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Island Express: Your Isle of Man Delivery Company
We are an Island based delivery company situated at Spring Valley Industrial Estate in Braddan. Having been running for over 40 years, we ensure a compliant, consistent and punctual service.
Our company aims to offer Isle of Man residents a cost-effective and reliable way to receive items from the UK straight to their door.
Our business is successful because of the people we employ. You may have seen some of our delivery drivers out and about in our blue and white branded vans, but there are many more workers behind the scenes to help maintain our great reputation and service.
Say hello to our Management team
Meet Richard Quayle
Richard is the Managing Director at Island Express. He oversees all changes and strategic decisions made within the company. Having started out as a van driver for the company in 1990, he has worked his way up the ranks so understands what it takes to maintain a successful business that customers have faith in.
Meet Jeanette Creer
Jeanette is our trusty Accounts Manager. She keeps our books and the Lads in check and makes sure everyone is paid on time. She also manages key accounts and assists with business development activities.
The team here at Island Express always strive to be the best and give our customers a fantastic service. We offer all levels of delivery including freight, parcels and heavy goods from the UK directly to the customer’s door. Your goods will be under our expert care throughout their journey to make sure they don’t get lost or damaged. We also have a high level of security at our Heywood receiving depot to mitigate possible theft. However, on the off-chance something did happen to your item, either whilst in our depot or on the journey, we will be happy to reimburse you within certain guidelines.
We not only try and provide a great service for customers but also help out with charities where we can. In 2015, we packaged and transported three van loads of clothes, camping gear, toiletries and food to help aid the Syrian refugees, free of charge.
We also help other charities where we can including Men in Sheds, Manx Breast Cancer Care and Sadies Rescue Animal Shelter to name but a few. We also sponsor Marown Football club as we believe it’s important to do our bit and give back to our local community where we can.
We would like to think that you would look no further when having something delivered to the Island. Contact us on 661000 or email sales@islandexpress.co.im to find out exactly how it works.
The team at Island Express hope we can provide you with our great service at some point in the future.
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Wunderlich Securities, Inc. and ETFs
We are currently investigating allegations made against Wunderlich Securities, Inc., a Memphis, Tennessee-based securities brokerage firm. FINRA (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) brought a regulatory action against Wunderlich Securities, making numerous allegations regarding its conduct, including: a) failure to supervise the sale of non-traditional ETFs from July 2012 to March 2013; and b) the failure to supervise consolidated reports from April 2012 to May 2013. To settle these allegations, Wunderlich Securities agreed to pay a fine of $50,000.
ETFs (or Exchange Traded Funds) have become increasingly popular over the last 15 years. ETFs are typically used to track and replicate the performance of an index, such as the S&P 500, the Russell 2000, or the Dow Jones. ETFs are popular, because investors can invest in a basket of securities that provides diversification but with the simplicity of being a single stock.
In recent years, many companies have also created leveraged or inverse ETFs. Leveraged ETFs try to replicate the performance of a particular index, but attempt to replicate the performance by doubling or even tripling the index. As an example, the Proshares Ultra Russell 2000 ETF seeks to double the performance of the Russell 2000 Index.
Inverse ETFs also try to replicate the opposite (or even multiple opposites) of a particular index. For example, Ultrashort QQQ Shares seeks a return of two times the inverse (-2x) of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index. Leveraged and inverse ETFs can be useful investment tools for investors seeking intra-day trading.
However, inverse and leveraged ETFs are often misused, by retail investors and even financial advisors. The regulators and others have long-warned the securities industry about the dangers of inverse and leveraged ETFs. These are designed to be day-trading vehicles, but often financial advisors recommend holding these ETFs in an investor’s accounts for weeks or even months.
FINRA has stated that “inverse and leveraged ETFs that are reset daily typically are unsuitable for retail investors who plan to hold them for longer than one trading session, particularly in volatile markets.” See FINRA Regulatory Notice 09-31 at page 1. This Notice reminds members who sell these products to “make every effort to familiarize themselves with each customer’s financial situation, trading experience, and ability to meet the risks involved with such products and to make every effort to make customers aware of the pertinent information regarding the products.” Id. at 3, citing to NASD Notice To Members 05-26.
FINRA has punished other brokers and firms for using leveraged and inverse ETFs improperly. In an action against Michael Venable, FINRA barred a broker from the industry for using unsuitable leveraged and inverse ETFs with his clients. See In re Michael Douglas Venable. FINRA also fined Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, UBS, and Wells Fargo a combined $9.1 million for sales of inverse and leveraged ETFs, in May 2012.
FINRA also alleged that Wunderlich failed to adequately supervise the use of consolidated reports, including what steps the firm would take to prevent the provision of inaccurate valuation information provided on such reports.
Israels & Neuman PLC is a securities and investment fraud law firm with offices in Denver, Colorado and the Seattle area. We represent investors in FINRA arbitration proceedings in all 50 states, including investors throughout the southeast and Tennessee. Our attorneys have represented over one thousand investors against many brokerage firms in the past, including LPL Financial, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Smith Barney, Stifel Nicolaus & Company, UBS Financial Services, Oppenheimer, Charles Schwab, Wells Fargo Advisors, Ameriprise Financial Services, Raymond James Financial Services, ProEquities, Securities America, National Securities Corp., and many others.
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Dentist held for south Delhi hit-and-run case – cities
December 1, 2020 [email protected]_84 case, cities, Delhi, dentist, Held, hitandrun, south
Police on Tuesday said they have arrested a 42-year-old dentist for allegedly running over a 38-year-old woman when she was crossing the road in south Delhi’s Lado Sarai last month.
The dentist allegedly fled the mishap spot after hitting the woman who worked at a private bank. The Honda City car he was driving has been recovered, police said.
Deputy commissioner of police (south) Atul Kumar Thakur said that around 8.30 pm on November 17, the police control room received a call about an accident at the Lado Sarai traffic signal.
A police team reached the spot and found that the injured woman had been shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
The team reached the hospital and learnt that the woman was declared brought dead. She was identified as Archana Kushwaha, a native of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh.
Kushwaha worked as a customer associate at a private bank in Gurugram, Haryana, and lived at a paying guest (PG) accommodation in Lado Sarai.
“It was a case of hit-and-run and the suspect fled along with his vehicle. A case of rash and negligent driving causing death was registered and teams were formed to investigate the case,” said a police officer.
Kushwaha’s family members used social media to disseminate information about her death and to seek help from people in getting justice for her.
“I posted details about my sister’s death in the road accident case. The police assured they will find the culprit. On Tuesday, they informed me about his arrest and seizure of the Honda City car that hit my sister,” said Pankaj Kushwah, brother of the woman.
DCP Thakur said CCTV cameras on the route were scanned and police zeroed in on a Honda City car and apprehended its driver, who was identified as Pankaj Sudhakar (42), a resident of Kalkaji Extension in Delhi.
Sudhakar runs a dentist clinic in Saket, Thakur said.“He was speeding at the time of the accident,” Thakur said.
Kushwaha is survived by her parents and four siblings, including two sisters.
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Insured Patients Are Getting Surprise Bills After Colonoscopies | Health News
October 17, 2020 [email protected]_84 Bills, Colonoscopies, health, Insured, News, Patients, Surprise
By Amy Norton
(HealthDay)
FRIDAY, Oct. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Many Americans who get recommended colon cancer screening may end up with “surprise” medical bills, a new study suggests.
Looking at insurance claims for more than 1.1 million elective colonoscopies, researchers found that 12% involved out-of-network charges.
That’s concerning, the study authors said, because those patients may well have faced bills averaging $400 for a procedure they thought was covered.
The issue has received much media attention of late. Surprise billing happens when insured people receive treatment from a provider in their health plan’s contracted network, but someone on the medical team is not in-network.
The insurance plan may pay part of that provider’s charges, but generally not all. So the patient often ends up with an unexpected bill for the rest.
Often, surprise bills are related to elective surgery — a situation in which patients pick their surgeon and hospital but have no choice about other providers involved in their care. Those providers, such as assistant surgeons, anesthesiologists and radiologists, may be out-of-network, the researchers explained.
But the new study shows the problem extends to screening colonoscopy, a recommended way to catch colon cancer early.
“We want to bring attention to this,” said lead researcher Dr. James Scheiman, chief of gastroenterology at University of Virginia Health in Charlottesville. “There really has been no assessment of the scope of the problem.”
The concern is that some folks will be deterred from getting colon cancer screening, he said.
Experts recommend that people at average risk of colon cancer begin screening at age 45 or 50. That can be done various ways, and a colonoscopy every 10 years is one option. During the procedure, the doctor can not only detect cancer, but also remove any pre-cancerous growths.
“We know it works,” Scheiman said. “We can’t let out-of-pocket costs keep people from this potentially life-saving screening.”
The findings — published online Oct. 12 in Annals of Internal Medicine — are based on claims from a large national health insurance plan. Scheiman’s team focused on more than 1.1 million elective colonoscopies where the facility and the doctor performing the procedure were in the health plan’s network.
Despite that, one in eight claims included out-of-network charges. That translated to nearly 136,000 colonoscopies for which patients potentially received a surprise bill. (There was no way to determine how many patients actually did, Scheiman said.)
Those out-of-network charges were typically around $1,000. Accounting for the portion the insurer would likely pay, the researchers estimated that the typical surprise bill would be about $400.
Overall, anesthesiologists and pathologists (doctors who study tissue samples) accounted for most out-of-network charges, the investigators found.
And that’s no surprise, said Loren Adler, associate director of the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, in Washington, D.C.
In general, Adler said, surprise bills come from a limited number of specialties — the providers patients do not choose. Emergency room doctors, anesthesiologists, radiologists and pathologists — as well as ambulance services — are the primary sources.
“In my eyes, this is because of a market failure,” Adler said. A primary care doctor or surgeon, for instance, has a big incentive to join health plan networks — to attract patients covered by those plans.
But with certain specialties, the hospital or other workplace determines how many patients a provider sees. Those doctors can remain out-of-network, charge what they want, collect some amount from the insurance company — and then bill the patient for the balance.
The practice obviously has financial consequences for patients. But it’s also costly to anyone with private health insurance, Adler said. Plans raise their monthly premiums to help cover the costs of out-of-network providers.
That’s partly because health plans do sometimes pay the full out-of-network charge. It’s also because those same specialists command higher in-network prices compared to other specialties, he noted.
Many hospitals have moved to address the problem, requiring doctors to join their center’s insurance networks, Adler said.
A broad solution would be legislation to cap out-of-network charges, he added. Some states have passed laws to at least partially protect patients from surprise bills, but federal action has stalled.
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Royals pick up pitcher off waivers, trade catcher Adam Moore
Pitcher Patrick Schuster likely to compete for bullpen spot
The Kansas City Royals have plucked left-handed pitcher Patrick Schuster off waivers from the San Diego Padres.The Royals also sent catcher Adam Moore to the Padres on Tuesday for cash considerations.Schuster, who has not pitched above Class A, was placed on the 40-man major league roster. To clear roster space for Schuster, the Royals designated for assignment outfielder Carlos Peguero.The 23-year-old Schuster had a 1.83 ERA in 55 games last year for Visalia in the California League. He struck out 45, allowed 30 hits, and walked 18 in 44 1-3 innings.
The Kansas City Royals have plucked left-handed pitcher Patrick Schuster off waivers from the San Diego Padres.
The Royals also sent catcher Adam Moore to the Padres on Tuesday for cash considerations.
Schuster, who has not pitched above Class A, was placed on the 40-man major league roster. To clear roster space for Schuster, the Royals designated for assignment outfielder Carlos Peguero.
The 23-year-old Schuster had a 1.83 ERA in 55 games last year for Visalia in the California League. He struck out 45, allowed 30 hits, and walked 18 in 44 1-3 innings.
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Keehr Funeral Home
Plant a Tree for Muriel
Muriel (Hanson) Jeffrey
June 20, 1941 ~ April 18, 2020 (age 78)
Muriel (Hanson) Jeffrey, age 78 of Ellsworth, Wisconsin formerly of Estero, Florida died Saturday at Preferred Senior Living in Ellsworth.
Muriel was born June 20, 1941 to Harvey and Lois (Moore) Hanson in Spring Valley, Wisconsin. She grew up in Spring Valley and graduated with the Class of 1959. After high school she attended UW-River Falls and graduated in 1963. She went on to earn her Matsters Degree from the University of Southern Illinois in 1965.
Muriel taught music at Menomonie High School for two years. In 1972 she moved to Florida and worked for Principal Insurance Company for a while before returning to her passion - teaching piano to many students.
On September 10, 1989 Muriel married John Jeffrey at Bonita Springs, Florida. They made their home in Estero, Florida. John passed away in February of 2014 and in November of that same year, Muriel moved back to Wisconsin to be closer to her family.
Muriel was an accomplished pianist. She grew beautiful roses and orchids, and was an animal lover, especially Maine Coon cats.
Preceding her in death were her parents and husband John.
She is survived by sister Nancy (Hanson) Ellefson and her husband Vern of Ellsworth; nieces: Niccolla (Ellefson) McClung and husband Kerwin of West Palm Beach, Florida; Lisa Schwartsbauer of Grantsburg; nephew Michael Ellefson and his wife Corrie of Hudson; step-children John (Nancy) Jeffrey of Elmhurst, Illinois; Jeri Lynn Else of Lombard, Illinois; grandnieces Veronica and Genevieve Ellefson and Rachel Randolph; grandnephew Ben Whipple, other relatives and friends.
Memorials are preferred to the Wounded Warrior Project or the Spring Valley Education Foundation.
Because of corona virus restrictions, a memorial service will be held at a future date.
Survived by sister: Nancy (Vern) Ellefson of Ellsworth; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Muriel (Hanson) Jeffrey, please visit our floral store.
You can still show your support by sending flowers directly to the family, or by planting a memorial tree in the memory of Muriel (Hanson) Jeffrey
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Blumhouse and Hulu's 'Into the Dark' Series Returns with 'Tentacles' this February!
Get ready to head back into the dark this February...
...Thanks to the pandemic, Blumhouse and Hulu's Into the Dark horror anthology series recently faced a bit of a stall, but today, it has been announced that the series, which unleashes a new feature horror film every month based around a holiday from that month, will be returning this February with director Clara Aranovich's Tentacles, which of course, focuses on Valentine's Day, but with a monstrous twist!
In Tentacles, written by Alexandra Pechman:
"A young Los Angeles couple Tara and Sam who fall head over heels into a new romance, entwining their lives — until their intimacy transforms into something terrifying."
Based on a story by Alexandra Pechman & Nick Antosca (The Act, Antlers) the episode takes inspiration from the rushes of early intimacy and uncertain power dynamics at play, and the dangers of losing yourself.
The film stars Dana Drori (Freaky), Casey Deidrick (In the Dark), Evan Williams (Versailles) and Kasey Elise (North Hollywood).
Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold, Marci Wiseman, Alexander Koehne, Lauren Downey, Nick Antosca, Alex Hedlund, Clara Aranovich, John Hegeman executive produce.
Tentacles will premiere exclusively on Hulu on February 12th.
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J Pathol Inform 2020, 11:12
Guidance for remote reporting of digital pathology slides during periods of exceptional service pressure: An emergency response from the UK royal college of pathologists
Bethany Jill Williams1, David Brettle1, Muhammad Aslam2, Paul Barrett3, Gareth Bryson4, Simon Cross5, David Snead6, Clare Verrill7, Emily Clarke1, Alexander Wright8, Darren Treanor1
1 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
2 Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Wales
3 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Darlington, UK
4 NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Scotland
5 University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
6 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry; University of Warwick, Warwick, UK
7 Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences and Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
8 University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Date of Decision 27-Mar-2020
Date of Acceptance 31-Mar-2020
Dr. Bethany Jill Williams
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds; University of Leeds, Leeds
DOI: 10.4103/jpi.jpi_23_20
Pathology departments must rise to new staffing challenges caused by the coronavirus disease-19 pandemic and may need to work more flexibly for the foreseeable future. In light of this, many pathologists and departments are considering the merits of remote or home reporting of digital cases. While some individuals have experience of this, little work has been done to determine optimum conditions for home reporting, including technical and training considerations. In this publication produced in response to the pandemic, we provide information regarding risk assessment of home reporting of digital slides, summarize available information on specifications for home reporting computing equipment, and share access to a novel point-of-use quality assurance tool for assessing the suitability of home reporting screens for digital slide diagnosis. We hope this study provides a useful starting point and some practical guidance in a difficult time. This study forms the basis of the guidance issued by the Royal College of Pathologists, available at: https://www.rcpath.org/uploads/assets/626ead77-d7dd-42e1-949988e43dc84c97/RCPath-guidance-for-remote-digital-pathology.pdf.
Keywords: Digital pathology, home reporting, patient safety, remote reporting, technical specifications
Williams BJ, Brettle D, Aslam M, Barrett P, Bryson G, Cross S, Snead D, Verrill C, Clarke E, Wright A, Treanor D. Guidance for remote reporting of digital pathology slides during periods of exceptional service pressure: An emergency response from the UK royal college of pathologists. J Pathol Inform 2020;11:12
Williams BJ, Brettle D, Aslam M, Barrett P, Bryson G, Cross S, Snead D, Verrill C, Clarke E, Wright A, Treanor D. Guidance for remote reporting of digital pathology slides during periods of exceptional service pressure: An emergency response from the UK royal college of pathologists. J Pathol Inform [serial online] 2020 [cited 2021 Jan 19];11:12. Available from: https://www.jpathinformatics.org/text.asp?2020/11/1/12/282725
This guidance document outlines the recommendations of the Royal College of Pathologists' Digital Pathology Committee regarding temporary remote reporting of digital slides in times of clinical and service necessity.[1] This is UK guidance and other jurisdictions may be able to adopt similar principles, but should assess the suitability and safety of remote digital pathology diagnosis themselves on a case-by-case basis.
It is intended as a practical guide to support the safe use of digital pathology until further evidence and practical evaluation is undertaken. It does not replace existing guidance on training, validation, and reporting of digital cases in the department under normal circumstances. The scope of the guidance includes preliminary assessment and primary diagnosis of standard histology cases, including hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections, special stains, and immunohistochemistry. Robotic telepathology is not covered in this document, although similar principles of risk assessment could be applied in this area.
In light of the evolving coronavirus pandemic, the General Medical Council (the body which regulates doctors in the UK) has issued guidance[2] recognizing that primary and secondary care and public health services in the United Kingdom will be put under extreme pressure, exacerbated by staff shortages. The Council acknowledges that this will require temporary changes to practice, and that regulator will take this into account. In particular, it emphasizes that health-care professionals will need to be flexible and may need to work in unfamiliar circumstances or surroundings.
The key messages from the Royal College of Pathologists are:
Existing College Guidance affirms that it is safe to use digital pathology with appropriate experience, risk assessment, and risk reduction
Validation is a self-directed learning process by which pathologists learn how to diagnose digitally, based on comparison with the glass slides
Pathologists who have fully validated already will be confident in working remotely, possibly on lower specification equipment, and be very comfortable with assessing risk and making decisions on digital, sometimes in suboptimal conditions
Pathologists who have limited or no validation, or who have not used digital pathology before will find that they can confidently report some or many cases digitally, without undertaking a formal 1–2 month validation comparing glass and digital, but should be aware of the risks and mitigate this risk where possible
In exceptional circumstances, they may decide to report cases digitally, using a risk mitigation approach – this does not remove the need for validation or quality assurance (QA) once normal services are being provided.
Adoption of digital pathology for clinical use is novel, with only a handful of departments across the world currently using digital pathology for primary diagnosis.[3],[4],[5] In all pathology diagnosis, there is a need to maintain clinical standards and patient safety, and patients deserve the highest standards of diagnosis in all situations.
In some circumstances, the pathologists may need to make diagnoses in a less ideal setting, such as with reduced clinical information or using different equipment. Many pathologists are familiar with using microscopes at home which are not as highly specified as those at work. Evaluating and balancing risks is a routine part of a pathologist's job – deciding when to get a second opinion or order further work from the laboratory, for example. These same practical principles of risk assessment and risk reduction can be applied to remote use of digital pathology.
A combination of departmental policy and standard operating procedures can provide a method for the safe introduction of digital pathology. This includes a few key principles including basing decisions on the evidence available in the literature, a risk assessment of digital reporting, training in using the system, validation with the glass slide to develop confidence in reporting (and provide evidence of this), and risk reduction strategies.
This general approach is detailed in the Royal College of Pathologists guidance for digital pathology implementation.[3] In some departments, digital pathology reporting is further standardized through the use of uniform workstations including (at some sites) “medical grade displays.” This approach was developed based on several years of work and now underpins the national guidance in the UK and Sweden.
“Validation” to practice with digital pathology is a learning process which typically takes a number of weeks or months using the technology, and comparing with glass slides, to complete. A full validation procedure may be difficult to complete in times of emergency. We have tried to provide all the information we can to allow pathologists and departments to perform a risk assessment and make their own decisions regarding home reporting.
More work is also needed to develop a formal process for remote reporting, including the development of validation processes for remote reporting, and establishing the minimum specifications for the workstation and display required. Some of this needs to be addressed by a program of work to examine home working; some may require basic research to answer. When working remotely, few pathology departments have provided “home workstations” of similar specification to those used on-site, which may be a short-term impediment to full remote digital reporting. In other specialties, provision of home workstations to enable flexible or off-site review of radiology images is accepted practice.
However, it is recognized that there are occasions on which remote reporting of cases may be necessary for clinical or practical reasons. Worldwide, several pathologists report successful use of workstations of various specifications, both on-site and remotely. Access to digital images during urgent or unusual circumstances offers significant clinical value, e.g., maintaining a service or providing an urgent second opinion.
The authors recognize that while the evidence and experience is still accumulating with appropriate precautions and risk assessment/risk reduction, it is possible to use the technology to facilitate these clinical or practical needs.
The existing Royal College of Guidelines for digital pathology and guidelines on working remotely also provide some guidance in this area.[6],[7]
Principle and Method
Where there is demonstrable clinical and service necessity, and the agreement of the Clinical Lead (departmental medical management) has been obtained, pathologists may elect to report digital slides remotely. Key points of the procedure are summarized in [Box 1]. They will need to ensure they have read any local standard operating procedures or guidance available and be familiar with national guidance.
The pathologist will need to access the departmental slide archive/image management software using secure remote access (e.g., a virtual private network [VPN]). Ideally, they should also have access to the Laboratory Information System, so they can review relevant clinical information and report directly from home. Ideally, for large-scale home reporting, cases will need to be tracked through the laboratory. The pathologist will need to be able to contact the office and laboratory directly by phone or E-mail as appropriate, as well as the requesting clinician.
The pathologist will need to assess the risk of making a digital diagnosis on a case-by-case basis and should exercise caution based on their assessment of risk. They may consider a remote diagnosis to be a preliminary or interim diagnosis, deferring definitive reporting until they have access to digital or glass slides on-site.
Pathologists should be aware that the technical specifications of the display (including luminance and resolution and contrast ratio) can affect the quality of the image and ease of use. More challenging diagnoses can be difficult on lower specification displays. The environment should also be considered, with the positioning and degree of natural light impacting image assessment.
The scope of remote/home digital reporting should be clearly defined, with particular differentiation made between primary diagnosis, secondary review/multi-disciplinary team meeting (MDT) review, and immunohistochemistry/auxiliary test review, which bear different levels of risk.
A risk evaluation should be performed to determine the types of case suitable for remote reporting, and those that should be reviewed again on-site, reported on-site, or deferred to glass.
The pathologist may consider lowering their threshold for requesting second/consensus opinion from colleagues, who may be working in the department, or remotely.
Depending on their risk assessment of a case, the pathologist may wish to convey this risk to the requesting clinician, either verbally, or within the report. For example:
“This diagnosis was made on a nonclinical system at a remote site, to expedite giving a rapid opinion, but this diagnosis is provisional and will be confirmed on second review on site.”
The need for remote reporting of digital slides should be reviewed on a regular basis with the clinical lead or medical manager of the department.
Workflows and systems appropriate to the laboratory in question need to be established such that pathologists are aware of which cases are awaiting reporting and which are urgent, for example. In addition, a mechanism for enabling the pathologist to be able to view the request form where appropriate, e.g., for authorization needs to be established.
Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction
Digital primary diagnosis at hospitals is usually completed using workstations on a fast network connection and high-quality displays, sometimes “medical grade,” which are high-contrast, high–resolution, and bright displays, which are calibrated and quality controlled. Food and Drug Administration-approved digital pathology systems include a specified display as part of the system, for example, the Philips digital pathology approval specifies a 4-megapixel color medical-grade display.[8]
It is not known what the minimum specification of display screens should be for digital pathology, or how remote/home IT systems should be quality assessed for this purpose. In contrast, in radiology, there has been extensive research on image quality and display specifications required for safe reporting – the UK Royal College of Radiologists has several evidence-based guidelines on display technology.[9] Further research is needed in this area in pathology.
with Home computers and laptops may have lower resolution, less contrast, and less consistent illumination than departmental digital pathology screens, and pathologists may find that their ability to assess certain pathological features is compromised (examples are illustrated below). This particularly applies to older machines. This lower capability of certain displays is sometimes, but not always, readily apparent to the pathologists without side-by-side comparison of some images.
Paradoxically, some modern consumer-grade displays and portable/mobile displays on high-end laptops, tablets, and phones have very high specifications and may be as good as if not better than some medical-grade displays, although they may not have the same level of quality control and calibration as a medical-grade display.
For reference, typical specifications for the medical-grade displays used at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and a “consumer off the shelf” display evaluated in recent research are shown in [Table 1] for reference. Please note that similar specifications do not mean equivalence of the displays in terms of diagnostic accuracy – this will require further validation and/or experimental work to establish. Similarly, for long-term use, some process for calibration and QA of displays is necessary.
Table 1: Key properties of medical and consumer grade screens compared
Pathologists should be aware that reporting on a home computer or laptop with a lower specification display may represent a higher risk than reporting using the departmental digital pathology system and display.
Further guidance on home reporting and recommended minimum specifications is shown in Appendix B, which includes a link to access to a point-of-use QA tool for pathology.[11] The tool tests color accuracy, not diagnostic accuracy, and may be a useful indicator of the suitability of a particular screen for digital pathology diagnostics, but more work is needed to establish this. [Figure 1] is an illustrative image of the QA tool.
Figure 1: A Point of Use QA for pathology (POUQA).[11] The image above is for illustrative purposes only – the live link in appendix B should be used to test displays
Human Interface Devices and Software
Pathologists should be aware that the software and “human computer interaction devices” (i.e., mouse/trackball) used remotely may be different and less responsive from that used on-site, and this may present a challenge in navigating digital slides (e.g., screening a whole slide for rare objects such as lymphovascular invasion, or precise control of navigation along or between tissue pieces).
A digital pathology system comprises several elements from the image stored on the digital pathology storage system, through the network connection, to the user workstation and display. In hospitals, network connections are typically 100 Mbit/s to 1000 Mbit/s. This network capacity can support multiple users on high-resolution (6–8 megapixel) displays.
Remote connections can be much slower, especially if running over an encrypted “virtual private network” for security. Hospitals may also have limited bandwidth on their remote access connections, so may choose not to prioritize digital pathology as a service. At the remote site or home environment, additional barriers to the connection speed could include the performance of the internal wireless network, reducing the overall speed of the connection.
If the overall connection speed is too slow, making the use of remote digital pathology difficult for anything but a small number of cases, some sites may prefer to ship glass slides to the home site.
In the experience of the authors, a typical home broadband connection of 15–20 Mbits/s in the UK is acceptable with a lower resolution display (e.g., 2–4 megapixels); a higher resolution screen may suffer from lower performance as the connection to the digital pathology server in the hospital is insufficient to stream a higher resolution image, leading to a slower viewing experience or increased “pixelation”.
Validation and Training
The Royal College of Pathologists' supports the use of digital slides to make primary diagnosis and recommends a period of training and validation.[3] Digital primary diagnosis has been individually validated by a number of pathologists at many sites worldwide.
In general, following a completed validation procedure, pathologists feel that 1%–2% of digital cases[12],[13],[14] require a secondary safety check on glass. Those that have not completed a validation procedure and have less experience of digital diagnosis may find more cases for which they are not confident to provide a definitive diagnosis.
Areas of diagnostic difficulty common to all specialties include, but are not limited to:
Assessment of dysplasia
Detection of metastasis and micrometastasis
Identification and assessment of mitotic figures
Identification and classification of granulocytes, particularly eosinophils
Assessment of fine nuclear detail.
A detailed list of areas of diagnostic difficult arranged by topography in presented in [appendix A].[9]
Given the emergency circumstances of the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, formal prolonged training may not be possible.
In the experience of the authors, pathologists can become familiar enough to use most of the functions of a digital pathology system with minimal training, such as reading the documentation or a short “how to” document provided by the department. Some formal acknowledgment from the department that the individual is working under different circumstances would be useful.
Remote reporting of digital slides represents a higher level of risk for pathologists who have not completed and signed off a full validation procedure using the on-site system. This is because those pathologists who are “fully digital” in the department will likely be better placed to assess the risk of an individual case, based on their greater experience of comparing digital and microscope images, both during and after their validation.
Digital Slide Quality
Digital slides produced in the laboratory are subject to quality control steps, but occasionally suboptimal slides are issued for pathologist review. This may be especially true with frozen sections or hand-stained sections, which may be thicker and harder to scan.
Glass slide artifacts including bubbles and tissue folds will be replicated on the digital slide, but in addition, digital slides may have “digitization artifacts” such as focal areas which are out of focus, or “striping artifact” [Figure 2]. Other artifacts include missing tissue (i.e., not all of the tissue on the slide is in the field of view on the digital image). This can affect pale slides such as those that are mainly adipose tissue more than other types of slides, but could affect other slides such as biopsies where tissue pieces are accidentally left out of the scan area [Figure 3]. This is particularly likely to occur if automated tissue detection algorithms are utilized without additional human QA steps. Pathologists need to be aware of this.
Figure 2: Example of a digital slide with prominent striping artefact. (Note the vertical stripes cutting through the tissue image
Figure 3: Example of a digital slide in which not all the tissue has been scanned, but the “overview image” shows the missing area
Risk may be mitigated using the following strategies:
Emphasizing importance of tissue placement of glass slides to ensure they are within the scannable margins of the slide
Default scanning of the entire scannable area of the slide for certain scenarios where missed tissue is more likely, e.g., breast biopsies, fatty tumors, smear preparations, and friable specimens
Introducing QA steps, such as human checks and adjustments of automatic scanning windows before final image acquisition
Referring to macro images of glass slides[15]
In all cases of artifact, the pathologist will need to exercise professional judgment as to whether slide quality precludes diagnosis or initial assessment of a slide. They will need to contact the laboratory to arrange re-scanning of affected slides as appropriate.
Remote reporting of suboptimal digital slides represents a higher level of risk.
Reporting Environment
Environmental factors can impact upon your performance at the digital microscope. Bright ambient lighting can negatively impact on ability to use digital slides, especially if the display being used is less bright. Natural light sources are potentially more impactful than most artificial light sources, particularly on bright days. Positioning of the display in front of a window (so the user is looking at the screen and out of the window simultaneously) can inhibit performance more than other positions. A suitable blind or curtain can reduce ambient light and increase the relative luminance and contrast of the display.
The pathologists should also consider the privacy of their reporting setting and the need to maintain patient confidentiality. This guidance is intended for use in a secure home environment, the setting most likely to be utilized during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ideally, the pathologist should try to find a quiet place to work, separated from human and other distractions. Further guidance on working from home can be found in the preexisting Royal College of Pathologists' guideline.[7]
Prolonged use of display monitors can result in fatigue, and remote reporting pathologists should exercise their judgment in when to take “screen breaks.”
Pathologists reporting digitally remotely should consider the effects of ambient lighting and take regular screen breaks to avoid fatigue.
During periods of service need and clinical necessity, pathologists may request, or be requested, to work remotely. Digital slide reporting may help expedite assessment of urgent cases and help maintain pathology services. Pathologists should ensure they abide by any local, state, or national laws when performing home diagnosis, and ensure they have the support of their department or institution.
It is important that patients still deserve the best quality diagnosis, and the correct diagnosis, notwithstanding the crisis. Pathologists should decide if they can do that. If they cannot, and cannot issue a useful provisional diagnosis, they should not use digital pathology for that case.
If a pathologist wishes to provide diagnoses remotely using digital slides, they will need to assess the level of risk of doing so on a case-by-case basis, considering the factors outlined in this document. The scope of cases and scenarios suitable for remote reporting should be discussed beforehand, and the pathologist should use the following risk mitigating strategies where appropriate:
Deferral to glass slides
Referral for a second opinion
Request for rescanning of suboptimal slides
Informing requesting clinician of the relative risk of the assessment.
As with on-site digital reporting, ongoing QA of the process is recommended, for example, by recording any discordances noted between the remote diagnosis and the subsequent final diagnosis.
Funding acknowledgement
BW, DT, and DB are funded as part of the Northern Pathology Imaging Cooperative (NPIC). NPIC (Project no. 104687) is supported by a £50m investment from the Data to Early Diagnosis and Precision Medicine strand of the government's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, managed and delivered by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Other authors funded by this investment are GB (iCAIRD, Project no. 104690), and CV and DS (PathLAKE, Project no. 104689).
AW is funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research.
The research was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). The views expressed are those of the author (s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, or the Department of Health.
Appendix B: Suggested display requirements for remote reporting of digital pathology
In the absence of sufficient experimental work to evaluate the minimum specifications for digital pathology displays, we recommend the following display specifications as a minimum, based on a pragmatic approach and results of initial testing.[10]
Display requirements
Maximum luminance (brightness) of 350 cd/m2 or greater.
Resolution 3 Megapixels or greater (a typical microscope is an equivalent of 10 Megapixels, approximately)
A size of 24 inches or more for a desktop display provides most comfortable experience.
Display adjustment
Ideally use display curve gamma 2.2
If you can change the color space and are using a web browser to view images select sRGB
Adjust contrast and brightness using the monitor on-screen display so you can simultaneously see both the 5% black and 5% white squares
Select brightness to a comfortable level while still being able to see the 5% squares
Avoid reflections from windows/lamps, angle the screen to avoid these, preferably view in dimmed lighting conditions.
Display quality assurance
Check you can see all four letters on the point-of-use QA tool provided by the Northern Pathology Imaging Co-Operative[11](http://www.virtualpathology.leeds.ac.uk/research/systems/pouqa) this should be checked regularly – e.g. every few weeks, or for each reporting session if the viewing environment has changed
If you are unable to cannot pass the POUQA test:
Recheck the display adjustment
If possible try another display
Consider altering the environmental lighting (e.g. draw the blinds)
If urgent proceed with reporting but be aware you might miss some features and you can use the software brightness and contrast controls to see into areas of concern. (On a LCD display try moving your head to the sides to increase contrast).
Use a commercial screen wipe to clean the display regularly.
(If you have no commercial screen wipes get three soft paper towels. Moisten one towel (you should not be able to easily squeeze out any drops of water) and put on a very small drop of washing up liquid, wrap this in another towel and clean the display in circular patterns, buff off with the third towel)
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Gatineau will be offered in an English version first, in countries that have local adCenter support teams. The purpose of Gatineau is to offer more targeted advertising options to marketers, with the provision of better analysis tools in order to get a better ROI. Some of the tools that Gatineau will provide include demographic segmentation, an integrated view of marketing campaign effectiveness, integration of conversion value data, and new tools for viewing behavioral data.
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The reveal trailer points to gameplay that involves building a park, breeding some dinos, and probably dealing with some problems when said dinos get out of their pens.
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Lee E. Berlik is the founder and managing member of BerlikLaw, LLC. Based in Northern Virginia, BerlikLaw concentrates its practice in the areas of defamation law (libel and slander), business disputes, and intellectual property litigation. Formerly with Troutman Sanders and Mintz Levin, Lee brings his big-firm background and experience to offer clients top-notch legal services at drastically reduced rates. Lee is listed among Virginia's "Legal Elite" by Virginia Business Magazine and is rated "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell.
Daniel M. Press
McLean, VA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 32 years of experience
(703) 734-3800 6718 Whittier Ave. Ste. 200
IP, Bankruptcy and International
Daniel M. Press is a lawyer with the law firm of Chung & Press, P.C., in McLean and Annandale, Virginia, and Greenbelt, Maryland. A 1988 magna cum laude graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, he was an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. He received his B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University. After graduating from law school, Mr. Press served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Jaime Pieras Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Mr. Press practices in the Bankruptcy and Federal District Courts in the Eastern and Western Districts of...
Robert D. Michaux
(804) 697-4100 909 East Main Street, Suite 1200
Robert Michaux is a member of the Intellectual Property and Litigation departments at Christian & Barton. He regularly assists and advises corporate and small business clients with copyright and trademark matters, and represents clients with these “soft IP” issues before courts and administrative agencies. He also assists clients with securing, enforcing and maintaining trademark registrations in both the U.S. and in numerous international jurisdictions. In addition, Mr. Michaux has experience in a diverse range of commercial litigation disputes in both state and federal courts, including copyright and trademark infringement actions, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, false advertising cases, business...
Kendall Brady
Arlington, VA Intellectual Property Attorney with 6 years of experience
(703) 650-5201 1100 N. Glebe Rd
IP, Business, Construction and Trademarks
Bernard John-Eduard van Gils
Warrenton, VA Intellectual Property Attorney
Warrenton, VA 20186
IP, Business, Estate Planning and Trademarks
Bernard "Bert" van Gils works in the areas of estate planning and business law. His business practice includes general counsel services, local and international business transactions, copyrights, trademarks and non-profit organizations. He has facilitated, negotiated and drafted transactions for companies active throughout the United States and for companies conducting business in Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia. As he was a business owner before becoming a lawyer, Bert especially enjoys assisting business owners with establishing and growing their businesses. He has assisted businesses in information technology, retail and wholesale sales, engineering, building and home contracting, printing,...
Brian Fletcher
Alexandria, VA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 19 years of experience
(703) 791-9055 2121 Eisenhower Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22314
Free ConsultationIP, Business and Patents
I help individuals and businesses create and protect their intellectual property. I also work with international law firms to help their clients obtain intellectual property rights in the United States. We are a fixed-fee, value-oriented law firm whose strength is intellectual property law, in particular patents, including international patent applications, trademarks, and copyrights. My firm is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).
Ralph Marion Tener
Fairfax, VA Intellectual Property Attorney with 42 years of experience
(703) 273-2288 11350 Random Hills Rd
Fairfax, VA 22030
IP, Business and Trademarks
Ralph M. Tener heads McCandlish & Lillard's Information Technology Group. He has practiced computer and intellectual property law for more than fifteen years, working with software and Internet companies from start-up through venture capital investment to sale or merger. He works with information technology and other companies on trademark, copyright, and trade secret protection; software and technology licensing; start-up and venture capital financing; agreements and relationships with developers, resellers, and strategic partners; stock option and other incentive compensation plans; employment and non-competition agreements; online policies, agreements, and terms of service; and corporate matters.
Bambi Faivre Walters
Williamsburg, VA Intellectual Property Lawyer
(888) 388-9614 1201 Jamestown Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185
IP, Entertainment & Sports and Patents
Tulane Law School
Bambi Faivre Walters is committed to protecting and promoting of the ideas, products, logos, services, creative works and other assets of each client. Ms. Walters serves on the Board of Directors for the United Inventors Association, a nonprofit organization with over 10,000 innovative members and on the Board of Directors for several nonprofits working with rising entertainers and artists. As an attorney, Ms. Walters believes that law is only part of the equation for success and that building a credible support network and identifying reliable resources is another part of the equation. Ms. Walters is a registered patent attorney...
Ryan Edward Alley
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(571) 335-7300 PO Box 3698
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Nose Dive
by Harold Mcgee
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020
BEST BOOKS OF 2020: SCIENCE – FINANCIAL TIMES
LONGLSTED FOR THE ANDRE SIMON AWARD
The long awaited new book from Harold McGee, winner of the André Simon Food Book of the Year & the James Beard Award.
What is smell? How does it work? And why is it so important?
HAROLD McGEE, leading expert on the science of food and cooking, has spent a decade exploring our most overlooked sense.
Nose Dive is the amazing result: it takes us on an adventure across four billion years and the whole globe, from the sulphurous early Earth to the fruit-filled Tian Shan mountain range north of the Himalayas, and back to the keyboard of your laptop, where trace notes of phenol and formaldehyde are escaping between the keys.
A work of astounding scholarship and originality, Nose Dive distils the science behind smells and translates it into an accessible and entertaining sensory and olfactory guide. We’ll sniff the ordinary (wet pavement and cut grass) and extraordinary (ambergris and truffles), the delightful (roses and vanilla) and the challenging (swamplands and durians). We’ll smell each other. We’ll smell ourselves. Here is a story of the world, of all of the smells under our noses.
Genre: Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure
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Keys to Good Cooking, is a sort of prequel [to On Food and Cooking]: a primer in kitchen chemistry based on the principle that if you know why something happens, you might have more control over it... Even hopeless cooks will feel ahead of the curve, and are saved from condescension by McGee's calm, reassuring tone.
<i>Guardian</i>
It's packed with information on subjects as diverse as how to choose the right flour, and how to cook quinces to perfection. One to make you go "ah-ha"
<i>Delicious</i>
'All over America, serious cooks have often been heard to utter "TGFM", or its equivalent, 'Thank God for Harold McGee'
<i>Vogue</i>
He has made the jump from mere author to timeless authority
<i>Observer </i>
Nose Dive opens up a world full of wonder . . . enthralling, extraordinary, life-affirming
DIANA HENRY, Daily Telegraph
if you're ready to lean in and really smell the roses, Harold can show you the way
Waitrose Weekend
Deeply researched . . . Reading Mr. McGee, mostly in isolation, I started to pay more attention to the information in the air, to jot down notes about the mundane fragments floating around me as I whiffed them in
TEJAL RAO, International New York Times
A tour-de-force . . . a superbly written odyssey around an underrated sense
Clive Cookson, Financial Times, Best Books of 2020: Science
Guardian Feast
A no-holds barred book which explains why we love the foods we love . . . and will actually enrich your love of food
Radio 4 The Food Programme
Ever since Heston Blumenthal credited Harold McGee with teaching him the science behind his cooking, he has been the food nerd's favourite geek . . . Now I know why a sip of wine can make even perfectly fresh fish taste fishy (solution: a squeeze of lemon juice) and I've learnt the name for one of summer's most redolent smells: fresh rain on dry Tarmac
The Times (Saturday Review), Food Book of the Year 2020
This keenly awaited volume is not exactly a food book, but it is the reference book that will make everything you eat seem more interesting. . . He explains everything from why fruits smell so delicious to the way that cooking can transform the scent of ingredients such as onions from pungent to sweet. There is fascination and delight on every page
Sunday Times (Culture)
An ambitious and enormous work . . . McGee's breadth is demonstrated by his cosmological starting point
A riveting read that's sure to be a classic
The Independent, Food Books of 2020
McGee is a food scientist who has produced some of the most important research on the subject: he is a hero to any chef worth his or her salt
Stephen Harris, Daily Telegraph
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Spinomenal Continues The “Story of Hercules” With New Expanded Edition
By Doug Holmes | Mar 4, 2020
Hercules is one of the favourite characters when it comes to Greek mythology. His story has been told and retold time and again. Spinomenal has come out with an expanded edition of the Hercules story in its latest slot released called “Story of Hercules“.
Now, don’t be fooled into thinking this is just another makeover of the Hercules story. When Spinomenal says it is an expanded edition, they are not kidding. Players will be impressed with this game, design and overall gameplay.
One of the first things that players will notice with this game is that it delivers on the theme.
The Greek temple in the background, the heroic music and the graphics will get players in the mood to encounter Hercules. The graphics are indeed exceptional but they do take a few extra moments to load.
The gameplay is also worth mentioning as players will be glued to their screens. Though the game does have the traditional playing card symbols which are pretty boring and not very valuable, the game bounces back with its fancier symbols. The great thing about the mythological symbols is that they dominate reels and provide massive value.
The game has six reels and 50 paylines. This is a pretty good spread and should allow players a decent chance at wins while ensuring that they are not so frequent when compared to the prizes which are low. But the basic game is not where this game shines. The special features are what will make players want to play this real money slot game.
First, there is the wild symbol. Besides making wins easy, it will also give a 200x multiplier when six wilds are present on the reels. There are also random win multipliers that can double or triple a player’s win.
The bonus game is also great since it progresses through four stages that can be unlocked. Every stage begins when three or more scatters are scored. This means that players will need to keep on scoring those scatters if they want to experience the full game.
For the bonus game, besides getting free spins, the wilds become more active. The first stage has extra wilds showing up. Next, there will be expanding wilds. The third stage has moving wilds. Finally, the reels themselves will move to provide more chances of winning.
If you looking for more games based on legend of Hercules, why not try Hercules Son of Zeus from Pragmatic Play
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Liat Steir-Livny, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer. Holocaust Studies, Film Studies & Cultural Studies
Is it OK to Laugh About it?
Holocaust Humour, Satire and Parody in Israeli Culture
Vallentine Mitchell 2017
For many years, Israeli culture recoiled from dealing with the Holocaust from a humorous or satirical perspective. The perception was that a humorous approach might threaten the sanctity of its memory, or evoke feelings of disrespect towards the subject and hurt Holocaust survivors' feelings. But, from the 1990s, a new unofficial path of commemoration has been taking shape. Texts that combine the Holocaust with humour, satire, and parody are a major aspect of it, but this remains controversial. Often, Holocaust humour is perceived as part of a dangerous process that normalizes Nazism and Hitler. In opposition to these ideas, author Steir-Livny claims that in Israel, a unique post-traumatic society where the trauma lives as an integral part of the present, Holocaust humour in Hebrew functions as an important defence mechanism. The book argues that Holocaust humour, satire, and parody rebel against the way this trauma affects Israeli society in the present by challenging and deconstructing the fear. Is It Ok to Laugh About It? shows that paradoxically, Holocaust humour also strengthens the dominance of the trauma in the present by inserting it even more into everyday life and popular culture. Thus, Holocaust humour, satire, and parody in Israel are a double-edged sword: on the one hand, they function as an attempt to fight the acting out of the trauma in Israeli society but, on the other, they strengthen certain elements of it. There is a contradictory process of dissociation and assimilation occurring at the same time, which attests to the dominance of the trauma in the Jewish-Israelis' identity. This innovative and intriguing analysis will challenge the borders of Holocaust research and commemoration.
Review: Ivanova Alyona, “Book Review: Is It OK to Laugh about It?”, European Journal of Humour Research 6 (4), 2018, pp. 145–150
© 2014 Liat Steir-Livny. Designed by Boaz Albert
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Most affordable places to rent in London revealed
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Bexley in South East London has been identified as the most affordable place to rent in London, based on four people sharing, new figures show.
Divided equally, a four-bedroom property costs £408.38 a month on average, according to the data from OnTheMarket.com.
The property website says that this is 35% cheaper than the average cost of renting a room in London, which was found to be £629 per month according to the Government’s April 2017 – March 2018 Private Rental Market Summary Statistics.
