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And No More Shall We Part
Deeply affecting contemplation of voluntary euthanasia
Voluntary euthanasia is possibly the most contentious moral issue of our times; made more urgent by both economic austerity and an ageing population. It is, perhaps, surprising therefore that the theatre hasn’t broached the subject more often than it has.
Tom Holloway’s play (directed for Hampstead Theatre by James Macdonald) is a deeply affecting contemplation of the topic, not as an abstract concern, but in the agonising situation of a loving couple, one of whom has decided to end her life.
Pam’s prognosis is bad. Her doctors have recommended that her treatment be stopped. To the shock and disbelief of her husband, Don, she has taken detailed advice on how to end her life, at home, before her unnamed condition degenerates to the point where living becomes unbearable.
Dearbhla Molloy and Bill Paterson achieve tremendously emotive, tender performances as Macdonald’s stage-revolve moves us back and forward in time. The play never polemicises, but Pam’s need to contend, not only with fatal illness, but also the law feels like a gratuitous moral burden.
Traverse Theatre, 228 1404, until 26 Aug, times vary, £18–£20 (£13–£15)
Hampstead Theatre. Tom Holloway’s beautiful new play is an uplifting testament to the power of love and the indomitability of the human spirit. Don and Pam have lived together most of their lives, the kids have grown up and moved on but now, suddenly, she wants to leave him - or that's how it seems to him at least. Tom…
Hampstead Theatre Website
A Short Cut to Happiness (28 Aug 2019)
An uncomfortable mix of TED talk and self-harm
Murder on the Dancefloor (27 Aug 2019)
Difficult return to the Fringe from last year's champions
Fix Us (27 Aug 2019)
Hilarious and heartfelt look at insecurities
Shattered (27 Aug 2019)
A dynamic autobiographical show about healing
Shadows (27 Aug 2019)
Workmanlike take on love and illusion
Letter to Boddah (27 Aug 2019)
A tense hour on radicalisation
The Letter (27 Aug 2019)
A simple scene played out 15 times with hilarious results
Before the Revolution (26 Aug 2019)
A terse description of pregnant atmosphere
Tom Holloway
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Diego Romero CTVNewsEdmonton.ca Digital Journalist
Published Friday, November 27, 2020 12:00PM MST Last Updated Saturday, November 28, 2020 8:30AM MST
EDMONTON -- Alberta’s top doctor reported 1,227 new cases of COVID-19 and nine more deaths linked to the disease.
The positivity rate for Thursday was 7.6 per cent after provincial labs conducted more than 16,200 tests.
Of the 14,217 Albertans diagnosed with COVID-19, 405 are in hospital, with 86 of them in ICU.
With new business restrictions effective Friday, Alberta’s justice minister and solicitor general, Kaycee Madu, announced provincial and municipal peace officers would enforce the COVID-19 measures announced Tuesday.
“We are simply making sure that more enforcement is available to respond quickly and decisively to situations where groups are breaking public health measures, and thereby endangered the health of the community,” Madu said.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the chief medical officer of health, pleaded with Albertans to respect peace officers after she heard reports of criticism and verbal abuse against them.
“I know the restrictions currently placed on all of us are difficult but they are not the fault of law enforcement and inspectors who are simply trying to enforce what is in place and to help to the spread,” Dr. Hinshaw said.
Fines start at $1,000 and can go as high as $100,000, he added.
RESTRICTIONS, TRAGIC MILESTONES AND BETRAYAL: ALBERTA’S WEEK IN COVID-19
Albertans might look back on November as the month to remember, or forget, in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prompted by daily records of cases and deaths, on Nov. 16, Hinshaw admitted “we are in the second wave.”
Things have only gotten worse since, with Alberta adding more than 1,000 cases of the coronavirus on each of the past eight days and struggling to keep up with contact tracing.
This week began with the chief medical officer of health announcing she would give daily updates and meet with government officials to offer more recommendations they would reveal on Tuesday.
The eight-hour meeting resulted with Premier Jason Kenney calling a state of public health emergency, banning indoor gatherings, limiting outdoor gatherings, weddings and funerals to 10 people, and sending students in Grade 7-12 to learn online until at least January.
The premier allowed restaurants and pubs to stay open, as long as Albertans only sit with people in their household or their two-close contacts, if they live alone.
“If we do not start to bend the curve with this latest round of measures and greater effort by Albertans, let me be blunt: We will impose stricter measures, likely in about three weeks’ time,” Kenney said.
Rachel Notley, the leader of the NDP, said Tuesday’s restrictions are “simply not enough.”
To add to November’s records, Alberta surpassed 50,000 total cases of COVID-19 and 500 deaths on Wednesday.
Dr. Hinshaw called the death toll a tragic milestone and limited visitor access to acute care facilities with outbreaks in communities with high case rates to protect Alberta’s most vulnerable to disease.
'This is a tragic milestone': Alberta reaches 500 COVID-19 deaths, counts 1,265 new cases
The ninth month of the pandemic has been Alberta’s deadliest, with 193 casualties.
As the last full week of November crawled to an end, Dr. Hinshaw addressed CBC News’ report that cited secret recordings hours of meetings between her and cabinet members earlier in the pandemic.
She called the leaks a “personal betrayal and a betrayal of trust.”
“I am profoundly disappointed that confidential internal conversations have been shared, actions that are a violation of the public service oath and code of conduct.”
Hinshaw doesn’t know who leaked the recordings and said an investigation is underway.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw speaking about the reported leak of secret recordings on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. (CTV News Edmonton)
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Europe's Workforce12. February 2018
Could a German 28-hour week make waves across Europe?
By Agence France-Presse
Frankfurt am Main – Germany’s powerful metalworking union IG Metall has agreed with bosses on a new right to switch temporarily to a 28-hour week.
Could the example from Europe’s largest economy — often a trailblazer in labour relations — be echoed by other countries?
– What’s new about the February 6 deal? –
As well as a pay rise, metalworkers in prosperous southwestern state Baden-Wuerttemberg agreed with bosses that they can in future switch temporarily to shorter hours.
Part-time working is not a new concept in German labour law, but it’s the first time employers will not have a veto even if they fear it will disrupt business.
Employees would switch from the present 35-hour limit to 28 hours per week for up to two years before a return to full-time work.
Until now, those switching temporarily to shorter hours have enjoyed no guarantee they could reclaim their full-time post.
Their salary will fall in line with the shorter number of hours, but some beneficiaries like young parents, those caring for elderly relatives or people doing shift work, will be able to take more paid holidays.
Baden-Wuerttemberg’s deal is likely to be extended to the rest of Germany, as the state is often used as a test case by employers and unions.
– Could the 28-hour week spread? –
Germany is basking in a period of high growth, historic low unemployment at 5.4 percent in January and a shortage of skilled labour, meaning workers could bring maximalist demands to talks with employers.
But the deal “is not transplantable to France” where unemployment is close to double its neighbour’s rate despite accelerating growth, said Pierre Gattaz, head of French employers’ association Medef.
Comparison of the average number of hours worked per week in EU member countries
With unemployment at 8.7 percent across the 19-nation eurozone — and almost 18 percent among under-25s — the same pressure on wages does not exist elsewhere, say analysts.
“Germany is the only one of the big countries where total slack in the labour market has fallen well below the pre-crisis levels of 2007-08,” ABN Amro economist Aline Schulling pointed out.
“Germany can afford pay rises,” acknowledged European Trade Union Confederation deputy general secretary Peter Scherrer.
But the deal “encourages workers and trade unions to organise for a fairer deal in all EU countries,” he continued.
“This agreement should inspire pay rises and better working time conditions not only across Germany, but in companies across Europe,” Scherrer insisted.
– Why is IG Metall so effective? –
IG Metall boasts almost 2.3 million members, making it Europe’s largest trade union.
It negotiates the employment rules for as many as 3.9 million in sectors ranging from engineering to textiles manufacturing to car production.
In Germany, the deals it strikes with bosses usually set the tone for labour relations in other parts of the economy, especially public-sector employees.
The union has long broken new ground in Europe, striking in 1982 for a 35-hour work week for the first time using the slogan “More time to live, love and laugh”.
It took until 1995 to wring a 35-hour deal out of bosses, but Germans were still five years ahead of France’s adoption of a shorter week.
IG Metall has also adapted its demands to the changing work/life balance of the digital economy, clinching a deal with Volkswagen in 2011 to ban email outside office hours.
By Daphne Rousseau
employment, EU, Europe, European Union, Germany, Labour, unions, Work
Previous Brexit transition period ‘not a given’, EU’s Barnier warns
Next Britain’s Johnson meets Thai junta with eye on post-Brexit deals
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Cara Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CARA) Adds Dr. Susan Shiff To Its Director Board: Aleafia Health Inc (OTCMKTS:ALEAF) Finalizes Six Nominees To The Board
Cara Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CARA) expanded its board by recruiting Dr. Susan Shiff. Commenting on her induction into the board, CEO and President of Cara, Derek Chalmers said Susan will help company in its efforts to transform into a commercial organization.
Susan will contribute experience gained in HECOR (Health economics and outcomes research) and market access for the success of Cara’s commercialization efforts. Derek said skill set and insights gained by Susan are of immense help for the company, developing patient access, evidence-based medicine, and pricing strategies.
Susan joins at the right time
Susan is excited to join the Cara board when the company is preparing an NDA (new drug application) to the US FDA towards the end of this year. She will work with Cara teams to streamline the commercialization strategies for the development programs, which are in progress.
