball around and play out from the back. When the Rangers eventually took to the field it was like an explosion. Jarrod was goal keeper for the first half putting his body on the line and making some incredible saves, one of which had to be seen to be believed, airborne outstretched and diving to his left tapping the ball out. Jordan was goal keeper for the second half and demonstrated skills beyond his years also putting his body on line and not even flinching as the ball comes hurtling in, as he casually catches it and kicks it back into play. Frank and Lynette were solid in the back standing their ground and kicking every ball that came there way. Craig was also solid in the back sweeping up all the loose balls, running from right to left passing the ball forward into the midfield where Davis, Damian, and Tayten were in waiting like snakes ready to strike, as they pounced on the ball, putting in some lovely one two combinations confusing the opposition and driving the ball forward for Dakota, Benno and Aaron to bedazzle the back line and shoot at goal. This was one of the best games to watch, both teams equally matched with skill but the Northern Falcons certainly were a much bigger bodied side, this did not affect the Mighty Mitchell Rangers performance nor did it stop them from going in and letting the opposition know they were there. Amazing passages of play, passing the ball around as a team and including everyone into the attack. Goals were being scored from everywhere, a very fast paced game. half time the score was 3 all, and with only seconds to go the score was 5 all, one last push forward and as the whistle blew a goal was scored. Not sure if that goal was allowed and counted, or not. None the less what a fantastic game, well done team. Thank you to all parents, guardians, families and friends for your cheers of encouragements. Go Rangers.
Mitchell Rangers U15s vs. Mill Park 4-1W
In what was a character-defining display at Findon Reserve, the Rangers went in unrelentingly in what shaped as a tantalising top of the table clash. The first half was much like an arm wrestle, with both teams flexing their muscles and threatening to go ahead on several occasions, but some wide shots and cunning saves from both keepers kept both teams in it. For the first time this season, the Rangers failed to find the back of the net within the first 10 minutes, however the pressure continued to mount and finally from a corner kick directed by captain Ryan Sirianni, lead goalscorer Louis Knynenburg found some space on the penalty spot where there shouldn't have been any and powered it past the opposition keeper at the 31 minute mark. Nerves were still high going into half time only 1-0 up but the Rangers had the taste for blood and netted two goals through the agency of Lachlan Partridge and Louis once more 5 minutes after the break. An unlucky fumble from the keeper gave Mill Park an opportunity to get their names on the scoresheet with 15 minutes left on the clock but in typical fashion captain Ryan evaded countless players in the box to seal the win for the Rangers, showing his pride for the badge with his celebration as the final whistle blew only moments afterwards. The Rangers still sit top of the ladder, currently 2 points ahead of Alphington SC who will line up against our team at home next week (KO 11:30am, Sunday 23rd). I personally invite everyone to come and watch what could be potentially the most dramatic game of the season for the next generation of the Mitchell Rangers.
Louis Knynenburg 2
Lachlan Partridge 1
Ryan Sirianni 1
Under 10 Girls
The girls travelled to Eltham for a rematch of the first competitive game we played. Much like the first meeting it was a very even contest. Neza and Katie played very well in attack and both got on the scoresheet. Erin did a good job of holding the defence together. Alexis lined up in goals after binging on some Steve Sterling training videos and did her hero proud with some very courageous goalkeeping. Sarah continues to improve after a late start to the season and got involved early. Rachel entered the fray after starting on the bench and also immediately got involved with a few passes and a tackle. Ella, Zoe, Ava and Millie were always looking to pass to a teammate in better position. The highlights of the performance for me was some better positional play than previous weeks and the continued improvement in the teamwork. It’s great to see the girls always looking to get other players involved in the play.
We finished with a 3-2 win in a very tight contest. The two games so far have proved these teams are very closely matched.
On Sunday, the senior women played Darebin Falcons SC in a 13-goal thriller. Rangers came out of the blocks superbly going 3-0 up within 15 minutes with goals two goals from Vikki McNaughton and one from Tara Pavel. However, the visitors made a spirited comeback to make it 3-3. This didn’t stop the girl’s fighting spirit and they replied with minutes of the scores going level, with Tara Pavel scoring her second. Darebin managed to grab a fourth goal to bring the scores level, just before the break. H/T scored - 4-4.
In the second half, Rangers came out strong and scored within minutes of the restart, making the score 5-4. The girls continued to dominate and scored another goal through Vevean Morkos. The visitors kept coming back and scored two more goals to level up again with only 5 minutes left of the game. However, Rangers’ manage to push forward for one final attack, which was finished by an absolutely screamer from Tara Pavel, this ensured a well-deserved win for Rangers, final score 7-6. Goal scorers - 3 each for Vikki McNaughton and Tara Pavel, 1 for Vevean Morkos
Today our Under 12's faced a strong Nillumbik side. We started with a strong showing in the first half keeping a clean sheet and hitting the post in one of many agonisingly close attempts. Unfortunately, we couldn't maintain our intensity for the whole duration of the game and went down 3-1
Under 10 Black
The rangers were playing Mill Park at home this morning. Most of attacking done by the rangers but a breakaway gave the opposition the lead. A defensive mistake gave mill park a 2-0 lead at half time. A renewed energy and teamwork gave the Rangers most of the possession. A tidy finish from Zane, and then a long range shot from Will gave the rangers a deserved draw. Carmelo was excellent in goal, with strong defending by Toby, Laone, Harry. Attacking midfielders Isaac, Will, Zac, Roman, and forwards Chris, Jaiden, Sunny, Zane and Josh played a fantastic team role. Well done again.
Under 10 Green
Sunday’s game was a great show in how far you have all come as a team. With a very wet pitch which slowed the ball down a bit you were playing a great defensive game. You were playing in front and keeping the pressure up the hole game and had the other team worried. With a tired game at half time you can out fighting but it just wasn’t our day, you all played a great game thank you for the help from the black team for extra subs.
Well done ranges score 3-5
The u9s hosted a very strong Oak Park side but held their own in the first half. Some great saves from William and fantastic defending from Beau and Oliver kept Oak Park to 2 heading in to the break with a flowing counter attack from the tireless Connor who found Jackson at the far post with a beautiful cross giving Rangers a goal back and a 2-1 score at the break
Some nice link ups in the second half from Lucas, Cooper and Tyler, with determined defending from Caleb. Oak Park ran away with it in the end but great effort from the Rangers til the final whistle.
On Sunday the under 8’s faced Epping city with a home ground advantage. The Rangers took their opportunities scoring early on. Going in to half time 2 nil up with two goals to Dylan the under 8’s went out stronger second half. James in goals with some great saves allowing the rangers to make a quick break and scoring a third with Dylan in a hat trick. Nulan and Lexden defending strong keeping the opposition at bay with Cy working hard up front and back. With great work through the middle by Ned, Dane and Spencer and Ethan we battled on and increased our lead. James put in a solid second half after being in goals for the first half. Before full time James secured his hat trick. Isaiah coming close to scoring putting in a huge effort improving every week. Epping city were able to steal 2 goals back but unable to catch the strong 6 goal lead and a strong under 8’s Mitchell Rangers!
Little Rangers
This morning we combined soccer with swimming. Even with the pitch being wet and the fog still in it didn’t stop the little rangers coming out and having fun. We started off playing follow the leader around the perimeter. Dribbling the ball and getting quicker as we go. Stopping the ball with our foot on top, weaving in and out of cones and then racing to the last red flag. Hayden, Hunter and Isaac kept up with the leader and nailed the cone weaving. We split up into two groups and practiced our goal kicking. Trying to focus on looking up and then kicking the ball on either side of the goalie. Imogen giggled her way and scored with each shot. Fletcher also has strong legs with his precise goals. Luke got some airborne and did a few tricks. After a drink we got all the parents up and lined up for some one on one passing. Not many balls went astray which was impressive. James has improved his passing as well as Archie, able to keep control of the ball. We finished off with a friendly match. We remembered how to reset after a goal. Tristan had his best game yet being like a bull dog putting the pressure on. Noah with his passing and Archie with his snatch. By the end our socks were soaked and our uniforms were muddy. What a great day.
8th & 9th June
Playing Banyule City SC at home in Broadford our U12’s put up a mighty effort and showed determination through the whole game. The 1st half ended with the score tied at 1:1. In the 2nd half Banyule scored in the 33rd minute, only to be answered almost immediately with a goal to the Rangers in the 35th minute. The score remained locked at 2:2 until the end of the game, despite many opportunities from both sides. The tied score reflected the standard of play from both teams and we are looking forward to the return fixture later in the year. Well done Rangers as we continue our climb up the ladder.
Rangers goals: Aiden C (Aidos) 1 Saxon 1
It was a freezing start to the morning but it didn’t stop the little rangers coming out and having fun. We started off with warming ourselves up. Dribbling the ball around the perimeter of the pitch. James and Imogen are getting quicker and quicker and able to keep their heads up.
We played a game of ‘piggy in the middle’. Strengthening our defending and passing skills. Issac and Hunter where a natural at this game. We practiced our goal kicking and moved the goals further away at each try. We broke our record at 14 meters! Tristan was a bulldog with getting his ball into the goals no matter what. Fletcher has a hard boot and can tell he has been practicing. At the end we played a friendly match, putting their skills into play. We even learnt about how we start a game and who does the kick off after each goal. Hayden was doing some great goaling saving a few balls. Luke improved his defending and kicked the ball towards the right end. Noah dominated the ball this time, being able to dribble at a distance. By the end of our game the sun was out and we were defiantly warmed up. Thanks to all that continue to show up each week and for those who help to pack up at the end of the session. Much appreciated.
What another great game today, with a cold and early start it took awhile to wake up but with Romans first great goal the team start working well together. There were a few missed shots but you all keep the pressure up to score two more goal by Nathan and Zane well done team keep the great work coming
Score 3-1 win
The Rangers black traveled to Bundoora this morning. A game played in great spirits by both teams, with the Rangers on the early attack, but with no avail. A breakaway goal and free kick goal gave Bundoora a 2-0 lead at halftime. This didn’t hold the Rangers back, who led constant attacks. Goals from Josh, Zac and Jake gave the Rangers black a great 3-2 win. Toby and Carmelo shared the goalkeeping, with Laone, Harry Isaac, and will controlling a strong defense. Isaac and Zac played very well in midfield, and Sunny and Josh up front. Fantastic effort to turn the game around.
U9s fought hard against Roxburgh Park with some great defending from Beau & Oliver. Cooper pulled off some great saves in goal and some good passing in attack from Connor and Jackson. The team kept at it until the final whistle but Roxburgh were too strong.
Under 8’s played a cracker game away against Fawkner. Great effort and battling until the end. A very close game at 3-3 until a final breakaway from Fawkner gave them a 4-3 win. Two goals from Dylan Vidos and one from James Pegler, but huge team effort. Well done
After a week off with the bye The Girls U10s faced their toughest opponents yet. Watsonia Heights played very well for the 5-1 win. The first 10 minutes was very even and Mitchell may have even had the better of it. Watsonia scored against the run of play and then controlled most of the rest of the half to go in with a narrow lead. Mitchell were back on top at the start of the second half but unfortunately couldn’t make the breakthrough. Watsonia scored 2 quick goals but then Mitchell piled on the pressure again resulting in a well taken goal by Erin. Watsonia finished with two more goals from long range in the last few minutes. Despite the score line the girls played well. Players are continuing to improve their control under pressure and are looking to pass to teammates in better position. Also lovely to see that despite being down their heads didn’t drop and only encouragement of their teammates could be heard from the sidelines. The team also welcomed Sarah for her first game, she managed a few good touches during the game and I look forward to her efforts for the rest of the season
The Under 11 team played away to Fawkner captained by Hetty who lead from the front providing a number of runs up the wings which inspired the team to a 6-2 win. Xavier scored another hattrick while Brian 2 and Jake 1 we're once again the other goal scorers.
4-1 win against Nillumbik SC.
A dominant passing performance saw 4 tap-in goals for the Rangers within the first 17 minutes. There was no shortage of chances with a number of shots deflected off the bar, keeper or put just wide. Nillumbik scored against the flow of the game and did well to shut the Rangers out in the second half by putting players behind the ball. With 4 wins on the trot, the Rangers will take a lot of confidence into next week’s top of the table clash away to Mill Park SC where we will defend our #1 spot.
Jovi Amodio 2
On Sunday, the senior women played Diamond Valley SC, Rangers made a good start with a strong defensive performance. However, Rangers did have their chances to go in front. But, it was the home side who broke the deadline and scored midway through the first half. Rangers managed to keep the score to 1-0 at half time. With some great defending by Kirsten Audehm, Charlette Edmonds and Tajhana Gibbons. In the second half, Rangers made another good start but couldn’t capitalise on their possession and chances they created. The home side finished strong and scored two late goals, making the final score 3-0 to Diamond Valley SC. The result doesn’t compare to how close the match really was and the girls deserve something out of the game.
No game this week
1st & 2nd June
No games this week
On Sunday, the senior women played Oak Park SC, Rangers made a good start and were the better team creating plenty of chances but were unable to convert. Unfortunately, Rangers were caught on the break and Oak Park took the lead against the run of play. The girls kept producing chance after chance but couldn’t score the equaliser. In the second half Rangers came out strong and had plenty of chances to reduce the deficit but failed to score. Whilst Rangers pushed for a goal, Oak Park scored their second after a terrible defensive error. The home side finally killed off our late charge to get a result, after a dodgy penalty was awarded. Very disappointing result for Rangers and the game was a lot closer affair than the final score of 3-0 to Oak Park.
The Mitchell Rangers traveled to Ashburton on Saturday morning to play against Collingwood City Eagles. The Rangers were given clear instructions before the game, pass the ball around and play out from the back, these instructions are often given, but today it all fell into place. Damian was captain for the game and used his loud voice directing the play. Ben was goal keeper for the entire game and did an amazing job stopping plenty of direct shots on goal and some direct shots at him, while keeping a clean sheet. Damian and Aaron were super strong in the back playing out through the midfield to Jarrod, Jordan and Davis who were always under pressure however keeping their heads and calming things down made it possible for them to make space and pass the ball through to our attacking forward line comprising of Tayten and Brenno who were relentless in their efforts to get the ball across the goal line, unfortunately tapping the ball into the goal with your hand does not count. It was a magnificent game to watch as both teams played beautifully displaying an extravagant spirit with unrivaled passion. True champions. The end result does not reflect the toughness of the game. Thank you to all the families and supporters on the sideline for your cheers of encouragement, a super big thank you to the grandmas who came out to watch.
Mitchell Rangers - 5 def Collingwood City Eagles - 0
Today our under 12's took on the table topping Diamond Valley. We went into the game knowing we'd need to be at our best. Despite their best efforts the boys suffered a tough loss with the score line not reflecting the game. However, a lot of confidence will be taken from today's game with the feeling that we can really go places this season.
Good competitive game today against a well organised Essendon team. After a slow start, and being 1-0 down, the Rangers kept pushing forward which was rewarded with a penalty. Josh shot to top corner to equalise. The second half was evenly matched, and with constant pressure but unable to score, Essendon had two breakaways and scored to win 3-1. Good performances from Carmelo, Laone, Harry, Will, and Toby in defence, and both Isaac’s, Zac, in midfield, and Josh, Jaiden and Sunny up front.
Great game today boys with a win 4-3 once again you were looking out for each other and you passing was a huge improvement week by week I see improvements and that’s all we can ever ask for a big thank you to Luke and the boys it was much appreciated also thank you to Fergus for being our great ref once again you tried your hardest and are really working as a team I’m super excited we had been beaten heavily over the last few years by Bundoora and to come out on top was wonderful thanks to the parents today for helping and your ongoing support 😁😁
Under 9's
With the opposition a no-show, it did not deter the enthusiastic Under 9’s to play a friendly among themselves. Competitive game with parents also contributing. Good fun and played with great spirit.