Bexley station is situated in Travelcard zone 6 and is around 14 miles from London Charing Cross station – a journey time of 38 minutes while travelling on a Southeastern train.
A daily return journey costs up to £6.23, £62.30 for a weekly season ticket and £239.30 for a monthly season ticket.
This table below shows the cheapest scenarios in each area of London based on OnTheMarket.com data:
The table below shows the most expensive scenarios in each area of London. (Assumes one person per bedroom and shows the amount in monthly rent payable per person.)
Elsewhere in the capital, OnTheMarket’s data revealed that in North London, living as a group of four in Enfield is the cheapest scenario at an average of £521.84 for each of the four tenants.
In South London, renting as a group of four in Croydon provides the best value. The average monthly rental cost for each of the four tenants is £508.41.
And in West London, living as a group of three in Hillingdon is the most cost-effective way to rent with an average cost of £498.44 per month for each tenant. While in Central London, the cheapest scenario is to live as a group of four in Islington at an average rental cost of £895.85 per person.
There are some boroughs where it is cheaper to live as a group of three instead of four. These are Haringey, Havering, Bromley, Merton, Sutton, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames.
There are also some London boroughs where it is cheaper to live as a group of two (one bedroom each). These are Camden, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.
Of course, there are ways to cuts costs further. If couples choose to occupy a property, they reduce the monthly rental costs up to half.
The most expensive boroughs to rent were unsurprisingly in Central London.
Helen Whiteley, Commercial Director at OntheMarket.com said: “The data shows that at a time when tenants in the capital are becoming increasingly stretched, they can potentially reduce their overall rental outgoings by examining different cost scenarios based on the number of flatmates.
“The findings also highlight that considering moving to a different borough can save notable amounts of money for the difference of just a few miles.”
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Homeland chief to tour immigrant family detention center that critics call a prison
In this April 2015, file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies at a Capitol Hill hearing in Washington. On Monday, Johnson is scheduled to visit an immigration detention center for families in Texas.
(Lauren Victoria Burke / AP)
By Molly Hennessy-FiskeHouston Bureau Chief
Reporting from Dilley, Texas —
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is scheduled on Monday to visit one of the nation’s three immigration detention centers for families, which have drawn criticism from advocates and members of Congress in recent weeks.
The facility, Karnes County Residential Center, is run by a federal contractor, the Geo Group, about 50 miles south of San Antonio. It is not open to the public. Johnson’s visit is closed to the media, as was an unpublicized April visit to the same facility by the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Obama administration expanded immigrant family detention after an influx of more than 68,000 families into the U.S. last fiscal year. Many of the families were fleeing north from Central America and crossing the southern border illegally into Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, which has seen fewer migrants this summer, though it remains the epicenter of crossings.
Both Texas family detention centers opened last year in Eagle Ford shale oil country south of San Antonio. Karnes, which previously had been used as an ICE detention center for men, opened to families in July. Dilley, a larger, rural outpost of fenced-in portable trailers with a playground, opened in December.
Dilley was housing about 800 immigrants last month, but by year’s end, it will be able to take in up to 2,500. By contrast, the nation’s third family detention center in Berks, Penn., has room for about 100; Karnes about 600.
Last month, several hundred protesters gathered outside the Dilley center, demanding an end to family detention and toting hand-printed signs that said “Don’t put kids in prison.”
ICE officials say family detention centers are not prisons. They say the facilities are well-equipped to house women and children, providing schooling, medical care and security as families await the outcomes of pending immigration court cases.
Critics disagree, including 136 House Democrats who signed a letter last month calling on the administration to end family detention. They say that the facilities are prisons where families suffer and that they should be released until their cases conclude — if necessary, with reasonable bonds and electronic ankle monitors.
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Commercial airlines reroute flights amid Mideast tensions
Qantas said it was altering its London to Perth, Australia, routes to avoid Iranian and Iraqi airspace until further notice.
NEW DELHI —
Commercial airlines on Wednesday rerouted flights crossing the Middle East to avoid possible danger amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran.
The flight restrictions reflected fears that the conflict between the longtime foes could ratchet up following Iranian ballistic missile strikes Tuesday on two Iraqi bases that house U.S. troops. Those strikes were retaliation for the U.S. killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Suleimani in a drone strike near Baghdad last week.
Poland’s national carrier, PLL LOT, said Saturday — even before Iran’s retaliatory strike — that it was changing routes to bypass Iran’s airspace.
Paris-based Air France and Dutch carrier KLM both said Wednesday they had suspended all flights over Iran and Iraq airspace indefinitely.
Australian carrier Qantas said it was altering its London to Perth, Australia, route to avoid Iranian and Iraqi airspace until further notice. The longer route meant that Qantas would have to carry fewer passengers and more fuel to remain in the air for an extra 40 to 50 minutes.
Malaysia Airlines said that “due to recent events,” its planes would avoid Iranian airspace.
Singapore Airlines also said that its flights to Europe would be rerouted to avoid Iran.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it was barring American pilots and carriers from flying in areas of Iraqi, Iranian and some Persian Gulf airspace. The agency warned of the “potential for miscalculation or mis-identification” for civilian aircraft amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
Such restrictions are often precautionary in nature to prevent civilian aircraft from being confused for ones engaged in armed conflict. The FAA said the restrictions were being issued due to “heightened military activities and increased political tensions in the Middle East, which present an inadvertent risk to U.S. civil aviation operations.”
Following the FAA, India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation advised Indian commercial carriers to avoid Iranian, Iraqi and Persian Gulf airspace.
German airline Lufthansa said it had canceled its flight from Frankfurt to Tehran on Wednesday and another flight Saturday in Erbil in light of the current situation. Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines also canceled service to Erbil.
Swiss International Air Lines, another Lufthansa subsidiary, also said it was avoiding Iranian and Iraqi airspace for the time being.
The Russian aviation agency, Rosaviatsia, issued an official recommendation for all Russian airlines to avoid flying over Iran, Iraq, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman “due to existing risks for the safety of international civil flights.”
Russia’s biggest private airline, S7, said it would reroute its twice-a-week flight from the Siberian city of Novosibirsk to Dubai.
Russian carrier Ural Airlines was working up alternative routes for its flights to Bahrain, Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah to avoid flying over Iranian airspace, the carrier’s spokeswoman said Wednesday.
At least two Kazakh airlines — Air Astana and SCAT — were considering rerouting or canceling their flights over Iran following the crash of a Ukrainian airliner that killed 176 people.
The plane had taken off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in the Iranian capital when a fire struck one of its engines, said Qassem Biniaz, a spokesman for Iran’s Road and Transportation Ministry.
Kazakh officials said that Air Astana, the country’s flagship carrier, “is currently holding a meeting on whether to reroute or ban” flights. SCAT, one of the largest airlines in Kazakhstan, told Russia’s Interfax news agency that it was also considering rerouting flights.
United Arab Emirates-owned budget airline FlyDubai said it had canceled a scheduled flight Wednesday from Dubai to Baghdad but was continuing flights to Basra and Najaf.
Emirates airline flights between Dubai and Baghdad were canceled.
“The safety of our passengers, crew and aircraft is our number one priority and will not be compromised,” Emirates said in a statement.
Qatar Airways, however, said its flights to Iraq were operating normally. “The safety of our passengers and employees is of the highest importance, and we continue to closely monitor developments in Iraq,” the airline said in a statement.
And Buta Airways, an Azerbaijani low-cost carrier, said Wednesday it was not planning to suspend or reroute daily flights between Baku, the country’s capital, and Tehran.
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Nigel Farage and liaison committee member react to Boris Johnson's answers
MP Meg Hillier told Nigel Farage what she thought about the Prime Minister's answer to her tough questioning during the liaison committee meeting.
Ms Hillier asked of the PM: "You said that a number of the allegations that are made about Dominic Cummings were false. You were with him for 6 hours, did you see the evidence to prove that?"
Mr Johnson did not directly answer and Ms Hillier pushed him until he conceded yes he had seen evidence that media reports were false. She then suggested the evidence should be published so the problem would be "off his table" with which he disagreed.
He said he "totally understands" public indignation in regards to Dominic Cummings' actions and urged ministers to move on.
Nigel Farage asked Ms Hillier if she thought this was a satisfactory answer.
"Remember this is something that Dominic Cummings raised in that extraordinary press conference the other night, said that he had evidence to prove he'd been where he'd said he'd been.
"If that evidence exists then why not give it to an independent party or indeed publish it? Then all these allegations that the Prime Minister has said some of which are false - and he's criticised the media for doing it - could possibly either put to bed or we'll know the truth.
"If you do something wrong, that's one thing but it's the cover up that gets you and we still don't know the truth of what's been going on I fear," the MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch said.
Nigel pointed to Health Secretary Matt Hancock's announcement of the NHS test and trace system which will launch on Thursday at 9am; he asked if we should forget Dominic Cummings and concentrate on the success of this.
She responded: "They're not mutually incompatible. Of course test and trace is important, I'm proud that my borough of Hackney is going to be one of the areas in London to really get this going as it needs that local input and it's brilliant that we're getting there.
"But at the heart of Number 10 there's this issue still there about trust and integrity."
She pointed out that MPs agreed to give the government great power during this crisis and at the heart of that needs to lie trust and integrity - she cited many constituents who have contacted her and other MPs who feel that is not the case.
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Home Forex Technology Nasdaq and Bermuda Stock Exchange sign new market technology agreement
Nasdaq and Bermuda Stock Exchange sign new market technology agreement
Technology November 2, 2017 —by Valentina Kirilova 0
Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) have signed a new agreement with Nasdaq continuing to deliver its trading technology via the Nasdaq Financial Framework. The platform has been instrumental in solidifying Bermuda’s status as a premier off-shore securities market for attracting international as well as domestic capital, and allowing for asset scalability and high-order capability.
The core technology that underpins mission critical systems of an exchange speaks volumes to the seriousness and commitment of that exchange to the support and development of its domestic capital market and international clients that it serves,” said Greg Wojciechowski, President and CEO of Bermuda Stock Exchange. “The Bermuda Stock Exchange is proud to have Nasdaq technology powering its mission critical systems.
In collaborating with BSX over the past several years, Nasdaq has witnessed how well-functioning and high-performing the exchange has become,” said Carlos Patino, Head of Latin America and Caribbean, Market Technology, Nasdaq. “We look forward to continuing to expand our relationship over the coming years, and delivering technology that will support the growth ambitions of BSX.
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Belonging:
What does it mean to Belong? Where do you feel like you have a sense of belonging? The dictionary describes to belong as “to be accepted and liked by the other people in a group”. We believe that a church family is a group of people where anyone should feel like they belong, no matter their story. In fact, we believe that it is important for people who have never been a part of a church family to feel like they belong in relationship with that church before they feel the need to believe anything about who God is or what following Jesus is all about.
Belonging: We want to create spaces and relationships where all people feel like the Belong.
-We are intentional about creating environments where deep relationships are formed and developed.
-We offer Grace freely and generously.
-We value each person as a uniquely gifted contributor to God’s kingdom.
Our desire is to be very intentional about helping people feel like they belong. If you are interested in connecting in relationship with our church family, contact us at Luke@lifespringchico.org.
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HATTERS THROW SUPPORT BEHIND EFL DAY OF DISABILITIES
The Hatters are pleased to throw their support behind the #EFLDayOfDisabilities that coincides with International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
The club proudly and constantly looks at improving the matchday experience for all supporters, with special attention paid to areas where fans might not get the full Luton Town experience because of a disability.
Sensory packs are available to supporters who may suffer from autism, which Here to Help volunteers distribute on the day of a game, as well as Hatters Vision – audio commentary equipment for fans who are visually impaired – which has won an award from Sight Concern Bedfordshire.
The Above and Beyond Award has previously been won by the likes of Thameslink and The Card Factory, and is selected through nominations members of the public put forward, who they believe go above and beyond in providing a service.
We are delighted to win the award, which will be presented to a club official in the New Year.
The Town Community Trust also does fantastic work with supporters who live with a range of disabilities, including our Every Player Counts adult PAN Disability team.
Sonny Bradley and James Shea – who in October became the Luton Town Disabled Supporters’ Association’s player patron – visited Ely Way earlier on this year as part of the EFL Day of Action and visited the team, with the video below showing how the boys got on.
James Shea
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Love Your Heart: Manage your cholesterol levels for optimal heart health.
In a recent celebration of World Heart Day, New Orleans East Hospital partnered with national organizations (CardioSmart — the patient education and empowerment initiative from the American College of Cardiology — and the National Forum for Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention) to offer free cholesterol screenings and a free “Managing Your Cholesterol” Dinner & Learn event at NOEH.
According to the National Forum for Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention, heart disease is the No. 1 killer in New Orleans — and high cholesterol is a risk for heart disease. Also according to the organization, because the condition has no signs or symptoms, adults must be screened to find out if their cholesterol puts them at risk for heart disease.
Renowned cardiologist and New Orleans native Dr. Keith Ferdinand, who also serves as professor of Clinical Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine’s Heart and Vascular Institute, led the World Heart Day Dinner & Learn event. Nearly 100 people were in attendance to hear Dr. Ferdinand’s speak about the basics of cholesterol, what cholesterol does to the arteries, ramifications from untreated cholesterol; what cholesterol treatment options are available; how their health care team can help them manage cholesterol; and where to go for additional resources for support.
“Elevated cholesterol will affect roughly one in two men and one in three women at some point in their lives,” Dr. Ferdinand says. “Yet many Americans do not know their cholesterol numbers, nor do they know if their levels put them at heighten risk for a heart attack or stroke. The “Managing Your Cholesterol” Dinner & Learn worked to fill that knowledge gap. In New Orleans, we love our food and we love our music, but we need to love our hearts as well.”
Having it All: A recent female empowerment event inspires success, balance and confidence for local New Orleanians.
In case you missed last month’s Inspiring Leaders: The Power of You event, hosted by Northwestern Mutual, here’s a quick summary of the professional, personal and financial inspiration provided by a team of globally renowned women leaders. The event took place at the Pavilion of the Two Sisters at City Park, with a seated lunch and a panel of speakers. The panel, moderated by Kimberley Goode, vice president of communications at Northwestern Mutual, included Alexa von Tobel, founder and CEO of LearnVest and the New York Times best-selling author of Financially Fearless; Moira Forbes, executive vice president of Forbes Media and publisher of ForbesWoman; and Beth Rodenhuis, senior vice president of field strategy and services for Northwestern Mutual.
Earlier this year, Northwestern Mutual teamed up with Forbes Insights on a study, Women and Finances: The Power of Empowerment, which revealed some key insights about women and finances. For example, the study found that a majority of women feel confident they can attain their life goals, but only 27 percent believe they will achieve their financial goals. The hourlong panel discussion focused on defining and creating success, financial empowerment, discovering an authentic leadership style and finding the elusive work-life balance — all in an effort to address the increasing role women are playing professionally, at home and in society.
Key insights from the panel discussion included embracing failures (because success often follows after multiple attempts); trusting in yourself that you can make your dreams a reality; taking risks (because all rewards come at a price); and fully developing and embracing your authentic self. And when it comes to that work-life balance we all hear so much about, von Tobel offered up several tips that are sure to help many working moms in the New Orleans community.
“I am extremely organized,” says the new mom in response to how she juggles home and family life. “I do a lot to take out the decision making. I have deliveries all on repeat; I auto-pay bills; I eat the same thing on the same days each week. I do my best to kill any decisions — there’s a term for it, and it’s called decision fatigue — so that I can store up my abilities to solve problems.” Visit Northwestern Mutual’s Website for exclusive content, featuring career, lifestyle and financial topics important to women who want to make impact. northwesternmutual.com
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Temperatures Rising: A new smart thermometer tracks illness so you can better care for your family.
Kinsa, the first FDA-cleared smartphone-connected thermometer and health tracking app, aims to transform how people care for themselves and their families by providing a real-time map of human health. The thermometer connects to a mobile device via the headphone jack and is designed to make temperature-taking more engaging and informative.
Kinsa uses the smartphone’s display screen to determine a precise temperature reading in less than 10 seconds. It also provides fun, animated visuals throughout a temperature reading to calm, distract and engage children during the process. A special feature alerts parents if the thermometer slips out of place.
Users create individual profiles in the Kinsa app for each family member, and then they can track fever, symptoms and illness history. Parents can use this information to report the progression of illnesses to pediatricians, keep track of medication dosages and timing, and even photograph any physical symptoms as part of an entry. Soon, the Kinsa app will also help signal an outbreak of sickness in a user’s area.
“I love that Kinsa also provides users with guidance on what to do next, based on symptoms,” says New Orleans Living publisher, Maria Muro. “This is a super handy device, especially during cold and flu season.” The Kinsa Smart Thermometer retails for $30 and is available at Apple and CVS Pharmacy stores. kinsahealth.com
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A QUEER TEEN COMING-OF-AGE TALE
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By Charlie David Page
Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it’s a little more complicated: he’s yet to tell his family or friends he’s gay and he doesn’t actually know the identity of the anonymous classmate he’s fallen for online.
Resolving both issues proves hilarious, terrifying and life-changing. Directed by Greg Berlanti ('Everwood', 'The Flash', 'Riverdale'), with a screenplay by Elizabeth Berger & Isaac Aptaker, and based on Becky Albertalli’s acclaimed novel, 'Love, Simon' is a funny and heartfelt coming-of-age story about the thrilling ride of finding yourself and falling in love.
Click here to read our five-star 4K UHD review of ‘Love, Simon’.
The 'Love, Simon' competition has now closed. Winners will be announced shortly. Check our Comps page for all a list of our winners.
Competition opens at 5pm AEST on Sunday 1st July 2018 and closes at 11:59pm AEST on Sunday 8th July 2018. Five winners will be chosen at random on Monday 9th July 2018. To successfully win, entrants must fulfil the above entry conditions before the time the competition closes. Current members/followers are eligible to enter the competition. Only one entry per person. Only one winner per household. To be a valid winner, the entrant must not have won a prize from SWITCH within the last 28 days. Each winner will receive one Blu-ray copy of 'Love, Simon'. By entering, you agree to receive occasional emails from SWITCH in the future. If you decide to unsubscribe from these updates, any further entries will not be applicable. Only Australian residents are eligible to enter.
'Love, Simon' is available on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, Digital and DVD on Wednesday the 4th July 2018 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
CAST: Nick Robinson
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COMMENT | What is the size of the Covid-19 epidemic in Malaysia?
Amar-Singh HSS
Published 7 Apr 2020, 5:48 am
Modified 7 Apr 2020, 5:54 am
COMMENT | There are many individuals who have expressed reassurance with the small number of daily new coronavirus cases reported and the slow growth of our epidemic. I have seen many posts on various social media regarding this, often with some comparison with countries doing worse than us. But this is false reassurance if you look at the bigger picture.
The number of tests we do determines the cases we find and report. If we compare Canada and Malaysia (below), a comparison I have seen online as our population sizes are similar, you will note (top) that they have many more cases than us. But also note (bottom) that they do a huge number of tests per million population compared to us. The stark similarity of both graphs speaks for itself. In this epidemic, you get the numbers you test for.
Allow me to illustrate how we could look at the data regarding our epidemic. I am trying to answer the question: “What is the size of the coronavirus epidemic in Malaysia?”
First, recognise that our testing numbers are limited. The Ministry of Health (MOH) only does what they call "targeted" testing and does not test widely outside of that criteria. The table below shows the test results available each day from the testing of new cases for the past two weeks. Except for one outstanding day (March 27), our test availability is generally between 1,500-3,500 cases each day. We have been informed by MOH that currently, we can do 11,500 tests each day. However, only about 20 percent of these tests are used to look for the spread of the virus in the community.
The remainder is used to re-test confirmed cases with a view to determining discharge ability, treatment response and possibly repeated tests for suspected cases that were negative the first time (polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests depends on the quality of the sample and have only 60-70 percent positivity for nasal swabs or sputum).
Secondly, remember that our testing capacity is limited by many challenges. The large number of pending results each day indicates we are having difficulties with getting tests done. Imagine for a moment that we could clear these tests and get all the results. Some 5-10% would come back positive (using MOH daily positivity rates) and that would mean additional 400-800 cases – possibly a 20% jump in total numbers.
You may have read how, four days ago, that Sabah obtained 5,000 test kits from Singapore as they did not have reagents to do the PCR tests. The Sabah authorities commented that the reagent test kits received would last only one week and that they had a backlog of 3,000 samples to process.
MOH had informed that the PCR test (identifies the virus genetic material) takes 6-7 hours to conduct and that results are usually available within 24 hours. Although we would like to get our test results back within 24 hours, this is not always possible. A number of colleagues working on the ground have expressed that getting results in 48 hours is considered a good response. Some say it takes 5-7 days to get results. Even healthcare staff that have potentially been exposed may have to wait for 4-5 days to get their status known.
All this indicates problems with testing ability, the supply of reagents and turnaround time. Despite 34 laboratories in action (private laboratories and hospitals have been recruited to support testing and currently more than 20 are able to do so) we still have more work to do to clear our backlog of tests and improve tests turnaround time.
Thirdly, remember that because we do "targeted" testing, we may miss coronavirus infections in other settings. Allow me to give some common examples of what is happening all over the country.
A 70-year-old man comes to one of our hospitals. He has had a fever and respiratory symptoms for a few days. He now has bad pneumonia and needs oxygen and intubation (ventilation support). He has no known contact with a Covid-19 patient or history of travel but there is a real possibility that he might be infected with the coronavirus.
Imagine the risk to all the healthcare professionals managing him and the family/community he lives in if we do not test him? Until the past two days, MOH local guidelines did not advocate testing any such patient.
From MOH Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) surveillance that is conducted at selected sites, about 1.2% of these patients have been Covid-19 positive in the past week. This indicates community spread as these persons have no contact with known cases. We do not know how many patients with pneumonia and severe respiratory illnesses (influenza-like illness) we have missed in the past 4-6 weeks.
We have also not been testing unlinked pneumonia deaths routinely and may have underestimated the real number of Covid-19 deaths in the country. Our Statistics Department (2018 data) notes that pneumonia deaths are the second commonest cause of deaths in Malaysia and account for 11.8% of deaths. This amounts to 390 pneumonia deaths per week.
Even if only 1.2% of these pneumonia deaths were due to Covid-19 (from surveillance data) it still accounts for an extra 30-40 coronavirus deaths in the past two months. Note that the presence of another virus identified in these patients does not exclude co-infection with Covid-19 as it has been shown in other countries.
Another area we are limited in testing is our healthcare professionals (HCPs). While we will test those exposed to Covid-19 positive patients, we do not routinely test HCPs who become unwell with respiratory symptoms. In this epidemic, the highest risk job is that of an HCP. Every day they will see countless patients, some who may be infected with the coronavirus without their knowledge. We may assume that the greatest risk is to HCPs working in ICU with the severely ill Covid-19 positive patients, but that may not be true. These staff usually have adequate personal protective equipment (PPE). The ones most at risk are those working in casualty, the out-patients department, GP clinics and any general ward or clinic.
It is well-established that children and young adults may look quite well but be infected (30-50% asymptomatic infections). It is in these locations that PPE are currently inadequate. Many staff have had to rely on homemade (not all reliable) or donated PPEs. We are still struggling with the distribution of national PPE supplies. Even as far back as March 20, MOH reported that 15 HCPs had been infected by Covid-19 as part of their work.
Finally, the data reported each day shows the growing number of cases not linked (unlinked) to any cluster (at least 20-30%). Even the known clusters have not had full testing of all known contacts. We are also aware of a growing concern of outbreaks in tahfiz school communities.
Hence, the daily numbers of positive tests reported daily are a poor indicator of the size of our epidemic in Malaysia.
We return to our original question, “What is the size of the coronavirus epidemic in Malaysia?”
We could rely on researchers and scientists internationally who do modelling and try to understand the numbers that were missed (not identified by the health system). They suggest that we should at least double or triple the number identified. Some models suggest multiplying our reports by a factor of ten. Our reported numbers yesterday were 3,793. If we include pending tests and use a factor of three times, then possibly we have 13-14,000 cases.
Another way to estimate the size of our epidemic is to use deaths; what is called a "back-of-the-envelope calculation". If we assume a reasonable (good) mortality rate of 1% (no one is sure of the actual mortality rate as yet) then 1 death equals approximately 100 cases. We currently have 62 deaths which equate to 6,200 cases. But remember that deaths have a lag-time compared to cases. It takes about 7-14 days before an infected person presents clinically.
It takes another 7-14 days before illness severity and dying (ventilation and ICU care). Hence about 3-4 weeks ago we possibly had 6,000 plus cases in our country. What is it like today? Remember we will have missed deaths by our restricted testing policy and that, from international data (especially from NHS, UK), half of those in ICU on ventilation may sadly die.
Hence the correct answer is, “We don’t know how big our epidemic is” but it is definitely bigger than reported numbers. Our limited testing number and criteria do not allow us to have a clear grasp of the spread of the virus.
The graph from "Our World in Data" (attached) shows that we are not the worst-off country but neither are we the best country. We must benchmark ourselves with countries with progressive health systems like South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore that have made a difference in this pandemic.
The World Health Organisation has emphasised the need to test adequately to identify infected individuals and reduce secondary infections. It has stressed the need to prevent infections among healthcare workers and not to allow any transmission amplification events.
The movement control order (MCO) has been vital in curbing the coronavirus epidemic in our country but we cannot keep the MCO indefinitely. It is hurting our poorer Malaysians severely. Our public needs good/correct information and accurate and extensive data. This will allow everyone to make an informed decision and act in the best way.
This epidemic will show us how we as a people are able to face major challenges. It will reveal how good our health services are and if we have adequately invested in them. It will test the quality of our leadership in the difficult days ahead.
DR AMAR-SINGH HSS is a senior consultant paediatrician.
The views expressed here are those of the author/contributor and do not necessarily represent the views of Malaysiakini.
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Marine Lubricants Market
HOME › Press Releases › Marine Lubricants Market worth $6.66 billion by 2023
Marine Lubricants Market worth $6.66 billion by 2023
The report "Marine Lubricants Market by Oil Type (Mineral Oil, Synthetic, Bio-based, and Grease), Product Type (Engine oil, Hydraulic fluid, Compressor oil), Ship Type (Bulk Carrier, Tanker, Container), and Region - Global Forecast to 2023", The global marine lubricants market is estimated to be USD 5.98 billion in 2018 and is projected to reach USD 6.66 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 2.17% from 2018 to 2023. IMO 2020 mandates the use of marine fuels with sulfur levels lower than 0.5% to check greenhouse gas emissions. This has halted the operation of many shipping vessels that do not comply with the emission standards. Industry players are integrating advanced technologies like scrubber systems and selective catalytic reduction systems in older ships to conform to the emission norms. The retrofitting of old ships to keep them operational coupled with the rising marine trade will drive the demand for marine lubricants.
Browse 106 market data Tables and 40 Figures spread through 141 Pages and in-depth TOC on "Marine Lubricants Market by Oil Type (Mineral Oil, Synthetic, Bio-based, and Grease), Product Type (Engine oil, Hydraulic fluid, Compressor oil), Ship Type (Bulk Carrier, Tanker, Container), and Region - Global Forecast to 2023"
https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/marine-lubricants-market-246832885.html
Synthetic oil type segment to grow at the highest CAGR between 2018 and 2023
Based on oil type, the global marine lubricants market has been segmented into mineral oil, synthetic, bio-based, and grease. The synthetic segment is projected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. This high growth rate is attributed to the strong environmental regulations regarding the use of greener products. Some of the sources involved in the release of lubricants directly into the environment are marine engines, stern tube leakages, and tanker/vessel spills. Synthetic lubricants help in controlling pollution as they are less toxic and can be released into the environment directly.
Compressor oil product type segment to witness the highest CAGR between 2018 and 2023
Based on product type, the global marine lubricants market has been segmented into engine oil, hydraulic fluid, compressor oil, and others. The compressor oil segment is projected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. Expanding operations by shipping companies on a global scale and increasing ship sizes are major factors expected to help increase the demand for compressors in the maritime industry.
APAC to be the fastest-growing market for marine lubricants during the forecast period
Among regions, APAC has the busiest ports where a large number of seaborne trades take place. These ports are also maintenance hubs for ships that demand marine lubricants. The marine lubricants market in the APAC region is projected to grow at the highest CAGR between 2018 and 2023. This growth is mainly attributed to increasing trade activities, rising infrastructural developments in the shipping industry (in the form of increasing network of ports), and growing use of less toxic products in APAC countries, such as India, Japan, South Korea, and China.
Total S.A. (France), BP plc (UK), Royal Dutch Shell plc (Netherlands), Chevron Corporation (US), Sinopec Corporation (China), PJSC Lukoil (Russia), Exxon Mobil Corporation (US), and Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. (Japan) are some of the leading players in the global marine lubricants market.
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Published Date: Aug 2018 | Report Code: CH 4624
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Turmoil might be addressed without fed funds rate cut: Fed's Plosser
Published: Sept. 8, 2007 at 3:25 p.m. ET
Greg Robb and
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Federal Reserve might not have to resort to a cut in its target federal funds rate to address the financial market turmoil and credit crunch, said Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank president Charles Plosser on Saturday.
"I believe disruptions in financial markets can be addressed using the tools available to the Fed without necessarily having to make a shift in the overall direction of monetary policy," Plosser said in a speech prepared for delivery to the Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers meeting in Hawaii. A copy of his remarks was released here.
Plosser said the Fed can continue to provide liquidity in the face of financial shock. On Aug. 17, the Fed cut its discount rate and has taken a series of technical moves to provide the market with cash. The Fed has also undertaken a series of injections of funds in to the market.
Many Fed watchers believe the Fed district bank presidents are more reluctant to cut the federal funds rate than the members of the Fed board of governors.
In the past few days, some bank presidents have stressed that the Fed must avoid the "moral hazard" problem by bailing out investors who took excessive risk.
Plosser put it this way: "It is not appropriate for the Fed to ensure against financial volatility per se, or against individuals or firms taking losses or failing."
Plosser suggested that he is not yet certain whether the tight credit and financial turmoil is a "temporary disturbance" that would not throw the economy off track or a "shock" that would require a rate cut.
"I believe it is important to understand and appreciate this underlying stability of the economy in the face of temporary disturbances as we seek to assess monetary policy in the face of developments in housing," Plosser said.
"The FOMC continues to monitor incoming data and other economic information for signs that these disruptions are having a broader impact on the economy," he said.
Plosser said that he expected the drag on economic growth from housing to diminish gradually but last until sometime next year.
He said he believed the "most likely outcome" is that economic growth will return to trend later in 2008." Economists peg trend growth at a little less that 3% GDP growth.
Plosser said that there is considerable uncertainty surrounding his forecast and said the tighter credit conditions and disruptions in financial markets have only increased that uncertainty.
Many economists said that they are certain the Fed will cut rates at its next meeting on Sept. 18 after the surprisingly weak August unemployment report was released Friday. See full story.
Plosser did not mention the August job report in his remarks, but said Fed officials do not base their decisions "on any one number."
End presidential pardons
The president of the United States should not be able to unilaterally pardon people for crimes they have committed, or for crimes they may be charged with committing. This archaic practice flies in the face of the justice system and should be abolished.
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Integumentary System /
Flies /
Obligatory Myiasis-producing Flies /
Cochliomyia hominivorax
Pathology: Diagnosis: Treatment and Control: Sterile Male Release Eradication Program:
Chrysomya bezziana
Pathology: Diagnosis: Treatment and Control:
Wolves (Warbles) of Small Animals
Gray Flesh Flies
African Tumbu Flies
Overview of Flies
Dipterans with Biting Mouthparts
Black Flies
Biting Midges
Horse Flies and Deer Flies
Stable Flies
Horn Flies
Buffalo Flies
Tsetse Flies
Sheep Keds
Spider Flies/New Forest Flies
Hippoboscid or Louse Flies
Dipterans with Nonbiting Mouthparts
Face Flies
Head Flies
Filth-breeding Flies
Eye Gnats
Dipterans that Produce Myiasis
Facultative Myiasis-producing Flies
Obligatory Myiasis-producing Flies
Pseudomyiasis
A client calls her veterinarian because she has found a tick on her dog and she is not sure how to remove it. Which of the following is the most appropriate instruction for tick removal?
The client should immediately remove the tick by grasping it with tweezers close to the dog’s skin and then pulling it steadily upwards.
The client should immediately remove the tick by grasping it with tweezers and twisting it to detach its mouthparts.
The client should immediately remove the tick by holding a hot match close to the tick, causing it to back out and safely extract its mouthparts.
The client should schedule an appointment to have the ticks safely removed by a trained staff member.
Charles M. Hendrix
, DVM, PhD, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University
Many dipteran flies produce larvae that must lead a parasitic existence and result in obligatory myiasis. Only one fly in North America, Cochliomyia hominivorax, is a primary invader of fresh, uncontaminated skin wounds of domestic animals. Another species of screwworm, Chrysomya bezziana, is found in Africa and southern Asia, including Papua New Guinea.
(Primary screwworm, New World screwworm)
Cochliomyia hominivorax is distributed throughout the neoarctic and neotropical regions of the western hemisphere. As a result of massive state, federal, and international eradication programs, extant populations of C hominivorax are no longer found in the USA or Mexico; isolated reports are often traced to importation of infested animals from locations where the screwworm is still prevalent. Extant populations are found in Central and South America and in certain Caribbean Islands.
Adult female flies lay batches of 200–400 eggs in rows that overlap like shingles in a mass on the edge of a fresh wound. After 12–21 hr, larvae hatch, crawl into the wound, and burrow into the flesh. The larvae feed on wound fluids and live tissue. After 5–7 days, grown larvae exit from the wound, fall to the ground, and burrow in the soil to pupate. The pupal period varies from 7 days to 2 mo, depending on the temperature. Freezing or sustained soil temperatures <46°F (8°C) kill the pupae. Adults breed only once during their lifetime, a fact that can be used as an advantage in biologic control. Adult flies usually mate when 3–4 days old, and gravid females are ready to oviposit when ~6 days old. In warm weather, the life cycle may be completed in 21 days. Only female flies feed and oviposit on wounds; males and younger, virgin females gather to mate in vegetation, especially flowering vegetation.
Pathology:
Newly infested wounds contain screwworm larvae of a single age; older, larger wounds may contain larvae of various ages and of different species of flies. The malodorous, reddish brown fluid produced in the wound usually drains and may stain the hair or wool around or below the wound. As annoyance increases, the infested animal seeks protection by retreating to the densest available shade. Even a small and relatively inconspicuous wound infested with screwworm larvae attracts not only more screwworm flies but also facultative myiasis-producing flies. Necrotic tissues attract even more flies. The wound can become greatly enlarged due to multiple infestation and, unless treated, usually results in death of the animal.
The parasitic larvae are tapered and have mouth hooks at the narrow end and breathing spiracles at the wide end. Body segments are ringed with spines. Fully grown larvae can be as long as 1.5 cm. Larvae are often identified by their “wood screw” shape and appearance and can be distinguished from the larvae of the facultative myiasis-producing flies by the darkly pigmented tracheal tubes on the dorsal aspect of the posterior end of third-stage larvae. These tubes can be easily visualized through the larval cuticle.
Adult screwworm flies are similar in appearance to other blow flies. The adult stage is never recovered in a veterinary case scenario. They are bluish to bluish green, have a reddish orange head and eyes, and are slightly larger than a house fly. If collected, they are difficult to distinguish from other blow flies or bottle flies. Identification of adult screwworms is probably best left to an entomologist.
Treatment and Control:
Screwworm infestation must be reported to both state and federal authorities. C hominivorax has been eradicated from the USA but occasionally enters the country surreptitiously on imported animals. In the USA, if a wound is thought to be infested with screwworm larvae, the USDA can be contacted at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/index.shtml.
Screwworms in wounds can be killed by direct application of a wound dressing, called a smear. Such smears, which contain lindane or ronnel, may be difficult to find in the USA because of the eradication program. Smears are best applied with a 1-in. (2.5-cm) paint brush and should reach all of the many pockets formed by the burrowing larvae in deep wounds. A thin layer should also be applied to the skin surrounding the wound to protect it from reinfestation. Wounds may also be treated with aerosol, dust, or foam formulations of coumaphos, lindane, or ronnel. To protect animals from infestation and also to kill larvae in small wounds that are difficult to detect, animals can be sprayed thoroughly with ronnel or sprayed with or dipped in coumaphos.
Sterile Male Release Eradication Program:
In 1958, the USDA initiated a program in the southeastern states to eliminate screwworms by the sterile male release technique. When reared artificially and exposed to irradiation shortly before they emerge from the pupae, male flies are able to mate but sterile. The female mates only once and, when mated with a sterile male, lays eggs that do not hatch. Therefore, release of sufficient numbers of sterile males in an area throughout a period of time leads to eradication. By 1959, screwworms had been eliminated from Florida.
This program was expanded to cover the rest of the area involved in the USA and then, via a joint Mexico-–USA agreement, to include most of Mexico. This, along with the use of screwworm attractant and an insecticide system that attracted and killed adults, led to eradication of screwworms from Mexico. There is interest in expanding this area throughout Central America and the Caribbean. However, until this has been achieved, constant vigilance by all who deal with animals in the southern USA and Mexico is necessary to detect an infestation quickly and to eradicate it before the flies reproduce and spread.
(Old World screwworm, Oriental fly, Bezzi’s blow fly)
Chrysomya bezziana is found in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and southeast Asia from Taiwan in the north to Papua New Guinea in the south. This fly is not indigenous to Australia. Owing to its geography, the most likely potential port of entry for C bezziana to the USA is Hawaii.
Adult screwworms are usually not seen in the field. The adult fly has a dark metallic green body with abdominal segments with narrow bands along the posterior margins. The legs are black or partially brown. The face is orange/yellow. The first larval stage probably goes unnoticed because of its small size, as long as 3 mm at the time of its molt to the second stage. The second stage is quite similar to the third but is 4–9 mm long. The third-stage larvae are large, as long as 18 mm. The body is composed of 12 segments that have broad encircling bands of spinules. All three stages are maggot-like in their appearance and have posterior spiracles that are unique to the species. The posterior end of the larva has its spiracular plate located in a deep cleft at the end of the eighth abdominal segment. The spiracular plates are large and well separated. The peritreme and the three breathing slits are wide.
C bezziana produce a particularly vile myiasis. Female flies are attracted to open wounds of people and domestic and wild animals, laying their eggs in masses of 150–500 at the edge of wounds or near body orifices. Larvae develop to the third stage ~2 days after hatching. They burrow deep into the wound such that only their posterior ends are visible. The entire larval stage lasts 5–6 days. The pupal stage lasts 7–9 days in tropical conditions and longer in cooler environments. The adult flies emerge later to mate, locate a new host, and continue the cycle. Female flies mate only once during their lifetime—a fact paramount in prevention and control. Under favorable conditions, there may be ≥8 generations per year.
The larvae of C bezziana are obligatory wound parasites, never developing in carcasses or decomposing organic material. Although female flies are attracted to open wounds, occasionally eggs are deposited on the unbroken, soft skin of various parts of the body, especially if contaminated by blood or mucous discharge. When the larvae hatch, they burrow into the flesh of the host, using their hooked mouthparts to scrape away at the tissues and lacerate the fine blood vessels. Larvae are voracious blood feeders. During the bloodsucking phase, only the caudal ends of the maggots with their blackish peritremes remain visible at the surface of the lesion, enabling the larvae to breathe. As many as 300 maggots have been seen in some wounds. In untreated wounds, the destructive activity of the larvae may lead to the death of the animal within a very short time. Secondary infestation with the facultative myiasis-producing flies (see Facultative Myiasis-producing Flies) may complicate treatment and control.
The identification of the rarely observed adult flies and their associated larval stages is best left to an entomologist. A definitive diagnosis can be made only after observation, extraction, and identification of typical larvae. Diagnosis may often be made by residence in or history of travel to an area endemic for C bezziana. If a wound is thought to be infested with larvae of C bezziana, samples should be collected and sent to appropriate eradication officials.
Treatment of screwworm infestation involves killing the larvae in the lesions, promoting healing, and preventing secondary reinfestation with larvae of the facultative myiasis-producing flies. The extent of the lesions is determined by clipping the hair coat and removing as many larvae as possible. The larvae that are removed should be killed to prevent them from pupating and developing into adults. Larvae located deep within tissues must be extracted.
Ivermectin at dosages of 50, 100, and 300 mcg/kg administered to infested cattle resulted in 100% larval mortality for at least 6, 12, and 14 days, respectively. Depending on their age, larvae survived in established strikes after treatment at 200 mcg/kg. Mortality was 100% in larvae up to 2 days old but less in older larvae. However, many of the larvae that survived ivermectin therapy failed to develop to the adult stage. After treatment with 200 mcg/kg, residual protection lasted 16–20 days, 2–3 times that of most insecticide smears.
All wounds on domestic animals should be properly dressed, and all elective surgical procedures avoided during the fly season.
The fact that the female flies mate only once during their lifetime is an important fact to consider in the control of C bezziana. Pupal flies exposed to irradiation lead to sterile adults that can be released to mate with wild male and female flies. As a result, no viable offspring are produced in the wild.
Larvae of the genus Cuterebra are often referred to as wolves, warbles, rabbit bots, or rodent bots. These fly larvae infest the skin of rabbits, squirrels, mice, rats, chipmunks, and occasionally dogs and cats. (For clinical findings, diagnosis, and treatment, see Cuterebra Infestation in Dogs and Cats.)
The gray flesh fly, Wohlfahrtia vigil, is responsible for cutaneous myiasis in North America, particularly in southern Canada and the northern part of the USA. The adult flies have been recorded from the New England states to Alaska, but most reports are from eastern sections of Canada and the neighboring northeastern parts of the USA. All reports of infestation are in the skin of healthy animals, particularly the unbroken skin of the young.
All three larval stages are maggot-like in their appearance and have posterior spiracles unique to the species. The first larval stage is 1.5 mm at hatching and grows to 3.5 mm at the time of its molt to the second stage. The third stage is 7–18.5 mm long. Its posterior end is narrow, and it is covered with many irregular rows of small spines that have dark points and are directed posteriorly. This larva is better adapted to maintain an attachment to living tissues. The oral hooks are strongly developed. The posterior end of the larva has its spiracular plate located in a deep pit formed by the margins of the segment. The posterior spiracles have wide slits and a strong peritreme.
The gray flesh fly is larviparous—it deposits larvae instead of eggs on healthy, uninjured skin of suitable hosts, particularly young animals. Larvae penetrate the unbroken skin and form a boil-like (furuncular) swelling. Development to the infective third-larval stage is usually completed in 9–14 days. The parasites then drop to the ground and pupate for ~11–18 days, varying with the season of the year and the temperature. When cold weather approaches, the pupation period is greatly prolonged. Under laboratory conditions, it has been observed to last 7 mo. Parasites survive the winter in pupal form. Adults emerge and mate after ~3–4 days. Female flies begin larviposition ~1 wk later, depositing 6–16 larvae at a time. Female flies live for 35–40 days; males seldom survive >3 wk.
Female W vigil deposit active larvae near or directly on the host. Although larvae usually penetrate unbroken skin, in small animals, penetration may go deeper than the dermal tissue, even into the coelomic cavity.
The first indication that an animal is infected is exudation of serum and matting of the hair coat over the site of penetration. In light-skinned animals, a small inflammatory area, with a tiny hole visible in the center or to one side, is noticeable. These lesions may be palpated as they develop. On the third or fourth day, the larvae are 1.5–2 cm long and produce abscess-like lesions resembling those of Hypoderma spp in cattle. These lesions vary in size, shape, position, and the number of larvae they contain. The hair coat often becomes parted over the summit of the lesions and reveals an opening 2–3 mm in diameter. The posterior aspect of the larva is visible in these openings, through which it breathes. Openings are generally circular and well-defined; however, if several larvae are present in a single lesion, the shape of the opening is quite variable. Small animals infected with ≥5 larvae for several days become emaciated, and the skin becomes dry and loses its luster.
The penetration of the skin by the larvae, their development in the subcutaneous tissues, and secondary bacterial infection produce intense irritation and inflammation. Attempts by the animal to remove the larvae or relieve the irritation tend to aggravate the condition. Young animals may die from exhaustion. It has also been suggested that the larvae may produce toxic secretions. W vigil has been isolated from the skin of young children, particularly infants.
Adult gray flesh flies are nonparasitic and as a result will probably not be seen by owners or veterinarians. They are large grayish flies (~13 mm long), about twice the size of a house fly. The dorsal surface of the thorax is marked with three longitudinal bands, and the dorsal surface of the abdomen has three well-defined rows of oval black spots that are confluent with one another.
The identification of adult flies and their associated larval stages should be left to an entomologist. The presence of a dermal swelling with a central opening may lead to a tentative diagnosis of myiasis due to W vigil. A definitive diagnosis can be made only after extraction and identification of a typical larva. Extensive descriptions and dichotomous keys for the three larval stages are available. A tentative diagnosis may often be made by a history of either residence in or travel to a geographic area endemic for W vigil.
Larvae must be extracted from the skin. Applying heavy oil, liquid paraffin, or petrolatum jelly to the opening of the lesions will occlude the airway of the larvae. Applying a small amount of chloroform or ether to the opening may be helpful before removing larvae with forceps. Lidocaine hydrochloride can also be injected into the furuncular lesion to facilitate extraction. Great care should be taken during the extraction process to avoid rupturing larvae in situ, although anaphylaxis has not been reported. Antibiotics should be prescribed.
W vigil often infects young mink. A teaspoon of ronnel can be placed in the bedding of mink nest boxes as a control measure; however, ronnel should not be used in the bedding of kits <3 days old. Protection can be provided by using wire gauze to keep flies out of cages.
(Mango fly, Skin maggot fly, Ver du Cayor, Worms of Cayor)
The African tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga, is responsible for another boil-like (furuncular) myiasis in both people and animals in Africa, particularly in the sub-Saharan regions.
The adult flies are nonparasitic and as a result are not seen by owners or veterinarians. They are stout, compact flies, 6–12 mm long. They are light brown, with diffuse blue-gray patches on the thorax and dark gray on the posterior part of the abdomen. The face and legs are yellow. The second- and third-stage larvae are the stages usually seen in the animal’s skin.
Second-stage larvae are slightly club-shaped and exhibit large, black cuticular spines directed posteriorly and distributed irregularly over segments 3–8. Segments 9–11 are almost bare when compared with the preceding segments. The segments have a few rows of small, pale spines posteriorly. Segment 12 is densely covered with these spines. Segment 13 is indistinctly demarcated, lacking spines but possessing two pair of short processes. Each tracheal tube opens through two slightly bent slits. The second-stage larvae are 2.5–4 mm long. The size of advanced second-stage larvae varies greatly, as does the size of third-stage larvae. Fully mature larvae are 1.3–1.5 cm long. The body is cylindrical with 12 identifiable segments. Curved spines that are directed posteriorly are densely arranged at least up to segment 7; the last 5 segments may be either partially or densely covered with spines.