Cara will benefit from 20 years of experience of Susan in the pharmaceutical industry. She played a leadership role in developing and implementing evidence-based pricing strategies for products worldwide.
Aleafia Health Inc (OTCMKTS:ALEAF) adds six directors to the board
In an annual and special meeting of the investors conducted on June 30, 2020, Aleafia selected 6 directors (Lea M. Ray, Daniel Milliard, Mark Sandler, Glen Washer, Rhonda Lason, and Loreto Grimaldi) to the director board.
Aleafia reaches settlement pact with Aphria
Emblem Cannabis Corporation, an auxiliary of Aleafia, and Aphria Inc entered a pact on June 25, 2020, to settle the disputes related to wholesale agreement termination for the cannabis supply. As per the terms of the settlement, Aphria will issue common shares worth CAD 10 million and a cash payment of CAD 15.5 million to Emblem. They also agreed to dismiss previously initiated arbitration proceedings.
Geoff Benic, CEO of Aleafia, said the settlement agreement is satisfactory and acceptable to both the companies. It allows Aleafia to strengthen the balance sheet and promote growth.
Commences cultivation operations
After securing the initial cultivation license on March 13, 2020, for 70,000 Sq. Ft. at Niagara Facility, Aleafia will now commence operations on the balance of 90,000 Sq. Ft. The company complied with modification requests of Health Canada to the site plan. Benic said the latest development allows the company to use the fully automated Niagara facility and performs harvests round the year.
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Cara Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CARA) Will Report Topline Data Of Pivotal KALM-2 Phase 3 Trial Of KORSUVA Injection In Q2 2020: Will Submit NDA For KORSUVA Injection To FDA
WeedMD Inc (OTCMKTS:WDDMF) will submit the financial statements for Q2 2020 on September 24, 2020, within the 45 days window offered by the regulator. The auditors of WeedMD requested additional time to prepare and submit the results because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Signs a commercial arrangement with Fire & Flower
WeedMD entered a commercial pact with Fire & Flower for the manufacture of CBD cannabis products. As per the terms of the pact, WeedMD will produce, package, and transport Revity CBD products of Fire & Flower to the Saskatchewan provinces. The new products will hit the shelves of the retailer on August 14, 2020.
WeedMD will produce Revity CBD products at its most sophisticated extraction center – CX Industries, using its biomass. CEO of WeedMD, Angelo Tsebelis, said the company is excited to bag the contract order from Fire & Flower to produce Revity CBD products. It is the first commercial arrangement in Canada, and the company looks forward to working on this prestigious contract with Fire & Flower in its endeavor to introduce new products and enter strategic markets.
Angelo said the company intends to maintain a healthy longterm relationship with Fire & Flower by producing high-quality products using trichome rich biomass at its CX extraction hub. CEO of Fire & Flower, Trevor Fencott, said the company is excited to introduce its wellness-focused products to the underserved CBD markets.
Angelo further said WeedMD has an excellent track record in the production of high-quality products and leading innovation. After the initial launch in Saskatchewan, the Revity brand will be expanded nationwide.
Exclusive license accord to manufacture wellness products
WeedMD inked an exclusive license accord to manufacture Mary’s Medicinals wellness products. Under the terms of the deal with MM Technology Holdings, LLC, which holds Mary’s Medicinals product line and Mary’s brand, WeedMD will work as an exclusive partner for the production of Mary’s Medicinals products using its biomass at CX extraction center.
WeedMD will engage in the sale and distribution of Mary’s Medicinals’ products in Canada for medical use and adult use. CEO of Mary’s Brands, Jacques Panis, said the company is excited to partner with WeedMD to expand its Medicinals brands into Canada.
WeedMD posted revenues of $12 million in Q1 2020. It is driven by customer acquisition initiatives, Color Cannabis Brand recognition, and significant sales of biomass cultivated outdoors.
Planet 13 Holdings Inc (OTCMKTS:PLNHF) posted a decline of 34.9% YoY to $10.8 million in Q2 2020. It also reported a drop of 51.54% in gross profits to $4.7 million in Q2 2020. The company reduced the operational expenses by 18.5% to $5.8 million.
Preserves capital and adds new customers
Co-CEO of Planet 13, Larry Scheffler, said all the Nevada businesses faced challenges in Q2 2020. Despite the challenges, the Planet 13 put in significant efforts to preserve the capital and add new clients in Q2 2020. After the states are reopened, Planet 13 gained momentum and reported better sales in July and August 2020.
Brands sales at superstores
Co-CEO of Planet 13, Bob Groesbeck, said its brands are performing well and posted a 28.5% increase in sales at superstores in Q2 2020 compared to 14% in Q2 2019. The company expects to post higher sales of brands going forward because it has expanded the cultivation to supply its popular Medizin line.
Planet 13 is also enjoying success in the wholesale space after it commenced the supply in June 2020. The customers can buy its products across 33 Nevada based dispensaries. Its top-performing SKUs include concentrates, edibles, and beverages.
Begins upward journey
Planet 13 posted monthly revenues of $7 million in July and August 2020. The company will soon inaugurate Medizin dispensary and Santa Ana next year.
Planet 13 implemented operational enhancement in Las Vegas. It is helping the company for higher conversion of visitors into potential customers. The company also made improvements at the Superstore to attract residents in Las Vegas.
Planet 13 generated revenues of $1.7 million in July 2020 from curbside pickup and delivery. It represents 17% of the overall sales.
Planet 13 also strengthened its cash balance to $22.7 million. Its total assets also increased to $81.9 million. The company acquired Santa Ana on May 21, 2020. It also mobilized CAD 11.5 million through bought deal offering on July 13, 2020.
Planet 13 took over 45,000 Sq.Ft. indoor cultivation on July 17, 2020. It also received a dispensary license in Nevada on August 10, 2020.
The vertically integrated cannabis company based in Nevada – Planet 13 engages in manufacturing, cultivation, and dispensary operations, mainly in Las Vegas.
Medical Marijuana Inc (OTCMKTS:MJNA) achieved a significant milestone of selling over $1.6 billion mg of CBD. It is on the backdrop of an increased percentage of consumers preferring CBD oil during the ongoing coronavirus. Around 15% of consumers intend to use a higher dosage of cannabidiol.
Dr. Stuart Titus, CEO of Medical Marijuana, said the company supplied Real Scientific Hemp Oil, an oral version of high potency cannabidiol, for 10 years. According to the global media coverage, several customers across the world demonstrated positive experiences in using its products for almost 5 years.
Satisfies high consumer demand for CBD oil
Stuart further said several other products that are sold as hemp-based products do not contain cannabidiol. They are just a CBD isolate. Medical Marijuana is committed to delivering high-quality cannabidiol oil and satisfying consumer demand.
CBD products are popular among Americans. Around 33% of people in the US have used cannabidiol products at least once in their life. Blake Schroeder, COO of Medical Marijuana, said CBD derived products and cannabidiol products are now part of everyone’s life in the US to maintain wellness.
Stuart features in Reuters
Stuart featured in Reuters, a global financial news hub, on August 11, 2020, and discussed the present landscape of M&A (mergers and acquisitions) in the cannabis space.
An article in Reuters provided an insight into how the cannabis companies fare after the coronavirus, which boosted demand for cannabis. According to Stuart, the cannabis industries celebrate financial success at these difficult times. The same trend expects to continue for some more months before M&A takes place in the industry.
On the expectation of legalization of cannabis in the US after November 2020, the presidential election, the cannabis retailers are busy finalizing the deals. A cautious approach is expected in spending the funds in the aftermath.
Stuart further stated the company engages in developing sales strategies to maintain profitability and exploring new opportunities for enhancing its product line.
Promotions of top-level executives
Medical Marijuana promoted Todd Morrow as CFIO (Chief Financial and Information Officer). It also improved morale by promoting Michelle Sides, Esq. as CLO.
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Fairytalez.com » Animals » The Penguin Prince
The Penguin Prince
Templeton Moss December 12, 2016
Animals, Humor, Magic
It was a typical day in the Village of Gorshin. The baker was baking, the teacher was teaching, the grocer was…grocing? Anyway, everybody was doing what they normally did and everything was going the way it normally went.
Until the penguin arrived.
This was before zoos and things, so the people of Gorshin had never even seen a penguin before. Most of them didn’t even know what a penguin was.
“It’s a giant magpie!”
“It’s a duck in a fancy suit!”
“Uncle Herb?”
But it wasn’t any of those things, not even Uncle Herb. His name was Leroy and he was a penguin. Luckily the Mayor’s wife, Sylvia, was the type who read books so she knew at once what Leroy was and she invited him to lunch.
“What brings you to our village, fair penguin?” asked Sylvia’s husband, the Mayor
“I’m not really a penguin,” said Leroy. “I’m actually a prince. But I’ve been turned into a penguin by a wicked witch.”
“Oh, how dreadful!” said the Mayor’s wife, Sylvia. “Is there no way to break the spell?”
“There is one way; I need to be kissed by a beautiful princess.”
“Do we have one of those?” asked Sylvia’s husband, the Mayor.
“No, we don’t,” said the Mayor’s wife, Sylvia. “The nearest beautiful princess is Princess Fred of Alden Castle.”
“Then I’ll go see her,” said Leroy.
“I’m afraid that won’t be so easy. You see, being the only beautiful princess in the area, Princess Fred is constantly being asked to break curses. So she’s made a new rule: She only breaks curses for people who can make her laugh so hard milk comes out her nose.”
