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OneWeb launches new satellites amid bankruptcy rumours
By James Pearce2020-03-23T14:50:00+00:00
OneWeb launches 34 new low orbit satellites
Reports claim company could seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
OneWeb has confirmed laying off staff amid cash crisis
OneWeb launched 34 new satellites, but is facing a cash crisis
Satellite firm OneWeb launched 34 new satellites over the weekend while reports point to the firm potentially filing for bankruptcy protection.
A Soyuz rocket lifted off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, carrying 34 more spacecraft into orbit to continue the build-up of the firm’s broadband internet constellation.
The launch means the company, which is backed by Japanese giant SoftBank, now has 74 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites in operation.
Read more: OneWeb launches first broadband satellites
On the launch OneWeb chief executive Adrian Steckel said: “We are very proud of the progress we have made so far in 2020 and I would like to show the utmost gratitude for the time, effort, and expertise of the OneWeb company, our partners and our people as we come together and support one another.
“In these unprecedented times following the global outbreak of Covid-19, people around the world find themselves trying to continue their lives and work online.
“We see the need for OneWeb, greater now more than ever before. High-quality connectivity is the lifeline to enabling people to work, continue their education, stay up to date on important healthcare information and stay meaningfully connected to one another.
“The crisis has demonstrated the imperative need for connectivity everywhere and has exposed urgent shortcomings in many organisations’ connectivity capabilities. Our satellite network is poised to fill in many of these critical gaps in the global communications infrastructure.”
Read more: OneWeb to raise $1bn for mega-constellation
However, a report from Bloomberg claims the company is examining different options to stave off cashflow problems, including filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Despite receiving backing from Japanese telco SoftBank to the tune of around $3 billion, it has faced increased competition from SpaceX and Amazon.
Further reports claim the company is planning to lay off around 10% of its workforce. OneWeb has acknowledged that it needs to “dynamically adjust our workforce” but has refused to comment on the bankruptcy reports.
The company also acknowledged that the global health economic crisis caused by the spread of coronavirus will impact its launch schedule.
OneWeb’s aim is to create a mega-constellation of satellites with 648 LEOs in operation by the end of 2021.
According to a report from Techcrunch, a spokesperson for the satellite company said the company has “made the difficult decision to eliminate some roles and responsibilities as we work to focus on core operations. We are sorry to have had to take this step and we’re doing everything we can to support those affected.”
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Two new art suites of ice and snow in the year-round open Icehotel
Last Saturday, the new art suites opened at Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi. At the same time, a new art exhibition was presented, created by artists from The Swedish Sculptor Association – all of it in the year-round part of Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi.
The summer is in full bloom, but inside it is winter. At least at Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi that since December 2016 has a permanent part of ice and snow, which is open year-round and run on solar power. The permanent part of Icehotel is filled with art created out of crystal clear Arctic ice, a contrast against the lush greenery outside. The hotel consists of an ice bar, an ice gallery and 20 ice suites, nine of them with private sauna and relax, individually created and hand-sculpted by artists from all over the world.
Deluxe Suite that takes the guest on an inner journey
Two new art suites are being presented in the year-round part of Icehotel. One of the new suites is a Deluxe Suite that has a private sauna and warm relax. The suite is named “Lost & Found” and the design in the suite is accompanied by specially written music and sound by poet and musician Petri ”Bette” Tuominen.
Jens Thoms Ivarsson & Petri ”Bette” Tuominen. Photo Lars Lindh
The suite is a place for the guests to make an inner journey with the combination of ice design, sound and light. Besides a bed, the luxurious suite features seats where the guests can sit down, focus on a sculpture and begin their inner journey.
– The visitor is guided into their own inner world with help by sound, music and voices. The room, ice and design is half the experience, while the other half is the sound and light that interact and take the guest on their own, individual journey, says Jens Thoms Ivarsson.
Jens Thoms Ivarsson has been working with ice art for more than 15 years, and was previously Creative Director at Icehotel. This time it was time to try something new – combining music, voices, sound and design.
– It was a challenge to get sound, light and design to interact, but we are incredibly pleased with the result. It will be interesting to hear what the guests think.
Magnificent columns
Sculptor and designer Javier Opazo from Chile created the other art suite. The suite is called ”Téckara”, which means number nine in Kunza (a language spoken in the Andes). The suite has its name because it holds nine pillars that show off the magnificent ceiling height.
Javier Opazo. Photo Lars Lindh
– I think the visitors are going to feel overwhelmed by the high columns that stretch all the way to the ceiling. It is a magnificent feeling and a ceiling height of 4,7 meters, says, Javier Opazo.
A new Art Exhibition
An art exhibition with another nine artworks of ice and snow was also completed during the weekend in the year-round part of Icehotel. The exhibition was created during an ice symposium with artists invited from the Swedish Sculptor Association, led by artist and sculptor Lena Kriström who has 25 years experience of ice sculpting.
– We are pleased to present two new art suites with impressive expression, feeling and design, parallel to opening a new art exhibition focusing on sculptures with both figurative and abstract art pieces. It shows the width from design to art that Icehotel is offering the guests, says the Senior Advisor at Icehotel Arne Bergh.
Icehotel is open every day, year-round.
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IKEA to Pay $46M in Dresser Tipover Death
A 2-year-old boy died after a 70-pound recalled dresser tipped over onto him.
Placards showing images of Jozef Dudek and IKEA's Malm dressers are displayed during a news conference in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. IKEA has agreed to pay $46 million to the parents of a 2-year-old boy who died of injuries suffered when a 70-pound recalled dresser tipped over onto him, the family’s lawyers said Monday.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — IKEA has agreed to pay $46 million to the parents of a 2-year-old boy who died of injuries suffered when a 70-pound (32-kilogram) recalled dresser tipped over onto him, the family’s lawyers said Monday.
Jozef Dudek, of Buena Park, California, died in 2017 of his injuries, and his parents sued the Swedish home furnishings company in a Philadelphia court in 2018.
In the lawsuit, the Dudeks accused IKEA of knowing that its Malm dressers posed a tip-over hazard and that they had injured or killed a number of children, but that the company had failed to warn consumers that the dressers shouldn't be used without being anchored to a wall. The dresser was recalled in 2016, according to the suit.
The settlement also requires IKEA to meet with the advocacy organization, Parents Against Tip-overs, and broaden its outreach to consumers about the recall of IKEA dressers, according to the Dudek's lawyers, Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig.
The Dudek family will donate $1 million from the settlement to organizations that advocate for more rigorous stability testing for dressers, they said.
In a statement, IKEA said it offered its deepest condolences and is working to address “this very important home safety issue,” including offering consumer education and safety workshops and working to make safer products.
“While no settlement can alter the tragic events that brought us here, for the sake of the family and all involved, we’re grateful that this litigation has reached a resolution,” it said.
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now-reported Q4 earnings mid-last week, we pondered whether the internet behemoth would beat or miss analyst expectations.
Here we noted that analysts were expecting $38.40 billion in revenue from Alphabet – excluding Traffic Acquisition Costs (TAC).
Disappointingly for investors, and as Bloomberg reported today, Alphabet missed on Q4 revenue targets (on an ex-TAC basis).
Here, Google posted ex-TAC Q4 revenues of $37.57 billion, against estimates of $38.40 billion, according to Bloomberg Data.
Google Search & Other continues to be the largest revenue driver for the company, contributing $27,185 billion in sales during the quarter.
YouTube advertising contributed $4,717 billion to the Group’s overall Q4 revenue.
An operating income miss
On the bottom-line, the company also missed some key estimates: posting Q4 operating income of $9.27 billion – against analyst estimates of $9.79 billion. Alphabet also saw its operating margin deteriorate somewhat during the quarter, reporting Q4 operating margins of 20% – against analyst estimates of 24.7%.
In saying all this, earnings per share (EPS) did come in higher during the quarter, with Alphabet reporting Q4 EPS of $15.35 per share, against analyst estimates of $12.50 per share.
With these misses in mind, Alphabet saw its stock come off in after-hours trade – dropping as much as 5.16% – to a low of $1,409 per share – in just a couple of hours.
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Though likely a disappointment for shareholders, the Alphabet (GOOG) share price has been a strong performer over the last year, rising ~30% in that period.
In the last five years Alphabet’s (GOOG) share price has risen around 177%.
Management commentary at a glance
Though GOOG has stumbled in after-hours trade, the company, relative to its size (with a ~$1 trillion market capitalisation) continues to tout ‘strong’ revenue growth.
As Ruth Porat, the company’s Chief Financial Officer said:
‘In 2019 we again delivered strong revenue growth, with revenues of $162 billion, up 18% year over year and up 20% on a constant currency basis.’
Looking to provide further transparency on the nature of the business – Sundar Pichai, Alphabet and Google’s Chief Executive said:
‘I’m really pleased with our continued progress in Search and in building two of our newer growth areas — YouTube, already at $15 billion in annual ad revenue, and Cloud, which is now on a $10 billion revenue run rate.’
Looking at future opportunities, Mr Pichai additionally said:
‘Our investments in deep computer science, including artificial intelligence, ambient computing and cloud computing, provide a strong base for continued growth and new opportunities across Alphabet.’
Alphabet currently has 41 Buy recommendations, five hold recommendations and 0 sell recommendations, according to Bloomberg Data.
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Meizu 16S Review: True 2019 Flagship Depth Evaluation
By Habib on April 28, 2019 LATEST NEWS, Meizu, Phones
Almost a year ago, we learned about the Meizu 16th series that J.Wong Huang Zhang and Qualcomm completely shake hands and then launched, which is the big test of Huang Zhang’s self-defense. Before and after the Meizu 16th series was released, Huang Zhang said that “the Meizu will be adjusted to the state he wants.” The state he wants is the state of the Meizu mobile phone stereotype – the MX era. Meizu in the MX era is regarded as a small and beautiful representative. The thick and small fresh style is mainly for charm friends. It is not too much for passers-by and passers-by.
I remember that at that time, Meizu released a mobile phone every year, letting the outside world undergo dramatic changes. Meizu always acts like a hermit who does not ask the world, acting calmly according to its own rhythm and tonality. Of course, during the period when Huang Zhang was retired, there was a brief panic – just pull out one year, that is, in the whole year of 2014 alone, Meizu released seven models, with an average of less than two months. A conference for thousands of people was held.
At that time, the overall shipments of domestic smartphones were greatly reduced, and Meizu’s rhythm was unexpectedly exchanged for contrarian growth. However, the cost of impulse, financing, and making friends is that the small and beautiful Buddha brand has been contaminated with mediocrity for a short period of time.
After the Meizu Pro 7 series was folded, Huang Zhang returned. Meizu returned to J.Wong style reluctantly – stubborn, determined, pursuing perfection, rarely concerned about other things outside the product, Meizu 15 series small test knife, Meizu 16th series big test knife, this is a new work by Huang Zhangzhi.
The “Aircraft Draft” exhibition at the press conference displayed a series of intensive abandonment schemes along with the Meizu 16S birth road, which ultimately pointed to the ultimate “100% Efforts for 1% Selected”, meaning one for Baili. Users put 100% effort into it.
At the Meizu 16s conference, we saw the arrogance and love of “If you are surrounded by a group of idiots, why should you be in harmony with them”. Obviously, let J. Wong and Meizu do things that they don’t like, as hard as a war. About Meizu 16s itself, in fact, before the contact with the real machine, it is possible to find out one or two from the naming alone – the whole is an upgraded version based on the appearance and characteristics of Meizu 16th series, sincerity is full:
The 7.6mm mini body is stuffed into a large battery of 3600 mAh. Under the premise of not sacrificing the design and feel of the proud, Meizu 16s complements the previous generation’s little regret. The Meizu 16S camera hardware has also jumped, although Huang Zhang stubbornly believes that the three-shot is a gimmick, adding optical anti-shake to the newly upgraded 48MP main camera. The biggest highlights are the addition of a series of elements such as NFC, dual-frequency GPS, 4×4 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0, linear motor, Snapdragon 855, and DC dimming.
Meizu mobile phone has always been known for its shape design, especially the flagship of Huang Zhangzhi. This time, Meizu 16S and Meizu 16th are designed for Huang Zhang. At present, Meizu 16s provides color matching of three versions: condensed white, phantom blue and carbon black.
Design & Appearance
The screen of the Meizu 16s is 6.2 inches, which is 0.2 inches larger than the Meizu 16th. It is worth noting that the frame of the Meizu 16s is further narrowed compared to the previous one, and the screen ratio is 91.53% without using the special-shaped screen. I believe this is the bottom of the Meizu 16s dare to use the white glass panel on the front of the phone.
Meizu 16s uses a screen with a resolution of 2232×1080 resolution and uses DC software dimming (the effect is shown in the experience part). The screen ratio is 18.6:9. This symmetrical design of the top, bottom, left and right sides are popular in the special-shaped screen. Today, the viewer’s visual experience is very comfortable.
Meizu is almost the only one in the world of Notch, water drop screen, sliding screen, mechanical lifting structure, etc., and continues to insist on symmetrical design. We are not here to judge the various design orientations with personal likes and dislikes.
It’s worth mentioning that Meizu’s identity on the flagship series is worthy of praise. It verifies the possibility that even if you don’t use the iPhone’s special-shaped screen solution to bring out the trend, and the mechanical structure that does not use the sword to go slant, the domestic manufacturers have the ability to even More amazing full screen.
The forehead is narrowed to 4.5mm, with a hidden earpiece, light distance sensor, and a world’s smallest 20-megapixel front lens. I thought that the Meizu 16th chin has reached the limit. However, the Meizu 16s passed the COF process and made the chin width 4.2mm, which is 27% narrower than the previous one. This is also the key to Meizu’s 16s screen as high as 91.53%.
It can be said that Meizu 16s has been the ultimate in the traditional symmetrical full-screen screen that has been abandoned by many manufacturers through continuous generations of enthusiasm and firm deep cultivation. From the front of the fuselage, Meizu 16s made further streamlining and compression on the basis of 16th.
Meizu mobile phone is one of the few models that still adhere to black and white as the main models. Especially in the various types of gradient color matching the mobile phone shell from today, Meizu 16s such a classic elegant white light can be said to be a clear stream. Of course, if you are looking for a dazzling illusion, it offers a phantom blue color.
Meizu 16s introduced a special coating under the glass backing plate. Under the five-layer optical coating, the texture of the pearl was added. As the light changes, its color will change. It can be noticed that the location of the Meizu 16s camera module changes from the previous one – from the middle to the side. This and it is in the 7.6mm thick body into the screen fingerprint module, 3600mAh large battery, and NFC antenna and other components, the left side of the motherboard stack design has to be applied.
From this perspective, it can be seen that Meizu 16s still uses the classic sandwich structure of glass cover + metal frame + glass cover. Looking at the details, the transition between the frame of the Meizu 16s and the glass is seamless. The Meizu 16s inherits the 16th stereo speakers. It is worth noting here that Meizu 16s cancels the 3.5mm headphone jack. However, the USB Type-c adapter 3.5mm adapter is not included and needs to be purchased separately. As we said earlier, the Meizu 16s redesigned the internal structure of the fuselage due to the increased battery capacity, so the SIM card slot was placed at the bottom of the fuselage.
Hardware & Performance
“Hundred Years of Polishing MediaTek” (Meizu Vice President Li Nanyu) After the handshake between Meizu and Qualcomm, it became a silhouette of the era that was forever sealed in the pile of paper, and no longer existed. The 16s is the second mobile phone equipped with Qualcomm’s flagship processor, and this time the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor is used.
About Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, we have had a detailed introduction and interpretation of it, it is currently the most outstanding mobile phone processor, has been adopted by many flagship mobile phones in the Android camp.
More specifically, it uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 with a 1+3+4 three-slave set architecture, which is an innovation compared to the previous 4+4 core architecture. The “1” refers to a Kryo 485 Gold Prime super core with a frequency of 2.84GHz. It and the other three Kryo 485 Gold cores with a frequency of 2.42GHz carry high-load tasks, which is better than previous generations. Take into account the stable performance of performance and efficiency.
Compared to the Snapdragon 845 on the Meizu 16, the Snapdragon 855 achieves a 45% performance improvement in the CPU. In addition, the new 7nm manufacturing process is also ahead of the previous generation’s 10nm, the most advanced.
In terms of graphics processing, I have to mention the Adlonno 640 of the Snapdragon 855. Thanks to the new architecture design, the performance of the previous generation is 20% higher than that of the previous generation. At the same time, it brings true HDR, PBR, Vulkan 1.1 and many other features. The performance of the 16s in large mobile games provides solid hardware support.
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Meizu 16s finally achieved nearly 370,000 points in Ann Bunny. It is one of the highest scores of the current Android camp. It is far behind the Huawei Mate series and Huawei P30 series equipped with Kirin 980 processor.
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GeekBench test
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The single core score can reflect the pros and cons of the CPU architecture design and the operating frequency. Multi-core scores reflect the efficiency of multiple CPU cores working at the same time.
Geekbench, Meizu 16s is equipped with the 骁 855 single-core scores of nearly 3,500 points. In terms of multi-core, the score of Snapdragon 855 over 10,000 is already at the highest level of the mobile platform currently installed in mobile terminals.
GFXBench test
Introduction to GFXBench: Cross-platform, cross-API 3D benchmarking software that accurately reflects the graphics performance of the device GPU. Multiple test scenarios can fully examine the OpenGL ES graphics performance of the device and enable battery life testing.
GFXBench provides two test comparison methods: OnScreen and OffScreen. When the screen runs the test at the native resolution of the device screen, the off-screen is unified to 1080p resolution, which is convenient for cross-device comparison.
There are four main test projects: T-Rex, Manhattan 3.0, Manhattan 3.1, and Car Chase, which correspond to the performance of OpenGL ES 2.0/3.0/3.1/3.1. The pressure is getting higher and higher, and the result is measured by the average frame rate (FPS).
The absolute performance of the Adlonno 640 of the Snapdragon 855 is relatively conservative, but it is about 20% higher than the Adreno 630 of the Snapdragon 845 used by the Meizu 16th.
Androbench test
About Androbench: AndroBench is a benchmark application that measures the 4K random storage and storage performance of Android devices, including internal or external storage.
Meizu 16s comes with game mode 3.0, and added the “firepower full open” mode, enters the high-performance mode during the game after the start, and with the relatively different system resource allocation to ensure the operating experience during the game.
We use the speed to record the number of frames in the game, you can see that the average number of frames in the “Stimulus Battlefield” game reaches nearly 40 frames, and the number of frames beats only 0.99 frames. Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 is still awesome for the game performance support of “Stimulus Battlefield” so that it can run smoothly at high frame rate.
It is undeniable that the current mobile phone manufacturers have added a three-camera module to the rear of the mobile phone. This has become a trend. Just as the dual-camera has just emerged in the past, there are still some manufacturers that forcibly stack three shots with limited main shooting capability. Earn an eyeball and a gimmick, and there are also manufacturers who do a good job at the high cost of riveting.
It is impossible to deny the general trend of the three-shot, but it has not matured at the current stage. Maybe Meizu will launch a three-camera model on a certain day.
At present, Meizu still has a kind of obsession with the double camera. In the face of the three-shot trend, it chose to polish the more excellent double camera instead: so we saw the Sony IMX 586 main camera, 1/2.0 inch large sensor. As a key point, Meizu 16s will also apply OIS optical image stabilization technology, which is important for night beat stability.
Daytime proofs
In the outdoor with relatively sufficient light (the cloudy day when shooting), the Meizu 16s has ample analytical power, and the lines on the flowers and green plants are clearly distinguishable. If you zoom in, you can even see the details of the edges and the waxy substance. In terms of color adjustment, Meizu 16s can be felt as moderately adjusted as before. In particular, the saturation has not been done too hard, it can be said that Meizu 16s photos respect the perception of the naked eye.
The 48-megapixel camera mode switch is placed in the professional model and can be turned on if needed.
Night proofs
Earlier we have shown outdoor proofs on a cloudy day with relatively abundant light. Then at night, the light is completely obscured. What is the performance of Meizu 16s in a dark environment? Next, please see the real shot.
The above shooting environment has not reached the limit low light condition, so the night scene mode is not turned on, and only the AI recognition in the normal photographing mode is turned on. In this mode, Meizu 16s is very pure.
Compared to the relative restraint optimization of the AI mode, the handheld night scene mode goes further, suppressing the signs of overexposure while improving the overall brightness of the screen, thereby obtaining a photo with moderate brightness and beauty.
It can be seen that the super-stand night mode is more radical than the handheld night mode, but it has reached the level that the handheld can’t achieve, and it must be realized by means of a tripod. In this mode, Meizu 16s will stack more photos of each exposure value using an algorithm to obtain excellent imaging.
The world’s smallest 20-megapixel front-facing camera is easy to change, from Meizu 16th to Meizu 16s – the constant is always on the Meizu phone. In addition, in the software aspect, the camera has a new upgrade, and the integration of the ArcSoft algorithm is more refined. Five, charging battery life: wait for 3600 mAh when the battery life is skyrocketing
As we said before, Meizu 16s in the case of pressing the fuselage space, for the fuselage size and Meizu 16th similar Meizu 16s stuffed into the 3600mAh large battery similar to the Meizu 16th Plus. Next, we will test the endurance of the battery through actual tests.
I use the client to play an online barrage video. 20% volume, 50% brightness, 1080p video is played online from 78% of the battery.
Starting from 78% of electricity, after 1 hour, the remaining power is 69%. Power consumption is 9%. According to this power-down rate, under the same test conditions, Meizu 16s full power can continuously play online video for more than 10 hours.
The Game Life
The author uses the long-awaited chicken hand game “Stimulus Battlefield” to test the life of the Meizu 16s game. The image quality and frame number are all open to the current energy consumption limit and the highest level, starting from 99% power.
Starting from 99% of electricity, after 60 minutes, the remaining power is 81%. It consumes 18% of electricity. According to such a power-down rate, under the same test conditions, it is expected that the chicken can be eaten for 6 hours without card insertion, HDR high-definition, and the highest number of frames, which is very smooth for the game party.
Based on the understanding of the design orientation, Meizu 16s does not have the functions of wireless fast charging, and also retains too much at the same price. But the fastest 24W fast charge is at the forefront of the current flagship phone.
Through the charging test, we can see the charging situation of Meizu 16s. In just 30 minutes, you can charge a large battery from 50% to a single digit, and from 0% to 99% it takes only 90 minutes.
Tests Experience
As we said in the appearance section, Meizu 16s screen is based on Samsung’s high-quality AMOLED screen, color performance is better than most of the market, especially the use of LG and domestic A-screen mobile phones.
On the other hand, the Meizu 16s screen has also received the German VDE Blu-ray eye protection, which is expected to filter out more than 30% of harmful blue light. The most important thing is that the Meizu 16s screen also supports DC dimming – no stroboscopic light at low brightness, even if it is used at night, it will not produce a bad look.
As shown in the above figure, the left side of a model that does not use DC dimming will show up under the lens at low brightness. Even if it is not visible to the naked eye, it is sensitive to the visual. It is very painful.
For graphics applications such as Weibo, the advantages of no bangs full screen can be more obvious: the entire screen space can be effectively utilized, without the interference of non-display areas such as bangs, water droplets, pearls, etc., the entire space can It is used effectively. It is worth noting that Meizu’s iconic Super mBack (closed) is also present in a variety of application interfaces in a hidden design.
Meizu 16s’ 18.6:9 screen ratio, just able to adapt to the proportion of mainstream video resources. On the other hand, by comparing it with another model that uses the bangs screen, you can also feel the immersion of the narrower black screen and the non-display area.
Super mBack
Therefore, even if the Meizu mobile phone went to the full-screen era, the Meizu 16s still retains the interactive experience of tapping back and pressing the HOME button. Then the question comes, how to restore the original taste of the physical HOME button?
In the position of the old oval HOME button (now the short horizontal line in the above picture), Meizu placed a mEngine 3.0 horizontal linear motor, which is equipped with a high-voltage motor driver chip. Let the old charm friends who are familiar with Meizu still feel the thrill of the HOME button on the waist.
NFC returns
NFC finally returned to Meizu in Meizu 16s. Meizu 16s is Meizu’s first mobile phone with a full-featured NFC chip. The last time I talked about NFC in Meizu, I still need to go back to the Meizu Pro 6 Plus.
In addition to the full-featured NFC chip, Meizu also adapts MEIZU Pay in the software section, and now it can support bank cards, bus cards, access cards, and many other functions. For the charm friends, the long wait has finally waited until today.
The full-featured NFC chip + MEIZU Pay’s Meizu 16s will bring a lot of convenience in daily life. The bus card supports the national transportation alliance and the bus credit card of more than 200 cities. Bank cards are currently supported by the Bank of China and the Bank of China.
Verdict & Buy
When I am different from the world, it makes me different. I insist on it just for me. If you compromise on yourself, if you lie to yourself, even if others forgive me, I can’t forgive. The most beautiful wishes must be the most insane. I am my own god, in the place where I live. Continue to adhere to the independent personality, and based on this, based on the Meizu 16th steady and comprehensive upgrade is the biggest intuitive impression of Meizu 16s.
Said the appearance, it inherits the contours left by Meizu 16th, in the bangs, water droplets, punching, and other special-shaped screens and mechanical institutions short-lived today, Meizu has become one of the few manufacturers to continue the symmetrical design until today. The 91.53% screen ratio is undoubtedly a naked face for the whole mainstream.
Meizu 16s is an old-fashioned person. In addition to sticking to the symmetrical screen design, you can even see the real simulation of the classic waist-winding HOME button tactile feedback from the mEngine 3.0 horizontal linear motor. It is the only one in the era of a full screen.
Qualcomm’s top flagship platform is no longer lacking, performance is no longer the constraints of Meizu’s flagship mobile phone, full of Huang Zhang’s personal preferences and design plot, excellent ID design and body feel is still the biggest advantage of Meizu 16s.
In the global mobile phone market, it is weak and weak, and many manufacturers are struggling to survive. It can be seen that Meizu 16S is not disturbed by the rapidly deteriorating market environment. Meizu 16s reflects “the pursuit of love”, then can the world be small and beautiful and gentle? I look forward to giving us the answer after Meizu 16s is fully listed and sold. Meizu 16S is now available on Geekbuying for just at $559.99 using a Coupon Code: MEIZU16S.
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Lockport happenings: July 25, 2019
Holy Savior calendar of events: Today -- Altar Society in the Cenacle Room at 6 p.m.; Sunday -- KC dinner; Aug. 3 -- first Saturday Mass and Rosary at 8 a.m.; Aug. 6 -- bereavement Rosary at 9 a.m.
Holy Savior Catholic School: The school is conducting registration for nursery one through fifth grade. Please call 532-2536 for more information. If you or someone you know would like a tour of the school, please call the office. Follow us on Facebook at Holy Savior Catholic School or on the web at holysaviorschool.org.
Meeting: There will be a fundraiser meeting held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the KC Home.
Baptism: Liam Joseph Schouest.
Died in Christ: Lester J. Vedros Jr.
St. Hilary’s Facebook and website: To find out parish information, updates, Mass times, ministries and pictures of St. Hilary Parish and activities, you can visit sthilaryht.org or go to St. Hilary’s Facebook page at facebook.com/sthilaryofpoitiers/.
St. Hilary news: St.HilaryHT.Formed.Org. is an excellent interactive website that offers access to a wide range of resources to deepen your faith. To access this site, go to sthilaryht.formed.org ad enter code C2BTPT.
Volunteers needed: Any adult wishing to help with the children’s Liturgy of the Word program during the 11 a.m. Masses on Sundays is asked to call Diane at the Parish Office 537-6002, extension 201.
Traveling Chalice: The traveling chalice is taken to a different parishioner’s home weekly to pray for vocations to religious life. We are in need of parish families to accept the traveling chalice each week for it to continue to travel to different homes in the parish community. If you would like to accept the traveling chalice one weekend, call the parish office.
Adult LIFT 3:16 Conference: St. Hilary and St. Anthony has a group going to the Adult LIFT 3:16 Conference in September. If you turned in your $50 deposit, Diane sent an email to all registrants a few weeks ago. Please go to that email and complete the registration process by Friday. Full payment is also due to the parish office by noon Friday. If you are interested in attending Sept. 27-29 and have not registered, call Diane at the parish office to register.
CCD: Don’t forget to register your child for CCD for next school year. If you are registering a child for the first time, you can contact Diane at 537-6002, extension 201, to set up an appointment. If you have a student leaving Catholic school in grades first through 10th and entering public school, that child must attend CCD classes in his or her church parish. If you have any questions, please call Diane at the parish office.
Father John David on retreat: Father John David will be on retreat with the seminarians Monday and Tuesday and Aug. 4 after 11 a.m. Mass through Aug. 8. If you need assistance, contact the Rev. Noas or the parish office.
Outreach line: The Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux has set up an outreach line for all victims and survivors of sexual abuse. The number is 873-0026.
Sick and homebound: If you have a family member or friend who is in the hospital or at home and cannot get to Mass but would like to receive Communion or talk with a priest, please call the parish office at 537-6002. Remember, we can only visit if we know the person’s requests.
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MacCague History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The original Gaelic form of MacCague was Mac Taidh or O Taidhg.
Early Origins of the MacCague family
The surname MacCague was first found in County Galway (Irish: Gaillimh) part of the province of Connacht, located on the west coast of the Island, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
Early History of the MacCague family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our MacCague research. Another 95 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1172, 1583, 1493, 1589, 1772 and 1810 are included under the topic Early MacCague History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
MacCague Spelling Variations
A name was often recorded during the Middle Ages under several different spelling variations during the life of its bearer because literacy was rare there was no real push to clearly define any of the languages found in the British Isles at that time. Variations found of the name MacCague include MacTeige, McTeige, MacTigue, McTigue, MacCaig, MacCaige, McCaig, McCaige, MacKaig, McKaig, MacKeague, McKeague, McKeage, MacTague and many more.
Early Notables of the MacCague family (pre 1700)
Another 41 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early MacCague Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Migration of the MacCague family
Ireland became inhospitable for many native Irish families in the 19th centuries. Poverty, lack of opportunities, high rents, and discrimination forced thousands to leave the island for North America. The largest exodus of Irish settlers occurred with the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. For these immigrants the journey to British North America and the United States was long and dangerous and many did not live to see the shores of those new lands. Those who did make it were essential to the development of what would become two of the wealthiest and most powerful nations of the world. These Irish immigrants were not only important for peopling the new settlements and cities, they also provided the manpower needed for the many industrial and agricultural projects so essential to these growing nations. Immigration and passenger lists have documented the arrival of various people bearing the name MacCague to North America: Bernard, Charles, Edward, Hugh, Thomas and William McTague, who all arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1840 and 1860; Andrew, Bernard, Hugh, John and William MacTeague arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860.
Spelling variations
The MacCague Motto +
Motto: Summum nec metuam diem nec optem
Motto Translation: May I neither dread nor desire the last day.
MacCague (Irish)
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Naigle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The surname Naigle is derived from the Norman surname de Angulo. The Gaelic form of this surname is de Nógla.
Early Origins of the Naigle family
The surname Naigle was first found in at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, SW Wales, where they held a family seat from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D. The Naigle surname arrived Cork, where Gilbert D'Angulo accompanied Strongbow into Ireland in 1172.
Early History of the Naigle family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Naigle research. Another 59 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1689, 1757, 1830, 1508, 1536, 1541, 1719, 1784, 1636, 1699, 1686, 1691 and 1689 are included under the topic Early Naigle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Naigle Spelling Variations
Since church officials and medieval scribes spelt each name as it sounded to them; as a result, a single person could accumulate many different versions of his name within official records. A close examination of the origins of the name Naigle revealed the following spelling variations: Nagle, Nangle, Neagle, Naigle, Naegle, Naigel, Nagell, Nagele, Naegell, Naigel, Naigell, Nagale, Naigall, Nanegle, Nangel, Nangell, Nangale, Naingale, Naingel, Naingle, O'Nagel, O'Nagle, O'Naigle and many more.
Early Notables of the Naigle family (pre 1700)
Notable amongst the family up to this time was Thomas Nangle, 15th Baron of Navan; and his son, John Nangle, 16th Baron of Navan (died before 1508), an Irish nobleman and courageous soldier who fought with distinction at the Battle of Knockdoe; Richard Nangle D.D., Irish prelate of the Provincial of the Order of Saint Augustine, Bishop of Clonfert (1536-1541); Nano...
Another 61 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Naigle Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Migration of the Naigle family
During the middle of the 19th century, Irish families often experienced extreme poverty and racial discrimination in their own homeland under English rule. Record numbers died of disease and starvation and many others, deciding against such a fate, boarded ships bound for North America. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Unfortunately, many of those Irish that arrived in Canada or the United States still experienced economic and racial discrimination. Although often maligned, these Irish people were essential to the rapid development of these countries because they provided the cheap labor required for the many canals, roads, railways, and other projects required for strong national infrastructures. Eventually the Irish went on to make contributions in the less backbreaking and more intellectual arenas of commerce, education, and the arts. Research early immigration and passenger lists revealed many early immigrants bearing the name Naigle: David and Julianna Nagle settled with their six children in Prescott Ontario Canada in 1825; David, Francis, Henry, James, Jeremiah, John, Michael, Patrick, Richard, Thomas, and William Nagle all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860.
The Naigle Motto +
Motto: Non vox sed votum
Motto Translation: Not in voice but a wish.
Naigle (Irish)
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How to Have a Flawless Face
How to Create Your Signature Makeup Style
Learn how to create your signature style from professional makeup artist Michelle Dittrich in this Howcast makeup tutorial.
"My name is Michelle Dittrich, and I'm a make-up artist. I've done make-up on a lot of celebrities, Pam Anderson, Kanye West, Lenny Kravitz, Cynthia Nixon. There is a big misconception that ""I could never do that look"" on the runway, and you absolutely can, everybody can. You'll play to your best attributes, and I can show you how to do that.
I think that you can find references for ideas, that will help create your signature style, everywhere. Often people will bring in pictures of haircuts that they like, or decide what hair color they're going to be by other examples. I feel that people don't do that enough with make-up. Because when you are creating a signature style, something that you're going to wear every single day, that works like clockwork for you and it's fast and easy. If you have to run out the door, then that's something you need to keep in mind. What can help create that, is just being aware of your environment and noticing things. What did I like about how that woman's lips looked? Or, her eyelashes looked amazing, I'm going to ask her what mascara she used. Or, pulling the clippings from magazines or newpapers. Tips that will make you unique, because you are already. To create your quick, easy, everyday style, that you can throw on at the drop of a hat. But also that you can turn into other glam looks, trend looks and special event looks. But that will always be your starting point. So if you're at a thrift store, maybe, I love thrift stores. I found the coolest vintage Hollywood black and white book the other day for $1.50. So I've been looking though it and the make-up is so cool and it is really inspiring. So I bought it, you can do whatever you want with it, because it only cost $1.50. If you're reading the newspaper and you see a picture of a celebrity, pull it out. If you're reading a fashion magazine and you see something on the runway that you just like the mood of. It doesn't necessarily have to be make-up, it can be a picture of art or interior design or a color scheme that you like. And that mood that is created within you, is what you want to capture, because that's what you want to show to other people. So that mood, that you're sending out, is what you want to gather, so that you know and have a clear idea about how you want to present yourself, whether it be with make-up or otherwise."
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Making the Most of the Anthropocene
Facing the Future
By Mark Denny
Ever since Nobel Prize–winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen coined the term "Anthropocene" to describe our current era—one in which human impact on the environment has pushed Earth into an entirely new geological epoch—arguments for and against the new designation have been raging. Finally, an official working group of scientists was created to determine once and for all whether we humans have tossed one too many plastic bottles out the car window and wrought a change so profound as to be on par with the end of the last ice age. In summer 2016, the answer came back: Yes.
In Making the Most of the Anthropocene, scientist Mark Denny tackles this hard truth head-on and considers burning questions: How did we reach our present technological and ecological state? How are we going to cope with our uncertain future? Will we come out of this, or are we doomed as a species? Is there anything we can do about what happens next? This book
• explains what the Anthropocene is and why it is important
• offers suggestions for minimizing harm instead of fretting about an impending environmental apocalypse
• combines easy-to-grasp scientific, technological, economic, and anthropological analyses
In Making the Most of the Anthopocene, there are no equations, no graphs, and no impenetrable jargon. Instead, you'll find a fascinating cast of characters, including journalists from outer space, peppered moths, and unjustly maligned Polynesians. In his bright, lively voice, Denny envisions a future that balances reaction and reason, one in which humanity emerges bloody but unbowed—and in which those of us who are prepared can make the most of the Anthropocene.
Mark Denny is a theoretical physicist who has worked in academia and industry. He is the author of numerous books, including Lights On! The Science of Power Generation and Making Sense of Weather and Climate: The Science behind the Forecasts.
"Light in tone and often enjoyable reading, Making the Most of the Anthropocene presents good information on a variety of topics, from the sharing economy to smartphones."
- Foreword Reviews
"Mark Denny is a funny guy who has written a profoundly important book about humanity’s prospects in the Anthropocene age. Well-argued and lively, this book is a must read for climate change skeptics, millennials who can shape a better world, and grandparents like myself who worry about just what we have left to our grandchildren. Denny’s training as a theoretical physicist informs a world-view that ranges from geology to psychology, Darwin to Dilbert, ecology to economics, deep time to Donald Trump – and he brings us out the other end with hope for the future. "
- Ben Hoffman, author of The Violence Vaccine
"Denny's humane tone makes reading his book feel good for the soul... chapter-essays are fascinating, opinionated, and subversive... In this book, Denny has expanded his scope to cover a lot more than science, and readers will benefit from his ambition."
- David De Haan, University of San Diego - Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
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Protesters threaten to stop recycling their waste
Fuming residents have taken to social media to voice their anger, with some even refusing to recycle any waste for the entire month of December in protest
Samantha Hadadi
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Furious residents are threatening to stop recycling throughout December in protest against council changes to the green waste system.
Borough council bosses have made changes to the bi-weekly recycling service, with many items which were previously recyclable - including black plastic and plastic bags - now unable to be disposed of in an environmentally-friendly way.
Other waste, including hard plastics, have also been changed to non-recyclable, meaning that many homes have been left with bulging bins after their waste could not be collected.
A number of residents have also complained that they have been threatened with fines after cards were left on their recycling bins to say that their green waste could not be disposed of.
Fuming residents have now taken to social media to voice their anger, with some even refusing to recycle any waste for the entire month of December in protest.
Writing on a Facebook group called “No recycling for December”, one resident said: “I’m in, they (the council’s waste disposal team) left mine out twice and even sent me a letter for leaving two pieces of cardboard in the plastic part.”
Another added: “First week they started this sorting nonsense I got a note on my bin, they took the cardboard but the two inch square piece of bubble wrap that I took five minutes to find was the only thing out of place in the bin.
“Since then my recycling goes in my ordinary bin. Someone I know got threatened with a fine for getting the notes on her bin twice.”
Les Berg, the site manager at Richmond Primary School, said the new system was “a slap in the face” and prevented the school from being as environmentally-friendly as possible.
He added: “I instigated recycling here five years ago and since then, we have managed to reduce our landfill to just 18% of our generated waste.
“Since the council has changed what it is doing, I have had to increase our capacity for black bag waste.
“The items that are inappropriate are plastic bags, hard plastics, black plastic etc, all of which have been taken in the past.
“Even more confusing is that the items that are not being taken for recycling are still deemed recyclable by Leicestershire County Council and Leicester City Council, so why is Hinckley different?”
However, borough council officials say that the changes have been made to keep the authority in line with the EU.
A spokesman for the council said: “While we share the frustrations of some residents at the changes being implemented we, along with all other councils, are having to abide by a directive from the EU to improve the quality of recyclables we collect.
“This is so they can be recycled more times.
“Consequently, we need to achieve the same quality levels as if the materials were collected in separate containers. Unfortunately, there are a number of issues with carrier bags and certain types of plastic, when collected with other materials, which prevent this from being achieved.
“This is because the quality of the plastic is reduced when mixed with other items and often results in its disposal as a waste, the material damages the sorting equipment used to separate materials and it is difficult to separate carrier bags and plastic film from higher quality plastics, which then reduces their quality.”
The council added that plastic is the most problematic material for recycling “due to the many types and grades of plastic contained in products” and said that black plastics are currently being reviewed to find a solution.
The spokesperson said: “The council has worked hard to improve the recycling service for residents over the last few years with the latest bins and caddy system making it easier for residents to recycle, resulting in over 50% of collected waste being recycled.
“We would like to thank residents for helping us achieve this and for further improving this percentage.”
However, Mr Berg said that he felt the new guidelines were detrimental to the environment. He added: “I hear all the time in the news that there is too much going to landfill, yet when I telephoned the council, they told me to put all of the now non-recyclable plastics into the general waste bin which, of course, goes directly to landfill.
“I hope something changes soon or people will become even more disillusioned and stop recycling altogether.”
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
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The Hurricane Junior Golf Tour made a stop at Port St. Lucie Trail in Port St. Lucie, Florida to host the PGA Golf Club Jr. Shootout. Day one was filled with water logged courses and a small field size of competitors. However, the first tee started off on time, and day two was turnaround with sunny skies and drier courses. The competition was close with six ties across the board in the 15-18 Boys Division. All the winners of each division will get points and trophies for their outstanding achievement.
Players struggled this week to get around the wet and muddy conditions at Port St. Lucie Trail. Despite the first round’s weather conditions, the Boys 15-18 division was won convincingly by Bryan Teoh Wiyang. Bryan scored 36, on the front nine and 38, +2 on the back nine. Bryan was trailed by Thomas Gerard of Johns Creek, GA who shot a total of 159, +15 in both rounds. Thomas was much more impressive during the first round scoring three Birdies but finished the second round with ten Bogeys. Troy Stribling from Jupiter, FL finished third in the Boys 15-18 division. Troy finished today’s round with very solid score. He almost edged out Thomas for second place, but he finished third by a slender one point margin. Troy scored 81, +9 during the first day of play and 79, +7 during today’s final round. To round off the 15-18 Boys age group, Jack Boyland of Palm Beach Gardens, FL improved on his poor performance in the first round by scoring 78, +6 in the second round. At the end of it all, the Boys 15-18 division saw Bryan Teoh Wiyang win the division comfortably.
In the Girls 15-18 division had only one pair of competitors. Cosette Anderson from Windermere, FL and Katherine Jakeway of Saint Augustine, FL did battle in this division. Katherine lead Cosette during the first round but lost her confidence during the second round as she posted 89, +17 and Cosette scored an impressive 80, +8 to win the division. Cosette’s total score was 166, +22 which saw her won the division by seven points. It was exciting golf to witness between these two girls who competed passionately with each other here at St. Lucie Trail Golf Club.