The Little Rangers were focusing on dribbling and shooting this week. Helped by Matt and Harry, Tracy is developing their skills ready for the next step in playing for the future.
25th & 26th May
Lovely to play our first home game of the year on a nice sunny, if a little chilly morning. Up until a few minutes before kickoff we were looking at starting with 8. Darebin were very nice to offer to also start with that number. Ella arrived in the nick of time and ran into midfield. I don’t think she stopped running the whole first Half either. We had the best of the first 15 minutes and Neza managed a few long range shots. Their Goalkeeper was doing well and made a few saves but the dam wall finally broke and we scored 3 quick goals. Neza found the corner of the goal from long range, Ella found the roof of the net and Erin following the play in got a tap in at the back post.
It was a more even contest in the second half Alexis tackled well in midfield. Molly, Rachel, Milly and Katy exchanged passes well in attack. Ella, Neza & Erin showed composure in defence passing the ball out well. Ava didn’t have any saves to make in goal but was probably happy for the breather after a very energetic first half. We didn’t score any goals for the half but had a few very near misses.
The team has improved each week, with some better passing and being able to finish our good work off with goals the major improvements this week.
Coming off the back of reaching the top of the ladder in their league, the U15 Rangers got off to an early start with Liam Gatt flicking the ball over his shoulder from directly from a corner. Mere minutes later, captain Ryan Sirianni lined up for a free kick from considerable range and put it past the keeper, showing that he has found his range from there after slotting similar goals from set pieces at that range this season. In classic Louis fashion, we followed the Rangers’ momentum and fired past the keeper as well, showing that the small team from Broadford was more than at home at the top of the table.
The second half saw a invigorated Northern Falcons retake the pitch and the momentum of the Rangers first half was quickly halted. Showing themselves to be the side that won the division last year, the visiting Falcons responded with a goal of their own that rattled the home team’s defensive line. Both sides then played out the match with some fantastic football but after many close chances, no one could beat either keeper again come the final whistle. Rangers walk from this one comfortable 3-1 winners and have plenty to celebrate into the bye before some influential fixtures in the coming weeks
GOALS –
Liam Gatt 1
Great contest Brodie Hudson Xavier and Ben scored first half goals while Phil issac Rhino and Angus held firm down back until 2 late first half goals were conceded giving us a 4-2 lead at the break. Fawkner came out in the second half and scored and took it up to the undefeated rangers but a steadying goal from Hudson and midfield brilliance from Brian put the game out of reach for Fawkner with a 6-3 win. Best players were Phil Issac Rhino Hudson and Nathan
The little rangers are coming along building their skills while constantly picking up new ones. Zig zag passing, pin bowling, goal scoring, follow the leader and plenty more fun. We have a couple of new players start this week who have been bitten by the soccer bug. This makes about 12 players, which is great to see. A friendly match at the end which gets the parents out cheering, supporting and having a few laughs. I Can already see some future Mitchell Ranger stars in the making.
We played Craigieburn City FC Red on Sunday and came away with our first win for the season, and a very convincing win with the final score at 6:1. The whole team contributed 100% every minute of the game and should all be congratulated for their efforts. Goal scorers were Aidan S (3), Kash (2) & Saxon (1). We are now off the bottom of the ladder and the confidence boost should push us to more wins in the coming weeks.
Senior Women beat RMIT 3-1 today, great effort by the team to achieve this result. Well done ladies.
Mitchell Rangers SC (8) defeated FC Birrarung (5)
It was a perfect day to play at Princes Park as the Rangers brought fresh confidence from a stirring comeback the week before and the form spilled into this week with Louis Knynenburg following up his 8 minute hat-trick at the end of his last game with a 16 minute hat-trick at the beginning of this one. FC Birrarung, a team not to be underestimated, hit back with two quick goals but it was again Louis tucking away two more chances with ease to half-time as he solidified himself as one of the crucial leaders of the team. Captain Ryan Sirianni was silk as ever, beating the defence and the goalkeeper for a walk-in chance. The goalkeeper, hands on head, walking back into position sprung back into action as Ryan spoiled his chance off the post before he showed a cool head and slotted it home, between the defender and the goalkeeper’s legs, giving us a 6-2 advantage at the break. The game looked all but over as Louis put away his 6th chance of the game but a spirited Birrarung outfit fought to the last whistle and wrestled back the momentum. Finding two goals in an arm-wrestle type contest, Birrarung had their eyes set on the comeback but the hero of the day in Louis scored once again to give us our 8th goal and any chance of a Birrarung comeback died with it. The opposition scored once more but it proved to be no more than consolation as the Rangers ran out 8-5 winners in Carlton. As if the contest in the league hadn’t been juicy enough already, league leaders Mill Park SC had their first taste of defeat against Alphington FC, giving the mighty Mitchell Rangers the number 1 spot! There’s plenty of games left to play but a sign of things to come for the Rangers, no doubt. Bring it home Rangers!
On a beautiful sunny day we fought the roadworks and traffic to play Yarra Jets at their Home ground in Fairfield. After a strong start, with a goal each to Kash and Jack, we were trailing 2:4 at the break.Unfortunately we had no answer to Yarra Jets' 4 goals in the 2nd half, leaving at full-time with a 2:8 loss.
Under 10 girls (By Vicki)
What another enjoyable game to watch girls! You all played well Everyone is improving every week Lots passing and supporting each other Racheal you did great in goals We had some brilliant play and some unlucky shoots at 🥅Katie had good run putting one into back of net! Thanks Heddie (sorry for spelling) for helping us out Look forward to a home match next week
Under 10 green (By Lauran)
Today was an amazing day and a great game to watch, you boys did so well today you played like a real team with great passing, calling for the ball and looking for an opening. You all did a great job and made us all very proud of you and how well you are working together, we do have to say a big thank to Jacob, Angus, Rhine and Hudson for there help today it was great to have subs for a change.
Well done team score 1-8 win
On Sunday, Mitchell Rangers Women played Whittlesea SC, Rangers made a great start with Vikki McNaughton putting them 1-0 up within the first 10 minutes. Rangers continued to dominate the game and took a two-goal lead with a goal from Sarah Warren. The girls were creating plenty of chances but were unable to convert them. The girl’s determination eventually paid off, taking them to a well-deserved 3-0 lead with a delightful goal from Carley Edmonds. Rangers continued to control the game and scored another two goal through Charlotte Edmonds and Brianna Baschin. Whittlesea SC scored after some indecisive defending. However, the girl’s replied straight away with another goal from Vikki McNaughton before the break to make the score 6-1 at half time.
In the second half, the girls continued their dominance but couldn’t increase the score line. After numerous of missed chances, the home side scored another goal through a mistake from the Rangers’ keeper. Despite the setback, Rangers hit back straight away with a great strike from Kirsten Audeam. Overall, a very good performance by the whole team, with the final score Rangers winning 7-2.
Under 10 black (By David)
Another positive performance. With changes in players positions, it was great to see the versatility of the boys. Everyone called to want the ball, looked to pass to each other and supported each other. Great to see. First time scorers, Isaac, Laone, and Harry, and Toby, were backed up by Josh with 3. Great performances by Carmelo who came out of goal, Will, Isaac BS, Jaiden, Zac, and the goal scorers to run out 7-1 winners. Thanks to Chris, who despite a broken arm, came to support the team.
Mitchell Rangers SC vs. Diamond Valley United SC 6-4W
With a viewing audience filled with mothers thrilled with the fact that had to get up early on Mother’s Day to watch the soccer in the mud and the cold, the under 15s kicked off in style with 2 goals in the first 14 minutes. Through the agency of the Partridge brothers, Lachie tucked away the first chance which was a well-worked opportunity followed by a worldie from younger brother Stuart directly from a throw-in. Given some space, Stu decided to test his luck and lob the keeper from considerable range. The bench on the Mitchell Rangers side went crazy as the opposition goalkeeper scrambled to recover the ball before it crossed the line but the referee was satisfied with the effort and awarded the goal. Credit to Diamond Valley, their players didn’t let the early deficit deter them any and after scoring 10 minutes after our 2nd goal they had the momentum and took control of the game before half-time, leaving us even at 2-2 after 35 minutes. Odds started to mount against the Rangers after the opposition netted in the first 60 seconds of the second half, followed by another goal to assert their dominance on the match. With less than 10 minutes left in the game and held 2 goals behind the opponents the supporters had been silenced to nothing more than a quiet murmur. Enter Louis Knynenburg. Bursting into space on the right wing from a difficult angle, Louis fired from outside the box as it sailed convincingly past the keeper. Given a taste for blood, Louis launched himself at the ball once again, winning the ball, accelerating into the box and firing another shot past the keeper directly from the opposition’s kick-off. With the game there to be won for either team, now with less than 5 minutes left, Captain Ryan crossed a beautifully placed ball into the box from a corner, so perfect in fact that one of the smallest players on the field in Stuart was able to unleash a pearling header to put us ahead once again and put the sidelines into hysterics. Given confidence from his last effort, the Rangers won the ball once again won the ball almost directly from kick off and weaving past a couple of defenders, Louis completed his 8 minute hat-trick. In a comeback reminiscent of Liverpool in Istanbul, celebrations were well and truly on after the final whistle. The coach admittedly struggled to address the team after the game after losing his voice in those final minutes. Credit to the players for pulling off what will undoubtedly be the comeback of the season and making it 3 wins in 4 games. A big thank you to everyone that made the effort to come out and support the team and a special thank you to all the mothers that donated their time on their special day. The atmosphere from the sidelines made the day extra special for everyone involved.
Stuart Partridge 2
On Sunday, Mitchell Rangers Women played La Trobe Uni SC, Rangers made a good start and should have taken the lead 10 minutes into the game with a couple of clear chances. Unfortunately, La Trobe Uni made Rangers pay with 2 goals scored in quick succession, after a couple of major defensive errors. The visitors scored another one just before the break. In the second half Rangers improved with majority of the possession but didn’t really create any chances. Rangers pushed for a goal, but the visitors grab a fourth goal on the break. Rangers got their reward and scored through some great play by Louisa Jones and Brianna Baschin, with Vikki McNaughton finishing delightfully by lobbing the keeper. La Trobe got two late goals, to blow the score out to 6-1. Disappointing result for Rangers but encouraging signs for the rest of the season.
Unfortunately our opposition, Hume United, were a no-show on Sunday. However, we took the chance to have a practice match against our own Under 12's who had just finished their scheduled game.
What a great game against our own Under 10 Green team. Very competitive and close. After a slow start, we managed to get our passing going, which led to a breakaway from Josh who squeezed one in from a narrow angle to give a 1-0 lead at halftime. With end to end action, josh and Zac combined for Zac to finish off for a second goal. With more pressure on, Josh picked up the ball outside the box and drilled home for a third. Good pressure from the greens led to a goal, and we held on to win 3-1. Exciting game, with fantastic performances from Sunny, Laone, Harry, Isaac, Zac, Josh, Chris, Toby, and ever running Will. Hope the Mother’s continue to be spoilt for the rest of the day.
Playing Bundoora United at Home saw a magnificent game, with both sides showing sportsmanship, skill and a total enjoyment of the game. Bundoora started the game with 2 quick goals, but our boys didn’t despair and Kash found the back of the net in the 17th minute to leave for half time with the score at 1:2 in favour of the visitors. The 2nd half started with a goal from Aiden (or Aidos as he’s now known) within the first 2 minutes, followed by another Bundoora goal in the 10th minute. Bundoora scored again in the 15th minute to make the score 2:4 against us. Then Dylan found the back of the net in the 18th minute to keep our chances alive. Alas, we were unable to find the back of the net again and the end of the match saw us 3:4 down. We had many chances to score the equaliser (none more so than Patrick’s defensive kick from the half line that missed the top left corner of the goal by mere centimetres) but Bundoora’s strong defense kept all our attempts out of the net. A fantastic game by all players on both teams and we are looking forward to the return match later in the year.
4th & 5th May
All Abilities Gala Day - Joeys
The Mitchell Rangers traveled to Thornbury on Saturday morning to participate in Football Victoria All Abilities Gala Day, playing 3 friendly games.
Game one against Northcote City DSR, Game two against Barnies All Abilities, and game three against Ringwood City SC. The Rangers were 2 players down, undeterred and full of determination they played on, The Mighty Mitchell Rangers were able to dominate without extra players, Ashton, Alex, Ethan and Jordan all took turns at being goal keeper and they all did an amazing job putting their bodies on the line and Superbly clearing the ball out of the back line. When in the forward half of the ground, Ashton and Jordan overwhelmed the opposition with their skills, fancy foot work and speed. Alex and Ethan dominated in the back half chasing up every ball clearing it forward, and putting in some amazing tackles and forcing a turn over. In the first game, Ashton kicked 2 goals, Alex and Jordan kicked one each, in the second game Ashton kicked 4 goals and in the third game Ashton kicked 3, Jordan kicked 2 and Ethan kicked 1. Everyone played exceptionally well and had a great time. Fantastic Games. Thank you to the Mums, Dads and supporters on the sideline for your cheers of encouragement. Go Rangers!
All Abilities Gala Day - Wallaroos
The Mitchell Rangers traveled to Thornbury on Saturday morning to participate in Football Victoria All Abilities Gala Day, playing 3 friendly games, against Northern Falcons, Doveton SSS2 and Doveton SSS1.
Ben was goal keeper for most of the games while Tayten filled in for a couple of halves’, in every game the Rangers kept pushing forward and creating opportunities, Tayten, Jarrod and Brenno were unstoppable up forward and dazzled the opposition with their footwork, Damian and Davis displayed their amazing skills in the middle, chasing down every ball.
Frank and Lynette playing their first game of soccer ever were a little lost in the back line to start with but once the games got going, so did they applying pressure on the opposition and going in for some hard tackles. Tayten kicked 2 goals in the first game as the Rangers went down 4 - 2. In the second game Tayten kicked 5 goals and Ben kicked 1, the Rangers got up 6 - 1, the third game saw the Rangers goal less going down 8 nil. Great games, Go Rangers!
MiniRoos and Juniors
All MiniRoos and Junior teams had the weekend off.
27th & 28th April
The trip down to Craigieburn saw a mixed day, both with the game and the weather. Light rain on and off gave us a taste of the winter to come but again our team showed great spirit and composure, giving us a display of the full potential we have. Our defense was tight, holding Craigieburn City Blue to 5, while up forward we had plenty of opportunities but only Kash Laws was able to find the back of the net, again just after half time. Our team is certainly coming along, learning to work together, talk among each other, and keeping spirits high.
We were at Home against the Eltham Redbacks. Again we performed well as a team, showing excellent ball skilss and defensive play, holding the Redbacks to only 4 goals. Up forward Kash Laws put one away just after half time to get us on the board.
6th & 7th April
Mitchell Rangers defeated by Upfield 5-2
Goal scorer: James (2)
The U8’s travelled to Gibb reserve on the 7/4/19 It was a great game for both the rangers and upfield. Everyone put in their best efforts some great defense by Dylan and Milly with both of them stopping some powerful attacking plays. Up forward we had James and Lilly they played beautifully using names and cracking through the oppositions defense controlling the midfield we had Nulan and Isaiah they wouldn’t stop running always chasing the ball and never taking an eye off it. In the first half Cy was playing in goal he made some great saves, in the second half Lilly was in goals and she made some astonishing saves. All in all, it was a great game and everyone put in.
Fantastic effort from start to finish. Under pressure from the start, the rangers were 2 down at half time. Second half the team came out fighting. The ball came out to Sunny who powered home a strong shot which left the keeper with no chance. Despite being under constant pressure, the falcons broke away for a goal. Keeping the pressure on, josh broke free and finished well on a one on one with their keeper. At 3-2, we had two clear chances, but couldn’t finish off. The falcons broke away again and scored to win 4-2. A gallant effort, with no subs, by the boys. Carmelo, Toby, Harry and Laone, were solid in defence, with josh, Isaac and Zach running the midfield. Chris and Sunny chased well up front.