It was a tall order, but Leroy wanted to be a prince again, so he had to try. The Mayor’s wife, Sylvia, was nice enough to lend Leroy a horse…which she immediately replaced with a donkey because Leroy was much too small to ride a horse. The donkey (whose name was Mule) took Leroy to Alden Castle while the small, semi-aquatic bird tried to think of a joke that would make a princess laugh.
“How about this,” he said, trying out hi material on the donkey. “Why did the penguin cross the ice floe? To get away from the elephant seal!”
That’s what they call “Penguin humor,” and it’s really only funny in Antarctica which is why the donkey didn’t laugh.
But just then the path before them was blocked by a tough-looking dwarf with an eye patch and a hook for a hand. “Stand and deliver!” he shouted. “This is a robbery! Hand over all your gold!”
“I don’t have any gold,” said Leroy.
“You don’t? Well, I guess that makes sense. Whoever heard of a penguin with gold?”
“I’m not really a penguin. I’m a handsome prince who has been turned into a penguin by a wicked witch. But I’m on my way to Alden Castle where I will meet Princess Fred, make her laugh so hard milk comes out her nose, and in return she will kiss me, breaking the spell.”
“Well, this is a coincidence! I happen to be the best comedy writer in the kingdom! I just do this robbery stuff during the slow season.”
So Leroy the Penguin Prince hired Tony the Comedy Dwarf to write him fresh material with which to win the favor of Princess Fred. They rode Mule the Donkey together for a ways, working on Leroy’s act, when their way was once again barred, this time by a very small dragon.
“I’m a poor little orphan dragon,” said the poor little orphan dragon. “Can you spare some silver so I can buy bread?”
“Neither of us have anything, Poor Little Orphan Dragon,” said Leroy. “But we’re on our way to Alden Castle to see Princess Fred. Maybe she’ll be able to help you.”
So the Poor Little Orphan Dragon also climbed up on the donkey’s back and they all proceeded toward Alden Castle together. It was a little awkward, the three of them sitting on the donkey’s back, so Tony and the Dragon sat on the donkey’s back and Leroy sat on the dragon’s back. They continued in this way until they were at last in sight of the castle. That’s when they ran into another traveler, a tinker of some kind, pulling a cart which contained exactly one pot.
“Need any pots?” said the Tinker of Some Kind. “Only a copper coin for this lovely stewpot.”
“We don’t really need a stewpot,” said Leroy. “And none of us has any money anyway. But we’re about to visit Princess Fred in Alden Castle. Maybe she’ll buy your pot.”
So the donkey (who was getting pretty darn tired of all this, let me tell you!) was hitched up to the cart and began to pull, with the dwarf and the dragon still on his back and the penguin still on the dragon’s back.
By the time they got to the castle, Tony had been able to come up with some really good gags for Leroy. The Dragon and the Tinker of Some Kind agreed that it was “A” material and the princess was sure to laugh at it. They were shown in to the throne room and Princess Fred saw the penguin sitting on a dragon sitting with a dwarf on the back of a donkey who was pulling a big cart with only one pot in it…and she laughed so hard milk came out her nose.
“Really?” said Tony, a little disappointed. “Just that easy?”
“Yeah, I know,” said Leroy. “Seems kind of anticlimactic after all that stuff in the woods, doesn’t it?”
Still, the important thing was that Leroy had made her laugh and she therefore agreed to break the spell he was under. Leroy hopped off the dragon, waddled across the floor and was picked up by the princess who held him on her lap and gave him a kiss on the very tip of his beak.
She kissed him several more times on the beak, the head, even his wings, but he remained a penguin.
“Are you sure you’re under a spell?” asked Princess Fred.
“Of course! My mother told me so.”
“Your mother?”
“Yes, I remember it perfectly. She was turning purple and floating away and she told me to get kissed by a princess so I could turn back into a prince then she was suddenly my third grade teacher and I realized I was on a spaceship with Walter Matthau and…oh…wait…there’s just the tiniest chance that this was a dream I had.”
So, it turned out that Leroy was not a handsome prince who had been turned into a penguin by a witch. He was just a penguin after all. Not exactly the happy ending we were shooting for, but things still worked out okay. Princess Fred thought Leroy was pretty cute even without being a handsome prince so she invited him to live with her in the castle. Tony the Dwarf was hired as court jester and the Poor Little Orphan Dragon was adopted as a sort of palace pet. The Tinker of Some Kind became a Royal Tinker of Some Kind and the donkey got lots and lots of carrots and sincere apologies for his rotten treatment all throughout this story.
And they all lived happily ever after, which points to the moral of this story. Which is…er…I’m not sure. I’m pretty sure there is a moral, though I could be wrong. I guess there is no moral. Still, I guess every story can’t have a moral…hey, that’s kind of like a moral. Let’s just use that until we can think of something better.
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Multifocal IOL implantation in post-LASIK eyes
With the increasing number of multifocal and accommodative intraocular lens (IOL) implantations being carried out, cataract surgery is fast becoming another form of refractive surgery.
With the increasing number of multifocal and accommodative intraocular lens (IOL) implantations being carried out, cataract surgery is fast becoming another form of refractive surgery.1 Furthermore, since the newer multifocal IOLs have reduced functional loss for near, intermediate and distance visual acuity, those patients implanted with these lenses are generally very happy with the results.2 It is however, less common for post-LASIK patients to undergo multifocal IOL implantation because it is considered by many to be a complex procedure.
"Some colleagues and I performed a search of available literature and could not find a published paper on multifocal IOL implantations in post-LASIK patients," said Dr Zeki Tunc, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Maltepe University Medical School, Turkey. "Many sources regarded post-LASIK patients as unfit for multifocal IOL implantation," he added.
Believing that this surgical approach could be of benefit in some patients, Dr Tunc performed his first multifocal IOL implantation in a post-LASIK patient.
The 70-year old female patient received hyperopic LASIK nine years ago (OD: +3.75; OS: +3.50 -0.50 90). Upon formation of cataract, the same surgeon (Dr Tunc) performed bilateral phacoemulsification surgery and implanted two multifocal IOLs. The right eye received a ReZoom (AMO) refractive lens and the left eye, a Tecnis multifocal (AMO) aspheric diffractive lens.
"I believe that both these lenses have good and bad attributes, so I felt the best approach would be to mix and match the two in this case," said Dr Tunc.
The patient's preoperative and two month postoperative values were measured and evaluated using distance, intermediate and near visual acuity (using Snellen and Jaeger charts), topography, keratometric values, and postoperative contrast values (using contrastometer BA-4 and Optec 6500). IOL power calculation was performed using the clinical background method and the patient was also questioned about changes in quality of life, light reflections and general happiness following the implantation.
"IOL power calculation is difficult in post-refractive surgery patients because errors in keratometric evaluation resulting from corneal changes could lead to incorrect biometric calculations. These errors in IOL calculations have been shown to pose problems for both the patient and the surgeon,"3,4 conceded Dr Tunc.
With regards to the calculation of keratometric values in post-refractive surgery patients, the topographical analysis, clinical background method, contact lens method, refractive and clinical derivation methods, intraoperative autorefraction and IOL power calculation with adjusted vertex distance methods could be used.5
"I prefer to use the 'clinical background method' which allows for the calculation of a postoperative K value by deducting the post-refractive spherical equivalent (SE) from the pre-operative K value. In order to achieve this, the following values must be known; preoperative corneal power, preoperative refraction, post-refractive stable refraction (before the formation of cataract). This method is now considered as the gold standard by most."5 said Dr Tunc.
Patient independence achieved
At two months, the postoperative uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) was 0.8 and 1.0 for distance, J5 and J3 for intermediate and J3 and J1 for near vision. The patient's best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 1.0 and 1.0 for distance, J2 and J1 for intermediate and J1 and J1 for near visual acuity.
Refraction values were OD -0.75, OS +0.00. Contrast sensitivity measurements were 170 cycles per degree (cpd) without glare, 132 cpd with glare and a re-adaptation time of two seconds. There was also a distinct decrease in contrast sensitivity measurements at four months.
"The patient reported decreasing glare with no need for glasses, and she rated her overall satisfaction as 'good', which is great news," enthused Dr Tunc.
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Here’s What Those Job Euphemisms On Dating Apps Actually Mean
Don’t be so quick to swipe left on dating apps: If you slow down and skim a little, there’s comedy gold to be found in the “occupation” section.
We’ve all come across a “CEO at self-employed” (What does that even mean? Are you the co-founder of a successful-ish app… or someone hawking essential oils on Facebook as part of a pyramid scheme?), but that’s really just scratching the surface when it comes to dubious job descriptions.
Some job euphemisms are specific to the region you live in, as comedy writer Jenny Jaffe recently pointed out on Twitter.
“What is your least favorite LA dating app euphemism for ‘actor’?” she asked. “I keep going back and forth between ‘pretender’ and ‘dreamer.’”
What is your least favorite LA dating app euphemism for “actor”? I keep going back and forth between “pretender” and “dreamer”.
— Jenny Jaffe (@jennyjaffe) April 16, 2019
The classics came pouring in: “I play make believe for a living,” writer Dana Schwartz contributed. (Relatedly, “storytellers” ― writers/video producers/etc. ― absolutely flood the market on both coasts.)
Others on the thread broadened the conversation to non-actorly fields.
“Entrepreneur = drug dealer,” a sage that goes by the handle @BorkBorkulator added.
“Just moved here from _____” a man named Aviv suggested, which, yes, Aviv, we see that all. the. damn. time. (“The School of Hard Knocks” is an accredited university, though.)
