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Montreal could become a World Class Bicycling City, one of the best cities in the world for cycling, a place where cycling takes a major role in the urban transportation network. It could also slip back into the era when cycling infrastructure was ignored, automobiles became dominant on the streets and cycling's history almost forgotten. The Montreal Bicycle Club seeks to promote cycling on the Island of Montreal by celebrating its early history, increasing its visibility by having club rides throughout the island, and drawing attention to issues that affect cycling today. All those who are riders or "friends of the wheel" are welcome to join and there are a variety of ways you can.
1. Take part in a regular Fixture Ride
Members of the club meet on a regular basis for Fixture rides in and around Montreal. These rides vary in length and may start at a cafe or meet at a commuter train station to take a bicycle tour of one of the surrounding areas. The meeting points and the planned ride are posted a few days ahead on the Fixtures Calendar. If you wish to join, simply hit the RSVP button on the calendar so we know to expect you.
2. Take part in an Excursion
The club also organizes multiple day excursions that involve cycling outside of the Montreal region. These are also listed on the Fixture Calender and again you can let us know if you are interested in joining by hitting the RSVP button and we will contact you with the details.
3. Choose a sobriquet and let us know about your cycling
Some club members have chosen a sobriquet of an historical cyclist and use that name on Minutes of Meeting. Choosing a Sobriquet that we like qualifies you for membership.
4, Come to one of our meetings
The club sometimes holds meetings to discuss business that has arisen. These are also posted on the Fixture Calender and you can join us in one of these.
5. Buy a Montreal Bicycle Club cycling jersey or Winged Wheel medallion and hat
The club has chosen a jersey using modern fabrics, it is styled to look similar to the historic Montreal Bicycle Club uniform. Contact us to for details. email: montrealbicycleclub@gmail.com
The Jersey can also be bought on Kijiji : https://www.kijiji.ca/v-bike-clothes-shoes-accessories/ville-de-montreal/montreal-bicycle-club-jersey/1429023206?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
Hats that look like the those used by the historic club can be bought on Amazon. We are currently sourcing silver winged wheel medallions as well.
Disreali sporting a MBC cap
Mintreal Bicycle Club silver medallion
6. Fill out the membership application form
You can simply fill out the form below and ask to become a member. Once a member, you will receive an email announcing upcoming Fixtures.
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Those New MotoGP Rules: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Submitted by Kropotkin on Wed, 2009-02-18 22:03
As we reported earlier today, the Grand Prix Commission has announced a slew of new rules for MotoGP, supposedly aimed at cutting costs in MotoGP. The measures contain a mixture of news for MotoGP fans, some good, some bad, and some seemingly incomprehensible. Let's go through the measures one by one, and examine the possible impact.
First up is the revised weekend schedule, which sees the Friday morning practice dropped, and the other practice sessions severely shortened. A race weekend will now look as follows:
13:05-13:45 125cc Free Practice 1
14:05-14:50 MotoGP Free Practice 1
13:05-13:45 125cc Qualifying Practice
14:05-14:50 MotoGP Qualifying Practice
08:40-09:00 125cc Warm Up
09:40-10:00 MotoGP Warm Up
11:00 125cc Race
14:00 MotoGP Race
This change is both good and bad news for MotoGP fans. More specifically, it's good news for racegoing fans, and bad news for TV audiences. Fans actually attending races may be losing out on track time, but they are likely to be gaining something else instead. Rumors abound that the Friday morning will be turned into some kind of open paddock, or pit lane show, allowing fans a much better chance to get close to their heroes, and see the teams at work up close.
TV audiences, on the other hand, get the raw end of the stick. The shortened sessions on Friday and Saturday afternoons mean half an hour less MotoGP action on TV, and that's in areas such as Spain and Italy where both days of practice is televised. With the loss of Eurosport, Friday practice will go untelevised in most countries in Europe, and Saturday qualifying has been reduced by 15 minutes. The loss is not huge, but it is significant.
It may turn out to be significant for the teams, however. The money they save on reduced maintenance due to lower mileages may well be turn out not to be saved, but lost in sponsorship. Sponsorship deals are measured using exposure, using TV minutes as a starting point. By cutting the qualifying by 15 minutes, the Grand Prix Commission has basically cut exposure by 12% in most markets, and a little less in markets where Friday practice is screened. MotoGP may need to save money, but what they really can't afford to do is lose more sponsorship.
Increasing Costs
The next group of measures is aimed at reducing costs, but is unlikely to do any such thing:
From the Czech GP, a maximum of 5 engines can be used in 8 races. No changing of parts
will be permitted except daily maintenance.
Only 2 post race tests at Catalunya and Czech GP for development purposes using test
riders only are permitted.
To take the last point first, cutting the number of post-race tests from the 5 currently scheduled down to just 2 will surely save on maintenance. And if the rule had specified only current competitors, then even more might have been saved. But by specifying that only test riders may be used, then a whole chain of logistics is invoked which starts to increase tests once again. The riders have to be kept on retainer; they have to be flown to and from the track; and perhaps worst of all, there are very few test riders who are capable of running a fast enough pace to generate useful data. If a rider is 3 seconds off race pace, he will not be pushing the chassis hard enough to find the problems the riders will run into at race pace.
The adoption of a single tire has made this point even more critical. Before, riders could fix problems with a different tires, altering construction and compound to mitigate some of the worst effects of chatter, for example. But a single tire means that handling chatter means altering headstock, chassis and swingarm flexibility, to dampen the vibration. And speed is the only way of exposing these problems, as Yamaha found at the beginning of 2006. And so more simulations will have to be run, and more testing will have to be done to compensate for the lack of testing by current racers on current racetracks. What looks like easy savings soon gives way to more spending to compensate. Peter is robbed, to compensate Paul.
We have discussed the minimum engine life proposal at length and ad nauseam previously, but will go over the principal arguments once again. The intention of the rule is to get the factories to detune their engines, so that they last longer. The effect of the rule will be for the factories to increase testing and development of their engines, so that they last longer while still producing the same performance. The fear of losing will mandate that the money saved on maintenance goes straight into R&D.
The policing of this is difficult, if not downright treacherous. Which parts may be opened and which parts may be replaced will be argued over endlessly, as will the exact circumstances of every transgression of this rule. And depending on the severity of the penalty, it might even be worth disregarding it entirely, and just using as many engines as you like. After all, if your (one-race) bike is significantly faster than the (multiple-race) competition at Brno, then why worry about being put to the back of the grid, especially if it's just 6 rows deep? You can make your way through the field, and pick up the points you need anyway. Will it work like this? We can't be sure. Are the factories evaluating this as an option? You can be absolutely certain.
Banning The Future
The other measures in the rules are not so much an attempt at cost cutting, and more of a signpost for the future direction of MotoGP. Here's the full list of prohibitions:
Ceramic composite materials are not permitted for brake discs or pads.
Electronic controlled suspension is not permitted.
Launch control system is not permitted.
To begin with what is at first glance the most puzzling, the banning of a technology that is neither used, nor even under consideration for MotoGP. But the ban on ceramic disk brakes are aimed firmly at 2010, when the Grand Prix Commission is likely to ban carbon brakes. Without a ready alternative, the hope is that the teams will turn to steel disks, so that a one-bike-per-rider rule can be imposed, and the teams can also save the quarter of a million euros they drop on brake parts. Whether they do, or whether they spend more money looking at alternatives which aren't ceramic composites, remains to be seen.
Like ceramic brakes, electronically controlled suspension is little used currently in MotoGP. But once again, the single tire rule makes this a more attractive proposition. Some teams have experimented with it, but it is far from commonplace as yet. The purpose of the ban is little to do with what is currently happening in the paddock, and more as serving as a poster child for the Big Change coming, and one that is presaged by our final rule, and perhaps the most ridiculous one.
Launch control. Banning it seems like a perfectly sensible move, putting the emphasis on the rider once again, rather than the skill of the data engineer. As soon as you start to think about the practical implications, however, any semblance of common sense goes straight out the window. Question number one, and frankly, the only question that matters, is whether this can be enforced, and judging by the experience of Formula One, the answer is a big fat no. Even with a spec ECU, the cars leave the line with no wheel spin and without stalling, all getting away more or less as they lined up on the grid.
Without a spec ECU, policing launch control is going to be impossible. How will the scrutineers, the people charged with enforcing the rules, be able to distinguish between a "safety" engine map, or perhaps a "rain setting" engine map and launch control? Does a failure to lift the front wheel off the line indicate that launch control has been used, or just outstanding bike and throttle control? Without a complete understanding of the working of every ECU currently being used in MotoGP, and the engineering and computing knowledge to extract both the obvious and the hidden intent in any engine maps and embedded software, finding a launch control program is going to be a hopeless task, and doomed to failure at the very start.
But the point of the launch control ban is of course not to ban launch control. The point is to test the viability of imposing controls on electronics, and how that will work out in practice. Both Carmelo Ezpeleta and Vito Ippolito have spoken out against the increasing use of electronic controls, as have any number of riders. As ever, though, the devil is in the detail, and just how to achieve the intended goal is the million dollar question. After all, engineers love nothing better than a seemingly intractable problem, and imposing rules just provides the kind of challenge they thrive on.
However the ban on launch control works out, there is every reason to fear that the ban on electronics will be instigated anyway. It will be instituted for reasons of cost, and will unleash either an orgy of spending in an attempt to bypass the ban while staying inside the letter of the law, or else precipitate the withdrawal of yet more manufacturers, as the value they see in MotoGP as an R&D platform is reduced considerably. Suddenly, taking part in MotoGP becomes nothing more than a marketing exercise, and a way of boosting a manufacturer's image.
The problem here, of course, is that a race only has one winner. Of the four manufacturers in MotoGP, three are destined not to have a MotoGP champion, leaving those three to question the value of their MotoGP program. If you're using MotoGP to promote your brand as a high-performance product, and you get your behind kicked by your competitors, then why continue to throw good money after bad? Why not, like Kawasaki, pull out and find another way to promote your brand?
And ironically, this is the only way that costs will genuinely be cut in MotoGP. MotoGP racing costs what it costs because the racing department can persuade senior management that the marketing value provided by MotoGP matches the 50 or 60 million dollars that it takes to win a championship. If senior management decides that it is no longer worth that investment, they will not reduce that investment, they will simply cut it altogether. More bikes disappear from the grid, and the championship loses more and more of its luster with every departing manufacturer.
Fortunately for those that remain, every manufacturer that leaves increases the chances of winning for those that stay. Less competition means that instead of needing an extra three tenths, they only need one tenth, and the relentless pace of progress slows. Slower progress means less R&D costs, and makes satellite bikes more competitive, and cheaper to produce. If last year's bike is only a tenth slower than this year's bike, rather than half a second, then more teams might be interested in last year's bike, and grids might start to grow again.
Just as lap times stagnated during the 1990s, with Michelin's domination of the tire situation, then picked up again once Bridgestone stepped up to the mark, so it is likely to go with MotoGP. The thing that drives up costs in MotoGP is not technology. The thing that drives up costs is competition, and the relentless pursuit of victory. But then again, that's why they take part, and we watch.
Carmelo Ezpeleta
Vito Ippolito
Ironic!
Rusty Bucket USA replied on Thu, 2009-02-19 03:37
Won't it be humorous if the "Ben Spies Rule" actually opens the door for Elbowz to appear at those two post-race tests?
Catalunya is not so far from Misano, with a few days to travel, so count that is "inexpensive" testing...
And, Brno, right in the middle of the WSBK summer break - literally the last track he will have raced! Maybe he won't want to stay there all 3 weeks, but could he be convinced to stay on the Continent? He'll probably be happy to be there as a spectator, anyway...
If I were Brivio, or Furusawa, or someone higher up at Yamaha, this conversation is already happening - or the deal is already done.
That's a mighty fine helping
Old Man Jenkins replied on Thu, 2009-02-19 03:49
That's a mighty fine helping of speculation, but let me offer an analogy: a lawyerless divorce. The parties decide that instead of giving their money to the attorneys decide instead to reach an agreement.
MotoGP factories are deciding that instead of trying to outspend each other, they enter a cartel-like agreement to control costs. Caring about lap times is like paying the divorce lawyer; what matters is the spectacle and the audience it brings. If steel brakes and longer-lasting engines slow down the times, it doesn't matter in comparison to the amount of money they save. You're kidding yourself if you think factories' R&D budgets aren't being reduced in tandem with the drop in their profit margins.
You can complain all you want that your blue-sky fantasy machines are being whittled away, but from the factories' and the racing standpoint they don't matter.
i'm going to start watching
nettic replied on Thu, 2009-02-19 04:24
i'm going to start watching NASCAR
abkb replied on Thu, 2009-02-19 09:23
And, borrowing Old Man Jenkins apt turn of phrase, look where your blue sky fantasy machines have got the sport - firmly up a creek, and without a paddle. Global downturn or not - someone, at some stage, was going to cry enough. As to the Law of Unexpected Consequences - there will be influential factions within the MotoGP factories delighted to turn off the money hose.
Me? I vacillate. Fascinated by its technology, appalled by its waste.
Jerry Osborne replied on Thu, 2009-02-19 14:25
Unfortunately, the point OMJ missed is that the technology isn't the problem. The spending results from trying to keep up with the other teams. If HRC could win by pulling an old beater out of the museum at Motegi adn throwing a VFR motor in it they would
I think I just disagree with
I think I just disagree with the basic premise rather than missing the point. The basic premise seems to be that the factories, teams and promoters don't know what they're doing and bloggers know better. There are 3 possibilities: 1) MotoGP entities are stupid (they don't know how to save money); 2) MotoGP entities are lying (Ezpeleta is really just trying to copy SBK); 3) Motogpnatter is just shootin' the breeze.
How about F1?
Would you deny, then, that there are some with a global reach who act only in their selfish short-term interests to the detriment of others?
Are you suggesting that educated insights and historical perspectives are invalid because of a lack of marketing prowess?
Pretend I don't know
Pretend I don't know anything about F1 (I don't) .
Can you provide some links to articles (not blog posts) that detail how cost-cutting measures in F1 failed?
The only thing I seem to be finding is stories like this: Williams: Cost-cutting rules saved team
Interesting story. Frank
Kropotkin replied on Thu, 2009-02-19 20:40
Interesting story. Frank Williams is saying that the cost cutting measures to be introduced will save the team money. He's not saying how the rules have turned out. He's saying how he expects the rules to turn out. McLaren have just built a giant new headquarters, and every day, it seems as if more people head into the building than before. But maybe they've all taken a pay cut.
"He's saying how he expects
"He's saying how he expects the rules to turn out."
But what does he know?
I'm still waiting for the "cost-control in F1 was a failure" links.
It's too early to tell. The rules have only been introduced this season. But here's a quote for you, from Ron Dennis, taken from an Autosport article, and quoted on Sky Sports:
"Because every time the rules are changed, the result is almost always a cost increase. And, because the smaller teams are perhaps less able to meet those cost increases, they may not respond as effectively to a rule change as their more affluent competitors."
Sure, but if you have a rule
Sure, but if you have a rule change that costs you $1 but saves you $2, sounds like you're ahead in the long run.
Another interesting story
Good idea, linking to a story on Autosport. The next interview with Williams is this: Technology is key to F1 success
He's arguing against spec
He's arguing against spec cars -- a straw man in MotoGP.
Great Analogy
A lawyerless divorce is actually a fantastic analogy, because it contains all of the elements at play here. When two parties agree to a lawyerless divorce, they can indeed save themselves a heap of money, and come out of it relatively unharmed. However, a lawyerless divorce has a few essential prerequisites for it to be pulled off successfully, the main one of which is trust: all of the parties at the table need to believe that they are acting in good faith in order for it to succeed. If one of the parties finds that the other had secreted away a large chunk of cash in a bank in Liechtenstein, then all bets are off, and a lawyerless divorce can turn a lot more ugly, and more costly than one where both parties turned to lawyers in the first place. In effect, a lawyerless divorce is the equivalent of the game of Prisoner's Dilemma. If both players stay honest, they both win. If one player cheats, he might win, while the other loses, but maybe he'll lose too if the other player cheats as well.
So it is with the members of the Grand Prix Commission, only exponentially so. I have no doubt that each of the players individually wants to save money. And I also have no doubt that they are all aware that if they all play by the rules, they could all save money. But motorcycle racing is a zero sum game: One player can win, and the others can lose, and so the incentive for the factories - whether they want to or not - is to bend the rules. If they get away with it, then they can win the game of Prisoner's Dilemma. Afraid that the others might be cheating, the factories have to think long and hard about whether they should cheat. If they think the others will cheat, then they are forced to cheat just to level the field again.
Of course, if all of the factories believed the others were acting in good faith, then they would all save money. But then, if all of the factories believed the others were acting in good faith, they could just agree spending limits, and trust each other not to exceed them, and there'd be no need for the rule changes in the first place. To come back to your point about the factories acting like a cartel: Cartels exist only in situations which are non-zero sum, in which all parties gain from an agreement, usually at the expense of an outside party (usually consumers). In zero sum situations, cartels are much harder to sustain, as the incentive for the individual members is to cheat the cartel, winning while the other members are losing.
I was not trying to say in the article that costs should not be cut, or the technology should be limited, I was trying to say that he current proposals, as they have been framed, will have no effect on costs. They are too easy to bypass, and will merely shift costs from one area to the other. I am all in favor of cost-cutting proposals - by scrapping the demand that the engines and bikes must be prototypes, for a start - but when such proposals are drawn up, they should be examined with the eye of a cynic, of an accountant or a tax lawyer, looking not for the intended effect, but for the best way of using the rules to gain an advantage over your opponents.
If costs are to be cut in MotoGP, then the wrong people are at the table. The people sitting round the table at MSMA meetings should be Masao Furusawa and Filippo Preziosi, not the managers. The people who will be exploiting the rules should be drawing them up, under strict instructions from their bosses that they have to agree rules which will make the racing cheaper. I've made no secret of the way I believe racing could be made cheaper, and the engineers I have spoken to who are actually involved in designing racing engines told me they saw some merit in them. But they also said something far more interesting: the people involved in racing - at whatever level - will spend whatever they can persuade someone else to give to them in their pursuit of victory. In the end, cost-cutting comes down to the powers of persuasion of racing departments, rather than any set of rules imposed by sanctioning bodies.
And as you rightly say, R&D budgets are being slashed as profits fall: the Spanish press has reported that Yamaha has cut its MotoGP budget by 20%, and others are following suit. But again, these budget cuts have already been made, before the rules had been agreed, and in some cases, before the details had even been discussed. Cost-cutting is coming to MotoGP, but it is coming in spite of the rule changes, rather than because of them.
I certainly don't claim to know better than the people drawing up the rules. But anyone with a knowledge of history, politics, economics, and especially game theory, can point to countless cases of rules being drawn up with the best of intentions working out completely differently than the rulemakers had expected. Drawing up regulations to limit the ingenuity of engineers is just a little bit too much like trying to herd eels.
"But anyone with a knowledge
"But anyone with a knowledge of history, politics, economics, and especially game theory, can point to countless cases of rules being drawn up with the best of intentions working out completely differently than the rulemakers had expected."
And countless cases where it turned out better -- so?
"Drawing up regulations to limit the ingenuity of engineers is just a little bit too much like trying to herd eels."
Survival tends to focus the mind -- the Grand Prix Commission will come up with something, or else.
Or else is right. Costs will
Or else is right. Costs will be cut in MotoGP. Not by rule changes, but because the factories and teams can't raise the money they would like to spend.
Now I think you're getting
Now I think you're getting there. They don't have as much money to spend, but some will get spent.
Suzuki cannot compete against Honda in terms of budget, but what they can hope for is a basic platform that they can afford and get decent results on. Without an agreement about an affordable machine, those smaller factories and teams will leave the series.
I think where we draw the
cejay replied on Thu, 2009-02-19 10:33
I think where we draw the line is the use of technology that has no practical purpose for the customers they are trying to entice to buy their product.
Carbon brakes, adaptive suspension (that uses GPS to set its parameters), launch control have no application outside of race bikes. Likewise with FI systems that change the mapping mid corner to reduce fuel consumption, great show of technology, complete waste of time for a road rider.
Now, traction control, ABS etc...have good practical use. And surely the R&D teams can persuade their management these are good things to fund. But with wholesale rule changes from Dorna and FIM, we're in danger of throwing the good out with the bad.
I actually watched a few F1 races last year when I noticed that the cars now slid through corners, none of this totally planted stuff from years gone by.
Relevant technology
mbccohen replied on Fri, 2009-02-20 18:02
cejay - I would not be so quick to dismiss carbon brakes, active suspension, and launch control as irrelevant.
In automobiles, carbon brakes have started to be used on the most premium cars (e.g. Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Porsche). Their performance is without doubt, and the fact that they are being used on production cars shows that they can work in the "real world".
Active suspension is used on many automobiles. It is a natural development of current suspension systems. The tie-in to GPS is not that different from traffic / cruise control / diagnostic systems that are already in place and will become more common in the future.
Launch control is related to traction control. Production motorcycles are developing more and more power and torque - far in excess of what 99% of retail customers use on public roads. Traction control and launch control are developments that help manage that power and torque.
There is no need to comment on the relevance of ABS.
I am personally interested in KTM and their KERS system for their 125cc race bike. Although somewhat skeptical of the systems being used in F1, this intrigues me. In the motorcycle industry “bigger is better”, a fact confirmed as we watch manufacturers offer larger and larger engines with more and more power and torque than people can possibly use. But consider this. What if Harley-Davidson did not continue to grow their Big Twin engines – from 1450 cc (88 cu in) to 1584 cc (96 cu in) to 1690 cc (103 cu in) to 1800 cc (110 cu in)? What if they offered their top-of-the-line Ultra Classic Electra Glide with only the original Twin Cam 88 engine – and its associated better fuel economy and lower emissions – supplemented by a KERS system that stored braking energy and doled it out during acceleration? I imagine that H-D marketing would never go for this since their engines could never “compare” to the 1832 cc Honda Gold Wing or the 1700 cc Kawasaki Vulcan Voyager or the 1731 cc Victory Vision. But in terms of performance, I think the bike would do just fine.
It is the free thinking of (not current state but in years past) MotoGP, F1, IMSA GTP, WRC that developed many of the aerodynamic, structural, dynamic, and electronic systems that exist on production automobiles and motorcycles of today.
TV Audiences
Jimmy replied on Thu, 2009-02-19 11:18
The loss of advertising from cutting the amount of MotoGP on television is a red herring. Audience minutes means the number of people watching multiplied by the number of minutes they watch. Practise sessions only get a fraction the number of viewers that the race gets. I think sponsors would far rather have good racing rather than longer practise sessions. Also, there will be no qualifying tyres, so there's no point having a full hour of qualifying anyway.
Animation about the new
frantic replied on Thu, 2009-02-19 12:45
Animation about the new rules in F1 for this year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-edtA23ade4
Beautifully made, but informing as well.
I agree that in MotoGP the new technologies used needs to be applicable in real life riding. I hope the factories and Dorna can settle on a good set of rules.I
wish the factories would require Dorna to keep them the same for the next 5 years.
I'm still going to watch
Stinkwheel replied on Thu, 2009-02-19 18:48
When the first race weekend rolls around I'll still wake up on the morning of day one to catch the first day lap times reported on Crash.net or MotoGP.com. I'll do the same on day two. After reading the qualifying results and consulting a few lap charts I'll make my picks for the game on motogp.com. On race day I'll arrange all my schedules around the start of the 125 race and sequester myself with headphones, my laptop and a few select snacks. Forty five minutes later I'll take a break and 30 minutes later I'll watch the 250 race. Then I'll get to take a long break until the main event. For the night race in Qatar I may be able to grab some lunch during this break. Other races I may grab a 5 a.m. nap with my headphones still on listening to Nick Harris and Gavin Emmett. I will then watch the MotoGP race and following podium awards and comments. I'll enjoy the entire experience without much concern for the new rules.
Crimson Tide replied on Thu, 2009-02-19 23:57
I'm not happy. If it'll keep people from getting upset with keeping to the facts about what is good racing, what is the draw, and what worked in the past, then I'll just say that '01 to '06 was a great time for racing. Am I allowed to say that?
F1 has enjoyed a resurgence, thanks to certain personalities and talents. Moto GP has just gotten bigger and bigger over the past decade for many of the same reasons. Moto GP has NEVER EVER been anywhere NEAR this big on the world stage. There are now TWO dates in the USA, up from ZERO a few years ago. WHO would argue that? Am I wrong? Is the worldwide press wrong? Are the track-builders wrong? Is Mike Scott wrong, too?
Intelligent, articulate, and well-read people can call a spade a spade. Before 800s, Moto GP was breathtakingly enjoyable, and it was CLOSE, exciting racing.
Now, we wonder who'll be first, and who'll be second.
Hoo-RAH.
Will that keep the reactionaries amongst us happy? I haven't named any names. GEEZ. I'll re-post, after I sanitize it for the convenience of our more sensitive readers. Like it or not, once-in-a-lifetime talents bless and prosper ALL of the fans of Moto GP.
Joining motogpmatters.com 30 minutes earlier JUST TO put in a post to defend a racer from one's home country isn't a way to effectively discuss the matter.
"Have it your way, Dude...but they're amateurs."--Walter Sobchak
Rusty Bucket USA replied on Fri, 2009-02-20 02:53
The 990cc years were the best years of MotoGP, Crimson Tide, I would agree with you. However, 2002 was a bit of a bloodbath, and '03 was only slightly better with the arrival of Ducati. If the 2-strokes had been banned in that first year, the sport would have looked even worse than it does now. 2004 & '05 were more interesting because Rossi's switch to Yamaha coincided with the formula maturing to the point that Honda supplied many satellite bikes that were competitive (with each other) and were comparatively affordable. Even though the true privateers got crushed, there was the odd race where they were respectable. And, Suzuki and Kawasaki occasionally showed flashes of brilliance. 2006 was even better.
An oft-repeated opinion all over this site is the belief that the 990cc formula should have been allowed to continue, and the switch to 800cc (for all the wrong reasons) could not have happened at a worse time.
Vigilanti replied on Thu, 2009-02-19 23:00
[Moderator edited... we don't do mud-slinging here, thank you.]
Rossi is not the sport, he is only a hero of the sport. When he is gone perhaps normality will return to MotoGP and it will go on as a strong series again with a broad base of fans instead of a sport that has catered to one rider and one set of fans too long. If the sport dies when Rossi goes it will because Dorna did everything in their power to enure Rossi would win and no new heros were created.
Crimson Tide replied on Fri, 2009-02-20 00:04
[Also Moderator edited... for the same reason]
My Aussie friend ... I am glad you like Aussie riders. That's your right. Good on ya! There. ... Good. Let's be friends.
I have been a member
Vigilanti replied on Fri, 2009-02-20 04:48
I have been a member of the forum for a long time just never felt the need to post a comment here. Wasn't defending a rider but was defending this site. This is the only place in the whole of MotoGP online world where riders aren't bagged by each others fans. I really respect that and enjoy coming here for that reason. The discussion is intelligent and informed.
I'm man enough to admit when I am wrong. I won't let pride or ego stand in the way of telling the TRUTH, and the Truth(with a CAPITAL "T") is that I owe Vigilanti (and all of you) an apology.
I was wrong to be rude, disrespectful, and inflammatory.
I was wrong to let my feelings get hurt, and then to act on those (hurt) feelings.
I have only immense respect for this website, its administrators, and all of my peers in this forum. Whether or not we've met, if we live on opposite sides of the globe, or if I never personally meet a single one of you in the flesh, I consider you my friends. I have no shortage of EXTREME frustration with the idiots who are seemingly trying to ruin my favorite sport, but it is of UTMOST importance that I never mistakenly take out that frustration on any of my friends here.
I did that exact thing, I was wrong to do it, so I hereby publicly apologise.
Now, on with the excitement!
Until this series is set up
Dr. Gellar replied on Fri, 2009-02-20 07:04
Until this series is set up in a way that will attract new teams and sponsors, with a set of regulations that allows for independent, non-factory or even new-to-the-series factory teams to be able to even compete, let alone be competitive, against the big factories...then MotoGP will continue to fall apart at the seams. These new rules will do little to change that. Rather than help to fix the core problem with the series, they will only buy MotoGP a few more years at the very best before, if things continue to go the way they are going now, the series finally crumbles.
Cost cutting is a misnomer in technolgical series
OZintheDesert replied on Sat, 2009-02-21 02:18
This is the longest thread I have seen on this site ever.. however to join the fray...
To start with this from the Independant:
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/red-bull-may-be-heading-...
basically stating that regardless of "frozen specs" and cost cuttting methods proposed budgets have not decreased however in most cases have increased due to the rule changes.
The thing about MotoGP and F1 is that they are the advertising and wet dream arms of the said manufacturers, and only the company who spends the most money gets the best equipment and ultimately the championship. Rule changes only seek to make things harder, and the rule changes hurt those who cannot afford it, and those who can will go on and keep spending until you have a two horse race, because the others have taken bat and ball and gone home a la Kawasaki, Honda (F1), Subaru, Suzuki(WRC) and those others (independant and smaller firms) who just don't want to spend the money or have the money to spend. Sure "cost cuting" is designed to make things cheaper but they never do. I would actually challenge you Mr. Jenkins to provide examples in plain print to actually prove that cost cutting in technological based series actually cuts costs. Technically it is impossible to go back on your self in this situation as technology advances, and the ability to create technological advances changes rapidly also. R+D departments don't stop developing just because there is a funding crisis. This year its a funding drisis, next year its a boom again.. the cycle never ends and these people will spend the money regardless, there is always something to develop and that development cost money. The difference is that when rule changes are not applied and modicum of stability remains, those that go above and beyond the norm in spending don't gain exponentially from a short sighted rule change. This is obvious in the change to 800cc with Ducati storming away and Honda going nowhere. Ultimately only those that are prepared to spend the money will remain in Motogp and no amount of rule changes will make this sport any cheaper, but will only add the price to keep things competitive. There will be no agreement and budgets will be spent where the company feels they will make the most out of their investment.
I am not sure whether your
cejay replied on Sat, 2009-02-21 22:28
I am not sure whether your comment regarding the 800's is a valid one.
Without looking at the books we don't know whether Ducati spent more or less than Honda. What we do know is that Ducati used innovation and lateral thinking to link their fuel management systems with outside data to allow them to extract the most power for their engine. They correctly identified the restriction on fuel capacity as an issue and developed a solution that addressed that. On top of that, they located a cheap rider (Stoner was on a small retainer and high bonus) who turned out to much better at harnessing the bike they developed than their 'star' rider.
Whilst Ducati are bankrolled by a fag company, they simply do not have the resources in their R&D departments to match Honda. But sometimes have less means you come up with alternative solutions that someone with all money just don't see (remember the story about the Russian and NASA space programs and the pencil?).
But there is a general largesse in Motogp that Dorna have encouraged. All that glitz and glamour costs money. Massive teams, massive transporters, hospitality units, they all add to the cost. Dorna has looked like it is trying to follow F1 in so many areas and has serious delusions of grandeur. At the end of the day bike racing is always going to remain a relatively niche sport and therefore will never have the access to money that F1 does and Dorna need to set their sights a little lower.
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K.V. Prakash Babu vs State Of Karnataka on 22 November, 2016
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO(S). 1138-1139 OF 2016
(@ S.L.P. (Crl) Nos. 5928-5929 OF 2016)
K.V. Prakash Babu … Appellant
State of Karnataka … Respondent
J U D G M E N T
Dipak Misra, J.
2. The instant appeals reveal a factual score that has the potentiality
to shock a sensitive mind and a sincere heart, for the materials brought on
record show how “suspicion” can corrode the rational perception of value of
life and cloud the thought of a wife to such an extent, that would persuade
her to commit suicide which entail more deaths, that is, of the alleged
paramour, her mother and brother who being not able to emotionally cope up
with the social humiliation, extinguish their life-spark; and ultimately
the situation ropes in the husband to face the charge for the offences
punishable under Sections 302 and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) read
with Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (‘1961 Act’ for short).
As the facts would unveil, the husband gets acquitted for the offence under
Section 302 IPC but convicted in respect of other two charges by the trial
court. In appeal, his conviction under Section 3 of the 1961 Act is
annulled but success does not come in his way as regards the offence under
Section 498-A IPC. And the misery does not end there since in the appeal
preferred by the State, he is found guilty of the offence under Section 306
IPC and sentenced to suffer four years rigorous imprisonment and to pay a
fine of Rs.50,000/- to be given to the father of the victim with a default
clause.
3. In the course of our adumbration and analysis of facts, it will be
uncurtained how the seed of suspicion grows enormously and the rumours can
bring social dishonor and constrain not-so-thick skinned people who have
bound themselves to limitless sorrow by thinking ‘it is best gift of God
to man” and choose to walk on the path of deliberate death. A sad
incident, and a shocking narrative, but we must say, even at the beginning,
the appellant-husband has to be acquitted regard being had to the evidence
brought on record and the exposition of law in the field.
4. The singular issue, as the aforesaid passage would show, that arises
for consideration in these appeals, by special leave, that assails the
judgment and order dated 13.04.2016 passed by the High Court of Karnataka
at Bengaluru in Criminal Appeal No. 655 of 2012 whereby the High Court has
allowed the appeal preferred by the State which had called in question the
legal acceptability of the judgment and order passed by the learned
Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court-III, District Kolar, Karnataka,
who vide judgment dated 5.1.2012 had found the appellant guilty of the
offences punishable under Section 498-A of the IPC and Section 3 of the
1961 Act and sentenced him to suffer rigorous imprisonment of one year and
two years respectively with the default clause. It is apt to note here
that the appellant had also preferred Criminal Appeal No. 126 of 2012
wherein the High Court while passing the common judgment has opined that
the prosecution has miserably failed to establish the conviction under the
1961 Act. However, as stated earlier, it found the appellant guilty of the
offence under Section 306 IPC and the result of such conviction was
imposition of four years rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs. 50,000/-
(Rupees fifty thousand only) with the further stipulation that Rs.45,000/-
(Rupees forty five thousand only) be paid to the father of the deceased.
5. The occurrence that led to launching of prosecution is that the
marriage between the appellant and the deceased, Anjanamma, was solemenised
on 12.10.1997. The appellant, as alleged, got involved with one Deepa,
daughter of one Ashwathamma inasmuch as his visit to the house of
Ashwathamma was quite frequent. As the prosecution story proceeds, the
deceased felt extremely hurt and eventually being unable to withstand the
conduct of the husband who was allegedly involved in an extra-marital
affair, put an end to her life on 20th August, 2004. An FIR was lodged at
the concerned police station by the father of the deceased, which set the
criminal law in motion and the investigating officer recorded statement of
witnesses under Section 161 of the IPC and after completing the
investigation, placed the charge sheet under Sections 201, 302 and 498-A of
the IPC and Section 3 of the 1961 Act before the concerned Magistrate who,
in turn, committed the matter to the Court of Session. The accused abjured
his guilt and expressed his intention to face trial, advancing the plea of
denial and false implication. In order to establish the charges, the
prosecution examined 31 witnesses in all. The defence chose not to adduce
any evidence. The main witnesses are father of the deceased, PW-1 and the
neighbours who have deposed about the extra- marital affair of the husband
and the death of the deceased.
6. As we have already stated about the conviction and the punishment,
the same need not be stated in detail. There is no dispute that the
learned trial judge as well as the High Court has not found the appellant
guilty of the offence punishable under Section 302 of the IPC. The High
Court has also arrived at the conclusion after detailed deliberation that
the prosecution has not been able to establish the offence under Section 3
of the 1961 Act. However, it has found the appellant guilty of the offence
under Sections 498-A and 306 of the IPC.
7. It is submitted by Mr. S.R. Singh, learned senior counsel that the
High Court has completely erred in appreciating the evidence to sustain the
conviction under Section 498-A inasmuch as there is no material whatsoever
with regard to demand of dowry or any kind of torture. According to Mr.
Singh, the High Court has applied the second limb of Section 498-A IPC on
the foundation that the involvement of the husband in extra-marital affair
established cruelty under the said provision and, therefore, it would be an
offence under Section 306 of the IPC which is contrary to the
pronouncements of this Court.
8. Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, learned counsel appearing for the State had
supported the judgment and order passed by the High Court by placing
reliance on the analysis of the various facets and the scrutiny and
scanning of the evidence of the prosecution witnesses including that of the
father, the neighbours and the investigating officer.
9. To appreciate the submissions raised at the Bar, we have bestowed our
anxious consideration and carefully examined the decision rendered by the
trial court and that of the High Court. On a studied scrutiny of the
evidence, it is demonstratable that the father of the deceased in his
deposition has not stated anything with regard to any kind of cruelty meted
out to the deceased except stating that she quite often complained to the
parents about the visit of the appellant to the house of Ashwathamma and
that she had suspicion against her husband that he was going to have a
second marriage. The other witnesses including the investigating officer
have deposed that there was discussion in the locality about the illicit
connection of the appellant with one lady at Chelur Village. Barring the
aforesaid, there is no whisper with regard to any kind of ill-treatment or
cruel behaviour by the husband.
10. In view of the aforesaid evidence, the question that emerges for
consideration is whether the conviction under Section 498A and 306 IPC is
legally justiciable in this context. We think it appropriate to refer to
Section 498A of the IPC. The said provision reads as follows:-
“498-A. HUSBAND OR RELATIVE OF HUSBAND OF A WOMAN SUBJECTING HER TO
CRUELTY:
Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman,
subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a
term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation: For the purposes of this section, “cruelty” means
(a) Any willful conduct which is of such a nature as is likely to drive the
woman to commit suicide or to cause grave injury or danger to life, limb or
health (whether mental or physical) of the woman;
(b) Harassment of the woman where such harassment is with a view to
coercing her or any person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for
any property or valuable security or is on account of failure by her or any
person related to her to meet such demand”
11. The said provision came up for consideration in Giridhar Shankar
Tawade vs. State of Maharashtra[1], where the Court dwelling upon the scope
and purport of Section 498-A IPC has held thus:-
“The basic purport of the statutory provision is to avoid ‘cruelty’ which
stands defined by attributing a specific statutory meaning attached thereto
as noticed herein before. Two specific instances have been taken note of in
order to ascribe a meaning to the word ‘cruelty’ as is expressed by the
legislatures : Whereas explanation (a) involves three specific situations
viz., (i) to drive the woman to commit suicide or (ii) to cause grave
injury or (iii) danger to life, limb or health, both mental and physical,
and thus involving a physical torture or atrocity, in explanation (b) there
is absence of physical injury but the legislature thought it fit to include
only coercive harassment which obviously as the legislative intent
expressed is equally heinous to match the physical injury : whereas one is
patent, the other one is latent but equally serious in terms of the
provisions of the statute since the same would also embrance the attributes
of ‘cruelty’ in terms of Section 498-A.”
12. In Gurnaib Singh v. State of Punjab[2], while dwelling upon the
concept of ‘cruelty’ enshrined under Section 498-A the Court has opined
thus:-
“Clause (a) of the Explanation to the aforesaid provision defines “cruelty”
to mean “any wilful conduct which is of such a nature as is likely to drive
the woman to commit suicide”. Clause (b) of the Explanation pertains to
unlawful demand. Clause (a) can take in its ambit mental cruelty.”
13. The aforesaid analysis of the provision clearly spells how coercive
harassment can have the attributes of cruelty that would meet the criterion
as conceived of under Section 498-A of the IPC. Thus, the emphasis is on
any wilful conduct which is of such a nature that is likely to drive the
woman to commit suicide. The mental cruelty which is engraved in the first
limb of Section 498-A of the IPC has nothing to do with the demand of
dowry. It is associated with mental cruelty that can drive a woman to
commit suicide and dependent upon the conduct of the person concerned.
14. In this regard, Mr. Singh has drawn our attention to the authority in
Pinakin Mahipatray Rawal v. State of Gujarat[3]. In the said case, the
Court was dealing with as to whether relationship between the appellant and
the second accused therein was extra-marital leading to cruelty within the
meaning of Section 498-A IPC and whether that would amount to abetment
leading to the act of suicide within the meaning of Section 306 IPC.
Dealing with the extra-marital relationship, the Court has opined that
marital relationship means the legally protected marital interest of one
spouse to another which include marital obligation to another like
companionship, living under the same roof, sexual relation and the
exclusive enjoyment of them, to have children, their up-bringing, services
in the home, support, affection, love, liking and so on, but extra-marital
relationship as such is not defined in the IPC. The Court analyzing further
in the context of Section 498A observed that the mere fact that the husband
has developed some intimacy with another woman, during the subsistence of
marriage and failed to discharge his marital obligations, as such would not
amount to “cruelty”, but it must be of such a nature as is likely to drive
the spouse to commit suicide to fall within the explanation to Section 498A
IPC. The Court further elucidated that harassment need not be in the form
of physical assault and even mental harassment also would come within the
purview of Section 498A IPC. Mental cruelty, of course, varies from person
to person, depending upon the intensity and the degree of endurance, some
may meet with courage and some others suffer in silence, to some it may be
unbearable and a weak person may think of ending one’s life. The Court
ruled that in the facts of the said case the alleged extra-marital
relationship was not of such a nature as to drive the wife to commit
suicide. The two-Judge Bench further opined that:-
“Section 306 refers to abetment of suicide which says that if any person
commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be
punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years and
shall also be liable to fine. The action for committing suicide is also on
account of mental disturbance caused by mental and physical cruelty. To
constitute an offence under Section 306, the prosecution has to establish
that a person has committed suicide and the suicide was abetted by the
accused. The Prosecution has to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the
deceased committed suicide and the accused abetted the commission of
suicide. But for the alleged extra marital relationship, which if proved,
could be illegal and immoral, nothing has been brought out by the
prosecution to show that the accused had provoked, incited or induced the
wife to commit suicide.”
15. Slightly recently in Ghusabhai Raisangbhai Chorasiya v. State of
Gujarat[4], the Court perusing the material on record opined that even if
the illicit relationship is proven, unless some other acceptable evidence
is brought on record to establish such high degree of mental cruelty the
explanation (a) to Section 498-A of the IPC which includes cruelty to drive
the woman to commit suicide, would not be attracted. The relevant passage
from the said authority is reproduced below:-
“True it is, there is some evidence about the illicit relationship and even
if the same is proven, we are of the considered opinion that cruelty, as
envisaged under the first limb of Section 498A IPC would not get attracted.
It would be difficult to hold that the mental cruelty was of such a degree
that it would drive the wife to commit suicide. Mere extra-marital
relationship, even if proved, would be illegal and immoral, as has been
said in Pinakin Mahipatray Rawal (supra), but it would take a different
character if the prosecution brings some evidence on record to show that
the accused had conducted in such a manner to drive the wife to commit
suicide. In the instant case, the accused may have been involved in an
illicit relationship with the appellant no.4, but in the absence of some
other acceptable evidence on record that can establish such high degree of
mental cruelty, the Explanation to Section 498-A which includes cruelty to
drive a woman to commit suicide, would not be attracted.”
16. The concept of mental cruelty depends upon the milieu and the strata
from which the persons come from and definitely has an individualistic
perception regard being had to one’s endurance and sensitivity. It is
difficult to generalize but certainly it can be appreciated in a set of
established facts. Extra-marital relationship, per se, or as such would
not come within the ambit of Section 498-A IPC. It would be an illegal or
immoral act, but other ingredients are to be brought home so that it would
constitute a criminal offence. There is no denial of the fact that the
cruelty need not be physical but a mental torture or abnormal behaviour
that amounts to cruelty or harassment in a given case. It will depend upon
the facts of the said case. To explicate, solely because the husband is
involved in an extra-marital relationship and there is some suspicion in
the mind of wife, that cannot be regarded as mental cruelty which would
attract mental cruelty for satisfying the ingredients of Section 306 IPC.
17. We are absolutely conscious about the presumption engrafted under
Section 113-A of the Evidence Act. The said provision enables the Court to
draw presumption in a particular fact situation when necessary ingredients
in order to attract the provision are established. In this regard, we may
reproduce a passage from Pinakin Mahipatray Rawal (supra):-
“Criminal law amendment and the rule of procedure was necessitated so as to
meet the social challenge of saving the married woman from being ill-
treated or forcing to commit suicide by the husband or his relatives,
demanding dowry. Legislative mandate of the section is that when a woman
commits suicide within seven years of her marriage and it is shown that her
husband or any relative of her husband had subjected her to cruelty as per
the terms defined in Section 498-A IPC, the court may presume having regard
to all other circumstances of the case that such suicide has been abetted
by the husband or such person. Though a presumption could be drawn, the
burden of proof of showing that such an offence has been committed by the
accused under Section 498-A IPC is on the prosecution.”
We have reproduced the aforesaid passage only to highlight that the
Court can take aid of the principles of the statutory presumption.
18. In the instant case, as the evidence would limpidly show, the
wife developed a sense of suspicion that her husband was going to the house
of Ashwathamma in Village Chelur where he got involved with Deepa, the
daughter of Ashwathamma. It has come on record through various witnesses
that the people talked in the locality with regard to the involvement of
the appellant with Deepa. It needs to be noted that Deepa, being not able
to digest the humiliation, committed suicide. The mother and the brother of
Deepa paved the same path. In such a situation, it is extremely difficult
to hold that the prosecution has established the charge under Section 498A
and the fact that the said cruelty induced the wife to commit suicide. It
is manifest that the wife was guided by the rumour that aggravated her
suspicion which has no boundary. The seed of suspicion planted in mind
brought the eventual tragedy. But such an event will not constitute the
offence or establish the guilt of the accused-appellant under Section 306
of the IPC.
19. Having said that we intend to make it clear that if the husband gets
involved in an extra-marital affair that may not in all circumstances
invite conviction under Section 306 of the IPC but definitely that can be a
ground for divorce or other reliefs in a matrimonial dispute under other
enactments. And we so clarify.
20. Consequently, the appeals are allowed. The conviction under Sections
306 and 498-A of the IPC is set aside. The appellant be set at liberty
unless his detention is required in connection with any other case.
………………..……………..J.
(DIPAK MISRA)
(AMITAVA ROY)
ITEM NO.4 COURT NO.3 SECTION IIC
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 5928-5929/2016
(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 13/04/2016 in CRLA
No. 126/2012 13/04/2016 in CRLA No. 655/2012 passed by the High Court Of
Karnataka At Bangalore)
K.V. PRAKASH BABU Petitioner(s)
STATE OF KARNATAKA Respondent(s)
(with appln. (s) for bail and exemption from filing O.T. and office report)
Date : 22/11/2016 These petitions were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPAK MISRA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMITAVA ROY
For Petitioner(s) Mr. S.R. Singh, Sr. Adv.
Mr.Anurag Thomas, Adv.
Mr. B. Vishwanath Bhandarkar, Adv.
Mr. H.K. Naik, Adv.
Mr. Karunakar Mahalik,Adv.
For Respondent(s) Mr. V. N. Raghupathy,Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
Consequently, the appeals are allowed. The conviction under Sections
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By: Megan Bridges and Lydia Omamo/ NCBA CLUSA Staff Published: Monday, April 6, 2020 Share: Print: Subscribe
Lelchego Dairy Cooperative Society Treasurer, Ruth Kosgei, sanitizes the office as a precautionary measure.
Kenya saw its first case of COVID-19 on March 13, and the Ministry of Health fears that if mitigation efforts are not implemented and followed, cases could skyrocket to as many as 10,000 by the end of April. The government has acted quickly to close schools and impose a nationwide curfew, while also issuing guidance on hygiene and social distancing.
The cooperative sector also feels it has an important role to play in responding to COVID-19. The sector represents over 14 million members across 24,000 cooperatives and accounts for 35% of national savings; savings that key sector stakeholders say it is ready and willing to mobilize. Lifting up cooperative principles 5 (“Education, Training and Information”) and 7 (“Concern for the Community”), the State Department of Cooperatives created the Cooperative Coronavirus Response Committee (CCRC) to bolster government action combatting COVID-19, while also ensuring a central place for cooperatives in Kenya’s post-pandemic reconstruction.
The CCRC draws members from ten key stakeholder organizations, including the State Department of Cooperatives, Cooperative Alliance of Kenya (CAK)—which will serve as joint secretary of the Committee—National Co-operatives Housing Union (NACHU), Kenya Union of Savings & Credit co-operatives (KUSCCO), Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA), and others. The CCRC promises to monitor and disseminate information on COVID-19 to members of the cooperative sector and the public, as well as lobby the government to provide relief to cooperatives once the pandemic is over. The Committee also plans to repurpose facilities for quarantine use and offer financial assistance to cooperative members.
Many of these CCRC members partner with NCBA CLUSA, World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU), and Global Communities on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Cooperative Development Program (CDP). NCBA CLUSA, WOCCU and Global Communities are determining how their CDP projects can best support the CCRC’s critical work.
Swift action to combat COVID-19 has not only taken place at the national level, but also at the county level and among individual cooperatives. One example is the Lelchego Dairy Cooperative Society in Nandi County, an NCBA CLUSA partner on its CDP project, Creating an Environment for Cooperative Expansion (CECE).
Lelchego Dairy Cooperative Society has 6,449 members, of which 51% are women. Due to its leadership in gender equity, Lelchego was invited to host a regional International Women’s Day celebration in early March. However, the event was canceled as COVID-19 cases began to spread outside of Asia and Europe into Africa and the Americas, and the threat of an outbreak in Kenya loomed.
Members of Lelchego’s leadership did not allow this last-minute change of plans to dampen their spirits. Treasurer Ruth Kosgei and Manager Samuel Samoei redirected their efforts to tackle COVID-19 head-on in their community. Ruth and Samuel, in addition to six women of Lelchego’s membership, are currently carrying out several mitigation measures to help curb the spread of COVID-19 among their fellow members, their members’ children, milk transporters, Nandi County Dairy Cooperative Union members, and the surrounding community.
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They also developed a platform to disseminate information from the Ministry of Health to their members and those from the Nandi County Dairy Cooperative Union. Additional measures include setting up public hand washing facilities with soap and water and providing COVID-19-specific financial guidance to borrowers of an affiliated savings and credit cooperative (SACCO).
Despite the necessity of these services in their community, the Lelchego women face several challenges that could potentially set them back as the virus progresses and systems break down. Currently, there are shortages of sanitizers in supermarkets and shops, and movement is restricted. Furthermore, Lelchego lacks funds to maintain its communication platform or purchase adequate supplies and equipment over the long run. However, the Lelchego women have shown a strong resolve to protect their community putting themselves at the frontlines of this pandemic, and with the government ramping up its efforts nationwide, it seems that they will be able to continue their formidable fight against the virus.
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New album: Richard Koechli & Blue Roots Company – «Parcours» (Fontastix 323857, LC 16043)
80 minutes of finest Roots-Music from Swiss Blues Award-winning Slideguitar player Richard Koechli
Not just Blues, but footprints of Soul, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Country and Rock. A seductive balance of rhythmic contrasts, melodiousness and relaxed unobtrusiveness holds everything together – in a way that reminds us of Laidback masters such as J. J. Cale. 16 new songs, a wonderfully dynamic band – and Koechli's voice, which has found its home somewhere between intimate Folk singing and soulful Blues power. "One of the strongest and most unique roots-Blues records of the year!" (Blues Blast Magazine, USA)
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Bad News for Vinyl-Fans: The Vinyl-Luxus doesn't fit into our budget at the moment (unfortunately!); especially not because the 80 minutes would only fit on a double album ...
Good news for demanding HiFi fans: The mp3 downloads sound great, the CD even better - and whoever buys the CD even gets access to the download of the 24bit master files (code in the CD booklet).
More good news:
The cheapest download (mp3 320 kbps) you get directly from us, without intermediary: For only € 6,50 you get your personal cdbaby-download code for the whole album (79 minutes music!).
Signed album: For € 27.- you get a CD with a personal dedication - and access to download the 24bit master files AND the mp3 album (code in the CD booklet)
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Lucerne lies on the banks of the Mississippi too!
«Brilliantly delivered original compositions, deeply rooted in traditional blues Richard Koechli bows before the legends and gets every bluesloving soul moving. If it weren't for the few songs written in Swissdialect, no one would ever come to the conclusion that this exceptional celebration of sounds from the motherland of the blues is being delivered by someone from along the Reuss River in Lucerne. Koechli impressively proves why he is considered to be one of Europe s leading blues and slide guitarists.» (Guido Schmidt, Founder of Lucerne Blues Festival)
«Richard Koechli is our best ambassador of the blues. We are very proud that he wrote the jubilee song 'Lucerne is a Blues Town' for our 20th Lucerne Blues Festival in 2014!» (Kari Bründler, President of Lucerne Blues Festival)
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About the album – track by track ...
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01 – New Orleans
«They're not just making music, they ARE music - in New Orleans, at every street corner and in every club. These are unspectacular, real stars that don't need artificial lighting. This spirit, and this enormous power to continue when everything is lost - that inspires me!»
Special Guest: The dreamlike Bluesharp of Swiss Blues Award winner Walter Baumgartner gives the song that certain Zydeco touch.
02 – Wing Ding Shuffle
«Not only as a guitarist, but also as a singer and songwriter I learned a lot from the blues: You don't have to write a poetic masterpiece with eight verses à la Dylan - a few simple sentences, an emotion, that's it. No revolution, no provocation, but incredibly liberating.»
«There's not much talking in my band. 'My' boys know intuitively and with incredible style certainty how they can enchant every song. As an example here: That piece was almost finished; a typical electric guitar song, I wasn't sure if there was room for more - and then Heini Heitz played this incredibly coherent acoustic guitar solo (03:03 - 03:32) and Dani Lauk played these wonderfully earthy bluesharp phrases on it. Now the song was complete!»
03 – I got life
«About the things that really matter. Happiness to be free, far from wealth and force, but close to the great gifts of liveliness. Love, friends, passion, health, a warm breeze on the face and birdsong in the ears. And when my keyboard player Michael Dolmetsch makes the song dance with such a unique riff, the world is perfect!»
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A nice gift was also the feedback from colleague Philipp Fankhauser to this song: «I don't write stuff about other musos too often. But man, it seems to me that Richard Koechli is the only one of the roots & blues guys in Switzerland able to lay it sooo far back until it gets that very particular JJCale kinda feel. Well done, Mr. Koechli, love it!»
04 – Just look what you have done
«The years have passed since the great Laid-Back Master left us in 2013. To fly musically, without drive, in a relaxed glide: J.J. Cale taught us this art. When I wrote the first of my 16 album songs in summer 2016, J.J. must have been very close by - it was this number here, it came to me in one piece. Within minutes. And now when I hear what my band has made of it - I am even more surprised at the sovereignty with which J.J. whispered into the ears of every single one of my musicians.»
Marc Winter about this song in his album review on bluesnews.ch: «To describe a single title as outstanding would be like offsetting the jewels on a crown against each other. But the song that occupies the middle of my crown above my forehead is 'Just look what you have done'. The song has an addictive jazzy groove that smells of gumbo, soulful, mysterious.»
05 – Le jardin de tes sens (garden of your senses)
«I love hooklines, melodies that go straight to the heart, and I've always sung French too - a wonderful musical language. My mother is French. And my sweetheart is French: Evelyne; for 25 years we are in love!» 'A drop of love is more than an ocean of mind' (as said Blaise Pascal)
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06 – You never lie to me
«An allusion to the legendary song by Tampa Red: 'Don't you lie to me'. There are a lot of wonderful interpretations, my favourite one is Albert King's (under the title'I get evil'). But I didn't want to cover the song, I wanted to give it a completely new message: You never lie to me, LORD. Gospel! Who says that blues always has to deal only with the devil...?»
Special Guest: Stefan Künzli's incredibly energetic saxophone is the crowning touch. Anyone who experienced Stefan's performance at the release concert in Lucerne knows that he also adds a special dimension to every show on stage.
07 – Of em gliche Grond schtah (standing on the same ground)
«Familiarity, rootedness and gratitude to my wonderful parents Marlise and Walter Köchli - there's only one way to capture this feeling with an intimate, very slow jazz blues: in the language of my childhood, which is Swiss German. The incredible accuracy with which my band deepens the Mood makes me once again speechless: Fausto Medicis inimitable sounding drums e.g., or David Zopfis fine breathing contrabass!»
«And the wonderfully warm sound of my Swiss made 'Relish Jane' guitar (left in stereo panorama), in combination with the 'Artesound'-guitar amplifier (italien-made) and my long-time 'Harper Silvertube'-Amp (Swiss made) - almost turns the Bluesman Koechli into a Jazz Player ...»
08 – Blue Collar Worker
«Our streets are paved with their sweat, yet workers constantly get the feeling:'It is the employer who creates the world'. It seems to me that the spirit of slavery has not yet been finally defeated. Decent remuneration hurts him, but respect and appreciation for those who work are an abomination to that spirit. Let's keep weakening him with this song.»
Koechi's 'Relish Jane' guitar with slide in Open-D tuning, Fausto Medici's percussion art, David Zopfi's subtle bass foundation - and on top of it, for a second time, the hardworking bluesharp by Specialguest Walter Baumgartner.
09 – Pedro
«Evelyne Rosier had long ago written a song about child-labour. A very sensitive subject! I think the text is great; it manages to express respect for these children, to admire their courage - and at the same time to appeal for their fate, to take responsibility. My musicians make a dreamlike 'Psychedelic Bluesrock Shuffle' out of it, Evelyne sings in the chorus - and 7 minutes go by as if in flight ...»
10 – The Unsung King
«My homage to the great slide master Tampa Red (1904 - 1981); it's the song to my recently published biography (in german) about this almost forgotten blues legend. Of course Tampa Red had not only played light-hearted songs of this kind, but he mastered that 'Hokum Blues'-style brilliantly. And this style is a lot of fun, even if you take away a traditional element from it - namely the indecent and ambiguous texts ...»
11 – I had a friend
«By chance I met my then best school friend again: Stefan Burn. A fantastic feeling after more than 40 years. One year later Stefan died completely unexpectedly; his fate made me first angry - the song may radiate that. But basically only one thing counts: That I was allowed to meet Stefan in life is a gift.»
12 – Mother Nature
«No matter how you think about climate change: the changes are there, they affect us - and will do even more in the future. Our relationship with Mother Nature could not be closer. The desire to give something back does not have to mean bitter renunciation. For me 'Go green' is joy of life, organic products are pure pleasure. Thank you, Evelyne, for the inspiration!»
13 – Etat d'urgence (Urgency)
«This track was written by a good friend from France, my brother-in-law JB Rosier. He sings the song himself. Unbelievable, JB wrote the text more than 20 years ago - today he hits the nail on the head: The world in a state of emergency! As a symbol for this unrest the constant dueling and harmonizing of my two lead guitars - 'twin leads' in honour of the great Allman Brothers.»
14 – You can't judge a book by looking at the cover
«I always wanted to cover this song - and if so, then in a rather unconventional version. Willie Dixon is one of the great songwriters of blues history; his message here hits the mark in a funny way: Every prejudice is one too many! Max Stenz's arrangement idea and Michael Dolmetsch's boogie woogie piano also hit the mark ...»
15 – Irish Man
«As a great admirer of Celtic melodic art, I would like to be grateful for the wonderful Irish music culture - through this ballad about the wisdom of the old man. And on occasion also to say thanks to Mark Knopfler from Scotland, who showed me at that time - e.g. with his music for the film 'Cal' from 1984 - how such themes can be realized as a folk rock band. Tom Aebi plays the Uillean Pipes on my song, Paddy Bütler fiddle, Dani Lauk Irish flute, Michael Dolmetsch the accordion, and Evelyne Rosier sings with me in the chorus. I wanted to write a real hymn; for me a very important song, also in terms of lyrics.»
16 – Merci
«It comes quite late, but it is more than appropriate, because today I know: Those were great teachers back then, and they didn't have the easiest job with me. However, it was a dreamily easy job for me to play this wonderful 'Palomas' acoustic guitar, handmade by Hans Peter Holzer.»
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Environmentalists critical of Obama drilling plan
Several environmentalists expressed disappointment and dismay over President Barack Obama's decision Wednesday to open key Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico waters to oil and gas drilling.
"I'm extremely disappointed," said David Rauschkolb, a Florida restaurant owner who organized anti-drilling rallies last month at several Gulf Coast beaches.
"Florida's legacy is clean water, clean beaches, sunshine and tourism. Every oil rig is a threat to tourism and coastal well-being. ... All it takes is one spill."
One leading critic of offshore drilling, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg, vowed to fight Obama's plan.
Drilling off the mid-Atlantic Coast will endanger many of his home state's beaches and coastal economies, Lautenberg said. "An oil spill could create severe damage to coastal areas up to 500 miles from the location of the spill," he warned.
But Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson - generally an opponent of offshore drilling near his state - said Obama's plan was a step in the right direction compared with other proposals under consideration. The president's plan would prevent drilling within 125 miles of the Florida coastline; an alternative proposal being pushed in the Florida Legislature would allow drilling within three miles of the coast.
"I've talked many times to [Interior Department] Secretary [Ken] Salazar and told him if they drilled too close to Florida's beaches, they'd be risking the state's economy and the environment," Nelson said. "I believe this plan shows they heeded that concern."
Wesley Warren, a director at the Washington-based Natural Resources Defense Council, told CNN that the president's plan has positive and negative aspects.
"We disagree with the proposals for the outer continental shelf [in the Atlantic] that open the door for development," he said. But, he quickly added, he's pleased that the White House has withdrawn from consideration environmentally sensitive areas on the West Coast - including Alaska's Bristol Bay.
Warren said he's not surprised by the president's move, recalling that "as a candidate, he said he would consider greater development." Warren recommended, however, that the White House shift its focus.
"We would urge [the administration to] direct attention to real clean energy solutions, including finalizing clean fuel standards and developing renewable energy sources."
Because the president's proposal would open Atlantic coastal waters to drilling, Warren believes the plan "should be subjected to more extensive study of the environmental and economic risks."
A climate change group founded by former Vice President Al Gore in 2006 was sharply critical of the president's plan. It "continues our reliance on dirty fossil fuels, we cannot simply drill our way to energy security," said Maggie Fox, president of the Alliance for Climate Protection.
But another environmental organization said Obama's plan could boost support for passage of a climate change bill in Congress. "Now it's time for supporters of new drilling ... to step forward and support comprehensive legislation - including a limit on carbon pollution," said Steve Cochran, climate campaign director for the Environmental Defense Fund.
Rauschkolb, a self-described beach lover who has surfed for 33 years, says he's certain the president's pronouncement won't be the last word.
"It doesn't make sense," he said. Rauschkolb told CNN he's working with fellow environmentalists to mount a June protest at Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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We are moving towards better energy sources, but until we physically can achieve full conversion, drilling here provides an oppurtunity to help end the recession and establish American independence. This could also help unite congress after such a brow-beating for health care. This is a good temporary step.
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Smoke and flames engulf a test chamber serving as a simulated museum storage room at NIST’s National Fire Research Laboratory. Credit: J. Stoughton/NIST
Rescuing Our History from the Ashes
Nov 6, 2018·8 min read
Jason Stoughton, Director, Internal Communications and Inquiries Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology
What strikes terror in the hearts of museum curators everywhere? Budget cuts, surely. But worse yet, the prospect of precious, irreplaceable relics being damaged or destroyed in a fire. The Sept. 2, 2018, fire at Brazil’s National Museum, estimated to have consumed 90 percent of its 20 million cultural and scientific artifacts, underscores the reality of this danger.
So, how does the Smithsonian Institution, steward of over 150 million artifacts — from the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon to Dorothy’s ruby slippers — prepare for such disasters?
As “The Incredibles” icon Edna Mode would say (paraphrasing Louis Pasteur), “Luck favors the prepared.”
A simulated nightmare
“Everyone make sure you have your protective gear on!”
Samantha Snell is shouting instructions to a group of 30 or so eager museum workers standing near the stinking remains of a burned-out room. As the chair of the Smithsonian’s PRICE (Preparedness and Response in Collections Emergencies) team, Snell leads a group of six preservation specialists who have taken on the challenge of training their fellow Smithsonian employees on how to handle disasters such as museum fires and flooding. In a unique collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the PRICE team along with a busload of other Smithsonian employees have come to NIST’s National Fire Research Laboratory to participate in an unusual and highly realistic training exercise.
The participants have come from more than a dozen different Smithsonian institutions, including the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of Natural History, the Hirshhorn Museum and the American Art Museum. The goal of the PRICE team is to “get people together, expose them to these real-world situations and teach them what they need to know in case they ever need to respond to an emergency in one of their collections,” says Snell.
The Smithsonian participants monitor the fire’s progress from a nearby observation room. Credit: J. Stoughton/NIST
About an hour earlier, Snell and her colleagues observed a simulated nightmare cooked up by NIST’s fire researchers: the burning of a room full of historical artifacts. Although the “artifacts” in this exercise are actually stunt-doubles — unneeded surplus items donated by various Smithsonian museums and staff members — the carnage is quite real. A pottery mask, books, glassware, a painting, and all sorts of other artifact stand-ins are either burned to a crisp, covered in soot, soaked with sprinkler water, or all three.
All of these objects were spared from the dumpster so they could be sacrificed in the name of education. During this exercise at NIST’s fire lab, the artifacts’ charred, soggy remains will be used by the gathered Smithsonian staff to practice salvage and recovery operations.
“There will always be disasters,” says Snell. But by training museum workers in how to care for damaged objects following a fire, Snell and the other members of the PRICE team are helping to ensure the preservation of the Smithsonian’s real museum artifacts — all 154 million of them, stored in dozens of collections across the country.
The “well-done” remains of several museum artifact stand-ins. Credit: J. Stoughton/NIST
“NIST has been doing full-scale fire testing for more than 40 years,” says Matt Bundy, director of NIST’s National Fire Research Laboratory. “We know how to do a room-fire experiment and collect real-time measurements — and we know how to do it safely.”
An obvious challenge in simulating a museum inferno is creating a realistic fire while not burning down the whole building. “If you just furnish a room and set it on fire, it can get away from you very quickly,” says Bundy. “This fire grew to more than 2,000 kilowatts in magnitude and the air temperature around the point of origin of the fire reached more than 1,000 ºC [over 1,800 ºF].”
That toasty warm environment originated with an ordinary match, wired up to an electrical source so it would ignite on cue. This “electric match” was tucked inside an office garbage can filled with paper and placed on a wooden pallet along with a box of Styrofoam peanuts. “We wanted to create a scenario that was believable and realistic. Cardboard boxes, Styrofoam peanuts and packing materials are all things that you’d see in a real museum storage area,” explains Bundy.