Well what a great start to the season we play a wonderful game with great defence with the first goal of the season going to Rhys.
The team play really well together with lots of communication between themselves and support for each other. We are very proud of our team and if this is what the start of the season is like can’t wait for the rest.
Well done final score 2-2
Go Rangers
The Rangers piled on the pressure early against greenvale with goals from Brodie, Hudson and Brian to lead 3-1 at the break. With windy conditions our passing game was exceptional taking the ball into attack especially on the counter and after numerous attempts we were unable to capitalise on our chances leading to a 3-3 draw. It was a great challenge for us and we’ll be ready for them next time
We approached our first game as a new team with great energy and enthusiasm, but with only 7 players against Darebin United's full compliment we were soundly beaten 12:3. Although, the score doesn't reflect how well we played. It is safe to say that if we had of had a full team we certainly would have taken it to them all the way. Goals for MRSC were scored by Alex Ryan, Dylan Wilkins and Saxon Mitchell. Well done Rangers for never giving up in the face of unbeatable odds.
Mitchell Rangers SC vs. FC Birrarung 5-3W
At 11am this morning, the under 15s team officially kicked off their season at home against FC Birrarung. A clear opportunity to take an early 1-0 lead was denied by a handball call but the Rangers were quick to challenge the keeper once more with Ryan Sirianni putting us ahead in the first 10 minutes. FC Birrarung replied with a goal of their own before the Rangers built momentum and kicked away to a 2 goal lead in the span of 2 minutes. As legs grew wary, Birrarung were able to draw level before halftime but it was the re-invigorated Rangers that put the game to bed, adding another 2 goals to their tally after half-time. The new captain, Ryan Sirianni, took best on ground honors, completing an impressive hat-trick which included a very well struck free kick. A massive thanks to FC Birrarung for travelling to play today, as well as all the volunteers and supporters that made today possible. The perfect way to get season 2019 underway!
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Canada: Arbitration Trifecta Complete: Renamed Vancouver International Arbitration Centre Updates Rules To Go With New Act
by Scott Lucyk and Özge Yazar
Lawson Lundell LLP
September 1, 2020 was a historic day for domestic arbitration in British Columbia for three reasons:
The BC International Commercial Arbitration Centre changed its name and became the "Vancouver International Arbitration Centre" (referred to as "VanIAC");
The province's new Arbitration Act (the "New Act") came into force; and
VanIAC's updated domestic arbitration rules came into force (the "New Rules").
In this blog, we set out what you need to know about the New Rules. The New Act was addressed in a previous blog post.
The New Rules are intended to be read harmoniously with the New Act and further modernize the domestic arbitration regime in British Columbia. The updates to the New Rules include emergency relief procedures, specialized rules for document production, expedited procedures and virtual proceedings.
With courts now facing more backlogs due to COVID-19, like the New Act, the New Rules will help to provide alternative means to resolve of commercial disputes.
Emergency Relief Procedures
A substantial update in the New Rules is the introduction of emergency relief procedures. These new provisions allow a party to apply for emergency interim measures and preliminary orders before the constitution of an arbitral tribunal.
A party may apply for an interim measure by delivering an application to VanIAC and all other parties, concurrent with or following the delivery of a Notice to Arbitrate. Upon an application for an emergency interim measure, VanIAC will appoint the emergency arbitrator within two days, and a procedural schedule for the emergency proceeding will be issued three days after the arbitrator's appointment.
An application for an emergency preliminary order (directing a party not to frustrate the purpose of the interim measure) can be made at the same time as the emergency interim measure, and the emergency arbitrator shall establish the procedure for the emergency preliminary order. Such an application would be done in order to direct a party not to frustrate the purpose of the interim measure.
The New Rules contain provisions for challenging an emergency arbitrator. A challenged emergency arbitrator may withdraw or decide on the challenge.
An emergency arbitrator's decision will take the form of an interim measure or preliminary order, and it must be issued within 15 days of appointment and shall be binding on the parties (subject to modification by the emergency arbitrator or arbitral tribunal).
Virtual Processes
The New Rules contain specific provisions for virtual procedures, which are particularly timely given the circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. They will also be useful in the future as parties become accustomed to remote hearings.
A virtual hearing may be held upon the agreement of the parties or at the tribunal's direction. Among other things, the tribunal may determine the video conferencing platform to be used, including the use of virtual breakout rooms for each party and the simultaneous viewing of documents.
Importantly, the New Rules specifically mandate who may attend or access a virtual hearing, which helps ensure the confidentiality of arbitral proceedings.
Conduct of the Proceedings
The New Rules contain a series of new provisions governing the conduct of proceedings, including witness statements, exchange of materials, and production of documents.
Practitioners should pay particular attention to the provisions regarding the production of documents. The New Rules specifically state that the oral and documentary discovery procedures developed for court are "generally not appropriate procedures for obtaining documents and information in an arbitration".
The New Rules provide that requests for documents shall not be made until there has been an exchange of written arguments, witness statements and supporting documentation, and that requests for electronic document searches must be narrowly focused and structured to enable the efficient searching of databases.
The New Rules also contain substantive guidance on whether the tribunal should order the production of documents, which helps ensure efficiency and proportionality. A tribunal shall not order production of the requested documents if it is satisfied that: (i) production of the requested documents would impose an unreasonable burden on the responding party; (ii) the documents are protected by any applicable privilege; or (iii) there are compelling considerations of confidentiality, procedural economy, proportionality, fairness or equality of the parties upon which production should be refused.
Expedited Procedure
An important feature of the New Rules is expedited procedures for claims under $250,000 or if the parties agree.
Under these expedited procedures, the timelines for submitting statements and pleadings are shortened - all written material is to be exchanged no later than 90 days from the appointment of the tribunal. The default position is to have no oral hearing. However, the tribunal has the discretion to order an oral hearing. Even if an oral hearing is ordered, it must be a maximum of one day.
The tribunal is to issue an award within 30 days from the receipt of the last written material (45 days if there was an oral hearing). There will be no appeal on a question of law from an award issued under the expedited procedure.
Appeal Mechanism
Similar to the previous rules, the New Rules provide parties the option of appealing to an appeal tribunal on a question of law. However, this remedy is only available where the parties have expressly agreed in their arbitration agreement to an appeal to VanIAC's appeal tribunal, or if all parties consent to it after the arbitration.
On appeal, the appeal tribunal may confirm, vary or amend the award and make an award of costs. For certain types of disputes, resort to an appeal tribunal may provide a more efficient and confidential means to review arbitral awards than pursuing an appeal under the New Act (which is to the British Columbia Court Appeal).
Appointing Authority
One of the key changes in the New Act is that VanIAC will exercise statutory responsibilities as the "designated appointing authority". What this means is that VanIAC will have certain responsibilities under the New Act, including in proceedings where the New Rules and VanIAC does not administer the proceedings.
This new role for VanIAC is reflected in the New Rules. As designated appointing authority, VanIAC will carry out the following duties:
appointing arbitrators where the parties fail to agree;
determining fees and expenses payable to an arbitrator if there is a dispute; and
directing the tribunal to deliver an award on terms if there is a dispute regarding the arbitrator's fees and expenses.
With the New Rules, New Act and VanIAC's new name, the overhaul of the domestic arbitration regime is now complete. Parties and practitioners should all benefit from these updates, which have brought British Columbia in line with international best practices.
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BREAKING: Law enforcement says Las Vegas shooter “did not act alone” … new details
Wednesday, October 04, 2017 by: Mike Adams
Tags: Clark County, FBI, las vegas, Mandalay Bay, mass shooting, multiple shooters, radicalization, Sheriff, Stephen Paddock
(Natural News) In a stunning statement that adds further weight to many of the questions raised by Natural News and other independent media leaders — the only remaining real journalists in America — Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo publicly affirmed his belief that Stephen Paddock did not act alone.
“…[H]e had to have some help at some point,” Sheriff Lombardo is now quoted as saying by the UK Express.
Natural News and other independent media outlets have been the only investigative journalists in the country to ask real questions that expose the gaping holes in the “official” narrative of what happened at the Mandalay Bay massacre. Websites like SGTreport.com, TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com and The Daily Sheeple have detailed the ludicrousness of the official story with articles like “MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: Official story of Las Vegas shooting unravels; physical impossibility of lone gunman senior citizen makes narrative ludicrous.” Michael Snyder has also published, “16 Unanswered Questions About The Las Vegas Shooting That The Mainstream Media Doesn’t Want To Talk About.”
Now, Sheriff Lombardo echoes that very story in saying, “Maybe he was a superhuman who figured this out all on his own but it would be hard for me to believe that.”
This statement affirms exactly what I wrote on Natural News just two days ago, saying, “The only way he could have carried out this shooting is if he were transformed into a human superweapon through a magic wand. I’m calling this ‘Mission IMPOSSIBLE’ because of the physical impossibility of a retired, untrained senior citizen pulling this off.”
The fact that law enforcement is now supporting the contention that Stephen Paddock did not act alone throws a curve ball to the FBI, which claims they somehow pulled of a miraculous investigation that cleared Paddock of ties to international terrorism groups, all in a record time of less than twelve hours. The astonishing speed of the FBI’s announcement confirms they are lying, of course. The FBI can barely complete an office memo in 12 hours, much less conduct an exhaustive investigation into international terrorism in that time frame.
Informed Americans, already suspicious of the FBI’s involvement in allowing Hillary Clinton to get away with committing multiple felony crimes via destruction of her classified emails, are now beginning to wonder whether the FBI is now actively covering up the truth about the Las Vegas Mandalay Bay shooting.
Caller on the Michael Savage show describes TWO shooters, including one who walked through the crowd, spraying gunfire in every direction
To date, dozens of eyewitnesses have gone public with their belief that multiple shooters were involved, spraying them with gunfire from multiple directions. Earlier today, a caller to the Michael Savage show offered intimate details into her harrowing escape under fire — (and unlike Hillary Clinton, this woman was actually under real sniper fire) — where she was forced to hide while others were gunned down all around her. According to this caller, a second gunman firing a distinctive “low-sounding” gun was walking through the crowd, spraying gunfire in every direction while approaching her concealed position.
You can hear her detailed audio description at MichaelSavage.com. In her own words:
There was somebody walking in the crowd, spraying their guns back and forth and shooting people, and he was getting closer. The shots would stop, the officer got up and walked out, and I heard his radio because I was right there, and we heard, “We have active shooters,” and then my officer who was protecting me said, “Where is he? Where is he? Do you see him? Is he behind us? Do you have a visual?
It sounded like somebody was actually walking from the crowd, from west to east, through the crowd and shooting, because everybody was going one direction, because there was no way out. Then they would stop, and there would be higher pitches, and then no sound, and then the sound would start again, and they were on top of each other… they sounded at the same time, and the one that was lower kept getting closer sounding to us… I’m thinking, Oh my God, it sounds like there’s somebody on the ground that is shooting… Mandalay Bay was on our right, and the girl that was standing right beside me got shot straight in her stomach, and how did this bullet come straight down and make a left turn and hit her in the stomach?
Australian man staying in room next door claims “Multiple shooters”
In addition to the audio testimony detailed above, the Courier Mail (Australia) interviewed Brian Hodge, who said he was staying at the room next door to the alleged shooter Stephen Paddock. Via the Courer Mail:
Australian Brian Hodge, who previously worked at Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast, claimed he was staying in the room next to the shooter on level 32 at the Las Vegas resort.
There were multiple people dead and multiple shooters. I was just hiding waiting for police to come get us… My floor is a crime scene. They killed a security guard on my floor.
Using the word “they,” Brian Hodge is referring to the multiple shooters, not the police. This is yet another gripping testimony that adds weight to the evidence that multiple shooters were involved.
The FBI, of course, maintains the “lone gunman” theory, almost invoking the same cover-up logic ripped right out of the assassination of JFK. Yet numerous eyewitnesses on the ground continue to speak up with testimonies and firsthand accounts of multiple shooters.
Were you aware the FBI routinely plots mass shooting, bombings and acts of terrorism on U.S. soil?
Few Americans are aware that the FBI actively plots a wide assortment of domestic terrorism scenarios in the United States for the purpose of recruiting targeted individuals into taking part in the plot, then arresting them as “terrorists.” Remarkably, this shocking reality was documented by none other than the New York Times in 2012, which detailed the FBI’s terrorism “sting” operations while asking whether it is appropriate for the FBI to be engaged in the plotting, planning and pseudo-execution of such mass terrorism crimes.
Natural News has also covered the ongoing domestic terrorism plots that are schemed up by the FBI:
From 2011: FBI ‘entrapment’ tactics questioned in web of phony terror plots and paid informants
From 2012: FBI nabs five mastermind geniuses after teaching them how to blow up a bridge in Cleveland
From 2015: The FBI is amazingly good at halting terror plots dreamed up by the FBI
In 2013, the Kansas City City documented yet another astonishing story about the FBI ginning up its own mass murder terrorism plots, then inserting some hapless (often homeless) person into the driver’s seat just in time to be arrested and charged as a terrorist. That Kansas City Star article, authored by Ian Cummings, is entitled, “FBI undercover stings foil terrorist plots — but often plots of the agency’s own making.”
This pattern and history of the FBI dreaming up mass terrorism plots in the United States brings up the obvious question: Was the Mandalay Bay shooting actually schemed up by the FBI in an attempted sting operation gone bad? And is the FBI now attempting to cover its tracks to avoid the massive backlash that would ensue if the truth about such a monumental failure were learned? There’s no evidence yet to suggest the FBI planned this attack, of course, but the criminality of former FBI head James Comey — combined with the FBI’s current suspicious behavior and suspicious cover-up — have many people beginning to ask a whole new question: Is the FBI somehow complicit in this heinous crime?
(For the record, I personally know several retired FBI agents who are outstanding individuals, and many agents within the FBI are determined, courageous, pro-America patriots who would never go along with such a nefarious plot. However, as with any federal agency, there are also other sub-groups within the FBI who abuse their power and operate with no such ethics. And there’s no denying the FBI was recently headed by a traitor and criminal cover-up artist named James Comey.)
The FBI is also withholding critical evidence and lying to all Americans
The FBI, of course, is withholding critical evidence, just as they did following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, after which the U.S. government seized all security video tapes and held them in perpetuity, making sure the public would never see them.
Among the evidence items currently being covered up by the FBI and hidden from the public:
Ballistics details about the bullets recovered on the ground. What is their caliber? Are they all the same caliber? How many bullets have been recovered?
Where is all the expended brass that should be on the floor of the hotel room of the supposed shooter? Instead of thousands of pieces of expended brass, the media is so far reporting only “dozens” of pieces of brass. How can a shooter fire thousands of rounds of ammunition but produce only a few dozen pieces of expended brass?
Where is the video that we’ve all been told the shooter took of himself carrying out the shooting?
Where is the rest of the audio from the police breaching the door of Paddock’s room? The audio that has so far been released to the public ends abruptly just as the door is breached. We never hear the actual confrontation between police and Stephen Paddock.
Where is any supporting evidence to prove that Paddock shot himself in an act of suicide? Do the ballistics of the bullet in his head match his own gun? Why do many people suspect that Paddock was murdered and staged as a scapegoat by other military-trained or paramilitary individuals who actually carried out the sustained attack?
What other materials were recovered in Stephen Paddock’s hotel room? The FBI isn’t releasing any details, even though unconfirmed rumors claim that the room was filled with Antifa material. That could be disinformation, but why won’t the FBI confirm or deny it?
Why hasn’t the FBI told us how Paddock obtained his full-auto weapon? Was it self-modified in violation of federal law, or did he acquire it through the complex system involving the ATF, tax stamps and background checks?