The Boys 13-14 was similar to the Boys 15-18 group as Nicklas Staub of Boynton Beach, FL won his age group comfortably. Nicklas blew the field away and showed consistency during both rounds as he scored a scintillating 74, +2 in round. The final three competitors shared closer scores compared to Nicklas’ score. Allan Kournikova came in second with a total score of 163, +19 while Tiaan Mattiace scored 164, +20 and Richard Jacobs scored 168, +24. It was noted that Tiaan Mattiace drastically improved his round one score during the second round. His robust second round performance almost pushed him into second place but he was edged out by Allan in the end. The boys struggled with the damp conditions but showed resilience down the stretch.
The Girls 11-14 Division had some great scores across the top three. Zoey Iglesias of Port Saint Lucie claimed first place with a total score of 174, +30. She finished the second round convincingly to win the division by four points. Frances Mendez was the runner up for this division. She had the lead after the first round as she posted a score of 85, +13 after round one. However, she lost pace and Zoey took the lead during the second round. Another familiar face around our tour was Sarah Scott of Oviedo, Florida. Sarah took third place with a two day total of 179. Scott was not at her very best but managed to finish third ahead of Brooklyne Pimpo. Brooklyne struggled throughout both rounds but managed to score a total score of 217, +45. These girls showed their ability to fight through tough conditions to come out on top at difficult St. Lucie Port Trail.
The Boys 11-12 division was comprised of one pairing. Yuzhe Zhang comfortably won the pairing. Zhang of Windermere, FL improved on his first round score by five points. He scored 84, +12 on his final round which secured him a total score of 173. Jeffrey Paul Jacobs of North Palm Beach, FL struggled throughout both rounds but improved on his second round score as well. He had a total of 218, +74 for both days. The St. Lucie Trail was difficult for both young golfers but the completed both rounds to the best of their ability. Weather: Day 1- Low of 71 to high of 89, Partly Cloudy, winds 4 MPH Day 2- Low of 71 to high of 87, Partly Cloudy, winds 8 MPH Tournament Yardages: Boys 15-18-6536yards Boys 13-14-6042ards Girls 11-18-5600yards Boys 11-12-5600yards About us: The Hurricane Junior Golf Tour (HJGT) was founded in 2008 with the intent of providing junior golfers between the ages of 11-18 an opportunity to play exceptional courses in a competitive environment. Golfers who participate on the tour will compete in one of four age divisions: Boys 15-18, Boys 13-14, Boys 11-12, Girls 15-18, and Girls 11-14. Based out of Jacksonville, FL, the HJGT administers events all across the nation, with stops in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Connecticut. For more information regarding the 2014 HJGT Tour, please visit our website at www.hjgt.org, call the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour headquarters at (904) 379-2697, or email info@hjgt.org Experience #TheHurricaneDifference
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Kitts End, Hertfordshire
If you are thinking of moving to Kitts End or just want to know a what the area is like, the statistics on this page should give you a good introduction. They cover a range of socio-economic factors so you can compare Kitts End to figures for Hertfordshire and nationally. These statistics can tell you if Kitts End is an economically deprived area and how hard it might be to get a job.
Kitts End General Health Statistics
The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for Kitts End. The percentage of residents in Kitts End rating their health as 'very good' is more than the national average. Also the percentage of residents in Kitts End rating their health as 'very bad' is less than the national average, suggesting that the health of the residents of Kitts End is generally better than in the average person in England.
Kitts End Benefits & Unemployment Statistics
These figures on the claiming of benefits in Kitts End come from the Department for Work & Pensions and are dated . They are the last published indiciator of unemployment rates as a percentage of the population. After the introduction of Universal Credit, the government no longer publishes unemployment firgures as a percentage and has no further plans to do so. That being said, these census statistics can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and how hard it could be to get employment in the area. The rate of claiming any benefit (which includes in work benefits) is more than 10% lower in Kitts End than the national average, suggesting higher salaries than the average in the area.
Any Benefit (includes in work benefits) 9.6% 9.4% 13.5%
Kitts End Immigration Statistics
These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of Kitts End are from the UK Census of 2011. Since Kitts End has a lower level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a higher rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside the EU, it does have a significant immigrant population.
United Kingdom 83% 86.6% 86.2%
Outside the EU 10.9% 8.6% 9.4%
Kitts End Age Distribution Statistics
Age 5 to 9 6% 5.9% 5.6%
Age 15 to 17 4% 3.9% 3.7%
Mean Age 39.4 39 39.3
Kitts End Property Ownership & Rental Statistics
Kitts End has a higher rate of home ownership, either outright or via a mortgage than the national average, which suggests that Kitts End is a relatively affluent area.
Owned 31.4% 30% 30.6%
Shared 1.2% 0.9% 0.8%
Social Rented (Housing Assoc) 15.5% 9% 8.3%
Private Rented 11.3% 12.1% 15.4%
Other 1.2% 1% 1.4%
Rent Free 1.2% 1% 1.3%
Kitts End Education Statistics
These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of Kitts End and are from the UK Census of 2011.
Kitts End Social Grade & Occcupation Statistics
Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner. Kitts End has 20% more Higher and Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional households than the national average.
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Nitesh Kripalani says farewell to SonyLIV
23 Jun, 2014 - 07:52 PM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
MUMBAI: Multi Screen Media (Sony Entertainment Network) executive VP new media, business development and digital/syndication Nitesh Kripalani has apparently decided to call it a day at the network. He has reportedly put in his papers last week.
Industry sources confirmed the news to Indiantelevision.com. However Kripalani refused to confirm or deny that he had resigned.
The 33 year old was ranked amongst the top 40 under 40 executives in India by Business Today magazine as recently as March this year and he was extremely gung-ho about SonyLiv, which the magazine says contributed 5 per cent to MSM's topline. And he was hopeful of taking that up to 15 per cent in the next three years.
His departure hence was sudden, and surprised many in the industry.
Kripalani joined MSM in 2009 and was directly recruited by the then CEO and now chairman Man Jit Singh. He spearheaded the broadcast network's programming syndication initiatives,contributed to some M&A initiatives, and investment decisions. But his biggest success was with SonyLiv digital platform which serves as a central digital point for all the network's content. Kripalani chose the advertising revenue generation route for SonyLiv which made the going that much more challenging.
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MUMBAI: Zee Tamil is starting off the new year with fresh and innovative content strategies across all its segments, with a number of surprises up its sleeve. The channel has planned Mahasangamam episodes across various shows, which has gained a lot of popularity and traction among audiences.
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What to expect if the New York Privacy Act is enacted, following the privacy regulation boom of GDPR and CCPA
Since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018, similar bills have begun to emerge in the other countries, particularly the US — like the CCPA and the New York Privacy Act
The New York Privacy Act failed to pass in the US. But, is a second run of the bill is expected.
California signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) only a month after the GDPR was introduced, facing much criticism from its own state’s tech industry — now, will the New York Privacy Act get a second run?
The success of these two landmark pieces of legislation have led to several other attempts to replicate regulation of this type in the US.
The Washington State Privacy Act and New York Privacy Act (NYPA) both failed to pass their legislative sessions last year, but there is speculation that the NYPA will be reintroduced, with the aim of having it implemented by 2021.
Some of the NYPA’s provisions are considered rigorous and ground-breaking, even by the CCPA and GDPR’s standards.
With all these new regulations and potential penalties being introduced, how are businesses expected to comply? We asked a few experts for their thoughts.
Disguising data to comply with regulations
As part of the EU’s and Californian legislation, the de-identifying or anonymising of data became an important regulatory standard.
This means that data must be completely striped of its identifying aspects. To summarise the compliance requirements of GDPR, CCPA and NYPA’s attitude to collection of personal data, the personal data must be de-identified and its re-identification must not be possible or encouraged.
Although each piece of legislation varies, each share a similarity, de-identified data is not considered personal data.
Guy Cohen, head of policy at Privitar discusses the difficulties of juggling compliance with two major pieces of legislation and the potential introduction of a third.
“While both laws [GDPR and CCPA] place an emphasis on the importance of pseudonymised or de-identified data to protect consumer privacy. One of the few ways the NYPA is arguably easier to achieve is that its definition of de-identified data appears to be easier to achieve than that of the CCPA or GDPR.”
Cohen seems to illustrate that with each iteration of this type of law there will be more clarity and achievable definitions.
The de-identification of data is an important future project for businesses interested in avoiding potentially crippling fines.
“In the future, developing a comprehensive and effective de-identification functionality may be the single most important step an organisation can take to manage privacy risk, and thereby comply with the laws of today and tomorrow,” says Cohen.
The California Consumer Privacy Act vs. GDPR: what UK businesses need to know
As California leads the US with its own version of GDPR — the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) — IA spoke with legal expert Robert Cattanach from Dorsey & Whitney to learn how the two acts differ and what UK companies should know. Read here
Problems with compliance
There are still potential pitfalls for businesses looking to analyse personal data.
Aoife Sexton, chief privacy officer at Truata sees issues with the process of de-identifying data as an integrated aspect of a wider data collection.
“Anonymising personal data can provide an effective method for businesses seeking to limit the risks when analysing personal data. However, academic research has demonstrated how easy it is to re-identify an individual from a so-called “anonymised” dataset when the dataset is released at row level,” she says.
“This is because all too often poor anonymisation practices have meant that only obvious identifiers like name, address, etc. have been removed or obfuscated from a data set before it is released making it still possible to re-identify individuals by linking other less obvious identifiers remaining in the data set. A better approach would be to have a separate expert organisation independently carry out the anonymisation and only release aggregate insights.”
Sexton sees a solution by outsourcing the de-identifying process to partner companies.
“By finding a trustworthy partner to handle data anonymisation, organisations can reap the benefits from data analytics and derive valuable insights – but importantly, as the output will be genuinely anonymised, organisations can retain the trust of their customers and build confidence in their brand.”
Changes to data collection
Sexton also tries to identify how companies will have to change their data collection tactics, considering the CCPA and the potentially upcoming NYPA.
One solution that Sexton sees as both recapturing customer confidence and bringing companies into line with legislation is to provide more transparency about the data collection process.
She explained: “The game’s up for companies and organisations in terms of the way they collect, use and sell personal information.
“Companies need to take a comprehensive approach in order to achieve regulatory compliance and still derive value from their customer data. Being transparent with consumers about the data they are collecting and how they are using it are essential steps to take.
“The proliferation of data and use of data by businesses have understandably sparked massive concerns among consumers regarding how companies are using their personal data. In fact, 60% of customers are uneasy with companies using their personal data for analytics.”
How can businesses navigate the increasingly complex EU compliance landscape?
The EU compliance landscape, sparked by GDPR, is increasingly complex. Here, we provide four strategies for navigating this environment. Read here
Stronger regulation to come
Current CCPA regulations may become more stringent, according to Grant Fritchey, product advocate, Redgate Software.
“Already dubbed ‘CCPA 2.0’, the California Privacy Rights Act is being championed by the same campaigning group that forced the introduction of the CCPA and demands a lot more than the CCPA in terms of protecting consumer privacy. Expect fireworks if it makes it onto the November ballot,” he warns.
Fritchey expects the NYPA to be on the agenda this year, which could see even stricter restrictions and requirements placed on businesses than the current CCPA.
He explained: “The New York Privacy Act which failed to make it on the legislative session last year is likely to be introduced again in 2020.
“It goes further and deeper than the CCPA and even the GDPR in some respects, requiring consumers to opt-in to the sale of their personal data, rather than opt-out.
“The act will no doubt be revised as it makes its way through the state senate, but even its detractors are urging for it to be closer to the terms of the CCPA, reducing the burden businesses will face in complying with both.”
Introduction of the NYPA, with its different stipulations and requirements, may make the attempts of businesses trying to comply with the CCPA that much more complicated as they will be expected to comply with both.
Fritchey also says that he has seen this precipitate a change in how companies and consumers view data.
“Common themes are emerging and companies need to start thinking about identifying and classifying the personal data they hold, putting in place measures to protect it, limiting its use to the purpose it was collected, and asking for consent to collect it in the first place.
“That’s a big shift in the way they currently handle personal information and it changes their position from being the owners of data to being the guardians of it.”
GDPR vs Australian data privacy regulations: 5 key differences
GDPR regulations are broad, but Australia is implementing granular regulations, which by comparison, is leaving them open to events that pose a “real risk of serious harm”. Read here
Similarities and differences of current NYPA and CCPA
Toni Vitale, partner and head of data protection at JMW Solicitors, explains the differences between how the NYPA might be enforced and why these elements of the bill could make it more severe than the CCPA.
He comments: “The New York Privacy Act bears some similarity to the California law. Like the CCPA, it would allow people to find out what data companies are collecting on them, see who they’re sharing that data with, request that it be corrected or deleted, and avoid having their data shared with or sold to third parties altogether.
“But the New York bill, was potentially tougher in significant ways. While the California law leaves enforcement to the state’s attorney general, the New York Privacy Act would give New Yorkers the right to sue companies directly over privacy violations, possibly setting up a barrage of individual lawsuits.
“Perhaps the most ground-breaking thing the new bill would have done is introduce the legal concept of an information fiduciary. Theoretically, the fiduciary concept says that once a company is given consumer data, it necessarily takes on the duty to exercise loyalty and care in how it uses that information.”
Potential costs of legislation changes
With Maine and Nevada also having passed new privacy legislation or amendments to existing laws, it seems that this type of regulation is not going away in the future.
One estimate placed GDPR compliance costs at $7.8 billion, just for the 500 largest global firms.
It is up to companies to anticipate and prepare for new laws on data collection. Fines for those not conforming to the regulations can be hefty and could significantly damage the reputation of an organisation.
The potential for individual lawsuits could also create a serious problem for companies if the NYPA is introduced as is.
Vitale says: “The New York Bill has, however effectively been shelved until 2021 at the earliest and there was a fear that the personal right of action would have clogged up the courts with multiple class and individual actions.”
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Amazon announces new themed pop-up store to open in Seattle
The sixth shop of its ilk in the U.S.
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Ian Servantes
Amazon is staying close for its latest themed pop-up store. The company is opening its sixth such outpost in Seattle, right next door to its recently opened “4-Star” shop. A window covering announcing the store was first spotted by GeekWire, and a listing on Amazon’s site confirms it’s coming in 2020.
What’s poppin at these pop-ups? — Amazon describes its pop-ups as “a themed selection of top brands, frequently updated.” Its Las Vegas shop is focused on cameras right now, while the rest in California, Colorado, Illinois, and Texas are all running with the Food Network. So far, neither the theme nor an opening date has been announced for Seattle.
The digital retail giant’s physical portfolio also includes 26 Amazon Go locations, 22 Amazon book stores, and 18 Amazon 4-Stars. As someone who just saw announcements of Bose and Opening Ceremony shutting down its stores yesterday alone, consider me bewildered by the current reality of retail .
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Food Hack: Watch The Fastest Way To Cut A Watermelon Into Cubes
Jan Omega
Thanks to advances in conventional cooking and packaging of food, the skills of preparing meals — or at least ingredients — has become a rare art on its own. Though not everyone strives to be the next Bobby Flay or Rachel Ray, everyone can surely get behind food hacks. The Inquisitr previously reported on these hacks including a list of seventeen hacks that are sure to change your cooking world. Though not as important as the seventeen previously reported, we even found three unique hacks used with Ramen noodles.
Now, there is a video that shows another monumental food hack. It gives viewers step-by-step instructions on how to cut a watermelon into cubes. Not only that, it is one of the most popular videos on YouTube as of the publication of this article.
Brought to YouTube viewers by the CrazyRussianHacker, the steps to cut the watermelon into cubes starts by slicing it into half lengthwise. Next, take one of the halves and make a cut about an inch parallel to the first cut and continue on until almost reaching the bottom. Make sure the cut is not all the way through because it must be repeated on the other side. Next, separate the rind from the edible part. Finally cut the edible part into a grid. Dump out the contents in a bowl for cubed watermelon.
It is cool to see the food hack done in the video attached above, and apparently over 600,000 people think so too. Currently the 40th most popular video on the #PopularOnYouTube list, the video was uploaded on April 15, 2015, and has over 14,000 likes, but also almost 600 dislikes from those who didn’t like the results shown from the food hack.
The most hilarious parts of the video are all the “watermelon in a watermelon” quotes made in reference to the part of the video when the watermelon cubes are put back into the empty watermelon shells. This comes from a meme in which a man sees watermelon inside of watermelon as the most beautiful thing ever, as shown in the video above.
Now that you know the food hack on cutting watermelon into cubes, will it be something you’ll try the next time you cut one up, or do you think it is too much work?
[Image via Koichi Kamoshida/Getty]
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Mashable To CNN Sale May Be Imminent
Robert Jonathan
The Mashable to CNN deal is heating up again, giving founder Pete Cashmore a good chance to make “More Cash,” if this rumor turns out to be true.
In March, The Inquisitr reported that CNN was apparently willing to spend upwards of $200 million for the popular Mashable website and according to the Business Insider, things are getting serious now:
Over the past few days, Mashable executives have been busily preparing for an acquisition by CNN, two sources say. One source tells us that Mashable has audited its finances and sent them to Turner [CNN’s parent]. ..This source also says Mashable executives have been holding meetings to discuss which Mashable divisions will be integrated into CNN and which will not be.
Business Insider’s source further claims that the deal has an “80%” chance of closing.
CNN television is setting records for low viewership, but the CNN website does well in terms of Internet traffic.
Mashable is a social media news reporting website that focuses on technology and social media. In 2011 Mashable’s pageviews surpassed tech competitor TechCrunch while its various social media conferences have continued to sell out.
Mashable bills itself as the largest independent online news site dedicated to covering digital culture, social media, and technology and claims more than 20 million unique monthly visitors.
Mashable founder and CEO Cashmore, the principal owner, has apparently not made an official comment on this latest sale rumor. Cashmore launched Mashable in 2005 from his home in Scotland.
Do you think it makes sense for CNN to integrate Mashable into its online operations? Does the Mashable valuation seem reasonable or completely out of line?
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‘Days Of Our Lives’ Spoilers: Kate Confesses, But There Is A Catch – Chad Changes His Mind? ‘DOOL’ Villains Return To Salem
Taylor Rios
Days of Our Lives spoilers for the week of September 5 tease that Salem is going to be rocked by chaos. What can fans expect from the soap opera characters? Kate is going to confess to a crime, but there is a catch. Chad DiMera considers changing his mind about Thomas, and three former villains are returning to get revenge.
DOOL spoilers are ahead. If you do not want to know what is going to happen on the soap opera, then stop reading.
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As previously reported by the Inquisitr, Days Of Our Lives spoilers reveal that Kate Roberts (Lauren Koslow) arranged Tate’s kidnapping. It is not clear if she took Brady Black (Eric Martsolf) and Theresa Donovan’s (Jen Lilley) child herself or if she had someone else do the dirty work. However, she is guilty and ends up confessing.
The resolution comes about when John Black (Drake Hogestyn) gets a lead on the pill Brady found in his grandfather’s condo. Nicole Walker (Arianne Zucker) decides to look into things a bit further. The drug dealer actually tells Nicole that Kate is the person who bought the pills. She goes to report her findings to Victor (John Aniston) and Deimos Kiriakis (Vincent Irizarry). Days Of Our Lives spoilers from the latest issue of Soap Opera Digest reveal that the feuding brothers come together to confront Kate. At first, she denies being involved in kidnapping Brady and Theresa’s baby. However, the Kiriakis brothers eventually get her to admit it. The whole reason she took Tate was to start a war between Victor and Deimos. She hoped they would end up killing each other.
Victor and Deimos want to tell the police who Tate’s real kidnapper is, but it turns out that Kate’s confession will be kept a secret. The reason is because she has dirt on both of them. If they go to the authorities, then Victor and Deimos risk ending up in prison. However, Victor’s name still needs to be cleared on Days Of Our Lives. Spoilers tease that they have to come up with somebody to pin the kidnapping on. The question is who deserves to go to prison for kidnapping Tate?
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As fans saw on Friday’s episode of the NBC soap opera, Jennifer Horton (Melissa Reeves) made Chad DiMera (Billy Flynn) an offer regarding baby Thomas. Instead of continuing their custody battle, she proposed that Lucas (Bryan Dattilo) and Adrienne (Judi Evans) have temporary guardianship of the child. At first, Chad wouldn’t even consider it. However, after talking to Belle Black (Martha Madison), he starts to think about it. Later, he makes an emotional phone call to Jennifer and agrees. Days Of Our Lives spoilers state that the grieving father will have doubts about his decision on Tuesday. It is a difficult choice to make, and one that Chad isn’t taking lightly. Will he change his mind and keep baby Thomas?
Soap Opera Digest hinted that Chad will make Gabi Hernandez (Camila Banus) an offer. Does this have to do with a position at DiMera Enterprises or is it concerning Thomas? Could she be his next choice as a nanny? Or does the offer have to do with Abigail, who was friends with Gabi? What is known about Abigail is that JJ Devereaux (Casey Moss) returns to Salem, but has bad news about his sister.
Also, Days Of Our Lives spoilers reveal that Kayla (Mary Beth Evans) will have a medical emergency, Hope Brady (Kristian Alfonso) and Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) will have some cuddle time, and Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) agrees to meet Clyde Weston (James Read) at the prison. As fans know, it was reported by Soap Central that Clyde will escape with Orpheus (George DelHoyo) and Xander Cook (Paul Telfer). They all want revenge and go back to Salem to get payback. The entire town will have to band together to survive what is coming.
What do you think is going to happen next week? Who will Victor and Deimos decide deserves to take the blame for Tate’s kidnapping? Will Chad change his mind about giving Lucas and Adrienne his son? What do you think will happen with the three villains returning to Days Of Our Lives?
[Photo by Gail Oskin/Getty Images for Days of our Lives]
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Is ‘Outdaughtered’ Coming Back? A Camera Crew Was Spotted With The Busbys Over The Weekend
Is Outdaughtered returning to TLC for a fourth season? As your old Magic 8-Ball used to say, signs point to “Yes” — a camera crew was spotted hanging out with the family over the weekend, fueling rumors that the Busbys are making a return to TLC.
As InTouch Weekly reports, it’s been a rough couple of years for the Busby family, and some fans have been concerned that the stress of it all would just be too much and they’d quit the show. Family patriarch Adam, for example, famously battled postpartum depression — a battle he fought publicly on the show, baring his soul for the fans. Then there were the issues with mom Danielle trying to re-enter the workforce.
And of course, Hurricane Harvey devastated that part of Texas where the family lives. Speaking to Country Living magazine, Danielle explained that, while the Busby home was spared from the worst of the storm’s wrath, her mom, Mimi, didn’t fare so well.
“The water couldn’t drain and it took about four days until we could actually get to the house. We have had to throw out everything she owns, rip floors up, pull all the paneling off the walls, rip cabinets out…the house has gone down to the studs.”
With all of that bad stuff going on with the family, you can imagine how they’d prefer to take a break.
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Fortunately for fans, however, recent events all but confirm that the show is back on!
This weekend, the family was spotted at Dewberry Farm, a family attraction in Brookshire, Texas, complete with pumpkins, a corn maze, and other fall fun. What’s more, there was a camera crew with them!
Now, at this point it bears noting that there’s no knowing whether or not those were TLC cameras; it could very well have been that they were filming a commercial or doing something else not related to the show.
However, Adam has dropped hints on Twitter that Outdaughtered is coming back. When fans asked if the show was returning, Adam was hopeful.
We love sharing our family with you all. We will see! #outdaughtered https://t.co/SI9hq1hGtn
— Adam Busby (@AdamBuzz) September 13, 2017
Meanwhile, shows about large families seem to be TLC’s bread and butter. Between Counting On, 7 Little Johnstons, and Meet the Putmans, the cable channel brings in over a million viewers each week. The network would be foolish not to bring Outdaughtered back!
[Featured Image by Adam Busby/Instagram]
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‘Bachelor Nation’ Engagement News: Juelia Kinney Found Love Thanks To Franchise Connections, Gets Engaged
Another former 'Bachelor' contestant has found love thanks to the franchise, and fans will surely go wild over this engagement.
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Another engagement has emerged from the “Bachelor Nation” crew, and this one took a little longer than some. Many franchise fans will remember Juelia Kinney from her stints on The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise, as viewers adored her and were heartbroken along with her as she encountered disappointment after disappointment in trying to find love. Kinney has just gotten engaged, and it’s thanks to her franchise connections.
The Bachelor fans first met Juelia Kinney when she participated on Chris Soules’ season in 2015. She later went on Season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise, and after developing feelings for both Joe Bailey and Mikey Tenerelli, she ended up alone once again. Juelia went on to date fellow BIP contestant JJ Lane in the real world for a while, and they even did a season of Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars together a while back. Unfortunately, that relationship also ended, but that wasn’t the end of Kinney’s journey to find love thanks to the franchise.
Juelia was a bridesmaid at Carly Waddell’s wedding to Evan Bass last summer and that’s where she met Evan’s brother Aaron for the first time. The two hit it off and maintained a long-distance romance for the past year, and now they just got engaged. Kinney shared the exciting news via her Instagram page, revealing that the couple had returned to Mexico for the big proposal.
My people ????
A post shared by Juelia Kinney (@jueliakinney) on May 15, 2018 at 5:43pm PDT
Kinney acknowledged that building their relationship had been challenging because Aaron lives in Nashville, where Evan and Carly also live, while Juelia was living in San Diego with her daughter Ireland. In her Instagram post, the Bachelor in Paradise alum said that despite not knowing how the relationship would work out, it flourished. The former Bachelor contestant added that he’s the best man she could ask for and said he’s her best friend.
It didn’t take long for Carly to take to her Twitter page to celebrate the news. She said it doesn’t get any better than having one of her best friends get engaged to her brother-in-law, and she welcomed Juelia to the family. Waddell added that she can’t wait to “do life” with them and Kinney will surely be at a big advantage in getting used to Nashville with one of her besties there to welcome her.
And then one day one of my best friends got engaged to my brother in law. Does it get better than that? NOPE! Welcome to the family SISTER JUELIA! Love you and Aaron! Can’t wait to do life with y’all!!!!! https://t.co/1SKRr2pxcv
— Carly Waddell (@carlywaddell) July 26, 2018
Evan also celebrated the news on Twitter, noting that he was “so so happy” for his brother in his engagement to this “incredible woman.” Bass explained that Juelia and Aaron snuck away to the beach last summer after meeting at Evan and Carly’s wedding and then they snuck back to Mexico this week to get engaged.
Juelia Kinney and Aaron Bass may not have found love in front of reality television cameras, but this engagement is certainly due to the Bachelor franchise. Fans know that she’s been through her fair share of heartbreak over the years and they’re thrilled to see she’s in love and ready to tie the knot again.
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‘The Bachelorette’ Spoilers: Reality Steve Reveals Supposed Pick To Lead 2020 Spring Season
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Spoiler king Reality Steve says he’s got the goods on the announcement for The Bachelorette that is coming on Monday morning. Rumors have been swirling all week, and it seems that one that came as something of a surprise turns out to be legitimate. According to Saturday morning posts on Twitter from Reality Steve, Clare Crawley will be the Bachelorette for Season 16.
On Friday, it was revealed that the Bachelorette for this spring season would be announced on GMA on March 2. This was an interesting development for a few reasons, as it was earlier than is usually the case. For example, the timing of this announcement seemed to signal that none of the Bachelor Peter Weber’s ladies would be handing out roses for Season 16.
Some fans also wondered if this announcement meant that the new lead for The Bachelorette would be someone a bit unorthodox in a sense. For example, in previous seasons, both Emily Maynard and Rachel Lindsay were announced a bit earlier than is typical. In both cases, this was supposedly done in part to allow for some early hype and perhaps last-minute casting for guys who would seem more of a demographic fit for the new lead.
If indeed Clare is the new Bachelorette, those reasons would still seem to hold. Clare hasn’t been on any of the franchise shows for a couple of years now, and she is a bit older than recent leads.
A post shared by Clare Crawley (@clarecrawley)
Clare is 38, whereas Hannah Brown last spring was 24. Rachel Lindsay was 32 years old as she did her season, and viewers may remember that Arie Luyendyk Jr. was 36 when he filmed The Bachelor. Going way back, Byron Velvick was 40 years old when he was the star for Season 6.
How can Reality Steve be so certain that ABC picked Clare? He knows that fans will be wondering that, but he says he is positive that Clare is the lady who will be named the Bachelorette on Monday morning.
The Bachelorette fans will surely wonder how well Clare will work as a lead given that most of the guys have already been cast. ABC supposedly wanted Hannah to return for a second run, so in theory, the network would have mostly been casting guys in their upper 20s or so.
Will that slate work for Clare? Filming starts in a few weeks, so it’s not as if producers are going to start from scratch now.
“Yesterday I mentioned of the 10 guys I had, only one was in his 30’s. And with Clare turning 39 during filming, what does that mean for her cast. Since yesterday, I’ve gotten a few more guys and they’re in their late 20s/early 30s, so there is hope. Def an older cast,” Reality Steve said Saturday on Twitter.
Is Reality Steve’s intel right on this one? It seems pretty likely considering the rumors that have emerged over the past few days. Those who haven’t been following The Bachelorette spoilers will probably be quite surprised with the announcement featuring Clare Monday on GMA, and this should shake things up for the show a bit.
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Lizzo responds to criticism of her recent smoothie cleanse: 'Every big girl should do whatever the f*** they want with their bodies'
Gabby Landsverk
Lizzo is known for her messages about body positivity.
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Pop star Lizzo faced backlash this week on social media for sharing a video of her recent 10-day smoothie cleanse.
Critics claimed Lizzo, who is known for her messages of body positivity, was promoting diet culture.
The singer responded by clarifying that she never mentioned weight loss, and noted how people with larger bodies are subjected to public scrutiny and judgment.
Lizzo is trending on social media again, but not for the body positivity she's typically renowned for.
This time, critics claim that the singer famous for celebrating her body — and encouraging fans to do the same — is promoting diet culture.
The pop star posted a recent video of her 10-day smoothie cleanse.
Some expressed a concern that Lizzo's actions would contribute to pressure on her fans to lose weight with crash diets.
The star said she did the cleanse after a particularly rough month in November, which involved a lot of drinking, spicy food, and other digestive upsets.
In a series of TikTok posts, Lizzo clarified that she tried the smoothie regimen to "reset" her digestion after a rough month in November.
"I feel amazing, and it's great to just reset your stomach, especially when you deal with gastrointestinal issues like I do. But I think I look ****ing great too," she said.
@lizzo
Big girls do whatever u want with your bodies!!! I’m just as proud of my results from my smoothie detox as I am of my belly curves and swerves ❤️
♬ original sound - lizzo
Regardless, Lizzo said, what she does with her body is her business, not anyone else's.
"Every big girl should do whatever the f*** they want with their bodies," she said.
Lizzo's cleanse involved green juices and vegan protein
Per Lizzo's initial video on the cleanse, the 10-day program involves a lot of green juice, superfood smoothies, and supplements, but also includes foods like apples, peanut butter, vegetables, nuts, and vegan protein, along with plenty of water.
The cleanse is based on a program from nutritionist J.J. Smith, who wrote a best-selling book on the plan. While the plan does advertise weight and fat loss, it also cites other benefits such as better digestion, more energy, and building good eating habits by avoiding junk food.
According to Lizzo, the smoothie cleanse improved her sleep, her hydration, her mental wellbeing, her skin, as well as her body (although again, without any reference to weight).
"I feel and look like a bad b***h. That's it," she said. "I got exactly what I wanted out of it."
The backlash showcases a double standard for people with larger bodies
As an advocate for loving bodies of all sizes, Lizzo has previously been criticized for "promoting obesity." Now, she's being criticized for, as some commenters felt, promoting weight loss.
In her response, Lizzo said this is a double standard that only exists for people with larger bodies in the media and popular culture.
She said would normally feel "afraid and ashamed" to post about things like a smoothie cleanse out of fear that it would be misinterpreted. "I feel like, as a big girl, people just expect that if you are doing something for health, you're doing it for a dramatic weight loss and that is not the case," she said in the TikTok video.
Her experience echoes that of British pop singer Adele, who was alternately praised and condemned for her apparent weight loss in photos posted to social media last spring. Again, the star herself never mentioned her weight, but conjecture swept the internet. (As we learned from the off-the-mark speculation about Chadwick Boseman's weight, it's really best to not comment at all.)
Women of color face additional scrutiny
People of color, particularly women, can also face additional scrutiny and criticism. In Lizzo's case, part of the backlash came from white women. One has since apologized for "perpetuating" high standards that Black women are held to.
—libra stan account✨ (@NikkiCallowayy) December 15, 2020
Assumptions about size and health are deeply rooted in racist history, sociologist Sabrina Strings writes in her book "Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fatphobia."
"Black women are framed as a threat to the public health, which is often the case in obesity discourse," Strings previously told Insider.
Online commentators also pointed out the conversation around Lizzo's personal choices suggests that other people feel entitled to her body.
—Maya Angelique👑 (@moneyymaya) December 15, 2020
You should (as Lizzo recommends) consult an expert before trying a cleanse
Nutrition experts are typically skeptical of eating plans that claim to offer a "cleanse" or "detox."
"We each have a liver and kidneys to do that job without needing a detox diet that is, in most cases, inadequately balanced and lacking in so many important nutrients," registered dietitian Bonnie Taub Dix previously told Insider.
This can be particularly true for diets and detoxes promising quick weight loss, since they can increase a risk of nutritional deficiencies or disordered eating behavior if they are extremely restrictive.
It's not clear what the exact parameters were of Lizzo's 10-day cleanse. Hers, she says, was done with the help of a nutritionist, and shouldn't be attempted without research and/or a qualified expert.
"Practice safe detoxification, y'all," the caption reads.
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I made chocolate pies using 3 celebrity-chef recipes, and the worst has tofu in it
Paige Bennett
I tried and tasted three different chocolate-pie recipes.
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I made chocolate pies using recipes from famous chefs Duff Goldman, Emeril Lagasse, and Alton Brown to see which one is the best.
Brown's was easy to make, but I wasn't won over by its dairy-free flavor.
I enjoyed Lagasse's recipe, but it wasn't the best of the bunch.
My favorite pie was Goldman's, even though it took the longest and I didn't chill it enough.
The beauty of chocolate pie is that it works year-round, from summer barbecues to holiday feasts.
Even celebrity chefs are fans of this classic dessert, with the likes of Duff Goldman, Emeril Lagasse, and Alton Brown putting their own twists on the bake.
I tested all three chefs' chocolate-pie recipes to determine which one was worth adding to my dessert repertoire.
Here's how they stacked up:
Goldman's recipe had a lengthy list of ingredients, including several types of chocolate
Duff Goldman's recipe required the most ingredients.
Goldman's signature chocolate pie required a lot of ingredients.
Thankfully the recipe called for a store-bought crust, which saved me some time. But the filling (a chocolate pudding from scratch) and the homemade whipped cream seemed like they'd take a lot of time to make.
I was excited to see that the topping includes a small mountain of white, milk, and bittersweet chocolate curls in addition to the whipped cream.
The process was long and involved constant whisking for over 20 minutes
I wasn't prepared for the amount of whisking required for this recipe.
I liked that I could save time with this recipe by not making a crust, but Goldman's chocolate pie still ended up taking the longest to make.
The filling took about 30 minutes on the stove — 20 minutes of which I spent constantly whisking to help thicken the pudding and prevent it from overcooking on the double boiler.
It looked really thin at first, and I was worried I messed it up, but close to the 20-minute mark it really thickened up.
Using a store-bought crust saved me some time.
Once the filling was in the fridge chilling and the pie crust was baked and cooling, I melted bittersweet chocolate in the microwave to coat the bottom of the pie crust.
The recipe called for melting this over a double boiler, but it was faster and less messy to do it in the microwave. I made sure to keep a close eye on the chocolate, stopping it every 10 to 15 seconds to stir until it was melted, then brushed it generously across the bottom of the pie crust.
Depending on the crust, this can be tricky — mine was quite flaky and kept breaking into the chocolate.
The whipped cream didn't come together like I think it should have.
I set the crust aside so the chocolate could harden and then got to work on the whipped cream, which called for mascarpone cheese, heavy cream, fresh vanilla seeds, and sugar.
It smelled really good while I was mixing it, but even after a long time at high speeds, I noticed the mascarpone didn't fully incorporate into the cream. I think this made the topping slightly thinner than it should've been, but it still turned out pretty tasty.
This pie was gorgeous — until I cut into it
Duff Goldman's pie was the prettiest, with the added chocolate shavings.
Goldman's pie was by far the prettiest of the bunch, but it definitely didn't hold its shape. As soon I cut into it, it fell apart into a goopy mess.
I definitely didn't chill the filling enough.
But it tasted great, and the chocolate was rich and sweet with a slight bitterness.
The chocolate coating on the bottom gave the crust a slight crunch — which, in addition to the crust's flakiness and the crunchy chocolate curls on top, worked well to balance the texture of the very liquidy filling.
Although the pie didn't hold together, it was delicious.
Lagasse's recipe was fairly standard
Emeril Lagasse's recipe was straightforward.
Lagasse's ingredients were pretty straightforward, and I noticed the crust called for both chocolate cookies (he recommends Oreos) and graham crackers.
This recipe also calls for a very simple homemade whipped cream.
There were a lot of steps, and my pie crust didn't look quite right
The pudding required several steps.
I noticed that there were a lot of steps here.
I had to make a pudding on the stove, a homemade whipped cream to fold into the pudding, and a homemade crust of graham cracker and Oreo crumbles.
His recipe called for the whipped cream to be folded into the pudding.
It took me about 10 minutes to cook the pudding on the stove then 30 minutes to chill it.
My crust didn't look right.
I used a small blender to make the crust, which didn't do the best job at pulverizing the graham crackers and cookies.
This step would definitely be easier and faster with a good food processor.
The edges of the crust got a little burnt.
On the recipe page, the photo of Lagasse's pie has a uniform, dark-chocolate crust, but mine clearly showed the distinct graham-cracker and Oreo crumbs.
I worried it wouldn't hold up as well because some of the crumbs were larger than they probably should've been. I also ended up with twice as many crumbs as I needed to fill one pie dish.
I baked it for 15 minutes as directed, and because of the excess crust, the edges ended up a bit overdone.
After filling the crust, I made sure to let the pie chill in the fridge.
Once the crust cooled, I added the filling and let it chill in the fridge for a few hours.
This was a very rich chocolate pie with a perfectly crunchy crust
This pie was firmer than the first one.
I had my doubts about the crust, but it turned out pretty well. Sure, it fell apart a little when I cut a slice, but the flavor was Oreo-forward — and I really love Oreos.
It was also crunchy without being too hard to cut into, which was a perfect contrast to the dense, chocolate filling.
Everything tasted good, and the crust was nice and crunchy.
The filling was very sweet and chocolaty with the slightest jiggle to it.
I added some of Lagasse's whipped cream to the plate, and I thought it helped balance all of the chocolate.
Brown's 'Moo-Less' chocolate pie lists tofu as the main ingredient
I wasn't sure about the tofu in Alton Brown's recipe.
I was intrigued by Brown's choice to use tofu instead of eggs or milk in this recipe.
It also called for a homemade crust using chocolate wafers — which was confusing because the recipe photo makes it look like an Oreo crust. But I bought the chocolate wafer cookies as directed.
I whipped up this chocolate pie in no time
The crust was suspiciously liquidy in the blender.
Brown's recipe was by far the easiest to put together.
I used my larger blender to crush the wafers and mix the crumbs with sugar and melted butter, and I added three extra wafers because the crust definitely looked too wet.
My doubts about the wafer cookies increased at this point, but I just rolled with it.
I would have preferred an Oreo-based crust.
I baked the crust for about 20 minutes and it did firm up, but the edges shrunk down some.
The filling was extremely easy to make.
The filling was easy to throw together, too.
I melted chocolate chips, vanilla extract, and coffee liqueur over a double boiler, and then I blended the chocolate mixture with soft tofu and honey.
It came together beautifully and quickly and looked very smooth, creamy, and chocolaty.
Once the crust cooled, I added the filling and let it set in the fridge for a few hours.
It held together like a dream, but the flavor was a letdown
Alton Brown's pie held together the best.
I was pleasantly surprised when I cut into the pie and it didn't move at all. There was absolutely no jiggle, and the crust took some effort to cut into. Had I cut a larger slice that I could fit my spatula into, it wouldn't have fallen apart at all.
When I went to take a bite, I realized how hard it was to cut into the crust with my spoon.
I could definitely taste the tofu even under all the chocolate.
Unfortunately, when I took a bite, it really just tasted like chocolate tofu — which was incredibly unpleasant.
I went in for some crust to see how it fared, and although there was a more prominent chocolate flavor, it was still bland.
I'd love to try Goldman's recipe again
My favorite recipe of the bunch was Duff Goldman's.
After my first attempt at Goldman's recipe, I learned that I needed to cook the filling a little more and let it chill longer. But the pie's flavor was so good that I'm willing to try this recipe again.
Plus this pie really is a showstopper with all of the decorations on top.
That being said, in a pinch, I'd happily whip up Lagasse's chocolate filling and put it in a store-bought chocolate crumb crust for a decadent dessert with less effort.
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Disasters like COVID-19 bring us together — if we let them
An ambulance arrives at a hospital in Tokyo accepting new coronavirus patients. | KYODO
by Michael Hoffman
Some disasters bring us together. The 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake spawned volunteerism on a scale unprecedented in Japan. What’s volunteerism? Doing good for its own sake — not for profit. Volunteers coalesced into nonprofit organizations, given official status by the Nonprofit Organization Law of 1998. It was idealism in motion: By 2015, NPOs numbered more than 50,000, according to the Japan NPO Center.
The Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, triggering tsunamis and nuclear meltdowns, was catastrophic, one would think, almost beyond human endurance. Its sufferings and dislocations are not healed to this day. And yet, one of the enduring memories is a happy one, enshrined in the “kanji of the year” that year — kizuna (human bonds), seen as not only surviving the shock but strengthened by it. We drew closer to one another — recognizing perhaps our common vulnerability to that whose kanji came in second: wazawai (disaster). Strikingly, positive thinking triumphed over what circumstances seemed to be very heavily favoring — namely, negative thinking.
COVID-19 is a crisis of a different color. Its victims are infectious, possibly fatally so. There are heroes whose sympathies are stronger than their fear. Suffering and death, without their unceasing work, would be much greater. The debt the world owes them is beyond repayment. Lesser mortals salute them but do not, by and large, emulate them. The natural, instinctive and, from a purely practical point of view, rational response was encapsulated through Golden Week in a Kanagawa Prefecture road sign: “Do not come to Kanagawa now.”
Keep out. Stay home. Get away from me. It’s not mean-spiritedness, unless self-preservation is. The worst that can be said of it is that it’s not heroic.
Many of the heroes are medical workers and caregivers. Their burden is overwhelming. The system cracks under the strain. “Medical breakdown is already occurring,” a doctor tells Shukan Gendai magazine this month.
Medical breakdown means hospitals turning sick people away because they’re sick. Keep out. Stay home. Shukan Shincho magazine this month introduces a 35-year-old man who awoke one morning in late March to fever, lethargy and a slight headache. He took some cold medicine and went to work. Several days later, his morning orange juice tasted funny. Was it the new coronavirus? Dulled taste is one of the symptoms.