After fertilization, female flies produce 100–500 banana-shaped eggs, usually depositing them in dry, shady, sandy soil that has often been contaminated by urine or feces. Eggs are never deposited on the skin of the host. Eggs hatch after 1–3 days, and the larvae are initially 0.5–1 mm long. Larvae can survive as long as 15 days while waiting for a host and can penetrate the host in as little as 25 sec. After penetration, larvae reside in a cavity in the dermis and hypodermis. This cavity communicates to the external environment by means of a central breathing pore, which corresponds to the caudal end of the larva with its spiracles. A single larva is found in each cavity, within which the larva develops to the second and third stages. Larvae require 7–15 days to mature and then emerge through the breathing pore and drop to the ground, where they pupate. Adult flies emerge 10–20 days later, and the cycle begins again.
Rats and dogs are the usual definitive host; however, people, mice, monkeys, mongooses, squirrels, leopards, boars, antelopes, cats, goats, pigs, rabbits, guinea pigs, and chickens can be infested.
Clinically, the infestation is characterized by a small erythematous papule that appears 2–3 days after larval penetration. Within days, the papule enlarges until it becomes a nodule that resembles a boil (furuncle); hence, the description furunculoid myiasis. At the center of the nodule is a pore through which serous fluid oozes. This fluid can be hemorrhagic or purulent and contains larval feces.
Dogs with thin, soft skin seem to be more suitable hosts for larval development than dogs with thick skin. Preferential sites of infestation are the feet, genitals, tail, and axillae. In endemic areas, mild infestations in dogs do not produce clinical distress. Massive infestation may induce marked swelling and edema, especially if larvae are in close proximity to each other. Larvae can penetrate deep into tissues and cause considerable damage and even death.
The presence of a dermal swelling with a central opening may lead to a tentative diagnosis of myiasis due to C anthropophaga. A definitive diagnosis can be made only after extraction and identification of typical larvae. The identification of adult flies and their associated larval stages should be left to an entomologist.
A tentative diagnosis may often be made by a history of either residence in or travel to a geographic area endemic for C anthropophaga. However, the parasite has also been diagnosed in travelers and their accompanying pets from geographic areas where the parasite is not found.
Larvae can be removed by coating the breathing pore with a thick, viscous compound, such as heavy oil, liquid paraffin, sticking plaster, or petrolatum jelly. Clogging the pore causes the larva to become hypoxic and leave the cavity in search of oxygen. Light pressure at the edge of the lesion also aids in larval removal.
Lidocaine hydrochloride can be injected into the furuncular lesion to facilitate larval extraction with thumb forceps. Surgical excision is usually unnecessary and unwarranted while the larvae are alive but is used to remove dead or decaying larvae. Great care should be taken during the extraction process to avoid rupturing larvae in situ, although anaphylaxis has not been reported. Antibiotics should be prescribed.
Adult flies should be killed if seen indoors. Larvae should be removed from animals entering the house and destroyed. All rats should be killed and burned. Prevention of an infestation depends on cleanliness and regular disinfection of the animal’s sleeping quarters. In the case of valuable animals (eg, Angora rabbits), flies may be kept out of rabbit pens using wire gauze.
Because the adult female flies lay eggs in sandy soil contaminated by feces or urine, the parasite can be controlled in the pet’s environment by prompt removal of the pet’s feces and by covering urination sites on the premises with a layer of dirt.
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The acronym SLUD stands for salivation, lacrimation, urination, and defecation, which are the clinical signs associated with muscarinic cholinergic overstimulation caused by certain toxins. Signs of SLUD are most consistent with exposure to which of the following classes of chemicals?
Chlorinated hydrocarbons
Safdar A. Khan
, DVM, MS, PhD, DABVT, ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, Urbana, Illinois
Antihistamines are H1-receptor antagonists that provide symptomatic relief of allergic signs caused by histamine release, including pruritus and anaphylactic reactions. They are also used as sedatives and antiemetics. Antihistamines belong to different classes and are categorized as first- or second-generation (also called nonsedating) antihistamines. First-generation antihistamines may cause adverse effects because of their cholinergic activity and ability to cross the blood-brain barrier. Second-generation antihistamines are more lipophobic than first-generation antihistamines and are thought to lack CNS and cholinergic effects at therapeutic doses. Antihistamines are often found in combination with other ingredients (eg, decongestants, analgesics like acetaminophen or NSAIDs) in many OTC cold, sinus, and allergy medications.
Chlorpheniramine is a first-generation propylamine-derivative antihistamine. Oral absorption of chlorpheniramine in dogs is rapid and complete, reaching peak plasma concentrations in 30–60 min. Chlorpheniramine maleate undergoes substantial first-pass effect. Chlorpheniramine and its metabolites are primarily excreted in urine. The recommended dose in cats and dogs is 1–2 mg and 2–8 mg respectively, PO, bid-tid. Mild clinical signs such as depression and GI upset have been reported for dosages <1 mg/kg. Significant clinical signs such as ataxia, tremors, depression or hyperactivity, hyperthermia, and seizures may be seen within 6 hr of ingestion of large amounts.
Clemestine, because of its low oral bioavailability in dogs (3% vs 20%–70% in people), may have limited effectiveness at the recommended dosages of 0.05–0.1 mg/kg, PO, bid; 1.34 mg of clemestine fumerate is equivalent to 1 mg of clemestine. Common adverse effects of clemestine may include sedation, lethargy, and anticholinergic signs (dry mouth, tachycardia, agitation, decreased intestinal secretions/motility).
Dimenhydrinate and diphenhydramine are first-generation ethanolamine-derivative antihistamines. Dimenhydrinate is used for its antiemetic effects and for prevention of motion sickness in dogs and cats. Diphenhydramine is well absorbed orally in people but undergoes first-pass metabolism in the liver with only 40%–60% of the drug reaching the systemic circulation. Peak plasma concentrations of ethanolamine-derivative antihistamines occur within 1–5 hr; elimination half-lives vary from 2.4–10 hr. A recommended dosage of dimenhydrinate and diphenhydramine in cats and dogs is 4–8 mg/kg and 2–4 mg/kg, respectively. Hyperactivity or depression, hypersalivation, tachypnea, and tachycardia are the most common adverse effects reported with these antihistamines, generally within 1 hr of exposure.
Promethazine hydrochloride is an ethylamino derivative of phenothiazine and first-generation antihistamine used to manage motion sickness. Promethazine is widely distributed in body tissues and readily crosses the placenta. Overdoses may result in CNS depression or excitation. CNS depression was reported in a dog 30 min after ingesting promethazine at 1 mg/kg.
Meclizine is a first-generation piperazine-derivative antihistamine commonly used as an antiemetic. Peak plasma concentrations occur within 2–3 hr of oral administration. Meclizine is primarily excreted as metabolites in urine, with a reported serum half-life of 6 hr. The recommended dose in dogs is 25 mg/day (per dog). When dogs have received meclizine at <33 mg/kg, only mild hyperactivity or depression has been reported.
Loratadine is a tricyclic, long-acting antihistamine with selective peripheral histamine H1-receptor antagonist activity. In people, loratadine is well absorbed orally and extensively metabolized to an active metabolite. Most of the parent drug is excreted unchanged in the urine. The mean elimination half-life in people is 8.4 hr. Loratadine appears to have a large margin of safety in animals. The suggested dose in dogs is 5–10 mg, PO, once to twice daily (per dog). No deaths were reported at oral dosages up to 5 g/kg in rats and mice. In rats, mice, and monkeys, no clinical signs were seen at 10 times the maximum recommended human daily oral dose.
Cetirizine, a major metabolite of hydroxyzine, is a piperazine derivative nonsedating antihistamine. It selectively inhibits peripheral H1 receptors and does not have significant anticholinergic or antiserotonergic effects when used at the recommended dosage. The recommended dosage for histamine-mediated pruritic conditions in dogs is 1 mg/kg, PO, once to twice daily, and 5 mg, PO, bid for cats. The drug appears to be well tolerated in dogs and cats. The minimum lethal dosage is 237 mg/kg in mice and 562 mg/kg in rats. Adverse reactions include vomiting, hypersalivation, sedation, drowsiness, and occasionally hyperactivity.
Treatment of antihistamine toxicosis is primarily symptomatic and supportive. Emesis should only be considered in asymptomatic patients. Activated charcoal may be useful for recent ingestion. Symptomatic patients should be watched for anticholinergic signs (agitation, mydriasis, tachycardia, decreased intestinal motility) and treated as needed. Cardiovascular functions (heart rate and blood pressure) and body temperature should be closely monitored. Propranolol (0.02-0.06 mg/kg, IV) can be helpful to treat consistent tachycardia in normotensive patients. Diazepam can be used to control seizures or seizure-type activity. Physostigmine is recommended to counteract the CNS anticholinergic effects of antihistamine overdoses in people, although the risk of seizures associated with this drug may limit its use. IV fluids should be given as needed.
Dextromethorphan is a nonsedating, nonaddictive, centrally acting opioid cough suppressant. It is available in many OTC cold and cough medications. At the recommended dosage, it enhances the threshold for coughing. It is rapidly absorbed orally and converts to the active metabolite dextrorphan in the liver. Cough suppressant activity can last 3–12 hr, depending on the formulation. Overdoses can cause CNS and GI effects such as agitation, hallucination, nervousness, mydriasis, shaking, vomiting, or diarrhea. Some clinical signs may be similar to those of serotonin syndrome (agitation, disorientation, hyperthermia, nervousness, shaking). Treatment is mainly supportive care. Diazepam can be used to control some of the CNS effects. Phenothiazine tranquilizers (acepromazine or chlorpromazine) or cyproheptadine (1.1 mg/kg, PO or per rectum, for dogs, and 2–4 mg per cat; repeat once in 6–8 hr if needed) can be given for serotonin syndrome.
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apos·ta·sy | \ ə-ˈpä-stə-sē \
plural apostasies
Definition of apostasy
1 : an act of refusing to continue to follow, obey, or recognize a religious faith
2 : abandonment of a previous loyalty : defection
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Recent Examples on the Web At that point, his apostasy would become irretrievably public. — Larissa Macfarquhar, The New Yorker, "When One Parent Leaves a Hasidic Community, What Happens to the Kids?," 30 Nov. 2020 By contrast, Fox’s opinion side, with the exception of occasional apostasy, largely earns high marks. — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, "How Newsmax Became Trump TV," 24 Nov. 2020 Gilliam’s qualified apostasy, with a nod to the space-altering aesthetics of Minimalism, was widely noticed but, taking place outside New York, proved poorly situated and timed. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, "How to Read Sam Gilliam’s Formalism," 9 Nov. 2020 Before there were killings over apostasy charges, there were public debates between secular and religious Muslim thinkers, attended by hundreds. — Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, "Lessons From a Place Where the Center Ground is Gone," 1 Nov. 2020 Abdulbari announced other changes, such as no longer requiring women to obtain a permit from their male members for travel with their children, and renouncing Islam – known as apostasy – will no longer result in the death penalty. — Fox News, "Sudan moves to repeal some Islamist laws after 30 years in place," 13 July 2020 Sudan will also decriminalize apostasy and ban FGM, a practice that typically involves the partial or total removal of the external genitalia of girls and women. — Washington Post, "World Digest: July 12, 2020," 12 July 2020 So did his predecessor, Lester B. Pearson, who was rewarded for his apostasy with a physical attack at Camp David by Lyndon Johnson, who shook the Nobel Peace Prize winner by the shoulders. — David M. Shribman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Opinion: Justin Trudeau's refusal to travel to the U.S. to meet Trump was a pointed rebuke," 8 July 2020 This kind of apostasy is rare in presidential politics, but that gives testimonials like Miller’s maximum credibility. — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, "The Revolt of the Center-Right," 8 June 2020
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First Known Use of apostasy
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology for apostasy
Middle English apostasie, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Late Latin apostasia, borrowed from Greek apostasía "defection, revolt, (Septuagint) rebellion against God" (Late Greek, "defection, apostasy"), variant (with -ia -ia entry 1) of apóstasis, from aposta-, variant stem of aphístamai, aphístasthai "to stand away from, keep aloof from, revolt," middle voice of aphístēmi, aphistánai "to put away, remove, cause to revolt" (from aph-, assimilated variant of apo- apo- + histánai "to set, make stand") + -sis -sis — more at stand entry 1
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me·te·or·ic | \ ˌmē-tē-ˈȯr-ik , -ˈär- \
Definition of meteoric
1a : of or relating to a meteor
b : resembling a meteor in speed or in sudden and temporary brilliance a meteoric rise to fame
2 : of, relating to, or derived from the earth's atmosphere meteoric water
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meteorically \ ˌmē-tē-ˈȯr-i-k(ə-)lē , -ˈär- \ adverb
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Recent Examples on the Web Nathan Apodaca’s meteoric rise to peak organic influencer status off his Fleetwood Mac Tiktok video is everyone’s social-media fever dream. — Los Angeles Times, "Here are the top Latino media moments of 2020 — and hints of what to expect in 2021," 31 Dec. 2020 As of early December, the man most closely identified with the meteoric rise of China Inc. was advised by the government to stay in the country, a person familiar with the matter has said. — Coco Liu, Bloomberg.com, "Alibaba Antitrust Fears Drive $200 Billion Chinese Tech Selloff," 28 Dec. 2020 As of early December, the man most closely identified with the meteoric rise of China Inc. was advised by the government to stay in the country, a person familiar with the matter has said. — Time, "China’s Crackdown on Alibaba and Ant Drive $200 Billion Tech Selloff," 28 Dec. 2020 As of early December, with Ant under regulatory scrutiny, the man most closely identified with the meteoric rise of China Inc. was advised by the government to stay in the country, a person familiar with the matter has said. — Fortune, "Chinese regulators order Ant Group to focus on payments, stop short of breakup," 27 Dec. 2020 And while sales remain elevated in several suburbs, compared to last year, their meteoric rise plateaued in the late summer. — New York Times, "The Real Estate Collapse of 2020," 25 Dec. 2020 For two years, the franchise has been making methodical upgrades to keep pace with Doncic’s meteoric rise to stardom. — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, "Championship pieces: How the Mavs ‘Luka-fied’ their roster to get the most out of Dallas’ top star," 23 Dec. 2020 Toppin withdrew his name, had a meteoric rise, turned himself into National Player of the Year and one of the draft’s most intriguing players. — Chris Fedor, cleveland, "How Isaac Okoro went from debated draft prospect to ready-made rookie and potential starter," 22 Dec. 2020 Observers say there is enough time for another party and figure to emerge to slow down her meteoric rise ahead of an early election. — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, "Pandemic-fueled populism stresses Tunisia’s fragile democracy," 22 Dec. 2020
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How to build a Time Management Cooking Game?
Miracle Studios on May 1, 2019
What is a time management game?
Have you seen people around you playing time management games? And wondered why they get so much joy from playing games, which seems to be dull like baking cake, collecting food, harvesting crops or paying rent? You might think about how this game playing can be considered fun? The truth is such games fulfill basic human requirements and gives gratification to certain desires in a way which is simple, safe and pleasurable.
A time management game can be defined as any online or video game or it can be a casual game you play with any other person. In such games, you have to achieve certain objectives, within limited time and resources. And these objectives need to be met in a specific order.
If we talk about cooking game development we can say they are entertaining and educative as well. They help in improving skills like eye coordination, measurement, and other motor skills. Not only this, it helps in imbibing the cooking qualities in real life cooking. Some of the famous cooking games are Food truck, cooking fever, stoneage chef.
Features of the time Management game
Time management games allow continuous playing and keep on adding levels making it more interesting. With a lot of variation comes excitement and curiosity to try more. There are certain features that need to be considered while building a time management game development.
It gives such a motivation to feel achieved. To achieve something notable in life, one has to work really hard for a longer span. Playing such time management games provides a clear path towards achievement. You can build your strategy and speed and achieve targets. The best part about cooking games is that they are not a one-shot game which means they can be played again.
Games are competitive in nature. Such online games allow you to compete with other players and you can share your win amongst your peer group through social networks.
If playing through a social media channel then it allows you to communicate with other friends or social contacts. There can also be a chat room or fan page where you can communicate with other players about the game.
Teamwork is a big part of time management games both online and offline. In the cooking games, you can ask other players for virtual objects. You may also ask them to do “neighborly” tasks like buying grocery for you, harvesting crops. This process helps in building a community of players.
Everyone loves to explore and through online time management games, you get to enjoy the joy of discovery. Some of these games are well examined and cover different ethnicities and historical periods. It helps in discovering new objects, tricks and unwritten rules in the virtual world.
Some of the cooking games led you to custom build your virtual space like changing décor, changing clothes of your character. This makes you feel like you are expressing your own personal choices.
It helps you in escaping any uncomfortable or unavoidable real-life situation. You can enter the world of time management games and feel better. The game tells you what exactly you need to do and when. And also while playing games you are constantly rewarded. You seem to be engrossed in your screen and the real world seems to fade away.
Feeling Productive
Time management video games create an illusion and build an impression of a false sense of productivity with limited resources. Despite the fact that it is happening in a virtual world you feel accomplished about doing something worthwhile by playing a game.
How to build a successful cooking game?
Super-stunning graphics
If you observe all those games that have hit the mark of 50 million, you will understand that they have great 3D graphics. Their graphics are attractive and realistic. Having good graphics brings many players into the game. This implies while building a game development, take some time to design the graphics.
Wonderful sound effects
There is a great amount of synchronized energy between stunning graphics and great sound effects. So, to enhance your game, you must take your time to design amusing sounds. Actually, the sounds sometimes attract prospective players too. For example, if you are playing a game, only someone sitting beside you can watch it. People who are sitting far can hear, only sound. So, if the game has great sound then people can hear the sound and ask about the game.
Engaging gameplay
If a game keeps you engaged to your screen then such a game is highly engaging. They tend to be addictive and keeps you away from the real world for a while. All successful gaming apps are highly engaging and immersive in nature. This is another characteristic that a gaming app must have. You need to work on sound and graphics that can create engaging gameplay.
Unique concept/storyline
With so many cooking games options available, it is important to come up with a concept which is unique and attractive for the game players as they constantly search for the options with lots of variety.
Real-time play
Offering a real-time play for the players where they can challenge friends or players over the internet. It does not mean that player don’t like offline games. But at the same time, some games are highly engaging which allows the players to challenge friends and other players.
Leader-boards
Leader boards generate the statistics of the game you have played and display your scores amongst other players worldwide. This is again a highly motivating factor which would encourage the players to play hard. So putting up a leader board makes the game app more interesting.
Numerous levels
If the player sees fewer levels which are easy to clear then he would definitely delete the game after playing whereas, if the game has multiple levels then the player will stick to the game for the long run. You should target the bar of a minimum of 100 levels to increase the fun and thrill of the players.
If the game is compact in nature then the user will definitely switch to your game. On the other hand, if the game takes up most of the memory space then there are slight or minimal chances of people downloading it. Hence, it is important to create a compressed size app. Even when the large size apps are installed in the mobile, they get listed for deletion every time the user tries to download an app. Ideally, a game should be 50 MB or less in size. But keeping a size more than 100 MB is a certain possibility that it will be deleted.
How to make money with the cooking app?
• Pay Per Download
Paid downloads are a traditional method which is followed till date to generate revenue in the app making business. However modern users don’t really follow this technique they tend to explore the app before paying. But this is still a common approach which is used in many businesses.
• Subscription
This is the most common model for the apps to fetch money in the organization. There is a simple idea behind this- the users get unlimited access to the feature as long as they pay for them regularly. This method is used to increase the efficiency and productivity of the business.
• In-App Purchases
This is another way to build a business. It allows the users to buy special session packs as required without unlocking other content.
• Ads
Advertising is one of the largest revenue generation method which would make your app completely free. You can choose to build ads on online mode and preferably choose to create ads which are related to your cooking.
Building a cooking app seems like a really good idea for the business development of any startup as it’s a learning game having its application in the real world. It also does not cost you a fortune and is a profitable investment from a business point of view.
Top elements of the time management app that require the most attention are:
• Complete and Clear Onboarding Block to host the main idea and features of the app.
• Specific UI based on soothing colors and animations.
• User Profiles that allow customizing the user’s experience and connecting the audience with the elements of gamification.
• Plain Play Screen with minimal UI.
• Discover Screen where users can locate your app by themselves.
• Push Notifications to engage people.
Conclusively, ensuring that your cooking game has all the qualities outlined above will boost its chances of hitting a higher number of users which should not be compromised. Contact us! We are ready to help you with your cooking app development and provide an estimation of your project cost within 24 hours. Let’s build a performing app together.
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Select few have reached 300 K's in a season
By Matt Kelly @mattkellyMLB
While baseball's obsession with round numbers runs deep, there's little denying the significance of a 300-strikeout season (even in today's K-friendly climate for pitchers). Only 19 pitchers in the modern era (since 1900) have reached the 300-K plateau within a single season. Here's a rundown of the hurlers who have
While baseball's obsession with round numbers runs deep, there's little denying the significance of a 300-strikeout season (even in today's K-friendly climate for pitchers).
Only 19 pitchers in the modern era (since 1900) have reached the 300-K plateau within a single season. Here's a rundown of the hurlers who have accomplished the feat.
SIX 300-K SEASONS
Randy Johnson, LHP
Years: 1993, '98, '99, '00, '01, '02
Few pitchers have ever intimidated on a mound as much as The Big Unit, and once the 6-foot-10 Johnson corralled the wildness that plagued him in Montreal and his first years in Seattle, it was lights out for hitters.
"I told Randy he could be the most dominating pitcher in baseball if he would just work on his game," fellow Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan said in 1992. "He was a lot like me when I was younger. He was just pitching and not doing a lot of thinking."
Whipping his high-90s fastball and biting slider seemingly from first base, Johnson wiped out batter after batter in an astonishing run through a remarkable renaissance in his 30s and early 40s. Seven of the top 10 strikeout-rate seasons by a qualified starter through 2002 belong to Johnson, peaking with his banner '01 campaign in which the 37-year-old struck out 37.4 percent of hitters (still the second-highest rate in a qualified season since 1900) before dominating even further during the D-backs' postseason run. The 1,746 strikeouts Johnson accumulated in a five-year period from 1998-2002 might remain unmatched for a long, long time.
Nolan Ryan, RHP
Before Johnson came along, it was hard to foresee any pitcher striking out as many hitters over as many years as The Ryan Express. Ryan's trade from the Mets to the Angels in 1972 represents one of the most favorable changes of scenery for any player, as the hard-throwing righty blossomed from a back-of-the-rotation starter in Queens to the preeminent strikeout artist in baseball history.
"I've never been afraid at the plate, but Mr. Ryan makes me uncomfortable," said Hall of Fame slugger Reggie Jackson. "He's the only pitcher who's ever made me consider wearing a helmet with an ear flap."
Ryan averaged one strikeout per each inning of a ballgame, first through ninth, which might be the best stat to show his dogged determination to sit down each and every hitter he faced. He also averaged 10.1 strikeouts per nine from 1972-78 (when the average starter during that time averaged roughly five), and then he averaged 10.6 strikeouts per nine in his age 40-44 seasons at the end of the following decade. That's how one becomes the game's all-time K leader by a wide margin.
THREE 300-K SEASONS
Curt Schilling, RHP
Years: 1997, 1998, 2002
Schilling is baseball's modern leader in strikeout-to-walk ratio among retired pitchers thanks to his innate ability to command the ball. His 33 walks in 2002 represent the fewest of any of the 300-strikeout seasons on this list, and all three of his 300-K campaigns rank within the top 10 of that list.
Schilling notched back-to-back season of 300 punchouts in 1997 and '98 with Philadelphia before joining forces with Johnson in Arizona midway through the 2000 season. Two years later, the pair made the D-backs the first team in modern history to boast two 300-strikeout pitchers in the same rotation.
Sandy Koufax, LHP
"The Left Arm of God" was a completely appropriate nickname in the eyes of Koufax's opponents, as they watched impossibly hard fastballs rain down alongside hissing curveballs from the pitcher's mound. Koufax remains one of the most beloved and revered pitchers in history thanks in large part to his willingness to pitch through pain; he likely would have tallied many more 300-strikeout seasons had chronic arm and shoulder ailments not swayed him to hang up his spikes for good at age 30.
"It was frightening," said Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, who famously stated that Koufax would tip his pitches but batters still couldn't hit them. "He had that tremendous fastball that would rise, and a great curveball that started at the eyes and broke to the ankles. In the end you knew you were going to be embarrassed. You were either going to strike out or foul out."
The lefty peaked with 382 strikeouts in his penultimate 1965 campaign, a Major League record until Ryan did his idol one better in '73. Don Veale, the NL's next-closest strikeout pitcher that year, finished more than 100 punchouts behind.
TWO 300-K SEASONS
Years: 1997, 1999
Martinez's 1999 season has plenty of arguments for the greatest campaign by any modern-day hurler. His 37.5 percent strikeout rate that year is the best by any qualified starter, as is his 11.6 fWAR, while his 1.39 FIP rating in '99 ranks second behind Christy Mathewson (1.29) way back in '08. And this wasn't just the case of a pitcher trying to throw as hard as he could; Martinez walked just 37 hitters the entire year. And don't forget the one game that didn't count: When Martinez punched out five of the six batters he faced in an electric All-Star Game performance at Fenway Park.
"The '99 season, I think, was something different," said Martinez, who paced the American League in wins, ERA and strikeouts that year. "The triple crown as a pitcher, you can't top it. In such a difficult era to play, I would have to say that's the highlight."
Martinez's final season in Montreal wasn't too shabby, either. The Dominican righty led the Majors with a 1.90 ERA and struck out 305 to capture the 1997 NL Cy Young Award -- the first of his celebrated career.
J.R. Richard
It's safe to say Richard got the baseball world's attention when he tied a Major League record with 15 strikeouts in his debut against the Giants in September 1971. But Houston's righty really put it all together seven years later, when he placed fourth in the NL Cy Young Award voting with a 3.11 ERA and an MLB-most 303 strikeouts. Richard rode his triple-digit fastball and menacing slider to another strikeout crown (313) in '79, and was poised for more the following year before a blood clot in his neck and subsequent stroke brought his career to an abrupt end at age 30. He remains one of baseball's biggest "what if" aces based on what lay ahead in his unfinished second act.
Sam McDowell
McDowell was nicknamed "Sudden Sam" for a reason, as his rocking-chair motion from the left side could lull a hitter to sleep before his fastball got on top of hitters with purpose. Like Ryan, hitters could never really get comfortable in the box against McDowell, who led the Majors in walks on five occasions. But he also racked up five AL strikeout crowns with the Indians, beginning with a breakout 325-strikeout campaign in 1965.
McDowell's punchout prowess inspired Sports Illustrated to feature him on its cover in May 1966 with the headline "Faster than Koufax?" -- and the southpaws' heaters were a legitimate source of debate at the time. Control issues would keep McDowell from reaching that kind of level, but he did top 300 strikeouts once more in a 305-inning season with Cleveland in 1970.
Walter Johnson
Johnson's fastball was truly unprecedented when he came on the scene late in 1907, and he used that to his advantage for years to come. Whipping his signature heater from a dropdown delivery, The Big Train racked up a record 12 league strikeout titles in a span of 15 years from 1910-24, peaking with a pair of 300-strikeout campaigns at the beginning. Johnson's 313 strikeouts in '10 were just 130 shy of the Boston Braves' entire pitching staff that season, and his 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings were nearly twice as many as the league average.
"His fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed," Ty Cobb once said of Johnson, "and it hissed at you as it passed."
Rube Waddell
Waddell might be remembered for his off-beat personality as much as his pitching prowess, as he occasionally missed starts while he was out of town on fishing trips, and he walked off the mound in the middle of a game. But when Waddell focused his attention toward the catcher, he could be downright dominant. The southpaw paced the nascent AL in strikeouts six years in a row (and led the Majors in each of those last five seasons), peaking with 349 for the Philadelphia A's in '04. That stood as baseball's single-season record for more than half a century before Koufax surpassed Waddell in '65.
ONE 300-K SEASON
Justin Verlander
Teammate Gerrit Cole got there first, but Verlander was right behind him. Verlander got his 300-strikeout season in the same start that he joined the 3,000-strikeout club. It was another brilliant start for Verlander, who began the night with 288 strikeouts in 2019 and 2,994 in his career. He got to 3,000 in the fourth inning and 300 in the sixth. In a fun coincidence, Kole Calhoun was Verlander's strikeout victim for both milestones, No. 3,000 and No. 300.
Cole won the season-long race to 300 with his fellow AL Cy Young Award contender Verlander. He reached the mark in the sixth inning on Sept. 18 against the Rangers. It was the latest sign of Cole’s transformation from his years in Pittsburgh, where he topped out at 202 Ks in 2015. The right-hander racked up 276 upon his 2018 arrival in Houston, and has topped himself in '19. Cole put together four starts of at least 14 Ks on his way to 300, while challenging Pedro Martinez’s 1999 record for single-season strikeout rate. With 198 1/3 innings at the time of his 300th K, Cole was the second-fastest pitcher to reach that mark, behind only Randy Johnson (197 2/3 innings in 2001), according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Scherzer had already clinched an NL-record fifth consecutive 250-strikeout season when he entered his final start needing 10 K's for his first 300-punchout season. The righty struck out at least one Miami hitter in each of the first six frames, and capped off the performance with a lengthy seventh-inning battle against Marlins left fielder Austin Dean. After 10 pitches, Scherzer got Dean to swing through a slider for strike three, earning a standing ovation from the Nationals Park crowd.
Sale surged to the line, fanning the Orioles' Ryan Flaherty for his 13th strikeout in his second-to-last start of the regular season at Camden Yards. That made him the first AL pitcher to reach 300 since Martinez in 1999, and just the second southpaw after Johnson to hit the mark since the designated hitter was introduced in 1973.
"That's special," Sale said of joining Martinez in the Red Sox's 300-K club. "We all know that's about as good a company as you can get. Being here and having that name thrown around is special to me; I don't take it lightly."
Kershaw entered his final start of the year needing six strikeouts to reach the 300 plateau, and he was efficient in getting there, reaching the mark within the first 10 Padres he faced. The Dodgers' ace kept his typically stoic resolve as the Dodger Stadium crowd gave a standing ovation, but his teammates were certainly aware of the countdown.
"I know it meant a lot to him, even though he lied and said it didn't," said catcher A.J. Ellis. "I was counting from the first strikeout of the game. I knew what we needed to get to and where his pitch count was at, just hopeful he would execute so those strikeouts would pile up and get to that number."
Scott and his split-fingered fastball were so dominant in 1986 that the Mets accused him of scuffing the baseball during the NL Championship Series. While that was never proven, Scott's overpowering stuff was undeniable. Scott had never topped 137 strikeouts coming into '86, making his 306 punchouts one of the more unexpected totals in recent history. His 11 starts with 10 or more strikeouts were just shy of half his career total, and his magical '86 also included a no-hitter against the Giants in his second-to-last start.
Steve Carlton
Cartlon's strikeout reputation was well established by 1972; he had set the single-game record with 19 strikeouts for the Cardinals three years prior. Still, Lefty's 310 K's in his debut season with the Phillies took his career to a new level. Carlton won an MLB-most 27 games and posted a 1.97 ERA for a Phillies club that lost 97 games, making his season the best individual performance by a player on a losing team.
"Sometimes I hit him like I used to hit Koufax," Hall of Famer Willie Stargell once said of Carlton, "and that's like drinking coffee with a fork."
Eight years later, Carlton would help complete Philly's renaissance by winning the decisive Game 6 of the 1980 World Series.
Mickey Lolich
Lolich's 308 strikeouts in 1971 probably aren't the most memorable achievement of his career -- that would be his three complete-game victories over Bob Gibson and the Cardinals in the '68 World Series -- an indication as to how talented Lolich was in his prime. He worked hard for the honors in '71, leading the Majors with a total of 376 innings that has been topped just one time since. Lolich's 308 punchouts remain a Tigers record, and no Detroit pitcher has equaled his 25 wins from that year since.
Vida Blue
The A's likely would not have won three straight World Series crowns without Blue in tow, but the lefty's best season came right before Oakland's title run. In his first full season as a Major League hurler, Blue compiled an AL-best 1.82 ERA and a Major League-best eight shutouts to go along with his 301 punchouts, topped that year only by Lolich. Sports Illustrated featured Blue in his day-glo yellow A's uniform in mid-May, labeling him the "hottest" pitcher of them all. With Blue, Rollie Fingers and Catfish Hunter leading the way, the A's punched their first postseason ticket in 40 years, eventually falling to the Orioles in the ALCS.
Feller's fastball ranks among the most revered in baseball history, and few could touch it in 1946. In his first full season back from World War II, "Rapid Robert" racked up 348 strikeouts to finish one shy of Waddell's record at the time. Feller tried hard to break the record down the stretch, starting two games on short rest and coming into another game in relief. The Hall of Famer finished with an MLB-most 26 wins, representing about 38 percent of the hapless Indians' total for the season.
Fellow Hall of Famer Bucky Harris, the longtime manager of the Washington Senators, probably summed up the best way to beat Feller: "Go on up there and hit what you see. If you can't see it, come on back."
Matt Kelly is a reporter for MLB.com based in New York. Follow him on Twitter at @mattkellyMLB.
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Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his ...
Lead Role: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, Judy Davis, | Director: Sofia Coppola,
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2016)
Lead Role: Jason Schwartzman, Lena Dunham, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph, | Director: Dash Shaw,
An earthquake causes a high school to float into the sea, where it slowly sinks like a shipwreck.
Lead Role: Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, Naomi Watts, Mark Wahlberg, | Director: David O. Russell,
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
The Overnight (2015)
Lead Role: Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman, Judith Godrèche, | Director: Patrick Brice,
Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family "playdate" becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.
Shopgirl (2005)
Lead Role: Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, | Director: Anand Tucker,
A film adaptation of Steve Martin's novel about a complex love triangle between a bored salesgirl, a wealthy businessman and an aimless young man.
The Polka King (2017)
Lead Role: Jack Black, Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman, Jacki Weaver, | Director: Maya Forbes,
Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.
7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
Lead Role: Jason Schwartzman, Olympia Dukakis, Tunde Adebimpe, Eleanore Pienta, | Director: Bob Byington,
Larry (Jason Schwartzman) is content with his dog Arrow and booze, barely tolerating anything or anyone else. His marginally successful relationships include his grandmother, who keeps him ...
Spun (2002)
Lead Role: Jason Schwartzman, John Leguizamo, Patrick Fugit, Brittany Murphy, | Director: Jonas Åkerlund,
A drug dealer introduces one of his customers, a 'speed freak', to the man who runs the meth lab. A crazy three-day adventure ensues.
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012)
Aggregate Rating: 76 | Imdb: 4 | Metascore: 28 | Earnings: null
Lead Role: Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Katheryn Winnick, | Director: Roman Coppola,
A graphic designer's enviable life slides into despair when his girlfriend breaks up with him.
The Marc Pease Experience (2009)
Aggregate Rating: 71 | Imdb: 4 | Metascore: 30 | Earnings: $0.00M
Lead Role: Jason Schwartzman, Ben Stiller, Anna Kendrick, Jay Paulson, | Director: Todd Louiso,
Former high school musical star, Marc Pease, finds himself still living in the past, eight years after graduating.
Just Like Mona (2003)
Aggregate Rating: 62 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 0 | Earnings: null
Lead Role: Andy Garcia, Jason Schwartzman, Chazz Palminteri, Marcia Gay Harden, | Director: Joe Pantoliano,
A teenage boy in the sixties lives with a foul-mouthed and slightly criminal mother who is having a love affair with her third cousin.
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Trump Endorses 'Steve,' Montana Conservatives Celebrate Their Primary Wins
By Sally Mauk & Rob Saldin & Holly Michels • Jun 5, 2020
Favorites in the top races won their primaries but the general election may not be as predictable. President Trump plans to campaign in Montana for his favorite Steve. And hard-line conservatives celebrate legislative primary victories.
Listen now on Campaign Beat, with Sally Mauk, Rob Saldin and Holly Michels.
Sally Mauk: Rob, the least surprising result of Tuesday's primary is that Gov. Steve Bullock will challenge Sen. Steve Daines for his Senate seat. But what did surprise me was Sen. Daines almost immediately challenging the governor to four debates. Usually incumbents are leery of debates, so what do you make of Daines' challenge?
Rob Saldin: It is unusual for an incumbent like Daines to seemingly be so eager to debate. A lot of times, incumbents just aren't very enthusiastic about debating because they see the potential for gains to be very limited, but the potential for a gaffe or a mistake that could boost their challenger is a real threat.
But, you know, in this one, I don't expect any real incumbency advantage for Daines because Bullock is a two-term governor, and he's every bit as well known as Daines. So it makes me think that Daines may see these debates as a good forum for him.
Mauk: President Trump, it looks like, is going to come to Montana and campaign for him. Trump, of course, came to Montana two years ago to campaign for Matt Rosendale. That campaign didn't work out, in terms of what the president wanted, but this is something that Daines' got to be happy about, it seems.
No Contest. Steve blows him away. So important for Montana. I’ll be there to help Steve win big!!! https://t.co/K7V4pDCqHN
Saldin: Yeah, for sure, Sally. You know, the president also formally endorsed him, which is not a surprise. And, in fact, it's a richly deserved endorsement, I would say. You know, Daines has bent over backwards to give Trump the thing he loves most: this obsequious, unqualified allegiance.
And in fact, you know, I thought we saw a pretty good example of that kind of subservient way in which Daines deals with Trump, just this week, right? The day after Trump had those protesters forcibly removed from Lafayette Square so he could walk across the street and hold up the Bible in front of St. John's Church, journalists were asking Republican senators what they thought about that as they were congregating for a caucus lunch. And most of the senators kind of deflected the question. They said, "Oh, well, you know, I didn't see it," or "I'm late to lunch," you know. Others threw up their hands in exasperation, or even expressed some criticism of Trump's handling of the situation. But not Daines. Daines said that he was grateful for the president's leadership.
And so, you do have to kind of, in a way, give Daines credit. I think going all in with Trump has been a deliberate calculation on his part, and that kowtowing just got him this week what he wanted: Trump's enthusiastic endorsement and better yet, a promise for the president to come back to Montana in the fall on behalf of Daines.
Mauk: There's a Democratic PAC known as Majority Forward, and they've wasted no time getting an ad out attacking Daines. Here's that ad:
"In our time of crisis, a disturbing Washington story: Sen. Daines voted for a $500 billion slush fund to bail out big corporations, even Wall Street, on top of trillions in special tax breaks." "Daines voted to give them already, but Daines voted against paid leave for Montanans, and refused to support relief for our hospitals and nurses. Tell Sen. Daines to put Montana first, not Wall Street."
Mauk: And this ad, Rob, has the usual Democratic attack themes that Republicans are greedy and heartless.
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Saldin: It sure is, and this is the first wave of what will be at least $3 million worth of ads just from this organization in Montana over the summer. So brace yourself for a lot of this kind of thing. And, of course, we'll get heavy doses of it from Republican affiliated outside groups as well, and the Daines and Bullock campaigns themselves.
But yeah, Sally, we see here in this ad what's clearly going to be the core message for the Democrats. You know, Daines and Republicans are greedy and mean. They only care about lining their own pockets, and those of their rich friends on Wall Street and corporate boardrooms and elsewhere. And they certainly don't care about normal, hardworking Montanans.
Mauk: Holly, the outcome of the gubernatorial primaries also saw the favorites come out on top, with Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney winning the Democratic primary, and Greg Gianforte winning the Republican contest. I think what did raise a few eyebrows, including mine, was Gianforte's margin of victory over Attorney General Tim Fox. He won by 26 points over Fox, who many thought might give Gianforte a run.
[The audio version of this post says Gianforte won by 16 points over Fox, but he actually won by 26 points. We regret the error.]
Saldin: Yeah, I think, like you said, Sally, there really no surprises in the outcome, but Gianforte's margin was bigger than I think a lot of people, especially Fox, was expecting. Fox lost all but two counties in Montana, his home county, Big Horn County, and, you know, Lewis and Clark County, where he's serving as attorney general right now.
I interviewed some political analysts after the vote, and there were sort of two thoughts on what that margin might be speaking to. Some were saying that maybe this divide we've talked about within the Republican Party between the more moderate and more conservative factions isn't quite as deep as what we thought. We did have some pretty nasty Republican legislative primaries, and we saw conservatives win in a few of those, so maybe that follows that line of thought
The other is that, you know, there's been a ton of money spent for or against Gianforte over the last four years. He's run for governor, he's run for House twice and now this run for governor, so his name's just been out there. He's also been on the stage with President Trump and these rallies that he held in 2018 in Montana, so just awareness of who he is is pretty high.
Could be a couple of things, kind of hard to say without great polling, but definitely bigger margin than I think a lot of people were looking to see in that race.
Mauk: On the Democratic side, political newcomer Whitney Williams had a little better showing, but still lost by 10 points to Mike Cooney.
Michels: Yeah, I think, you know, kind of as expected in that race, too, Williams, did pick off a few counties in western Montana. Missoula, where she lives, and then going up to Lake County in the Flathead and down in Ravalli. She also grabbed Gallatin County, which Democrats there might be a little more progressive than the rest of the state, and neighboring Madison County. But then Cooney, you know, really ran up the score in places like Lewis and Clark and Cascade counties, where he got more than 70% of the vote in those two places.
Mauk: Well, Greg Gianforte, Holly, is going to run, as he always does, on his business experience. And it looks like Mike Cooney is going to go after Gianforte the same way Steve Bullock did four years ago. Here's what Cooney had to say:
"We're not going to let this election be purchased. Montanans spoke out loud and clear. It didn't happen in 2016. It's not gonna happen now."
Mauk: And it's true, Holly, that outspending his opponent in 2016 didn't help Gianforte. I'm not sure it's a given it won't help him in 2020.
Michels: Yeah, you know, it is a similar line of attack that we saw that year. He has won two House races since then, and that's something that people tried to hit him with and he came out of those ok.
Democrats were ready with sort of their playbook from 2016 immediately on election night. We heard Cooney there speaking to it. The Democratic Party also had ads they put out right away. It was also a line of attack that Fox brought up in the Republican primary, trying to say Gianforte is trying to buy that primary, and it didn't work for Fox.
But we also have seen, you know, Fox hasn't come out and endorsed Gianforte yet. On election night, I spoke with him and he said it's a two-way street, but he, you know, the next day sent out an email that was still to thanking his supporters, but still pretty critical of Gianforte.
On the Democratic side, we've already seen Whitney Williams in her concession speech come out and say, you know, her and Cooney have their differences, but she's fully behind him now. So kind of interesting developments to be watching as that race goes forward to the general.
Mauk: Rob, the House race, as expected, will feature Democrat Kathleen Williams against Republican Matt Rosendale. Both have run for Congress before, William's for the House and Rosendale for the Senate, and both lost the first time around. But this time, one of them will be a winner.
Saldin: Yeah, exactly Sally. The one thing that stood out to me here is that Rosendale's margin of victory maybe just wasn't quite as impressive as I thought it might be. It was a crowded field of six candidates, although four of the six failed to hit double digits. So the two most prominent candidates were clearly Rosendale and Corey Stapleton, and Rosendale won with 48% of the vote to Stapleton's 33%. So it wasn't really all that close. And Stapleton has run statewide several times, including a successful run for secretary of state, his current position.
But still, I kind of thought Rosendale, you know, because of his higher name recognition coming out of that Senate run from two years ago, might have taken this by a little bit of a larger margin. So I do suspect that the Democrats are looking at those results, along with Kathleen Williams, as a solid victory in her primary and feeling reasonably optimistic.
Mauk: Rob, we talked last week about some key legislative primary races between conservative and moderate Republicans as determining much of the direction of the next legislative session. Do we have a clearer picture of that after the primary election?
Saldin: It was a split decision, but I think you have to say the hard-liners came out on top. So we had about 14 "Solutions Caucus" incumbents. Those are the more pragmatic, sometimes called moderate, Republicans. So we had 14 of them get primary challenges from hard-line candidates, and four of those 14 challenges were successful. And then we had a handful of hard-line incumbents get primary challenges from the Solutions Caucus, and two of those were successful. So that leaves basically the conservative hard-liners with an overall pickup of two seats.
So they came out on top, but it's not nearly enough seats that they picked up that it's necessarily going to do anything to dislodge at least the possibility of Solutions Caucus Republicans partnering with Democrats on some pieces of legislation in this next legislative session.
And then just one broader point, Sally. You know, we might note that outside of the Legislature, the more pragmatic Republicans also took some hits from the ideological purist. Certainly Gianforte's very strong victory over Fox, as you discussed Holly, that was most obvious. But another one that really stood out to me was Austin Knudsen easily defeating Jon Bennion, who was Tim Fox's top deputy in that primary for attorney general.
Michels: Yeah, just to build on what Rob is saying, I think the net gain of two, it looks like, for sort of the more right in the legislature, two that were lost from the Solutions Caucus, looking at state representatives Eric Moore of Miles City and Nancy Ballance of Hamilton, they are a pretty big hit to experience. I was talking to Llew Jones, state representative from Conrad who sort of headed that Solutions Caucus, and he was saying that loss of their experience on the committees that craft the budget is going to be a pretty big hit as we go into the 2021 session, especially navigating what's probably going to be a pretty intense budget session with very dramatically reduce state revenues caused by the coronavirus.
Mauk: Holly, for me, one of the most surprising outcomes of Tuesday's primary was in the Republican race for the District 4 seat on the Public Service Commission. Conservative firebrand Jennifer Fielder pulled out a win over the former chair of the state Republican Party, Will Deschamps, and Fielder is known for her extreme views on everything from privatizing public land to support for controversial anti-government figures like Ammon Bundy.
Michels: Yeah, I think fair to say, Rob was saying that a lot of people more to the right did well in this primary. Fielder's for sure one of those. She might be even to the right of those who are more conservative in the state legislature. Like you said, she's CEO of the American Lands Council, which advocates for transfer of federal lands back to the state. She did say she would resign that spot if she were to be put on the PSC.
She also stood alongside the Bundy family, which has led armed standoffs against federal land managers. It's interesting to me, too, her time in the Legislature, she's really been much more involved in fish-and-game, outdoor-type bills, and not really engage much at all on utility regulation bills. And like you said, it's not like she emerged. It was a three-way primary with people who were pretty well-known Republicans in Montana, and also not the most moderate Republicans either. She got 45% of the vote, so maybe being a three-way primary helped her a little bit. But still, I think, pretty strong statement there in that race.
Mauk: Well, she will face liberal Democrat Monica Tranel in the November general election, and the contrast between the two of them will be very clear, I think.
Michels: Yeah, I think it will. Tranel is a, you know, an attorney who's worked in energy law, so she's definitely got experience there, and she is, like you said, Democrat, liberal. She's a little more moderate than her opponent, who was a pretty vocal supporter of the Green New Deal. Tranel's saying she'd like to see renewable energy priced more fairly to make it accessible, but that's not even a conversation that came up much on the Republican side of that primary.
So, you know, I think it'll be interesting. It's an all-Republican, all male-PSC right now, so regardless of Democrat or Republican winning this race, there would be a woman on that body. And PSC has been a little bit of a mess this year, so I think it's something voters are watching maybe a little more closely than normal this election.