Until the federal government starts sharing more details with the public, the real journalists of America — the independent media — will continue to ask legitimate, thoughtful questions about the tragic event that took the lives of 58 innocents. What We the People won’t stand for us being lied to yet again by an incompetent bureaucracy that seems to have been increasingly infiltrated by anti-American operatives who deliberately hide or destroy evidence in order to run their political narratives about the actual motivations behind the shooting.
Not only has America now arrived in an extremely disturbing moment in history where it’s no longer safe to attend an outdoor concert, but most of us have also lost any remaining faith in the FBI to tell the truth. (That credit goes to James Comey, a professional liar and deep state operative who covered up the crimes of Hillary Clinton and Obama regime officials such as Loretta Lynch.)
We pray for the victims of this shooting, and we honor the efforts of local law enforcement, first responders, and all the spontaneous heroes who helped save lives and shield the innocent. Now, we must get to the bottom of what happened, why it happened, and learn how to stop these dangerous, heavily medicated individuals before they strike again. And no, the answer does not involve stripping all the law-abiding citizens of America their Second Amendment rights.
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Pursuit of power: 9 training tips from elite lifters in uniform
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Army Staff Sgt. Brad Arbic preps his equipment during a workout at Eglin Air Force Base., Fla. (Staff Sgt. Brian Ragin/Army)
Many service members looking to add strength are going about it from the wrong direction.
“What we see in the mirror is what we work on,” said Army Maj. Donald Bigham, an elite-level powerlifter and chief of human performance at the Human Performance Integrative Office at Fort Benning, Georgia. “We’re doing our chests, we’re doing our biceps, we’re doing our quads, we’re putting ourselves in a position that [ignores] our posterior chain, which is what allows for physical dominance.”
Military Times spoke with Bigham and other competitive powerlifters in uniform to get some tips on getting stronger — whether it’s part of a New Year’s fitness resolution or a plan of attack to take on an upcoming fitness test. Some of their best advice:
1. Posterior plan. So, how would Bigham — the Army’s 2016 male athlete of the year after winning four gold medals at that year’s International Powerlifting Federation Raw Powerlifting Championship — recommend shaking up your workout?
“If I could change one thing in the gym, it would be to cut out so much anterior work,” he said. “Cut out the bench press on Mondays, the ‘bis and tris’ on Tuesdays and the 100,000 abdominals on Wednesdays.”
Instead, Bigham suggested a 180-degree rotation. Functional strength will come from exercises targeting the glutes, hamstrings and the rest of the posterior chain, he said. Biceps curls will help with what troops see in the mirror, but won’t help during ruck marches.
Bigham weighs in around 180 pounds. His in-competition squat tops 600 pounds. The 45-year-old has been a competitive lifter since 1991, when he was introduced to the sport as an enlisted Marine serving in Okinawa, Japan.
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2. Power trio. Not surprisingly, the trio of powerlifters we spoke with advocated for the three lifts — squat, deadlift and bench press — that make up powerlifting competitions.
But it’s not just out of loyalty or personal focus, said Army Staff Sgt. Brad Arbic, an intelligence analyst with 7th Special Forces Group whose 766-pound deadlift in a November event in Las Vegas set a record for his age and weight class.
The three core lifts “really encapsulate all of the musculature,” said Arbic, 35, who weighs in around 300 pounds but can pass the Army’s tape test thanks in part to a 22-inch neck. They also direct focus away from areas that might not need it.
“You’ll see guys putting a lot of attention on very small muscles,” Arbic said. “For example, biceps. Biceps are a very, very small muscle in comparison to the other muscles in your body, but they probably receive the preponderance of attention.”
Army Maj. Donald Bigham's max squat is more than three times his body weight. (Courtesy photo via Army)
3. Go slow. Before the Marine Corps sent her to Okinawa as a military policeman, 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Mckenzie Curtis already had international travel experience as a member of the U.S. junior worlds powerlifting team that competed in Prague in 2015. She took second in her weight class, and though she gave up the sport (and lost 30 pounds or so) when she joined the Marines, she’s recently picked it back up.
Her approach to adding muscle: Don’t take shortcuts, and don’t expect big leaps in performance.
“Going up gradually each week may not seem like much, but in the long run you will see results,” said Curtis, who competes in the 84-kilogram (181-pound) class but said she may drop to 158 pounds as her lifting career continues.
She builds power by adding five pounds per week to low-repetition, high-effort sessions on the core lifts: three sets, five reps each for squat and deadlift, five-by-five for bench. Too much to add? Go smaller if you must, but keep going.
“My coach actually made special plates that allowed me to go up 2.5 pounds a week,” Curtis said. “He’s a welder.”
Marine Lance Cpl. Mckenzie Curtis preps for a 225-pound squat. (Lance Cpl. Tayler P. Schwamb/Marine Corps)
4. Be flexible. Bigham isn’t big on single-joint exercises — they may help define a targeted muscle group, but they’re not reflective of the multi-muscle movements required of service members in the field.
“We don’t move on fixed objects,” said Bigham, whose gold-medal collection includes wins at events hosted by weightlifting icons Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lee Haney. “So if [service members] can learn to move weight in space — I don’t care if it’s a kettlebell, a dumbbell, a barbell — at the end of the day, they’re going to be a better tactical athlete. They’re going to be able to complete that last 100 yards with success.”
Already on the kettlebell bandwagon? Bigham suggests trying to keep the ball in space, rather than resting it on your wrist or forearm, for an additional stabilization workout.
5. Be versatile. The squat, deadlift and bench may provide a stellar core workout, but that doesn’t mean you can limit your fitness regimen to those exercises, or any other group of lifts.
Curtis recently completed her first half-marathon and mixes in multiple visits to the StairMaster with her lifting routine. Arbic clocked a 15:50 on his most recent two-mile run. Bigham said a typical 20- to 25-hour training week should include four to eight hours of active recovery work, which could involve anything from stretching to a brisk walk.
Lance Cpl. Mckenzie Curtis poses at Okinawa's Camp Foster, where she serves as a military police officer. (Lance Cpl. Tayler P. Schwamb/Marine Corps)
6. Don’t ignore stop signs. “You’ve got to understand your pain scale from zero to 10,” Bigham said. “Anything above a three in training, we don’t do … because now we’re deteriorating. We’re taking away from that movement pattern. We can stay under three and do those exercises, it can still be a benefit for us.”
Smart lifting can build strength and help address lingering injuries; Arbic said the pain from an early-career back injury sustained during an airborne operation has dropped drastically thanks in part to his workout routine.
And while he may not favor single-joint exercises for building overall strength, Bigham said they have great value for troops working through injuries. Targeting a weakened area gives the lifter a greater sense of what progress is being made, what parts of his form are being affected and, most importantly, a clear line on what’s causing any pain.
Beyond injury, there are other reasons to put on the brakes.
“The only thing worse than not training at all is overtraining,” Arbic said. “You put yourself in a position of being overtrained, you increase your potential for injury exponentially.”
Gen. Gus Perna, left, commander of Army Materiel Command, recognizes Maj. Donald Bigham as the Army’s 2016 Male Athlete of the Year. (Bryan Bacon/Army via Redstone Rocket)
7. Know your fuel. All three lifters stressed the importance of proteins when it comes to building muscle. Bigham recommended between 1.5 and 1.9 grams of protein for every kilogram of body weight — that might mean 175 grams or more of protein a day, so don’t count on a daily steak (60 or so grams for a 9-ounce meal) to check the box.
Arbic leans toward tuna, while Curtis is a fan of protein bars. All three lifters stressed that dietary needs will vary widely based on the individual and the fitness goal; Arbic suggested learning as much as you can about your resting metabolic rate and other factors before you dive in on a new diet plan.
“You have to understand how much you’re burning” before you can start building strength, the 6-foot-2 staff sergeant said, “and then you have to take in excess.”
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8. Stay still. Don’t be the lifter at the gym who is moving everything … except the bar.
“You see somebody benching, their feet are moving around, their body’s flopping around, there’s all this extra movement,” Arbic said. “That’s not helping them generate the force required to push the weight. … You’re essentially bleeding energy.”
Stop shuffling your feet and “plant yourself to the floor,” said Arbic, who restarted his competitive powerlifting career in 2015 after earning a world title in 2003 as a 21-year-old. “Set your position and hold it.”
9. Ask. Arbic’s build, and the number of plates he uses, can draw some questions from fellow lifters.
“They’ll always preface it with, ‘I don’t bench 500 pounds, but …’ ” he said. “And I’m like, ‘Dude, your max to you is the same as my max to me. It feels the same. The only thing that separates you and me is time.’ ”
He started a YouTube channel with videos that address some basic weightlifting techniques and concerns.
Curtis suggested YouTube as a good starting point for those seeking weight-room tips or interested in breaking bad habits.
“I see it a lot: People not squatting low enough, bouncing their reps on the bench off their chest, and deadlifting with complete back bending over,” she said. “Watch videos. Ask fellow lifters for advice. Don’t be discouraged.”
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Price Check: LA Accuses Ralphs of Overcharging
Charges stem from a series of test purchases
By Jonathan Lloyd • Published May 11, 2010 • Updated on May 11, 2010 at 6:25 pm
The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office filed criminal charges Tuesday against Ralphs Grocery Co. and its parent company, accusing the chain of overcharging customers for prepackaged and weighed products.
According to city prosecutors, a series of test purchases made from 14 Ralphs stores in the city resulted in 27 violations of overcharging.
"Many of the violations were for the store's illegally charging for the weight of the package or including the ice glaze on frozen products in the net weight. Many prepackaged items were also found to be under the labeled weight posted," the release stated.
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"During one inspection at one Ralph's Granada Hills location, an inspector purchased four packages of fried chicken labeled at a net weight of 30 ounces. The inspector found the actual lot weight of the product to be short by 3.5 percent per package," according to the release.
Many prepackaged items were also found to be under the labeled weight, city prosecutors allege.
"There's absolutely no malicious intent in this situation whatsoever," said Ralphs spokeswoman Kendra Doyel. "It would be an oversight and something we would work very hard to correct."
The company has launched an internal investigation, said Doyel.
Ralph's is owned by The Kroger Co., which had fiscal 2009 sales of $76.7 billion.
In a news release from the City Attorney's office, authorities said the undercover test purchases were made between Jan. 20 and March 9.
At a Ralphs location on Wilshire Boulevard, an undercover inspector bought a self-service salad and determined the store did not deduct packaging weight when the purchase price was calculated, according to the City Attorney's office.
Ralph's and Kroger are each charged with violations of the Business and Professions Code. The violations include 14 counts of false and misleading advertising, 18 violations of unlawful computation of value, nine violations of selling prepackaged commodities in less quantity than represented and 18 violations of false labeling.
Ralphs was cited for similar violations in 2008 and 2009 and paid nearly $17,000 in fines.
Ralphs and Kroger could each face fines and penalty assessments up to $256,000, according to city prosecutors.
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Golf Digest rates Ozarks National as the 'Best New Public Course in the United States, 2019'
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw designed the championship-caliber 18-hole layout in the Branson Missouri Ozarks
(Branson, Missouri; December 3, 2019) – Golf Digest reviewers rank Ozarks National No. 1 in the publication’s “Best New Public Course 2019” roster. Opened for play on May 1, 2019, the Big Cedar Lodge amenity has quickly garnered acclaim from media, golfers, and industry participants.
The 8th hole at Ozarks National
Designed by two of the world’s finest golf architects, Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, they created a stunning course in tandem with Bass Pro Shops and Big Cedar Lodge Founder Johnny Morris. Ozarks National has earned many accolades since opening on May 1 of this year. The acclaimed and gorgeous playing venue outshines other best-new layouts including ones at Pinehurst Resort (NC) and Arcadia Bluffs (MI).
“The awards that Branson-area courses hold are impressive and underscore the variety and high quality of our golf destination options,” said Lynn Berry, Director of Communications, Branson Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Complementing Ozarks National are Buffalo Ridge Springs, LedgeStone, Mountain Top, The Pointe, Top of the Rock, Holiday Hills, Branson Hills, and Payne’s Valley. We’re quickly becoming America’s Next Great Golf Destination.”
Buffalo Ridge Springs, Branson Hills, and LedgeStone are rated nos. 1, 2, and 6, respectively, by Golfweek in its 2019 “Best Courses You Can Play by State.”
Ozarks National is Missouri’s first and only golf course designed by Coore and Crenshaw. Measuring 7,036 yards from the back tees, the course reflects the glorious terrain of the Ozarks, complemented by scenic views. The 18-hole layout features challenging carries and a variety of visually appealing approach shots that are highlighted by the native habitat. The course also includes interesting features, such as a 400-foot wooden beam and plank bridge, which connects the tee box and fairway of the 13th hole that stands 60-feet above a flowing creek.
To determine Golf Digest's “America's Best New Golf Courses,” more than 1,600 Golf Digest panelists across the U.S. and Canada played and evaluated Best New candidate courses, scoring each in eight evaluation categories: Shot Options, Layout Variety, Challenge, Distinctiveness, Aesthetics, Conditioning, Character and Fun.
Some Golf Digest rater comments include the following ones that lavish praise on Ozarks National, Big Cedar Lodge’s fourth course (with a fifth coming in 2020 by Tiger Woods and his TGR Design team):
- “I was totally blown away by Ozarks National and its rugged aesthetics: high grass on the perimeter, asymmetrical traps and views of the Ozark Mountains. It was as good as any course in the Midwest.”
- “Stunning views from nearly every hole, minimalist teeing areas, very large greens, most with collection areas, some with false fronts.”
- “Possibly the biggest surprise of my course-ranking travels. With the severity of the land, I expected a choppy experience, but was treated to a flowing, beautifully routed course with unreal views. The playability was a little tight at times, but overall, they made excellent, strategic use of the land. Infinity greens and sight lines that stretch for miles add to the pleasure of the experience.”
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Branson is a one-of-a-kind family vacation destination nestled in the lakeside beauty of the Ozark Mountains — and an incredible value — with dozens of live performance theaters, three pristine lakes, an international award-winning theme park, dozens of attractions and museums, a Historic Downtown district, a Town Center-style shopping complex, a full range of dining options, and a host of hotels, motels, resorts, RV parks, campgrounds and meeting and conference facilities. Branson is less than one day's drive for one-third of America’s residents. With low-cost flights to the Branson Airport (BKG www.flybranson.com) and nearby Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF), it has never been easier to access Branson. Call 1-800-296-0463 for help planning your next vacation, convention or reunion. See more at: http://www.explorebranson.com
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Sorenstam to host donors in Orlando
ANNIKA Foundation to Host Philanthropic Partners at the Country Club of Orlando
Benefactors will Join Annika for a Skills Clinic, 18-Hole Team Competition and Reception to Discuss Her Global Mission to Mentor Young Women
(ORLANDO, Fla.) – The ANNIKA Foundation – golf Hall-of-Famer Annika Sorenstam’s charitable organization – will host a group of its major philanthropic partners at the Country Club of Orlando on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
Participants will spend the day with Annika, first at a skills clinic, followed by an 18-hole team competition and, to end the day, a reception to review Annika’s ongoing Foundation plans. This event will promote her ANNIKA Foundation, which provides opportunities in women’s golf at the junior, collegiate and professional levels while teaching young people the importance of living a healthy, active lifestyle through fitness and nutrition.
“I’m excited to spend time with several of my leading Foundation supporters at the historic Country Club of Orlando,” says Annika. “Their help has been crucial to our successful first decade and will be even more important as we strive to reach even greater heights in the coming years.”