Needless to say, the thread is worth reading. In an interview with HuffPost, Jaffe said she tweeted the question after seeing cliched job descriptions up and down the coast.
“I am currently in L.A., but I grew up in the Bay Area, and when I’ve opened apps at home, it’s a lot of ‘disrupter’ and ‘rule breaker’ ― like, dude, you have an app idea, calm down,” she told us.
Another distinctly California thing? People hinting at gainful employment at a weed company.
“I work in medicine” is always suspect,” Jaffe joked.
Of course, the euphemisms aren’t exclusive to coastal cities. (Though, let’s be real here, job descriptions tend to get more ridiculous the bluer the state gets.)
Stephanie Zengler, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, comes across a mixed bag of questionable occupations when swiping in the Midwest.
“The majority are really straightforward, but there are also the lighthearted jokes and fake businesspeople,” she told us. “My favorites are ‘Employed at Dunder Mifflin,’ ‘Employed At You Don’t Need To Know,’ ‘Future CEO’ and ‘Viking/Packer fan.’ Then there are the various religious verses in lieu of job information.”
Points for creativity, but what’s wrong with just stating “waiter” or “operations research analyst”?
“It’s true,” Zengler said. “In just one sentence, you can learn more from a person than if they had written something like ‘bank teller.’”
Indeed. Nothing’s sexier than honesty ― especially if he’s “5 feet 7 with a 6′2 attitude” and “fluent in sarcasm.”
Below, more ridiculous job euphemisms people told us they’ve seen while swiping.
1. “One time I went on a date with one of the many ‘CEOs’ on a dating app and it turned out he was working at his friend’s startup. What a visionary, that guy.” ― Lauren Gorman, who lives in New York City and works in sales at Snapchat
2. “I saw ‘professional role player’ once for someone who acted. But I’m from Texas. Everyone here really speaks the same, unless they’re not from here, in which case, they’ll speak like the rest of us eventually.” ― Mike, a delivery driver from Houston
3. “In NYC, ‘actor’ means ‘future bartender.’ And I always think it’s funny when people choose jobs that they’re clearly not, like astronauts. Like, come on, Brenda, you’re 21 years old, you ain’t no astronaut. Quit playin’, you silly goose.” ― Lev Fer, the host of the podcast “Yung Daddy”
4. “If you say, ‘I own my own business,’ it means you’re an Uber driver. If you write, ‘I’m the CEO of a small company,’ it means you sell jewelry on eBay.” ― Tamer Kattan, a comedian and host of the “They Tried to Bury Us” podcast
5. ”‘Comedian’ is the only job title people love putting quotations around. I’ve never once messaged a girl on Tinder and been like, how’s life as a ‘brand ambassador’ going? But living in New York and traveling to L.A. often, I’m unsure if euphemisms even phase me; I’m too busy judging their professional headshots.” ― Dan LaMotte, a standup comedian in New York City
6. “I’m currently in Philadelphia but have lived in Toronto and NYC. In Philadelphia, the funniest was ‘Sporadic Employee.’ In Toronto, ’Extremely Free Lancer.’ In NYC, Audition Showwer-Upper.” ― Brent Black, a game creator and the co-host of the “Trends Like These” podcast
7. “I’ve swiped left on a guy’s profile on Bumble because he had, ‘yer ma would get it’ as his job description. Firstly, that’s not a job, SIMON, and secondly… no. Just no.” ― Louise Bruto, a journalist in Dublin, Ireland
8. “I assume when guys say ‘entrepreneur,’ that it means unemployed. But my favorite job description was ‘Journalist at Fox News (Let me explain)’ because it was just so strange. No one is making you put where you work! And saying ‘Let me explain’ is probably not going to convince anyone to swipe right if working at Fox News is a turn-off — it didn’t stop me from swiping left.” ― Emma Benshoff, a publicist in New York City
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Scores killed as Boko Haram overrun Nigerian town
According to several security sources, there are heavy casualties on both sides.
FILE: A screengrab taken from a video released on You Tube on April 12, 2012 apparently shows Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau (C) sitting flanked by militants.Picture:AFP.
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MAIDUGURI - Islamist Boko Haram insurgents have overrun much of a northeastern Nigerian town after hours of fighting that has killed scores and displaced thousands of residents, several security sources said on Tuesday.
The Islamists launched an attack on the town of Bama, 70 kilometres from the Borno state capital of Maiduguri, on Monday. They were initially repelled but came back in greater numbers overnight, the sources and witnesses said.
Nigeria's defence spokesman was not immediately available for comment. The sources said there were heavy casualties on both sides. One security source said as many as 5,000 people fled.
Two months after Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria declared the area they seized an Islamic caliphate, Boko Haram has also for the first time explicitly laid claim to territory it says it controls in parts of northeast Nigeria.
It captured the remote hilly farming town of Gwoza, along the Cameroon border, during fighting last month. The group's leader Abubakar Shekau in a video declared it a "Muslim territory" that would be ruled by strict Islamic law.
Shekau's forces have killed thousands since launching an uprising in 2009 to carve an Islamic state out of religiously mixed Nigeria, and are seen as the biggest security threat to the continent's leading energy producer.
"When we started hearing gunshots, everybody was confused. There was firing form different directions. We just ran to the outskirts of town," Bukar Auwalu, a trader who fled with his wife, three children and brother, told Reuters by phone.
"There were military helicopters and a fighter jet. We slept in the bush on the outskirts of town."
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Developing a new treatment for Ebola Virus Disease
By Dr. Shawn Carbonell
Backed by Adnan Khan, Srinivas Gadiraju, Sundeep Jain, Lewis Golden, Nitin Agarwal, Lawrence Sherrick, Allen Salmasi, Niraj N. Rana, Da Zhou, Rudy Harjanto, and 35 other backersTony Wong, Sankar Muthukrishnan, Sajid Rahman, Santosh Reddy, Ruben Azrak, Pradeep Thiruchelvam, Douglas Mancosky, Siddharth Morakhai, E. Timlin, Jayson Chan Brigado, Morris Gelman, Bill Vastis, Sascha Grone, Romain Brabant, Miftah Khan, Md Pham, Saad Alsogair, Denny Luan, Cindy Wu, Nick Tommarello, Matthew Scott, Julie Asick, Matej Ramuta, Jose Renato De Oliveira, Evan Cheng, Jeremy Reppy, Keith Guerin, Nick Mordwinkin, Jessica McGeary, Irfan Kamal, Anton Fermelin, Kevin Fisher, Christina Tran, Eric D. Walters, and Ryan Lower
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Ebola is now a threat of global significance. Fatalities are a consequence of the human body's overreactive responses to the virus. These responses are largely driven by molecules on cells called integrins. In collaboration with Professor Thomas Geisbert, co-discoverer of Ebola-Reston, we will test the hypothesis that our experimental anti-integrin drug OS2966 improves survival in a primate model of Ebola Virus Disease. If successful, we will pursue clinical trials in patients.
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What is the context of this research?
The current crisis in West Africa is the largest outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in history. Six times more people have died from EVD in the current outbreak than the number of deaths of all prior outbreaks combined. At the launch of OncoSynergy's first Ebola crowdfunding campaign in August 2014 there were approximately 1,500 deaths from EVD. Today, over 10,500 people have died. There are no approved drugs or vaccines for EVD.
Last Fall we demonstrated that OS2966, an experimental drug, can inhibit viral entry and infection in laboratory Ebola models. OS2966 is unique because it targets the host, rather than the virus. This gives our drug multiple modes of action and is less likely to drive drug resistance due to mutation.
What is the significance of this project?
EVD is characterized by rapid death due to failure of multiple organ systems. The scientific community knows it is the human body's overzealous response to Ebola infection, and not the virus itself, ultimately kills patients.
In late stage disease, there is a massive overreactivity of the infected host's immune system (e.g., cytokine storm) as well as disturbances in the clotting pathways (i.e., widespread clotting in small blood vessels). This leads to organ failure, cardiovascular collapse, and death.
We hypothesized drugs that target the host will be a more effective treatment than drugs targeting the virus itself. OS2966 is the first and only experimental Ebola drug that is predicted to directly inhibit the above host mechanisms as well as block viral entry into cells.
What are the goals of the project?
Our team hypothesizes OS2966 improves survival in the gold-standard EVD model by simultaneously inhibiting several host responses to the Ebola virus.
The primary goal of this project is to demonstrate OS2966 improves survival in a post-exposure treatment model of EVD. We plan to characterize the new 'Makona strain' model, test the hypothesis that OS2966 decreases amount of virus particles in the blood, and test the hypothesis that OS2966 inhibits immune dysregulation and clotting.
If successful at the end of the project we will have multiple lines of evidence informing us of the effectiveness of OS2966 in EVD. These data will serve as the basis for continuing development of OS2966 and give us a "Go/No Go" for continuing this in clinical trials.
OS2966 is our lead drug candidate for EVD featuring several advantages over competing therapies including multiple modes of action, rapid and readily scalable manufacturing, heat-stable formulation (40ºC), and preliminary safety data. In October 2014, we confirmed potent activity in laboratory models of Ebola as part of our first crowdfund campaign.
This project represents the critical proof of concept study that will serve as the rationale for further development including go/no go decision for clinical trials. Unfortunately, these studies can only be performed in a very costly BSL-4 laboratory setting (spacesuits).
As a cancer-focused early-stage startup, we do not currently have the resources to fully fund an additional program outside of our central mission. We must raise external funding in order to continue with this important work.