Mauk: Candidates are itching to get off the computer and back on the campaign trail, so we'll be watching for that. Campaign Beat is going to take a short break, but we'll be back on the air July 10. And 'til then, Rob and Holly, have a good break and please stay safe.
Campaign Beat is a weekly political analysis program produced by Montana Public Radio. Campaign Beat features University of Montana political science professor and Mansfield Center fellow Rob Saldin, and Lee Newspapers Capitol Reporter Holly Michels and host Sally Mauk.
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Montana Primary Election Updates
By MTPR News • Jun 3, 2020
Montana Primary Election Recap - 06/03/20, 5:30 p.m.
06/03/20, 5:30 p.m.
Montanans cast a record number of votes for Tuesday's primary election, conducted by an all mail-in ballot. The most recent available data show more than 389,000 ballots have been returned. That blows past the 293,000 votes cast in the 2016 primary election, the last time major executive offices were up for grabs.
Listen to the audio above as MTPR's Corin Cates-Carney and YPR's Nicky Ouellet recap the statewide races.
Montana Primary Held Few Surprises But Leads To High Profile Races
By Kevin Trevellyan • Jun 3, 2020
After the Primary Election, A Political Scientist Looks Toward General Campaigning
Montana’s first all mail-in ballot primary election didn’t provide many surprises last night. But it did produce several high profile general election races.
O'Donnell, Fielder, Brown, Tranel Win Contested PSC Races
By Kayla Desroches • Jun 3, 2020
Montana primary voters held onto an incumbent and advanced new candidates in races for the board that regulates electric utilities in the state.
The closest race for the Montana Public Service Commission was for District 2 in southeast Montana, where incumbent Republican Tony O’Donnell of Billings fought for a second term against former PSC commissioner Kirk Bushman and State Rep. Daniel Zolnikov.
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MR HOWARD MILLER, a prominent American attorney at law, gave the Branch an enlightening presentation on the alternatives to London arbitration. During the talk, members were advised of the advantages of the two premier centres for arbitration disputes and the emergence of Hong Kong as an alternative to these.
Arbitration was originally considered as a low cost alternative to legal proceedings. The extent to which parties now resort to arbitration has changed; arbitration can generally no longer be considered as low cost. Another advantage originally enjoyed by having disputes resolved by arbitration often achieved a quicker settlement due to the more readily available arbitrators. However, once again, due to the volume of arbitration work, cases cannot often be held by leading arbitrators for some 18 months.
In London, arbitration cases are usually held on consecutive dates set aside for cases and the proceedings are held in normal working hours. However, in New York, due to a requirement that arbitrators must he 'commercial men', arbitrations are usually held outside office hours during the evenings and occasionally, at weekends! The dates on which these hearings take place may not even he on consecutive dates and, sometimes, breaks of several weeks may occur depending upon the availability of the parties involved. Mr Miller pointed out that, although on the face of it, arbitrations in London handled matters en bloc•, arbitrations in New York were frequently handled and settled more quickly than in London due to the delays incurred—due to arbitrator availability.
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Paid It All
Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Justin developed a passion and love for music at an early age from his parents who were both worship leaders and pastors. He began playing a variety of instruments and started leading worship at age 12.
At that early age, music and worship became the way Justin’s relationship with the Lord took form, and that has continued throughout his life. In 2004, Justin joined staff at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City where he spent fifteen years leading multiple worship sets each week that focused on studying and spontaneously singing the Bible.
Justin Rizzo - Love So Fierce
Love So Fierce is a combination of Justin Rizzo's two previously released EPs (Paid It All and Worship and Adore), with 5 new songs: “All I’m Wanting,” “Eternal Love,” “Live and Breathe,” “Meet With Us,” and “See His Love.” Justin co-wrote “Live and Breathe” with his wife Naomi Rizzo. "It’s a prayer we wrote about how even though weakness and frailty of this life is real - nothing can stop the ache and the cry to be His alone - because we were made for God," he shares.
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Rise of Balloons trailer
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Have a sneak peek on Mirum Studio's 'Rise of Balloons' sound design! Start by clicking on the ambient soundtrack below.
It is with great pride that we partner with different developers in order to conceive superior quality sound design for video games. We help them conceptualize their video game’s audio throughout its evolution.
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Rise of Balloons' songs are mostly made of woodwind instruments and are composed of ascendants and descendants counterpoints to represent the balloons flying around in the air. The music has a naive touch to feature the protagonist's character trait.
Now, start an ambient song and let yourself be taken away!
We believe that video games are more than mere entertainments. We believe they are also a source of knowledge, culture, exchanges, and meetings. Taking that into account, we bring the gaming experience to the next level by implementing multiple musical concepts linked to the nature of the games we work on. The result is in the creation of unique rhythms and melodies that belong to your video game and none other.
We are video game lovers and from that love comes the energy that drives us to produce the most exceptional music there is and the best possible atmosphere for your game.
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Our sound effects are nothing short of an extension of our music. They are complementary to our songs and each notes composing our sound effects are carefully chosen to fit within the songs.
Video games, by their immersive nature, often require looping music. Therefore, we compose music with the depth of our scores in mind. We evaluate the potential they have for repetitive listening while ensuring they reveal something new every time they are heard. To do so, we use the latest composition techniques and state of the art musicians to deliver unique songs inspired by your projects.
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Sur Le Zinc Announcing Special Producer Interview Series
March 28, 2017 Martine's Wines
The streets of downtown Chicago served as a beautiful backdrop as we sat down with representatives of 15 of our producers from France at our Grand Tasting 2017 event yesterday. Sharing insights and stories (and even a song!), these incredible people conveyed both passion and purpose in their answers to compelling questions that provide a glimpse into the lives of those who produce these gorgeous wines. Over the coming months, we will be sharing segments from these interviews in a special series in which we pull back the curtain and give our producers a chance to tell their tales in their own…
News & Events Martine’s Wines Announces Grand Tastings for 2017
February 21, 2017 Martine's Wines
With its largest portfolio tasting since undergoing a change of ownership in 2012, Martine’s Wines welcomes the wine trade for its Grand Tastings of 2017 in the cities of Chicago and New York next month. “We have an amazing pool of producers attending,” said Damien Carney, Director of Sales for Direct Markets. “That is personal contact with the people who make these wines. Having that resource for our customers is invaluable.” On March 27th, twenty producers from the Martine’s Wines stable will descend on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago to gather at Sofitel from 11:00am to 2:00pm to share their…
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Implement ATI Act—Panos
by Edyth Kambalame
in National News, Front Page
Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf) has asked newly-appointed Minister of Information Gospel Kazako to expedite the operationalisation of the Access to Information Act (ATI) and free up Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) to function as a public broadcaster.
President Lazarus Chakwera appointed a 31-member Cabinet on Wednesday, with Kazako, a veteran broadcaster and owner of multi-award winning Zodiak Broadcasting Station, at the helm of the Information Ministry.
Committed to implement the ATI law: Chakwera
A statement issued on Thursday by Panos executive director Vusumuzi Sifile encourages the new minister to prioritise building a vibrant media sector that will amplify voices of all Malawians on development issues, enhance engagement between citizens and decision makers, and provide a platform for citizens to hold their leaders to account on public service.
Reads the statement in part: “As a starting point towards this, we encourage Mr Kazako to expedite the operationalisation of the Access to Information Act.
“We have no doubt of Mr Kazako’s potential to excel in his new position, considering his illustrious record at Zodiak Broadcasting Station. Mr Kazako built Zodiak into a media powerhouse in Malawi, blazing a trail for other media actors across the region.”
Born on December 29 1968, Kazako founded ZBS in 2005 after working for taxpayer funded Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC).
Asked to expedite ATI implementation: Kazako
Panos observes: “We also encourage Mr Kazako to use the opportunity to free up the public broadcaster, MBC, so that it can function as a truly public service broadcaster.
“As a former employee of MBC, and as a proprietor of a private media house, we are confident Mr Kazako appreciates the importance of media freedom as a catalyst for the realisation of the new administration’s objectives on media growth in Malawi.”
Panos also commended Chakwera for his commitment to operationalise the ATI law.
Among other issues, the ATI Act provides for the right to access information held by public entities and relevant public bodies.
The ATI law was enacted in 2016 but is still not operational because of delays in the setting up of the necessary systems and structures to facilitate its implementation.
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The 'Seductive Promise' of CGI
UCSB’s Oscar-winning assistant professor Theodore Kim discusses the evolution of special effects
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UCSB Chancellor Henry T. Yang introduces 2014 Plous lecturer Theodore Kim.
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An assistant professor of media arts and technology, Theodore Kim won a 2013 Academy Award in Technical Achievement.
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Theodore Kim won UCSB's Plous Award for 2013-2014. It is one of the university's most prestigious faculty honors.
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Independent films dominated the 2014 Academy Awards, taking top honors in the marquee categories for acting, screenplay and best movie of the year.
But the so-called “crafts categories,” including the prize for best visual effects, were dominated by a singular blockbuster: the stunning thriller “Gravity.” When it came to nominations for achievement in what’s commonly known as VFX, the indies were out of the picture.
That’s both unsurprising and unlikely to change anytime soon, according to UC Santa Barbara computer scientist Theodore Kim, who happens to be an Oscar winner himself.
Delivering UCSB’s annual Plous Lecture on Monday, the assistant professor of media arts and technology — recipient of a 2013 Academy Award in Technical Achievement — took on the evolution of effects and the disparity inherent in an industry where big budgets get the best results.
Case in point: “Gravity,” which had a production budget of $100 million and a special effects crew of more than 650 people. Kim also cited the example of the 2011 release “Super 8,” a movie about kids making a movie using the now-primitive technology for which the feature is named.
“Whatever is the opposite of teenagers in a backyard, running around with a Super 8 camera, it’s probably 650 extremely talented, highly trained professionals, working for over a year — that’s about a century of man hours — on a movie,” said Kim, whose Oscar-winning algorithm for smoke and fire effects was used in “Super 8” and more than two dozen other films since. “This paradox raises some questions.”
The advent of digital in filmmaking — and of computer-generated imagery (CGI), specifically — created “a very seductive promise,” Kim argued, that “all you need is a device, a computer … and you can make whatever film the heart desires.”
But despite continual advances in technology, VFX tools remain extremely expensive and difficult to use. With so few filmmakers able to access the resources required for top-shelf effects (think Spielberg, Cameron, Jackson), that promise, Kim said, is unfulfilled. And aspiring indie auteurs — perhaps the future Tarantinos and Scorseses of the world — are as yet out of luck.
“You do need a computer, but you also need the scientists who developed the algorithms on tap, too,” Kim argued. “You need access to an army of artists, and to compute the final images you need a supercomputer. It wasn’t really ever the case that we were on the road to being able to make movies with just a laptop.”
With that reality in mind, what’s next for the industry that gave us “Gravity,” putting moviegoers aboard a burning International Space Station in the midst of an asteroid storm?
The next frontier for CGI — and not that far into the future — is the virtual human, said Kim, predicting that effective techniques will make their way to movie studios in the next 10 to 15 years.
He and his research team may have a hand in getting them there.
Actively engaged in the topic already, Kim’s group is publishing a paper looking at simulations driven by bones. Their new method enables a virtual hand to run in real time, about 6 frames per second. One of his grad students (and the paper’s lead author) will spend her summer at Pixar, which has a keen interest in the technology.
And therein lies a key theme interwoven through Kim’s talk: academia is very often the birthplace and the driver of the innovations that are revolutionizing filmmaking. Offering highlights of his own efforts to bend the “rules” of physics simulation and produce complex shapes and dynamics “unlike anything we’ve seen before,” he theorized that the next major advancement in effects would likely originate in the research lab.
“Can CGI still show us something we’ve never seen before?” Kim asked “From a studio perspective: virtual humans. But outside the studio system there is quite a bit that has not been explored at all. And they’re things that won’t happen inside the studio system. They will happen through independent filmmakers, or most likely at universities. In the media arts and technology program here, these are exactly the types of things we’re trying do.”
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After Super Bowl Sees Americans Eat 1.4 Billion Wings Campaigners Warn No Meat Animal 'Suffers More Than Chickens'
By Shane Croucher On 2/5/20 at 10:56 AM EST
U.S. Chickens Animal Welfare Super Bowl
After a weekend in which Super Bowl fans devoured a record-breaking amount of chicken wings, according to figures from the poultry industry, animal welfare campaigners pointed to misery lurking behind one of America's most popular snacks.
According to the National Chicken Council, a trade association that represents the producers of 95 percent of the chicken that land on American tables, 1.4 billion wings were consumed during the Super Bowl LIV weekend.
That represented an increase of 29 million chicken wings from the previous year, the council said, a 2 percent rise. By its calculations, the wings eaten this year could circle the circumference of the Earth three times, or provide 342 wings to every attendee of the Super Bowl since 1967.
The council has animal welfare guidelines that it encourages its members to follow, including the conditions in which the birds live and how they are slaughtered, to raise standards both in the treatment of poultry and the quality of the end product.
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But not everyone in the chicken industry adheres to good standards. "No animal in the meat industry suffers more than chickens," Kitty Block, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, a leading animal welfare campaign group, told Newsweek.
"Virtually all chickens have been genetically manipulated to grow so fast and so obese that they're at slaughter weight at only 45 days. It's a sad reality that chicken meat comes from very young chickens who are about six weeks of age.
"The rapid growth speed and unnatural size also cause birds to experience painful leg deformities and even heart attacks because their hearts aren't strong enough to pump blood throughout their enormous bodies."
Kara Shannon, senior manager of the animal welfare department at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), told Newsweek that the U.S. "raises and slaughters almost ten times more birds than any other type of animal."
She cited recent USDA data showing that just over 9.1 billion chickens are slaughtered for consumption annually, and hundreds of millions of those were for wings eaten during Super Bowl weekend.
"By sheer number, these are the farm animals most urgently in need of protection," Shannon said.
"Most of those chickens are raised on factory farms, with tens of thousands of birds crowded in huge sheds, each about half the size of a football field.
"Within these sheds, the birds have no enrichment to carry out natural behaviors and often develop foot lesions from living in their own waste."
Shannon said broiler chicken breeds were selected to grow as quickly as possible to be slaughtered at around six weeks old.
This rapid growth, particularly of the disproportionately large breasts, puts their bodies under a lot of strain and "essentially cripples birds."
"Due to their tremendous and disproportionate size, broilers suffer from heart and lung problems, causing heart failure in many birds whose hearts simply can't keep up with the fast growth, and joint and leg weakness, leaving many birds barely able to walk during their final days," Shannon told Newsweek.
"While broiler chickens may not be raised in battery cages like laying hens, their bodies are their own cage, painfully restricting their movement and greatly reducing their quality of life."
The National Chicken Council says America has the largest broiler chicken industry in the world and employs more than 1.5 million people either directly or indirectly.
"The chicken industry has come together on a specific set of expectations that will ensure that the birds they raise are taken care of with the highest standards starting at hatch," the council's website states.
"Since healthy, top-quality animals are needed for food, proper treatment is not only an ethical obligation, but it just makes good business sense."
Block, from the Humane Society, said that Americans are increasingly aware of the mistreatment of some farm animals and are choosing products that adhere to higher welfare standards or choosing plant-based meals instead.
"It's never been easier to do so, with even chicken companies starting to produce their own meat-free items," Block said.
ASPCA's Shannon said her organization is working with chicken companies to encourage them to adopt higher welfare standards.
"Consumers concerned about the welfare of chickens should seek out products with a meaningful animal welfare certification, including Animal Welfare Approved, Certified Humane, and Global Animal Partnership Level 2+," she told Newsweek.
"These third-party organizations verify a spectrum of higher welfare farming systems from enriched and more spacious indoor chicken farming to pasture-based programs, and all are improvements over mainstream industrial chicken production."
There are lists of welfare-certified chicken brands and farms on the ASPCA's website.
Shannon also recommended that consumers "seek out alternative or slower-growing chicken breeds that are fit enough to thrive in outdoor farming systems," and ask food companies to sign on to the Better Chicken Commitment "to ensure that better, healthier breeds become the industry norm."
Chicken wings are seen before a chicken wing eating contest on National Chicken Wing Day at a grocery store in Washington, DC on July 29, 2015. PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images
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Review of Movie “Baahubali – The Conclusion
super September 4, 2020
I obtained a phone from my youthful sister that the tickets had been booked and the relatives could well be watching the movie “Baahubali-The Summary” in Telugu language on April 29th, 2017 at Eros Theatre in New Delhi. As typical, I used to be enthusiastic and certain her that I might be achieving the theatre specifically immediately after my Doing the job hrs or I would go ahead and take permission to affix them within the theatre. Having said that, it absolutely was made the decision that I must arrive at property and accompany them. Each of us was excited. Having said that, my sister, who was at the motive force’s seat, was happy to announce that she has found the movie from the Hindi language on April 28th, 2017. She was hyper about it as if it absolutely was a fantastic accomplishment for her. Moreover, she needed to check the Motion picture in each languages. She promised me that she will not likely share the Tale with me.
The theatre was jam packed and everybody needed to watch the movie with out getting rid of only one scene. Each one of the individual arrived in time and took the possession of their sets. I want we have been so punctual in our classes as well! Youngsters demanded their dad and mom for the large pack of popcorn and gentle drinks. How could I miss them? I wished to do two items collectively-enjoy and munch! Many thanks the Motion picture commenced by the due date.
Based on the Central Board of Movie Certification, the title in the Film was “Baahubali-The Summary”. It had been in Telugu language. It was coloured a single and was cinemascope. The date of launch was April 24th, 2017 and underneath the Universal group (that is certainly meant for both of those Grownups and youngsters). Even so, it absolutely was Obviously talked about which the Film must be watched below parental steerage. The name on the applicant to signal was Shri Y.N. Sobhandari for M/s Arka Media Will work Entertainment LLP, Hyderabad and various signee was Shri Pahlaj Nihalani, Chairperson, CBFC, Mumbai. The period of your Film was for 167 minutes and 30 seconds.
Wow! I appreciated the titles with the Motion picture for next explanations:
a. Pc graphics and dummies have been employed for several styles of animals revealed while in the movie like horse, elephant, parrot, pig, oxen, birds, ducks, bison, boar, falcon, swan, and so on.
b. The team thanked organizations, digital cinema, vacation partners, forex exchange Business office in Hyderabad, wellbeing treatment associate, social networking channels, accommodation companion,chocolate and confectionary partner, diet, mobile, conversation, Reliance Fresh new to receive different merchandise, multiplex and Jewellery associate, location and working experience associate, stationary, messaging companion “hi”, agency associate,elegance companion to “Lux”, Conditioning companion, Create a Wish Campaign, merchandizing and licensing as a result of ICICI Bank, Simba, and so on. , coverage suppliers, their bankers ended up IDBI and Kotak Financial institution, Hyderabad, their financers, media and radio companions, etc. They did not neglect the contribution and participation of single person also. Which is anything to become appreciated with the good results in the Motion picture.
c. Pretty elaborative and distinct track record was demonstrated while in the titles. This is certainly have to for capturing the attention and emphasis on the viewers. Kudos for their wondering powers.
d. The Film was a mix of the two authentic shots and multimedia graphical frameworks. So, consideration of the youngsters was at its greatest stage.
e. Titles were giving, associating and linking the connectivity in between Baahubali Aspect one and Baahubali-The Conclusion. The quick story of your section Among the list of Motion picture was showcased within the Titles on the Film (just one needs to have perceived the viewers in the theatre-I perceived that all of these had been dumbstruck and not even a single individual was blinking their eyes-I thought flicks in truth Enjoy A serious position in Understanding and educating ourselves, and there is no really need to work flat out Together with the men and women. This could do wonders in the lessons of Legislation, Literature, Heritage, Sociology and Journalism and Mass Media. ).
The movie was offered by K. Raghavendra Rao, production of an Arka Mediaworks and inventive movie by S. S. Rajamouli. The lyrics and dialogues have been created by Manoj Muntashir. The new music was by M. M. Keeravani. The cinematography by K. K. Senthil Kumar. Vivid colored sketches ended up released in the beginning with the Motion picture With all the music on the history. The producers of the movie have been Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni. The screenplay and Way was by S. S. Raja Mouli. The key star Solid was Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Sathyaraj, Ramya Krishna, Nassar and Tamannaah. It had been dispersed by Arka Media Works for Telugu version, K. Productions for Tamil Edition, World-wide United Media for Malayalam Model and Dharma Productions for Hindi Model. It had been unveiled in 4K substantial Definition format.
Once the titles are more than, the Tale starts for us. Our hero-Amarendra Baahubali- achieves his victory from the battlefield. The Queen Mother is proud of this accomplishment and declares that he is going to be crowned as the long run king of Maahishmati. Her phrases turned out to become the Competition moments for the people in the kingdom. However, her have and serious son Bhallaladeva and spouse are against her needs. Her spouse starts off instigating Bhallaladeva in opposition to her. This is the turning issue while in the movie.
The Queen Mother instructs Amarendra and Katappa to go ahead and take tour in their kingdom in an effort to acquire extra understanding of their subjects and well-currently being. Amarendra satisfies Devasena and is also captivated by her attraction and abilities. They slide in like with each other. Soon this data reaches to Bhallaladeva and he makes a program to build the differences among Shivagami and Amarendra. He tells his mother that he has fallen in enjoy with Devasena and expresses his need to marry her. The proposal is distributed to Devasena with the facet of Shivagami and is particularly turned down by Devasena. The Queen is enraged at this Mind-set of Devasena and instructs Amarendra to capture, bind her as prisoner and current her in the courtroom of Maahishmati.
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A smile in the middle of the way – an exhibition showcasing the lives of Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, organised by the Mexican Embassy for New Zealand and in collaboration with Besos Latinos Restaurant, will be held from February until the end of April at Elliott Stables.
The exhibition will feature portraits of two of Mexico’s most famous 20th century artists, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, providing an intimate window into a passionate relationship that led to the creation of unique and enduring pieces of art that have fascinated patrons of art for generations.
Diego Rivera became a legend in his native country for his vibrant murals while Frida Kahlo chose to become a painter after a car crash derailed her dream of becoming a doctor.
A smile in the middle of the way was presented for the first time at “Casa Estudio Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museum” in Mexico City in 2002 and later around the world.
This collection features images captured by prominent photographers such as Guillermo Kahlo, Peter Jules, Gullimero Zamora, Nickolas Muray, Edwoard Weston and Manuwl Alvarez.
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The Sugar Club
Chic and innovative dining with fabulous panoramic views over the city and the Hauraki Gulf. The Sugar Club comprises a stylish cocktail bar and gorgeous art deco inspire...
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Meaning 'southerly wind' in Italian, Ostro is a kiwi interpretation of an international style brasserie, with an upmarket, yet relaxed atmosphere.............
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Eurobar
Led by celebrity chef and Masterchef judge Simon Gault, Euro offers fine food made from local and imported ingredients, created by chefs who are always trying the latest ...
Fish as the name suggests, delivers creative fish dishes served to a backdrop of eye catching harbour views.............
Harbourside
Located in Quay Street in central Auckland, Harbourside Ocean bar and grill boasts an outside dining deck with retractable roof allowing diners to eat alfresco whatever t...
White and Wongs
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Dr Rudi's Rooftop Brewing Co enjoys one of the best location in the city. Situated on the third floor, the rooftop restaurant and bar offers glorious views of Viaduct Har...
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Sal's Authentic New York Pizza has three separate locations in Auckland alone, making it one of the most ubiquitous eateries in the entire city and a genuine classic in i...
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Dante's are dedicated to Authentic pizzas. The chefs are passionate and highly experienced, having worked for years in Italy and abroad. They bring
Creating the perfect pizza is all about the dough. To serve pizzas authentic, tasty and crispy you need the perfect dough.
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Brew on Quay
Try some of the best of New Zealand craft beers, or choose an international favourite, from the extensive beer list at Brew on Quay..........
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This bamboo-chic bar is located on Auckland's viaduct harbour and boasts a wide array of New Zealand wines, local beers and champagne.............
Fukuko
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Housebar
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Enjoy snow sports all year round. Spend a fun family day at New Zealand's only indoor snow resort.......
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Prepare to be scared at the Spookers haunted house and fearsome forest. This theatrically themed entertainment venue is designed to scare the yell out of you.........
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See thousands of works of art housed in a listed heritage building. Explore the work of national and international artists from the 12th century to contemporary pieces......
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Torpedo Bay Navy Museum
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teach the theme is here!!
Update: 😪sadly, due to quarantine, I had to take this product off the shop. It isn’t virtual-friendly, but if you are interested, 😂message me on Etsy and I can bring it back as a custom order for you. Thank you!
Aaaah this has been in the works for SO long and I am so excited to share it with you!
This was such a fun product to create last year, and it was the first one that got my (back then) brand new Etsy shop on the map and on some people's radar as a place for beautifully designed Latter-Day Saint teaching resources.
It has been such a year of transformation and growth since that shakily hand-lettered scribble-filled packet full of doodles and good ideas, design-wise!
As I learned (and continue to always learn) the art of graphic design this year, I knew that any second try would yield better results than the original teach the theme printables, but I was worried that I wouldn't be able to come up with fun activities, games, and messages again.
But inspiration and great ideas came (no doubt with a lil heavenly help 😂) and I can truly tell y'all that this is a pretty amazing packet! I ended up totaling the pages to see if it was a number worth bragging about and the calculator said 46 (If I ever claim to have done math without one, don't trust my findings!) and... I think that's a good number!
I'll let the pictures serve as previews of all the good stuff inside and explain a little more about everything you'll get with your purchase below!
This picture makes an... attempt to convey everything in this packet. There is a lot that I couldn't fit on one little Pinterest picture, but I feel like it also does a good job of showing the theme, which was sooooo fun to create!
Officially, it's "The Search for Spiritual Treasure," and aesthetically, it's where the Book of Mormon tropical fun scene, a treasure hunt vibe, and the faintest hint of a pirate look meet. It has super fun colors, and it is gender neutral so you can use it with YM & YW.
Oh yeah ofc also there are so many ways to use this! Our classic ward activity is this super fun kickoff night party thing, but we have made sure to design it so that it works as a BYD, 5th Sunday lesson, or fun girls camp experience. And it has also been created in a way that has an option for the youth to lead!
I love this because I feel like lately in the church there has been such an emphasis on...
-revelation. Think President Nelson -- "It will not be possible to survive spiritually without it" etc, and some, myself included, struggle at times to know exactly what revelation is, how to receive it, and like, will God ever talk to me?? Revelation is the heart of what this entire activity is about.
There are three "units" (which aren't crazy long or anything, that's just what we're going to call it) which are all about seeking, receiving, and acting on personal revelation.
-the youth leading things. This is so that your youth can teach the entire lesson. Invite your class presidency to pick one of the five sections and let him or her run with it. I've got enough structure to get the youth started, but enough leeway that he or she can make each section their own. The included planning pages and checklist will help youth and adult leaders coordinate for a smooth and successful event.
-not watering everything down. When I teach, (and sometimes in general) I tend to always want to make everything one giant party. If it's not fun, why force people through it? If something's boring, why don't we just start having a more interesting discussion?
But I've had to learn that there has to be a balance between super boring mega nap lectures and little kid parties when we teach the gospel.
While making things fun has a great effect, we also don't want to make it at a level that they are spiritually way past at where they are, not able to feel the Spirit, and not learning anything, and it probably is harder for people to come out and say "Um y'all we gotta be a lil more serious" instead of "SIESTA TO FIESTA, NOW!!"
This packet maintains a good balance between moments of fun and learning and moments of stillness and learning, if that makes any sort of sense.
As I said before, there's the 3 teaching units! I also added in the closer because having 3 items wasn't super working aesthetically; in reality there are actually 5 parts to this: the introduction, unit 1, unit 2, unit 3, and a fun closer, which have all been carefully created to be fun and spiritually sustaining; I explain about them in more detail below.
It's all about revelation y'all! This may seem random or strange, but as we discuss in the packet, revelation is at the heart of Nephi's famous words. Nephi didn't always understand why Lehi did what he was doing, or follow along blindly with his father's will. Which is no less noble of him and I think actually makes him a much more relatable figure, which is good.
So how did he get from an average teen to the big BOM hero this activity is all about? He sought personal revelation. It's nearly impossible to understand what's going on with Nephi with the "go & do" phrase, even with the whole verse included.
What is Nephi going to go and do? Yes, I know it's "what is commanded" but what is commanded? Where? When? Why? How? All you need to do is back up a few verses to be enlightened about the situation.
As any person would be, Nephi is confused about the situation. "What's going on with Dad? Why do we have to move into the wilderness? I kinda like how things are now."
His sibs feel the same, although it seems that the L bros are lil more vocal about their concerns. But what sets Nephi apart from them and puts him on a trajectory to be great? Again! As we read in 1 Nephi 2-3, he sought personal revelation. The Spirit witnesses to him that it is true, it is real, and that he should listen to his dad.
So why is that personal revelation catchy crazy church buzzword what this packet is all about?
It's what Nephi's faith journey and personal journey (and our own journeys) are all about, and it's an important topic to learn.
That pic just details the organization of the packet a lil. There are lots of pages of teaching ideas, checklists, etc, that aren't the most graphic to be displayed but are key to creating a great activity experience.
Seek it! Yay! If the intro activity is good, you'll have a better chance of keeping the youths' attention, at least, that's my logic and experience! People often set their expectations through beginning experiences, and I wanted to be sure that this activity had a good one! And so, it all starts with a game.
This was soooo fun to make, and it's Book of Mormon themed. It's based off Spot It, super fun, super aesthetic and cute, just love how this game turned out. It was hard to create and engineer and everything, which makes it being completed that much more rewarding.
And ofc there's a devotional for each section including this part to tie things in. But I wanted the very first thing they did to be smth super fun.
And we're on unit 1! So fun! There was a lot of deep studying and poring over recent remarks from General Authorities, and I don't want to claim that they are all from the most recent one, bc I'm not 100% sure that every! single! quote! and teaching point came from there, but a lot really are. The fed but not nourished deer have a cameo, for example.
After I rounded up a ton of relevant quotes I had to turn it into a fun activity, and I thought, what could be more appropriate for this topic than a treasure hunt?
With the use of the giant treasure map (which is available as a poster or 4 8.5 x 11 pages) and special clues embedded within each important quote and lesson about seeking revelation, youth will gather information on where to find the spiritual treasure in the room.
*Also, this is important, I'm not going to spoil where it is/what the clues lead to bc that would be lame, but it's not a church-specific object where the treasure will be hidden, it's a household item that anyone and all church buildings have. You can do this activity anywhere!*
Unit 2 might be the climax of this whole thing, it's sooo good and I love how it turned out! Not to say that the other items aren't great, but receiving personal revelation is super important and a big skill to learn. You can't claim that God never talks to you if you don't know the ways God talks. As Albert Einstein said, (and I promise this is related!) "Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
It reminds me of the video about light, and I couldn't include it bc it had some topics that are fine for seminary age kids but might be a lil sketch to bring up with the little kids that are in the youth program nowadays... anyways, it's below, and it talks about how this dude thinks that if God is real, He will show Himself to the dude, and yeah, spoiler, it doesn't happen. He learns that revelation is a process requiring patience, something beautiful that happens over long periods of time as we attempt to step into God's glorious light.
Also a lil sidetrack here, but this LDSLiving article about when you can't receive revelation is soooooo good and super related to this topic!
Bottom line, revelation and receiving it are hot topics and they are heavily covered in this module with a scripture chase! It's pretty simple, but it's been dressed up a bit with cute printables.
But it's also like super powerful tho. The foundation of this was taken from Preach My Gospel, so that we knew that all of these examples were doctrinally sound, especially because they cited where they came from in the scriptures. This is a super great section!
And now it's time to act! This is a game that is designed to get the youth talking and having fun as they discuss ways to act in faith as demonstrated by Nephi's example in the theme. I really don't want to spoil what goes on in this one, but it's fun, it's a game, there's a ball 😂 as you can see above, and it includes quotes and connections to the recent General Conference.
And then we have a great closer! Classic, I know, to end with an invitation to act, but that's what it's really all about, right? "The gospel of Christ invites us to become something," Dallin H. Oaks said. I feel like that's actually a little harsh, not his idea, just the way it was worded.
We already are something amazing, a beautiful child of God! I think the point he was trying to make is that the gospel invites us to become someone new, which is a constant challenge and opportunity. This closing activity connects the Book of Mormon, goal setting, the theme, all sorts of fun stuff, and there's a super cute tag for treats.
I think I've put out plenty of information about everything in this packet, maybe even more than most care to hear, but, gotta fully answer all questions! Now onto the next big project.
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Simulated Voyages: Using Simulation Technology to Train and License Mariners (1996)
Chapter: 8 Conclusions and Recommendations
« Previous: 7 Simulation and Simulator Validity and Validation
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Suggested Citation:"8 Conclusions and Recommendations." National Research Council. 1996. Simulated Voyages: Using Simulation Technology to Train and License Mariners. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5065.
Conclusions and Recommendations
Simulation has been used to train marine since the l960s. Applied properly, simulators can go beyond the traditional test of knowledge to testing and assessing skills and abilities. Recent concerns about marine casualties and mariner competence and proficiency have lead the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to investigate the possibility of increased use of simulators in the programs under its jurisdiction.
The Committee on Ship-Bridge Simulation Training found that simulation can be an effective training tool, especially in bridge team management and bridge resource management, shiphandling, docking and undocking evolutions, bridge watchkeeping, rules of the road, and emergency procedures. Simulation offers the USCG an opportunity to determine whether mariners are competent in a much more comprehensive way.
Although there are not sufficient data to assess the full value or impact the use of simulators has had in altering or improving mariner performance, there is sufficient experience to warrant its continued and even expanded use. However, for the USCG to use simulation effectively for training and licensing, it is important that a stronger research base be developed and that the agency address issues of standardization and validation discussed in this report. The committee's conclusions and recommendations provide a technical framework for expanding the use of ship-bridge simulation for mariner training, evaluation, and licensing assessment.
USE OF SIMULATORS FOR TRAINING
Setting Standards for Simulator-Based Training Courses
The use of simulators as a tool for training mariners is increasingly accepted within the marine industry. In many cases, simulation has been added to existing training programs without substantial course redesign to ensure that the simulation contributes effectively to training course objectives. One result has been a lack of standardization in simulator-based courses.
The USCG plays a role in simulator-based mariner training, in part, through its incremental decisions to allow substitution of specific simulator-based training for sea-service requirements. To ensure that current mariner competency levels are maintained and improved, it is important that standards for simulator-based training courses used in licensing and remission of sea time be developed as soon as possible.
Recommendation 1: Marine simulation should be used in conjunction with other training methodologies during routine training, including cadet training at the maritime academies, for the development and qualification of professional mariner knowledge and skills.
Recommendation 2: The U.S. Coast Guard should oversee and guide the establishment of nationally applied standards for all simulator-based training courses within its jurisdiction. Standards development should include consultation with, and perhaps use of, outside expertise available in existing advisory committees, technical groups, forums, or special oversight boards. If the USGC relies on outside bodies, the process should be open and include interdisciplinary consultation with professional marine, trade, labor, and management organizations; federal advisory committees; professional marine pilot organizations; and marine educators, including state and federal maritime academies. Whatever process the USCG choose to use should be acceptable from a regulatory standpoint.
Specific elements of the training standards should address:
identifying training objectives;
developing standard course syllabi;
establishing instructor qualifications and certification (see Recommendation 3);
codifying procedures for teaching watchkeeping, bridge team and bridge resource management, shiphandling, emergency response, and other fundamental tasks and skills;
creating student evaluation and assessment methodologies; and
structuring industrywide research and training program effectiveness measures.
Training courses in the USCG licensing and sea-time remission program should be required to meet the resultant training course standards. These standards are urgently needed and should be developed without delay. To guide the rapidly evolving state of marine simulator practice effectively, these standards should be developed within two years.
Recommendation 3: U.S. licensing authorities should require that instructors of simulator-based training courses used for formal licensing assessment, licensing renewal, and training for required certifications (i.e., liquid natural gas carrier watchstander, offshore oil port mooring masters) be professionally competent with respect to relevant nautical expertise, the licensing process, and training methods. The professional qualifications of the lead instructor should be at least the same as the highest qualification for which trainees are being trained or examined. Criteria and standards for instructor qualification should be developed and procedures set in place for certifying and periodically recertifying instructors who conduct training.
Use of Simulators to Promote Continuing Professional Development
Continuing professional development is an important element in acquiring and retaining knowledge and skills. Simulators can be extremely useful to deck officers and pilots for renewing and refreshing existing skills and acquiring new skills through exposure to new technologies and operational scenarios. Ship-bridge simulators can be effective for both deck officer and pilot training in bridge team management, bridge resource management, and some shiphandling, although current computer-based simulators are limited in ability to simulate ships' maneuvering trajectories in shallow and restricted waterways and ship-to-ship interactions—capabilities important to pilot shiphandling training.
Because of the increased use of U.S. waters by foreign-flag vessels, the USCG should extend its concern for mariner professional development beyond the United States. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is currently revising the Standards for Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping guidelines, including development of guidance for use of simulators. As a representative to the IMO, the USCG has a role in international professional development.
Recommendation 4: Marine pilotage authorities and companies retaining pilot services should encourage marine pilots, docking masters, and mooring masters who have not participated in an accredited ship-bridge simulator or manned-model course to do so as an element of continuing professional development. Marine pilot organizations, including the American Pilots' Association and state commissions, boards, and associations, should, in cooperation with companies retaining pilot services, establish programs to implement this recommendation.
Recommendation 5: Use of simulators for professional development should be implemented on an international scale to enhance the professional development of all mariners who operate vessels entering U.S. waters and to reduce the potential for accidents. The USCG should advocate this strategy in its representation of marine safety interests to the IMO and other appropriate international bodies.
Special-Task Simulators
There are a numbers of applications where special-task or microcomputer simulators could be used effectively in mariner training. One of the primary limitations affecting the widespread use of microcomputers is the limited availability of desktop simulations and interactive courseware. Lack of readily available interactive courseware constrains the training community's ability to provide comprehensive training using modern training media.
Recommendation 6: The U.S. Department of Transportation should selectively sponsor development of interactive courseware with embedded simulations that would facilitate the understanding of information and concepts that are difficult or costly to convey by conventional means.
USE OF SIMULATORS IN THE USCG LICENSING PROGRAM
Need for a Plan to Use Simulators Effectively
There is a need for more-comprehensive, performance-based assessments of professional qualifications in the licensing of mariners. Continual reliance on structured, objective, multiple-choice examinations for determining that an individual has achieved a defined level of professional competency has four significant weaknesses:
The process does not include a mechanism for assessing the candidate's ability to apply knowledge (i.e.,no effective measurement of skills and abilities).
The relevancy of the content of the multiple-choice examination to the real life duties and responsibilities of a deck officer is limited.
The present testing methodology does not test the officer's ability to prioritize tasks in response to dynamic, real-world situations, which ships' officers must do in the normal course of work aboard ship.
Written examinations test skills sequentially, one at a time, so the officer's ability to perform several tasks simultaneously, as is routinely required aboard ship, cannot be determined.
Full-mission ship-bridge simulators offer the USCG an opportunity to make significant improvements in its mariner licensing program. Simulation can
become an effective tool that goes beyond the traditional tests of knowledge to evaluate and assess mariner performance—competency, skills, and abilities. If simulation is used more in structured licensing programs, the need for a technical framework to incorporate it into licensing and other structured assessment programs grows more urgent.
Recommendation 7: The U.S. Coast Guard should develop a detailed plan to restructure its marine licensing program to incorporate simulation into the program and to use simulation as a basis of other structured assessments. Based on the results of the research detailed in Recommendation 16 (below), the program should include (1) identification of sections of marine licenses appropriate for assessment through simulators and (2) a methodology for regular assessment of program effectiveness in ensuring that mariner competency and safety levels are maintained. In developing the plan, the agency should consult with all parties of interest. Program objectives should include the following:
improve the assessment of candidates for licenses,
identify deficiencies in individual qualifications, and
stimulate correction of deficiencies through supplemental preparation.
To establish the foundation for broad application of marine simulation in the licensing process, the USCG should:
evaluate the examination subject-matter based on a complete job-task analysis (see Recommendation 16);
develop performance measures that can be effectively measured through simulation;
develop a methodology for assessing license candidates using simulation, including an indication of the level of simulation needed for each level of license;
develop standards for the validation of simulators and simulation scenarios (see Recommendations 14 and 15);
develop professional standards and procedures for certifying and recertifying license assessors (see Recommendation 8);
establish a mechanism to document and evaluate results; and
use results of the evaluations to improve the program.
Recommendation 8: Licensing authorities should require that license assessors of simulator-based licensing examinations be professionally competent with respect to relevant nautical expertise, the licensing process, and assessment methods. Assessors should hold a marine license at least equal to the highest qualification for which the candidate is being tested or should be a recognized expert in a specialized skill being trained. Specific criteria and standards for assessor qualification should be developed, and procedures should be set in place for certifying and periodically recertifying assessors who conduct licensing assessments
with simulators. The standards that result will require experience and credentials found only in the most seasoned members of the marine industry. It is not likely that people with that level of maritime experience will be found in the government. The USCG will probably need to look to professional groups and outside contractors for its license assessors.
Substitution of Simulator Training for Required Sea Service
The USCG program for granting sea-time remission has evolved ad hoc, not through a systematic technical analysis. An assessment of its sea-time remission policies should be included in the agency's plans for restructuring its licensing program. The previously noted need for standards for simulator-based training courses should be considered in developing a plan to allow substitution of simulator-based training for required sea time in cases where the committee finds such remission to be suitable.
The plan should include recognition that simulator-based training promotes the acquisition of skills and abilities in a safe environment using the repetition of scenarios to promote learning. In the case of third mate candidates, for example, structured simulator training can effectively replace some portion of the unlicensed sea-time requirement. For third mate candidates, the work on a modern ship undertaken during sea time often does not have much relevance to any of the work done by a third mate. For the cadet, that time might be better used to gain the requisite bridge expertise through a formalized program that combines structured simulator-based bridge team management and watchkeeping courses with an appropriate time at sea.
For license renewal without increase in grade, substituting simulator time for recent sea time can raise the standard of professional competence. For example, current USCG renewal practices grant credit for experience that is not directly relevant to the license. In some cases, that experience may have been gained in loosely affiliated industries and may not include any actual underway service or bridge watches. Substitution of simulator time would ensure that some minimum level of direct operational experience had been met at the time of renewal.
In addition, by its nature, reliance on ad hoc professional development during sea service does not ensure that an individual has received the necessary exposure or has learned from experience. Using an appropriately structured marine simulator-based training course that includes rules-of-the road training, bridge resource management, passage planning, emergency procedures, and watchkeeping practices could provide an alternative method to measure whether continued competence has been achieved in these areas prior to license renewal.
The use of simulation has the potential to provide higher-quality preparation than the existing recency requirements. Any course intended to provide recency
requirements needs to provide sufficient time, because learning occurs through repetition. A measurable understanding of retraining and refresher requirements necessary to maintain or restore professional competence to acceptable levels is needed.
The USCG currently grants remission of sea time for license upgrades for approved full-mission simulator-based training courses. Substitution of simultator-based training for upgrade to second mate, chief mate, or master, or for any type of pilot's license should not be considered until adequate research is available to demonstrate that simulator-based training can replace onboard experience and skills required for license advancement without degradation of mariner competency and the safety of the vessel.
Recommendation 9: The U.S. Coast Guard should grant remission of sea time for the third mate's license for graduates of an accredited, professional development program that includes bridge watchkeeping simulation. The ratio of simulator time to sea time should be determined on a course-by-course basis and should depend on the quality of the learning experience as it applies to prospective third mates, including the degree to which the learning transfers to actual operations. Research to establish a more formalized basis for these determinations should be implemented without delay (Recommendation 16).
Recommendation 10: The U.S. Coast Guard should establish standards for the use of marine simulation as an alternative to sea service for recency requirements for license renewal of deck officers and vessel operators. Remission of sea time should be granted for renewal purposes to individuals who have successfully completed an accredited and USCG-approved simulator-based training course designed for this purpose. The course should be of sufficient length and depth and include rules-of-the-road training, bridge team and bridge resource management, and passage planning. The ratio of simulator time to sea time should be determined on a course-by-course basis and should depend on the quality of the overall learning experience insofar as this learning transfers effectively to actual operations.
Use of Simulator-Based Training During License Renewal
Active mariners can benefit from structured training at each license level, and inactive marines can refresh vital skills in a relatively short time through simulator-based training. In both cases, simulations can play an important role by ensuring that applicants demonstrate some level of baseline competence at the time of license renewal.
Current operating practices in many segments of the U.S. merchant marine do not routinely provide adequate opportunity for chief mates to acquire essential shiphandling and bridge team and bridge resource management experience and expertise, much less proficiency. Development of these skills is very important
prior to receipt of a master's license and service as master. The use of manned-model and computer-based simulation can increase the chief mate's professional development by supplementing on-the-job experience and training with structured shiphandling and bridge resource management experience.
Recommendation 11: Deck officers and licensed operators of oceangoing and coastwise vessels who can demonstrate recent shipboard or related experience, but who have not complete an accredited simulator-based training course, should be encouraged to completed an accredited simulator-based bridge resource or bridge team management course before their license renewal. Those seeking to renew licenses who cannot demonstrate recent shipboard experience should be required to complete such a course before returning to sea service under that license.
Recommendation 12: Chief mates should be required to successfully complete an accredited hands-on shiphandling course prior to their first assignment as master. The license should be endorsed to certify that training has been successfully completed. Either a manned-model or a computer-based, accredited shiphandling simulations course should be established as the norm for this training.
Recommendation 13: Currently serving masters who have not completed an accredited shiphandling simulation course should be required to do so prior to their next license renewal. In addition, masters should be encouraged to attend an accredited shiphandling simulator-based training course periodically thereafter.
VALIDATION OF SIMULATIONS AND SIMULATORS
The effectiveness of ship-bridge simulation in training and evaluation students may be influenced by:
the level and quality of courseware,
the quality of simulation of the physical environment, and
the ability of the simulator to effectively replicate vessel maneuvering behavior.
There are currently no standard criteria for accrediting simulators and simulator-based marine licensing programs. For simulation used in licensing and license-related training to be fully effective, it is important that there be industry-wide standards. It is currently common practice to make ad hoc adjustments to simulators and simulations. This practice leads to an absence of standardized ship models, simulators, and other simulation components. It is imperative that there be regular, critical analyses of all simulators and simulations intended to serve as examination or prerequisite training platforms for marine licenses to ensure that their degree of difficulty is equivalent.
Recommendation 14: The U.S. Coast Guard should enlist the assistance of standards-setting and other interested organizations and sponsor and support a structured process for validating and revalidating simulators, simulations, and assessment processes. In developing these standards, all parties of interest should
be consulted. The validation process should include objective, subjective, and behavioral assessments. The objective validation should include quantifiable factors; the subjective and behavioral validations should be performed by an impartial, multidisciplinary team consisting, for example, of (1) the simulation instructor, (2) a representative of the licensing authority, (3) a subject-matter expert, and (4) an expert to validate ship-model behavior.