Annika is a 10-time major champion who has spent her career breaking barriers for women in sport. The ANNIKA Foundation is devoted to growing the game of golf around the world. It annually hosts six girls-only invitational tournaments on five continents: the ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex, the ANNIKA Invitational Europe (Sweden), ANNIKA Invitational Mission Hills (China), the ANNIKA Invitational Latin America (Argentina) and, new for 2018, the ANNIKA Invitational Australasia (New Zealand). The Foundation also runs the ANNIKA Cup, ANNIKA Intercollegiate presented by 3M and bestows the prestigious ANNIKA Award presented by 3M to NCAA Division I’s best female golfer.
Since the inaugural Foundation tournament – the 2009 ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex – hundreds of ANNIKA event participants have earned college scholarships and degrees. Thirty-two ANNIKA alumnae have earned LPGA Tour cards. Twenty-four alumnae competed in the 2018 ANA Inspiration.
Some of Annika’s partners scheduled to join the gathering are GrayRobinson, Golf Channel, Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation, Dr. P. Phillips Foundation, Martin Andersen – Gracia Andersen Foundation, The Mortgage Firm, Wasserman Foundation, Ruth’s Chris and The Bockorny Group.
GrayRobinson shareholder and ANNIKA Foundation board chairman, Jay Brennan, spearheaded this get-together with Brett Lindquist of The Mortgage Firm.
“Annika’s career epitomizes the pursuit of excellence,” says Brennan. “She is an outstanding role model for young women around the world. We are so honored to have the support of the three major charitable foundations in Central Florida along with our other foundation and corporate partners to further Annika’s mission. We also give special thanks to the Country Club of Orlando for being such an outstanding venue and host.”
For more information, please visit www.annikafoundation.org
About the ANNIKA Foundation
Annika created the ANNIKA Foundation (www.annikafoundation.org) to provide opportunities in women’s golf at the junior, collegiate and professional levels while teaching young people the importance of living a healthy, active lifestyle through fitness and nutrition. The Foundation has partnered with key organizations to promote healthy, active lifestyles for children, including SPARK, Florida Hospital for Children in support of its Healthy 100 Kids initiative and The First Tee in development of the Nine Healthy Habits curriculum for children, and an endowment of the AJGA’s ACE Grant.
It annually conducts six major golf events for aspiring junior girls: the ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Fla.; ANNIKA Invitational at Mission Hills in China; ANNIKA Invitational Europe and ANNIKA Cup in Sweden; the ANNIKA Invitational Latin America in Argentina and the ANNIKA Invitational Australasia in New Zealand. Moreover, with the support of 3M, the Haskins Commission and Golfweek, the Foundation created the ANNIKA Award presented by 3M, which is given annually to the best collegiate female golfer. Since 2014, the Foundation has also annually hosted the ANNIKA Intercollegiate presented by 3M, a college tournament featuring 12 of the top Division I schools. Each year, the Foundation also conducts several “Share My Passion” grass roots clinics designed to introduce kids to the game.
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Trump Calls on Congress to Pass Stimulus Hours After Scrapping Negotiations
He took to Twitter again and called on Congress to send him a “Stand Alone Bill for Stimulus Checks ($1,200)"
By Aamer Madhani and Andrew Taylor • Published October 6, 2020 • Updated on October 7, 2020 at 7:33 am
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday called an abrupt end to negotiations with Democrats over additional COVID-19 relief, delaying action until after the election despite ominous warnings from his own Federal Reserve chairman about the deteriorating conditions in the economy.
Trump tweeted that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was “not negotiating in good faith" and said he's asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to direct all his focus before the election into confirming his U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.
“I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business," Trump tweeted.
Hours later, Trump appeared to edge back a bit from his call to end negotiations. He took to Twitter again and called on Congress to send him a “Stand Alone Bill for Stimulus Checks ($1,200)" — a reference to a pre-election batch of direct payments to most Americans that had been a central piece of negotiations between Pelosi and the White House. Pelosi has generally rejected taking a piecemeal approach to COVID relief.
If I am sent a Stand Alone Bill for Stimulus Checks ($1,200), they will go out to our great people IMMEDIATELY. I am ready to sign right now. Are you listening Nancy? @MarkMeadows @senatemajldr @kevinomccarthy @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2020
“I am ready to sign right now. Are you listening Nancy?" Trump said in a flurry of tweets Tuesday evening. He also called on Congress to immediately approve $25 billion for airlines and $135 billion the Paycheck Protection Program to help small businesses.
The unexpected turn could be a blow to Trump's reelection prospects and comes as his administration and campaign are in turmoil. Trump is quarantining in the White House with a case of COVID, and the latest batch of opinion polls shows him significantly behind former Vice President Joe Biden with the election four weeks away.
The collapse means that Trump and down-ballot Republicans will face reelection without delivering aid to voters — such as the $1,200 direct payments, or “Trump checks," to most individuals — even as the national jobless rate is about 8% with millions facing the threat of eviction. One endangered Republican, Maine Sen. Susan Collins, said “waiting until after the election to reach an agreement on the next Covid-19 relief package is a huge mistake."
Former Vice President Joe Biden slammed Trump's move.
“Make no mistake: if you are out of work, if your business is closed, if your child’s school is shut down, if you are seeing layoffs in your community, Donald Trump decided today that none of that — none of it — matters to him," Biden said in a statement released by his campaign.
Trump's move came immediately after he spoke with the top GOP leaders in Congress, who had been warily watching talks between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Pelosi. Many Senate Republicans had signaled they would not be willing to go along with any stimulus legislation that topped $1 trillion, and GOP aides had been privately dismissive of the prospects for a deal.
Just on Saturday, tweeting from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Trump said, “OUR GREAT USA WANTS & NEEDS STIMULUS. WORK TOGETHER AND GET IT DONE." But any Pelosi-sponsored agreement of close to $2 trillion raised the potential of a GOP revolt if it came to a vote.
Last week, the White House said it was backing a $400 per week pandemic jobless benefit and dangled the possibility of a COVID-19 relief bill of $1.6 trillion. But that offer was rejected by Pelosi, who continued to take a hard line in the talks, including insisting on repeal of a $254 billion GOP business tax break passed in the March package as a way to finance additional relief.
Pelosi had spoken with Mnuchin earlier Tuesday. After Trump's tweets spiking the negotiations, Pelosi said Trump was “unwilling to crush the virus" and “refuses to give real help to poor children, the unemployed, and America's hard working families."
Trump broke off talks after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned earlier Tuesday that the economic recovery remains fragile seven months into coronavirus pandemic without further economic stimulus.
Stocks dropped suddenly on Wall Street after Trump ordered a stop to negotiations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average swung instantly from a gain of about 200 points to a loss of about 300 points.
Powell, in remarks before the National Association for Business Economics, made clear that too little support “would lead to a weak recovery, creating unnecessary hardship for households and businesses.”
Trump cited Pelosi's demands for state and local governments as a key reason for pulling out of the talks. Pelosi and Mnuchin were far apart on that issue — with Trump offering $250 billion while Pelosi was holding out for more than $400 billion. And Pelosi was asking for a higher weekly jobless benefit and refundable tax credits for the working poor, among other provisions.
Early rounds of COVID relief passed by overwhelming margins as the economy went into lockdown in March. After that, Trump and many of his GOP allies focused more on loosening social and economic restrictions as the key to recovery instead of more taxpayer-funded aid.
Still, the decision to halt negotiations could be politically risky with just four weeks to go before Election Day. While the stock market has clawed much of its way back after cratering in the early weeks of the crisis, unemployment stands at 7.9%, and the nearly 10 million jobs that remain lost since the start of the pandemic exceed the number that the nation shed during the entire 2008-09 Great Recession.
White House officials did not immediately respond to a request for further explanation of the timing of the president’s decision to halt negotiations.
Tim Murtaugh, a Trump campaign spokesman, pushed back against the notion that breaking off negotiations could hurt the president at the ballot box.
“Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Congressional Democrats have not been honest brokers,” Murtaugh said. “They would rather have a political issue to help Joe Biden than act to help Americans. It’s despicable.”
McConnell told reporters on Capitol Hill he supported Trump’s decision.
While Trump said he'll immediately restart talks in November if he wins reelection, a Biden victory could mean the economy would go without further stimulus until February.
The economy has recovered more quickly than most economists had expected, so far, largely because of the stimulus Congress approved in a $2 trillion package in March. The $1,200 stimulus checks, supplemental $600 unemployment benefits each week, and aid to small businesses boosted household incomes and enabled many low-income Americans to pay bills and rent and maintain their overall spending, according to data from Opportunity Insights.
But the recovery has slowed and certain sectors such as restaurants, hotels, theaters and airlines remain in bad shape, shedding jobs and risking permanent realignment. Without more stimulus, economists expect growth will slow significantly in the final three months of the year.
“You’re going to see quite a significant drag on growth,” said Gregory Daco, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, a consulting firm. It “would really risk a double-dip recession.”
AP Economics Writer Christopher Rugaber contributed.
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March 26, 2020 Younis Taha
Nora Illi, a famous Islamic preacher who co-founded the Swiss Central Islamic Council (IZRS), died on Monday at the age of 35, after a long illness. As the IZRS now reports, Nora Illi has lost the fight against breast cancer diagnosed in 2012. She is survived by six children and her husband.
Originally from Zurich, Illi converted to Islam in 2002, aged 18, after a trip to Dubai. Prior to this, she had been a punk and had also been interested in Buddhism.
Nora Illi was born in 1983 to a German psychotherapist and a Swiss social worker. Illi dropped out of high school and trained as a polygraph. In addition, she became active in the punk scene of her hometown Uster ZH. As an 18-year-old, she converted to Islam.
At a solidarity campaign for Palestine, she met her future husband, Schaffhausen’s Patric Illi (now Qaasim Illi). In 2003 they married in Jordan. Together, they subsequently represented the Swiss Islamic Central Council (IZRS) in public: Nora Illi as the commissioner for women’s affairs, her husband as the PR manager.
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She was known in public for always wearing her Niqab. Illi was an advocate of polygyny. This differs from polygamy in that a man may have several women, but a woman may only have one man.
In the talk show Anne Will in 2016, she was defending the woman’s right to wear niqab. Thus, she was falsely accused of supporting extremist groups like ISIS. Replying to this false accusation, she stressed that any Muslim whether in Switzerland or any other country in the world should denounce and avoid violence.
Bussenfang in Ticino
As a Niqab activist, Illi publicly caught fines: After the ban on veiling came into force in the canton of Ticino in July 2016, she received the first banned buses because of her public appearance in the Niqab. In 2017 she also had to pay for her veiling in Vienna.
Her husband, Qaasim Illi on the passing of Nora Illi, said, “We are overwhelmed by your tributes from all over the world – Thank you!” Keep her and us in your du’a’.
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ review: A welcome addition to the saga
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Newsday film critic Rafer Guzmán reviews "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", the ninth film in the Star Wars franchise, which opens in theaters Dec. 15. Credit: Newsday / Monte Young
By Rafer Guzmán rafer.guzman@newsday.com Updated December 12, 2017 4:20 PM
PLOT As the Rebels battle the Empire, they pin their hopes on a legendary Jedi knight.
CAST Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill
RATED PG-13 (violent combat and battles)
BOTTOM LINE A fresh visual style makes this middle “Star Wars” a welcome addition to the saga. In theaters Friday.
In the yearlong run-up to “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” fans have been focused mostly on one thing: What happens? Does Luke Skywalker, the young Jedi originated by Mark Hamill 40 years ago, live or die? What about Leia Organa, the plucky princess played by Carrie Fisher from 1977 up until her death last year? Will our serviceable new heroes, the warrior Rey (Daisy Ridley) and the conscience-stricken stormtrooper Finn (John Boyega), fall into each other’s arms?
All will be answered when “The Last Jedi” arrives in theaters, but here’s another question: How’s the actual movie?
The answer: Pretty good. “The Last Jedi” is fresher and more visually interesting than the franchise re-launcher, 2015’s “The Force Awakens,” which treaded in the original movies’ footsteps a little too carefully, but it’s noticeably weaker in other ways. The story flits around haphazardly, and the characters — both new and old — are far from consistent. That’s the trade-off here: The narrative may be contrived, but always in the service of some rock-’em-sock-’em moment that wins you back.
Our story so far: Rey has found Luke Skwyalker on the sea-planet Ahch-To — actually Ireland — where he’s been wallowing in guilt over his failure to stop Kylo Ren (the ever-amazing Adam Driver) from turning to the dark side. Luke, played with a gnarled gravitas the younger Hamill never had, refuses to train Rey as a Jedi but — as characters in this movie often do — he changes his mind. Meanwhile, a risk-it-all scheme hatched by Finn and a new character, the idealistic mechanic Rose Tico (Kelly Marie Tran), keeps the action moving.
“The Last Jedi,” written and directed by art-house favorite Rian Johnson (“Brick,” “Looper”), is certainly the most visually stylish movie in the series. Some of Johnson’s directorial choices are subtle, like the new way the Imperial Dreadnoughts whoosh into view; others are audacious, such as a wildly destructive space battle that unfolds as a tableau of still, silent images. That moment, possibly the best in the movie, is a good example of Johnson’s personal touch. If we’re lucky, we’ll see more of that in his upcoming “Star Wars” spinoffs.
Because “The Last Jedi” is a middle movie — the next and final chapter is due in 2019 — it’s composed largely of twists, turns and intriguing new characters that shouldn’t be spoiled here. Die-hard fans will eat it up, of course, and even casual fans will find a lot to love.
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What You Should Know About Your Hunting Arrows
July 26, 2017 /0 Comments/in In Action Blog /by Stone Road
The Importance of Knowing the Anatomy of Your Hunting Arrows
Knowing your equipment is the first step in trusting that you can get the job done, no matter what that particular “job” is. Nowhere is this statement more correct than when it comes to hunting equipment designed to take an animals life. However, the common misconception is that the bow is the object doing the killing. It’s not…it’s the arrow, the object that delivers the final blow. So an ethical question is this…”do you know the anatomy and important features of your hunting arrows?”
There are five basic parts that make up your hunting arrows: the point, the insert, the shaft, the nock, and the fletching. Hunting arrows have these five things in common, but that is the only similar features among arrows. Every arrow is going to have a specific weight, spine tolerance, and length that is important to the optimal use of an arrow with a particular bow’s specification as well as the game the hunter is pursuing. Ethical bow hunting is knowing what you are slinging towards another living thing, and being confident that this object is set up for the most effective, quick, and painless death it can deliver.
There are a variety of points that can tip an arrow: field points, broadheads, judo-points, or blunt-tips. Field points are available with longer tips or more blunt tips. Broadheads can be fixed or expandable blade. There are broadheads customized for specific game animals such as small game or turkey with a variety of tips and cutting diameter. These points are available in a variation of styles made of a variety of materials. The point, regardless of style, is weighed in grains and commonly available in 75, 100, 125, and 150 grain. You should always practice and sight your bow in the same grain weight of the broadhead that will be used for hunting.
The Insert
Inserts are aluminum, brass, or plastic sleeves which is slightly smaller than the diameter of the shaft and has a slightly larger rim to keep it from going completely into the arrow shaft. The insert is placed into point end of the arrow shaft and glued in. The insert provides a threaded end to insert and screw on points.
Some brass inserts, having a little more weight than plastic or aluminum, can assist in adding front of center weight for weight forward accuracy and penetration.
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Arrow Shaft
The shaft is literally the backbone of the arrow and consists of two important components; weight and spine deflection or tolerance. The most commonly used arrows for hunting these days is carbon or a carbon-aluminum blend shaft. Some aluminum arrows are still being shot but are few and far between. Wood arrows are used by primitive-style archers but will not be covered in this writing.
Aluminum shafts are durable and more affordable than carbon. Carbon shafts are a little more expensive but are favored for the lightweight design that comes in a variety of diameters. However, carbon shafts can be damaged easier than aluminum shafts. Aluminum-Carbon blend shafts incorporate an aluminum tube and a carbon outer layer or just the opposite, a carbon tube with an aluminum outer layer. For all practical purposes, the carbon and carbon blend arrow will be within this article.