Then it got serious — nausea, dizziness, profuse sweating. He called an ambulance, was taken to hospital, tested positive. “Go home, rest,” he was told. He did, and got worse. He called the hospital. “We’re short of beds,” they said. At this rate, he thought, I’ll die. He was finally admitted, and recovered. Not everyone is so lucky.
A 42-year-old executive living apart from his family developed symptoms and tested positive. He, too, Shukan Shincho says, was sent home. The hospital had no beds. His fever was high, his breathing labored. He is diabetic — a potentially fatal complication. Desperate, sometimes choking, he has his wife call him three times a day. If she can’t reach him, she’ll know to call an ambulance.
The World Bank in April released a report estimating the pandemic will push 40-60 million people worldwide into extreme poverty. Japan is not mentioned in the report. Its poverty pales beside that of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. If that’s a comfort to Japan’s extreme poor, they don’t mention it to Spa magazine, which featured their plight in its first issue this month.
They’d been poor but surviving before the pandemic. Now, in some cases — like that of a 41-year-old man encountered in Tokyo’s Shinjuku neighborhood holding up a handwritten sign that reads, “Please help me” — their very survival seems in question.
The nursing care facility he’d worked at for 12 years went bankrupt last August, months before the virus struck. His low-paying, 14-hour days there had seemed at the best of times like slavery. Losing the job at first felt more liberating than threatening. He was experienced, he’d find something. If not, day jobs would do. With his job he also lost his residence — he had roomed at a facility dormitory — but even that was tolerable. There were net cafes. One could sleep there.
And so he did, earning enough to get by washing dishes in pubs — until COVID-19 closed the pubs. It closed the net cafes, too. Homeless and near-penniless, he sleeps now on a park bench and if he eats once a day, “that’s good.” Inquiring at City Hall about welfare payments, he was told he didn’t qualify. He’s not sure why. Maybe he took no for an answer too easily.
What of the future? asks Spa. He points to his sign. Something will turn up. He hopes so, anyway. If not, “I may as well die,” he says calmly.
Spa could have told him — perhaps did — of NPO free food services at various locations around Tokyo. At one in Shinjuku, the reporter meets, among the 100 or so people lined up for lunch, a 50-year-old man similarly left homeless by the epidemic. His day jobs shut down, his dormitory closed. “Sleeping rough wears you down,” he says. What if he gets infected? “I have no income — could I even get into a hospital?” Even with an income it’s hard.
Down to his last ¥10,000, he listened eagerly when an NPO representative suggested he try City Hall. Three days later Spa’s reporter got a phone call. The man was jubilant. Either there’s a degree of arbitrariness written into the system, or else standards apply that are not readily comprehensible to outsiders. Be that as it may, he was found eligible for welfare benefits. He’ll survive, if nothing else — perhaps to get back on his feet once the emergency passes, assuming it will pass.
Almost everything does, and this probably will too. Shukan Gendai, meanwhile, drops a grim statistic. The economic collapse of 2008 sent unemployment in Japan soaring. Calculations based on that suggest that every 1 percent rise in unemployment generates 10,000 suicides. The light at the end of this tunnel, when it comes, will not come cheap.
Big in Japan is a weekly column that focuses on issues being discussed by domestic media organizations. Michael Hoffman’s latest book, now on sale, is “Cipangu, Golden Cipangu: Essays in Japanese History.”
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December 14th: Duke Ellington's "The Nutcracker Suite"
Thursday, December 14th at 9pm:
The Jazz Record Art Collective is proud to present the Michael Nearpass 14pc Group performing Duke Ellington’s jazz interpretation of "The Nutcracker Suite" by Tchaikovsky.
"The Nutcracker Suite was recorded for the Columbia label in 1960 with arrangements by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Although the album was created directly from Tchaikovsky's work, the two composers didn't lean on Tchaikovsky for anything beyond the strength of a melody.
In "Dance of the Reed-Pipes," considerations had to be made because there were no flutes in the Ellington band so the composition was rescored for two clarinets, written into a thicket of poking, overlapping brass lines. In the ''Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy," rather than adapting Tchaikovsky's celeste theme to Ellington's piano, the jazz composers wrote it for baritone and tenor saxophone. In the ''Waltz of The Flowers'' they let the stiffness out of the ''March'' in exchange for a loose, uptempo swing." - Ben Ratliff, New York Times.
Reeds: Aaron McEvers, Artie Black, Hunter Diamond,
Dustin Laurenzi, Alex Blomarz
Trumpet: Victor Garcia, Drew Hansen, Justin Woodward,
Trombone: Michael Nearpass, Luke Malewicz, Josh Torrey
Piano: Carl Kennedy
Bass: Ashley Summers
Drums: Jon Deitemyer
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Tokyo’s five best day trips
Tokyo's five best day trips
Shiraito Falls in the Shizuoka prefecture outside of Tokyo city.
10 June 2015 . BY John Burfitt
According to locals, some of the Japanese capital’s best treats can be found beyond the city limits. Here’s what you can discover just two hours out of the city centre.
The suburbs of Tokyo roll by our van window as my perfectly polite Japanese guide Yumi offers a telling observation about Australian travellers: “They don’t venture out of the city. And that is a shame because there is so much to see within two hours of Tokyo.”
So that is the challenge Yumi has been set.
No journey to rural Japan is complete without a tea ceremony.
On a series of day trips out of Tokyo through the Yamanashi, Shizuoka and Kanagawa prefectures to the south-west of the city, my guide has to show off five of the city’s best day trips, all within an easy two-hour journey.
1. Mt Fuji (Fujisan)
Yamanashi & Shizuoka prefectures
You don’t have to climb it; the conical form of Mt Fuji can be savoured from the shore of Lake Motosu-ko.
With Mt Fuji in sight not long after we begin along the freeway, it becomes obvious that this most iconic of Japanese symbols will take a front-and-centre role in our mission.
Whether from near or far, the sight of Mt Fuji (Fujisan by its Japanese name) lives up to all expectations. It is grand, imposing and almost perfectly symmetrical in its conical shape, making a dramatic statement on the landscape from every vantage point. All of which explains why this volcanic mountain has been a sacred object of worship and a source of artistic inspiration for centuries.
As the highest mountain in Japan, the 3776-metre natural monument towers above all; on a clear day it can be seen from Tokyo 100 kilometres away. Up close, Mt Fuji continues to put on a great show, with differing light throughout the day and the colours of the seasons changing the mountain’s many moods.
It is divided into 10 stations with paved roads going as far as the fifth at 2000 metres. Most people make the ascent between July and August, which can take up to 10 hours one-way and demands you are well prepared. The off-season runs from October to mid-June, but due to the risk of avalanches, areas of the mountain are closed. At that time, admiring it from picture-perfect sites like the nearby Lake Motosu-ko will do just fine.
Make sure you try some green tea picked from the base of Mt Fuji.
2. Shiraito Falls
Shizuoka prefecture
The spring water streams that flow down Mt Fuji have to end up somewhere, and what doesn’t flow into Lake Motosu-ko heads to the Shiraito Falls. Here the water appears to seep out of crevices in 20-metre-high cliffs, creating a dramatic 200-metre-wide cascade.
They’re not the biggest falls in Japan, or even the grandest, but Shiraito Falls are definitely some of the most intriguing for the way their source appears to weep out of the rocks in thin streams. It’s easy to see why the waterfalls are one of the most sacred places for worshippers of Mt Fuji and were added to the World Heritage Site list two years ago.
For something a little mightier, the Otodome Falls are a short walk along the trail. Otodome is known as the ‘sound-stopping waterfall’ as the noise of the water crashing into the pool below is so loud that little else can be heard. The name relates to an 800-year-old tale of a revenge plot hatched next to the falls so that no one else could overhear the sinister plans.
3. Hakone Open-Air Museum
Kanagawa prefecture
Take in bold sculptural works at the Hakone Open-Air Museum.
Hakone Open-air Museum is surely the art museum for people who find such places hard going.
It is outdoors, set in 70,000 square metres of rolling gardens, and contains 120 magnificent Japanese and western sculptures, including works by Bourdelle, Rodin and Moore. The pieces are big and imposing, and yet appear at ease in their spacious setting, accompanied by views of the surrounding Hakone Mountains.
Abstract is the order of the day here and the result is a success. The cylindrical Symphonic Sculpture tower doesn’t look like much from the outside, but stepping within is like entering a kaleidoscope, its coloured images creating a mesmerising experience.
There is also a sense of irony to the place given that it is open-air but the grand prize is to be found indoors: the Picasso Collection, with over 300 paintings, drawings and sculptures.
To cap it all, the gallery offers a soothing foot bath sourced from local hot springs as its final act, helping you unwind after taking in its collection, and making it a true feast for all of the senses.
4. Oyama Cable Car and Afuri Jinja Shrine
Jizo statues line the path on the way to the Afuri Jinga Shrine.
It’s a long way to the top to get to the Oyama Afuri Jinja Shrine – but the journey is half the fun of this magically serene place of worship, perched high in the clouds on the edge of a mountain.
First, there are 10 minutes’ of stairs to climb past rows of tiny houses and even tinier shops. Then there’s the Oyama Cable Car, a funicular that tackles the sheer climb up the mountainside, heading through the clouds. This is followed by paths through mountain woods to the temple sitting grandly at the peak. With mist swirling round it, the temple has an ethereal appearance.
‘Afuri’ means ‘rainfall’, which is why farmers have been tackling the path to the shrine for centuries in order to pray for rain.
Down a side trail is another gem, the small Chatodera Temple, with its collection of stone Buddhas lit by candlelight and Jizo statues lining the trail for safe-keeping.
Once back at the bottom of the hill, stop for a bite at the Togakubou tofu restaurant, which has been in the same family for 18 generations!
Rest weary legs at the Togakubou tofu restaurant, once having made it up to the Afuri Jinja Shrine.
5. Numazu Goyotei Memorial Park
You can find out how the Imperial family used to live at Numazu Goyotei Memorial Park.
The former summer villa of the emperor and the imperial family offers a serene look into how the Japanese royals lived for three generations from the 1890s.
Situated on the shores of the Kano River, the 15-hectare park is complete with a small forest of pine trees, as well as plum and peach trees that bloom annually.
The villa shows off the simple approach of Shoji architecture, made entirely out of wood, glass and washi paper; the charm of this elegant building is its simplicity. The villa remained the royal summer residence until 1969 when it was opened to the public as a museum and riverside park.
While Numazu Goyotei offers a glimpse into royal life, only half the original building remains. During bombing raids by the Allies in the later days of the Second World War, the villa was attacked and much of it destroyed. The imperial family was not in attendance at the time, and whether the bombing was part of a strategic offence to kill the family remains a mystery.
Ultimately Yumi delivered on her promise. The journey out of the city was easy, the destinations were superb and, most importantly for travellers with a time limit, more time was spent wondering at the attractions than moving between them.
In fact, they were all so wonderful that at no time did I wish that I was back in the fun, colour and hustle of Tokyo, which is the mark of a great trip no matter how long it takes you to get there.
Many operators have day trip packages to Mt Fuji and its surroundings, including JTB Luxury Travel’s private one-day tour taking in Mt Fuji and Hakone. All destinations visited above are also serviced by an efficient rail and bus network.
Japan Airlines has daily direct flights from Sydney and Melbourne to Tokyo, with connections from other Australian cities.
You’re never far from delicious street food when you venture beyond Tokyo.
Planning a trip to Japan? Read our ultimate travel guide to Japan for everything you need to know about where to stay, eat, what to see and do.
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SBI to bet the ranch to capitalise on reviving home loan demand
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PSU Banks Reduced Home Loan Rates
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RBI imposes restrictions on banking activities of Oriental Bank of Commerce
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RBI says it is comfortable with the currency in circulation
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Here you can get the debit cards with Feluda Illustrations
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Rajnish Kumar frontrunner to be the next SBI chairman
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Regional rural banks' merger gets exemption from CCI ambit
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1,463 bad loan accounts owe PSU banks more than Rs 1 billion
09 Jan 2018:The finance ministry has registered 1,463 entities account for bad loans of Rs 1 billion in 21 public sector banks. SBI alone holds 265 accounts for bad loans of a total of Rs 775.38 billion. PNB topped the list of nationalised banks with 143 NPA accounts. PNB was followed by Canara Bank. Among smaller PSUs, Union bank had 79 accounts, oriental bank had 68 and UCO bank has 62. The RBI has issued directions to certain banks for referring 12 accounts to initiate insolvency process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. In order to strengthen banks, govt has introduced a 2.12 trillion recapitalisation plan.
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New IDF assessment predicts Assad in power through 2013
By YAAKOV KATZ
Syrian President Bashar Assad will likely remain in power until the end of 2012 and possibly through 2013, according to an updated IDF assessment of the situation in Syria.
The IDF had originally predicted that Assad would fall by within the first year of the uprising in Syria which has already entered its 14th month. The most extreme prediction was voiced by Defense Minister Ehud Barak who repeatedly said over the past year that Assad will fall “within weeks”.“We were wrong,” a senior IDF officer admitted on Wednesday. “We now understand that he will probably survive 2012 and maybe 2013 as well.”
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Egypt officials order new trials for Morsi supporters
Matthew Pomy
February 14, 2014 08:44:58 am
[JURIST] Egyptian authorities on Thursday ordered 242 supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi [BBC profile] to face new trials in relation to the violent protests against the new government. Most of the individuals are low level members of the Muslim Brotherhood [party website; JURIST news archive] who are being charged [AFP report] for storming government buildings in Assiut. Another part of the group is facing trial for attempted murder, illegal protests and acquisition of firearms for protests northeast of Cairo.
Trials against Morsi supporters continue as the Egyptian government attempts to re-stabilize. Earlier this week the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute [advocacy website] urged [JURIST report] Egypt to promote judicial and prosecutorial independence. This month, Egypt’s interim president Adly Mansour [BBC profile] created [JURIST report] a higher court body to allow appeals of military tribunal rulings. Also this month, an Egyptian court acquitted [JURIST report] an Al Jazeera television cameraman and 61 others accused of participating in demonstrations in Cairo last July. In January Egyptian prosecutors charged [JURIST report] 20 Al Jazeera journalists with joining or conspiring with a terrorist group and broadcasting false images. Recently the Egyptian government took a major step in governmental reform through the drafting of a new constitution, which was ratified [JURIST report] by 98 percent of voters last month.
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Amy Witherite Discusses Walmart’s Decision To Test Dual-Facing Cameras In Semis
Dallas, 04/25/2017 /SubmitPressRelease123/
By now, you have probably heard of the fatal semi-truck wreck involving a Walmart truck driver, Kevin Roper, 35, of Jonesboro, GA, and comedian Tracy Morgan. Morgan suffered a traumatic brain injury, but his friend, James McNair, was killed in the accident. Investigators discovered that the truck driver who caused the accident had been awake for 28 hours straight at the time of the wreck and was charged with manslaughter.
The truck wreck brought new awareness to the issue of “trucker fatigue” and the abuse of hours of service regulations, which currently limit truck drivers to 11 consecutive hours behind the wheel. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has placed some of the blame for the accident on Walmart, saying the company should have done a better job of training and educating their drivers.
NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart believes regulations can only go so far and that companies that employ truck drivers must be vigilant about creating a work culture that discourages violations of safety rules to prevent truck wrecks.
Inward-Facing Cameras Divide Truckers
Perhaps in response, Walmart recently announced that it is testing dual-facing cameras in some of their semi-trucks. The retail giant has a fleet of about 6,000 trucks. Currently, the program is volunteer-only, with the dual-facing cameras only placed in trucks of drivers who agree to have them on board.
Amy Witherite, co-founder and principal of Eberstein Witherite says, “There are other trucking companies exploring the idea of having these types of cameras in their trucks. Some companies have combined the cameras with other technologies, such as warning systems that signal a trucker when the truck drifts out of a lane. There are even safety systems that brake automatically if a truck gets too close to another vehicle.”
The dual cameras record both the view immediately ahead of a semi, as well as the interior of the truck, including the driver. The goal is to cut down on safety violations, including texting and driving, talking on cell phones, and driver inattention — all activities that can cause a devastating truck accident.
However, not all truck drivers are thrilled with the idea of inward-facing cameras.
One trucker likened the interior of his cab to his office, and the area behind his front seat as his home away from home, where he sleeps when he’s on the road. He compared the camera to a Peeping Tom, claiming that the camera is a serious invasion of privacy.
Other drivers support the dual cameras, saying it protects them in the event of an accident. They claim that having video footage of the road as well as their actions behind the wheel can prove they were not responsible for a collision.
Lucy Tiseo
Eberstein & Witherite, LLP
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Our teams are mobilised globally to fight COVID-19
While the world experiences an unprecedented health crisis, Keolis continues its public service mission and has modified its activities to limit the spread of COVID-19. Initiatives to support medical staff are growing across our subsidiaries.
- Published on 03/27/2020
International Women's Rights day highlights Keolis credentials as an inclusive company
Latifa, Mariama, Véronique, and Morgane have been Keolis Employer Brand ambassadors since September 2019. International Women’s Day offers a perfect opportunity to showcase their work.
Keolis awarded a new contract in Greater Montreal, Canada
Keolis has been awarded a new contract by Exo, a public transport authority in Greater Montreal, to operate 16 buses across Greater Montreal. The 12-month contract will take effect on 30th March 2020 and includes an option for two renewals of up to six additional months.
Dijon: the creation of a hydrogen production and distribution unit in a 'short circuit'
Dijon, a finalist in the "2022 Green European capital" competition which has been awarded the “Cit’ergie” label, is developing green mobility by increasing the use of renewable energies within the metropolitan area. The local authority has launched the creation of a unit for the production of hydrogen by electrolysis using “green” electricity generated by a household waste incineration plant.
Keolis distinguished at french national ranking of mobilities 2019
On the 10th of December, our achievements in Lyon, Bordeaux and Strasbourg were distinguished with four trophies at the 28th edition of the awards ceremony organised by the French magazine Ville, Rail & Transports.
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Keolis opens a new section of the Hyderabad automated metro (India)
On Monday 24 September, 2018 Keolis opened a new section of the automated metro line 1 in Hyderabad, adding 16 km of track to the existing 30 km. With this new section, the network is now 46 km long and is expected to carry more than 150,000 passengers per day. This achievement paves the way for the final phase of the network and confirms Keolis’ leadership in automated metro systems
Keolis and its partners have completed the opening to the public of the first line of the automated metro in Hyderabad, which was partially opened in November 2017. This extension adds 16 km of track to the current 30 km network in use.
To mark the occasion, an official flagging-off ceremony was held on Monday 24 September at Ameerpet station in the presence of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States, His Excellency E.S.L. Narasimhan.
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With the extension, the network now stretches over two lines for a total of 46 kilometers and includes 40 stations, which places Hyderabad’s metro as the second biggest network in India. The extended line, which now links Ameerpet to LB Nagar, includes two important interchange stations, Ameerpet and MG Bus Stations, with the latter being one of the biggest elevated stations in the region. It now allows commuters to reach the south east of the city, and thus crucially serve the most densely populated areas of Hyderabad, which are located nearby to its old city. The number of daily passengers is expected to rise from 85,000 to more than 150,000. When the network is finally completed in 2019, it will be 72 km long, include 66 stations and carry an expected 1.5 million passengers per day.
The 18 trains running on the network are built by Hyundai Rotem and equipped with the communication-based train control (CBTC) system provided by Thales, which allows improved headways and safety for passengers.
Keolis was awarded the operations and maintenance contract in 2012 by the concession-holder L&T Metro Rail. The core elements of that contract includes operating and maintaining 57 metro trainsets as well as stations, depots, track, signalling, telecommunications, ticketing systems and ticket sales at stations. Keolis Hyderabad currently has 800 employees.
This is a major milestone we have reached today alongside our client and partner Larsen & Toubro and it takes us closer to the final stage of the network’s completion, which is expected to happen within the next year. With this extension more Hyderabad residents and visitors - to this growing city - will benefit from a modern, clean and safe transport solution. We will continue to strive to give them the best passenger experience.
Eric Moinier, Managing Director of Keolis Hyderabad
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By Mohammad Haroon Alim / in Afghanistan, Interview / on Sunday, 06 Sep 2020 04:38 PM / 0 Comment / 771 views
The Ministry of Defense reported two different clashes In Faryab and Kandahar, where at least 17 Taliban were killed.
Saturday night, the Taliban attacked some areas in Shah Walikot district of Kandahar.
According to the statement, the Taliban attack was repulsed, in which 10 militants affiliated with the group were killed during the clash.
Taliban have lost control of two of their strongholds, as well as four of their motorcycles were destroyed.
Meanwhile, in an attack carried by the Taliban last night in Shakh region of Qaysar district in Faryab, seven of the militants were terminated.
The clashes occurred when Taliban affiliated fighters started attacking government positions.
Mohammad Haroon Alim
Mohammad Haroon Alim holds a BBA degree from Kardan University. He works as a sub-editor for Khaama Press.
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Fred Dale Becton
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
1200 Lamy Lane
Funeral services for Fred Dale Becton, 71 of West Monroe, LA will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, April 28, 2012 at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church West Monroe. Rev. Randy Burdeaux will be officiating. Interment will follow at Kilpatrick's Serenity Gardens West Monroe under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe. Fred was born April 17, 1941 in Monroe, LA and passed away April 25, 2012 in West Monroe. He retired from GM as a machine attendant and was currently working at Hixson Ford as a courtesy driver. Mr. Becton served in the United States Navy and was a member of Mt Vernon Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Amy Becton and a granddaughter, Taylor Becton. Fred was always willing to help anyone and, as a result, he made friends easily and never met a stranger. Fred is survived by his three children; Burton Becton, Mary Crouse and husband Mike and Dustin Becton and wife Nicole; 7 step-children; Debra Morton, Gilbert Becton, Sharon David, Randy Snodgrass, Jerry Horn, Tammy Seay and Troy Tillman; sister, Ethel Moore and husband Fred, and a brother, Frank Briggs and wife Julia; 4 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren and numerous step-grandchildren and step-great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Steven Hemphill, Brian Ray, Dewayne Saterfiel, Shane Saterfiel, Mike Crouse, Jared Saterfiel, Lance Stapleton and Mike Hargrove. Honorary pallbearers will be Tommy Pouland, Walter Stapleton, Briggs Becton and John Earl Becton. Visitation will be held Friday from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church West Monroe.
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Kinetic Comedy is an energetic comedy night, showcasing the best up-and coming cream of the UK comedy crop.
Every show is unique, with each line-up featuring talented acts of different races, cultures and genders to bring London audiences the most diverse, one-of-a-kind comedy experience they are likely to find, in a relaxed and inclusive environment.
Each show is hosted by multi award nominated comedian Inel Tomlinson (RTS NW – Best Comedy Performance), as he guides the audience through an evening of comedy, games and unique interactive competitions.
Kinetic Comedy has become well known for its new levels of high energy comedy, a fantastic diverse showcase of multicultural talent and stupidly high levels of fun to be had by all.
In the UK comedy circuit which is so often segregated by race, Kinetic Comedy is overcoming this barrier by offering an all inclusive multi-cultural event showcasing a vast array of talent from all backgrounds.
After 6 years of entertaining at smaller venues, we are looking to continue our diverse comedy line-up at a larger capacity venue in a central London location to enable us to make the show more accessible
The aim of our live interactive event is to change the perception of what a comedy show should be.
At our shows, we actively encourage maximum audience engagement and feedback so we can keep providing the best experience to keep people coming back!
Parallel to this, building on our passion for nurturing new comedic talent, our goal is to run workshops to teach young people the skills to unlock their potential in the industry.
The workshops would be focused on developing creative skills as an individual and as part of a group, whilst learning the basics of stand up comedy & sketch writing from our talented professional
mentors.
The culmination of the workshop would be a live performance giving the students a platform to showcase all their new skills, which would be filmed to be used as part of the individuals
With founder Inel Tomlinson’s background as a qualified secondary school drama teacher coupled with his experience in the industry, he has the skills necessary to help teach the students how to find material from their own unique experiences and turning them into confidently delivered stand-up and sketches.
Initially we would be targeting young adults(16-21 years) so these workshops not only would help nurture up & coming new talent but also help us build our community of recurring guests we already have from the live events.
Government research recently has shown that engaging in culture is greatly beneficial to a young person’s wellbeing and also increases the likelihood of them going on to further education. Evidence shows that cultural participation enriches social relationships and strengthen communities.
Kinetic Comedy’s vision for its shows and workshops is to make the performing arts more accessible to people of all walks of life so that we can help nurture potential new UK talent.
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NATURE: Big Birds Can’t Fly
Airs Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, April 21 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2
By Jennifer Robinson
Credit: Courtesy of © Ralph Bower
Above: Two rheas, one with its wings opened.
When most people think of birds, what common attributes typically come to mind?
Many will cite a bird’s ability to fly, sing and use its feathered wings to take flight. So it may seem a bit strange that included in the more than 10,000 species of birds in the world today is a group that literally cannot fly or sing, and whose wings are more fluff than feather.
These are the ratites: the ostrich, emu, rhea, kiwi and cassowary.
How and why these birds abandoned flight has puzzled scientists since Darwin’s time, but as this NATURE program shows, DNA and dedicated research are helping to solve these mysteries.
Sir David Attenborough, host and narrator of “Big Birds Can’t Fly,” explains how birds evolved and continue to survive despite their inability to soar.
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It may seem strange that among the more than 10,000 bird species in the world today is a group that literally cannot fly or sing, and whose wings are more fluff than feather. These are the ratites: the ostrich, emu, rhea, kiwi and cassowary. How and why these birds abandoned flight has puzzled scientists since Darwin’s time, but DNA and dedicated research are helping to solve these mysteries.
Attenborough calls ratites the “Flintstones of the bird world” because their lineage can be traced back to the age of the dinosaur.
Surprisingly, DNA from the bones of extinct ratites compared with that of today’s flightless birds shows their common ancestors actually could fly.
But when dinosaurs became extinct 66 million years ago, these ancient birds no longer needed to take flight from predators.
With newly unimpeded access to food, their size increased – their legs grew long and strong, their bodies large and fat.
Eventually, they became excellent walkers and runners, but they’d also become too heavy to fly.
Each of them evolved to this state completely independent of one other, on entirely different continents in the southern hemisphere.
Photo credit: Courtesy of © Chris Openshaw
Sir David Attenborough with a book opened to a print of a flightless bird called a cassowary.
As explained in the film, each big bird has developed particular traits that help it survive.
The cassowary, over six feet tall, with dagger-sharp claws and a lethal kick, is found in the tropical rainforests of northern Australia.
It will fight to the death to defend itself or its nest of emerald green eggs.
Photo credit: Courtesy of © Mike Birkhead
Two ostrich chicks
Then there’s the ostrich, the largest bird in the world, which stands about nine feet tall and can often weigh in at over 300 pounds.
Its powerful legs allow it to reach speeds of over 40 miles an hour, outrunning the hyenas, lions and cheetahs that populate the African plains.
Cheetahs Chase Down Ostrich
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Ostriches can run at speeds of up to 43 miles per hour, but they are no match for the cheetah, which tops out at 75 miles per hour.
On the pampas of Argentina, the rhea faces a threat much closer to home during mating season as males try to guard their harem of females from the intrusion of rivals.
Rare footage is shown of males putting on competitive shows of size and strength in pre-breeding sparring sessions.
Photo credit: Courtesy of © Ralph Bower
Rhea with nest of eggs.
“Big Birds Can’t Fly” also profiles the smallest and only nocturnal ratite, the kiwi, which only emerges after dusk in the forests of New Zealand.
Living in darkness, with eyes that are all but useless, it finds its way around with an enhanced sense of smell.
During the day, the kiwi stays underground where it also nests. And it’s the male that incubates the eggs, a task that also falls to the emu in the Australian outback.
As emu chicks break out of their shells under the intense Australian sun, their dad knows they are desperate for a first drink or they’ll die.
He must make the call when to lead the clutch to water even if it means sacrificing an egg that has yet to hatch.
Each big bird evolved into its own flightless form, yet there’s one survival strategy that they all share: newly-hatched ratites are all ready and able to run, making them less vulnerable to predators, and safeguarding the next generation of these unique and ancient birds.
Baby Ostriches Hatching
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Moments after they hatch from the egg, baby ostriches are ready to get up and go.
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Alaska's Energy Desk | Economy | Energy & Mining | Southeast
Progress slows on mine project near Haines
June 26, 2020 by Claire Stremple, Alaska's Energy Desk
A view up Glacier Creek towards Saksaia Glacier and the mountains that hold copper-zine-silver-gold-barite deposits that Constantine Metal Resources is planning to mine. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska’s Energy Desk – KHNS)
Drillers are usually on the mountain at the Palmer Project north of Haines 24 hours a day, seven days a week by mid-summer.
But this year, Constantine Metal Resources announced a belated and quiet work season. The Canadian metals company has no plans to drill at the mine project this summer.
It means there are far fewer workers at the project this year.
Last summer, the Canadian metals company employed about 60 people, roughly half of them locals. This year, it has just one full-time and three part-time employees. The company may make additional hires, according to staff.
Its vice president will also step down, but remain with the company as a part-time consultant. The company did not announce a replacement.
And, no drilling means the company is spending less money on the Southeast project this year compared to 2019. Still, it’s leaning on its Japanese partner company to help finance the roughly $2 million price tag for summer work. The company will sacrifice equity in exchange for the cash.
The Palmer Project promises to be a diverse metals mine with copper, gold, zinc, silver, and barite. Critics argue that mining could harm the nearby Chilkat River’s salmon run, but many residents hope a metals mine could bring high paying jobs to the region.
Field work this year will include surface evaluation of new prospects, surface mapping, core logging and selected sampling. The company will prepare five acres of land for future underground exploration.
Even though the company has state permits to begin construction of a large underground tunnel at the site, it will not begin that construction this year. The permits for Constantine’s underground exploration are valid while under review by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
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The Ramones: I Wanna Be Sedated
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From the Impact Series, Songs That Changed The World - featuring The Ramones: I Wanna Be Sedated was a new simplified music unlike the disco music of the mid 70's.
The punk movement instigated by the Ramones helped to launch a new musical and aesthetic style known as New Wave, which couldn’t have been more opposite from the stripped-down, back-to-basics approach of the fathers of punk. By the early ‘90s, the original punk style of The Ramones would break in the mainstream and all over the world, they opened doors. The entire idie movement would be rooted what The Ramones made possible.
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Harbor from the Holocaust
Harbor from the Holocaust is the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II, to the Chinese port city of Shanghai. Explore the extraordinary relationship of these Jews and their adopted city of Shanghai, even through the bitter years of Japanese occupation 1937-1945 and the Chinese civil war that followed.
Premier on September 8
Harbor from the Holocaust Specials
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"Poéme for Cello and Orchestra"
Composed by Hiao-Tsiun Ma and played by his son, Yo-Yo Ma.
"Rose, Rose, I Love You"
"Méiguì méiguì wǒ ài nǐ" is a song in Mandarin composed by Chen Gexin.
Professor Emeritus Irene Eber
Professor Emeritus Irene Eber was an early advisor to the documentary.
Reflections on creating the textured musical score for “Harbor from the Holocaust."
Hear the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees who fled Nazi-occupied Europe to Shanghai.
An Accidental Haven - Shanghai Timeline
Tina Johnson and Michele Heryford share brief historical highlights of Shanghai.
Mike Medavoy: Shanghailander & Hollywood Producer
Explore how his boyhood in Shanghai inspired now-hollywood producer Mike Medavoy.
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New Book Chronicles 'Hidden History' Of The Sierra Nevada
By Joe Moore • May 20, 2014
Heyday Books
California’s isn’t just home to internationally renowned gems like Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks – it’s also a place that’s rich in its own human history. And while many stories, like the Gold Rush and Hetch Hetchy are well known, a new book seeks to document the “hidden history” of the Sierra. It’s called “Sierra Stories: Tales of Dreamers, Schemers, Bigots and Rogues” by author Gary Noy, a history professor at Rocklin College.
Photos: Art Deco Architecture In The San Joaquin Valley
By Joe Moore • May 1, 2014
May is National Historic Preservation Month, and the City of Fresno is celebrating with a slate of events that honor the city's unique architectural heritage. The events include a walking tour of New Deal-era Fresno, and the many Art Deco landmarks that dot the downtown area.
New Biography Paints Complex Picture Of Cesar Chavez
Charismatic, controversial, courageous and complicated. Those are just a few words that could sum up the life of the late civil rights leader and farm labor activist Cesar Chavez. Now over 20 years after his death, a new biography seeks to provide fresh insight into a man who is an inspiration for millions. The book is called “The Crusades of Cesar Chavez” by Miriam Pawel, who joined us on Valley Edition to talk about Chavez the man and Chavez the myth.
Here And Gone: Fight Over Fresno's Cesar Chavez Boulevard Remains Fresh, 20 Years Later
Cesar Chavez Foundation
In October 1993, the Fresno City Council voted to rename three city streets - Kings Canyon, Ventura and California - in honor of the late farm labor activist Cesar Chavez. The move was part of a campaign by local Latino groups who sought to honor the UFW founder, who had died earlier that year.
Memories Of Bakersfield's Underground "Tunnels" Remain Vivid
Joe Moore / Va
Deep beneath the oldest part of Bakersfield lies a hidden world, unknown to most, and forgotten by many. Yet some still have vivid memories of these underground passages or "tunnels" as some people describe them.
These connected basements, and the activities that took place "underground" - gambling, brothels, blue movies, are not just the stuff of legend, they're still very real in the minds of many older Kern County residents.
High Speed Rail Archaeologists Search For Fresno's 'Underground' Chinatown
By Ezra David Romero • Oct 29, 2013
Generations of Fresno residents have heard stories about the mysterious underground world of Fresno's 19th century Chinatown. Was it a world of illicit activity, with a network of subterranean tunnels? Archeologists with the state's high speed rail authority are hoping to shed some new light on this dark and forgotten part of Fresno's history.
Last week archeologists gathered in Fresno’s historic Chinatown to sift through soil with a hope of unearthing century-old artifacts just yards from the future bullet train.
Historic Fresno Arch May Move For High Speed Rail
By Joe Moore • Oct 25, 2013
Up and down the valley, many cities have historic signs or archways which welcome visitors to town. Modesto's arch promotes a city filled with "Water Wealth Contentment and Health." Clovis proudly proclaims itself as the "Gateway to the Sierras," and Bakersfield makes a bold statement with its arch off of Buck Owens Boulevard. Fresno has its own historic archway, but as FM89's Joe Moore reports, it may soon need a new home.
The Evolution of Jerry Brown
By Ben Adler - Capital Public Radio • Aug 22, 2013
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California lawmakers are voting on hundreds of bills in the final weeks of session. And the man who will determine their fate is approaching a milestone. In less than two months, Jerry Brown will become the longest-serving governor in California history. Ben Adler has more from Sacramento on how the Brown of today compares to the Brown of 30 years ago.
The year was 1974. Mel Brooks’s Blazing Saddles topped the movie charts. Watergate finally felled Richard Nixon. And 36-year-old Jerry Brown won his first term as governor.
How Jackie Robinson Almost Became A Fresno State Bulldog
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/ / Library of Congress - public domain
Before he broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson nearly wound up as multi-sport star for the Fresno State Bulldogs.
In a move that would likely run afoul of today's NCAA recruiting regulations, the school offered the star a number of incentives in an attempt to lure Robinson to the campus, including a new set of tires for his aging 1931 Plymouth.
Coalinga 'Deportee' Plane Crash Sparks Search, 65 Years Later
By Rebecca Plevin • Mar 5, 2013
Rebecca Plevin / Valley Public Radio
Author Tim Z. Hernandez was digging through old newspapers at the Fresno County library when a dramatic headline from the late 1940s captured his attention.
“I stumbled upon this headline that said, ‘100 people see a ship plunge to the earth’ or something like that. It was just really a captivating headline. I instantly realized after reading it that it had to be tied into Woody Guthrie’s song,” says Hernandez.
On Quality of Life: Diabetes; Local History
Segment 1: Diabetes - Californians spend $24 billion each year on diabetes care, and the Valley's diabetes rates are some of the highest in the state, around 10 percent. For people struggling with the disease, the financial and emotional burdens of diabetes make for a difficult combination. When the costs of diabetes testing supplies add up, some bypass the pharmacy and turn to the street to get what they need. On this edition of Quality of Life, correspondent Shellie Branco reports on how some Valley residents are dealing with their disease. And later, Dr.
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Busted Ladies Lingerie co-owner Sherry Gummow is excited the store was nominated for a Best of Intima award for best lingerie store in North America. Keep an eye on the Busted Ladies Lingerie Facebook page for the latest information on the awards, and the store’s growing services.
Local lingerie store BUSTS the competition with international award nomination
Ponoka’s Busted Ladies Lingerie nominated for Best of Intima 2020
Did you know Ponoka is home to an internationally renowned business? Busted Ladies Lingerie has just been nominated for an Intima Award for best lingerie shop in North America!
“Hollywood has the Oscars, and lingerie has the Intimas,” says store co-owner Sherry Gummow. “I’ve been following the Best of Intima Awards for over 10 years, so to be nominated by the jury is a real honour.”
The Intima Awards recognize the best independent retailers in the intimate apparel industry across North America, and this year’s awards will be handed out in a ceremony on Aug. 2. With Busted Ladies’ impressive selection, knowledgeable staff and incredible customer service, the Intima jury found lots to love.
“Our goal has always been to help women feel supported. That means feeling sexy, confident and comfortable,” Gummow says. With 12 years of steady growth, the central Alberta store must be doing something right.
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Flexible support in uncertain times
Busted Ladies is proud to carry sizes well beyond the typical selection in a big box store, and Gummow and her staff take care to build trust with every customer for a supportive, stylish fit. Gummow believes it’s a big part of the store’s success. She’s also passionate about helping women feel like they belong, from the 30A who’d been told to shop in the children’s section, to the 44O who can’t wait to flaunt some lace.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the bra and sleepwear store has closed to the public but stayed busy with curbside pick-up, front porch deliveries and shipping by mail. Help is available to find your size via virtual fitting, and you can browse the online store (a work in progress) for hard-to-find sizes.
“We’re doing our level best and looking forward to having everyone back,” Gummow says.
Every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. you can join Gummow for a Facebook Live to feel connected, have fun, and learn about lingerie.
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E-letter No. 205: July 2020
By Lama Thubten Yeshe, By Nicholas Ribush
Thank you so much for your interest in our monthly LYWA eletter. Please share it with anybody who might be interested. As usual, we have some beautiful Dharma teachings for you!
First I'd like to thank from the bottom of my heart those who so kindly contributed to our Chokhor Duchen appeal, including our wonderful LYWA Facebook friends. We raised about $7,000 for our publishing fund, which will help greatly in our ongoing work. Thank you again. It is only through your generosity that we are able to share the amazing teachings of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in so many ways.
Please read on for the aforementioned beautiful Dharma teachings.
From the Video Archive: Lama in the Dharma
This archival film was made under the auspices of the Australian Experimental Film and TV Fund. Lama Yeshe gave these teachings to Dharma students in Olinda, Victoria, Australia in 1976. Lama wonderfully presents how karma works in our lives and how we can control our karma through controlling our minds. You will find the edited transcript of these teachings in this month's eletter below. You may also want to check out Volume 1, Chapter 15, “Melbourne: The Olinda Course” in Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe, to learn more about the events surrounding these historic teachings.
Visit and subscribe to the LYWA YouTube channel to view dozens more videos freely available from our archive. See also the FPMT YouTube channel for many more videos of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings.
On the LYWA Podcast: The Benefits of Thought Transformation
All the hindrances of life, all the hindrances of meditation, of practicing Dharma, by practicing Mahayana thought training, all those hindrances of meditation, of Dharma practice, all those become helpers, beneficial conditions to practice Dharma.—Lama Zopa Rinpoche
This month's podcast is an excerpt from teachings on Geshe Langri Tangpa's Eight Verses of Thought Transformation, given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Manjushri Institute, Cumbria, England, August 16-24, 1979. These teachings were given by Rinpoche while he and Lama Yeshe were on a teaching tour in Europe. You can read along with the transcript on our website and find out more about the lamas’ 1979 teaching tour in Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe, Volume 2, Chapter 17: “Even Your Enemy Who Tries to Kill You is Your Best Friend.”
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We have a new French translation to share with you, Advice for Monks and Nuns, a collection of talks given by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche to their ordained students. This collection has recently been translated into French by Éditions Mahayana, and is available for order in print or as an ebook. We have also updated the French Translations page with links to LYWA publications by Éditions Mahayana. You can find a complete list of translations of Lama Yeshe's and Lama Zopa Rinpoche's teachings here on the Éditions Mahayana website.
This month we also have new additions to Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book to share with you:
Every Sentient Being Is Most Kind, Most Dear, Most Precious: Rinpoche sent this letter to a student who wanted to leave the Dharma center. Rinpoche asked the student to support the center and the teacher, to join in activities at the center and to avoid disharmony.
Resuming Study After Directorship:This advice was given to a student who had experienced many obstacles as center director. After resigning from that role, the student’s problems had ceased, they were happier and able to resume study.
We All Have to Die Sooner or Later: A student wrote that her husband was very close to dying and she was taking care of him. It was an extremely difficult time for her, and she was upset that he was dying.
Sutra Recitation to Remove Obstacles and Bring Happiness to All Beings: Rinpoche gave this advice to a student who asked what could be done to remove obstacles for their family.
You can always find a list of all the newly posted advices from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on our website.
Rinpoche at Kopan
During the coronavirus pandemic, Lama Zopa Rinpoche has been staying at Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Now you can see more than seventy photos of day to day life at Kopan under lockdown in a new photo album shared by FPMT of pictures spanning from March to June 2020. In addition to photos of Rinpoche, FPMT also collected photos of Kopan monks and staff as they do some of their daily activities.
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Thank you to all who stepped forward to sponsor an International Mahayana Institute (IMI) monk or nun to receive a free copy of Big Love ;for our appeal on International Sangha Day. Your support is appreciated!
Check out our new webpage, Reflections, where we are posting anecdotes, poems and letters sent in by students as they reminisce and share their experiences of Lama Yeshe. This page complements What People Are Saying About Big Love, which is a growing collection of feedback and praise for Big Love. Please don't forget to update us on what you think about Big Love by writing to us at biglove@lamayeshe.com.
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Thank you again for reading. I was recently honored to be asked to talk about the early days of the FPMT as the introduction to one of Rinpoche's teachings from Kopan during the pandemic. Check it out!
And before I go I'd like to also thank most sincerely my dedicated colleagues who actually do most of the work putting these eletters together: Jen Barlow, Stacey Martin, Megan Evart and Sandy Smith. It wouldn't happen without them.
Finally, please enjoy this month's teaching by Lama Yeshe, which is appearing for the first time ever in print. See Big Love, page 524, for the context.