Insofar as practical, the process should require the use of standardized mathematical ship models and operational scenarios and databases to ensure consistency within the process and across facility platforms. Once a simulator, simulation, or assessment process has been accredited for use in licensing, recertification should be required for any significant adjustments that are made.
Recommendation 15: Staff at simulator facilities should have objective knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of the hydrodynamic models on which their simulations are based. Modifications of the coefficients to address real or perceived deficiencies should only be performed based on competent oversight by a multidisciplinary team. Procedures should be developed to ensure that such changes are documented and that notification is given to the original vendors of the data and to the cognizant authorities.
RESEARCH NEEDED TO IMPROVE MARINER TRAINING, LICENSING, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Development of a Quantifiable Basis for Assessing Simulator Effectiveness
Understanding the equivalency of simulation to real life experience and on-the-job training is an important element in developing any comprehensive program for using simulators. Limited anecdotal evidence from the marine sector and from the commercial air carrier industry suggests that well-formed programs that combine instruction, simulation, team interaction, and debriefings can be used in a standard environment under quality-controlled conditions to develop theoretical and practical knowledge, as well as procedural and cognitive skills.
There are, however, insufficient data available that assess whether there has been effective application of the knowledge and skills derived from simulator-based training. There are also virtually no feedback mechanisms for assessing performance of past trainees, other than sporadic anecdotal reports.
The exact nature of the equivalency of simulation to real life has not been systematically investigated for several reasons:
the existing job-task analyses are not adequate for this purpose,
there has not been any systematic application of job-task analyses in either marine training or licensing for this purpose, and
no systematic program currently exists to collect and analyze performance data for past participants in simulations.
Recommendation 16: The U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Maritime Administration, in consultation with maritime educators, the marine industry, and the piloting profession, should sponsor a cooperative research program to establish a quantifiable basis for measuring the effectiveness of simulator-based training. The research program should:
document anecdotal reports of simulator-based training effectiveness to improve mariner performance and reduction of risk;
acquire, update, and validate existing job-task analyses to be used in the establishment of experiential education and training requirements for professional development;
analyze the degradation rate of specific knowledge and skills during actual service and while awaiting a billet;
assess the transfer effectiveness of simulator-based training to actual operations;
define the capabilities of full-mission, limited-task, and desktop simulators; and
correlate the capabilities of each simulator type with job-task analyses to define the appropriate application of simulation to each job-task in training and licensing.
With respect to pilot development, the research program should take advantage of existing pilot development programs.
Simulation of the Physical Environment
Ship control and navigation are visually supported tasks, especially in confined areas. Learning visual skills is an important process in developing proficiency in control and navigation. The relative brightness and size of lights are particularly important in night simulations when they may be the only useable visual cue for judging distance, speed, and location relative to shoals, shore objects, and other vessels. Distance judgments are also important visual skill. In many simulators, the visual simulations are provided with a raster or projection technology. Raster systems have limited capabilities to represent bright lights, and projection systems result in distortion of distance perceptions as an observer moves around the simulated bridge.
In addition to visual systems, vibration, sound, and physical movement of the bridge in roll, heave, and pitch are ship operational characteristics that must be addressed by the bridge crew. The impact on training effectiveness of simulating these ship characteristics has not been verified.
Recommendation 17: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the maritime industry should assess the impact on training effectiveness of apparent limitations in simulator visual systems. If these limitations have a negative
impact on training effectiveness, DOT should encourage development of visual systems that overcome or minimize the negative aspects of current systems.
Recommendation 18: The U.S. Department of Transportation should undertake structured assessments of the need for simulation of vibration, sound, and physical movement. These assessments should include consideration of the possibly differential value of these various sources of information in different types of training scenarios.
Manned Models
In contrast to ship-bridge and radar simulators, manned models are a means of simulating ship motions and shiphandling in fast time. Manned models are an effective training device for illustrating and emphasizing the shiphandling principles. They are particularly effective in providing hands-on ship maneuvering in confined waters, including berthing, unberthing, and channel work. Manned models can simulate more-realistic representations of bank effects, shallow water, and ship-to-ship interactions than electronic, computer-driven ship-bridge simulators.
There are currently three operating manned-model training facilities world-wide, one each in England, France, and Poland. The fourth, a U.S. Navy facility in the United States at Little Creek, Virginia, was recently closed. During its operating life, the U.S. Navy's manned-model facility provided opportunities for hands-on shiphandling training and instructor experience for some merchant mariners in conjunction with U.S. Naval Reserve service. Training at the facility also exposed some USCG junior officers to the maneuverability of tankers and cargo ships. Recent closure of this facility represents the loss to the United States of a unique training resource. Although the contribution of this facility to operational safety of commercial vessels was a side benefit, it nevertheless filled a gap in U.S.-based training resources for the development of merchant mariners.
Recommendation 19: Because there are no manned-model training facilities in the United States, and because of the usefulness of these models in familiarizing pilots and others with important aspects of shiphandling, DOT should study the feasibility of establishing or re-establishing a manned-model shiphandling training facility in the United States, to be operated on a user-fee basis.
Vessel Maneuvering Behavior
The ability of a simulator to closely replicate a ship's maneuvering trajectory is a strong measure of the usefulness and value of the simulator for training and licensing. At present, computer-based simulation of a ship's maneuvering trajectory is well developed in normal deep-water, open-ocean cases. In cases
involving shallow or restricted waterways, ship-to-ship interactions, and extreme maneuvers, fidelity may be significantly reduced.
Recommendation 20: The American Towing Tank Conference (ATTC) and International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC) should be advised of the needs to extend the database of ship maneuvering coefficients. ATTC and ITTC should be encouraged to investigate possible development of procedures that would allow the exploitation of existing proprietary data without source disclosure. Where data are not available from these sources, funds should be allocated to perform new tests, especially in very shallow water and in close proximity to channel boundaries or other vessels.
Improvement in Mathematical Models
The current practice for developing mathematical models for simulators is based on extrapolation of hydrodynamic coefficients from towing-tank tests for a restricted set of hull shapes. This practice may degrade the validity of the information when applied to conditions of loading and trim or to ships that differ from the model tests. In addition, the simulation of towed vessels is severely limited by the absence of systematic test data. Conducting full-scale real-ship experiments would significantly advance the state of practice in the development of mathematical models.
In general, computational methods for determining the pertinent hydrodynamic parameters based on theories offer the possibility of more general and accurate simulations, particularly for ship operations in restricted waters and ship-to-ship interactions.
Recommendation 21: The U.S. Department of Transportation should develop standards for the simulation of ship maneuvering. The fidelity of the models should be validated through a structured, objective process. Standard models should be selected and tested in towing tanks and the results compared to selected full-scale real-ship trials of the same ships to provide benchmark data for validation and testing of simulators.
Recommendation 22: The U.S. Department of Transportation should initiate research to integrate computational hydrodynamics analysis with simulators in real time.
FUNDING SIMULATOR-BASED TRAINING AND LICENSING
Specialized training on manned-model and computer-based simulators is not affordable to most individual mariners. Improvements in mariner competence and professional development possible through simulator-based training have been discussed throughout this report. Professional development is a shared
responsibility among the mariner, shipping companies, unions, port authorities and facility operators, and others. Each of these groups, as well as the general public, benefits from improved mariner competency and safety.
It is important, therefore, that any decisions to mandate training for licensing or renewal include full consideration of options and mechanisms available to ensure that the training is affordable and available to all effected mariners.
Recommendation 23: The U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Maritime Administration should assess the options for funding simulator-based training and licensing. The assessment should include the following options:
allocation of some customs fees collected on marine cargos for maritime professional development,
federal surcharges on port fees and pilotage fees,
federal port fees,
employer contributions,
collective bargaining agreements,
nonprofit foundations and other organizations, and
individual cost sharing.
Next: Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members »
Simulated Voyages: Using Simulation Technology to Train and License Mariners Get This Book
This book assesses the state of practice and use of ship-bridge simulators in the professional development and licensing of deck officers and marine pilots. It focuses on full-mission computer-based simulators and manned models. It analyzes their use in instruction, evaluation and licensing and gives information and practical guidance on the establishment of training and licensing program standards, and on simulator and simulation validation.
Front Matter i–xviii
1 Mariners - Their Work and Professional Development 13–36
2 Use of Simulation in Training and Licensing: Current State of Practice 37–66
3 Effective Training with Simulation: The Instructional Design Process 67–96
4 Matching the Training Environment to Objectives 97–119
5 Performance Evaluation and Licensing Assessment 120–142
6 Simulator-Based Training and Sea-Time Equivalency 143–157
7 Simulation and Simulator Validity and Validation 158–172
8 Conclusions and Recommendations 173–186
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members 187–194
Appendix B: International Marine Certification Roles, Responsibilities, and Standards 195–203
Appendix C: Professional Licensing Infrastructure for U.S. Merchant Mariners 204–210
Appendix D: Hydrodynamics, Physical Models, and Mathematical Modeling 211–240
Appendix E: Outlines of Sample Simulator-Based Training Courses 241–245
Appendix F: Uses of Simulators Illustrative Case Studies 246–271
Appendix G: Microcomputer Desktop Simulation 272–284
Erratum 285
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Resilience NSW
Led by Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons, Resilience NSW leads whole-of-government disaster and emergency efforts from prevention through to recovery.
The NSW Government is committed to ensuring communities devastated by drought, bushfires, floods and now COVID-19 are getting the help they need to rebuild and recover.
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Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons was appointed Resilience NSW's inaugural Commissioner and Deputy Secretary Emergency Management in May of 2020. He chairs the State Emergency Management Committee, the State Recovery Committee, National Emergency Medal Committee and is a member of the NSW Telco Authority Advisory Board.
The appointment to Resilience NSW follows a distinguished career with the NSW Rural Fire Service as well as council and director roles across state and national emergency management authorities.
Commissioner Fitzsimmons' career has been acknowledged with the NSW Rural Fire Service Long-Service Medal, recognising 30 years of service; the National Medal, recognising more than 35 years of service; and, the Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM). He is also a Paul Harris Fellow and holds a Paul Harris Fellow Sapphire through the Rotary Clubs of Berowra and Sydney.
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How to be a 2016 convention delegate
Irvine delegates Linda and Dick Ackerman revel in the fun at the conclusion of the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
Glenn Stearns, left and U.S. Congressman Ed Royce stop for a photo during the Life Changing Lives event, at The Grove of Anaheim.
Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik, a delegate at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Delegate Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik with CNN's Wolf Blitzer on the floor of the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Delegate Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Aliso Viejo's Mary Young has attended three Republican National Conventions.
Delegate Anila Ali of Irvine with CNN's Wolf Blitzer at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Delegates Anila Ali of Irvine and Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik of Mission Viejo at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Delegate Anila Ali of Irvine with CNN's Erin Burnette at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
2012 delegate Anila Ali of Irvine at the Democratic National Convention.
Orange's Kathy Tavoularis, delegate and executive director of the Califonia delegation, with Andrew Firestone and Joe Caputo at the 2012 Republican National Convention.
Orange County delegates at the 2012 Republican National Convention from left, John Clarey, Dick Ackerman, Scott Baugh, Travis Allen, Kathy Tavoularis, Marc Ackerman (non-delegate), Linda Ackerman, John Warner.
Surfside delegate Michelle Steel, now a county supervisor, being interviewed on the floor of the 2012 Republican National Convention.
Glenn Stearns was an Orange County delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention
Kathy Tavoularis, Executive Director at California 2012 GOP Delegation to the Republican National Convention was delgate at the 2012 convention in Tampa,
By Martin Wisckol | mwisckol@scng.com | Orange County Register
December 7, 2015 at 12:10 p.m.
Mary Young recalls her yacht cruise down the Hudson River at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York. The trip was hosted by the Aliso Viejo resident’s then-congressman, Christopher Cox, and featured lobster and crab and a stop for photos in front of the Statue of Liberty.
Anila Ali rubbed shoulders on the convention floor with Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer at the 2012 Democratic confab, and she sat a few rows away from actress Patricia Arquette and attorney Gloria Allred. She chatted off-camera with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.
“It was life-changing,” said Ali, a schoolteacher and political activist from Irvine. “Before, I was interested in what my party was doing. Now I’m very involved. It’s gone to a different level.”
The proximity to politicians and celebrities, the thrill of being with thousands of like-minded partisans, the merriment of diversions outside the convention halls and the electricity of the speeches – especially the culminating nomination acceptance speech – mean getting picked to be a delegate is a contest in itself.
Young and Ali both hope to make the cut, but their previous convention attendance doesn’t make them a shoo-in for 2016. The two will engage in their parties’ very different delegate selection process and hope for the best.
And with that process just a few months away, serious contenders have begun turning attention toward their bids.
FIGHT FOR A SPOT
A crucial decision for someone who wants one of the California delegate slots – 172 total for Republicans, 546 for Democrats, excluding alternates – is selecting the candidate they will pledge for. That decision is due by the application deadline of March 31 for Republicans and April 13 for Democrats.
The major parties both select delegates by congressional district in California: Republicans give three per district to the presidential candidate who wins that district in the primary. Democrats give five to seven per district, distributed proportionately among candidates who get at least 15 percent of the district vote.
In addition to the district delegates, the Republican presidential candidate winning the state selects 10 statewide delegates, and the state’s two members of the Republican National Committee automatically get spots.
In addition to district delegates on the Democratic side, there are provisions for 124 elected and party officials to receive delegate credentials.
For Republicans eager to attend the GOP convention in Cleveland next year, the district delegate selection process is simple: Submit your application to the state party or the pledged candidate’s campaign, and the campaign selects the delegates.
“If you’re a Ben Carson person, you’re going to contact the campaign and work hard with the campaign and get noticed,” said Orange’s Kathy Tavoularis, a 45-year-old political consultant who has attended three conventions and oversaw logistics as executive director for the state GOP delegation in 2008 and 2012.
It can also help if you’re a donor and help round up other donors, and if you belong to politically active groups.
‘REFERENCE POINT’
Mortgage lender Glenn Stearns said he didn’t know if his membership in the Orange County-based New Majority group of wealthy GOP donors helped him get picked as a Mitt Romney delegate in 2012 – but it didn’t hurt.
“Involvement with any solid political group is probably going to help,” said Stearns, 51. “It provides a reference point for the campaign.”
Democrats’ district delegates for their Philadelphia convention will be chosen at congressional district caucuses May 1. All Democrats in the district are eligible to vote – those who turn out tend to be insiders, activists and voters specifically recruited by prospective candidates.
In 2012, Mission Viejo’s Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik teamed up with six other would-be delegates and shared the cost of a seven-person campaign brochure. Each campaigned among friends and neighbors for the slate. The strategy paid off as they nabbed the seven available slots.
Cunningham-Skurnik, 60, favors the Democrats’ selection process, in part because a democratic process is used – rather than allowing campaigns to handpick favorites – and in part because quotas ensure proportional representation according to gender and ethnicity.
“The Democratic Party is a true representation of what the population is like,” she said.
Tavoularis countered that the GOP process is unfettered by artificial quotas and noted that her party’s approach ensured that people active in the winning candidate’s campaign filled the convention arena.
The Peace and Freedom, Green and Libertarian parties all have their own variations on delegate selection for the national convention. The American Independent Party did not respond to inquiries on the subject.
THERE’S A COST
The choice of presidential nominees is typically guaranteed before the summer conventions, making the events largely ceremonial. But there’s plenty to bring exhilaration to a delegate’s every waking hour.
“You’re a part of history,” Tavoularis said. “Platforms get written. Rules get revised. You meet people from around the country, and it’s the start of the campaign for November.”
Drawbacks?
“It’s expensive,” Cunningham-Skurnik said. “You have to be prepared for that.”
The state Democratic Party estimates a total cost of $4,250 to $4,750 based on a single-occupancy hotel room, including travel to a mandatory logistics meeting June 19. The GOP gives a broader estimate of $3,000 to $6,000, which includes a $900 delegate fee. There is no fee for Democratic delegates.
Cunningham-Skurnik, Ali and a third delegate roomed together in 2012, significantly reducing the estimated $3,200 in hotel charges. Cunningham-Skurnik and Ali, who didn’t know each other before, have become fast friends, and Cunningham-Skurnik was Ali’s campaign manager for a unsuccessful 2014 Assembly bid.
The GOP also offers a guest convention credential to each delegate and alternate, though guests also must pay the $900 fee. Democrats, who have roughly twice as many delegates as Republicans, do not offer guest credentials.
ADVANTAGES OF BIG
A disadvantage for the California delegation is the foregone conclusion that the state will go to the Democratic nominee. Swing states tend to get preferential treatment in seating and accommodations.
“We get the hotels the farthest away,” said Young, 72.
On the other hand, California has the biggest delegation and can have the most influence if rules or platform issues are contested and go to a floor vote.
Also part of the attraction are delegation breakfasts, which feature party leaders from the state and nation. And there’s the surrounding atmosphere of lobbying, deal making and networking.
“You can’t have that many politicians, consultants and lobbyists without business getting done,” said Lori Cox Han, a Chapman University political scientist.
And partisans on both sides agree the stakes appear high in terms of the next president.
“We have an aging Supreme Court,” Cunningham-Skurnik said. “The next president could appoint three or four new justices. Who’s elected will make a big difference, particularly in terms of health care, immigration and money in politics.”
Contact the writer: mwisckol@ocregister.com
Martin Wisckol | Reporter
Martin Wisckol covers coastal environment and development. Previously, he spent two decades as politics reporter and columnist for the Orange County Register. He’s also held reporting positions in Miami, Jacksonville, Detroit and his hometown of San Diego, with an emphasis on land use and urban planning. He is a lifelong surfer and has spent most of his life on the coast. His work has been honored by the Society of Professional Journalists, the National Headliner Awards, the California Newspaper Publishers Association, the Florida Press Club and the American Planning Association Florida Chapter.
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Heliconian Dev Log 06: Starship Design Evolved
The crew member operations have been tested over and over and I feel good about the room compartment layout. On the right you see a sketch with many interior design elements which are just for decoration and do not have any game play effect. The game play is about moving the crew members from room so the whole interior is designed to leave a large pathways in the center of the rooms.
Another design constraint was the screen size. The spaceship was designed to be as large as possible on a normal 16:9 mobile screen so that players could easily tap the small crew members running around the ship. The narrow front of the ship leaves empty space at the sides of the screen which is needed for some book keeping information like the health bar of the Heliconian and it’s location between stars.
Pathways and Crew Member Locations
There are several possible pathways from room to room. At this point all crew member walkways are hard coded so that a crew member always chooses the shortest/fastest route available. Crew members also have predetermined locations inside the rooms. This helps keeping the crew members separate so that they can always be easily tapped(selected) on a small mobile screen. The drawing serves as a sketch for the final artwork which you will see in the following picture.
The Final Design of the Heliconian
After a lot of play testing and several sketches I’m so excited to revel the final design of the Heliconian. A couple of interesting details are the automatic doors between the rooms and the color coding of the rooms themselves. For example, the torpedo room has a red color to indicate that the red crew member(the weapons officer) has a responsibility there. He is the one who can load and shoot torpedoes. Similarly the Flight Deck has a blue color to indicate that the blue crew member(captain) has responsibility there. The captain is the only crew member who can identify enemy ships and it has to be done on the Flight Deck. I’m hoping this color connection between the rooms and the crew members will help the players to learn the crew member skills and room functions faster. Thanks for reading and as always, please share your thoughts!
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AnimalsPetsPerthWA News
Caged and boxed rabbits rescued from squalor at Perth home
Wed, 25 November 2020 1:32PM
Rabbits removed from Perth home
VideoAnimal advocates have spent two days removing more than 100 rabbits from horrific conditions at a Perth home after the couple that owned them became overwhelmed by a population explosion.
Animal advocates have spent two days removing more than 100 rabbits from horrific conditions at a Perth home after the couple that owned them became overwhelmed by a population explosion.
The RSPCA said the animals, many of them babies, had been stacked in cages, boxes, bird cages and laundry baskets at the northern suburbs property.
Their owners, unable to cater to the sheer number of rabbits, agreed to surrender them to the animal welfare group, which could tend to their urgent medical needs.
Camera IconAnimal advocates have spent two days removing more than 100 rabbits from squalid conditions at a Perth home. Credit: RSPCA
Camera IconMany were living in stacked boxes. Credit: RSPCA
Working with SAFE Perth, Romeo’s Rabbit Rescue and Saving Thumpers, all were relocated to improved living conditions, with 69 currently at the RPSCA’s Malaga Animal Care Centre.
Incredibly, the couple had started with four rabbits just two years ago.
While the fluffy pets are now under better care, RSPCA WA animal and enforcement operations manager Hannah Dreaver said they were now in need of funding to handle the $30,000 cost of properly looking after them over the coming months.
"It’s going to cost a lot of money in a very short space of time," she said.
"They’re in bigger cages with clean straw and plenty of good food and fresh water.
“Now we start the task of having each one vet checked for issues such as ringworm, medicating those who need it and of course, sterilising, microchipping, vaccinating and housing every single one.
Camera IconAll were relocated to improved living conditions, with an incredible 69 currently at the RPSCA’s Malaga Animal Care Centre. Credit: RSPCA
Camera IconThe RSPCA is now in need of donations to handle the $30,000 cost of properly looking after them over the coming months. Credit: RSPCA
"Everything about that costs and it’s likely many of the rabbits are pregnant so we’ll have even more mouths to feed and medical procedures to carry out.
"All in all we estimate the 69 rabbits will be with us for an average of three months and total costs for staffing and care will be around $30,000."
The RSPCA was tipped off after a member of the public went to the home to buy a rabbit they’d come across in an ad.
"This is a timely warning for rabbit owners to get their pets sterilised," Ms Dreaver said.
"A lot of people see rabbits as easy care, set and forget pets. They’re not, they need care and attention.”
To donate to the effort of caring for the rabbits visit the RSPCA.
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The Sega Genesis, known as the Mega Drive (Japanese: メガドライブ Hepburn: Mega Doraibu?) in most regions outside North America, is a 16-bit home video game console developed & sold by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. The Mega Drive was Sega’s third console and the successor to the incredible Master System. Sega first released the console as the Mega Drive in Japan in 1988, followed by a North American debut under the rebranded Genesis (as the Mega Drive name was taken by another company) moniker in 1989. In 1990, the console was distributed as the Mega Drive by Virgin Mastertronic in Europe, by Ozisoft in Australasia, and by Tec Toy in Brazil. Personally, I longed for a Mega Drive for years, finally acquiring one for Christmas 1993. I played the death out of it.
Sega Master System vs. Mega Drive
January 18, 2016 by Nostalgia Nerd | Category(ies): Versus, Videos | Under Topics: 16 Bit, 8 bit
Watch the Video Comparing MegaDrive Versus Master System; The Ultimate 8 bit versus 16 bit clash. The Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) versus The Sega Master System, in an epic, raw and unleashed showdown to the grizzly death (I may be over egging that). Only one winner will emerge from this battle of the 80s and [...]
Sega Hardware Revisions
December 9, 2015 by Nostalgia Nerd | Category(ies): Hardware, ReCollections, Videos | Under Topics: 16 Bit, 32 bit, 8 bit, Games Consoles
Watch the Video Ever notice how Sega got into a habit of revising their system designs half way through their life span. Nintendo didn't, yet they're still in the hardware game. Something to muse over. This video doesn't do a lot of musing, I just discuss the various revisions of Master System, Mega Drive, Mega [...]
Sonic the Hedgehog Ringtones & Alert tones
October 28, 2014 by Nostalgia Nerd | Category(ies): How To, Modern Retro, Videos | Under Topics: chemical plant zone, ringtone, Sonic, Videos
I put this video on Youtube recently, and it seemed to be pretty well received; Really, it's just a Sonic the Hedgehog ringtone, but the fact that it's the drowning music, makes every single phone call pretty intense. It certainly makes me answer my phone before Sonic drowns! I mean, what sort of an [...]
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Updated Samsung Galaxy A7 spotted in the AnTuTu database
Although early rumors mentioned a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615, it looks like this updated handset will be powered by Samsung's Exynos 7580 chipset after all.
Codrut Nistor, 11/22/2015
Android Smartphone Rumor
Samsung Galaxy A7 has only been around since February, but it looks like a hardware update is coming soon. The updated Galaxy A7 has been in the rumor mill for a while already, and the rumors mentioned that Samsung decided to drop its Exynos chip used in the A7 and replace it with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615. However, it would not be a surprise to see the updated Galaxy A7 available in two different variants, one that uses a Qualcomm SoC, and the other powered by Samsung's processor.
A few days ago, the updated Samsung Galaxy A7 was spotted on AnTuTu. The specs of the SM-A710F model include a Samsung Exynos 7580 processor with Mali-T720 graphics, 3 GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage, 5.5-inch full HD display, 5 MP and 13 MP cameras, all with Android 5.1.1 Lollipop on top.
While the older Galaxy A7 managed to score about 32,000 AnTuTu points, the model mentioned above managed to reach 37,500 - close to the Samsung Galaxy J7. These being said, results of the Qualcomm-powered variant, if any, should come out soon. We will keep you posted, so stay tuned.
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Codrut Nistor - News Editor
Although I have been writing about new software and hardware for almost a decade, I consider myself to be old school. I always enjoy listening to music on CD or tape instead of digital files and I will not even get into the touchscreen vs physical keys debate. However, I also enjoy new technology, as I now have the chance to take a look at the future every day. I joined the Notebookcheck crew back in 2013 and I have no plans to leave the ship anytime soon.
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Written by Kat McCarthy
NHS England advise hospitals to postpone non-urgent care
NHS England has advised hospitals to defer non-urgent, elective operations and procedures until next month to allow the health service to deal with high pressures over the winter period.
According to the National Emergency Pressures Panel (NEPP), the NHS has been under sustained pressure over the Christmas period with high levels of respiratory illness, high bed occupancy levels, and early indications of increasing flu prevalence.
To free up capacity for the sickest patients and time for non-elective care, day-case procedures and routine outpatient appointments should also be delayed, while clinical commissioning groups should temporarily suspend sanctions for mixed sex accommodation breaches.
Further recommendations include the installation of consultant triage at the entrance so patients are seen by a senior decision maker on arrival at the emergency department, the staffing of additional inpatient beds, and twice daily patient reviews to facilitate discharges at the earliest opportunity.
The advice came as the results of the latest data from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s Winter Flow project showing a continued decline in performance on the 85% four-hour A&E standard, which stood at 78.14% for the third week of December, down from 81.52% the previous week.
“Given the clear link between four-hour standard performance and clinical outcomes for patients, this has to be a concern,” the College stressed. “Nearly half of our contributors are now declaring performance of below 80% and a significant number of Trusts in England are now declaring performance of between 50% and 69%.”
Delayed transfers of care and cancelled elective operations were on the rise week-on-week, signalling further pressures on the system.
“With all but five hospitals in England running at above the recommended safe bed occupancy level of 85% and almost a fifth running at 99%, the system has little to no capacity to handle a major flu outbreak or spike in demand caused by a cold snap over the coming weeks,” Dr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA council chair, recently warned.
Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, who chairs NEPP, said the high levels of pressure seen over the Christmas period are indeed expected to continue. “The NHS needs to take further action to increase capacity and minimise disruptive last minute cancellations. That is why we are making these further recommendations.”
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Uncategorized / The State of #PRAXIS8.
If #PRAXIS8 were a state – it would be diverse, rich and ambitious
The State of #PRAXIS8
This was our second-year sponsoring PRAXIS. As a bootstrapped start-up, just over 2 years old, we consider it a privilege to be able to support our industry and be an active participant in the discourse shaping its future. We wouldn’t have it any other way.
Here are a few takeaways for our clients and others who couldn’t’attend:
Symbolism does more harm than good: In the rush to be ‘purposeful’ brands often attempt to showcase alignment with trending causes without making the time and effort to align the company’s culture and way of working to support them. Mathew Harrington, Global COO of Edelman, showed us a few examples including McDonald’s flipping their arches to form a ‘W’ in honour of women’s day. The gesture attracted flak from people calling out the brand to first pay its employees a living wage and stop zero-hours contracts that was leading some women workers towards poverty and homelessness.
Takeaway: Customers can see through marketing ploys disguised as purpose to sell more product. Avoid symbolism towards causes if it isn’t rooted in company culture.
Trust is built on perceptions, it’s always the little things: Trust is all about emotion and hope and how a brand makes an audience feel. It’s the social glue that’s formed by people and brands saying what they’ll do and doing what they’re saying. Shiv Shivakumar, Group Executive President, Corporate Strategy, Aditya Birla Group delivered the keynote focusing on leadership attributes that build trust within organisations as well as a brand’s relationship with its constituents. He gave examples of when local offices of global firms are asked to communicate developments without understanding the local context of how a message may be received, it’s a recipe for disaster in corporate communications. From a leadership perspective, he talked about the power of trust in building safe workspaces – “Trust is – I will not hurt you when you are vulnerable.” The hall was silent.
Takeaway: Trust people to do what’s right.
Diversity is about how much efficiency we’re willing to sacrifice: In his session, How Goodness and Trust Can Change the World, Indian author, Devdutt Pattnaik drew analogies from Indian mythology to share lessons for the PR world. One of the key points he made was that business, by definition, hates diversity. Because diversity is inefficient, and businesses are all about efficiency. “Diversity is accepting that not everyone wants to listen. When we accept that, we calm down.” Devdutt had the hall in splits for most of the time, dodged some tough questions on the Indian government and its leadership – with style and wit and doubled up as a stand-up comic, showing the PR world the mirror while reminding us of our roles in keeping brands true and authentic.
Takeaway(s): Too many. The one on the tension between diversity and efficiency was probably the most interesting. A challenge for brands to look at diversity and inclusion from the lens of business effectiveness rather than efficiency
Is creativity a function of naughtiness? In a pre-conference conversation with Regional Director, APAC, Archetype, Lee Nugent, people of ON PURPOSE were treated to a quick lesson on how to build high-performing teams at work and what it takes to unleash creativity for clients. Lee drew interesting observations across Singapore, the United Kingdom and India where he described how cultures and sub-cultures within nations and cities (countries within countries he said) impacted how freely teams could think about ‘Ideas that would get us fired’ – and be able to challenge ourselves with fresh and original ideas for clients. “You have to mis-behave a little bit and think differently to achieve outstanding creativity,” he advised. Lee also mentioned the importance of giving people space to express themselves by sharing a framework/boundary to work within and then letting them loose. He said it is okay to try something different and make mistakes.
Takeaway: Introduce a bit of naughtiness at work. We’re taking this very seriously at ON PURPOSE.
Take a break, before you breakdown: The PR industry is notorious for long working hours, with poor systems and processes that leaves a lot of the doing down to ‘winging it’ and suffers from a constant lack of validation as compared with other disciplines in the marketing mix. This was raised first in a masterclass by Dr. Samir Parikh, Psychiatrist and the Director of Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Science, Fortis Hospitals and later in a conversation with CEO of The Holmes Report, Arun Sudhaman. “There are two sides of unmuting- speaking about your stresses and speaking to others about their stresses without judging. While replacing words with Emojis and limiting ourselves to character limits, we are limiting our expressions,” Dr. Parikh said. Unfortunately, in the PR world, mental health issues are linked with performance instead of being treated as a medical condition as it is. Gone are the days of ‘keep your personal and professional separate’, the workplace needs to be a constant place of support where vulnerabilities are treated with importance, we don’t need to keep it together all the time. It’s okay not to be okay.
Takeaway: As an industry we need to do better to remove the stigma around mental health issues in the workplace. Raising awareness is a first step.
Mind your own business: As an industry, we often fall prey to comparisons and forget to embrace our own individuality. In a treat of a session, actress Richa Chaddha gave us the lesson of a lifetime – “Duniya Main Sabse Bada Rog? Kya Kahenge Log,” she said while sharing lessons from her own career of fighting patriarchy and carving out a niche for herself in Bollywood. Talking about trust in an un-trusting world, she encouraged all of us to have faith in ourselves, our beliefs and what makes us unique. She also apologised to a microphone, for knocking it, and exclaimed in loud horror, “OMG, I can’t believe I just apologised to a microphone – that’s how conditioned we are to constantly be apologising for ourselves.” She asked the audience not to share any pics of her with her new hairstyle as she’d been growing her hair for a new movie and couldn’t have it released on social media. The audience obliged. Not a single pic from PRAXIS showed Richa Chadha’s face. Real trust in action.
Takeaway: Be unapologetic.
What can be measured is often a distraction from what really should be: For an industry that has arisen from the power of the written word and is just coming to terms with the new visual world of storytelling, asking its practitioners to become comfortable with data and analytics is like asking them to go to school all over again. And we must. The new age public relations practitioner must act like a six-blade knife. The big serrated edge – to saw through the toughest communication challenges. The ball-breaker – to ensure goal setting for every communications exercise and that everything gets measured. The bottle-opener – to celebrate every win that recognises the role of communications in building a brand. In her session on ‘Can Trust Be Measured,’ Johna Burke, Managing Director, AMEC talked about the Barcelona Principles 2.0 and shared an Integrated Evaluation Framework to help brands go beyond likes and retweets and measure what matters. Click on this link to see it in action: https://amecorg.com/amecframework/
Takeaway: It’s our responsibility to help brands set goals with metrics that help align the PR effort towards business outcomes and not simply rely on metrics that can be measured.
Finally, lead with purpose and personal conviction: In her address on ‘360 Respect, Meet the new CEO’, Founder and Global CEO of WE, Melissa Waggener talked about the importance of the leader building trust with stakeholders, both internally and externally. She set context with an interesting exercise, making us write about the one quality we admire in our heroes. This quality, she suggested needs to form the base for the 360° trust we need to create. She pointed out how great brands are formed with a combination of excellent products or services and positive societal impact. Purpose and profit are not mutually exclusive, although purpose marketed with the sole intention of securing more profit, rather than genuine societal impact will not work – “You can’t fool all the people, all of the time.” Purpose also does come with consequences, she asserted. A lot of an organisation’s values are set by the power of conviction from its leader.
Takeaway: The leader sets the tone for organisational purpose. As communicators, our role is to help leaders communicate their beliefs in a genuine way, that helps people believe in who they are at their core and what they stand for.
That’s it. Thanks for reading folks. Feel free to scroll through our social media handles (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram) for more visuals and snackable content on #PRAXIS8.
Let us know if any of this appealed to you and you’d like to hear more. We’ll be happy to get in touch.
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UCF's Jacoby Glenn breaks up a pass intended for USF's Andre Davis during their game against USF at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on Friday, November 28, 2014. UCF won the game 16-0. (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel) ORG XMIT: os-ucf-usf-football-1129 (Jacob Langston / Orlando Sentinel)
The UCF football program has quite the nerve. It is taking on two beasts this Thanksgiving Day:
Turkeys and the 800-pound gorilla that is the NFL.
Re-booting its rivalry game against USF for a 7:30 kickoff at Bright House Networks Stadium on Nov. 26 is either brilliant and brazen, or dumb and dumber.
I'm leaning toward the latter.
At the risk of losing my home-team pom-poms, this is a giant step — and risk — for a team that has been on an incremental rise over the years. No doubt the UCF program has arrived, and has the national rankings and Fiesta Bowl title to prove it. Still ...
The NFL is King on Thanksgiving, followed by the Queen of all buffets, the Thanksgiving Day Spread. Turkey. Stuffing. Cranberries. Mashed potatoes. Sweet potatoes. Pumpkin pie.
And once upon a time, my sister-in-law's lentil loaf, but that's been banned after one nauseating experience that left me scarred for eternity.
So here's my revised Thanksgiving 2015 schedule, sans the lentil loaf:
8ish — Wake up, shot of espresso, walk dogs, pick up dog poop.
12:30 p.m. — Eagles at Lions on the big screen at home.
4:30 p.m. — Panthers at Cowboys on one of the TV screens in the lovely home of my good friends Ruben and Laura, followed by a fabulous spread, and a feeble attempt to try to stay awake despite the tryptophan buzz.
8:30 p.m. — Second wind (or is it third?) in time for Bears at Packers.
It's your typical Thanksgiving Day theme across America, plus or minus the dog poop: turkey and the NFL. Family and football, baby.
If this were Fight Club, it wouldn't be a fair brawl. UCF's average attendance actually went down last season, from 42,084 to 37,978. But there is no doubt that the Bulls are a big-ticket rivalry game (unlike that contrived nonsense cooked up the Connecticut football coach).
The 2013 game drew 45,952 fans, which is the eighth largest in school history and the sixth largest in stadium history.
The hope is that the War on I-4 supersedes the brawl for the clicker at home to watch three NFL games as well as the scrum for the last turkey leg.
"You're looking for rivalries and all that. I'd like to make a tradition of playing on Thanksgiving with that game if we can work it out — whether over here or over there. I think that's a neat day to play football," UCF coach George O'Leary said. "I know you're competing against the NFL and some of those teams, but it's about our rivalry as far as what we want to get accomplished, and that's what you should look at."
Of course, I'd be remiss not to mention that the schools may or may not have gone willingly into the night. ESPN called officials offering to switch from potentially airing the game at noon or earlier on Black Friday.
Great. So the two options were either trying to wrest the UCF fans from camping out at Best Buy for the $99 computer, or wresting UCF fans from the buffet table and Roger Goodell's feast of football — a feast of football deep into the season, with playoff implications coming into focus.
Turkey tailgate it is for the UCF faithful.
"I think it's great for both teams who are playing — as well as the American Athletic Conference — for this game to be featured on a huge stage like this," O'Leary said.
The flip side of this optimistic spin is that UCF will not only be taking on the Bulls but the Panthers, Cowboys, Bears and Packers.
I'd curb the enthusiasm until we count heads at the stadium on Turkey Day.
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Robert S Harding
August 4, 1942 ~ December 11, 2020 (age 78)
Robert S. Harding, 78, of Burlington passed away December 11, 2020. He was born August 4th, 1942 in Perth Amboy, NJ. Robert was the son of Charles Harding and Mary Harding, née Campion.
Robert graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Perth Amboy, NJ, and was employed for many years by Transcontinental Gas Pipeline/Williams Company. Later, Robert was employed as an inspector with NJ Natural Gas.
Robert was predeceased by his parents, and son Christopher Harding.
Robert is survived by his loving wife of 58 years Patricia Harding, née Handville; his sister Mary and her husband Russell Kowal of Woodbridge; and his three children and their spouses Lisa and Raymond Fronheiser of Raritan, Charlene and Richard Bergstrom of Raritan, and Robert and Dorothy Harding of Raritan.
Robert is survived by eight grandchildren and their spouses; Nicole and John Deitrick, Sean and Taylor Bergstrom, Matthew and Kim Fronheiser, Andrew and Noelle Fronheiser, Dr. Carly Bergstrom-Rosellini and Michael Rosellini, Ryan Bergstrom, Alexandra Harding, Liam Harding; and his two great-granddaughters Chloe and McKenna Deitrick, as well as several nieces and nephews.
Robert was passionate about his dogs and volunteering for The Airedale Rescue of Delaware Valley. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to airedalerescuedelval.org, your local animal shelter, or Feeding America.
A Graveside funeral service will be held on Friday, December 18, 2020 at 11:30am. in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Jacksonville Road, Burlington. The gravesite is located near the back to the cemetery, by the cemetery garage.
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“Santa for a Senior” delivers more than gifts.
Santa for a Senior
ROSICLARE – The holiday season was made a bit brighter for 34 Hardin County senior citizens thanks to the “Santa for a Senior” program coordinated by the staff at Rosiclare Rehab and Health Care Center. It was the second year for the program and it all started with a very simple goal. “We just want to bring a little joy into the lives of folks who may feel forgotten this time of year” according to Rosiclare Rehab administrator Lucinda Spivey.
The Rosiclare Rehab staff received nominations from the community, and the public was able to select a senior from a tree displayed at the Hardin County Chiropractic Center in Elizabethtown. “We wanted to help seniors with financial needs, but also a spiritual need” Spivey said. “They have lived full, and amazing lives but the holidays can get a bit lonely.”
The role of Santa went to Rosiclare Rehab maintenance supervisor John Strawser, who said the experience made him a believer. “Santa is not just for children” Strawser said. “The seniors we visited just lit up when they came to the door. I think it’s what Santa stands for; hope, joy and a little bit of magic.”
The laughter, and a few tears, shared by the gift recipients means that a bigger and better version “Santa for a Senior” will be back next year. “We plan to expand into Pope County next year” Spivey said. “When you live and work in this community like we do, and you see the response from seniors, it makes all the work and planning worth while.”
More photos from this year’s “Santa for a Senior” event can be seen online by visiting our photo gallery.
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New Athletic Director for Piedmont High School Students
On October 2, 2020, the Piedmont Unified School District announced the selection of Bradley Smet as the new Director of Athletics for Piedmont High School and Millennium High School.
Mr. Smet’s selection was based on his coaching experience and experience in Athletic Administration. Mr. Smet has served as a head coach in baseball at Atascadero High School as well as an assistant coach in baseball and football at Atascadero High School and Templeton High School.
Mr. Smet played two sports while attending Atascadero High School, leading the Greyhounds as the starting quarterback on the football team and starting pitcher on the baseball team. He played football at Hartnell College and Sterling College where he served as quarterback on both teams.
He also has experience as an educator at the school site and in the classroom. Prior to his role as the Interim Athletic Director and Assistant Athletic Director in the Templeton Unified School District, Mr. Smet was a special education teacher in the Atascadero Unified School District.
While at Sterling College. Mr. Smet received his Bachelor of Arts in History. He earned his Masters of Coaching and Athletic Administration from the University of Concordia of Irvine.
PHS Principal Adam Littlefield coordinated the recruitment and selection process. Administrators, teaching and support staff, coaching staff, members of the PHS Athletic Boosters, and student representatives participated in the interviews.
PHS Principal Adam Littlefield commented, “The Piedmont High School and Millennium High School communities are fortunate to have a new Director of Athletics with Mr. Smet’s passion and enthusiasm for athletics. His interest in motivating, engaging, and developing student athletes in and out of the competition environment is welcomed. I am excited to have Bradley as a member of our administrative team.”
Mr. Smet adds, “I am very excited to be joining the athletic program at Piedmont and Millennium High School, and am impressed by the long tradition of success that the student-athletes have had in and out of the competitive environment. Not only have the athletes excelled in their sports but also in the classroom. I will enjoy working not only with the students but also with the stakeholders involved in athletics to continue this impressive tradition. This year Piedmont High School is celebrating their 100th year anniversary, and I look forward to helping continue the strong traditions that were built over the past century.”
The District’s Director of Athletics is responsible for: recruiting, hiring, supervising, and evaluating coaches; developing and overseeing the Athletic Department budget; monitoring student eligibility; serving as the school representative of the West Alameda County Conference; partnering with the PHS Athletic Boosters; coordinating team schedules, transportation, equipment, and supplies for 49 teams; and ensuring a safe and supportive program for over 500 student athletes.
The Director of Athletics, which is a part-time administrative position funded by the District, requires a coaching certification. The position was broadly advertised and there were 17 applicants. Mr. Smet will start in this position with an annual salary of $56,663.
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OPINION: Why I Support the Pool and Measure UU
When the City took over operation of the pool in 2011, I was asked to help design how the pool would operate. The system we came up with generated twice as much revenue as other public pools and saved the City a lot of money. I spent over a thousand hours in that effort. I was motivated to do so for two reasons: I wanted to be sure the City’s operation of the pool was a success and I was concerned that, if the pool got too expensive, the City might lose interest in it. I brought those same concerns to the discussions that led to the current pool proposal.
We need to build a pool that meets the needs of the schools as well as the rest of the community. Under the facilities sharing arrangement between the City and the schools, the schools get to use the pool just as the City gets to use the schools’ gyms and sports fields. We are the same taxpayers who would be called on to fund a school pool. It makes no sense to have two pool facilities, one for the schools and one for everyone else, across the street from each other.
It’s time to have one facility that works for everyone—designed so the Piedmont swim team doesn’t have to rent additional space in other communities and spend hours a week commuting to practice; designed so the high school water polo and swim teams don’t have to practice at night or commute to other pools; designed so kids can both play and have swim lessons after school, all with lap swimmers having room to swim and finally being able to swim their laps when they get home from work at night.
It’s not too expensive. The bond measure is about financing, not cost. You can’t bid the project until you have detailed construction drawings and no one would pay to have those drawings done until they knew they had the financing and the project would proceed.
The increased cost estimate from 2016, when the conceptual design was initially approved, simply reflects that it will be built at least six years later, and, in fact, it is in line with what we understand other neighboring communities are doing. When you are arranging for financing, you need to build in room for interest rate fluctuations and other contingencies. Measure UU is simply authorizing bonds.
You don’t have to issue or spend all the bonds that are authorized, but you have to be sure the bond cap is high enough to more than cover the anticipated cost, because you can’t go get more bonds approved in the middle of the project.
The City Council didn’t prioritize the pool over public safety, by putting the pool on the ballot. The fact is our infrastructure is old and needs to be addressed. The pool is on the ballot because there already was a plan to deal with the pool, which had been analyzed, researched, and discussed for years.
The public safety issues just came up. We don’t know enough about them and there isn’t a plan to deal with them yet. It isn’t a question of picking one over the other. If Piedmont is going to be the community you moved here to live in, we have to address them both.
The question is simple: does Piedmont want a pool or not? If we do, it makes no sense to build an inadequate pool. It’s time to have a community pool that finally meets the needs of the whole community.
Join me in voting YES on Measure UU!
Jon Sakol, Piedmont Resident
Editors Note: Opinions expressed are those of the author.
Pool Bonds: Video of Forum on Measure UU Pro and Con
Click below to view the League of Women Voters Piedmont Forum on Pool Bonds: Measure UU.
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Proponent speaker: Betsy Andersen
Opponent speaker: Andy Wasserman
OPINION: Cory Smegal Cares Deeply for Our Town and Its Children.
I met Cory Smegal back in 2009 when we had young children and were co-presidents of our respective elementary school parent clubs. Since those early days of working together, I’ve watched as Cory has consistently taken on new and increasingly significant roles to support our students and the school district.In addition, now I’m privileged to call her my friend.
Most recently, I had the opportunity to work closely with Cory last year when I was president of PHS Parents’ Club. Cory was always a supportive and active School Board member, even before the world was turned upside down by the pandemic.
One of the things I respect most about Cory is that she always anchors her positions and efforts on what’s best for our students. And over the past four years she has also led the charge for our district to advocate for children across the state. In this way, she works for ways that Piedmont can take a leadership role in ensuring quality education for all.
The attributes that make Cory a great friend also make her a great community leader. She listens, is responsive, and works hard. She’s thoughtful, balanced and diligently researches her positions before she reaches conclusions or acts upon them.
And Cory is pragmatic, with a strong sense of fiduciary responsibility. More than anything, Cory cares deeply for our town and its children.
Please join me in re-electing Cory Smegal for School Board.
Laura Katter
OPINION: Re-Elect Cory Smegal to the Board of Education
I have had the pleasure of knowing Cory since our children attended Wildwood Elementary. We worked together on many parent club boards (Wildwood, PMS, and PHS) and also co-chaired The Giving Campaign for two years.