Arrow weight is more critical than most archers realize when it comes to optimal shooting performance. Ultra-lightweight arrows, such as those used by competition archers, will typically travel in a straighter line and group more tightly. There are lightweight hunting arrows designed for hunting that have similar characteristics. Heavier arrows will deliver more kinetic energy for better hide and flesh penetration on game animals while still retaining a good grouping.
The arrow weight for hunting is recommended of a total weight of 6 to 8 grain per pound of draw weight. It is important to never use an arrow with less than 5 grain per pound of draw weight with any bow; doing so could cause damage to the bow and injury to the archer similar to that of dry-firing a bow
Every arrow is going to have a certain stiffness referred to as the spine deflection or spine tolerance of the shaft. Arrow weight and arrow spine deflection are often confused as being the same thing; they are not. The spine deflection is technically the most important trait of an arrow but probably the most misunderstood characteristic of an arrow. This misunderstanding is often a result of different manufacturers using different spine numbers for each shaft tolerance; there is no standard as to labeling. There is, however, a standard to measuring the spine tolerance.
Ultimately, it is important to make certain that you purchase arrows that have a spine tolerance for the draw weight of the bow being used. Often the arrow manufacturer will advertise that an arrow is “suitable for bows up to a 70-pound draw weight” or “suitable for bows up to a 50-pound draw weight.”
Arrow length is also critical to optimal shooting. Typically, a bow hunter will want the arrow shaft to extend out at least two inches from the rest contact at full draw. This measurement can be affected by the type of rest that is on the bow. It is important that the broadhead has proper clearance from the bow and the archer’s hand/fingers.
The three vanes on arrows are known as fletching and can be made up of feathers or pliable plastic material of varying length and height. To allow optimal arrow flight, the fletching can be tuned to the arrow shaft by weight. The three vanes have a cock feather, or index feather, of different color which is used to indicate how the arrow is loaded onto the bow string to allow arrow rest clearance.
Feather fletching is still popular with many archers, but they are not as durable as plastic vanes especially during wet weather or storing. Plastic vanes adhere easier to the arrow shafts, offer more durability, and a more consistent flight. Target archers typically use smaller vanes for less drag, but a small vane will not offer stability with a broadhead. Longer vanes, or shorter, high profile vanes will offer better control for broadheads. Remember, the taller the vane, the more drag the arrow will have in flight.
For the most accurate and consistent flight among arrows, weight tuning is recommended. The easiest way to weight tune a shaft without a professional tuning device is to place a single shaft in a tub filled about a one-quarter full of water that has some soap suds. Place the shaft in the tub and let it spin until it comes to a halt. Roll it once more, making sure the ends are not touching the sides of the tub. Make a mark on the arrow shaft close to the nock on the side facing up. This is the lightest side of the shaft. The cock feather needs to be affixed to the opposite side of that mark; on the heavy side of the shaft. Doing this for all of the arrows will help in the consistency of the arrow groupings.
Fletching is normally affixed to arrows with a two or three-degree helical offset in the vane. Helical offsets have been proven to offer a more stable, tighter pattern with both field points and broadheads. If a bow hunter wants to make certain that the arrow and broadhead are tuned, they can take a fletch tuned arrow, place the insert in the end of the shaft with epoxy cement, screw on a broadhead and match the blades to the vanes.
If a bow hunter walks into a big box store and grabs a handful of pre-fletched arrows, they will find the arrows will shoot down range and hit the mark on the target. More often than not, one or two arrows will shoot consistent every shot. Often, those few are the arrows that are the closest to being tuned. There is nothing wrong with this method of purchasing arrows preseason. For optimal shooting, imagine the advantage a bow hunter would have when they have taken the time to make sure that the arrows are properly tuned, not only for the draw length and draw weight of the bow, but also that the vanes are tuned to shaft weight. Not only would this allow for consistently accurate shooting, but it also goes a long way in building the confidence of the bow hunter.
The Nock
The nock of the arrow is available in several designs and can easily be removed and replaced. It is important to use the correct nock for the diameter arrow and the right tension on the bow string to prevent it from falling from the bow string when being drawn. A nock that is too tight or too loose can affect the accuracy of an arrow.
The proper fit of the nock will result in a click of the bow string but still allow the nock to turn freely on the serving; not allowing the arrow to torque the bow string when the string is pulled back to full draw. If the nock is too tight, it can result in a late release of the nock from the string, causing the string to pull forward resulting in an erratic arrow flight. Or, if the nock is too loose, it can cause inconsistent arrow flight or can result in the arrow falling off prematurely.
The press-fit nock is the most common nock used on arrows. The design allows the nock to be easily turned so that it can be positioned in alignment with the fletching to clear cables and rests. Nocks are available in diameters to fit snugly in the shaft. These diameters range in increments from .166-inch to .246-inch in diameter and are marketed in common sizes of G, F, X, A, H, S and GT. A bushing can be added to ensure that the nock will not damage the arrow shaft.
Another popular nock among bow hunters is the lighted nock. This nock incorporates a lighted end when it is shot from a bow, allowing the hunter to have a visual representation of the shot and assists hunters in being able to retrieve the arrow for inspection on a pass through, or for finding downed game in the dark. Using a lighted nock during practice can also assist the archer in seeing the arrow’s flight to the target.
A lighted nock will affect arrow accuracy, just like adding a new broadhead would. The fact that a press-fit nock weighs 11-16 grains depending on brand; whereas a lighted nock such as Nock-Out Lighted Nocks weighs 21-24 grains, means there is a significant difference.This also does not mention the fact that you may be adding more length to your arrow, shifting FOC. When adding a lighted nock to your setup be sure to install and tune the lighted nocks correctly.
Nock Out Lighted nocks feature a practice mode. This mode allows a hunter to shoot the nocks without having to waste the battery life. This allows the bow hunter to ensure his/her hunting arrows are hitting their mark with the lighted nocks attached.
Knowing the anatomy of your hunting arrows will provide you a foundation to build from. This will inevitably lead to a more accurate arrow build, tighter groups, and an effective arrow that can punch through the game it is designed for.
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TechnipFMC (recent merger of the two companies) is a $20B Oil and Gas engineering, project management and manufacturing enterprise. MDM is vitally important to the successful merger between Technip's Oracle ERP footprint and FMC's SAP ERP footprint. While the initial scope was to deliver consistent project reporting, today MDM at TechnipFMC is company-wide. Where is the program today? How did analytics & operations improve? Is data seen as an asset?In this session, the Group MDM Manager at TechnipFMC will provide a practitioner's view of how a truly enterprise-wide, multi-domain MDM impacts the business. Domains include: Reference Data, Product, Supplier and Employee/HR. Learn about the strategy and principles implemented, the program tipping points, results achieved and lessons learned.Topics to be discussed include:
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CHURCH NEWS - MAY 2000
ODELL PARISH MAGAZINE - May 2000
From the Rectory
I am writing this letter in Holy Week so it is not inappropriate that the subject of the third question should concern the resurrection. The precise wording is,
"Do you believe in the literal resurrection of Jesus Christ?"_
This question goes directly to the heart of the Christian faith. Even the apostle Paul asserts to those Corinthians who were doubting that, "If Christ is not risen, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is also in vain." In other words, the confirmation of Christ’s person and his work hinges on the fact that he was raised from the dead. The resurrection confirms the truth of Christ’s claims.
Why is this? In the first place, Christ’s resurrection was prophesied in the Old Testament in numerous passages. Christ identified himself with these predictions and told his disciples, as well as the Temple authorities that he would rise from the dead in three days. If he did not rise from the dead the prophecy would be false.
It is clear from the New Testament records that the disciples did not understand precisely what Christ’s predictions entailed. They themselves were slow to believe the fact but once the resurrection appearances had taken place both their morale and conduct changed markedly. The facts were easily verifiable so that should the authorities have had the body in their possession the resurrection could have been denied effectively. That it was not is a major pointer to the fact that it had taken place. The brave conduct of the disciples indicated that they were not in possession of the body or knew of its whereabouts other than the fact that Christ had risen from the dead and appeared to many. If Jesus had recovered from his appalling suffering on the cross so that he had not died but swooned, he would have been discredited with his disciples.
The witnesses to the fact that Christ was seen alive after his death upon the cross were numerous, competent and worthy of confidence. For many, that confident witness led on to sacrifices of themselves and many sealed it with their death. This witness was confirmed by the witness of the Holy Spirit bringing multitudes to faith in the immediate aftermath of the resurrection and that witness has continued in each generation and throughout nearly all the peoples on earth. The spreading of the Christian Church is itself a testimony to the fact that Christ Jesus both died and rose again.
What then was the nature of Christ’s resurrected body before he had ascended to heaven? To put it paradoxically, it was the same yet different. It retained the human form but some of the present properties of the human body were changed. Christ refers to himself not as "flesh and blood" but as flesh and bone. In his appearances he was not always recognised immediately, although whether this was because he did not wish to be recognised or whether there was a sufficient difference is difficult to ascertain.
His ascension and his entering into glory changed this state. The apostle Paul contrasts them "natural" body with the "spiritual" body; that is the body that is mortal and that which is immortal. Paul says that it is sown (on death) a "natural" body and it is raised a "spiritual" body. Precisely what that means we do not know but it is sufficient to note that it is still a body. It occupies space and has a form that is recognisably human.
We ask the question why many wish to deny the resurrection and to disbelieve the witness? The fact is that it challenges all authority on earth, religious and political. Both ruling Roman and religious Jews conspired to crucify him. Atheists for their own reasons wish to deny the event on the basis that no miracle can take place. A miracle can take place, although as extraordinary events God uses them sparingly. As God maintains all life throughout the whole cosmos moment by moment, to suspend those laws temporarily while maintaining the creation is no problem to his power.
On the basis of contemporary sources and the witness of the world-wide Church together with the witness of the Holy Spirit we can confidently affirm that we believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the third day. We believe that he appeared to the apostles and to many other witnesses who were alive at the time that Paul wrote to the Corinthians. For the Christian, Christ’s death and resurrection are the great hope of the "resurrection of the body and the life everlasting."
With all good wishes,
Sincerely in Christ David Streater
Annual Vestry Meeting
On Wednesday April 12, the parish met in the Village Hall to elect the Churchwardens for the coming year. This is an ancient office that was originally designed to maintain and protect the property of the parish in the Church. The people of the parish elected the wardens. This continues in some measure today, although the wardens are regarded as officers of the bishop. The election of the wardens is open to all residents of the parish and that is why there is the Vestry meeting preceding the Annual Meeting. This year Tim Dodwell stood down after five years. The Rector thanked him for his services. In the election Mrs Jill Cheadle was re-elected and Mr Keith Merret was elected to replace Tim Dodwell. The Rector thanked Mrs Cheadle and welcomed Keith Merret.
Some twenty members were present for the meeting. The Parochial Church Council was re-elected with two additions, Tim Dodwell and Valerie Streater.
The number on the electoral roll is now sixty-six. Forty are resident in the parish and twenty-six are non-resident.
Reports were received from the Treasurer and other organisations. The Rector thanked all for their unstinting help in running a small but busy parish. Minutes and Financial Report will be found hanging in the Church Porch.
The Prayer Chain: The Prayer Chain is there if you need prayer for yourself, for others or for members of your family. Please don’t ask for prayer outside your own family without people’s permission. To have a number of people pray just telephone David (720234) or Dennis (822992).
North Beds Healing Group
Wholeness and Healing Services and Evening Studies in North Bedfordshire.
Our next Deanery Service of Prayer for the Sick will not now take place as planned on 25 May at one of the Stodden Churches, but on Tuesday 27 June, 8pm, at St Lawrence Church, Wymington.
Speaker: Mrs Ann Bowes, who runs Wellsprings at Hockliffe, Leighton Buzzard - a Christian Centre for many things including hospitality, study, relaxation, therapy and general healing.
More details later, but make a note of the date now.
For more information about the North Beds Healing Group or any of these meetings please contact Liz Dodwell (720640) or Catherine (720348).
Forward in Healing
An introductory course for the Ministry of Healing for groups and Individuals organised by the Diocesan Group for the Ministry of Healing at St Nicholas' Church, Rectory Lane, Stevenage.
Wednesday evenings 7.45-9.30pm June 7,14, 21, & 28 & July 5 &12.
This course aims at broadening understanding, building confidence and fostering the ability to listen and to pray effectively. It is a practical course involving worship, teaching and work in small groups. Small groups of lay people who expect to work together in this ministry will be particularly welcome as will individuals who wish to prepare themselves to join an existing church team.
The fee is £20, to include a copy of the revised edition of the booklet 'Forward in Healing'.
There are a few enrolment forms in Odell church, or contact Liz Dodwell, or phone 01923 283708 for more details.
Sunday June 11th Pentecost with Churches Together.
Instead of holding our own out-door service on the site of the Fete, we intend to once again join the ‘Harrold and Carlton Churches Together’ group as they celebrate Pentecost. This is also planned to be an out-door service though the details have not yet been fixed – possibly Harrold Green or the Country Park. Just keep the date clear for now, and watch out for details nearer the time, or ask.
After the service it is also hoped to hold a joint picnic lunch or barbecue somewhere appropriate.
Can you recognise any of the people in the above photo of a wedding in Odell Church on 26th March 1955?!!!
Tuesday 2nd 10.30 venue to be arranged.
Wednesday 17th 10.30 at Doris Bannard-Smith’s, 10 The Bury, Pavenham.
The ladies of Odell Meeting Point thank everyone who helped with or came to the Lenten Frugal Lunch at Watermead on April 5th.
The sum of £100 was contributed to the fund to help relieve a serious food shortage in Tanzania.
Further details and photos can still be found in church or from Maurice Thompson.
Our giving in May will be to the Church Army.
Over the last few years following its strategy paper ‘People to People’, Church Army has been concentrating both its existing work and the development of new posts into five focus areas, including Church Planting and Area Evangelism. It has aimed to reach out to those parts of the community which are geographically or perhaps culturally apart from the rest of the community. The church plants themselves are often growing more rapidly than their parent church, meeting in buildings where people carry on their everyday lives and often in places which the Church itself would find hard to reach.
Please give generously to this charity to help enable those in the Church Army to reach out and meet the spiritual hunger which exists in our nation.
Looking to Jesus with Anne Turner:
Thought for the month: Jesus died on the cross for me!
Reading for the month: Psalm 23
The Power of Prayer. Read Ephesians 6: 10-18
While crossing the Atlantic on a ship many years ago, Bible teacher and author F. B. Meyer was asked to speak to the passengers. An agnostic listened to Meyer's message about answered prayer and told a friend, "I didn't believe a word of it."
Later that same day, the agnostic went to hear Meyer speak to another group of passengers. But before he went to the meeting, he put two oranges in his pocket. On his way, he passed an elderly woman who was fast asleep in her deck chair. Her arms were outstretched and her hands were wide open, so as a joke he put the two oranges in her palms. After the meeting, he saw the woman happily eating one on the pieces of fruit.
"You seem to be enjoying that orange," he remarked with a smile. "Yes, sir, " she replied, "My Father is very good to me." "What do you mean?" pressed the agnostic. She explained, "I have been seasick for days. I was asking God somehow to send me an orange. I fell asleep while I was praying. When I awoke, I found He had sent me not only one but two oranges!" The agnostic was amazed by the unexpected confirmation of Meyer's talk on answered prayer. Later, he put his trust in Christ.
Yes, God answers prayer. – HGB.
For answered prayer we thank You, Lord,
We know You're always there
To hear us when we call on You;
We're grateful for your care. - JDB
God always gives what we ask – or something better.