The rest of the mise en scène was carefully arranged by the PRICE team to recreate a typical museum storage room. Metal shelves filled with artifacts and a storage cabinet with relic-stuffed drawers awaited their doom.
Is it over yet? A pottery mask from, amusingly, the “MacGuffin Collection” awaits the burn. Credit: J. Stoughton/NIST
Shelves inside a storage cabinet are filled with a variety of different objects. The shelves and cabinet doors were closed before the fire began. Credit: J. Stoughton/NIST
Books and folders, along with some slides and an unlucky ceramic monkey mug, are ready for the fire. Credit: J. Stoughton/NIST
It started with just a match. Here, after less than four minutes, the simulated disaster is well underway. Credit: J. Stoughton/NIST
One object looked decidedly out of place, however. What appeared to be an inverted glass fishbowl was perched atop a thick metal pipe. Inside the glass bowl was a small video camera.
Getting inside the fire
“Fire is a complex thing,” says Matt Hoehler as he tightens the bolts down on the glass bowl — a custom camera rig of his own design. Hoehler, a research structural engineer at NIST, has created the water-cooled camera enclosure that allows him to capture immersive, 360-degree video from inside the burning room. The water-cooled camera, dubbed BOB (burn observation bubble) by Hoehler and his colleagues, is a new innovation from NIST’s fire research team. Using constantly circulating water to filter out the intense radiant energy from the fire allows the camera to record footage under conditions which would normally turn it into a puddle of melted plastic.
“You can experience a fire in ways you’ve never been able to before,” says Hoehler.
Hoehler gets the BOB (burn observation bubble) set up and ready for action. Credit: J. Stoughton/NIST
By also using a virtual-reality headset, Hoehler hopes that this new method of observing and interacting with fire data will lead to new insights and awareness. “With VR (virtual reality) we can overlay data on the video image — data such as the temperature at different places in the room. A viewer — say, a firefighter or a policymaker — could watch the video 10 times and pay attention to different things and have a different perspective each time.”
360 degree video of a fire inside a simulated museum storage room. The experiment was part of the Smithsonian Institution’s Preparedness and Response in Collections Emergencies (PRICE) workshop held at the National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL). The spherical camera used to record the video was housed in special enclosure developed at NIST. For more fire videos, visit NFRL videos and the NIST fire video collection.
Burn it, soak it, save it
The fire itself lasts about six minutes before Bundy manually sets off the water sprinklers. Steam and smoke gush from the opening of the room. In less than a minute everything in the room is thoroughly drenched.
As the PRICE team members suit up in their white bunny suits and respirators, the 30 or so other Smithsonian participants organize into teams. While members of the PRICE team begin to extract damaged artifacts from the burned room, the participant teams set to work documenting the damaged relics, cleaning them, and finally, labeling and preparing them for shipping. It’s a flurry of well-coordinated activity.
The Smithsonian participants work in an assembly-line manner to efficiently document, salvage and package the damaged “relics.” Credit: J. Stoughton/NIST
The artifacts are transported from the burned room, then carefully documented. “Documentation is essential after a disaster,” says Snell. “If artifacts are disassociated from their documentation, they might lose all their value simply because they become mysteries.” Not all relics are as recognizable as Dorothy’s ruby slippers, after all.
After the artifacts are documented, the Smithsonian participants examine and meticulously clean any that can be salvaged, using sponges to wipe off soot and vacuums to suck up water. After they go through triage, the salvaged artifacts are labeled and wrapped up to prepare them for shipping to a safe location, away from the disaster area. As the participants move the artifacts along this assembly-line-like process, they’re constantly communicating and making small changes as they work, fixing bottlenecks and sharing resources.
“Emergency preparedness should be part of our everyday duties,” remarks Snell. “We expose our participants to these situations so they can learn and take that knowledge back to their institutions.”
The pottery mask is rescued from the burned room by bunny-suited members of the PRICE team. Credit: J. Stoughton/NIST
Each object removed from the burned room is identified (if possible), labeled, and documented. Credit: J. Stoughton/NIST
Two of the Smithsonian participants work on vacuuming water from a recovered object. Credit: J. Stoughton/NIST
The prepared
After the last blackened artifacts are tucked away in bubble wrap, the Smithsonian participants pack up and return home. In addition to boxes filled with charred “relics,” they’re taking with them a wealth of information and hands-on experience.
“The disaster in Brazil [at the National Museum] was tragic,” reflects Snell. “Our cultural relics represent us. They give us our identity. Seeing destruction at that scale is just devastating.
“We’re acutely aware of this threat every day.”
The salvaged objects are bagged, boxed up and ready to ship to a safe location. Credit: J. Stoughton/NIST
With the exercise complete, the NIST fire researchers will return to their work of burning less exotic things, such as the concrete and steel beams used in buildings. But the PRICE team left an impression: “I was impressed,” says Hoehler. “It made me feel good, knowing that we have people looking after our national collections so well.”
And perhaps the next time one of the Smithsonian participants wakes up in a cold sweat from visions of flames, they’ll be able to roll over and get back to sleep.
This post originally appeared on Taking Measure, the official blog of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on November 6, 2018.
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Danielle Eva Schwob, also known as DELANILA, is the kind of person who cultivates meticulous care & intentionality, not only in her artist project, but (by all appearances) in her personal life as well. With years of training in composition and collaborations with industry monoliths such as Jóhann Jóhannsson & Philip Glass, DELANILA is a force of nature, the kind of artist who cannot help but succeed.
Her unique musical signature stems from innovative chord progressions and ambitious instrumentation – as a composer, her ability to visualize sophisticated melodic and harmonic lines is apparent in the compelling progressions foundational to her new album, Overloaded.
The single that preceded the album, “It’s Been A While Since I Went Outside,” was created “during a time when I was stuck at home a lot.” That feeling of isolation, likely familiar to all of us now, is a steadily developing topic. After having to stay home frequently for health concerns, on top of the already hermitted nature of composers–even pre-pandemic–DELANILA has been fueled by the “facsimile of human contact” characteristic of this digital age.
Like any other young person, I’m on social media and have a limited attention span. I found the disconnect very jarring – being alone in your room but also simultaneously being “connected” to everyone you’ve ever known. Except you’re not really connected to them, you’re just connected to each other’s avatars.
As time progresses we come to understand the effect of technology on the human mind. Not only does it impact your attention span and ability to multitask, it encourages the projection of unrealistic, unhealthy cultural standards that have significant cognitive and social consequences.
This feeling of being secluded and isolated and lonely, but also being connected to everyone you’ve ever met…it’s jarring.
This project is a sonic “sorting” of personal experiences for DELANILA, as is the case for much of her work. Seeing as we all are faced with globally enforced social isolation, perhaps this project can serve as an outlet for (a bit of) the angst I know is plaguing you anxiety-ridden motherf*ckers.
Music gives people a point of emotional connection in a way that really few other art forms can. I hope this song speaks to people, to put it simply. I want them to know they’re not alone in what they’re going through.
DELANILA’s experience as a film composer provides her with the ability to bring cinematic elements into her project. This not only includes production & instrumentation – frequently reminiscent of a Bond movie – but extends into how she has come to market the album.
The release of “It’s Been A While Since I Went Outside” was tied to a visual poem: a video she filmed herself in the deserted streets of New York. Though the track was “written a couple of years back,” quarantine provided the perfect platform for its debut.
It’s not fiction or a vision, it’s not a treatment that we brought to life with hair and makeup, it’s just real life. I’m hesitant to call it a music video. It’s a musical, personal documentary…a visual poem documenting the times, but set to music in the hopes that it would capture something about the moment.
DELANILA partnered with dancers from Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre & choreographer Dušan Týnek himself in a livestream that aired on 5/14. This powerful pairing of music and movement has served to create a cinematic, dynamic universe to accompany the album.
The cover art also serves to visually contextualize the project, beginning with humanity’s relationship with technology.
We wanted to find ways to play with it, but didn’t want it to look too cyborg-y or cliche. We wanted to keep it about exploring the emotional ramifications of technology rather than the technology itself.
The imagery is also an artistic homage to the physical consequences of spending too long looking at a screen.
The idea was to create a futuristic world populated by creatures with large eyes. We thought it would be a way to make it look beautiful and alien and strange, but also soft at the same time.
At the end of the day, DELANILA has created “a human album for the digital age.” So take a second, give it a listen, and contemplate the great paradox that is existing in your flesh sack.
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Our service is currently available online and for your iOS or Android device. Our fully self-contained accommodation are a popular choice for travellers. Shopping. When you go to buy them you can choose to leave your shopping for pick up on arrival back into Auckland Airport - it could not be easier! Auckland Airport (IATA: AKL, ICAO: NZAA) is the largest and busiest airport in New Zealand, with over 21 million passengers in the year ended March 2019. … New Zealand extends Auckland lockdown by 12 days; How New Zealand went ‘strong and early’ to beat Covid-19 ; Restrictions were imposed on Auckland on Wednesday after a number of new infections were identified in the city. IATA: AKL / ICAO: NZAA. ADS-B equipped aircraft tracked via satellite. A total of 49 cases linked to a cluster had been found on Sunday. Airport Name Whangarei Airport … The most common airline flying in and out of Auckland is Air New Zealand with 1,088 Auckland flights every month! Refresh Map. Flights - International and Domestic Arrivals and Departures from Auckland Airport. Time difference of arrival based aircraft tracking technology. We use our own cookies to store session and settings data. Keep your receipt. Previous Next. Worldwide Flight Information Region and Upper Information Region boundaries overlayed on map. Auckland Airport. Shop Online. Flightradar24 tracks 180,000+ flights, from 1,200+ airlines, flying to or from 4,000+ airports around the world in real time. Auckland Airport has two terminals, both of which are easy to find. Auckland Airport transport options. Tickets must be purchased from the ticket machine prior to boarding. LIVE TRACK the Airport's current flights by inserting this IATA code: AKL in the search field of ourAIRPORT LIVE TRACKER. AIRPORT STANDARD TIME (UTC +12) : Full Screen. Auckland Airport, (AKL/NZAA), New Zealand - View live flight arrival and departure information, live flight delays and cancelations, and current weather conditions at the airport. By continuing to use Flightradar24.com, you agree to our terms of service. FlightRadar24. Near Airport Sudima Hotel Auckland Airport – 24-hour airport shuttle service provided via Yellow Bus, a bus services that operates in the airport area. The airport has also suspended NZ $ 2 billion ($ 1.3 billion) in capital projects. Videos. Welcome to Auckland Airport, New Zealand's gateway. Flights to Auckland International Airport. Une voiture de location depuis l’aéroport d’Auckland est le meilleur moyen d’en explorer les recoins et vous permet de tracer librement votre propre itinéraire, à votre rythme. Flightradar24 is the world’s most popular flight tracker. Flightradar24 is a global flight tracking service that provides you with real-time information about thousands of aircraft around the world. We use our own cookies to store session and settings data. Géolocalisation sur la carte : Auckland. We use third-party cookies for presenting ads. Europcar Auckland Airport. We use third-party cookies for presenting ads. Smaller and local brands such as Omega and Ezi-rent provide shuttles to their nearby car hire depots, an option which means a little more time in transit but often a cheaper hiring price. … All you need to do is: Ask the helpful retail staff if you can use our free pick up on arrival service. Taupo Airport (NEW ZEALAND). Auckland Airport (NEW ZEALAND, AUCKLAND). … It reminded me to fly a week after September 11: everything has changed. Near Airport Ibis Budget Auckland Airport – (5 minute walk from the International Terminal) Airport shuttle available ($). By continuing to use Flightradar24.com, you agree to our terms of service. As flights return to Auckland Airport, so is SkyBus with our world-class service. The airport is located 20 kilometres south of Auckland's city centre. Tiaki Promise find out more. AKL. Auckland International Airport is considered to be one of New Zealand’s most important infrastructure assets, because it provides a great number of jobs for the region. Departures and Arrivals. See where it is day and night on the map at a glance. Live flight Departures ⭐ flight status information ️ for Auckland Airport (AKL). At-a-glance altitude and speed information when you hover over any portion of a selected flight's track. Thousands of the world's best brands available online and at the airport. Upgrade & remove ads - Black Friday and Cyber Week sale! SkyBus provides the best value shuttle service between Auckland Airport (AKL) and Auckland City and North Harbour. Upgrade today to get access to more features and data. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information including a full list of cookies used. If you’re heading to the airport from Auckland itself, take State Highway 20, use exit 9 to merge onto State Highway 20A, then take exit 2 for Kirkbride Road. Remove all ads & get extra features for less than $1/month. By using this site, you agree to the use of cookies. Being a responsible business is important to us. Official US/Canada radar data covering North America and certain oceanic regions around North America. An aircraft's position can be estimated for up to 240 minutes after coverage has been lost. Flightradar24 is a global flight tracking service that provides you with real-time information about thousands of aircraft around the world. About Flightradar24. We're the first to welcome you to our beautiful city, the last to farewell you from the islands of New Zealand. After travelling along Kirkbride Road, turn right onto Westney Road and then right onto Timberly Road. Track planes in real-time on our flight tracker map and get up-to-date flight status & airport information. Cosmopolitan Auckland has all the amenities you could want with hundreds of shops, bars, clubs, and restaurants to choose from. Driving the news: The second COVID-19 outbreak that started in August in New Zealand’s most populous city has grown to 179 cases, Ardern said at a briefing. Corporate responsibility. 89 / 143 Hamilton International Airport 155 155 miles 249 km. Aéroport international d'Auckland Auckland International Airport: Localisation; Pays Nouvelle-Zélande: Ville Auckland: Coordonnées : 37° 00′ 27″ sud, 174° 47′ 30″ est: Altitude: 7 m (23 ft) Géolocalisation sur la carte : Nouvelle-Zélande. Please note that multiple active weather layers may increase page load time and decrease page performance. Operated by Auckland International Airport Limited, Auckland Airport is the largest airport in New Zealand and serves as the main international gateway to the country. Upgrade today to get access to more features and data. The airport is located near Māngere, a residential suburb, and Airport Oaks, a service hub suburb 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of the Auckland city centre. Auckland est une grande ville qui s’étend le long d’un isthme au milieu de deux ports. IATA: AKL ICAO: NZAA Visit stunning New Zealand with a flight to Auckland….the largest Polynesian city in the world! Weather. We use data gathered from tracking to understand user behavior and to help us improve the website. Please note that multiple active weather layers may increase page load time and decrease page performance. Close. At-a-glance altitude and speed information when you hover over any portion of a selected flight's track. Worldwide Flight Information Region and Upper Information Region boundaries overlayed on map. Auckland Airport Lodge de 4 étoiles à Auckland offre des chambres modernes. Show times in local airport time rather than UTC. Our Auckland City Express service is back with a new timetable. Flightradar24 is a global flight tracking service that provides you with real-time information about thousands of aircraft around the world. » Check Rates. Close. Auckland Airport (IATA: AKL, ICAO: NZAA) is the largest and busiest airport in New Zealand, with more than 10 million passengers in the year ended October 2017. Getting between Auckland Airport international and domestic terminals. Navigational waypoints and airways for high and low altitude flight overlayed on map. Auckland Airport Motel Auckland - hôtel de 3 étoiles. Inbound and outbound traffic. Track planes in real-time on our flight tracker map and get up-to-date flight status & airport information. We use third-party cookies for analytics tracking. ADS-B equipped aircraft tracked via satellite. Official US/Canada radar data covering North America and certain oceanic regions around North America. Empty airports, mostly empty planes. Find out more. The airport also contributes to the region by being the country’s second largest cargo port by value, contributing to around $14 billion to the economy. Various oceanic tracks, including North Atlantic Tracks overlayed on map. On your return simply pick up your products when you get off the plane at the collection counters of the duty free stores. About Flightradar24 . Please see our Privacy Policy for more information including a full list of cookies used. Enter your email in order to request a new password. Flightradar24 is a global flight tracking service that provides you with real-time information about thousands of aircraft around the world. Strata Club. Departures and Arrivals. See where it is day and night on the map at a glance. 600. Inbound and outbound traffic. We use data gathered from tracking to understand user behavior and to help us improve the website. If arriving at Auckland Airport please phone us once you have collected your baggage and cleared customs and we will be at the terminal within 20mins to collect your party. L’aventure à Auckland en voiture de location. 155 / 249 ... Embed Map World Time Zones Weather Forecast Map FR24 Feeder Stations Air Cargo Codes Air Cargo Tracking RadarBox24 FlightAware. Auckland Airport is also known by its International Air Transport Association code as AKL Airport and is located in the city of Auckland. More than three-quarters of all international visitors to New Zealand arrive here, with 20.5 million passengers having travelled through our terminals in the past 12 months. Get an instant overview of the airport delay situation around the world or in a local region. Click on an airport to see Arrivals and Departures information and a map of the Inbound and Outbound live air traffic. Auckland International, New Zealand, announced on August 3 that it would divide its international terminal into two zones: one for passengers traveling to and from countries within New Zealand’s security corridors, the ‘other for travelers requiring isolation or quarantine. Auckland Airport Lodge offers accommodation a short distance away from Auckland Airport, perfect for short layovers or a quiet nights rest before departing onwards to other destinations around New Zealand. Get an instant overview of the airport delay situation around the world or in a local region. Kia Ora, Auckland. Il y a des services de navette, des … FlightMapper PlaneMapper Airspace over Europe Marine Vessel Traffic Plane Finder Plane Flight Tracker Germanwings Accident Europe Airports Map. SkyBus picks up and drops off kerbside at the Domestic and International terminals in Auckland Airport. Managing aircraft noise Monitor and enquire about flights Find out more. Book Did you mean flights from Auckland International? IATA: TUO / ICAO: NZAP code. We use third-party cookies for analytics tracking. Shop now . Auckland Airport FY20 Interim Results; Respond, Recover, Accelerate learn more. City Whangarei Kerikeri Wellington Invercargill Whakatane Hamilton Wanganui Hokitika Timaru Taupo Gisborne Rotorua Tauranga Dunedin Paraparaumu Christchurch Palmerston North Blenheim Nelson Auckland New Plymouth Queenstown Napier. SkyBus is Auckland’s 24 hour Airport bus service. Track current flights. Auckland will join the rest of New Zealand this week to not benefit from any national coronavirus restrictions after the city’s outbreak was deemed “under control,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday. La propriété est composée de 25 chambres. Smooth run to take-off If you're flying soon, here's a few tips to help you breeze through the airport and get your trip off to a smoother start Learn more. Flightradar24 tracks 180,000+ flights, from 1,200+ airlines, flying to or from 4,000+ airports around the world in real time. Our North Harbour Express service will remain temporarily suspended but we look forward to welcoming it back soon. Situé dans le quartier Manukau, Silveroaks Inn Silverpoint renferme un bureau de change, une zone fumeurs et un kiosque à … Various oceanic tracks, including North Atlantic Tracks overlayed on map. See route maps and schedules for flights to and from Auckland and airport reviews. From Auckland city to the airport you can choose from the SkyBus or a taxi service. Auckland Airport is the third busiest international airport in Australasia. View our airport updates and frequently asked questions for more information. Show times in local airport time rather than UTC. Flights are handled by 51 airlines offering both international and domestic travel. An aircraft's position can be estimated for up to 240 minutes after coverage has been lost. E ngā iwi o te ao katoa, Haere mai ki Aotearoa. Auckland Airport accepts no responsibility or liability for any errors, incompleteness or delays in, or for any reliance by you or any third party on the information provided by the Auckland Transport website. Track planes in real-time on our flight tracker map and get up-to-date flight status & airport information. Hotel Auckland Airport Lodge Auckland - hôtel de 4 étoiles. Flightradar24 is a global flight tracking service that provides you with real-time information about thousands of aircraft around the world. Navigational waypoints and airways for high and low altitude flight overlayed on map. Avis, Budget, Europcar and Hertz all have car rental counters in the international arrivals area, making it easy to pick up your car and get on the road. As an essential service, Auckland Airport remains open. GPS based tracking technology of light aircraft, helicopters and gliders. In addition to this, the most popular sectors from Auckland are Auckland to Sydney, Auckland to Wellington with 5714, 3178 weekly flights respectively. Auckland Airport Lodge offers FREE Airport Transfers to AKL Airport and FREE CCTV monitored vehicle storage for any guests staying at the motel when booking directly with us. Auckland Airport is the primary hub for Air New Zealand and hosts domestic, regional and international passenger and cargo services from over 20 airlines. Track planes in real-time on our flight tracker map and get up-to-date flight status & airport information. GPS based tracking technology of light aircraft, helicopters and gliders. Photos. AKL. Auckland Airport parking for international and domestic parking.
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Boston’s Alex Costova Releases New Single “Without You”
Michael Stover 1 week ago Article, News, Press Release, Single 0
Under Atlanta based Label and recording studio Loud House Audio, Alex Costova is a rising alternative pop recording artist from Boston, Massachusetts. Alex’s atmospheric sound creates a relaxing environment which is layered with catchy and soul-driven lyrics over progressive electronic melodies. Alex began playing music from the early age of 8 and …
ABOVE SNAKES Enter Next Chapter With New Single + Animated Visualizer, “Never Alone”
Colette Josef November 2, 2020 Music Video, News, Press Release 0
After months of anticipation built upon the success of their debut single “Adrenaline”, Boston, MA active rock band ABOVE SNAKES are back with their new single “Never Alone”, alongside an animated visualizer. Premiering with IDOBI RADIO, “‘Never Alone’ is about living a chaotic lifestyle,” says singer Johnny Skulls, “and just when you’re at your …
Exclusive Interview With Top 5 Billboard Charting Gospel Artist Chris Bender
Michael Stover September 9, 2020 Interview 0
Chris Bender has been on quite a roll lately. His single, “The Blood Song” reached the Billboard Top 25 Gospel Singles chart, while the follow up, “Glad In It” hit #3! So how does a humble young guy from Boston deal with the instant successes? Find out what he had …
Chris Bender Releases Official Music Video For Top 3 Billboard Gospel Hit “Glad In It”
Michael Stover August 31, 2020 Article, Headline News, Music Video, News, Press Release 0
The Boston gospel artist has released the official music video for his recent Top 3 Billboard magazine gospel hit. The video was shot around his hometown. Last month, Chris Bender released his follow-up to a Top 25 Billboard Gospel chart hit, “The Blood Song.” His latest release, “Glad In It” eclipsed that …
Interview With Gary LaBarr Of Walker’s Cay
Michael Stover August 9, 2020 Interview, News 0
Walker’s Cay has been riding a wave of success throughout 2020, with the #1 iTunes and Google Play success of their single, “Tell Me.” With their latest single, “Why Oh Why” perched atop several airplay and video charts, the Toronto-based band is showing no signs of slowing down. Lead singer …
Top 25 Billboard Charting Gospel Artist Releases New Single “Glad In It”
Michael Stover July 24, 2020 Album Reviews 0
Boston’s Chris Bender has released his third single, “Glad In It.” It is the follow-up to his Top 25 Billboard Gospel hit, “The Blood Song.” “Glad In It’ features Bender’s unmistakably smooth and articulate vocals alongside an incredible choir and top-notch production.” – MusicExistence “Bender’s immense vocal dynamics combined with sincere, …
Reggae Artist Celebrates 2nd Anniversary With Father’s Day Video Tribute “Papa Papa”
Michael Stover June 12, 2020 Article, Headline News, Music Video, News, Press Release 0
Boston-based artist, producer and founder of WildCubby Music, Yves Lewis pays tribute to his dad Jacob, a father of 22 kids. Two years into his serendipitous solo career, and just in time for Father’s Day, producer, label owner, recording artist and son, Yves Lewis is releasing a reggae video tribute to his …
Feature: Music’s Most Educated Rock Stars
Katie Tymochenko March 10, 2020 Headline News, News 0
More often than not, record labels and management companies are consistently scouting for pop music’s next big thing amongst the early-teen demographic. They begin molding these musicians into money-making machines and often don’t prioritize education past a high school diploma. University degrees are hard to find amongst the world’s top-earning …
Caitlin Dunn March 9, 2020 Headline News, Photography 0
Silverstein is celebrating 20 years of being a band. They are currently touring North America along with Massachusetts natives Four Year Strong, and I The Mighty. They stopped by the Boston House of Blues this past Tuesday on the first week of 20 Year Anniversary Tour. I The Mighty: Four Year Strong: …
RENEGADE CARTEL Releases Debut Album, ‘Dear World’!
Colette Josef November 19, 2019 Music Video, News, Press Release 0
Hard Rock Band RENEGADE CARTEL has released their debut LP, Dear World. A seamless fusion of classic rock styling with modern production quality, Dear World showcases the Boston trio’s creativity, and proves that rock is most definitely not dead. “We are so pleased to finally bring you our debut album, “Dear World”. When we released …
RENEGADE CARTEL Releases Live Video for “Break Your Chains”
Colette Josef October 15, 2019 Music Video, News, Press Release 0
Boston based Hard Rock Band RENEGADE CARTEL has released the official live video for “Break Your Chains.” Shot by Michael Cox, “Break Your Chains” is the debut single off of the trio’s upcoming LP, Dear World, due out 10/31/2019. “We are so pleased to finally bring you our debut album, “Dear World”. When we …
PARTS PER MILLION Release Official Music Video for “No More Days”
Colette Josef October 14, 2019 Music Video, News, Press Release, Single 0
Boston based Hard Rock Band PARTS PER MILLION has released the official music video for “No More Days.” Originally premiered on PureGrainAudio, “No More Days” is the first single from the band’s upcoming EP, The Cycle, and is available to download / stream via The Label Group / INgrooves. “Boston, Massachusetts’s based quartet, Parts Per Million is …
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Galbraith Receives Medal of Freedom
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending Sept. 16. The official log is located at Police Headquarters, 29 Garden St.
Sept. 4: A caller reported three black males robbed him at knife point. The area was searched with negative results. Cambridge Police and State Police were notified with descriptions.
Sept.10: A caller reported a theft from a vending machine in Harkness Commons. Two individuals were issued trespass warnings at 42 Oxford Street. A cell phone was stolen at University Health Services.
Sept. 11: A bike was reported stolen from the Hurlbut Hall bike rack. A bike was reported stolen from a bike rack at Building A at the Medical School.
Sept. 12: An individual was arrested at Harkness Commons for trespassing. A VCR, stereo, and phone were reported stolen from Eliot House. A car was reported stolen from the BSCH Lot.
Sept. 13: A bicycle wheel was reported stolen at Peabody Terrace. An I.D. card was reported stolen at the Malkin Athletic Center.
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Euro 2020 qualifiers: Scotland out for victory in Cyprus trip
Last Updated: 15th November 2019
Scotland face a trip to Nicosia on Saturday to face Cyprus as their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign edges to a close. We preview the game at the GSP Stadium.
Expect goals in Cyprus
Scotland were dealt a tough hand in qualification , being drawn in Group I alongside Belgium and Russia, who are the two teams to have already secured qualification for Euro 2020. It was to be expected that group-toppers Belgium would cruise their way through, having won eight from eight and conceded just one goal.
In Scotland’s most recent outing, however, they thrashed San Marino 6-0 while, earlier in qualifying, they also took another three points off San Marino and Cyprus. They narrowly missed out in their match with Russia, where they eventually lost 2-1, but for Saturday’s game in Cyprus they are favourites and go into the clash at 6/4 to get the three points.
The odds are in Scotland’s favour for good reason. Despite enjoying a three-match unbeaten run recently, Cyprus have only won 22 of their last 100 qualification matches and have nothing tangible to play for here. A loss couldn’t be negated by falling back on a play-off place either – a cushion the Tartan Army will be thankful for. Steve Clarke’s men are assured of a place in the Euro 2020 play-offs in March following their performance in the UEFA Nations League, so this will provide a good opportunity to start gathering some momentum and boost morale.
Cyprus, meanwhile, were dealt a 5-0 hammering by Russia in their last game out. However, as demonstrated in their two preceding wins against Kazakhstan and San Marino, they don’t just rely on one frontman to get the goals, with five different scorers netting six times. A match result and both teams to score is 4/1 in favour of Scotland.
Scotland building momentum
Scotland took the victory in the reverse fixture at Hampden Park in June winning 2-1, courtesy of an Oliver Burke 89th-minute winner, with Liverpool’s Andrew Robertson putting away the opener. They will be without Robertson on Saturday as well as Scott McTominay, Ryan Fraser and Liam Cooper, who have all withdrawn from the squad. They will be, however, able to call on Ryan Christie, who has already racked up six Scottish Premiership goals from midfield for Celtic this season and he is 7/1 to be first goalscorer and 14/5 to score anytime.
Steve Clarke’s appointment as Scotland boss prior to the win against Cyprus in June signalled that things could be on the up for the nation. This trip to Nicosia provides a perfect opportunity to really get off the ground in the run-up to their crucial Euro 2020 play-off in March.
Check out all the latest football betting odds at William Hill.
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Macron seeks cabinet backing for new law tackling Islamist extremism
Posted on December 9, 2020 by Newsbreak
French President Emmanuel Macron will on Wednesday seek his cabinet’s blessing for a draft law targeting what he refers to as Islamist “separatism”, which some fear will stigmatise the French Muslim community, Europe’s largest.
The text was originally titled the “anti-separatism” bill, a term Macron has used to refer to radical Islamists withdrawing from mainstream society. Following criticism of that term, it is now called a “draft law to strengthen republican values”, mostly secularism and freedom of expression.
The law was in the pipeline before the murder in October of Samuel Paty, a junior high school teacher who was attacked in the street and beheaded after showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in a civics class.
But the killing, committed by an 18-year old Chechen after a virulent social media campaign against the teacher, gave new impetus to the bill. It prompted the inclusion of the specific crimes of online hate speech and divulging personal information on the internet.
Paty’s death is one in a string of jihadist-inspired attacks in France which include the 2015 shooting sprees at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and the Bataclan concert hall; and the stabbings at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice the same year. Nice was also the scene of a 2016 attack that killed 86 people when a man rammed a truck into Bastille Day revellers.
Acknowledging that Islamist radicalisation can be homegrown as well as imported, the government is targeting associations and mosques in France that it suspects of spreading jihadist ideology.
Schooling, polygamy
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The law would make it easier to stop them receiving foreign financing, and would also offer protection to moderate community leaders who are in danger of being toppled by an extremist “putsch”.
The draft law, co-sponsored by Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti, also proposes stricter criteria for authorising home schooling of children over three years old in a bid to prevent parents taking their children out of public schools and enrolling them in underground Islamic structures.
Doctors, meanwhile, would be fined or jailed if they perform a virginity test on girls.
Polygamy is already outlawed in France, but the new law would also ban authorities from issuing residency papers to polygamous applicants.
It would also require city hall officials to interview couples separately prior to their wedding to make sure that they were not forced into marriage.
Not ‘fostering racism’
Macron has become a target of fierce protests in some Muslim countries, amid calls for boycotts of French products, over his defence of the right to blaspheme and his claim that Islam is “in crisis around the world”.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called the proposed legislation an “open provocation”, while scholars at Egypt’s prestigious Sunni Islamic institution, Al-Azhar, called Macron’s views “racist”.
Macron has also been forced onto the defensive by critical headlines in influential English-language media, such as the Financial Times and New York Times.
An opinion piece published on the FT and later removed from its website accused him of fostering a “hostile environment” for French Muslims.
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“I will not allow anybody to claim that France, or its government, is fostering racism against Muslims,” Macron wrote in an angry letter to the paper.
Secularism debate
Muslims in France – the former colonies of which include predominantly Muslim countries in north and west Africa as well as the Middle East – are estimated at nearly four million, about six percent of the population.
French governments have often been at odds with Muslim traditions when they were perceived to run counter to core French values or hinder integration. The subject has heightened disputes between rival understandings of French secularism, or laïcité, which disagree on how far the state should go in asserting religious neutrality in the public sphere.
In 2004, a law banned headscarves from French schools, followed six years later by the so-called “burqa ban”, prohibiting the wearing in public of the full-face veil. More recently, some southern French seaside resorts banned Muslim women from beaches if they wore full-body “burkinis”.
According to a survey of France’s Muslim population, published by the Ipsos institute earlier this year, 77 percent said they had no trouble practising their religion in France. However, the same survey found that 44 percent of French Muslims believe the rest of society has little regard for them. The figure rose to 61 percent among Muslims living in households earning less than the minimum wage.
Once, as is expected, the cabinet backs the draft law, it heads to parliament at the start of next year for what promises to be a heated debate.
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France’s Conseil d’État, which advises the government and the National Assembly on future laws, has already signalled that some parts of the bill, especially on education, may clash with the principle of freedom of choice enshrined in the French constitution.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
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No Single Protester Was Killed In Lagos – CP – Newspot
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has said that no single protester was killed during the protest in Lagos on Monday.
The CP said this on Tuesday, while addressing a group of protesting lawyers who marched to the Lagos State Police command, bearing various placards.
Contrary to reports that several persons were shot dead by the police, the CP explained that the police have instead been protecting all those involved in the protest since it started.
When the lawyers countered this claim, he explained that the incident which happened in Surelere was caused by “an infiltration by a miscreant whose criminal intention was to liberate the kidnap suspects and 4 of them were liberated. A stray bullet hit a driver whose owner was in a vehicle. The driver came out to see what caused the traffic gridlock and he was the one hit by a bullet and a police inspector. So, we lost a police inspector and a civilian”.
“Two of them were not even part of the protesters so there’s no single protester in Lagos that has been killed as far as I am concerned. None! If you have, tell me the incidence, tell me the rank, tell me the name, there is none,” Odumosu stressed.
Read Also: IGP Orders All Disbanded SARS Officials To Report For Psychological Examination
Speaking on behalf of the lawyers, the leader of the group, Inibehe Effiong, explained that lawyers are partners with the police in criminal justice administration and so they are interested in the welfare of the citizens as well as the welfare of the police.
According to him, the killings are not justified because they believe that it is not just a fight for the people but also the police, whom they believe, are also victims of a failed system.
“We are also calling for proper funding for the police. I feel ashamed as a Nigerian, my citizenship is constantly called to question, every time I pass by a police college, police barracks, and police quarters. They are not fit for human habitation. And that is why we get angry when you attack us when we protest peacefully because you are also victims of the failure of the Nigerian state,” Effiong said.
The Police Commissioner assured the protesting lawyers that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad has been disbanded in Lagos and their offices have been shut down in line with the IGP’s announcement on Sunday which dissolved the unit.
“As to the directive of the Inspector-General of Police for disbandment of SARS, they have been disbanded, all their arms have been collected; the cases they were handling and the suspects have been transferred to the State CID, Panti for continuation of investigation,” he said.
“All these I have done in compliance with the Inspector-General’s directive. You should understand that in Lagos, we have many police formations; we have, for example, the Special Fraud Unit, traditionally, they are not to carry arms, they are in mufti; equally, we have the Force CID personnel in Alagbon, they are not carrying arms and they are not to be in uniform, all these are specialised arms of the police. But the one that the IG has disbanded now has been disbanded from that day. If you go to their offices now in Surulere, Gbagada, Featac, and other places were they have offices, they are under lock and key; we only posted two policemen there now to guard the places. They are no more functioning”.
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Eliminating virus would crush economy: PM
Scott Morrison has warned attempting to eliminate the coronavirus would destroy the Australian economy.
The prime minister is instead persevering with a suppression strategy, as authorities attempt to tame rising infection rates in Victoria and NSW.
Mr Morrison says the strategy relies on the strength of state and territory health systems, and their ability to track and trace coronavirus cases, along with adherence to social distancing rules.
“You don’t just shut the country down because that is not sustainable,” he told Triple M on Wednesday.
“You would be doubling unemployment, potentially, and even worse. The cure would be worse than what arguably wouldn’t be delivered anyway.”
Mr Morrison pointed out an ongoing Victorian outbreak, which has claimed several lives, was sparked by a quarantine breach.
“Unless we’re going to not allow any freight or any medical supplies into Australia, or not allow any exports or anything like this, there is always going to be a connection between Australia and the rest of the world,” he said.
“The right strategy is the one that we have all together been pursuing as a country, and the national cabinet has been very important to ensure everyone is moving in the same direction.”
The prime minister confirmed a NSW coronavirus cluster, which has triggered a backlash in Queensland and South Australia, came from Victoria.
He also backed Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’ consideration of more severe lockdowns across Melbourne.
“He’s not ruling anything out, which is understandable in the circumstances,” Mr Morrison said.
The outbreak in Victoria continues to climb, with 238 new cases recorded on Wednesday.
A woman in her 90s died overnight, taking the state toll to 27.
Health authorities are concerned that more than a quarter of people who have been hospitalised with the virus are in intensive care, with dozens needing ventilators in Victoria.
In NSW, there are now 30 cases linked to a pub in southwest Sydney, prompting the restrictions on gatherings at licensed venues to be tightened again.
Anyone who attended the Crossroads Hotels in Casula between July 3 and 10 must get tested for coronavirus and self-isolate for 14 days even if the result is negative.
Queensland has added the NSW cities of Campbelltown and Liverpool to its list of coronavirus hotspots, meaning anyone from there must spend 14 days in hotel quarantine if they want to enter the northern state.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has warned there will be more deaths from coronavirus.
“I think if we are honest, there will be more lives lost. There will be more people admitted to ICU and more on ventilation,” he told the Nine Network.
Mr Hunt told the ABC that Australia would have to cut itself off from the outside world if it hoped to eliminate the coronavirus.
“That would mean obviously no gatherings, no protests, no trade, no returnees from overseas, no family reunions.”
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NJ Dad: I Was Denied Custody Of Son For Being Muslim
Filed Under:Council on American-Islamic Relations, Division of Youth and Family Services, DYFS, Egypt, Muhammed Khalil, Sandy Dahmra, Steve Sandberg
Sandy Dahmra (L) with Muhammed Khalil (R) (Photo/Steve Sandberg, 1010 WINS)
PATERSON, N.J. (1010 WINS) — A New Jersey father says he’s being denied custody of his young son solely because he’s a Muslim.
At a news conference Tuesday, Muhammed Khalil told reporters including 1010 WINS’ Steve Sandberg that a Division of Youth and Family Services worker unleashed a barrage of insults at him in a crowded Paterson restaurant.
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14578484/2010/12/muslim-3sandberg-w40-soc-mcmorrow.mp31010 WINS’ Steve Sandberg reports
Khalil, a green card holder originally from Egypt, said the case worker asked him “where is your knife? You’ll slit my throat” and also asked “where is your bomb strapped on you?”
Another Muslim woman, Sandy Dahmra, who was with Khalil at the restaurant, was allegedly told “go back to your country.”
Both Khalil and Dahmra said they had other comments directed toward them including “terrorist,” “Bin Laden lover” and “why don’t you call your Allah.”
The case worker also publicly declared he would never get his boy back, Khalil said.
Khalil has not seen his 6-year-old son since he was taken from his mother’s home a year ago and placed with foster parents for reasons unknown because of privacy laws. Khalil was not living there at the time and is separated from the boy’s mother.
Khalil wants an investigation and said the worker also violated privacy laws by disclosing the case in public. Ultimately, though, Khalil said he just wants his little boy back.
“I only want my son. I want my son,” he said, breaking into tears. “I think I have all the reason to have my son with me, give him toys, enjoy with him.”
Khalil claimed he has had run-ins with the case worker before, but that there were never any witnesses.
The Department of Children and Families said it was “aware of the alleged incident” and “is looking into this allegation.”
The agency said it “continues to have an ongoing dialogue” with CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations), which is supporting Khalil in his fight.
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Photo Gallery: Tri-State Area Sees 1st Major Snowstorm Of The Season
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- Super Cloudbuilt
When everything comes together Super Cloudbuilt feels effortless; it’s smooth and gorgeous fun. It’s just a shame that those special moments aren’t more common.
- Dark Souls III: The Ringed City
The Dark Souls plot is as mysterious in its conclusion as it was in its beginning. Of course there are a myriad of scattered clues, references and story points scattered throughout the Ringed City. And I’m sure there’s a myriad more I’m yet to discover.
- 2Dark
So 2Dark is really a story with two sides; it’s either excelling from its attention to detail, or failing because of its heavy-handedness. I’d love to say that this is a nuanced story that explores the depths and complexities of its subject matter. But really it’s a calloused story surrounded by nuanced and sophisticated gameplay. All in all, 2Dark is a rewarding experience, so long as your leave your sensitivities behind.
- Subterrain
The immersion in, and attachment to, Subterrain comes from the fear it causes – not so much from the threat of what’s coming but what’s not. I wasn’t half as worried about mutant attacks as I was about not finding oxygen, heat, food or water. And I think that’s where a lot of Subterrain’s charm comes from. It really takes survival horror back to its roots. Under all the monsters, jump scares and violence, these games are about people. With all its bad graphics and scarce monsters, this indie gem makes a good point: it’s not so much about killing, just surviving.
- DOOM: Bloodfall
With Bloodfall, Bethesda released the final piece of premium DLC for one of 2016’s most heralded shooters. So far, each piece of Doom’s premium DLC has simply contained new maps, demons, guns and customisation options. Predictably, Bloodfall follows suit.
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Use Digital Platforms to Share Information on Criminals – PM Holness
Posted on January 8, 2020 January 10, 2020 by OPM Communications
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is calling on all Jamaicans including members of the Church community to utilise all platforms including digital, to share information on criminals.
According to the Prime Minister, the Government is on a quest to reduce crime however the strategies will not be successful without information by the public.
In that regard, Prime Minister Holness appealed to the nation to assist in the crime fighting efforts by coming forward with information.
“Some of us know where the guns are. I appeal to the nation, don’t create an environment of support for the criminals who are close to you in proximity, don’t give them succour, don’t support them, be smart about what you are doing – share information,” said Prime Minister Holness.
The Prime Minister was speaking on Wednesday, January 8 at the 15th Annual ‘Heal the family, Heal the Nation’ church conference at the National Arena.
Prime Minister Holness, in speaking directly to the Church community, asked that the Church leaders carry through the message on the importance of assisting crime fighters with information on criminals roaming their communities.
Prime Minister Holness further stated that the information should or can be otherwise shared digitally and anonymously.
In the meantime, the Government has announced that a comprehensive set of plans will be rolled out in the coming months to combat crime and violence across the island.
The programmes will deal with security, community development and will also support the spiritual and human development aspect of society.
“We will arrest the crime situation and we will do it without abusing anyone’s rights because we are a society. We are a Government that believes in preserving, protecting and promoting the human rights of our citizens,” said Prime Minister Holness.
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OKC's Tower Theatre reveals fall concert and event schedule
Published: Wed, May 24, 2017 8:06 PM
The Tower theater on NW 23rd in Oklahoma City, Tuesday May 3, 2016. [Photo By Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman]
If you renovate it, they might come.
Tower Theatre's not exactly a Kevin Costner movie, but the storied venue is looking to make some noise in the upcoming months.
After officially switching operating partners in April, the Uptown 23rd event space shared its anticipated schedule for the fall.
Take a look below.
Aug. 5 - 2017 Oklahoma Craft Beer
Aug. 11 - Jabee's birthday celebration with Statik Selektah
Sept. 16 - '90s Prom with My So Called Band
Oct. 17 - “Heart and Soul Queen of New Orleans” with Irma Thomas, The Blind Boys of Alabama and The Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet
Nov. 8 - Penny & Sparrow
The crowd at Tower Theatre when Jabee opened the video under previous management earlier this year. [Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman]
Best of luck to the venue. Hopefully, Tower Theatre can build momentum outside of its well-curated, fun studio concert series. My fingers are crossed for more movie-related events in the near future.
These new event and concert dates, which will take place in the main hall, are OKC's chance to vote with its feet. You'll likely recognize a lot of these performers because they aren't strangers to the metro.
A press release noted more shows will be announced in the near future as construction finishes inside the venue.
Tower Theatre co-operator Chad Whitehead had this to say about the new lineup:
"We’re excited about these initial offerings and will add to them in the coming days and weeks,” Whitehead said in a release. “We’re working hard every day to line up more events and concerts for the Tower that reflect the diversity of Oklahoma City and the Uptown 23rd district.”
Tickets for all current events go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at www.towertheatreokc.com. One dollar from every Tower Theatre ticket sale goes toward a historic preservation fee, dedicated to maintaining the building.
A rendering of the Tower Theatre in Oklahoma City. [Image provided]
The release also had this to say:
The 2017 Oklahoma Craft Beer Summit is the primary fundraising event for the Craft Brewers
Association of Oklahoma, and will feature national industry speakers, local brewers, and Oklahoma
legislators. Tickets will be available at an early-bird price of $60 until July 17, and then at $75.
On Friday, Aug. 11, local rapper Jabee will celebrate his birthday with a special concert featuring Boston
DJ, producer, and ShowOff record label founder Statik Selektah. General admission tickets are $20
and reserved seating is $25.
Dust off your Doc Martens on Sept. 16, for 90’s Prom with My So Called Band. Tickets are $25 for
an evening filled with high school flashbacks.
Touring together for the first time, Irma Thomas, The Blind Boys of Alabama, and The Preservation Hall
Legacy Quintet will play at Tower Theatre on Tuesday, Oct. 17, as they continue their “Heart and Soul
Queen of New Orleans” tour. These long-time legends of gospel, jazz, and American roots music will
treat audiences to a special evening filled with collaborations and standards. Reserved seating in advance
is $50.
Texas born duo Penny & Sparrow will perform on Nov. 8, as they tour in support of their upcoming
album, "Wendigo." Confronting themes of fear, darkness, and the intersection of daily life and supernatural
fable, this will be their most ambitious album and live performance yet. Tickets range from $20 for reserved
seating to a $60 VIP package that includes access to a pre-show private acoustic performance and
Irma Thomas first achieved prominence with a string of 1960s hits such as "Time Is On My Side," (later covered by the Rolling Stones). [Photo provided by Rick Oliver]
My So Called Band. [Photo provided]
Penny & Sparrow is American singer-songwriter duo of Andy Baxter and Kyle Jahnke out of Austin, Texas. [Photo provided]
Jabee. [Photo provided]
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1. Mul, Dieuwert (author). Stochastic Resonance Analog-to-Digital Conversion: 1-Bit Signal Acquisition Employing Noise.
Degree: 2018, Delft University of Technology
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dcefcbc3-69d2-4a58-b73c-44d86c0f00f6
Stochastic resonance (SR) is a phenomenon in which the presence of noise increases the performance of the system. The phenomenon has first been discovered in… (more)
Stochastic resonance (SR) is a phenomenon in which the presence of noise increases the performance of the system. The phenomenon has first been discovered in a climate change model and is later observed in neuronal systems. In artificial, electronic, systems, stochastic resonance is observed in systems based on Schmitt-Triggers and comparators. The common property of all these systems is the threshold, which, when reached, causes a large transition in the system. The presence of noise in small signals can cause the system to reach the threshold or can increase the number of state transitions, increasing the quality of the output signal. Oversampling and integration are applied to reconstruct the original signal. Biomedical signals are typically affected relative high noise levels. The observations of stochastic resonance in nature, such as biological neural systems, combined with the observations of stochastic resonance in comparator-based circuits formed the inspiration and fundamental of this thesis research. The goal of this project is to investigate the potentials for using stochastic resonance in biomedical signal acquisition. In this thesis, an explorative study on the behavior, the performance, and the design of an analog-to-digital (ADC) converter fully based on stochastic resonance in a 1-bit quantizer is presented. The design and application focus on processing ECG measurements. A comprehensive analysis of the behavior, and an analytical method to determine the performance of 1-bit stochastic resonance analog-to-digital conversion in a comparator based circuit is presented. A novel technique using a negative hysteresis is found, showing a potential increase in SNDR up to 6.4 dB. Based on this analysis, a system level design is presented which implements a closed-loop operation of the stochastic resonance ADC. This design comprises a feedback loop to control the noise level, realizing the maximum performance over an input amplitude range from 1-10 mV, independent from noise present in the system. Furthermore, an offset compensation scheme is presented, which controls the threshold of the comparator, and a digital multi-rate filter is implemented to filter the high frequency noise, and to apply downsampling the highspeed bitstream. IC implementation of the comparator and the noise source is studied. A low-offset comparator, based on a strongARM latch, is proposed, with an offset calibration technique, reducing the offset to below 50 μV. The noise source creates a flat noise spectrum from 20 kHz to 4 MHz, using amplified thermal noise of a resistor combined with the amplifier noise. The proposed system can deliver a 27 dB SNDR in a signal bandwidth of 216 Hz, and an input amplitude range of 10×, using a sampling frequency of 2 MHz.
Advisors/Committee Members: Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: Stochastic Resonance; Analog-to-Digital; Noise; 1-bit processing; quantization; Signal Acquisition
Mul, D. (. (2018). Stochastic Resonance Analog-to-Digital Conversion: 1-Bit Signal Acquisition Employing Noise . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dcefcbc3-69d2-4a58-b73c-44d86c0f00f6
Mul, Dieuwert (author). “Stochastic Resonance Analog-to-Digital Conversion: 1-Bit Signal Acquisition Employing Noise.” 2018. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dcefcbc3-69d2-4a58-b73c-44d86c0f00f6.
Mul, Dieuwert (author). “Stochastic Resonance Analog-to-Digital Conversion: 1-Bit Signal Acquisition Employing Noise.” 2018. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Mul D(. Stochastic Resonance Analog-to-Digital Conversion: 1-Bit Signal Acquisition Employing Noise. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dcefcbc3-69d2-4a58-b73c-44d86c0f00f6.
Mul D(. Stochastic Resonance Analog-to-Digital Conversion: 1-Bit Signal Acquisition Employing Noise. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dcefcbc3-69d2-4a58-b73c-44d86c0f00f6
2. Liu, Minghui (author). Passive Wireless ECoG Monitoring On Multiple Subjects.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:61b67578-6009-4538-858a-70302fe7fc68
► The neuroscience department of the Erasmus Medical Centre (EMC) has been working for many years to analyse the epilepsy and the treatments. It is a… (more)
▼ The neuroscience department of the Erasmus Medical Centre (EMC) has been working for many years to analyse the epilepsy and the treatments. It is a part of the neuro research in the collaborations between the Erasmus Medical Centre (EMC) neuroscience department and the section Bioelectronics at Delft University of Technology. The system is firstly tested by using discrete components and simulated, then the electronics schematic has been design and assembled. The approach for this wireless link system is using Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) and Amplitude shift keying (ASK) modulation by backscattering method. Besides, the MCU is also used to generate the subcarriers for tests. In this work, a system level design for a wireless, multi-subject ElectroCorticoGram (ECoG) monitoring system for epilepsy research on mice is further optimized. The 915 MHz ISM band range is chosen and designed, where the GSM interference is detected and filtered out in the receiver. In this project, the receiver for downlink is further designed, which contains antennas, filters, oscillators and other commercial components. In uplink design, the MCU generates the subcarrier frequency and then this subcarrier is modulated on the main 915 MHz carrier by means of on-off-keying technique. The block prototype of the system is also simulated and tested to evaluate the general wireless link. In this wireless system, up to 3 objects can be simultaneously detected by using different subcarrier frequencies by designed analog receiver. The system experiments indicate different performance in terms of the power, interference and noise. According to these records, a schematic design with custom components guarantees the real time monitoring for multiple objects. The PCB design is completed including the power supply, transmitter and receiver. The receiver design is suitable for the scenario at 500 Hz sampling frequency of the ECoG signal and data bitrate below 100 KHz, with the demodulation of the subcarrier frequencies at 1.6 MHz, 2.6 MHz and 4 MHz. Advisors/Committee Members: Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Liu, M. (. (2018). Passive Wireless ECoG Monitoring On Multiple Subjects . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:61b67578-6009-4538-858a-70302fe7fc68
Liu, Minghui (author). “Passive Wireless ECoG Monitoring On Multiple Subjects.” 2018. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:61b67578-6009-4538-858a-70302fe7fc68.
Liu, Minghui (author). “Passive Wireless ECoG Monitoring On Multiple Subjects.” 2018. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Liu M(. Passive Wireless ECoG Monitoring On Multiple Subjects. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:61b67578-6009-4538-858a-70302fe7fc68.
Liu M(. Passive Wireless ECoG Monitoring On Multiple Subjects. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:61b67578-6009-4538-858a-70302fe7fc68
3. Baquer Gómez, Gerard (author). Optimal stimulation waveform for efficacious high-frequency block of the pudendal nerve with minimized electrochemical damage: A computer simulation optimization approach.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5c875b14-08a3-4ef0-8e90-4fc997dc19d3
"The use of high-frequency stimulation for conduction block of the pudendal nerve has potentially high benefits for patients suffering from non-neurogenic urinary retention. Special care… (more)
"The use of high-frequency stimulation for conduction block of the pudendal nerve has potentially high benefits for patients suffering from non-neurogenic urinary retention. Special care has to be put in the design of stimulation parameters to ensure safe operation and prevent electrode and tissue damage. While high-frequency conduction block has been studied and used for many years, only standard waveforms, such as charge balanced sinewaves and square waves, have been utilized. Several studies have anticipated that the use of non-standard, non-symmetrical and slightly charge unbalanced waveforms may provide electrochemically safer stimulation protocols. In this computational simulation study, the MRG model is combined with an electrode-tissue interface (ETI) model based on in vivo experimental data to create a computational model capable of assessing both the efficacy and electrochemical safety of any given stimulation waveform. This model is coupled to a differential evolution algorithm to find the optimal waveform parameters that ensure a successful conduction block and a minimized charge injection through irreversible faradaic reactions. The classical DE algorithm is adapted to include several improvements such as evolutionary adaptive parametrization, elitism, and variable pattern to increase its performance. Additionally, acknowledging the fact that the axonal model is the main bottleneck in computational terms, an improvement baptized as "model down-sampling" is presented. Model down-sampling consists on only executing the axonal model to determine the effectiveness of the block once every N generations. This modification manages to double the execution speed without compromising accuracy. The results show that non-standard waveforms with a slight charge imbalance keep the ETI voltage well within the narrow electrochemical safe window of -0.25V and 0.55V, thus avoiding any irreversible charge injection process. The obtained waveforms show a 39.8% improvement on the safety margin with respect to the best performing standard stimulation waveform. The obtained results prove that well designed non-standard waveforms can lead to electrochemically safer high-frequency stimulation."
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Subjects/Keywords: High-frequency stimulation; modeling; optimization; safety; blocking; nerve conduction block; differential evolution; pudendal nerve
Baquer Gómez, G. (. (2018). Optimal stimulation waveform for efficacious high-frequency block of the pudendal nerve with minimized electrochemical damage: A computer simulation optimization approach . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5c875b14-08a3-4ef0-8e90-4fc997dc19d3
Baquer Gómez, Gerard (author). “Optimal stimulation waveform for efficacious high-frequency block of the pudendal nerve with minimized electrochemical damage: A computer simulation optimization approach.” 2018. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5c875b14-08a3-4ef0-8e90-4fc997dc19d3.
Baquer Gómez, Gerard (author). “Optimal stimulation waveform for efficacious high-frequency block of the pudendal nerve with minimized electrochemical damage: A computer simulation optimization approach.” 2018. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Baquer Gómez G(. Optimal stimulation waveform for efficacious high-frequency block of the pudendal nerve with minimized electrochemical damage: A computer simulation optimization approach. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5c875b14-08a3-4ef0-8e90-4fc997dc19d3.
Baquer Gómez G(. Optimal stimulation waveform for efficacious high-frequency block of the pudendal nerve with minimized electrochemical damage: A computer simulation optimization approach. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5c875b14-08a3-4ef0-8e90-4fc997dc19d3
4. Skrekas, Vassilis (author). Industry Compliant Wireless Power and Data Transfer Module Towards Ensuring Battery Denial of Service Protection.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e85d9ca8-ffd1-48ad-a57b-1b4f95cfd80b
► The field of active implantable medical devices (IMDs) has made huge steps forward in the last years. IMDs are used today for the treatment of… (more)
▼ The field of active implantable medical devices (IMDs) has made huge steps forward in the last years. IMDs are used today for the treatment of previously untreatable conditions as well as the continuous monitoring of the health of patients. The field, where active IMDs have been the most successful, is the field of neurological conditions, on which traditional medicine such as the intake of pills has very limited effect. In order to take full advantage of the possibilities offered by the IMDs it is vital to have communication between them and the external world. In this way, the treatment method provided by the IMD can be configured and optimized for each separate individual, achieving the best possible results. Moreover, the state of the device itself can be assessed and therefore possible flaws in its operation can be detected and corrected. Finally, in case of monitoring the patient’s health condition communication is also vital. However, this communication between the external world and the implanted device also introduces the possibility for someone, that possesses the required expertise and skills, to hack the device. The hacker can possibly “eavesdrop” the communication channel in order to extract information regarding the patient or even act in order to change parameters of the device and the therapy it provides, possibly causing harm to the patient. One way for hackers to disrupt the normal operation of the IMD is to drain its power source, namely the battery of the device, an attack that is named battery denial of service (BDoS) attack. One of the easiest ways to achieve such an attack is to make the device commit valuable power resources in order to run the authentication protocols continuously, by non-stop requesting for access. In this thesis, we try to tackle this problem by creating an analog circuit module that can act as an add-on to commercial IMDs that will have the task of authenticating the user that is trying to communicate with the IMD by making use of harvested wireless energy that is required for the communication. In this way, we expect to relieve the IMDs from spending time and resources on the authentication process. To that end, we designed and created an analog experimental prototype that employs both wireless power transfer and data communication, by simply making use of off-the-shelf components. The goal of this experimental prototype is to identify further challenges that can arise in a so called zero power defence scenario. To that end we implement a system that makes use of near-field resonant inductive coupling as a wireless power transfer method and is able to provide some mW of power across distances of up to 2cm, an amount of power that is sufficient to drive a microcontroller that can execute a low power security protocol in order to authenticate the entity trying to access the receiver. In addition to that, it can achieve a downlink data rate of 200kbit/s using amplitude shift keying modulation and an uplink data rate of 1kbit/s by making use of passive load shift… Advisors/Committee Members: Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), Strydis, Christos (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: Wireless power transfer; Wireless Communication; Energy Harvesting; Security; Analog design; PCB Design; RF design
Skrekas, V. (. (2020). Industry Compliant Wireless Power and Data Transfer Module Towards Ensuring Battery Denial of Service Protection . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e85d9ca8-ffd1-48ad-a57b-1b4f95cfd80b
Skrekas, Vassilis (author). “Industry Compliant Wireless Power and Data Transfer Module Towards Ensuring Battery Denial of Service Protection.” 2020. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e85d9ca8-ffd1-48ad-a57b-1b4f95cfd80b.
Skrekas, Vassilis (author). “Industry Compliant Wireless Power and Data Transfer Module Towards Ensuring Battery Denial of Service Protection.” 2020. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Skrekas V(. Industry Compliant Wireless Power and Data Transfer Module Towards Ensuring Battery Denial of Service Protection. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2020. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e85d9ca8-ffd1-48ad-a57b-1b4f95cfd80b.
Skrekas V(. Industry Compliant Wireless Power and Data Transfer Module Towards Ensuring Battery Denial of Service Protection. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2020. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e85d9ca8-ffd1-48ad-a57b-1b4f95cfd80b
5. Veloso O Donell, Miguel (author). Noise correlations and template matching on neural recordings.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4b3b8b14-d02d-437e-b681-b774b484ee3b
► Spike sorting is the gold standard algorithm to detect and classify neural spikes in extracellular electrophysiological data. The classical spike sorting algorithm is, however, not… (more)
▼ Spike sorting is the gold standard algorithm to detect and classify neural spikes in extracellular electrophysiological data. The classical spike sorting algorithm is, however, not scalable to process thousands of neurons, and not fast enough to be applied on real time. Alternatively other algorithms have been implemented that are not only scalable to thousands of neurons but also faster in the classification task. In this work we focus on one of these algorithms: the Bayes Optimal Template Matching (BOTM). The BOTM presents the advantage of using a template matching procedure to solve, at the same time, the spike detection and classification. Within the BOTM algorithm we need to compute the noise covariance matrix. This matrix contains spatial, temporal, and spatio-temporal noise correlations among the electrodes used for recording the data, and it is important since its inverse works as a spatio-temporal whitening transformation. However, the matrix becomes too large to be computed or handled when large number of electrodes are used. In this work we focused on how to compute the noise covariance matrix when large number of electrodes are used for recording. First we separated its structure in two simpler matrices: one containing the spatial noise correlations, and one containing the temporal noise correlations among electrodes. We computed their inverses and applied three different whitening: spatial whitening, temporal whitening, and spatial and temporal whitening, one after each other. We evaluated the BOTM's performance under the different whitening approaches. Additionally, we took into account a new covariance matrix containing signal correlations, i.e. considering the whole signal, and not only the noise when computing correlations among the electrodes. We also evaluated the BOTM's performance for the signal covariance matrix. We were able to demonstrate that the spatio-temporal noise covariance matrix can be split in two simpler matrices: a spatial noise covariance matrix and a temporal noise covariance matrix. And that their inverses work as a spatial and as a temporal whitening transformations respectively. We also discuss about a problem we found within the toy data created for our measures: high-frequency components on inserted footprints. This problem can affect not only the BOTM algorithm, but also any other template matching based algorithm used. Finally, we concluded that the BOTM could not need any whitening transformation thanks to the redundancy on the recorded data when a large number of electrodes is used. Advisors/Committee Members: Franke, Felix (mentor), Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Veloso O Donell, M. (. (2018). Noise correlations and template matching on neural recordings . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4b3b8b14-d02d-437e-b681-b774b484ee3b
Veloso O Donell, Miguel (author). “Noise correlations and template matching on neural recordings.” 2018. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4b3b8b14-d02d-437e-b681-b774b484ee3b.
Veloso O Donell, Miguel (author). “Noise correlations and template matching on neural recordings.” 2018. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Veloso O Donell M(. Noise correlations and template matching on neural recordings. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4b3b8b14-d02d-437e-b681-b774b484ee3b.
Veloso O Donell M(. Noise correlations and template matching on neural recordings. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4b3b8b14-d02d-437e-b681-b774b484ee3b
6. van Wietmarschen, Luc (author). Energy harvesting on the human body: Hybrid charge pump design for cold start compatibility and high efficiency harvesting with minimal footprint.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:03532d19-2f51-47d8-ad5c-46cd553e2b2d
► This work proposes a new charge pump design suitable for energy harvesting on small human wearable devices. By using only one system for both cold… (more)
▼ This work proposes a new charge pump design suitable for energy harvesting on small human wearable devices. By using only one system for both cold start and high efficiency harvesting, the required silicon area is heavily reduced. The most fitting energy transducer is determined to be a photovoltaic cell, based on aspects of voltage, power and size. Both indoor and outdoor lighting conditions are suitable. The literature on fully integrated voltage boosting with special attention to cold start shows that the capacitive charge pump is the best solution for high efficiency, low power and small size voltage boosting. For cold start applications, a Dickson charge pump with dynamic charge transfer switches is the best solution. For achieving high efficiency conversion, theMakowski charge pump is the best. The proposed design combines the advantages of the Dickson charge pump for cold start and the high efficiency aspects of aMakowski charge pump for normal operation in one system with minimal silicon area. Using capacitor splitting, the conversion ratio of the cold start charge pump can be orthogonally chosen from the conversion ratio of normal operation. Dynamic charge transfer switches are used for the cold start charge pump to increase the performance. An implementation of the proposed design is made in Cadence Virtuoso and is tested for cold start capability and efficiency across five process corners and three temperatures. The results prove that the proposed design can achieve high efficiency energy harvesting that is on average 5% below the efficiency of a normal Makowski charge pump. Cold start was achieved from 100mV that is boosted to a battery voltage of 1.8 V within the micro-watt power range. With these results, the proposed charge pump is suitable for photovoltaic energy harvesting in small devices. The required silicon area is reduced by 50%, compared to systems where cold start and high efficiency harvesting are provided by separate systems. The proposed design is made into a lay-out, which is currently being tested and will be manufactured in the coming months. Advisors/Committee Members: Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), Babaie, Masoud (graduation committee), Rodrigues Mansano, Andre (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: charge pump; Energy Harvesting; integrated circuits; analog circuit design; Photovoltaic; Makowski charge pump; Dickson charge pump; Low power; low voltage; Cold start
van Wietmarschen, L. (. (2019). Energy harvesting on the human body: Hybrid charge pump design for cold start compatibility and high efficiency harvesting with minimal footprint . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:03532d19-2f51-47d8-ad5c-46cd553e2b2d
van Wietmarschen, Luc (author). “Energy harvesting on the human body: Hybrid charge pump design for cold start compatibility and high efficiency harvesting with minimal footprint.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:03532d19-2f51-47d8-ad5c-46cd553e2b2d.
van Wietmarschen, Luc (author). “Energy harvesting on the human body: Hybrid charge pump design for cold start compatibility and high efficiency harvesting with minimal footprint.” 2019. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
van Wietmarschen L(. Energy harvesting on the human body: Hybrid charge pump design for cold start compatibility and high efficiency harvesting with minimal footprint. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:03532d19-2f51-47d8-ad5c-46cd553e2b2d.
van Wietmarschen L(. Energy harvesting on the human body: Hybrid charge pump design for cold start compatibility and high efficiency harvesting with minimal footprint. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:03532d19-2f51-47d8-ad5c-46cd553e2b2d
7. Joosse, Corniël (author). Absence seizure prediction using recurrent neural networks.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e752232f-cd6b-47c4-ba70-899a020b7e6d
Absence seizures have a real-life impact on epileptic subjects, as day-to-day tasks can by suddenly interrupted making for dangerous situations. Though a lot of work… (more)
Absence seizures have a real-life impact on epileptic subjects, as day-to-day tasks can by suddenly interrupted making for dangerous situations. Though a lot of work has been done on seizure detection, to limit the impact on epileptic patients, the true necessity lies in timely prediction of seizures before they manifest. Various attempts have been made using conventional algorithms to accurately predict seizures however, so far, results are not that encouraging. In this work, we applied various machine-learning algorithms, in an attempt to identify complex, multi-dimensional epileptic precursors in brain recordings. Three types of neural networks are used in this feasibility study, namely Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) networks, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) networks. The used input data was annotated Electrocorticography (ECoG) data, recorded in living mutant rodents, containing epileptic events at an interval of about one minute. The data was pre-processed for better learning performance by data normalisation and by generating distinctive training features. The neural networks were configured as three-class classifiers, distinguishing among inter-ictal, pre-ictal and ictal periods. A grid-search approach was applied to determine the best set of parameters for the neural networks. Despite our best efforts, the relation between the input data and output data could not be learned in a reliable way. The maximum reached Average Prediction Rate (APR) was 0.57 with a prediction time of 3.1s when using the normalised data as input and 0.65 with a prediction time of 6.1s when using the distinctive features as input. These results essentially signify good detection but virtually no prediction of upcoming seizures. The evaluation of the experimental findings has revealed that the employed ECoG recordings were ill-selected for training our various neural-network models. Also, a non-conclusive exploratory experiment is performed by applying a Weibull Time-To-Event Recurrent Neural Network (WTTE-RNN) on a sub-set of the normalised input data. The experiment has yielded some positive results, a short-notice prediction of the upcoming seizure in some cases, encouraging for further exploration of this approach. Despite the limited success of this work, however, through its extended forensics analysis, it has paved the crucial, initial steps in the direction of seizure prediction.