Cory is dedicated to public education and always has the best interests of our students at heart. With her extensive volunteer background, she understands our school system on every level, has a strong financial background and is familiar with district budgets, and she listens respectfully to all stakeholders points of view before making decisions. During this unprecedented time, we need someone with her experience to guide us through a safe return to the classroom.
No one is more qualified to advocate for the continued excellence of our schools. Please join me in voting for Cory Smegal on November 3rd!
Terri Burge
OPINION: In Favor of Measure UU Pool Bonds
When I think about Piedmont, the iconic image that comes to mind is the center of town – the 4 schools, the tennis courts, Piedmont Park and City Hall. And, in the middle – the pool. We live in a really beautiful place and the pool is a vital part.
This picture fades when you foresee the pool drained and the site pad-locked. Further, it is difficult to imagine it replaced by anything else. I can’t see, and don’t want, it “developed” for alternative (commercial) purposes. That’s not Piedmont. What belongs there is a pool. This is where our kids learn to swim. This is where my parents took me to learn to swim. Why would we take that away from our community and future residents? A cost/benefit analysis falls woefully short of responding to that question. Nobody applies that logic to the other amenities.
We rightfully take pride in our city. We should be a community that does not require a “fiscal” conclusion to support inherently valuable projects. We have parks, fields and courts for our citizens and students to pursue their athletic interests. Swimmers and water polo players deserve the same. Make no mistake, the pool augments the quintessential Piedmont “selling point” – the Schools.
Should UU fail, Piedmont High School and it’s swimming and water polo teams will be without a pool. Would some families opt for private schools that have pools? Seems likely. Replacing the pool is a great opportunity. The proposed plan ties the pool and the tennis courts together and creates a modern and attractive recreational facility. This is more than a replacement – it’s an improvement.
Think about recent projects. Does anyone regret remodeling Hampton Field? Do we wish we hadn’t spent the money to replace Havens? Of course not. All things have a lifespan whether we are talking about civic amenities or personal property. Well, the pool’s life has ended and it is our responsibility to get it replaced.
Those that oppose Measure UU because they ‘don’t use the pool’ or ‘don’t like how it will be funded’ should consider the risks of shuttering the pool. How does creating a blight improve our city? Whatever the objection, in the long-run this project enhances Piedmont, which benefits us all. Because Piedmont’s a community and not just an address, we owe it to the past and future to get this done.
Please vote ‘YES’ on UU.
Chris Hart, Current President Piedmont High School Boosters, Prior President Piedmont Baseball Softball Foundation
PIEDMONT BALLOTS HAVE ARRIVED, BUT VOTER GUIDE IS MISSING
Every voter in Piedmont should have received their ballot and Alameda County Voter Information Guide in the mail.
Although many voters are marking their ballots, the Alameda County Voter Information Guide has not been delivered. The Guide contains Piedmont candidate statements and Piedmont ballot measure arguments.
A Piedmont press release stated: Sample Ballot / Voter Information Pamphlet
“The Alameda County Registrar of Voters began mailing Sample Ballot / Voter Information Pamphlets to registered voters on Thursday, September 24th. You can also view your personalized Voter Information Guide on the Registrar of Voters My Voter Profilepage. If you have not received your sample ballot by October 16th, please contact the Alameda County Registrar of Voters Office at (510) 272-6933.”
Voted ballots may be returned in a U.S. Postal Box or deposited in the Alameda County BALLOT BOX located in central Piedmont at the corner of HIGHLAND WAY and HIGHLAND AVENUES next to the Wells Fargo Bank. POSTAGE IS NOT REQUIRED ON BALLOT ENVELOPES.
Because of issues related to mailed ballots, voters are encouraged to vote their ballots early to assure timely delivery to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.
For your ballot to be counted, you must sign your ballot envelope. Every voters signature is carefully checked by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.
++++++ VOTER GUIDE INFORMATION ++++++
Piedmont’s Ballot Measures TT (Transfer Tax Increase) and UU (Pool Bonds) are found on the very last page of the ballot. Links to official information on Measures UU and TT are below.
Measure TT – Transfer Tax Increase on Real Property Sales
Full Text of Measure TT
City Attorney’s Impartial Analysis of Measure TT
Direct Argument In Favor of Measure TT
Direct Argument Opposed to Measure TT
Rebuttal to Argument In Favor of Measure TT
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Official information on candidates for City Council and School Board are linked below. Click on the candidate name to read their statement.
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If you have questions or concerns regarding voting, contact Piedmont City Clerk John Tulloch at 510/420-3040.
OPINION: Why I Support Veronica Thigpen for School Board
I have known Veronica Thigpen for several years. We first met through the Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Committee. I was impressed that she stepped up to lead the MLK Day celebration and gathering as a new member of the organization and of our community. The two MLK Day events she organized and led were extremely successful. They were standing-room only and the program not only celebrated the work and vision of Martin Luther King Jr., it grounded the ideas of racial justice and equity within our community.
Personally, I appreciated her dedication to opening the MLK events with a recognition that we were on land which once belonged to the indigenous people of the East Bay, the Ohlone. To me this showed her commitment to the inclusion of the diverse people that live and work in our community.
I am voting for Veronica for the school board because I believe that she will take the initiative, leadership and dedication that she demonstrated through those events together with her focus on equity and inclusion and use those to lead education in Piedmont in the direction it needs to go.
Please join me in voting for Veronica Thigpen.
Shanti Brien, Piedmont Resident
OPINION: Require All Businesses to Pay Their Fair Share
No Consumer Ever Got a “Prop. 13 Discount”
Since Prop. 13 was passed in 1978, the taxable value of California business property has increased no more than 2% per year regardless of its market value, unless there is a change in ownership. Owners of such properties have used various legal mechanisms to avoid a change in ownership. These owners, whether operating a business or renting property to others, pay far less property tax than competing businesses that acquired property more recently.
Prices and rents, however, are set by markets. Consumers and renters don’t get a “Prop. 13 discount” that reflects the property owner’s low property tax; the property owner just pockets those savings while the rest of us pay not only the market price, but also more in all kinds of taxes to make up for the lost business property tax revenue.
Prop. 15, on the November ballot, will fix this situation by allowing the taxable value of business properties worth more than $3 million to gradually rise to market value. Opponents claim that Prop. 15 will cause prices and rents to rise as property owners try to pass along the increased property tax. That’s extremely unlikely—if those property owners could charge more, they already would be.
Please vote in favor of Prop. 15 to require all businesses to pay their fair share and fund our schools.
Richard W. Raushenbush, Former School Board Member
OPINION: Re-Elect Cory Smegal to the School Board
I enthusiastically support Cory Smegal for another term on the school board.
I was on the board when she was elected and we’ve served together these last four years. Cory came onto the board with relevant experience and strong skills and, in the last four years, she has only deepened and expanded her expertise.
Cory is impressively smart, quick, creative, and compassionate. To the core, Cory is a servant leader, always, always putting our students and their well-being first and thoughtfully balancing the needs of our myriad stakeholders against what will best serve our students and their families. Cory asks questions…a lot of them (a very good thing!), does her homework and does it well, and is an out-of-the-box thinker who pushes and prods to find the best solution within the confines of the rules and regulations that govern public education. What I especially appreciate, too, is that Cory wants everyone to understand the “why” of an action or decision, taking the time to provide background during board discussions so that everyone understands the context in which decisions/actions are made.
It’s been a difficult year in light of shifting our learning environment because of COVID, and it is a testament to Cory that she has chosen to continue to serve for another four years and to continue to use her talents for our educational community. It will be my honor to continue to work with her.
Please join me in voting for Cory for school board. I know absolutely that Piedmont will be very well served.
Amal Smith, Member of the School Board
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Cognizant appoints Daniel Cohen as head of North America banking business
Source: The Economic Times India
BENGALURU: Cognizant has appointed Daniel Cohen as senior vice president of banking and financial services for North America, as CEO Brian Humphries moves to bring in fresh talent to spur growth in the IT services firm’s major markets.Cohen has worked at French IT services firm Atos and has spent over 27 years at IBM.“Banking and Financial Services continues to play a critical role in our growth strategy, and our leadership team must position Cognizant to win in the digital era. With that in mind, I’m pleased to announce Daniel Cohen as our new Senior Vice President of Banking and Financial Services for North America,” D K Sinha, head of Cognizant North America, said in an email to employees. “I’m eager for Dan to bring a fresh perspective, new energy and even greater client focus to BFS.”ET has seen copy of the email.Cognizant will grow at the slowest pace in its history this year, as its two key business verticals, healthcare and banking, have struggled to expand.Last quarter, the company announced that former Wipro healthcare executive Jeff Heenan-Jalil would take over as head of its healthcare division.
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200 Amsterdam Avenue #26B Upper West Side, NY 10023 - New York
Condominium Apartment for sale 200 Amsterdam Avenue #26B, Upper West Side - New York
200 Amsterdam marks the arrival of a new classic, perfectly composed in the heart of the Lincoln Square neighborhood on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Elegant architecture by Elkus Manfredi, Genre-defying design by CetraRuddy. All rising from the epicenter of New York's most culturally and intellectually rich neighborhood. This 2,221 square foot, three bedroom, three and a half bath condominium offers ample living and entertaining space in an elegant, split plan layout with dramatic city and park views. The Foyer, with a White Ice marble floor, leads to a 16'10 x 29'2Living and Dining Area with 10' ceilings, custom French White Oak floors in a chevron pattern and floor to ceiling windows facing East. Sliding glass panels offer the opportunity to have either an open or closed Kitchen, which is itself a striking showpiece blending slabs of honed Calacatta marble with custom Italian made oak cabinetry and brushed nickel accents. Within the Kitchen, a large waterfall edge center island provides seating for three as well as ample work and storage space. State of the art appliances include a Sub-Zero refrigerator, freezer and wine chiller, a 48 Wolf Dual Fuel Range and a Miele speed oven, warming drawer, and two dishwashers. Above the range, a sleek slab of marble ingeniously conceals an externally vented hood creating an ideal balance of beauty and function. Off the kitchen there is a large a laundry room with washer, dryer and slop sink. The Master Bedroom Suite is a spacious retreat complete with a walk-in closet and a Master Bath whose cool palette epitomizes serenity and features a Calacatta Cielo feature wall, white marble and lacquer vanity with double sinks, Iceberg marble floor with radiant heating, a walk-in shower with marble bench, a deep soaking tub and Toto toilet. Polished nickel sink and bath fittings by Fantini, Jonathan Browning wall sconces and recessed niches add elegant, well-considered touches. The second and third bedrooms have en-suite baths which are a continuation of the superior design and neutral palette epitomized in the Master. The Powder Room is a glamorous tribute to old New York with a custom mosaic floor in Vanilla Pearl and Saint Laurent marble. Together with a hammered-metal sink, Murano glass handles and custom glass pendant light, this room leaves a lasting impression and expresses an eye for detail, function and quality. With floorplans inspired by the gracious layouts of pre-war apartment buildings, each residence at 200 Amsterdam has been reimagined for contemporary living. Residences offer ceiling heights of up to 10', high performance central heating and cooling systems for individual climate control, air filtration, sound attenuation technology, dedicated laundry areas with washing machines and fully vented dryers, pre-wiring for cable, telephone and internet, motorized shades and high performance windows with Low-E coating and UV protection. The Spa at 200 Amsterdam sets a new standard for the residential wellness experience in Manhattan, the centerpiece of which is a 75' heated saltwater pool, buttressed by a mosaic pattered whirlpool and Swiss-inspired temperature controlled rain showers. Men's and Women's Rejuvenation Rooms feature steam and sauna areas sheathed in gradient glass and soothing Thermo Aspen Cedar. A Meditation Room and Treatment Room available for spa services through 200's Concierge infuse a sense of calm. Curated by the Wright Fit, the state-of-the-art Fitness Center is furnished with best-in-class cardio and weight training equipment. In addition, there is a separate studio for yoga, personal training and Pilates complete with reformers and barre. A separate room is devoted to the very latest Golf Simulator. Modeled after the world's finest private member's clubs, the Club at 200 Amsterdam offers cultivated indoor and outdoor settings where one can engage, entertain and indulge. The Lounge and Private Dining Room offer light-filled rooms for intimate gatherings or large scale celebrations. Reward your senses in the Library, appointed with grand piano, or take in some fresh air on the landscaped Terrace which provides ample space for quiet reflection or stylish outdoor entertaining. The Club Room, with cozy seating, a bespoke billiards table and Butler's Bar, is the ideal place to unwind. And, for 200's youngest residents, the Lincoln Center inspired Little Composers playroom comes with its own performance stage, costume shop and musical instruments. In addition, there is a professional grade, soundproofed, Rehearsal Room for budding and established musicians alike, as well as a Study which offers quiet workspace for individuals or small groups. 200 Amsterdam is a full-service condominium staffed by a live-in Resident Manager, 24 hour Concierge, Doormen, Handymen and Porters. On-site lifestyle management services will be provided by LIVunLtd. Purchasers receive a unique membership to Lincoln Center, hand tailored for 200 Amsterdam Owners. Additional building amenities include keyed elevator entry, private storage available for purchase, stroller and bicycle storage, refrigerated storage for grocery and flower deliveries, pet grooming room with Evolution Touchpad Dog Wash and large capacity washers and dryers. The complete offering terms are in an offering plan available from Sponsor. File No. CD170043. Sponsor: Amsterdam Avenue Redevelopment Associates, LLC c/o SJP Properties, 11 Times Square, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10036. Equal Housing Opportunity.
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Offaly event discusses agri-environment and climate challenges
Offaly event to discusses agri-environment and climate challenges
Agriculture is currently facing a number of environmental challenges relating to biodiversity, water quality and reducing both greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions. That was the clear message at the National Agri–Environment conference, organised by Teagasc, in Tullamore on Thursday, October 17.
Pat Murphy, Head of the Teagasc Environment Knowledge Transfer Department, said; “There will be a requirement for an unprecedented level of dialogue between a very broad number of partners in the sector to deliver on emission targets, biodiversity and water quality. The industry collectively must use all the tools available to it in order to deliver the improvements required. It is also essential that there be clarity for farmers and as much simplification of what they are being asked to do as possible.”
Dr Karl Richards, Head of Environment, Soils and Land-Use Research Department in Teagasc, told delegates; “The recently published Government Climate Action Plan sets out the challenging targets for agriculture: Reduce emissions by 10 to 15% by 2030; deliver carbon sequestration; and support diversification including bio-based products and bioenergy."
This Climate Action Plan contains many of the measures identified in the Teagasc Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC), which assess the abatement potential of a range of mitigation measures, as well as their associated costs and benefits on both greenhouse gas (GHG) and ammonia emissions for the period 2020-2030.
A total of 14 cost-beneficial, cost-neutral and cost-effective mitigation measures were identified in the Teagasc MACC for reducing agricultural emissions (methane and nitrous oxide). These measures were estimated to reduce emissions by 1.85 Mt of carbon dioxide equivalents per year (CO2-e yr-1) between 2021 and 2030. The largest contributors to the abatement are using protected urea, improving dairy EBI and using low emission slurry spreading.
In addition, the MACC identified carbon sequestration from afforestation and management of high organic soils could potentially remove another 2.97 Mt CO2-e yr-1 from 2021-2030 reaching a maximum of 3.25 Mt CO2-e yr-1 by 2030. The cultivation of biofuel/bioenergy crops and anaerobic digestion has the potential to account for a further reported reduction of 1.37 Mt CO2-e yr-1 by 2030, mainly associated with the displacement of fossil fuel usage.
The key message from Dr Karl Richards was that we know the potential for mitigation, but now we have a limited time to encourage farmers to adopt the actions and deliver mitigation. Early actions results in greater Greenhouse gas reductions.
The challenges on water quality were outlined by Bernard Harris, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM). He outlined that recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) monitoring has indicated that water quality has begun to decline again after a period of stagnation. He pointed out that Nitrogen (N) use on Irish Farms has increased in recent years and this is a key factor which needs to be tackled by farmers in improving nitrogen efficiency. The derogation and Nitrates Action Plan reviews will focus heavily on N efficiency, fertilizer formulation and on stocking density.
An update on the Agricultural Sustainability Support and Advisory Programme (ASSAP) was outlined. It is a free, voluntary and confidential advisory service providing advice to farmers on reducing nutrient and sediment loss from farms to waters.
Noel Meehan, Teagasc said that the service is available to farmers located in 190 Priority Areas for Action (PAA). These are catchments identified throughout the country where water quality is under pressure. Advisors will visit farms, assess existing practices and offer advice on preventing nutrient and sediment loss to waters with a view to improving overall PAA water quality.
"The increasing importance and concern for biodiversity can be seen from the evolution of global policy since the 1990s. There is ample room for both agriculture and biodiversity to develop side by side if effectively managed space is left for nature."
Sean Kelly from National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) highlighted the status of our bird populations. He indicated that while there have been improvements for a number of species there are a lot of species that remain under threat.
Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist, Catherine Keena spoke about the development of a scientifically based methodology to assess farmland habitats and the development and trialling of a biodiversity indicator in the Teagasc National Farm Survey.
A Biodiversity Management Practice Index (BMPI) is proposed for application on dairy farms to inform biodiversity management practice which enables the positioning of intensively-managed farms by their biodiversity management practice status. There are four broad characteristics of farms which provide readily accessible indicators, namely: the farmed landscape structure; hedgerows; field margins; and watercourses.
Constituents of the Biodiversity Management Practice Index would include; Average field size, hedgerow height, new sapling trees in hedgerows, uncultivated field margin, unsprayed field margin, fenced watercourses, watercourse margin of 1.5 metres or more, and absence of drinking access to watercourses.
Teagasc has organised a ‘Hedgerow week’ starting next week, October 21 with an event at Teagasc Kildalton Agricultural and Horticultural College. During the week landowners and machinery contractors will be encouraged to manage hedgerows for the benefit of wildlife.
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Decision on enabling the competitive deployment of storage in a flexible energy system: Changes to the electricity distribution licence
Electricity - distribution
Decision for
Enabling the competitive deployment of storage in a flexible energy system: Statutory consultation on changes to the electricity distribution licence28th September 2018
Upgrading our Energy System - smart systems and flexibility plan
We are introducing a new condition in the electricity distribution licence to ensure that distribution network operators cannot operate storage.
Storage can help to integrate intermittent renewable generation, reduce the costs of operating the system, and help avoid or defer costly reinforcements to the network. However, it needs a level playing field to compete in the relevant markets.
Where competitive activities are carried out by monopoly network operators, there is potential for competition to be distorted, for new market entrants to be deterred, and for network operators’ incentives to invest efficiently in their networks to be affected.
In the case of networks owning and operating storage, distortions or foreclosure have the potential to affect not just the uptake of storage by third party providers, but also the uptake of other forms of flexibility – such as DSR or other flexible generators – that provide the same or similar services in the same markets. This in turn has the potential to impact on other markets, including that for aggregation.
However, electricity storage can be a valuable source of flexibility for network operators, offering an alternative solution to avoid or defer the need for traditional reinforcement or to support cheaper and faster network connections. We need to make sure that networks have the right regulatory framework to make efficient and effective use of flexibility provided by the market, while acting in an entirely neutral way.
In the Smart System and Flexibility Plan we committed to making sure that network operators cannot directly operate storage. We consulted on our proposals for giving effect to this commitment in September 2017. After reviewing the responses to the consultation, we proceeded with a statutory consultation in September 2018 on the changes to the electricity distribution licence condition to fully implement our proposals. This is our decision on the proposed licence modifications to the electricitiy distribution licence.
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Enabling the competitive deployment of storage in a flexible energy system - Modification of standard licence conditions 31A, 31B, 31C, 42 & 43 of the Electricity Distribution Licence
Prohibition on Generating Guidance (POGG)
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Return to Electricity system flexibility (Electricity)
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The Cabinet of Curiosities: Buzz Bombers
by Shaun Jex | Jun 14, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of... | 0 comments
In and of itself, the game Buzz Bombers was not that unusual. The title was Intellivision’s answer to the mega-popular game Centipede. In fact, the concept behind Buzz Bomber might be slightly less ridiculous. In Centipede, you play the part of a garden gnome with a magic wand fighting off a variety of insects. In Buzz Bombers, you played a can of bug spray and your mission was to protect the garden from bees.
Like Centipede, the bees moved from left to right across the screen. Once they reached the edge of the screen, they would move one row lower. When you hit a bee with bug spray, they turned into a piece of honeycomb. In later levels, killer bees were added. They moved faster than the standard bees and transformed into red honeycomb when killed. A hummingbird also appeared on screen occasionally, eating the honeycomb and giving the player points. If bees reached the bottom of the screen, flowers sprouted, which gave the player less room to maneuver. Although, now that I think about it, that is a bit odd. You were tasked with protecting the garden from the bees because they would pollinate the flowers. Your goal was apparently a barren garden.
What makes Buzz Bombers such an oddity is the game box. The game was designed for a single player, but for some reason the box indicated that two players were possible. By the time Intellivision realized the mistake, the games were ready for distribution. Rather than recreate the boxes, the ever inventive folks at Intellivision came up with a better solution: they took a magic marker and simply crossed out the offending line by hand on every single box.
It’s hard to imagine a company implementing such a slap dash solution today, but it’s sort of charming to know that there was a time when it constituted a quality fix.
Until next time, I remain…
Just Another Geek in the Geek Kingdom
Shaun Jex (127 Posts)
Shaun Jex is a lifelong gamer, a journalist, and pop culture historian.His love of video games began with a Commodore 64 he played growing up, late night sessions on his NES, Game Boy and Sega Genesis, and frequent trips to the local Tilt arcade. He edits the Citizens' Advocate newspaper in Coppell, Texas and writes about Disney and Walt Disney World history for Celebrations Magazine and the Celebrations Magazine blog. He runs a weekly vlog called "The MCP" dedicated to retro video games, and a channel with his wife Kara called "The Marceline Depot," dedicated to Disney, amusement parks, and travel.
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Cuckoo for cocoa bombs: Hampton Roads bakers flooded with orders for America’s biggest trend in sweets
By Matthew Korfhage
The Virginian-Pilot |
Hot cocoa bombs - chocolate balls filled with marshmallows and cocoa powder that dissolve into hot chocolate - at Flour Child Bakery in Virginia Beach on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (Hannah Ruhoff / The Virginian-Pilot)
Perhaps you saw it on Facebook. Perhaps it was “Good Morning America.” But by now, you’ve probably seen them: little spheres of chocolate like cartoon bombs without the fuse, needing only heat to explode.
Fueled by TikTok videos, the hot chocolate bomb has become the runaway food trend of the holiday season, the bomb that won’t stop booming.
Within each bomb is a sweet world of cocoa and marshmallow and perhaps other things besides, peppermint or chai spice or a half-shot of bracing espresso. Pour hot milk over the top of each sphere, and watch its shell degrade disturbingly at its center. Then, sometimes suddenly, though never as alarmingly as on internet videos, it loses its integrity entirely and turns its insides out.
Cathy Baker prepares hot cocoa bombs - chocolate balls filled with marshmallows and cocoa powder that dissolve into hot chocolate - at Flour Child Bakery in Virginia Beach on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (Hannah Ruhoff / The Virginian-Pilot)
The contents spill into hot liquid until they coalesce into a pleasure familiar from most American childhoods: a steaming mug of marshmallowed hot chocolate.
It is a festive magic trick in a coffee mug, the miracle we’ve apparently all allowed ourselves in a pandemic holiday season otherwise mostly devoid of them.
Since mid-October, hot cocoa bombs have been an international phenomenon, with how-to videos lurching around social media in a way we used to feel comfortable calling viral.
The result has been chocolate pandemonium. Would-be home bomb-makers ordered so many silicone chocolate molds in early fall that even Amazon ran out of its supply; some professional bakers had to order their molds from Brazil. (You can again find molds online, and they might even arrive before Christmas.) Even some makers of meltable chocolate have had to shut down orders for the season, overwhelmed by the torrent.
Meanwhile local Facebook food groups in Hampton Roads have been deluged, over and over until world-weary fatigue set in, with variations on the same question: “Where can I buy a chocolate bomb?”
Though Target and Walmart and Trader Joe’s theoretically sell their own low-cost versions of chocolate bomb, in Hampton Roads they’ve been consistently tapped out: “Out of stock in stores near you,” quoth Target’s website. “No longer sold at Norfolk.” The same goes for Targets from Williamsburg to Hilltop.
For Hampton Roads bakers, it’s been both an unexpected boon — and also an unrelenting struggle to keep up with the phone calls and emails and special orders for bomb after bomb after bomb. Scratch-made versions of the treat will retail for anywhere between $4 and $8 apiece, often with cheeky designs and goofy flavor improvisations.
“We started selling them two weeks before Thanksgiving,” said Cassie Walker of mother-daughter bakery Flour Child in Virginia Beach, otherwise best known for their cookies, cakes and pies. “As soon as they hit the shelves, they exploded.”
The bakery is already busy for the holidays, Walker said, and demand for their pies and cake pops has also not dimmed during COVID times; crisis has a tendency to stoke people’s need for the wee indulgences.
But the bombs, laborious to make because bakers must first form the hollow chocolate molds before filling and decorating them, have transformed their business. The bakery turns out espresso chai and strawberry “unicorn” versions in addition to the basic hot chocolate, each one giddily decorated with sweet swirls and flourishes. They like the extra business, like all small businesses do, but the demand has also been overwhelming.
“It’s difficult to keep up the demand,” she said. “On and off we stop taking orders. We had to put a limit of six per order. They were buying them for clients, everyone in the neighborhood, all their classmates, and we were not able to keep up. We’ve still been selling out as fast as we can make them, faster than we can make them. It’s the biggest thing we’ve ever made.”
As we spoke on Dec. 11, Walker was in the middle of making a Facebook post saying the shop would temporarily stop special orders, though they’d still be working long days to make them for walk-in customers. (We were able to buy them on a Saturday evening.)
“We’re no longer taking orders because we have so many, and we have to keep baking our regular items, our cakes and cookies, and we’re running out of time,” Walker said. “Some of us are here 14 hours a day, trying to get them made.”
At Just Cupcakes in Norfolk, owner Stefanie Boebinger said she had no idea what she was in for when she started making the bombs this month.
“It’s blown my mind how large the demand has been for these,” she said. “I don’t remember seeing them in the past, but as soon as we started selling them, people have been calling. It’s super neat to watch.”
Boebinger said she started making them because customers kept asking for them.
“After several people in one day asked about them, we figured, ‘Let’s try them out.’ We hit the ground running.”
Peppermint cocoa bombs at Just Cupcakes bakery in Norfolk (Courtesy Stefanie Boebinger)
The bakery is in the process of expanding its repertoire, adding mocha and candy-cane peppermint and pumpkin spice versions, not to mention a green holiday-themed Grinch version adorned with a little red heart.
Since taking over ownership of the longtime bakery in February, she has also begun making a specialty out of vegan creations, and so soon she hopes to add a vegan version of chocolate bomb, avoiding the gelatin that’s a main ingredient in most marshmallows.
“We do enjoy the challenge of creating something vegan,” said Boebinger, who studied baking and pastry design at Stratford University. “Butter, milk and eggs are in everything.”
But while her shop relishes the business, she said she is surprised there were so many orders; local home bakers, she said, have made a burgeoning cottage industry out of hot cocoa bombs, and she thought her shop would get lost in the shuffle.
Indeed, countless home bakeries all over Hampton Roads have stepped into the hot-cocoa void, marketing their wares on Facebook and Etsy — and so have larger catering companies that include Virginia Beach-based Mermaid Catering.
For home baker Kristi Rind, who runs a bakery, Kristi’s Kreatives, out of her home in Virginia Beach, the cocoa bomb has completely changed her business.
“They’ve sold like crazy,” said Rind, who sells out-there creations like a Harry Potter-themed bomb set with little lightning bolts and white chocolate owls.
The chocolate bombs are not new; she’s been making them for years. But the popularity, propelled by TikTok, has been sudden. What used to be a part-time supplement to her income at a local shelter has turned into an eight-hour-a-day factory for chocolate bombs.
“This year it started at Thanksgiving,” she said. “I was focused on my cookies until the day after Thanksgiving, and I’ve been flooded since then. People all over the country have been talking about them since October, in the northern areas where it got colder faster. Here it came later, as it started getting colder. One lady yesterday ordered them, and she wasn’t even out of my driveway before she ordered another dozen.”
Rind says her chocolate supplier had even shut down orders because so many people have been requesting them, but she luckily had ordered a large shipment in advance. Sleep has become a treasured commodity, and she had to rely on family to help with the vast influx of orders.
“My business has tripled in size,” she said. “It was just me doing everything by myself, and it was so overwhelming that my daughter’s actually stepped up. I still have a full time job, and now it It was like two full time jobs I was doing at that point, and I was so exhausted. So now she does it during the day, and I do it at night.”
She’s grateful for the increase in orders, but also worries the trend will dissipate as soon as it started, subject to the passing fancies of social media.
“You just don’t know: Is it going to keep being busy? Or is it going to eventually die out?” she said. She’s already planning the next step in chocolate evolution: breakable chocolate heart molds for Valentine’s Day, which shatter when struck. For now, though, she hopes the cocoa bomb fever doesn’t let up.
“I think this is the new wave, and I hope it stays this way,” she said. “And I’m going to just keep riding this train, that’s for sure.”
Blake West, an employee of Baker's, boxes up hot cocoa bombs at Flour Child Bakery in Virginia Beach on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (Hannah Ruhoff / The Virginian-Pilot)
Selected spots for hot chocolate bombs in Hampton Roads
Brick-and mortar retail
Flour Child Bakery, 1716 Pleasure House Road, Virginia Beach, 757-464-1455, iloveflourchildbakery.com
Just Cupcakes, 340 W. 22nd St., Norfolk, 757-625-1000, justcupcakesva.com
Nana’s and Papa’s Soups and Stews (at Vintage Vibe), 232 Centerville Turnpike N, Chesapeake, facebook.com/nanaandpapassoupsandstews
Petite Sweets, 333 High St., Portsmouth, 757-966-1538, petitesweetsportsmouth.com
Sinful Treats, 1301 N. King St., Hampton, 757-637-7069, sinfultreatshpt.com
Sub Zero Virginia Beach, 1255 Fordham Drive, Virginia Beach, 757-201-2233, subzeroicecream.com
Catered, online-ordered and home bakeries
Confections by Kelley (Suffolk), facebook.com/confectionsbykelley
Guilty Pleasures Treats (Norfolk), guiltypleasurestreatz.com
Gunther’s Gourmet Hot Cocoa Bombs (Hampton), 757-646-6257, facebook.com/gunthersgourmethotcocoabombs
Impressional Sweets (Hampton), https://www.impressionalsweets.com/
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Kristi’s Kreatives (Virginia Beach), bit.ly/KristisKreatives
Mermaid Catering, 485 S Independence Blvd., Virginia Beach, 757-358-7904, mermaidcatering.com
Storybook Bakery (Chesapeake), storybookbakery.com
Matthew Korfhage, 757-446-2318, matthew.korfhage@pilotonline.com
Hampton Roads bakeries
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Appellate court holds ‘hitching’ tractor and trailer registration to same state not required
The Michigan Court of Appeals recently published its opinion in Behnke Inc. v State of Michigan, __ NW2d __, 2008 WL 467016, (Mich. App., Feb. 21, 2008), which held that the state of Michigan cannot require trucking companies, who have properly registered their tractors in Michigan, to also register their trailers in the state.
The court based its ruling on Section 404 of the International Registration Plan (IRP), which provides for full and free reciprocity to trailers properly registered in any member jurisdiction.
The plaintiffs in Behnke are trucking companies based in Michigan . They filed suit to prevent the Michigan State Police Motor Carrier Division from issuing civil infraction citations based upon the carriers’ failure to display a valid Michigan license plate on their trailers as required under MCL 257.255(1). Both parties stipulated that the Motor Carrier Division did not enforce this requirement until after the 2003 amendment of MCL 257.255(1), which raised the registration fee for a trailer with a gross weight of over 10,000 pounds from $39 a year to a one-time fee of $300.
The trial court granted summary disposition in favor of the plaintiffs.
On appeal, the state of Michigan first argued that the Ingham County Circuit Court order was void for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and that jurisdiction in the Michigan Court of Claims was proper. The appellate court disagreed, holding that jurisdiction in the circuit court was proper, and even assuming that the Court of Claims had jurisdiction, such jurisdiction was not exclusive as to actions for declaratory or equitable relief and, therefore, the circuit court properly retained original jurisdiction.
The appellate court then turned to Section 404 of the IRP, in which Michigan, the other 47 contiguous United States and Canada participate. The court looked to the plain language of Section 404 and found that it clearly provides that if a carrier has properly registered its tractors in its home base the carrier can register its trailers in any IRP participating jurisdiction of its choice. Section 201 of the IRP defines a home base as the jurisdiction where the trucking company has an established place of business, from where the fleet accrues mileage and where the fleet’s operational records are maintained.
For a complete copy of Behnke Inc. v State of Michigan, __ NW2d __, 2008 WL 467016, (Mich. App., Feb. 21, 2008), click here.
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Ulysses Press Builds on 'Mugglenet'
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With more than 335,000 copies of Mugglenet.com's What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7 in print since its November 2006 publication, Berkeley, Calif.—based Ulysses Press plans to use the more than $2 million it will earn from its bestselling title to help continue what it calls “auteur publishing.”
Ulysses copublisher Ray Riegert said the press developed the auteur acquisition strategy about three years ago—Ulysses looks for areas in the marketplace where there's a publishing opportunity, then comes up with a book idea and the right author to make the project happen. “The change in philosophy to originate projects, rather than get things shopped to them, has made all the difference,” said Sara Rosenberg, marketing director at Publishers Group West, Ulysses's distributor. The new approach, which led to the creation of the Mugglenet book, helped Ulysses land on PW's Fast Growing Small Press list for the first time this year and weather the PGW bankruptcy.
Riegert said Mugglenet is just one example of the press's acquisition strategy. It begins with an acquisition meeting with Riegert, sales and marketing manager Bryce Willett, editor Nick Denton-Brown and publicist Karma Bennett to examine Nielsen BookScan numbers. When the group agrees there is a publishing opportunity that is being overlooked, they put together a team to develop a new title.
Riegert is aware that a book like Mugglenet will not contribute to its backlist, so the press also uses BookScan to guide acquisitions of titles like Complete Krav Maga: The Ultimate Guide to Over 200 Self-Defense and Combative Techniques, a book about self-defense techniques used by the Israeli army. Since it was released in May, Krav Maga sold out the 10,000 first printing and Ulysses has gone back to press.
Riegert founded Ulysses in 1983 with his wife and copublisher, Leslie Henriques, to publish his book Hidden Hawaii. The press expanded the Hidden series to include other locations and now has 35 titles in the line, which it is redesigning. In addition to travel guides, Ulysses publishes titles on fitness, martial arts and mind/body/spirit. Ulysses will use some of the Mugglenet money to begin publishing full-color high-end books like the forthcoming Mega Picture Puzzles. But Riegert is being careful not to overexpand, and intends to continue to produce 50 books a year with a 12-person staff.
A version of this article appeared in the 08/27/2007 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline:
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Zygote to re-release only album
by John Gentile 10 weeks ago
Zygote, the band that included Stig Miller, Smutpig, and Spider of Amebix and Tim Crow of Smart Pills, are re-releasing their only album. A Wind of Knives, originally released in 1991, will be reissued via Pine Hill Records on December 2, 2020. the album also received a limited reissue in Portugal in 2018 and a very limited CD release in Germany in 1994. Other than that, the album has been out of print since just after release.
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Outline Map of Parts of Southern California &...
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Outline Map of Parts of Southern California & South-Western Nevada, Showing the Relative Areas of Drainage Of the Coast, Valley, Interior & Parts of the Colorado Basin . . . .1876
Washington, D.C. / 1876
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One of the First Hydrography Maps of American Southwest Based Upon Actual Surveys
Scarce map of Southern California and Part of Nevada, focused on the system which drains the various mountains and valleys in the region.
Prepared in connection with the Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, this map reflects the earliest systematic study of the Hydrography of Southern California and contiguous parts of Nevada drained by the Colorado River.
The map is broken into three sections, Great (San Joaquin) Valley, Interior Basin and Coastal (range) Drainage, along with the Colorado (River) Desert.
The map displays an area from San Diego and Ft. Yuma in the south eat to Santa Cruz on the Pacific in the north west. the colors show drainage area and basins, while major geographic and built features are named. The "Visalia Div. S.P.R.R." runs down the Great Valley Drainage past Tulare Lake. (Tulare Lake was once the largest fresh water lake west of the Great Lakes. It is now a dry basin, "reclaimed" for agriculture and housing developments.)
The "Old Salt Lake Road" runs northwest out of the Los Angeles area through a miniscule Last Vegas. From Appendix JJ of Wheeler's 1876 Annual Report Upon the Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian.
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Map of Bodie Mining District Mono Co. California Surveyed and Compiled by C.L. Anderson, C.E. Illustrated and Published By Edward Eysen. 1880 Lith. M. Schmidt & Co. 411 Clay St. San Francisco For Sale By Payot, Upham & Co., Stationers, San Francisco, Cal.
Edward Eysen's Mammoth View of Bodie, California.
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Early San Diego County water map, focusing on the cities of Vista and San Marcos in the North County region.
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Truly beautiful example of a historically important 18th century map of California.
Map of the Gold Regions of California. Showing the Routes via Chagres and Panama, Cape Horn &c.
Striking example of Ensign & Thayer's rare promotional broadside map showing the routes from the east coast to the Gold Regions of California.
The Heathen Chinee (A series of 9 lithographs illustrating a Poem by Bret Harte)
Set of 9 lithographs drawn by John Hull and printed in Boston, setting Bret Harte's poem The Heathen Chinee, published in Boston in 1870.
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EM boosts EG Capital Advisors bond fund launch
November 16, 2016 by Sean Czarnecki
The Russia-based specialist firm is working to raise awareness globally about the fund.
NEW YORK: EM is supporting EG Capital Advisors’ announcement that it is launching an emerging markets high yield bond fund.
Known for its specialties in finance and strategic communications, as well as emerging markets, the Russia-based consultancy is working to raise awareness globally about the fund.
"We’ll be doing a lot with the media and putting out the news to the financial markets," CEO Tom Blackwell said. "We’re obviously looking to get the news publicized so it gets picked up in the main financial media, so investors are aware of it. Then we’ll take it from there."
The investment firm will launch the fund in the first quarter of 2017 with initial committed assets under management of $50 million. U.K.-based Coppin Collings will partner with EG Capital Advisors to provide the "operational platform" for the fund and other functions.
Thomas Kiehn and Sergii Pershyn, the leaders of EM’s New York office, are handling work for the announcement. The firm opened its doors in New York earlier this year in an effort to push into the main financial center of North America.
The shop’s Hong Kong office, opened last September, also won its first major Chinese client, Charles Chen Yidan, cofounder of Tencent Holdings, one of the world’s largest Internet companies, Blackwell said. Work for the business magnate started in October.
Blackwell and his partners launched EM after completing a management buyout from M:Communications. Blackwell said the firm anticipates ending this year with global revenues of $3.5 million, up more than 25% over the year prior.
This month, EM is also handling communications for the Moscow Exchange and fertilizer manufacturer PhosAgro. The agency is supporting the Moscow Exchange Russian Capital Markets Forum, a conference on the Russian economy and financial infrastructure that began Tuesday in New York. London will host the conference in December.
EM is supporting PhosAgro’s sponsorship of the World Chess Championship, which is being hosted by New York. EG Capital Advisors is also sponsoring the event.
This story was updated on November 17 to correct that EG Capital Advisors is launching an emerging markets fund in the first quarter of next year.
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s03e01 / Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days
On her last night in Washington D.C. over the summer, Rory helps Paris get ready for an unexpected date. While missing Rory, Lorelai has been having strange dreams, including being married to having twins with Luke. Sookie decides she needs to make the house more masculine for Jackson even though he insists that he likes it the way it is. Taylor puts together an end of summer festival for Stars Hollow. When Rory gets back, she is upset to see Jess making out with a platinum blonde in the middle of town and admits to her mother about the kiss she and Jess shared, sparking a fight between Rory and Lorelai. Lorelai also fights with her parents when she tells them about Sherry and Christopher, and returns to Luke's in hopes of a reconciliation with him.
s03e02 / Haunted Leg
2nd Oct '02 - 12:00am
Lorelai and Emily continue to fight about over what happened between them, and Rory has to run interference. At school, Rory also has to run interference between Paris and Francie, and eventually comes up with a way to stop their fighting. Kirk asks Lorelai out, and Lorelai has to figure out a way to let him down easy. Things seem to go better until Christopher shows up at Friday night dinner, and both Lorelai and Rory have to confront him about Sherry. Meanwhile, Rory talks to Jess about Shane and why she never wrote him during the summer.
s03e03 / Application Anxiety
Rory receives her Harvard application in the mail and then learns from a visiting panel of Ivy League admissions experts at Chilton that all her instincts about how to fill it out were wrong. After panicking about her chances of getting into Harvard, Rory and Lorelai decide to consult a nearby Harvard alum, Darren Springsteen, and end up joining him and his Harvard-perfect family for a lunch filled with quiz questions, which calms her nerves about college. Darren later tells Rory that he thinks she's perfect for Harvard and he'll put in a good word with the admissions office for her. Later, the reality of college hits home for both Dean and Lorelai. Meanwhile, Taylor bullies Luke into renting him the retail space that he bought next door to open an old fashioned soda shoppe and Lane meets Dave, an aspiring musician looking for a drummer for his band.
s03e04 / One's Got Class and the Other One Dyes
Lorelai gives a talk at the Stars Hollow high school about her career, but the school moms get mad when she ends up fielding more questions about her teen pregnancy than anything else. Lane, distraught over having to sneak around to practice with her band and her mother making her apply to religious colleges, decides to dye her hair purple, but chickens out and dyes it back to black before her mom sees it. Rory, helping Lane with her hair-dying experiment, realizes that Jess's girlfriend Shane works at the local beauty supply store, and finds herself being uncontrollably rude to the ditsy blonde. Luke confronts Jess about his relationship with Shane, and Jess admits that he doesn't really care about her, he's just with her because the girl he really likes isn't interested in him. Jess recommends that Luke do something similar and stop wasting his time waiting for Lorelai.
s03e05 / Eight O'Clock at the Oasis
23rd Oct '02 - 12:00am
Rory finds herself taking over Lorelai's job of watering their new neighbor's lawn while he's on a business trip, but she has trouble with the spigot and can't get the water to turn off. She runs to town for help and Jess ends up coming to her rescue, but when he hears that Dean is on his way, he turns the water back on so that Dean can then rescue Rory. Lorelai goes to a charity auction that her mother organizes and meets a cute guy named Peyton. She asks her mother for his number, and she and Peyton end up planning on going to a David Bowie concert next week, but also planning a dinner date sooner. After dinner with Peyton, Lorelai realizes he's incredibly boring, but when she tells her mother that she wants to cancel her concert date, her mother freaks out. Emily is friends with Peyton's mother, and is worried that this slight by Lorelai will affect her social standing in her DAR circle. After getting yelled at by her father, Lorelai realizes how important this is to Emily, and agrees to go to the concert with Peyton if it will make her mother happy.
s03e06 / Take the Deviled Eggs...
Jess buys a used car from Gypsy, and Luke worries where Jess got that kind of money. Luke is amused when he finally gets Jess to admit that he has a part-time job at Wal-Mart. Lane takes it as a personal affront that Jess would get his own car after totaling Rory's. Rory gets an invitation to Sherry's baby shower, and admits to Lorelai that she's been talking to Christopher a bit on the phone. Lorelai drives Rory to the shower and gets talked into attending as well by Sherry. Sherry drives Lorelai nuts with her perfection and her planning and her gushing about how incredible Christopher has been through everything. Lorelai fumes on the way home with Rory and deviled eggs that they were forced to take with them. Rory suggests they throw the deviled eggs at Jess's car for catharsis. It works. The town loner gets permission from the town church to stage a protest, but when his banner falls the wrong way and then rips, no one can figure out what he's protesting.
s03e07 / They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?
Determined to win the annual Stars Hollow 24-hour dance marathon, Lorelai forces Rory to be her partner. While everyone in town dances around them, Rory and Jess can't seem to stop arguing with each other, a fact that is not lost on Dean. Meanwhile, Lane and Paris are both surprised when the boys they like drop by to see them.
s03e08 / Let the Games Begin
Richard corners Rory at a family dinner and persuades her to accompany him on a visit to Yale University, his alma mater. Although Rory has her heart set on going to Harvard, she reluctantly accepts the invitation, and the trip becomes a family affair when Emily and Lorelai tag along. Once they arrive on campus, however, Rory is infuriated to learn that she has an appointment with the dean of admissions. Meanwhile, back in Stars Hollow, Luke lays down the law to Jess about his relationship with Rory.
s03e09 / A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving
Emily insists that Lorelai and Rory come to Thanksgiving Day dinner, which causes the girls to be even more overbooked: they have already committed to three other feasts, including celebrations being held by Lane, Luke and Sookie. While dining at the Gilmore estate, Lorelai is floored to learn that Rory applied to Yale University without telling her.
s03e10 / That'll Do, Pig
Lorelai has to miss Stars Hollow's Winter Carnival when Great Grandmother Gilmore pays a surprise visit and insists on having dinner with Richard and Emily at Lorelai's inn, where she makes a surprise announcement. Meanwhile, Rory's plans to enjoy the carnival with Jess are complicated when they run into Dean and his little sister Clara.
s03e11 / I Solemnly Swear
22nd Jan '03 - 1:00am
Rory is set up by the manipulative Francie who convinces Paris that Rory has been plotting against her. When Emily is sued by a former maid, Lorelai worries that giving a deposition in the case will cause more problems with her mother. Meanwhile, Lorelai meets an interesting new man at a business seminar.
s03e12 / Lorelai Out of Water
When Lorelai surprises herself by agreeing to go on a fishing date with her new beau Alex, she turns to Luke for a lesson in fishing techniques. The political battle between Rory and Paris heats up when Paris tries to have Rory impeached. Meanwhile, Lane plots to go to the prom with Dave, and Luke asks Taylor's attorney out on a date.
s03e13 / Dear Emily and Richard
Sherry's carefully planned labor goes awry when she goes into labor early and Christopher is out of town. Sherry asks Rory to be with her at the hospital, which reminds Lorelai of the day that Rory was born. Flashbacks tell the story of 16-year-old Lorelai as she learns she is pregnant, decides not to marry Christopher, and ultimately leaves home with her new baby. Luke goes on his first date with Nicole.
s03e14 / Swan Song
Lorelai goes off with her new boyfriend for a weekend in New York, but worries about leaving Rory and Jess alone together. Meanwhile, when Jess shows up for dinner with Rory and her grandmother, Emily, and refuses to explain his black eye. Rory accuses Jess of fighting with Dean. Lane hatches a plan in order to hang out with her new beau.
s03e15 / Face-Off
Tired of waiting for Jess to call and make plans for the weekend, Rory goes to a hockey game with Lane where she runs into Dean and his new girlfriend, Lindsay. Lorelai confronts Jess about his poor treatment of Rory. Meanwhile, Gran comes to stay with the Gilmores for a few days and Emily is shocked to find her mother-in-law kissing a man.
s03e16 / The Big One
While nervously waiting for their college acceptance letters to arrive, Rory and Paris find themselves competing to give a speech at Chilton's bi-centennial, where Paris makes a startling admission. When Lorelai runs into her former fiance, Max Medina and they share a passionate kiss, she is left to wonder if ending the engagement was the right decision. Sookie's strange behavior has a surprising explanation.
s03e17 / A Tale of Poes and Fire
When a meeting of the Edgar Allan Poe Society at the Independence Inn is interrupted by a fire, Lorelai must find rooms for the guests at various homes around town. Forced to give up her own room, Lorelai spends the night at Luke's. Trying to decide among Harvard, Yale and Princeton, Lorelai and Rory make an extensive list of pros and cons for each school. Luke worries that Jess may be skipping school when he learns that Jess has been working a surprising number of hours at Wal-Mart. Rory visits a humiliated and hibernating Paris to deliver school assignments and a pep talk.
s03e18 / Happy Birthday, Baby
23rd Apr '03 - 12:00am
While Lorelai deals with the rebuilding of the fire-damaged Inn, Rory schemes to give her mom a great birthday party, complete with a gigantic pizza. Richard surprises Lorelai with a large check from an investment he made when she was born, and Lorelai uses part of the money to repay her parents for Rory's education, a gesture which does not please Emily. Meanwhile, Luke confirms his fear that Jess has been skipping school to work extra shifts at Wal-Mart. Luke agrees to meet Nicole's parents. Paris returns to school a changed person.
s03e19 / Keg! Max!