Nick Ribush
This Month's Teaching: The human problem is not understanding the reality of what we are
In English, one word can have different meanings. Similarly, whenever you express your own religious conceptions, ideas, philosophies or doctrines—whatever word you choose for it—saying, “This is right, that is wrong,” you’re just expressing your personal experience, making a personal judgment, not something that’s true in terms of the understanding of all of humanity. Still, I think it’s difficult for you to understand even your own personal experience of the way you perceive things, the way you feel, the way you discriminate.
However, through meditation, you can learn to tell the difference between right and wrong mental attitudes and, in particular, you can see how your dissatisfied mind makes you miserable. By understanding that, you can liberate yourself from confusion—you don’t need to believe in something. That’s why in his teachings Lord Buddha said that understanding knowledge-wisdom is the path to liberation.
Most of the time, including the present, we’re unaware of what we’re experiencing. We eat, drink and so forth unconsciously. It’s true—I’m not trying to hypnotize you. Most of the time we’re unconscious. But, through meditation you can recollect all your past experiences. You can take your mind back through last month, last year and all the way back to the time you were reborn. Then, by knowing the cause and effect of your past lives’ experience, you can relate it to the present time and understand what’s going on now: “If right now I put my actions into this particular channel the effect should be such and such.” You can get a pretty good idea.
Therefore, it’s very important to know what’s going on in both your past and future experiences. “If I act this way, this is going to happen. If I act that way, that will be the effect.” Karma is very important.
Otherwise, many people think, “Whatever comes, comes. I’ll go along with that.” And then you do. Other people, especially in the East, have an extreme view of karma: “Karma is fixed; I can’t do anything. My karma has given me this kind of life; I have to accept it.” You can accept what you are in this present life, but it’s not fixed. You can change your present situation for a better future. It’s not fixed.
If you say, “My karma has led me to this miserable life, I can’t do anything about it, I believe in my karma,” that’s ridiculous. Instead of making progress and becoming more open, by accepting that wrong philosophy of karma you become more narrow-minded. That’s a dangerous thing. You talk about karma, but if you don’t know what karma really is and believe in your limited idea of it, you become a fanatic. Therefore, it’s very important to have the right understanding of karma.
Q. It seems, for instance, that whatever situation you’re born in, that’s your karma, and that’s something you can’t change.
Lama. Yes, that’s right. You can’t change that, but you can change lifestyle. For example, I was born in Tibet but now I’ve changed in that I’ve adapted to the Australian lifestyle. I’m eating muesli, fantastic chocolates and other things that we didn’t have in Tibet!
Look, say you accidentally cut your arm. OK, it’s already cut, but there’s no point worrying. That won’t help. What you should do is take measures to heal that cut. That’s all you can do. The cut is there; you have to accept it.
Similarly, say you see a snake. You think, “Oh, a snake’s life is awful. I wish that snake could become a happy person.” That’s impossible. You can wish that, but for the time being the snake’s karma is to be in such a body. Until that karma finishes neither you nor the snake can do anything about it. Its body can’t radically change into a human one just like that. It’s not possible.
However, don’t think that karma is fixed. You can change your karma; you can change a miserable situation into a happy, blissful one. Even if you’ve done the worst, most negative things in the world, you don’t need to worry. If, with right wisdom, you change your old behavior, you can become a perfectly enlightened being, even in this life. For sure, that’s possible.
The best thing you can do in the morning is to exercise your willpower. If, when you get up, you generate a strong, powerful motivation for the day, putting your body, speech and mind into the right channel, the rest of your day will go beautifully. Even if people try to agitate you, you remain in control of your emotions. If you can control yourself for one day, you can control yourself for two. If you can control yourself for two days, you can control yourself for three. If you can control yourself for three days, you can control yourself for a week. If you can be happy for a week, why not two? If you can be happy for two weeks, why not a month? If you can be happy for a month, why not a year? And that’s the way your life can go.
Don’t look for some hallucinated fantasy: “Oh, I want higher meditation.” You’re not dealing with reality. Be simple; don’t be arrogant. Meditation practitioners shouldn’t show off to others, “I’m special; I’m a meditator.” No. Just be an average person, simple on the outside but profound within. Try to develop profound wisdom within as much as you possibly can. That’s the important thing. If you try to act important and put on a big show, you’re going to run into difficulties. Psychologically, you’ll make things difficult for yourself.
Mahayana Buddhism contains incredible methods for transforming mundane situations—eating, speaking, drinking, everything—into the blissful path to liberation. Aren’t we lucky? Mahayana teachings never say that negative actions are always completely fixed as negative. It depends on your mental attitude—how you use your wisdom—when you do them. So use it.
Furthermore, being a meditator does not mean just sitting somewhere doing nothing. Every moment, try to be as aware as possible. When you talk to people, be aware. That doesn’t mean you have to squeeze yourself into awareness. As I said before, just be a simple person who’s profound inside. Actually, it’s so simple. Incredible.
In Tibet, we didn’t have many clocks or watches. But all we’d have to do before going to bed was to make the determination, “Tomorrow morning I’m going to wake before sunrise.” And, amazingly, we would! If you’ve had that experience, that’s fantastic. It’s your experience. It’s not something you just have to believe in. That is willpower.
Similarly, if, in the morning, you look at the day ahead and see that you’re going to have to deal with a difficult, complicated situation, do a strong bodhicitta meditation, affirming to yourself, “Today, I’m not going to get angry.” It doesn’t have to be too long; five minutes could be enough. I can guarantee you that on that day you will not get angry. That’s so worthwhile, isn’t it?
Q. It seems that Buddhism revolves around shunyata. Could you please explain what that is, what absolute nature is?
Lama. Modern science has discovered that all matter—different colors, different objects and so forth—may appear differently, but there is some essential energy, some quality, that embraces all existent matter equally. Buddhism says the same thing. There is an absolute reality, shunyata, that equally embraces all existence. But our relative mind, our mundane thought, cannot see this. It is obscured by superstition.
Therefore, when you meditate or contemplate on your mind, your consciousness, as your concentration deepens this relative perception vanishes. You can release all superstition and relative appearances and experience universal reality. Is that clear? It’s a difficult thing, but the human problem is not understanding the reality of what we are.
Q. Is it possible to discover absolute nature without a guru?
Lama. Sure. It’s possible. When we talk about a guru we’re not saying you need one in this life. Some people are born having already discovered absolute nature. Therefore you can’t say you need a guru to discover it. Even among us here, some people are quite advanced, others have a long way to go. So you cannot say “that-this” exactly. It depends how developed your intelligence is.
Actually, we talk about both relative guru and absolute guru. The relative guru is the person who shows you the path and puts your mind into the right channel. The absolute guru is your own wisdom. Therefore, the absolute guru is more important than the relative.
Q. Lama, do you feel a sense of “I,” and if so, could you explain its nature?
Lama. Do you mean do I feel I have an “I”? [Yes.] Of course I have an “I”—a big “I”! Yes, for sure!
But that’s a good question. I have a big “I,” but you have to be careful. Whether we’re a buddha or a sentient being, we all, equally, have a relative “I.” But we sentient beings paint our relative I over and over again, layer upon layer, coat upon coat. Although deep within, the I is completely nothing, Layer upon layer, we build up a huge, hallucinated world, “This is me.” Then, when somebody says to us, “You are bad,” we get terribly hurt. Actually, nobody can make us bad, nobody can make us good. Our goodness or badness is our own experience. But the intellect is too much, too much. That’s the way it is.
Lama Yeshe gave this teaching in Olinda, Victoria, Australia, 30 July 1976. Archive #776. Edited by Nicholas Ribush. See Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe, Volume 1, Chapter 15, “Melbourne: The Olinda Course” for the context of this teaching.
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The free guide to costs, funding and the Jackson reforms
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Capped costs pilot for cases worth up to £250k to launch next month
Jackson: Pilot aims to speed up cases
A pilot scheme introducing capped costs of £80,000 for High Court cases worth up to £250,000 – as recommended by Sir Rupert Jackson last year – is set to be introduced next month.
The voluntary pilot will run in Business and Property Courts in Leeds and Manchester (Chancery, Circuit Commercial and the Technology and Construction Court) and the London Circuit Commercial Court.
Subject to ministerial and parliamentary approval of the 102nd update to the Civil Procedure Rules, it will start on 14 January and run for two years.
Based on the capped costs regime in the Intellectual Property & Enterprise Court, it is the first sign of progress on Sir Rupert’s report; though the government has regularly expressed general support for his recommendations, nothing concrete has yet happened.
The draft pilot rules were set out in the report, having been approved by the rule committee. There have been some minor amendments, but it is not yet clear what they are.
The aim is to streamline the procedures of the pilot courts, lower the costs of litigation, increase the certainty of costs exposure, and speed up the resolution of claims.
As set out in the Jackson report, as well as those worth more than £250,000, cases will be exempt from the pilot if they require a trial of more than two days after appropriate case management, involve allegations of fraud, are likely to require extensive disclosure or reliance upon extensive witness or expert evidence, or involve numerous issues and numerous parties.
Statements of case will be limited in length, and must be accompanied by the documents upon which the party proposes to rely. There will be no automatic disclosure, witness statements or expert evidence – the need for these will be considered at the case management conference (CMC).
Witness statements, if ordered, will be limited in length, will deal only with issues set out in the list of issues, and there will be a general rule that a party may rely on the oral evidence of no more than two witnesses at trial.
The general rule is that expert evidence will not be permitted, but where it is, at trial it will be given in the form of a report from a single joint expert.
Applications other than at the CMC will be dealt with without a hearing, unless the court considers it necessary to hold a hearing.
So far as it is practical, there will be full docketing, and the trial will take place no more than eight months after the CMC, and will last no longer than two days.
Not more than 21 days after the conclusion of the trial, the parties will produce a schedule of costs by reference to various stages of the litigation, which will be assessed summarily by the court.
A cap applies to each stage, together with an overall cap £80,000 (exclusive of VAT, court fees, wasted costs, and costs of enforcement).
Where a part 36 offer is made by the claimant but not accepted, costs will not be set at large; instead, the stage caps will increase by 25%, and the overall cap will increase to £100,000.
Sir Rupert wrote: “If the pilot is a success, I recommend that the capped costs regime used during the capped costs pilot (with any modifications found necessary) should become available for any suitable case in the Business and Property Courts or the business and property lists of the county court up to a value of £250,000. This could be done by creating a ‘capped costs list’ in those courts.
“It may well become appropriate to extend the regime to cases up to £500,000, but that must be for future consideration.”
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Samuel Morley
Person Male Born 15/10/1809 Died 5/9/1886
Categories: Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion
Born Well Street Hackney into a Nottingham family of wool/hosiery manufacturers and merchants. His father John, had come to London to set up an outlet for their products. Samuel went into the family business and became extremely successful, wealthy and well-respected. Very active in the Congregationalist church, promoting local missionary work. Promoted the Abolitionist cause. Enabled the Old Vic to survive and endowed Morley College for adult education. Liberal MP for Bristol 1868 - 1885. Died at his Mayfair home, 34 Grosvenor Street.
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Long Jumps in Ashfield
Long Jump Designs in Ashfield
Long Jump Installers in Ashfield
Long Jump Surfaces in Ashfield
We are Long Jump Surfaces, our expert team have completed many projects to install and maintain long jump runway facilities of various sizes with specialist sand landing pits in a range of specifications. If you'd like more information about the installation of long jump surfaces in Ashfield, our friendly and experienced team are here to help.
Athletics tracks and long jump surfaces in Ashfield SO51 9 are very popular at schools, universities and sports clubs. It's important to have these surfaces installed to the highest standards so that children are able to improve their skills and take part in a variety of sports.
Sand Pit - The landing pit area is an important part of the full long-jump facility installation in Ashfield as it provides a safe surface for athletes to land on and gives accurate distance scores once the jump has been completed. Washed and dried silica sand is used in the landing pit and the area size may be altered to meet the requirements of each project. For more information on sand pits for long jumps please click here http://www.longjump.org.uk/sand-pit/hampshire/ashfield/ Rubber edgings can also be installed around the perimeter of the sandpit to enhance the safety qualities of the local acility.
The sub-base for a polymeric long jump runway will include a layer of angular stones and then a layer of macadam. A needle punch runway could have the same sub base system or it could just have the angular stones without the macadam. We will also install a long jump pit in Ashfield SO51 9 which is located at the end of the runway and provides athletes with a save place to land their jump.
You may come across the AAA Sports Organisation when looking into the athletics sector; the AAA is known as Amateur Athletic Association. It is the original governing body for athletics and was around before UK Athletics. The group continues to exist to stand for the volunteer area of the sport but not to govern. Various academic institutions in Ashfield SO51 9 and also other organisations in Great Britain work together with the Amateur Athletic Association.
These standards are awarded to children with badges along with certificates. Plaques are also given out in Ashfield by the Amateur Athletic Association, to kids who achieve Grade 1 which improves the number of people who participate in athletics. Small grants or loans are available to young people looking to take up a career in athletics by the AAA Charity for the Young.
Compact Long Jump Surfaces Near Me in Ashfield
In both primary and secondary schools that cannot get a full-sized track, this really makes a fantastic alternative which is much less expensive as well as takes up significantly less room. For more details on athletics please click here http://www.longjump.org.uk/athletics/hampshire/ashfield/ When someone completely enjoys performing a certain activity such as long-jump or discus, they are able to progress onto professional clubs inside the United Kingdom. There are not many facilities that target people at the beginners level, which makes young children unwilling to take part in athletics.
It is very important for little ones to participate in sports at a young age - KS One and Two - and carry on through KS Three and KS Four. A new sports and athletics model in Ashfield SO51 9 has been produced by UKA, permitting small children to gain access to sports and athletics areas. The newest model could be constructed in vibrant colours to appeal to younger people and is also more cost-effective, meaning it is a fantastic entry-level sports facility for academic institutions.
Considering that the specification and design of compact facilities could be altered, near enough any club or school can have one put in. A lot of establishments in Ashfield tend to get long jump runways in addition to high-jump fans put in within their compact facility. We're able to adjust the size and dimensions of each construction to fit the available space on site.
The flexible design of compact sports and athletics facilities ensures that they are highly relevant to a variety of situations. To find out about athletic areas please visit this page http://www.longjump.org.uk/area/hampshire/ashfield/ For a lot of projects, existing sports and playgrounds could be developed in educational institutions to produce a far more diverse sporting provision. Children of every school key stages can benefit from personal growth when learning additional skills through distinct sporting activities.
To find out more details about the long jump runway specifications and construction, as well as the funding opportunities available for schools in Ashfield SO51 9 please take a look around the rest of our website or feel free to contact us.
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Long Jump Runway in Whiterow
The surfacing for a long jump runway can be installed in many specifications with the most popular being polymeric rubber and Multisport synthetic turf depending on requirements.
Athletics Run Up in Whiterow
Polymeric EPDM surfaces are commonly installed to long jump run ups at athletics clubs and colleges, whereas Multisport synthetic carpet is great for primary schools and recreational use.
Long Jump Surfacing in Whiterow
We can offer advice on the best type of surfacing and specification for your long jump runway to ensure you get the right facility which meets your requirements.
Here at long jump Runway, we can offer expert advice on the best type of surfacing and specification for your long-jump runway to ensure you get the right facility which meets your requirements. If you're in need of experienced and friendly long jump runway installers in Whiterow then look no further than us.
If you want to install a long jump runway in Whiterow KW1 5 our team have carried out numerous installations. The facilities are commonly installed by experienced sport surfacing contractors for schools, colleges, clubs and leisure centres throughout the UK.
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Having a long jump run up constructed at your organisation gives people an opportunity to get involved in athletics events and a less conventional sport that they might not otherwise try. We have installed many of these long jump runway surfaces for projects in the UK and we can design an individual facility for each different school or club.
All the long jump areas that we install will come with a specially designed sand pit http://www.longjump.org.uk/sand-pit/highland/whiterow/ which gives a safe landing area where athletes will finish their jump. These can come in a range of area sizes depending on your available space and the dimensions of your runway surface. For more information on the runways please contact us using the enquiry form provided.
Long Jump Runway Specification
The long-jump runway is the area of the facility which an athlete will run down before executing their jump and landing in the sandpit. The surface of the jumping track can be installed in a number of designs and surface types, but there are two main surfacing specifications which we install for these facilities:
Artificial Needlepunch Surfacing - This is a synthetic grass surface which is rolled out onto the prepared sub-base for the long-jump runway track. This material specification is made up of curly yarn fibres which are woven together to create a stable and durable surface which can withstand heavy use by a school club. The needle punch long-jump runway surface has a layer of sand infill at the base of synthetic fibres to help maintain the pile height and create good performance qualities. A lot of primary schools in Whiterow KW1 5 have this synthetic turf surfacing installed for their long jump runway facilities as it is much softer than the traditional runway surfacing and can prevent injury to younger children. For smaller recreational areas that don't need to be approved for IAAF use, this is a great surface type.
Polymeric EPDM Surfacing - This rubber track material is made up of EPDM rubber crumb particles which are combined with a binder and then laid out onto an engineered macadam sub-base layer. Professional clubs and local high schools often have polymeric long-jump runway surfacing installed is this is the most commonly used surface specification for professional events and competitions.
Both of these long jump runway specifications are completely porous to allow water to drain through, preventing flooding and damage to the surface of the athletics facility and the surrounding area. If the sports facility closest to you is not looked after properly, it can lose these porous properties and have a negative effect on the performance and safety qualities of a long-jump runway area in Whiterow.
Sand Pit - The sand pit is located at the end of the long jump runway and is used as a safe landing area for athletes to complete their jump, along with making it easy to take distance scores for competitions and events. We can install these sand pits in a number of designs and area sizes to suit the needs of each project, for example, a primary school wouldn't need to have the same size sand pit as an athletics club. Rubber edgings can also be installed around the perimeter of the sandpit to enhance the facility and make the area much safer.
New Facilities and Sugar Tax
Many nearby primary schools are going to receive funding towards the installation of new sporting facilities, and a long-jump runway could be installed within the surrounding areas as part of this. The funds are being collected through the new 'sugar tax' which is being implemented by the government to help reduce the number of sugary drinks consumed by children.
The aim of tax is to tackle obesity from a young age, as many kids in the UK are currently classed as obese. By using this extra money made through the sugar tax, primary schools can also have brand new sports facilities built as a way of increasing activity and overall health.
Small Athletic Sport Facility in Whiterow
A new generation of cost-effective in addition to lasting outside sporting areas which give a stepping-stone into sports club venues is currently getting created. A lot of young children do not get the opportunity to engage in particular sports mainly because academic institutions find it difficult to have quality sporting areas put in.
The reason behind this can often be on account of a shortage of space outdoors or a lack of available funds at the school. Styles and specs might be altered to suit distinct spending budgets and needs. FUNdamental skills can also be developed with the help of these compact athletic activities, because kids may enhance their running, throwing along with jumping. For more info on a small athletic sport facility please complete our contact form.
Children's FUNdamental Movement
In academic institutions, these runway facilities are made to enhance the child's running, jumping and also throwing, and even multi-activity participation into particular sports. Some widely selected features include shuttle runway tracks, discus areas and even jogging circuits. On many occasions, a single runway may be used for multi-use purposes with various activities such as -
Relay games
Bleep tests
this helps to improve skills working alongside the children's FUNdamental movement.
To find out more about athletic areas please click here http://www.longjump.org.uk/area/highland/whiterow/ In primary and secondary schools that cannot have a full-sized track, this really makes a great alternative that is more affordable along with takes up a lot less space. If someone thoroughly enjoys doing a certain event just like long jump or throwing, they can progress to specialist clubs within the UK. There are not very many facilities which are aimed at people at the beginners level, making children hesitant to be involved in athletics.
It is crucial for little ones to take part in athletics from an early age - Key Stage One and Two - and carry on through Key Stage Three and Four. A brand new set of guidelines has been produced by UKA to be certain that sports areas are more widely accessible to young people. This offers a cost-effective, flexible, entry-level option which utilizes pleasing layouts and colour schemes made to attract brand new participants.
If you would like more information on a long-jump runway in Whiterow KW1 5 feel free to get in touch with our specialist team who will be able to respond with all the answers and information you require as soon as possible.
Budgets and Outdoor Space Near Me
For companies with a low budget and little external space, the compact facilities make a great solution for training basic FUNdamental skills within a variety of sports. We take into account budgets and outdoor space to ensure you get the best facility possible. A lot of organizations choose to get a triple jump runway and also high jump fans put in as part of their compact facility.
For each unique project, the design and also area sizes can be altered to suit all the needs and requirements, making for a bespoke result. Many customers can make use of a compact athletics facility as a result of specs being so flexible and unique. Current sports activity and play provisions in primary schools, high schools, universities and colleges may be enhanced by installing the compact athletics facility. By participating in different sports activities, young children from KS1-KS4 all can better learning and physical fitness skills.
They create an exciting addition to any kind of present sports features and help enhance participation from pupils. For just about any institution attempting to keep your charges down and remain inside a budget, the small sized recreational facilities present an amazing option. Smaller sized features help to introduce the FUNdamentals of athletics and so young people can build on primary skills of movement and also physical exercise.
The target for UKA is to inspire children and young children to take part in sports and athletics, which is the reason these types of facilities are valuable. Considering the IAAF and IPC World Championships are being held in London in 2017, it is likely that more young people will become involved. By enabling young children to make use of compact facilities, there is an improved opportunity for athletes to boost their skills and transfer to qualified clubs because of this.
Sports Standards for Amateurs Near Me
The athletics sector identifies Amateur Athletic Association as AAA. Before UKA, this group was the governing body in charge of athletics. AAA still exists to stand for the volunteer part of the activity - not to act as the governing body. A variety of educational institutions along with other establishments throughout the UK work together with the AAA.
Numerous challenges and activities are made available to young sports athletes by the AAA to assist them to improve their sports abilities. There are a number of sports standards for amateurs and it is vital that you think about this when having these facilities installed. These track and field competitions for young athletes developed by Amateur Athletic Association are appreciated as development resources for grass root and youngsters in the future.
Increasing Athletic Participation
The Amateur Athletic Association has additionally taken on the role of protecting history with regards to the sports activity. The best athletes are presented with valuable and historical trophies by the organisation. More people are getting interested in athletics due to AAA. In academic institutions, National Championships are run by AAA to inspire children to participate in athletics. Increasing athletic participation is becoming more important.
When possible they will fund money to these types of activities for equipment along with sponsorship. UK Athletics and British Athletics are the governing authorities to this sport but AAA is in charge of volunteering sector.
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The Amateur Athletic Association creates new track and field athletic requirements for various sports and athletics activities each year which is then published. For more details on athletics please click here http://www.longjump.org.uk/athletics/highland/whiterow/ These particular standards depend on the outcomes of past years and produce four unique grades which the best sports athletes get listed into. Directories of information that have been added to throughout the years are utilized to generate the overall performance standards criteria.
Young people may be awarded badges as well as certificates. England Athletics, as well as the AAA, work to boost the number of individuals taking part in sports and athletics by offering out plaques and rewards to youngsters achieving Grade One. The AAA Charity for the Young delivers small grants or loans to young sports athletes attempting to start their careers.
To find out more details about the construction of a long-jump runway in Whiterow KW1 5 and the specifications you can choose from, along with the funding opportunities available for schools please take a look around the rest of the website or feel free to contact our team.
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Why Do Hangovers Have To Be So Much Worse In Middle Age?
I farewelled my drinking legs in style this weekend.
But there are worst places than the Hunter Valley to find out that you’re a pussy.
Not even the enticement of membership to my favourite winery, Scarborough Wines, a life-long ambition of mine, along with the purchase of twelve bottles of my favourite Chardonnay (now safely stashed away from Kurt in the boot of my car), can change the fact that my body refuses to play ball when it comes to alcohol.
There are worst places than the Hunter Valley to admit defeat.
I know we’ve had a good run, and unlike all my previous, very silly, failed promises when I said that I would give up drinking because I was worried I might have a problem (!), I won’t be giving up anytime soon, however I might concede that I need to push down a tad more gently on the throttle.
It just proves that life’s a bitch, because first it takes our looks, then our bodies, our tolerance to wine and finally our brains. Phone number for the Euthanasia society handy, anyone?
Like those first grey hairs in your pubes, it’s got to be one of the most debilitating side effects of middle age when you notice those first signs of your alcoholic tolerance slippage, forcing you to approach old age with dementia as the only viable means of forgetting. It’s your body’s way of reminding you that you have lots of confused, bad-assed hormones and a predisposition to premature death unless you listen to it and cut the fuck down.
And for those who care…
According to Science Of Us and Cari Romm, ‘one of the major reasons for a hangover is that you simply become less efficient at processing your drinks. Each drink you force on your poor body takes about an hour to break down. Doing so is a multi-step process: First, a liver enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase transforms the alcohol you’ve ingested into a compound called acetaldehyde. Next, another enzyme called aldehyde dehydrogenase breaks that down into acetate, which then becomes carbon dioxide and water. When you’re 21, this process acts as a fairly well-oiled machine. But over time, our levels of the necessary enzymes decrease, meaning acetaldehyde — which is a highly toxic, nasty chemical — spends more time hanging out in your system, causing headaches, mouth dryness, nausea, and a host of other symptoms. ‘
What this means in practise is that we’re too fucking old to be having fun.
Also, ‘As they grow older, people may also build up more body fat, which leaves them more susceptible to alcohol’s effects. Fat doesn’t absorb alcohol, meaning someone who has more of it will have less space for booze to dilute — it’s the reason women, who generally have more body fat than men, also tend to have lower tolerance. The body also loses water with age — you have more water in you at 20 than you do at 40 — which, again, means the booze stays more concentrated in your system. ‘
For those of you still in denial, the symptoms start with noticeably worse headaches and flu-like symptoms the morning after, even after you’ve resorted to finer wines in desperation or an attempt at other drinks in search of that perfect elixir to provide a comparable buzz without the dire consequences.
The delightful young cellar hottie at Keith Tulloch Wines told me that hangovers are due to the amount of sulphur in cheaper wines, but I’ve tried expensive and organic wines and they’re just as unforgiving and generally the latter taste as gross AF.
Which is why I suspected that last weekend’s trip to the Hunter Wine Valley would be a test. Sobriety is not exactly a viable option on a two-day wine tour, accompanied by a man about to turn fifty and still searching for the secret to his life, and three young adults, excited as puppies about getting shit-faced with their parents, at their parents expense.
Remember those halcyon days when you too possessed the superpower to drink all night, get up in the morning and start all over again?
I was uncharacteristically careful. I volunteered as the responsible driver to some of the cellars (the ones I knew made shit Chardonnay), sipped at tastings and tried to pretend that I didn’t hate everyone. Although it nearly killed me to spit away the majority of each glass in the spittoons.
Seriously grainy photo because it was dusk and I was as pissed AF, but they were bonafide kangaroos which meant they were off the menu that night.
And then we reached the afternoon, parked the car at our beautiful house and walked through the lush vineyards to our local cellars – (a tad of misrepresentation there as there are no leaves on the vines in the winter, but fortunately the cellars have plenty stashed away).
Our quaint little cottage with the three Musketeers poised to show up the “olds”.
And no judgment, but by the time we walked back home that evening I was actually seeing kangaroos, NC was cuddling Kurt and the Astronaut had sneakily set up Twenty Questions on the dining table – he was that confident about winning. Which was very fortuitous as it turned out because it distracted the old man’s middle-aged whinging about the Liberals not winning.
Anyone else feeling a little vulnerable that we still don’t have a prime minister?
And as I tucked into a vat of cheese, bread and cold meat, I was having such a good time that I thought I’d got away with it.
Until the next morning when I woke up at dawn to balloons in the garden, and a humdinger of a hangover that not even our cholesterol-infused breakfast, several sneaky black coffees and gallons of water could alleviate.
Seriously though, there were fucking balloons in the garden the next morning!
Was it worth it? Of course.
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Shaw nets on return for development side
Goals in the final five minutes from strikers Jon Shaw and Zane Banton saw the Hatters development squad fight-back from 2-0 down to earn a 3-2 win over Northampton on Tuesday afternoon.
The Cobblers scored twice in the first of three 30-minute thirds, including a fabulous strike from 35 yards.
However, the Town reduced the deficit in the second third when Matt Robinson was fouled in the penalty area and Alex Wall smashed home the resultant spot-kick.
In the final 30 minutes the Hatters upped the ante and, following the introduction of Shaw and Banton they completed the turnaround.
Shaw levelled the score with a fine curling strike with five minutes to go before Banton show quick feet to fire home the winner with just minutes left on the clock.
The win maintains the Town development squad’s winning run, much to the delight of first team coach Hakan Hayrettin.
He told lutontown.co.uk: “It was a real game of three thirds. We lost the first 2-0, won the second 1-0 and won the third 2-0.
“We want that winning mentality instilled in every player and, especially in the final 30 minutes, we showed that.
“Elliot Justham was terrific throughout. Goalkeepers don’t often get the credit they’re due and he was magnificent.
“Anthony Charles played a full 90 minutes without any problems which is great news and Jon Shaw capped a very positive half-an-hour with a goal.
“It’s another win against a Football League club which can only do wonders for the players’ confidence.
“The players know that good performances in these games do get noticed by the manager, as shown by John Still’s selection policy already this season. We want a squad full of hungry players champing at the bit to muscle themselves into the first team.”
Town development: Justham; Stevenson (sub Longden), Trialist, Charles, O’Donnell; Taiwo, Robinson, Viana; Martin (sub Banton), Trialist, Wall (sub Shaw).
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3 June, 2018 27 April, 2018 by Málaga Airport Taxi
Granada is the capital of the province with the same name, situated in the eastern part of the region of Andalucia. Geographical and scenic diversity charactizes the land. There is the coastal area with its warm climate; the extensive, fertile Genil plain; and the mountainous regions with a colder climate, where we find the 3,481 metre Mulhacén, the biggest peak on the peninsula of Spain. The city of Granada is located at the foot of the sierra Nevada mountains at the confluences of the Darro and Genil rivers. Its unique history has bestowed it with an artistic grandeur embracing Moorish palaces and Christian Renaissance treasures. As the last Moorish capital on the Iberian peninsula, it also holds great symbolic value.
The city of Granada has been shaped by the hills, where the old districts in the Albaicín and the Alhambra were founded, brimming with steep, narrow streets, beautiful nooks and crannies, and marvelous landscapes. The new part of the city is situated on the plain, crisscrossed by the large arteries of Gran Vía de Colón and Calle de los Reyes Católicos, and where the busy streets around the Cathedral are found.
Granada is in the south east of the Iberian peninsula, in the province of Andalucia. (it is 40 mls from the coast at Motril. 80 mls SE of Cordoba. 150 mls E of Seville. 10 mls E of the airport). It is set in a fertile lowland plain formed by the confluence of 2 rivers, with the Sierra Nevada mountains as a dramatic backdrop. It is a worthwhile stop for anyone with an interest in things cultural and historical. It also offers lots of student nightlife, making it a natural draw for young people from all over the world wishing to study Spanish and party.
Granada offers a variety of shopping experiences, from lively, modern streets to quiet alleys with workshops selling local handicrafts; however, most prices are quite high compared with the UK. The pedestrianised Calle de los Mesones, with its designer shops and buskers, is a real treat to wander down in the evening; a good selection of handicrafts can be found in and around Plaza Nueva, including hand-made guitars, weaving, basketry, leather goods, ornate Moorish-style lamps and ceramics; Plaza Bib-Rambla has a selection of market stalls selling mainly flowers.
During the daytime activities include sightseeing, including the Alhambra, Palace of Charles V and lovely Generalife gardens, the magnificent 16th- to 18th-century cathedral with lavish façades and cavernous interior, the spectacular Monastery de la Cartuja with its extravagant frescoed interior, various churches such as San Pedro y San Pablo and San Nicolas in Albaicin, for views of the Alhambra; Sacromonte Hill, famous for its cave dwellings.
The nightlife here offers lots of bars, many offering “tapas” along with the drinks at no extra cost, there are flamenco shows or “zambras” in the caves of the Sacromonte quarter, there is a a couple of nightclubs which stage local folklore shows, there are plenty of discos, an extensive year-round programme of cultural events including theatre, jazz, and music and dance festivals.
There are mediocre Chinese restaurants and pizzerias abound, and there is an abundance of cafes surrounding the squares. More upmarket dining can be found in some hotels, especially near the Alhambra, although prices can be steep. Some of the best value-for-money dining can be had at the country inns or “ventas” found in the villages around the fringes of the city.
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We All Have a One-Way Ticket for Life
Written by: Éloïse Dalpé Montréal - August 29, 2018
I’ve always thought I would die young. I don’t know why I’ve held onto that belief, but it’s like I’ve never been able to project myself into the future – as if the future were something impossible to imagine and tomorrows were never guaranteed. Over the years, this idea of emptiness and numbered time have greatly shaped the person I’ve become. In my frenzied race against the clock, stuck with my one-way ticket for life, the fear of FOMO has infiltrated my daily life. Convinced that opportunities will never come twice, the urge to say yes to everything – to live every moment fully and wildly – seemed to be the best way to escape an impending death. I began to excessively fill my life, like a workaholic obsessed by her work. Then one day I woke up, exhausted and overwhelmed, wondering if by trying to outrun time, I had forgotten to pause to live the present moment. For too long, I thought always being busy would make me feel more alive.
But over the last month, certain events have forced me to slam on the breaks. First, I found myself at funeral homes twice, and I also had to mourn the loss of my pet. I therefore rubbed shoulders with death and mourning, but at different levels. It’s fascinating to see how death is a part of our life, but how we’re so determined to keep it out of sight that it remains somewhat of a taboo. Even though we all know that we’re born to eventually die, we hate thinking about when our time will come, let alone when our loved ones will leave us. Though we know that each great journey has an end, we always struggle to explain the tragic or fateful destiny of a loved one. I attended two very different ceremonies in memory of deceased people, but the pain and sadness experienced were the same. Humans will never get used to seeing the people they love leave them, nor do they ever know in advance how they’ll mourn. However, there’s something hopeful to be glimpsed at funerals: the feeling of common desolation which, through support and solace, is only waiting to become consolation.
To tell the truth, this stage of life has greatly helped me view death in a different light. While it’s often synonymous with darkness and sadness, death is also a wake-up call for all. It’s death that forces us to take a break to focus on the most important things in life. Faced with the void created by the passing of a loved one, mourning sometimes leads us into a sort of rebirth, where the desire to reinvent oneself seems vital. It presents an opportunity to take stock of our own life, to review the choices that define us, and thus, to perhaps discover the values that are dear to us…
I’ll wrap things up with a testimony that touched me and acted like a balm for my heart:
“It’s the moments of darkness that finally make us appreciate the light, because it’s impossible to see the world’s beauty without the vulnerability that we discover in ourselves when we say goodbye.”
Éloïse Dalpé
Certains adhèrent à la luminothérapie pour se sortir d’un novembre trop sombre, d’autres se mettent à la course à pied pour faire le plein d’hormones de bonheur. Pour ma part, l’écriture s’avère être une thérapie pour l’âme bien plus qu’efficace ! Libératrice, elle fait ressortir ma prose dans ces journées parfois moroses. Puis colorée, elle met des images sur des émotions, voire des pensées. Bachelière en communication, et actuellement étudiante en travail social, Éloïse s’intéresse aux gens et aux grandes questions de la vie. Passion et rigolades, c’est ce que vous trouverez dans ses écrits.
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Obama chooses Twitter CEO for NSTAC advisory group
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There’s no denying that President Obama is known for his diplomatic prowess. He’s a man of eloquence, even if you don’t agree with what he says. However, following news that he’s appointed Twitter CEO Dick Costolo to a telecommunications advisory committee, it seems that even he might need a little help.
OK. In reality the news has nothing to do with 140 character communication. Instead it’s the news that the President is planning to utilise Costolo’s expertise in telecommunications by appointing him to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). This is presumably because of the skills he’s demonstrated as Twitter’s Chief Operating Officer.
However, what is surprising is the fact that Costolo only took over from Twitter co-founder Evan Williams in October of last year. It’ll be interesting to see how he juggles his commitments and whether Twitter makes any changes of its own.
In typical rhetorical fashion, Obama said:
“I am proud to appoint such impressive men and women to these important roles, and I am grateful they have agreed to lend their considerable talents to this Administration. I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead.”
So it’s the usual pomp and circumstance we’ve come to expect from the President of the United States. Still it is proof that Obama isn’t afraid to bolster the 25 year old NSTAC committee with fresh-thinking and new blood.
Costolo will also be joined by Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Group, Scott Charney, and David DeWalt, the president of security company McAfee.
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What Comes in A Clutch Kit?
April 22, 2020 April 22, 2020 by MechanicWiz Team
The clutch is needed in a car for it to change gears. It is a crucial aspect of driving. It enables the driver to switch from one gear to another, and this process can be very smooth, provided the clutch is in good condition. It is responsible for the smooth switching between gears. The clutch is an essential mechanic part of your car. Therefore, what are the components of a clutch kit?
3 Major Parts That Come in a Clutch kit & Plus 1 Additional Tool
1) Clutch Disc/Plate
2) Clutch Pressure Plate
3) Throwout Bearing
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The major parts of a clutch kit are the Clutch plates, pressure plates, and the release bearings. They are usually sold together and happen to be quite affordable when compared to the cost of getting replacement pieces parts by parts. Some clutch kits also come with a pilot bearing. This depends mainly on the specs of the car and suggestions from the manufacturer.
Sandwiched in-between the flywheel and the input shaft of a manual transmission are the three major parts of a clutch. The flywheel and the clutch plate (which is part of the three main parts of a clutch kit) come together to do an excellent job in propelling the car forward or backward.
The clutch disc or clutch plate is a major component of a clutch system, and it is found in-between the pressure plate and the flywheel. The pressure plate acts as a clamp and holds the clutch disc tightly. The sides of a clutch disc have friction surfaces, and this is responsible for the disc to be to as friction disc.
This device allows the transfer of power from the engine to the transmission and vice versa. They are designed to support friction thanks to their asbestos-lined surfaces. The clutch plates used in larger automobiles or high-performance cars are usually made of carbon or ceramic material. This is done to meet the friction demand in these vehicles.
The pressure plate is also known as the cover facing assembly. There are two main types around, and they are the spring pressure plate and the diaphragm pressure plate. However, the diaphragm pressure plate is relatively more popular in vehicles.
The clutch pressure plate is metallic, and an essential feature of the Clutch pressure plate is its springs, which it gyrates with the flywheel. The springs help to hold the clutch disc firmly against the flywheel when the clutch is in use.
The clutch pressure plate assembled of several parts, which are clutch cover, diaphragm spring and the pressure plate itself. The pressure plate is controlled by the spring which is attached inside the cover. It is to holding the clutch assembly against the flywheel by applying pressure to the clutch plate.
The throwout bearing, which is also known as the clutch release bearing, serves as the part that connects the clutch and the pressure plate. Whenever the clutch is depressed, the release bearing separates the flywheel from the pressure plate and clutch disc. This is done to disengage the drivetrain from the engine. However, when the clutch pedal is released, the release bearing allows the pressure plate to come back to work, which in turn pushes the clutch disc against the flywheel. The throwout bearing also succumbs to wear, and in worst cases, makes shrieking sounds when put to work from the clutch pedal.
Most clutch sets have an alignment tool included in the package. They can be reused more than once. However, the alignment tool you can use in your clutch must have the same amount of spline. When you apply the alignment tool in pilot bearing, also ensure that the alignment tool suits the bearing, in the same manner, the pilot shaft fits it in the transmission. To reduce your work of finding the alignment tool that meets the clutch’s requirement, most manufacturers include the right one that suits the clutch.
The alignment tool helps to make sure your repair and clutch installation is done properly. It’s very useful to keep the pressure plate and clutch disc in the correct alignment and position while you were installing, fitting, and bolting the clutch set into the transmission.
A clutch kit is an assemblage of manual transmission parts that are either bought as a unit or assembled piece by piece. Clutch kits that are purchased as a unit mainly consist of a clutch disc, release bearing, and a pressure plate. In some cases, a pilot bearing is also added, and some positioning tools. The release bearing in some manual transmissions is an essential extension of the slave cylinder; therefore, most times, they are included in the kit. The clutch kits that are easily found around are usually made to have similar specifications to the original package that came with the car. However, it is possible to find a kit with high-performance specs or one designed for racing.
The main reason for having a clutch kit is to readily make available the parts that need replacement in the clutch of a car that uses a manual transmission. No matter how you drive our car carefully, the clutch discs are one of the first parts of the clutch that will need replacement. Release bearing and other related parts such as the pressure plate are likely to follow suit. Although they do not wear at the same rate as the rest of the clutch system, however, due to the complex nature of removing a transmission, they are also replaced.
The following parts are found in a standard clutch kit –
Cover Facing Assembly/ Pressure Plate
Clutch Disc/Clutch plate
Clutch Release Bearing/Throwout bearing
Apart from the parts found in a clutch kit, there are other parts of the clutch system and the transmission in general that can also be replaced. Parts such as the flywheel, which holds the clutch disc thanks to a pressure plate is removed during a replacement exercise and is later put back into the clutch system. However, if the flywheel is faulty or deteriorated, it is ideal to change it entirely. Also, the clutch cylinders, both the master and slave, are usually replaced as well. This is because when these cylinders develop issues, it can lead to the clutch disc failing faster than expected.
There are clutch kits that are designed to meet the high-performance driving demands such as racing, towing, etc. we have clutch kits that satisfy those needs.
They come in handy when you need a horsepower boost, or you are in the business of moving or towing heavy loads. The pressure plates in performance-oriented kits generally handle more than the one in the average clutch kit. Other boosts you are likely to get here are clutch discs made out of different materials, for example, carbon or Kevlar.
In most cases, it is ideal to go for a clutch kit, if your aim is to replace your clutch.
After setting the full clutch kit properly, you don’t have to worry that one part of the clutch will wear off soon. However, if you purchase part of the clutch and install it, you don’t know how soon another part will wear off, leading to a premature clutch failure.
The components you are likely to find in a clutch kit dependent on the current need. The lowest component you are going to find in a clutch kit is the pressure plate and clutch disc. If you notice a short, unpleasant sound anytime you touch the clutch pedal; then, it is your throwout bearing that may need changing. Also, the pilot bearing, which is located in a part of the flywheel and helps the input shaft of the transmission to gyrate slower than the engine in terms of RPM, can fail. This bearing is called the pilot bearing, and they will sometimes fail, also. Therefore, a standard kit should contain the following: A clutch disc, pressure plate, clutch release (throwout) bearing, and pilot bearing.
You should note that a standard clutch kit does not include a flywheel. Therefore, you will have to buy it separately.
Changing the flywheel of some cars can be expensive as they require two flywheels, thanks to their dual mass design. However, at Exedy Australia, cases like this are covered as you are offered the opportunity of changing the dual-mass flywheel with a single-mass flywheel.
You can still make do with your flywheel if it shows little signs of wearing buy resurfacing it. However, if the wear of the flywheel is high, you have no choice but to replace it, and the earlier, the better.