Advisors/Committee Members: Strydis, Christos (mentor), Serdijn, Wouter (graduation committee), Hunyadi, Bori (graduation committee), Gaydadjiev, Georgi (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: Recurrent Neural Networks; Absence seizure; Seizure prediction; Machine learning
Joosse, C. (. (2020). Absence seizure prediction using recurrent neural networks . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e752232f-cd6b-47c4-ba70-899a020b7e6d
Joosse, Corniël (author). “Absence seizure prediction using recurrent neural networks.” 2020. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e752232f-cd6b-47c4-ba70-899a020b7e6d.
Joosse, Corniël (author). “Absence seizure prediction using recurrent neural networks.” 2020. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Joosse C(. Absence seizure prediction using recurrent neural networks. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2020. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e752232f-cd6b-47c4-ba70-899a020b7e6d.
Joosse C(. Absence seizure prediction using recurrent neural networks. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2020. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e752232f-cd6b-47c4-ba70-899a020b7e6d
8. Tacchetti, Lucia (author). Ultrasonic Power Transfer for Ultra-High-Frequency Biphasic Electrical Neural Stimulation.
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► Neurostimulators have been developed over the past few decades to treat various diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, chronic pain, epilepsy, migraine and bladder dysfunction. One… (more)
▼ Neurostimulators have been developed over the past few decades to treat various diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, chronic pain, epilepsy, migraine and bladder dysfunction. One of the major design challenges is the selection of a powering method that could supply mW power levels to miniaturized implanted devices. Among several methods, wireless power transfer is often used to directly supply the electronics or to recharge an implanted battery. In particular, the interest in ultrasonic waves as source of power and data for implantable medical devices has recently grown, particularly due to the advantages over RF and inductive coupling power transfer. In fact, ultrasounds can deliver higher power to mm-sized and deeply (> 10 cm) implanted receivers than the other techniques. Moreover, acoustic waves do not interfere with electromagnetic fields.Conventionally, biphasic constant current or constant voltage pulses are selected for stimulating nerve tissue. The first (usually cathodic) phase has the purpose of activating the excitable nerve fibres, while the second (usually anodic) phase reverses the direction of the stimulation current to avoid long-term accumulation of charge. Alternatively, Ultra-High-Frequency stimulation can be employed. This consists of current or voltage pulses at a high frequency (≥ 1 MHz), which are obtained from a DC source and the operation of high-frequency switches. In both techniques, when a wireless supply is chosen, the received AC signal is rectified, stored and regulated to operate the usually low-voltage blocks of the rest of the system. Nonetheless, up-conversion of the signal is often required to provide enough voltage compliance to operate an output stage connected to the stimulating electrodes.Taking a more radical approach, it is possible to avoid the lossy conversion from AC to regulated DC and from that to high-frequency stimulation by eliminating the need of power storage, regulation and up-conversion. To this end, the aim of this work was to design a circuit topology that generates ultra-high-frequency pulses by rectifying the sinusoid obtained from an ultrasound transducer and using the obtained waveform to directly stimulate the tissue in a biphasic fashion. This could result in a highly efficient and miniature circuit, which has the potential to be used for stimulating small peripheral nerves. Simulations in LTSpice were conducted to analyse the performance of the proposed system. The operation was then verified by measurements with a fabricated prototype, which was capable of providing biphasic pulses by receiving a signal from ultrasound piezoelectric transducers and driving a pair of electrodes. Advisors/Committee Members: Giagka, Vasso (mentor), Serdijn, Wouter (graduation committee), Dekker, Ronald (graduation committee), Mastrangeli, Max (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: ultrasound; neurostimulator; biphasic electrical stimulation; ultra-high-frequency
Tacchetti, L. (. (2018). Ultrasonic Power Transfer for Ultra-High-Frequency Biphasic Electrical Neural Stimulation . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:be3f241c-96d8-4c9c-b0dc-92b6cdd330d5
Tacchetti, Lucia (author). “Ultrasonic Power Transfer for Ultra-High-Frequency Biphasic Electrical Neural Stimulation.” 2018. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:be3f241c-96d8-4c9c-b0dc-92b6cdd330d5.
Tacchetti, Lucia (author). “Ultrasonic Power Transfer for Ultra-High-Frequency Biphasic Electrical Neural Stimulation.” 2018. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Tacchetti L(. Ultrasonic Power Transfer for Ultra-High-Frequency Biphasic Electrical Neural Stimulation. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:be3f241c-96d8-4c9c-b0dc-92b6cdd330d5.
Tacchetti L(. Ultrasonic Power Transfer for Ultra-High-Frequency Biphasic Electrical Neural Stimulation. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:be3f241c-96d8-4c9c-b0dc-92b6cdd330d5
9. Emmer, Koen (author). Analysing the performance of KHFAC nerve block stimulation parameters: Developing design considerations for blocking the pudendal nerve using a new gate-dependent block determination model.
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A major cause for voiding dysfunction is the inability to relax the urethral sphincter. KiloHertz Frequency Alternating Current (KHFAC) stimulation can block signals that are… (more)
A major cause for voiding dysfunction is the inability to relax the urethral sphincter. KiloHertz Frequency Alternating Current (KHFAC) stimulation can block signals that are travelling through the body; applying this type of stimulation at the pudendal nerve could inhibit the pulses that lead to contraction of the urethral sphincter, and restore voiding ability. In order to design a successful KHFAC block therapy for the pudendal nerve, it is necessary to understand what impact different stimulation parameters have on efficacy, safety and power-efficiency. This thesis will therefore test earlier researched KHFAC stimulation parameters against a new quality measure, study the impact of new waveform alterations, and study how bipolar electrode design can improve KHFAC therapy. By utilizing the theory behind the mechanism of the KHFAC nerve block, a new block-determination model was developed that is over thirty times faster than the classic model. The McIntyre-Richardson-Grill model was chosen as the implementation of the axon model, and the bipolar electrode was modelled as an electric dipole. The simulation experiments revealed that the charge per phase of the KHFAC signal at block threshold could be reduced, without increasing the amplitude of the signal, by introducing interphase delays to the waveforms and by creating asymmetric charge-balanced waveforms. Triangular waveforms were shown to also require less charge per phase than a regular square wave to block, albeit with a higher amplitude. A correctly aligned bipolar electrode set-up with an interpolar distance that was about the same as the electrode-to-axon distance was shown to result in reduced block thresholds. Overall, this thesis has shown how stimulation parameters can be chosen to develop an effective KHFAC block therapy for the pudendal nerve.
Advisors/Committee Members: Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), Negrello, Mario (graduation committee), Remis, Rob (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: KHFAC; KiloHertz Frequency Alternating Current stimulation; High-frequency stimulation; nerve conduction block; pudendal nerve; interphase delays; charge-balance; asymmetrical charge-balanced wave; stimulation parameters; design considerations; urinary retention; MRG Model; bipolar stimulation
Emmer, K. (. (2019). Analysing the performance of KHFAC nerve block stimulation parameters: Developing design considerations for blocking the pudendal nerve using a new gate-dependent block determination model . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1b06eb83-e5cd-4786-a848-d981e48c6095
Emmer, Koen (author). “Analysing the performance of KHFAC nerve block stimulation parameters: Developing design considerations for blocking the pudendal nerve using a new gate-dependent block determination model.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1b06eb83-e5cd-4786-a848-d981e48c6095.
Emmer, Koen (author). “Analysing the performance of KHFAC nerve block stimulation parameters: Developing design considerations for blocking the pudendal nerve using a new gate-dependent block determination model.” 2019. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Emmer K(. Analysing the performance of KHFAC nerve block stimulation parameters: Developing design considerations for blocking the pudendal nerve using a new gate-dependent block determination model. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1b06eb83-e5cd-4786-a848-d981e48c6095.
Emmer K(. Analysing the performance of KHFAC nerve block stimulation parameters: Developing design considerations for blocking the pudendal nerve using a new gate-dependent block determination model. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1b06eb83-e5cd-4786-a848-d981e48c6095
10. van der Lingen, Elisabeth (author). Dielectric spectroscopy for hydration monitoring, from application to portable sensors.
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Due to the earth’s population growth and the increased living age of a person, more and more people could deal with medical problems. Early detection… (more)
Due to the earth’s population growth and the increased living age of a person, more and more people could deal with medical problems. Early detection of health related problems in both healthy and people with medical problems, will catch problems early and prevent the need for more costly procedures. One of these medical problems is concerning the hydration level. Dehydration most often occurs for elderly people. To prevent sickness and even death, monitoring of the hydration can play a key factor in prevention. Hydration monitoring can be established by using a designed CMOS permittivity sensor. However, to design a commonly used hydration monitoring device, this CMOS permittivity sensor needs to be designed in such a way that portable sensing could be enabled. To design such a portable hydration sensor from an application sensor, different steps are required. To bring previously developed sensor to enable hydration monitoring, it need to be packaged in such a way that it can sense the medium of interest and be connected to the outside world while sufficiently protected, so that it will not damage during use. Different packaging procedures could be distinguished to accomplish this. The first packaging procedure is regarding the creation of SU8 metallized pillars. The second packaging procedure is for creation of cavities in SU8 and fill these cavities with aluminium particles. Besides the packaging of the sensor chip, validation measurements are required to ensure that a relationship could be detected with the permittivity sensor between the hydration level of the human skin. To enable measurements of the skin permittivity without bulky systems, a PCB layout should be designed.
Advisors/Committee Members: Spirito, Marco (mentor), Mastrangeli, Massimo (graduation committee), Serdijn, Wouter (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: CMOS permittivity sensor,; Dielectric spectroscopy; Hydration monitoring
van der Lingen, E. (. (2020). Dielectric spectroscopy for hydration monitoring, from application to portable sensors . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ee234106-0cfe-4c3f-9a08-210894bdff07
van der Lingen, Elisabeth (author). “Dielectric spectroscopy for hydration monitoring, from application to portable sensors.” 2020. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ee234106-0cfe-4c3f-9a08-210894bdff07.
van der Lingen, Elisabeth (author). “Dielectric spectroscopy for hydration monitoring, from application to portable sensors.” 2020. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
van der Lingen E(. Dielectric spectroscopy for hydration monitoring, from application to portable sensors. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2020. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ee234106-0cfe-4c3f-9a08-210894bdff07.
van der Lingen E(. Dielectric spectroscopy for hydration monitoring, from application to portable sensors. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2020. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ee234106-0cfe-4c3f-9a08-210894bdff07
11. Petridis, Ioannis (author). Nonlinearity in the Light Processing of the Human Visual System.
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► Visual evoked potentials, i.e responses to visual stimulation as recorded using electroencephalography have indicated the existence of nonlinear behavior of the visual pathway. Nonlinearities and… (more)
▼ Visual evoked potentials, i.e responses to visual stimulation as recorded using electroencephalography have indicated the existence of nonlinear behavior of the visual pathway. Nonlinearities and time delay in the visual system play an important role in understanding the complex nature of the visual system. This study investigated the nonlinear interactions and time delay in the visual pathway, using several types of stimulation paradigms. Multisine (i.e sum of multiple sinusoidal signals) and sine light stimulation were presented to healthy participants in order to elicit steady-state visual evoked responses. The recorded signals were analyzed using multi-spectral phase coherence, a novel cross-frequency phase coupling metric, in order to quantify the nonlinear interactions, form a brain map and estimate time delay. Chirp light stimulation (signals with linearly increasing frequencies) was used to elicit visual responses inside a specific frequency range. Time delay was estimated using Fractional Fourier Transformation due to its ability to handle chirps’ non-stationary properties. Brain maps indicated that multisine paradigms elicit more localized nonlinear interactions than chirp paradigms. All sinusoidal stimulation provided clusters of similar time delays. Bisine presented the most distinctive groups, fact that suggests that bisine is able to be used as a distinction measure. Trisine time delay showed the lowest variance, fact that shows more accurate estimation. Chirp time delay presented also small variances but the mean time delay found to be very frequency dependent. To conclude, this study showed that multisine paradigms are suitable to be used to elicit nonlinear responses but time delay may not be sufficient measure to fully describe the visual system. Advisors/Committee Members: Perenboom, MJL (mentor), Schouten, Alfred (graduation committee), Yang, Yuan (graduation committee), Serdijn, Wouter (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: Nonlinear; Visual System; Steady State Visual Evoked Potentials; Light Stimulation; Light Processing; EEG Analysis; Brain Dynamics; SInusoidal; Chirp; Multisine
Petridis, I. (. (2017). Nonlinearity in the Light Processing of the Human Visual System . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c54901b8-3552-468e-b41d-71b462ef7f06
Petridis, Ioannis (author). “Nonlinearity in the Light Processing of the Human Visual System.” 2017. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c54901b8-3552-468e-b41d-71b462ef7f06.
Petridis, Ioannis (author). “Nonlinearity in the Light Processing of the Human Visual System.” 2017. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Petridis I(. Nonlinearity in the Light Processing of the Human Visual System. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c54901b8-3552-468e-b41d-71b462ef7f06.
Petridis I(. Nonlinearity in the Light Processing of the Human Visual System. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c54901b8-3552-468e-b41d-71b462ef7f06
12. Beintema, Tim (author). Quantitative Analysis in Neonatal Healthcare: Detecting Delta Brushes with the Wavelet Transform.
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► In the Netherlands the preterm birth rate is around 7%. The problematic part is that these preterm infants make up for 72% of all deaths… (more)
▼ In the Netherlands the preterm birth rate is around 7%. The problematic part is that these preterm infants make up for 72% of all deaths during or shortly after birth. To provide a way to aid these infants the following question was stated by the doctor: "turn on a light in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit when the preterm infant’s development is not as expected". This question was interpreted as following: first of all, find an informative signal present for preterm infants which can provide knowledge on the state of development. Secondly, find a way to quantify this signal through measurement and provide a way to automate the detection. Based on literature the delta brush was selected as a promising waveform in the neonatal EEG, which can be used to follow the maturation of the brain. The spectral behavior of the EEG is used to identify the specific waveforms, but this analysis of the EEG is still mainly based on visual analysis, which is a subjective and time-consuming task. A way to quantify and automate this process was found in the Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT). Using the Morlet mother wavelet, a time-frequency distribution of the EEG was calculated. The CWT’s redundant behavior was found to provide a finer sampling which could be used to reinforce specific waveform behavior. A third goal was to investigate the troubles that new innovations face in being accepted by the medical field. This was found to be related to the building of trust. The key elements for building trust in this work were identified as: interpretability of the results, transparency of the process, and ease of operation. These elements will be taken into account in the proposed solution. A set of high-density EEG measurements of preterm infants was acquired through collaboration with the the Academic Hospital Antwerp and the Erasmus Medical Center. This high-density consists of 19 electrode channels instead of the more commonly used 11 electrode channels. The measurement was done at 30 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA). These measurements were accompanied with annotation for the waveform of interest. An interactive application for visualization of the EEG data and wavelet coefficients was designed in MATLAB. This application can run standalone and can be used to visualize the detector’s results for the end user. Based on the inherent characteristics of the target waveform two detection features were chosen. The first feature is a measure of the ratio between peak in the high-frequency region (3.3-40 Hz) and the low-frequency region (0.1-3.3 Hz). The second feature is an energy calculation based on a windowed Squared Energy Operator (SEO). A triple-threshold multi-channel detector, based on these features, was initialized and performance was tested over the full threshold range. A Precision-Recall (PRC) curve was provided showing the total solution space for both feature thresholds. Based on the point closest to (100,100) in the training set PRC, a single threshold was selected for validation with the validation datasets. This has resulted in… Advisors/Committee Members: Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), Hunyadi, Bori (graduation committee), Goos, Tom (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: EEG; Delta Brush; continuous wavelet transform; Morlet
Beintema, T. (. (2019). Quantitative Analysis in Neonatal Healthcare: Detecting Delta Brushes with the Wavelet Transform . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7a3d5163-be8a-4685-a47d-522b1853183e
Beintema, Tim (author). “Quantitative Analysis in Neonatal Healthcare: Detecting Delta Brushes with the Wavelet Transform.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7a3d5163-be8a-4685-a47d-522b1853183e.
Beintema, Tim (author). “Quantitative Analysis in Neonatal Healthcare: Detecting Delta Brushes with the Wavelet Transform.” 2019. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Beintema T(. Quantitative Analysis in Neonatal Healthcare: Detecting Delta Brushes with the Wavelet Transform. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7a3d5163-be8a-4685-a47d-522b1853183e.
Beintema T(. Quantitative Analysis in Neonatal Healthcare: Detecting Delta Brushes with the Wavelet Transform. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7a3d5163-be8a-4685-a47d-522b1853183e
13. Silos Viu, Maria (author). SOMNUS: An Ultra-Wideband Radar-Based Approach for Neonatal Sleep State Classification.
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Recently, there has been an increasing awareness of the critical role of sleep for the brain development of young infants. During the early neonatal stages… (more)
Recently, there has been an increasing awareness of the critical role of sleep for the brain development of young infants. During the early neonatal stages of human development, the basic activity of the brain is to develop itself during sleep. Prolonged sleep is required in infants for further development of the nervous system. Sleep also plays an important role in body temperature regulation and energy saving. Neonatal sleep is divided into two main different sleep stages: Rapid EyeMovement (REM) and Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM). As the infant develops, sleep stages vary in maturity, length and distribution, thus underlining the importance of the quantification of these stages, which could eventually lead to new biomarkers of neonatal brain development. Nowadays, the golden standard in sleep monitoring is Polysomnography (PSG), in which vital signs as well as EEG and muscle activity are recorded during a whole-night study and subsequently sleep stages are classified by an expert. However, the high obtrusiveness of the multiple electrodes involved in PSG and its high associated costs make it impossible to use PSG as a routine monitor system. The SOMNUS project had two main targets: (i) to accurately measure respiration signals from patients using an ultra-wideband radar module, and (ii) to detect differences in respiration between REM and NREM phases in order to unobtrusively and automatically score sleep states of infants without the need of any electrode attached to the patient. The system has been developed using a training dataset of 23 patients from 3 months to 14 years old. It is for the first time UWB radar technology is used to monitor sleep in young patients. Moreover, this work provides a new data analysis algorithm to suppress motion artifacts from radar signals and increase the robustness of respiration monitoring. The results from the breathing detection algorithm developed in the present work provided an average mean absolute error of 3.25 Respirations per Minute in respiration rate. Amount of movement was employed to estimate Sleep/Awake events, with an average error in percentage of Total Sleep Time of 7.48%. Regarding sleep-state classification, several classification analyses were performed in order to study the best classification variable to detect REM/NREM, along with analyses regarding the best classification technique. Respiration variability was the main feature determining REM/NREMstate, with an overall sleep classification accuracy of around 80% when using linear classifiers such as Support Vector Machines and Fisher Linear Discrimination.
Advisors/Committee Members: Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), Bes, Cees-Jeroen (graduation committee), Schouten, Alfred (graduation committee), Dudink, Jeroen (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: Ultra-Wideband Radar; Neonatal Sleep Monitoring; Sleep-state classification; Breathing detection
Silos Viu, M. (. (2017). SOMNUS: An Ultra-Wideband Radar-Based Approach for Neonatal Sleep State Classification . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e27b8f5f-7247-4474-9190-6105c64434b5
Silos Viu, Maria (author). “SOMNUS: An Ultra-Wideband Radar-Based Approach for Neonatal Sleep State Classification.” 2017. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e27b8f5f-7247-4474-9190-6105c64434b5.
Silos Viu, Maria (author). “SOMNUS: An Ultra-Wideband Radar-Based Approach for Neonatal Sleep State Classification.” 2017. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Silos Viu M(. SOMNUS: An Ultra-Wideband Radar-Based Approach for Neonatal Sleep State Classification. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e27b8f5f-7247-4474-9190-6105c64434b5.
Silos Viu M(. SOMNUS: An Ultra-Wideband Radar-Based Approach for Neonatal Sleep State Classification. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e27b8f5f-7247-4474-9190-6105c64434b5
14. Konsolakis, Kostas (author). Physical Activity Recognition using Wearable Accelerometers in Controlled and Free-Living Environments.
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► Physical activity recognition through wearables has enabled the development of novel applications in healthcare. Most of the existing studies focus on predicting activities using wearable… (more)
▼ Physical activity recognition through wearables has enabled the development of novel applications in healthcare. Most of the existing studies focus on predicting activities using wearable sensors, either in a controlled or uncontrolled environment. However, there is not a clear distinction between these two environments. Hence, this thesis aimed to answer the research question “How accurately can we classify physical activity based on wearable accelerometers placed on the wrist and chest in a controlled and in a free-living environment?". For the data collection phase, two experiments were conducted in the working environment of imec. 40 participants were recruited and were asked to participate in the Controlled and Free-Living Study. The subjects wore two imec wearables, a wrist-worn and chest-worn accelerometer sensor and performed everyday activities. These activities include sitting, dynamic sitting, lying with face up and face down, lying to the left and right, standing, dynamic standing, walking upstairs, walking downstairs, walking, running, and cycling. The Controlled Study showed that most of these activities could be detected accurately using accelerometer data from both sensors with 91.83% F1-score. Similarly, the combination of these two sensors achieved the best performance for the Free-Living Study with 86.98% F1-score. Finally, this work proved that between the two environments a correlation could be possible only for the activity cycling. Consequently, this research concludes that the activity recognition should be explicitly investigated in free-living environments, focusing on real-time activity detection. Advisors/Committee Members: Heusdens, Richard (mentor), Serdijn, Wouter (graduation committee), Tax, David (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: Physical Activity; Activity Recognition; Wearables; Accelerometer; Wrist; Chest; Controlled Experiment; Uncontrolled Experiment
Konsolakis, K. (. (2018). Physical Activity Recognition using Wearable Accelerometers in Controlled and Free-Living Environments . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:af2e1786-ccc4-4592-afc8-b19819544f26
Konsolakis, Kostas (author). “Physical Activity Recognition using Wearable Accelerometers in Controlled and Free-Living Environments.” 2018. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:af2e1786-ccc4-4592-afc8-b19819544f26.
Konsolakis, Kostas (author). “Physical Activity Recognition using Wearable Accelerometers in Controlled and Free-Living Environments.” 2018. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Konsolakis K(. Physical Activity Recognition using Wearable Accelerometers in Controlled and Free-Living Environments. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:af2e1786-ccc4-4592-afc8-b19819544f26.
Konsolakis K(. Physical Activity Recognition using Wearable Accelerometers in Controlled and Free-Living Environments. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:af2e1786-ccc4-4592-afc8-b19819544f26
15. Ólafsdóttir, Guðrún Erla (author). An Implantable Spinal Cord Stimulator with Adaptive Voltage Compliance for Freely Moving Rats.
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► When the neural pathway within the spinal cord gets damaged, a person’s ability to initiate loco- motion can be affected. Currently, no restorative treatments exist… (more)
▼ When the neural pathway within the spinal cord gets damaged, a person’s ability to initiate loco- motion can be affected. Currently, no restorative treatments exist for individuals that suffer from such an injury. However, recent studies have shown epidural spinal cord stimulation (ESCS) to be a potential option for re-establishing some voluntary control. Further research is required to increase our understanding and allow us to investigate the neuronal response to different stimulation parameters. For these purposes, experiments have been conducted in spinal cord injured rats but they suffer from limitations due to the difficult criteria that an electrical stimulation device has to fulfill. In order to investigate the effect of different stimulation parameters, the system needs to offer full programmability to the researcher. Furthermore, since it is desired to investigate the natural behavior patterns of the animal, they should not have to be tethered to a setup during experiments. Ideally such an experimental setup would be fully implantable, which greatly limits the acceptable size of the system. Moreover, an implantable device needs to operate on a minimum amount of power in order to extend the lifetime of the implant. Current controlled stimulation (CCS) devices are favored in electrical stimulation applications due to the accurate control that they offer over the injected charge. Nonetheless, they are known to suffer from poor power efficiency due to the highly variable and dynamic range of electrode-tissue impedance. A high voltage compliance is required to provide stimulation to high impedance loads and most devices include a system block to boost up the internal voltage. Therefore, during operation with lower loads, a lot of power is wasted within the system as the excess voltage is dissipated across its current source. Furthermore, high-voltage compliant devices often exhibit large current spikes at the output when driving lower loads, compromising the overall charge control. The aim of this work was to design and fabricate a fully programmable control unit for epidu- ral spinal cord stimulation in freely moving rodents. The control unit would provide rectangular current pulses to an active electrode array, that was previously designed to be implanted within the spinal canal of the rat. It proposes a novel approach that implements an adaptive voltage compliance in order to reduce the unnecessary power consumption of CCS. Instead of providing a fixed voltage value at its output, the boost converter can be controlled and adjusted to the required value across the load. Moreover, lowering the voltage compliance of the device both enhances the speed of the system and reduces the generated current spikes when operating on lower loads or generating smaller stimulation currents. Thus, it provides safe, charge-balanced stimulation pulses to the tissue. The fabricated version of the system is 13.5 cm3 and therefore fulfills the size restrictions of a system to be implanted in a rat. Because it is… Advisors/Committee Members: Giagka, Vasso (mentor), Serdijn, Wouter (graduation committee), French, Paddy (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: electrical stimulation; adaptive compliance; freely moving rat; spinal cord injury; implantable; stimulator
Ólafsdóttir, G. E. (. (2017). An Implantable Spinal Cord Stimulator with Adaptive Voltage Compliance for Freely Moving Rats . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b42dd4d0-7dfc-4fb5-ba4d-e763718e0477
Ólafsdóttir, Guðrún Erla (author). “An Implantable Spinal Cord Stimulator with Adaptive Voltage Compliance for Freely Moving Rats.” 2017. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b42dd4d0-7dfc-4fb5-ba4d-e763718e0477.
Ólafsdóttir, Guðrún Erla (author). “An Implantable Spinal Cord Stimulator with Adaptive Voltage Compliance for Freely Moving Rats.” 2017. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Ólafsdóttir GE(. An Implantable Spinal Cord Stimulator with Adaptive Voltage Compliance for Freely Moving Rats. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b42dd4d0-7dfc-4fb5-ba4d-e763718e0477.
Ólafsdóttir GE(. An Implantable Spinal Cord Stimulator with Adaptive Voltage Compliance for Freely Moving Rats. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b42dd4d0-7dfc-4fb5-ba4d-e763718e0477
16. Insani Abdi Bangsa, Abdi (author). System Building Blocks for Mathematical Operators Using Stochastic Resonance: Application in an Action Potential Detection System.
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► Stochastic resonance (SR) is a phenomenon where the performance of a nonlinear system subjected to noise is better than it is without noise. This phenomenon… (more)
▼ Stochastic resonance (SR) is a phenomenon where the performance of a nonlinear system subjected to noise is better than it is without noise. This phenomenon can be found both in natural and artificial systems, especially in threshold-based systems such as comparators or a population of neurons. As noise always exists and interacts with the system, it is advantageous to design a system that purposefully uses SR to boost its performance. One possible use of SR is in the signal reconstruction. In this application, noise is added to the input signal and is processed by a comparator to produce a 1-bit output signal. This output can be averaged to recover the amplified input signal. In this thesis, three challenges regarding the use of SR in signal reconstruction are addressed. Firstly, to use SR not only to reconstruct the original signal, but also to implement mathematical operators, specifically a multiplier and an adder, that take two or more input signals. Secondly, to define the relevant metric(s) that can be used to measure the performance of the operators. Lastly, to build a system out of the proposed SR-based operators. The SR-based mathematical operators are implemented on the system level with a comparator as its fundamental building block. To analyze the behavior of the operators, formulas for noise and distortion power are derived. MATLAB simulation is then used to verify the theoretical analysis. Finally, these SR-based mathematical operators are used to build a Teager Energy Operator (TEO) for action potentials (APs) detection. An SR-based multiplier and adder can be implemented with the use of an XNOR logic gate and a binary half adder, respectively. The theoretical formulas are successful in predicting the noise and distortion behavior of the operators. In conclusion, it is possible to implement mathematical operators, specifically multipliers and adders, which use noise to boost their performance. The noise and distortion behavior of these operators can be predicted mathematically. Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio (SNDR) are used to measure the performance of the operators. Systems, specifically a TEO, can be built using the SR-based operators. Advisors/Committee Members: Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), Weber, Jos (graduation committee), Tax, David (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: stochastic resonance (SR); multiplier; adder; Teager Energy Operator (TEO); 1-bit processing
Insani Abdi Bangsa, A. (. (2017). System Building Blocks for Mathematical Operators Using Stochastic Resonance: Application in an Action Potential Detection System . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4b87974d-a736-4d34-bd36-d4aafd25da9b
Insani Abdi Bangsa, Abdi (author). “System Building Blocks for Mathematical Operators Using Stochastic Resonance: Application in an Action Potential Detection System.” 2017. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4b87974d-a736-4d34-bd36-d4aafd25da9b.
Insani Abdi Bangsa, Abdi (author). “System Building Blocks for Mathematical Operators Using Stochastic Resonance: Application in an Action Potential Detection System.” 2017. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Insani Abdi Bangsa A(. System Building Blocks for Mathematical Operators Using Stochastic Resonance: Application in an Action Potential Detection System. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4b87974d-a736-4d34-bd36-d4aafd25da9b.
Insani Abdi Bangsa A(. System Building Blocks for Mathematical Operators Using Stochastic Resonance: Application in an Action Potential Detection System. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4b87974d-a736-4d34-bd36-d4aafd25da9b
17. de Veij Mestdagh, Jurriaan (author). The effect of perturbation properties on system identification of human balance control during stance.
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Introduction: System identification of the neuromuscular controller that regulates human balance, gives insight in the causes and effects of human balance disorders. The combination of… (more)
Introduction: System identification of the neuromuscular controller that regulates human balance, gives insight in the causes and effects of human balance disorders. The combination of varying perturbation properties in literature and lack of rationale behind chosen perturbation properties, reveals possible violations of assumptions made to perform system identification. This study investigates the effect of number of repetitions of the perturbation signal and the perturbation amplitude on the identification quality. Methods: 12 subjects were perturbed at their support surface with a multisine signal. Kinematics of the subjects were recorded with a motion capture system; ground reaction forces were recorded with force plates. The best linear approximation of the neuromuscular controller was identified. Measures for variability of identification with respect to the number of repetitions and for nonlinearity with respect to the perturbation amplitude were calculated. Results: Identification variability was found to significantly decrease with number of repetitions. Nonlinearity within the neuromuscular controller increased significantly with perturbation amplitude. Conclusions: After having measured 6-8 repetitions, measuring subsequent repetitions does not decrease identification variability significantly for the following 6-7 repetitions. The balance between suppressing noise effects by using a high amplitude perturbation and minimising nonlinear effects by using a low amplitude perturbation was identified to be optimized between a perturbation signal amplitude of 8 cm PtP and 11 cm PtP.
Advisors/Committee Members: Schouten, Alfred (mentor), Pasma, Jantsje (graduation committee), Schut, Ingrid (graduation committee), Serdijn, Wouter (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: System Identification; human balance control; neuromuscular controller; perturbation; multisine; perturbation amplitude; averaging; repetitions; nonlinearity; single inverted pendulum
de Veij Mestdagh, J. (. (2017). The effect of perturbation properties on system identification of human balance control during stance . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6e4e8553-b215-489c-96ee-fa22dacd9c17
de Veij Mestdagh, Jurriaan (author). “The effect of perturbation properties on system identification of human balance control during stance.” 2017. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6e4e8553-b215-489c-96ee-fa22dacd9c17.
de Veij Mestdagh, Jurriaan (author). “The effect of perturbation properties on system identification of human balance control during stance.” 2017. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
de Veij Mestdagh J(. The effect of perturbation properties on system identification of human balance control during stance. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6e4e8553-b215-489c-96ee-fa22dacd9c17.
de Veij Mestdagh J(. The effect of perturbation properties on system identification of human balance control during stance. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6e4e8553-b215-489c-96ee-fa22dacd9c17
18. Bisschop, Marc (author). Resistive Matching using an AC Boost Converter for Efficient Ultrasonic Wireless Power Transfer.
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► Implantable Medical Devices (IMDs) could fulfill many different functions in the human body. Batteries have always been the main power source of these devices. Batteries… (more)
▼ Implantable Medical Devices (IMDs) could fulfill many different functions in the human body. Batteries have always been the main power source of these devices. Batteries have some drawbacks, the biggest one being the replacement of IMDs with fully discharged batteries. In this thesis a wireless power transfer system, with a receiving power conversion system with a maximum volume of 10 mm3, is proposed for IMDs implanted at more than 10 cm deep. Ultrasonic wireless power transfer to IMDs could enable scaling down the devices to dimensions less than 1 cm. Compared with the electromagnetic far-field and near-field wireless power transfer methods, the power throughput to the IMD is much higher. Piezo-electric elements could be used to perform the acoustic to electric energy conversion. With the Butterworth-Van Dyke modeling technique, the ultrasonic wireless power transfer link could be characterized. Maximum acoustic intensity at the receiving piezo-electric element is assumed because of the high efficiency and the possible methods to focus the waves from the transmitter at a certain point in the human body. An electrical storage element is assumed because of fluctuations both in received and used power. As the piezo-electric receiver outputs sinusoidal voltage and current waveforms, and the electrical storage element requires DC voltage, the signal requires significant processing for maximum power transfer. A perfect complex conjugate match between the piezo-electric receiver and the power conversion circuit is required for maximum power transfer as well. Two different methods which are used in prior art to achieve maximum power transfer are presented in this thesis, and one new method is developed. The standard method, which is used often in literature, does not include any special processing by means of impedance transformations and is therefore only efficient around one power level operating point. The varying frequency method varies the frequency so as to vary the piezo resistance and match it to the power conversion systems resistance. The piezo inductance varies with the varying piezo resistance, and is canceled out by tunable capacitor banks. A DC boost converter is required for high efficiency to the electric storage element. This method has many drawbacks, among which the continuous communication back to the transmitter to close the loop, which is consuming power and adding delay. The newly proposed method is the AC boost method. The AC voltage of the piezo-electric receiver is transformed into a pulse width modulated square wave voltage, so all power could go through the rectifier and into the storage element. A continuous resistive match is made between the AC boost converter and the piezo-electric element, ensuring maximum power transfer. This new method is validated by performing electric circuit simulations. Circuits are designed for the simulations that are comparable because of using the same piezo-electric element, rectifier, and storage element. The simulations show that it is the most… Advisors/Committee Members: Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), Pertijs, Michiel (graduation committee), Valente, Virgilio (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: impedance transformation; implantable medical devices (IMDs); maximum power transfer; resistor emulation; ultrasound; wireless power transfer; AC boost
Bisschop, M. (. (2019). Resistive Matching using an AC Boost Converter for Efficient Ultrasonic Wireless Power Transfer . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6d1b467a-7ac9-4758-988c-8d19bd0a360d
Bisschop, Marc (author). “Resistive Matching using an AC Boost Converter for Efficient Ultrasonic Wireless Power Transfer.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6d1b467a-7ac9-4758-988c-8d19bd0a360d.
Bisschop, Marc (author). “Resistive Matching using an AC Boost Converter for Efficient Ultrasonic Wireless Power Transfer.” 2019. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Bisschop M(. Resistive Matching using an AC Boost Converter for Efficient Ultrasonic Wireless Power Transfer. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6d1b467a-7ac9-4758-988c-8d19bd0a360d.
Bisschop M(. Resistive Matching using an AC Boost Converter for Efficient Ultrasonic Wireless Power Transfer. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6d1b467a-7ac9-4758-988c-8d19bd0a360d
19. Huang, Chengyu (author). Design and MEMS Microfabrication of an Optrode for Combined Optogenetics and Electrophysiology Studies.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:36c6fef5-3eef-4472-a4b2-c2fc4f4d3bba
► Optogenetics is a biological technique that uses light to control cells in living tissues, typically neurons, that have been genetically modified to express light-sensitive ion… (more)
▼ Optogenetics is a biological technique that uses light to control cells in living tissues, typically neurons, that have been genetically modified to express light-sensitive ion channels. Using this technique, neuroscientists can investigate the neural circuits underlying neurological diseases with a higher spatio-temporal resolution when compared to other known neuromodulation methods. As employed today, optogenetics requires methods for guiding sufficiently strong and precisely timed light to specific brain regions, while the experimental subject carries out behaviors of interest. For this role, miniaturized devices (namely optrodes) shall be properly engineered to hold the required components (e.g. light source, recording electrodes, etc) whilst complying with some surgical and biocompatibility issues. In this work, an optrode was designed and fabricated using an in-house MEMS microfabrication technology. The custom-made device featured (a) low impedance level with TiN-coated microelectrodes, (b) sufficient optical power delivery through on-chip-uLEDs, and (c) miniaturized dimensions with tolerable tissue damage during long-term animal experiments. In addition, different optrodes were fabricated to allow different experiment conditions (i.e. chronic or acute implantation, multi-site or multi-layer studies). A MEMS cavity for the on-chip-uLED was engineered on the optrode's shaft in order to further minimize the induced tissue damage during the surgical implantation. Last but not least, this customized optrode is also compatible with our in-house CMOS technology and can be further upgraded with additional electronic functionalities, as well as with the deposition of novel materials. After the microfabrication and system integration, in-vitro experiments on three different designs were performed to characterize electrically the electrode impedance, the control of uLED's light intensity and pulse frequency. Advisors/Committee Members: Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), Martins da Ponte, Ronaldo (mentor), French, Paddy (graduation committee), Giagka, Vasso (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: Optrode; Optogenetics; Electrophysiology; MEMS technology; Micro-LED; Microelectrodes; Microfabrication
Huang, C. (. (2018). Design and MEMS Microfabrication of an Optrode for Combined Optogenetics and Electrophysiology Studies . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:36c6fef5-3eef-4472-a4b2-c2fc4f4d3bba
Huang, Chengyu (author). “Design and MEMS Microfabrication of an Optrode for Combined Optogenetics and Electrophysiology Studies.” 2018. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:36c6fef5-3eef-4472-a4b2-c2fc4f4d3bba.
Huang, Chengyu (author). “Design and MEMS Microfabrication of an Optrode for Combined Optogenetics and Electrophysiology Studies.” 2018. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Huang C(. Design and MEMS Microfabrication of an Optrode for Combined Optogenetics and Electrophysiology Studies. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:36c6fef5-3eef-4472-a4b2-c2fc4f4d3bba.
Huang C(. Design and MEMS Microfabrication of an Optrode for Combined Optogenetics and Electrophysiology Studies. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:36c6fef5-3eef-4472-a4b2-c2fc4f4d3bba
20. Geelen, Jinne (author). Terahertz Torching: Towards closed-loop neurostimulation of group-housed freely moving rodents.
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► Close collaboration between the Bioelectronics department at Delft University of Technology and the Neuroscience department at the Erasmus Medical Centre has resulted in a successful… (more)
▼ Close collaboration between the Bioelectronics department at Delft University of Technology and the Neuroscience department at the Erasmus Medical Centre has resulted in a successful tethered design for a real-time epileptic seizure detection and suppression method for mice. The goal of the Neuromate project is to develop this method into a wireless setup containing group-housed freely moving and interacting mice for use in behavioural studies. The system will include continuous monitoring and stimulation at set points in time. The Neuromate project comprises three links, two of which have previously been established. The main goal of this study was to find and evaluate a technique to complement the current Neuromate project with a wireless downlink, channelling the communication from the researchers towards the mice. This new downlink should fit in the ongoing project and meet particular specifications. The most critical requirements are that it should be lightweight and small-scale and should allow simultaneous multi-user communication. Also crucial are the prevention of interference with the two other links, reliability and low power consumption. The three most promising techniques, power source keying, optical wireless transmission and terahertz torching are elaborated. Terahertz (THz) torching, covering the high thermal part of the THz band (10 to 100 THz), was chosen as the technique to be developed in this thesis. This decision was based on the fundamental limitations of power source keying and optical wireless transmission, which appear in the weighted criteria evaluation of the requirements. The challenges of THz torching are mainly practical, while fundamentally it provides the opportunity to form a reliable non-interfering wireless link. The feasibility of THz torching for our specific application was tested by creating a proof-of-principle and conducting five different experiments. The prototype includes two components. The first is a thermal source, which in the final design will be placed above the cage, and the second is a pyroelectric detector, which will later be positioned on top of the head module of each of the mice. During the experiments, communication with the recently developed THz torch was proven to be feasible. Experiment 1 resulted in an optimum data rate of 35.71 bps, allowing for the simultaneous stimulation of the mice. And the divergence of the source was sufficient to cover the entire cage, as it was found in experiment 3 that an angle of 50° was the maximum misalignment still allowing reliable transfer of the data. However, the prototype did fail to reach the required distance. In experiment 2 only 8 cm could reliably be bridged. The source was not strong enough to overcome the attenuation in the air. A more powerful source will allow an increased reachable distance, making sure the entire cage is covered. In this work, an innovative and promising proof-of-concept has been realized for the wireless downlink of the Neuromate… Advisors/Committee Members: Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), Hoebeek, Freek E. (mentor), Schouten, Alfred (graduation committee), Giagka, Vasso (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: terahertz torching; wireless communication; neuromate; downlink; thermal terahertz
Geelen, J. (. (2017). Terahertz Torching: Towards closed-loop neurostimulation of group-housed freely moving rodents . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e3260861-ae33-4356-a240-cf8341546f6a
Geelen, Jinne (author). “Terahertz Torching: Towards closed-loop neurostimulation of group-housed freely moving rodents.” 2017. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e3260861-ae33-4356-a240-cf8341546f6a.
Geelen, Jinne (author). “Terahertz Torching: Towards closed-loop neurostimulation of group-housed freely moving rodents.” 2017. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Geelen J(. Terahertz Torching: Towards closed-loop neurostimulation of group-housed freely moving rodents. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e3260861-ae33-4356-a240-cf8341546f6a.
Geelen J(. Terahertz Torching: Towards closed-loop neurostimulation of group-housed freely moving rodents. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e3260861-ae33-4356-a240-cf8341546f6a
21. Das, Aurojyoti (author). Multichannel LC ADC: to Record Atrial Electrograms.
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Biosignals such as electoencephalogram (EEG), electrocorticogram (ECoG), atrial electrogram (AEG) etc. are being recorded from multiple channels simultaneously to improve the spatial resolution of the… (more)
Biosignals such as electoencephalogram (EEG), electrocorticogram (ECoG), atrial electrogram (AEG) etc. are being recorded from multiple channels simultaneously to improve the spatial resolution of the signals. Conventional multichannel synchronous Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) are used to convert the analog continuous time signals into discrete digital values. Several biosignals have a sparsity in time domain as they have fast-rising peaks in between periods of low activity. Use of conventional synchronous ADCs for conversion of such signals is not an efficient approach as their operation is constant, irrespective of the activity of the input signals. Asynchronous ADCs such as level-crossing (LC) ADCs exploit the sparsity of biosignals and thus their operation is activity-dependent. However, multichannel configurations of LC ADCs do not yet exist. This problem is investigated in this work and a new ADC architecture is presented that can combine synchronous sampling with level-crossing quantisation method while converting input signals from several channels simultaneously. The synchronous LC ADC presented in this work achieves 3.37 times reduction in quantisation steps and 6 times reduction in number of output bits generated during conversion of AEG signals as compared to conventional synchronous ADCs. The problem in existing LC ADCs of data overhead in adaptive resolution technique is solved through a novel method named split resolution technique which is also presented in this work.
Advisors/Committee Members: Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), Verhoeven, Chris (graduation committee), Valente, Virgilio (graduation committee), Rout, Samprajani (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: Biosignals; atrial fibrillation; ADC; level crossing ADC; multichannel ADC
Das, A. (. (2019). Multichannel LC ADC: to Record Atrial Electrograms . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ca77d0f7-0ea7-4782-a42a-c878c5204956
Das, Aurojyoti (author). “Multichannel LC ADC: to Record Atrial Electrograms.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ca77d0f7-0ea7-4782-a42a-c878c5204956.
Das, Aurojyoti (author). “Multichannel LC ADC: to Record Atrial Electrograms.” 2019. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Das A(. Multichannel LC ADC: to Record Atrial Electrograms. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ca77d0f7-0ea7-4782-a42a-c878c5204956.
Das A(. Multichannel LC ADC: to Record Atrial Electrograms. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ca77d0f7-0ea7-4782-a42a-c878c5204956
22. Velea, Andrada (author). Flexible Graphene-Based Passive and Active Spinal Cord Implants.
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► The spinal cord, considered to be the most important path of the human body, when injured induces severe motor dysfunction. Therefore, patients affected by lesions… (more)
▼ The spinal cord, considered to be the most important path of the human body, when injured induces severe motor dysfunction. Therefore, patients affected by lesions on the spinal cord, are most of the time unable to walk, stand or perform motor activities that are trivial for healthy people. To provide a better quality of life for these patients, extensive research and effort have been put by both neuroscientists and engineers to provide clinical therapies for pain relief and locomotion restoration together with dedicated platforms that could deliver these therapies. Currently, for these purposes, epidural spinal cord stimulation is widely used. Apart from being used as a method to reduce pain, it has also been proven to promote locomotion recovery. Apart from clinical trials, it is of great importance to understand the mechanisms that occur while delivering specific therapies. To this end, more exploratory research is mostly conducted in rodents. However, the availability of tailored neurotechnologies, for experiments conducted in small animals, is limited mostly due to size constraints. Moreover, when developing implantable devices that would target the spinal cord, careful selection of the materials used is equally important. However, understanding the underlying mechanism leading to a specific behaviour or motor outputs requires exploring and quantifying new methods of stimulation. For instance, optogenetics has been gaining a lot of popularity in the field of neural stimulation as it is a more specific technique that could help neuroscientists map the neuronal circuitry within the human body. Thus, apart from developing spinal cord implants that resemble best the anatomy of the body, while inducing as little stress as possible on the spinal cord, for exploratory reasons the developed implants must provide optogenetic compatibility. Therefore, this thesis reports the development as well as the characterization of both passive and active spinal cord implants with optogenetic compatibility. To achieve the desired goal of having a fully implantable, flexible spinal cord implant with optogenetic compatibility, a scalable and reproducible microfabrication process has been developed. Materials such as graphene, for transparency, flexibility and conductivity were used to develop the microelectrode arrays. Moreover, soft, polymeric encapsulation was employed to sustain the high flexibility and transparency of the implant. The end result of the microfabrication process would lead to a device consisting of a multi-layered graphene structure between two polymeric-based encapsulation layers and metal test pads for interconnection to the outside world. However, towards achieving this final structure, several challenges were encountered. Suspension of the implants after developing them on a rigid substrate, yet ensuring high quality for the graphene layer leads to several iterations of the fabrication process. Despite the challenges encountered, several prototypes were successfully developed. However, having prototypes that… Advisors/Committee Members: Giagka, Vasiliki (mentor), Vollebregt, Sten (mentor), Serdijn, Wouter (graduation committee), Steeneken, Peter (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: Graphene; Passive; Active; Spinal Cord Implants
Velea, A. (. (2019). Flexible Graphene-Based Passive and Active Spinal Cord Implants . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:13f3c500-4edd-4cf3-80ea-a4464279a78e
Velea, Andrada (author). “Flexible Graphene-Based Passive and Active Spinal Cord Implants.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:13f3c500-4edd-4cf3-80ea-a4464279a78e.
Velea, Andrada (author). “Flexible Graphene-Based Passive and Active Spinal Cord Implants.” 2019. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Velea A(. Flexible Graphene-Based Passive and Active Spinal Cord Implants. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:13f3c500-4edd-4cf3-80ea-a4464279a78e.
Velea A(. Flexible Graphene-Based Passive and Active Spinal Cord Implants. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:13f3c500-4edd-4cf3-80ea-a4464279a78e
23. Stijnman, Peter (author). Transceive Phase Corrected Contrast Source Inversion-Electrical Properties Tomography.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cca2d3a8-d02e-4481-a16b-e78e745c6b80
Electrical properties tomography is the quantification of the conductivity and permittivity of different materials. In an MRI setting this can be used to map the… (more)
Electrical properties tomography is the quantification of the conductivity and permittivity of different materials. In an MRI setting this can be used to map the electrical properties of tissue. These values can be used as a different contrast mechanism, for hyperthermia treatment or the improvement of antenna design for specific applications. There are different methods used to obtain these electrical properties, however these often use differential operators on measured data. This leads to reconstructions corrupted by noise, thus in this thesis the work on contrast source inversion based electrical properties tomography is continued. This method uses an integral approach and is therefore more robust with respect to noise. The work presented continues from the two-dimensional Matlab based simulations and extends these to a more realistic measurement setup. The RF-shield is numerically implemented and an extension is made to the existing algorithm to handle the transceive phase based on Maxwell's equations. This is done by implementing a forward problem into the inverse problem of getting the contrast from the measured radiofrequency field. After this the algorithm was tested with three-dimensional FDTD simulations and finally a phantom study was done to test with an MRI scanner. From the results of the two-dimensional simulations it was seen that this method is indeed very robust when it comes to a realistic measurement setup. In the three-dimensional simulations it was observed that the electrical properties are underestimated. Nonetheless CSI-EPT is more precise than the standard Helmholtz based methods. Plus the improvement made to the algorithm makes it possible to map all the RF fields inside the scanner which has not been done before. The same underestimation was seen with the reconstruction of the measured data from the phantom study.
Advisors/Committee Members: Remis, Rob (mentor), van den Berg, Cornelis A.T. (mentor), Mandija, S. (graduation committee), Serdijn, Wouter (graduation committee), Brink, W. (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: CSI; EPT; contrast source inversion; electrical properties tomography; MRI; transceive phase; in vivo; FDTD
Stijnman, P. (. (2017). Transceive Phase Corrected Contrast Source Inversion-Electrical Properties Tomography . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cca2d3a8-d02e-4481-a16b-e78e745c6b80
Stijnman, Peter (author). “Transceive Phase Corrected Contrast Source Inversion-Electrical Properties Tomography.” 2017. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cca2d3a8-d02e-4481-a16b-e78e745c6b80.
Stijnman, Peter (author). “Transceive Phase Corrected Contrast Source Inversion-Electrical Properties Tomography.” 2017. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Stijnman P(. Transceive Phase Corrected Contrast Source Inversion-Electrical Properties Tomography. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cca2d3a8-d02e-4481-a16b-e78e745c6b80.
Stijnman P(. Transceive Phase Corrected Contrast Source Inversion-Electrical Properties Tomography. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cca2d3a8-d02e-4481-a16b-e78e745c6b80
24. Kaichouhi, Ali (author). IQ offset and gain mismatch compensation for phase-domain ADC.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:508d8a90-40c1-46b4-9a32-c4a3f4a83946
► A phase-domain analog-to-digital converter (PhADC) is a promising alternative to a pair of amplitude-domain in-phase and quadrature (IQ) ADCs for low power FSK/PSK demodulation, but… (more)
▼ A phase-domain analog-to-digital converter (PhADC) is a promising alternative to a pair of amplitude-domain in-phase and quadrature (IQ) ADCs for low power FSK/PSK demodulation, but due to the nonlinear amplitude-to-phase conversion, IQ offsets and gain mismatch can produce nonlinear phase distortions which that can lead to phase errors and an increase in bit-error rate (BER). An IQ offset and gain mismatch detection technique is developed for PhADCs and verified. The offset and gain mismatch is estimated by detecting the phase vector distribution imbalance among the four phase quadrants after the analog-to-phase conversion. A feedback path has been constructed between the PhADC output and the offset/mismatch compensation interface. The closed loop will help the compensation interface to settle to the proper compensation values of the offset and mismatch. Incorporating this cancellation loop in a receiver system can improve its sensitivity and robustness. In a conventional IQ ADC receiver we have two quantizations, i.e., one for I and one for Q, and then process the information to extract the phase. By contrast, the PhADC, due to its embedded demodulation attribute, performs only phase quantization. So only one quantization is needed. Because of its compactness, the hardware is simpler and thereby consumes less energy. Moreover the PhADC is immune to magnitude variations, because in an IQ ADC, amplitude quantization noise produces larger phase quantization noise at small vector magnitudes, while in a PhADC a larger vector has the same phase quantization error as a small vector. Because of these advantages the PhADC is a very good candidate for low power communication. A detection algorithm has been developed that detects the phase vector distribution imbalance between the left and right IQ complex half plane in case of I offset and between the top and bottom of IQ complex half plane in case of Q offset. Using this imbalance we can determine the sign and size of IQ offset. A similar approach has been done for IQ gain mismatch, where the phase vector distribution imbalance is detected between the four phase quadrants in the IQ complex plane. A mixed-signal approach, i.e., detecting the offset and mismatch in the digital domain and compensate in the analog domain. It is well known that in the IQ ADC receiver the offset and mismatch can be detected and calibrated if necessary before the amplitude is converted into phase in the digital domain, but in the PhADC receiver the offset and mismatch cannot be determined directly due to the absence of amplitude information. Here, we use phase information rather than amplitude information for detection and compensation. For this reason, we have created a direct mismatch and offset detection technique using the output phase signal of the PhADC. The relation between signal-to-noise power ratio (SNR) and its digital counter parts bit-energy-to-noise density (Eb/No) and symbol-energy-to-noise density (Es/No) is established… Advisors/Committee Members: Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), Mc Cune Jr, E.W. (graduation committee), Janssen, G.J.M. (graduation committee), Liu, Y. (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: Phase Domain ADC; IQ offset; IQ gain mismatch; compensation system; Low power; Short range communication
Kaichouhi, A. (. (2018). IQ offset and gain mismatch compensation for phase-domain ADC . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:508d8a90-40c1-46b4-9a32-c4a3f4a83946
Kaichouhi, Ali (author). “IQ offset and gain mismatch compensation for phase-domain ADC.” 2018. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:508d8a90-40c1-46b4-9a32-c4a3f4a83946.
Kaichouhi, Ali (author). “IQ offset and gain mismatch compensation for phase-domain ADC.” 2018. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Kaichouhi A(. IQ offset and gain mismatch compensation for phase-domain ADC. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:508d8a90-40c1-46b4-9a32-c4a3f4a83946.
Kaichouhi A(. IQ offset and gain mismatch compensation for phase-domain ADC. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:508d8a90-40c1-46b4-9a32-c4a3f4a83946
25. Suriani, Irene (author). Unobtrusive Monitoring of Fluid Accumulation in the Body Using Ballistocardiography: A Feasibility Study.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:709e05de-f6f3-4073-aea0-a9a5a4972fcb
► Fluid accumulation in the human body is, in many cases, a symptom of some underlying pathological condition. Most common examples include edema, ascites, pleural effusion,… (more)
▼ Fluid accumulation in the human body is, in many cases, a symptom of some underlying pathological condition. Most common examples include edema, ascites, pleural effusion, and internal bleeding. Currently available non-invasive methods to assess fluid accumulation in the body are mainly imaging-based (i.e. ultrasound, computed tomography). This means that monitoring is limited to spot-checks and is only performed when the presence of a particular condition is already suspected from prior clinical evaluation of the patient. There is high clinical interest in the development of a system allowing such monitoring to be performed automatically, continuously over a prolonged period of time, and independently of prior clinical evaluation. For instance, in the case of internal bleeding, hemorrhage indicators such as variation in heart rate and blood pressure are only observable after significant blood loss (up to more than 1 liter) has already taken place, therefore an early warning system can save lives, decrease hospital stay length and significantly reduce complication-related costs. In this thesis, a pioneer solution is proposed for development of such a monitoring system. The hypothesized solution is based on the observation of specific energy-describing features of the Ballistocardiogram (BCG) signal, a measure of the periodic displacements generated on the body as a result of ballistic forces produced by the heart during each cardiac cycle. Because of additional damping generated by the presence of internally accumulated fluid, the energy of this signal is expected to decrease compared to its baseline value. The BCG can be recorded unobtrusively with different sensing modalities on the surface of the body. In order to validate the research hypothesis and assess the feasibility of this novel technique, a custom experimental set-up exploiting several different BCG sensing options has been used to carry out a study on 15 human volunteers. Localized fluid accumulation along the GI tract was induced in a controlled, safe and simple fashion, by means of water intake by the participants, and the BCG signal was recorded before and after intake. Signal feature exploration and performance analysis has been used to develop an optimized feature able to accurately capture the decrease in signal energy due to fluid accumulation, as well as to identify the most suitable sensor type and monitoring body location for the present application. The developed energy-describing feature shows a significant decrease in energy value from baseline to after-intake condition with a p-value<0.001. Moreover, the selected feature was able to correctly identify presence of fluid accumulation with high sensitivity (90% in bed-based, and 100% in standing-position monitoring). Given the promising results of the present study, further research towards improvement and development of the proposed technique is highly encouraged. Advisors/Committee Members: French, Paddy (mentor), Serdijn, Wouter (graduation committee), Hunyadi, Bori (graduation committee), Janssen, Gerard (graduation committee), Dellimore, Kiran (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: ballistocardiography; unobtrusive monitoring; accelerometers; signal processing; feature design; intra-abdominal fluid accumulation
Suriani, I. (. (2019). Unobtrusive Monitoring of Fluid Accumulation in the Body Using Ballistocardiography: A Feasibility Study . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:709e05de-f6f3-4073-aea0-a9a5a4972fcb
Suriani, Irene (author). “Unobtrusive Monitoring of Fluid Accumulation in the Body Using Ballistocardiography: A Feasibility Study.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:709e05de-f6f3-4073-aea0-a9a5a4972fcb.
Suriani, Irene (author). “Unobtrusive Monitoring of Fluid Accumulation in the Body Using Ballistocardiography: A Feasibility Study.” 2019. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Suriani I(. Unobtrusive Monitoring of Fluid Accumulation in the Body Using Ballistocardiography: A Feasibility Study. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:709e05de-f6f3-4073-aea0-a9a5a4972fcb.
Suriani I(. Unobtrusive Monitoring of Fluid Accumulation in the Body Using Ballistocardiography: A Feasibility Study. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:709e05de-f6f3-4073-aea0-a9a5a4972fcb
26. Vyza, Yashwanth (author). Novel microelectrode arrays for in-vitro analysis of neural activity.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:df36a2dd-caa3-455b-84a7-77f99511d4b6
► Microelectrode arrays (MEAs) are extensively used for measuring neural activity in-vitro given their ability to monitor several neurons simultaneously unlike techniques such as patch clamp.… (more)
▼ Microelectrode arrays (MEAs) are extensively used for measuring neural activity in-vitro given their ability to monitor several neurons simultaneously unlike techniques such as patch clamp. However, MEAs still have limitations in acquiring high spatial resolution data due to limited number of channels that can be parallelly scanned, the need for bulky anti-aliasing filters, and limitations in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) arising from thermal noise. Commercially available MEAs rely on resistive or self-capacitive sensing scheme, but this research proposes a new approach to increase the number of sensing locations while reducing the channels and to increase SNR. Fundamental design aspects of a MEA such as the shape and size of electrodes are revisited. By employing traditional lithographic fabrication techniques, these arrays with various geometries are fabricated and characterized. Neural cultures are seeded on these novel MEAs to record neural activity in the electrical domain and concurrently Ca+2 Imaging is performed to correlate and verify the activity of a neuron. Advisors/Committee Members: Valente, Virgilio (mentor), Renz, Aline (mentor), Weaver, Sean (mentor), Voros, Janos (mentor), Serdijn, Wouter (graduation committee), Dekker, Ronald (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: Microelectrode arrays; Neural interface; In-vitro analysis
Vyza, Y. (. (2019). Novel microelectrode arrays for in-vitro analysis of neural activity . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:df36a2dd-caa3-455b-84a7-77f99511d4b6
Vyza, Yashwanth (author). “Novel microelectrode arrays for in-vitro analysis of neural activity.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:df36a2dd-caa3-455b-84a7-77f99511d4b6.
Vyza, Yashwanth (author). “Novel microelectrode arrays for in-vitro analysis of neural activity.” 2019. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Vyza Y(. Novel microelectrode arrays for in-vitro analysis of neural activity. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:df36a2dd-caa3-455b-84a7-77f99511d4b6.
Vyza Y(. Novel microelectrode arrays for in-vitro analysis of neural activity. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:df36a2dd-caa3-455b-84a7-77f99511d4b6
27. van der Molen, Hessel (author). Development of a Low-Cost, Solid-State, Line-Laser Distance Sensor: An Integrated Approach.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:509d12ba-7224-4e24-adff-d15059422319
► Many robotic systems rely on laser ranging sensors to navigate and map their environment. As robots are getting more advanced, smaller and cheaper, their sensors… (more)
▼ Many robotic systems rely on laser ranging sensors to navigate and map their environment. As robots are getting more advanced, smaller and cheaper, their sensors need to decrease in size and cost, while increasing their reliability and accuracy. Current laser-based sensors have difficulty to meet these properties. They are either large, expensive, contain moving parts or provide insufficient amounts of information. This thesis introduces an integrated approach for the development of an eye-safe, low-cost, solid-state, wide-angle line-laser distance sensor, tackling these challenges. A prototype is derived by constructing a generic, camera independent, triangulation model. The model, combined with a set of pre-defined requirements, is used to select hardware components and predict the sensor limits. A unified calibration step is proposed to estimate both camera intrinsics as well as misalignment errors with the same set of data. Additionally, a microsecond-accurate open loop synchronization system for laser activation and imager exposure is presented. Tests show that the prototyped sensor is able to measure distances up to 3 meters with an error of 4%. At 2 meter, the error is just under 2%. Additionally, the solid-state prototype has a field-of-view of 105 degrees, an angular resolution of 0.8 degrees, an update rate of 10Hz and an estimated cost of just below $35. Advisors/Committee Members: Jonker, Pieter (mentor), Verboom, J (mentor), Chandarr, A (mentor), Serdijn, Wouter (graduation committee), Langendoen, Koen (graduation committee), Hijzen, Toby (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: Triangulation; Distance Measurement; Solid-State Sensor; Line-Laser; Modelling; Optimisation; Low-Cost; LiDAR
van der Molen, H. (. (2017). Development of a Low-Cost, Solid-State, Line-Laser Distance Sensor: An Integrated Approach . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:509d12ba-7224-4e24-adff-d15059422319
van der Molen, Hessel (author). “Development of a Low-Cost, Solid-State, Line-Laser Distance Sensor: An Integrated Approach.” 2017. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:509d12ba-7224-4e24-adff-d15059422319.
van der Molen, Hessel (author). “Development of a Low-Cost, Solid-State, Line-Laser Distance Sensor: An Integrated Approach.” 2017. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
van der Molen H(. Development of a Low-Cost, Solid-State, Line-Laser Distance Sensor: An Integrated Approach. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:509d12ba-7224-4e24-adff-d15059422319.
van der Molen H(. Development of a Low-Cost, Solid-State, Line-Laser Distance Sensor: An Integrated Approach. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2017. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:509d12ba-7224-4e24-adff-d15059422319
28. Parag, Anirudh Kumar (author). ENMOS: Energy Module for Self-Sustainable Wearable Sensors.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b64fdbc9-64cb-44bf-9b17-3c57dcfa9c0a
This work focuses on addressing the fundamental limitation on the minimum cold start-up voltage that could be harvested from a thermoelectric element (TEG) for human-body… (more)
This work focuses on addressing the fundamental limitation on the minimum cold start-up voltage that could be harvested from a thermoelectric element (TEG) for human-body wearable applications. For ultra-low DC voltages, the challenge translates to generating a timed-signal to amplify it up to a value that could be used to drive, say, a boost converter which can then start-up the entire energy module. Contemporary works have, thus, strived to accomplish this using a charge-pump-based or a transformer-based approach, which in turn imposes a limit on the minimum TEG voltage that can be harvested. The solution this work proposes is to decouple the Cold Start-up system from the TEG altogether and instead, use a piezoelectric element (PEH). This element being capable of producing a well-timed (AC) signal for free, based on human body vibrations, can potentially drive a boost converter. To this end, an integrated circuit (IC) is designed that can utilize the voltage from the PEH, amplifying it up to generate a well-controlled signal that could operate the boost converter. At the heart of this IC, is a self-reconfigurable charge pump that arranges its stages in different boosting ratios (without any complex logic or DSP) based on the input voltage, to allow for a maximum harvested power. The proposed self-reconfigurable architecture can potentially lead the charge pump to be load-variation-resistant. It achieves this by providing an almost constant voltage while increasing the power for higher load demands, at the same time maintaining a constant efficiency. Thus, the fully on-chip implementation in TSMC 0.18 um CMOS, can cold start-up the system from 25 mV of thermoelectric voltage to deliver an output voltage of 1 V at 56.5 % converter efficiency, consuming only 240.5 pW of dynamic power (simulation). The minimum Cold Start-up voltage and dynamic power were found to be 18 mV (ΔT = 0.1 K) and 231.6 pW respectively, to supply 1 V at 44 % converter efficiency. Moreover, in order to prove that the fundamental limitation on the Cold Start-up voltage has been addressed successfully, the IC was also simulated to check whether it can further be lowered. In this case, by providing a piezoelectric excitation voltage 73.3 mVRMS higher, the Cold Start-up voltage was found to be reduced to 15 mV to supply a constant 1 V at the load. It was also found that increasing the inductor value in this case, can also allow the energy module to support even lower Cold Start-up voltages.
Advisors/Committee Members: Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), French, Paddy (graduation committee), Fan, Qinwen (graduation committee), Urso, Alessandro (graduation committee), Rodrigues Mansano, Andre (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: Energy Harvesting; Cold Start-up; Thermoelectric energy generator (TEG); Piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH); Self-Reconfigurable charge pump; Dickson charge pump; Ultra-low power; Ultra-low voltage; Power module; Analog integrated circuit design
Parag, A. K. (. (2019). ENMOS: Energy Module for Self-Sustainable Wearable Sensors . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b64fdbc9-64cb-44bf-9b17-3c57dcfa9c0a
Parag, Anirudh Kumar (author). “ENMOS: Energy Module for Self-Sustainable Wearable Sensors.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b64fdbc9-64cb-44bf-9b17-3c57dcfa9c0a.