With graduation approaching, Rory is happily looking forward to attending the Stars Hollow High School prom with Jess, but he gets some surprising news from Principal Merten. Lane's band makes its debut at a big party, but the evening ends on an ugly note when the long-standing animosity between Jess and Dean finally erupts into a fist fight. Meanwhile, Lorelai gets roped into serving on the parents' committee for the Chilton graduation party, putting her back in contact with a very uncomfortable Max Medina.
s03e20 / Say Goodnight, Gracie
Both Rory and Jess avoid one another when they find it difficult to deal with their emotions after the fight at the party. When Lorelai and Sookie learn that the owner of the Dragonfly Inn has passed away, they see their chance to buy the inn of their dreams. Jess' long-lost father, Jimmy, shows up in Stars Hollow and introduces himself to Jess, then suddenly leaves town. Luke is furious when he learns Jess has flunked out of high school and gives him an ultimatum to repeat his senior year or leave. Rory finds out that Dean is engaged to be married. Lane's beau, Dave, pleads his case to a stoic Mrs. Kim.
s03e21 / Here Comes the Son
After the blow-up with Luke, Jess leaves Stars Hollow for Venice, California, to stay with Jimmy, the father he knows almost nothing about. Jimmy admits he isn't capable of being a father, but promises to ask his live-in girlfriend Sasha to let Jess stay. Back in Stars Hollow, at the same time Lorelai is wondering how to tell Rory that Jess is gone, she learns that the money Richard gave her will make Rory ineligible for financial aid at Yale. Feeling stressed out about everything, Rory unexpectedly confronts Emily over her treatment of Lorelai.
s03e22 / Those Are Strings, Pinocchio
21st May '03 - 12:00am
As Rory's graduation day approaches, the Gilmore girls plan their long-awaited summer backpacking trip across Europe, even as Lorelai faces the possibility that the recent fire will force the owners of the Independence Inn to sell the building. Rory takes matters into her own hands when she discovers that Lorelai is making a great personal sacrifice to pay for the Yale tuition. Richard and Emily present Rory with a lavish graduation gift, and everyone is touched by Rory's moving valedictory speech. Meanwhile, Luke has second thoughts about a summer cruise with his new girlfriend.
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Genaro C. Armas The Associated Press
Sep. 14, 2014 Updated: Aug. 27, 2017 3 p.m.
Jets fans react after a touchdown catch was called back because the team called a timeout before the ball was snapped in the fourth quarter on Sunday.Mike Roemer — The Associated Press
GREEN BAY, Wis. >> Once they figured out the New York Jets’ running game, the Green Bay Packers set the tone through the air.
Aaron Rodgers threw for three touchdowns, Jordy Nelson had a career-high 209 yards receiving and the Packers rallied from an 18-point deficit to win their home opener 31-24 on Sunday.
New York appeared to tie it with 5 minutes left on a 37-yard touchdown catch by Jeremy Kerley on fourth down but it was negated because the Jets (1-1) called a timeout from the sideline just before the snap. The Packers (1-1) held on from there to avoid their first 0-2 start since 2006.
Randall Cobb caught two short scoring strikes and a 2-point conversation that gave the Packers a 24-21 lead in the third quarter.
Rodgers finished 25 of 42 with 346 yards, Nelson had nine catches and Cobb finished with five catches for 39 yards.
Green Bay went up 31-24 late in the third quarter when Nelson worked a double move on Dee Milliner for an 80-yard touchdown catch.
Geno Smith’s last-ditch pass on fourth-and-8 with 3:31 left to a double-covered Kerley was tipped away. The 78,000-plus fans at Lambeau Field breathed a collective sigh of relief, and the Packers held the ball from there.
Just a couple of hours earlier, it looked as if the home crowd was going to witness a surprising loss.
Chris Ivory barreled up the middle for a 4-yard score at 10:38 of the second quarter that left the fans in stunned silence with the Packers down 21-3.
Slowly, but surely, the offense started chipping away. Then, the defense came up with some big stops late.
Clay Matthews tipped away a pass by Smith on first down to start one three-and-out drive by the Jets in the fourth quarter.
Eric Decker departed with a hamstring injury early in the fourth, depriving Smith of his top receiving target.
The Jets tried backup Michael Vick at quarterback on one play, but he was taken down from behind in the open by Matthews for a sack. That drive ended with the pass breakup on Kerley in the end zone.
Smith finished 16 of 32 for 176 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Decker had four catches for 63 yards, while Ivory led the Jets on the ground with 13 carries and 43 yards.
The Packers’ comeback started with a 13-point flurry in the final 5:43 of the first half.
Mason Crosby hit field goals from 20 and 55 yards, the latter setting a Packers record at Lambeau Field.
Then, the Packers got the defensive break they desperately needed when Tramon Williams stepped in front of tight end Zach Sudfeld for an interception at the Packers 3.
Rodgers followed with 10-play, 97-yard drive in 1:44 that ended with a 6-yard scoring strike to Cobb to get the Packers within five at the half.
Under pressure much of the day, Rodgers pumped his fist while on one knee after getting off the touchdown pass after getting hit by Jets lineman from behind just after the throw.
Until then, it was second-year quarterback Smith who was having success. He connected with Decker for a 29-yard touchdown on pretty touch pass over cornerback Shields for an early 14-0 lead. That score was set up by a 37-yard run by Kerley on a read-option pitch from Smith.
The Jets’ running game looked like as though it couldn’t be stopped. But the Packers defense adjusted and Rodgers, Nelson and Cobb took over from there.
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Magic Unchained
(Nightkeepers, #7)
by Jessica Andersen
Type: speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is a broad umbrella category of narrative fiction referring to any fiction story that includes elements, settings and characters whose features are created out of imagination and speculation rather than based on attested reality and everyday life. That encompasses the genres of science fiction, fantasy, science fantasy, horror, alternative history, and magic realism.
Genres: fantasy > urban fantasy, romance > paranormal romance
Cara Liu is determined to unite the forces under her leadership but when Nightkeeper Sven enters the scene, Cara has trouble separating her duty to her people from her desire for her ex-lover. Their secret affair will not only jeopardize a tenuous alliance among the Nightkeepers, but it also distracts them from a danger within their own ranks planning a vicious betrayal...
Cara Liu must earn her place as the leader of the winikin, but her powerful feelings for Nightkeeper Sven could jeopardize the balance right when the winikin must become warriors to help the magi fight their increasingly powerful enemies. Sven tries to keep his distance given their troubled past, but when they are betrayed by one of their own, he can no longer deny the attraction. Their searing chemistry — and the danger — increases as they race to locate a hidden cave that could hold the key to resurrecting the Nightkeepers’ strongest ancestor. But their growing feelings face the ultimate test when the winikin army faces an unimaginable threat and Sven is called on to make the hardest choice of his life.
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About the Author :: Jessica Andersen
Jessica S. Andersen is an American writer of mystery and medical romances. She obtained a PhD in Genetics, but when she finally settles on a single career, she will have been many things: a doctor of molecular genetics, a patent agent, a freelance editor, a professional horse trainer and riding coach, a fiance and the proud owner of a pair of corgis. But if you ask her who she is, Jessica will say, "I'm a writer. The rest is all background research."
Jessica lives in a smal farm in eastern Conneticut with her own personal hero, Brian, as well as the corgis, two cats and a handful of young horses, who she claims are investments but never seem to get sold.
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‘Asgard’s Wrath’ Review – VR’s Epic Norse Saga of Godlike Proportions
Scott Hayden
Sanzaru Games made some pretty big claims about Asgard’s Wrath when it was first revealed earlier this year, calling it their “deepest title yet” and promising 30+ hours of first-person combat, dungeoning, and all of the RPG goodness you could hope for. And although the term ‘AAA’ has been bandied about, it seems the hype is mostly well-founded here: besides some fairly minor gripes, Asgard’s Wrath sets a new bar for VR-native RPGs.
Asgard’s Wrath Details:
Developer: Sanzaru Games
Publisher: Oculus
Available On: Oculus Store (Rift)
Reviewed On: Rift CV1
Here’s the setup: you’re the new fledgling demigod in town, and the Norse trickster god Loki has taken a shine to you after you successfully saved him in an epic battle with a Kraken. Sharing a flagon of ale back in Aegir’s Hall, the Asgardian version of Applebee’s, Loki implores you to embark on a grand journey to possess a number of mortal heroes and guide them along their individual quests—all the while collecting a unique gemstone extracted from each hero, which you ultimately fork over to Loki.
If you’ve ever seen any of the more recent Marvel movies or thumbed through the real page-turner that is the Poetic Edda, then you’re probably pretty familiar with the basics of Norse mythology, and you’ll likely know what’s going on well before it’s spelled out for you by Loki, Thor, Freya, Odin and the gang. The whole setup is admittedly well-trodden territory story-wise, and although Asgard’s Wrath lacks what you might call a fresh narrative, it more than makes up for this with visual finesse, a consistent combat system, a massive number of quests & side quests, and more loot than you can shake a sword at.
It essentially includes many of the components that you may have dreamt of the first time you imagined what Skyrim might be like if it was made from the ground up for VR, though it doesn’t offer a truly open world.
Asgard’s Wrath is very much a structured world with one-way trips through its discrete levels which are splayed across the source material’s various realms, however Sanzaru showcases a more clear understanding of what makes VR great. Hint: it’s not an avalanche of text-based 2D menus like we saw in the actual Skyrim VR port.
Firstly, let’s talk about combat. Asgard’s Wrath takes more of a gestural approach to combat rather than a highly simulated approach, meaning all of your hard-won combat strategies learned in Blade and Sorcery are basically no good here. Because it doesn’t feature a pure physics-based combat system, weapons have a characteristic ‘weightlessness’ that will result in you clipping through an enemy if you don’t swing with enough force. Although this fundamentally negates your first instinct to start slashing and going for the soft squishy bits, you do get used to it over time and it does become reliable and predictable if you play by the rules of combat which the game sets out for you.
That doesn’t mean you can’t get away with wailing on a high level baddie with dumb-baby tactics though, and ignoring all advice about parrying, blocking, and countering by just slashing away and dodging with thumbstick locomotion all the time. You can totally go that route, though it takes a much longer time to take down high-level enemies.
Most mid to high-level baddies are enveloped in a magical shield that can only be broken by effectively anticipating a special attack and parrying it before it lands, or alternatively by throwing tons of attacks to chip away at the magic shield until you can start doing HP damage. Clearly the game wants you to engage in a very specific combat style, which removes some of the fun of creatively dispatching a bad guy, although once you learn how the game wants you to engage in combat, it becomes mostly second nature. You learn what constitutes a ‘good’ swing, and you can at least mix and match ranged and melee combat to your tastes thanks to lootable enemy weapons.
Although it’s a single-player game, at your side is a cast of loyal beast-warriors called ‘Followers’ that you can create and collect along the way. Not only do they provide an extra hand during combat, but each Follower has its own special ability for puzzle solving too. All stages have multiple side quests and special areas that only a specific Follower can help with, which means you’ll have to go back through the completed stages to exhaust every possible secret and collect the most epic hidden loot. Thankfully you can both summon and swap you Follower at any time, so it doesn’t become a painful exercise in escorting a stupid AI to a specific place. You just point and click where you want them, or what to attack, and they mostly get out of the way.
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And where are you going to store all of those ill-gotten gains from your many exploits? Well, in your insanely large inventory of course! Ok, let’s face it. Unrealistically large inventories may never truly find a compelling VR-native solution beyond bringing a literal room-sized backpack with you, although Asgard’s Wrath does well enough with its inventory system, which gives you three main ways of storing stuff. It gives you a more traditional 2D menu-based depository, a quick select wheel with a limited number of spots for faster in-world selection, and finally a holster system, which you can configure to hold anything in a limited number of spots. Want to store all your sausages on your right shoulder and a bunch of cabbages on your left leg? Be my guest, you miserable weirdo. You’d probably be better off stocking Full Potions and Revival Mead for your Follower, but I’m not your dad.
If I were your dad though, I would say that you should write Sanzaru a nice letter for making a useful, VR-native inventory system that lets you configure your loadout anyway you see fit. Of course it sucks that you can only store a number of item types before you fill up with garbage and you start refusing to carry actually useful or rare stuff, but you can always jump out to Aegir’s Hall anytime to craft items, and store/sell excess junk and convert it to the game’s only currency, Hacksilver.
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Puzzles, although not the toughest, are varied enough to present an engaging mix of challenges that more often than not require you to pay close attention to your surroundings and act quickly. Things like shooting challenges, symbol-matching, key item collection, and door puzzles are all in rotation here. Although most of this is done while possessing a hero, there are some puzzles that you undertake in god-mode as well.
As a god you are a giant and tower over the landscape, giving you a birds-eye view of some of the game’s environments. This is a great way get the lay of the land and even scout for secrets before jumping back down to human scale by possessing the Hero that you’re aiding. In god mode you can also move the Followers by hand, which is useful for some puzzles.
And there’s the gameplay length, something VR fans have bemoaned since before consumer headsets were even a thing. Going primarily through main quests, and not stopping to dig deeply into crafting, weapon upgrades, excessive inventory management, and the many side quests, my personal play time came to just under 17 hours. That’s a bit short of the advertised 30+, but I would almost consider my personal playthrough a hard bottom for a first run. Had I gone for the highest difficulty level, and really squeezed the loot around me for the best crafting items so I could level my hero’s gear and my various beastly companion’s gear, I could easily see myself doubling that time. Replay value, like I said before, is dependent on your will to replay parts of the game with the full set of followers so you can open corresponding chests and hidden side quests.
Side note: loading screens are frequent and can be an absolute drag if you’re loading from a standard hard disk and not an SSD, so you will definitely want to make room on your fastest drive for the best experience.
Asgard’s Wrath is a pretty significant technical achievement in terms of graphical fidelity, at least as far as VR is concerned. Outside of a few moments when some of the supporting cast’s character designs felt a bit rushed, Asgard’s Wrath is overall a really impressive visual experience, and one that feels rock solid beneath your feet most of the time.
Although characters may not always be the most graphically polished, their animations were always on point, and often times take over the heavy lifting in terms of immersion. To that effect, one of the most impressive areas in the game is Aegir’s Hall; seeing all of the life around me—the patrons, vendors, and band—really felt like I was peeking into the future of VR.
Dynamic lighting and water in some stages adds a thick veneer of realism over well-realized dungeons, each of which seems to have a distinct character depending on which of the game’s locales they inhabit.
I spoke a bit about combat above, and although there’s plenty of mechanics that the creators have essentially ported over from non-VR combat games (which sometimes feel out of place in VR), Asgard’s Wrath thankfully includes toggles for just about everything. You can toggle off the player’s HUD, enemy meters, enemy indicators, and even toggle off throwing aim assist for the most 1:1 combat experience the game can offer.
That said, one of the things I’m going to come down on is object interaction. On one hand, the game is absolutely brimming with interactive objects, and stocks the world with very few things that can’t be used, collected, sold, or crafted into something better. On the other hand, every object has a snap-to point where you automatically engage a single holding pose, which can make you feel like you have a wooden grip instead of the sort of flowing and more natural hand poses I wish other developers would borrow from the likes of Lone Echo. Because you’re always picking things up and opening up the game’s many (many) treasure chests, you don’t ever really forget it either.
One such instance of iffy object interaction culminated in a challenge that requires precise and quick manipulation of levers, and I found myself constantly overreaching, or not grabbing the lever at all because I needed to be close enough to the pre-approved attach point for my hand to actually move the lever, even if it was physically in a perfectly reasonable place to ‘grab’.
Asgard’s Wrath offers a wide array of comfort options including variable speed/angle snap-turn, a toggle for camera shake, optional blinders, and head or hand-based steering.
Whatever you choose though, this is a stick-based game with smooth forward locomotion and no teleport option. If you’ve sensitive to smooth locomotion Asgard’s Wrath could give you some trouble, though the blinders and movement speed adjustment could make it more tolerable. I found locomotion to be slow enough to not cause any issue, and I remained comfortable after playing multiple hours at a time. A few clever comfort additions, including fast-travel ladders and (optional) fast travel stairs, mean the artificial locomotion is relegated to walking and periodic dashing.
Force grab is also enabled and lets you reach toward and object and pull it into your hand from a distance so you don’t wind up constantly bending down to grab the game’s many items from ground. Force grab isn’t great for immersion per se, but over the course of my multi-hour play sessions it really saved both my neck and my sanity, so I count it as a net positive.
Seated users won’t have a problem playing Asgard’s Wrath. The game automatically detects whether you’re playing seated or standing and adjusts your in-game height accordingly. Like all physical games, you’ll need plenty of room to swing wildly, and a chair without arms is recommended.
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Asgard's Wrath may not offer the richest melee combat experience out there, but this epic Norse saga serves up a truly competent RPG that's not only strong in the visual department but is also packed with a full set of VR-native controls, something that's been so far missing in ported RPGs. There may be some wonkiness when it comes to object interaction, but the charming set pieces and excellent character design lend a level of immersion to this truly feature-length game that's hard to beat.
Gameplay: 8.5 | Immersion: 9 | Comfort: 9
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CURTROCK
Feels like this game is going to give a very welcome and much needed boost to VR as a serious gaming platform. AAA threshold = crossed! Niceeeee. Pre-order, done.
I just need to know 1 thing – will it work with revive?
VoodooDE VR (YouTube channel) just said it works with several SteamVR headsets except Vive Cosmos.
Personally, this is the barrier for me. I’m not willing to pay anywhere near full price for something that relies on homemade middleware to work. If Oculus would say “oh, I see you have a device we STILL haven’t bothered to support, wanna buy this game for $10 and hope it works?”, I’d probably do it.
It doesn’t seem to properly work being stream to the oculus quest though. For some reason it stutters massive amount in ways no other game does, regardless of graphical/stream settings. Hope it gets fixed soon, first impressions looked amazing with a level of production values far in excess of anything i’ve seen in vr so far.
I bought it for my Index, and it works great with revive.
Jarilo
VR4EVER
Interesting review. Is it just me or does the review reads very analytic but less playful or wowed by the game. Sounded to me that you didn‘t really enjoyed playing it, although the score of course tells otherwise…
You don’t want to give a well-made game a low score and discourage other developers even if the game isn’t that fun since VR needs more of this. So yeah, I totally agree. The review definitely sounds like the game is really well made, but the experience is just so-so.
Zachary Scott Dickerson
yeah pretty much. Very few VR games with amazing game play value, usually just rely on multiplayer, or some arcade type experience.
Totius
I had the same feeling
Looking at past reviews it feels like RoadToVR has a negative stigma associated with Oculus. If this was a Valve release, same game, same system, I bet it would have read better. Nevertheless, super excited to play the game, especially after reading UploadVR’s review :)
Do you want them to sound like fanboys of the game in the review?
What a nonsensical comment. As if that would do any good! Is your life made out of black and white?
Its a game! Its meant to be enjoyed! It shoudnt read like it was a chore, then blast through it and nitpicking over all else! Where is the fun in that?
“…or thumbed through the real page-turner that is the Poetic Edda“
Anyone not quite ready to do that should check out Neil Gaiman’s book Norse Mythology. It’s very readable, very funny, and pretty accurate to my knowledge. (The audio book, which he reads himself, is also good.)
Gwaihir Scout
Seconded. Haven’t read the Poetic Edda, but it seems that Gaiman’s book covers most of it.
Irrelevant Humanity
Too bad about the combat and physics/interaction system – all I really wanted was Blade & Sorcery with a story and better graphics. Not that I won’t still dump a couple dozen hours into this game tho probably….
The good thing is that now that indie games like Blade & Sorcery have proven vr interaction systems that are actually compelling, larger developers will feel “safe” to incorporate them. A larger dev with a deadline and millions of dollars at stake (not to mention a reputation) isn’t going to spend years in research, experimentation, and development (e.g. B&S’s case, they needed to rewrite some fundamental parts of the Unity engine) only to find out that their experimental interaction system doesn’t actually work and you wasted your contractee’s time/money. Vs the typical approach of just taking the basic flat formula and adding some mild/prudent VR-specific enhancements
We might see the same thing happen with e.g. Boneworks
IKR we have been so spoiled by B&S combat system…
I realise SSDs are getting larger and cheaper, but I kind of wonder whether 100+ gig games should start to separate slow streaming assets and high-priority assets to be split between drives.
Ombra Alberto
I have an external 3 T HD. No problems with games. Zero latency.
Enough to complain about nonsense in 2019.
I mean, the review above specifically says this game suffers from slow loading times on a hard disk.
I have not seen all these slowdowns .. only the normal slowdowns.
And I don’t have a NASA PC.
It seems to me that here you complain only for the sake of complaining.
I haven’t made any complaint, I’m only referring to the reviewer’s complaint from experience with this game. You can take that up with him.
You’re the only one talking about latency and slowdowns, though — the subject was load times. Your loading times may be fine in the VR games you play, but how many of them are 120GB+?
D3Pixel
Some games do suffer from mechanical drives these days. Path of Exile is one that runs like crap on a hard drive. Same for No Mans Sky. Unless you don’t mind waiting 5+ minutes when zoning/loading. I guess with AAA games they expect users to have AAA storage these days.
It is easy to fix though, even on my old 4770K gaming PC I shoved an M.2 PCIe in it because the motherboard doesn’t have an M.2 slot. Best “gaming” investment I did for the mentioned games above. Now nobody has to wait for me while I shout “wait for me!, i’m still loading” :D
meh, M2 form factor SSD are under $250 for 2 terabytes! That is a shit ton of VR games. I have like 80 games on my $75 500 gB SSD. granted, they are smaller than this game. You can always re-install games you don’t play often, or in STEAM you can move a game to a different HDD if you don’t play it often anymore (demoted from my SSD).
Yeah, the shit-ton you mention would be exactly four in games of this size. Many people will definitely need to change their habits as you suggest. The suggestion I mentioned could reduce that need considerably, though.
LOL, yes that would be nice feature but I doubt it will happen. Most games are still quite small compared to this game. Starting to remind me of early PC gaming days where I could only have a few games at a time unless I spent a ton on storage space.
Yeah, like I said it would only really matter for 100+ GB games. They’re likely to become increasingly common over time, though.
Nah, really don’t want games to spread over multiple drives..
It would of course be optional.
Grey Lock
Glad the game is reviewing well, however I won’t buy it for two reasons:
– Don’t like the whole Norse God setting
– No multiplayer
That said, I hope those of you who do get it have a blast ;-)
Jorge Gustavo
I respect your reasons. But… for me… these a veeeery dumb reasons.
JCat_NY
No Multiplayer? I see this as one if its best features.
Someone that has tried the game can report about how does it compare with Skyrim VR please?
I’m very curious if the environments, the cities, the weather conditions, the alternating of night and day are covincing in AW like in Skyrim. I was (and I am) happy to spend time in Skyrim without having the necessity to continue a quest.
Also, how loading times here do compare with Mage’s Tale’s ones?
Anyway, I really hope this looks much more like Skyrim than Mage’s Tale in most aspects.
It’s not open world like Skyrim, it’s more God of War meets Zelda.
THIS IS THE WORST GAME EVER…..in my dreams!
BEST game of the year! Easy candidate So it runs very well on the revive, 300% supersampling, the image quality is so sharp and clean. I feel presence! quality is way nicer on index than rift s.
@Danny_Fr
I am a couple of hours into the game, and so far I am far from impressed. The graphics are good, yes (at 130Gb once installed they’d better be), but a lot of aspects seem half-baked.
Some of the objects are interactive, some of the same type aren’t. I can pick a mug in the tavern, and I’m completely unable to pick it’s twin. The locomotion is slow to avoid VR sickness, but can’t be sped-up for those who aren’t subject to it. The holster system is capricious and I often find myself grabbing my sword instead of whatever object I’m aiming for… that’s for the details.
Now, there are other more major aspects of the game that I see as negative:combat and loading times.
Enemies have a bash attack (headbutt) they use liberally, but you don’t unless you are equipped with a (destructible) shield. Some of their attacks, it seems, sort of spin you around which is really annoying if you have a restrained play space. The lack of physics is very disappointing, and bashing just doesn’t feel right after playing more consistent games (B&S but also The Thrill of the Fight and Robo Recall). The worst I’ve seen so far is an enemy teleporting away and respawning with full health because I went too far from its spawn point -that’s cheap.
Now, the game is YHUGE, and I will need to upgrade my SSD in order to put it there. That said, it’s not possible that the devs didn’t know that some players wouldn’t have trouble with space, and still they don’t offer any QoL enhancements like (hold on) having your follower act like a mule and send it to the tavern, like in Torchlight II, a game that’s 7 years old. Between this and the locomotion, the game feels rather sluggish in its pace.
In the end, I’m playing VR games to escape the rules of flat games, as in ‘you need to fight in a certain way to win’, or ‘you can’t pick up this specific thing because reasons’. This title, in and on itself, wouldn’t even translate well on a non-VR platform, and offers rather little justification to actually become a VR game.
I see it as how we imagined a ‘triple A’ VR title would be, back in 2017. Today, It’s okay, it’s playable, but it’s not a masterpiece.
From the reviews, this seems one of the best VR games ever… that’s so good for vR!
Ok, I will write here, in capital letters: DEVELOPERS!!!! BLADE AND SORCERY COMBAT IN A VR AAA RPG!!!! GIVE ME THAT MOTHERFUCKERS!!!! I WILL THROW MY MONEY AT YOU !!!! I WILL THROW MONEY VERY HARD!!!! $60,00 for that is fair enough for me. Asgard Wrath it’s a good game. I am enjoying… but… doesn’t have Blade and Sorcery combat.
The best native with motion controls VR RPG we have thus far ever made, there isn’t even a contender.
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Gated entrance to private, 158 acre equestrian estate! Beautiful 11 stall horse barn, stocked lake and custom landscaping. 16,000 sq. ft. custom home is the perfect place to relax with family or entertain. Located just outside the quaint town of Westminster, SC, this wonderful property is an hour from Greenville, two hours from both Atlanta and Charlotte, 20 minutes from Clemson and four hours from the Atlantic beaches. Gourmet kitchen, luxurious Master with steam room, fireplace and sitting area. Private apartment/in-law suite on the second level. This luxury home comes furnished with the exception of some personal pieces which will go with owner. Lower level provides a variety of leisure activities, including media room, billiards area, gym and sauna. Outdoor patio has stunning alfresco kitchen. Well designed 11 stall barn with misting system has feed and tack room along with one bedroom caretaker’s apartment. Interested buyers to be qualified. Advance notice required.
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PRIME LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!! Perfect for commercial or industrial development! Are you ready to build your dream business with high visibility? 90+/- acres of level land for sale adjacent to the up and coming 153 bypass extension!!! Get your chance to build and develop so that you will be the first everyone sees. SEWAGE AVAILABLE!! The sellers did some major footwork already by giving the availability/possibility for a business to connect to sewage. This land is currently "out of city limits", but if you were to connect to the available sewage the property would then be considered "in city limits". There is an old small cemetery located on the back corner of the property that has a right of way and separate access. The property runs along Holly Tree Subdivision and Saluda Dam Road and is about a 20 min drive to Downtown Greenville. Please look at the associated documents for more information and details. Subject to Zoning
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Dumping ends recycling in Freedom
Trustees find truck load of auto parts in township bin
DIANE SMITH
Freedom Township trustees have decided to have the township’s drop-off bin for recycling removed after finding it filled with automobile parts after Thursday’s trustees meeting.
“There will no longer be recycling in Freedom Township,” Trustee John Zizka said. “We can’t risk our employees removing glass, metal and feces from our bins. It’s not safe in this day and age.”
Bill Steiner, director of Portage County’s Solid Waste District, said illegal dumping has long been a problem at Portage County’s drop off bins. Windham, he said, also has talked about having its bins removed because of the dumping. Freedom’s issue, he said, would be discussed with Portage County commissioners at next Thursday’s meeting.
He said the solid waste district is willing to let local governments discontinue their drop-offs because contamination costs the district money. The district’s enforcement officer, he said, is stepping up enforcement of illegal dumping, which remains a problem at local drop-offs and the district’s own drop-off site in Brimfield.
“People are getting more and more brazen,” he said. “One township actually had someone drop off a vehicle bumper with the license plate still attached.”
In Freedom’s case, Zizka said, the township tried to get curbside recycling, but was told that the district can’t afford to provide carts to all the township’s residents. Steiner confirmed that expanding curbside service isn’t in the district’s budget right now, but he hopes to provide bins to people in Freedom in the future.
Zizka said he checked the bin Thursday before the trustees meeting and came out of the meeting to find the bin filled to capacity with the car parts. Road crew workers, he said, removed the debris the next day, and found more than enough to fill a truck.
Steiner said contamination is a nation-wide problem with recycling, and seems to have worsened in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It’s actually getting worse,” he said. “It’s not getting better.”
Reporter Diane Smith can be reached at 330-298-1139 or dsmith@recordpub.com.
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Rediff.com » News » Saving the crocodiles
Saving the crocodiles
By Nikita Puri
September 02, 2017 13:16 IST
Saltwater crocodiles are the world's largest reptiles, and these had already disappeared from the coasts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh by the 1970s.
In all of Bhitarkanika, there were only 96 of them left.
The census this January noted their count at 1,682.
Nikita Puri reports.
IMAGE: In the 1970s, there were only 96 saltwater crocodiles in Bhitarkanika.
As of January this year, their number has increased to 1,682.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Charlesjsharp/Wikimedia Commons
A turquoise boat stands tethered to a pole in a delta off the Bay of Bengal.
A young girl points at something near the boat. "Take a look at this, have you ever seen a snail so big?" she asks her sister, who promptly kneels by the water to take a closer look, camera in hand.
Behind them are shops selling vadas, bananas, biscuits and fruit bread.
Unexpectedly, a shopkeeper begins to yell at the sisters, saying, "Paaniru durei jao, paaniru durei jao." That's Oriya for 'Get away from the water.'
It's only when the girls are on another boat later that they spot the two crocodiles resting only a little distance away from where they were spotting molluscs.
This is the Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district.
If a similar scene had unfolded here in the early 1970s, those on the shore wouldn't have been keeping a close watch on tourists.
That was the time when indiscriminate hunting and a loss of habitat had brought saltwater (estuarine) crocodiles to the 'brink of extinction'.
IMAGE: A peaceful moment at the sanctuary. Photograph: Kind courtesy Saurabh Chatterjee/Flickr
But crocodiles aren't the only remarkable thing here in Bhitarkanika.
The biodiversity-rich ecosystem of the place makes it worthy of a World Heritage status, feels herpetologist and crocodile researcher Sudhakar Kar.
A technical evaluation team of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, deputed by Unesco, visited the national park last November, but when the committee met to review nominations in Poland this July, Bhitarkanika didn't make the cut.
A report from the committee says this property doesn't meet 'protection and management requirements'.
Besides boundary specifications and lack of monitoring programmes in the face of climate change, the report states how the nearby Dhamra port presents a potential worry in terms of hazardous material spills as does a neighbouring missile testing facility.
IMAGE: A brown winged kingfisher enjoys a meal. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kishore Bhargava/Flickr
Home to the vulnerable fishing cat and smooth-coated otter, Bhitarkanika also plays host to king cobras, monitor lizards, horseshoe crabs, dolphins and porpoises, while furnishing nesting sites for Olive Ridley turtles.
It also has more than 280 species of birds.
Besides, the mangrove wetlands here have fought off a good part of the cyclonic storms that have threatened Odisha's coasts.
When American explorer and writer David Quammen recalls his trip to the area, he vividly remembers 'a huge roosting population of cross-billed storks' besides 'the beauty of the natural landscape and river channels'.
But one of the most prominent memories of his time here is of the terrible majesty of the few large crocodiles he saw.
The story of the comeback of these estuarine crocodiles is a robust example of conservation.
In Indira Gandhi: A Life In Nature (Simon & Schuster India), Jairam Ramesh writes about how Scottish zoologist Robert Bustard 'couldn't refuse the prime minister's personal request' to look into efforts to save the crocodiles from the brink of extinction in India.
Bustard's field surveys became the basis for the country's crocodile conservation programme that kicked off in 1975. And Bustard, writes Ramesh, went on to train students who became some of Odisha's leading conservationists, including Kar and L A K Singh.
IMAGE: A crocodile enjoys a spot of sun in the Bhitarkanika mangroves. Photograph: Kind courtesy Saurabh Chatterjee/Flickr
"The number of crocodile nests found this year is a direct indication of how well the population is doing," says Singh.
Fashioned out of twigs, leaves and mud, 80 of these nests were spotted this year.
"Look for Gori," a boatman on River Baitrani tells his friend.
Gori is a 'white' crocodile (she has developed a few black spots over the years).
The recent census confirmed at least 10 other white crocodiles, but Gori is the one they talk about. (The white ones are locally referred to as sankhua, meaning the 'colour of a conch'.)
One of the first crocodiles born in captivity at the beginning of this conservation project, Gori is eight-foot long.
At 42, she's built up quite a reputation for turning away potential mates.
Cruising along the silent waters, the boatman speaks up all of a sudden.
"Dekho dekho, kete bodo kumbirota (See, see, what a big crocodile)," he says, gesturing to what appears like a ripple in the water, but with eyes and a pair of nostrils.
This one, as he rightly pointed out, is large, but the crocodile slips under water before one can see it in its entirety.
IMAGE: A green-billed Malkoha hiding in the foliage. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kishore Bhargava/Flickr
Herons and egrets sit perched on the high branches on either side, kingfishers and parakeets find their aerial paths overhead.
A family of monkeys and a deer are the only ground-walkers one spots, besides the crocodiles that are sunbathing on either side of the river.
Tiger reserves are infamous for guides gesturing towards paw marks and exclaiming that one has "just missed" the big cat, but it's impossible to miss the most prominent denizens of this sanctuary.
The Guinness Book of World Records has accepted a claim for a 23-footer in these waters, and conservationists have identified at least three of the crocodiles to be over 20 feet in length.
Among them is Mahisasur (big demon), another local favourite.
In Monster Of God (Random House), Quammen writes about how in the 1970s, one-metre long younglings were 'shooed out of the back door' of the research centre in Dangmal.
These releases were followed by fervent prayers that these reptiles would reach maturity. The practice was discontinued about a decade later when those prayers were answered.
Now, the task of maintaining a balanced ecosystem lies with nature alone.
"There is a little concern with this growing population because Bhitarkanika is a small place: It only has the capacity to support so many crocodiles," says Singh.
IMAGE: You might just spot a monitor lizard here. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anubhav123sarangi/ Wikimedia Commons
Reports of crocodile-human conflicts have now become common.
In fact, one of the reasons cited by the World Heritage Committee was the presence of privately owned property by locals inside the national park.
But the fact that Bhitarkanika didn't make it to the list of World Heritage sites can't be ascribed to select reasons alone, says Manoj V Nair, a leading biologist at the Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun.
The World Heritage site is a select, elite list. "We have to look at it in the global context. They have to limit the number of tags," says Nair.
These sites are required to have an "outstanding universal value" and the fact that people live in the area has nothing to do with it, he says.
The rise in the crocodile population, feel experts, is best tackled by extensive and rigorous scientific research.
"We need to look at aspects like demographic profiles and how many of these crocodiles are actually breeding," says Nair.
IMAGE: The mangroves at the Bhitarkanika National Park. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sayanti Sikder/Wikimedia Commons
This rise in numbers doesn't concern Kar much.
There are 40 to 60 eggs in each nest: Only about half of them will hatch, and a variety of predators, from birds to monitor lizards and wild boars, awaits these baby crocodiles.
Only about one pair in 1,008 will make it to adulthood, says Kar, who continues to be part of the census team.
In the winter of 1976, Kar and Singh were part of the first official census. There were no power boats or spotlights back then; a five-cell torch and a small fishing boat were their only facilities.
From the beginning of the conservation programme, locals have been part of the effort, notes Singh.
"They'd help in egg collection and incubation, they'd be the ones out on the boats too," he recalls.
Despite the number of conflicts, perhaps this is why there's no hatred for them. Instead, stories of Gori and Mahisasur abound.
"Most people who live next to sanctuaries or on forest edges feel that they are both part of a system. They are stoic in the sense that they understand that these animals also need to live," says Nair.
Sooner or later, one learns to live with their neighbours.
IMAGE: Those involved in crocodile conservation at Bhitarkanika have not given up hope. Photograph: Saurabh Chatterjee/Flickr
Bhitarkanika may have been passed over for now, but those involved in its conservation haven't given up hope.
"It is worthy of that status and we'll continue our efforts to get there. We'll fight for it," says Kar.
Meanwhile, after close to four hours in the water, the mollusc-loving sisters head back.
Despite the boatmen keeping a look out, Gori remains elusive.
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Kathmandu opens flagship store
After months of delays, Kathmandu will open one of its biggest New Zealand stores in Newmarket tomorrow.
The outdoor apparel and equipment retailer has set up shop in the 1291sq m, multi-level Broadway space vacated by teenage outfitter Supre early last year.
Kathmandu began paying rent on the site late last year and had hoped to open the store, which has an internal escalator between the ground and upper floors, in time for Christmas.
But chief executive Peter Halkett said design issues had pushed the opening date back to this week.
The company already operates a store in Newmarket, upstairs near Broadway’s intersection with Remuera Rd.
Halkett said the existing store had been successful for many years but its location lacked profile and it didn’t have the floor space required to display Kathmandu’s full product range.
“We’ve chosen Newmarket for the location of what you would typically call a flagship store,” he said. ” is a prime market for us with the type of customers that live and shop in that area.”
Halkett said it was important to note that while the store was very large, most of the floor space was on the upper level.
“The you pay for that space upstairs is a lot less than what you pay for down at ground level so it makes it a little more affordable.”
Kathmandu said its original Newmarket site would remain open and operate as an outlet store.
The new store will employ 19 staff.
Kathmandu released its interim result last week, revealing a 42 per cent slump in net profit to $6 million.
Increased promotion and a 27.1 per cent rise in operating costs, which were partly related to delays in new store openings, affected the result.
The company said the increase in operating expenses was about $4 million above budget, although $2 million of the costs were non-recurring.
But despite a difficult retail environment on both sides of the Tasman, Kathmandu increased same-store sales by 8 per cent during thesix months to January 31, while total sales rose 15.4 per cent to $146.7million.
The company conducts most of its business during the second half, when its crucial Easter and winter sales take place.
“We had some one-off costs , but the underlying trend is very, very positive,” Halkett said yesterday.
Kathmandu operates 40 stores in New Zealand, with a further 70 in Australia and six in Britain.
Shares in Kathmandu were steady at $1.60 last night.
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Yankees top Braves, still unbeaten in Bronx
Published: Aug 13, 2020 at 3:17 a.m.
Updated: Aug 13, 2020 at 3:31 a.m.
EditorsNote: rewords sixth graf
DJ LeMahieu collected four hits, and Clint Frazier homered and had three hits in his season debut as the New York Yankees beat the Atlanta Braves 6-3 Wednesday night to remain unbeaten in games played at Yankee Stadium.
LeMahieu hit three singles and a triple, ending the night with a league-leading .431 batting average. He scored the tiebreaking run from first on a double by Aaron Hicks off the left-center-field fence in the fourth inning.
Frazier was recalled from the alternate site Tuesday when Giancarlo Stanton was placed on the injured list with a hamstring injury, and then he got his first opportunity in place of right fielder Aaron Judge. Judge was held out of the lineup due to lower body tightness after being lifted in the sixth inning Tuesday.
Frazier homered on the fourth pitch he saw in the second inning off Huascar Ynoa, sending a 1-2 fastball over the left-center-field fence. He singled off Tyler Matzek (2-1) in the third, and then added a one-out double in the fifth off Josh Tomlin. He eventually scored on a single by LeMahieu that put New York ahead 5-2.
Frazier missed a chance at getting New York's 16th cycle and first since Melky Cabrera in 2009. Needing a triple in his final at-bat, he struck out against A.J. Minter in the seventh.
Gary Sanchez also homered as the Yankees improved to 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, the third time since 1989 they have opened 6-0 or better in the Bronx. Gleyber Torres and Luke Voit added RBI singles for New York.
Johan Camargo hit a two-run homer for Atlanta, which played without Ronald Acuna Jr. (sore left wrist) for the second straight game. Acuna was evaluated Wednesday and Atlanta did not announce the results of his MRI and CT scans during the game.
New York's Masahiro Tanaka allowed two runs on five hits in four innings. He struck out three and walked two in a 66-pitch outing before six relievers followed.
Jonathan Loaisiga (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings before allowing consecutive hits to start the seventh, and Chad Green fanned Marcell Ozuna with two on to end the inning.
Luis Avilan started the eighth, and Adam Ottavino fanned Austin Riley to end the inning. Jonathan Holder allowed an RBI single to Travis d'Arnaud in the ninth, and Zack Britton notched his seventh save.
Ynoa allowed two runs on four hits in one-plus innings. He was lifted after the first four hitters reached in the second.
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Al Porter
Al Porter has made his first public appearance since allegations
He engaged a crowd
(Image: @TheAlPorter /Twitter)
Al Porter has made his first public appearance since allegations were made against him last year.
The comedian attended David McSavage's show at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin on Thursday night.
The Blind Dates presenter reportedly stood up from his private box and engaged with David saying he had learned his lesson.
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According to The Sun , David spoke about the situation to the crowd:
"Al Porter is no Harvey Weinstein or Kevin Spacey and he has been punished and gone through enough sh**.
"We all have to explore our sexuality when we are young. How can we know a boundary until we’ve crossed it."
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Comedian David continued saying:
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Published September 4
College football's first week features key matchups, no top 25 teams
AP Top 25 teams don't play until the second week of the college football season
By Ryan Gaydos | Fox News
Father of Buckeyes star on frustration with Big 10 postponement
Randy Wade, father of Ohio State cornerback Shaun Wade, speaks out on 'Fox & Friends.'
College football is back -- sort of.
The first week of the college football season for Football Bowl Subdivision teams began Thursday night and will run through Monday night with a handful of matchups from schools in the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA and the Sun Belt Conference, along with independent schools.
There are no teams from the three major conferences -- ACC, Big 12 and SEC -- playing this weekend, nor are there any teams currently listed in The Associated Press Top 25 playing. But there are teams who were just on the cusp of making the top 25 to start the season playing.
Memphis, Navy and SMU are set to play over the course of the long weekend.
Here’s a look at some of the key matchups ready for kickoff:
CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE COLLEGE FOOTBALL COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
ARMY vs. MIDDLE TENNESSEE: The Army Black Knights will take on the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders on Saturday afternoon. Army finished the 2019 season with a 5-8 record. One of their losses came in a seven-point defeat against Michigan. Middle Tennessee was 4-8 last season and finished 3-5 in the conference.
ARMY KEY PLAYERS: Artice Hobbs IV (RB), Sandon McCoy (RB), Camden Harrison (WR), Kwabena Bonsu (DL), Edriece Patterson (DL), Arik Smith (LB), Joe Stephenson (LB), Javhari Bourdeau (DB)
MIDDLE TENNESSEE KEY PLAYERS: Asher O’Hara (QB), Jimmy Marshall (WR), DQ Thomas (LB) and Reed Blankenship
DATE: Sept. 5
TIME (ET): 1 pm
WATCH: CBS Sports Network
TEXAS STATE vs. SMU: Texas State is hosting SMU in the first game of the season for both teams. The Bobcats finished 3-9 last season and 2-6 in the Sun Belt Conference. SMU was one of the surprise teams last season. The Mustangs were 10-3 but lost in the Boca Raton Bowl to Florida Atlantic. SMU defeated Texas State last year, 47-17.
TEXAS STATE KEY PLAYERS: Tyler Vitt (QB), Caleb Twyford (RB), Trevis Graham Jr. (WR), Jarron Morris (CB), Nico Ezidore (NT),
SMU KEY PLAYERS: Shane Buechele (QB), Reggie Roberson Jr., Kylen Granson (TE), Turner Coxe (DE), Richard McBryde (LB)
TIME (ET): 4:30 pm
WATCH: ESPN
Brady White leads the charge for the Memphis Tigers. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
MEMPHIS vs. ARKANSAS STATE: If there was a No. 26 in the AP rankings, Memphis would be on it. The Tigers are coming into 2020 fresh off of a 12-2 season in 2019 which resulted in a Cotton Bowl loss to Penn State. With that momentum, they meet Arkansas State. The Red Wolves finished 2019 with an 8-5 record. They won their Camellia Bowl game against FIU, 34-26.
MEMPHIS KEY PLAYERS: Brady White (QB), Kenneth Gainwell (RB), Damonte Coxie (WR), Sean Dykes (TE), Joseph Dorceus (DL), O’Bryan Goodson (DL), J.J. Russell (LB), T.J. Carter (CB)
ARKANSAS STATE KEY PLAYERS: Marcel Murray (RB), Jonathan Adams Jr. (WR), Forrest Merrill (DL), Antonio Fletcher (S)
NAVY vs. BYU: There will be college football on Labor Day. Navy and BYU will go head-to-head. The Midshipmen were 11-2 last season and beat Kansas State in the Liberty Bowl. BYU was 7-6 last season and made a bowl game – only to lose to Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl.