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Top Laptop Brands in the World – 13 Best Laptop Brands of 2019
November 26, 2019 By Hitesh Bhasin Tagged With: Marketing articles
As technology progressed, Laptops became better and better in their functions. As a result, many brands started manufacturing laptops and its accessories. Some of these brands are considered as the top laptop brands in the world,
Laptops have replaced desktops to a huge extent and desktop sale is down by a huge margin due to the portability of laptops. Furthermore, laptop sale has been reduced to the huge advances in smartphones and tablets. Nonetheless, for office usage and for heavy work, people still use laptops. Let us dig into some of the top laptop brands in the world based on sales figures of the laptops across the globe.
The following are the top brands of laptops.
1) Hewlett Packard Laptops
2) Lenovo Laptops
3) Dell Laptops
4) Asus Laptops
5) Apple Laptops
6) Acer Laptops
7) Microsoft Laptops
8) Razer
9) MSI
10) Samsung
11) Iball
12) Chromebook
13) Toshiba
full report card of reliable world top 10 laptop companies are popular device that are used on day to day basis, be it for home or for business purpose.
Hewlett Packard (HP) is the world’s largest company in electronics and computer. The laptops provided by HP are fully loaded with all the features that the users are looking into. The 2 in 1 laptops of HP are thin and light. It provides good battery life to the users.
The ultra-thin design HP Spectre premium 360 is handy and gives a glossy design. HPs brand that can be used for office purpose is HP Elitebook and ProBook which will give enormous speed and power. It can handle the day to day data used for business purpose maintaining confidentiality. All the products of HP laptop provide the touchscreen.
Few of their products are HP Spectre X360 (2018), HP Omen 17 AN010TX, HP Omen 17 N009TX, HP Omen 5 CE074TX, HP Omen 15 CE073TX, HP Omen 15 CE072TX, HP Omen 15 CE071TX and many more. Typically their configurations will have a 15.6-inch screen, 1920X1080 PPI display, and battery life of up to 11 hours and storage of up to 1 TB. Due to the performance and quality, HP is considered as one of the top laptop brands.
Also considered as one of the top brands in the laptop, Lenovo laptop comes with laptops based on priorities. Performance laptops are designed for professionals, gamers, and creators. Ultraportable laptops are used by people who carry laptops wherever they go.
Budget laptops are used for the home purpose which provides value and performance in a lone package. Innovative 2 in 1 laptops are used as laptop and tablet.A 2 in 1 laptop provides the user to use it as the tablet which has the computing power, software compatibility and also has the complete features of a laptop.
A 2 in 1 tablet has the features of a laptop like a keyboard, enough storage and vast display. Due to their various products and its features, Lenovo is considered as one of the top laptop brands in the world.
Dell is an American company that sells laptops, computers, data storage, servers and computer peripherals. Dell laptops are configured with all the latest technology to meet the meeting demands of every business and to handle any task. Their famous laptops brands are Inspiron-Everyday Essentials, XPS-Performance, Vostro and Alienware laptops.
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Inspiron-Everyday Essentials are built with utmost care with the current technologies to be able to meet any task. It is highly customizable in such a way that it can be built the way the user requires it. It comes with 3000, 5000, 7000, Ubuntu 3000 and 7000 gaming series.
XPS-Performance laptops have an excellent build quality and have great features. Its versions are XPS 13 and XPS 15. The Vostro laptops are used for small business computing. This laptop has the right balance to support various business features. The Alienware laptops are considered as a powerful laptop for gaming. At present, it comes with Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, long battery life and dual graphics. As Dell has an excellent customer service and online service, it is considered as one of the top laptop brands.
Asus is a computer hardware and electronics company that is based out in Taiwan. Asus is considered as number one in notebook, motherboard and gaming series. Asus has to their credit 29 years of technology services, 2511 awards received during the year 2017 and more than 200 service centers.
Their famous products are ZenBook series, VivoBook series, Republic of gamers, ZenBook Deluxe series, EeeBook series, Asus gaming series and ZenBoom Flip series. The ZenBook series are premium thin and lightweight and the prices start at Rs. 74990. The Republic of gamers products are used for high-end performance and it is the thinnest gaming laptop in the world.
The ZenBook Deluxe series is designed in an ultimate thin and luxury fashion. Due to their variety of products, Asus is considered as one of the top laptop brands.
Considered as a familiar brand of electronic globally, Apple produces far-fetched laptop at a marginally higher price. The prices are based on the size, memory, graphics memory and many features. Apple majorly produces laptop of 13-inch and 15 inch that can have a larger disk storage and also increase the performance of the laptop.
The iOS that are found at these small laptops are fully optimized and can be executed easily. Small screen size laptop will have RAM that ranges from 4GB to 16GB and can be able to process many programs in a single instant.
Few of their popular brands are Apple MacBook Air MQD32HN/A Laptop (Ci5/ 8GB/ 128GB/ MacOS Sierra), Apple MacBook Pro 13.3inch MPXQ2HN/A Laptop (Ci5/ 8Gb/ 128GB/ Mac OS),Apple MacBook Pro MPTT2HN/A Laptop (Ci7/ 16GB/ 512GB SSD/ Mac OS/ 4GB Graph), Apple MacBook Pro 13 inch ME866HN/A Laptop (4th Gen Ci5/ 8GB/ 500GB/ Mac OS X Mavericks/ Retina Display) and many more. Due to their variety of products available for many users, Apple is considered as one of the top laptop brands.
Also regarded as one of the top laptop brands, Acer great value for their laptops are in their features where they provide 1080p screens or aluminum designs. Acer’s laptops possess pleasing aesthetics. Their main products in laptops are Swift, Spin, Switch, Aspire, Nitro, Aspire E, Aspire S and Acer One.
The Swift laptop is an ultra-thin product which has the versions Swift7, Swift5, Swift3 and Swift3 Special Edition. The Spin product features strong innovation and forward-thinking design. Its main versions are Spin7 and Spin3.
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The product Switch is a 2 in 1 product with a balance of laptop and tablet that will fit into any situation. Aspire product provides high-performance computing for the daily operations. Nitro product is an excellent product for gaming. Due to their various product and configuration, Acer is regarded as one of the top laptop brands.
Microsoft Corporation is American based company that develops, manufactures many licensed software and hardware products. It is the largest producer of personal computers. Microsoft’s Windows 10 products are built for faster performance, thinner and they are more powerful. It has a lot of features in a single product.
Their more valued product surface laptop comes with a keyboard covered with Alcantara fabric, display of PixelSense and fast charging feature. It is the slim, ultra-light and elegant laptop. The products of Microsoft can be used for the whole day with about 14 hours of battery life, comes with Intel Core processor, touchscreen and with good colors. As Microsoft products are considered as a branded one, it is indeed one of the top laptop brands in the world.
Razer comes up with the unique feature for laptops and one can explore the entire range of gaming laptops that will be suitable for work and play. The laptops come with best graphics on great display that has the newest technology comprised within the system.
The most popular product of Razer is Razer blade stealth where the price starts at the US $1,049. This laptop provides the incredible performance and it comes with the sleek design. It is supported by Intel Core i7 processor. Few other models of Razer blade laptops are Blade Stealth – 13”, Blade Pro-17.3” and Blade – 14”. Due to their products and their performance, Razer is considered as one of the top laptop brands in the world.
MSI is considered as a leading brand in games and eSports globally. MSI products are mainly dedicated to innovations in games. Its main development is focused on notebook PCs, graphics cards, desktop PCs, and motherboard.
MSI products are categorized into gaming series and prestige series. The products under the gaming series are GT series, GS series, GE series, GP series, GL series, GF series and GV series. The PE and PL products are under prestige series. Their products come with the latest 8th gen intel core i7 processor, Windows 10, mechanical keyboard and dual functions touchpad/numeric keypad. Due to their various products and features, MSI is considered as one of the best laptop brands.
A standard electronic brand that has products in nearly all the electronic items, Samsung’s laptops are stunning. Samsung laptops are designed with the greatest care that provides good quality and full HD displays. Samsung products are known with the series name of Notebook 9, Notebook 7, Notebook 5 and Notebook Odyssey.
The laptops have a screen size ranging from 12 inches to 18 inches. Depending upon the notebooks, it provides storage of 128 GB, 256 GB, and 1 TB. The memory provided ranges from 8 GB, 12 GB, and 16 GB. The main features of the Samsung products are gaming, touchscreen, full HD display, 360-degree rotating display, and 180-degree flat display mode, expandable memory, fast charging and built-in pen. Due to their excellent features provided to their products, Samsung is considered as one of the best laptop brands globally.
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iBall initially started off with only one product that being mouse, is now catering to almost 26 products. It is one of the fastest growing brands in the products that they produce. Their popular laptop product is Compbook that is provided at an affordable rate.
It is driven by Intel and Windows 10. It caters to all the needs of the users. It is lightweight and can be easily portable. Few other products are i360 FHD, Excellence OHD, Marvel 6 v2.0, Aer2 and Premio v2.0. As they have various features for their products, iBall is considered as one of the best laptop brands.
A Chromebook is a laptop or tablet that has Linux OS and Chrome OS. By making use of the latest technologies, these devices are used to perform many tasks by making use of Google Chrome browser where the applications and the data will exist in the cloud.
Chromebook has the all-day battery features that are quite impressive for the users to use it. Like other branded laptops, Chromebook is available in various sizes, brands, and prices.
Few of the Chromebook brands are Google Pixelbook, Asus Chromebook Flip, Samsung Chromebook Pro, Dell Chromebook 11, Acer Chromebook 15, Acer Chromebook R11, HPChromebook 14 and HP Chromebook 13. Due to their wide available products and features that cater to the current technology and requirement, Chromebook is considered as one of the best laptop brands globally.
Also regarded as a top laptop brand, Toshiba is a global technology leader in the product. Toshiba has produced more than 100 million laptops.Toshiba designs and develops laptops for business use. The company has whole control on the design, functions, and security of the laptop.
It is well known for their laptops which are ultraportable, 2 in 1 detachable/convertible laptops and high performance. Their laptops brands are Tecra X40, Portege X30, Portege Z30, Portege X20W, Portege Z20t, Portege A30/R30, Tecra A40, Tecra A50, Tecra C50 and Tecra Z40. As it is branded worldwide and due to the enormous features and products, Toshiba is considered as one of the top laptop brands in the world.
In the current world, many new brands of laptops have been introduced. All the brands come out with the sleeker design and portable laptops that can be carried anywhere. As there are many brands available across the world, it becomes easy for the users to choose the brands and model that will best suit their need.
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Parth says
HP is worst company. I have been using hp laptop pavillion series cost 56000.00 inr. I have been facing around 10 problems with in a year. I have made so many complaints that the engineer also know my name and i also know him by name. So you can imagine how low quality products are made by them. Moreover the service center takes 15-20 days atleast for solving problem.
I would not recommend hp products.
MOHIT says
THIS IS GUD PRODUCT
Stanley says
Pls if a Toshiba laptop that has a 6GB space… Is OK for use?
Usman Akram says
Loved the post. Specially that you mentioned Lenovo for its budgets laptops,
Pasquale A. Goi Dimo says
I would like to ask the one who narrated all this great information, Please may you tell us what type of a Lapto did you use to write all details about the Laptops?
Manju bashini says
I want fast processor
Ajay says
Then go with amd processor
Mitch says
No you only amd ryzen all the other series are no good since if no ryzen is available intel is the next bet
Jerson Bergantin says
Lenovo is the best brand of Laptop ever!!!
SHASHWAT says
It is your opinion dir
Peter Chris says
it’s a nice info here
Steve Evanson Kanyua says
Which brand would you like to recommend?
Raunak Agarwal says
Paru says
Me says
I’m planning to buy a xiaomi laptop, but i’m a hesitant of the customer services of xiaomi in India.
I’m buying it from China but later if some issues break out, i’m not sure where to turn and get it done.
Why I’m buying xiaomi Pro 15 plus is because it has an i7 10th gen 16gb ram with integrated graphic card windows laptop with backlit keyboard worth 68k rs. I just couldn’t find a better deal with other brands, my budget initially was 50k topped to 60 but we’re all lap lovers, we might just get greedy and i fell for it. I was actually looking for an i5 8th gen 8gb ram with 2gb graphics windows lap, but it costed me nearly the same price and in sm brands even more, that’s when i decided to settle with xiaomi.
If there are some suggestsions, please make a comment. Plsss pls feel free to
Tarunesh Singh says
Hp is the best company of laptops
Muhammad Anaz says
Plz my all dears I have needed a one best laptop on a Dell company and price range is maximum 20000 to 30000 plz
Tanmaya Puri says
Well, Dell is way better than HP. Dell should be on top of this list.
RAUNAK MAURYA says
DELL is the best company in the world if you are searching for a laptop then buy only DELL laptop it should be the top of the list i don’t know why it is not in top never buy HP and lenovo laptop never never never !
Yes you are right !
RamSurat Prasad says
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Last updated: 18th, Feb, 2020 .
Released Exp. release 2020, March
OS Android 10.0
Display 6.5" 720x1600 pixels
RAM 3GB RAM
Battery 4000mAh Li-Po
LG K41S - Full Specifications and Price in Bangladesh
Announced 2020, February 18
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2020, March
3G bands It is the 3rd generation mobile data communication technology. HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands It is the 4th generation mobile data communication technology. LTE (unspecified)
SIM A subscriber identity module or subscriber identification module, widely known as a SIM Card. Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Resolution Display Resolution is the measuring way of how much pixels does a display contain. 720 x 1600 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~270 ppi density)
OS Operating System (OS) is the basic structural software which helps other application software to install/run/execute on it. Android 10.0
Chipset It's the mobile system, a chipset is a set of electronic components in an integrated circuit. -
CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) - otherwise known as a processor is an electronic circuit that can execute mobile phone programs. Octa-core 2.0 GHz
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) which does the graphical calculation of the processor. -
Card slot A special slot for inserting a memory card for expand your storage. microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal Internal memory is the memory available on board (chip or motherboard) which is given while manufacturing at the factory. 32 GB
RAM Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of computer data storage that stores data and machine code currently being used. 3 GB
Primary camera 13 MP, (wide), PDAF
5 MP, (ultrawide)
2 MP (depth)
Secondary camera 8 MP
Features LED flash, panorama, HDR
Loudspeaker Loudspeaker is a small sound driver fitted within a mobile phone, which is used to produce sound. Yes
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is a method of distributing data wirelessly to a local area network practically to the internet. Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices. 5.0, A2DP, LE
GPS GPS (Global Positioning System) originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system. Yes, with A-GPS
Sensors A sensor is a device, module, or subsystem whose purpose is to detect events or changes in its environment and send the information to other electronics. Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity
Messaging SMS (short message service) is a text messaging service component of most telephone, internet, and mobile-device systems. SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM
Battery type A Lithium Polymer (Li-Po) battery has a polymer cathode and a solid electrolyte, while Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) has a carbon cathode and a liquid electrolyte. Non-removable Li-Po
Battery capacity The unit of capacity is milliamp hours (mAh), which means 3000mAh can be put on the battery to discharge it in one hour. 4000 mAh
Made by South Korea
Color Titanium, Black, White
LG K41S - Reviews
The price of LG K41S is coming soon. LG K41S smartphone / android phone comes with 6.5 inches, 102.0 cm2 (~80.6% screen-to-body ratio), IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors display and resolution 720 x 1600 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~270 ppi density). K41S performing Octa-core 2.0 GHz processor. It has 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB internal storage, which can be expanded microSDXC (dedicated slot) external storage. This stylish device has a 13 MP, 5 MP, 2 MP, 2 MP camera in the back and an 8 MP camera on the front side. It was powered by a standard 4000 mAh Li-polymer battery.
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Rosarita Refried Beans
Rosarita Refried Beans - Traditional (Pack of 3)
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Rosarita is a culinary empire built by Pedro Guerrero and his wife Rosaura Castro of Arizona, who dreamt of bringing Mexican food to the masses. Based on the simple Mexican recipes that his wife Rosaura mastered out of necessity, Rosarita (its name is a diminutive form of Rosaura), has been delighting families with their authentic Mexican-style refried beans since the 1940�s when Guerrero founded Rosarita Mexican Food Products. It all started after he discovered the popularity tamales had in 1923 when he sold them at a festival. He had to wait 20 years for his dream to come true and be sold across all the Western United States.
Rosarita beans original name was Rosita, when Guerrero first registered the company�s name in 1925. One of Guerrero's sons designed the picture of the Mexican woman for the logo. (The sultry se�orita in the yellow sombrero adorns the label even now.) In 1939, 14 years later, Guerro found suitable partners for his company: R.G Scarborough, a young accountant and Ann Petrie, the owner of two Mesa Restaurants. Then in 1945, in one of Petrie�s Kitchen, a local woman was hired to make tamales according to Rosaura�s recipe. The tamale demand grew quickly, needing to move into a large, modern factory in a short time. As the company expanded from fresh tamales, frozen foods, tortillas, and sauces into canned beans, the name was later changed to Rosarita after a trademark squabble in the late 1950�s. That didn�t stop Rosarita from taking off in grocery stores, locally and then being a major supplier of prepared Mexican food across the Western United States for 40 years, where its products are sold on grocery store shelves and online stores to this day.
In 1961, Rosarita was sold to Beatrice Foods, one of the time�s biggest processed-food conglomerates. Today, ConAgra Foods owns the brand.
Rosarita uses only the highest-quality beans available and comes in a variety of flavors: Traditional, No Fat Traditional, No Fat Zesty Salsa, No Fat Green Chili and Lime, Spicy Jalapeno, Low Fan Black Bean and Vegetarian; so you can choose your favorite to have in the morning, noon or at night. Rosarita also makes enchilada sauce, green sauce, Taquera and Rosarita Diced Jalapeno Peppers
�Made from our 70-year-old recipe, Rosarita beans are authentic... really, really authentic.�
For more information about Rosarita Refried Beans, please visit their website at Conagra Foods Brands.
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HomeLatest NewsEgypt Latest NewsEgypt’s Late President Mohamed Morsi mourned on first anniversary of his demise
Egypt’s Late President Mohamed Morsi mourned on first anniversary of his demise
June 17, 2020 MEO Staff Egypt Latest News
The first anniversary of the passing of late Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is an occasion for reflection and soul searching. It evokes memories of his life and times, which culminated as Egypt’s first democratically elected civilian president.
A new non-profit organization has been founded in late president’s name with the aim to raise awareness of the importance of calling for free and fair democracy
A number of activists and public figures have marked the one-year anniversary of the death of President Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first and only freely elected leader.
Morsi died after collapsing in court during a session in one of his politicized trials on trumped-up charges.
He came to power following the 2011 popular revolution that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. The academic and engineer rose to seniority in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood before winning the 2012 presidential election as his group’s candidate.
A London-based non-profit organization has been set up on the anniversary of Morsi’s death.
According to the Morsi Foundation for Democracy’s website, the organisation aims to raise awareness of the importance of calling for free and fair democracy and creating platforms for engagement on social justice issues.
On the anniversary of the death of #President_Morsi, we announce launching the #Morsi_Foundation_for_Democracy, an international non-profit civil society organization, perpetuating the name of President Mohamed #Morsi and promoting freedom, democracy, justice and human rights. pic.twitter.com/lO7LCPVPEL
— Morsi Foundation For Democracy (@morsidemocracy) June 17, 2020
Morsi was one of tens of thousands of Egyptians detained by the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Morsi’s defense minister who deposed him in a 2013 military coup.
Activists and human rights defenders have criticized the conditions in which detainees in Egypt have been held. UN independent experts concluded that he was held under “brutal” conditions that contributed to his death and could amount to a state-sanctioned arbitrary killing.
The experts also warned that thousands of more prisoners in Egypt were enduring similar conditions and their “health and lives” may also be at severe risk.
One year since #EGYPT's former Pres Mohamed Morsi died while in gov't custody.
His death followed yrs of gov't mistreatment, prolonged solitary confinement, inadequate medical care + deprivation of family visits, lawyer access ~@hrw
BUT. No investigation. No prosecution so far. pic.twitter.com/U7Q6DqgBko
— Arwa Ibrahim (@arwaib) June 17, 2020
Morsi was buried in a service attended by only his closest family. Burial in his Nile Delta hometown of Sharqiya was denied. In contrast, Mubarak was buried with state honors in a huge ceremony in February.
No investigation into Morsi’s death has been carried out.
1 year since Pres #Morsy died in #Egypt govt custody, no investigations, no prosecution, no one held accountable for deliberate mistreatment of Morsy, denial of medical care & family visits, denial of humanity.
We see you #Sisi. This is on your hands https://t.co/crb1oqHBTZ
— Sarah Leah Whitson (@sarahleah1) June 17, 2020
Abdullah El Sherif, the popular host of a political satire YouTube show and an outspoken critic of Sisi’s government, took to social media to mark the anniversary.
رحمة الله على من لم يقبل الضيم، ولم ينزل على رأي الفسدة، على من خاضوا في عرضه فصبر، ورموه زورا فاصطبر، رحمة الله عليك ان كنت لدينك ووطنك محباً مخلصا، ولعنته على من ظلمك وحرمك، وجعل الدائرة تدور عليه، وزاده ذلاً فوق ذل، وشفى منه صدورنا في الدنيا قبل الآخرة
آمين#محمد_مرسي
— عبدالله الشريف (@AbdullahElshrif) June 17, 2020
Translation: May God have mercy on those who do not tolerate injustice and people who do not come down on those who express opinions on corruption, and those who fought it with patience. May God have mercy on you, who was loyal to your nation, and curses on those who mistreated you and increased torture.
In March 2018, a panel of British politicians and lawyers warned that Morsi’s prison conditions were poor and could lead to his early death.
The panel, which had been convened at the request of Morsi’s family, said he had been “receiving inadequate medical care, particularly inadequate management of his diabetes and inadequate management of his liver disease”.
Many social media users have used the anniversary to highlight prison conditions in Egypt.
الذكرى الاولى لوفاة الدكتور محمد مرسي اثناء اخضاعه لمحاكمة غير عادلة وظروف سجن غير انسانية محروما من الرعاية الصحية ومن التواصل مع اسرته ومحامية. الحق حق والمبادئ لا تتجزأ. #محمد_مرسي pic.twitter.com/mJfqSkJZd7
— Liliane Daoud ليليان (@liliandaoud) June 17, 2020
Translation: The first anniversary of the death of Mohammed Morsi – he was subjected to an unfair trial and inhumane prison conditions, deprived of medical care and communicating with his family and lawyers.
Human rights groups estimate that Sisi’s government has jailed as many as 60,000 dissidents since the 2013 coup against Morsi, led by the then-defense minister.
Palestine remembers Morsi
During Morsi’s inauguration address at Cairo University on 30 June 2012: “I announce from here that Egypt, its people and presidential institution stand with the Palestinian people until they regain all their rights.”
It must be recalled that after its signing of the Camp David Treaty in 1979, Egypt’s policy towards the conflict changed from being a supporter of Palestine to becoming a mediator between Israel and the Palestinian people.
Morsi was determined to reset his country’s orientation to one of active support, not for a ‘self-governing authority’ and ‘autonomy’ in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, but the attainment of an independent sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital and the right of the refugees to return.
Regionally, one of the foremost challenges which the Morsi presidency faced was how to ease the hardship of the population of Gaza who have been blockaded by Israel since 2007.
Throughout this period, the Mubarak regime collaborated faithfully with Israel to maintain the cruel siege. In February 2008, his last foreign minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, infamously warned in a statement carried by the state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA) that “Whoever breaks the border line will have his foot broken.”
In order to end the misery of Gaza’s 1.7 million population, the Morsi government recognized that the Rafah Crossing had to be opened permanently for the free movement of people and goods. They wasted no time in accelerating this process.
The new administration in Cairo quickly set about reversing the diplomatic isolation which Israel and the Mubarak regime had enforced. Foreign heads of state, ministers and international solidarity workers soon flocked to Gaza to render technical assistance and help in reconstruction projects.
In October 2012, Qatar’s Emir Tamir bin Hamad Al Thani crossed into the enclave from Egypt; he was the first regional leader to do so since the visit by King Hussein of Jordan in 1999.
Shortly after, during the Israeli assault on Gaza in November, Morsi warned:
“I tell them in the name of all the Egyptian people that the Egypt of today is not the Egypt of yesterday and that the Arabs of today are different than the Arabs of yesterday.”
In a show of calculated defiance and solidarity with the people of Gaza, Morsi sent his Prime Minister Hesham Qandil to the enclave that month. He was the first and highest ranking Egyptian official to enter the Gaza Strip since the Israeli occupation began in 1967. That visit was followed by an Arab League delegation which included Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. In January 2013, Egypt also facilitated a visit to Gaza by then Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Notwithstanding their political importance, all these visits concluded with significant economic aid to the territory.
Normalization and resistance
To understand the decisions Morsi took and the price he paid for doing so, it must be recalled that long before the 25 January uprising, he was well-known for his support of Palestine. In fact, he was a founding member of the Egypt Council for Resistance Against the Zionist Project.
It is no coincidence, therefore, that the countries which bankrolled the military coup that toppled Morsi – the UAE and Saudi Arabia – are the same ones which today are leading the Arab campaign to normalise relations with Israel.
Morsi was clearly an undesirable obstacle to their plan.
Yet, as far as he was concerned, the Palestinian people had a right to resist the occupation, as long as they acted in accordance with international conventions and human rights law. For this reason, he encouraged the Palestinian factions to unite.
For Morsi, Palestinian reconciliation and unity was fundamental for the renewal of their national project. Furthermore, he was convinced that it would help insulate the Palestinian leadership from Israeli and American pressure in their decision-making.
Unsurprisingly, it took the Morsi administration just three months to broker the Fatah-Hamas Cairo Agreement in October 2012. That agreement was designed to ensure the reformation of the PLO, inclusion of all factions in its ranks, adherence to democratic processes, and representation for all Palestinians, including the refugees.
Neither Israel or its regional and international backers welcomed the agreement.
Throughout his term as President of Egypt, Morsi never pressured the PLO and Abbas to engage in the futile cycle of negotiations with Israel as his predecessor and successor have done. He knew it was a waste of time because of Israel’s deception and refusal to end its settlement expansion.
At the same time, Morsi urged the Palestinian Authority not to bow to Israeli pressure to undermine or obstruct the resistance. Whereas the Mubarak regime had negotiated, unsuccessfully, for five years to secure the release of the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, it was under the auspices of Morsi’s government that an exchange deal was struck; resulting in the release of 1,027 Palestinian detainees from Israeli jails.
After the July 2013 coup many of the released prisoners were rearrested without a whimper of protest from the Sisi regime.
On the first anniversary of Mohamed Morsi’s passing, many Palestinians quite rightly imagine what their reality would have looked like today if he was still here. Would the Gaza Strip still be under Israeli-Egyptian lockdown? Would Israel have dared to contemplate annexing the West Bank and Jerusalem?
All of these were anathema to Morsi and it was for this reason and others Israel and its Arab collaborators conspired to topple him.
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Canada signs deal to secure 20M more COVID-19 vaccine doses
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined top public health officials to give an update on COVID-19 in Canada. (Blair Gable/Reuters)
Canada has signed an agreement to secure another 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses.
During a news conference in Ottawa today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a deal with AstraZeneca on access to a vaccine prospect now being developed at Oxford University. As a result, the federal government has now secured access to six leading vaccine candidates.
“We’ve been guided by science since the very beginning and right now, both the COVID-19 vaccine task force and the immunity task force are doing important work to help us identify the most promising vaccine options and strategies,” he said.
There is no approved vaccine yet for COVID-19, though there are many in clinical trials and in development. Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand said the global market is “intense and unpredictable.”
“When a vaccine is ready, Canada will be ready,” she said.
The federal government already has reached vaccine agreements with Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Novavax, Pfizer and Moderna, for a total of 282 million doses.
Full payments to drug companies are contingent on the vaccines passing clinical trials and obtaining regulatory approval.
Health Canada says it will review the evidence on safety, efficacy and manufacturing quality for each vaccine to determine if individual vaccines will be approved for use in Canada before they are made available to Canadians.
The government is also procuring equipment and supplies needed for vaccine manufacturing and packaging, as well as immunization equipment such as syringes, needles and alcohol swabs.
Trudeau also announced that Canada will provide $440 million to COVAX, a global procurement initiative meant to ensure fair, equitable and timely access to vaccines for less wealthy countries.
“This pandemic can’t be solved by any one country alone because to eliminate the virus anywhere, we need to eliminate it everywhere,” Trudeau said.
Trudeau, Anand, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam and her deputy Dr. Howard Njoo are hold a briefing in Ottawa today and CBCNews.ca is carrying it live.
Earlier this week, Tam warned that Canada is at a “crossroads” in its pandemic battle and said the actions of individual Canadians will decide whether there will be a massive spike in COVID-19 cases.
Modelling shows the epidemic is accelerating nationally, with projections that cases could climb to more than 5,000 daily by October. If Canadians don’t step up preventative measures, the virus could spread out of control and trigger a wave of infections bigger than the first one, Tam said.
The following day, Trudeau delivered a rare address to the nation with a similar message. He warned that infections could surge and urged Canadians to do their part to prevent transmission by following public health guidelines on masks, gatherings and physical distancing.
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We're Going On A Bear Hunt this Christmas...
Bert with his new bear friend
I've a very happy boy here at Chez Bishop. At the weekend we got a rather exciting delivery in the shape of a brand new bear friend for Bert. He's always loved a cuddly toy, but he especially loves this one as it's from one of his favourite stories 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' written by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury and published by Walker Books.
This story has a special place in my heart too as I vividly remember having it read to me when I was small - I love books that pass down through the generations, there is something so special about reading a book to your own child that you too enjoyed when you were little.
We're Going on a Bear Hunt tells the story of five siblings and their dog as they go on an adventure through swishy grass, squelchy mud, a cold river, a dark wood and a swirling, whirling snowstorm all to find a bear deep in a dark cave! The book is beautiful to read with a lovely patter and repetitive 'chorus' ...
We're going on a bear hunt...
We're going to catch a big one!
What a beautiful day!
We're not scared!
Excitingly, this Christmas, We're Going on a Bear Hunt is coming to our screens in the form of a brand new animated adventure from the highly talented Lupas Films (the people behind The Snowman and The Snowdog). It is being aired on Channel 4 at 7:30pm on Christmas Eve, and repeated on Christmas Day at 5:25pm. We are so blooming excited, I cannot tell you!
This exciting new animation features the voices of Olivia Coleman, Pam Ferris and Mark Williams (as the grown ups!), some new young talent voice the siblings Stan, Katie, Rosie, Max, and the baby while the author himself (Michael Rosen) voices the bear!!
The new animation also introduces an exciting brand new song written and performed by George Ezra.
If you'd like a little sneak peek of the film then have a look at the official trailer...
To coincide with the release of the exciting new animation there is also a gorgeous cuddly bear by Aurora, which will be available in 3 sizes - 14 inch, 9.5 inch and 8 inch - stockists include Waterstones, Foyles, Harrods, Blue Diamond garden centres and Amazon.
Bert's Bear Hunt goodies!
Also available now is the amazing We're Going on a Bear Hunt gaming app (priced at £2.99) which places the player within the story: inviting them to swish through the grass, splosh through the river and stumble through the forest (playing games and earning points as they go) before tiptoeinginto the cave to come face to face with the bear.
Bert has been playing it since the weekend, and he's addicted! It's beautifully put together, very easy to navigate and has plenty of activities to keep your little ones entertained for ages. Bert especially likes the bug hunting game, and getting to change the clothes of the children in the dress-up part of the game.
In fact, some of the mini games in it are so addictive that you'll want a go too, and then you'll find that you're desperate to try again and beat your score (I'm talking from experience, trust me!).
As well as the bear and app, Bert was lucky enough to receive a special pack of Bear Hunt goodies - a pin badge, stickers, a poster for his bedroom wall, and a bear ears crown! He was so chuffed with all the lovely extras, what a lucky boy just before Christmas too!
Bear Hunt pin badge
Bear Hunt stickers (now all over my house, naturally!)
One happy little fella with his new bear friend!
We've now watched the trailer umpteen times and we really can't wait to see the film on Christmas Eve - we've got special treat snacks planned, and we're going to cosy up on the sofa and enjoy it together as a family. It is also set to record, as I'm pretty sure it'll be one Bert will want to watch and re-watch before the DVD is released on Monday 8th February 2017.
Who could resist this cute little fella?
Have a peek at the trailer to whet your appetite...and make sure you tune in on Christmas Eve with your family.
We we're sent a Bear Hunt goodie pack in return for this honest review.
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Montgomery Parks Announces Programming and Operating Hours for Labor Day Weekend
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Open parkways will have extended hours from Friday, September 4, through Monday, September 7
Silver Spring, MD – Montgomery Parks, part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, announces programming and operating hours for Labor Day weekend.
In recognition of the holiday, the parks department will extend the hours for its open parkways beginning on Friday, September 4, at 9 a.m. through Tuesday, September 8, at 7 a.m. Every weekend portions of Sligo Creek Parkway, Beach Drive and Little Falls Parkway are open for pedestrians and bicyclists for recreation and exercise. Montgomery Parks’ Headquarters, Permit, and Customer Service Offices will be closed Monday September 7.
Following is a sampling of programs and activities offered during the holiday weekend between Saturday, September 5 and Monday, September 7.
Enjoy a picnic in the park
Visit the 18-hole miniature golf course at South Germantown Recreational Park before it closes for the season. (The course is open Saturdays & Sundays, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.)
Check out free children’s programming at Black Hill Visitor Center including a Monarch Meet & Greet on Saturday, September 5 at 11 a.m. and a Monarch Scavenger Hunt also on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. (Advanced registration required)
Meet the raptors at Meadowside Nature Center for a Raptor Training and Enrichment session on Monday, September 7 from 1 – 1:30 p.m. (Free) (Advanced registration required)
Rent a kayak, canoe or rowboat and spend a day on the water at Black Hill Regional Park (Boats at Lake Needwood are closed for the season). Boat rentals are available from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. all weekend, including Monday.
Enjoy a picnic in the park and support a local restaurant through the MoCoEats initiative
Join the Discover Montgomery virtual challenge by hiking, biking or walking one of seven designated trails
Take a free, self-guided hike on a portion of the Underground Railroad Experience Trail at Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park.
Stroll through 50 acres of beautiful outdoor gardens at Brookside Gardens (Visitor Center open daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
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Tour Edge Exotics posts 2 top-3 finishes
Two 3rd place Finishes for Tour Edge Exotics Clubs at Senior Open Championship
Tour Edge Earns 9th Top 10 in the Majors on 2019 PGA Tour Champions
Two players using Tour Edge Exotics golf clubs at the Senior Open Championship finished in the Top 3 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club, host course of the fifth and final Major championship of the 2019 PGA Tour Champions season.
A former two-time U.S. Open champion and Tour Edge Exotics staffer Tim Petrovic both finished tied for 3rd in the 33rd annual Senior Open Championship Sunday.
These are the same two players that finished 1st and 2nd in the previous Major event, the Senior Players Championship, just two weeks ago.
The former two-time U.S. Open champion played an Exotics CBX 119 hybrid to a 3rd place finish in England, shooting a 66 on Sunday to finish 3–under-par for the tournament. It was the 3rd Top 5 finish in a Major event this year for the South African, including the win at the Senior Players.
Petrovic also finished in 3rd place at the Senior Open after a 68 in the final round playing an Exotics CBX fairway wood and two Exotics CBX Iron-Woods. He has earned three runner-up finishes and the 3rd place finish in Majors since switching to Tour Edge clubs.
Another player finished in the Top 10 of the Senior Open Championship playing two Exotics CBX Iron-Woods, giving Tour Edge clubs their 9th Top 10 finish in the five Major championships played on the 2019 PGA Tour Champions season. The nine Top 10 Major finishes include a victory, two runner-up finishes and six Top 5 finishes.
Exotics clubs earned 11 Top 10’s in Majors last season for a grand total of 20 Top 10’s in the last 10 Majors played on the PGA Tour Champions.
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Home News Maghreb Islamists, liberals face off outside Tunisian assembly
Islamists, liberals face off outside Tunisian assembly
TUNIS, December 3, 2011 (AFP)
Police fired tear gas as thousands of Islamist supporters swooped on central Tunis Saturday to confront liberal demonstrators rallying against extremism as lawmakers draft a new constitution for Tunisia.
“The Islamists attacked us and threw stones, the police fired tear gas,” Ines Ben Othman, a representative of the liberal demonstrators told AFP.
“The sit-in continues, we will remain. But the aggressors are provoking us and are waiting on all street corners,” she added.
Interior ministry spokesman Hichem Meddeb confirmed that Islamists had “thrown stones and the police dispersed them. Calm has returned.”
Separated by barriers and police, the two sides shouted insults at each other outside the Bardo Palace where the constitution is being drawn up after a vote that saw the moderate Islamist Ennahda party win most seats on the drafting body.
The Islamists waved Ennahda flags but also the black banners of the hardline Salafist Hizb Tahrir, which has not been legalised in the north
African country.
Ennahda spokesman Noureddine Bhiri, whose party denied being behind the Islamist rally, went to try to calm the situation as police reinforcements and armored vehicles were brought in to block the entrance to the palace.
The constituent assembly also issued a statement appealing for calm and support as it charts the country’s future and sets the pace for the Arab Spring, a year after the birth of the revolution that brought about regime
“Tunisia is going through a very sensitive phase where the priority is the establishment of a democratic regime and of a fair economic system. And this requires us to refrain from anything that could stir tensions and instability,” the statement said.
Hundreds of students, teachers, unemployed miners and other protesters began gathering Wednesday at the Bardo Palace with various demands.
The protest was partly a response to ongoing demonstrations at a university outside the capital, where Islamists disrupted courses demanding a stop to mixed-sex classes and for female students to wear the full-face veil, or niqab.
Ennahda dominates the 217-member assembly elected in the country’s first democratic polls on October 23.
Long-time Tunisian leader Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and his staunchly secular regime were ousted in a popular uprising in January and the country has no government yet, while the economic situation is worsening.
Central bank governor Mustapha Kamel Nabli was quoted by the TAP news agency Saturday as saying that growth this year will be zero while unemployment will be up to 18 percent.
The vital tourist sector has been hard hit by the revolution, with foreign visitors preferring to go elsewhere, while the phosphate industry has seen production plummet because of a series of strikes.
In addition some 100,000 Tunisians working in neighbouring Libya fled back home during the upheaval that overthrew Moamer Kadhafi’s regime and are left without job.
The central bank Friday demanded that its independence be guaranteed in the new onstitution, as a draft law threatened to place it under government control.
Ennahda, with 89 seats in the constituent assembly, is accused by some, including prospective coalition partners, of seeking to concentrate all powers in the hands of the new prime minister, the party’s number two Hamadi Jebali.
The assembly is due to vote in the next few days on a power-sharing deal which would make left-winger Moncef Marzouki the country’s next president.
Some Tunisians were increasingly unnerved by the country institutional limbo, with talks for a new executive dragging on and the former interim administration led by Beji Caid Essebsi having already resigned.
“It’s urgent, we can’t wait any longer. There’s a climate of hesitation and indecisiveness, nobody is making decisions, it’s crippling the economy,” said
Hichem Elloumi, a representative of the country’s employers association.
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Cops Pepper Spray Black Teen In His Own Living Room After Mistaking Him For Burglar
Here for your daily dose of blatant racism is a story of police officers in North Carolina pepper-spraying a black teenager after a neighbor mistook him for a burglar.
DeShawn Currie, who is a foster child in a white family, said he was simply returning home from school when a neighbor spotted him entering through the side door. “An intruder!” the neighbor instinctively hypothesized.
When police arrived, Currie was forced to explain a situation that never needed to be explained, as police humiliatingly pointed to family pictures asking how on earth a black teenager fit into the story.
“They was like, ‘Put your hands on the door,'” Currie said. “I was like, ‘For what? This is my house.’ I was like, ‘Why are y’all in here?'”
Apparently unable to wrap his mind around the fact a black teenager lives with a white family, and frustrated with Currie’s defense, one of the officers then proceeded to pepper spray him in the face—right inside his very own living room.
The family is rightfully livid.
In a surprising move, however, the cops did not appear to try and “sprinkle some crack” on him.
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Music education in Ivory Coast
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By Jacques Thomas Le Seigneur
The text provides an overview of music education in Ivory Coast. It was in 1887 in Elima in the South-Comoé region that the first modern, Western-style school opened its doors. Music had a place on its curriculum. After a break between 1914 and 1924, a time when music was removed from the syllabus, music was restored to the programme and remains so till today. However, this arts education is largely imported from Europe, so formal music education is still struggling to take roots in Ivory Coast and is still far from playing the educational role expected of it in Ivorian society.
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Music education cannot be separated from the colonial and postcolonial history of Ivory Coast. It is the result of replacement of some local cultural values with those of the French occupiers. The word ‘education’, for example, in the modern European sense (take, for instance, the definition given by Emile Durkheim[i]), is close to the meaning given to the same concept in several Ivorian vernaculars. Among the Akans in central Ivory Coast (Baule) and eastern Ivory Coast (Agni), the sense of educating a child is expressed by ‘Ba Tale’, which literally means ‘plant a child’.For the Mandes in the north, the phrase close to the same concept would be ‘Denial lamon Ka’, which means ‘to ripen the child’.
What differentiates the ‘traditional’ French pedagogy from the Ivorian is probably the medium by which each is passed on: through written tradition (for the former) and oral tradition (for the latter). This difference is particularly noticeable in the arts and their transmission. The understanding that people have of music in the West does not convey the many forms it can take in Ivorian society. In French, according to the CNRTL[ii], the first definition of the word ‘music’ is a ‘harmonious and expressive combination of sounds’. In many Ivorian societies, however, the audible expression is not separated from other art forms such as dance. In several local vernaculars, one uses without distinction the same word for dance and music. For example, in Bete, song and dance are designated by the same word, ‘lô’.The same is found among the Mahous with the word ‘lon’.
The Ivorian context
Ivory Coast is at the intersection of major cultural influences that colonial history could not erase. One can divide the various communities on the Ivorian territory into four language families that correspond to the many ways of conceiving and transmitting music: the Gurs in the north and northeast of the country; Krus in the western and central part; Mande the west and northwest; and the Akan or Kwas on the central, eastern and southern lagoon regions. Note too that the national culture was enriched by influences from a very large foreign population[iii].
With a young population (in 2014, just over 77% of the national population, or 4 Ivoirians out of 5, were under 35 years[iv]), education is a priority for the Ivorian nation. However, the political will for the establishment of a strong national arts education is not shared by everyone. First, as President Felix Houphouet-Boigny liked to say, “The future belongs to science and technology” -music education is often seen as secondary where other courses are judged more ‘intellectual.’ Also, as we shall discover, the development of music education in Ivory Coast does not follow the same tempo in all educational institutions.