Parag, Anirudh Kumar (author). “ENMOS: Energy Module for Self-Sustainable Wearable Sensors.” 2019. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Parag AK(. ENMOS: Energy Module for Self-Sustainable Wearable Sensors. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b64fdbc9-64cb-44bf-9b17-3c57dcfa9c0a.
Parag AK(. ENMOS: Energy Module for Self-Sustainable Wearable Sensors. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b64fdbc9-64cb-44bf-9b17-3c57dcfa9c0a
29. Lekkas, Konstantinos (author). A Power Efficient Multichannel Neurostimulator Based on the Ultra High Frequency Technique for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Applications.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:24036fca-c87d-472d-8285-3f4f84356dd2
► Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive technique, allowing for the reversible modulation of activity in particular brain regions. TDCS has obtained much scientific… (more)
▼ Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive technique, allowing for the reversible modulation of activity in particular brain regions. TDCS has obtained much scientific interest and it promises many potential benefits to the patients. However, tDCS that is performed today is almost the same with the method that was used 20 years ago (applying 2 mA current, during a 20 min session, using two large surface sponge electrodes). The tDCS module of the future must be characterized by increased portability, battery life and focality. Many commercially available devices have very low power efficiency, leaving space for the design of low power consumption tDCS devices. Power efficient tDCS modules will also need lower battery capacity and thus lighter batteries, increasing the portability of the system. Regarding focality, there is increased interest from the researchers and physicians for multichannel devices that use small diameter electrodes. These devices can increase the focality and the accuracy of the delivered currents offering more targeted therapies. In this thesis, the realization of a novel, low power, multichannel stimulation module, made with discrete components, which uses the ultra high frequency (UHF) technique for tDCS applications is implemented. With this approach, the technological benefits of the UHF stimulation technique, regarding increased multichannel power efficiency, are derived, combined with a cost effective, low scale production method. Moreover, contrary to previous integrated circuit (IC) realizations, current control feedback is added to the system. In this thesis, three prototypes are fabricated, with the last one being an eight channel module that can be supplied from a 3.5 V battery and has a very linear relationship between the selected DAC’s codes and the output delivered current and, at the same time, being able to stimulate a wide range of loads (0.148 - 10.11 kΩ) up to 2 mA. Furthermore, the employed novel boost technique shows 40.57% maximum improvement of the power efficiency, compared to the use of a conventional buck-boost converter. Moreover, the feedback system shows significant robustness, achieving only 7.6% output current divergence for 6731% change of the output load’s impedance. The module has 4 μΑ resolution, which is translated to 0.2% of the maximum delivered current. Except from the high resolution, the system also has a fast transient response, which is less than 2.1 ms. Additionally, when one channel is active, the stimulator shows 43.84% maximum power efficiency. The aforementioned power efficiency is 23.49% higher than the maximum efficiency of state of the art adaptive voltage current source implementations. Additionally, the multichannel system was tested in real life scenarios and its efficiency was compared to a fixed voltage current source module. The system achieved 37.57%, 45.47% and 11.59% power efficiency improvements for two, four and eight channels respectively. Hence, a novel, multichannel… Advisors/Committee Members: Serdijn, Wouter (mentor), French, Paddy (graduation committee), Giagka, Vasso (graduation committee), Dankelman, Jenny (graduation committee), Peuscher, Jan (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: stimulator; tDCS; multichannel
Lekkas, K. (. (2019). A Power Efficient Multichannel Neurostimulator Based on the Ultra High Frequency Technique for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Applications . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:24036fca-c87d-472d-8285-3f4f84356dd2
Lekkas, Konstantinos (author). “A Power Efficient Multichannel Neurostimulator Based on the Ultra High Frequency Technique for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Applications.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:24036fca-c87d-472d-8285-3f4f84356dd2.
Lekkas, Konstantinos (author). “A Power Efficient Multichannel Neurostimulator Based on the Ultra High Frequency Technique for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Applications.” 2019. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Lekkas K(. A Power Efficient Multichannel Neurostimulator Based on the Ultra High Frequency Technique for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Applications. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:24036fca-c87d-472d-8285-3f4f84356dd2.
Lekkas K(. A Power Efficient Multichannel Neurostimulator Based on the Ultra High Frequency Technique for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Applications. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2019. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:24036fca-c87d-472d-8285-3f4f84356dd2
30. Bisht, Anirudh (author). Motion artefact reference sensor study for ECG signals.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:509415da-bc97-4553-8545-03a08763835a
► ECG signals captured almost always have motion artefact noise. This noise arises due to relative motion between the ECG electrode and skin. To remove this… (more)
▼ ECG signals captured almost always have motion artefact noise. This noise arises due to relative motion between the ECG electrode and skin. To remove this noise a reference signal is required that correlates to the noise. This thesis presents the design and test results of a prototype system that incorporates various motion sensors into an ECG electrode and finds correlation between the motion artefacts and motion sensors. Advisors/Committee Members: French, Paddy (mentor), Serdijn, Wouter (graduation committee), Konijnenburg, Mario (mentor), Bossche, Andre (graduation committee), Torfs, Tom (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: Motion artefacts; ECG; Embedded Systems; connected health; non-contact ecg; dry-contact ecg
Bisht, A. (. (2018). Motion artefact reference sensor study for ECG signals . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:509415da-bc97-4553-8545-03a08763835a
Bisht, Anirudh (author). “Motion artefact reference sensor study for ECG signals.” 2018. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:509415da-bc97-4553-8545-03a08763835a.
Bisht, Anirudh (author). “Motion artefact reference sensor study for ECG signals.” 2018. Web. 19 Jan 2021.
Bisht A(. Motion artefact reference sensor study for ECG signals. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:509415da-bc97-4553-8545-03a08763835a.
Bisht A(. Motion artefact reference sensor study for ECG signals. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2018. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:509415da-bc97-4553-8545-03a08763835a
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Brexit Never Just Meant Brexit
by Dan Mallon
“Brexit means Brexit” is one of the many cryptic slogans that constantly emanated from Theresa May’s shambolic – soon to be defunct – Tory Government. What it means is anybody’s guess. Many have speculated it is Theresa May opting for a hard Brexit over a soft Brexit, however these are not tangible constructs, they are mental constructs. The idea of a hard/soft Brexit are nothing more than negotiating positions and seeing as no one has sat around a table yet, nobody can say for sure what the consistency of Brexit will be once it’s finally baked. Considering the European Union (EU) wants to make an example of Britain so as to dissuade other countries from following suit means heading into a negotiation taking a soft approach, will only end in tears. The idea that EU super-state ideologues like Guy Verhofstadt, will simply roll over and allow Britain have an amicable divorce from their pet project, is naivety to the extreme. One thing is for certain though: May’s Tories sure as hell don’t understand what the Brexit vote meant.
Ever since Britain voted to leave the EU on the 23rd of June 2016, there has been a steady stream of diagnoses and theories as to why the referendum result fell the way it did. Some theories have been far more insightful than others; while many have resorted to the equivalent of ideological trench warfare. There is no doubt that the referendum was deeply divisive and as a result it ended up being close to a 50/50 split. To truly understand the result of the referendum, in all its mutifaceted complexity; requires to my mind, a stepping back from the equation and taking the focus off of any one, or few factors that have undoubtedly contributed to the situation and instead focus on what ties them all together. To do this Jeremy Corbyn’s stunning electoral victory needs to be cross examined with the initial Brexit vote, as there are some fascinating observations to be made.
Jan-Werner Muller writing in the London Review of Books, back on June the 2nd, 2016 asked the question “Would the Brexit debate have played out differently in a calmer, less crisis ridden Europe?”. A fascinating and important question to ask, one he goes on to look at in great detail, with some interesting insights. However, I feel he has somewhat failed to answer his own question, or perhaps more to the point, failed to ask the right question.
Surely a far more revealing question would have been “Would the Brexit debate have played out differently had the referendum taken place before the financial crash of 2008?”.
While Muller’s well thought out and reasoned analysis gets to the heart of the European question, it is largely from a vantage point out of reach to the average voter. His forensic examination of the European Union’s bureaucratic machinations and political convolutions, strangely neglects this very point. Perhaps he does so as he sees it as a moot point, considering – rightly – that the global recession was not caused by the EU; rather by a far more complex set of economic factors, that I won’t even begin to profess I fully understand. That being said, more than a finger can be pointed at the EU’s austerity driven policies that many European countries were forced under the spell of in the wake of the crash. However in this instance, Britain cannot – even though it did – blame the EU for wholeheartedly adopting austerity policies; that finger can be squarely pointed at the Tory led government that took power in 2010.
The European Commission, the European Central Bank and the British government worked hand in glove together to impose harsh austerity measures across the EU, just as the Obama administration had done in America. By 2015, austerity had been widely discredited as being grossly ineffective, highly damaging to economies and was the cause of much suffering in the countries it was imposed on. Everyone appeared to get the message, except for Britain. After David Cameron won a surprising outright majority in the May 2015 election, the Tory government doubled down on its austerity measures, under the insidiously incompetent hands of the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne.
This climate of austerity driven cuts – which the Tories effectively laid the blame for at the EU’s door – allowed for an environment of public resentment to build up around inward migration and the relatively small EU contributions of £8bn per annum; just 1.2% of public expenditure, which doesn’t account for the economic gains that membership affords. This is however, by no means an apology for the EU’s deeply regressive and repressive economic measures it imposed elsewhere. Nigel Farage’s UKIP party, whose sole mission was to exit the EU; effectively capitalised on this burgeoning state of malaise that had gripped the UK, by directing people’s anger and anguish away from the Tory led austerity programme and towards the EU’s policies. Chief among them being one of the central tenets of EU membership, free movement of people; as well as the annual contributions.
The question of immigration was one of the defining talking points in the debates around Brexit; however considering London – whose population, according to the 2011 UK Census has a 37% non British born demographic – voted overwhelmingly in favour of remain, clearly there is a far more fundamental issue at play. Immigration is integral for any country to grow and prosper, as people with different skills and different cultural backgrounds provide new and innovative approaches to a whole host of social and economic situations. That being said, uncontrolled immigration can also have adverse effects on societies, by driving down the cost of labour at the bottom; whilst simultaneously driving up rewards for the top.
Clearly cheap labour is attractive to companies in order to maximise their profit, however a hollowing out of the labour market like this can cause deep inequality, as well as deep resentments towards the foreign migrants. Not only is the cost of labour affected, workers rights can also end up being trampled, as new and enthusiastic migrants take up jobs caring little for the pay and conditions. This has manifested in things like zero-hour contracts and stagnant, unrealistic wages that people can’t afford to live on. When you add the insidious cuts to public pay and services. which have a greater and greater demand thrust upon them, is it any wonder people lash out when given a chance. Clearly this is not sustainable economically, socially or culturally and not just for Britain; but for the countries where talented and skilled people are often forced to leave their homes in search of a better life.
Considering high levels of immigration was not a major bone of contention in London, why then was it such a motivating factor in other parts of the UK? To assess this phenomenon we need to take a trip around Britain and have a brief history lesson. Britain’s political system has historically been built around two main political parties, who have been fundamentally orientated around class. The Tories aka the Conservative Party have historically been a right wing party who look after the interests of the wealthy, corporate sector and landowners. Labour on the other hand are traditionally a left wing party, who look after the interests of the working classes, espouse a more social outlook and who grew out of the trade union movement of the late 19th century. Travelling around Britain today and it is evident class is no longer the defining topic it used to be, instead it is geography. Starting in the late 70’s, deindustrialisation has had dramatic effects on whole regions of the UK; particularly the Midlands and Northern England, where once bastions of heavy industry such as shipbuilding, steelmaking and mining: now are dependent upon the service sector, where work is often unsatisfactory, insecure and low paid.
These regions were once Labour strongholds and people who grew up there came from cultural backgrounds that equipped them for reasonably well paid manual labour, that provided a sense of identity, community and self worth. After Thatcher began the process of deindustrialisation, it was a slippery slope to where these regions are today. Tony Blair’s New Labour government, elected in 1997 saw the traditional ties with the these areas all but severed as he pursued Thatcher’s neo-liberal policies, continuing to slash manufacturing and focusing on a knowledge based economy. What was once sold as economic modernisation – now known as globalisation – has become industrial decay, with nothing of any substance to fill the void.
The North-South divide is important because whereas places such as London have massively diverse economies that can swallow up the effects of low cost labour without it being readily apparent; places like Sunderland are entirely different, with the economy comparatively stagnant; issues like immigration can become easy targets.
Following the betrayal by Labour to their traditional base – enter UKIP stage right. Picking up on the palpable discontent among huge swathes of the British electorate and massaging it to their own ends; immigration became the burning topic with both sides using it inversely to bolster their positions. Leave campaigners used immigration as an easy target to direct their anger at, while remain campaigners refused to acknowledge any issues surrounding uncontrolled immigration and branded anyone who dare mention it a racists and xenophobic.
The vote for Brexit has widely been claimed to be a protest vote, although the protest seems to have largely been misdirected towards the EU, whilst ignoring the glaringly obvious. That being said, I would personally guess that behind all the smoke and mirrors – and of course obvious cases of racism and xenophobia – people deep down and quite unconsciously knew exactly what they were protesting about. Which brings me back to the question “Would the Brexit debate have played out differently had the referendum taken place before the financial crash of 2008?”. I personally don’t think there would have been a debate; certainly not one that would have led to a referendum result like the one on the 23rd of June. None of this is to say the EU as an entity is not deeply dysfunctional and probably needs to be broken up before it can be put back together again; however it would be more than a little disingenuous in this instance to say that all roads to lead to Rome – en route to Brussels.
This neatly brings me round to the more recent developments – the spectacular results of the UK general election. Defying all odds and predictions and surviving a sustained and deeply cynical, full frontal assault by the various wings of the UK media, not to mention a hideously hostile, Blarite filled parliamentary party – Jeremy Corbyn came up trumps. Unlike Donald Trump however, Corbyn is no populist; rather he is simply popular and for good reason. There has already been fierce debate as to how and why Labour managed to make this record smashing turn around. Some people are convinced it can be boiled down to a Remainer revolt; while others point to May’s insipid campaign and lack of clarity. Clearly there is more than a grain of truth to be found in these positions; May really was awful and the remain vote had to find a home somewhere: however these are not what lit the fire in the Momentum train.
One only has to look at the bizarre campaign the Liberal Democrats had to put the anti-Brexit backlash argument to bed. They threw everything they could muster at the despondent Remainer demographic, running a passionate, youth centered campaign and came up with paltry returns. They lost 5 seats, then picked up 8 to give them a grand total of 12, 3 more than what they started with. Nick Clegg, perhaps one of the most passionate Remainers even lost his seat, a seat he had held for 12 years. After the Brexit referendum there was an attempt to polarise the nation along the lines of age. Older voters said to have voted Leave, while younger voters Remain. Considering they hardly showed up to vote, it is hardly a fair appraisal. Contrast that to a historic show of support from the 18-24 year olds, who practically all came out to vote for Corbyn on a Brexit platform and this theory is utterly demolished.
The result in Scotland is possibly even more bizarre, particularly in light of the string of elections they have been through in recent years. They lost a third of their seats, the bulk going to the Tories and surprisingly not to Labour. Clearly the issue of independence has been postponed for at least a generation, if not two. Voted against independence, voted against Brexit; outraged at being dragged out of the EU against their will and widely touted as getting and voting for a 2nd independence referendum. Nope, not the case apparently, not after losing two of their heavy hitters.
Then there is Northern Ireland, perhaps the most ironic of all. Theresa May’s ashen faced failure to secure a majority has led to her having to go begging to the only major party who actually voted in unison for Brexit. The DUP of course hold a double dose of irony for the Tories who clamoured to accuse Corbyn of having ties to Sinn Fein and being an IRA sympathiser. The DUP just so happen to be the flip side of that IRA coin.
Last but not least is the demise of UKIP, whose voters seemed to have developed bi-polar and split down the middle between Labour and the Tories. With strong gains in the North, clearly those left leaning UKIP voters – the crucial swing vote in the Brexit referendum – came back home to where they belong. Why is that?
Perhaps it is because Labour under Jeremy Corbyn went back to its roots, it stood for something. It stood for everyone. What began as an election focused on Brexit, very quickly became an election centred on domestic policy. After years of brutal austerity and a starved public sector, Corbyn’s manifesto is exactly what the doctor ordered. Corbyn’s electoral victory is truly awe inspiring. Imagine if his party had of spent their time wiser, banding around him and giving their full support; rather than fighting with each other over who would stab him in the back next. Imagine if the media hadn’t have spent over a year ridiculing him and had given him a fair platform. I reckon he would be sitting comfortably in No. 10 right now.
I have always felt Brexit was the right decision, but for the wrong reasons. It felt at the time like a missed opportunity to challenge the EU and drag it back from its all consuming trajectory. Just as individuals need strong boundaries to thrive and just as enmeshed codependent relationships are detrimental to people’s well being, it is clearly the same for countries, as the EU’s crisis ridden reality is a testament too. We need less Europe Mr. Verhofstadt, not more. We need healthy separation, not forced codependence. Cooperation will surely follow.
Considering Corbyn’s long held position vis-a-vis the EU and considering how he managed to lead a Brexit campaign that picked up so much support, particularly from the young; all without having to resort to gutter politics or project fear. Perhaps the most interesting question to ask would be:
“Would the Brexit debate have played out differently had Jeremy Corbyn campaigned for Brexit, as he surely would have liked to do; with the vision and inspiration of his general election campaign?”
Filed under: Essays, latest, UK domestic politics
Tagged with: austerity, Brexit, Dan Mallon, David Cameron, ecoconomics, EU, Jeremy Corbyn, Nick Clegg, Theresa May, UK General Election 2017
Kay.soomal
Jul 31, 2017 9:24 AM
This is the link; https://soomalperspective.wordpress.com/2017/07/27/the-uks-sticky-divorce/
Love this!! Could you possibly read my post on Brexit and give your insight? I’m new to blogging and was hoping I could get some feedback.
antidotesformodernlife
Jun 17, 2017 8:59 PM
I live in an area that voted 70% Leave. It’s a northern post-industrial town, left to ‘managed decline’ and beached long ago by the rising tide that floats all boats. We don’t have a a major immigration issue as it’s not somewhere people particularly want to move to. Despite the right-wing press’ rhetoric about Leavers, I’m educated, well-read and not xenophobic, but I voted leave because I wanted to upset the political apple cart and to express my frustration.
The best and simplest explanation that I have heard for Brexit came from the comedic politics commentator Jonathan Pie on YouTube who said that people simply wanted to be listened to. The 2015 election left people feeling that their votes under FPTP don’t count. Give them something as simple as Brexit/Yes/No and they voted in droves.
Having said all that David Cameron should be held to account for driving the country over a cliff edge to appease his eurosceptic backbenchers while having no idea whatsoever for dealing with an outcome that he didn’t expect or plan for.
Butties
Reply to antidotesformodernlife
“David Cameron should be held to account for driving the country over a cliff edge ”
What cliff edge would that be?
Reply to Butties
Putting the EU vote to a referendum, which he then encouraged to become a media circus full of misinformation. He didn’t put Brexit to a national vote for the good of the country, he did it to appease his backbenchers with no real thought that people would actually vote leave. Add to that TM triggering Article 50 before announcing a general election. We’ve had a a couple of prime ministers clearly unable to read the public mood. I voted leave but none of us know what the outcome of Breixt will be.
“None of us know what the outcome of Breixt (sic) will be”
Well here are some known’s with commentary;
UK will leave the EU in accordance with the decision of the UK voters.
UK will repeal the 1972 Act ( see both Labour and Tory manifestos which combined garnered more tha 80% of the popular vote on June 8th)
UK will transfer into law all EU laws and rules for the time being to ensure legal continuity. Our elected Parliament can revise/improve/reject these laws in future as we see fit.
So, the UK will not be in the single market or the customs union. If the EU wish to put tariffs on trade we can obtain goods from other countries by negotiating our own tariff arrangements (something we cannot do at the moment in the EU). Current trade deficit with EU is historically;
2010-£28.5bn
2014-£61.6bn Source ONS . Would the EU wish to penalise this situation?
We will take back control of our borders . We will decide who we wish to enter the country.
Our Parliament will pass laws for the UK, subject to the wishes of the electorate in our democracy. (We will have the power to change totally our Parliament every 5 years or sooner by consensus)
There is more as I am sure you are aware given there is a White Paper on the issue.
(sic) knowns.
Right, and everything always goes exactly according to plan does it? I voted Leave, not remain, but seeing as David Davis has fallen at the first hurdle I think all bets are off in terms of any of us knowing the path this will take.
Ross Hendry
Courage mon brave – if that’s an appropriate exhortation at this time!
Davis hasn’t fallen at the first hurdle, no matter what the ever-excited MSM reports. All is on course. It won’t be long before we regain both our sovereignty and our national self-esteem which were so carelessly thrown away in the 70s
Reply to Ross Hendry
If we had a cross-party agreement on the talks, or they weren’t in the hands of this government I’d have more faith. It seems at this moment, for them, in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king!
BigBG
I see Treason May has been getting all cuddly with Macron to discuss, inter alia, how they can neuter net neutrality to ‘disarm’ extremist terrorism. Not forming a government with the UDF, Red Hand Commandos, or the individual rights and eco-terrorists of the DUP would be a most effective remedy, IMO. Picturing the ‘happy couple’ in the grounds of the Elysee – it didn’t look like an imminent divorce to me! The back door is still open, Theresa… God, how I miss ‘Spitting Image.’
Brexit means Brexit? Let’s face it, Brexit means whatever you want it to mean, most especially in the hands of Atlanticist, bankster-minded, monopoly Capitalist serving politicians – like these two ‘Fluck and Law’ puppets. It is a French farce of indeterminate outcome. Or is it?
Of the two, Macron’s plan is the most transparent: soften up the country; emasculate the Unions; and disenfranchise the public – in preparation for turning France into a rentier economy. Then retire from self-serving public office in time to benefit from the transfer of state, municipal, and public assets to the banks. Job done.
May’s plan, off track and in a siding, is exactly the same. Only more advanced. Our industry, agriculture, fishing (anything that could constitute a real economy)… have long been hollowed out. Our unions are ineffectual and anachronistic. The days when ones labour was a unit of value upon which real economies could (and should still) be built – are long gone. Thanks to the blue rinse Thatcher puppet – we’ve been ‘Flucked’ for quite a while.
Brexit will come to mean whatever it takes to get the banksters gravy train back on the tracks. Under the cover of darkness, no doubt. That it is a one way track to disenfranchisement and debt peonage for the many requires the current and necessary obfuscation. The voting public are restless: they clamour for change. They make unreasonable demands: like jobs; meaningful employment; financial security; benefits for the sick, disabled and elderly; security of tenure; affordable housing, education, healthcare… Such wanton selfishness is bad for the privatisation of business; and as a trait, should be reserved for the Ruling Elite.
Brexit was being set up as a Trojan Horse to contain the biggest transfer of Sovereign power, civil liberty, and public wealth since 1215: a reverse Magna Carta – from the people to the Robber Barons. It was, and still may well be, an ‘enabling act’. The Atlanticist European Neoliberal business model may be broken – but the intent is still to extract as much wealth as possible by “rent and usury (taxation, interest)” [Michael Hudson] as they can get away with. Brexit is both the means; and if necessary, the prefabricated chimerical scapegoat – when all goes wrong. Which it almost inevitably will (from a working class perspective.)
The true mettle of the reinvigorated and recently enfranchised Labour Party, (if it is to remain true to its Socialist roots) will be to prevent this happening – by providing effectual opposition. IMHO, we won’t be able to effect any real change unless we, inter alia, defund and disenfranchise the Banksters, and bring back the original Clause IV nationalisation “to secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry”. But that is real Socialism, and way too Left for the majority of the country. For now. Baby steps…
[This is a repost from Thursday. First time for me, but the original didn’t show up. Tory censorship!!?]
rogerglewis
Reply to BigBG
I agree with the restoration of Clause IV but we have gone so far down the route of globalisation that it would require real investigations and morals on the part of big business not only to instigate this at home, but also abroad, when big questions would need to be asked about the labour that provides our cheap goods. But, the General Election result was a resounding baby step in the right direction.
I’m no disingenuous economist: but Greece is the financialisation model for Europe. From a working class POV, we’re metaphorically already there. According to the TUC, our wages are only just above that of a Greek workers. People are bridging the gap between poverty and a real living wage with cheap credit (or not so cheap credit; like Payday Loans.) If it wasn’t for the financial services – we’d have little or no economy at all. Rent is a bigger sector than Manufacturing. But the financial services rely on the FIRE economy – financialisation, insurance, real estate (to which we can now add car loans) – which are all debt fuelled bubbles [Michael Hudson]. Economists and politicians plan to deficit spend our way out of this: or ignore and obfuscate the inevitable consequence. My question to an honest economist, if such exists, would be: when you are in a bubble, at what point do you stop inflating (the debt)?
When will the working class realise that our financial future is basically Greek? IMHO, we need to save what we can, BEFORE the coming firesale. Hudson’s maxim is “debts that can’t be paid, won’t be paid” – hence defund and re-regulate the Banks. PFI contracts, for instance, need to be rolled up and shoved where the sun don’t shine. Bring back our manufacturing and industrial base (in common ownership if we can.) Labour put together a half decent fiscal stimulus package (even better if it were funded by Sovereign debt free currency – baby steps…) – the Toxic Tories aim only to hasten our demise. When will the sh_t hit the fan? Shortly after March 2019 is my guess… Watch this space… Negotiations start tomorrow!!!
labrebisgalloise
You’ve said what I think privately but rarely admit, even to myself. There won’t be money to compensate the capitalists and speculators and if you burst the bubble at the moment, what on earth is there worth saving, we can’t even build a motorcycle or bicycle, let alone a ship or train. The privateers will have to be told: “you treated our economy like a casino: sorry, buster, you gambled and lost, game over.” There will be a collapse in house prices and rents will tumble, just as they should. There will be a run on the pound and drastic measures will have to be taken to stop the outflow of capital (as you say). Tsipras and his mates ran away from making these choices but the Greeks are fucked regardless: someone needs to take a stand somewhere. As La Pasionara said: “It’s better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.”
The personal debt bubble, I notice, has made the headlines today. It’s a ticking time bomb. All this while the Tories claim the economy has been growing. We need a second GE, bank regulation will never come under the Tories’ watch.
Yep, it’s the fault of the deliberately impoverished, and the relatively impoverished (what used to be known as the Middle Class): that they will continue to live beyond their means. It’s really holding this country back!
That’s the spin. Whilst there is some truth in that, the fact it is deliberately encouraged is never questioned. No consumers = no consumption = no (new) debt = systemic failure. When the bubbles burst (2000, 2008): simply re-inflate and carry on. The Neoliberal solution to enforced debt impoverishment is enforced debt impoverishment.
I’m no expert, but everything I’ve read leads me to believe that a future crash – which would be far from inevitable if we took immediate remedial course of action – would result in the more or less permanent impoverishment of the many. QE, TARPs produced a tepid ‘recovery’ (except for the few). Debt relief and debt cancellation are not in the Neoliberal lexicon. Next time?
Labour proposals at least used debt to invest in infrastructure, industry, SMEs: which is much more socially responsible than creaming off the top and enriching your mates! Another 5 years (heaven forbid!) of Nasty Party rule and we won’t need to go to Greece on holiday – for the working class, we’re already there!
jdseanjd
Great article, thanks Dan Mallon.
Some great comments also.
The EU was set up by the CIA & MI6, post WWII, as a bulwark against Communism in the USSR, via the Marshall Plan.
This was always a Bankster plan.
The EU has evolved through many stages into what it was always intended to be: a stepping stone to a global govt, along with the UN.
Nigel Farage correctly identified the anti-democratic & anti nation-state nature of the insidious project in this hilarious 5 minute video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHvTq68_pg
Who are you Mr President? Nigel Farage asks Von Rompuy
John Doran.
Reply to jdseanjd
Ajolopies, wrong ref:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHvTq68f_pg
JD.
Drat, foiled again.
Just put the Who are you? ref in youtube search box. This normally works.
PS: I cancelled my Paypal facility.
Arrby
“…relatively small EU contributions of £8bn per annum; just 1.2% of public expenditure, which doesn’t account for the economic gains that membership affords…” Yes, and that only matters to bosses and politicians catering to them exclusively. Workers (and other individuals) are not economies. You know something’s not right when this defense of the vibrant economy is discussed at the same time as austerity is acknowledged. The economy’s great! For who though. Is it a minority who experience austerity? I’m not saying the author is making that argument. I’m just riffing off of his comments.
Dan Mallon
Reply to Arrby
Sorry Arrby, I can see how my phrasing may have resulted in my point being lost in translation. I was just trying to make the point that austerity can’t be blamed on contributions made to the EU, rather on Tory led policies. I by no means think the British economy is vibrant, it is very repressive and regressive. Much like the EU imposed austerity policies on other European nations.
There are economic gains from EU membership no matter which way you cut it. But as you said, who are reaping those rewards is more important. The economic gains LARGELY come in the classic Neo-Liberal form of trickle down economics.
Reply to Dan Mallon
Acknowledged. Thanks.
Something as mind-bogglingly complex as the UK’s role in the European Union, should never have been reduced to a simple-minded question like Brexit, in or out, because, in reality the UK isn’t going to be ‘in’ or ‘out’, what matters is the kind of relationship the UK is going to have with the rest of the European Union. How advantageous, or not, is that economic and political relationship going to be going forward? A vast and historic set of complex and contradictory questions about the future are close to being the very last thing suited to a referendum where so many other factors affect the result, many of them having next to nothing to do with European realities, with interests and parties fighting for temporary political advantage, but with huge longterm consequences for coming generations. At the very least one should have qualified the result by demanding that the result was based on a true majority of the electorate voting for in or out and not just a simple majority on the day. This thing was handled incredibly badly by the ruling elite and now the chickens are coming home to roost.
Reply to michaelk
Hi Michael, I agree the way the referendum was called and how it was framed by both sides was ridiculous. As usual the substantive issues were barely dealt with, while obfuscations and scapegoating ruled the day.
However it has provided stimulus for change and has opened up dialogues that I really don’t think would have been possible if things had of remained the way they were.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-beqPZ4i1uzA/WLA9Ff3ZG_I/AAAAAAAADMU/I5-CvA4mm9UEYKM4-sD-5OFqEDABARopACEw/s1600/EU%2BReferenda%2BEffective%2Bvote%2Band%2BTurnout.tiff
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The idea that some sort of super majority should apply to Brexit or other constitutional aspects of the European Union project is a bit silly I graphed all of the Voting percentages in all democratic votes in the Eu´s History.
If We want Democracy then One person one vote and Majorities it is.
An idea examined on these pages on the 11th of June.
https://off-guardian.org/2017/06/11/after-two-years-of-wrong-votes-the-media-take-aim-at-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-70519
I think there is one other crucial event that has to be taken into account.
Western influence in the Middle East contributed indirectly to Brexit.
Britain’s role in destabilising both Libya and Syria triggered situations of havoc, conflict and anarchy.
This – in turn – led to massive movements of refugees fleeing conflict and persecution.
The anarchy of Libya allowed massive numbers of refugees and pseudo-refugees to travel to Europe.
Add to all this Merkel’s “Open Door to Europe” policy and Brits were appalled at the prospect of more migrants.
Viewing large numbers of uncontrolled and largely unchecked migrants clearly had an impact on the Brexit.
It seems the Germans have even shorter memories than the Brits so Merkel may well weather her storm.
However, her policies on migration have helped to sweep aside a number of political actors, now May too?
Reply to John
Hi John, completely agree with you, the fallout of geo-political shenanigans was definitely a huge contributing factor. I intended on incorporating it into my piece, but very quickly realised it is an essay in itself. I really just wanted to focus on the underlying and fundamental motivating factor for the average voter in Britain.
While it absolutely had an effect on the vote, it was also quite polarising and I don’t feel it was the defining force that brought the Brexit vote home; rather it was a surface level layer to the equation. I don’t mean for that to sound like a dilution of how serious the situation is, or is perceived to be.
The irony of May and the Tories in general, is to rail against immigration and close down the borders while simultaneously providing military equipment to the Saudi’s, as well as diplomatic support and military advice; all the while following a hawkish American Neo-Con foreign policy in the MENA region. This isn’t a solution to anything other then their geo-political objectives and is quite clearly the root cause of the migration crisis and all it’s residual knock on effects.
A Corbyn led Government would certainly attempt to change the UK’s foreign policy. I wonder how successful he would be, it would be a very interesting time in British politics!
What is often missed in discussions of the EU is the fact that it is not simply a neo-liberal economic configuration, but that it is also a geopolitical project. The EU is the flip side of NATO. There is no longer a European project, there is a North Atlantic project under US command. European foreign policy is controlled by the US through the NATO occupation of Europe. It wasn’t always thus; as late as 2003 both France and Germany opposed the Anglo-American war in Iraq. However, since that time, the Euro-Quisling/Petainist faction have gained control starting with Sarkozy in France and Merkel in Germany.
The inclusion of the Eastern states, particularly Poland and the Baltics, was the key to this process. Euro-deepening was pushed off the agenda by Euro-widening. The Ukrainian crisis was pivotal in this series of events, the EU becoming little more than the civilian wing of the Atlantic security alliance.
”The destructive Russophobia of the ‘new Europe’ (i.e., the Eastern European states) undermined the credibility and cohence of the EU as a whole. It had been anticipated that the ‘new’ members would be ‘socialized’ in the ways of the EU, but instead, the EU was in danger of reverse socialization – incorporating the dynamics and virulent neo-liberal free-marketism of some of the newer members by their prioritization of Atlantic security over EU social solidarity.” (Frontline Ukraine – Richard Sakwa)
Thus we not only got a neo-liberal Europe, we also got a neo-conservative foreign policy.
Reply to Frank
Wholly agree with you Frank! I resisted straying down the path of geo-politics in this piece because, as you said it is not often discussed and is not part of the mainstream dialogue.
Neo-Liberal economic policies and Neo-Conservative foreign policies are truly the vice grip of doom!
Why do you think it is “not often discussed” Dan? In fact I have hardly come across ANY discussion on this issue in the MSM, where the whole issue seems to revolve around Money. I voted leave when it became apparent that the european elite decided that Europes border was Afganistan! Have you posted anywhere about the EU complicity in encircling Russia and siting weapons on their border?
Butties my intention behind this essay was to highlight what I believe to have been the underlying, fundamental motivation for people voting for Brexit; that being economics. Not an appraisal of how the MSM framed the debate.
Amongst that constituent there was naturally a whole raft of individual, personal reasons; much like your own vis-a-vis Europe’s borders.
As for geo-politics, it is not often discussed; certainly not in any honest fashion by the MSM. It is also a deeply complex, conflicted and contradicted topic, that is generally out of grasp to the layman voter. Which is why I didn’t deal with it in this piece.
Successive British governments were part of that European Elite and were actually the driving force in expanding the EU to incorporate E. European countries. The first link I included, by Jan-Werner Muller discusses this in detail.
Not quite sure what Russia’s borders have to do with this? Britain in or out of the EU will still dogmatically follow the Washington line, unless there is a massive paradigm shift in terms of foreign policy; not very likely to my mind.
Perhaps you think I am trying to defend the EU, which I can assure you I am not. Rather I am pointing out the irony in the simplistic view of: Britain good, EU bad. When it boils down to economics and foreign policy, is there a difference? If and when the UK successfully becomes wholly independent, will there be a difference?
Not on its current trajectory.
You need to listen to people more.
Rather like Trump in the US, in the UK there were parts of the country which had been left behind after not just a decline in traditional industries but an absolute elimination of jobs in coal, iron, and clay extraction, with steel production, manufacturing and shipbuilding all dwindling to the point of non-existence.
Successive governments were perceived as having done nothing about the decline in traditional industrial areas.
An example of this was the decline in the UK fishing industry, perceived as due to the Common Fisheries Policy.
The referendum provided an opportunity to both poke the liberal intelligentsia establishment one in the eye and it also appealed to a sense of re-gaining freedom over our own affairs, something that had become impossible due to the sharing of national sovereignty with 27 other EU member-states.
Different politicians have twisted these developments to suit themselves but the basic resentment towards the traditional UK power elite for their failure to preserve local economies – coupled with undermining local communities – and an innate desire to be free is what explains the outcome of the Brexit referendum – not some of the highfalutin geo-political nonsense being spouted here.
What part of “We want our country back” don’t you get?
Was this directed at me?
If so I am wondering if you have read my piece or if you have listened to me.
It sounds like we are saying the same thing.
Your point about the relationship between the EU and NATO is 100% correct, and it should be shouted from the mountaintops! The EU is just the political and financial arm of NATO. All of Europe, just like all of N. America (and increasingly all of the ‘Five Ayes’ too) is now under the control of the same big banks and oligarchs. The one doesn’t check the other; rather, they all collude together.
But blaming E. Europe for all the Russophobia is a mistake on two counts:
1.) Not all of the E. European countries are, in fact, Russophobic. The Czech Republic is not; nor is Slovakia. And Hungary, under Orbán, has been downright solicitous of Russia. Your accusation does hold water when it comes to Poland and Romania, however …
2.) Neither Poland nor Romania could get away with such foolishness without support and encouragement from the west. I mean, they certainly aren’t in a position to go to war with Russia on their own, now are they!
No, the real, driving power behind all the Russophobia in the EU is Washington and Berlin. Washington has long had designs on Eurasia (remember Paul Wolfowitz’s famous document?), and Berlin doesn’t want the other EU members–especially those in the East–doing any business with Russia (hence the sanctions). And notice how Germany is trying to route all of Russia’s oil and natgass pipelines through their own country! Merkel wants Germany to continue to be the proverbial ‘big fish in a small pond,’ no matter how much damage this may inflict on the other EU members.
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Is this the same Paul Wolfowitz who stated to West Point graduates that a “Pearl Harbor moment” was needed prior to the 9/11 attacks?
It seems we are all still living with the insanity of these people, even now and today.
Not Wolfowitz directly, no. The infamous Pearl Harbor statement originally came from a white paper published by the neocon stink-tank PNAC, of which Wolfowitz was a member, called Rebuilding America’s Defenses. It his possible that he may have used the phrase at some point himself, though.
That seems to be pretty much the case. It’s good that all those factors are looked at this way because it’s unrealistic to look at each in isolation, as though they don’t interact.
Carnyx
The article misunderstands the situation in Scotland. Firstly the SNP got their second best result ever and won 60% of Scotland’s seats, Indyref 2 isn’t off the cards, instead it might become more pressing since the SNP can no longer sit back and wait, they might lose the pro-Indy majority in Holyrood, so if they are going to have one they’ll have to do it before the next Scottish election. Also the intent of having a second Indyref once the Brexit deal is known has already been passed in Holyrood. SNP support isn’t exactly the same as support for independence either, polls consistently show independence is more popular than the SNP and the balance is roughly 50/50 and remains so, big hitters or not.
The SNP’s losses are mostly due to Unionists tactically voting Tory in relevant wealthy rural parts, and Slab in central Scotland. North east coast fishing communities also have hopes for Brexit reviving their industry and thus oppose the SNP’s pro-EU stance, whereas previously they may have supported the SNP as being able to get a better deal for Scottish fishing than Westminster. A Corbyn bounce and terrible weather on the day also played parts in the result, turnout dropped in Scotland while it rose in England. Just to illustrate the extent of Unionist tactical voting in North East Scotland, in Gordon, Salmond’s seat, the Libdems lost 14 000 votes since coming second in 2015, and the Tories gained 16 000.
Scotland historically identifies more with continental Europe than England, the Union of 1707 was partly motivated by the fear England could cut Scotland off from it’s European trade partners and allies at will. Further it was the EU that forced the UK to devolve power to Scotland, as such Brussels has acted at times as a counter balance to Westminster centralisation and Thatcherism in particular. The old Scottish aspiration to be closer to Europe and the hope Brussels serves to balance out Westminster played a part in Scotland’s pro-EU Brexit vote.
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Hogwash ! BREXIT is really very simple as the trade deficit is €100bn per year so EU dies on its feet without UK buying their goods. Straight WTO rules with say an average duty of 4% windfalls €4bn per year to the UK. The rest is just bla bla while EU hides its blind panic at having lost one of it’s top 2 contributors !
Sadly expect to see more journalists try to carve out a living spinning over the corpse on about the death of the EU or UK? Conversely going back to the EEC saves the day.
Victoria Nuland nailed it !
Immigration is integral for any country to grow and prosper, as people with different skills and different cultural backgrounds provide new and innovative approaches to a whole host of social and economic situations.
If this is true, then how should we explain the European Renaissance, Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution? Were there massive waves of immigration into Europe before each of those “innovative” eras? How did Westerners ever manage to come up with new ideas before immigration?
Overall, this was a great article. I’m just offering up a minor cavil here.
Hi Seamus, good question. The renaissance is a good example of the benefits of immigration, as it only came about thanks to people – such as the Byzantine Greeks fleeing from the Ottoman Empire – who brought with them translated copies of the old classical Greek texts. These philosophical writing, by the likes of Aristotle, Plato et al. had been burnt in Europe during the Dark Ages, thankfully many of them had been translated into languages such as Arabic and were preserved far away from the Catholic Church.
Immigration is integral, not massive waves of it. The massive waves we are seeing today are as a result of famine, war and disease; which is a mainly Western born crisis.
Immigration of French Huguenots, other Protestants and Jewish people fleeing Catholic persecution elsewhere in Europe into Britain, the Netherlands and the Spanish Netherlands (later to become Belgium) during the 17th century brought textile-making skills and commercial knowledge and experience that laid the groundwork for the Industrial Revolution to occur early in those countries. The Industrial Revolution would arrive much later in the Catholic countries that those migrants fled.
But the discussion does raise a good question about the nature of the massive e of immigration of refugees currently coming into Europe: when so many refugees appear to be men of military draft age, you start to wonder if this immigration is a deliberate strategy aimed at weakening Europe or Europeans and who would be behind such a strategy.
There has already been fierce debate as to how and why Labour managed to make this record smashing turn around. Some people are convinced it can be boiled down to a Remainer revolt; while others point to May’s insipid campaign and lack of clarity. Clearly there is more than a grain of truth to be found in these positions; May really was awful and the remain vote had to find a home somewhere: however these are not what lit the fire in the Momentum train.
I agree. Now let me see if I can come up with a better explanation for the strange results of recent British elections: if exit polling from the Brexit Referendum is correct, nearly a third of regular Labour voters opted to leave the EU. If that is so, then it is quite possible that a significant number of them might have held their noses and voted Tory back in 2015 for the sole purpose of getting that Brexit Referendum in the first place. Once they did–and once they got their Brexit too–they returned to the Labour fold and voted for Corbyn. (Although Corbyn was officially in favor of the EU during the 2016 referendum campaign, back in the 80s, he was an EU-skeptic, and his lackluster campaigning for Remain gave many people the impression that he was secretly an EU-skeptic still.)
With strong gains in the North, clearly those left leaning UKIP voters – the crucial swing vote in the Brexit referendum – came back home to where they belong.
Perhaps Mr Mallon agrees with me?
Would Owen Smith or Angela Eagle have brought those voters back into the fold? Would they have fired up the youth to come out in historic numbers?
Definitely not!
An Excellent Analysis for a very Big Subject. Neo-Liberalism and its rejection is I think at the heart of it though.
Neo Liberalism is Polarising .
“Neoliberal democracy. Instead of citizens, it produces consumers. Instead of communities, it produces shopping malls. The net result is an atomized society of disengaged individuals who feel demoralized and socially powerless.
In sum, neoliberalism is the immediate and foremost enemy of genuine participatory democracy, not just in the United States but across the planet, and will be for the foreseeable future.”
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“This is the permanent tension that lies at the heart of a capitalist democracy and is exacerbated in times of crisis. In order to ensure the survival of the richest, it is democracy that has to be heavily regulated rather than capitalism.”
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“Technology is a means, not an end, no matter how brilliant it appears. How we use digital technology, exploit it and benefit from it depends on old-fashioned political concepts of how we treat each other: how we approach class, race, gender and war and peace. Nothing has changed in that regard. At present, we are ruled by an extreme version of capitalism called ‘neoliberalism’. Technology in the service of any extremism has a catastrophic history.”
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There are two Brexits on the table Now, Jeremy Corbyn/ Labour Manifesto Brexit which is of the Social Democracy Sort or the Neo-Liberal Sort. The EU is decidedly Neo-Liberal Still, much of the Labour Manifesto would fall foul of EU competition laws.
The Key to Brexit and for ditching the neo-liberal Voodoo Economics is, of course, the `Magic Money Tree” neo-liberal thought is of course that the Magic Money Tree should be in private hands for private profit, essentially the ECB delivers this and institutionalises Mr Schaubels Austerity.
Any media from the Brexit campaign especially in the mainstream was deeply flawed. Low information propaganda, such as this from last year just reinforces the point. I have been doing some analöysis of all of the television debates, I am about half way through that exercise.Here is
A Blog,
http://letthemconfectsweeterlies.blogspot.se/2017/02/article-50-globalisation-and-real-seat.html
https://corporatewatch.org/news/2015/jan/23/false-dilemmas-critical-guide-euro-zone-crisis
And a Movie,
The Nub Of the election Boiled down to two distinct Issues, Austerity and the race to the bottom and the realisation we are not in that particular Car crash together.
http://letthemconfectsweeterlies.blogspot.se/2017/05/the-nub-of-election-2017-social.html
And the Difference between Mr Corbyns message of Hope and Free Will, we can create a better life in the Here and now and Good Works Matter ( Parmenides) and Rejection of Mays Determinism and top down elitist ( Hereclitian World View with A sort of Calvinist Pre-Destination.
http://letthemconfectsweeterlies.blogspot.se/2017/06/uk-general-election-2017-top-of-bill.html
The EU is unappoligeticallly Neo-Liberal and The 2017 Labour Manifesto would simply be illegal in large part under EU competition rules. Here’s a Series of Very detailed posts on Brexit and Article 50 The ECB, The Magic Money Tree and All. The Tories lost this Election at an Intellectual as well as Popular level, as well as just about every level you can imagine a Freind described it thus,
http://letthemconfectsweeterlies.blogspot.se/2017/02/their-lordships-on-article-50bring-then.html
http://letthemconfectsweeterlies.blogspot.se/2017/02/austerity-enlargement-and-monetary.html
Football is our national game and lots of people are passionate about it.So I’ll use those terms I’ve seen a lot of people who are confused about people being up on a Labour loss.
Labour have not had a good showing in elections for years, so this election where it was very close,(3%, closer than Brexit) is akin to a 3rd division side getting promotion and getting to the cup final and putting a scare into say Chelsea or Man Utd. Not a win but a fantastic result.Everyone cheering on the team and the manager. what a great job.
On the other hand the Conservatives did very badly. Imagine being top of the league, in the cup, looking to have strong showing in Europe and then mid-season, the manager changes tactics, the team has a string of defeats, out of the cup, out of Europe and in danger of relegation, now reliant on other teams to stay up. If that was your team, as supporters, you would be furious, rightfully so and calling for the manager’s sacking and immediate replacement.
So, that being said, where are all the furious Tory voters baying for the sacking of the PM?
One Last Thing Compare the 1945 Labour Manifesto to the 2017 One, Here ist is in this Blog.
http://letthemconfectsweeterlies.blogspot.se/2017/06/off-form-players-claiming-star-strikers.html
. They have become very lazy and the TINA “Becuase Markets” Mantra no longer works.http://letthemconfectsweeterlies.blogspot.se/2017/05/the-sunday-bloggers-digest-of-blogs.html
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Thanks for the detailed comment Roger! Will definitely dig into some of those links you included. 🙂
Thank You, Dan, I am very bad at concision and often people find it a little off-putting, so it’s nice to know that others share similar tastes to my own. I think the Article is excellent and opened up the Many-Sidedness to this question.
By the way, I got my Parmenides and Heraclitus’s arse about face in the comment. It’s a David Graeber Idea from back in 2005 in the Commoner when he was analysing John Kerry Losing to Bush the Second.
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This ridiculously flawed analysis refuses to cost immigration when noone leaves.
social housing for immigrant plus family (often large) – rent, utilities plus capital building programmes to increase housing stock due to population increase;
NHS costs for children(vaccinations etc) and pregnant wives (ante-natal, birth and post natal);
Schooling costs, including infrastructure uprades to expand school sizes;
Upgrades to transport infrastructure due to population increases;
Translation services, where needed plus language lesson provision;
Cost of keeping Uk citizen unemployed by hiring foreigner.
Let us say they earn £30,000 a year, so they pay at most £8000 a year in all taxes. That is being generous, many earn much less.
Are you seriously suggesting that £8000 cover the long list of costs above?
You are off your rocker if so…..what is going on is subsidising bad employers, especially in London, by a debt-ridden state…..
There has indeed been a steady stream of diagnoses and theories as to why the referendum result fell the way it did. But for what purpose? No one can ever say what the reasons, or even the main reasons, were , it’s all idle speculation. The important thing was the result, Trying forlornly to enunciate the reasons for it is only of interest to those who hope to rig a “soft exit” from the EU that will pretend to address those totally imaginary reasons. May needs to stick to her “Bexit means Brexit” mantra, but her actions – and David Davis’s recent pronouncement – seem to suggest that Brexit might mean something else. I hope not.
If there were to be a referendum on, say, capital punishment that resulted in a 52:48 vote in favour, would abolitionists successfully argue that people voted for its reintroduction because they “wrongly thought” it was a deterrence to murder, and thus some lesser physical assault or none at all would be more appropriate? Hardly – capital punishment would have to be introduced, no matter that plenty of very respectable, intelligent and moral people were against it (rightly in my view – I hasten to add).
Roll on 2019.
This is a great piece Kit. I supported Brexit precisely because I thought it would lead us roughly where we are now, a place Mao-Tse-Tung might have felt quite at home with. The referendum result was a sure fire path to getting the elephant out of the room (UKIP) and opening up opportunities for Labour and, despite what trendy liberals like to think, was more a victory for basic class consciousness than crude racism and xenophobia. What I didn’t predict on the one side was that May would prevail over Boris (and then end up being even more feeble) and, on the other, the sheer scale of the rebellion against Corbyn, without which he might now already be Prime Minister. The Tories are a busted flush and it is only a matter of time before, bleeding all over, they retire from the fray to lick their wounds and regroup. Neither Boris nor May were convinced/convincing regarding their positions on Brexit, Boris being the more opportunistic of the two. The British electorate were always going to punish people who blatantly used both the referendum and the election to advance their personal political ambitions. On the Labour side and with not a little help from May and Crosby, Corbyn has seen off his enemies on the right of the party – but they are still there in substantial numbers and it won’t be long before they start plotting again. If, as no doubt most rational people hope, the next election is just around the corner then the British people will have an ideal opportunity to bury austerity and neoliberalism, in whatever guise/political shade it rears its ugly head, for posterity.
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…apologies, Dan Mallon, I didn’t see your name at first.
A couple of points if I may, I think you overplay Corbyns undoubtably good performance and the reason for the Brexit vote a lot simpler than it’s made out. People are simply voting for change whenever they can that’s why Brexit and that’s why Corbyn.
I put some thoughts together on this if I may be given a blatant plug. https://bill40.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/brexit-current-direction-omnishambles
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PDF | The main objective of the presented study was to compare the effectiveness of two standard test procedures for evaluating bus roof. he main objective of the presented study was to compare the effectiveness of two standard test procedures for evaluating bus roof integrity: the dynamic rollover. EUROPEAN TEST METHODS FOR SUPERSTRUCTURES. OF BUSES AND COACHES. RELATED TO. ECE R66 (THE APPLIED HUNGARIAN CALCULATION.
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Skip to main content. Initially, this paper overviews the current status of rollover accidents and requirement of UN-ECE Regulation 66 which is aimed to improve the bus structure in withstanding the rollover crash. The rigid and strength characteristic of bus superstructure were evaluated. Detailed description of the tested vehicle shall be given by the manufacturer in which: No part of the vehicle which is outside fce residual space at the start of the test e.
All connecting elements between the bays are also arranged exactly as they appear in the actual vehicle. The position of the centre of gravity, the total value of vehicle mass unladen kerb mass, or total effective vehicle mass where restraints are fitted and the distribution and location of masses, as declared by the manufacturer. As a firstt step, st before we go for complete rollover 6r6, the critical cal bus body joints are physically tested same is repeated by simulation approproach ecce we have the correlating results approval is taken n from f ARAI.
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As from the official date of entry into force of the 01 series of amendments, no Contracting Party applying this Regulation shall refuse to grant ECE approval under this Regulation as amended by the 01 series of amendments. Testing of Articulated Vehicles In the case of an articulated vehicle, each fce section of the vehicle shall comply with the general requirement specified in Paragraph 5.
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The bus structures must have sufficient crashworthiness and strength in order to reduce and prevent injuries and fatalities during the rollover accident. In an artificial body section see Paragraph 2. The whole roof structure shall be well represented in the body sections if there are local specialities, 6r6 changing height, air condition installation, gas tanks, luggage carrier, etc.
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How gliding animals fine-tuned the rules of evolution
by Lachlan Gilbert, University of New South Wales
A gliding dragon (family Agamidae). Notice the lizard's ribs which are now part of the gliding membrane. Credit: UNSW
A study of gliding animals has challenged the idea that evolutionary innovations—adaptations that bring new abilities and advantages—spur the origin of other new body types and other characteristics in descendant species.
The research, undertaken by evolutionary biologists at UNSW Sydney and universities in the US and Spain, examined the key innovation of gliding in two types of gliding animals: 'flying' dragons (family Agamidae) and 'flying' squirrels (family Sciuridae), both common to forests in South East Asia.
The study confirms previous assumptions that gliding animals originated from arboreal ancestors and likely arose as a means of escaping predators some 25-30 million years ago.
Lead author Dr. Terry Ord, an evolutionary ecologist with UNSW's Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, says another advantage that gliding brought was the ability to exploit a new three dimensional environment and explore more of the forest than just one tree.
"From an evolutionary biologist's perspective, these types of innovation that open up new opportunities are assumed to drive even more adapted diversification," Dr. Ord says.
"Suddenly there's all these new microhabitats available offering up new resources and you have new species moving into those particular microhabitats where you would expect them to adapt even more."
The evolution of flight in birds, insects and bats is an example where the changes brought about by 'taking to the wing' caused an explosion in diversity. Millions of species of insects, tens of thousands of birds and more than a thousand species of bats developed greatly different shapes, sizes, behaviours and habitats since their ancestors first evolved to fly.
But in the case of the gliding animals like the dragons and squirrels, the advantage of gliding has not led to a proliferation of changes to body shapes, sizes and functions. In fact, for the dragons the key innovation of gliding appears to have done the opposite.
"In the case of the dragon lizards, gliding appears to be a constraint on subsequent adaptation because of the aerodynamics of having to glide," Dr. Ord says.
"Basically the heavier you are, the more difficult it is to glide. So there is a constraint on general body size and shape—meaning a halt to the evolution of longer limbs and bigger heads, for example, that would normally reflect adaptation to particular microhabitats.
"But instead, the dragons have to glide, and that means limiting their body sizes to stay small and aerodynamic—which has what we call stabilising selection on their bodies."
A gliding squirrel in full flight. Credit: Shutterstock
Magic dragons
Interestingly, some species of flying dragons actually did go on to evolve larger bodies, at the expense of their gliding abilities. To offset their poor gliding, they had to develop new behaviours such as flattening their bodies against the tree trunk to blend in with the bark, Dr. Ord says.
"So they're almost regressing from that gliding lifestyle. But in this case, the reason why they're changing their body size is to overcome competition with other lizards."
There were no such bodily constraints with squirrels, due to key differences in the gliding membranes. Whereas the ribs of the dragon lizards evolved to extend laterally as the 'wings' of the animals, the squirrels' gliding membrane developed as a flap of skin joining their wrists to their ankles.
"So squirrels just evolve longer limbs which means the size of the membrane increases proportionally to the longer limbs, enabling somewhat bigger bodied animals to glide without sacrificing too much ability," says Dr. Ord.
Same old squirrels
But despite squirrel body sizes not being as constrained, the body sizes and characteristics of gliding squirrels are no more diverse than non-gliding squirrels.
"So again the expectation of a key innovation driving the evolution of greater diversity was thwarted in the case of gliding squirrels."
Dr. Ord says his research has implications for our understanding of the way key innovations and competition come into play in evolution.
"Evolutionary innovations are evocative because they're often amazing curiosities. And perhaps this has led us to infer they're also key in opening the door to even more adaptation. But it seems that interactions with other organisms—competition for resources—is a far more powerful force for generating adaptive diversity," he says.
Looking ahead, Dr. Ord will be following up with research into the dragon lizards to find out how they use another evolutionary innovation, their dewlaps—the colourful flap of skin that hangs beneath their jaws—to communicate.
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2. In 1763, a vigilante group named the Paxton Boys massacred the Conestoga Indian tribe, near Lancaster Pennsylvania. The few tribesmen that survived were put in jail to protect them. The jail was later broken into and the Indians were slaughtered.- Source
3. When General Lee surrendered at the end of the Civil War, he saw that Grant's military secretary, Ely Parker, was a Seneca Indian and said: “ I am glad to see one real American here,” to which Parker responded: “We are all Americans”.- Source
4. Grizzly bears were so feared and respected by Native Americans that hunting them required a company of 4 to 10 warriors and was done with the same preparation and ceremony as intertribal warfare.- Source
5. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Tribe is the richest Native American Tribe, with each member being paid $1 million per year in casino profits. There is a voluntary 99.2% unemployment rate within the tribe.- Source
6Aka tribe
In the Aka tribe of Central Africa the male and female roles are virtually interchangeable. Women hunt, men mind the children and vice versa. Men spend 47% of their time within reach of their kids, more than any other society, and even let them suckle.- Source
7. A young Xhosa girl named Nongqawuse had a vision instructing the tribe to kill all the cattle and destroy the crops, as a sacrifice to the ancestors who would rise up and drive the white settlers into the sea. Thus began the 'Great Cattle Killing' after which over 40,000 Xhosa died in the resulting famine. - Source
8. Midway through the Great Irish Famine (1845–1849), a group of Choctaw Indians collected $710 and sent it to help the starving victims. It had been just 16 years since the Choctaw people had experienced the Trail of Tears and faced their own starvation. - Source
9. Words such as moose, skunk, raccoon, pecan, and squash, all originate from the language of the now-extinct Algonquian tribe, which inhabited what is now Roanoke Island. - Source
10. There is a place in Mongolia named Ikh Khorig that was declared sacred by Genghis Khan. The only people allowed to enter were the Mongol Royal Family and a tribe of elite warriors, the darkhat, whose job it was to guard it, punishment for entering being death. They carried out their task for 697 years, until 1924.
11Indian Student Placement Program
From 1956 to 1996 the Mormon Church operated a program where Native American kids would be baptized and placed in Mormon foster homes, thinking it would "lighten" them. It was based on the Mormon belief that Native Americans were originally white until God punished them by making them darker. - Source
12. According to the 1995 census, the majority of American Indians prefer the term "Indian" over "Native American" in referring to them. - Source
13. A black fur trader in the American West got captured by a band of Crow Indians and got mistaken for a Chief's long-lost son. He eventually became their Chief (James Beckwourth) himself. - Source
14. There are a group of Native Americans named Tarahumara people in Mexico who run 200 miles in one session and hunt by running their prey to death. - Source
15. The Bayanzi tribe of the Congo had a unique way of execution via decapitation. While alive, the condemned was made to sit down and his/her head was connected to a springy tree branch with a cord and the legs and body were tied to stakes, so that when the head was cut off, it would be thrown through the air "With the force of a bomb".
16Extinct Himalayan tribe
There is a tribe of people in an almost inaccessible Himalayan valley that made a decision to bring their own race to extinction by choosing to not have children. If you broke the no breeding tribal rule, you would be banned from the village, which was, in essence, a death sentence. - Source
17. The word "Sioux" is not actually a word. It is a partial word from "Nadowessioux" which is an insult that means "little snakes." The tribes associated with this nomenclature are actually the Dakota, the Lakota, and the Nakota. - Source
18. The Kenyan Masai tribe donated 14 cows to the US following the 9/11 attacks. They regard cattle as sacred and therefore it was the highest expression of regard and sympathy they could have offered.- Source
19. Many Cherokee Indians sided and fought with the Confederacy during the American Civil War, both because many were black slave owners themselves and also because they resented the Union for their treatment during the Trail of Tears. - Source
20. Some Native American tribes intentionally bent trees to mark trails and many bent trees still remain today hidden in many national parks throughout USA.- Source
21Cherokee Native Americans
Cherokee Native Americans owned slaves, some of whom were even forced to walk the Trail of Tears with their owners. Their descendants were legally recognized as tribe members until 2007 when a Cherokee constitutional amendment requiring Cherokee blood for membership ousted thousands of them. - Source
22. Magellan’s expedition claimed to have encountered giants in South America. While anchored near modern-day Argentina, Magellan’s men reported encountering 8-foot-tall men on the beaches of Patagonia. Historians have surmised that the "giants" were actuality members of the Tehuelche tribe. - Source
23. The Miss Navajo Nation pageant requires contestants to butcher a sheep. - Source
24. There is an Indian tribe (Shipibo Indians) in South America that makes psychedelic designs that can be read as music. - Source
25. A 9000 member indigenous tribe in Guyana is fighting illegal logging of their land by filming the activity with a drone they built by watching Do It Yourself videos on YouTube and taking the footage to the Guyanese government. - Source
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Howard was born in County Durham and graduated from Goldsmiths College, London, in 1991. She was awarded the Princes Trust Award in 1992 to support her art practice, was shortlisted for the Jerwood...
Howard was born in County Durham and graduated from Goldsmiths College, London, in 1991. She was awarded the Princes Trust Award in 1992 to support her art practice, was shortlisted for the Jerwood Drawing Prize in 2004 and received the British Council Award in 2008. Recent solo exhibitions include: Northern Echo, Blain|Southern, London (2014); Folie à Deux, Blain|Southern, London (2011); Repetition is Truth, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, Naples (2011);Still Life / Still Here, Rachel Howard, New Paintings, Sala Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca (2011); Human Shrapnel – oil drawings on paper, Other Criteria, London (2010); Der Wald, Haunch of Venison, Zurich (2009);Rachel Howard: invited by Philippa van Loon, Museum van Loon, Amsterdam (2008); How to Disappear Completely, Haunch of Venison, London (2008); and Rachel Howard – New Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles (2007).
Recent group exhibitions include: Invitation to a Beheading, curated by Rachel Howard, Marianne Boesky, New York, US (2013); Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London (2013); Freedom Not Genius, curated by Elena Geuna, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin (2012) touring to Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, (2013); Gravity and Disgrace, curated by Rachel Howard, Blain|Southern Gallery, London (2012); Summer Exhibition 2012, Royal Academy, London (2012); Vanitas – The Transience of Earthly Pleasures, All Visual Arts, London (2010); Kupferstichkabinet – Between Thought and Action, White Cube, London (2010); Modern Times, Kettle's Yard Cambridge and De La Warr Pavilion (2010); Mythologies, Haunch of Venison, London (2009); RED Auction, Sothebys at Gagosian Gallery, New York (2008); In the darkest hour there will be light: works from Damien Hirst’s Murderme collection, Serpentine Gallery, London (2006); Jerwood Drawing Prize, London (2004), Intuition/(im)precision, (curated by Thomas Krens, Director of the Guggenheim Foundation) Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Saltzburg, Austria (2004); Shimmering Substance (curated by Barry Shwabsky and Katsou Roberts) The Cornerhouse, Manchester and Arnolfini, Bristol (2002) and The Choice, Exit Art, New York, NY (1998).
Howard’s work can be found in a variety of public and private collections, amongst others: Ackland Art Museum, North Carolina; Museum van Loon, Amsterdam; David Roberts Foundation, London; Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas; CCA Andratx, Spain; Olbricht Collection, Berlin; and the Tate Archive and the Murderme, Hiscox and Jerwood collections, London.
The artist lives and works in London.
September 29, 2016 Rachel Howard: Three Triptychs
Three Triptych 29 September – 12 November 2016
Intragalery, Via Cavallerizza a Chiaia 57, Napoli, 80121
September 22, 2016 Rachel Howard at MACRO Testaccio
22nd September – 18th October, 2016
Macro Testaccio, Padiglione 9B, Piazza O. Giustiniani 4, 00153 Roma
July 6, 2016 Daydreaming with Stanley Kubrick
Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA
6 July – 24 August 2016
June 12, 2016 Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair 2016
Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair, Sunday 12th June from 12–6pm
Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London E1 6QL
June 9, 2016 Animal Farm: Beastly Muses and Metaphors
Sotheby’s Contemporary art gallery S|2, from 9 June until 22 July 2016.
June 2, 2016 Artists with Liberty: Save Our Human Rights Act
Paul Stolper Gallery
Thursday 2 June – Saturday 4 June 2016
May 19, 2016 Reasons
Other Criteria launch Rachel Howard’s first woodcut series, ‘Reasons’, featuring a series of ten woodblock prints on paper at Art16, booth A10, on the 19th of May 2016.
May 18, 2016 Now You See Me: Exploring Body Politics
At TJ Boulting, 59 Riding House Street, London W1W 7EG
18th May – 2nd July, 2016
February 13, 2016 Sette Opere per la Misericordia
Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples, Italy
13 February 2016 – 13 April 2016
More information on our blog
November 19, 2015 The Humble Hanger
September 30, 2015 The Art Car Boot Fair | Margate Edition
The Art Car Boot Fair | Margate Edition, Sunday 30th of August, 12-4pm at Turner Contemporary.
July 18, 2015 At Sea
The Jerwood Gallery will be showing leading British artist, Rachel Howard, for her largest solo public gallery exhibition in the UK. July 18th – October 4th, 2015
July 17, 2015 Testing Testing
ACKLAND ART MUSEUM
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3400
17 July 2015 – 3 January 2016
June 14, 2015 The Art Car Boot Fair | Vauxhall
January 30, 2015 Sleepless
Museum of Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
The Bed in History and Contemporary Art
Jan 30 – May 25, 2015
April 10, 2014 Untitled (unconscious)
10th April - 24th May 2014
Rachel Howard, Boos Saville, George Ziffo, Gorka Mohamed and Kikko Giannuzzi are at TJ Boulting for Untitled (unconscious)
February 7, 2014 Northern Echo at Blain Southern
7th February – 22nd March 2014
As with Rachel Howard‘s previous investigations into the material potential of household gloss paint, this series of paintings explores the idiosyncratic qualities of oil paint, unpicking the accepted rules of engagement with this most traditional of mediums. By applying and removing paint, Howard creates a palimpsest. The viewer thus simultaneously experiences the final moment in the painting process, as well as the feeling of perpetual flux. This is deepened by the blurring of lines between the genres of abstraction and figuration. A suggestion of landscape is only quietly present, as bridges, trees, the line of the horizon, watery waves and circles seemingly shift in and out of focus, dissolving into unfamiliar images – mere echoes of perceivable shapes.