Ebola is deadly largely due to the body's own responses to the virus including overactive immune response and widespread clotting. OS2966 is a novel experimental drug in development for Ebola that can potentially block viral entry as well as multiple dysregulated host responses at the same time.
Professor Thomas Geisbert, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
The ongoing West African outbreak underscores the grave need for new approaches to the treatment of Ebola Virus Disease. OS2966 is a unique host-directed experimental therapy unlike any other in development.
Professor Judith White, PhD
Ebola Scientist
OS2966 is an innovative new platform drug for the treatment of aggressive cancers including glioblastoma, the deadliest of all brain malignancies. The data they have produced demonstrating dramatic efficacy in therapy resistant cancers is particularly encouraging.
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Team Bio
I left my neurosurgical training in 2009 in order to focus all my efforts on significantly improving patient outcomes in oncology. I founded Oncosynergy in 2011 with a vision of radically improving outcomes for patients by harnessing systems-level biology.
Before Oncosynergy, I was a Dean's Merit Scholar of the University of Virginia NIH Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD), a Kurti Junior Fellow at the University of Oxford (The King's Hall and College of Brasenose), Neurosurgery Resident at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Postdoctoral Scholar at UCSF.
My multidisciplinary research experience spans 20 years including work in psychology, neuroscience, cancer biology, and now serious viral diseases. You can find my publications here.
At Oncosynergy we've assembled a world class team:
Dr. Catherine Park, MD, Interim Chair and Professor of the Department of Radiation Oncology at UCSF
Klaus Damm, PhD, Former Licensing Director of Amgen
William Slichenmeyer, PhD, Former Head of Oncology at Pfizer
Steven Chamow, PhD, Early CMC Lead at Genentech
Joy Cavagnaro, PhD, Former FDA, Rapporteur of S6 Guidance
I am the Founder, President, & CEO of OncoSynergy a biopharmaceutical spinout of UCSF based in San Francisco.
I am a brain surgery dropout... I left clinical neurosurgery training in order to start OncoSynergy so that I could focus all of my efforts into advancing medicine and improving outcomes for cancer patients.
Shockingly, neuroscience was not an available major at the University of Washington in the early 90s so I received my BS in Psychology instead. I then pursued the dual MD/PhD at the University of Virginia through the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) where I was Dean's Merit Scholar. I received my PhD in Neuroscience and, still hungry for more, deferred neurosurgery residency for 3 years to study brain tumors at Oxford University as a Nicolas Kurti Junior Fellow. After a brief stint as a neurosurgery resident at the "hospital to the stars" (Cedars-Sinai) I moved to San Francisco in 2010 to pursue my vision for OncoSynergy. To pay the bills in the meantime, I was also a Postdoctoral Scholar at UCSF in the Brain Tumor Research Center.
I am interested in cancer biology with a particular focus on tumors of the CNS such as glioblastoma for which my company has been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the FDA.
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Background (OncoSynergy)
About our founder: Shawn Carbonell Brain Surgery Dropout
Neurosurgical husband-wife team: Fighting Brain Cancer as the Family Business
FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation for OS2966 in the Treatment of Glioblastoma
OS2966 Awarded Orphan Drug Designation in the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer
Background (Ebola)
NPR Goats and Soda article: How Ebola Kills You: It's Not the Virus
Pathophysiology of Ebola Virus Disease by Professor Thomas Geisbert: Ebola haemorrhagic fever
The Ebola Wars by Richard Preston (10/27/14)
Print/Online Coverage (2014)
UCSF spinout launches crowdfunding campaign for Ebola drugs (Fierce Biotech, 08/22/14)
Ebola finds a new foe in crowd-funded startup (SF Business Times, 08/22/14)
Tiny S.F. cancer startup wants to crowdfund an Ebola treatment (Seattle PI, 08/26/14)
Potential ebola treatment finds backers in crowd-funded campaign (SF Business Times, 09/22/14)
Ebola drug developer targets cash, West Africa trial (SF Business Times, 12/22/14)
Radio/Television Coverage (2014)
KCBS Live Radio Interview (08/23/14)
Cancer Ebola Drug (eNCA South Africa Television News spot, 10/14)
Interview on Swedish National Radio (in Swedish, 11/03/14)
Project Backers
45Backers
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$139,951Total Donations
$34.76Average Donation
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Sunday..........October 21, 1883
FROM EASTERN NEVADA.
Houses in Austin—About Telegrams—The Nevada Cadetship—Senatorial Propositions and Speculations—Mines and Mining Propositions—A Grasping Miner—The Comstock Chiefa—Earthquakes—Frank Stewart's Theory—Some Society Notes and Propositions.
[Correspondence of the Enterprise.]
AUSTIN, Nev., October 19, 1883.
In my last letter, I wrote that houses are plenty in Austin, but they are all occupied, and the intelligent printer made "they are not occupied." He must be killed. Every house, little or big, is occupied to its fullest extent, even to dugouts in the hillsides, and more are being built by a few enterprising individuals who have faith, or who have to build or stay out of doors. A singular feature in Austin architecture consists in the almost total absence of any up-stairs accommodations. The usual residence is a low-roofed, very much spread out affair, with additional rooms built on as the family situation, or increase, may demand; but though the roof may cover half an acre, it never seems to occur to the builder thereof that it costs no more to roof two or three stories than one. The space between the rafters is rarely utilized by an upper floor. There is not a dozen two story houses in the place. If we were a little nearer the Comstock we might utilize a few dozen of your vacant houses by transferring them to Austin, but railroad transportation is too costly—about five cents a pound.
TELEGRAPHIC.
The recent decision of the United States Supreme Court, declaring the Civil Rights Act unconstitutional, is the most important dispatch which has come over the wires since the Garfield assassination episode. The Reveille had it in full, but did not seem to appreciate it; anyhow it got off a chronic growl, speaking of it as "a great, dry report of a Supreme Court decision," and expressing its preference for something about the coal miners' strike in Pennsylvania, or something of that sort. The Reveille should publish the telegrams as received, without comments. Yet fresh telegrams cost money, and the Reveille has the latest and best. The people of Austin should appreciate this fact, and liberally support their local paper. "Money makes the mare go," and coin pays for telegrams. Readers of the latest and best telegrams from all parts of the world should be willing to pay for them.
THAT CADETSHIP.
It is a very appreciable fact that most of the people of Nevada are glad that General Connor's son failed to pass examination for the cadetship from this State. That he was an inch too short in stature is assigned as the reason of his failure, yet his father is an old experienced military man, and most assuredly should have been conversant with all the requirements and not subject the boy to such a detrimental failure. There has been too much favoritism in this matter shown in times past. Young men who were really not competent, either mentally or physically, have been pushed forward for the position, with the hope of their parents and personal friends that they would pass and after months of careful "coaching" they have been sent on to Washington, there to undergo the impartial, rigid examination exposing their bed-rock, so to speak, and sent home unhappy. For the credit of Nevada it is to be hoped that no more experimental favoritism may be used hereafter in this very important matter. We have a smart boy or two in Austin, other localities in the State can say the same, and we know there are quite a number of young men on the Comstock eligible for the position. The only straightforward, politic and correct way is to let them all have a chance in a competitive preliminary examination and thus send our smartest and best boys. If they fail then it will be our fault and not so much theirs. The failure of young Connor leaves the position open to competition, so says Congressman Cassidy, therefore let our best boy go in and win.
SENATORIAL.
The Reveille still persists in trying to victimize Daggett, and sacrificingly cremate him on the Senatorial altar. Bah! From the poop deck of the gallant ship with his fair bride on board, the festive and happy Daggett looks back over the stern, places his right thumb in side contact with his nose, and significantly twiddles his fingers Nevadawards as he gently remarks: "No, you don't; not for Rollin. A rolling stone gathers no moss in the political field, and I'm just rollin' over the seas to my Hawaiian campoody, beneath the wild banana tree, where the voracious politicians cease from troubling and the weary candidate finds rest. Ta, ta! call me not back. As the Dutch girl said 'I's been fooled dat way before!' " Hon M. J. Farrell, or some other equally competent gentleman from Eastern Nevada, would fill the bill for Congressman, but where is the man to succeed Jones as Senator? Sharon does not care to try it again and Mackay is no political aspirant. Most of the prominent men of the western part of the State have left for California and other eligible localities, and Jones seems left to try and be his own successor, if he desires so to do. If being a poor man is any qualification, Jones is all right in that respect. When he was in bonanza he scattered his millions loose among the people, and now he doubtless wishes some of it back for present necessities. But Jones has not signified his wish to be considered in the Senatorial field again, and perhaps would rather let somebody else have the honor. In which case who is the coming man? Not Daggett, for he has gone, and does not wish to come some more, at least not for that proposition.
MINING MATTERS.