Music education in primary and secondary schools
Since 1977, Ivorian legislation stipulates in Article 14 that the kindergarten should develop the “artistic and physical expression” of the child[v].Music education is at this age is focused on musical initiation and vocal development. However, because of a lack of training and sometimes a lack of interest from teachers, music is often totally absent at this level. Moreover, the institutions concerned (too few altogether) affect only a marginal population; before 2001, only 8.82% of Ivorian children were enrolled and attending kindergarten schools. Therefore at this level, very few children are involved in music education.
In elementary schools, music education is included on the list of lessons to be taught. Note that from 1887 to 1971, the musical practice was limited to the practice of singing in these schools, based on a French repertoire. Long after the country’s independence in 1960, one could still hear children in Ivorian schools sing traditional songs of the former colonial power, such as ‘Marseillaise’. Even after a decade of revised educational televised programmes (1971-1982), the first documents drafted on primary education, giving a place to music education, still drew from these same old texts.
In 2001, some 82% of the two million school-age children had access to primary education, and therefore to music lessons. However, with regard to nursery schools, a problem of formation and development was noticed. Even when included in school curricula, music education was often poorly taught. Teachers, receiving only limited instruction in this area, often used time allocated for music to teach other subjects that they considered more important.
The same phenomenon is seen at the secondary level too, where music is now part of the syllabus. If in 1960 music lessons were found lacking in the secondary curriculum, it reappeared in 1971 with the creation of a specialized teacher training structure: L’Institut National des Arts d’Abidjan (the National Institute of Arts in Abidjan) in collaboration with the former Ecole Nationale Supérieure (or ENS). Like the primary school programme, however, the secondary curriculum before 1982 was the same as the French model. It was divided into three areas: singing, music theory, and the history of European music.
A new, ‘Africanized’ programme has since been conceived to replace what was inherited from the colonial past. However, few instructions and prescriptions are still given to teachers. Moreover, this new programme still struggles to detach itself from the French model. One may question the relevance of having kept the teaching of music theory as one of the focal points of music education, even when music in Ivory Coast comes from an oral culture. Also, note that the study of musical cultures remains focused on the West: of 59 lessons in the programme, only 16 are on Ivorian music, compared to 28 on European music. Note that the study of the music of neighboring countries, which was culturally close to Ivory Coast’s, are not even on the programme.
Music education in secondary schools also suffers from a lack of sufficient faculty staff. For example, in 2001, for 373 492 high school students, supervised by 11 894 teachers, there were only 189 teachers of music education. In other words, of 203 Ivorian schools, only 117 secondary schools had a teacher in musical education (that’s 57.63%)[vi] - and most of these teachers did not always have the time to take care of all the classes in their schools.
Music education at tertiary education
At the level of higher education, there are three institutions providing music training in Ivory Coast: CAFOP (Centre for Educational Training), the National School of Music and Félix Houphouët-Boigny University.
The CAFOP is a group of training institutions for teachers. Founded in 1966 to meet the shortfall of teachers at the undergraduate level, music is taught alongside other art forms for all aspiring teachers but remains poorly represented in proportion.
The National School of Music in Abidjan, part of the Higher National Institute for Arts and Cultural Action (INSAAC)[vii], fosters teacher training programmes (for college and high school) and of CAFOP, and also aims at higher education up to the level ofthe French ‘Licence’and Ph.D.
At Félix Houphouët-BoignyUniversity[viii](remember that arts education only began at college level in 1986, with the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences becoming the Faculty of Letters, Arts and Humanities), after restructuring higher training into Training and Research Unit (UFR), music became in the new Faculty of Information Communication and Arts (UFRICA) - a wholly distinct subsidiary entitled Music and Musicology, issuing a ‘Licence’ in music and musicology. Music education can be continued to a Masters and even Ph.D. level. Following the various political and military crises of the 2000s, the university was closed in 2011 by the current president, Alassane Ouattara, and rehabilitated in 2012. Despite these rehabilitation works, the university still cannot meet the demands of the population. Its infrastructure is judged to be inadequate and non-functional.
Challenges and solutions
The development of public music education in Ivory Coast, which has to meet the challenge of a dense population, faces the main obstacles of irregularity and instability coming from the political sphere that structures it. If many decisions have been taken on education, in general, and therefore on music education, in particular, this sector suffers from numerous shortcomings that the state encounters difficulties fixing.
Such shortcomings are allayed by the efforts of other institutions in Ivory Coast, which allow access to music education. First, traditional teaching remains active in families, passed on to the younger generation by elders, or by brothers, cousins, neighbours and friends. Second, some private and religious institutions allow their members to acquire some training in music. This comes through private music schools, artists offering private lessons, and also churches that purchase instruments for their worship, therefore allowing their members an entry into the world of music. Third, one must mention the many NGOs that, with the help of international funding, work on the dissemination of musical knowledge. For example, the Action Saint-Viateur Fund, supported by the Embassy of France in Abidjan and UNESCO, has created the St. Viateur Conservatory of Music and Dance that provides both practical and theoretical education[ix]. The Goethe-Institut, the German cultural centre of Abidjan, through its Music In Africa project, helps lay the foundation for a platform for the exchange of knowledge and expertise that is available to all[x].
However, it remains difficult to precisely quantify and qualify the important work done by these actors, and the majority of the Ivorian population today remains excluded from all institutions providing music education, despite the fact popular music does not seem to have stopped playing in the streets of Abidjan.
Two other informal institutions play a major role in the musical education of the Ivorian population. Zouglou and Coupe-Décalé add to the reputation of Ivory Coast, despite its lack of official institutions, as one of West Africa’s most productive countries in terms of popular music. The street, understood as an urban public space, is at the crossroads of numerous meetings, which artistically allow for communication, trade and transmission of musical knowledge. Zouglou, for example, took its roots among urban Ivorian students in the second half of the 1980s and became the fruit of encounters between several artists that until today is passed from generation to generation.
The technological upheaval of the digital age, particularly the spread of Internet, also brings new Ivorian generations to consider the creation, production and distribution of music through other means. In the 2000s, when the country was paralyzed by a deep political crisis, the production and dissemination of Coupé-Décalé continued unabated through new means of communication, exported to all countries in Francophone Africa.
These two popular music forms also express certain aspirations of the local youth, whose institutions (official or not) they build on. The musicians of the new generation, though from an urban environment, show interest in local heritage. The attempt to nationalize the school curriculum since the 1980s appears to have failed in detaching the youth from the Western model, and has largely ignored the cultural riches of the many groups that make up the nation.
Through its unifying role during periods of conflict, contemporary popular music plays a central function that is often subdued by the influence of Western culture. It shows that the construction and expression of a musical identity first allow for the construction of a strong cultural identity and that beyond the artistic knowledge that it brings, music education is primarily education through music.
[i]Education isthe action exercised by theadult generationonthosewho are notyet ripe forsocial life.It aimsto encourages anddevelop in the childa number ofphysical, intellectual and mental conditions demandedof him/her andthe political societyas a whole, for the social environmentin which he/she is particularly destined. Cf. Education: Its nature, Its role in ‘Education and Sociology, QuadrigaPUFp.51 andAlcan. p. 49.(Translated from original French). [ii] Centre National de RessourcesTextuellesetLexicales (CNRTL) is a centre that volunteers to feature linguistic lexical online.www.cnrtl.for [iii]In 1998, the National Institute of Statistics estimated the number of foreigners to be over 5million people or consisting of 30% of the national population. The 2014 general census put the foreign population at 24.2%of the national population.In 1998the National Institute of Statistics estimated the number of foreigners to over 5million people, or consisting of 30% of the national population. The 2014 general census put the foreign population at 24.2%of the national population. [iv]According to the last general census conducted by the National Institute for Statistics. [v]Law of August 16, 1977, on the reform of teaching. [vi]Going by statistics given by KOFFI Gbaklia Elvis Emmanuel in Education musicale en Côte D’Ivoire – Histoire-pratique-democratisation. [vii]www.insaac-ci.com/institut.html [viii]www.univ-fhb.edu.ci [ix]http://www.fasaintviateur.org/ [x]http://www.musicinafrica.net
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Vivo X50 Final Renders Leaked
Harris Zahid May 18, 2020
Recently, On Friday, May 15. Vivo had officially announced that they are going to launch a new product, “Vivo X50” in the upcoming conference on June 1. According to the introduction, the phone also features a super-sensitive micro-cloud platform. Recently, a famous blogger on weibo.com has leaked the renders of this upcoming phone.
According to the renders, it can be seen that the phone has a punch-hole display. On the backside, we have a quad-camera setup. The cameras have been set up in a rectangular box. The flashlight can also be seen at the right of cameras.
Talk about the cameras. It has a huge camera sensor at the top. According to the previous leaks, it is an ultra-large camera with a focal length from 16mm to 135mm. It is also reported that the camera also supports 5X optical zoom and 10X hybrid zoom. The other three sensors include the primary camera, an ultra-wide-angle lens, and a periscope telephoto lens.
Currently, other specification information about the upcoming Vivo X50 is limited. Some rumors are suggesting that the phone might be equipped with the Snapdragon 765G or the Exynos 980. It is also reported that the Vivo X50 series will have two versions. First is the standard version, while the second one is the pro version.
According to the promotional video, the phone will be launched by Vivo on June 1 at a conference. Due to limited information, the price and storage of the phone are unconfirmed. If any more news comes regarding the upcoming Vivo X50, you will be updated on our website, so stay tuned!
Harris Zahid
I'm a tech enthusiast, writer at MyFixGuide.com, having a great Interest in Auto Industry And All Communications Related Equipment. Photography and Gaming are my Hobby too. For any query, contact me at h.zahid@myfixguide.com.
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Home › Articles › Fundamentals of Liquid Scintillation
Mechanism of Liquid Scintillation Counting
By eliminating the combustion steps needed for gas phase analysis, the introduction of liquid scintillation counting (LSC) reduced the time required to analyze radioactive samples from hours to minutes. For low energy ("soft") β emitters, LSC offers unmatched convenience and sensitivity. LSC detects radioactivity via the same type of light emission events which are used in solid scintillation. The key difference is that in LSC the scintillation takes place in a solution of scintillator, rather than in a solid crystal. This allows close contact between the isotope atoms and the scintillator, which is not possible with solid scintillation. With LSC the short path length of soft β emissions is not an obstacle to detection.
Liquid scintillation cocktails absorb the energy emitted by radioisotopes and re-emit it as flashes of light. To accomplish these two actions, absorption and re-emission, cocktails contain two basic components, the solvent and the phosphor(s). The solvent carries out the bulk of the energy absorption. Dissolved in the solvent, molecules of phosphor convert the absorbed energy into light. Many cocktails contain additional materials to extend their range of use to different sample compositions, but the solvent and the phosphor provide the scintillation of the mixture.
The Role of the Solvent
The solvent portion of an LSC cocktail comprises from 60 - 99 percent of the total solution. When a radioisotope dissolved in the cocktail undergoes an emission event, it is highly probable that the particle or ray will encounter only solvent molecules before its energy is spent. For this reason, the solvent must act as an efficient collector of energy, and it must conduct that energy to the phosphor molecules instead of dissipating the energy by some other mechanism. The solvent must not quench the scintillation of the phosphor, and, finally, the solvent must dissolve the phosphor to produce a stable, countable solution.
Aromatic organics have proven to be the best solvents for LSC. The prototypical LSC solvent is toluene (The solvents used in National Diagnostics scintillation fluids are safer and less toxic than toluene). The π cloud of the toluene ring (or any aromatic ring) provides a target for β-interaction, which captures the energy of the incident particle. This captured energy is generally lost through transfer to another solvent molecule, as toluene has little tendency to emit light or undergo other alternate decay modes. Thus, a β-particle passing through a toluene solution leaves in its wake a number of energized toluene molecules. The energy from these molecules passes back and forth among the solvent ring systems, allowing efficient capture by dissolved phosphors.
Solvents employed in liquid scintillation cocktails, such as toluene, pseudocumene, or PXE, possess aromatic rings to absorb the energy of incident radiation.
The solvent molecules in a scintillation cocktail absorb a portion of an alpha or beta particle's energy. The energy passes between solvent molecules until the energy reaches a phosphor, which absorbs the energy and re-emits it as light.
The Role of Phosphors (Scintillators)
Phosphors are broadly divided into two classes: primary and secondary scintillators. Included at 0.3-1% of the solution volume, primary scintillators provide the conversion of captured energy to the emission of light. The molecules of scintillator appear to induce a dipole moment in their solvation shell, allowing direct transfer of energy between the scintillator and excited solvent molecules separated by up to 10 other solvent molecules. Primary scintillators must be capable of being excited to a light emitting state by excited solvent molecules, and they must be soluble in the solvent at a sufficient concentration to give efficient energy capture.
Secondary scintillators, or wavelength shifters, were originally included in scintillation cocktails to compensate for the narrow spectral response of early photomultiplier tubes. Most primary scintillators emit light below 408nm, but the response of early photomultiplier tubes drops significantly in this range. A secondary scintillator captures the fluorescence energy of the excited primary scintillator, and re-emits it as a longer wave length signal. The process by which this energy exchange takes place is not clear. (Although the emission spectrum of the primary scintillator and the absorption spectrum of the secondary scintillator generally overlap, the kinetics of the exchange suggest direct contact rather than an emission-absorption event.) While modern phototubes are generally capable of counting the light pulses from the primary scintillator, secondary scintillators have been found to improve efficiency in many cases and are still included in most cocktails.
It has been found that linked benzene rings, rather than larger aromatic systems, generally make superior scintillators. PPO is the most commonly used primary, and Bis-MSB the most common secondary scintillator. Napthalene is somewhat unique, in that it can serve as a low efficiency scintillator and as a solvent, in concert with other organics.
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BRA Urban Renewal Zone Resource Page
Many NEWRA members want to learn more about the BRA's renewal of the Urban Renewal Zone covering much of the North End. We've collected some files, in the repository below, which provide useful background information.
By state law, oversight of the BRA is the responsibility of The Boston City Council and the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (or DCHD, which reports to the Governor). These are the two entities who decided on Urban Renewal power renewal. The BRA had asked for 10-year extensions for 14 Urban Renewal Zones, covering a large percentage of the land in the downtown area including the southern and waterfront areas of the North End. The Council allowed 6 years, not 10. The extension approved by the Council has a few conditions and some more oversight opportunities extended to the Council. Note that the Council elected to exercise extended oversight largely because three 2015 audits of the BRA (see also below) found the organization seriously deficient in vision, process and management. To Director Brian Golden's credit, he and the Mayor commissioned these important studies and they both have acknowledged their negative results.
To understand more about where these Urban Renewal Zones are, click on the map graphic to the right and you can check out the various zones and BRA projects. You'll see that all of the North End Waterfront and all areas south of Fulton St. are in the Downtown Urban Renewal Zone.
Click on image to see more detailed map or UR zones and BRA projects
So, how does this Urban Renewal Zone affect you? Two ways to start:
1- Zoning decision made by the BRA in Urban Renewal Zones cannot be appealed in Superior Court, as can conventional Zoning Board decision here in Boston. So, if the BRA make a decision about a project in an Urban Renewal Zone(say, on Lewis Wharf), there's no citizens' right to appeal. With additional City Council oversight, the Council will have the opportunity to call additional hearings on more controversial projects like Lewis Wharf. However, the Council has no statutory control over appeal. This onerous usurpation of citizens' rights remains as long as the Urban Renewal Zone exists.
2- Housing set-asides (like the Land Disposition Agreement which created the North End Nursing Home) are supposed to be stronger in Urban Renewal Zones. The North End will be putting this power to the test shortly as Partner's seeks to close our nursing facility, the only one in the whole of downtown Boston. We have asked Brian Golden to strictly interpret and enforce to the LDA governing the nursing home parcel. Over the years, we have learned the the Mayor and the BRA Director have a certain latitude in interpreting LDA's in Urban Renewal Zones. NEWRA has reminded Brian Golden that this is a rare opportunity to show citizens how Urban Renewal powers can be used to stand up for what's right.
Note that the Mayor, during his 2013 campaign, promised us a serious reorganization and reform of the BRA (see his campaign proposal below), yet despite those promises and the results of several audits, no serious reform to the broken community (IAG) process, to the arbitrary footprints of the Urban Renewal Zones, or to the languishing urban planning mission has happened to date. We are hopeful that the additional City Council oversight of the BRA, combined with the extra personal engagement by the Mayor during the UR extension campaign, will both serve to unlock real and needed reform to the Boston Redevelopment Authority.
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LI minorities face mortgage hurdles even when incomes are similar to whites': Study
Gustavo F. Velasquez, assistant secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, speaks on the difficulties minorities have in buying homes on Dec. 10, 2014, during a Hofstra University conference. Credit: Barry Sloan
By MAURA MCDERMOTT maura.mcdermott@newsday.com @mauramcdermott Updated December 11, 2014 11:11 AM
Long Island home buyers who are African-American or Latino are more likely than whites to be denied mortgages or get offered high-priced loans, even when incomes are similar, new research presented at a Hofstra University conference Wednesday shows.
In 2012, the most recent period examined in the report, African-Americans were denied home loans 1.55 times more often than whites, and Latinos were denied 1.3 times more often than whites. The research adjusted for income, loan amounts and certain other financial data, according to a report by Hofstra's National Center for Suburban Studies and Bohemia-based Long Island Housing Services.
In addition, minority borrowers were more likely to get higher-priced loans that are insured by the Federal Housing Administration, the report found.
It is "highly troubling" that such racial disparities exist even among borrowers with comparable incomes and loan amounts, professor Christopher Niedt, an author of the report, said at the conference.
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However, he noted that the federal statistics the researchers relied on do not include applicants' credit scores, down payments and certain other relevant information.
Across the country, African-American and Latino borrowers face higher denial rates than whites, Gustavo Velasquez, assistant secretary for fair housing and equal opportunity for the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, said at the conference.
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The nation's economy and housing market are recovering, but "not all borrowers are experiencing this recovery," Velasquez said.
Mortgage lenders are not discriminating on the basis of race or other characteristics, one industry executive said.
Lenders feed information about borrowers' income, assets, credit scores and down payments into computer programs to determine whether to make loans and what interest rates to charge, said Bob Moulton, president of Americana Mortgage Group in Manhasset, who did not attend the conference.
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The computer "does not ask age, gender, creed or nationality," Moulton said.
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Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak feels good after back-to-back wins
Johnny Boychuk #55 celebrates with Jaroslav Halak #41 of the New York Islanders after defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 during a game at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Dec. 20, 2014. Credit: Getty Images / Alex Trautwig
By ARTHUR STAPLE arthur.staple@newsday.com December 22, 2014 8:37 PM
The jarring sight of Islanders goaltending coach Mike Dunham taking the ice in full equipment as the second goaltender Monday, taking Jaroslav Halak's spot in goal, was lessened plenty by seeing Halak in the locker room after practice.
The Islanders have come to rely heavily on Halak, who allowed only one goal in each game of back-to-back wins over the Red Wings and Lightning on Friday and Saturday. So his maintenance day Monday before the Canadiens -- one of Halak's former clubs -- visit the Coliseum Tuesday night could have been cause for alarm.
Instead, Halak, who did some on-ice work with Dunham before practice, took some time to reminisce a bit about his days in Montreal as a ninth-round draft pick who pushed Carey Price aside to backstop the Canadiens' run to the 2010 Eastern Conference finals -- and what's changed for him.
"You get a little older and you don't worry about letting in a couple bad goals as much," said Halak, 29, who has won 15 of his last 17 starts. "It's more of a mental thing, I think. You have a bad game and you just let it go a little better."
The bad games have been few and far between since October, when Jack Capuano gave Chad Johnson starts over a healthy, rested Halak. Since losing to the Sharks, 3-1, on Nov. 1 in San Jose, Halak has allowed more than two goals in a game only three times in those 17 starts.
Friday and Saturday marked the first time Halak has started consecutive nights for the Islanders, who had gone with the prevailing statistical information and split their goaltenders in the first six back-to-backs of the season.
"The guys played really well in Detroit [on Friday], only 18 shots, so I felt good," Halak said. "We didn't give [Tampa Bay on Saturday] too much either. You can't do much without the whole team playing good defensively, and we've been doing that."
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Notes & quotes: John Tavares practiced fully after needing stitches to close a gash on his ear from an errant shot by the Lightning's Radko Gudas near the end of Saturday's win.
By ARTHUR STAPLE arthur.staple@newsday.com
Arthur Staple was the Islanders beat writer. He was at Newsday from 1997 to 2018 and has covered hockey for more than a decade.
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Princess feels persecuted
Princess Martha Louise met with reporters just before the weekend, mostly to try to promote another one of her books but also to once again chide the press for criticizing her over the years. Especially the (not so gentle) men of the press.
Princess Martha Louise, shown here arriving at a memorial service for terror victims in Oslo, remains fourth in line to the Norwegian throne and continues to use her “princess” title in her commercial business ventures. She recently said she’d feel “naked” without her title although it was downgraded when she married a commoner. PHOTO: newsinenglish.no
“There were always men from the press who followed after me,” she told news bureau NTB. “There was a period when I was followed by pressmen, they were always men, who sat in their cars outside where I lived 24 hours a day.”
The princess, now age 43, also claimed that men from the press “sat in the bushes, or they sat far away with telephoto lenses.” Asked why she stressed that they were men, the princess claimed “well they were often men.”
After another recent round of criticism, mosts recently from Norwegian bishops who disapproved of her promoting and commercially benefiting from someone who claims to speak to the dead, Martha Louise met with various reporters as she often does when it suits her purposes and she has a new product to sell. This time it’s another book written with her business partner Elisabeth Nordeng, about how “to be true towards yourself.”
A flurry of media coverage thus appeared over the weekend, in local newspapers, on the NTB wire and on Saturday’s nationwide evening newscast on NRK, Lørdagsrevyen. The latter provided a glimpse into how the princess and Nordeng conduct their so-called angel school, which aims to help people get in touch with their own angels. The video taken inside their “classrooms” mostly showed the princess and Nordeng meditating with their clients, apparently trying to summon the spiritual energy needed to recognize and communicate with the angels. A few of the clients, all of whom were women, told NRK they were satisfied and felt the course contributed to their self-development.
Nordeng also claimed that most of the criticism and ridicule the two receive comes from “older men” who she thinks “feel challenged” by the spiritual topics that form the brunt of their business. “And then it’s easy to resort to criticism,” Nordeng said, even though the princess quickly interjected that women also criticize them.
“Men are very preoccupied with concrete things,” Nordberg went on nonetheless. “Spirituality, and self-development are intuitive. It’s easier to blast it.”
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Keyser golfers win PVH championship; Blowe named Coach of the Year
By Chapin Jewell
Tribune Correspondent
KEYSER - For the third year running, the Keyser Golden Tornado golfers have claimed the championship of the Potomac Valley Conference. In addition, Keyser’s first-year golf coach Josh Blowe has been named Potomac Valley Conference Coach of the Year.
Likewise, Keyser golfers Jacob Malcolm, Darrick Broadwater, Drew Matlick and Noah Broadwater earned All-PVC honors alongside fellow Mineral Countian Brady Whitacre of Frankfort.
Keyser finished in first place in the tournament held at Cacapon State Park near Berkeley Springs. The Golden Tornado finished with a team score of 333 to claim the top prize, a number tallied by the four best-scoring rounds. Jacob Malcolm finished first for Keyser and was also tournament low medalist with an 18-hole score of 78.
Darrick Broadwater finished second in the team scoring and second in the tournament overall with a score of 82. Drew Matlick’s 84 was good enough to be third in the team score and tied for third overall in the tournament. Noah Broadwater finished fourth in the team scoring and fifth in overall tournament play. Further, Dylan Wilson tallied a 112 with Logan Jones shooting a 117.
Frankfort’s Brady Whitacre paced the Falcons with a team-best score of 91, good enough for a sixth place tournament finish. Bryson Lane was second for the Falcons with a 100 while Chase McCoy finished with a 112. Keegan Bennett rounded out the scoring for a 132 as the Falcons finished with a team score of 435.
Keyser and Frankfort will next play at Polish Pines on Wednesday, Sep. 16 at 4 p.m.
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September 21, 2017 Music, Arts & Culture » Movies
Film listings 9/21/17 through 9/28/17
What's it rated? R
What's it worth? Matinee
Where's it showing? Downtown Centre, Stadium 10, Park, Galaxy
Directed by Michael Cuesta (L.I.E., Roadie, Kill the Messenger) and based on a character in Vince Flynn's spy series, this first film in what clearly hopes to become a franchise is the origin story for counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp (Dylan O'Brien), who after witnessing the death of his fiancé, Katrina (Charlotte Vega), at the hands of terrorists, starts training to take out the cell that murdered her.
We discover that Mitch's activities are being tracked by CIA handler Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan), who sees in Mitch a potential operative who's willing to go beyond protocol to accomplish his mission. After Mitch gains access to a cell that no other CIA agent has been able to, Kennedy recruits Mitch and sends him to train with counterterrorism expert Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton), who puts Mitch and other recruits through their paces as he gears up for a mission involving a loose nuclear bomb.
Like the Jason Bourne series and the rebooted Bond franchise, this film aims to up the spy game ante with more action, cleverer spy craft, and more exotic locales. It doesn't quite top those two series, but this is a serviceable action flick with some potential, especially if O'Brien can grow into the role as Mitch. O'Brien's a little wimpy and doesn't quite have the same charisma and believability as Daniel Craig or Matt Damon. What the film does have, however, is Michael Keaton, who's fantastic as the tough-as-nails Hurley. Keaton's role is a juicy one and he sinks his teeth deep into it ... as one point literally. I won't spoil it, but it's a harrowing scene!
Both Rapp and Hurley are after Ghost (Taylor Kitsch), another of Hurley's trainees who's gone rogue. Ghost seems to be one step ahead of their every move, and the film delivers plenty of bloody action, from hand-to-hand combat, shootouts, and chases. Yes, compared to Bourne and Bond, the plot's a little thin, but it's still a lot of fun for action film fans.
There's also plenty of intrigue and double and triple crosses to keep you guessing, and like any good spy film, there's a femme fatale in the form of Persian agent Annika (Shiva Negar).
If you're an action fan and enjoy the spy genre as much as I do, you'll find this is worth the price of a matinee. If not, wait for a rental or streaming. As much potential as the series has, this first entry isn't quite in the sweet spot. (112 min.)
—Glen Starkey
What's it worth? Full Price
Where's it showing? Downtown Centre
Director Michael Showalter (Hello, My Name is Doris) directs this semi-autographical screenplay by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani about a Pakistani stand-up comic named Kumail (Nanjiani) who falls for a white woman named Emily (Zoe Kazan) who heckles him during a performance. Their budding relationship is strained when Emily discovers Kumail has a stash of photos of Pakistani women his parents have been trying to set him up with in an arranged marriage, so she breaks things off. Later, she's taken to the hospital and put into an induced coma due to an infection, and Kumail realizes he made a mistake letting her go, but now it may be too late. (120 min.)
What's it rated? PG-13
Where's it showing? Stadium 10
Writer-director Christopher Nolan (Memento, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar) helms this historical drama about the World War II evacuation of Dunkirk, when allied forces from Belgium, the British Empire, Canada, and France were surrounded by the German army between May 26 to June 4, 1940. Civilians in fishing, merchant marine, and pleasure boats valiantly came to their rescue. (106 min.)
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CYBER STALKER In Friend Request, accepting the social media request of a stranger leads to a string of murders.
Where's it showing? Downtown Centre, Stadium 10, Park
NewLaura, a popular college girl, is very active on social media and shares almost everything in her life with her 800-plus friends on Facebook. However, after accepting a friend request from an unknown girl named Marina, Laura becomes obsessed with Marina's profile, and soon her friends begin to die violently one by one. (92 min.)
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The Hitman's Bodyguard
Where's it showing? Sunset Drive In
The world's top protection agent (Ryan Reynolds) is called upon to guard the life of his mortal enemy, one of the world's most notorious hit men (Samuel L. Jackson). (111 min.)
What's it up? Matinee
Where's it showing? Downtown Centre, Stadium 10, Fair Oaks, Park, Galaxy
Reese Witherspoon stars as Alice Kinney, a recently separated single mom and interior designer relocating from New York to her late legendary filmmaker father's estate in Hollywood, in the somewhat entertaining and interesting, but ultimately ungrounded and directionless rom-com that is Home Again.
After 15 years of marriage, Alice decides to jump ship from her preoccupied music executive husband, Austen (Michael Sheen), and moves with her two young girls to Los Angeles. The story picks up with Alice sobbing in her childhood bathroom on her 40th birthday, interrupted by her kids Isabel and Rosie (Lola Flanery and Eden Grace) who have their first day of school in LA.
Simultaneously, we meet a trio of aspiring filmmaker white dudes (unrelated to Alice) in their mid-20s: Harry (Pico Alexander), George (Jon Rudnitsky), and Teddy (Nat Wolff). A director, writer, and actor, respectively, they're scrapping and crawling to get one of their scripts picked up by a production company.
Alice goes out drinking on her birthday night and makes acquaintances with the three youngsters at a bar, taking Harry back to the house for a sloppy make-out. It turns out all three of the guys crashed at Alice's house, and the next morning they realize she's the daughter of John Kinney, a filmmaker they all respect. Alice's mom (Candice Bergen) comes over and takes to the trio, convincing Alice to let them stay in their guesthouse while they try to get their movie picked up.
At its very core, Home Again is about two things: the often-absurd chase to achieve the Hollywood dream, and the struggle of an extremely privileged white woman to find herself and her confidence amid a failing marriage. While this premise likely doomed the movie from being good from the start, for some reason I found myself pretty engaged and entertained by it. The characters are funny and thought-out and have good chemistry. If you're from LA or have spent time there, you'll recognize the culture and appreciate the portrayal and satire.
The main problem I have with Home Again is that the main character Alice really takes a backseat to the three young male filmmakers as the movie progresses. We lose a sense of her character arc and what her purpose is. That's strange to see with Witherspoon as the lead, given her chops and usually strong presence. Home Again gets off to a good start before it kind of deteriorates into wishy-washy ridiculousness by the end. But I still thought the overall performances were kind of charming and original. (97 min.)
—Peter Johnson
From director Andy Muschietti (Mama) comes the remake of the 1990 mini-series thriller IT, based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been terrifying readers for decades. When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids are faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.
So here's the rundown: King's horrific clown monster Pennywise, who dwells in the sewers, is portrayed by Skarsgård (Allegiant, Atomic Blonde) this time around—in the original, it was Tim Curry (Kinsey, The Rocky Horror Picture Show)—and is the source of a fleet of missing children in the town of Derry, Maine. Everyone in the town seems pretty nonchalant about this, except for the children, who as the clown's chosen victims are understandably terrified.
Bill's (Jaeden Lieberher of The Book of Henry) little brother Georgie (Jackson Robert Scott) is the first kid to vanish in the film's opening sequence, leaving Bill desperate to find answers. Rounding out Bill's crew of misfit friends looking to uncover the truth is the hilarious, smac- talking Richie (Finn Wolfhard of Stranger Things fame), new kid Ben (Jeremy Ray Taylor), germaphobe Eddie (Jack Dylan Grazer), the slacking-on-his bat-mitzvah-studying Stanley (Wyatt Oleff), the homeschooled kid Mike (Chosen Jacobs), and Beverly (Sophia Lillis)—the token girl of the group with a swirl of rumors surrounding her.
The thing about IT is that it's a movie that a 12-year-old would find scary, but it's done extremely well. Honestly, the scariest parts of the film have nothing to do with the murderous clown and everything to do with the very real shit these kids are dealing with. Bill has zero empathy or support from his parents over the loss of his brother; Beverly is dealing with her ultra creepy, lecherous dad (nothing super graphic is shown, but it's blatantly implied that he's molesting her); Mike is the only homeschooled and black kid in town who lost his parents in a house fire; and everyone is getting the shit kicked out of them by the town bully Henry (Nicholas Hamilton), who apparently has a lot of rage built up inside because his dad is a hard-ass cop. In one scene we see Henry take a knife and attempt to carve his name into Ben's stomach. It's all kinds of messed up.
Like Split Screen columnist Glen Starkey would (and did) say, IT works best as a coming of age story about facing your fears even when you feel vulnerable, rather than a straight up, jumping-out-of-your-seat scary movie. That is, provided you're a grown-up who has long gotten over your clown issues. Despite the majority of the cast being under 18, these young actors all deliver stellar performances. In particular, I'm excited to see where Lieberher, Wolfhard, and Lillis' careers go as they all grow up and continue to hone their craft. Oh, and to the jerk that left a red balloon in the hallway outside the theater room, your gesture was not appreciated. If you're looking strictly to be scared out of your mind, then I'd say this movie isn't worth a full priced ticket, better to go for a matinee. (135 min.)
—Ryah Cooley
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ALLIES Elite, secret organizations from England and the U.S. must team up to save the world in Kingsman: The Golden Circle.
Where's it showing? Downtown Centre, Sunset Drive In, Bay, Stadium 10, Park, Galaxy
In Kingsman: The Golden Circle, our heroes face a new challenge. When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, their journey leads them to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the U.S. called Statesman, dating back to the day they were both founded. In a new adventure that tests their agents' strength and wits to the limit, these two elite secret organizations band together to defeat a ruthless common enemy, in order to save the world. (141 min.)
Leap!
What's it rated? PG
Where's it showing? Galaxy
In this animated film, 11-year-old orphan, Félicie (Elle Fanning) has one dream—to go to Paris and become a dancer. Her best friend Victor (Nat Wolff), an imaginative but exhausting boy with a passion for creating, has a dream of his own—to become a famous inventor. In a leap of faith, Victor and Félicie leave their orphanage in pursuit of their passions. (86 min.)
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LEGO TIME Ninja warriors must defeat an evil warlord in the animated film, The Lego Ninjago Movie.
The battle for Ninjago City calls to action young Master Builder Lloyd (voiced by Dave Franco), aka the Green Ninja, along with his friends, who are all secret ninja warriors. Led by Master Wu (Jackie Chan), as wise-cracking as he is wise, they must defeat evil warlord Garmadon (Justin Theroux), The Worst Guy Ever, who also happens to be Lloyd's dad. Pitting mech against mech and father against son, the epic showdown will test this fierce but undisciplined team of modern-day ninjas who must learn to check their egos and pull together to unleash their inner power of Spinjitzu. (90 min.)
Logan Lucky
PickSteven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies, and Videotape; Out of Sight; Erin Brockovich; Traffic; Ocean's Eleven (2001); Magic Mike) directs this crime comedy about two brothers—Jimmy (Channing Tatum) and Clyde Logan (Adam Driver)—and their attempt to rob a North Carolina NASCAR track.
Once it gets cooking, this Southern fried heist flick is a hoot! The set-up is simple. Jimmy Logan gets unjustly fired from his heavy machine-operating job at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where he's been helping to repair sinkholes, and which gives him inside knowledge of the heist target. He's a doting albeit estranged dad to Sadie Logan (Farrah Mackenzie), who lives with her surly remarried mother Bobbie Jo Chapman (Katie Holmes). Broke and feeling cheated out of his job; he enlists his bartender brother Clyde and hairdresser sister Mellie (Riley Keough) to rob the racetrack. Things get complicated after that.
They need a demolition expert to get to the cash, which is shuffled from concession areas via pneumatic tubes. The only guy they know is Joe Bang (Daniel Craig), who's got five more months on his sentence, but Jimmy and Clyde claim they have a plan to break him out and back into jail if he agrees to help, which he does provided his brothers Fish (Jack Quaid) and Sam Bang (Brian Gleeson) can get in on the job.
What makes it all so comical is the Logan family curse of bad luck and the general perception that the Logans are a bunch of redneck idiots. What follows is a Rube Goldberg-level complicated plan with layers upon layers of intrigue, and a lot of funny moments.
The whole premise plays on the idea of misperception of Jimmy Logan as well as knowing the various players' weaknesses. For instance, for the jailbreak to work, Jimmy has to know that Warden Burns' (Dwight Yoakam) pride will delay him reporting a jail riot. Likewise, the Logans have to understand that their plan will leave the speedway unable to track the amount of money stolen and realize that they'll be interested in closing the investigation as soon as their insurance is willing to pay out.
Of course, all of this is further complicated by Special Agent Sarah Grayson (Hilary Swank), who unlike the racetrack owners and her superiors, doesn't want to drop the investigation.
Between the difficulties we don't see coming, the close familial relationships that add emotional resonance to the proceedings, and the hugely entertaining and wildly colorful cast of characters—including Seth MacFarlane as pompous Brit Max Chilblain, a rich energy drink maven and race car sponsor—Logan Lucky is a blast! Funny, engaging, and surprising, it's a slick, clever, rollicking crackerjack of a heist film. Think of it as breezy Deep South Oceans 7-Eleven. (119 min.)
See Split Screen.
Neither Wolf Nor Dog
What's it rated? NR
Where's it showing? The Palm
A white author is summoned by a Lakota Elder who asks him to write a book about his perspective. After a blundering false start, he is all but kidnapped and sucked into a road trip through the heart of the contemporary Native American landscape. (110 min.)
—Roaring Fire Films
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IN THE MAKING Rebel in the Rye explores the life experiences of author J.D. Salinger that led to him writing Catcher in the Rye.
This biopic of legendary author J.D. Salinger (Nicholas Hoult) details his relationship with socialite Oona O'Neill (Zoey Deutch), his experiences fighting in World War II, and his writing process for The Catcher in the Rye. (109 mi.)
This new Spider-Man film picks up a few months after the events of Captain America: Civil War, which chronicled the rift between Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.). This time around, Tony Stark (A.K.A. Iron Man) and the federal government create the Department of Damage Control (D.O.D.C.), which inadvertently drives Adrian Toomes (Michael Keaton) out of business, leading him to become the villain Vulture. Meanwhile Peter Parker (Tom Holland) returns to his studies after Stark tells him he's not ready to be an Avenger, but that doesn't stop Peter from pursuing his crime fighting endeavors. (133 min.)
Viceroy's House
In India in 1947, Lord Mountbatten (Hugh Bonneville) is dispatched, along with his wife Edwina (Gillian Anderson), to New Delhi to oversee the country's transition from British rule to independence. Taking his place in the resplendent mansion known as the Viceroy's House, Mountbatten arrives hopeful for a peaceful transference of power. But ending centuries of colonial rule in a country divided by deep religious and cultural differences proves no easy undertaking, setting off a seismic struggle that threatens to tear India apart. (107 min.)
—Anguille Productions
Where's it showing? Downtown Centre, Fair Oaks, Stadium 10
Wind River is a chilling thriller that follows a rookie FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past (Jeremy Renner) to investigate the murder of a local girl on a remote Native American reservation in the hopes of solving her mysterious death. (111 min.) Δ
New Times movie reviews were compiled by Arts Editor Ryah Cooley and others. You can contact her at rcooley@newtimesslo.com.
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6. No Rest After Completing Super Mario Bros.
1. Mario Couldn’t Jump At First
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7. Persistence Led To Mario Riding A Dinosaur
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1. Solving Multiple Problems with Bubbles
2. Shouting Roasted Riceball?!
3. With His Wife on His Shoulders!
4. The Peer-Evaluated Super Guide
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6. Heart-racing Coin Battles
7. Finding Your Own Way To Play
So you successfully managed to introduce the Goomba into the game. (laughs) And with that, the first Super Mario Bros. title was complete. How did you expect the users to respond to the game?
Tezuka:
To be honest, I didn’t think that so many people from around the world would end up playing the game. But just before we released it, we got lots of people to test the game and when Miyamoto-san saw how people were responding to it, he said: "This is just like it was with Donkey Kong".
So people were really getting that excited.
Right. I clearly remember Miyamoto-san, who had been through this experience once before with Donkey Kong, saying: “This could well turn out to be huge".
At the time you completed work on Super Mario Bros., I came to Nintendo to help finish up F1 Race21. At that time, I was given a pre-release ROM of Super Mario Bros. and was asked to give my impression of the game. I took it back to HAL Laboratory and for the next two weeks, the dev team did absolutely no work. The whole staff did nothing but constantly play Super Mario. 21 F1 Race was a Formula One driving game released for the Famicom in November 1984.
Nakago/Tezuka:
That’s why my feeling before release was that you’d really come up with something out of the ordinary. At that point in time, I didn’t think it would become such a phenomenon, but I did feel that this was an incredibly exciting game, the like of which I'd never experienced before.
Nakago:
But actually, after we’d completed the game, this reality didn’t hit home for us.
When you’re actually working on something, you sometimes lose sight of what you’ve got on your hands.
You do tend to lose sight of things, don’t you?
All you’re thinking is: "It’s finally over!"
“There are no more levels to redo!" (laughs)
And you start discussing your next job.
Right. You’re thinking: “Okay, we need to finish Zelda now!”
Since we’d started Zelda at the same time, the day after we completed work on Super Mario, we were already discussing Zelda.
So once you’d got Super Mario on the ROM, you soon forgot all about it and focused all your attention on Zelda.
When we finished work on Super Mario, Miyamoto-san made sure we kept our feet on the ground. He said: "Celebrate by all means, but only for about three hours after completing the game."
So you only had three hours to enjoy the feeling of having completed the game? (laughs)
Miyamoto-san said: “Let’s give the next project our all!” And we all replied: “Okay! Let’s get on with it!” That’s the way it was at the time.
Yes, that’s what it was like.
So we went over to working on Zelda right away.
I’m going to try to avoid asking too many questions about Zelda, as this interview is about Super Mario Bros., but if I were to ask you to recall one episode that left a particularly deep impression on you, what would you choose?
Tezuka-san, do you remember the discussion we had about dividing the heart containers into quarters?
Umm… No, I can’t recall that one.
(laughs) With Zelda, the number of items you could collect was very small which presented us with a real headache. I recall a time when I discussed this issue with Tezuka-san for a whole day, all the while playing a puzzle game.
So you held discussions about increasing the number of items while playing a puzzle game? (laughs)
Right. Then Miyamoto-san went home without saying a word. When he got to work the next morning, he said out of the blue: “I can see exactly what the result of your work yesterday was.”
Did he mean it ironically, because you’d spent the whole day playing a puzzle game?
No, no, it wasn’t like that. While playing the puzzle game, we had actually drawn a heart divided into quarters on the white board. When Miyamoto-san saw that, he was able to grasp that image of the pieces of heart without us having to explain it to him.
Ah, I see. So by dividing the hearts into quarters, you could make up for the shortage of items.
That was the idea. We’d just sketched a really simple picture on the white board, so I thought: “Miyamoto-san really is a fairly special guy.”
I felt exactly the same way towards Tezuka-san.
What aspect of Tezuka-san did you think was special?
Well, it was when we were making Super Mario Bros. 3 22. Mario can become Raccoon Mario , can’t he? 22 Super Mario Bros. 3 was a platform game released for the Famicom in Japan in October 1988.
Yes, Mario gets big ears and a tail and becomes able to fly.