December 12, 2013 CHARITY BOOK: The Artist’s Colouring Book of ABC’s
November 7, 2013 Invitation to a Beheading
Until 20th December 2013
Marianne Boesky Gallery is pleased to present Invitation to a Beheading, a group exhibition curated by Rachel Howard, featuring works by Fiona Banner, Eloise Fornieles, Sarah Lucas, and Joyce Pensato, in addition to works by Howard. Invitation to a Beheading will be on view from November 7, 2013 through December 20, 2013 in the gallery’s location at 118 East 64th Street.
October 21, 2013 Over The Rainbow
21st October - 30th November 2013
Poetry Cafe, London
May 30, 2013 Contemporary Magic — A Tarot Deck Art Project
The Virginia MoCA Virginia Beach
30 May – 18 August 2013
For this unique and highly acclaimed exhibition curated by Stacy Engman, an interdisciplinary mix of today’s top creative icons have interpreted a Tarot card using their own iconography. Each artist was matched with a Tarot card based on archetypal themes that their work references. This project distinguishes the art and iconography of our time through interpretation of the cards by the artists — demonstrating that archetypes and myth are still very much alive and present in contemporary art and culture.
The first project of its kind in history, the collection of 78 artists, designers, and photographers in this project represent a comprehensive survey of some of the world’s most influential and original creative minds, and offers and intimate probe into contemporary archetypes, the iconic, myth, meaning, and modes of interpretation. A truly rare occurrence to engage with contemporary art and culture in such an interactive, poetic, and profound way via the extraordinary original interpretations, and the infinite possibilities which exist for combination and exchange.
11 July 2012 – 25 August 2012
Blain Southern, London Dering Street
The directors of Blain|Southern are delighted to present Gravity and Disgrace, a group show curated by Rachel Howard which brings together the artist’s own work with that of Jane Simpson and Amelia Newton Whitelaw. Inspired by the Hayward Gallery’s 1993 exhibition Gravity & Grace: The Changing Condition of Sculpture, 1965 – 1975, the exhibition considers how select artists today continue to explore unconventional materiality through painting and sculpture.
June 4, 2012 Summer Exhibition, 2012
Royal Academy of Arts, Main Galleries
4th June—12 August 2012
Artists exhibiting this year include Christopher Le Brun PRA, Michael Landy RA, Tracey Emin RA, Ken Howard RA, Raqib Shaw, Calum Innes and Keith Coventry among others. Rachel Howard will be exhibiting her paintings at the exhibition this year.
For more information, visit the Summer Exhibition website.
October 12, 2011 Folie à Deux
12th October - 22nd December 2011
October 29, 2010 Still Life — Still Here
Rachel Howard‘s exhibition ‘Still Life – Still Here‘ in Palma de Mallorca. For more information on the exhibition and images of Howard’s work visit the Galeria Pelaires website.
For more information visit our blog
July 9, 2010 Kupferstichkabinett: Between Thought and Action
March 14, 2010 Lutz Becker’s Modern Times
Rachel Howard will be in Lutz Becker’s drawing and film exhibition ‘Modern Times: responding to chaos' at the following venues:
Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge: 16th January - 14th March 2010
De La Warr Pavillion, East Sussex: 1st April - 13th June 2010
January 20, 2010 Talk: Black Dog/Yellow House
Join the four artists and the curator, Rachel Howard, of group show 'Black Dog/Yellow House' for a talk chaired by Tim Marlow. Held at Trolley Gallery on Wednesday 20th January at 7pm - reserve your place by emailing Trolley Gallery.
E-invite up on our blog soon.
November 26, 2009 Black Dog/Yellow House
Rachel Howard is curating a group show at Trolley Gallery titled Black Dog/Yellow House
The exhibition runs from 26th November - 16th January 2010 and includes work from Matthew Burrows, Boo Saville, Colin Glen and Adam Dix.
For more information visit our blog or visit the Trolley Gallery website.
November 13, 2009 CCA Andratx
CCA Andratx is pleased to announce the next big collective exhibition of Kunsthalle, the recent acquisitions of ART FOUNDATION MALLORCA. Curated by Patricia Asbaek, Friederike Nymphius and Barry Schwabsky, the work of Phillip Allen and Rachel Howard is part of the current collection and expands this year to include a number of artists celebrated worldwide.
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Extract from a conversation between Rachel Howard and Adam E. Mendelsohn
Published in Fiction/Fear/Fact by Other Criteria
Adam E. Mendelsohn: I think it’s interesting that we found some common ground recently with Enrique Metinides’ photographs and also that you are particularly fond of the one where the woman is hanging from a tree (she has committed suicide).
Rachel Howard: I think what struck me about Metinides’ work is the respect and distance he has on his subject matter. It’s poetic and tragic. I think he’s a very special kind of photographer. I know he doesn’t see himself as an artist, so perhaps he’s not as selï¬sh or concerned with his ego.
Most of the work in the show depicts women trussed up in ropes and such. I can’t be sure if they actually refer to suicide because the ï¬gures aren’t dangling from a noose in air, they’re kneeling on the floor etc. It seems like they could also refer to autoerotic type stuff… Like something from a fucked up sex party gone wrong.
These are all suicides except ‘Hooked (Party With Tina)’ and maybe ‘Liar’s Chair’ which is more about the dark side of addiction. ‘Tina’ is a euphemism for crystal meth. ‘Cassandra,’ ‘Happy Birthday’, ‘Eva’, and ‘Ekstasis’ are not sexual paintings they are about loss, alienation, displacement and pain.
I like the newness of the surfaces: shiny and fresh. Almost like the surface of a photograph. You can see at the edge of the canvases all the under layers of paint: bright pinks, purples, and blues – colors that never made it to the surface of the ï¬nished painting. The bright, acidic colours work against the disturbing subject matter. The dangling panties in ‘Pawn Dolly’ are very sad and undigniï¬ed.
‘Liar’s Chair’, ‘Pawn Dolly’ and ‘Hooked (Party With Tina)’ are about another presence, a second or third party including or excluding the viewer. You may be complicit. To me the most disturbing painting and original image is ‘Pawn Dolly’. Why would a woman commit suicide with her knickers half down? Then I realised she didn’t do this, the photographer did or someone on the scene – a violation after death. This is a horror on many levels and a painting about ethics and pathos but also throws up where I stand in all this. Am I overstepping boundaries? How would I feel if that was my daughter/sister/mother/friend?
It seems like a lot of the drawings downstairs were preliminary studies for the paintings: ‘Liars Chair’, ‘Hooked (Party With Tina)’ and ‘Eva’, among others.
All the drawings are preliminaries for works that will exist or will never exist. Quite often a drawing is enough. All the paintings come from the drawings shifting the image further away from the original. I love the act of drawing with a brush and Indian ink on paper, the density of the ink and how the paper sucks it in. I feel uninhibited drawing, if it goes pear-shaped it goes in the bin.
Did you work from live models? The drawings seem to depict the same woman more than once.
The representational paintings are more conceptual in that I do a huge amount of research and drawings painted with a brush. These are swiftly done and feel a little like the motions of Japanese calligraphy. The sources of these come from everywhere but mainly the internet and newspapers. My sister is my life model (she is the recurring woman you see in the drawings downstairs).
Neither the paintings (except for one or two) nor the drawings have faces. Why is that?
There are no faces so this keeps them impersonal. Nobody and everybody at the same time. Bodies lay bare with what they’re born with and the history that happens between birth and death. There is nothing to celebrate about pain and suffering.
Going back to the paintings – I love the way the black paint that articulates the ï¬gures behaves similarly to ink. It seems so instant and direct. The paintings look like they’ve been poured, like no brushes were involved.
The reaction or ï¬gurative works are more controlled in that I sort of know what I’m doing before I put paint to canvas, as opposed to the abstract works which are freer and have no planning at all. Their scale is more manageable than previous canvases, less of a physical battle. Anyway, I build the background as if it were a painting in its own right and then introduce the ï¬gure. This process is like a sort of alchemy of timing, patience, precision and chance. I paint the ï¬gure from the preliminary drawings, trying to keep it simple and true to the sketch, then dissolve and liquefy all the lines and brushstrokes with the varnish, erasing my hand, my trace.
The abstract paintings are much more difï¬cult and fraught to paint, in fact I’d go as far to say sometimes I hate painting them. It’s very difï¬cult to paint nothing and to get it right – I discard many canvases. I equate this process to a battle. Most of my abstract canvases are very large, so it’s a mental and physical task to complete one.
I read an interview that you did with Damien Hirst in 2001 and I really liked what you said about abstract painting. You said that everywhere you look these days we’re just completely bombarded by ï¬gurative images and that it’s kind of interesting to just put these ï¬elds of colour in front of people and say: ‘Here it is. Try and handle this’. And yet this show is a big shift in that it’s almost all ï¬gurative…
I’ve always done ï¬gurative drawings but what got me into this subject matter was several years ago an acquaintance committed suicide. Firstly, he was dogged for years with mental illness but was also a high-flyer, a high-achiever. Secondly, he did a profound amount of research on the internet on ways to kill himself and ï¬nally – and this is what really disturbed me – was that yes, I knew he’d hanged himself but it was the manner in how he’d executed it. Instead of swinging from the rafters as I imagined, he’d merely knelt down and asphyxiated himself. A simple act, as if in prayer. At any given point he could have saved his own life but instead he chose death because life was so unbearable. Also suicide seems to be one of the last taboos… shame and guilt and sin; all the things I love and hate. Suicide, mental health issues and addiction all inform each other to some degree and affect many people at some time in their lives either directly or indirectly. Also, without getting all statistical, suicide is one of the highest causes of death under the age of 25, which is a lot of unhappy, displaced people.
I also think it’s interesting to look at the show as the scrutiny of private behavior… how denigrating that can be. It makes me think of this contemporary notion of celebrating and exposing private suffering and humiliation. That might be a stretch…
What interests me is the line between what is acceptable and not. For example, last week there was a documentary on the death of princess Diana and the role the paparazzi played in her death and how up until they realized she was dead the photographs were like gold dust. But at the moment of her death they were worth nothing. The paparazzi were used as scapegoats initially and pilloried for their hunger for a sensational image, yet vast quantities of people lust after images of celebrities every day. It’s a modern day currency. It’s not celebrity I’m interested in it’s taking a moment, the ï¬nal moment of someone’s (no one’s) death, that I’d found on the internet (usually forensic images that have got into the wrong hands) and transposing that ï¬nal moment somewhere else. If I’m to talk in literary terms I’d say I would want to use the beauty of tragedy in Emile Zola (L’Assommoir, Nana) crossed with Capote’s In Cold Blood, in that I’m taking the skeleton of fact and ï¬lling it with my own interpretation of an event of which we are only given the ending.
The Independent - 6th April 2010
To read Tom Lubbock's review of Modern Times, held at Kettles Yard, Cambridge and De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, click here.
Insomnia, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 24 x 20 in
North, 2013, oil on canvas, 36 x 30 in
Reasons, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 24 x 20 / 24 x 20 in
Interior (square) 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 84 x 84 in
Spit and Whisper, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 30 x 36 in
Cede, 2013, oil on canvas, 18 x 15 in
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PROS: Amazing Ground and In-flight experiences. Great staff.
CONS: IFE is okay, but far from the seat. Not the most private first class seat in the sky.
I booked this flight fully with miles. I transferred a few thousand points from my Metrobank Travel Platinum Visa to Krisflyer. Since both Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa are members of Star Alliance, I was able to use 107,500 Krisflyer miles to book this Lufthansa First Class Ticket.
Of course, I used Krisflyer because Metrobank partners with Krisflyer, Asia Miles, and Mabuhay Miles only. There are other possible options with which you can use miles to book first class. Star Alliance’s extensive network creates booking opportunities for those who are part of the Miles and More program, United MileagePlus, and Asiana Club.
Miles and More is the loyalty program used by several European airline. You’d need around 85,000 miles for a one-way ticket, though taxes and fees might be in an excess of USD 500.00.
United MileagePlus is one of the well-known options in the U.S. A one-way first-class award ticket will need 110,000 miles with low taxes and fees.
Asiana Club is the least popular option that can still be a pretty nice alternative. They give you the cheapest option at around 50,000 miles but costs around USD 500.00 in taxes and fees.
Bear in mind that Lufthansa only releases their first-class award tickets to Star Alliance members at least 2 weeks in advance. This flight was an exception to the rule, however, since they released the tickets 3 days before the flight.
I just came from my Milan-Frankfurt flight with Lufthansa, with that in mind, I could’ve easily checked through my luggage. However, I’d have to stay in the normal first-class lounge on the main terminal. That said, I opted to retrieve my luggage and check-in again to experience Lufthansa’s First-Class Terminal.
I got to check-in at Lufthansa’s First-Class Terminal. It was a large building that was separate from the rest of the airport. The terminal doesn’t necessarily look that fancy since it’s essentially a giant concrete block.
But of course, the interior is what truly wows people.
The terminal is essentially a giant lounge. As I entered the building, the staff immediately came to my aid and offered to handle my check-in process while I relaxed within the lounge. This is the VIP treatment that I wanted to experience.
As I said, the whole terminal is one giant lounge. Lufthansa’s First-Class Terminal is big and magnificent by itself that it demands its own review. We made our own review of the lounge which will be out by next week!
As I was waiting for boarding at the terminal, my personal attendant approached me and escorted me to the immigration which was below the terminal. After which I was drove to the parked 747-8 in a Porsche Cayenne.
I was surprised when they cut off the regular boarding just because a first-class passenger was boarding the plane. It was a small, yet very impactful touch by Lufthansa as they show just how much they value their premium customers.
Seat, Cabin, and Amenities
Lufthansa First Class features eight seats. The backmost row has a layout of 1-2-1 and the two rows in front go by a 1-1 layout. The cabin looks like a cone that narrows as it reaches the front.
I was at seat 3K the rightmost seat in the last row. The seat was around 31 inches wide and it had a seat pitch of 83 inches. When laid flat, it would have a bed length of around 81 inches. All of which are pretty decent dimensions.
The armrest holds most of the seat’s functionalities. The one by the window has two universal outlets and two USB ports.
On the same arm rest, you’ll find the IFE remote control. Beside it, in one of the storage units, you’ll find a Bose headset.
There’s also a small reading light at the top left of the seat.
The IFE screen is at 17” which, because of the distance, is quite small. However, it still had a decent selection of movies and shows that kept me entertained.
The ottoman in front doubles as a big storage compartment for your carry-on baggage.
For larger bags, each first-class passenger has their own private cabinet at the back of the cabin.
To make the seats incredibly private, you can raise up a large partition that covers the majority of the view from the seat. It essentially makes your seat an open suite which elevates the experience even more.
There was a paid Internet connection that was fairly usable. For first class passengers, they gave us access passes which can be used throughout the flight.
As soon as I got settled down, they handed me some amenities. First was the pajama set.
They also provided slippers, which were by-far the best slippers that I have had on a plane.
The amenity kit that they gave was from vanlaack.
The amenity kit was filled with La Prairie amenities. There was also a shoehorn, socks, earplugs, ear covers, a comb and eye mask, and a dental kit.
After I was escorted to my seat, a flight attendant immediately approached me and offered me welcome drinks and snacks. I got a glass of 2004 Laurent Perrier Alexandra (Market price PHP15,000 a bottle) and handful of warm nuts. I think this was easily the best rose champagne I’ve had on a plane. This is truly a testament of finesse.
A few minutes afterward they offered me a warm towel that had a very good texture.
After the initial welcome, the attendants left me to my own devices. I took my time appreciating the seat and taking pictures, then they explained to me how the seat works. Afterward, the plane began to take off. The rest of the service happened after take-off.
Right before meal service, they offered me again their finest champagne. They offered me two bottles which I each took a glass of. The first one was the 2004 Laurient Perrier Alexandra.
The second one was a Grand Siecle (market price at PHP 7,000.00).
The amuse bouche was some sort of tartar.
I was excited for their caviar service. They offered me what I would think was the most generous portion of caviar in the sky. Along with the accompaniments, the service was amazing. The attendants even asked if I wanted another portion!
Since there weren’t a lot of people in First Class, I was given the chance to try all of the appetizers that they had on the flight. Though a bit much, they all tasted amazing.
From the top left to the bottom right, they are:
Bread platter;
Freshly mixed Leaf Lettuce with grilled Bell Pepper, Aceto Balsamico di Modena and Olive Oil or Yogurt and Lime Dressing;
Tuna with mashed Green Peas, Mint Gremolata and Pine Nuts;
Roast Beef with Asian Glass Noodle Salad;
Coconut Mousse, Curry Bok Choy, Cilantro and Ginger Mayonnaise
They also offered an Apricot Sorbet flavored with champagne. It had an interesting texture. The combination of the apricot and the champagne gave it a truly fascinating taste.
For the main course, I chose the Corn-fed Chicken with Lemon Thyme, fresh mixed Vegetables and Potato Gratin. The dish looked great and tasted delicious. It was balanced and full of flavor.
To finish it off, I had an Iced Dome of white Chocolate on curried Pineapple Carpaccio and Crumbles.
Talk about a sweet dessert after a hearty meal. The dome of white chocolate was a great way to end on!
This flight was definitely the highlight of my trip. It was a very luxurious and satisfying day from the ground experience all the way to the end of the flight.
Starting off with the ground experience, the welcome was incredible and very particular. The intimacy of the service provided in the first-class terminal was amazing. I never thought of my stay as unsatisfactory. It never felt mediocre or lacking in any way. The lounge was quiet, spacious, and very private.
The seats were comfortable, and the food was extraordinary. It’s not impossible that this might be one of the best First-class terminals there is—and that’s a bold statement considering what Singapore Airlines and Emirates have in their main hubs.
I liked the fact that each staff member within the First-class terminal/lounge was eager and happy to assist every single passenger there. That and the limousine ride to the plane was such an amazing experience for me. It really felt like I was having the 5-star treatment—And I wasn’t even on the plane yet!
Once I got on the plane, however, it was as if things were at a whole new level. From the professionalism and warmth of the cabin crew to the practicality in design and layout in first class, everything seemed impeccable.
The seat was very cozy and spacious. There wasn’t any lack of storage areas, and the seat controls weren’t complicated. There’s also a partition that can effectively transform your seat into an open suite!
Service was on point, and I really felt the warmth of the staff.
The food was excellent, albeit a little too excessive at times. They had a fantastic selection of liquor, as well.
They had a little bit of everything on their menu, giving passengers a variety to choose from (or all in my case).
In conclusion, this flight was incredible. It was comfortable, and I felt really cared for during the duration of my stay with Lufthansa. I enjoyed the whole journey and will definitely recommend Lufthansa First Class to everyone.
As a side note, I’d highly recommend that if you ever plan on experiencing Lufthansa First Class, you would be better off using your miles to redeem a ticket instead of outright buying one.
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Poly Unique
About our record label.
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Who needs a record label these days?
In times of countless distribution platforms nothing seems to be easier than just uploading all your music somewhere, releasing it into the vast expanses of Spotify, iTunes and co. and wishing it all the best for its journey through the digital ether.
You can do that.
But no matter how motivated you are as an ambitious artist, something will always fall by the wayside. A lot of the work often starts after the next album / EP is finished… mixing, mastering, writing to festivals, planning tours, getting attention in magazines and blogs, designing cover artwork; all this we can offer besides the usual label tasks and distribution and support you in management and booking.
In our in-house recording studio we can cover the whole creation and production process from the actual music production to mixing and mastering.
Do you already have all tracks in the can? Then we will take care that everything goes online and we will gladly help you with graphics, info sheets, photos, videos and your website.
We will write to suitable festivals and magazines and are only happy when you are.
We are musicians ourselves and therefore know how difficult it can be to keep a clear head in the ever changing music-jungle. Last but not least we do this job because we enjoy working with other artists and musicians. The music genre is of secondary importance for us.
As a record label we don’t see ourselves as a big player who promises to bring you the stars from the sky. Rather, we want to be a kind of launch pad with which we can release talented bands into larger spheres later.
Write us, tell us what you want and we will see how we can support you best.
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What Causes Hyperammonemia?
Posted on February 20, 2017 by Pediatric Education
An 11-year-old male had a recent viral illness. He was improving but during the night he got up to use the restroom, collapsed and died. He was later diagnosed with Reye’s syndrome. His parents, along with other parents and researchers, worked trying to find a cause and advocated for changes in medical practice. Aspirin in the setting of viral illnesses was determined to be a major risk factor, and with continued advocacy, aspirin and aspirin products had warning labels placed on them in 1986. This happy, young boy is still remembered through educational scholarships for local high school students dedicated to his memory.
Reye’s syndrome (RS)is named for Dr. Douglas Reye who along with Drs. G. Morgan and J. Baral described encephalopathy and fatty accumulation and degeneration in children in a 1963 Lancet article. RS usually affects children but can occur at all ages. All organs can be affected but the liver and brain are primarily affected causing liver failure and encephalopathy as toxic metabolites (especially ammonia) accumulate, and intracranial hypertension and cerebral edema occurs. As the ammonia levels begin to rise (> 100 mg/dL) patients lose their appetite, have nausea and emesis and mental status changes which includes personality changes, agitation/combativeness, disorientation and insomnia. As the levels continue to rise (150-200 mg/dL) loss of consciousness and seizures can occur. At levels of 200-400 mg/dL coma and respiratory failure can occur.
RS occurs after a previous viral illness, especially varicella or influenza, usually during the recovery phase. Research in the 1970s and 80s determined that salicylates (aspirin) were a major risk factor for RS although the mechanism is still not understood. Warning labels were added to salicylate products in the US starting in 1986. Aspirin is therefore not recommended for use for most acute childhood illnesses and has been replaced by acetaminophen or ibuprofen. Similar products such as bismuth subsalicylate products also should be used with great care at any time particularly around the time of a viral illness. This change in medical practice has caused the number of RS cases to dramatically decrease.
The differential diagnosis of RS includes viral and bacterial meningoencephalitis, sepsis, diabetes, poisons or drug overdose, liver failure, non-accidental trauma, sudden infant death syndrome or psychiatric problems.
The differential diagnosis of hyperammonemia includes:
Increased production
Protein load
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage or bypass
Parenteral nutrition
Stem cell transplant, allogenic
Increased catabolism
Exercise, strenuous
Genitourinary problems
Congenital ureteric obstruction with associated infection
Urease-producing organisms (e.g. Proteus, Klebsiella) causing infection
Herpes simplex virus infection
Severe systemic neonatal illness
Neonatal sepsis
Reye syndrome
Decreased elimination
Liver and biliary tract problems
Liver failure, acute or chronic
Biliary atresia
Porto-systemic shunt (vascular bypass) of the liver
Urea cycle enzyme defects
Ornithine transcarbamoylase (OTC) deficiency
Arginase deficiency
Argininosuccinate synthase (ASS) deficiency – citrullinemia
Argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) deficiency – argininosuccinic aciduria
Carbamoylphosphate synthase 1 (CPS 1) deficiency
N-Acetylglutamate synthase (NAGS) deficiency
Transport defects of urea cycle intermediates
Aspartate-glutamate shuttle (citrin) deficiency
Lysinuric protein intolerance
Mitochondrial ornithine transporter (HHH syndrome)
Methylmalonic acidemia
Organic acidemias
Propionic acidemia
Fatty acid oxidation disorders
Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
Long-chain fatty acid oxidation defects
Systemic primary carnitine deficiency
Hyperinsulinism-hyperammonemia syndrome
Ornithine aminotransferase deficiency
Mitochondrial respirator chain defects
Pyruvate carboxylase deficiency
Tyrosinemia type 1
5-pentanoic acid
Asparaginase
Transient hyperammonemia of the newborn
Sampling error – inappropriate sample or sample not analyzed immediately
1. How to various inborn errors of metabolism present? For a discussion of inborn error of metabolism presentations click here.
2. How does liver failure present?
Disease: Reye Syndrome
Symptom/Presentation: Vomiting | Mental Status Changes
Specialty: General Pediatrics | Infectious Diseases | Medical History | Preventive Medicine and Health Maintenance | Pharmacology / Toxicology
Age: School Ager
Information prescriptions for patients can be found at MedlinePlus for this topic: Reye Syndrome
Reye RD, Morgan G, Baral J (1963). “Encephalopathy and fatty degeneration of the viscera. A Disease entity in childhood”. Lancet. 2 (7311): 749-52.
Greeley Daily Tribune. Parents Fighting the Puzzle of Reye’s Syndrome. May 26, 1977, Thu, Page 53. Available from the Internet at https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117982/parents_fighting_the_puzzle_of_reyes/(cited 12/16/16).
New York Times. Aspirin Labels to Warn About Reye Syndrome. March 8, 1986. Available from the Internet at http://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/08/us/aspirin-labels-to-warn-about-reye-syndrome.html (cited 12/16/16).
National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke. NINDS Reye’s Syndrome Information Page. Available from the Internet at http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/reyes_syndrome/reyes_syndrome.htm (rev. 9/25/2009, cited 12/16/16).
Singh P, Goraya JS, Gupta K, Saggar K, Ahluwalia A. Magnetic resonance imaging findings in Reye syndrome: case report and review of the literature. J Child Neurol. 2011 Aug;26(8):1009-14.
Paprocka J, Jamroz E. Hyperammonemia in children: on the crossroad of different disorders. Neurologist. 2012 Sep;18(5):261-5.
Ahrens-Nicklas RC, Edmondson AC, Ficicioglu C. An 8-year-old girl with abdominal pain and mental status changes. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2015 Jun;31(6):459-62.
El-Hattab AW. Inborn errors of metabolism. Clin Perinatol. 2015 Jun;42(2):413-39, x.
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After the anti-LGBT+ hate crime two of the Rotterdam actors experienced in Southampton last week, it was good to see them back on stage and the Manchester crowd taking them straight to their hearts. Jon Brittain’s award-winning play is a clever...
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In rehearsals with the cast of Dirty Dancing
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The sensational stage version of Dirty Dancing is back on tour. Ahead of its stop at Manchester’s Palace Theatre we meet cast, Kira Malou (Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman), Michael O’Reily (Johnny Castle) and Simone Covele (Penny Johnson). How does it feel...
Jersey Boys UK Tour at the Palace Theatre Manchester Review
Since premiering in 2004 Jersey Boys has won 57 major awards across the world, including Best New Musical at Broadway’s Tony, London’s Olivier and Australia’s Helpmann Awards. Add to that an audience worldwide of more than 25 million and you start...
Wicked at The Palace Theatre, Manchester, Theatre Review
After 15 years at the top of its game, Wicked can no longer simply be thought of as a quirky off-shoot of the Wizard of Oz. It’s fair to say that if you’re a fan of Frank Baum’s original tale, you’ll get much more from this re-imagining of the...
It’s more than 10 years ago since I first saw Mamma Mia! and I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen it on stage, at cinema and on TV since then. But as the band strikes its first note, ABBA’s feel-good, disco beats hook me right back in...
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Everything is Beautiful for Bronté Barbé
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is on its first UK tour and stops at the Palace Theatre, Manchester for the festive season. It’s an unexpected treat for its star, Bronté Barbé who gets to spend both her birthday and Christmas at home in...
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Nativity! The Musical
Everyone loves a good underdog story. Throw in cute kids, catchy tunes, a real-life pooch, and you’ve got a tale to leave no heart-string un-pulled. Writer, Debbie Isitt knows how to pen a winner. Currently working on the fourth installment of her...
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HomeEuropeCataloniaCatalan Quidditch: The 2018/19 Season Preview
Catalan Quidditch: The 2018/19 Season Preview
November 10, 2018 QP Catalonia, Europe, Opinion, Uncategorized 0
By Andre Govett
After some time to disconnect in summer, to enjoy the heat and holidays, a new season begins to take shape. For those who went on a break from our sport, it’s time to get our cleats out of the drawers, throw on some sport clothes, and get back on the (newly rectangular) pitch. For the north-western region of the Iberian Peninsula, it is no different. The traditional gunshot that marks the beginning of the season for Catalonia, the Barcelona Moustaches Time tournament, is now in the history books, but with the third edition of the Catalan League about to start, a summer of hopes turns into one more disappointment for the NGB as only three teams will compete to obtain the end-of-season bragging rights accorded to the champions.
After the Reapers, the nickname given to Catalonia’s national team, avoided a narrow no-show at Florence due to financial constraints thoroughly discussed by the Quidditch Post and the quidditch community around the world, the Associació de Quidditch de Catalunya (AQC) was hoping to pull its players for next year’s European Games from five different competing teams this season.
Catalonia’s growth has been slow but steady since the NGB’s inception at the beginning of 2015 (or since 2012, when Barcelona Eagles first began training). Team projects in Manresa (the only one that actually stuck around), Barcelona, and the Balearic Islands have appeared and failed, but there has never been a step back in the number of teams signed up to its NGB. This is the year that pattern changes: Four teams competed in last year’s Catalan League and Catalan Cup: Barcelona Eagles, Nightmare Grims, Autonoma’s Ashwinders, and Bocs Folls. During the summer, another seemingly strong project appeared in Terrassa and hopes were high within the AQC; Catalonia would have five teams for its fifth year of existence, not a bad ratio of growth for a small NGB. So what happened over the summer? And what will Catalonia’s quidditch landscape look like going forward?
What happened is bad blood: internal dissension among the Ashwinders and disagreements within the Terrassa team cut right through the hopes of Catalan growth and stalled the increase of the pool of players and NGB members.
The Terrassa team took a step back within its formation and decided it was not yet time to join the NGB as a competitive team. That decision coupled with some of their projected players joining other teams and the president/coach being ousted from his post forced Terrassa into remaining a developing team, maintaining its two weekly trainings whilst continuing to build their strategies and campaign to recruit new members. Maybe next season they will join the competitive league and cup, but not yet.
Ashwinders Roster for the IV Catalan Cup
Autonoma’s Ashwinders was yet another team that suffered through the summer. Three years into its creation, the team took a hard hit within its numbers and finds itself back at square one: recruitment. It has not been an easy ride for the only Catalan university team in the NGB. One could say that the downfall began last season, when four mainstay players (including the former president and the former coach) left the team — two graduated and two went abroad for a year. During this past summer, the team was the only one within the NGB to halt its weekly training sessions; maybe that was the first sign of problems. Then, players slowly trickled away into other teams until few to none were left to confirm a roster. Yet, the team takes this situation in stride as it has decided to take a sabbatical from competition and focus on recruiting new players and train them to be ready for the 2019-20 season. So don’t give up on them — they certainly have not given up on a comeback.
With those projects slowing down, who’s left to compete? And where are the remaining teams predicted to end up?
Firstly, the Barcelona Eagles, stalwart representative of Catalan quidditch within Europe and the team everyone thinks of when they hear “I play quidditch in Catalonia.” The Eagles are one of two teams benefiting from transfers over the summer. After the departure — or retirement — of some of their best-known players between the two last seasons, Eagles were committed to taking it easy and rebuilding through home-grown talent. The recruiting campaign was certainly successful and brought a good number of rookies into the team’s ranks. But after a summer where they saw not only new players but also promising rookies from Terrassa, veterans from Ashwinders, and a couple of players from Spain and the US join the team, they are once more a contender to take both titles.
Barcelona Eagles QC I Zoomarang Photography
Certainly the step back in quality most of Catalonia thought Barcelona had taken has now disappeared; the question is now whether the coaching team can merge everyone (and every playing style) by the time the Catalan Cup arrives, and whether they will be able to have their team firing on all cylinders to represent Catalan quidditch once more in the new two-tiered EQC.
Secondly, we must mention the Nightmare Grims, second–oldest team in Catalonia and eternal silver medalist to the Eagles. They certainly have the player numbers to be able to face any team without running out of oxygen; they even could have created their own second team by now. Yet they cannot seem to overcome their foes and take the championship. Last season finally seemed the one where they would come in first; Eagles had had some key departures, as had Ashwinders, and new teams such as Bocs Folls do not tend to win the league or the cup on their first try. Additionally, a couple of Eagles players had transferred into their ranks — and with them supposedly their experience and know-how. Yet again they came up short of a Catalan Cup, and finished third in the regional league. And so they kept waiting.
Nightmare Grims QC I Zoomarang Photography
This off-season, they have not benefited from transfers of veteran players into the club, yet their roster remains intact. Besides, no new players/playing styles means that everyone is familiar with their teammates, which should in turn mean that they will be first out of the gates and off to the races if they prove their teamwork is as polished as it was last season. Maybe this is truly, finally their season of glory.
And finally we close the article with Bocs Folls, last year’s revelation team and the other club that has benefited from off-season veteran recruitment. They certainly did the unexpected by coming up first in the Catalan League in their first season of existence.
Undeniably, the veteran leadership of players coming from Barcelona Eagles combined with the honed training of the former national team coach was one of the reasons, but this team had one of the strongest recruitment campaigns, and raw diamonds were found in the ranks of freshers. This season they won’t surprise anyone anymore, as the new transfers from Ashwinders and returning players have served to fortify the team’s rotation. They were the club expected to take over the torch from the capital’s team, and they are still a very strong candidate to do so, but their path to victory is no longer as easy as it seemed at the beginning of the summer.
Two of Bocs Folls’ previously-retired (from Eagles) returning players I Photo Credit: Laura Salayero Platero
So, even if Catalonia quidditch and its NGB have taken a step backwards in development — not factoring in the possibility of two Valencian teams joining the Catalan League though not the Cup — the competition among the three remaining Catalan teams grows fiercer than ever before. Balanced rosters and experienced players switching teams will only make the Catalan League and the Catalan Cup more enticing to follow. Who knows, we might be crowning a new club once the Cup — Catalonia’s qualifying tournament for the EQC — is over.
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Covid 19 Coronavirus: Grim 90-day US virus death toll prediction
12/13/2020 mediabest World News
Just days after reaching a horrific new milestone in its COVID-19 fight, the US has once again broken its daily death toll record.
On Friday, the country confirmed 3309 new coronavirus deaths, smashing the previous record of 3206 recorded on Wednesday.
Before that, the previous daily fatality record was 2769 recorded on May 7.
To put these recent daily death tolls in perspective, more people are dying on a daily basis from coronavirus than the 2996 people killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The daily death tolls have also been consistently higher than the fatalities from the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbour that killed 2403 people.
Director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Robert Redfield, warned the daily deaths could exceed those caused by these historical events for months to come, meaning at least another 300,000 Americans will lose their lives.
“Probably for the next 60 to 90 days, we’re going to have more deaths per day than we had on 9/11 or we had at Pearl Harbour,” he told the Council on Foreign Relations on Thursday.
Yesterday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for emergency use.
President Donald Trump labelled the approval a “medical miracle”, claiming the vaccine will save millions of lives and “end the pandemic once and for all”.
However, Dr Redfield said the US likely won’t see any impacts from the vaccine for some time.
“The reality is the vaccine approval this week is not going to really impact that, I think, to any degree for the next 60 days,” he said.
Americans are expected to start receiving the jab from Monday, with health workers and those with a higher risk of becoming critically ill from the virus first in line for the vaccine.
General Gus Perna, who is overseeing the massive logistical operation as part of the government’s Operation Warp Speed, likened the moment to D-Day, the turning point of World War II.
“I am absolutely 100 per cent confident that we are going to distribute safely, this precious commodity, this vaccine, needed to defeat the enemy Covid,” he told reporters.
“Expect 145 sites across all the states to receive vaccine on Monday, another 425 sites on Tuesday. And the final 66 sites on Wednesday, which will complete the initial delivery of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.”
The US has now recorded more than 16 million Covid-19 infections and has almost reached 300,000 deaths.
The virus is running rampant across almost every US state and with no blanket set of Covid safety measures in place for the country, it seems the vaccine is now the region’s only hope of slowing infections.
The top US infectious diseases expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, said it was “disconcerting” to see so many US citizens refusing to follow basic measures to protect themselves and others around them.
Wearing masks, physical distancing and avoiding large crowds and indoor congregations are all simple measures that have a huge impact on whether Covid numbers will surge or remain under control.
“They seem simple in the backdrop of the enormity of the problem that we are facing but we know when you compare comparable situations in which one state, city, town or even country implemented these measures of public health mitigation, that they were either able to prevent surges or turn around the dynamics of a surge,” Dr Fauci said during a Wall Street Journal CEO Council summit on Tuesday.
“And yet, we don’t do that uniformly and its really extraordinarily frustrating because we feel strongly that we will be able to have a significant impact.”
He noted that even in parts of the country where people are dying daily from coronavirus, there are still some that deny its impacts, adding it is something he has never witnessed before on such a massive scale.
“The trouble is, you go to different parts of the country, and even when the outbreak is clear and hospitals are on the verge of being overrun, there are a substantial proportion of the people who still think that this is not real, that it’s fake news or that it’s a hoax,” Dr Fauci said.
“It’s extraordinary, I’ve never really seen anything like this. We’ve got to overcome that and pull together as a nation uniformly with adhering to these public health measures.”
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Dietary factors associated with physician-diagnosed asthma and allergic rhinitis in teenagers: analyses of the first Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan
Clin Exp Allergy. 2001 Feb;31(2):259-64. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.00938.x.
S L Huang 1 , K C Lin, W H Pan
1 Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, 155, Sec. 2, Li-Nong Street, Taipei 11221, Taiwan, Republic of China.
The occurrence of asthma and allergy are related to lifestyle factors, and dietary pattern may be one of the contributing factors. To examine the possible association between dietary intake and the prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis in teenagers. In a population-based cross-sectional survey, the relationship was sought between food frequency and physician-diagnosed asthma and allergic rhinitis in 1166 adolescents aged 13-17. The prevalence was 4.0% for asthma and 12.4% for rhinitis. Living in an urbanized area was a significant predictor of asthma and rhinitis. In univariate analysis, higher frequencies of oily fish, butcher's meat, liver and deep-fried foods were associated with asthma. Relevant food frequency variables were dichotomized at the 75th percentile for multivariate logistic regression analysis, which included adjustment for two levels of urbanization. Asthma was associated with intakes of liver (OR = 2.32, 95%CI 1.11-4.80), deep-fried foods (OR = 2.13, 95%CI 1.06-4.30) and butcher's meat (OR 1.84, 95%CI 0.89-3.80). In a similar analysis, allergic rhinitis was associated with liver (OR = 1.67, 95%CI 1.06-2.63). No protective effect was demonstrated for any of the food items examined. Protein-rich and fat-rich foods of animal origin were associated with a higher prevalence of asthma in teenagers.
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Tommi - virtual broadcaster
Televirtual: Press Release – April 24rth 2003.
Meet TOMMI: the best a girl can get…
UK Technology company Televirtual has unveiled what its claiming as the world’s most advanced virtual TV broadcaster.
Tommi has been developed specifically to showcase broadcast TV potential within Televirtual’s award-winning RAP real-time production software.
She was demonstrated in London yesterday to an invited audience of TV producers and programme developers.
Created by Televirtual artists and programmers to exploit the latest PC graphics rendering hardware from industry leaders, nVidia, Tommi was constructed in Alias Maya software, and then exported via a bespoke application (which preserves the high-end functionality of Maya) into the RAP real-time system.
Tommi is a big girl. The surface mesh sitting over her animation skeleton is made up of some 70,000 polygons. Only a few weeks ago, such a complex model running at production frame rates in a PC environment would have been impossible. But the latest Geeforce FX graphics chipsets from nVidia not only make her a reality, they also allow complex real-time shading and lighting routines (including 3D surface texturing) which give her a level of natural realism unmatched by any other live broadcast animation.
Tommi is an interactive character so her image must be generated in real time. For TV, this means that she has to be drawn at least 25 times a second. This is possible only by using the latest in graphics hardware and programming techniques, with many shading programs executed on the graphics card. These shaders are used to determine the colour of each pixel used in the final image. Her skin shader, for example, models the effects from three lights in the scene and how these fall on to her skin and are reflected back to the eye. It takes into account the effects of shadowing, the sheen and the texture of a person's skin
Tommi can interact with virtual or real-world scenes in real-time. She can be driven by motion-captured animation files, or key-framed animation scripts, all under simple keyboard control. Interfaced to natural-language speech technologies, she can generate real-time lip-synchronised speech animation, to accompany live, recorded or computer-generated voices.
Facial animation and expressive gestures can be generated or triggered through real-time markerless facial tracking systems such as Image Metrics’ Real Face’. Tommi can play-back pre-designed facial gestures built as a series of morph targets, or, using her complex facial structure of bones and muscles, she can perform intuitive and unique gestures captured from a live actress in real time.
For images, contact Tim Child, 01603 767493, tim@televirtual.com
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A huge win for Indigenous Justice
Andrea Palframan|June 30, 2016|News
The team at RAVEN Trust would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the GITXAALA NATION, GITGA’AT FIRST NATION, HAISLA NATION, HAIDA NATION, KITASOO XAI’XAIS NATION, HEILTSUK NATION, the NADLEH WHUT’EN BAND and the NAK’AZDLI WHUT’EN BAND. Our thoughts and prayers are with you as you celebrate this ruling today.
ON JUNE 23, 2016, the Federal Court of Appeal overturned the Order in Council that “required the National Energy Board to issue two Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity, on certain conditions, concerning the Northern Gateway Project. That Project, proposed by Northern Gateway Pipelines Inc. and Northern Gateway Pipelines Limited Partnership, consists of two pipelines transporting oil and condensate, and related facilities.” Paragraph [1]
Some nuggets from the Reasons for Judgement:
“Canada’s execution of the Phase IV consultation process was unacceptably flawed and fell well short of the mark. Canada’s execution of Phase IV failed to maintain the honour of the Crown.” Paragraph [230]
“We have applied the Supreme Court’s authorities on the duty to consult to the uncontested evidence before us. We conclude that Canada offered only a brief, hurried and inadequate opportunity in Phase IV—a critical part of Canada’s consultation framework—to exchange and discuss information and to dialogue. The inadequacies—more than just a handful and more than mere imperfections—left entire subjects of central interest to the affected First Nations, sometimes subjects affecting their subsistence and well-being, entirely ignored. Many impacts of the Project—some identified in the Report of the Joint Review Panel, some not—were left undisclosed, undiscussed and unconsidered. It would have taken Canada little time and little organizational effort to engage in meaningful dialogue on these and other subjects of prime importance to Aboriginal peoples. But this did not happen.” Paragraph [325]
“In order to comply with the law, Canada’s officials needed to be empowered to dialogue on all subjects of genuine interest to affected First Nations, to exchange information freely and candidly, to provide explanations, and to complete their task to the level of reasonable fulfilment. Then recommendations, including any new proposed conditions, needed to be formulated and shared with Northern Gateway for input. And, finally, these recommendations and any necessary information needed to be placed before the Governor in Council for its consideration. In the end, it has not been demonstrated that any of these steps took place.” Paragraph [327]
“… the Order in Council must be quashed. The Order in Council directed that the National Energy Board issue the Certificates. Now that the basis for the Certificates is a nullity, the Certificates are also a nullity and must be quashed. The matter is remitted to the Governor in Council for redetermination.” Paragraph [333]
It’s because of the committed struggle of thousands of allies, in solidarity with First Nations, that this historic judgement has been reached. We’re so honoured to stand with all of you to defend our common future.
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Step by step guide how to patch Best SNES ROMs for your PC (Updated)
by Q Lala | Sep 24, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 comments
Gearboy supports all versions of iPad, iPhone, iPod touch running iOS 5.1 and above; this includes iPhone 5 and other retina enabled devices. IGBA and Mappy Virtual Machine are both excellent Windows emulators (Mappy has, by far, the most options) and VGBA is a DOS based emu that seems to have the highest compatibility with all the demos out right now, but as you might expect from a nogba site I would highly suggest you download the latest Windows debug version of the No$GBA emulator. Download in the greatest and cleanest ROMs and emulators learning resource online. can place the roms (which on this emulator files) on the root of the 3ds SD card but to be more organized I recommend creating a folder on the root of the SD card and name it CPS1 Roms.
ROMs themselves are illegal. ClassicBoy is one of a couple of decent all-in-one emulators. The Gameboy 1UP makes is one of our best retro handhelds for a number of reasons. People will get to experience the same feelings that they did while playing on a Game Boy. Fortunately, the authors of these emulators took a cue from the backward compatibility of the Game Boy Advance, and merged all of their grayscale Game Boy emulators on up into newer software (distinguished by, of all things, having "Advance" in the title).
Visual Boy Advance is a free DS emulator game emulator tool that enables the player to play every single game developed for Nintendo portable console. All the Emulators that we have mentioned above are free and will let you play all the GBA Games on PC without any issue. After doing a lot of research I found these three emulators are best for android. Players who also download VisualBoyAdvance need to download ROM files to use the program. Secondly, it can emulate GBA, GBC, GB, NES, SMS, GG and PCE ROMS using its included SD card adapter that goes into a GBA cartridge that then goes into your DigiRetroBoy.
A great way to have a RANGE OF MOTION file is to use the online ROMHacks web-site. Enter ROM hacks. This tool patches the patch file onto the base rom. From time to time, we will add some secret tips and tricks to improve your metal slug video game skills, and keep you at the top and always win with unlimited achievement on metal slug x. This is a creative guide to help you in metal slug game. Download NDS games ROM from your favorite website using your PC. Sites like NESWorld and RomHacking have entire sections dedicated to homebrew titles, which are just games that developers and enthusiasts have created over the years and distributed for free to anyone that wants them.
Use Flash Linkers to put Game Boy Advance ROMs onto your system. This was a time when the experience in the arcade was vastly superior to the home computer versions we were offered of the same games. On the other side of the difficulty spectrum lies K-16 – Story of Steel, a complete transformation of SMW that changes characters, levels, and gameplay to the point where the game is unrecognizable. It plays pretty much all of the titles for Game Boy and Game Boy Color at full speed, it has turbo buttons, fast forward, cheats (Game Genie, Game Shark, PAR), controller support, no ads, and best of all no internet connection required.
Go through and create game conserve documents upon external storage space, which means you is going to be in a position to load up it well despite additional emulators. Note 6: Place atop ‘Pokemon Modifier’ and ‘Move Modifier’ codes. More advanced features including ROM hacking and debugging tools, as well as screen filters and GUI skins to provide a more authentic Game Boy experience. GBA emulator full version for its easy user interface and automatic Google Drive backup feature. Method 1: All players must have a copy of the same Game Boy Advance game.
Additionally, you will receive few more gba emulator android features. In short, the websites were hosting Nintendo games for download so people could play them on emulators. The Visual Boy Advance emulator is one of the best GBA emulators available for Windows. Like most other graphics listed on the page, the clown fish makes an appearance in the GBA version of Donkey Kong Country. GBA (Game Boy Advance) has been an upgraded Game Boy Colour version in order to run more advanced games. In fact, for owners of powerful gaming PCs with good graphics cards, you can easily access and emulate not only PlayStation 2 games, but even games for the Wii U, a console only two years ‘dead’.
Although there’s a connotation of illegality often associated with emulation, it’s not inherently illicit. There are lots of nice retro consoles worth playing at the present time. I recommend the website Pokemon Coders because their cheat codes are all working. Nintendo’s war on video game emulation has caused another casualty, this time the long-standing ROM site EmuParadise. It just doesn’t make sense that something as simple as a Gameboy Emulator doesn’t capture. The e-Reader add-on is plugged to a GBA unit, and e-Cards are scanned with it. Notable use includes NES Classics (often mapper 0 ones), Promotional event cards with nifty animations and the Pokémon Trading Cards for example.
Playing video games: Motives, responses, and consequences. Back then, this GBA Emulator supported many Nintendo DS ROM demos and wireless multi-booth ROM. The speedrunning community, best known for the Games Done Quick events which have raised over $16.5 million for charity to date, uses ROMs to find the quickest way to beat a game and stream attempts of rare games. Knowing how to make these hacks, you need to find the ROM apply for these hackers. So I checked last night and the emulator which works with all my ROMs is lr-mgba.
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What Does The Name Eve Mean?
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The name Eve comes from the first book of the Bible, Genesis, and was the name given by God to the wife of Adam, who was the first woman created. It is derived from the Hebrew verb 'haya', meaning 'to breath', and consequentially, 'to live' or 'to have life' as this the act of breathing was required for the act of living. Genesis 3:20 states that Eve was named this because she was the mother of all human life, and so the Hebrew word for mother comes from the same root. However, the name itself can be seen as meaning more than the verb 'to live' or 'life' due to a difference in the Hebrew letters used to form the two words. Because of this linguistic difference, Biblical scholars argue that just because the name was given to the mother of all life does not necessarily ensure it means 'mother of all life'. Instead, the name comes from Eve's connection to her husband Adam. Whilst his name denotes both male and female, her role was to bring the two together in order to create life. As a result her name means 'Gathering', as in gathering together the factors needed for humanity to propagate. Www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning.Eve.html babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Eve.html www.chacha.com/question/what-does-the-name-eve-mean
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Will Martin answered
Eve is an English variant of the old Hebrew name Havva, which itself probably comes from the word "hayya" which means "living" or "animal." By extension and because of Eve's role as first woman in the Bible story, the name is often taken to mean "the mother of all living things." Havva eventually changed into the Latin form Eva, and then into Eve in English. Other variants of this name include Evelina and Evelyn; though Evelyn may also derive from the old Germanic name Ava (of uncertain meaning.)
Anonymous answered
The name Eve means life light.
Hannah W-- answered
Eve is a female name meaning "Life". It comes from the Hebrew origin. It is a biblical name.
Vicki Kelly answered
I don't know this for a fact, but I would guess that Eve means "before". As in Christmas "Eve," being the day before Christmas and New Year's" Eve " being the day before the new year begins. Eve was the first woman made by God. Therefore she was on the earth "before" all other women. Make sense?
The name "Eve" means Mother of all and I know for a face that it is not grass who every put that
Diane Buchan answered
Be proud to be named Eve! It is biblical and she was the first woman!
Jessica Hall answered
First girl.
Most important girl therefore.
Everything a girl is suppose to be.
You cant call Eve 'fit' or 'hot'
Eve is so much more.
Eve is beautiful.
I dated an Eve. Woah.
Eves are amazing. Looking for another .
If you know or have an Eve , you are one lucky man.
hope i helped xx
1. (sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event: Christmas Eve; the eve of an execution.
2. The period preceding or leading up to any event, crisis, etc.: On the eve of the American Revolution.
3. The evening.
The Name Eve means...Living animal..or mother of less beautiful things
Well I am called eve but I have no idea what the name actually means but it is a very nice name that's all I know!
eve commented
My name is eve too but i get picked on a lot cuz of the whole bible thing " haha ur called eve,adam and eve!!!! " they say........its jus upsetting!
I'm called Eve and I have a twin brother called Glen. Whenever anyone finds out my name, they say 'Oh! Do you have a brother called Adam?' or 'Do you have a habbit of eating forbidden fruits and running around gardens naked?'. If they know about my twin they say 'Why isn't he called Adam?' Why would my mum do that and call her twins Adam and Eve? I just say 'wow ive never heard that one before.' it really offends me and people don't have manners. I really hate my name now because its so short and spelled backwards its Eve! BORING! My mum has actually said to me she wishes shed called me something more exotic like Horatia! Please help me! What can I do because everyone laughs at me!
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China Boasts Uyghur Women ‘No Longer Baby-Making Machines’ Amid Falling Birth Rates
By Reformation Charlotte
China claims the collapse in population growth of the Uyghur community in Xinjiang is due to the “eradication of religious extremism” and not the result of extensively documented forced abortions and sterilisations.
On Thursday 8th January, the state-run publication, China Daily, claimed that: “Decreases in the birth rate and natural population growth rate in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in 2018 resulted from the eradication of religious extremism”.
China Daily cited a study on population change by the Xinjiang Development Research Center claiming that “extremism had incited people to resist family planning and its eradication had given Uygur women more autonomy when deciding whether to have children”.
The state-controlled media outlet quoted the report as saying: “For a period of time, the penetration of religious extremism made implementing family planning policy in southern Xinjiang, including Kashgar and Hotan prefectures, particularly difficult […] That had led to rapid population growth in those areas as some extremists incited locals to resist family planning policy, resulting in the prevalence of early marriage and bigamy, and frequent unplanned births”.
“The minds of Uygur women in Xinjiang were emancipated”
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In a Tweet linking to the article which references the study from the Xinjiang Development Research Center, the US Chinese Embassy said:
“Study shows that in the process of eradicating extremism, the minds of Uygur women in Xinjiang were emancipated and gender equality and reproductive health were promoted, making them no longer baby-making machines. They are more confident and independent”.
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Twitter subsequently removed this post stating it had “violated the Twitter rules”. Revealingly, the Chinese Embassy’s Twitter account later reposted the story under a different caption:
“Study shows the population change in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region involves the overall improvement in population quality. An increasing number of youths chose to spend more time and energy on personal development”.
According to other Chinese state media reports, women were “spontaneously” taking up free IUDs and voluntarily being sterilised. The changes in birth rate, the state-run media say, were due to government limits on family size, poverty alleviation and education improvements, in addition to changes to cultural marriage practices and religious opposition to contraception.
Forced abortion and sterilisation among the Uyghur in Xijiang
Forced abortions and sterilisations are a well-documented phenomenon in China. Last year a doctor who escaped the regime in China shared how she participated in at least 500-600 operations on Uyghur women in the country, including forced abortion, forced sterilisation and forced removal of wombs.
Speaking to ITV News, the Uyghur woman also revealed abortions were carried out at full term and that infanticide – the purposeful causing of a baby’s death – was common practice.
In Westminster, pressure is mounting on the Government to confront the Chinese Communist Party as MPs draw attention to the population-suppression measures taken against the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang, China.
In an ‘Urgent Question’ to the Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, in December 2020, Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP said:
“[It has been] shown that the Chinese Government forced Uyghur women into sterilisation. As a result, the Uyghur population in those regions fell by as much as 84% between 2015 and 2018. That is action verging, I believe, on genocide”.
Collapsing population
Similarly, Fiona Bruce MP has urged the Government to do all within its power to end the “appalling” treatment of the Uyghur community at the hands of the Chinese Government.
Mrs Bruce said: “[The Uyghurs] are violated through forced birth control, pregnancy checks, the mandatory insertion of painful intrauterine devices, forced sterilisation and abortions. We hear that that is happening at scale, to hundreds of thousands of women”.
“These population control measures are backed by mass detention as a punishment for failure to comply. The threat of being sent to prison – to the camps that we hear so much about – hangs over these women”.
An investigation by Associated Press found hundreds of thousands of Uyghur women have been subjected to forced to pregnancy checks, and forced sterilisation and abortion. The AP found birthrates fell by more than 60% between 2015 and 2018 in the mostly Uyghur regions of Hotan and Kashgar, compared with a fall of 4.2% nationwide.
These attacks on the Uyghur population through forced abortion and sterilisation, are taking place at the same time as hundreds of thousands are being used for slave labour. UK businesses are currently being urged to ensure their supply chains do not participate in this in any way.
Right To Life UK spokesperson, Catherine Robinson said: “The barefaced lies of the Chinese Communist Party about their unethical treatment of their own Uyghur population are truly astonishing”.
“We have heard of the extent of the crimes being committed against the Uyghur community, not only from independent reports, but also directly from those who participated in forced abortions and sterilisation and who subsequently escaped the regime”.
“The adoption of Western-style rhetoric in regard to ‘autonomy’, women being ‘emancipated’, the view of women as ‘baby-making machines’ and even the notion of fighting ‘religious extremism’ is revealing. It seems that the CCP is attempting to appropriate terms and phrases often used by women’s rights organisations and promoters of abortion to justify and obscure their horrendous human rights abuses”.
“Almost as disconcerting as the original, now deleted, tweet from the Chinese Embassy in the USA, is their follow-up post saying that their population control measures ‘involves the overall improvement in population quality’. This sounds eerily similar to the comments eugenicist and namesake of abortion giant, MSI Reproductive Choices, Marie Stopes made regarding her concerns about ‘the ever increasing stock of degenerate, feeble-minded and unbalanced’ who ‘are like the parasite upon the healthy tree sapping its vitality’.
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What is eusociality? Sociobiologist and biodiversity scientist E.O. Wilson's evolutionary epigenetic law is second only to Darwin's law of species adaptation to survive. It says that successful species will work together and even sacrifice itself to ensure the larger group's survival. This genetic trait is known as eusociality and was evidenced again in the terrorist attacks in Paris: "Chris Cocking says that most people are likely to try to help each other even in extreme situations. 'There's an assumption that it's everybody for themselves but that just doesn't happen,' he says."
Pointedly, the Christian faith is centered around one God-man who redeems, Jesus. That the Christian church as an institution in its best traditions sacrifices for the spiritual and physical survival of humanity. That the bible's best passages preach a narrative of like group cooperation to survive. And that even the Christian story of origins is built upon the eusocial narrative that humanity is part of something greater than itself. That the way to achieve our epic constitution unites human spirituality, instead of cleaving it, so that it is composed of the best of the human nature, filled with potentiality, finitude, and loss.
As a Christian, though these ideas are part of evolutionary observation and corroborated in the bible as epic narratives composed from an ancient mythological mindset using poetic language, I find comfort in knowing our God wisely placed these evolutionary instincts into the construct of life both by decree as well as by sovereign guidance. This observation then would describe the teleology of evolution - that at a deep level of procreation there are genetic principles of nurture driven to a concerted end of species survival against all environmental outcomes. At Relevancy22 this has been written and restated in dozens of articles for further evaluation.
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And, I might add, in an odd way, but completely understandable view, the reason non-group refugees are either rejected or accepted to be aided. I like to think its consciously based but it must allow for unconscious choices as well driven either by species survival or species expansion as a postmodern reaction against past urges. Which is a discussion best left for another time (ReneGirard, mimetic theory, scapegoating & victimization).
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WW1 Matron Cora Beattie Anderson
Cora Beattie Anderson of Remuera had a distinguished war record as a nurse during World War One after she had survived a major shipwreck.
Cora Beattie Anderson was born on the 4th March 1881, one of eight children of Annie and William Anderson, who under the new Auckland City Council of 1871 was appointed City Engineer. She attended Auckland Girls Grammar School from 1895 to 1898.(1) At the time of her attestation in April 1915 to join the New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS), her address was given as 4 Roslyn Avenue (now Entrican Ave), Remuera.
Anderson Cora as a young woman
Elingamite Last Voyage
Cora was a survivor of the dramatic wreck of the Elingamite which sank after striking one of the Three Kings Islands in 1902. The passenger steamer Elingamite had been returning from Sydney to Auckland when in dense fog 35 miles north of Cape Reinga it struck rocks. On board were 136 passengers and 58 crew, and a consignment of 52 boxes of coins for banks in New Zealand, including 6,000 gold half-sovereigns. 28 passengers and 17 of the crew died from drowning or exposure. Cora who was 21 years old was on the last lifeboat with her brother-in-law Dr Robert Beattie who was Medical Superintendent of the Auckland Lunatic Asylum (Carrington/Oakley Hospital).
Dr Beattie’s account of that day was published by the New Zealand Herald: (2)
“The Elingamite struck one of the Three Kings about half-past ten on Sunday morning during a dense fog. The captain was on the bridge, and a man on the lookout, but the breakers were not observed until the steamer was almost on the rocks. The engines were stopped rapidly, which caused me to look over the port side, when I. saw high, towering rocks towards which the steamer was slowly moving. She bumped softly at first, but soon the crash became appalling, and within, half an hour the deck was half wider water, “Several boats got away safely. Miss Anderson and myself, with several others, whose names I do not know, got into what we believed was the last boat that could be launched. We were then fairly waist high in water on the deck, and remained there only with difficulty. We were only a short time on the boat when she swamped and capsized.
By this time we had launched the last lifeboat, which could not be launched previously. All the ropes were already cut, and as the boat floated gently off five or six passengers who were on the upper deck, stepped into her and made for us. Miss Anderson was the first to be picked up, then myself, and then a few other passengers, and soon after the first and second mates, who at once assumed command. By this time all the other boats had disappeared, and we remained to pick up all the passengers seen floating on the wreckage. We numbered 45 in all, and one dead body, and we set sail to find the Cape Maria light. The night being misty we failed to find it, and waited anxiously for daylight, but the mist continued. About eight a.m. the mist cleared slightly for only a few minutes, and we were unable, to find land. “We then set out on our course again, and landed on a sandy beach at Cape Kowhai, about half-past twelve p.m. We were 25 hours in the open boat, much cramped, and extremely cold, and sailed probably considerably over 100 knots.
Late in the afternoon of Sunday we sighted a boat believed to be the captain’s, apparently making for Cape Maria, but soon lost sight of her again, and saw no other boats after starting out. Several passengers floated away on rafts, and five were left on the steamer. We passed four or five dead bodies before clearing the wreckage. The steamer was obviously a total wreck. “Practically all on board kept cool, and the officers and men were heroic. One seaman asked us not to take him on board until all the others had been picked up. “All the passengers landed are well, but somewhat exhausted. The Maoris and pakehas treated us splendidly.” (3)
Anderson Cora Thames Hospital Nurses Roll of Honour
It may have been this life-threatening experience that led Cora to become a nurse. She trained and graduated at Thames Hospital in 1909 and then completed midwifery training at St Helen’s Hospital in Auckland. In 1910 she was appointed matron of the Townley Maternity Home, Gisborne,(4) and in 1912 district nurse for Maori patients in the Rotorua district. Then it was reported “After two year’s work, Miss Cora Anderson is resigning the position of Native Health Nurse at Rotorua.(5) Her resignation is accepted with the greatest regret by the Health Department. Miss Anderson intends to live in Auckland with or near her mother.”(6)
After war broke out in August 1914, Cora was one of the first selected for the contingent of 50 nurses to be sent for service under the direction of the British War Office.(7) She joined the New Zealand Army Nursing Service (No. 22/12 on the list of 50) and was age 34 when she set sail on the steamer Rotorua on 8th April 1915 for London.
Cora reported from London on May 20th:(8) “We all arrived safely and well yesterday. Nurse Cormack had a sharp attack of sciatica, but is better now, and no one else had worse than sea-sickness or a cold. We all enjoyed the ports immensely, and our train ride from Plymouth up was lovely, hyacinths, primroses, etc., growing wild and everything looking green and lovely. We had a consort from Teneriffe, I believe, though we did not see it. We are all going to base hospital in Egypt and leave immediately. Are going up to the High Commissioner’s office now. There are twenty five of us here, and the rest are in smaller parties at other homes. We were met at Plymouth by Mr. Eley from the New Zealand Office and had a reserved carriage. Later we have been up to the office and are to go again this afternoon. We leave either in three days or ten by transport from London Docks. Mr. Mackenzie is taking us to afternoon tea to-morrow and to Buckingham Palace on Saturday. We have had no mail so far but hope there may be some to-day. I think there was a New Zealand mail on the Lusitania: and hope there was none for us. London is full of recruiting bands and enlistment advertisements and uniform”.
Entrance to the New Zealand General Hospital Pont de Koubbeh, Cairo Egypt during World War 1
By the time the S. S.Rotorua reached Plymouth on 19 May 1915 the New Zealand nurses knew they were bound for Egypt. Nurses were badly needed in the British hospitals there to nurse the sick and wounded from Gallipoli. On 3 June the nurses sailed for Alexandria to be assigned to hospitals there and in Cairo.
Cora was promoted to Sister on 1st February 1916 and posted to the No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Cairo, where she wrote:(9) “Cairo just now is lovely, though the last two or three days have been very hot. The orange blossoms are out, and some large trees in our garden are all one mass of pretty pink blooms like tulips, which harmonise beautifully with the bouganvillia, which is climbing in some of the other trees. With the white tents erected m the garden, it makes a very pretty picture. “They had just been a trip to the Barage with some of the patients. The trips are arranged with gift money and the men enjoy it very much.” Image:Entrance to the New Zealand General Hospital, Pont de Koubbeh, Cairo, Egypt, during World War 1 National Library of N Z Reference Number: 1/2-147599-F
On August 13, 1915 Cora wrote to her brother “We are right in the thick of things, wounded and sick coming in faster than we can take them..
One hundred and fifty cases came in the day before yesterday, and 91 came in last night. Beds and mattresses are all round the corridors and verandahs. As every few patients go out a fresh batch is put in, and another surgical ward downstairs has had to be used for gastro-enteritis and dysentery cases. The men say it is just like Heaven to be here, and one feels that one cannot do enough for them. Some that we get are absolute wrecks, but a few days’ sleep and baths and feeding, books and papers and the chance of seeing some ordinary fellow mortals and a few women about soon set them right again, and they begin to look as if they had wakened out of a sleep. I go round and see that they are all shaved and tidy, etc., in the morning, and feel quite proud of my flock. When I went this morning I found men sleeping on mattresses on every available patch of the floor, 100 for whom we had no beds. I believe we are to make our accommodation up to 1,000 beds. We feel that we are doing what we came for, and are all putting every available ounce of ourselves into the work.”
We have 650 patients in the hospital, and are discharging them by fifties and hundreds to make room for new and worse cases. We have them in tents, verandahs and corridors, and the doctors are operating from 6 a.m. till the heat of the day gets too great, then in the afternoon and right on into the evening and night. There seems to be a very great many head and arm wounds among them. The men who left here just a week ago are coming back now, wounded. They went straight into action when they arrived. It is said that they have done wonderful things at the peninsula, however, and our men get the very greatest praise.”(10)
Anderson Cora No.1 General Hospital Egypt
The nurses’ efforts and conditions in Egypt were later described in the official war record:
The nurses had many difficulties to contend with; their quarters were cramped and inconvenient; they were frequently very short staffed, as only a proportion of the nurses arriving subsequently from New Zealand could be sent here; the heat was very trying; and working in tents and pavilions pitched on the sand tested their endurance. The serious cases of dysentery and of enteric from Gallipoli necessitated nursing skill of the highest order, and brought forth all the loving kindness and patience that accompany the skill of a good nurse.(11)
Image:No. 1 N Z General Hospital Cairo: Cora Anderson 3rd row from front 8th from left AWMM 379134 Mackrell, Brent. Papers. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2003-107
In June 1916 Cora was mentioned in despatches by Lieut. Gen Sir John Grenfell Maxwell who as General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War her name in recognition of valuable services in administration in Egypt. Cora was also brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the war in March 1917.(12)
Balmer Lawn Hotel as Brockenhurst NZ
Cora sailed on the Hospital Ship Marama in June 1916 from Alexandria in Egypt to Southampton and then transferred to the No. 1 N Z General Hospital at Brockenhurst (left). There she was Matron, with Sister Elizabeth Dixon, of the Morant (Marrant) Convalescent Home, an auxiliary war hospital.