NAVY KEY PLAYERS: Jamale Carothers (FB), J’arius Warren (DE), Diego Fagot (LB), Cameron Kinley (CB), Kevin Brennan (S),
BYU KEY PLAYERS: Zach Wilson (QB), Lopini Katoa (RB), Gunner Romney (WR), Dax Milne (WR), Matt Bushman (TE), Khyiris Tonga (DL), Chris Wilcox (DL), Isaiah Kaufusi (LB), Kavika Fonua (LB), Chaz Ah You (LB)
Ryan Gaydos is the sports editor for FoxNews.com. Follow him on social media @Gaydos_
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Rumor has it there’s a “Clueless” remake in the works — but fans of the original 1995 comedy aren’t quite on board with the idea of a hip, new Cher Horowitz.
The details of the reboot are still in the works, but here’s what we do know: While the original coming-of-age romantic comedy, based on Jane Austen’s “Emma,” was written and directed by Amy Heckerling, this new spin would include the talents of “Girls Trip” writer Tracy Oliver as producer, while Marquita Robinson — a writer on Netflix’s “GLOW” — will write the script.
New actors would also likely be on deck, which means the beloved characters played by Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Stacey Dash, the late Brittany Murphy and others would see fresh faces.
Exciting news, right? Well, it depends on who you ask.
@davidmackau gave it a hard pass on Twitter, posting a link to the news and a simple one-liner in all caps: “STOP WITH THIS ENOUGH ENOUGH NOW.”
STOP WITH THIS ENOUGH ENOUGH NOW https://t.co/7ySau26ArJ via @variety
— David Mack (@davidmackau) October 25, 2018
Meanwhile, @safiyajn posted to Twitter that she had her own ideas for how to make this script work, though even then, she doesn’t really want it to happen.
the ONLY clueless remake worth having is alicia silverstone and paul rudd married w kids and they have to explain to people over and over that they are not *actually* brother and sister. but even then, i don't think so
— Safiya Nygaard (@safiyajn) October 26, 2018
And @CaseyMdoza was all “why tho?” with her tweet about the news.
So, as if it were 1995 again, we're getting a "Clueless" remake and an "Emma" adaptation. Why tho. pic.twitter.com/252xva6SSO
— Casey Mendoza (@CaseyMdoza) October 25, 2018
Fans of the original film also said Hollywood should just know when to leave a good thing well enough alone, like @GuyLodge, who pointed out on Twitter that all the reasons we loved “Clueless” in the ’90s are why it’s so not 2018.
What's good about Clueless is entirely tied to its era, its fashion, its playful dialogue with a youth culture that has now entirely shifted in tone. You may as well remake the Macarena.
— Guy Lodge (@GuyLodge) October 25, 2018
Sounds like fans of the original film are giving this remake a resounding, “As if!” What do you think?
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Sinn Féin Reps fund party growth
Sinn Féin Assembly Group leader, Newry Armagh representative Conor Murphy commenting on the publication of party finances by the Electoral Commission has said that a significant proportion of the salaries of all elected representatives goes towards funding party growth.
Mr Murphy said:
"Across Ireland paid Sinn Féin elected representatives donate a considerable proportion of their salaries to fund party growth.
"Within the Assembly every Sinn Féin MLA is paid exactly the same salary, regardless of whether or not they are a Minister or hold any other position that attracts additional salary. Our MLA's return at least 40% of their salary to fund party growth. This has generated over £300,000 in the north to deliver top quality constituency services, to fund party growth and build the agenda for Irish reunification.
"This commitment to the development of Sinn Féin from elected representatives is unique in Irish politics and is a demonstration of the commitment of all our representatives." ENDS
There is also some confusion around the money spent by Sinn Féin on election campaigns. The figure of money spent centrally is considerably lower than other political parties in the north as a result of how Sinn Féin is organised. Local areas fund the majority of election expenses.
The maximum donation of wages in the south that can be donated back to the party by TD's is 6,000 Euro.
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Bellvue homes to be razed from flooding, but it’s uncertain who will pay the bill
Posted: Jun 19, 2019 / 05:58 PM CDT / Updated: Jun 19, 2019 / 05:58 PM CDT
BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — A suburb of Omaha has condemned 195 flood-damaged homes, but it’s unclear who will be paying the expected bill of more than $1 million to raze them.
The Bellevue City Council decided Tuesday that the mobile and modular homes at the Paradise Lakes development were uninhabitable and will be demolished in early August. Missouri River floodwaters reached the homes’ rooftops after two nearby levees that also protected Offutt Air Force Base were overwhelmed.
People who owned their homes but rented the spaces underneath could face bills reaching into the thousands of dollars.
“I can’t afford to shell out that much money,” said Doug Muse after the council’s hearing on the matter, echoing the sentiment of many of the residents who attended. He said he’s been living with his father since the March disaster.
The Omaha World-Herald reported that the landowner, Howard Helm, has told the city that he can’t cover the costs for razing the homes he rented out at Paradise Lakes, and the community isn’t eligible for federal money to help with demolition.
His renters have expressed frustration about his lack of cooperation, leading several to contact Legal Aid of Nebraska about recouping unused rent and security deposits. Helm didn’t immediately reply to a message left Wednesday by The Associated Press.
Jim Ristow, Bellevue’s city administrator, said it is possible that a lien will be placed on Helm’s land. But liens also could be placed against people who owned their homes, placing the financial burden on them.
People who have loans on their homes should talk to lawyers and their lenders to determine how to proceed, he said.
A final decision on liens hasn’t been made.
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The Lincoln Journal Star reports that 20-year-old Malcom Lofton was arrested Thursday after the girl's mother rushed the baby to a Lincoln hospital after returning home to find the infant with injuries to her face and head.
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by Wesley Thoene / Jan 19, 2021
WISNER, Neb. (KCAU) – Health officials in the Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department announced a system to alert residents when the COVID-19 vaccine will be available.
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Chapter 3 of Ghost in the Machine
Five days before the attack on Eden Prime.
Tali didn’t think her heart could possibly beat any faster until she opened the viewport on her tiny vessel and saw the thing with her own eyes. The sight stole the breath from her lips and sent freezing shivers down her spine. The ship was definitely there. It was definitely real. And it was definitely designed by the geth.
She stared at it, transfixed, with wide open eyes and wide open mouth until her quickened, shallow breathing started fogging the mask and the soft buzzing of the suit air conditioning unit snapped her out of it. Dead, she remembered, the ship is dead. It had been passing just above the corona of an old, orange sun, presumably trying to avoid accidental thermal detection, when a sudden flare burst out, frying all its systems. At least she assumed so, because it was sinking. With no propulsion and no mass effect drive, it wouldn’t make it past half a revolution.
That thought set her hands in motion, despite the fear that was making them shake. She scanned the ship again; she had to be absolutely sure. The schematics she’d pulled from the databases of the Flotilla were old. Really old. But the key design points matched with the frightening correlation coefficient of 0.99. It was a geth ship. In the middle of Citadel space!
“Keelah,” she whispered in the deep silence. The flare had left her own ship without a number of systems as well, and the humming of the Lilei was strangely subdued. Another wave of shivers shook her. She looked around, trying to get her brain back online. What to do?
Call for help.
Yes. Help. She requested the Lilei’s VI to open comms to both the Flotilla and the Citadel. But the VI couldn’t: there was still too much interference from the material ejected during the outburst. What now?
Go get help.
Oh, but that wouldn’t do. She ran another calculation to make sure and yes, the ship didn’t have enough angular momentum to maintain a stable orbit. By the time it would take her to fly to the relay, pass through and find someone she could persuade to come back with her – and people in Citadel space were generally not inclined to go out of their way to help quarians – the ship would be sucked into the atmosphere of the star. Or perhaps it would repair itself and go away? That was unlikely. As far as Tali could determine, all its systems, and presumably all the geth inside it, were fried for good. But maybe there were more ships in the vicinity and they could haul it away. In every scenario, leaving now meant that she’d return to find nothing.
That was not acceptable. Fresh information about the geth was the ideal material for her Pilgrimage contribution and she would not see it wasted. What options remain?
Help yourself.
Her chest started heaving with deep breathing and the suit responded by releasing more oxygen into the mixture. But she couldn’t afford to ponder. As soon as she realized what it was she had to do, Tali instructed the VI to dock alongside the geth ship immediately.
The wait was agonizing. Tali spent it clutching the hand rests of the pilot chair and sweating profusely. As the Lilei descended, now busy with all the minuscule course adjustments needed to match the trajectories exactly, the geth ship grew closer, larger, and more ominous. Its curves were strangely organic. Almost elegant. Tali tried to shoo away the heresy, but then another detail drew her attention. It had viewports. They were all closed, but they appeared to be functional. Why would a hive-mind machine intelligence need… windows?
Her trepidation grew by the moment and when the geth ship overfilled the viewport, she felt as if entering the jaws of some horrible monster. The most important lesson that every quarian child had ever learned about the geth was that one could never, ever, trust them. What if she was wrong, and there were still operational units inside? What if they were pretending? Playing dead for some sinister purpose? Was she ready to die?
She considered recording a goodbye message for Father and programming the VI to run back to the Flotilla with it in case she didn’t return, but decided it would be too morbid. Of course she’d be back. She simply couldn’t die before having out-of-suit sex at least once. Yes.
Finally the Lilei latched onto the larger vessel. It wasn’t without shaking and coughing, but it sounded reasonably safe. Tali checked and rechecked her suit and donned her weapons, then added an additional shield generator and the EM stunner to the usual arsenal. Armed with her faithful shotgun and courage borrowed from the romantic adventure novels she was shamelessly addicted to, she went through the airlock and entered the geth ship.
For a moment, she just stood still in the pitch-dark airlock, peering towards the meager lights ahead, listening, and scanning. She was the first quarian to set foot inside a geth ship in more than two hundred years. That made Tali stand tall and hold her shotgun even closer. But before she ventured further, she deployed her combat drone, Chiktikka, to scout ahead. Just in case.
According to the outdated schematics she had studied, this vessel evolved from an antiquated quarian troop transporter. The design was simple and to the point: a long hall with the ‘sleeping racks’ stacked on the sides. Of course the geth did not sleep; but they would fold into their compact forms and hibernate while inside, plugged into the ship’s power core and the central network hub. Some of the racks seemed to have power still; there were lights on the floor, twinkling in suspicious greens, and Tali pointed her shotgun at them. But there were no sounds, save for her respiration. There was no movement anywhere.
Until there was. Up there, near the cockpit! Tali’s heart climbed into her throat, the frenetic beating making her vision pulse. There was a geth there, an operational unit. Chiktikka hovered above it. Why wasn’t the stupid drone doing anything? Tali pointed her shotgun at the geth, barely resisting the instinct to shoot it, shoot it right away! But soon she saw it was not a threat. It was squirming, clicking and buzzing. It was dying.
Chiktikka wasn’t attacking it because Tali hadn’t thought to add the geth to the list of viable targets, as she remembered now through the haze of fear and vague hopes. How stupid of her. A mistake she could have paid for with her life. She had been lucky.
And now it was time to be smart as well. Smart and fast, because the ship was crackling and creaking in alarming ways around her. She put the shotgun away and brought up her omni, setting up a link to the dying geth. “Shhh,” she told it absently. “Don’t worry. This won’t hurt.”
But of course the geth wouldn’t just lie still and take it; as soon as she started reading out its memory core, it started deleting it from the other end. “Come on,” she urged the omni through her teeth. “Faster!”
Readout speed was what it was though, and since Tali had only very, very ancient versions of the geth hardware protocols loaded into her omni, it was no wonder that the deletion proceeded some hundred times faster than the copying. Still, she would salvage something, which was so much better than nothing. Yes. What a profound thought. Now hurry up, you bosh’tet!
Suddenly the ship shook and she lost her balance, falling hard on her bottom. The visual unit of the dying geth blinked, once, twice, then went out. It was dead. And the ship was falling apart. “Yes, yes, I get it,” Tali muttered. “I’m going, all right? I’m going!”
The ship stilled, but the floor became inclined at a ridiculous angle and Tali had to climb it like a ladder to get back to the airlock of the Lilei. It was difficult and it was scary, and all the while she had to fight the images of mechanical hands clawing inches from her feet, drawing near enough to grab her ankle and pull her back just when she climbed within reach of salvation!
Another tremor went through the vessel, nearly dislodging her. Panic took hold and inspired her body into frenetic motion. She scrambled across the threshold and slammed an overexcited fist into the airlock control panel.
The Lilei managed to pull away seconds before the nose of the geth ship started to glow red.
Three days before the attack on Eden Prime.
Tali had been on the Citadel before. Sadly, she’d been forced to register at C-Sec on two of her three previous visits, so she knew her way around. The narrow corridors with office doors on both sides were packed with all the people waiting. While many were transmitting signs of discomfort brought about by the crowd on all the frequencies, fanning themselves with hands and datapads and puffing out air in loud gestures of exasperation, Tali was actually feeling quite at home. She had never been comfortable in large, open, empty spaces.
There was a keeper running diagnostics on a control panel a few steps away from the door Tali was waiting at, and she thought about stepping a bit closer to observe it. She wouldn’t dare scan it here, in front of all the curious, hostile eyes. But she’d be damned if she didn’t catch one in some dark, concealed corner sooner or later, and saw for herself if they were really impossible to hack. Just as she started to move, the door suddenly opened, and Tali’s number popped out above it in huge asari, salarian and turian scripts with an unpleasant beep that made everybody in the corridor jump and stare in her direction.
She passed a large hanar on her way in; the poor thing had most of its glossy, violet tentacles covered in bandages. “What was that all about?” she said, looking after it until the door closed.
“Oh, the usual,” said a pleasant turian voice and she turned around. “That one went to preach in the Wards and when it wouldn’t leave, some teenagers decided to pull its legs a bit. Literally.”
The turian was sitting behind an incredibly cluttered desk covered with everything from datapads and weapon upgrades to plastic bags labeled ‘evidence’ and a remarkable stack of hardcopy books that looked like… the famous Tal’Moret’s “Principles of Geth Construction.” Tali’s eyes widened in surprise. Of course it was the abridged version, but even those were notoriously difficult to come by. That she ended up in the office of someone in possession of the whole series, given what she’d come to report, seemed like a profoundly fateful coincidence.
The rest of the tiny room was no better than the desk. Every speck of space was taken and the chair she was probably supposed to sit on reminded her of the void that a shield generator would make in a space junk-yard. Her eyes darted from the blue stripes on the turian’s face to a lonely leg of a YMIR mech, severed rather cleanly at the hip, standing just behind his chair. Not that the turian could see it, but Tali was grinning from ear to ear. It was almost as if she’d stepped into her own cubicle on the Rayya.
“I’m Garrus Vakarian,” the turian said, sounding more than a little bored, then pointed to the chair. “How can I help you?”
“Tali’Zorah nar Rayya,” she said, making a slight bow with her head.
“Let me guess. You’re here on your Pilgrimage and someone’s been molesting you. Accused you of robbery, made nasty threats… no? Hired you to fix something, then refused to pay? Not that either?”
Tali chuckled, taking the seat and letting him squirm. The funny thing was, these were exactly the things she’d reported on her previous visits. But now his browplates fell low and he leaned forward. “You weren’t… attacked, were you?” His sharp blue eyes started searching her for signs of injury, but of course, couldn’t find anything.
“It’s nothing like that,” she said at last. “I… I intercepted a geth transmission. I think they are going to attack Eden Prime.”
The turian became motionless, his steady stare bearing down on her. Then he leaned back in his chair, with a deepening frown. “Come again?”
Tali swallowed. She had her fears, coming here. Fears of being ignored, distrusted, or perhaps even prosecuted. People in Citadel Space were so wary of quarians, and she could understand that, or at least she could keep trying to. But there was nothing other than her word, the voice clip, and a couple of encrypted encyclopedic entries to prove her claim. The geth she’d extracted the information from was gone; the entire ship was gone. It would be easy… it would be trivially easy to dismiss her warnings as some fanciful fabrication.
Still, she had to try. “I intercepted a geth transmission indicating that they could attack Eden Prime. It’s a human…”
“I know what it is. Where did this happen?”
“In Denetus.”
The turian typed into the terminal on his desk and frowned even more. “No outstanding reports from that system.”
Tali took a deep breath. “Of course not. The ship was hiding in the corona.”
“Is it still there?”
“I don’t think so. There was a flare that disabled it. It was already burning up when I left.”
“A flare.” He typed into his terminal again, and raised his browplates in surprise, presumably upon discovering there had indeed been a flare in Denetus. “So you intercepted the signal before that?”
Tali sighed. “All right. I’ll tell you the whole story. But you have to believe me.”
She hated that he could not see her face – if only he could, he would know she was telling the truth. One of the reasons her people were so widely distrusted was surely the fact that they must have appeared to be hiding something behind their masks. But there was nothing she could do about that and she could only pray that her intuition about this man was correct.
Unfortunately, turians wore masks of their own. They were very apt at hiding their feelings when they wanted to, and although this Garrus Vakarian hadn’t seemed particularly shy in the beginning, now his face became as impenetrable to her stare as hers was to his. He listened carefully, though, that much she could tell. And when she was done, he sat watching her in silence for an uncomfortably long time.
“Do you have the voice clip with you?” he said at last.
“Of course. Do you want to hear it?”
He nodded, and Tali played the file from her omni.
Something happened the moment the turian voice from the clip filled the little room. Garrus bolted upright and his eyes widened with alert.
“What is it?” Tali asked, cutting the audio off before the part where the asari spoke – it wasn’t relevant anyway.
“Play it again,” he said, and there was a definite air of excitement about him now. She did as he asked. “I know that voice,” he said then, his wide, armored chest heaving. “Let me copy the file so I can verify.”
She followed his hands as they danced through the interface, briefly and deftly. The output was hidden from her, but she thought she could read the results directly from his face. “Who is it?”
He shot an unnerved glance at her, then asked the inevitable question. “What guarantee can you give me that this data is authentic?”
“No offense, Officer Vakarian,” Tali said with a tired sigh, “but even if I had manipulated the recording, you would never be able to tell. You’ll just have to take my word on it.”
After a few moments of staring one another down, the turian grunted an annoyed admission. “Garrus,” he added, and Tali replied with a nod, her smile hidden behind the mask. He tapped his fingers on the desk, then typed some more into his terminal. “I sent out a warning to the Systems Alliance,” he said. “Don’t know if they’ll take it seriously, coming from a random C-Sec cop, but that’s their problem now.”
With that, he stood up, picked up something from the desk, and turned his back to Tali, studying a large map of the Galaxy plastered to the wall. Hardcopy too. How old-fashioned.
“Denetus, you say,” he muttered, and attached a red pin to mark the coordinates. Now that Tali looked more carefully, she saw that there was at least two dozen pins all over the map, but mostly out of Citadel Space.
“What is that?” she said.
Garrus didn’t answer immediately. He stepped back, and Tali was about to warn him that there was a tool box in his way, but obviously he knew his mess very well and elegantly stepped around it. “I don’t see a pattern here,” he said. “Do you see a pattern here?”
Tali stood up and approached him, careful not to step on anything. She gave the map her best scrutinizing stare. She even tried to defocus her eyes in order to allow the red blur of the pins to jump out from the bright blur of the star map. “No, I don’t,” she said in the end. “What is it?”
He took another pin from the desk, this one yellow, and attached it to the Exodus Cluster. Eden Prime. Tali gasped, the realization making her hair stand on end. “These are all geth attacks?”
Garrus huffed. “Not if you ask my superior, they aren’t. You see, nobody ever catches them at work. They leave nothing behind.”
“So why do you think it’s them?”
“A lot of circumstantial evidence,” he shrugged. “And a feeling in my guts. Which amounts to nothing.”
Tali studied him, fighting a sudden urge to comfort him, somehow. As a quarian, she knew all too well what it was like to be ignored and brushed aside. Perhaps that was why he was so quick to believe her? Because he too felt like they had something in common?
“You were lucky to get away with it,” he turned to tell her.
She replied with a serious nod. She had been very lucky indeed. “So now what?”
“Now I try my luck.” He returned to his desk. “That usually ends in misery and disappointment, but I’m stupid enough to keep doing it.”
You’re not stupid, she wanted to say, and even blushed a little, but he had already dialed another office, or so it seemed. “Is Pallin still there?” he asked.
“The Executor is just about to leave,” replied the voice of a human female.
“Hold him for me?”
“Hold him? Are you cra…”
“Please, Helen,” he drawled, and Tali giggled at how his voice become deep and seductive. “I beg you.”
“Awwww god,” Helen said in a tone of mock desperation. “You turians and your bloody voices. Fine. But hurry!”
Garrus hung up and winked at Tali. “She likes me. Don’t go away?”
He was out before Tali could confirm. I like you too, she thought, giggling some more. Turians and their bloody voices indeed. But after a few seconds the spell wore off and she realized she was alone in his office, with his terminal wide open, unsupervised and unprotected. And as she went behind his desk to look at it, she though that perhaps there was some truth in the way everybody perceived quarians as sneaky snoops. There was no way in the universe she could ever resist this temptation.
The voice recognition program was still on and she tapped at it. As she suspected, Garrus had gotten a match. With no less than sixty percent confidence. Probably not something he could use in the court, but rather good, all things considered. Tali squinted at the turian name. Saren Arterius. She kept repeating it in her head until she typed it into her omni. And as the search results poured in, her eyes grew wider and wider.
“Keelah…” she whispered, slowly grasping the astonishing scale of what she had stumbled upon. Tali realized that there must have been many people, powerful people, rich people, who would pay a lot of credits to get their hands on this voice clip. Credits that could be used to finance the rest of her Pilgrimage… perhaps even enough to end it?
A part of her started nagging about the suspicious nature of the plan that was taking shape in her excited mind, but she shut it up quickly. She had carried out her moral obligation and warned about the possible attack on the human colony with no hope of being compensated for the effort and for risking her own life. It was only fair that she should get at least something out of it after all. And besides, the clip belonged to her. She had every right to use it however she saw fit.
Suddenly Tali’s heart was pounding as if she were on the geth ship again, but she clenched her jaw and got to work. Her fingers moved through the interface expertly and in a matter of seconds, the voice clip and all traces of its existence were erased from the terminal and any servers the information had managed to reach.
By the time Garrus returned to his office, there was no trace of Tali there either.
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Rights are the departure point in Mexico
Published on Wed, 2019-01-23 16:08
Human rights are the departure point for the civil society critique of official policies in Mexico. Mexican civil society organizations demand coherence between the 2030 Agenda and governmental policies in economic and energy matters. They claim that the ongoing reform of the energy sector prioritizes business activities of exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons over any other activity in the territories and without the necessary safeguards that effectively protect water, biocultural heritage, health of people and communities.
As a result of the examination carried out in March 2018, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recommends that the Mexican State takes full account of its obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and ensures the full enjoyment of the rights recognized in it in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda at the national level. It also encourages the State to establish independent mechanisms to monitor progress and treat beneficiaries of public programmes as holders of rights to which they may be entitled.
SDG Implementation at National Level: What’s the Point of National Reports?
Published on Mon, 2018-07-16 00:00
The experience of Voluntary National Reviews and of Civil Society shadow (or spotlight) reporting.
How it is key for meaningful participation and accountability
The side event "SDG Implementation at National Level: What’s the Point of National Reports?" was held on July 17 in New York, during the meeting of the High Level Political Forum of the UN. The debate focused on voluntary national reports (VNRs) and parallel “shadow” or “spotlight” reports generated by civil society organizations (CSOs) on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
No progress to date for the SDGs
In March 2018, after examining Mexico’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights approved among its final observations a recommendation on the priority of human rights and social participation when implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the national level. The Committee also stressed that the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals are not an end in themselves, but tools for the ultimate goal of realizing human rights, and asked the Mexican State to integrate the final observations into the work of the National Council of the 2030 Agenda. If the Mexican Government takes these recommendations seriously, it could trace an effective implementation route for the 2030 Agenda, but current policies are far from what is needed, as can be seen from the following analysis.
Joint alternative report on the situation of economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights in Mexico
Published on Thu, 2018-03-08 17:58
In the more than 11 years since Mexico’s last periodic review by the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, international scrutiny of the human rights situation in Mexico has centered largely on civil and political rights. However, the human rights crisis in our country also includes a multiplicity of economic, social, cultural, and environmental (“ESC”) rights violations committed by state and non-state actors, through acts and omissions that remain in impunity.
In this context, the undersigned civil society organizations and networks submit this Alternative Report to the Committee with the aim of contributing to its important and urgent work in the supervision of the situation of ESC rights in Mexico. The report reflects our collective experience of many years in the investigation, documentation and defense of these rights, and seeks to clarify the current situation in the country, as well as identify key obstacles, setbacks, limitations, and challenges for the full enjoyment of ESC rights.
Organismos sociales repudian deportación de periodista en cumbre de OMC
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Organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG) de 30 países repudiaron hoy la deportación de un activista noruego y de una periodista británica-ecuatoriana que venían a participar o a cubrir la conferencia...
The right to water in Mexico
Published on Fri, 2017-11-10 16:59
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Water is a key concern in Mexico, where 100 civil society organizations submitted a joint report to the UN documenting how “privatization policies benefit extractive industries and mega-projects instead of reducing inequalities in access to essential services”. Users with difficulties in paying the increased tariffs are being denied their human right to water and the quality of the water distributed has deteriorated so much in many places that in Aguascalientes 95 percent of the water people drink is bottled.
The report points out that water issues affect women disproportionately. “When there is a shortage, irregular delivery or bad quality water, women spend more time to bring water to their homes, boil it, filter it and deal with the authorities, frequently adding up to 30 hours a week to their domestic work.” The Mexico Social Watch report emphasizes that “insufficient and ineffective regulations on environmental and social impact, have led to numerous cases of violation of fundamental rights due to business activities”.
It is urgent to protect human rights from corporate abuses and end impunity rather than continue to promote private investment without environmental, social and human rights requirements
In Mexico it is urgent to protect human rights from corporate abuses and end impunity rather than continue to promote private investment without effective environmental, social and human rights requirements. The national context favours the promotion of business but not sustainable development or human rights: legal reforms that give priority to energy projects over any other activity, lax and outdated environmental regulations, and a State that is indifferent to business abuses affecting civil, political, economic, social, cultural and environmental human rights of the population. In short, Mexico is a State that ignores its obligation to protect human rights from its violation by non-state actors.
Sugieren a ONU cambiar enfoque para erradicar pobreza
. Published on Tue, 2017-07-11 00:00
Las privatizaciones del sector público han servido para empeorar las condiciones de vida pues exacerban las desigualdades, y ponen en peligro el cumplimiento de los derechos humanos.
México. Erradicar la pobreza extrema para el año 2030, una aspiración central de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) de las Naciones Unidas, es posible, pero sería necesario cambiar los actuales enfoques de política pública impulsados en el mundo, de acuerdo a un estudio.
Elaborado por una coalición de organismos civiles y sindicatos, el documento señaló que la erradicación es posible con los recursos económicos actuales en el mundo, pero las políticas públicas que podrían lograr ese propóstico han sido severamente debilitadas en las últimas décadas.
Mexico: CSOs demand human rights and sustainability approach
Protest against fracking
The Mexican legal framework on energy amended in 2013 and 2014 presents obstacles to the exercise of human rights as well as to achieving the SDGs, as it prioritizes the activities of exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons "over any other involving the use of the surface and subsurface of the lands concerned". The framework establishes several legal provisions such as the determination of legal easements for hydrocarbons to public, private, national and transnational energy projects (some of which employ harmful techniques such as hydraulic fracturing or fracking), which constitutes a regression in terms of human rights and the environment, while seriously compromising the achievement of the SDGs.
Por reforma energética peligran Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, alerta Social Watch
. Published on Wed, 2016-07-13 11:30
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (apro).- Al favorecer los megaproyectos por encima de los derechos civiles, políticos, sociales, culturales y ambientales de la población mexicana, la reforma energética pone en peligro el cumplimiento de siete de los 17 Objetivos para el Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), según la organización Social Watch.
Con estos objetivos, los países miembros de las Naciones Unidas aspiran a erradicar la pobreza, reducir las desigualdades, proteger la naturaleza y promover los derechos humanos en el mundo hacia el horizonte 2030.
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***Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen
by Fay Weldon
Reviewed December 6, 2003.
Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 1999 (First published in 1984). 155 pages.
Out of print, but with limited availability on Amazon.com.
Here is a novel written in the form of letters from a literary Aunt Fay to her niece, Alice, who is studying English literature and hopes to be a writer herself. Alice doesn’t see the point of studying Jane Austen and finds her books boring, petty and irrelevant.
Aunt Fay makes a spirited defense of the value of Jane Austen’s works. In the process, she presents many facts about Jane Austen’s life and gives a wonderful introduction to most of her books, telling the circumstances in which they were written. Along the way, she also discusses the value of literature, the writing process and the life of a writer.
This book has a fictional framework, but the meat of it consists of nonfiction essays on literature and writing and Jane Austen. Fans of any of those things will find it diverting, entertaining, and instructive.
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Duty and Desire: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman, Book 2, by Pamela Aidan
These Three Remain: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman, Book 3, by Pamela Aidan
Austenland, by Shannon Hale
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Jane and the Man of the Cloth, by Stephanie Barron
Jane and the Wandering Eye, by Stephanie Barron
Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House, by Stephanie Barron
Jane and the Ghosts of Netley, by Stephanie Barron
Death Comes to Pemberley, by P. D. James
Pride and Prescience, by Carrie A. Bebris
Suspense and Sensibility, by Carrie A. Bebris
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The Jane Austen Book Club, by Karen Joy Fowler
For Darkness Shows the Stars, by Diana Peterfreund
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In 2019, Cambridge United Football Club unveiled plans for a new 12,000 seat stadium.
Cambridge United compete in League Two and are currently based at Abbey Stadium, an 8,000 capacity stadium located on Newmarket Road.
A possible location for the proposed stadium has been identified on land included in Marshalls’ and the County Council’s call for sites, situated near to junction 35 (Quy) on the A14.
The Club’s plans are to create a sustainable design for a sustainable location, with multi-use purposes beyond the ability to host football matches such as – concerts, conferences, extended community activities, medical centres, and a quality design fit for Cambridge with a 12,000 capacity and scope to grow.
Stace has been providing Cost Management and advisory services on the proposed stadium which will also include other uses such as staging concerts and conferences.
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Through Solidarity, We Survive
Creating bridges within communities in the time of physical isolation
“Through Solidarity, We Survive” is an initiative aimed at raising awareness of the social, political, and cultural effects that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on communities, while supporting Syrian artists in exile. The money raised through this crowdfunding campaign will be shared equally between Syrian diaspora artists that produce an artwork in response to our open call, which focuses on creating bridges within communities in the time of physical isolation.
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Cofunding 233 €
Funding period 5/6/20 12:37 PM - 6/28/20 11:59 PM
Realisation 4 May - 30 September 2020
Funding goal 50,000 €
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What is this project all about?
“Through Solidarity, We Survive” is an initiative that raises awareness of the social, political, and cultural effects of COVID-19 on different communities, while supporting Syrian artists during these difficult times.
coculture has established an open call inviting Syrian diaspora artists to produce new digital artworks that highlight the emerging issues emerging from the global pandemic. More specifically, the artists have been asked to reach out to a person from their surroundings (a neighbor, relative, friend, or other) to develop and produce a visual artwork with a thematic focus on shared experiences, thoughts, concerns or feelings, as such translating their dialogue into an artwork that serves as a visual document. This process focuses on building bridges within communities at the current time of physical distancing and isolation, while highlighting the impact of the current epidemic on all aspects of our daily life. The crowdfunding will be divided equally between all the participating artists, and the produced artwork will be presented in public spaces in a city campaign in both Berlin and Oslo.
What is the project goal and who is the project for?
The project’s goal is to publicly highlight the major role that creativity, imagination, and storytelling play during times of uncertainty and upheaval and to simultaneously support Syrian diaspora artists.
The Syrian artists responding to the open call are asked to produce artworks that show the impact of the current pandemic on people’s everyday lives. coculture will then use public spaces (e.g. windows, balconies, billboards, walls, etc.) as open galleries to exhibit the submitted artworks as part of a public campaign in Berlin.
To further promote the approved artworks and increase the community’s participation, a social media campaign will be established where everyone can vote for their favorite artwork. The work with most votes will subsequently be used as the main PR image for everything related to the campaign. When the lockdown period is over, upon an agreement with the participating artists, coculture will also exhibit the selected artworks in its gallery space in Berlin, Oslo World will run a parallel campaign in Oslo during the Oslo World festival in late October 2020. (Please find the campaign on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter as well as on coculture.de and share it using the hashtags #throughsolidarity and #coculture.)
Why would you support this project?
The rapid and unexpected spread of COVID-19 has affected every detail of our contemporary life, challenging everything that we thought of as being stable, continuous, and unchangeable. While humanity has managed to unite in the face of a hidden common enemy, the viral emergency has also strengthened a sense of profound crisis in our social and political systems. Culture is the essence of who we are as human beings: it establishes our collective social lives, binds us together, and nurtures our sense of belonging. Without a blatant recognition of the urgent need for the cultural dimension, it is difficult to envision the future as a joint endeavor of human civilization. Therefore, we believe that artists and cultural producers play a critical role in providing “alternative spaces,” which will be a cornerstone in navigating the ongoing transformations in the coming months.
Additionally, many Syrian artists have arrived since 2011 in different destinations due to the on-going war in Syria. They have faced challenges to integrate into new countries and to adapt to different local cultural scenes. After many years of work and support from the hosting communities, some of the artists managed to find their way through while the majority of them are still lacking basic needs.
How will we use the money if the project is successfully funded?
The money raised in this crowdfunding campaign will be distributed among artists who participate in the open call and cover the printing costs of the posters for the public space campaign in Berlin and Oslo.
Following the extended artwork submission deadline of June 14, 2020, coculture will conduct an administrative check to ensure that applications are complete and adhere to all guidelines. Afterwards, a committee of art professionals will review the artworks themselves. Inclusivity is of utmost importance for this campaign, and the professional review is only to ensure a minimum level of effort, quality, and good faith in the submissions. The money raised here will be divided equally between all the artists whose work is approved.
As mentioned above, the selected artworks will be printed and distributed in a public space campaign in Berlin, followed by a gallery exhibition. “Through Solidarity, We Survive” is also now working with Oslo World, who will create a second city campaign with the submitted artworks in Oslo during Oslo World Festival Week from the 27th of October and 1 November.
Who are the people behind the project?
coculture is a Berlin-based non-profit cultural organization, founded by conceptual artist and cultural activist Khaled Barakeh in 2017. It was created as a response to the challenges faced by displaced cultural producers and works in the intersection of art, activism, and community building.
[https://osloworld.no]Oslo World[/url] is working with coculture to hold a city campaign of the submitted artworks in Oslo during Oslo World Festival from 27 October until 1 November 2020. Oslo World is one of Europe’s leading venue festivals, presenting a global outlook on today’s music scene, with a special focus on music from Africa, Latin-America, Asia and the Middle East.
This project has outreach support from Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Hamburger Kunsthalle, Ettijahat-Independent Culture, Dox Box, Create Ireland, Atassi Foundation, Counterpoint Arts and the Artist Training Program at University of the Arts Berlin and many other institutions.
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For 100€ you will pick three artwork, which we will print as posters and send them to you, plus an extra thank you card signed by the coculture team :)
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http://bigthink.com/21st-century-spirituality/philip-morris-e-cigs
https://med.stanford.edu/tobaccopreventiontoolkit/E-Cigs.html
https://www.thefix.com/tobacco-giant-philip-morris-wants-quit-cigarette-business
https://www.thefix.com/teen-drug-use-declines-vaping-rises
https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/news-releases/2017/12/vaping-popular-among-teens-opioid-misuse-historic-lows
http://www.businessinsider.com/juul-e-cigarette-one-million-units-sold-2017-11
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We live in a healthy, active community, and we know the harmful effects of smoking cigarettes. During the past 20 years, Americans have experienced a culture shift when it comes to smoking tobacco. In fact, cigarette smoking rates among high school students have dropped to the lowest levels since the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey began in 1991, according to the 2013 results released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But there is a flipside to this story.
According to the National Institute of Health’s annual Monitoring The Future survey released in December, nearly 1 in 3 students in 12th grade report using some kind of vaping device in the last year. In Colorado, according to the 2015 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey results, 46% of middle and high school students have used an e-smoking device in their lifetime, and in Routt County, students reported usage in line with the state average.
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Vaping is a term introduced by the electronic nicotine delivery system industry to refer to any electronic vaporizer, such as E-cigs, Vapes, vape pens, vaporizers and E-hookahs. Often, this term makes people think these devices produce a harmless water vapor, but that isn’t the case.
Instead of burning tobacco, e-cigarettes most often use a battery powered coil to turn a liquid solution into an aerosol that is inhaled by the user. Vaping or electronic cigarettes can refer to a wide variety of products. Some look like cigarettes, but others look like a small pen or USB device. One e-cigarette device, called a JUUL, has become increasingly popular in recent years.
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They are small, look like a flash drive and are discrete enough that they can be used at school and even in the classroom according to Dennis Hensen, dean of students for Steamboat Springs High School. A representative of the Steamboat Springs Teen Council stated that four out of five students have a JUUL. They are everywhere, and everyone knows how to get one.
JUUL, which first came on the market in 2015, has seen a 621 percent increase in sales year over year and a 32 percent market share, according to a recent article from Business Insider. They are sold in convenience stores across the country as well as online, making them easier and more accessible than store-bought cigarettes.
A JUUL device costs about $35 with a four-pack of pods, or refills, for about $16. The brand is rapidly becoming the Marlboro of the 21st century, and the brand has not shied away from tactics that entice youth with colorful, eye-catching designs and youth-oriented imagery as well as flavors that are attractive to young pallets, such as mango and fruit melody.
Often, we see teenagers turning to substance use as a way to cope with stress. Help them to identify stressors in their lives and to find healthier ways to work through those challenges.
Talk to your kids. Contrary to common assumptions, young people care about their health and are interested in talking about this subject. Remember, teenagers are adept at identifying and rejecting disingenuous lectures, so approach discussions as learning opportunities for you both. Take a fact-based approach; otherwise, you may find your son or daughter becoming defensive and your conversation ineffective.
For more information and helpful resources about vaping and other substance use issues, visit grandfutures.org.
Lindsey Simbeye is the executive director at Grand Futures Prevention Coalition.
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There Once Was a Kingdom: A Storm in the Pass
After they got back aboard, the fishermen asked if they could keep the underwater craft. "What was it you called it again?" the captain asked.
"A submarine!" Sarai answered.
"Interesting this will help us with our... treasure hunting," the captain nodded, trailing off.
They turned back around and prepared to return to the harbor. As they went, they looked at what they'd taken from the shipwreck. The treasure chest was locked and had iron bands wrapping around it in all directions. Tiana tied to pick the lock but found it very difficult make any progress. They didn't want to try to force the lock and risk damaging anything inside.
"If only there were a way for me to see what the inside of the lock looks like," Tiana muttered.
Alatar brightened. "I can help with that! Here - hold one end of my staff. I'll make it appear to be a tunnel. You can look down and through it with the other end on the lock."
Tiana held it steady and looked straight down. At first, it just looked like staring through a hollow stick as one would expect. When she focussed on the dot at the end, though, she found that it rushed toward her so fast that she jumped. Looking in again, she found she could move the staff ever so slightly to see the different parts of the inside.
"Interesting! There's not just pins coming from the top and bottom like other locks I've seen, but from the sides, too. I can see where they come in. Maybe I can craft a small key of my own to fit and help me get those pins to the right positions..." she mused. She started to work right away. It was frustrating work with the rocking of the boat and she decided to set it aside until they were back ashore.
After a time, they turned their attention to the small wax coated box instead.
They carefully cut a a slit in the wax and found that the lid swung open easily. Inside, there was a bit of leather wrapped carefully around some folded parchment. Most of it was in an ancient language. Alatar puzzled over it for a time.
"It's unfamiliar to me, but I do recognize the symbols," he mused. "I may be able to make some sense of it after a bit of study."
Beneath all of these, however, was one sheet in their modern tongue. They read this out loud:
The one who brings the scepter, crown, and throne
May claim the whole of country for their own
If brought to castle lost that once was known
Before the 'goyles claim it for their own
A kingdom under them would soon be mud
The rivers dry, the fields all caked in crud
To stop the coming storm, prevent the flood
Will take a savior born no royal blood
"Wait - that says the savior has to be born with no royal blood," Sarai mumured. She looked at Alatar quizically. "Didn't you say I'm the old king's heir? How can I do this, then?"
Alatar stood silently for a moment. "I wasn't entirely misleading," he said at last. "You are not his heir by heritage, but by manner. I used divination to find one in our time who had a similar spirit and good heart to that of the king. My spell led me to you, and, when I asked around about you in the town, knew that I was right. Everyone there, including Tiana, spoke of your kindness and thoughfulness toward others."
Tiana nodded at this, smiling. "I didn't realize why he was asking at the time, but it's true. We all love you very much and respect your care for others."
"I hope you don't hold that against me," Alatar continued. "As you've already seen, you're able to do much to help others."
Sarai sat in thought and then nodded. "I guess this doesn't really change anything, does it? We don't want the gargoyles to get the king's symbols and we're the ones to stop them."
They continued sailing past where they'd met the sea monster without any further incident and made port easily. Sarai and company got their goods and horses unloaded and quickly road back up toward the mountain pass. As the approached the town at the foot of the mountains, however, another storm started brewing and they found shelter for the night.
The following day, the storm was still raging. The people of the town looked up at the cloud curiously. "Odd weather for this time of year," one was heard to remark.
Me: Should they try to rush through the pass in the rain or wait in the town to see if it would subside?
Elie: Try to wait for it.
They waited in the town, but it grew late and they stayed the night. Still the rain came down the next day and the next with no sign of letting up. Tiana ccontinued working on the key throughout but wasn't having any luck getting it to fit quite right.
"Sarai, this storm doesn't seem natural to me," Alatar said one morning. "Perhaps we should brave the pass despite the storm.
Elie: Yes, let's.
They bundled themselves up against the driving rain and walked their mounts slowly to the mountain pass. When they got there, they found themselves facing three gargoyles.
"We know what you have," one rasped. "Just hand them all over to us and we'll be happy to go on our way."
Elie: No!
"Do you really want this burden? Ruling a kingdom is very hard work. The people are always looking to you to solve everything. 'He took my cow! She stole some bread! They won't play nice!' You'd be much better off going back and living a nice relaxing life in the country. Leave all the hard stuff to us, little girl," the gargoyle hissed as it crept slowly closer.
Me: Should they try to go back and find another way to force their way through?
Elie: They should go through.
Sarai nodded to Mandalar, who suddenly charge his horse and swung his sword hard. The blade struck the creeping gargoyle square on the face, shattering its head to a fine dust. The rest of the body stopped as still as a statue and then collapsed into nothing more than a pile of loose stones. The others stared openmouthed.
Before they could act, Sarai shouted, "This way!"
She brought her horse to a gallop in the few steps between her and the stone beasts, leaping clear over their heads. Tiana, Alatar, and Mandalar followed and they rushed headlong into the slippery pass. The gargoyles behind them tried to regain their footing but skid wildly.
As they rushed through, careful not to lose control of the horses, the company heard more skittering, chattering noises coming first from behind them, but then, too, from the slopes on either side. They weren't even halfway through the pass when they could tell there were dozens of the gargoyles almost upon them.
Alatar tried to conjure up another wall of air but found the storm made the air too wild to control from horseback.
Mandalar spun around at the rear. "I'll stop them here, if you ask it of me, Sarai!"
Elie: No! We all stay together.
He nodded swinging his sword in great arcs to keep the gargoyles just far enough out of reach and turned back around to follow the others. Tiana looked over her shoulder and then spun around backwards in her saddle. Aiming carefully, she threw two daggers, one to each side high on the slopes.
The small blades on a clear, dry day would have had little effect. In the rains that had pounded down for so long, though, each set loose several small stones that tumbled free. These knocked larger stones before them and soon huge walls of tumbling rock were coming crashing in from each side.
Sarai and her companions cleared the pass just as the great waves of rock came crashing together behind them, crushing many gargoyles under their weight. More still were stuck up the slopes or on the far side of the wall of rock but none followed them to the valley below. As they made for the town, they heard the horrible screeching of the gargoyles in the mountain behind them.
They left the storm up in the peaks and found a clear day awaited them below.
Part of the "There Once Was a Kingdom" bedtime stories series.
Posted by Adam Singer at 7:16 AM
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The Best Restaurant In The World?
When TripAdvisor names your venue as the best restaurant in the world, you might expect some good publicity to come your way. But nobody at The Black Swan, a Michelin-starred country pub in the wilds of North Yorkshire, was quite expecting what happened after the news broke in November. TV crews from around the world descended on the sleepy Yorkshire village of Oldstead with the upshot being that you can forget about snagging a cheeky table for two anytime soon. It’s booked solid for three months in advance and tables disappear minutes after availability goes online at midnight every day. Check out this feature from CBS News in the States, complete with a helpful map if you're not sure where North Yorkshire is:
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Alex Rainow, M.D. M.S., has joined Sonoma Valley Hospital as the Medical Director for the Cardiopulmonary Department, replacing James Price, MD, who has retired. Dr. Rainow will see patients at Cardiovascular Center of Marin -Sonoma Cardiology, still located at 558 Third Street West, Sonoma.
Dr. Rainow recently moved to the North Bay from Miami, Florida, where he served as a cardiologist at Heartwell LLP, which is part of Baptist Health. He is board certified in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine. He received his medical degree from Albany Medical College, did his residency at Baylor College of Medicine, and completed his cardiology fellowship at Dartmouth Medical Center.
Also seeing patients at Cardiovascular Center of Marin -Sonoma Cardiology are Brian G. Keeffe, MD, FACC, and Mark P. Wexman, MD, FACC, leading cardiologists who are associated with Cardiovascular Center of Marin, a Marin Healthcare District Practice. All partners of Cardiovascular Center of Marin are on the medical staff of Sonoma Valley Hospital. Sub-specialty cardiology includes advanced heart failure, electrophysiology, and structural and interventional cardiology and these specialist will see new patient consults in Sonoma.
Cardiovascular Center of Marin – Sonoma Cardiology is located at 558 Third Street West, Sonoma, Ca. 94576, Phone 707-935-1470; Fax: 707-935-7817.
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Fixture News
U18s at Bromley in FA Youth Cup on Thursday
Stewart White
StevenageFC
Cheer on the kids away at Bromley…
After an impressive display to see off Luton in the First Round of The FA Youth Cup, Boro's U18s are now faced with the task of Bromley away.
The game will take place at 7:45pm, this Thursday 16th November at The H2T Group Stadium Hayes Lane and all Boro fans are invited to support the boys.
Adults: £3
Under 16s: £1
Bromley/Stevenage Season Ticket Holders: £1
The Third Round draw has already taken place with Thursday's winner due to face either Tamworth or Fleetwood away.
The boys will be full of confidence after their 2-1 win over Luton, which saw second year scholars Ben Wilmot and Andronicus Georgiou lead by example with the all-important goals.
Bromley entered the tournament a round earlier than Stevenage, knocking out Hastings United and Chipstead United on their way to Thursday's fixture.
Entry to the stadium can be found via the Ravens bar, which will be open from 4:30pm. The Pizza Hatch will also be open from 6pm serving refreshments.
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