Printed with kind permission of Radio Bible Class (Our daily bread). Obtainable from RBC Ministries Box 1 Carnforth Lancs
Amongst Ourselves
We were sorry to hear of the sudden death of Eric Shakespeare whose funeral service was recently held at All Saints. Our love and prayers are with Eileen and her family at this sad time.
Our love and sympathy go to Leslie Knowles and family whose wife Rebecca Knowles also died recently. Leslie and the family are held within our prayers at this time.
We are pleased to know that Ann Hudson is now home and feeling much better after the operation at Bedford Hospital, we continue to pray for strength and healing for her.
Our praise goes to The Lord for Meg Clark and her successful treatment at South Wing, - it's good to see her back at our church services.
Again we thank The Lord for a successful operation and loving care that surrounds Joan Thompson who recently underwent an operation - and to see her back at Church so soon. A lady of remarkable faith!
Still we continue to hold within our prayers John Hancock, Hilda Wright, Phyllis Ames, Ernie Surridge, Gladys Gadsby, Marjorie Owen, Marion Smith, Phyll Dowdeswell, Mrs Eshelby (Snr), Lin Samuels, Barbara Lady Luke, and the family of Peter Randall.
We continue to pray for those much worse off than we are here in England, particularly remembering Mozambique, Uganda and Tanzania, and for real peace in N. Ireland
Surprise, Surprise!
Many people will remember the smiling face of Betty, (Lady Luke's ex-carer). Betty suffered a stroke about a year ago, which decidedly ended her working days, so it was a pleasure to be invited to her recent 80th birthday party at St. Albans.
Jen Cuddeford, Emily (the present carer) Barbara Lady Luke and Anne Turner all journeyed to the party - Betty having no idea that Lady Luke would be strong enough to go, let alone actually attend! So imagine her surprise when we rang the door bell and let Lady Luke stand alone ready for when Betty answered the door. No words can describe the joy, the happiness and amazement that Betty showed when she saw who was standing there. Betty said it was the loveliest present she could have had - she absolutely adores Lady Luke. Her joy was certainly something to be remembered. I know that Betty receives this magazine and enjoys it - we too enjoyed your birthday Betty. Thank you!
Trevor and Mavis Lightowler were also amongst the guests, which made it like a family reunion.
Mothering Sunday was led by Liz Dodwell who looked at the life of Jesus through the eyes of His mother, Mary.
Local children along with Daphne Cansdale gave a monologue along with readings. Trish and the children gave us touching heartfelt prayers. Flowers were beautifully bunched in posies by Avril Saunders and Myrna Horn, and presented to the mothers attending, and further out into the community. We do love to see the children taking part in our services! Thank you to all the children - you made our Mothering Sunday a really special day.
Nelson Mandella was in Bedford on Friday 7th April. So many people were there, that of course one could not see him, just listen or try and watch him on the large screen. What was so special was the thrill and excitement just standing as part of the crowd. That was worth being there for! A.Turner
A Special Thank You.
Many thanks to all neighbours and friends for their kindness and support since I became ill just before Christmas. Although it has been a worrying time it has been made easier knowing we had friends to help out with shopping, provide a lift to the doctors, pray for us or just telephone or pop in for a chat. I received so many lovely cards and presents and am grateful to you all. I had the treatment to stop and re-start my heart and it is now back to its normal rhythm once more. All I need to do now is to get my strength back! Once again, many thanks to you all from myself, Len and all the family.
Margaret Clarke
Eric Shakespeare
Eileen, Helena-Jayne and Roy would like to thank all our friends for their kindness and expressions of sympathy in their sad loss.
Special thanks to David for a very moving service. Our thanks to Jill Cheadle for the beautiful arrangements of flowers in the church, and to the ladies who provided food. Your thoughts and prayers have comforted and sustained us at this sad time.
"We believe that Jesus died and rose again, so we believe that God will take back with Jesus those who have died believing in him".
Thessalonians 4 V 14
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extends a warm invitation to their Prayer Meetings held at 10.30am at 63 Philpotts Avenue, (coffee at 10.15) on:, May 12th.
Coming soon in Bedford…
Hopes and Dreams – a community event for the Millennium, Saturday 17th June.
Programme of events.
5pm: The Banquet – hosted by the local churches as part of our thanksgiving to God. Come to the banquet and share in hopes and dreams for Bedford
7pm: The Millennium Musical – Hopes and Dreams.
The music, dance, monologue and comedy expressed in this musical explore the many facets of what is probably the world’s most famous prayer – ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ – and reminds us of just how relevant the words of the prayer are to our millennium celebrations.
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Under Pressure.
Life in our universities today.
Often a simple leaflet or magazine article can speak to us as powerfully as a good book. This happened to me recently when I picked up the April-May issue of 'NB', a publication of the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship.
The main theme is Students under Pressure. On the one hand are peer pressures, sex, drugs and alcohol. On the other is a class even more toxic and corrosive.
In the well-known words of Paul, 'whatsoever things are true... honest... just... pure... lovely... of good report... think on these things' (Philippians 4: 8) it is noteworthy that truth heads the list. Significantly, in the humanities departments at least, truth was one of the first casualties. Today, even the suggestion that truth can be known is attacked as 'immoral'. The point has been reached when the subject matter that many undergraduates have to study is brazenly anti-Christian.
Truth is now regarded as being simply personal and not absolute. (One wonders what a preacher of an earlier generation who said, 'Truth never becomes powerful until it becomes personal', would make of this!). Further, because truth is regarded as relative, all claims to it are seen as equally valid.
These ideas are now widespread across university life, and cause enormous pressures on students. 'Truth is considered to be a lie'! Perhaps this explains a heading, which appeared in a newspaper recently, to the effect that a well-known personality should not feel guilty about lying but should rather be congratulated. Truly, what is taught in our universities soon bears its fruit in our society.
If you have a relative at university and are concerned about this situation, do read this issue of 'NB'. If you yourself are 'going up' this year, do read it too. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
Happily, this sombre report, which constitutes a call to prayer, is counterbalanced by an encouraging account of effective witness by Christian students at Cambridge, and no doubt this is happening elsewhere also.
Ann Hudson would like to thank all her friends for their good wishes,
prayers, cards and flowers during and following her time in hospital. She is making very good progress.
Odell Fete 10th June
Now is the time to put on your thinking caps (or cloches as it would have been in the 1920’s) in preparation for the exciting events and challenges of this year’s fete!
There will be a 1920’s Fancy Dress Competition for adults and children so sort out those old clothes and long strings of beads. Lily the fairground dance organ will be in attendance so how about getting fit with a ‘Charleston’, just to put you in the mood.
Why not plant up a container and enter it in our Container Competition? Entry is free and you can enjoy the fruits of your labours all summer long!
Watch out for further Fete details in next month’s issue.
Helen Chapman, Fete Committee
Volunteers Needed.
We need volunteers to help with cleaning the church and making coffee after the services. Has anyone a bit of time to spare to help? Church cleaning takes about 1 hr and comes round every 6 weeks, and the coffee rota is monthly. Please contact Jill Cheadle if you could help.
Michael Hall, 12 on the 24th and
Ann Freeman whose birthday is on 31st!
2nd 10.30am Meeting Point, venue to be arranged.
9th 7.30pm WI AGM Odell Village Hall.
15th 8.00pm Parish Council Meeting Village Hall.
17th 10.30am Meeting Point at Doris Bannard-Smith’s, 10 The Bury, Pavenham.
June Diary
1st 7.30pm Ascension Day Evening Service, Stevington
11th Outdoor Pentecost Service with Harrold and Carlton Churches.
27th 8.00pm Deanery Service of Prayers for the Sick, St. Lawrence’s Church, Wymington.
Magazine Deadline
Please send all entries for the June magazine to Tricia Hudson (triciahudson@kbnet.co.uk), Anne Turner or Catherine Corkery by May 12th at the latest. We are always interested in short articles or items which may be of a general interest to the church and village community. May we remind you that the editorial team exercises the right to edit, shorten or alter any items that are submitted. Also, the opinions expressed in the articles are those of the contributors and are not the responsibility of the editorial team.
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Home / paultan / 2021 Proton Saga facelift launched in Egypt – left-hand drive; no traction control but with air-con/heater
2021 Proton Saga facelift launched in Egypt – left-hand drive; no traction control but with air-con/heater
SIENNA December 23, 2020 paultan
The latest Proton Saga has made its launch debut in Egypt, where it will be offered in three variants – Standard MT, Standard AT and Premium AT – for the 2021 model year. Based on the facelifted model we got back in August 2019, the fully-imported sedan replaces the second-generation Saga BLM that has been on sale in the left-hand drive market since 2018. The Proton brand is represented by Ezz Elarab, with the company being responsible for distributorship in Egypt since 2004.
In terms of pricing, the base Standard MT goes for 166,900 Egyptian pounds (RM43,168), which is then followed by the Standard AT for 188,900 Egyptian pounds (RM48,858) and the range-topping Premium AT for 202,900 Egyptian pounds (RM52,479); by comparison, the Saga range in Malaysia starts from RM32,800 and goes up to RM39,800. A three-year/100,000-km warranty comes as standard and as an introductory promotion, customers of the first batch of cars are offered a discount of 3,000 Egyptian pounds (RM776).
Under the bonnet, the Saga is powered by a 1.3 litre four-cylinder VVT engine that serves up 95 PS and 120 Nm of torque. Drive continues to be sent to the front wheels via a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic, depending on the chosen variant, with an Eco mode available.
With the Standard variants, the kit list includes halogen headlamps, 14-inch wheels, electric side mirrors with turn signal indicators, power steering, fabric upholstery, a standard head unit with Bluetooth and USB inputs, two speakers, analogue gauges with a multi-info display, and a 12-volt electrical outlet.
The Premium adds on LED daytime running lights, 15-inch alloys, steering wheel media controls, a reverse camera and four speakers. The range-topper also gets a seven-inch touchscreen head unit, with MirrorLink support for easy pairing of Android smartphones.
On the safety front, all variants come with two airbags, ABS, EBD and brake assist as standard. Unlike the Saga we have here, traction control is not offered on any variant sold in Egypt, not even on the top-spec Premium AT.
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When Conservatives Hit the Streets…
Robert Garcia Tagorda · Thursday, January 27, 2005 · 2 comments
…It can be an awfully ugly sight, as Spanish Socialists can attest:
Attacked from the Right (Economist)
SPAIN’S defence minister, José Bono, likes to wrap himself in the national flag. He is less used to being struck by one, as he was at a protest last weekend staged by the Association of Victims of Terrorism in Madrid. The 35,000-strong rally was called to commemorate all victims of terrorism, including those killed in the March 11th Madrid train bombings. But the protesters’ bigger target was the Basque terrorist group, ETA. And the attack on Mr Bono was the work of right-wing thugs.
What Mr Bono, a devout Catholic and patriot who prides himself on being a macho ibérico, received seems to have been a “gay-bashingâ€, provoked by the government’s promotion of gay rights. “Hate-filled women†in fur coats punched him; others called him an “assassin†and a “defender of pooftersâ€. He and another Socialist politician fled, after a man wielding an iron bar joined the attack. The police questioned two members of an opposition People’s Party (PP) committee, one of whom was photographed clasping a broken flagpole.
That the macho Mr Bono, of all Socialists, should be attacked shows both how few brains the mob had and how edgy some on the right now are. As a spokeswoman for the March 11th Victims Association, Pilar Manjón, who did not attend the rally, said, “it seemed like those people were the same ones who told me that they would ‘stick my dead up my arse’.†Another target of verbal abuse was Gregorio Peces-Barba, a Socialist recently appointed as ombudsman of all victims’ groups. He called on both main parties to stop making political capital out of victims.
Simply put, this episode is disgraceful. There’s no excuse for such violence, however misguided government policy may be.
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About Robert Garcia Tagorda
Robert blogged prolifically at OTB from November 2004 to August 2005, when career demands took him in a different direction. He graduated summa cum laude from Claremont McKenna College with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and earned his Master in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
McGehee says:
Thursday, January 27, 2005 at 14:54
“Thugs” is right.
peces-barba says:
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Over the last few weeks, the majority of National Football League news coverage has been dedicated to covering the draft, which was held in Chicago just last night.
While the majority of coverage over the next few weeks will, of course, focus on breaking down the draft picks of all 32 teams, it’s important not to overlook a recent football-related story here in Florida that doesn’t involve the NFL, but rather the SEC.
Earlier this month, Will Allen — a former cornerback with several teams, including the Miami Dolphins — and his business associate were accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of operating a Ponzi scheme that cost investors millions.
Specifically, the complaint alleges that Allen and his partner violated both SEC anti-fraud rules and federal anti-fraud laws through their business venture Capital Financial Partners, which was pitched as an outfit that would make loans to professional athletes with profits being secured through high-interest rates and financing costs. In total, it raised $31 million from investors.
The complaint goes on to state that while roughly $20 million dollars was paid to investors by Capital Financial Partners from July 2012 to February 2015, it only took in $13 million in loan repayments. Here, the SEC claims that the additional $7 million was covered by illegally using funds from some investors to pay others.
In addition to allegedly running this Ponzi scheme, Allen and his business partner are also accused of misspending a substantial sum of investor’s money to fund everything from nightclub bills to casino trips.
“The defendants sold investors on the idea of lending money to pro athletes, but we allege that’s not where a large portion of the investors’ money went,” said the SEC in a statement. “As in any Ponzi scheme, the appearance of a successful investment was only an illusion sustained by lies.”
Having successfully frozen the assets of Capital Financial Partners, the SEC is now seeking an injunction prohibiting Allen and his partner from engaging in further illegal acts, and ordering the payment of civil fines and the return of investor’s money plus interest.
Stay tuned for updates on this important case …
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Inside developers Playdead show more art from their snowy new game
Playdead make puzzle platformers with somber storytelling and atmospheric visuals. It’s been close to two years since Inside released – just about enough time to start wondering what’s next from the studio. Today they’ve offered a tiny new tease of what’s next.
Inside maintains a well-deserved spot on our list of the best indie games on PC.
A new piece of art on their Twitter account shows a lone figure at the mouth of a massive tunnel, stepping out into the snowy hills at the foot of a mountain. Inside the tunnel is what looks to be a camp, while outside there looks to be the remains of another building. The image has some similarities to one shown over a year ago, with another figure in some sort of environment suit climbing a snowy mountain.
The image comes along with the message that Playdead are seeking people who are “creative, passionate and looking for a new challenge” at GDC this year. The Game Developers Conference begins March 19 this year, and as always serves as a place for developers to discuss new titles and recruit new game makers.
#GDC18 If you are creative, passionate and looking for a new challenge, please visit us at GDC’s South Hall, Booth #135 pic.twitter.com/ArOwCqo9FG
— Playdead (@Playdead) March 9, 2018
This is no confirmation of the next Playdead game, and no guarantee that this concept would make it into a final project – but they’re obviously working on something, and they’ve been exploring similar ideas for at least a year. Until we get details on what that new game is, you might want to console yourself with a sure-to-be horrifying Inside Collector’s Edition.
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Home News Briefs PE-backed Chicagoland Smile Group acquires Advanced Family Dental
PE-backed Chicagoland Smile Group acquires Advanced Family Dental
Chicagoland Smile Group, a portfolio company of Shore Capital Partners, has acquired Advanced Family Dental and Orthodontics, an Illinois-based provider of dentistry services. No financial terms were disclosed. Allen Mooney Barnes Brokerage Services provided financial advice to AFD on the deal.
CHICAGO, June 11, 2018 – Chicagoland Smile Group (CSG), Chicago’s premier dental support organization, today announced its affiliation with Advanced Family Dental and Orthodontics, PC (AFD). A portfolio company of Shore Capital Partners, CSG provides practice management support and services to its affiliated offices, enabling dentists and dental specialists to focus on the clinical aspects of dentistry and providing exceptional patient care.