Cora served as matron of most of the major New Zealand hospitals in England. In December 1916, she was made Matron of the No. 3 New Zealand General Hospital No.3 at Codford on the Salisbury Plains, England and then in April 1917 Matron of the Hornchurch Convalescent Hospital, known as Grey Towers, in Essex, near London, which accommodated 2,500 patients with a well-equipped physiotherapy department for treating 400 patients daily. By the end of 1918 about 20,000 patients had been treated at Hornchurch.
Kai Tiaki Oct 1917 U.S. & N.Z. matrons. Cora Anderson on far right at front.
In June 1917 a significant meeting took place – the five New Zealand matrons and medical officers entertained a visit at No. 2 N Z General Hospital at Walton on Thames from their new allies in the war – this included matrons, nurses and medical officers from Canada and the USA as well as Australia. The five New Zealand matrons present were, besides Miss Thurston Matron in Chief R.R.C., Miss Fanny Wilson A.R.R.C., Matron of Walton, Miss Vida MacLean A.R.R.C., Matron of Brockenhurst, Miss Cora Anderson, Matron of Hornchurch, Mrs. Plowman, A.R.R.C., (formerly Sister Elizabeth Nixon), Matron of Codford, and Miss Chalmers, Sister-in charge of Oatlands Park.(13)
Matrons of the NZ Nursing Service Maclean H New Zealand Army Nurses NZETC
Miss Thurston, Matron-in-Chief, NZ Expeditionary Force.
Miss Maclean, Matron-in-Chief No. 1 N Z General Hospital, Brockenhurst.
Miss Anderson, Matron N Z Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch.
Miss Price, Matron, N Z Stationary Hospital, France.
Miss McNie, Matron, No. 3 N Z General Hospital, Codford.
Miss Wilson, Matron, No. 2 N Z General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames.
On 15 November 1917, Matron Cora Anderson was recommended by the Minister of Public Health to attend special training in the administration of anaesthetics, at a cost of £100, a responsibility normally given to a trained doctor. These awards, recognition and promotions recognise that Matron Cora Anderson was a very respected and capable nurse as well as nursing administrator. (14)
Christmas at Morant War Hospital. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Cora Roberton scrapbook.
In February 1918 Mrs W. H. Parkes, wife of Lieut. Colonel William Henry Parkes, wrote a letter about Christmas at Hornchurch (15) –
It was bitterly cold, but a beautiful day and the writer says that many of the men came from Auckland, and knew her, although she did not know them. As it was Christmas Day, they went to the 9.30 service, where Padre Burton (Anglican) and Padre McDonald (Presbyterian) conducted the service together. They had a very excellent brass band, which played very well indeed. “As soon as this was over,” the writer proceeds, we had a sup of tea with the O.C., Col. Tewsley and Mrs. Tewsley in the matron’s room. Miss Cora Anderson (sister of Mrs. Beattie) is matron. Miss Thurston, the matron in chief, had come down previously.”
Anderson Cora Royal Red Cross 1st class
Cora received further decoration when she was made an Associate Royal Red Cross (2nd-Class) in October 1917 in recognition of her valuable service in connection with the War while Matron of Hornchurch (16). In July 1919 Cora was awarded the Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, again for her valuable service in connection with the war.(17) The arms of the Royal Red Cross First Class bear the words Faith, Hope, Charity, 1883. Cora’s medals and badges are held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.(18)
In February 1919 Cora was diagnosed as suffering from stress and strain with low blood pressure due to active service. The medical board recommended six weeks leave on full pay.(19) She boarded the S S Rimutaka on 28 May 1919 to return home to New Zealand but was in charge of all the nursing staff on board. Again in July on board she was assessed as suffering from debility and put on extra leave for 6 weeks, with a recommendation of demobilisation. Cora arrived in New Zealand on 26 August 1919 and was discharged from service but remained on the Service and Temporary Reserve of the NZANS until official retirement in July 1921. Cora served overseas for 4 years and 50 days. After the war, Cora was President of the Auckland Branch of the Returned Army Nursing Sisters Association for several terms.
Eric Roberton on middle camel. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Brent Mackrell Papers.
On the 1st of October 1919 Cora married Eric Roberton. Eric Butterfield Roberton was a farmer at Tahora in Taranaki when WW1 broke out in 1914 – he was 39 (born 1877) when he enlisted in 1915. Sergeant Eric Roberton was reported as receiving a serious thigh wound and was removed to N Z General Hospital at Brockenhurst in England in October 1917 (20) – it was probably while recovering at Hornchurch that he met Cora. The Auckland Star reported – (21)
A quiet and pretty wedding took place on Wednesday last at the residence of the bride’s mother “Rahane.” Roslyn Avenue, Remuera when Miss Cora Anderson. R.R.C, third daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. Wm. Anderson, C.E., and Mr. Eric E. Roberton (Stratford), youngest son of Mrs. and the late Mr. John Roberton of “Royston” Remuera, were married. The Rev. Pattison performed the ceremony. The bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr. W. B Anderson, wore her travelling dress of fawn tweed, with fawn crepe de chine hat with touches of pink, mauve, and blue, and carried a big posy of primroses. She was attended by her sister Miss Nan Anderson, who wore pale pink voile, and carried a loose bunch of pink and mauve sweet peas. The bridegroom was supported by his nephew, Mr. George Chamberlin. The rooms were beautifully decorated with flowers and the wedding took place in the drawing room, under a lovely wedding bell, the breakfast table being decorated in pink roses and white execorda. The wedding party consisted of the relatives of the bride and bridegroom.”
Roberton Cora Grave Purewa
On April 20th 1925 Cora and Eric had a daughter Elizabeth May (22), followed by a son Craig. They farmed in the Taranaki until 1948, and then moved to Auckland to Bucklands Beach and Remuera.(23) On Cora’s death on 24 September 1962 aged 81, their address was 53 Upland Rd, Remuera. Eric died aged 93 on 12 April 1971. Cora and Eric are buried in Purewa Cemetery in Meadowbank, Auckland – Block M, Row 18, Plot 66. Their daughter Elizabeth who also became a nurse died aged 89 on 19 Oct 2014 and is buried with her parents at Purewa. The Meadowbank Retirement Village has named its pavilion The Cora Anderson Pavilion in honour of Cora’s achievements. (24)
Miss E Roberton 1950 Clifton Firth
Roberton John Craig son
Cora Beattie Anderson was awarded the following Decorations and Medals for her WWI service:
Royal Red Cross (1st Class) (RRC)
Associated Royal Red Cross (2nd Class) (ARRC)
1914-15 Star Medal
British War Medal 1914-19
Victory Medal, with oakleaf (for her Mentioned in Despatches (25)
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2. New Zealand Herald, 20 November 1902, Page 1
3. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 405, 14 January 1909, Page 3
4. Star, Issue 9747, 14 January 1910, Page 3
5. Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume V, Issue 2, April 1912, Page 39
6. Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume VII, Issue 1, January 1914, Page 50
7. Nurses for the front. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15846, 17 February 1915, Page 8
8. Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume VIII, Issue 3, July 1915, Page 134
9. Letters from Our Nurses Abroad. Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume IX, Issue 3, July 1916, Page 139
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12.Supplement to the London Gazette 21 June 1916 Supplement 29632 Page 6184 DESPATCH No. IV. Army Headquarters, Force in Egypt. Cairo, 16th March, 1916. S-Communique from the War Office, 3 March 1917.
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14. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Cora Beattie Anderson. Brent Mackrell papers MS-2003-107, Box 9.
15 “Our Boys” Christmas in England. Auckland Star, 23 February 1918, Page 16
16. The London Gazette Publication date: 23 October 1917 Supplement:30350 Page: 10975
17. The London Gazette Publication date: 29 July 1919 Supplement:31482 Page:9822
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21. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 239, 8 October 1919, Page 12
22. Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume VIII, Issue 3, July 1925, Page 149
23. Nurse had fine war record. N Z Herald, 25 Sept. 1962.
24. What’s going on at Meadowbank Village https://www.oceaniahealthcare.co.nz/news/crane-over-meadowbank-village 2016
25. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Brent Mackrell Collection.
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Day 1 – Surp Giragos under plastic wrap
Created on Thursday, 27 March 2014 16:00
14 Days in Diyarbakir - 14 Photos of Amed - 14 Pieces on Tigranakert.
"Repair's" special correspondant MJM, a french-armenian journalist, has recently spent two weeks in the current capital of the South Eastearn Anatolia to meet with the past, present and future of the thousands of Armenians who used to live in this city before the 1915 genocide. During his travels, MJM shares with us his many encounters with places, women and men whose story is undeniably related to the Armenians.
This photo essay was done in May 2013, some situations described in these articles have evolved since then.
Two years after my visit to Diyarbakir, a lot of change has come to Surp Giragos (St Cyriac). I had visited that Armenian church a few months before its official opening, when the building was still under construction. Scaffolding filled up all the space and furniture had not yet arrived. Today, there are rows of brand new benches marked with the initials SG (for Surp Giragos) in the Armenian alphabet, candles have already been lit in the sandpits, and two locked boxes are waiting for donations to renovate what is said to be one of the major Armenian churches in the Middle East. Near the choir, chairs and a mighty seat are still covered with thick plastic wrap protecting them from dust. Because if all is ready to welcome worshippers, there is still something missing in Surp Giregos – or rather someone: a Priest!
The hitch is that no-one knows when he will come, although the Patriarchate of Istanbul has promised that someone will definitely come some day. With the current vocation crisis, the little community of Armenians in Diyarbakir will still have to wait before the Sunday mass is celebrated here. For the time being the church is still in standby, even though Turkish and foreign visitors do trickle in every day and a second Easter holiday was celebrated this year with choreg (braided brioche bread) and brightly coloured eggs – over 500 of them, according to Kevok, the Armenian teacher who filled in for the missing cleric and animated the ceremony.
Once the heavy church gate shut tight and the tumult of the street left behind, some sort of quiet settles in. Nature is starting to reclaim its rights, and the mulberry tree standing tall in the little courtyard offers its beneficial shade to visitors and its sweet fruit to the passing gourmet. In a corner, a photographic exhibition makes you realize the extent of the renovation work achieved and informs the visitor about turn of the 20th century Armenian Diyarbakir. On both sides of the building, water pumps have been installed and bring a very welcome coolness in this region of Anatolia. As for the cooing pigeons, they have already found refuge near the stately town tower whose heavy bell was brought especially from Russia and reminds us that Surp Giragos is alive and well. “Our town must become an example of multiculturalism. I want to hear the sound of bells again next to calls from minarets”, Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir had said in an interview two years ago. His dream has finally come true…
The 30-year-old freelancer and photographer, MJM, has worked for various newspapers and magazines. His recent work with the Yerkir NGO has permitted him to further develop his views and understanding through photos and documentaries in Armenia and Turkey. An overview of his work is available on his website www.mjm-wordsandpics.com.
14 days in Diyarbakir
Day 2 - Aram’s Dream
Day 3 – Seymus Diken, the Voice of Diyarbakir
Day 4 – Özgur: the warden of the Armenian cemetery
Day 5 – Like paying tribute
Day 6 – Armen a.k.a. Abdurrahim
Day 7 – Lunch in Surp Giregos
Day 8 – At Sarkis and Bayzar’s
Day 9 – The Bridge of death… or almost
Day 10 – Back to school
Day 11 – The white genocide goes on
Day 12 – Mustafa and Çakir: a prettified memory
Day 13 - “The diaspora must understand Turkey and Armenians from Turkey"
Day 14 - Why not?
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Predictors of empathy in women social workers
Selwyn Stanley, G. Mettilda Buvaneswari, A. Meenakshi
SummaryThis study explored the manifestation of reflective ability, emotional intelligence and empathy in 120 women social workers in Tiruchirappalli, India. A cross-sectional quantitative design was used and the Emotional Intelligence Scale, Groningen Reflective Ability Scale and the Empathy Assessment Index were administered to assess the manifestation of these dimensions. Multiple regression analysis was used to identify predictors of empathy.FindingsBased on mean scores, the majority of respondents were classified as being ?high? in terms of emotional intelligence and reflective ability. Respondents of different age groups showed a significant difference in terms of the manifestation of empathy. Age, self-reflection and appraisal and expression of emotions were extracted as significant predictors of empathy.ApplicationThe article discusses the importance of these professional attributes for effective practice and the role of academic institutions and social work organisations in fostering the development of these dimensions in social work practitioners.
Journal of Social Work
E-pub ahead of print - 19 Aug 2018
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Stanley, S., Mettilda Buvaneswari, G., & Meenakshi, A. (2018). Predictors of empathy in women social workers. Journal of Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017318794280, https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017318794280
Stanley, Selwyn ; Mettilda Buvaneswari, G. ; Meenakshi, A. / Predictors of empathy in women social workers. In: Journal of Social Work. 2018.
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Factors affecting sleep quality of patients in intensive care unit
Shailesh Bihari, Ronald McEvoy, Elisha Matheson, Susan Kim, Richard Woodman, Andrew Bersten
Introduction: Sleep disturbance is a frequently overlooked complication of intensive care unit (ICU) stay. Aim: To evaluate sleep quality among patients admitted to ICU and investigate environmental and non-environmental factors that affect sleep quality in ICU. Methods: Over a 22-month period, we consecutively recruited patients who spent ≥ 2 nights post-endotracheal extubation in ICU and who were orientated to time, place, and person on the day of discharge. Self-reported sleep quality, according to a modified Freedman questionnaire, which provided data on self-reported ICU sleep quality in ICU and environmental factors affecting sleep quality in the ICU, were collected. We also investigated non-environmental factors, such as severity of illness, ICU interventions, and medications that can affect sleep quality. Results: Fifty males and 50 females were recruited with a mean (± SD) age of 65.1 ± 15.2 years. APACHE II score at admission to ICU was 18.1 ± 7.5 with duration of stay 6.7 ± 6.5days. Self-reported sleep quality score at home (1 = worst; 10 = best) was 7.0 ± 2.2; this decreased to 4.0 ± 1.7 during their stay in ICU (p < 0.001). In multivariate analysis with APACHE III as severity of illness (R2 = 0.25), factors [exp(b)(95% CI), p value] which significantly affected sleep in ICU were sex [0.37(0.19-0.72), p < 0.01], age and sex interaction [1.02(1.01-1.03), p < 0.01], bedside phone [0.92(0.87-0.97), p < 0.01], prior quality of sleep at home [1.30(1.05-1.62), p = 0.02], and use of steroids [0.82(0.69-0.98), p = 0.03] during the stay in ICU. Conclusion: Reduced sleep quality is a common problem in ICU with a multifactorial etiology.
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Rest Of My Family
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Rest Of My Family Travel Diaries: Day 27 (part 1)
Posted on September 22, 2015 September 22, 2015 by Rest Of My Family
Last evening, Joby introduced us to Radhakrishna Kurup who would serve as our translator and point of contact to tribes for the next few days. “It might not be possible to visit Kurumba hamlets since they have some of the most difficult trails to trek through. Besides, this time of year, the paths are muddy and filled with leeches. It would be wise to meet the Moopans (leaders) of these tribes who’ll be able to paint a clear picture of the current social problems,” said Radhakrishna.
We rang him in the morning to remind him about our visit to the hamlets. To our misfortune, he was neck-deep in official work and wouldn’t be able to join us today. He suggested that we get in touch with his friend Augustine Sheen — a freelance journalist and former employee of the Attapadi Hills Area Development Society (AHADS) who was more than willing to help us.
“You will always be given an extensive tour of the hamlets situated close to the departments and Panchayat offices. They take great care in maintaining them thereby giving an impression that they are making progress. However, the deeper you go, the more you realise that nothing is as simple as it seems,” said Sheen as he bit back a helpless smile.
As per the statistics and data furnished by the government officials, the tribes have received enough assistance to rehabilitate themselves and elevate their economic status. However, Sheen felt that the current situation is a consequence of poorly executed policies and an incomplete understanding of its implications. “Prohibition of alcohol led to a rebellion of sorts. This led to more and more people consuming liquor and acquiring it through illegal means. Their food habits were forcefully altered simply because it fit into our plans of providing them ration at subsidised rates. Their dependence on Western medicine increased as their knowledge on traditional medicine dwindled and was eventually forgotten,” he explained.
Sheen also rubbished claims that eggs and milk were served as a part of the mid-day meals in the hostels. On further inquiry, he discovered that children were given substandard food that barely met any nutritional requirements. There was immense disparity between envisioning a project and implementing it on a grass root level. According to him, in the 70s, both private and government organisations conducted numerous awareness programmes to tackle issues like addiction and alcoholism. “The funds continue to pool in even today. But, no one is conducting these campaigns anymore,” he went on.
Amongst the institutions that have striven to work towards social upliftment of tribal communities, AHADS played a crucial role in educating the tribes on their rights and providing holistic developmental solutions. It was initiated primarily to aid eco-restoration projects in Attapadi with assistance from Japan International Cooperation Agency. However, the organisation collapsed two years ago owing to funding problems. While the government maintained that AHADS failed to facilitate projects within a stipulated period of time, Sheen strongly believed that the assigned timelines were unrealistic to begin with.
“It was a time-bound project. And, our deadlines were extended twice. But, I feel the programme was shut down purely due to political pressure. It was quite a superior institution and was above the three-tier Panchayats. Our director was an IAS Officer who believed in our vision from the start. We had a very strong team,” said Sheen who further added that the initiative encouraged and facilitated afforestation of at least 11,000 hectares of barren land and undertook a slew of projects ranging from organic farming, soil conservation, installation of irrigation ducts to even rejuvenating flora and fauna, and building sustainable houses.
There’s a strong undercurrent of anti-tribal sentiments brewing in the hearts of ‘settlers’ who believe that the tribes receive enormous help from all corners of the country while their struggles often go unnoticed. Exhibiting callous indifference to tribal welfare, some of the residents do not lend their support to initiatives benefiting any of these communities.
Land displacement and alienation as a result of encroachment by migrants led to Adivasis being dispossessed of their native lands years ago. In 2005, the Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill was passed which sought to recognise the rights of these tribes to live in the forest, to self-cultivate and use minor forest produce. However, according to a US diplomatic cable leaked by Wikileaks — 48157: (Tribal Bill: A UPA attempt at social engineering) — the bill merely hoped to grant ‘forest dwelling tribes’ a clear title to the lands they occupied while compelling them to act as ‘stewards’. The Ministry of Forests and Environment had even predicted that it would result in complete devastation of forest resources. Many believe that the bill did not bring forth any radical change at all, and was nothing but a desperate attempt at tapping into the tribal vote bank…
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The whole of humanity is one big family but somehow, over time, we have lost that connection with one another. Our struggle for individual survival has taught us to draw a circle of 'me and my' around us and we consider only certain people, places and things as our own. By the very design of this paradigm, the rest of the people, places and things in this world fall outside this circle of love and compassion. And, in this societal race of securing more resources for ourselves and our loved ones, most of us have forgotten our relationship with one another at large. There are some of us that have fallen out of everybody's circle of 'my' or have been left too far behind in the race to survive. This project is an attempt to connect back, re-discover our relationship with and understand our responsibility towards the larger family that we are a part of -- the rest of our human family. Hence, it is titled 'Rest of My Family'. Through this journey, we will focus on highlighting the social issues and human interest stories, documenting the triumphs of the ordinary man despite all the hardships they face constantly, and help these stories reach a larger audience and wherever necessary raise funds through fund raisers and crowd funding campaigns to extend necessary support to the individuals and communities that we write about. We hope to connect the ones who need help to the ones who can help. We follow up our documentation by extending necessary support to the individuals and communities we document about. So if you wish to reach out to anyone through us then feel free to get in touch with us at anytime. facebook.com/RestOfMyFamily twitter.com/RestOfMyFamily instagram.com/restofmyfamily restofmyfamily@gmail.com
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IRAQ UPDATED AND STILL A MESS, BUT DIPLOMACY IS AT WORK AND MAJOR QUESTIONS!
June 26, 2014 August 11, 2014 Harry C. Blaney III
By: Harry C. Blaney III
Secretary Kerry and Prime Minister Maliki met in Baghdad on June 23, 2014.
The greatest challenge for American diplomacy in Iraq is finding a path that will contain the spread of sectarian warfare between Islam’s two dominant sects (the Sunni and the Shiite) and the intervention of their predominant co-religionist national entities. Already the Shiite state of Iran has offered military and financial support to Nouri al-Maliki and his exclusionary policy towards both the Kurds and the Sunni minority. Now Syria’s government seems to also be in support of Maliki, although still to an uncertain extent. Maliki made gestures towards a more inclusive government on Wednesday with Secretary Kerry, but Iran indicated it wanted America to stay out of Iraq. Thus, the direction of Iraq’s government and future remains in some doubt.
To say the waters are muddy is an understatement and, clearly, the complexities boggle the mind as old foes become allies and vice versa. For America and the West in general, there are again no good options, and our current ones are limited in every direction. Unintended consequences loom everywhere. Diplomacy is trying now to bring some broader unity government to Iraq. At the same time, defeating ISIS gains without some element of military support seems to many to be tying our hands.
The greatest danger for America is if it takes the side of one sect in this Islamic struggle or even being seen to do so. At the same time, though, the idea of a bloody ongoing global religious war and the establishment of an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria run under fanatical Islamic rule that spans from the shores of Lebanon to the heart of Iraq does, as Secretary Kerry has said, pose a long-term vital threat to America and our allies.
The ISIS clearly poses a fundamental threat to the whole of Iraq. As their on-the-ground gains continue the scope for either a diplomatic or decent military solution become more and more questionable. Questionable yes, but probably not impossible, if the contesting powers and sects see beyond a wholesale tragic slaughter.
The question of the day must be how to create solutions to what seems, by all accounts, an already disastrous situation. This solution, we have to remember, must be created with few good tools and a rising upheaval throughout the Arab world and beyond. In this context the question of what to do is without an easy answer, and the ramifications of any action is, without exception, open to many dangers and uncertainties.
Some of the questions that the President, Secretaries of State and Defense, partisan Congress, citizens, and Iraqi leaders need to ponder are:
How do we deal with Maliki and his corrupt regime to truly help put together at this very late stage reconciliation between the contesting sides in Iraq? But, also, how do we dampen the trend of national proxies and Shia and Sunni countries which, in this volatile landscape, are in danger of being caught up and added to a region-wide chaos?
For America the question must also be whether (and how) to apply American military assets in such a way that will not not cause even greater bloodshed? Having already sent up 300 military personnel and other assets to Iraq – but having done so with the problematic injunction that Maliki form an inclusive government with the Kurds and Sunni – we still must consider our other options.
Does America have a constructive strategy for Iraq beyond trying to prevent a massive Sunni-Shiite conflict? Is it willing to commit its diplomatic, economic, and military support to this region? And at what cost and for how long? And, what will the Middle East and global environment look like without peacemaking efforts in a never-ending conflict?
How far should America commit military assets without “boots on the ground,” to what objective, and for how long. And, how can it avoid “on the ground” blowback? What tools should be “usable” and not, and how should they be coordinated with the Iraqi government/military and with Iran?
What role will/should Iran, the Gulf States and especially Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, etc. play in this conflict? Will it be destructive and simply exacerbate the division between Sunni and Shiite? What can we do to make it constructive?
Is the unified state of Iraq already lost? Is a break-up a better option or simply inevitable? What about a very loose federation? Can Maliki stay or must he leave? Would any alternative government be better? Do we need to accept, at this stage, a Maliki government? How far do we want to go to make him leave or promote a successor?
What other tools of reconciliation, peacemaking, and peacekeeping can America and our allies and friends develop that will break the cycle of hate, raw ideological, religious, and ethnic conflict in the Middle East?
I will not provide here and now my own answers to these questions, which I have addressed a bit in early posts. I do, rather, welcome the comments of others to provide their ideas and answers and proposals.
So far the conversation is starkly divided. There is the sterile stance of some isolationists of “do nothing, let them kill each other” and there is the “neo-con” facile answer and oft-repeated argument of harsh military intervention. This is what got us into so much trouble earlier in Iraq, and the people who now want to go back massively into the bloody battlefield – blind as always to the realities of the landscape and its history – appear simpleminded. Our nation and the region deserve better examination and thought than either of these extremes.
Again we welcome you comments!
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Art Hanson July 1, 2014 / 3:00 AM
We broke Iraq and the region with our invasion and occupation of Iraq and attempt to overthrow Assad in Syria. We cannot fix Iraq, Syria, or the region. The only things we should do are to stop intervening militarily, stop arming any side, pressure all sides to stop arming and aiding any side, and let those involved determine their own destiny.
Harry C. Blaney III July 2, 2014 / 2:12 PM
One result of the Vietnam and Iraq wars was the understandable distaste for American intervention in conflicts we did not understand and had no long-term strategic concept of how to win and how to end. But we also can’t be slaves to partial history and should learn from, but not be determined by, history which in each case is at many levels different. Iraq is not Vietnam, and Libya is not Egypt. Every challenge we have today is not a simple replica of past events. We should be informed by but not determined nor blind to the differences.
Certainly, Iraq today has both similarities to the past but is very different. Not least is the tactics of the ISIS and the number of “players” in the ring and the breath and depth of this conflict and to some extent the next door upheavals in Syria which are equally complex and dangerous to the whole region.
You mentioned that we broke Iraq and the region with our invasion and occupation. We also invaded Europe in WW I and much of its landscape was devastated and we messed up the peace negotiations, but we also came back and rightly “invaded” Europe again in WWII, and this time stayed, built new international institutions to keep the peace, and built a sustained recovery and a Europe that is largely at peace. We learned from our mistakes. We also acted with good results in what was Yugoslavia.
I just came yesterday from a meeting with the Iraq Ambassador to the US, and he outlined a very serious situation – no surprise – but he said that America was Iraq’s preferred ally. It was clear from what he said (but more what he did not say) that outside helpful powers were needed. He also said things were so dangerous that Iraq would accept help from almost anyone…but would not make a pact or be allied to anyone.
You say we can not fix Iraq and Syria…probably you are largely right if we are alone, but with the help of others in and outside the region there is at least a chance we might get this conflagration under some control. If we could I think we should try. It is like the recent story of a very sick man outside a DC fire company who asked for help. The firemen would not help because no one call 911! The man died. We and our allies are the Fire Company at the moment, and the case in the region is dire.
The question before us is not “let’s stay out of the world” but, rather, to ask what are the challenges before us on this planet, what can we do, and how can we do it effectively and with the fewest risks. The problem we have today in America is not only the rise of a new Tea Party isolationism but also obstruction by their ideological blindness of support for paths of peacemaking and peacekeeping and diplomacy. Theirs is a denial of the importance of these “soft” tools, and of the impacts of the GOP’s decision to plow unnecessary funds into weapon systems that are unusable, ineffective, costly and aren’t even asked for by our military leaders. We are conducting diplomacy on a shoestring rather than with robust resources and adequate people including our USAID programs.
My own view is that Secretary Kerry’s efforts are right and I am proud that America is trying through diplomacy to find some path to peace and reconciliation. Its decision to put on the ground some modest military eyes and ears and other assistance is probably just the right balance at the moment to provide some leverage over the events of the day.
I thank you for your clearly heartfelt comments and please feel free to continue!
Harry C. Blaney III June 29, 2014 / 8:00 PM
I have no reason to keep Maliki in power………..just the opposite, as he appears to be as much the problem than a solution to the upheavals in that nation.
But I do not want to see a bloodbath either in Iraq or in the region which is antithetical to American values and interests. And I do agree with President Obama that opening up a large area of the Middle East to the dominance of the ISIS which has demonstrated bloodthirstiness in killing civilians and imposed a harsh and cruel rule over the people and communities it has conquered. Further, it has amassed money and military resources that could and indeed would likely endanger our allies and threaten America and Americans.
Again, given the complexities of these developments, it remains hard to discern what are our best options and likely outcomes. But the risks are high both in terms of spread of this war and wider sectarian conflict. Our humanitarian concerns also should have a high value and reason for seeking some kind of peacemaking intervention along the lines that Secretary Kerry is seeking. He is trying to get the cooperation of a broad range of states to help stop the killing and find a political solution. That is just the right role we should have now.
I do agree that these are problems that are best solved by the Iraqis if they could, but recent failed internal efforts seem to indicate that some kind of outside help is needed. Mass murder has never been one of my favored outcomes of any upheaval.
Paul Sack June 29, 2014 / 9:06 PM
I sort of agree, as mass murder is clearly something to be avoided; but I cannot help wondering whether the U.S. can prevent mass murder (without sending in U.S. troops) or whether it is something only the Iraqis can resolve. Unfortunately, their solution to the problems of ethnic hatreds seems to be mass murder.
Why is “do nothing. Let them kill each other” a “sterile stance”? We have no reason to care about such an outcome unless you think that preserving the Maliki government, which you have called “corrupt,” is somehow important to the safety of our 50 states. These are problems which are best solved by the Iraqis, not by us.
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University > Research portal > Researchers > M Louise Burt
M Louise Burt
Statistics - Research Fellow
CREEM
Scottish Oceans Institute
Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling
Email: lb9@st-andrews.ac.uk
Research publications (30)
Foraging behavior and disruption in blue, fin, and humpback whales in relation to sonar exposure: the challenges of generalizing responsiveness in species with high individual variability
Harris, C. M., Burt, M. L., Allen, A., Wensveen, P. J., Miller, P. & Sivle, L., 11 Nov 2019, In: Aquatic Mammals. 45, 6, p. 646-660
Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta density and abundance in Chesapeake Bay and the temperate ocean waters of the southern portion of the Mid-Atlantic Bight
Barco, S. G., Burt, M. L., DiGiovanni, R. A., Swingle, W. M. & Williard, A. S., 13 Dec 2018, In: Endangered Species Research. 37, p. 269-287 19 p.
Estimating cetacean density and abundance in the Central and Western Mediterranean Sea through aerial surveys: implications for management
Panigada, S., Lauriano, G., Donovan, G., Pierantonio, N., Cañadas, A., Vázquez, J. A. & Burt, L., Jul 2017, In: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 141, p. 41-58 18 p.
International Statistical Ecology Conference
Stephen Terrence Buckland (Chair of organising committee), Eric Rexstad (Chair of organising committee), David Louis Borchers (Organiser), Mark Brewer (Organiser), M Louise Burt (Organiser), Claudia Estevinho Santos Faustino (Organiser), Danielle Veronica Harris (Organiser), Janine Barbel Illian (Organiser), Guilherme A. Bortolotto de Oliveira (Organiser), Ruth King (Organiser), Tiago A. Marques (Organiser), Michail Papathomas (Organiser), Rhona Rodger (Organiser), Len Thomas (Organiser), Lindesay Alexandra Sarah Scott-Hayward (Organiser) & Charles George Mackay Paxton (Organiser)
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EU Vaccine Agency Victim of Cyberattack
The head of the European Union’s medical agency confirmed Friday it had been the subject of a cyberattack for the past two weeks but said it will not impact its ongoing evaluation of COVID-19 vaccines.The cyberattack was originally announced Wednesday, with the agency providing few details. During an online meeting with the European Parliament, European Medicines Agency (EMA) executive director, Emer Cooke, said the agency had “launched a full investigation in close cooperation with the law enforcement officials and other relevant entities.”In a brief statement on its website, Pfizer partner BioNTech said it had been informed that some of the documents related to regulatory submission for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which has been stored on an EMA server, had been “unlawfully accessed.” The company said it did not believe any personal data of trial participants had been compromised.Cooke said Friday, “We can assure you that the timelines for the evaluation of the COVID-19 vaccines and treatments are not impacted. And the agency as you see today continues to be fully functional.”The Amsterdam–based agency is evaluating the Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine already approved by Britain and Canada, as well as the vaccine candidate from Moderna. The agency said it will make a decision on conditional approval at a meeting to be held by December 29, while a decision on Moderna’s version should follow by January 12.Cooke said based on the data for the two vaccines so far, “the safety and efficacy look very promising, and we have not seen the adverse events coming up that would be a concern.”Earlier this week, Cooke said the vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca is also being considered but complete data for that vaccine has not yet been submitted.
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Canadian Police Declare Dissident Pakistan Activist’s Death ‘Non-Criminal’ Matter
Police in Canada have declared the death of a dissident Pakistani human rights activist a “non-criminal” incident.
Thirty-seven-year-old Karima Mehrab, also known as Karima Baloch from Pakistan’s troubled Baluchistan province, was found dead Monday, a day after she went missing in Toronto’s downtown area.
“The circumstances have been investigated and officers have determined this to be a non-criminal death and no foul play is suspected. We have updated the family,” a Toronto Police statement said. The Toronto Police Service is aware of heightened community and media interest surrounding a missing person investigation.
Earlier today, we confirmed a 37-year-old woman was sadly located deceased on Monday, December 21, 2020.
— Toronto Police (@TorontoPolice) December 23, 2020Baloch had been living in Canada since fleeing Baluchistan in 2015, where she campaigned for the province’s separation from Pakistan and was reportedly charged with terrorism.
Her death sparked speculation of the involvement of Pakistani intelligence operatives, charges officials in Islamabad rejected as “ridiculous” and an attempt to malign Pakistan.
Baloch’s husband, Hammal Haider, told media she went on a walk on Toronto’s Center Island and never returned.
“I can’t believe that it’s an act of suicide,” he told the Guardian newspaper. “She was a strong lady and she left home in a good mood. We can’t rule out foul play as she has been under threats. She left Pakistan as her home was raided more than twice,” Haider said.
Baluchistan has long been home to insurgent separatist movements and often experiences deadly attacks on Pakistani security forces blamed on the separatists.
The Pakistani military said on Tuesday an “intelligence-based operation” against a suspected militant hideout in the province’s Awaran region triggered a shootout with “terrorists,” killing 10 of them. It added that the slain men were behind a recent deadly attack on a security convoy in the area.
Pakistan alleges Baluch separatists are being supported and funded by rival India, charges New Delhi denies.
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FOX – Media Industry’s Frontrunner Despite Disruption
A Traditional Media Case Study by Robin Spielberger
After years of cursing the ad-skipping devil machine known as the DVR and losing a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Dish Network’s ad-skipping Hopper and new Sling technology, at least one broadcast network finally decided that resistance is futile.
Fox hyped the 2013 premiere of Kevin Bacon’s serial-killer thriller series, “The Following,” with commercial advertisements featuring announcer’s bellowing “Set your DVR now!” in addition to mentioning the show’s live air date. The same sort of reminder for the show can also be found in the network’s print and bus ads, as well as on billboards. However, this might not seem all that groundbreaking to the viewers because DVRs have been a common technology featured in American homes for years.
Leichtman Research Group‘s 2012 survey of 1,300 households found that 52 percent of
the ones that have pay-TV service also have a DVR. That translates to about 45 percent of all households and is up from 13.5 percent of all households surveyed five years earlier by Nielsen.
But Fox’s outright lack of resistance to DVR technology really is sort of radical: Networks really want you to watch their shows live, and until recently, they’ve been reluctant to do anything that might encourage delayed viewing, much less encourage it.
The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox, is an American commercial broadcasting television network, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of 21st Century Fox. Launched in 1986 as a fourth television network, Fox became the highest-rated broadcast network in the 18–49 demographic from 2004 to 2012 and in the 2007–08 season was the United States’ most-watched television network.
When Fox introduced American Idol in the summer of 2002, the average American household had 102 television channels, compared to a whopping 181 channels ten years later. Other developments in the media landscape, such as the growth of DVRs and Video on Demand services, the development of YouTube and other sources of streaming video and audio, the emergence of new venues for original series, and the massive growth of mobile technology and social media have had an impact on the television industry.
An article at the Hollywood Reporter argued that the television industry needs a “Steve Jobs – like visionary and needs it soon.” While television networks have been slowly adapting to the changes in viewer behavior, they have not been considered particularly viewer friendly.
While the film industry continues to see profound changes in the way movies are produced, distributed and monetized, the television industry is experiencing its own major shifts. Viewers have been drifting away from viewing television in real time in favor of recording things on their DVRs and “hopping” through the commercials, or jumping on the cord-cutting bandwagon and consuming series television entirely online or through new technologies such as Roku or AppleTV.
Traditional Nielsen television ratings no longer portray a complete representation of the audience for a program, cable channels have caught up with the big networks and more and more outlets for original series (like Netflix, DirecTV and Amazon) are materializing with desirous offerings, tantamount to what’s being broadcast over traditional airwaves.
FOX Chief Operating Officer, Joe Earley.
Joe Earley, the network poured over the ratings for its new fall shows and one trend stuck out in a big way: almost one-third of all viewers who watched Fox Tuesday night sitcoms did so via DVR, and because those viewers weren’t just sitting back and watching whatever show was up next, other new sitcoms on the Fox lineup didn’t exist. Fox executives thought people weren’t rejecting these other shows but instead were just not watching them. “We began talking about how we might be in a new world where we had to tell people to set their DVRs,” Earley told Vulture in a January 2013 interview with Josef Adalian.
Most television networks use Nielsen‘s Live Plus service to track viewer ratings. Live Plus depicts who watched shows on their DVRs within different time frames. Generally, it tracks three major categories: Live-Plus-Same-Day, Live-Plus-Three and Live-Plus-Seven, with each one tracking a broader time frame. Live-Plus-Same-Day looks not only at who was watching when the show aired, but measure a program’s DVR viewing until 3:00am local time, that night. Live-Plus-Three and Live-Plus-Seven track who watched within three, and seven days of the original airing, respectively, and although the Live-Plus-Seven ratings are the closest thing to a “true popularity,” from Nielsen, they’re not available until three weeks after the show originally aired.
When Nielsen first rolled out its Live Plus service, network executives were uncertain, but it’s become an industry standard. These Live Plus ratings can make a big difference when a large portion of a show’s fans is watching on their DVRs. For more information about Nielsen‘s television ratings, click here, and to hear it directly from the horse’s mouth, click here.
Now, armed with Nielsen’s “special DVR data,” television executives are trumpeting the big viewership gains their shows are seeing up to a week after original air dates. This DVR data has become an increasingly important part of the calculations as each network decides which new fall shows to keep, and which to axe.
Shawn Ashmore and Kevin Bacon as Mike Weston and Ryan Harding in FOX’s serial-killer thriller, “The Following,” airing Mondays 9/8c
Rather than begin blanketing its airwaves and commercials with “Love Your DVR” PSAs, Fox executives decided to experiment using “The Following” as a guinea pig. Their submission to rampant DVR use by American households paid off, with the freshman thriller jumping 34 percent in the wake of the premiere in 2013. “We want people to be there from the beginning of the series,” Earley explained in his interview with Adalian, of Vulture. “We don’t necessarily want to encourage people to delay viewing. But we also don’t want them to miss it.”
“Sleepy Hollow,” Fox’s fall 2014 millennial spin on Washington Irving’s classic tale (for full text, click here), saw a huge impact on viewership once the DVR viewers were added to the mix. The premiere audience rose from a moderate 8.6 million to a vigorous 13.5 million viewers.
Fox was the first broadcast network to integrate DVR messaging into a promotional campaign for a new television series, but it appears to have become more common as time-shifting continues to impact how we watch “our stories.”
Advertising and DVR message integration isn’t the only way in which Fox is dealing with the disruption of the “glory days” of media conglomerate’s business practices and audience viewership ratings. FX President John Landgraf and Fox Chairman of Entertainment Kevin Reilly, are looking at ways to modify their networks, both owned by Fox Broadcasting Company, for a changing media landscape.
President of FX Networks, John Landgraf
Landgraf, who is touted as one of the smartest executives in television, by Chief TV Critic Tim Goodman (@BastardMachine) of the Hollywood Reporter, observed that 2013 was a year in which cable series like AMC‘s “The Walking Dead,” FX‘s “Sons of Anarchy” and A&E‘s “Duck Dynasty” were in the 20 most watched shows, and that scripted series, were particularly exploding.
“In 2002 when we launched ‘The Shield,’ there were 33 scripted dramas or comedies on basic and premium cable,” Landgraf told Alison Willmore (@alisonwillmore) TV Editor at IndieWire during the Winter 2014 Television Critics Association Press Tour. “This year there will be about 180. That is over a 500% increase. And it doesn’t account for the fact that Internet delivered TV services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu Plus are now rolling out their own original series.” However, Landgraf doesn’t see an increase in series competition as FX’s biggest challenge – ”Somehow our shows seem to keep hitting all time highs every year.”
FX Original Series “Sons of Anarchy,” starring Charlie Hunnam.
Rather, the chief obstacle he sees is that as viewing habits change, the networks are experiencing a huge loss of advertising revenue. For example, FX’s original series, “Sons of Anarchy” season premiere earned over five million adult viewers ages 18 to 49, but only two million of those were watching it live and only three million watched the commercials. FX’s response to this disruption has been to create an On Demand streaming service called FXNow, but also to produce more of their original programming.
Landgraf argued that television series are no longer “a disposable medium” in which the shows are made predominantly for the viewers that watch it in real time. ”Now I think we’re making shows for posterity,” he told Indiewire.
“That’s the thing that’s most exciting to me about television,” Landgraf expounded, “is that now television seems like a medium that has a long life. Therefore, it’s worth making things that not only galvanize an audience the night they air, but might be useful to someone 15 or 20 years later. And, of course, we own most of our programming, so we’re benefiting from both those revenue streams.” In addition, he noted that “the number of times when there were challenges over here on the ad sales front, the ownership of content has bailed us out. So it’s a nice thing, actually, to have some sort of more certain long tail revenue that sort of undergirds a more volatile thing like advertising sales.”
FOX Chairman of Entertainment, Kevin Reilly.
One of the ways Fox is dealing with the changing realities of the TV landscape is by bypassing the traditional pilot season, according to Kevin Reilly, Fox’s Chairman of Entertainment. Networks normally take pitches for new television shows in the early summer, order scripts in the early fall, and pilots in January. However, most of these pilots never get any closer to becoming a new series September or January.
“The broadcast, development, and scheduling system was built for a different era,” Reilly explained to Willmore of Indiewire, calling it “highly inefficient” to take place on a randomly compressed period and rigid schedule. He noted that cable networks have “a lot of flexibility in when the shows can go on” and that they “are able to course correct creatively and reshoot and recast.”
Fox has begun ordering multiple series throughout the year and at any given point are in some stage of production on at least 9 separate projects. Reilly believes this change will be “more talent friendly” and will allow more year-round programming and more flexible season lengths, making Fox comparable to the cable networks. “There shouldn’t be a set order pattern,” he said. “There shouldn’t be a set time when we launch things. There are thousands of original shows competing for attention right now — we just can’t do it all at once.”
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Fox will begin its new scheduling system this year by rolling out 12-episode miniseries “24: Live Another Day” in May, when series are historically winding down. It will also begin slating some of its new series to begin next summer, instead of in the fall. Reilly noted that they have been starting shows earlier in the year in order to give the shows more room to rework potential issues. “It’s not a big story when cable rolls back a premiere date,” he explained to Indiewire. “There’s barely an HBO show that doesn’t reshoot half of their pilot every time, and no one throws their arms up about that. That’s how you make things great. We want to have that same maneuvering ability.”
Fox’s aforementioned surprise hit of fall 2013, “Sleepy Hollow,” was a 13-episode season, and they’re not currently looking to change the number of episodes ordered for its second season. “I think for most shows and dramas in this day and age, it’s better for the audiences to focus and to do shorter orders,” Reilly said. “Many dramas are just better creatively on a shorter-order pattern.” However, this year’s change to the scheduling system means, Fox will be starting next year’s production of “Sleepy Hollow” in March and will be months ahead of any other network, according to Reilly.
Fox Broadcasting Company has also caused the media landscape some disruption of its own by being one of the first networks to honestly address the issue of diversity in television programming. Fox initially began talking about diversity as a business imperative three years ago; shifting the conversation to the need for TV programming that reflects the multicultural reality of today’s world to keep younger viewers. It has since held annual conferences on diversity, telling top show producers that their casts and crew had to feature more people of color. The Deadline Hollywood blog reported on the 2013 event, held this past October for more than 150 people including representatives from the top talent agencies, Def Jam Recordings co-founder Russell Simmons, and top executives from several Fox television, film and business divisions.
Television viewers are more likely to watch shows that employ racially diverse casts and writers, according to a study done at UCLA’s Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies. The study is the first in a series of analyses that will be done for the center’s Hollywood Advancement Project. The project will track over time whether the TV-and-film industry is “employing diverse groups of lead actors, writers, directors, producers and talent agents, and it will identify best practices for widening the pipeline for underrepresented groups,” according to its website.
In an analysis of more than 1,000 television shows that aired on 67 cable and broadcast networks during the 2011–12 season, UCLA researchers studying racial diversity in the entertainment industry found that more viewers were drawn to shows with ethnically diverse lead cast members and writers, while shows reflecting less diversity in their credits attracted smaller audiences.
“Diversity is the new ka-ching. “Not only are you going to have more chances of a show being made here, more chances of a show being a success on TV, more chances of making it into syndication, more chances of a show selling globally and making you millions of dollars, but you are going to bring more viewers to our air and keep us in business,” Fox Broadcasting COO Joe Earley announced to the “Seizing Opportunities” diversity event guests at Zanuck Theater on the Fox lot in 2013.
“Fox has managed to quietly introduce some of the most well-rounded roles for black men in the last decade—and this year’s slate of new shows goes even further. Outside of Shonda Rhimes’ deliberately diverse casting on ABC, Fox is the least whitewashed broadcast network of the four heavyweight media giants, and it hasn’t stopped there,” wrote Sonia Saraiya (@soniasaraiya), Assistant TV Club Editor for the A.V. Club blog, in a November 2013 article.
Fox’s new revolutionarily diverse casting work has created some of the strongest and most refined roles for men and women of color in television, and has helped to produce critically acclaimed shows that are garnering significant viewership and accolades for their focus on authenticity and complex character.
TV Critic Eric Deggans reports in the NPR blog CodeSwitch that Fox’s openly acknowledged business decision to hire more diverse casts has not only helped redefine the roles of black women on a television series, but has helped create new storylines with fresh perspectives, as in the case of Fox’s “Sleepy Hollow.”
Nicole Beharie, Tom Mison, and Lyndie Greenwood in FOX’s “Sleepy Hollow.”
“When the show featured a storyline centered on Mills’ sister, we got to see two black women in an action/adventure setting, fighting the bad guys instead of waiting to be rescued or seduced,” Deggans wrote in his November 2013 article for CodeSwitch. “It was exactly the kind of diverse casting I had been waiting for since 1999, when the issue hit a crisis point as the broadcast networks offered a fall slate of new TV shows without a single character of color.”
“Sleepy Hollow’s” supernatural drama, complete with a Four Horseman of the Apocalypse crime fighting plot, is anchored by the character of Abbie Mills. A strong, young female police officer, played by an up-and-coming African-American actor, Nicole Beharie, the character gets to kick down doors, carry her trusty sidearm, and play a skeptical but smart lead role.
Deggans added that “an upcoming episode will find the duo facing the legacy of slavery — a storyline that a more old-fashioned network series might have glossed over now has a new twist with an African-American co-lead.”
Fox Broadcasting Company’s recognition of the shift in viewer’s desire towards more racially diverse casts and the need for more authentically diverse roles in television programming is in part because of its newly created Audience Strategy division. According to its website, this division of the Fox Group “develops and implements transformative strategies to catalyze a cultural shift in the industry, embracing a multi-pronged approach of working from the inside-out to drive behavioral change and outside-in to advocate for diverse perspectives, and to engage all audiences in our multicultural world.”
The Fox Writers Intensive, a highly selective writer’s initiative held at the Fox Studios in Los Angeles, CA, from January 2014 through May 2014, is just one of the many strategies Fox is employing to help maintain its multicultural perspective. The Intensive is designed to introduce experienced writers with unique voices, backgrounds, life, and professional experiences that reflect the diverse perspectives of the Fox audiences to a wide range of Fox showrunners, writers, directors, screenwriters and creative executives. “These collective individuals work with the selected writers in a series of master classes to build on both their general craft and further their skillsets in the business of writing for television, feature films and digital content, according to the Fox Writer’s Intensive FAQ on its website.
Technology never remains static for long and often moves in unexpected ways, as we’ve seen in the television and news industries. This case study addressed some of the ways that Fox has modified its schedules, strategies, and behaviors due to the variety of transformations broadcast has gone through in the past decade with satellite, cable and on-demand irrevocably altering our viewing habits.
However, more recently mobile is starting to transform the face of broadcast and the on-demand model that we have quickly become accustomed to will soon to be complemented with “on-the-go” and “interactive” models, enabled by the ever-increasing sophistication of mobile solutions. With the number of mobile-connected devices soon due to exceed the number of people on earth, broadcasters must respond to even more changes in viewing habits to meet consumers’ expectations of experiencing a more engaging, interactive and tailored broadcast experience.
It will be interesting to see what new techniques Fox will employ in order to continue to adapt in the continuously changing media landscape and to any new disruptions caused by the extreme growth of new mobile technologies.
Date February 9, 2014
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Journal # 2 – The Topic Blog
The Topic Blog
“Choose a topic of focus for this class, or what journalists might call a “beat.” It is VERY IMPORTANT to choose wisely, so put some serious thought into this. Choose a subject you are interested in and passionate about, personally or professionally. This could be anything from bowling to city/county school consolidation to local bakeries to the Memphis hip hop scene to the aviation industry to a particular company, industry or cause you are interested in promoting and/or understanding. Consider your post graduation goals, but be sure you genuinely care about the subject. It will be critical for you to narrow your topic as much as possible.
Anybody can “use Twitter” or “use Facebook” – it is technologically very easy to do. The trick is to use it productively when you have a specific professional goal. One of your goals will be to develop your ability to create interesting and informative content around a particular subject. But a bigger goal will be your ability to cultivate a community around this topic, to listen to what others have to say and engage your audience.
Write up a short description of this topic of focus or beat on your journal blog. Be as clear and specific as possible.”
My Topic Blog will be titled TN Liberty, and will be a forum in which to share information about news, events, politics, and laws concerning the state of TN. All conservative and liberty-minded activists, students, campus and community leaders, and voters, will be encouraged to contribute.
TN Liberty, will also be a location for resources concerning bills up for approval, TN Congressional representative’s contact information, statewide and county events, activism advice, mentorship, and grassroots training, among other issues as needed and requested. TN Liberty will serve as an extension of the TN and MS Leadership page on Facebook and may ultimately be followed with a MS Liberty blog.
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Photo365 Challenge – Day 2
The Face of the New Thinker
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Decisions…Decisions…
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Berryman’s Abraham: Friend of God and Spiritual Scientist?
This is the first of two blog posts by Cath Kennedy drawn from a 2016 article examining the retelling of the Abraham Cycle in Godly Play. The other will discuss the portrayal of femininity through Sarah and Hagar.
Godly Play is a resource for children’s faith formation from the United States. It is popular with churches across the UK and has a reputation for being progressive and inclusive. Despite this reputation, the research found systematic gender stereotyping and a distinctly conservative theology of male headship which users of this resource may wish to consider.
The research discussed here focussed on Jerome Berryman’s treatment of the Abraham cycle from Genesis 11 – 25 in his Complete Guide to Godly Play. The story is retold once in Volume Two as ‘The Great Family’, and twice in Volume Six as ‘The Story of Abraham’ and ‘The Story of Sarah’. An earlier version, ‘The story of Abraham and Sarah’ from Young Children and Worship by Jerome Berryman and Sonia Stewart, falls outside this project, and many of the issues I discuss here are absent from this prior retelling. This suggests that Berryman has deliberately orientated the story in The Complete Guide to reflect his teaching objectives. It is therefore likely that this is an orientation shared by his other stories in The Complete Guide.
This post focusses on the masculinity of Berryman’s Abraham and its theological implications. While there is a superficial equality between Abraham and Sarah in the repeated statement that God had made promises to ‘them’, and a tendency to treat the couple as a unit through the use of ‘they’ and ‘them’ wherever possible, this is not borne out in other aspects of the storytelling. For example, at the start of ‘the story of Sarah’ we learn that in Ur, a ‘girl called Sarai’ met ‘a man called Abram’ and got married.
This wording is not unusual in religious storytelling, but it establishes Sarai/Sarah as a juvenile and Abram/Abraham as a fully formed adult. Whether we interpret this to indicate a significant age disparity, a difference in status, or both, the relationship is henceforth constructed on the basis of male superiority. This continues throughout the three scripts, with the male being named before the female in every case where both are named, except where they are specifically ‘mother and father’. Furthermore, as we shall see, Abraham’s only genuine relationship in the modern sense appears to be with God, rather than with any human character.
The pattern of male superiority continues, with male characters, such as ‘the king of Egypt, the pharaoh’ receiving honorific titles, whereas Sarah is seldom named, more often referred to as Abraham’s wife than as a person in her own right. The spouses never exchange direct dialogue and engage in no shared activity. While the verbal script relates that ‘they walked’ from Haran to Canaan, the physical enactment of the journey moves the figurines representing the two characters singly, in stages, across the storytelling space. In effect, they travel together in name only, being separate while moving and meeting up when immobile. Progress is therefore an individual matter, and togetherness is associated with settling short of the destination.
Similarly, while the verbal script states that God makes promises to ‘them’, the physical enactment of the stories explicitly requires that the Abraham figurine be moved away from Sarah’s whenever he converses with God. Sarah is therefore visibly absent from these conversations, and the narration of ‘the story of Abraham’ narrates the process of Abraham firstly separating himself, and then feeling God close to him. This implies that Sarah’s absence is necessary for Abraham to communicate with God.
God’s exclusive communication with Abraham reflects the story in Genesis, but Genesis does not involve Sarah in promises made to her husband until a late stage, after the birth of Ishmael. While the phrasing implying that Sarah is an equal recipient of the promises is a feature of all children’s retellings of the story I have encountered, Berryman’s use of plural pronouns such as ‘they’ is applied to situations where God is visibly communing exclusively with Abraham. This stretches ‘they’ to undermine Sarah’s inclusion and apply it only to the male character and his viewpoint. This gender bias is often implicit in religious storytelling, but Berryman constructs it in a uniquely explicit way.
Abraham’s receipt of information and instruction is therefore private, something Sarah can have no knowledge of. Despite this, since Berryman does not show Abraham communicating any of this to Sarah, we must infer that divine instruction received by the male partner is valid for both spouses, even when the wife is ignorant of what has been imparted. Additionally, Berryman’s construction of his paradigmatic ‘Great Family’ renders this arrangement normative. God, it seems, speaks to men, rendering women dependant on those men to receive instruction.
Male leadership is intrinsic to the text of Genesis, but Berryman adds to this in his portrayal of Abraham. In addition to hearing from God on behalf of the rest of the family and leading the way across the desert, Berryman’s Abraham has an original method for establishing God’s presence. In ‘The Great Family’, the altars built by Abraham in various named locations in Canaan serve to demonstrate that ‘all of God was in every place’. This adds to the biblical text, giving the impression of an objective, scientific process. However, in the absence of any description, we must assume that the evidence of divine presence is Abraham’s subjective experience. By associating this so closely with an activity which is exclusive to Abraham, Berryman requires us to take Abraham’s word for it, so to speak. We, the audience, are in the same position as Sarah. Abraham has heard from God on our behalf, and we must therefore pay attention to him and what he represents. Effectively, Berryman is placing us under Abraham’s ancestral and spiritual authority, despite our implied gentile heritage.
Abraham’s primacy reaches its peak in the binding of Isaac, where God instructs him to sacrifice his son as a burnt offering. The Genesis text portrays this as a transaction between the two adult male characters which the child and his mother are excluded from. In God’s eyes, it seems the father owns the son. Berryman’s ‘the story of Abraham’ uncritically includes this episode. It does not portray Isaac’s experience or feelings once, but the knife, rope, and fire needed for the sacrifice are specifically included as part of the physical enactment. The fact that the story’s hero is prepared to kill his child is therefore inescapable. Quite what Berryman is seeking to achieve in emphasizing this is unclear, but the Godly Play method makes children responsible for making sense of the story presented. While they are free to criticize as they see fit, it is not necessarily appropriate to expect them to analyse structural bias of the kind described in this post, or to apply doctrine to the Bible’s most difficult passages.
The effect on little girls of reductive, infantilising models of femininity in children’s media are often discussed. However, poor models of masculinity are also potentially harmful. Do churches wish to communicate to boys that they should be detached, uncommunicative, authoritarian, and abusive? If not, they may wish to adapt resources such as Godly Play or seek out progressive alternatives.
Featured Image: Adi Holzer, ‘Abraham’s Sacrifice’, 1997: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adi_Holzer_Werksverzeichnis_835_Abrahams_Opfer.jpg
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2 Replies to “Berryman’s Abraham: Friend of God and Spiritual Scientist?”
Jeremy Clines says:
Thanks, Cath, for this stimulating analysis of Berryman’s reception of the Abraham and Sarah narratives from Genesis.
I was pondering the close of ‘The Great Family’ script which explains “now you are part of that great family” and I wonder how that overlaps with what you refer to as our “implied Gentile heritage”?
Are we in Berryman’s mind family members because of belief of via an ancestral line and which are implied?
Does Berryman understand all listeners to his story as being part of this ‘Great Family’ and in what way does he want that to be understood?
It sounds from the script like ‘their children had children’ and so on ‘until your grandmothers and grandfathers had children’ like we’re genetically descended from Abraham and Sarah. To describe it this way seems bizarre.
I’m supposing, though, since this is a Christian education reading of these narratives, that Berryman may, uncomfortably, be wanting to suggest any person in church is part of a believing community that all become descendants too (cf. Rom. 9, Gal 3, 4).
STCR Sacred Texts Child Readers says:
Hi Jeremy. I’m glad you found the post interesting. I have to agree with you. Berryman does insist a great deal on the hereditary aspect of family, and he frequently includes a passage along the lines of the ‘their children …. until your grandmothers and grandfathers …’ in his re-tellings of Old Testament stories. While there are theological conversations to be had about the spiritual heritage of Christians and its relationship to Jewishness, I don’t think we can expect children to wade into them, especially if stories like ‘The Great Family’ are the only resources they have to work with.
The phrase ‘The Great Family’ is ambiguous. Does it mean all people who love/follow/believe in God? If so, who decides on the identity of this God? Is he the God of Sikhs and Muslims as well as Christians and Jews? Is the ‘Great Family’ an expression of ‘Judeo-Christian’ identity, to the exclusion of other religious identities? Or does this ‘Great Family’ indicate that Christians have replaced Jews as God’s chosen people? Each of these is problematic, and the last two are potentially extremely unpleasant. However, the primary theological objection many Christians will have is that an evangelical understanding of Christian identity is one of personal response to a direct experience of divine grace. Children are baptised as infants in many Christian traditions, but they ultimately choose when, and whether, to opt in to membership of the faith community. Committed belief notwithstanding, it would be disappointing if doctrinal discussions like this were to distract from the potential for ill-considered resources to promote prejudice against groups children can come to see as ‘other’ (!)
Anyone who uses Berryman’s materials will need to consider these questions and find their own responses. Although I’m personally not convinced that Abraham is an essential part of Christian faith formation for children, others may disagree. Likewise, although I am uncomfortable with the ambiguous hereditary identity Berryman develops, others may be more relaxed about it. I would like them to critically evaluate such resources rather than trust to the publisher, or the diocesan advice document, or whatever. Finally, I would welcome comment on this subject from readers from non-Christian backgrounds. Especially Jewish ones. How do they respond to this?
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30th April 2011 (The Arrival of Spring) by David Hockney
Artist: David Hockney
Size 24 x 33cm 47.5 x 66cm
24 x 33cm / Unframed 24 x 33cm / Framed 47.5 x 66cm / Unframed
30th April 2011 is a single work from The Arrival of Spring - a 49-part detailed study of the changing seasons in Woldgate, near Bridlington, East Yorkshire. Each separate image depicts a specific day between January and June 2011, encouraging us to look closely at the natural world and take joy from it. Hockney drew this arresting and intimate series on his iPad and believes it is one of his major works.
We have produced 9 different Arrival of Spring posters, which look beautiful hung as a set. Try a salon hang for serious impact, or enjoy them in a line around your space. We have also produced a set of postcards of the entire 49-piece Arrival of Spring.
The frames we have chosen for these posters are inspired by the frames chosen by the artist for the original Arrival of Spring images currently on show at Salts Mill.
Text along base of poster reads: David Hockney Salts Mill Saltaire Yorkshire
And then in very small type "The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 30 April" iPad drawing printed on paper" c David Hockney
Small poster, unframed, measures 23 x 33 cm
Small poster, framed, measures 36.5 x 46 cm
Large poster, unframed, measures 47.5 x 66 cm
(Please note, we do sell the large poster framed, but only for collection at Salts Mill. It costs £79.99 and measures approximately 50.5 x 69.3cm. If you're interested in buying in, please contact us)
These are authorised David Hockney posters, produced by Salts Mill, for Salts Mill. Please hang away from direct sunlight to prevent fading.
Printed in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England on 250gsm Novatech, Gloss coated paper. FSC certified, ECF pulp.
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The hunt for alien life heats up in 2021 – Axios
The decades-long search for life elsewhere in the universe is building to a crescendo in 2021.
Driving the news: Three new Mars missions are slated to arrive at the Red Planet in February and a powerful space telescope is expected to finally launch this year.
Details: NASA’s Perseverance rover’s landing site is thought to be the geological remains of a river delta — and one of the best places on Mars to search for signs of past life.
The rover is also going to cache interesting looking rocks for return to Earth on a future mission so scientists can analyze them for signatures of life that might include fossilized hints that microbes once lived in those rocks.
Two Mars missions from China and the United Arab Emirates will also study the Red Planet, focusing on its geology and atmosphere, which would affect our understanding of any past life on Mars.
NASA is also expected to launch its long-delayed James Webb Space Telescope, which could help scientists gather more data on habitable planets around other stars.
Hunts for intelligent life that creates radio waves, including the well-funded Breakthrough Listen project, are also continuing to methodically search the skies for these possible signs of life.
China’s FAST radio telescope — the largest in the world — plans to allow international scientists to use the powerful tool in 2021.
Between the lines: The search for life today isn’t just about finding Earth 2.0 or even microbial life on Mars.
Scientists are following up on last year’s discovery that there may be a gas in Venus’ atmosphere that could indicate life in the planet’s clouds.
That finding is helping to widen the scope of the search for life elsewhere, according to astrophysicist Jessie Christiansen.
“[I]t doesn’t need to be a balmy beach on the side of a tropical ocean somewhere where a few strands of proteins come together,” Christiansen told Axios.
The big picture: Astronomer Frank Drake famously estimated there are on the order of about 10,000 detectable societies in our galaxy.
If that’s correct, “[y]ou have to look at a few million [star systems] to find one,” astronomer Seth Shostak of the SETI institute told Axios. Now, he says, researchers are getting closer to surveying that many stars.
So far, the hunt for life beyond Earth has only focused on scanning a relatively small amount of the sky for radio waves from elsewhere and scientists have only recently figured out that most stars have planets around them.
What to watch: LUVOIR and HabEx, two proposed space telescopes NASA is considering building, would characterize and find possibly Earth-like worlds around distant stars.
“That’s the holy grail in terms of looking for life because that’s the one place we know that life has happened: on an Earth-like planet around a star like the Sun,” Christiansen said.
Yes, but: While all of these missions will set scientists up to figure out more about whether and where life might exist elsewhere in our universe, it’s no guarantee they’ll actually find it.
Scientists have found hints of possible life on Mars and potentially habitable planets for years, but knowing whether any hard evidence is actually a sign of life is far more difficult.
“The real problem is you cannot guarantee that if you spend this amount of money, you will book success,” Shostak said of radio wave hunts in particular.
These missions, however, will focus the search.
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Owner Perspective: Ball State University North Residence Hall
September 30, 2020 /in Higher Ed, Owners' Perspectives /by Schmidt Associates
This semester, students moved into the new North Residence Hall at Ball State University. A part of the campus’ North Residential Neighborhood, the hall closely accompanies two other residence halls, a dining hall, and a fourth residence hall currently under construction. The 496-bed residence hall is a science, technology, and math Living-Learning Community. It includes […]
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Construction Insights: Ball State University North Residence Hall
Interview with Kelly Knable, Director of Construction at Ball State University A residence hall—particularly one like North Hall at Ball State University, which is designed as a living-learning community for science, technology, and math majors—includes several different project types rolled into one. It serves as a space for occupants to live, socialize, and study. It […]
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Owner Perspective: LaPorte Community School Corporation
February 25, 2020 /in K-12, Project Highlights, Owners' Perspectives /by Schmidt Associates
“It started with the students, and it ended with the students.” Trouble viewing the video? Click here Greg Hunt, Chief Financial Officer for LaPorte Community School Corporation (LPCSC), has held this position for seven years and has worked with the school corporation for a total of 20 years. Our team has partnered with LPCSC […]
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A Word from Our Owners – North Montgomery CSC
December 9, 2019 /in K-12, Engineering, Owners' Perspectives /by Schmidt Associates
Jim McBee, Director of Business and Transportation, has worked with the North Montgomery Community School Corporation for the past 15 years in his current position. He previously worked at Purdue University for six years as a business manager before coming to NMCSC and served on the school board for two years. Jim is a member […]
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A Word from Our Owners – Damien Center
November 21, 2019 /in Community, Owners' Perspectives, Healthcare /by Schmidt Associates
Alan Witchey is president and CEO of the Damien Center, Indiana’s oldest and largest HIV/AIDS service organization. Alan began working with the Damien Center as a volunteer in the 1990s and later became a full-time employee. He has more than 15 years of experience in nonprofit management, previously serving as executive director of the Coalition […]
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A Word from Our Owners – Butler College of Education
September 17, 2019 /in Higher Ed, Project Highlights, Owners' Perspectives /by Schmidt Associates
Dr. Ena Shelley was appointed dean of the College of Education at Butler University in June 2005. Shelley’s experience with the College of Education began 37 years ago when she joined the faculty as an assistant professor of early childhood education in 1982. Now Dean and Professor Emerita, Dr. Shelley retired in the spring of […]
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A Word from Our Owners – St. Joan of Arc Church
August 20, 2019 /in Community, Project Highlights, Owners' Perspectives /by Schmidt Associates
Molly Ellsworth has been the Parish Business Manager at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church for eight years and served various churches in Indianapolis; Charleston, SC; and Chicago for 25 years. She earned both undergraduate (B.A. History) and graduate degrees (Master of Leadership Development) from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College. Schmidt Associates worked with St. […]
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A Word from Our Owners – MSD of Washington Township
June 10, 2019 /in K-12, Owners' Perspectives /by Schmidt Associates
Angela Britain-Smith, Director of Operations Angela Britain-Smith, Director of Operations at MSD Washington Township, brings 30 years of educational qualifications extending into facilities management, maintenance, custodial, food services, safety, and security. Ms. Britain-Smith holds a MS degree & Indiana School Administration Licensure from Butler University; BS degrees in Library Services K-12 & Speech & Communications […]
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A Word from Our Owners – BSU Residence Halls
May 10, 2019 /in Higher Ed, Lifestyle, Project Highlights, Owners' Perspectives /by Schmidt Associates
George Edwards – Associate Director of Housing and Residence Life Facilities at Ball State University Joel Bynum – Assistant Director for the Coordination of Living Learning Programs at Ball State University When did Ball State University decide to implement the Living Learning Community model in their residence halls and why? It’s a long history, but […]
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A Word from Our Owners – Cornerstone Lutheran Church
February 6, 2019 /in Construction, Owners' Perspectives /by Schmidt Associates
Jane Callahan is the Director of Organizational and New Site Development at Cornerstone Lutheran Church – Fishers. As director, she oversees the development of new sites for the church including policy and planning, building projects, and organizational changes and structure. Jane has been with Cornerstone Lutheran Church for 5 years after a 35-year career in […]
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How to Calculate My Class Grade
By Lisa Maloney
If you want to calculate your percentage score on a test, you divide the number of points you scored by the number of points possible. Sometimes, the same process works to calculate your overall score in a class. But if your teacher assigns greater value to some scoring categories than others – also known as a weighted score – you'll have to add a few extra steps to your calculation process.