All over the State the surface workings of the discovered mines seem to be pretty well worked out, yet this can hardly be said of the mines of Austin. They are not so deep by over 2,000 feet as yours of the Comstock, mere surface scratching in comparison, yet they are at the present time looking just as well as ever, to say the least, and bid fair to hold out the same to an indefinite depth. Perhaps they may improve, and eventually the small, rich "razor blade" veins lead to that mythical "mother lode" which has always been predictively gazed at in the dreams of the old Reese River pioneers. This, however, is simply a matter for future reference. But at present we of Eastern Nevada are all interestedly and hopefully watching Comstock propositions, for it is an established principle in the Nevada mining lexicon that the fortunes or misfortunes of the Comstock very influentially affect the entire State. It is pleasant to us to learn that John Mackay is standing in, and in fact and reality back from Paris and meandering through the lower levels, in his sweaty gray woolen shirt as of old, before he was rich enough to build a national telegraph or financially help out all his old friends. It is pleasant to read that he is pleased with the present prospects developed in those lower levels and believes in rich future possibilities at still greater depths, and it is a source of encouragement that he, Fair, Sharon and others of the old mining chiefs do not abandon the old Comstock by any means, but are still expending their hundreds of thousands in the development of its future possibilities. Perhaps it is the presence of John Mackay in the State that is making the mines of Eureka and elsewhere in this section look better. Anyhow, we are all pleased to know that he is in his native sagebrush, so to speak, and comfortingly near us. The suit of Thomas Kehoe against Thomas Breen was concluded in the district Court here on Tuesday. Kehoe worked for years with Breen, and is, in fact, said to have been the discoverer of the mine, which is two or three miles northerly from here, in the edge of Reese River Valley. They made a good living from the occasional ore crushings, dividing equally; but when Breen sold out the mine a few months ago for $20,000 he neglected to recognize Kehoe as partner and entitled to half. He also refused Kehoe's offer to settle for $2,000, and the jury decides that he must come to an equal divvy of $10,000. So much for trying to hog the whole. It is said Breen will appeal.
EARTHQUAKES.
The recent severe earthquakes in California and along the Pacific Coast shake the logic out of Frank Stewart's theory, that the completion of the railroad across the continent would put a stopper on future operations of the kind by passing off the electric current eastward, over or through the iron rails. Now we have three overland railroads completed, yet the earthquakes still continue in full force and effect. But they are no great shakes, anyhow.
SOCIETY NOTES.
A hopeful and willing young lady said the other day that she wondered why so many eligible young men as there are in Austin could get along without marrying. She felt disgusted and exasperated at the fewness of marriages and said the matrimonial condition was really a measure of economy if the young men could only be induced to view it in that light. She is correct. Most of those who starve to death, die from dissipation, poverty or neglect, or who, despairingly, commit suicide, are single men. Many a young fellow, destined to a drunkard's or a suicide's grave, has avoided both by getting married and becoming the father of eleven children.
Dick Mitchell, brother to Johnny Mitchell, formerly foreman in the Justice mine, who left here with his wife and children to visit his old home and relatives in Redruth parish, Cornwall, last May, returned with them all right a day or two ago. They had a glorious good time, saw lots of comfortable and pleasant arrangements, and were satisfied to return to Austin, where they have plenty of friends, and can get along prosperously and well.
The gentlemen Piutes all wear three linen dusters apiece now, on account of the increased coldness of the weather. The lady Piutes also wear an extra blanket.
Ducks and geese are getting quite plenty in market; that is to say, the Piute warriors are bringing them in by the sackful and peddling them out at a dollar a pair for ducks, and a dollar for a goose. Great expectations are also formed of the result of the raid of our chief Austin hunters who went down to the Humboldt a few days ago. ALF. DOTEN.
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Would giving it catnip restores the life points ?
Do you not remember the first few modules delivered to space for the ISS ? These were just the bare minimum. None of these were berthed - they were all docked. Also NASA is getting used to having to send cargo with only IDSS/IDA as the access, given one of the CRS vehicles.
What, autonomous ? We're still quite a way from that. Yeah, they'll just use IDSS/IDA to connect all the modules.
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YNM replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
In those years they have mostly flying boats still... If something goes bad you can always land anywhere. Maybe more like airship safety than airplane safety in 1935. (Hindenburg was 1937)
Well you can't do it for a new station without Shuttle, that's what I was saying. CBM will be limited to the ISS.
And CBMs aren't hitting each other... There's a reason we'll never see CBMs again after Shuttle due to the loss of the arms (although berthing is still possible for ISS but I question you can do it entirely unmanned). There's actually one APAS being used to connect the ROS with USOS, and I can't see how the other two PMAs would be of a different design. However I'll say that the currently used IDSS/IDA on the crew capsule itself are definitely not the heavy type. Not sure about the APAS to IDA/IDSS adapters itself, there's a chance it's not the heavy type as well. But yeah in a way we alr
Where do you think the current line-up of US crew vehicles are docked to ? They're allowed to re-boost the station as well. At least it's a good thing that it was practically nothing... Although I'd have to wonder why they didn't realize it before the engines were started, given the lengthy hold-up (or maybe it is due to the lengthy hold-up ?).
Artificial atmosphere as an engine or floating lense solar sail?
YNM replied to Arugela's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Yeah, I have no idea what the OP is trying to ask, even. Unless if they're planning to break physics - let alone physics, just the association of what your "spaceship" is. The ISS only includes all the stuff that's currently attached to it, it doesn't include the LVs and the used-up supply vehicles and their manufacturing plant here down on the surface of the Earth. the Earth only includes the physical body and (potentially) the objects where it falls into the immediate surrounding, possibly also the Moon if we're talking "Earth planet system", but it doesn't include the Sun. The Sun only cove
The 350T version is exactly what's used on the ISS. The ISS is 400 tonnes in mass.
I suppose it's not really useful for space travel though, unless we're talking stuff like the pressurized compartment or the electrical system etc. For the engines and the manoeuvres it's more useful to count it against the number of occurrences it happens. Airplane-level seems to need like another decade or more...
Are the thrust for landing on the Moon that much ? Yeah, and it's a good thing they tested the thing (finally !). Only problem now is that even if they can swap the engines they'd need to run up and makes in all the fuel etc. again. Even doing a retest within next month is going to be the fastest they've been moving so far, but I really hope they'd finally gear up. 67 seconds vs. 480 seconds is waay too short. Unless if the only data they need is "oh look it can turn on, dunno how we'd do guidance".
Sadly not actually in the quoted article, the article just says that NASA "will allow reuse of Capsule and Booster starting with Crew-2" but there's nothing that says it's what is in the manifest of Crew-2. Don't get me wrong, I myself hope that the propulsive landings of Dragon V2 will be used by NASA as well. It'd provide the precedent for Starship.
Yeah, if they ended up being chosen for HLS then I can see the Orion spacecraft being pushed back to Earth by Starship. That'd be even less propellant needed on the Orion SM.
Merlin was first tested in space from 2010. Merlin has only been propulsively landed back on Earth since 2015, and that's not the ones that goes to space. NASA hasn't accepted to use re-used boosters yet, although they're open to the idea. We'll see when a reused booster will be manifested for a crew launch on F9. Plus, Starship hasn't even had the thermal protection system tested at all. 2030 is the fastest time IMO, but mid-2030s is much more likely.
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Manchester: “research misconduct concerned only one member of the research group”
The University of Manchester found out that someone has secretly manipulated data in the papers of their star cancer researcher, Richard Marais. Who might that be?
On 16 April 2019, the University of Manchester in UK issued this public announcement:
Research misconduct statement
The University convened a panel in accordance with the procedures contained within our Code of Practice for Investigating Concerns about the Conduct of Research to investigate an allegation of potential research misconduct. The complaint, which was raised by the Director of the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, Professor Richard Marais, concerned discrepancies discovered by the Director relating to data from work conducted in his own research group.
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“The Panel upheld the complaint and determined that it constituted research misconduct under 4.3 (h) of the Code of Practice “Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or deception in proposing, carrying out or reporting the results of research.”, specifically fabrication and falsification. Following a review, requested by the individual being investigated, the conclusions of the Panel of Investigation were upheld.“The research misconduct concerned only one member of the research group who left the University in September 2016. The Panel found no evidence during the investigation to suggest any research misconduct by the other members of the research group. In accordance with our procedures, the affected funders, co-authors and journals will be notified and the record of research will be corrected.“The University of Manchester is committed to fostering the highest standards of research integrity and we expect the highest standards of research integrity from the researchers we support. These standards are set out in our Code of Good Research Conduct.
Update 28.06.2019: the press release was deleted this week, here a backup from Google cache and a screenshot.
A source informed me that the accused scientist might be the Argentinian melanoma cancer researcher Maria Romina Girotti, who used to work in Richard Marais‘s lab between 2011 and 2016, first at the huge cancer research institute ICR London, and then in Manchester. During that time the young shooting star of melanoma research coauthored 20 papers with Marais, including two in Cancer Cell which according to my source might be now up for retraction. Or maybe not, knowing how Cell Press works. Also, a melanoma clinical trial started in Manchester in 2015 based on Girotti’s possibly flawed research, which was celebrated with a Young Investigator award from European Cancer Organisation in 2015. That phase 1 clinical trial is now completed according to update from 12 June 2019, according to ClinicalTrials website, but no results have been posted yet. Maybe Girotti’s discoveries never led anywhere, since since the update in 2016 its “recruiting” status was dropped.
As aside, the University of Manchester is a special place where research integrity seems to be applied on a case-by-case basis. Almost exactly 10 years ago, a huge fraud affair shook Germany, when the pseudonymous image integrity sleuth Clare Francis blew the whistle on the immunologist Silvia Bulfone-Paus. At the end of the affair, two Russian postdocs got the blame, while Bulfone-Paus resigned from her tenured position as director of Research Centre Borstel and retracted 12 papers. Also her husband Ralf Paus was investigated, which proved tricky because the guilty Russians were not among coauthors of manipulated papers. You know where this is going, right? Bulfone Paus (just like her husband) is professor at University of Manchester, she is even funded by Cancer Research UK (if you recall, Marais is director of the local CRUK institute).