When we first came up with that feature, Mario could simply keep flying through the air. But if we had gone with that, all of the obstacles and the objects on the ground that we managed to create would have been wasted, so I said we should abandon this idea. But Tezuka-san really liked that Raccoon Mario.
Yes, I did. (laughs)
I remember during a subsequent meeting, Tezuka-san started to slowly flap his hands and pretended to be Raccoon Mario flying. He said: “Mario would go like this and he’d fly, right? Don’t you think that would be great fun?"
So Tezuka-san, who we know had strong feelings about the sky level, put all his passion into arguing his case. (laughs)
But if we’d simply gone with Tezuka-san’s idea as it stood, Raccoon Mario would have been able to stay in the air and fly straight to the goal. That would have been ridiculous.
If Mario can just keep flying about, you couldn’t really call that a game. (laughs)
But Tezuka-san insisted that we had to come up with a way of making it work. That's when we discussed enforcing some limits on Mario’s ability to fly. We then made it so that
Video: Mario has to run in order to fly
Mario has to run in order to fly . He needs to run at least eight times the width of his sprite before he can take off.
So you made it so that, in order to fly, you need a certain amount of flat terrain.
I’m not sure who came up with the name, but we all referred to this as “the runway”. So at that point, we looked again at the maps and completely reworked the levels so that Mario would have places where he could take off from. In the end, we made it so that if you got
Video: an item called the P-Wing
an item called the P-Wing , which was the Koopa Paratroopa’s wing, you could fly through the whole level.
So Tezuka-san’s persistence about the sky infected you all! (laughs)
Yes, it did! (laughs)
I was also glad that we included this feature. After all, there are those players who want to get through a level quickly. Moreover, the P-Wing item in Mario 3 is a forerunner of the Super Guide feature in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
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Newcastle Building Society Backs The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation
Posted on April 24th, 2012 | 22 Comments |
The Alnwick branch of the Newcastle Building Society, has come up with a unique way of supporting the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. You can now open a Sir Bobby Robson Foundation ISA. This is a savings account which will provide an additional cash donation to the charity, for every pound invested by customers.
The Newcastle Building Society has introduced the partnership to mark the Foundation’s fourth anniversary.
“ISA” is short for Individual Savings Account which is a financial product available to residents of the United Kingdom. It is designed for the purpose of investment and savings with a favourable tax status.
Sir Bobby’s widow, Lady Elsie, is delighted about it. She said:
“It was a great pleasure to help launch this new account and we’re grateful to the Newcastle for thinking of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.”
“It’s a very creative way of helping the charity and we will ensure every penny donated is spent wisely.”
“We’ve just celebrated the Foundation’s fourth anniversary and receiving support from an organisation with a heritage like the Newcastle Building Society is a marvellous present. My husband would have been as proud as punch with this fitting gesture.”
Jim Willens, Newcastle Building Society’s Chief Executive, said:
“Before launching the account, customer research was undertaken, which indicated that they would like us to support charities linked to health and old age.”
“As such, the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation is a great fit with the Society as it is a cancer research charity, which raises money to fund the early detection and treatment of cancer.”
Sir Bobby Robson, had recurring medical problems with cancer and formed his Foundation in 2008. He died less than a year later. The Foundation is close to the hearts of many Newcastle United fans. Well done to everyone involved in making this scheme happen.
The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation ISA offers an interest rate of up to 2.6% of which 0.1% will be donated to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.
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I’m probably swimmimg against the tide of opinion here as I usually do, but I think that using the SBR foundation to push a financial product like this is wrong.
Of course, I’m not against donating money to SBR’s charity at all, but 2.66% is a pretty low rate of interest for a cash ISA, of which only 0.1% is being offered to Sir Bobby’s charity. Surely it’s better to put one’s money in an ISA which realises over 3% (which isn’t unusual at all), then donate the extra money, which is considerably more, into Sir Bobby’s Charity?
It’s a cynical marketing tactic using sentimentality to push a lower rate product, where the Newcastle Building Society will make far more out of it than the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.
But that’s just me I suppose.
You’re such a cynical bastad WT, dont know where you get it from ? :)
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/best-cash-isa
PS I see from the injury list on the right that Obertan’s got the knock. With whom I wonder ?
UTD111 says:
I know what you’re saying Worky, but it’s one of those “win-win” situations. The SBR foundation make money out of it, and the Building Society get some positive publicity. That’s how things work in this wonderful capitalist society we live in.
I think the fact it’s the Newcastle Building Society somehow helps mitigate some of the points you make. Romanticism, parochialism and probably some other isms too, I suppose
I’m not sure chasing the last percentage figure is what everybody does anyway. My personal fortune for example (LOL!) is invested in Northern Rock. They may not give the best return, but they don’t impose any restrictions on the accounts I have – and I like to think my £20 is helping geordies keep their jobs!
“You’re such a cynical bastad WT, dont know where you get it from ?”
I think it was me mutha, AndyMac.
If you want to give your money to charity, why give it through a friggin’ banker? Everyone knows how “charitable” those cynical bastads are. Just give it straight to the charity itself.
It’s the same with “Chuggers” on the street. If you do a Direct Debit to a charity through one of those feckers, the chugging companies get far more of the money raised than the charities themselves.
UTD111, if you donate the money directly to the SBR foundation itself, that will mean more money for people working in the early detection of cancer. Who would you rather have the money go to, them, or a bank who are cynically using the name to make more money? Writing as someone who used to work in fundraising for good causes without pay, it really rattles my cage to see bankers exploiting charities in this way.
Worky@6
But you can choose to give directly anytime.
I think the choice here is between an ordinary ISA or one which supports the SBRF.
In other words – if someone is taking out an ISA, get one of these ones as it will benefit the SBRF
OK then UTD111, don’t give the Bobby Robson Foundation £30 per annum. Instead, give me the £30 per annum and in return I’ll donate £5.50 of it to the Bobby Robson Foundation. ;-)
Stephen C says:
Worky did you get my text mate?
I did get a kiss from you on Facebook, Stephen!
My phone’s on charge ATM. I’ve just switched it on, but no text yet.
On the subject of ISAs again, I just checked mine and it’s 3.05%. If I donated 0.1% of that interest to Sir Bobby’s Charity with a few clicks of my mouse, I would still be getting 0.35% more interest on my ISA than I would with this Sir Bobby Robson Foundation ISA thing.
For a start there’s only £20 – you’re not paying attention!!!
And NR give interest – whereas you’d just spend the remainder on summat and that would be it gone.
Hmmph! I think yours is the worst offer of them all – even Barclays pretend to pay interest!!
ignore the Kiss worky it one of those scams that try to get you to sign up for shite.
they claim it tells you who looks at your profile but to use it you have to answer a survey and then give your details.
i was reffering to was the sms i sent your phone.
it was refering to Romain Alafitano
one of your articles said that the young french guy was on his way.
as you know skysports follow me around on my travels and the reporter tweeted me earlier saying he has signed today.
Oh aye, I got it a few minutes after my other comment. Thanks for that, Stephen. On the subject of Amalfitano, NUFC sealed a 3 year pre contract some time ago.
http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/03/newcastle-united-finally-sign-3-year-pre-contract-agreement-with-romain-amalfitano/
ps So you won’t be hurt or offended if I deleted your kiss from my Facebook page then? :lol:
Willb says:
Still miss him
http://allaboutthetoon.blogspot.co.uk/
worky,
total agreement ower here mate!
http://football-talk.co.uk/62582/video-reserves-liverpool-1-2-newcastle-ngoo-strike-not-enough-for-reds/?
If anyone’s interested in a heavily biased view of the reserves beating liverpool away!
maze202 says:
Chelsea down to 10 men in the Nou camp. 2-2 aggregate atm.
John Terry has just surpassed Roy Keane on the all time tw@tometer. How can he say the knee for the sending off was accidental?
We still have the Terry – Anton Ferdinand circus to come this weekend.
UTD111, I said £30 for a reason. That’s a rough guesstimate of the interest you’d be missing out on with £5,500 in that ISA compared with one like mine, which isn’t the best by any means. Of the £30 extra they’re trousering through shamelessly using sentimentality, they’re only giving around £5.50 to Sir Bobby.
“Robin Hood, Robin Hood riding through the glen, Robin Hood Robin Hood, with his band of men…Steal from the rich, to give to the poor…
…Rob a bank!”
– the Pop Group!
did someone call my name?
i can fold a a paper hat quicker than usain bolt can run 400 meters
are we still talking about that £30?
right let me settle it.
give me £30 each just for arguing.
ill give £10 to SBRF (better than workys offer)
i will pay interest.(i mean ill be careful what im doing)
and you will be able to see your money grow(when my big belly gets fatter after the indian meal at the chelsea game)
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This holiday family tradition may not be immune…
This holiday family tradition may not be immune to COVID, but it can adapt
While COVID has changed so much, this holiday tradition will forge on. (iStock)
By Patricia Bunin | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: November 28, 2020 at 7:54 a.m. | UPDATED: November 28, 2020 at 9:37 a.m.
“I don’t think we should let COVID stop us from celebrating a family tradition that means a lot to us,” Grandson Jake said in response to my question, “What would you think about having a Zoom Hanukkah this year?”
I had asked him and his sister on our FaceTime call.
Jake and Ally, who were relaxing after a day of virtual schooling, were not strangers to life changes from the virus. A lot of activities have been deleted from their active teenage lives, but maybe we could save Hanukkah.
Although neither of them are Jewish, they have celebrated Hanukkah with their Grandpa George and me almost every year of their lives. Their mom, my stepdaughter Amy, has been part of this holiday since her dad and I married and blended our families when she was nine.
After George passed away two years ago, we continued the tradition. But this COVID year changed that. The family would not be making the 45-minute drive from their house to mine. But some things will remain the same.
We always read Hanukkah stories from “The Power of Light,” by Issac Bashevis Singer. My well-used paperback copy of the book has been blessed with years of melted multi-colored candle wax and chocolate from Hanukkah gelt sticky fingers. I treasure that little book and wanted us all to read from it, so I needed to find one for them.
I was disappointed to discover my edition is out of print.
A charming young sales clerk at Pasadena’s Vroman’s Bookstore broke the news to me. She said she had fond memories herself of reading the stories as a child. When I told her my plight, she said if she still had her copy she would give it to me. I love that store. She also said she was pretty sure I could find a used copy online. And she was right. It’s on the way to Jake and Ally as I write this.
As pleased as I was to find the book, the best gift was the smiles of enthusiasm from the grandkids when I asked how they felt about a Zoom Hanukkah.
“Cool, we’re definitely in.”
Email patriciabunin@sbcglobal.net follow her on Twitter @patriciabunin
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Caregiving: a nascent social revolution
Care is a democratic act: what we “give”, what we “receive,” and what we “create” together.
Donna Thomson Zachary White
Bruderhof members by the sea, November 24 2016.
Grec Man via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mention the word “caregiver” and what is the first thought that comes to mind? Older? Exceptional? Isolated and disconnected? Homebound and unemployed? Each of these stereotypes about care and caregivers is becoming increasingly outdated for the approximately 45 million people in the United States and 6.5 million people in the UK who’ve provided informal, unpaid care to a loved one in the last year, because family caregivers have already begun to transform how people care for one another.
By 2060, Americans 65 and older are expected to increase in number from 46 to 98 million, disrupting our current systems of managing care and all those impacted by care in ways that defy comprehension - including patients, providers, caregivers, families, economies and workplaces. Right now, caregivers don’t simply give care, they are also creators of dynamic communities of support and community-based care delivery systems. As agents of change and influence for those at the margins of society including the disabled, the chronically ill and the aged, informal (non-paid) caregivers are at the center of this nascent social revolution. But these innovations - born from love and connection - are largely overlooked.
Here are just some of the ways in which caregivers are the nexus of a growing ecosystem of care that includes government services, medical providers, neighborhoods, families, and non-profit organizations.
Caregivers are modeling how to integrate health care into daily life at home.
The convergence of love and necessity in caregivers’ lives makes them ideally suited to the role of innovator.
“As a caregiver to a son with complex medical needs, I possess a level of knowledge few people do. Our family has learned how to navigate life outside the hospital while using machines you find only in an ICU: a ventilator, pulse oximeter, a feeding pump and oxygen tanks. Whereas medical experts know how these machines sustain your life physically, many lack the experience of troubleshooting a ventilator malfunction while riding public transportation. This is a form of mastery gained exclusively from hands-on experience - an experience few health care professionals have had.” Mother to a son with complex medical needs.
Life is lived and care is enacted in between visits to formal health care providers. The innovation labs of a new, caring society are at home, where there are no “discharge” plans and no role-specific codes of conduct. These “privatized” but vital spaces of care necessitate more ongoing integration of caregivers’ experiences at home with people and services in the community to enhance the likelihood of innovation.
For example, Drew Ann Long is the mother of a child with disabilities and it was her frustrating experience of food shopping that led her to invent “Caroline’s Cart”, an adapted grocery cart for seniors and children with mobility impairments. When architect and innovator Barbara Alink tried to broach the subject of a walker for her aging mother, Alink’s Mom proclaimed, “Over my dead body, I’ll use one of those. They’re for old people!” So Barbara invented “The Alinker”, a neon yellow walking bike for people who eschew the traditional metallic frame. Today, the Alinker is the mobility device of choice for actress Selma Blair who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis.
Caregivers are leveraging new notions of community.
Caregivers’ identities are politicized - always. Caregiving can be viewed as a threat by those who know us best such as family, friends and work colleagues because care experiences challenge so many westernized assumptions about the (un)certainty and (un)predictability of life, our (in)capacity to control situations and outcomes that we didn’t anticipate and don’t want, and the value of (inter)dependence. By necessity, caregivers are creating new and dynamic connections beyond family, friends, and work colleagues for support.
Caregivers are much more likely than non-caregivers to go online for health-related pursuits, such as reading about others’ health experiences, finding others who might have similar health challenges, and posting questions and sharing health information and support. On Facebook, the greatest increase in users from 2011 to 2018 has been amongst those between the ages of 50 and 64; the second greatest increase was among users 65 years and older.
This increase in social media usage reflects a desire and need for the deepening of connections. This “caregiver effect” is a type of innovation because reaching toward others is more about connection and support than followership, subscribers, and likes. It’s about attempting to connect more deeply and authentically with audiences - online and face-to-face - who have similar care-based experiences for the purpose of information sharing, advocacy, and reciprocal personal and community support.
“When my dad started dialysis I had a safe and trusted place to get the information I needed. I could rely on others’ experience and get immediate support, even at 3 a.m.” —Lori J., a member of The Caregiver Space Facebook Group.
Caregivers understand the importance of thinking and acting collectively so they can leverage in-person support of family and friends more effectively. In 2009, Dr. Kathy Marshack created a Meetup group called “Asperger Syndrome: Partners and Family of Adults with ASD” in her native city of Portland, Oregon. Today, Meetups are in almost every US city. They exist to support most major disease or disability-family communities as well as to bring together individuals who share interests or hobbies in ways that may not be possible in face-to-face interactions.
The founder and CEO of Atlas of Caregiving, Rajiv Mehta, is helping caregivers to reimagine the world one care map at a time. Atlas CareMaps require no artistic talent. CareMaps consist of simple figures that represent a person’s web of relationships, showing who cares for whom and how. For many, this leads to improved care, decreased anxiety, and more confidence in managing their care. And when talking with others about their care map, the interconnectedness of community is revealed and made clear in ways not possible when community is divorced from those who are leveraging meaningful ways of creating connection for personal and communal well being.
Caregivers are instrumental in transforming health care systems because of their role as boundary spanners between “private” and “public” systems of care.
Our rapidly evolving health care needs and challenges must be based on emerging understandings of how formal and informal ecosystems of care interact.
Caregivers are drawing on their vast and deep health care experiences to advise on patient safety and health improvement by sitting on hospital advisory boards, patient engagement committees, and in community wellness non-profit entities. Nearly every hospital today hosts a Patient and Family Advisory Committee, or PFAC.
Family caregivers are now sought out as partners in health research. Their experience of navigating health systems from home to hospital and back again makes them invaluable partners in everything from identifying research questions to communicating scientific breakthroughs to patient and family communities.
For example, the Peninsula Childhood Disability Research Unit or PenCRU is a childhood disability research center in Devon, UK. PENCRU is world renowned as a center that seeks out authentic partnerships with family caregivers. The center’s home page features a clickable link titled “Submit Your Research Question" and interested parents are invited join a “Family Faculty” with members like Ian, the father of a young man with severe autism. Ian joined the family faculty in 2012 and in 2013, submitted his first research question related to testing strategies to treat the dental health needs of young people with developmental disabilities and behavior challenges.
The Caring Collaborative is a new and growing movement of women supporting women when medical needs arise. The model has three core elements: an information exchange using What’s App in which members share information about medical conditions and medical providers; a service corps of women who volunteer to provide hands-on assistance to other members; and small neighborhood groups that meet monthly to talk about health topics and personal concerns.
This more expansive and inclusive approach to well-being can transform caregivers from feeling like they are being acted on - waiting for doctors, appointments, bureaucracies and insurance decisions - to agents of change. In this shift, caregivers are more likely to see themselves and their situations as worthy motivations for engaging others now. Caregivers can positively disrupt ways of thinking that rely too narrowly on the outsourcing of care beyond our “assets” and networks of competency, social expertise, and care. Reciprocity is at the heart of how caring transforms community.
Caregivers don’t have the luxury of choosing only to communicate online or face-to-face; they must create ongoing opportunities to engage others for support, information and reciprocity across platforms depending on their needs. Care for ourselves and one another can’t ever be fully outsourced because it is an individual and collective process shaped by access to knowledge and experts, as much as it is determined by access to the knowledge and care of the everyday experts of our daily lives.
Community and care are inexorably linked. Care can never fully be rendered only by expert providers in formal settings, but by a growing recognition that care is a democratic act that is about what we “give”, what we “receive,” and what we can “create” together.
Donna Thomson and Dr. Zachary White are co-authors of “The Unexpected Journey of Caring: The Transformation from Loved One to Caregiver.”
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Home Content News PostgreSQL’s Bruce Momjian reveals its secret sauce
PostgreSQL’s Bruce Momjian reveals its secret sauce
Maintaining an open source community requires strenuous efforts. While some leaders gain success in this community-driven world, a large number of novices have to face failure on their journey. Open Source For You reached Bruce Momjian, co-founder of PostgreSQL Global Development Group and senior database architect at EnterpriseDB, to know what strategies he builds to enhance community contributions and make Postgres successful in the market.
“If you do not treat your employees well, they are not going to treat your customers well,” explains Momjian. “Organisations adopt this method of success. And undoubtedly, this is vital to grow a community.”
Postgres is competing against some of the renowned relational database management systems including MySQL. But Momjian optimistically considers the database incomparable.
“I do not think there is a competitor for Postgres,” the co-founder, who has worked on the open source database system since 1996, told Open Source For You.
Service culture is the key
Momjian believes that in an open source community, maintaining a service culture is important to influence the contributors.
“There are mainly five to seven types of leaders. You can find a visionary leader like Steve Jobs, an institutional leader like Jack Welch, an inspiring leader like Oprah and a servant leader like John Willard Marriott,” he says, adding, “Leaders need to train people according to their industry.”
Instead of highlighting deficiencies, Momjian prefers to bring out the best to build harmony in the community. “Everyone has some deficiencies, but when you interact with somebody and able to bring out the best and minimise the deficiencies in that person, you gains the big success. This is what we consider as the Postgres community,” he discloses.
India needs to bring non-affiliated contributors
Open source is getting huge focus from Indian developers. But Momjian says that Postgres is one of the community solutions that is yet to receive mass contributors from the country.
“India has many people employed by the Postgres-enabled companies. But we presently do not have many non-affiliated contributors to Postgres from India,” he underlines.
Future of database management systems using open source power
Momjian thinks that open source databases are in an ideal position to lead data storage needs in the future. He says, “Data storage needs are changing rapidly as databases are being used by new applications. Open source databases are in an ideal position to lead that innovation.”
Catch the full interview of Bruce Momjian in the April issue of Open Source For You. It includes insights from EnterpriseDB and details all the key features debuting with PostgreSQL 10.
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Florida Highway Patrol says they will not issue ticket quotas
Posted By Jim Turner, the News Service of Florida on Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 12:52 PM
Photo by Tim Corradino/Flickr
A prohibition on ticket quotas will become part of training for supervisors and higher-ups in the Florida Highway Patrol, a top highway-safety official told Gov. Rick Scott and the state Cabinet on Wednesday.
Terry Rhodes, executive director of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, said the move is part a response to a report that Maj. Mark Welch of the patrol's Troop H in Tallahassee had sent an email to troopers requesting “two citations each hour."
“You have my commitment here today that no quotas will be tolerated within the Florida Highway Patrol,” said Rhodes, whose department includes the patrol.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said she was “troubled” by Welch's directive, which she called “a stupid statement.”
“One misplaced, reckless statement like that can give everyone a bad name,” Bondi said. “Thank you for clarifying something that is a given. It's illegal to have quotas, and it's wrong.”
While Welch still faces disciplinary action, Rhodes told reporters that she believes the issue has otherwise been resolved.
“We feel like there's going to be no other type of mistake that was made like that,” Rhodes said.
Col. Gene Spaulding, director of the Florida Highway Patrol, told reporters that Welch's comments were “unfortunate and inappropriate” and that the need for disciplinary action for Welch is under review.
“The rank and file know that they have never been disciplined, they have never been evaluated, there has been no punitive damages, they've never been rewarded for strictly writing citations,” Spaulding said. “They know they have a job to do, because their job is public safety.”
Welch —- in his email to troopers patrolling Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor and Wakulla counties —- stated the directive wasn't a quota, yet “when you look at citations per hour, we are at 1.3 so we have a goal to reach.”
He also wrote that more tickets would help reduce the fatality rate within Troop H's area.
“Many times,” Welch wrote, “it is easier to issue a warning opposed to a citation for behaviors observed. But the only way to try to alter that behavior is by impacting the motorist with the sanctions surrounding a traffic citation.”
Spaulding disputed that tickets are more effective than warnings.
“Our main focus is high visibility and hot spots in areas that we've identified through crash data throughout the state,” Spaulding said. “We have approximately 240 hot spots throughout the state, three to five in each county, where there is a high volume of crashes. Our emphasis is not about citations. It's not even about warnings or faulty equipment notices. It's about visibility, being in those areas, being visible and taking action when you need to.”
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Go-green Campaign
In view of the severity of the global environment issues and the rapid depletion of natural resources, New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association integrates the concept of environmental protection into the organizational culture and is committed to implement green measures in daily management and operation. Elements of sustainability are infused into the daily life and work habits of the service users and our staff to heighten their environmental awareness. Apart from service users and staff, we also actively disseminate the green message to the volunteers, our partners and the community.
We are committed to roll out green policy covering six major aspects, namely reduce, recycle, reuse, green purchase, green management and facilities, and green promotion and education.
Go-green Working Group
The Quality Assurance and Continuous Quality Improvement Subcommittee organized a seminar on the development of green work in July 2013, after which the go-green working group was established to formulate the direction, framework and objectives of green initiatives, provide information for service units to promote environmental protection work, monitor the effectiveness for the continuity of green efforts.
"Greenery”, "Cheery” and "Promissory”
Three mascots namely "Greenery (綠仔)”, "Cheery (樂仔)” and "Promissory (諾仔)” symbolize our determination to take responsibilities for environmental protection, implement environmental friendly initiatives and work together towards an environmentally sustainable future. The mascot design is adapted in various green tips that are displayed in prominent places to encourage the staff and service users to cultivate green habits such as energy saving, water conservation and reducing waste at source.
"Community Involvement Project for Municipal Solid Waste Charging – Waste Reduction Get, Set, Go!”
With the support from Environment and Conservation Fund, one-year project namely "Community Involvement Project for Municipal Solid Waste Charging – Waste Reduction Get, Set, Go!” was implemented at New Life Building in March 2017. Staff and service users learnt more about the objectives and implementation arrangement of municipal solid waste charging as well as the importance of "waste reduction at source”. By setting up collection points for recyclables within New Life Building and displaying publicity of clean recycling near the collection points to enhance the quality of recyclables. According to the statistics, total amount of disposed waste reduced in 21% while total amount of collected recyclables increased in 48% compared with the period before the commencement of the project.
4 issues of "Green Newsletter” providing the information of municipal solid waste charging scheme and "waste reduction at source” were published
Staff and service users visited the Community Green Station – Sham Shui Po to learn more about the support provided by the Government for community recycling
"Love Green Day 2018 cum Sharing and Award Presentation of "Community Involvement Project for Municipal Solid Waste Charging – Waste Reduction Get, Set, Go!”
The event was held on 6 March 2018 at Jockey Club New Life Institute of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Around 200 staff and service users attended. With the theme of "waste reduction at source”, the arrangement of municipal solid waste charging and the works and effectiveness of the project on waste reduction were shared on the event. Service units with outstanding performance on waste reduction and clean recycling during the project period were recognized in the award presentation. Upcycling workshops to echo the theme of "waste reduction at source” and to enhance the awareness of participants on waste conversion and resource conservation were conducted by service units.
Love Green Day 2018
Reused pots with the compost generated from food waste were used for small plants
"Country Parks Hiking and Planting Day 2018”
Go-green Working Group gathered 25 staff and service users to participate in Country Parks Hiking and Planting Day 2018 which was organized by Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. Participants not only planted the seedlings of native tree species that helped increase the forest coverage but they also enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the country parks which helped wellness of body, mind and soul. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department also provided game booths to introduce the characteristics of different native tree species.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department distributed seedlings to Planting Day participants
Staff prepared the "new home” for the seedlings
"Shoreline Cleanup Day 2018”
38 students of Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University and staff joined hands to clean the seashore at Lung Kwu Tan, Tuen Mun on 6 October 2018 in order to reduce the pollution by solid wastes and protect the marine ecosystem.
Students and staff joined hands to clear the refuse
Total about dozens of bags of garbage were cleared up. Participants contributed their efforts to clean the seashore
"Recycling Flea Market”
Go-green Working Group organized Recycling Flea Market on 7 December 2018 at New Life Building. More than 100 staff visited the Market. The objective of the activity was to promote the reuse of gently used or even brand new stuff among the staff so as to reduce waste at source and adopt green living style by shop wisely.
Staff visited the Recycling Flea Market
Participants left messages showing support to the activity and environmental sustainability
Green Involvement
New Life has been proactively pursing environmental protection activities within the organization as well as participating in various programmes run by other organizations including:
Energy Saving Scheme
Service units are encouraged to set goals of reduction in consumption of electricity, review the electricity saving measures amongst service users and staff and examine the effectiveness of energy conservation.
Green Footprint
Service units submit the "Green Footprint Record” to share their experiences in active implementation of green work and environmental education activities.
Upcycling – Trainees "upcycle” the waste plastic bottle caps and "transform” them into keychains in a creative way.
Through "Green Flea Market” the barter platform, users of residential services can share and exchange goods to achieve a balanced resource allocation and waste reduction at source.
Staff of vocational rehabilitation services made potted plant to create a greener workplace in the activity "Green330”.
Food Waste Recycling Project
New Life Farm received grants from ECF to install a composting machine which converts the collected food waste to organic compost for the use of the Farm. Apart from the collection and recycling of food waste, visits and seminars are organized for the public to promote food waste minimization, waste reduction at source and organic farming.
Environment and Conservation Fund supported the installation of composting machine.
Visit programmes are organized for the community
Food Sharing Project
Aiming to encourage the public to reduce food waste and promote food donations, the Association has undertaken a food sharing project in Wong Tai Sin and Tuen Mun since 2012. With the support from ECF, the project extended to Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan from June 2015 onwards, incorporating elements like community participation and promotion of environmental friendly messages in schools, etc.
Around 200-240 people were given food per day in the Food Sharing Project.
The Project incorporates community involvement.
CLP GREEN PLUS Energy Billboard Service Program and Energy Audit
Several service units joined the energy audit programme organized by CLP Power Hong Kong Limited. With reference to the audit reports and recommendations provided by CLP, service units can improve their energy efficiency. The GREEN PLUS Energy Billboard Service Program provided information about the overall electricity consumption on a quarterly basis.
Green Support
Apart from the active implementation of green initiatives within the Association, we also support the green actions launched by government departments and other organizations that are conducive to environmental protection and sustainability, which include:
The Association signed up to the "Charter on External Lighting” launched by Environment Bureau. The external lighting is switched off from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. on the following day to reduce light nuisance and energy wastage.
Apart from "Charter on External Lighting”, the Association also signed "Energy Saving Charter” which is launched by Environment Bureau. The Association committed that service units maintain an average indoor temperature between 24-26°C during the summer months and switch off electrical appliances and systems when not in use.
New Life Building first submitted an application to Hong Kong Green Organisation Certification (HKGOC) via the Environmental Campaign Committee (ECC) alongside the Environmental Protection Department and in conjunction with nine organisations. After review on our energy saving and waste reduction practices, Wastewi$e Certificate – Basic Level and Energywi$e Certificate – Basic Level are issued and we are successfully certified as Hong Kong Green Organisation (HKGO) in recognition of our contribution on environmental protection.
The Association is awarded with "Friends of EcoPark 2019” Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of our support given to recycling business in EcoPark and efforts in promoting recycling and reducing waste.
Kwai Shing Sheltered Workshop and The Wellness Centre (Islands) won the Hanson Outstanding Award and Hanson Merit Award, by virtue of their support for energy saving. The Association also received the Hanson Supportive Group Award in the Energy Saving Championship Scheme 2017, which was organized by the Environment Bureau and Electrical and Mechanical Services Department.
The Association also supported the campaign organized by the Hong Kong Shark Foundation and became a signatory of the "Say No To Shark Fin” pledge. We agreed to exclude shark fin from the menus of official events, entertainment functions and public activities to fulfill social responsibilities.
According to the information provided by Environmental Protection Department, most of Hong Kong’s food waste is disposed at landfills together with other municipal solid waste at present. The practice of disposing of biodegradable food waste at landfills is not sustainable and is environmentally undesirable as it depletes the limited landfill space, creates odour nuisance and the useful organic contents are wasted. In order to address the problem of food waste, the Association joined the campaign "Love Food, Hate Waste” organizing by Bo Charity Foundation – Food Angel, which promotes the message of cherishing food.
Campaign stickers are put on the garbage bins of service units and offices to remind staff and service users to cherish food and reduce food waste.
The "Green Book” containing environmental education materials including relevant information, quizzes and green living tips was issued to serve as a resource kit for staff and service users in order to enhance their knowledge of environmental protection.
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While Christmas is promoted as a time of joy and celebration, for half a million Australians it evokes a fear of physical or emotional abuse. New research has found one in four Australian adults experienced anxiety, three million experienced depression and two million experienced social isolation when thinking back to last Christmas. The research, released as part of the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal painted a bleak picture of the reality that people face. Not surprisingly, the Roy Morgan study also found that for 7.6 million Australians Christmas is the most stressful time of year and six million people spend more than they can afford during the festive season. Warrnambool Salvation Army Corps Officer Major Peter Wood was not surprised by the findings seeing first-hand the pressures local families faced at Christmas. He said it put financial strain on individuals and the family budget, and it was also a lonely and sad time for others. He said the Warrnambool branch had experienced unprecedented demand for financial and welfare support in the lead up to Christmas. “I think there's an expectation of doing certain things at Christmas time,” Major Wood said. “People on low incomes are struggling. “Surveys have been done for years about how (Centrelink payment) Newstart covers the very basics. If you can get accommodation at a reasonable cost that you can afford, you may be able to make ends meet but at Christmas time it's certainly not doable.” “We certainly see people who struggle at Christmas time to afford gifts. He described the demand for support in the Warrnambool region in the lead up to Christmas as “incredible” and with welfare appointments booked weeks in advance. “Christmas causes stress, anxiety, depression. Things like that certainly are heightened at this time of year when people aren't able to connect with people. “Social isolation is big factor with that because they want to share something with somebody else but don't have the ability to do so. “People's ability to do that is diminished at Christmas time with a low income and things like that.” The Salvation Army’s Bruce Harmer said the organisation’s staff saw hardship on a daily basis but the latest information was eye-opening. “These results are surprising and suggest the real picture of poverty in Australia is worse than previously thought,” Mr Harmer said. “Hardship and loneliness hits hardest during the Christmas period. Across the country there are literally millions of Australians needing support. Major Harmer says the Salvos will likely see an increased strain on its services this Christmas, in what will be their busiest time of year with about 300,000 people turning to them for help. Major Harmer says it’s important to remember those who will be going it alone this festive season. “Hardship and loneliness hits hardest during the Christmas period. Across the country there are literally millions of Australians needing support. So please, donate to The Salvation Army and help us give hope where it’s needed most this Christmas.” Have you signed up to The Standard's daily newsletter and breaking news emails? You can register below and make sure you are up to date with everything that's happening in the south-west.
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December 24 2018 - 6:30AM
New study reveals Christmas is a time for stress, anxiety and depression for many
Madeleine McNeil
Christmas causes stress, anxiety, depression.
While Christmas is promoted as a time of joy and celebration, for half a million Australians it evokes a fear of physical or emotional abuse.
New research has found one in four Australian adults experienced anxiety, three million experienced depression and two million experienced social isolation when thinking back to last Christmas.
The research, released as part of the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal painted a bleak picture of the reality that people face.
Not surprisingly, the Roy Morgan study also found that for 7.6 million Australians Christmas is the most stressful time of year and six million people spend more than they can afford during the festive season.
Warrnambool Salvation Army Corps Officer Major Peter Wood was not surprised by the findings seeing first-hand the pressures local families faced at Christmas.
He said it put financial strain on individuals and the family budget, and it was also a lonely and sad time for others. He said the Warrnambool branch had experienced unprecedented demand for financial and welfare support in the lead up to Christmas.
“I think there's an expectation of doing certain things at Christmas time,” Major Wood said. “People on low incomes are struggling.
“Surveys have been done for years about how (Centrelink payment) Newstart covers the very basics. If you can get accommodation at a reasonable cost that you can afford, you may be able to make ends meet but at Christmas time it's certainly not doable.”
“We certainly see people who struggle at Christmas time to afford gifts.
He described the demand for support in the Warrnambool region in the lead up to Christmas as “incredible” and with welfare appointments booked weeks in advance.
“Christmas causes stress, anxiety, depression. Things like that certainly are heightened at this time of year when people aren't able to connect with people.
“Social isolation is big factor with that because they want to share something with somebody else but don't have the ability to do so.
“People's ability to do that is diminished at Christmas time with a low income and things like that.”
The Salvation Army’s Bruce Harmer said the organisation’s staff saw hardship on a daily basis but the latest information was eye-opening.
“These results are surprising and suggest the real picture of poverty in Australia is worse than previously thought,” Mr Harmer said.
“Hardship and loneliness hits hardest during the Christmas period. Across the country there are literally millions of Australians needing support.
Major Harmer says the Salvos will likely see an increased strain on its services this Christmas, in what will be their busiest time of year with about 300,000 people turning to them for help.
Major Harmer says it’s important to remember those who will be going it alone this festive season.
“Hardship and loneliness hits hardest during the Christmas period. Across the country there are literally millions of Australians needing support. So please, donate to The Salvation Army and help us give hope where it’s needed most this Christmas.”
Have you signed up to The Standard's daily newsletter and breaking news emails? You can register below and make sure you are up to date with everything that's happening in the south-west.
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With an appetite for a new professional challenge and appreciation for the Panasonic brand, Ed joined the organization in 2007. Since then, Ed combines his technical knowledge and ability to solve problems in an organized way, to give him a better understanding of the technical challenges his customers face so he can help provide them with logical solutions. Ed’s goal is to provide a communications bridge between Panasonic’s distributors and their customers to ensure consistency throughout the process.
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What is the best Harry Potter movie?
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the best Harry Potter movie
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the best Harry Potter movie
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the best Harry Potter movie
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the best Harry Potter movie
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the best Harry Potter movie
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the best Harry Potter movie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1) is the best Harry Potter movie
The Sorcerer's Stone is where it all began
The Chamber of Secrets follows the book
The Prisoner of Azkaban sets the tone for the rest of the films
The Goblet of Fire was the perfect balance of light and dark
The Order of the Phoenix has the best battle and villain
The Half-Blood Prince has the most emotional turns and best cinematography
The Deathly Hallows (Part 1) has it all
The Deathly Hallows Part 2 wraps everything up
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Unlike the following movies in the series, where things were increasingly cut out, The Chamber of Secrets faithfully followed its source material. It did a great job bringing to life what Rowling wrote.
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the most faithful adaptation. The plot and important details are loyal to the book. Director Chris Columbus managed to keep the film child-appropriate while setting the stage for the darker tone of the future films.[1] The Chamber of Secrets also introduces several important characters. This is the movie when we first meet Dobby and when he becomes a free elf. We also are first introduced to Arthur Weasley and see the Burrow for the first time. This is also when we learn more about Voldemort, see a Horcrux, and learn that Harry has similarities to Voldemort such as the ability to speak parseltongue. Finally, Chamber of Secrets is funny, (Gilderoy Lockhart in particular) and has added suspense and action in the Chamber of Secrets with the Basilisk. It does a great job bringing to life what Rowling wrote.
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At just under 3 hours, the movie is too long. The pacing is slow and there is a lack of the whimsy seen in the first film. This results in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets being boring. It is unable to hold people’s attention unless they are a devout Harry Potter fan. Making it less faithful to the book by removing some of the content would have made it better to watch.
[P1] It is the most faithful adaptation. [P2] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the best Harry Potter movie.
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[Rejecting P1-P2]: It is too long. They should have removed content from the book.
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This interactive map reveals which journals cite each other the most
Capturing the exchange of ideas.
Well-Formed Eigenfactor
The biggest citation relationships between journals also reflect some of the biggest rivalries.
Nature and Science cite each other’s papers more than any other journal pairs, at a roughly equal rate. But not all journal citations relationships are as mutually beneficial. PNAS receives more citations from Nature and Science than it gives back, for example.
This clever tree map explores how journals across different fields interact with each other, revealing which journals cite each other the most.
Created by German data visualization specialist, Moritz Stefaner, and Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West from the University of Washington, it’s based on data from roughly 60 million citations across more than 7,000 journals, published in the Thomson Reuters’ Journal Citation Reports between 1997 and 2005.
The journals are sized using the Eigenfactor score – a metric invented by Bergstrom and West to measure the number of citations to articles in a given journal over five years.
In the tree map, each square represents a journal, with its size corresponding to its Eigenfactor score. Clicking on a square reveals the citations traffic between the selected journal and other publications.
Nature's network is shown below:
And this is the The Astrophysical Journal's network:
White arrows indicate citations the selected journal accumulates from other publications. Black arrows show which publications the selected journal cites. The size of the arrows corresponds to the amount of citations flowing between each journal.
The top-ranked journals according to their Eigenfactor score are Nature, Science, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, and PNAS.
As the tree map shows, Nature exchanges the most citations with Science, followed by Physical Review Letters and PNAS.
Papers published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry reference PNAS, Nature, Science, and Cell most often.
But these prominent journals also cite papers in more specialized titles, such as the Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics and Statistical Science.
“It's not just a one-way street,” says Stefaner. “There really is this mutual exchange going on, which I found quite beautiful.”
Stefaner says the purpose of the visualization was to communicate the “inherent beauty of the dataset”, with compass needles being a main source of inspiration.
“The design is a bit like magnetic pins with labels everywhere, which makes it very readable,” says Stefaner. “But we also wanted to do something experimental and aesthetically interesting.”
See the full interactive visualization here.
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NASA May Launch Boat to Saturn's Largest Moon
NASA TiME spacecraft may soon be sailing the seas of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
James Mulroy (PC World (US online)) on 13 May, 2011 09:15
Have you ever wanted to sail the -290 degree Fahrenheit seas of Titan? Yea, me neither. But thankfully NASA has come up with a method to sail the aforementioned seas, all while sitting at NASA HQ drinking a hot cup of cocoa.
NASA recently announced that it has picked three science investigations for review, and it will soon pick one of them for a potential 2016 mission. One of the mission proposals is to study Mars's interior; another is to study a comet's nucleus in great detail. But the third mission stands out above all the rest: launch a spacecraft to Titan (Saturn's largest moon), land in and float on the surface of the frigidly cold liquid methane seas or lakes, and study the methane cycle of Titan. This mission to Titan is dubbed TiME, or Titan Mare Explorer.
The "methane cycle" is believed to be similar to our own hydrologic cycle in which there is a continuous movement of water above and below the surface of the Earth (in Titan's case, it'd be a cycle of methane above and below its surface). In addition, the methane cycle also involves the exchange of energy and temperature changes that leads to evaporation, clouds, precipitation, and so on. If the researchers are right, Titan will have weather phenomena similar to Earth's, but instead of water it will involve the evaporation and precipitation of liquid methane.
The project is headed by principal investigator Ellen Stofan and managed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin and Proxemy Research will develop the spacecraft.
If everything goes right, TiME will launch in an Atlas rocket sometime in 2015 or 2016, and would reach Titan in the early 2020s. It will then land in Ligeia Mare, one of Titan's largest lakes, some 38,600 square miles in area.
We'll be Christopher Columbus, except we'll all be sitting in the comfort of our home drinking hot beverages when the data starts coming in from Titan. Cool!
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Compliance November 21, 2019
Republicans Propose Their Own Union Pension Funding Crisis Solution
Unlike the approach favored by Democrats in the House of Representatives, which would establish a government-backed loan programs to assist troubled union pension, this approach would permit the partition of such plans and would require accounting reforms.
Two influential Republican Senators have published a white paper outlining a proposed plan to address the multiemployer pension funding crisis.
The Senators, Finance Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Senate HELP Committee Chair Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, say their proposal represents a realistic and balanced approach to solving the union pension funding crisis. As PLANADVISER has previously reported, union multiemployer pension funds are not universally stressed, but many are.
Data provided by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) shows that around 125 multiemployer plans are in so-called “critical and declining” financial status. Such plans report that they will become insolvent over the next two decades. As pointed out by Senators Grassley and Alexander, several very large union plans—including the United Mine Workers Pension Fund and the Central States Pension Fund—predict that they will become insolvent in the next few years.
Given the severe economic consequence that would be experienced by both union pensioners and the broader economy should a wave of large union pension defaults occur, parties on both sides of the aisle agree legislative action is needed. While it remains to be seen whether Senate Republicans will rally behind this sweeping new proposal, it is clear that Democrats in the House have favored the Butch Lewis Act, which takes a fundamentally different approach to solving this crisis.
Partitions, Co-Payments and Actuarial Honesty
Grassley’s and Alexander’s sweeping plan is outlined in a white paper published on the Finance Committee website. In simple terms, to help the “sickest plans” recover their financial footing, the proposal creates a special “partition” option for multiemployer plans. The Senators say this is not in fact a new concept. Rather, the proposal would expand on the PBGC’s existing authority.