Calculating Percentages
Before you start calculating weighted scores, let's review the basic skills you'll need to calculate weighted averages. The first is calculating percentages.
To calculate a percentage score, you divide the number of points earned by the number of points possible. Here are a couple of examples:
Example 1: If you earned 75 out of 100 possible points, your score is
\frac{75}{100} = 75 ÷ 100 = 0.75
Example 2: If you earned 16 out of 20 points on a pop quiz, your score is
\frac{16}{20} = 16 ÷ 20 = 0.8
Converting to and From Decimal Form
Usually, leaving your score in decimal form makes it easier to handle mathematically. That'll become important when you calculate your way through a weighted scoring method. But when it comes time to express your final answer, it's easier to read as a percentage.
To convert from decimal form to a percentage, multiply your result by 100. In the case of our two examples, you have:
0.75 × 100 = 75\%
0.8 × 100 = 80\%
To convert from percentage back to decimal form, you'd divide the percentage by 100. Give it a try with both examples – if you get it right, you'll end up with the same decimal value you started with.
Calculating an Average
There's one more skill you'll need to calculate weighted scores: A simple average, which in "math speak" is more properly called the mean. Let's say you want to know your average score after taking three tests, on which you received grades of 75%, 85% and 92% respectively.
To calculate the average, you'll first convert your percentages into decimal form, then add all your data points together and divide them by the number of data points you had. So, you have:
\frac{\text{sum of data points}}{ \text{number of data points}} = \text{average}
Which in this case, is:
\frac{0.75 + 0.85 + 0.92}{3} = \text{average}
Once you do the math, you arrive at:
\frac{2.52}{3} = 0.84
If you convert that decimal back to percentage form, you'll see that your average score is 84 percent. In this particular example you didn't actually have to convert back and forth to percentage form, but it's a good habit to have.
Calculate the Weighted Average
Now, it's time to become your own weighted score calculator. Imagine that you're taking a class where the instructor thinks homework and tests are the most important part of the class. At the beginning of the class, he might warn you that homework will make up 40 percent of the score, tests will make up 50 percent of your score and pop quizzes will be the remaining 10 percent. The higher the percent or weight of a scoring element, the more it affects your overall score.
In order to calculate the weighted average under those terms, you'll first use the skills we just practiced to calculate your average in each category (homework, tests and pop quizzes). Let's say you end up with an average of 91% in homework, 89% in tests and 84% in pop quizzes.
Convert Percentages to Decimal Form
First, convert divide each percentage by 100 to convert it into decimal form. In this example, that gives you:
Homework: 0.91
Tests: 0.89
Pop quizzes: 0.84
Multiply by Weighting Factor
Next, multiply each category by its appropriate weighting factor, expressed as a decimal. Since homework is 40% of your score, you'd multiply the homework category by 0.4; you'd multiply the test category by 0.5, and the pop quiz category by 0.1. This gives you:
Homework: 0.91 × 0.4 = 0.364
Tests: 0.89 × 0.5 = 0.445
Pop quizzes: 0.84 × 0.1 = 0.084
Add Your Results
After you've scaled each category according to its weight in the overall score, add the results together:
0.364 + 0.445 + 0.084 = 0.893
This is your weighted score, but it's still expressed in that easy-to-handle decimal form. To truly finish your work, multiply by 100 to convert it to the easy-to-read percentage form:
0.893 × 100 = 89.3\%
So your weighted score is 89.3%.
Other Places to Use a Weighted Score
For most people, school or university grades are where they're most likely to encounter the weighted score or weighted average. But you'll also see a weighted scoring model at work in statistics (especially for handling large data sets), in survey analysis, in investing and even in reviews of electronics or other items, when certain review criteria are assigned more importance than others.
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Track stars say goodbye
Graduation is just around the corner, and the track team celebrates an outstanding season.
Tara Shahrvini, Staff Writer
As this year’s track season ends, seniors say goodbye to their high school friends and team.
After four years as a track athlete, senior Franklin Rice said, “I could not have asked for a better team. I have grown so much as a student and athlete because of track. Team sports give students the opportunity to have a second family. If I could have another shot at high school track, I wouldn’t change anything. I am more than happy with how it turned out.”
Carlmont has one of the strongest track teams in the Bay Area, and many students who are not graduating hope to maintain the legacy of Carlmont track and field.
Sophomore Lauren Schmall said, “I am so sad that the seniors are leaving, but at the same time I wish them only the best in college and afterwards. All of them are such kind, loyal, smart, and funny people. I hope I will have the same impact on my peers when I graduate.”
“The advice I would impart on future students is to not be reluctant about joining, making friends, or bringing home a gold medal. All of that stuff will come, but the important thing is really to try because track is one of those sports that truly polishes and refines people’s skills,” said Rice.
As graduation looms ahead, many are reflecting on their memories and efforts from this season.
Sophomore Angelo Zhou said, “Right now I feel like next year track won’t be the same without the seniors, but in the back of my mind I know that I’ll make new friends and the track family will only grow, hopefully with a few more pole vaulters.”
Junior Hiba Dahbour said, “This time of year is definitely hard for juniors because a lot of our friends are graduating and moving on to a new chapter in their lives. But then again, growing up is never as fun as it seems. I feel kind of excited and nervous for track next year because I’ll be a senior and it will be my last time to leave a mark on the team. I am absolutely honored and thankful to have been able to spend so much time with the amazing senior track athletes.”
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Gunsmoke: The Ninth Season Volume 2 DVD
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Starring: James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Burt Reynolds
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Shoruq Organization Concludes a Training on Social Photography
Shoruq organization has held a photography training course with the participation of 21 girls aged between 16 and 22. The workshop has finished with an exhibition entitled “Khafaya” held in Bab IdDeir art gallery in Bethlehem.
The 60-hour training course that was held for two months, targeted 21 participants.
The training course was given by the photographer Hasan Abu Sdud. In the first month, he taught the trainees the basics of photography, types of cameras and lenses, and how to set lighting in photography.
Whereas in the second month, the training involved practical exercises about how to capture photos for press purposes from several different angles. As the trainees were taken to many spots in Bethlehem in order to practice more on taking photos with taking into consideration the appropriate angles and lighting.
At the end of the workshop, a photo gallery entitled “Khafaya” was made by the girls under the supervision of the designer Ali Obeid. The exhibition, which presented photos taken by the girls, reflected issues that women in Palestine and the world are still experiencing. Thus, the image was reflected from women's perspective. Furthermore, the trainees were awarded certificates hoping that Shoruq holds such training courses.
It is worth mentioning that the training course is part of the project "Independent Media: Raising Youth Voices", which includes several media and music training with the joint support of CFI and the European Union.
Translated by : Marah Khawaja
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Jodie Sweetin might have been voted off Dancing With the Stars last week, but the Fuller House actress doesn’t seem to have any regrets about her performances on the show.
“It was an amazing experience I had so much fun!” Sweetin gushed to ET’s Katie Krause on the red carpet at 102.7 KIIS FM’s Wango Tango concert at the StubHub Center in Carson, California on Saturday.
The 34-year-old actress, who started production on the second season of her Netflix sitcom the day after getting the axe on DWTS, added, “It was kind of great timing to end one thing and leap into the next.”
WATCH: ‘DWTS’: Jodie Sweetin Gets Her First Perfect Score of the Season, But Gets Eliminated
Now that she’s out of the competition, Sweetin says she has no idea who will end up taking home the coveted Mirror Ball Trophy. However, there is one contestant she’s rooting for: America’s Next Top Model winner Nyle DiMarco.
“I love Nyle,” she shared, “I got to work with him and dance with him in our group number and I have a soft spot for him, he’s so wonderful and so sweet… I hope he does great.”
DiMarco, the first fully-deaf contestant in the show’s history, has been consistently delivering powerful, emotional performances and is considered by many to be the season’s frontrunner.
WATCH: Nyle DiMarco Dances in Silence for Emotional ‘DWTS’ Performance
“But, I mean, they’re all really good!” Sweetin added. “It was a hard season [and] everyone was really, really good.”
The actress also revealed that she hasn’t danced her last dance for the season. In fact, she’s starting rehearsals in the coming week to preparing for her performances in the upcoming season finale.
“We were talking about either re-doing our jive or possibly our samba,” Sweetin revealed. “Then there’s a group number an opening number, so there’s going to be three numbers happening. But I’m just not sure what they are yet, because we haven’t rehearsed.”
WATCH: Jodie Sweetin Delivers Spectacular ‘DWTS’ Performance After Suffering Painful Ankle Injury
Sweetin also opened up a bit about the forthcoming second season of Fuller House, currently in production, but was equally tight-lipped about what fans could expect. However, she did give a little bit of insight about her character’s relationship status.
“Stephanie [Tanner] finally gets a boyfriend,” Sweetin cautiously teased. “Who it is, is a really fun surprise. So I think fans are going to enjoy that.”
NEWS: John Stamos Has a ‘Good Feeling’ About the Olsen Twins in ‘Fuller House’ Season 2
Sweetin also addressed rumors that the Olsen Twins might be returning for the second season, sharing, “I haven’t heard anything about it,” but that “the door’s always been open to them” if they wanted to come back.
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This is what I do when it gets dreary at home in the winter: go through my trip photos from the last year, and plan my trips for next year. It’s a damp, chilly sub-freezing evening that went dark at 4 p.m., and I’m sneezing. In other words, time to spend time bundled up with cups of ginger tea looking back and forward to adventures.
On a September road trip to Montana, I took a day to go to Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge on the advice of a coworker. She is as much a student of nature and wildlife as I am. She has a niece in West Yellowstone who drove her to Red Rock Lakes NWR about a month earlier.
It was an excuse to speed away from the madding crowd. I needed the break from Yellowstone National Park, which I love and support but grieve over as it becomes overrun. The drive to Lakeview was a trek: 50 miles of gravel roads winding from Henry’s Lake over Red Rock Pass by Mt. Jefferson before dropping into the Centennial valley. The drive was first an adventure in elk avoidance, followed by swerving to avoid barreling trucks loaded with logs from a fire prevention project in the refuge.
Elk crossing the road by Henry’s Lake
Elk that ran across the road on the mountain, running i nto the woods
Logging truck coming down the more benign South Valley Road
I unwound on the lovely and wonderfully lonely drive. The road was lit up by groves of aspens that glow different hues of gold depending on how the light falls. I wanted to stop everywhere to take pictures of fall colors we never see at home, but, well- logging trucks. Enough said.
In Lakeview, I wandered around the refuge headquarters, which were closed since the rangers were in the field. I read signs and chatted a bit with a maintenance person. We lamented house prices in my area, where his kids live. Way too high, but property was also too expensive around Lakeview, he said. A recreational lot was for sale for $87,000. That much, and only 3 acres! He was shocked. I was, too, because you need a snowmobile to get there in winter. And spring brings snowmelt and swampy roads. So you’re using that lot from May to September-ish.
I walked the Sparrow Ponds Trail, despite a recent griz warning. The refuge worker told me the bruins lurk in the willows if they’re around. This one wasn’t, nor was much else except for birds. I wanted to see a moose, but got there too late in the day, he said.
The waterfowl were having nothing to do with me. I tried being sneaky, but a great paddling of wings greeted me as they fled across the lake. I sat huddled on a dirt mound by the shore in the cold wind for as long as I could stand it.
Two trumpeter swans, at a very great distance
Then I moseyed on toward Lower Red Rock Lake. I traveled past the road to the lake out of curiosity, and came upon a little homestead cemetery. I gingerly opened the chain and walked in. The sign is defiant, protective of the crumbling headstones and resentful of the refuge, a last stand to respect the people who clung to a tough, hardscrabble way of life.
The last person was buried before I was born. No one really lived that long except Mr. Shambow, the last to be laid to rest here. Maude, perhaps his daughter, breathed air for only nine days. If there was a Mrs. Shambow, she’s not buried here; perhaps the tragedy of losing an infant drove her away from this place.
It’s not clear whose headstone this is, but the farewell is resigned, a drop of the hands to the sides. The words convey exhaustion, defeat by a rough land and rough weather.
After visiting the windswept cemetery with its oblivious gophers heaving the hallowed earth into mounds, I drove to Lower Red Rocks Lake campground. The gates and the signage speak to the neighbors and their manners.
There was no one at the campground, perhaps because it was so exposed. The upper campground looked full as I passed. I tip my hat to the National Wildlife Refuge System for installing a handicapped-accessible site in the middle of pretty much nowhere.
This area, from my perusal of the Web, is a good one to photograph pronghorn antelopes. The fastest of North American land mammals, they evolved anatomy and physiology to escape long-extinct cheetahs. The bounding gate, large eyes with 320-degree view, and rump flagging must still be serving them well still- as long as the predator isn’t carrying a firearm with bullets that travel faster than they can run.
I wandered around the campground, took swan pictures rendered fuzzy by heat waves, and then escaped the wind in my car. I pulled out to the entry road to eat lunch from the shelter of my vehicle, taking photos of the pronghorns. I thought I might hike Odell Creek trail on the way back, but it was closed for the logging operation, so I wandered back slowly to West Yellowstone, stopping while cowboys moved cattle to winter grounds.
I wish I had camped, really, instead of coming for the day. I could have wandered among the aspens, waited until the rangers returned to the office to browse through exhibits and skins and feathers, watched for moose in the cold early morning. But I needed to get back to my motel whether I liked it or not because my gear was there, along with my food. Next time I will linger. No more town life. Not next time.
Tags: pronghorn antelope, Road trip, wildlife refuge, wildlife watching, Yellowstone
No meddling with the Circle of Life
Elk and bison feeding on dry grass in late fall along the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park.
Even when you’ve been a veterinary student, a scientist, a pet and livestock owner- even then, and maybe especially then- it’s hard to watch animals suffer in the wild. You should know better, right? Animals live, animals die. Even without the hazards humanity poses for wild animals, a host of potential killers lurks behind every rock and bush. Weather, predators, disease, childbirth, battles with competitors, broken bones, rotten teeth, wildfire, and the list goes on.
We always want to see them cross to the other side of winter and make it to spring
My trip to Montana coincided with the cooling fall winter that heralds subzero temperatures and snow to come. Winter drops a curtain between the robust and the weakened or just weaned. On one side of the curtain, animals move on into the next spring. On the other, they become food for everything from insects and mice to birds, wolves, and bears.
In Yellowstone National Park, I saw for the first time in several trips young bison calves in late fall. I have a pasture-bred horse that was born late August in Idaho, which isn’t optimal. His mother likely “threw” the first fetus and rebred too late the previous year. He made it, and is 20 years old now, but these young bison calves may not. They will not benefit from human intervention in the way that my horse did.
This frost isn’t a spring morning, but late September- a bad time for a little red calf to be puttling on weight.
This calf isn’t far behind the one above, just shedding the last of the baby fur.
This calf is taller, older, and in good weight. It still may not survive, but has a better chance.
On a trip to Red Rock Lakes Refuge, I found a decent herd of pronghorn antelope leaping around the grasslands crossed by the road. When one that was lying down stood, I gasped to see its condition- no body fat, and a withdrawn look that says the animal is giving up and preparing to die.
Protruding bones and sunken eyes- it just hurts to see it.
Healthy animals that will be able to cope with winter.
At a pullout on the Madison River, a crowd of us watched this young elk cow lying in the grass, seemingly contented to chew her cud while other cows browsed nearby.
The cow occastionally made a peculiar, grimacing expression.
When she stood to eat, it became apparent that she’s walking on a very tender hind foot. This could make her vulnerable to predators, getting bogged down in snow, or reducing her ability to keep her weight up.
These elk look healthy, but the young one on left kept fighting to follow the herd, getting caught in barbed wire cattle fencing. Elk calves can get hung up in fencing and struggle to death within 15 minutes according to a USFWS Refuge ranger.
Something different happens when we’re out wildlife watching. We want to see animals frolicking wild and free in nature. We want to feel hope for wildlife. It’s hard to watch suffering and death. Maybe the sympathy we want to feel for the sometimes hateful human race gets subverted as we gaze on sick and injured animals. Maybe it’s the same gut-wrenching sadness we feel when children, the elderly, and disabled people suffer.
At least with wildlife, we can take comfort knowing that there is a circle of life. The emaciated pronghorn will feed the food chain. Wolves and bears may survive the winter on bison too young and too old to make it through. It’s not the end: the rest of the herd, and the beneficiaries of death will make it through to the other side.
Tags: autumn, nature, Road trip, wildlife, Yellowstone
Peace on the trail in Yellowstone National Park
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Lest my rant give the misimpression that my September 2016 trip to Yellowstone National Park was an exercise in tourist frustration, I enjoyed a quiet room at the new Canyon Lodge and some peaceful day hikes. Sometimes enjoying the best of Yellowstone happens when you park your car and use your feet.
On a lovely but cold morning, I drove Hayden Valley drinking hot coffee looking for wildlife while the sun rose. Many folks have clued into this: drive at dawn and dusk, watch for other cars stopped, and voila, wildlife. I stopped at a pullout for this lovely view of the river. Apologies to the gentleman taking pictures of a bald eagle. I have a nesting pair by my home, and while I don’t take them for granted, their Wyoming cousins don’t have the unique attraction of a pretty sunrise on a foggy river.
I decided to day hike to Sentinel Meadows after perusing the Jake Bramante map over morning coffee. It was a great choice for solitude. I veered off the common road to the Fairy Falls/Imperial Geyser trail, which everyone else was taking, and ended up with the place to myself.
The trail starts by a thermal, Ojo Caliente, which could be morphed into, “Oh no, super caliente!” if you were so foolish as to enter the steaming pool.
The trail leads past this thermal through wide meadows with fresh bison patties, wood debris and enough trees to provide perfect habitat for cavity nesting, insect eating mountain bluebirds. These busy little birds find perches in meadows to hunt, then dive to the ground to grab their meal. They also hover, which is fun to watch but hard to catch without a great camera.
The trail winds past the Queen’s Laundry, thermal features that apparently people- well, used for laundry at one time (doh!).
The trail climbs a small hill, winds around a corner through another small meadow, through some trees, and then drops into another meadow. In this case, a meadow filled with bison and thermal features.
There were lots of bison sacked out, and spread out over a wide area. A couple trailing groups approached them in a line. The orange trail markers indicated my trail crossed their path, so I sat on my pack to eat lunch and waited for them to cross. Or not.
Two cows suddenly felt the need for a siesta, and plopped down right by the trail. A giant bull stood sentinel over them, killing my plan to have a short lunch while the parade rear guard moseyed past. It was going to be a really long lunch, or a detour.
Not passing too close to this big guy, for sure…..
After awhile, I decided it was a detour. With the thermal features in the area, I was cautious about picking a route. There was a social path blocked by a tree limb that I used (sorry, YNP) to head down valley from the bison. I swung wide across the valley, watching for bison trails and picking a narrow part of the marshy stream to hop across. After the stream, I followed more bison paths back toward the trail.
The whole time I detoured, I kept an eye on the bull even though I was well distant from him and his girls. He turned his head a couple times, but never lifted his tail, so I figured I was paying appropriate respect.
Thermal along trail
The trail passed small thermal features before crossing a stream on limbs and entering a forest. Then it crossed back to a connector with Fairy Falls and the common gravel road again. I walked the road chatting with a couple from Seattle who had made a last minute decision to visit Yellowstone to hike since he was nursing a bad ankle. We passed one more group of bison on the way out, and then reached our cars for a cheery au revoir and off to our evening destination. All in all, a peaceful pleasant day in a super popular national park.
Close up of valley after passing Queen’s Laundry
Looking across valley after passing Queen’s Laundry
Mountain bluebird on stump
View across the meadow once I rejoined the trail
Thermal features after bison meadows
Orange stream coming from thermal features, after bison meadows
Okay, how did those rocks get up there, anyway?
A splurge, but worth it- comfy, quiet room in Canyon Lodge (Moran Lodge building).
The rooms in the new lodges aren’t huge or elaborate, but a lot of sustainability elements and relaxing. And I didn’t have to camp in the torrential downpour, for once.
Tags: bison, Canyon Lodge, day hiking, wildlife habitat, wildlife watching, Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone, I love you but you drive me crazy
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I have returned to Yellowstone National Park a half dozen times. I’ve backpacked, hiked, taken classes and certification training at the park. I’m a member of Yellowstone Association and a monthly donor to the Yellowstone Park Foundation. But after my trip to the solitude and freedom of American Prairie Reserve, my visit to Yellowstone made me feel like the child of an unpredictable and inconsistent parent.
Yellowstone is having a rough year during the centennial celebration of the National Parks. Record numbers of visitors arrived at the park. One hundred years after the military got poaching and illegal mining and logging under control, the 22nd death in a hot spring occurred. Some decided to ignore the many signs around hot springs: six people caught on video off trail, four Canadians strolling on Grand Prismatic Spring, and tourists who bundled up a baby bison in the back of their car to bring it to warmth, leading to its being put down.
And YNP has a controversial image as wildlife stewards. The park was under fire again after they announced a huge cull of bison under a controversial agreement with Montana to ostensibly reduce potential of brucellosis transmission to cattle (which has never happened, and oh yeah, elk carry brucellosis too, but let’s not talk about that). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed delisting grizzly bears in the Yellowstone ecosystem, likely under pressure to show success of the Endangered Species act, and coincident to applications for trophy hunts by Wyoming and Montana. YNP had to tiptoe around that during public comment periods in 2016.
So you can hardly blame YNP rangers and the Park for being worn thin. When I drove into the park, a grizzly kill site at Dunraven Pass had created an obstinate parking lot of vehicles on the road with people running toward the site saying, “It’s just like you see on TV!” The crowd was blocking a fuel tanker truck trying to mount the hill and pass.
But after politely stopping for a bison herd that stepped into the road (one hoof was on the yellow line, but no bison in my lane), I found a ranger screaming up the hill, honking his horn furiously to send a young calf out of his way and waving at me to continue. It was complete ranger road rage, and this after we passed several temporary flags warning us to be patient with extensive delays for wildlife on the roadways.
YNP, try to understand the natural temptation to reach out and touch nature.
Yellowstone is sending mixed and soft messages that don’t speak clearly or directly to tourists. “Wildlife are dangerous and unpredictable” blames wildlife for being- well, wild. How about, “You can get yourself killed by wildlife”? That puts blame where blame belongs. How about being specific about how to drive around a bison herd? I wasn’t sure whether moving on would send the animal into the car it was passing or start a stampede.
And the YNP ommunications folks want your pictures for social media, which encourages you to take more interesting and unique pictures, that just get you into trouble. This effort to get people to avoid taking selfies with wildlife is- well, just dumb. Do you think people really will skip the picture with the live bison to get a selfie with a giant stuffed toy? And why give it a name that flies in the face of trying to convince people wildlife are wild?
Even the tour operators aren’t following rules. I saw a Yellowstone yellow bus tour stop and let people out to chase this grizzly for a picture. (Note to Ranger: I snapped his photo with my Canon HS60-XS superzoom from a pullout down the road and decided to change my hiking destination from a nearby nature trail).
I sat at the Canyon Village Fountain Grill counter eating a salad and listening to four women talk about how that ranger shouldn’t have been yelling at one of them. “I was sensible,” she said. “I knew what I was doing.” A few minutes later I realized that her tour bus had stopped to watch a grizzly sow and cubs, and she had separated from the line of people out of their cars on the road to come up behind them for pictures, effectively hemming them in. No, not sensible, but remember, she was on a tour. Tour operators may have to sacrifice a tip to keep their customers in line- I saw it happen in Costa Rica, so it can happen here.
Yellowstone, you need to be a better, more consistent parent with clear rules, and stop blaming the “kids” for- well, being kids. Understand the temptation to reach a hand out of a car and feel a bison passing by with your fingertips- no, not smart, but these magnetic creatures suddenly feel within reach and touch.
Don’t worry, Ranger- this picture was taken from the safety of a car in a pullout at a great distance with a small superzoom camera.
And you need to be willing to call out deliberately ugly or dangerous behavior. There are great photographers, but legions of amateur long-lens photographers who bait and harrass animals for photos. There are people who throw food and objects at animals and feel entitled to camp anywhere they want. The Park Service might want to consider some good old-fashioned shaming for punishment, not just standing nobly silent or saying obliquely that rules don’t allow you to step off the boardwalk onto the thin crust of a boiling hot spring.
And prioritize safety, not natural wonder. Your Web is organized to require someone bedazzled by images of thermal features and wildlife to click on a section called “Safety”. Do you really expect people to do this? Maybe recharacterize the whole park as the Serengeti of the U.S. with boiling acidic cauldrons waiting to eat you alive. Yes, there will be people who step into the cauldron or reach out to pet the wild animal, but it won’t be the majority who are now encouraged to “Marvel. Explore. Discover”.
I know we visitor people make honest but dumb mistakes or can be stupid (okay, the baby bison incident was beyond the pale). Sometimes we’re just bedazzled and tempted by the marvel of nature that we increasingly only know in electronic form. It’s happening all over the world, and will only going to get worse as we are more isolated in cities, and tempted to sin by more new technology (drones are already a problem and virtual reality is next). You’re going to have to sit down as “parents” of the park and have a tough love conversation about what you need to do to protect people, wildlife, cultural resources, and the environment.
Maybe it’s not communications that will fix the problem. Maybe it’s confining people to ranger-led tours and shuttles. I would pay for it, and go with you. But honking and yelling at people who are trying to do the right thing, and soft-balling risk while asking people for cool images- well, you’re kinda asking for what’s happening.
So what exactly am I supposed to do when I’m pulled over safely in my car with the windows up and the bison decides to start shoving it out of the way?
Tags: managing tourists, wildlife tours, wildlife watching, Yellowstone National Park
They are not our pets
The hummingbird was not going to wait for me to hang the feeder. On a cold morning in Western Washington, with uncommon snow on the ground, the male Anna’s wanted his sugar water, and now. As I walked toward the post, feeder dangling from a cord, he darted straight for the yellow plastic flower and buried his bill as I stood there feeling like I was being mugged by a creature weighing less than an ounce. I am an uneasy host: Anna’s hummingbirds are more frequent winter residents here due to warming temperatures and late-blooming non-native flowers. Aside from insects, there is no high energy food to support their intense metabolism during the winter. That’s why I got busted red-handed with a nectar feeder by a hungry hummer.
These interactions make some people feel special, selected from a crowd of ungainly, insensitive primates by an alien and delicate living thing. We transform the experience by subtracting the feeder and attributing the encounter to our inherent goodness, to some juju magic the animal must see in us. If we hunt, we pride ourselves on our power and grace as we harvest an animal from the plot of rich forage we planted to attract it; it wasn’t the food, but the fine shot that made the day. Artists are no more saintly than hunters; we lift the image of an animal from a feeder and carefully place it in habitat we viewed somewhere else.
But for the animal, it is all about food.
Here in America, the majority of people are at the pinnacle of the food pyramid, so well-fed we are dying of it and clinging to one fad diet after another. I am as guilty as any of indulging in “comfort foods” and mood-enhancing drinks. We can waste 30% of the food we buy, and feed pet animals and wildlife to boot. Many of us can fill bird feeders with fatty, protein-rich seed hearts and pour clean water boiled with sugar into a nectar container.
Black-headed grosbeak at a seed feeder
Far away, there are places where people would make a meal of that same seed and sugar water. For the malnourished person, feeding an animal involves a calculation: if I feed this animal, it will become my food, and it will provide me with more nutrition than what I feed it. There is no mystique, no ego, no pride, only practicality.
A Hoffman’s woodpecker feasts on a banana at a wildlife photography resort in Costa Rica
Food is a powerful tool of wildlife habituation. This tool is used by backyard wildlife enthusiasts, hunters, government wildlife managers, and even resorts specializing in wildlife photography. Concentrated sources of food- feeders, salt blocks, hay bales and rich stands of corn and clover- bring the most animals at once. Feeding may be an alternative to certain death: the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife feeds elk at set locations in the winter to keep them from straying into orchards where bullets will soon follow. Feeders may support backyard wildlife that would starve among sprawling housing developments with manicured yards. Animals tricked into overwintering by climate change may benefit from off-season feed.
However, wildlife habituation to food does not equate to magical bonding, and its costs can’t be subtracted from the human-wildlife equation. Competition for a rich food source can cause injury. Disease can be passed at a feeder like influenza on a crowded train full of coughing people. If there is no shelter from storms or a safe place to den or nest, animals and birds may die or sacrifice the next generation for easy meals. Predation increases: hawks have a distracted crowd of birds to pick from and crows may visit a feeder and then a nearby nest to eat another bird’s eggs.
A flowering lobelia attracts hummingbirds even in a pot
The Anna’s hummingbird that does not migrate may die if I stop feeding it, or if the weather returns to historic norms.
Habituating wildlife to a food source can be a problem for people, too. Garbage-conditioned bears in Yellowstone National Park were killed when bear-human conflicts rose after the Park Service suddenly changed policy and closed dumps. Hand-fed ground squirrels and chipmunks at Mt. Rainier steal food and bite people to get a bit of sandwich. Mountain goats charge people because some have let them lick the salty sweat off their arms, or fed them. Backyard feeders attract unintended visitors like rats, raccoons, and opossums: animals we view as pests that view our houses as their homes.
A “bad bear” lives the best life it can inside a fence at the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center. He will never return to the wild after habituation to human food, but at least he is alive!
Animals, though they feel more than we can bear to admit, are not human. Maybe the food bank, the food drop, the mission, or the refugee camp is more appropriate for people. We are too many to live in the wild and we don’t really want to live there anymore. Critters, even domesticated, will return to the wild if there is enough food, water, and shelter available. They will eat plants, bugs, slugs and each other happily, with room to avoid each other when necessary and to join together when there is benefit.
We can continue misinterpreting an abundance of animals or birds at a feeding area as a sign of plenty and health. We can pride ourselves on being a backyard St. Francis, a clever artist, an expert shutterbug or a premier hunter when we are just exploiting the tendency of resource-limited creatures to migrate to an easy meal. We can allow wild lands to be developed or fragmented to the point that they become empty and lifeless.
This young mule deer and its sibling stayed for a week, eating grass and wild shrubs that are adapted to browsing.
Alternatively, maybe we should stop destroying habitat. Maybe we should prize great tracking skills, the glimpse of an animal in nature, the patience to wait for a great picture or clean shot. If we want to capture wildlife in artwork and photographs, perhaps we should develop the skills and persistence to find them in the wild. If we want to hunt, maybe we should abandon the bait block, the crop stand and critter cam and learn to identify habitat, to track and to aim well. If we just want to enjoy wildlife around our homes, maybe we need to plant gardens, woodlands, hedgerows and wetlands for local and migratory wildlife.
A butterfly sitting on my pack as I ate lunch wasn’t a supernatural message. The insect was warming up on heat absorbing dark fabric on a chilly day, and likely taking up mineral from sweat.
For now, I will continue hanging nectar feeders for the Anna’s hummingbird that should have departed to Mexico for the winter, but perhaps hung on because the non-native bee balm flowered until the frosts arrived. I may have been his downfall, his fall deceit, so I will feed him this winter. But I will not pretend that his charming insistence on stopping me in my tracks means anything more than a demand for the debt of calories I now owe.
A snowy owl unwilling to become habituated during a rare wintertime visit to Boundary Bay, Delta, B.C.
Tags: Annas hummingbird, bird feeder, habituation, wildlife feeding
Made it this time- Heart Lake Loop, Yellowstone National Park
Summit of Mt. Sheridan, Heart Lake below
This was the trip I tried to do last year with my friend Brenda when she became injured. This year, I was fortunate to have the company of Michelle, a new friend from the National Association of Interpretation training I attended. Michelle’s easy-going partner Jamie couldn’t make it due to work, unfortunately for him as he would have enjoyed the fly-fishing.
I did what is becoming a routine: drove to Montana to decompress on the road, stopping overnight at the Motel 6 in Missoula, and then heading to Yellowstone the next day. That drive appeals to the Midwestern road-tripper in me, and lets me unwind from work, which is crazy right now. The big scenery spins by the windshield and I daydream and listen to music cruising along Interstate 90, eventually leaving the to-do list and worries behind. Why the Motel 6? Dunno, started out there, and it’s become a habit. I learned this time that the 3rd floor smells a lot like cigarette smoke (1st floor doesn’t), but I sleep well anyway.
Montana experienced an unusually rainy August and September, creating lovely color along the drive. There were black-eyed Susan flowers blooming on the roadside, and the hills were green-gold instead of the rich yellow I saw the last couple autumns. Aside from a little haze coming from Washington’s wildfires, the sky is clear this time.
I arrived to an unusually busy fall crowd, rushing into the closest campground, Norris, just before it filled. This turned out to be a good choice, since Steamboat Geyser in the Norris Geyser Basin erupted the day before for the first time in years and was marked by a towering plume typical of the steam phase that lasts 24-48 hours after an eruption.
Steamboat Geyser, about 30 hours after eruption
Norris Campground is by a historic ranger station that is still beautiful in its creative and sturdy construction, with a trail leading to the Norris Geyser Basin. It also has a great staging area for talks, and the night’s heavily attended ranger presentation was on the night sky. The growing moon made it difficult to see stars, but it is the first time I understood anything about them from the stories the ranger told. She brought a laptop and volunteers brought telescopes, through which you could see the rings of Saturn and craters of the moon. My little Canon didn’t do too badly photographing the moon, either.
The beautiful moon
It was a cold night, registering about 24 degrees, but I was prepared and slept well in my reliable old North Face tent, which has accompanied me on adventures for 20 years. The next morning, I met up with Michelle in West Yellowstone and we headed for Grant Village to pick up permits, day hike, and camp one more night before heading out. I’m a sea level gal, and Yellowstone is at altitude, so this acclimation period is necessary before shouldering a heavy pack and heading uphill.
We traveled to Pelican Valley, lovely but notorious for a rare, unprovoked fatal attack on a lone woman camper in 1986 by a grizzly bear that was never found. Camping is no longer allowed in the valley, and people are supposed to enter only after 9 a.m. and leave before dusk. We saw a lone hiker, the seasonal employee that often becomes the victim of bear attacks by traveling alone, or sometimes, as we saw later, the lost hiker separated from a group of other inexperienced seasonal employees.As if to make a point, a grizzly left a pile of scat at the trailhead, full of elk hair. A track followed not much further. Wolf tracks also appeared, suggesting the wolves might have taken down the elk, and a grizz took the carcass over, as they will do. We also found scratches on trees from grizzlies marking, or perhaps trying to beat up the trees, as they will sometimes do in frustration when they are disrespected by a bigger bear.
Pelican Valley
Michelle said Pelican Valley was once the last holdout for the 25 remaining bison of 65 million that once roamed the U.S. Those 25 were brought to Lamar Buffalo Ranch to become the herd of 4000+ that exist today. If the bison had more room to roam, there would be many more than 4000; currently, culling is used to control numbers. Pelican Valley is perfect for wildlife, with water, grasslands, and trees for shade and hiding predators.
The next morning we headed out on the Heart Lake Trail. We had divided food and common supplies, with Michelle bringing real food for lunches and dinners. I got a great education on backcountry cooking, which I stink at, relying on freeze-dried and instant food that inevitably makes me lose my appetite when I really need to be eating. We reached Paycheck Pass below Factory Hill and stopped for snacks, Michelle’s application of blister treatment and geyser investigation. Heart Lake was visible in the distance, but still 2 miles off, with our first campsite another mile further.
The Heart Lake area was subject to the historic 1988 wildfires and several since, with the mosaic burn pattern typical of these fires. Why some trees live and others burn is dependent on microconditions in the burn area. Since wildfires are nowhere to be when they are burning, only distant detection methods help to figure out wind speed, air temperature and moisture, and ground heat. The fire snags can be quite lovely in the right light, gleaming silver like a valuable statue rather than a long-dead trees.
Mud pot, Paycheck Pass
The geyser basin at Paycheck Pass includes a mudpot, a superheated soup of dirt and mineral that bubbles and pops thick muddy bubbles. These are the most entertaining thermal features to me, with no spectacular explosions of water, but a constant burbling chatter only they can understand. It sounds like some sort of gnome lives within them, stirring the pot and grumbling.
Even though you can see Heart Lake from the pass, it’s still 2 miles, and then for us, another mile and change to campsite 8H3. We were happy to be in camp, setting up for the first night. Michelle scouts a tent site in the grass because the established tent sites are all really close to the bear pole, a typical set up by the Park Service even though they want you 100 yards downwind of your food. Michelle cooked pasta for dinner and we retired early, with a big moon rising and a sound of distant elk bugling.
The next morning we set out to summit Mt. Sheridan, about 3.9 miles and 3000 feet gain, to top out at 10,300 feet or thereabouts. The trail is really nice, good footing even when it’s steep, despite the bad rap it gets from my guidebook. It travels through an old burn, where we hear branches snapping, then silence as we listen. Later, we learn another party has spied a grizzly on the slopes of Sheridan, and at the end, rangers tell us the bear is a fixture there. No worries for us: it is a good huckleberry season. The weather is cool and windy, which saves us on the ascent. The trail finally winds around the back of the shoulder through lovely alpine meadows, and then makes the final climb to the summit and lookout.
Trail to summit of Mt. Sheridan
The slopes going around the lookout appear barren from a distance, but we see lovely rock gardens full of flowers. We find no one at the summit and have a great lunch of burritos and fruit and nuts, taking pictures of the huge view, our route around Heart Lake, and the flowers. There is even a picnic bench on the summit. Mt. Sheridan marks the south end of the Yellowstone volcano caldera, and Mt. Washburn, visible from here, marks the north. We can see Yellowstone Lake, which has volcanic features under the water, and Shoshone and Lewis Lakes as well. Grand Teton and its companions are in view but obscured by the weather they are kicking our way. I learn that the Teton Range whips us a lot of storms with heavy lightning, explaining what Brenda and I experienced last year. The weather spins our way, but we don’t get overtaken during our break on the summit.
We descend and suddenly run into three groups. The first, in very trendy trail clothes, tells us they saw the grizz. “Awesome!” I say. “Michelle heard a stick snap- must have been him.” The lead guy says, “Well, be careful. There’s eight of us,” as if to imply that the bear is back there counting heads and will leap out to eat us because we’re a party of two. We run into a party of two, but since the older gentleman looks distinctly unhappy with the elevation or strenuousness, I don’t want to add to his troubles with talk of a grizz.
The day heated up as we ascended, so we shed clothes. We’decided to stop at the geyser basin, which I need to do to wrap a blister. At the geyser basin, we hang out and wait for Rustic Geyser to erupt, which happens about every 20 minutes, and take pictures of the lovely blue geyser pool nearby, where a boneyard eerily decorates the sediments under the superheated water. An elk or moose appears to have fallen in, perhaps being chased, or just starving or ill. Rustic is really a fun geyser to watch. The water rises and recedes ominously a few times, and then, on a recession, suddenly it bursts in big, successive burps of steam and water before abruptly stopping again. Later, Michelle reads that the odd shape was created by Native Americans, who squared it up with logs around the rim; the logs are now covered in sinter. Interestingly, the plumbing for Rustic geyser and an adjacent geyser must be connected, because this more modest feature starts to bubble and burp and overflow after Rustic erupts. This is common, and in fact, when we visited Steamboat Geyser to see the steam phase before we went on our hike, Cistern Geyser was empty, as will occur when Steamboat erupts. No one understands the Yellowstone geysers well; Michelle says only Old Faithful has been subjected to video in vents in between eruptions.
The ground around these geysers can be very dangerous, and you have to pick your way through, checking for soft spots and cavities to make sure you’re not going to plunge into a superheated pool and scald your feet. It happens. I don’t want to be the next to fall in a lovely but deadly pool, so I’m careful.
Remains of victim, Heart Lake Geyser Basin
We hobble back to camp for a good night’s sleep and get ready to hike to Basin Lake the next day. The night is cold, in the 20’s. but the sun comes up and warms the next morning with beautiful light. We take pictures, filter water, pack up, and head out around the lake. Just as we enter the forest, there are a marmot eating berries and a pika nearby, harvesting hay. We find scratches way up a tree- not the climbing type, but the very-tall-bear type.
I backpack the next couple days in my Keen sandals to give my blister a chance to heal, which works marvelously. Michelle ditches her new insoles, since they have helped create her blister, and does fine.
Grizzly track, Snake River, where there was day-old scat and a day bed
The trail travels through nice shady forest and then breaks out in some big grassy flats and wetlands. We have a little trouble finding the turn to Basin Lake, since there is no sign, but a wide, pummeled trail going the opposite direction to an outfitter camp full of horse crap. We double back and then find our camp. The camp at Basin Lake is really our best, with space to spread out, no rampant outfitter signs, and peace. In the morning, I see a pine marten, and we hear the echoing calls of sandhill cranes as they do practice laps in preparation for their winter migration.
Our next couple days are also marked by birds- a pair of sandhill cranes in every basin we pass, grouse blowing out of the grass unexpectedly, sapsuckers hammering holes in trees, and red-tailed hawks. Flocks of robins hang around patches of huckleberries, perched in fire-killed trees, looking fat and content.
Sandhill crane stalking food, trail to Basin Creek Lake
The river fords are cold, but Michelle is able to fish at our next crossing of the Snake River, and even gives me fly fishing lessons. I do not of course catch a thing, but get a feel for how different the cast is from the mighty salmon cast I use to fish on my river. During the trip, she catches (and releases) five fish- two native cutthroat, a rainbow, a brown trout, and a cutbow (rainbow/cutthroat hybrid).
We reluctantly leave and hike on a cold morning to our next camp at the outlet of Heart Lake. The weather is turning, and Michelle does her usual routine of cleaning up a bad fire ring while I help gather kindling. In Washington, I just don’t start fires, what with the scarcity of wood in the alpine areas and the fire danger. It’s low fire danger here, and the burn areas provide an abundance of firewood without compromising the environment. At night, we hear elk bugling, one quite close to our camp. We expect it to snow that night, but it waits until we hike out, a long day of 12 miles. We stop at the Heart Lake Ranger station on the way out and eat a snack sheltered from the increasingly cold wind. Snowflakes start falling, then become thicker. Michelle does the right thing and stops us at Paycheck Pass to eat hot quesadillas in the snow before we continue the slog out to the parking area. We’re actually stopped by two rangers on the way out, one an enforcement ranger, and asked to show our camping permit. They ask us if we’ve seen an Eastern European girl traveling alone, separated from her group. We say no, only one guy going in, and a couple coming out. Michelle tells me it’s likely a seasonal employee- they head out into the backcountry and go astray, with alcohol as an occasional culprit. Michelle said they can’t be too worried, or they would have the cavalry out, not just two rangers.
Heart Lake Ranger Station
We’re finally at the car. I’ve done well, with only tired feet. We stop at Grant Village for showers, which feel really good after six days with minimal cleaning and no hair-washing (hats are a critical item on these trips). We both waste lots of hot water since there is no time limit on showers.
The next night was going down to 15 degrees, so I camped on Jamie and Michelle’s couch, sported for pizza dinner, and the next day, decided to check out the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone before I started the drive home. The Center is a non-profit that houses renegade bears and wolves that can’t go back to the wild and does some great education. The bears also help testing out bear containers and finding whether they really work or not. This center is the polar opposite of the notorious bear mills, that raise cubs and when they stop being cute, butcher the animals for medicinal parts and hide, or allow canned hunts for $20,000 or more to fake sportsmen.
Grizzly playing with tree, Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center
The bears and wolves are managed in natural habitats. The bears get trees to maul, a pool of trout to fish, and food cached by staff in different places around their habitat each time before they are released into the enclosure, so they can do what they would naturally do in the wild. The bears are turned out alone (for the largest, Sam) or in groups that get along. Education includes a house front and garden with bear no-no’s, a display of bear-destroyed trash containers, a bad campsite, and better ways to protect gardens, chicken coops, and animal pens. Inside, the Center has more conventional displays with the biology and ecology of bears, threats like poaching, and the history of bears in North America, including recovery efforts. And then, there are the rehabilitating birds- injured animals that do a job in raptor displays as ambassadors and educators. The Center is working to add more bear habitat and a riparian display, an ambitious project with underwater viewing areas and river otters, expected to be completed 2020. I really enjoyed the center, spending a good three hours there, and would gladly return for another visit. I donated to support Acadia, a rescued saw-whet owl, before I left.
All in all, this was one of the most peaceful vacations I have enjoyed in recent years, and I felt quiet inside as I drove home. The weather cooperated, cool when we needed it, and warm at times, too. The period around the full moon was clear so we had lovely nights bathed in moonlight. I had just the right amount of energy, stamina, food, and patience for the backpack trip. We saw animals, plants, and fungi enjoying late season rains and preparing for the upcoming winter. We saw few people but a lot of nature, just the way I like it!
Tags: Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center, Heart Lake loop, Hiking and climibing, Mt. Sheridan, Yellowstone National Park
Lamar Valley Wolf Week, Yellowstone National Park
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Lamar Valley Buffalo Ranch, view toward dining hall/classroom building complete with bison
For five days in March, I lived at the historic Lamar Buffalo Ranch in Yellowstone for “Lamar Wolf Week”. The Lamar Valley is dubbed a “Winter Serengeti” by the clever marketing folks at the Yellowstone Association for its abundant wildlife, very visible in the winter.
The drive from Snohomish to Gardiner, Montana travels over three high mountain passes and always has the possibility of storms, especially in the winter and spring. A friend and I drove in from Missoula to Gardiner in some pretty wicked weather- strong, gusty winds, blowing hail and snow and rain. As we traveled down 89 from Livingston to Gardiner, the sun came out and the temperature climbed from 32 to 50 degrees in about 15 minutes. We could see a storm up ahead, but where we were driving, ranch horses stretched out on the ground to enjoy the temporary warmth.
In Gardiner, we checked into the Absaroka Lodge for an overnight stay. The room- 2 queens and a kitchenette-was only $69 with tax, and was bright, spacious, and clean, with great storage and a balcony overlooking the Yellowstone River. We must have had a deal because the price is now $135 any season of the year, more consistent with the cost of most places in the area.
Pronghorn antelopes
We took a drive into the park, about ½ mile away, to see what we could see. We immediately came upon a small herd of pronghorn antelope lying low in the rising wind, conveniently posing by a pullout and interpretive sign that said “Wildlife Migration”.
We drove to Mammoth and up the hill past the thermal features, passing a small group of bison hunkered down in the wind in a snow free zone by a thermal area; lying low on the toasty ground with butt to the wind is a way to get through storms. It turns out that thermal areas are the basis of survival for bison in the even snowier interior section of the park by Hayden.
As we drove along, we saw a lot of animals near thermal features and on the road. We were seeing one of the important features of Yellowstone in winter, highly visible wildlife due to the road. Traveling the plowed road uses the lowest energy route to travel from one point to the next, avoiding a struggle through the snow.
The hard way to travel, compared to the road
We saw a bighorn sheep on the way toward Tower Junction. The sheep was pawing at the slope to get at the roots of plants, with little else to eat. Later, one instructor said that at this time of the year, the animals have essentially “finished all the cereal and are eating the box”.
Suddenly, the storm came upon us. Within 10 minutes, the temperature had dropped from 38 to 27 degrees and snow was piling up on the road. The visibility plummeted, sometimes to nothing but swirling snow in front of the windshield. Winter driving in this area is not for the inexperienced or faint of heart- the roads are steep and winding, with no guard rails by the towering drop-offs, and rapidly become really slick in a snowstorm. We turned around and passed the bighorn sheep, which had continued eating despite the sudden driving wind and snow, as had the now snowy bison.
The following day, we drove down to Tower Junction and skied for the day. The storm was over but it was cold and windy, and the wind chill likely dropped the temperature far below the 24 on the thermometer. We skied out into the valley and passed a herd of bison trying to make a living in the lee of a slope by the river.
After skiing for awhile, we toured the Lamar Valley up past Silver Gate to Cooke City, where the Beartooth Highway was closed for the winter. Silver Gate and Cooke City are the sheep and the cattle of the old range wars: Silver Gate has cabins and espresso for Nordic skiers, while Cooke City has motels and bars for the “sledniks”- snowmobilers.
We checked into Lamar Buffalo Ranch and found our cabin, the nice but buffalo-beaten #7. The cabin was positioned next to a field where bison grazed, and the large beasts would use the stair railing to scratch their butts. The railing was wobbly, and the side of the cabin had tufts of bison hair rubbed on it.
The Lamar Buffalo Ranch was the incorrectly named site where bison (they’re not buffalo) were raised to save the wild bison population. In the 1800’s, it was a jolly little East Coast vacation to take the trains out West and shoot bison from the windows on the way. And they were slaughtered to weaken the American Indian tribes who depended on them. By the late 1800’s, Americans were starting to get really worried about the rampant slaughter of animals, and the conservation movement was born. But it was too late- continued poaching continued to reduce numbers. Finally, the population was reduced from 60 million to only 25 animals, and an emergency occurred that required both Army intervention (the Park Service was the military in the beginning) and the ranch.
Today, the Lamar Buffalo Ranch is run by the Yellowstone Association Institute, an educational arm of the National Park Service. There is a central facility with kitchen and classrooms, cabins, ranger housing, and a really nice central bathroom with heated floors, lots of hot water in the showers, and immaculate daily cleaning.
We had signed up for a course where food was provided, and it was both a treat and wonderful. Everyone took turns on KP duty, which was a really small favor in return for some really nicely prepared meals. I couldn’t imagine the same number of us (class was full at 20-some) trying to elbow our way into the kitchen and cook every day.
Our day would start at 6 a.m. with breakfast, followed by trips out to watch wolves and wildlife. We would return for lunch, sign up for an afternoon snowshoe or winter hike, and go out for a few more hours. After dinner, there would be a program. The first day, we saw the two remaining Lamar Valley wolves that had not been killed in the fall Montana hunt. They had killed an elk, a feat for two animals, and we were able to watch activity at the carcass. We were all so excited to see them that we didn’t even notice a coyote chased off the carcass racing behind us until John Harman, our instructor, gently pointed it out. We did manage to get pictures of its mate going by a few minutes later, chin still bloody.
Coyotes have not fared well with the return of the wolf. Once reaching numbers where they assumed a role as apex predator, their populations have been reduced 50% and they are relegated to stealing from carcasses with a watchful eye to make sure the wolves don’t run them off or kill them.
We watched a red fox hunt, first walking with head cocked this way, then that, listening for sounds of voles under the snow, then leaping into the air and doing a spectacular swan dive, front paws and nose first, to grab the rodents under the snow. They can reportedly plunge 2-3 feet into the snow using this technique.
We snowshoed that afternoon up to the acclimation pen used for the “soft release” of the first re-introduced wolves in 1996. Historically, wolves haven’t fared any better than bison, but for different reasons. The “devil dog” of the Catholic church, supposed killing machine that would decimate livestock and herds of elk was systematically removed from the American West. While timber wolves persisted in the Great Lakes region, grey wolves were wiped out by the 1920’s using poison, guns, traps, and just plain torture.
In Yellowstone, lack of predators swelled the ranks of elk to unsustainable levels of 25,000-35,000 animals, many very old. The National Park Service had to start culling the herd in mass slaughters. In 1944, Aldo Leopold suggested reintroduction of the wolf to control elk and bring back the wild to Yellowstone but was dismissed. Finally, in the late 80’s, the idea reemerged and got traction. Through a years-long environmental review process which garnered a near-record number of comments, the government dealt with hate on all sides. Finally, approval of the reintroduction of an “experimental population” was gained, and the first wolves were trapped in Canada and transported to the park.
The idea of the acclimation pen was to bond the animals and get them used to Yellowstone so they didn’t stray to the ranches outside the park and prey on livestock. The pens were hidden in the hills to prevent people from killing the wolves. All materials were hauled up by mule. The elk and deer fed to the animals were obtained by two staff nicknamed “carcass queens” who would get a call from the highway crews when there was a road kill and sneak out to snag it (sneaking so that opponents didn’t lace the carcasses with strychnine first). Park staff would haul the carcasses up to the pens over their shoulders.
I was the first to arrive at the long- unused pen, and told to check for trapped animals that might bolt out the front gate at the site of us. The pen is in disrepair, something John feels should be addressed by either tearing it down and leaving interpretive signage or rebuilding it.
The strategy was mostly successful, although several wolves were lost outside the park (some shot illegally, a few removed due to sheep predation). The trip to the pen was punctuated by John, stopping at points along the way to tell the story of the trapping and reintroduction through the eyes of the larger-than-life colorful people who led the effort. By the time we got to the pen, the whole story was alive and afire in our minds, and the walk through the enclosure was silent and awestruck for all of us.
John Harmer had come to Yellowstone two years ago, unable to find a job as a poultry science major, tired of working as a cruise trip salesman, and fresh from several months backpacking in Europe. His dad, anxious to get him a real job, paid for him to take a three-week course for Naturalist Guide Certification. The Yellowstone staff was impressed by John’s really hard, high quality work despite having no background in education or even wildlife. He was hired on after the course and has been there ever since. He wants to move on to field work and field research, but says he will always stay in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Keeping warm on the road
This is a typical story- people (mostly men) come here, they fall in love with the place, and they never leave. I heard it over and over again during the week from a former Silicon Valley executive to a successful Washington contractor, and many others. Their stories were wistful, told with sighs and slight smiles as if they had fallen into the arms of a dream and had never woken up. It is the open space, the thrill of seeing thousands of elk migrate in fall, the wildness of it all they love.
The second day, we signed up for the Specimen Ridge hike. I begged off wearing snowshoes, much to John’s relief. The snow didn’t require bulky, awkward snowshoes and they were only wearing them because attendees wanted to try snowshoeing. Perhaps because my hips have never been structurally or functionally ideal, I do not enjoy the wide stance required by snowshoes and only wear them when I must. An older gentleman (yes, older than I) from North Carolina came along and set the pace much slower than we would have liked. Snow fell the entire time, making a Christmas atmosphere.
I got a chance to talk Don MacDougall, shown in this picture standing on an overlook above the Yellowstone River. Don works during the summer months at Pack Creek brown bear sanctuary on Admiralty Island in southeast Alaska. He has more bear experience than most, since the rangers manage permit-holding visitors crossing a mile of bear-dense territory to watch bears fish for salmon in streams. He rues the requirement to carry a 308 to deal with the bears, because good bear sense, without even use of pepper spray, is what has kept him safe. He has been within 10 feet of a grizzly (they’re called “brown bears” in Alaska). We talk about Timothy Treadwell (“Grizzly Man”), the flamboyant and unpredictable would-be actor and film maker who spent too many years too close to bears and finally got himself and his girlfriend eaten. Don cites Tim’s worst offense as having dragged his fearful girlfriend into his fantasy of being at one with grizzlies, which he named silly things like “Mr. Bobo”.
Don coaches me on proper use of pepper spray: use it, then make sure you step out of the way, because the bear will keep coming even through the cloud of spray and you don’t want to be in front of it. Practice with your spray from last year when it expires. Don’t run, don’t scream, and don’t stare.
Our group includes the instructors who don’t want to stroll the flats with the rest of the group. We are more die-hard (“aggressive” as one woman put it) than many, and want to stretch our legs in the afternoon. None of these hikes are difficult, but since the demographic attending these classes is generally older and from lower elevations, they are listed as moderate.
The third day was the most exciting. The instructors are always in contact with the Wolf Project, an arm of the Park Service. The Project is struggling to get their winter radio collar operation completed after a run of poor weather for flying the plane and helicopter needed for collaring. They collared two sub-alpha status wolves in the Junction Butte pack in fall, only to have the wolves disperse from the pack. They ask us to watch for the animals and radio them if we see them.
We travel to the Hellroaring Creek overlook in the “Little America” area of the Lamar Valley and Brenda, a Park volunteer and skilled spotter, saw the pack about a mile away across the open expanse.
The kill, with wolves and ravens
We called the Wolf Project ranger who is an eternal presence everywhere, Rick McIntyre, and reported the wolves were clearly hunting, harassing bison (one with a broken leg). The Wolf Project began mobilizing for a potential collaring operation when the pack ran an elk out of the small trees and rocky outcrops and killed it, ensuring the pack would be in the area for awhile. We excitedly chased the wolves with spotting scopes, taking fuzzy pictures through the scope due to heat waves.
The wolves gorged themselves- as animals that eat only every few days, they have adapted with a stomach that can expand to hold up to 20 pounds of meat (for an animal ranging from 80-120 pounds). In contrast, an 800-pound grizzly that eats a variety of food all day long can only consume about 12 pounds of meat. Once gorged, they lay “meat drunk” to digest, only getting up to defend the carcass from coyotes and feed once again.
During this time, the Wolf Project got the Piper Super Cub plane and helicopter going. Rick, Matt Metz, and other Wolf Project staff gathered at the overlook. Rick told us what would happen: Doug Smith, head of the project, would be strapped in the opening of the helicopter where the passenger side door was removed, his feet braced on the sled, and they would maneuver around the wolf until they could get a dart with an immobilizing agent called telazol into the wolf. They wanted three wolves, but would be happy with two. Alpha male and female were best options, but they would go for others.
During a really exciting chase where we struggled to keep up with the helicopter using spotting scopes, they chased the alphas, which eluded them by dodging into and through the trees where the helicopter couldn’t maneuver. In the end, they darted two lower status wolves. Once the wolves were down, they picked up one and put it with the second, stuffing them in the snow to help cool them off after the chase. The helicopter went to get more staff to help weigh, get blood samples, do physical exams, and collar.
We had found ourselves standing out there for five hours, transfixed, breathless. It was a long day, but really, really cool.
Later, we skied to Slough Creek, the backpacking destination I had found for last September’s trip to Yellowstone, my first. The snow was gentle, the bison rumbling low as we passed, a coyote loping quietly by as we moved along. This looks like a wonderful snow camping destination, probably best in March despite the storms because it’s before the first grizzlies emerge from their dens.
On my last day in Yellowstone, after the class was over, I went skiing- first to Tower Junction, then up the road from Canyon to Norris, stopping at a view of Bunsen Peak. The snow turned sticky in the sun, but it was still a nice day with beautiful views.
Co-opting a snowcoach used to haul people over Tower Junction Road
So what’s next? Well, for me I am slowly being wound into that same love affair with the Yellowstone area, fueled by a long fondness for open space and wildlife. I will return in September to backpack the Heart Lake loop. In October, I will take Certified Interpretive Guide training. And then-?
Tags: bison, fox, Lamar Valley, Nordic skiing, wolf, Yellowstone
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Feb 27th – UB40 Tribute
Johnny2Bad (J2B) are an 8 piece band from Birmingham, UK, who performs the music of UK Reggae legends UB40, presenting their spectacular, electrifying high energy live shows with a Unique twist.
J2B really brings the show to life, with their driving ‘Wow Factor’ personalities and dance moves going into every performance, with a high octane energy which really gets the audience up dancing and singing from start to finish
Shan’s House Band plays from 8pm, and the Tribute Act starts at 9pm till close.
Check out UB40 Tribute on their Website, and Facebook
On booking your ticket a table will automatically be booked for you from 7pm onwards, should you wish to arrive earlier for drinks and food.
If you would like to be seated as a group we would recommend booking your tickets in one transaction.
Bookings of up to 9 tickets can be made online. Groups of 10 or more please call to make a booking – 01454 325 309!
Due to COVID-19 Government Guidelines groups can currently only consist of guests from 2 households max, Shan’s will be adhering to the latest Government Guidelines on the event day. Visit out Events page for more details.
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Formed in 1978, UB40 are an English reggae and pop band known for songs such as Red, Red Wine, and I got you babe. The original line up was a diverse group of artists bringing together a mixture of talents and musical interests.
For over 40 years UB40 have been one of the most successful reggae bands with over 70 millions records sales, were commemorated with a Heritage Award, a ceremonial plaque from the UK’s PRS for Music. A plaque was also placed at the Hare & Hounds Pub in Birmingham, England, the location where they played their first gig
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Main tour: Every week on Tuesdays , Thursdays, and Sundays, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. The VIP Tour takes place between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. and you can decide the time for it. The tour takes two hours and can be reserved for any day.
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Main Tour Adult (Aged 18 or over): ￥19,600 / Guest Youth (Age 6 to 17): ￥17,500/ Guest Children (Ages 3 to 5): ￥13,400 / Guest Infant (Ages 0 to 2): Free / Guest VIP Tour 2 guests: ￥39,000 / Guest 3 guests: ￥35,000 / Guest 4 or more guests: ￥25,000 / Guest
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When you walk in Gion, you can see maikos all around you. But these people are actually not real maikos, but tourists dressed up as ones. So, where can you see a real maiko? Maiko is a young woman who entertains guests by singing, dancing and playing ozashiki games in a teahouse. The role of maiko is to make sure everyone is satisfied, and if you want to meet a maiko, you just need to go to a teahouse. But the problem is that most teahouses don’t let first-timers in – you need to know a patron to enter the establishment. But at the restaurant Yasaka-dori Enraku, they have a plan for foreigners visiting Japan, called Enchanted Time with Maiko, where you get to be enchanted by a maiko three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, from 6 to 8 p.m. This is their main tour, but they also have a VIP tour where you get the maiko all for yourself; you will get her undivided attention for the whole duration! In both programs, you have an interpreter who helps you when you talk with the maiko and play games with her. In the end, you also get to take pictures with the maiko. The price of this experience includes a full course meal and as much alcohol as you can drink, for the price of 19,000 yen for one person for the main tour, and the VIP tour is 25,000 for one person if you have four people in your group. This is a rare chance to get to see and talk to a maiko up close, so be sure to take advance of it! ▼Click here for Writer's Blog https://sharing-kyoto.com/Blog/b_enraku
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· Published February 22, 2020
WATCH: Heat honor Dwyane Wade, retire his jersey in incredible ceremony
By Matt Johnson
© Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports
Dwyane Wade provided the Miami Heat and their fans with countless memories they will never forget. The organization and fans returned the favor on Saturday night when Wade’s No.3 jersey was lifted into the rafters in an incredible halftime ceremony in his honor.
After watching the Heat erupt in the first half to take an 82-52 lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wade took court one more time at AmericanAirlines Arena. After watching his jersey soar into the rafters to rest in its iconic spot, Wade took in the cheers and “M-V-P” chants from a very appreciative crowd.
Dwyane Wade's No. 3 jersey is officially immortalized in Miami. ⚡ #L3GACY pic.twitter.com/lABAcwVNnT
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 23, 2020
Wade, who retired last season, won three NBA titles in Miami. He also finished as the franchise’s all-time leader in games played (948), points (21,556), assists (5,310) and steals (1,492). He delivered 15 incredible seasons for Miami’s fans and for two incredible coaches in Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra. When the time came, Riley spoke volumes about Wade’s impact for the organization.
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Pat Riley honors @DwyaneWade, with whom he shares 3 rings. #L3GACY pic.twitter.com/v47u8AFKSZ
— NBA (@NBA) February 23, 2020
He will join Alonzo Mourning (No. 33), (Shaquille O’Neal (No. 32), Chris Bosh (No. 1) and Tim Hardaway (No. 10) as the only players in team history with their jersey retired. The Heat is expected to retire LeBron James No. 6 when he retires, which would put all three members of “The Big Three” jerseys among the organization’s all-time greats.
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N'Golo Kante set to miss Chelsea vs Newcastle clash
Chelsea will be without N'Golo Kante for the visit of Newcastle United, with Frank Lampard irked by France's handling of his groin injury.
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Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante suffered a groin injury on international duty with France. - Getty Images
N'Golo Kante will miss Chelsea's Premier League clash with Newcastle United, with Frank Lampard expressing frustration he did not come back from international duty with France earlier.
Kante sustained a groin injury in the warm-up for France's Euro 2020 qualifying clash with Iceland and did not return to Chelsea until after Les Bleus' game with Turkey on Monday.
France coach Didier Deschamps had joked ahead of the qualifiers that Lampard could consider playing striker Olivier Giroud more often, having revealed the Chelsea boss had spoken to him about not selecting Kante.
However, while Lampard was able to see the funny side of that comment, he was far from amused with the way the world champions handled the situation around Kante's injury.
"Before the international break, Didier Deschamps mentioned in jest a little bit about Giroud and that was light-hearted and I get it. We all have our selection problems, he had his in the two games," Lampard told a news conference.
READ | Van Dijk: Manchester United matches not the biggest for Liverpool
"But the Kante one was not a laughing matter because we communicated before the last international break, because he was injured he couldn't go.