But now back to the Manchester’s most photogenic former researcher Girotti, who never replied to my email. There was also a British Association of Cancer Research Translational Award for her in 2015, and an award from Society for Melanoma Research, and another Early Career Research Award from the Biochemical Society, which followed in 2016. Girotti was quoted:
“I am absolutely thrilled to receive this award. I would like to thank my supervisor Prof Richard Marais for nominating me and for being such an amazing mentor. To work in his team is a privilege one and certainly one of the most important steps in my scientific career”.
Found in Google cache, but the source, Girotti’s Twitter profile, is gone.
Girotti is presently named as professor at the Argentinean Enterprise University (UADE) and is employed at a CONICET research institute in Buenos Aires in her home country Argentina, where she is listed as member of the team of the immunologist and cancer researcher Gabriel Rabinovich. Less than 3 weeks ago Rabinovich posed with Girotti for a photo-op on the occasion of their recent common paper in Cancer Cell, Segovia et al 2019. Interestingly, as soon as I wrote to Rabinovich, the lab’s website went completely offline and came back after I tweeted at Rabinovich with an archived copy. Girotti’s personal Twitter profile (which had no new tweets for some time) was deleted permanently. Her company G4h (Genes for Health), which she runs together with her husband, another UADE professor, is still online.
¡Feliz día #Biotecnólogos de @UADEoficial y todo el mundo! Flor Veigas y Yamil Mahmoud son excelentes ejemplos del perfil que puede adoptar este profesional en el área de la salud. Felicitaciones por este gran logro junto al Dr Rabinovich y la Dra Girotti https://t.co/Id82IzvGee pic.twitter.com/wRWRRhfaB0
— Federico Prada (@FedePrada) June 16, 2019
My source informed me that two big papers are set for retraction due to fabricated mouse data. Which suggests it might be these papers:
Girotti MR, Lopes F, Preece N, Niculescu-Duvaz D, Zambon A, Davies L, Whittaker S, Saturno G, Viros A, Pedersen M, Suijkerbuijk BMJM, Menard D, McLeary R, Johnson L, Fish L, Ejiama S, Sanchez-Laorden B, Hohloch J, Carragher N, Macleod K, Ashton G, Marusiak AA, Fusi A, Brognard J, Frame M, Lorigan P, Marais R, Springer C.
Paradox-Breaking RAF Inhibitors that Also Target SRC Are Effective in Drug-Resistant BRAF Mutant Melanoma.
Cancer Cell. 2017 Mar 13;31(3):466. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2017.02.007.
Girotti MR, Lopes F, Preece N, Niculescu-Duvaz D, Zambon A, Davies L, Whittaker S, Saturno G, Viros A, Pedersen M, Suijkerbuijk BM, Menard D, McLeary R, Johnson L, Fish L, Ejiama S, Sanchez-Laorden B, Hohloch J, Carragher N, Macleod K, Ashton G, Marusiak AA, Fusi A, Brognard J, Frame M, Lorigan P, Marais R, Springer C.
Cancer Cell. 2015 Jan 12;27(1):85-96. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2014.11.006.
The last author Caroline Springer, who also moved to Manchester from ICR London, did not reply to my emails (admittedly those were short notices). Her latter paper with Girotti was already corrected in 2016 for image duplication:
“The authors have noted an error in Figure 6A of the originally published version of this article. The image for pERK (top right panel) was incorrectly duplicated from Figure 4E (top right panel). The corrected Figure 6 is shown here. This error does not alter the original conclusions of the study, but the authors wish to apologize for this oversight and any confusion that may have resulted.”
Maybe the conclusions are affected after all, in view of the recent misconduct findings? A paper in Nature from Marais lab, Viros et al 2014, coauthored by Girotti, was corrected in 2015 for an error in the transcribed sequence of a mutated allele.
Marais himself was exonerated from all suspicion according to the press release of his university. Which is just as well, since the director of the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Manchester Institute was recently put forward as President of American Association for cancer Research (AACR), an enormous status achievement which cannot be tainted by any misconduct association. Marais was not elected in any case. The only communication I received from him was this, 3 weeks after I originally wrote to him asking about Girotti’s role:
“As the complainant in this case I have handed the matter to the University of Manchester Research Governance, Ethics and Integrity Team and it would therefore be inappropriate for me to comment”.
Marais never replied since. Incidentally, many of Marais’ common papers with Girotti appeared in AACR journals, most often in Cancer Discovery. Shall we assume these are perfectly reliable then, like this paper:
Maria R. Girotti, Malin Pedersen, Berta Sanchez-Laorden, Amaya Viros, Samra Turajlic, Dan Niculescu-Duvaz, Alfonso Zambon, John Sinclair, Andrew Hayes, Martin Gore, Paul Lorigan, Caroline Springer, James Larkin, Claus Jorgensen, Richard Marais
Inhibiting EGF Receptor or SRC Family Kinase Signaling Overcomes BRAF Inhibitor Resistance in Melanoma
Cancer Discovery (2013) doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-12-0386
But what about Marais’ other papers where Girotti was not a coauthor, in fact even from the times before she joined his lab? There is an interesting PubPeer record, it is a pity University of Manchester decided not to look that way. Two collaborative papers are very problematic (here and here), but also those straight from Marais lab are not always paradigms of exemplary figure assembly practice. Mostly there is a lot of gel splicing, not always acceptable even by the standards of the time. But this paper (discussed on PubPeer), published in an AACR journal by AACR’s presidential candidate, needs particular attention:
Victoria Emuss , Mathew Garnett , Clive Mason , Richard Marais
Mutations of C-RAF are rare in human cancer because C-RAF has a low basal kinase activity compared with B-RAF
Cancer Research (2005) doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-1683
What we are expected to believe is that we see the same western blot, probed for total C-RAF protein (top, also serves as its own loading control) and for phosphorylated C-RAF (bottom). That is obviously not true, because the bottom image is spliced, meaning it shows a different gel (or maybe even two gels) spliced. Worse, someone chose to remove or “adjust” the signal in the last lane (RAS) of the total C-RAF blot using a rectangular patch in Photoshop. This is blatant data manipulation. But then again, in that paper the authors apparently committed it willy-nilly, for no other reason than to pretend that an experiment was done more than once:
Another non-Girotti paper from Marais lab, Tang et al Nature Communications 2017, was criticised on PubPeer because the published figures did not match the raw data (the Nature family journal require deposition of full-size original gel images, a very useful feature):
“Figure 4j: the pY1068EGFR blot does not correspond with the other blots.
Figure 1c: the LOX blots seem to be retrieved from a different gel when comparing with the corresponding blots, please see the raw data supplied.
Supplementary figure 1c: raw data indicates that different parts of the blots have been used. E.g. lanes 2-4 are used for the py1068EGFR blot, but lanes 4-6 are used for the other corresponding blots.
Supplementary figure 3f: similar issue as suppl figure 1c. Raw data shows that different parts of the blots have been used, and the blots have different number of lanes. Therefore LOX, MATN2 and GAPDH cannot have been run on the same gel.”
Basically, total and phospho-proteins were analysed on different gels and the loading control was run on yet another gel, instead of probing each gel for equal loading as in fact Nature journals expect from their authors. A questionable research practice which not only does not account for technicalities of western blot, but also demands enormous trust in the authors’ personal scientific integrity.
It is rather obvious that this unorthodox approach to western blot analysis did not happen behind Morais back. One can reasonably expect him to read at least those papers from his lab submitted to elite journals like Cancer Cell and Nature Communications. Maybe this relaxed attitude to controls is what makes for such breakthrough discoveries and such a stellar career in cancer research?
This is @rominagirotti, a @CR_UK scientist in Manchester. She's helping us to beat skin cancer #Makeithappen #IWD2015 pic.twitter.com/o4NR70KhUV
— CRUK Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds (@CRUKManchester) March 8, 2015
Marais arrived to the University of Manchester from ICR London, where he once coauthored a manipulated paper Sharp et al 2007, in AACR journal Cancer Research. Last author was ICR London President Paul Workman, while one co-investigator on the aforementioned melanoma clinical trial in London is Udai Banerji, another ICR professor and close collaborator of Workman. After my reporting nudged ICR to at least correct some of Workman’s papers, Banerji and Workman acted as unofficial internal investigators of their own papers and quickly flushed out the real perpetrators, namely their female colleagues.
Banerji even went so far as boldly to explain on PubPeer how cancer research is done properly:
“parallel gels were run and blotted with the […] antibodies. This is a common, reliable and widely accepted approach when the proteins being analysed are close in molecular weight”
Common and widely accepted at ICR London maybe. Now you know why these scientists are swamped in grant and charity money, while you pathetic loser toil with your ridiculous loading controls.
Correction: in the earlier article version, Marais was named as AACR president-elect. He was only put forward as candidate.
Because I received no further emails and no requests to keep the communications confidential, I am quoting those first hand sources messages from 18.06.2019, which replace the earlier update.
Romina Girotti wrote to me this:
“I am innocent of the findings the University has reported and I am a victim of the procedure started by the Director of the Institute. I would be grateful if you refrain to keep this post online, which is an attack on my reputation, until my further contact as I want to be able to tell my side of the story. I am not able to share with you at this stage the grounds for my appeal but the investigation process has been biased, unfair and based on a factual error. The University says I have to wait for the outcome of this appeal and, either result, I would be happy to talk to you at a later stage. I would like to mention that Professor Gabriel Rabinovich is not involved in any way in this case.”