With this affiliation, CSG now offers greater accessibility and comprehensive oral healthcare to even more communities. The addition of Advanced Family Dental’s 14 offices expands Chicagoland Smile Group’s practice network to 28 locations, all accessible within 15 miles of anywhere in the Chicago area. The combined organization features approximately 450 team members, including over 100 dentists and dental specialists.
“The Advanced Family Dental partnership brings even more opportunities for coordinated care and additional patient access and convenience across Chicagoland,” said Roger Murray, CEO of Chicagoland Smile Group. “This affiliation strengthens our platform considerably, placing Chicagoland Smile Group firmly among the market’s preeminent dental groups. We are excited to welcome the many talented and dedicated Advanced Family Dental team members – from the doctors and hygienists, to the operations leaders and support staff – to the CSG family.”
“Our practice was founded nearly 40 years ago, with our flagship office in Crest Hill, and as Advanced Family Dental has grown over the years, we have maintained an unwavering commitment to providing exceptional dental healthcare to the communities we serve. With this focus in mind, we look forward to the additional resources and growth opportunities made possible by our partnership with Chicagoland Smile Group,” said Dr. David Rubis, principal owner of Advanced Family Dental. Dr. Rubis will join the CSG team and will continue to work chairside, along with his son, Dr. Joseph Rubis, who is joining CSG’s clinical leadership team.
Allen Mooney Barnes Brokerage Services (AMB), a healthcare focused investment banking firm served as exclusive financial advisor to AFD on this transaction. The AMB companies provide comprehensive financial advisory services, including investment banking and investment advisory services to a diverse group of clients, including corporations, institutions, individuals and families.
About Chicagoland Smile Group
Chicagoland Smile Group is a dental support organization (DSO) committed to enabling dentists and dental specialists to focus on delivering the absolute best care and to collaborating with other practitioners across the network to better serve patients. With a centrally located support center, operational best practices, access to the latest dental technology, and a best-in-class continuing education program, CSG is dedicated to advancing dental healthcare in the greater Chicago area. For more information and a list of clinic locations, visit www.chicagolandsmilegroup.com. CSG is actively seeking new partnerships with area dental practices across Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Those interested in affiliation or career opportunities should contact CSG at info@csgsmiles.com.
About Shore Capital
Shore Capital is a Chicago-based private equity firm focused exclusively on microcap healthcare investments. Shore supports management partners with capital, business development expertise, and industry knowledge to accelerate growth, fund acquisitions, and generate value to shareholders. Shore targets investments in proven, successful private companies with superior management teams, stable cash flow, and significant growth potential, including organic and growth through industry consolidation. Shore has approximately $600 million of equity capital under management through various investment vehicles. For more information, please visit: www.shorecp.com.
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New downtown Pekin pub planned on Court Street
By Michael Smothers/ Pekin Daily Times
Owners of a former gas station and garage on downtown Court Street in Pekin plan to convert it into an Irish pub and beer garden, and would like some city help.
Thomas West and Dori Edwards have told city staff they envision both a mid-day eatery for downtown office workers and professionals and an after-work neighborhood gathering spot for their West Dublin Irish Pub at 507 Court.
They’re investing $250,000 in their project, which could be completed by St. Patrick’s Day.
West and Edwards on Monday will ask the City Council to defray some of that cost with a $12,500 grant from the city’s Downtown Tax-Increment Finance District (TIF) Facade Program fund and $25,000 more from its TIF Commercial Retail Forgivable Loan fund.
They note in their request that the city has already invested $150,000 over recent years to stabilize the one-story brick structure that they bought in September.
The business will be a medium-sized, casual local pub that will feature a glass-enclosed beer garden fronting Court, West and Edwards said. Its fare will include “a vast selection of handcrafted beers” and an “impressive wine selection,” as well as authentic Irish and traditional pub food and daily specials.
Local band and acoustic guitar performances will entertain customers on weekends and some evenings, they said.
While “competition is fierce” in the downtown-area tavern market, their new pub “may actually induce more customers to travel to the downtown area for dining and entertainment, creating synergy and making Downtown Pekin a destination,” West and Edwards said in their request for the TIF funds.
The council on Monday also will be asked to approve its portion of a contract with Oberlander Electric Co. to replace and upgrade runway lighting at Pekin Municipal Airport.
The city would pay about $33,540 of the overall $670,760 cost for the project, which is part of the Airport Improvement Program approved by the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Division of Aeronautics. It focuses on replacing the current runway lights with more efficient LED lighting.
Oberlander submitted the lowest of four bids for the work.
A related contract for construction engineering at the airport, if approved, would require the city to pay $6,151 of its total $123,028 cost. That contract is slated to be awarded to Hanson Professional Services Inc.
Follow Michael Smothers at Twitter.com/msmotherspekin
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A Killing Frost
(Di Jack Frost Book 6)
R D Wingfield
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From the creator of A TOUCH OF FROST, the eagerly anticipated D. I. Jack Frost novel
On a rainy night in Denton, Detective Inspector Jack Frost is called to the site of a macabre discovery in the woods – that of a human foot. Meanwhile a multiple rapist is on the loose, the local supermarket reports poisoned stock and a man claims to have cut his wife up into little pieces, yet can’t recall where he hid them. But it is when two young girls are reported missing in quick succession that the Denton crime wave reaches terrifying heights.
As the exhausted Frost staggers from case to case, pressured from all sides and haunted by memories of his wife, something nasty arrives at the station in the form of Detective Chief Inspector Skinner. The scheming, slippery Skinner clearly has his eye on the Superintendent’s office, but his first job is to manipulate the transfer of the unorthodox D.I. Jack Frost to another division. Will Frost find the missing girls before his new nemesis forces him away from Denton once and for all?
After a successful career writing for radio, R.D. Wingfield turned his attention to fiction and created the character of D.I. Jack Frost, who has featured in the titles A Touch of Frost, Frost at Christmas, Night Frost, Hard Frost, Winter Frost and A Killing Frost. The series has been has been adapted for television as the perennially popular A Touch of Frost starring David Jason. R.D. Wingfield died in 2007.
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Praise for A Killing Frost
Swaggeringly fluent and fast-paced... Frost remains by far the most unattractive cop in mainstream crime fiction
Mark Lawson, Guardian
The action is non-stop . . . The shambolic Frost has become a much-loved figure in crime fiction and Wingfield will be remembered especially for having created such a distinctive personality.
Another jam-packed, thrilling outing for Wingfield's DI Jack Frost. With more twists than a bucket of eels, this is a fitting climax to an incredible series. I can't believe there won't be any more.
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Phase 4 Theory – Black Widow Will Be One of Multiple Movies Setting Up Dark Avengers
Phase 4 Theory – Black Widow Setting Up Dark Avengers
The future of the MCU will be knocking down many unopened doors as now they’ve got a solid platform which can be used to give some more unique properties a chance. Disney+ is allowing Marvel to tell the stories that they couldn’t tell before and even the movies are getting more and more diverse in telling the stories of certain characters. Phase 4 is bringing us the first and final Black Widow solo film, which will be followed by Eternals and Shang-Chi. If that’s not diversity, then what is?
But there are certain things that Marvel hasn’t done yet. They haven’t made a movie purely involving the villains. They haven’t introduced Atlantis, and they haven’t made a female ensemble film. All of this will be done by DC by February 2020, but that doesn’t mean that Marvel will never touch these criteria. Namor is going to arrive soon. A Force could be in the making, and rumors suggest that Marvel is already considering Thunderbolts and Dark Avengers very hard.
Well, the upcoming films do seem to be creating a line up for the Dark Avengers, and a new theory suggests that Black Widow will be the first piece of that puzzle. According to Reddit user theincredibleshaq, the upcoming MCU movies are setting up a group of villains that are alternate versions of the original 6 Avengers. Here are villains that the Redditor thinks could potentially fill the roles of the OG 6:
“Black Widow: The upcoming Black Widow movie is including a different Black Widow named Yelana Belova played by Florence Pugh. It’s unknown how moral she will be, but she is often portrayed immorally in the comics. I believe that she is an easy candidate for an evil Black Widow
Captain America: The Black Widow movie is also introducing a Russian Captain America known as Red Guardian player by David Harbour. Having a significant portion of the Dark Avengers be Russian would provide a reason for a reverence for Red Guardian similar to Captain America’s. So I believe that the evil Cap will most likely be him, with a small chance of the evil Cap being any various evil Caps from the comics being introduced in Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s series such as U.S. Agent.
Hawkeye: Taskmaster is being introduced in the new Black Widow movie, and his powers include mimicking physical skills so he can easily learn to use the bow and arrow. The Hawkeye and Black Widow evil equivalents could even have a preexisting relationship like Hawkeye and Black Widow did in the first Avengers.
Hulk: I think the biggest two options for the Hulk is to either reintroduce Abomination to fill that role. While Abomination did help destroy Harlem, he could be portrayed to the public as a victim turned hero like the Hulk was. My preferred option is that it turns out Banner suppressed Hulk’s personality completely and something reactivates it and he is angry at Banner for suppressing him and we get an evil Hulk personality such as a Savage Hulk or Joe Fixit.
Iron Man: One obvious candidate for an evil Iron Man is Justin Hammer. He creates robot suits, and has worked with the Russians before with Whiplash. He also had the public eye already, and could have a similar celebrity status as Iron Man. Another candidate is a character being introduced in the Black Widow movie with the name of Melina. Melina was not given a last name yet, which leads me to believe her last name would be a spoiler. That spoiler would be the fact that she may be Melina Vostokoff also known as the Iron Maiden. While Iron Maiden doesn’t classically have a suit with flight and energy projection, but the MCU could easily add that to make her resemble Iron Man
Thor: An evil Thor is the toughest to predict, but any of the upcoming movies outside of the Black Widow movie could plausible introduce an evil Thor. Eternals is introducing a pantheon of gods who could have one take the role, and fill the ethereal, mysterious, and powerful role that Thor does. Shang Chi will introduce some high level magic, and could have a magical character mimic Thor. Dr Strange 2 will deal with the multiverse and higher magic level characters. And Thor 4 could easily have an evil alternate Thor, especially if they dip into the multiverse to justify Jane Thor. Or they could even make Jane Thor evil as a twist.”
Well, this theory does deal with its own version of the Dark Avengers. It does a great job at creating MCU’s own version of the Dark Avengers which are different from the books. Marvel could easily rely on such characters, but why would they need to use these alternate versions when they’ve unlocked all other characters with the Disney-Fox merger. Norman Osborn will be introduced in the upcoming future and he can certainly don the Iron Patriot suit in the MCU.
The characters that have been mentioned could actually be members of the Thunderbolts instead. It has been rumored that a Thunderbolts movie is in the making and it could include characters like the Abomination, Red Hulk, Zemo, Ghost, Justin Hammer, and a few others. It is suggested that Marvel is actually planning a trilogy with these characters and the Leader is going to be the antagonist against these characters.
Black Widow is bringing in Yelena Belova and Taskmaster which have both been members of the Thunderbolts. Taskmaster is a major character and could have a big future with the Thunderbolts. So, why not keep these characters in Thunderbolts and let others hop into their comic accurate Dark Avengers personas. Or perhaps the Thunderbolts could evolve into the Dark Avengers by their second or the third film, just as the comics have done it. In that case, the theory mentioned above would make perfect sense. It’d make sense for Marvel to run just one franchise with the villains taking charge instead of two since they’ve got so many more franchises to run. Let’s see what happens.
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Katie Johnson | March 21, 2014 | 9:00am
If you've picked up a children's book lately, you may have noticed that they're a little outdated, not to mention out of touch. Seriously, do you know anyone who owns a farm with one red barn containing one chicken, one pig, and one cow? We didn't think so.
Fortunately for this genre of (very) young adult literature, three dads-turned-business-partners are setting out to change all that with a new Arizona-based startup, Need To Know Publishing.
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Founded by R. Bradley Snyder, Marc Engelsgjerd, and their late partner Robert Kempe, Need To Know Publishing produces books that touch on a wide range of 21st-century topics that every child needs to know, from music icons to food to everyday adult experiences.
"We have a very simple method for picking what were going to write about." Snyder says. "We sit down together and we look around us. We think about what we did this week, what did we talk to our kids about, what was something we struggled with or what was something that we enjoyed but maybe we had a different take on it."
The company's first three books, What Every Child Needs To Know About Elvis, What Every Child Needs To Know About Coffee, and What Every Child Needs To Know About Cancer, will make their debut with a special Need To Know Publishing Inaugural Book Launch Wednesday, March 26, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Phoenix BikeLab.
In addition to scoring a free downloadable copy of What Every Child Needs To Know About Elvis, peanut butter and banana sandwiches, and photo ops with an Elvis impersonator, guests of this free event will also have a chance to meet the authors and find out what Need To Know Publishing is all about.
"Our books are really meant to start a conversation and introduce a topic," says Snyder, who admits that, although the books are simple, they by no means sugar-coat the conversation. "They really encourage that interaction between an adult and a child, getting that kid interested in books but also interested in talking with adults."
The third book in the series, What Every Child Needs To Know About Cancer, was already underway before the group's third partner Robert Kempe was diagnosed with, and ultimately lost, his battle with cancer.
Currently, Need to Know Publishing has a distribution deal for 18 books, with the next three, What Every Child Needs To Know About Pizza, What Every Child Needs To Know About Punk Rock, and What Every Child Needs To Know About The Economy set to be released this fall.
For more information, check out Need To Know Publishing online. Visit Eventbrite to register for the Need To Know Publishing Inaugural Book Launch.
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Valentine’s Day is Sunday. Isn’t that a great holiday? A holiday dedicated to showing our loved ones how much they mean to us. We have St. Valentine, an early Christian martyr, to thank for it. His letter to a young girl, before he was executed, is one of the alleged origins of this day. Valentine’s Day, now, for the most part, is a lovers’ day. That’s nice, if you have a partner. The point of this column, though, is not lovers’ love, but friend love, family love, or just general love. Love expressed in kind words. Years ago, I used to attend a little prayer meeting with some other parents from the school my kids were attending at the time. I couldn’t make it to one of the meetings and had texted my friend telling her why I couldn’t make it. She texted back, “OK, sweetness.” Wow, I thought at the time, isn’t that nice! I texted her back and told her I love it when she talks like that. Another instance around the same time, at the Canned Food Store in Redwood City, we were waiting in line, and a clerk opened up her window, and said to me, “I can take you over here, honey.” I just lit up. I love when folks talk to me like that. Don’t you? I love these terms of endearment; but unfortunately, I do not use them as often as I should, or as often as I’d like. My friend, the store clerk and many others I continually come in contact with are steeped in this kind of kindness, and not only are their words dripping with this divine quality, but so are their mannerisms and their countenances. I have another friend who is the epitome of optimism and joy. I cannot comment on anything on Facebook or say anything that she doesn’t give me a positive and joyful response. I adore this characteristic, and this friend. Unfortunately, growing up, these expressions didn’t flow readily. My ability to use these delightful demonstrations of affection is somewhat underdeveloped. I grew up in a household where profanity was the vernacular and “survival of the fittest” was the motto. No meek shall inherit the earth, no turning the other cheek or any other teaching from CCD. Sweet nothings were as foreign a language as Uzbek and crying was anathema. So one of my Valentine’s Day resolutions will be to be more affectionate with my kids, my family and my friends, even to be affectionate and kind to some of the scurrilous among us. Now, this is hard and uncomfortable because I’m not use to it, but I’ll try. For my friends, the store clerk and the others I have met, their random words of kindness come spontaneously from within. For me, for a time, I must practice deliberate words of kindness and hope that this habit will become spontaneous too. Remember, according to a Chinese proverb: “a bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses.” Aw, sweetness! http://fromtheshoe.com/2016/02/10/random-words-of-kindness/
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