"Let's think of what benefits [there are] to play, he didn't go, we both agreed on that. That's how things should work.
"After the first game when he pulled out, he then had a fitness test the day before the second game, it was clear he couldn't play. He then sat on the bench the evening of the game, so that's not communication.
"I understand that when a player is on international duty that they are their players, but it was clear that he wasn't fit."
While Kante will be reduced to the role of spectator for the visit of the Magpies, Lampard may be able to call on Mateo Kovacic in the midfield, though Andreas Christensen (hamstring) and Antonio Rudiger (groin) are out.
"Kovacic had a knock on his thigh but has trained the last couple of days so he's in contention," said Lampard.
"Andreas Christensen has got a hamstring injury which will see him out for the next two weeks.
"Rudiger is training outside with the physios, which is a progression for him. He had a tough injury with some stop-start [features], which has been unfortunate for everybody.
"But he's outside, it's positive - a bit of work to be done for him for match fitness but it's really positive for us that he's outside."
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New Yorkers Protest Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Man (VIDEOS)
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https://sputniknews.com/us/201804061063263877-new-yorkers-protest-shooting-black-man/
Protesters stormed down the streets of New York Thursday night to protest the death of Saheed Vassell, a 34-year-old black man whose life was lost at the hands of police officers tasked with protecting civilians.
Protesters chanted "the whole world is watching."
— DSA Veterans Working Group 🌹 (@DSAVeterans) April 6, 2018
Four officers unleashed 10 rounds at Vassell on Wednesday afternoon. His crime? Holding a metal pipe up and pretending to point it at a police car as if it was a gun — but no firearm was found when officers approached his lifeless body.
"Why shoot to kill? Are you so afraid that you have to take his life," Eric Vassell, the victim's father, asked NY Daily News.
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) April 5, 2018
— Rusty Ryan (@Radio_Reem) April 4, 2018
"They just hopped out of the car. It's almost like they did a hit. They didn't say ‘please.' They didn't say ‘Put your hands up,' nothing," witness Jaccbot Hinds told the New York Daily News on Thursday.
Justice for #SaheedVassell! https://t.co/N6THIrUW6B
— Bronx/Upper Manhattan🍑DSA🌹 (@UptownBronxDSA) April 6, 2018
Vassell, a bipolar man, was a caring father, according to his 15-year-old son.
No justice, no peace. #SaheedVassell pic.twitter.com/RW6OOqLpTx
— North Brooklyn DSA 🌹 (@nbkDSA) April 5, 2018
Claire Draper, 23, calls for justice and care for people with mental health issues. #SaheedVassell pic.twitter.com/atfdXlGc3S
— Emma Whitford (@emma_a_whitford) April 6, 2018
— NYC-DSA Anti-War Working Group (@nycDSAantiwar) April 5, 2018
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Warpaint - Colours and Markings of British Army Vehicles 1903-2003 - Volume 2
Republished in conjunction with The Tank Museum.
By Dick Taylor
The second book in a series of four volumes devoted to the colours and markings applied during the 20th century to vehicles in the British Army, from motorcycles to tanks. This volume describes Paint and Camouflage 1939-1945 and Sub-Unit Markings and Call Sign Systems up to 2003. A detailed and authoritative work, this is essential reading for military enthusiasts and modellers. Containing photographs from the Tank Museum archives, it also includes original artwork showing camouflage schemes and markings.
Excellent title
Lots of fascinating detail here in a very well researched text. As so often with WW2 matters British, the answers to many questions are nuanced and require the expertise of someone like Dick Taylor working with primary sources. Very much looking forward to the reprint of Vol III, which I presume will have the whole mysterious business of Arm of Service and other tactical signs. I hope the museum offers all 4 volumes at a discounted batch buy
Reprinted at last !
Excellent set of books, have wanted this volume for a while and its worth the wait.
Warpaint Vol 2
Excellent reference book for all British military vehicle modellers.
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Intensify the defense of police stations against communist terrorists: PNP deputy chief of operations
by Tawid News TeamPosted on May 7, 2012 May 4, 2012
SAN FERNANDO CITY – the Philippine National Police No. 3 top man has pointed out the need to intensify the defense of police stations against communist terrorists during his visit to the provincial police office here recently.
“I would like to highlight this, because we really have to strengthen the defense of our police stations, especially police units in far-flung areas. Considering the proximity of the election period, medyo tinataasan nila yong level ng pakikibaka at nanghihingi ng tinatawag na campaign fee,” Police Deputy Director General Emelito T. Sarmiento, the Deputy Chief for Operations of the Philippine National Police.
However, Sarmiento congratulated PRO1 for having no incident of communist atrocities in its jurisdiction in recent times even as he announced that there is a 20% decrease of crime incidents nationwide in the first three months of 2012 compared to the same period last year.
Sarmiento was accorded traditional arrival honors by PRO1 director Police Chief Supt. Franklin Jesus B. Bucayu and his key officers during his visit.
Sarmiento, who holds a three-star rank, pointed out the PNP’s strict implementation of validation procedures in various places where illegal numbers games allegedly operate, citing the case of Camarines Sur where three chiefs of police and the provincial director were relieved following a positive validation.
“This is to remind you of the guidelines of National Headquarters on the one-strike-policy pertaining to anti-illegal gambling,” he added.
Sarmiento, also the task force commander of the PNP Anti-Illegal Drugs Task Force, urged PRO1 to continue extending needed assistance to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in curbing the illegal drug menace. He reminded the PRO1 personnel that only regular members of Anti-Illegal Drugs Units are authorized to conduct anti-illegal drugs operations.
“I call on the unit commanders to please monitor your men, because there were some PNP units that conducted unauthorized anti-drugs operations, and now their personnel are meted with sanctions. We have to inform and remind them, especially if they are probably already involved not only in illegal drugs but in other illegal activities,” Sarmiento stressed.
Sarmiento also urged PRO1 to intensify its campaign against illegal firearms, particularly on the aggressive implementation of “Kontra Boga” and “Bilang Boga.” He pushed for the stepping up of Kontra Boga thru application of search warrants, and sustained conduct of “Oplan Sita” and checkpoint operations; and the continuous carrying out of Bilang Boga, which includes the accounting of all registered firearms, including those issued to or owned by PNP personnel.#
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Gaming PlayStation
PlayStation Network still down for “maintenance” [updated 9:30am]
By Chris Southcott on April 22, 2011
[This story will continue to be updated as news comes to hand.]
On Thursday we reported that the PlayStation Network had been down for the entire afternoon.
12 hours later, the PSN was still down and a post on the EU PlayStation.Blog revealed that it may be “a full day or two before we’re able to get the service completely back up and running.”
Sony is still trying to blame “maintenance” for the issue, but it’s becoming increasingly apparent that this problem is to do with Anonymous. [Update: Anonymous had denied any involvement with this downtime. Their statement is below] And the fact that this is going down on one of Australia’s longest public holiday’s is devastating for gamers.
Get it together Sony!
Update: Anonymous has said that they do not have anything to do with the outage and posted this image:
Update 2: A spokesperson for Sony has released this statement on the PlayStation Blog.
An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.
The spokesperson hasn’t estimated the time it’ll take to fix this issue, so the PlayStation Network may still be down for tomorrow and beyond.
Update 3: Another post on the PlayStation Blog reveals that Sony is “re-building” their system to “strengthen our network infrastructure”.
We sincerely regret that PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been suspended, and we are working around the clock to bring them both back online. Our efforts to resolve this matter involve re-building our system to further strengthen our network infrastructure. Though this task is time-consuming, we decided it was worth the time necessary to provide the system with additional security.
We thank you for your patience to date and ask for a little more while we move towards completion of this project. We will continue to give you updates as they become available.
Update 4: Unofficial blog PlayStation Universe is reporting that a SCEE source has told that the PSN suffered a LOIC attack, which damaged the server. “Admin Dev accounts were breached.”
“Sony then shut down the PSN and [is] currently in the process of restoring backups to new servers with new admin dev accounts.”
The source also revealed that the PSN may be restored today in Japan and tomorrow in the US, EU and Australia.
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MMORPG Interview with Jeff Hickman and Matthew Bromberg
August 8, 2012 September 5, 2020 Lisa ClarkNews, SWTOR, Uncategorized
SWTOR is going free to play and it’s happening sooner than you think. We’re all excited about the news and here’s an interview from MMORPG.com’s William Murphy to give us more info about the game, the move to f2p and other questions you might have.
It’s happening, and sooner than you might think. BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic is going F2P with a hybrid business model this fall. Players have been wondering about it, journalists have been begging for it, and it seems that all this time BioWare’s been listening and reacting. After being informed of the then embargoed announcement this morning, I had the rare opportunity to sit in on a call with
BioWare’s Jeff Hickman and Matthew Bromberg (who recently took over as GM of the Austin studio. We talked about the timing, the reasons, and the way in which they believe SWTOR going F2P is just finally giving the players what they’ve wanted, and breaking down the barrier into the Old Republic once and for all. The call was brief, but this is what I’ve learned.
So that’s the news- it’s coming this fall. The interview goes on to talk about cartel coins, content updates, how staffing will change with a free to play model, if BioWare looks to others for guidance with this new model and more.
But some are skeptical about Jeff Hickman, former head of CSR and current new leader of BioWare Austin. Is he just a “yes man” as he was called out by EA Louse way back when in the blog so famously called Bye Bye Mythic.
Louse says:
“”No, he needed Jeff Hickman, promoted from customer service to produce the Warhammer project. Wait, let me let you have that sink in. The man running customer service, on the theory that the management of a large team of CSRs qualified him to run a game development project, was put in charge of a $50 million project with no previous experience.””
So what do you think?
Join the forum discussion on this post
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Lisa has been an avid gamer since she was old enough to hold her first controller and a game writer for more than a decade. A child of the Nintendo generation, she believes they just don’t make games like they used to but sometimes, they make them even better! While consoles will always be her first love, Lisa spends most of her gaming time on the PC these days- on MMOs and first-person shooters in particular.
Twitter Post by Hall Hood (lead writer) Suggests New Event?
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Billy Graham’s granddaughter keeps the heat on Trump
Franklin Graham is not the only member of the Billy Graham family with a public voice.
Franklin’s niece Jerushah Duford, the daughter of Billy Graham’s oldest child Gigi, is an outspoken critic of Donald Trump.
Back in August she wrote a piece in USA Today claiming that evangelical support for Trump insults the legacy of her family.
Yesterday she said that Trump is trying to “hijack our faith.” Here is a taste of Alicia Cohn’s piece at The Hill:
Jerushah Duford, granddaughter of evangelical icon Billy Graham, on Thursday criticized President Trump for his “attempt to hijack our faith.”
“Trump’s attempt to hijack our faith for votes, and the evangelical leaders’ silence on his actions and behavior, has presented a picture of what our faith looks like — that’s so erroneous it’s done significant damage to the way people view Jesus,” she said on a press call through the group Not Our Faith, a PAC that focuses on faith voters.
Duford, who is also part of the group Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden and endorsed Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president last week, also predicted Trump will lose evangelical support in the November election.
#ageoftrump, Donald Trump, evangelicals and politics, Franklin Graham, Jerusha Duford, Jerushah
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Minecrafting: The Lands of Wysteria
On September 2, 2017 September 2, 2017 By AstralGeminiIn Minecraft
Warning: This post contains shameless self-promotion.
Minecraft is a wonderful game that many of us love, and why? It’s a game that allows us to express ourselves, our feelings, and unleash our creative sides in a way that no game before it had really done. So many people play Minecraft for just that reason: to express their creative freedom, to meet new people with similar interests, and to just have fun,
A bit over a year ago, a friend of mine and I, being big-time Minecraft players, decided to undertake a massive project: starting our own Minecraft server from scratch. After countless hours of work, building, coding, and organizing, not to mention hundreds of dollars spent on plugins, advertising, a website, server hosting, and more, we were finally able to release our server to the public on January 1st, 2017. So, now it’s time for my shameless plug.
Are you looking for an amazing Minecraft server to play on? Do you love exploration, questing, building, PVE, PVP, and more? If so, look no further, because The Lands of Wysteria promises to provide an open-world MMORPG experience like none other. We have a large staff team dedicated to helping all players have the best experience possible, and we are constantly adding new content and expanding our server to create the best experience possible for our players. The Lands of Wysteria has a boatload of awesome features, including:
Towny: Our open towny system exists to allow all players to create safe towns to protect their lands and their builds, build up communities, and make new friends.
RPG Classes: Our server features over 2 dozen unique RPG classes for players to choose from, allowing everyone to fully customize their gameplay experience.
Mining World: The Mining World is a great place for players to collect resources, with an increased ore spawn ratio. KeepInventory is off in this world, and Griefing and PKing is allowed, but as they say, great risks entails great rewards.
Open World: Our open free-building world is over 50,000 blocks square. In this world, players are allowed to build and create towns, mine, and do whatever they want with the assurance that all grief will be restored and everything is protected.
Bosses: We are proud to feature an ever-growing cast of unique and fun bosses that spawn every few hours. Defeating these bosses will snag you some awesome loot, so don’t miss out!
Questing: We are continually adding to our repertoire of awesome and fun quests for players to find and complete, each quest giving out sweet rewards of an immensely wide variety.
PVP Arenas: Like PVP? Join one of our PVP duel arenas and fight for glory and fame against other players!
The Night Shift: Do you like Vampires? Or are you more of a Werewolf person? Embrace the power of the nighttime races, and enjoy the enormous buffs they give.
Spawn: We are very proud to say that our server’s Spawn is one of the largest, as well as one of the most beautiful out there. And it’s still growing! Don’t believe us? Just come and see!
Custom Features: Our server has over a dozen custom plugins, giving us a variety of features you won’t see anywhere else. Come and see if you can discover them all!
Check out this wonderful video made by a good friend of ours, Queen_Assassin, highlighting our beautiful Spawn world:
If you’d like to know more about the server, please visit our website, at http://wysteria-mc.com/
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Thinking of Rob It's all about Robert Pattinson
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New Robert Pattinson interview with Boston Globe
Robert Pattinson is a changed man, literally, in David Michôd’s latest drama, “The Rover.” Gone are his perfect “Twilight” teeth and the floppy hair that helped the teen vampire franchise make billions at the box office. Gone is the brooding, leading-man stare that made its way into “Water for Elephants” and gave star power to David Cronenberg’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s bleak “Cosmopolis.”
In “The Rover,” the post-apocalyptic tale of a man (Guy Pearce) on a desperate search for his car in the desolate Australian outback, Pattinson plays a troubled sidekick — a slow-thinking man with a Southern drawl, rotting teeth, and a violent streak.
The role, which adds moments of strange comic relief to the film, won Pattinson big accolades at the Cannes Film Festival. The actor, 28 and almost two years past “The Twilight Saga,” called the Globe to talk about “The Rover” hours before it had its Los Angeles premiere.
Read the interview after the jump
Q. I spent the day reading reviews of you in this movie. They use phrases like “inarguable skill.”
A. Wow.
Q. Do you read reviews?
A. Oh, yeah, definitely, but I only remember the bad ones.
Q. Have you always read reviews? Even during the “Twilight” years?
A. I never learn my lesson. I was sitting around earlier reading them and everyone’s like, “Stop it. You’ve got to keep doing press all day.”
Q. You must be loving all these “Rover” reviews. People keep using the word “transformative.”
A. It’s really the best I could have hoped to have happened. I’d already come to terms with it being completely not received well and everyone hating it, so everything is a bonus.
Q. How did you wind up in this film? I read an interview with your director [Michôd] where he talked about having a meeting with you. I was wondering which one of you was wooing the other.
A. I met him before the script was even around. I loved “Animal Kingdom” so much. I like quite aggressive filmmaking. He seems very ambitious, which is very different. When this script came around, it was one of the top five scripts I’ve ever read since I started acting.
Q. At what point was it decided that you were going to do a deep Southern accent in this film?
A. It said in the tiny description of the character that he was from the South, and that was basically the only thing it said about the character. Actually, Southern accents are quite fun to do anyway; you want to start saying the lines out loud. Generally, you want to start being analytical about a part, and with this, it was just immediately — you want to perform it.
Q. The accent seemed effortless.
A. For some reason, with regional and American accents, my ear’s quite good, it’s quite attuned to it. I can do regional American a lot better than I can do regional English. I don’t know why. I think just growing up on American movies — and from singing as well. I grew up listening to a lot of blues and stuff. It’s that kind of cadence.
Q. I want to talk about the wardrobe in this film – and the teeth. You looked believably filthy.
A. It’s massive to me, all the costumes and everything, especially shoes and stuff. However generic the wardrobe looks, like the jeans, we’d gone through hundreds of pairs of five-dollar jeans to find the right ones.
Q. Were you allowed to shower during this filming process?
A. Yeah, it doesn’t make any difference. The second you wake up in the morning, you’re already pouring sweat. [“The Rover” was shot in Australia.] It’s kind of nice because you don’t need to have the makeup touch-up every two seconds. You’re just covered in blood and grime.
Q. I wondered which was more difficult — to be in this kind of costume or to be in “Cosmopolis,” where you have to look perfect throughout the film.
A. I guess both of them. I remember waking up [during the shooting of] “Cosmopolis,” and my hair was stuck in the shape constantly. This [“Rover” look] is nice because you can sit around in a big pile of mud and just enjoy yourself.
Q. Speaking of “Cosmopolis,” David Cronenberg is being honored at the Provincetown Film Festival this weekend. You’ve now worked with him twice, in “Cosmopolis” and “Maps to the Stars.” If I get to interview him, what should I ask?
A. I would try to find the most random question about African politics or something and he’ll stun you with his encyclopedic knowledge of it. Or about 15th-century Czechoslovakian philosophy. He’ll be like, “Oh, as a matter of fact . . . ”
Q. According to the Internet, you’re in the running to play Indiana Jones. Is that just a Hollywood rumor or the real thing?
A. No, I think this story’s just made up. It’s like a, what is it called, a reverse psychology sound board where they say, “Oh, let’s write an article about how excited we are about him being cast as Indiana Jones and then everyone will say how much they hate him and how terrible an idea it is.”
Q. You have your big “Rover” premiere tonight. Will your “Twilight” fans still camp out to see you?
A. They’ve always been pretty supportive in every movie I’ve done; they’ve always created websites for the movie and stuff. I think everyone I work with is so stunned because they’re very proactive. That’s kind of great and always kind of shocking. Yeah, I’m curious about how people are going to interpret this one.
Q. You talk about liking ambitious directors. What’s the next ambitious move for you?
A. I just keep getting really lucky. I’m doing [“Idol’s Eye”] in October with [French director] Olivier Assayas and Robert De Niro, which is kind of a ridiculous thing. I met Olivier two years ago and he talked about this script. It’s crazy and I’m so excited about doing it. Things just seem to keep dropping in my lap at the perfect moment.
Q. Do you get any chance to read books — or is it all scripts now?
A. I just read the Andre Agassi autobiography, which I thought was amazing. I thought it was so great. I read this book by Steven Pinker called “How the Mind Works,” which is also one of the best books I’ve read in ages. It’s about evolutionary psychology. I didn’t understand any of it [laughing].
Q. I should ask what you’re wearing to the premiere tonight. Isn’t that what I’m supposed to ask?
A. Really, I’m actually staring right at it right now because I had to get it refitted because I’m a fatass at the moment. I think it’s Alexander McQueen.
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I have seen every one of his movies!
Stunning movie. Guy Pearce & Robert Pattinson were each broken, damaged individuals. Eric (Pearce) consumed with rage, yet numbed to life, Rey (Pattinson) mentally immature, physically facing a set of circumstances too complex for his abilities. Shock & Awe, shock & awe.
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Dating show descends into chaos in Sunderland as singles storm out
New dating show Five Guys A Week was thrown into chaos while filming in Sunderland as contestants kicked off big style, leaving viewers gripped!
The premise of Five Guys A Week is that a single lady invites five gents she's never met before to date her over the course a week, with the big twist being that they all have to live under the same roof in her house and she has to give one of them their marching orders every morning until she's left with just one.
The show has developed quite a cult following since debuting last month and on Tuesday night it was the turn of Sunderland sales executive Nina, 33, to look for love.
The five guys who moved in with her, aiming to win her affections were financial adviser Mark, part-time model Scott, oil rig abseiler Joe, Marine Engineering student Carl and operations manager Dale.
Carl was the first to get boot but then more quickly followed after a night out at The Palm in Sunderland ended in drama no-one saw coming when Nina kissed Scott.
As you can see in both videos, taken from the Five Guys A Week Twitter page, things escalated rapidly when, back at Nina's, Scott came clean about the kiss, leading to the Mark, Joe and Dale throwing an almighty tantrum and storming out of the house as Nina lay in bed hearing them all shouting and openly slagging her off.
Hours later, with Scott staying put, and upset Mark after told him Nina only liked him for his muscles, the other three returned, but refused to backdown and then left again with Joe not even swallowing his pride after Nina told him she really liked him.
And viewers at home were both enthralled and disgusted in equal measure. One tweeted: "That was the WILDEST episode of a TV show i've ever seen. Corrie, Eastenders, Hollyoaks and Emmerdale... Eat. Your. Heart. Out," and another reacted: "Five guys a week is a right treat tonight. As if they just got up and f***ed off in the middle of the night."
Taking aim at the lads' behaviour, another viewer posted: "These guys are being so toxic on five guys a week . She's on a dating show and she kissed one of them and then they slate her and walk out. Toxic masculinity at its finest."
In the end, with just Scott left, Nina said she was looking forward to giving things a go with him but as the credits rolled, viewers were left hanging as to whether or not it worked out!
The good news is that Five Guys A Week has already confirmed it's coming back for a second series.
Source https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/five-guys-week-sunderland-lads-18059785
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JUST IN: ECB Is “Very Seriously” Looking At Digital Euro: Christine Lagarde
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By doing so the ECB intends to oppose the present means of electronic payments, like cryptocurrencies, digital wallets and digital banking.
The Paypers has reported that the digital EUR would be backed by the ECB in an attempt to make this currency "risk-free"; it will also enable both online and maybe even offline payments.
The EU central bank intends to launch a public consultation period and begin experimenting to figure out whether or not they will indeed issue the digital analogue of EUR.
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The U.S. is also studying the possibility of emitting a digital dollar in order to try and retain its global leadership in the finance sphere.
However, the CEO of the Ripple tech giant, Brad Garlinghouse, has recently stated that the company may move its headquarters from San Francisco to a more crypto-friendly jurisdiction since the U.S. does not seem to be prepared to issue a regulatory framework that would allow the crypto industry to develop and prosper.
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Information published on 13 September 2010 in the UIC electronic newsletter "UIC eNews" Nr 200.
3rd UIC-FIATA Market Place Seminar on 2 – 3 November 2010 in Barcelona: “The French-Iberian rail link – Fostering European Connectivity”
UIC and the International Freight Forwarders’ Association (FIATA) will hold their third edition of the Market Place Seminar on 2 – 3 November 2010 in Barcelona.
The Market Place Seminar aims to create opportunities for increased cooperation and business development within the rail freight sector by offering a common platform for railway undertakings, freight forwarders and customers.
Following the success of the two previous seminars hosted in Prague (2008) and Istanbul (2009), which focused on rail’s attractiveness and competitiveness in the Eastern and Southeastern European market, the seminar now turns the spotlight on France and Spain, and in particular the axis connecting central Europe to Spain.
The seminar is backed by RENFE, the Spanish railways, Fret SNCF, French railways, as well as the Port of Barcelona. “It was natural for us to focus on a new market region this year. The French and the Spanish markets were a logical choice since the opening of the new railway line from Barcelona to the French border using the UIC standard gauge (launch scheduled for December 2010) will create new business opportunities for the railway sector in this area”, says Oliver Sellnick, UIC Freight Director.
Seminar highlights:
Introduction of the UIC standard gauge on the railway line from Barcelona to the French border: How will this influence the railway market?
Development of hinterland transport around the port of Barcelona: What are the possible rail freight solutions and how can they be implemented?
The railway connection: Best practices in the field of tailor-made solutions
Shipping companies and logistics solutions: What is the state-of–the-art in multimodal solutions?
The Market Place Seminar is an excellent occasion for the European rail logistics professionals to learn more about business opportunities and requirements for doing rail business in this region and to expand their business network. The seminar will comprise two half-day sessions, between which there will be a social event allowing you to network with your industry peers in a relaxed and casual setting.
For more information about the seminar please visit the dedicated website: http://www.marketplaceseminar.org
For the Seminar please contact Gustav Manding, UIC Senior Freight Advisor: manding@uic.org and Rene Zimmerman, FIATA secretariat: zimmermann@fiata.com
Long live UIC e-News: the newsletter dedicated to its 200 members and 2000 readers hits its 200th issue! New image for the UIC website UIC e-News – your opinion matters to us! R&D projects involving UIC will be presented during InnoTrans, the International Exhibition Fair to be held in Berlin (20 - 24 September 2010) Announcement of the Asset Management Workshop (Paris, 27 October) Newly-published CD ROM on the 6th World Congress on Railway Security Asset Management Brochure just published Japan: “Smart Station” R&D facilities China-Singapore: New railway line Latvia: Exhibition at Riga Central Station
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THREE NEW ROUTES TO VISIT R&F MALL JB! PARTNERING WITH CAUSEWAY LINK
Johor Bahru, 17th July 2020 – R&F Mall Johor Bahru is officially on Causeway Link bus travel map with three new routes released. Handal Indah will be adding new drop-off and pick-up points at R&F Mall on their 3 routes, namely Causeway Link S1, MV2, and LM1. These three new routes will be officially launched by 17th July 2020.
The official launch of all three routes is a joint-effort of both R&F Development and Handal Indah who truly support ‘Cuti-cuti Malaysia’ by adding more drop-off points on the routes, hence allowing Johoreans and tourists to visit most of the shopping malls and heritage sites in JB city, as well as Iskandar pilot zone area including Puteri Harbour and Legoland Malaysia. When the border is open, it will further benefit Singaporeans too – which they can enjoy 1-day family leisure and shopping trip from Legoland to R&F Mall as well as JB central.
The three routes have been confirmed as below:
S1: JB Sentral – R&F Mallà Plaza Pelangi – Holiday Plaza Mallà KSL City – JB Sentral
MV2: JB Sentral – R&F Mall – Mid Valley Southkey – Istana Pelangi – Flat Stulang Laut – Menara Cyberport – Berjaya Waterfront – Foon Yew High School – JB Sentral
LM1: JB Sentral – R&F Mall – Gelang Patahà Legoland Malaysia – Puteri Harbour – Larkin Sentral – JB Sentral
What makes the experience even more enjoyable? Passengers get to receive R&F Mall shopping vouchers! More details on the mechanism to be announced later.
“R&F Development is happy and we welcome the launch of these three routes,” said Richard Hu, Chairman of R&F Group Malaysia, “We believe this partnership with Causeway Link will not only benefit the locals but also help in boosting the tourism industry in Johor, be it to domestic tourists or internationals.”
“We are excited to introduce these new routes to our commuters. Now Johoreans can add mall-hopping to their list of activities as Causeway Link buses cover most of the shopping complexes in JB centre,” said Ms. Fang, Deputy Executive Director of Handal Indah Group of Companies
With the introduction of the new routes, passengers can be connected to various places in Johor Bahru such as JB central, Legoland Malaysia Resort, Puteri Harbour, and different shopping malls, with affordable price from RM1 (JB Sentral – R&F Mall) to RM4.50 (R&F Mall – Legoland Malaysia).
Mr. Hu added, “Since our arrival at Johor Bahru six years ago, R&F Princess Cove has been dedicating in making this CBD area a more comfortable, and premium living area that full of lifestyle and convenient facilities. We continuously work with local authorities and education institutions to promote business, collaborations, and even arts and cultures.”
Aside from the newly added bus routes, R&F Princess Cove had also built a direct link bridge connecting the R&F Mall and the Johor Bahru Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine Complex (CIQ) making the walking distance in only 8 mins to reach the checkpoint to Singapore, all via the fully sheltered & guarded link bridge. The bridge has also won a Special Recognition for Public Facility during the 6th Annual PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Malaysia) in 2019.
The R&F Group is well-known in bringing in new developments to the state, the first international Opera House - Permaisuri Zarith Sofiah Opera House was also launched by R&F not long ago in January 2020, personally officiated by His Majesty The Sultan of Johor and Her Majesty The Permaisuri of Johor.
For more information about R&F Mall’s shuttle bus service, please visit official website https://rnfmalljb.com/ or https://www.causewaylink.com.my.
Basic information of R&F Mall Johor Bahru
Opening hours: 10am – 10pm daily
Address: Jalan Tanjung Puteri, 80300 Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
GPS location: 1°27'34.4"N 103°46'05.4"E
Phone number: +6 07 2727 888
For media & leasing enquiries, please contact:
Chloe Chow, Marketing Manager
R&F Mall JB
Tel: +6 07 277 2777 ext. 8136
Mobile: + 6019 612 4737
Email: chloechow@rfchina.com
Leasing Enquiries:
(Mr.) Liew Yit Wing, Senior Leasing Manager
Mobile: +6012 620 7176
Email: liewyw@rfchina.com
About R&F Mall
R&F Mall is the first shopping mall launched at the R&F Princess Cove, Malaysia. It comprises a variety of brands and services that cater to both millennials as well as families with children. It houses many ‘first-in-Johor Bahru” brands including the 1st Jaya Grocer in the heart of JB, the 1st PlayLrn in Malaysia - a new concept of “Cofamily space” educational playland, the 1st Dookki Topokki Steamboat in Southern Malaysia, the 1st LiHO Tea in Malaysia, the 1st KyoChon Korean fried chicken in Southern Malaysia, the 1st new concept café Routine by Soon, as well as its anchor tenant - the 1st Emperor Cinemas in Southeast Asia – all the way from Hong Kong.
With its perfect combination of indoor and outdoor spaces, convenient accessibility, and the fully sheltered link bridge connecting the mall and CIQ, R&F Mall is set to transform the shopping experience of local Johoreans as well as international visitors.
R&F Mall is the winner of the Best Retail Development at the 6th Annual PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Malaysia) and its link bridge has also won a Special Recognition for Public Facility.
About Handal Indah
Handal Indah Sdn. Bhd. was established in the year 2003 breaking a 30-year monopoly on cross-border bus services previously operated only by Singapore-based companies. The company operating under the brand “Causeway Link: The Smiling Bus” is one of the largest public bus service providers in Johor Bahru. Over the years, Handal Indah has expanded to more than 10 major cities and towns in Peninsular Malaysia with over 640 buses fetching approximately 3 million passengers per month.
The company’s operation covers a wide range of market segments such as urban bus operations, inter-city bus operation as well as customised client-based transportation solutions. This includes bus chartering, express bus coaches, Singapore and Malaysia cross-border bus operations, Johor Bahru local bus operations, Airport shuttle bus services and mobile exhibition for events and promotions.
Handal Indah Sdn Bhd is the first operator to establish centralized services monitoring and real-time commuter support. In addition, the company also introduced its own electronic payments services, contactless ticketing, smart city solutions and mobile-based journey planning to leverage on technology to bring about convenience and peace of mind to all commuters.
Ng Kok Cheong
kcng@handalindah.com.my
Lim Chern Fang
fanglim@handalindah.com.my
About Permaisuri Zarith Sofiah Opera House
The Permaisuri Zarith Sofiah Opera House is the first international opera house in Johor, officiated by both His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, Sultan of Johor, and Her Majesty The Permaisuri of Johor on 19th January 2020. Its mission is becoming an art & cultural hub that promotes artistic taste and achievements, as well as providing an exchange platform for local and international arts, cultural engagement, creative inspiration, as well as fulfilling the locals’ need for arts and creativity in the new era.
With its significant location and distinctive design, the Permaisuri Zarith Sofiah Opera House has become one of the most iconic masterpiece and landmark in Johor.
About R&F Princess Cove
Following the China’s One Belt - One Road initiative, R&F expanded its development internationally since 2013. The group identified the land next to Johor Bahru-Woodlands CIQ as the most prime location and built their iconic landmark – the R&F Princess Cove. As the location of R&F Guangzhou’s first overseas project, Johor Bahru holds a special meaning to the group. This first overseas pilot project - R&F Princess Cove features a 5-star hotel, A-class office building, marina garden corridor, commercial area, luxury club house, and international standard apartment. It will be the largest international marina complex in Johor Bahru and Singapore with its grand scale, most complete packages, and latest concept.
During its five-year overseas journey, R&F has continuously invested in development and manpower, upholding their utmost mission in building a more comfortable and premium living environment in Johor Bahru. With the immense support from Johor government and all parties, as well as the attention and expectation from all media friends, R&F Princess Cove is constantly evolving – they have handed over 3,500 units of premium residential apartments, completed the construction of R&F Mall Johor Bahru, launched the R&F Marina Place and the marina promenade to the public. They have also transformed the land into one of the most shining gems in Johor Bahru and Singapore.
About Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd
Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd. (“R&F”) (SEHK: 2777) was established in 1994 with a registered capital of CNY806 million focusing on design, development, construction, sale, property management and property related services in China.
On July 14, 2005, R&F made a successful debut listing on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and subsequently became the first China property developer to be included as a constituent member of the Hang Seng China Properties Index.
As a testament to the group’s commitment and solid foundation, they have been recognized for numerous accolades including being ranked as the number 1 property developer in China for five consecutive years, from 2005 until 2009.
R&F also topped the list of “China Top 100 Tax Payers” in 2008, and have since expanded its business internationally to Malaysia, Australia, Korea, the United Kingdom, and more.
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New Sefer Torah in memory of Rabbi Brodie
On Sunday afternoon over 3,500 people from across the whole Manchester community joined together for a Hachnasat Sefer Torah written by the Manchester Beth Din in memory of the late Rabbi Yehuda Brodie zt’’l, registrar of the Beth Din for over 40 years.
It was one year ago on the first yartzheit for Rabbi Brodie when Mr Modi Spitzer, an honorary officer of the Beth Din presented the idea of commissioning the writing of a Sefer Torah in memory of Rabbi Brodie. Over the past year, twenty different shuls, organisations and individuals have sponsored a parsha in the new Sefer Torah. Additionally, hundreds of school children from many different schools have joined in this unique community Sefer Torah by purchasing a letter and they each received a certificate.
After the last letter which was written by Mr Moderchai Halpern, there were speeches by Mr Moddi Spitzer who thanked all those who made a special effort to attend, including the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Rav Schneelbalg, Dayonim from the London and Federation Botei Din. The Chief Rabbi spoke first, praising the Beth Din and the Manchester community as one of the jewels in Anglo Jewry. He continued that we find that Eliezer is never referred to by name in the parsha of looking for a shidduch for Yitzchok, he is known as Eved Avrohom, a servant of Avrohom, to be servant is the greatest compliment and Rabbi Brodie was exactly that, he was a servant to the whole kehilloh, helping anyone and everyone at all times.
Dayan Yehuda Osher Steiner from the Manchester Beth Din was the second speaker who expanded on the words of the Sages that tzaddikim (The righteous) are called “Chaim” (life) even after their death. Dayan steiner explained this is not only referring to in Olam habbah, but rather this includes this world as well. Not a day goes by when at the Beth Din, someone says “How would Rabbi Brodie deal with this situation, Reb Yehuda did it like this” etc, two years after he was nifter, he is very much still “Alive”.
The final speaker was Rafi Brodie, a son of Rabbi Yehuda Brodie who compared his father to every aspect of a Sefer Torah, including all the tropp, how his father helped those who were distanced, how he managed to gather in those who were scattered around the community, never giving a break, but rather always finishing the job.
Following the words and the final letter being written, the hachnasat Sefer Torah procession began from Stenecourt shul, down singleton road which was closed to all vehicle traffic, crossing over Bury New Road to the Beis Yisroel shul where it will be used by Misaskim. Rabbi Brodie was a founding trustee of the Misaskim organastion, which he was very instrumental in helping Misaskim in its first few years. When the Sefer Torah entered the shul, hakafot and tefillot were said by Chazzan Muller.
It was a wonderful afternoon full of unity. Despite a rain forecast for the whole afternoon, the weather was beautiful as was the whole atmosphere, together with the lively dancing from all ages joining in.
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The Last of Us: Left Behind chapters
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"So Close" is the third chapter in The Last of Us DLC Left Behind. It picks up after Ellie spotted the military helicopter and follows her attempts to reach it to secure a suturing kit for Joel.
1.1 The Crash Site
The Crash Site
The chapter starts off with Ellie looking at the crashed military helicopter on the upper level of the mall. From down below, she sees that the helicopter belonged to the military's aeromedical services. Searching the area, she encounters the disturbing sight of an amputated arm, with a note nearby explaining that a soldier was bitten when encountering Infected so their commanding officer amputated their arm in an attempt to save them. Leaving the scene, she goes to a door that extends to the upper level, but the door is locked and needs power to be operated. Finding another path in the mall, she is led to a flooded shipping room. While proceeding inside, she is startled by a cat, jokingly asking if it is trying to kill her. She finds the main door jammed on the other side, so she carries on to find the side door.
She finds an electric generator and realizes that it is out of gas. She finds an empty gas can nearby and proceeds to siphon gas from one of the trucks in the room, unintentionally splattering her face with some as she does so. However, several Stalkers suddenly appear and attack her. Ellie manages to kill them, quickly returning to the generator to fill it and activates it. Shortly after doing so, a cable bursts from the ceiling and falls into the water, electrocuting two Stalkers in the process. Clarifying that the water is dangerous, Ellie climbs her way to the ceiling and walks along the top of the ventilation shafts.
She makes her way down to a safe area and enters a maintenance room but, unfortunately, is met with Infected. Ellie manages to get by them, reaching the front exit of the store. Ellie lifts the gate to exit the location, and is back to where she initially began. She runs into pair of Clickers, but manages to dispose of them.
Ultimately, Ellie gets her chance to open the powered door and climbs the escalators to the upper level. She treads slowly along a broken glass contraption and leaps into the opening of the helicopter only to almost slide off when it tilts slightly, holding tight to a chair to prevent her fall. Once it becomes stable again, she spots a first aid kit and opens it. Noticing that all of the needed medical supplies are in the kit, she holds it tightly to her chest and softly repeats "I'm not letting you go", relieved she has finally found what she desired.
This the only time in the franchise that Stalkers are encountered on their own and also the first time Ellie encounters them.
Unique to this chapter, there are special death animations for Ellie if she falls, or jumps, into the electrified water.
Chapters in The Last of Us: Left Behind
Mallrats · Fun and Games · Escape from Liberty Gardens
Back in a Flash · So Close · The Enemy of My Enemy
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If Corporates Get Favors From Government - It Is A Failure Of Democracy
Al Arafat Sherfuddeen Sherfuddeen
22 Jun 2016 9:19 AM GMT
Editor : Al Arafat Sherfuddeen Sherfuddeen
Image Source: economictimes
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Imagine a country without Democracy, who would get to lead the country? Maybe violent groups, dictators etc, the opinion might vary but certainly ruling dispensation would be supported by the rich, the corporates and the upper echelons of the society. Now, for many reasons, human history has shown such regimes have been shunned and hated by the people and the masses. People don’t hate corporates, people don’t hate being rich, after all, many or most of them aspire to be one. What irks people is when the rich and the corporates define and play a role in public policy. Given this scenario, now we can understand why Democracy came into place, to bring the voice of the masses/people to the center of public policy making. However if Democracy gets manipulated to an extent where corporates get huge favors from a government elected by the people, it can only be concluded that Democracy has failed here. What is the point of Democracy if it favors the same corporates who would have got benefitted in a dictatorial or any undemocratic regime.
The Indian Scenario
The recent Essar controversy and many other expose have shown how politics and corporates have become interdependent, the political parties seek their benevolence for party funding and vice versa for the purpose of government projects. Globalization and capitalism have further strengthened that bond.
Don’t get it wrong
Corporates are required, they create jobs, they generate employment, they lift people out of poverty and across economic classes. There is no denying of the above-mentioned, however, the influence of corporates in the public policy making process is what is of concern. Corporates could participate as a stakeholder but not otherwise.
A win-win solution
Corporates yearn for a free environment where innovation and creativity get rewarded and similarly people also wish that corporates and government have a arms length distance. It is to the benefit of the people, government, and corporates, that government, and political parties should leave the corporates alone and not seek or harass them for party fundings or other favors. By doing so, corporates could spend their money wisely on investments, governments can focus on pro-people measures while the people benefit from the jobs created by corporates and the pro-people policies of their democratically elected government.
The Logical Indian appeals to the people across classes and communities to take a stance on this issue. We appeal to them to ask their representative/government cutting across political lines to keep an arms length distance from corporates. We also seek election commission to take stock of the political party funding process and introduce drastic electoral reforms that will make Democracy work for all as it was intended to be
Passionate writer about current events, politics and happenings nationally and globally. An agent of communal harmony and an ardent Arsenal fan.
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Millennial Democrats
Michael Cohen- Ditched By Attorneys, Close To Cooperating.
themillennialdemocrats
Michael Cohen On His Way To Witness Stand
Michael Cohen, the personal attorney of America’s 45th president, has all but caught a case of the plague.
The pressure from two active federal investigations is worsening, and his lawyers are about to walk out the door.
ABC News reported Wednesday that the attorneys for President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, are about to leave the case.
The news has fueled a thousand speculations. Is Cohen flipping? Is he on his way to the can? Did he fire his lawyers, or did they quit? If they quit, was it because he’s toxic or because he didn’t pay them?
If Cohen did fire them, the decision was likely related to money, said former prosecutor Roland Riopelle to Business Manager on the subject today. McDermott, Will, and Emery, the firm where Ryan, Evans, and Harrison work, is what Riopelle described as “a gigantic firm where they bill premium rates.”
Good luck paying those bills, off the twelve cents an hour you’ll make in the fed joint.
“And it could simply mean that Michael Cohen thinks he’s going to bankrupted by this law firm before he gets to the end,” Riopelle continued. “And so he wants to make a change.”
But sources close to ABC say his lawyers are expected to leave the case on their own, and that he, as a result, is now likely to cooperate with federal investigators. It seems very possible he’s doing it to signal Trump somehow, in a sort of mob lawyer S.O.S. “Hey, old pal, I’m in big trouble here! Get me some help, or I’m going to have to snitch!”
“I think the likelihood of Mr. Cohen immediately flipping on the president just went through the roof,” Michael Avenatti, the attorney for the adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, told Business Insider.
Trump is reportedly financing portions of Cohen’s legal defense already.
Katy Tur from MSNBC reported earlier today that prosecutors at the Southern District of New York (SDNY) have contacted Cohen’s legal team, informing him that they are “preparing paperwork” to have him arrested. This lines up with reporting from Gabriel Sherman that Cohen expects to be arrested at any time, perhaps even tomorrow.
Cohen is running scared, in our opinion. He’s going to tell for sure. He was not only Trump’s lawyer but his longtime personal confidant. He knows better than anyone how little Trump values other people. He’ll be left out to dry because he’s become a liability, and he’s panicking. Part of him is still in denial, but in his heart, he knows.
The potential value of Michael Cohen to Robert Mueller or other investigators cannot be overstated, as he’s got more dirt on Donald Trump then anyone. He’s been his henchman this whole time. If he decides to cooperate, Trump is burned up and he knows it.
Hilariously, Cohen says he is feeling neglected by the president, according to sources of the Washington Post. From the guy who hired a thug to terrify Stormy Daniels, this level of naivete defies credulity. Trump has spent his whole life looking out for Trump. He doesn’t care about Cohen or anyone else, except insofar as they’re a risk or a reward to him.
In the movies, things never work out well for a mob lawyer, and there is always a moral to the story. At the end of the day, you get what you pay for. If you cast your lot with a crook, you’ll end up on a crooked path. A bill will be presented, and a day of reckoning will come. Michael Cohen will soon be able to mark it on his calendar.
Blue Wave, Red Trough- World Comes Down on Trump and GOP.
In "Books"
The Worst Day Yet For Donald Trump- Manafort and Cohen Guilty.
In "Culture"
One Year In- 45th Fumes As Mueller Investigation Turns Two.
Categories: Culture, Politics and Current Events
Tags: #ABC, #DonaldTrump, #GabrielSherman, #KatyTur, #McDermottWill&Emery, #MichaelCohen, #RobertMueller, #Russiagate, #SDNY, #SouthernDistrictOfNewYork, #StormyDaniels, #TrumpMoscow, #WashingtonPost
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Apple goes for the Samsung kill shot, files for preliminary injunction [Updated]
by Matthew Panzarino — in Apple
Apple has filed a motion for preliminary injunction against Samsung in the U.S. today, reports Florian Miller of FOSS Patents. The injunction is specifically aimed at four Samsung products, the Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge and Galaxy Tab 10.1. Updated with statement from Samsung below.
The motion, if granted, would force Samsung to remove many of its flagship products from the market and make significant design changes to them in order to satisfy the conditions. Apple is claiming that many of the Samsung products mimic the design of Apple’s products, including the iPhone and iPad, closely enough to confuse consumers.
Apple’s original complaint against Samsung asserted that the electronics manufacturer was “blatantly [imitating] the appearance of Apple’s products to capitalize on Apple’s success.”
The move for an injunction can best be described as a preemptive strike by Apple against Samsung that has the potential to put an end to the legal wrangling very quickly, or backfire and weaken Apple’s position.
“If such a motion failed only due to poor (in terms of “premature”) timing, Apple would technically still have the same rights before — but psychologically (in terms of the court proceeding as well as how the outside world views it), a denied motion would look bad.,” Miller explains in a related post, “It would create the impression of Apple making unreasonable demands — and there are already many observers of this dispute who believe that Apple overshoots and interprets the scope of its exclusive rights too broadly.”
This latest action is one more move in the ongoing chess game between Apple and Samsung over the similarity of their devices. For its part, Samsung brought a counter-suit against Apple with the goal of an import ban on Apple’s devices. That counter-suit was later dropped by the Korean company.
Update: Adam Yates, Director of Corporate Communications for Samsung North America, has shared the following statement with us.
Samsung believes there is no legal basis for this motion by Apple. We will continue to serve our customers and sales of Samsung products will proceed as usual. Samsung will continue to actively defend and protect our intellectual property to ensure our continued innovation and growth in the mobile communication business.
Read next: Is Research In Motion the next Nortel?
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VP Sport & Development
by Michele Theil and Madeline Breed
RHSU
Michele Theil and Madeline Breed have interviewed all the candidates for VP Sport & Development in the RHSU Sabbatical Officer elections. Read a brief summary below and listen to the podcast to decide for yourself who you're backing.
In a joint venture with Insanity Radio, we have interviewed all the candidates for VP Sport & Development and created a podcast with questions that delve deeper into their individual manifesto points. Our ongoing Sabbatical Officer coverage and involvement with the elections has been exceptional this year, with the media outlets chairing Candidate Question Time, and we will continue with this by interviewing all winning candidates on elections night so keep an eye out for our coverage. Here are our brief summaries of each candidate and their manifestos:
Joshua Bibby
Josh explained that his campaign focuses on cross-club collaboration, better communication between clubs and the SU, better reporting of fixtures by student media outlets and transparency in decisions for Colours Ball awards. His aim is to build the profile of sports clubs across campus, by utilising our student media to cover their fixtures, as well as playing to the strengths of each individual club to work together.
Dom Brown
Dom is, obviously, re-running for his position as VP Sport & Development. His decision to stay at RHSU for another year in this role is due to his fundamental belief that a two-year term in a Sabbatical Officer position is necessary in order for him to achieve the goals he set forth both when he first ran as well as the additional objectives that he has now added to his manifesto. He has three key manifesto points: Welfare & Mental Health, Long-Term Planning and Simplification. Dom emphasises the work he has already achieved in his role as VP Sport and how he plans on building on that even more should he be re-elected.
Gwen Richards
Gwen’s campaign argues that many clubs are unhappy with training allocations, a lack of recognition (in particular during Colours Ball) as well as not being able to have certain members for sport fixtures due to teaching being scheduled on Wednesdays – an issue resolved at many other universities by making sure that there is no timetabled teaching on Wednesdays. She aims to lobby the college, the SU and the sport centre to ensure that teaching is no longer scheduled on Wednesdays. We asked her whether she thought this was prioritising sport over teaching and degrees, a question that seemed to catch Gwen off-guard at first but she recovered and explained her reasoning to us very carefully.
Jack Wright
Jack is aiming for short and long-term development of sports facilities here on campus, especially to ensure that we are up-to-date when it comes to fixtures and big events like Varsity. Varsity is a hot-button issue with every candidate but the development of sports facilities has only been mentioned by Jack. Additionally, he wants to improve upon clubs by responding to their feedback in his role, should he be elected. He alludes to the idea that many clubs are unhappy with a myriad of issues and that he aims to ensure their needs are met.
Listen to the full interviews here
Related Elections
Michele Theil and Madeline Breed have interviewed all the candidates for VP Welfare & Diversity in the RHSU Sabbatical Officer elections. Read a brief summary below and listen to the podcast to decide for yourself who you're backing.
VP Education
Michele Theil and Madeline Breed have interviewed all the candidates for VP Education in the RHSU Sabbatical Officer elections. Read a brief summary below and listen to the podcast to decide for yourself who you're backing.
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Episode 91 - Rise of the King w/ Jeff Simmons 0
Christian Game Developers, Meaningful Interaction, And A New Hero
We were blessed and honored to have Jeff Simmons of Revelation Games on this episode to discuss their upcoming game, Rise of the King! We also got to talk to Jeff a bit about what it's like to work in the industry, some of the challenges within, and setting out on their own as an indie studio! But before that we talk about our time with Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Persona 5, Shovel Knight, and even make time for some newsy-news AND announce the winner of the Horizon Zero Dawn Photo Contest!
(Oh, and something about giving away a copy of Persona 5?? You'll have to listen to the episode to find out!)
Rise of the King
NES Classic Done, SNES Classic On the Horizon?
Nintendo Switch Selling Very Well
EA Announces Star Wars: Battlefront II
Puyo Puyo Tetris (Switch/PS4) - April 25
Dragon Quest Heroes 2 (PS4/PC) - April 25
Outlast 2 (PS4/Xbox One/PC) - April 25
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch) - April 28
Prey (PS4/Xbox One/PC) - May 5
Song of the Deep
Episode 90 - Bioshock 0
Would you kindly listen to this episode?
It's been a long time coming but it is time to finally dive into the world of Rapture and discuss the classic that is: Bioshock! Before Bioshock, the guys discuss Logan being blessed with a Nintendo Switch which leads to talk of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Last week also saw Persona 5 finally releasing in the West and, yes, Logan goes crazy.
As always, these episodes focusing on a specific video game will contain spoilers during the Bioshock discussion at the warning of the hosts.
Confessional Collective
Episode 51 - Perception with Bill Gardner
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Broadcasting with a pair of balls…
Siesta Key Recap: Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
Posted on September 10, 2017 by thesavagecrew
“…It definitely wasn’t easy being the new girl in Siesta Key…”
Well it ain’t too easy dating her either. The third installment of Siesta Key finds Chloe and Kelsey dishing the dirt on crew drama over the course of yet another producer driven drinks/coffee/lunch date. As if Garrett wasn’t ashamed enough when Kelsey mocked his anniversary picnic directly to his face during said picnic, now she’s ripping him apart over appetizers with a coworker she’s only known for a couple of weeks. Kelsey put on a strong ‘hot girl, good person’ display in episode 1 when we learned she was caring for a mother with MS, but the onion is getting peeled back and what we’re finding inside absolutely stinks.
Chloe takes the opportunity to momentarily forget that she has a snood big enough to qualify for a presidential pardon on Thanksgiving, if only she didn’t enjoy getting stuffed so much. The muffin-topped muckraker is all too happy to bash Garrett’s admittedly lame pepperoni, cheese, and cracker picnic and note jar anniversary gift — a bit dumbfounding considering her obvious dietary preference for salted meats, processed carbs, and domestic cheese. To even the most casual observer one thing is clear — Chloe likely has a laundry basket filled to the brim with yoga pants bathed in the sulfuric parfum of daily snacking.
Chloe continues to receive talking to’s from just about everyone in her life. Over drinks with her mother — I swear to fucking god these assholes must be keeping the entire food service sector of Siesta Key afloat with the volume of disingenuous, heart-to-heart sit downs they hold inside public eateries — Chloe is reminded that her drinking, and her absentee father’s criminal history may be fueling her irrational, angry outbursts. Doing little to disprove her mother’s point, or elicit an ounce of sympathy from the audience, Chloe storms off like the self-absorbed basic bitch that she’s proven herself to be throughout the saga that is summer in Siesta Key.
We’re reminded over and over again that Alex is Chloe’s best friend, and his relative absence from her daily counselings from friends and family might seem amiss were it not for a never ending stream of drama in his own life. The dimwitted Lothario apologizes to Maddison for revealing her oral prowess to a crowd gathered at Brandon’s bon fire in episode 2. It may be completely insincere, but Alex is beginning to betray a bit of a soft side. It’s a feature furthered by a moment of vulnerability when he finds out he’s been waitlisted by the admissions office at Stetson Law School — a vital artery on the road to a life of cush nepotism at his father’s law firm. Nevertheless, chicks dig the nice guy and this may be a real clue in explaining our dimwitted anti-hero’s prowess in pounding the poon that strolls the dunes of Siesta Key. If his neanderthal brow is any indicator, Alex may also be hung like a caveman — a trait highly sought after by the female of the species.
When you roll with a crew of heavy hitters, you don’t just party you partaaaaayyyyyyy. Episodes 1 and 2 focused on booze fueled social gatherings — Alex’s party, and Brandon’s bon fire respectively — and episode 3 is no different. This week the crew is taking to the high seas in Alex’s boat. I find myself immediately irked by Brandon’s use of the term beer pong to describe a game in which ping pong balls are thrown into a cup. This game is known as Beirut, and will always be known as Beirut because beer pong is played with a fucking paddle, and Beirut is called Beirut because the balls are bombing the cups, much like the bombs bursting in the city of Beirut. Aright, that’s it, it’s settled. And I don’t care if this is a petty thing for a 32-year-old man to care about; that shithead was wrong, everyone who calls it beer pong is wrong, and it is incumbent upon me to point that out.
My fury is soothed at the sight of Amanda’s plentiful posterior in a bikini. Eighteenth century British playwright William Congreve once wrote, “music hath charms to sooth the savage breast,” The Offspring reminded us that it could work on the savage BEAST as well, but it seems neither has laid eyes upon Amanda’s tush — a rump so soothing that an equally sized mound of Xanax could still not compete. She opens up to Alex about Chloe, and the boorish goon once again gives us a glimpse of his softer side; is the caveman really the caring man? Perhaps.
Garrett is making what we can call a good faith effort to hold onto Kelsey, but the wheels are quickly falling off the bus. Despite planting a very visible kiss on his beloved during the boat party, it’s becoming more and more apparent that this relationship is going to need a life preserver to keep from going under. Garrett is in over his head, and he’s beginning to realize it — a sentiment that’s put on display during a dog walk among the hanging moss with his lookalike younger brother.
Beyond his public display of affection, Garrett does little to shake his fast growing reputation as the crew’s cuck. From just feet away he watches as Alex gives Kelsey a hands on lesson in seamanship — and it’s beginning to appear that if he sets the right coordinates, our oceanfaring oaf my soon be giving her a lesson in semen-ship as well. For his part Garrett does confront Kelsey about her trampish boat behavior in a painfully uncomfortable conversation after a day of paddle boarding. From the looks of it though, it’s likely too little too late. The trust between Garrett and Kelsey has been broken beyond repair. Once that happens a cycle of growing anxiety and distrust ensues until it bursts into a supernova of booze, treachery, and a new lover’s steaming genitals. I’m not a man who likes to admit defeat, but Garrett’s only logical move in this situation is to make a tactical withdrawal, get back on Tindr, and spend the rest of the summer letting thrill seeking vacationers ride his manhood like a mechanical bull. Heartbreak is quickly healed by new pussy, it’s a lesson every man will someday learn, but the process is still a painful one. If anything about this mismatched, but asthetically pleasing pair infuriates me, it’s their use of the L-bomb after only 6 months of courtship. That just really isn’t normal, it’s actually completely fucking nuts. It took my woman and I over a year-and-a-half to use that word, and we actually do love each other. Get a life nerds.
With spurned lovers in mind, we’d be remiss if we didn’t give Madisson her due. Plain Jane has an interview with an engineering firm that she for some reason decides to bring MTV’s cameras to. It’s a bold strategy to bring a camera crew to an interview for a job that you are admittedly underqualified for. Still, after years of delighting in roadside wrecks on the Garden State Parkway I’m compelled to rubberneck and look on with a sort of shameful glee as she faces the blunt rejection that is so ubiquitous in the adult world. Welcome to the NFL rookie. A seasoned veteran might have made the cameras leave, and put her bow queen skills to use, unfortunately Madisoon is still wet behind the ears and it’s becoming painfully clear that she’s a long shot to make Alex’s gameday roster. She reflects on the interview during a stroll on the beach with her former beau, and he spills his guts about his scholarly short-comings, but even the blind can see that right now it’s just not meant to be — Alex Ahab has his sights set on a white whale.
Juliette has been conspicuously absent throughout much of the episode, and we later learn that she’s been lounging at home in a percoset fog after having a wisdom tooth pulled. With so many competitors vying for Alex, this is the wrong time for Juliette to be on the DL, but she seems far more concerned with patching things up between Chloe and Amanda — even offering to be mediator during a public reconciliation.
The sit down begins with Chloe grossing out the entire planet by crying as she reveals that she has an upset stomach. From Amanda we get the opposite side of the coin — an ice queen’s smile at the very mention of Chloe’s broken nose. The friends part ways after telling each other that they love each, though one can’t help but sense a more sinister motive on Amanda’s part. That suspicion is confirmed during a later meeting between Pauly Paul — who wears a gold bracelet around his hairy ass arm as though he’s some sort of a big shot, seriously dude, you used to cry yourself to sleep in juvie, you don’t get to act like a gangster badass, you give up that right the second you start crying in fucking juvie. Anyway, the wannabe middle-aged Persian man reveals to Chloe that Amanda has engaged in intercourse with Alex — a piece of information about which the Hungry Hungry Hippo is less than pleased.
And with that we are left dangling by our fingertips from the sandy cliff that is Siesta Key. Kelsey has clearly chummed the waters, and Alex is beginning to smell blood, if Garrett doesn’t do something soon he’ll be swimming off with the blonde haired beach babe clenched in his jaws. My heart hasn’t been shattered yet, but you better believe I’ll be investing in some Gorilla Glue in anticipation of putting the pieces back together after episode 4.
Line Of The Episode:
“I know you don’t know Alex very well, but he’s definitely known in this town as a player.”
Song Of The Episode:
Little Mix – Power
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Share Internet Data...
Share Internet Data Ltd (SID) Expands its Mobile Network to include the Unbanked with its LDJ Digital app
Manager - July 16, 2019
When the United Nations declared basic access to the internet as a human right in a 2016 resolution, Share Internet Data Ltd saw this as a gateway to leverage and create an app that will advance the democratization of internet access.
Following a successful launch, the SID platform now expands to include also the unbanked through its partnership with LDJ Capital Inc to create LDJ Digital, the digital banking solution based on the SID technology of free internet access.
The architecture built on the SID technology is the core foundation that laid the groundwork for the possibilities in digital banking central to the principles of LDJ Digital.
To better understand how the SID technology improves net-neutrality, picture this: The smartphone personal hotspot or tethering function is controlled by the SIM mobile network provider, and as such this feature requires the person in need of internet to obtain the password from the other device of an unknown owner. In contrast, the SID patented technology uses its own proprietary solution where the SIM mobile network provider has no access and as such cannot switch it off or limit the speed. What the SID technology does is create a random one-time use password between the two nearby SID users’ smartphones – the provider and the receiver – and presto! Internet data is shared seamlessly.
With free internet accessibility, LDJ Digital truly differentiates itself from other mobile banking services and platforms. The SID technology and blockchain technology supporting LDJ Digital makes it the most accessible and affordable option for the unbanked segment of the society.
It’s tagline “Mobile banking for your generation” says it all. It is for the digital generation – their money and other cryptocurrencies. Done their way. All fiat currencies as well as digital currencies are easily accessible and tradable – paying no fees while earning rewards every step of the way. It also acts as a personal debit card that one can use to spend for payments and for in-store and online purchases.
Jose Merino, SID Chairman and LDJ Digital CEO, says “Free access to the internet opens the floodgates of access to a host of other global resources. Financial inclusion is one of the logical results of this. The SID ecosystem is setup to support a robust community that embraces educational, social, and financial inclusion among others.”
SID allows its European users, in the EEA area, to subscribe now to the LDJ Digital waitlist. Please register at: https://ldjdigital.com
Priority access will be given to the first respondents in the waitlist when the 1st digital bank app launches this 2019 and members will be able to create their online banking account in under 3 minutes. This will give them access to a digital online bank account supporting multiple currencies like EURO, USD, GBP and multiple cryptocurrencies like BTC, ETH, LTC, etc with an associated debit card for shopping globally in stores or online.
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The Soho Loft Media Group.
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RECAP: St. John Bosco 52, Mililani 14
Posted on September 1, 2018 by The Brave News Leave a comment
by Ethan Piechota
The St. John Bosco Braves dominated their opposition for the third straight week, defeating Mililani High School from Hawaii 52-14 and showing why they are the clear number one team in America.
The number one ranked quarterback in high school football goes to St. John Bosco High School. Braves junior standout DJ Uiagalelei was unstoppable last night, completing 26-32 passes for 373 yards and SIX touchdowns. Uiagalelei threw as many incompletions as he did touchdowns, which is just absurd to think about.
Stanford-bound senior wide receiver Colby Bowman finally had the breakout game he needed to get his season going, catching seven passes for 130 yards and three of Uiagalelei’s six touchdowns. Bowman, a recent Brave of the Issue on our site, put on a memorable display last night for all Braves fans to see.
Senior slot receiver Jake Bailey had another productive game, catching seven passes for 78 yards and a touchdown. Bailey and Uiagalelei have really appeared to be on the same page in the passing game so far this season, which is a great sign for the Braves the rest of the way through.
Senior running back George Holani ripped off an electric 80-yard touchdown run for Bosco’s offense to begin the game, and the Braves didn’t look back from there in rout to scoring 52 points and running and passing all over Mililani’s defense.
Defensively, Bosco’s top-ranked and highly powered unit got off to a shaky start, allowing Mililani to move the ball and find the end zone on their first drive of the game. However, the unit cleaned up their act and sacked Mililani quarterback Dillon Gabriel seven times, four coming from defensive end Cole Aubrey and two from linebacker Spencer Lytle.
Just about the only downside to the Braves huge victory was the amount of penalties they were called for, 21 to be exact. That is too much for such a well-coached and disciplined team and the Braves will look to clean that up as the season progresses.
Bosco’s national championship run is in full swing, and the Braves will look to move to 4-0 on the season next week against Paramount High School at Panish Family Stadium.
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City provide United with a reality check
Date: 23rd October 2011 at 5:57pm
Written by: Jamie Allen
Well what can I say? Today was a complete reality check and it hurts me to say it, but we were not good enough and were beaten by much the better team.
The 6 – 1 mauling from the blue half of Manchester had been coming for a while. United have been merely covering the cracks for a good few weeks.
The Reds came out of the traps flying this season with emphatic wins over Arsenal and Bolton. Cruising, playing at a quick and scoring for fun, it’s as if we have become complacent lately.
We were lucky in beating Chelsea who had a hatful of chances, poor in picking up a point at the Brittania with only De Gea to thank for that, had to resort to a last gasp equaliser having given up a two goal lead against Basel, Norwich City had a host of chances in losing 2 -0 at Old Trafford, fortunate to get a point at Anfield with De Gea again the hero and likewise we were un-inspiring in Europe on Tuesday evening.
That is a pretty long list so you could say this result today was expected. However, no-one could have predicted a 6 -1 home defeat, United’s biggest home league defeat for 85 years.
People including myself will point out the fact that the sending off of Jonny Evans (of which no-one can have any complaints) completely turned the game and of course it did. With 11 verses 11 on the field it would have been a tighter affair, but United definitely deserved to lose.
We were very, very poor and as I said, have been for a while.
Jamie Redknapp quite rightly pointed out, he hadn’t seen United give the ball away as much as we did today. The tempo of our play was just not quick enough; often we were playing at walking pace – a shadow of ourselves in the opening games of the season.
We were especially poor at the back yet again. Oh how we miss our leader, our skipper, our foundation Nemanja Vidic. We look all at sea without him. Nobody picking up runners, nobody communicating, nobody taking charge.
The fourth City goal summed it up, a complete mix up between Rio Ferdinand and David De Gea.
Don’t get me started on Patrice Evra. He was once regarded as one of the best if not the best wing back in Europe, but I wouldn’t even put him in the top ten now. In my opinion, he’s a winger not a defender. I see more of him going forward than I do defending. He forever ambles back to his position when the oppositions on the attack and never seems to track his runner – schoolboy stuff.
Fergie often makes me wonder to. Why oh why not start Hernandez in such a big game. His goalscoring record is phenomenal, his movement is top class, yet Sir Alex starts him on the bench?
Maybe because he was worried of City’s height, so he opts for Welbeck for that extra physical presence. Hernandez, came off the bench to good effect last weekend at Anfield, perhaps Fergie had that in mind again today. But to me Chicharito has got to start.
Some of you may think I’m being a tad harsh, but we need to realise we aren’t unbeatable and we have been very poor of late. With Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs and now of course Man City we can’t afford to be so poor if he want to retain the cherished possession in English football.
But you have to give City credit. They were excellent. Although United started the brighter of the two teams, City defended well. It’s often tough against ten men, but City made it look easy and picked United off for fun. I can’t pick one United player out of that team today that played well.
I also can’t fail to talk about their little magician, David Silva. This lad is a different class. His movement, trickery and creative play is so difficult to defend against and he makes City tick. He plays in the hole and floats around with freedom – this is certainly something United miss in their midfield.
When I saw Mario Balotelli’s name on the team sheet I must admit I was rubbing my hands together with delight. He was sure to be sent off in my eyes, but give the boy credit he took his two goals very well and is certainly a character – “Why is it always me?”.
Sir Alex said: “This was our worst ever day.” And who can disagree? It was tough to take, but we must all take it on the chin and move on. We must improve. We have another tough league game away to Everton on Saturday. United, as we always seem to do, must bounce back and show City that we are up for the fight.
After all, we are the champions and champions never lie down.
You can also follow Jamie on twitter: @Jamie_Journo
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