According to the Senators, partitioning permits employers to maintain a financially healthy multiemployer plan by carving out pension benefit liabilities owed to participants who have been “orphaned” by employers who have exited the plan without paying their full share of those liabilities. They argue that removing orphan liabilities allows the original plan to continue to provide benefits in a self-sustaining manner by funding benefits with contributions from current participating employers. In effect, partitioning creates a “healthy pension” that continues to meet all of its obligations to retirees, the Senators say, and a separate “sick pension” that requires attention and assistance from the PBGC.
The Senators say “a limited amount” of additional federal taxpayer funds would be needed to support the PBGC in this capacity. And because taxpayer dollars would be at risk if the sickest plans fail to move to fully funded status, the proposal also includes a number of plan-governance reforms to strengthen multiemployer plans.
To help finance the partition relief and provide a stronger PBGC insurance guarantee to participants in the system, the reform proposal creates a new premium structure. The new structure includes raising the flat-rate premium to $80 per participant in a multiemployer plan, putting the multiemployer program on par with the single-employer guarantee program. The new premium structure also broadens the base on which premiums are assessed to more equitably spread the costs of insuring benefits and to ensure PBGC solvency.
Notably, the new structure applies a co-payment to active workers and retirees. The Senators say that, because of the broader contribution base, the co-payments should turn out to be significantly less than the amount of the typical benefit cuts retirees face under current law if their plan should fail. Older retirees and disabled participants will be protected, according to the Senators.
Among other provisions, the proposed reforms establish a variable-rate premium. This premium, which parallels the variable-rate premium that has long applied to single-employer plans, would be tied to a plan’s funding status to manage risks stemming from more poorly funded plans.
Other changes in the new plan would require plan trustees and actuaries to measure and project plan assets and liabilities “more prudently and accurately.” Further, the reform proposal also improves the so-called “zone” rules. Plans will be required to look farther into the future when estimating their financial status and institute a form of stress testing to check whether a plan can remain financially sustainable through potential economic and demographic stresses. Depending on its health, plans will have to bolster the steps they take when signs of financial hardship arise.
Looking to the future, the proposal includes a new option for sponsors of multiemployer plans to establish a new hybrid pension plan, called a “composite” plan.
Industry Reaction Is Swift, Cautious
Upon publication of the Senate Republicans’ proposal, various retirement industry stakeholders immediately shared their comments. Generally, strong support is being voiced both for the new proposal and for the Butch Lewis Act.
“The issuance of the Senate proposal reflects important progress because, taken together with the Butch Lewis Act, we now have the components of a potential proposal which policymakers, both Democrats and Republicans, can work through on a bipartisan basis to find a solution that they, along with employers and employees, can all support,” says Lynn Dudley, American Benefits Council senior vice president, global retirement and compensation.
Annette Guarisco Fildes, president and CEO of The ERISA Industry Committee, shared a similar take: “The ERISA Industry Committee applauds Senators Grassley and Alexander for moving forward to address the crisis in the multiemployer pension system. Since this crisis impacts plan sponsors of all sizes and across the country, it must be addressed comprehensively to ensure the protection of retirement benefits for millions of workers. The Senators’ proposal is an important first step to securing comprehensive reform that will benefit the multiemployer pension system.”
In offering a more skeptical view, Sean McGarvey, chairman of the National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans, still says his organization “appreciates the time and effort that Chairman Grassley, Chairman Alexander and their staff put into this proposal.”
“2019 is a critical year to enact reform legislation to rescue and modernize the multiemployer pension system,” he says. “Today’s proposal by Chairman’s Grassley and Alexander presents punitive requirements on plans, participants, employers, and unions which would cause harm to them and the 85% of the multiemployer system that are successfully meeting their obligations. We look forward to working with a bipartisan group of Senators and Senate leadership over the next four weeks to ensure that reform legislation rescues these failing plans, rescues the PBGC, and reforms the entire multiemployer system. Effective and balanced reform is needed to ensure that the job creating employers of America and their active workforce can continue to be the powerful economic engine for the nation and their families while providing lifetime pensions for blue-collar workers.”
Conflict With the Butch Lewis Act?
The Senate Republicans’ proposal differs in important respects from the approach taken by the Butch Lewis Act, which was advanced on a party-line vote by the House Ways and Means Committee back in July.
As passed by the committee, the Act would provide funds for 30-year loans and new financial assistance, in the form of grants, to financially troubled multiemployer pension plans. According to the text of the legislation, the program is designed to “operate primarily over the next 30 years.”
During the committee debate, Democrats, led by current Chairman Richard Neal of Massachusetts, generally voiced strong support for the Act. They suggest that the dire financial situation faced by some multiemployer pension systems is chiefly due to the Great Recession and long-lasting market challenges that have particularly harmed manufacturing and other blue-collar industries. They say economic conditions in the last two decades have forced many employers that offer these pensions to go insolvent themselves, which in turn left the multiemployer pension plans with fewer and more financially stressed contributing employers.
Republicans, on the other hand, led by Ranking Member Kevin Brady of Texas, were quick to cite their worries about ongoing mismanagement and even maleficence on the part of union leaders and pension trustees. They argue a loan program will do nothing to solve the underlying problems that weakened many of the plans to begin with, and they commonly use the term “bailout” to describe the program.
For their part, Senators Grassley and Alexander do not support the Butch Lewis Act. They shared the following statement about the House’s preferred approach: “The House has essentially advanced a pure, no-strings-attached, bailout plan that would give taxpayer funds to plans in the hopes that they can somehow earn returns sufficient to keep them going. But the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office tells us that the House’s proposal will not generate sustainability of pension plans or the PBGC. In contrast, the proposal we are releasing today addresses the immediate needs of the few multiemployer plans facing immediate crisis in a manner that protects participant benefits and ensures a sustainable multiemployer pension system for the long haul, all in a fiscally responsible way.”
Speaking to this disagreement, Senator Sharrod Brown, D-Ohio, says he is “glad to see Republicans in Congress have come forward with a pensions proposal of their own.”
“Just this week, the PBGC made clear that the longer we wait to solve this crisis, the more expensive it gets,” Brown says. “I have concerns with some of the provisions put forth by Republicans, but I look forward to working together with Chairman Grassley and Senator Portman to find a bipartisan solution. Wall Street destroyed our economy, and they got a bail out. These workers, retirees and small businesses did everything right. Congress has a responsibility to protect the pensions they worked hard for and earned. We need to act now, before it is too late. Failure is not an option for millions of Americans.”
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Picking up a leaflet at a freshers’ fair won’t turn you into a prostitute - Molly Smith
Controversy erupted over the weekend as Brighton University was accused in the Sunday Times of “grooming” students into prostitution. The university had allowed a sex workers’ health and support service to run a stall at a freshers’ fair, with breathlessly outraged reportage noting that the organisation shared a booklet advising sex workers of their legal rights, and that the stall featured a “wheel of sexual wellbeing”.
The service in question offers nonjudgmental advice, support and healthcare to sex workers in Sussex, alongside support to women who use drugs and women who need support in escaping domestic violence.
For permitting the presence of this service at the freshers’ fair, the Labour MP Sarah Champion wrote that the university was “colluding with organised crime and abusers”. The story is indeed disturbing – but not because students are being enticed into sex work by a stall. The story is disturbing because in scaremongering about something that should be unremarkable, it represents a new attack on sex workers’ access to health and support services.
Here are some obvious truths. Students do not go into sex work because they dropped by a stall at their freshers’ fair. Like all other sex workers, they go into sex work as a result of their material conditions. For students, that means they need to be able to afford to pay fees and cover the cost of housing and living. If you want to prevent students from going into sex work, why not try to improve their material conditions – say, by campaigning for a reintroduction of grants, the end of fees or for free student housing – instead of attempting to block them from accessing health and support services?
Health and support services doing outreach is both normal and good. The Sunday Times gets in a froth over how “fun’” the stall was, which misunderstands how outreach works: no one is going to be getting serious, in-depth emotional support while standing amid a busy freshers’ fair. Instead, by making the stall approachable and filled with things that students in general might want (free condoms! silly prizes!), you highlight that this service exists, and no one “outs” themselves as a sex worker by approaching it or by taking away a leaflet along with a pack of novelty lube. Then, in the future, should a student or her friend need support or healthcare around sex work she will remember the organisation and can look them up or pass on the leaflet.
Blocking access to such services will not stop students from entering sex work. It will just ensure that those who do go into it are doing so from a position of maximum vulnerability – unsure of their rights, without access to specialist health workers, or to “bad date” lists. The outrage could make universities fearful of allowing such services to do outreach, limiting the number of student sex workers who even know that such a service is available to them and ultimately to threaten the funding of these kinds of services. Private funders are notoriously jumpy and the NHS is being subject to brutal cuts in sexual health services.
It is depressing to even have to be arguing that sex workers deserve access to health and support services. This should be something that both sex worker rights advocates and those feminists who believe in attempting to eradicate the sex industry through criminal law can agree on – yet it is the anti-prostitution feminists who have lead the charge in this confected outrage. If nothing else, this controversy reveals the extent to which pro-criminalisation feminism – such as that espoused by MPs such as Champion – has zero interest in the safety or wellbeing of those who sell sex. Access to healthcare and support is a good thing. Yes, even for sex workers. Let’s say that clearly and without apology.
• Molly Smith is a sex worker and an activist
Source: The Guardian
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Plympton neighbourhood police team is being moved away
Move enables team to be 'better informed about issues' going on in community says police chief
Katie TimmsChief Reporter
Plympton’s Neighbourhood Police team will be leaving their local base and operating from Crownhill Police Station by the end of this year.
The team have been based in the area for over a decade and will be relocating on December 27.
Plymouth commander, Chief Superintendent Dave Thorne said: “Following a comprehensive consultation with partner agencies, local councillors and staff, the Plympton Neighbourhood Police team is to be based at Crownhill from 27 December, 2017.
“The aim of the move is to improve the service they provide to the local community by better integrating them with colleagues who can provide support and supervision.
"They will also be better informed about issues going on around them which may impact on their area by having briefings between colleagues from the North and Plympton neighbourhood teams.
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“Closer working between these teams will also result in better resilience if any of the regular team members are absent. Plympton Police station will remain operational and available for the use of the Neighbourhood Police Team.
“We are constantly striving to ensure that we make best use of our resources and similar moves have happened in other parts of the Force area.”
The station will still be operational and will be used for meetings. Roads policing, specialist departments and vehicle maintenance will still continue to operate from the building.
Plympton Police Station
On November 20, a member of the police force will attend a closed meeting with Plympton Community Council to answer any questions and explain in further detail why the move is taking place.
Members of the public can meet the local policing team at Plympton Library between 2 and 3pm on November 1 and December 6.
The Plympton Neighbourhood team is currently made up of PC Evans, PC Rendle, PC Hocking and PCSO Lawrence.
Rural police officer numbers have halved since 2010, with more than 20,000 cut from police forces across the UK.
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Devon and Cornwall Police cover 3,961 square miles, which makes them the force who cover the largest area in England. In the last seven years staff numbers have dropped rapidly and they are expected to continue to plummet.
In 2010 6,200 people were employed by the force but this number is anticipated to fall to 3,900 by 2020.
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Why Lionel Ainsworth is happy to put Plymouth Argyle's well being before his own personal gain
Winger content to bide his time and wait for his chance while Pilgrims fare well
Stuart James
Plymouth Argyle winger Lionel Ainsworth
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Lionel Ainsworth is not a man to mope around kicking his feels in frustration at a lack of opportunities. Instead, he is a motivational cheerleader when it comes to Plymouth Argyle and their quest for League One survival.
This season has perhaps not gone to plan for the 30-year-old winger, who turned down the offer of a new contract at Motherwell to sign for the Pilgrims, as he has featured in only nine games for the club so far.
Only four of those appearances have been from the start and only two in League One, but while he could be forgiven for being frustrated at a lack of opportunities – especially with Argyle struggling for goals and to create opportunities this campaign – Ainsworth is instead rallying the troops and acting the perfect role model to the club’s younger players.
Plymouth's Lionel Ainsworth holds off Chelsea's Cole Dasilva during the Checkatrade Trophy match between Plymouth Argyle and Chelsea U21's on Tuesday 15th August 2017 at Home Park, Plymouth, Devon - Photo: Dave Rowntree/PPAUK
“The boys have done absolutely brilliantly at Blackburn and against Shrewsbury and then again against Wimbledon,” Ainsworth said of Argyle’s recent results. “It was absolutely fantastic, I can’t fault them and I am just so happy for them because the boys have done brilliant.
“They are working their socks off, they are sticking to the gameplan, they know what they have to do and there is a calmness to it now. People are getting shots off whereas at the start of the season, we weren’t getting shots off and we weren’t testing goalkeepers.
“Now, we are scoring goals and we are defending well. It is resolute and going back to doing what the boys did last year to get up. We had a plan, we have looked at it and said this is what we have done, we have gone about it the right way and you will see it coming out again.
“We play Rochdale on Saturday and we look forward to it with a lot of confidence.”
Plymouth Argyle's Lionel Ainsworth
There have been suggestions made at this Argyle squad of in-house friction and an unhappiness to Derek Adams’ tough training regime, which often consists of double sessions. But with hard graft comes high reward and to hear a footballer like Ainsworth talk in such positive terms is a welcome thing.
Often in interviews, players will talk of the team coming before their own individual needs and aspirations, but it is often clichéd hyperbole. With Ainsworth, you only have to look into his eyes to see his words are genuine.
“Of course. This isn’t tennis, you know,” he says sternly. “You are not out there on your own, or just with your coach. They are going to get me to where I want to be and I want to be where they want to be and we want to finish as high up the league as we can.
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“We are not putting any pressure on ourselves, but we have to get off the bottom. The momentum is there, we are all enjoying it, we are all together and we are all happy, that’s the main thing. We have to play with a smile on our face.
“Training is intense, but that’s good, it is really, really good training and everyone looks forward to it and we are all battling. We are battling against each other, we are battling against everyone else in the league, but we are all looking forward to it and enjoying the task.”
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Meow! by Katy Perry
Please enjoy the following release from B|W|R. :]
KATY PERRY DEBUTS HER SECOND FRAGRANCE
MEOW! BY KATY PERRY,
AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT NORDSTROM
*IN STORES NOW*
New York, Los Angeles – Best-selling superstar Katy Perry has extended her fragrance brand with the launch of her second fragrance, “Meow! by Katy Perry,” which is available now exclusively at Nordstrom stores nationwide and Nordstrom.com.
In partnership with Gigantic Parfums, “Meow! by Katy Perry” is a companion piece to the recording artist’s first fragrance, “Purr,” which debuted a year ago. Perry created ‘Meow!” while on her “California Dreams” World-Tour promoting her platinum-selling second record, Teenage Dream. This rich sister scent is a wearable interpretation of the fun, sensual spirit of the tour–so fun, in fact, Perry felt the name of the fragrance needed an exclamation point at the end of it. While “Purr” marks Perry’s first foray into the fragrance world, “Meow!,” more than anything, embodies her energy.
“Meow!” commands a soft sexuality appropriate for use during any time of day. Its signature comes from a pairing of honeysuckle and pear with the backdrop of creamy vanilla, musk, and amber.
"Meow! is my second baby in the fragrance world. I created it during my California Dreams Tour, and I can't wait for people to be able to experience my intriguing, amusing, candy-land like fantasy whenever they spritz it! We have A LOT of fun on tour so there's a lot of fun infused in this bottle! Meow! It's simply the cat's meow!" explains Perry.
Perry has an affinity for all things feline, and so she carries this theme throughout her fragrance names and bottles. She used this inspiration when designing the bottle for “Purr by Katy Perry,” and now “Meow! by Katy Perry” reflects that vision as well—complete with similar jeweled eyes, metallic accents, but with a light pink coloring.
The eau de parfum, developed with Givaudan, is available at Nordstrom stores nationwide and Nordstrom.com in 1.7 and 3.4 fluid ounce bottles at a suggested retail price of $45.00 and $65.00, respectively. Gift With Purchase (GWP) products will be released seasonally, beginning with a holiday perfume solid locket at launch.
"We are thrilled to partner again with Gigantic Parfums on Katy Perry's second fragrance Meow! Our customers responded really well to the debut fragrance Purr and our teams loved selling it! Everything about the fragrance embodies Katy's fun, spirited energy and we hope customers will relate to the new fragrance's fruity floral notes with a sophisticated twist,” explains Cheri Botiz, National Beauty and Fragrance Director, Nordstrom.
“After achieving global success with “Purr by Katy Perry,” now available in 54 countries, the brand continues to positively gain presence in the market place. We see great potential with her brand and wanted to deliver a unique sister fragrance, Meow! to support and expound on that excitement,” said Isaac Lekach, CEO of Gigantic Parfums.
Katy Perry has cemented her status as a best-selling superstar with the global success of her second studio album, Teenage Dream, which debuted at #1 in 8 countries. All five singles released so far ("California Gurls," "Teenage Dream," "Firework," "E.T.," and “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”) have hit #1 on the Billboard Pop Songs chart. Perry ties with Michael Jackson to become the second artist in the 53-year-history of the Hot 100 chart to produce five No. 1 singles off the same album and is the first female to set this record. This follows on the heels of her multi-platinum debut album, One of the Boys, which generated four hit singles: "I Kissed A Girl," "Hot N Cold," "Thinking of You" and "Waking Up In Vegas." She wrapped up 2010 in style with 4 Grammy nominations, including one for "Album of the Year." Katy kicked off 2011 with sold-out shows on the European leg of the California Dreams Tour, and has played sold-out shows around the world. Perry has just wrapped up the California Dreams Tour. To learn more about Katy Perry, visit www.katyperry.com
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Gigantic Parfums is a business venture whose products can be found in a variety of major retail and specialty chain stores in the United States and International markets. Gigantic Parfums is headed by CEO Isaac Lekach and President Rudford Hamon. Isaac Lekach was instrumental in identifying the potential of Katy Perry and Selena Gomez, who is set to debut her fragrance in 2012, as well as the Paris Hilton and Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier fragrances licenses. He was also involved with the marketing and development of Guess? fragrances for Parlux Fragrance and served as a member of the Board of Directors for the company from 2005 to late 2006. Hamon brings over ten years of experience in the fragrance industry. From 2004-2007, he managed the International distribution of Parlux Fragrances.
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Protesters slam TTIP in Germany ahead of Obama visit
There’s deep public skepticism in Germany towards government-backed trade deal.
Protesters rallying against the TTIP and CETA free trade agreements march on the eve of a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama on April 23, 2016 in Hanover, Germany
By Benjamin Oreskes
HANOVER, GERMANY — Tens of thousands of TTIP opponents took to the streets here Saturday in a pre-buttal of sorts to President Barack Obama, who will arrive in Germany Sunday to visit the world’s largest industrial trade show and try to rally new support for the U.S.-EU trade negotiations.
The protest underscored the deep public skepticism in Germany towards the transatlantic pact, which is supported by the government.
Protestors demonstrated in the city’s main public squares and choked off traffic in Hanover’s downtown as tractors carrying speakers followed citizens carrying signs in a litany of languages. “Trading Trust Immoral Profit,” was just one example.
The police estimated the crowd at 35,000, according to several news outlets. Lori Wallach, director of the U.S.-based Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch and a speaker at the event, said that German civil society groups organizing the afternoon of anti-trade deal festivities thought that the crowd was closer to 90,000 people.
Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel will officially launch the Hannover Messe, a massive trade show, tomorrow afternoon, and also hold a press conference before dining with German and American business leaders. TTIP supporters see it as an opportunity to jumpstart negotiations with a goal of wrapping up a deal while Obama is still in office.
But Germany is a hotbed of public opposition to the deal.
“We’re against companies like Monsanto. We’re against their greed,” said Diane Hosell, who is originally from Anaheim, but has lived in Germany for 14 years, between hearty blows on a whistle.
Jörg Isegrei, who owns a small German business that makes piping for food manufacturers, worries about how U.S. health care companies might affect the coverage he currently receives from the government.
Many sat on the cobblestones of the Hanover’s Opernplatz drinking bottles of beer as the loudspeakers alternated between German bands and speakers deriding deals like TTIP and a recently completed trade agreement with Canada. Some carried rubber chickens-a reference to chlorine-water-washed American chickens that many fear they’d be forced to eat under TTIP.
Wallach came away impressed by how engaged the Germans were on complicated subjects like ISDS. “Next time I come back,” she said, “I want [the organizers] to explain to me how they’ve gotten the larger German public to care about these issues.”
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A few months ago, I went to a creative origami lunchtime session organised by some lovely people at $WORK. I’d done origami a bit when I was younger, but mostly just frogs and cranes, which have since helped me while away the hours when invigilating exams. However, at this lunchtime session I was shown how to make modular origami. This involves making lots of (generally quite simple) origami parts, and then slotting them together to make larger structures.
I went home with a simple 12-unit Sonobe ball that afternoon and was very pleased with myself.
Entry-level modular origami: the 12-unit Sonobe ball. Mathematically, it’s a cumulated octahedron; practically, it’s 12 sheets of square paper and about 1 hour of your time.
Things have rather escalated from there.
Between running some of these lunchtime sessions myself now, and being asked on several occasions on Twitter about how I make the pretty things I keep tweeting, I thought it’d be useful to put together a quick guide (or a link-farm, at least)..
Sonobe units are very easy to fold, quite forgiving, and can be used to make a cube (6 units), a cumulated octahedron (12 units), a cumulated icosahedron (30), and a kind-of truncated icosahedron (90, basically a spiky football). They’re a pretty good introduction to the general principles:
Sonobe family: 90, 30, 12, 6 and 3 units. The 3-unit one is a trigonal bipyramid but barely counts! These have all been made with the slightly modified unit mentioned below. The 90 units one is the biggest Sonobe that’s really worth making IMHO: about 3 hours’ work
The 30-unit ball has the symmetries of an icosahedron (or dodecahedron). Once you’ve learnt how to construct that object in Sonobe modules, you’ve essentially learnt how to construct any 30-unit modular origami ball: they mostly involve slotting 30 edge-units into groups of three to form the 12 pentagonal faces of a dodecahedron (or equivalently/alternatively, slotting them into groups of five to form the 20 triangular faces of an icosahedron – the difference is mostly one of perspective).
Cumulated icosahedron made of Sonobe units: 30 sheets of paper, and – if you’ve got the hang of the 12-unit ball – still only 1 hour of your time
There are lots of variations on the Sonobe unit you can (re)invent, by adding back-folds that expose the other side of the paper, or that make the tabs narrower than the pockets, giving a more intricate look.
Cumulated icosahedron made of slightly modified Sonobe units
Although the 90-unit structure is quite stable, the next one up (270 units) tends to sag under its own weight over time, but by that point it felt like a right of passage to make one.
9 hours construction, plus some planning. This uses duo paper, which is coloured on both sides, and a modified Sonobe unit that has a reverse fold to expose the other side of the paper in each module.
The Sonobe units can also be assembled inside-out to make inwardly cumulated polyhedra…
Getting the last few units in on the inverted ball (left) is tricky.
…and they can also be assembled in pairs and then assembled into a spiked pentakis dodecahedron...
Pentakis dodecahedron, with a reverse-fold Sonobe unit that shows the other side of the paper.
…and other structures.
The site above describes this as a rhombic triacontahedron, but I’m pretty sure it isn’t. I’m not sure what it actually is though. Has both colour-change and the units are assembled ‘inside out’ to make it inwardly cumulated.
The next unit I tried was the Penultimate edge unit (attributed to Robert Neal), which can be used to make a wireframe dodecahedron, as demonstrated by Matt Parker, the stand-up mathematician. Other variations of this subunit can be used to make pretty much any other wireframe polyhedron.
Dodecahedron. I was trying to use up the boring coloured paper on this one, but I quite liked the result in the end!
Thomas Hull’s PhiZZ edge unit makes similar wireframe structures, but the modules fit together more tightly and the resulting structures are much more robust than you get with the penultimate modules.
Truncated icosahedron – this is basically the shape of a football (12 pentagons, surrounded by hexagons) and of some viral capsids too.
You can also make colour-change variants using the technique shown in Lewis Simon’s decoration boxes.
Dodecahedron made from PHiZZ units with a colour-change.
For structures based on dodecahedra/icosahedra and made from edge-units, you can always get away with using just three colours and never have two of the same colour pieces touching. This is because you can draw a Hamiltonian circuit on a dodecahedron: that is a path from vertex to vertex that only visits each vertex once, and which comes back to where it started. You can represent this in 2D on a Schlegel diagram.
Hamiltonian circuit through the Schlegel diagram of a dodecahedron [CC BY-SA 3.0 original by Tomruen, modified by Steve Cook]. The red and purple edges form the Hamiltonian circuit; the grey edges are what is left over. You’ll notice that every vertex has one of each of the three coloured edges. The diagram is a projection of a dodecahedron: imagine taking a wireframe of the dodecahedron and shining a torch through it: the Schlegel diagram is the 2D shadow this 3D polyhedron casts on the wall. It’s fairly easy to work out which edge in the 2D diagram correspond to which edge in the thing you’re building.
If you colour alternate edges of the Hamiltonian circuit in two of your chosen colours, and the rest of the edges in the third, then you’ll avoid having any colour-clashes. I only learnt this after I started making these structures, so not all of them have this optimal colouring! The same 3-colour rule is true for the other Platonic solids, and also for the truncated icosahedron.
Francesco Mancini’s star-holes kusudama uses a similar module to the PHiZZ, but with a little back-bend that gives a nice 3D star effect. This one is a dodecahedron-shaped (30 units), but a 90-unit truncated icosahedron should also be possible.
Star-holes dodecahedron.
UPDATE: yes, it is possible 🙂
Star-holes truncated icosahedron
Lewis Simon and Bennett Arnstein’s triangle edge unit can be used to make very nice patchtwork tetrahedra, octahedra and icosahedra.
Icosahedron.
They’re a bit fiddly to put together but are very robust once constructed. A similar patchwork effect for the dodecahedron can be achieved with M. Mukhopadhyay’s umbrella module; Sonobe units can be used to make analogous Battenberg-cake style cubes.
Battenberg-cake Platonic solids. The dodecahedron is made from umbrella units; the cube from Sonobe. The tetrahedron, octahedron and icosahedron are all made from triangle edge modules.
The simple isosceles triangle unit (attributed variously to M. Mukhopadhyay, Jeannine Mosely and Roberto Morassi) can be used to make small and great stellated dodecahedra.
Great (left) and small (right) stellated dodecahedra.
The small stellated dodocahedron is particularly pleasing and makes a fairly robust decoration if made of foil-backed paper.
Xmas decs
The great stellated dodecahedron can be made from the same subunit, but is tricker to construct because a tab has to curl around into a pocket that is partly inside the next tab round. I used needle-nosed forceps to construct this, and I’m still not terribly happy with the result.
The opposite is true for Paolo Bascetta’s star module, which makes a great great stellated dodecahedron, but a rather *eh* small stellation. This module needs duo paper (i.e. paper that is coloured on both sides) for best effect.
Dave Mitchell’s Electra module can be used to make a icosidodecahedron: it’s unusual in that each module corresponds to one vertex of the structure: the edge units described up to this point combine together to make each vertex.
Icosidodecahedron made from Electra modules
I’m not that happy with my Void kusudama (Tadashi Mori): I should have used duo paper, but it was really tricky to put together. Maybe one day. It’s one of the few structures here that is back to the original octahedral/cubic 12-unit structure. I’m not sure the 30-unit version would be stable.
Octahedral void
UPDATE: Yeah, I don’t think the 30-unit version is do-able. I think the units are too wide to actually fit into an icosahedron: I couldn’t even manage it with glue, so I don’t think it’s just a stability issue. However, I did do a better 12-unit version, with duo paper and a little reverse fold on the outer edge to expose the second colour properly, which I’m quite pleased with:
Octahedral void (modified)
Tomoko Fusè’s little turtle modules are extremely flexible: they can be used to make pretty much any polyhedron that is made of regular polygons. However, because the flaps are only one paper layer thick, they don’t fit together terribly tightly, so I’ve only found them robust enough to make smaller structures without the help of glue. However, with glue, I’ve made a rhombicosidodecahedron, which is cool because it is built of pentagons, triangles and squares (all of the polygons found in the Platonic solids)…
The impossible-to-spell rhombicosidodecahedron.
…and also a pair of snub-cubes, which are even more interesting as the snub-cube has two non-superimposable mirror images, like hands, amino acids and amphetamines.
Snubcubes: left- and right-handed enatiomorphs.
I found Maria Sinayskaya Etna kusudama in Meenakshi Mukerji’s Exquisite Modular Origami book. It’s a really pretty model, and robust once it’s assembled, but it can be a bit fally-aparty during construction: I used very small clothes pegs to hold it together as I was making it.
Etna kusudama.
Meenakshi Mukerji’s compound of five octahedra (inspired by Dennis Walker) is also a bit fally-aparty, but I like it as – unlike many of these models – it genuinely is the polyhedron so-named, rather than something where you have to squint at the holes in the wire-frame and imagine faces there.
Compound of five octahedra. You can easily see the yellow octahedron here: the sixth spike is underneath the model; the other four colours are similarly interlaced.
The five intersecting tetrahedra are actually a lot easier to make than they look. Francis Ow’s 6-degree modules themselves are easy to fold, and the vertices are a lot more robust than they might appear. The most difficult bit is getting the modules interlinked in the right way. I’ve managed it twice, but only whilst staring at the YouTube video and performing assorted “purple = green” gymnastics in my head.
Compound of five tetrahedra – party piece.
Michał Kosmulski’s page has lots of lovely illustrations, instructions and inspirations. I found Tung Ken Lam’s blintz icosadodecahedron (also credited as Francesco Mancini’s UVWXYZ intersecting planes model) there. It has the same symmetry as the Electra icosadodecahedron above, but you can see the six intersecting pentagons more clearly. Both have the same underlying structure as the Hoberman sphere – that expanding/contracting plastic stick model thing beloved of science fairs.
UVWXYZ intersecting plane icosadodecahedron
This last one is a bit of a cheat as (in theory, and mostly in practice too) the structures above are held together by nothing more than friction. Valentina Gonchar’s revealed flower star kusudama has to be glued, which is kind-of cheating, but I couldn’t resist as it is two structures in one:
Revealed flower star – shut (left) and popped open (right).
Things I’d still like to do:
Build a much larger PhiZZ ball (270 units): this would be useful for demonstrating the structures of viral capsids. UPDATE: Done!
I’ve not yet found a good great dodecahedron model: they exist on Pintrest, but I’ve yet to find any instructions for one. UPDATE: Done! (Couldn’t for the life of me work out how to do 3-colouring, but module is from Saku B, recommended by Nick in the comments below)
Great dodecahedron
I have lost wherever it was I found the instructions for this inwardly cumulated rhombic triacontahedron: I’d quite like to rediscover them so I can credit the inventor! UPDATE: this isn’t where I originally saw it, but AresMares by Gewre has a video tutorial, and a kind commenter has let me know the designer is Silvana Betti Mamino – thank you!
Rhombic triacontahedron of unknown source.
Invent my own module 🙂
icosahedron, origami, sonobe
Nerd of this parish.
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Samuel H. Pond
Temple University School of Law (J.D. 1984)
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Samuel H. Pond has concentrated his practice on workers’ compensation litigation since graduating from Temple University School of Law in 1984. He is a founding and managing partner of Pond Lehocky, the largest workers’ compensation firm in Pennsylvania. Mr. Pond’s advocacy for his clients has resulted in some of the largest settlements in Pennsylvania and the nation.
A former president of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, Mr. Pond served for six years as treasurer of that organization’s Committee for a Better Tomorrow. He also is president of Union Services Access, a legal consulting services network for unions and their members.
He has previously served in leadership roles for numerous organizations, including chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Section and member of the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners.
Mr. Pond has received the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating for Legal Ability and Ethical Standards. He was selected by his peers for The Best Lawyers in America® from 2007-2018. He has also been included in Super Lawyers® Top 100 in Pennsylvania and Top 100 in Philadelphia lists for 12 consecutive years.
He was recently inducted into the Temple University Gallery of Success, becoming only the 23rd alumnus of the School of Law to be recognized.
Mr. Pond is a frequent author and speaker on workers’ compensation matters. Through lectures and seminars, he educates union members and employees throughout the region on their rights under the Workers’ Compensation Act. He also hosted the weekly Legal Eagles radio show, which aimed to educate the public on the law.
Mr. Pond’s charitable contributions are extensive, focused on children and education. He serves on the USC Shoah Foundation’s Next Generation Council. Other endeavors include the Union Services Access Scholarship Fund, The Pond Lehocky Trial Advocacy Scholarship and The Pond Lehocky Legal Studies Department Head Office at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business. In honor of his mother, he created the Marie Pond Scholarship Fund, which annually awards a scholarship to a member of the Torresdale Boys Club.
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Round Table: Amanda Palmer and Others Discuss Covid /
Round Table: How Do We Keep Music Alive During COVID?
Amanda Palmer, Adam Doleac, Caroline Romano, Luka Kerecin, and Olivia Castriota share the trials and tribulations of life as a musician in the wake of mass quarantine and social-isolation due to the novel coronavirus
Thomas Burns Scully
Our Panel: (L-R) Amanda Palmer, Caroline Romano, Luka Kerecin, Olivia Castriota, Adam Doleac
"I feel like a cross between a minister and a rock star..."
...reports punk singer and activist Amanda Palmer from isolation in New Zealand. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the music community has been in a frenzy of adaptation. Palmer, given her community-focused approach to music, has seen her usual skill-set suddenly become essential for thousands of performers. "So many artists are in need. I want to help them set up Patreon pages, and I want to make sure they feel safe asking for help. It's hard for artists to ask," explains the former Dresden Dolls lead singer and author of The Art of Asking, "I've been collecting people in emotional crisis on the internet since 2002. I'm right in my element. But, boy, does it feel strange."
Pivoting to crowdfunding may now be a saving grace for many acts. The overnight decimation of the live music economy, across all genres, has thrown a question mark over the income of countless performers. "Artists [don't make] money off digital streaming," clarifies Nashville-based country music singer Adam Doleac, "85% of [most artists'] income is live show pay and merchandise sales from those live shows. You're now taking 85% of an income, and it's gone for an undefined period of time."
Adam DoleacPhoto by Matthew Berinato
"A lot of people don't realize how far 'not playing shows' trickles down. I got all these guys in my band that are no longer getting paid. They rely on that money, they've got families," the Sony/ATV signee continues, "It's whole teams that have been shut down. That's been the hardest part, figuring out how to keep those guys comfortable as we work out how to get through this time."
While signed acts and their support systems are all feeling the squeeze in the wake of the COVID crisis, how do smaller up-and-coming acts fare? "I've canceled shows with Sofar Sounds, live recording sessions with LeestaVall, and planning my summer tour has been put on pause," lists Olivia Castriota, a New York-based R&B singer. "As an independent artist I also finance everything myself [through side jobs]. In a matter of days, all of my Airbnb guests for the next eight weeks canceled and all Bars and Restaurants in NYC went to take out only, so... welcome to unemployment."
Olivia Castriota
"Without people working and having any significant income all around the world, art and music will suffer tremendously," adds Luka Kerecin, Croatian lead singer of prog-metal band Wings Denied and lecturer and marketing specialist at the United POP Academy. "I was supposed to be in the U.S. in March to play with Wings Denied at SXSW... but that did not happen due to corona." Whilst the recent broadening of unemployment benefits will hopefully help smaller acts in the US, the long term future is still uncertain, especially given the widely-reported difficulties many have had with signing up for unemployment benefits. Festival season, a crucial time for smaller acts, has been all but snuffed out entirely, with name-brand events across the globe canceling or rescheduling and younger festivals facing possible extinction.
However, social distancing has led to the now near-ubiquity of the Facebook/Instagram/Zoom live show. These formerly niche elements in the artist's promotional toolkit have now become a primary method of audience engagement. "I did a show on Instagram last night, [and] we played for more people than we would have played for at the actual show," enthuses Adam Doleac, "I think 45,000 people signed on to watch."
There are also issues related to the almost entirely digital marketplace we now find ourselves in, as pop-artist Caroline Romano points out. "I don't want people to lose the need for live shows," she cautions, "I'm afraid the number of Instagram and TikTok followers an artist has is going to become more important than ever because social media is the only way artists can get discovered right now." With online engagement already becoming a dominant factor in musician's lives (certain managers, bookers, publications, and labels will refuse to even consider talent without a certain baseline level of social media traction), live music was one of the last true equalizing factors.
Luka Kerecin of WIngs Denied
These sentiments are echoed by Kerecin. "For my band, Wings Denied, which exists in the more niche genre of prog rock and metal, live shows are the number one way to connect with fans," he details, "Other more commercially friendly genres have it a little easier as they can always pull through with sponsors, radio play, etc. but not being able to play and tour at this moment is a massive challenge for us."
Established artists are also not immune to the toll of the COVID fallout, as Doleac points out. "Bigger acts, Kenny Chesney and the like, they have their [support crew and bands] on salary. They have to continue to pay these guys, but without any money from shows," he explains matter-of-factly, "It's a lot of money going out, and nothing coming in."
Even artists still in high demand, like Amanda Palmer, have struggled with the sudden tectonic shift. "I've been asked to do a billion streams and casts, but I have just barely been able to keep my sh*t together... I feel so overwhelmed," she shares, "I was wrapping up the final week of a year-long global solo piano theater tour when the sh*t hit the fan." Though the singer only had to cancel one show, the timing of the crisis led to her and her family moving into an AirB&B in New Zealand on short notice, a stressful situation for all involved. "The house has a piano. There's internet," she says, reflecting on the positives of the situation, "I'm going to take a few days off for my mental health, and then I'm going to be a streaming machine." In the time since this interview, Palmer has become heavily involved in the Artist Relief Tree, creating the "Art is Alive" artist's resource guide and many more projects.
The digital age being what it is, artists still have it well within their purview to create and release content. "Coronavirus shuts down a lot of things, but new music is not one of them," confirms Doleac, "I've got my EP Famous coming out April 17th, which I'm really excited about."
"I have my biggest project to date scheduled to release early summer," adds Caroline Romano, "It features an artist who I've been a big fan of for such a long time, and it's actually surreal to see my name on the song with him."
Similarly, Wings Denied have an album coming up in the near future. "The final mixes are in the works. Everything was recorded last year," says Kerecin, "Grammy-nominated producer Joel Hamilton (Highly Suspect, Bonobo, Bomba Estereo) is, as you can imagine, an incredibly popular and busy guy, but thanks to the Corona situation, he has managed to find some time to polish the new record and we are incredibly grateful for that."
Olivia Castriota raises an interesting point about the new music cycle in this time. "It just feels like such an inappropriate thing to do [to be overly promotional] at the moment when it feels like America is crumbling. Everyone is losing their jobs and we barely have money to pay rent," she says somberly, "It feels like, why would anyone care about my new release at this moment in time when there are much bigger things at hand?" Though she does go on to add, "I'm hoping to put some makeup and a bra on in the next week and record some new selfie singing videos, but again finding the motivation is hard."
Caroline Romano
The emotional toll and its effect on productivity is certainly not to be taken lightly, with the pressure on indie artists to be an active online presence now stronger than ever. Romano corroborates: "Every pop artist in the world is trying to promote themselves through social media. But, in a time when the entire world is online more than ever, it's so much easier to get lost."
Palmer sees continued output, coupled with compassionate outreach, as the only way forward. "This has always been our job as artists. Connect, connect, connect. And when things get hard and dark, connect harder," she declares with candor, "I've got a whole list of projects in my head: leading meditations and sharing sessions, teaching some yoga, doing collaborative songwriting sessions, chatting to people who are sick…"
Congruously, Kerecin sees the moment as one to seize and reaffirm public appreciation for the arts. "What is everyone doing right now when quarantined? Watching shows, movies, listening to music, watching live-stream concerts," he points out, "I think we all should lobby and push this narrative aggressively in the public space. Otherwise, people will start taking these live stream shows for granted, and none of us want that. There are years of blood, sweat and tears and ton of money and equipment behind every one of those."
So what does the path forward look like? There is a general consensus that many artists will be using this time to write and build up a reserve of materials for the future. Philanthropy is also on the cards, with megastar acts such as Lady Gaga partnering with the WHO to raise funds for much-needed resources for frontline healthcare workers. Smaller groups looking to bring affirming music concerts to essential workers have also started to crop up online, but, as Doleac points out, the few net positives of the situation are not strictly COVID related.
"I was at home for one weekend the entirety of last year," he explains, "This situation allows artists, or even just like a traveling parent who's always working time, to spend time with loved ones and work on relationships. I've gotten to talk to my family, and see my girlfriend a lot more than I anticipated. It's been a good reset button in that world." Amanda Palmer's social media feed reflects this too, which currently heavily features time spent with her husband, Neil, and son, Ash. "It's a really surreal paradox of existence," she admits, reflecting on the transition from touring life to isolation.
Amanda Palmer and Son Ash in IsolationFrom Amanda Palmer's Instagram
Artist solidarity is also widespread at this point in time. "Most of [my friends] work in the music business, and I know a lot of [them] are struggling at the moment. I'm doing whatever I can to be there through all of this," Caroline Romano says compassionately. Olivia Castriota adds: "I hope this will bring us all closer as a collective. It is really beautiful to see people and companies come together supporting artists."
In typically optimistic fashion, Adam Doleac shares his prediction for the industry's long-term COVID outcome. "I bet we'll all be more busy than we would have been when this starts getting back up," he says, upbeat, "People will be excited to get out to concerts, see shows they've been wanting to see for three or four months. I think in the end it will be a victory for everybody."
When all else fails, come back to what you know, as Luka Kerecin imparts. "Music has been giving me hope," he says, "When the music stops giving you hope in difficult times, that's when you know the world has really gone to hell. I hope I never find myself in such a place."
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Olivia Castriota is an independent soul and R&B artist. Her most recent release "Can't Wait to See You" will appear on her EP "I Need a Minute" coming out later this year. Since interviewing for this article she has begun releasing video content via her social media.
Follow her online: Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Spotify
Adam Doleac is a country music artist signed with Sony/ATV. His upcoming EP "Famous" will feature several well-known tracks, including his hit single "Famous", as well as new previously unheard material such as "I Choose Lonely." It is set for release April 17th.
Follow him online: Web | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
Luka Kerecin is lead singer and founding member of prog-metal band Wings Denied. Their new album is due out later in the year. He is also a lecturer and marketing specialist at the United POP Academy.
Follow him (and Wings Denied) online: Web | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
Amanda Palmer is the former lead singer of the Dresden Dolls, long-time touring punk musician and activist, and author of the bestseller "The Art of Asking". She recently closed her "There Will Be No Intermission" tour, a four-hour-long piece discussing music, abortion, and radical compassion.
Follow her online: Web | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon | Spotify
Caroline Romano is solo pop-singer. She has been played on Radio Disney, collaborated with Jacob Whitesides, and shared the stage with the likes of Kelsea Ballerini and Shawn Mendes. Her latest project is due for release in the Summer, and her most recent release "Stream of Consciousness" is available from all music outlets.
Follow her online: Web | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
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