Gabriel Rabinovich wrote this:
“I was certainly shocked with the news. As you mentioned in your article, this affair took place when Dr. Girotti was performing her postdoctoral training in Manchenster. When she contacted us after her postdoc, we got excellent recommendations and based on her outstanding CV she applied to the Scientific Carreer and was promoted directly as Adjunct Researcher. Unfortunately, I can´t give you an opinion on this affair at this time as I am not aware of the details that led to this situation when Romina was doing her postdoc in the UK. We will of course keep an eye on this.”
There have been no other communications from the persons mentioned in this article (Girotti later retrospectively declared her email confidential though).
Update 12.07.2019.
I informed CRUK leadership about the accusations of bullying and data manipulations in the many comments below. I eventually received this reply from Iain Foulkes, Executive Director Research & Innovation, CRUK:
“Thank you for your email and for making us aware of the anonymous posts on your blog relating to the CRUK Manchester Institute. CRUK expects all people involved in our research to treat each other with dignity and respect, and we consider bullying and harassment of any kind, in any context, unacceptable. We have a clear policy on bullying within the research environment (Dignity at Work in Research) and expect Host Institutions to investigate any allegations that are made to them. Anyone working under a CRUK grant who has a complaint should report it to their employer, who, under the terms of our policy are obliged to investigate. Given the nature of the allegations raised in your email, we intend to pass your email to the University of Manchester.”
Don’t hold your breath though. Marais and his colleagues just received £25m in Government funding to build a new cancer research centre:
“The new research facility, currently known as the Paterson Redevelopment Project (PRP), will be built at The Christie on the site of the old Paterson building, which suffered fire damage in April 2017″
Now we know why University of Manchester deleted ‘that’ press release, because they have a better one now. It also turns out, Marais (who is busy censoring his Wikipedia entry) is very well capable of doing public statements, he is quoted with:
“I am absolutely thrilled. This significant funding announcement is an exciting step towards creating a world class facility and a vibrant environment for researchers, clinicians and external partners to work together.
“I am extremely proud of the work we are doing in Manchester, which is creating a strong legacy in cancer research. The new facility will attract scientists from around the world and make a huge difference in the way cancer is diagnosed and treated.”
Update 1.08.2019.
Now we know why University of Manchester deleted the press release: Girotti’s lawyers succeeded. This message was circulated by CRUK MI chief operating officer, Caroline Wilkinson, highlight mine:
“The University has received a challenge to the research misconduct process from solicitors instructed by the former member of staff who was the subject of that [misconduct] case. Whilst the University disputes the grounds of the challenge advanced by the solicitors, it recognises the impact of the issues to all concerned. The University has therefore taken the decision to quash (i.e. cancel) the findings of the research misconduct reached in the recent process to enable the University to consider afresh the allegations of research misconduct under the University’s Code of Practice for Investigating Concerns about the Conduct of Research. In accordance with the Code of Practice, the process will be conducted under the presumption of innocence. In the meantime, the University has requested that the relevant journals take no action in relation to the published papers until the resolution of the University’s processes.”
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“At the end of the affair, two Russian postdocs got the blame, while Bulfone-Paus resigned from her tenured position as director of Research Centre Borstel and retracted 12 papers.”
13 retractions.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=bulfone-paus%20retracted
https://retractionwatch.com/2011/12/13/bulfone-paus-retraction-count-grows-to-13-with-one-in-transplantation/
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-retraction-of-paper-by-husband-and-wife-research-team/418431.article
https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/nancy-rothwell(23ace82e-99f1-4bd6-b54a-d7f66854ac0c).html
Dame Nancy Rothwell, vice-chancellor of Manchester Univeristy was a useful hook.
Correction here: https://pubpeer.com/publications/CE88BF78111665434427069CBF8CD0
First author, Sinead Miggin, now on three retractions, and her Ph D supervisor, B Therese Kinsella on six retractions.
https://pubpeer.com/search?q=sinead+miggin
https://pubpeer.com/search?q=therese+kinsella
https://retractionwatch.com/2018/08/10/researcher-and-biotech-founder-in-ireland-issues-four-retractions/
Btw, one Ph D retracted.
https://retractionwatch.com/2015/11/20/irish-university-strips-student-of-phd-following-investigation/
Hats off to Nancy Rothwell !!!
Homing (metastasizing) to the University of Manchester. Somebody could do a study on the genetics of that.
https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/paul.townsend.html
“I am a fully tenured Principal Investigator, Associate Dean of Business Engagement, co-Director of Manchester Centre for Cellular Metabolism, I am Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, Division of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester. I act as one of the key university conduits for the CRUK Manchester Institute, Medicines Discovery Catapult and I am the Industry Lead for thr Manchester BRC and Manchester academic lead for Singapore. I am also a PI in the Manchester Cancer Research Centre and hold adjunct professorships in Athens and Singapore.”
Also very impressive.
STAT-1 facilitates the ATM activated checkpoint pathway following DNA damage.
Townsend PA, Cragg MS, Davidson SM, McCormick J, Barry S, Lawrence KM, Knight RA, Hubank M, Chen PL, Latchman DS, Stephanou A.
J Cell Sci. 2005 Apr 15;118(Pt 8):1629-39. Epub 2005 Mar 22.
Retraction in: J Cell Sci. 2015 Mar 1;128(5):1064.
ERK and the F-box protein betaTRCP target STAT1 for degradation.
Soond SM, Townsend PA, Barry SP, Knight RA, Latchman DS, Stephanou A.
J Biol Chem. 2008 Jun 6;283(23):16077-83. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M800384200. Epub 2008 Mar 31.
Retraction in: J Biol Chem. 2018 Mar 30;293(13):4954.
Cardiac release of urocortin precedes the occurrence of irreversible myocardial damage in the rat heart exposed to ischemia/reperfusion injury.
Knight RA, Chen-Scarabelli C, Yuan Z, McCauley RB, Di Rezze J, Scarabelli GM, Townsend PA, Latchman D, Saravolatz L, Faggian G, Mazzucco A, Chowdrey HS, Stephanou A, Scarabelli TM.
FEBS Lett. 2008 Mar 19;582(6):984-90. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.02.035. Epub 2008 Feb 22.
Retraction in: FEBS Lett. 2018 Feb;592(4):657.
The carboxyl-terminal activation domain of the STAT-1 transcription factor enhances ischemia/reperfusion-induced apoptosis in cardiac myocytes.
Stephanou A, Scarabelli TM, Townsend PA, Bell R, Yellon D, Knight RA, Latchman DS.
FASEB J. 2002 Nov;16(13):1841-3. Epub 2002 Sep 5.
Retraction in: FASEB J. 2018 Apr;32(4):2315.
It is good to see (at least) that even after 10 years of publication, the issue was taken serious.
REX RICTOR
QUOTING https://d1ijoxngr27nfi.cloudfront.net/enterprise/23255.pdf :
“The LOX drug discovery programme is led by Professor Caroline Springer (Institute of Cancer Research, ICR) and Professor Richard Marais (Paterson Institute). The ICR, together with its partner institution, the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, forms the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe and one of the largest in the world. The ICR and the Marsden together conduct research across the whole spectrum of cancer studies from basic biology to clinical trials. Professor Springer is part of the Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics at the ICR, a renowned drug discovery unit that has developed many novel anticancer drugs. Professor Marais is director of the Paterson Institute in Manchester.”
Was this 10-20 million pounds?
In 2007 Marais recruited Dr. Erler to The ICR as a LOX expert.
It seems there was some issues with the LOX research he based his drug discovery work on, see: https://retractionwatch.com/2018/03/22/figures-in-cancer-paper-at-root-of-newly-failed-compound-called-into-question/ and https://forbetterscience.com/2018/08/13/janine-erler-dossiers-which-erc-doesnt-want/
There seems to be more problems at Manchester….from Caroline Dive https://pubpeer.com/publications/B48D7E0BE55D41581E33E20CC84BEC
AACR board has been informed about this post.
Alison Backen
Hello Milly, I am really surprised to hear this. What results of mine have you not been able to replicate? I take it you are based in Caroline Dive’s lab? I would be delighted to help you, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I am now based next door at The Christie, I am easy to find.
This blog is an interesting read, but it is worth nothing that the vast majority of scientists work exhaustingly long hours to make sure data is produced and interpreted correctly. In a cancer research institute, the most important thing at the end of the day is improving outcomes for patients.
I urge every single scientist to spend some time in a clinic seeing first-hand what our Christie patients face and how we can help them. It is a great privilege to be able to do this, but hugely inspiring.
Remember a “failed” post-doc is almost always an honest one…
You might want to examine articles with Michela Garofalo (CRUK Manchester) as an author (Pubpeer, retractions/corrections in PubMed, etc.).
https://www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/Our-Research/Transcriptional-Networks-in-Lung-Cancer
“Michela completed her undergraduate degree in Biology at the University Federico II of Naples in Italy. She obtained her PhD in 2008 from the same University, in Professor G. Condorelli’s laboratory, elucidating the molecular mechanisms involved in the resistance to apoptotic cell death induction in different types of tumours. From 2008 to 2011, she trained as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Professor Carlo Croce’s laboratory at the Ohio State University, advancing the understanding of the role of non-coding RNAs in cancer progression and development. ”
The offical bio and the publications here seem to match (Naples with G Condorelli, and Ohio with Carlo Croce) the publications in this list:
https://pubpeer.com/search?q=michela+garofalo
First one on the list received a 2019 “Expression of Concern” from PLoS One..
https://pubpeer.com/publications/0DD8F65D7A38CF77B5F3EF3D47AC73
This is much less than Paul “4 retractions” Townsend, or Silvia “13 retractions” Bulfone-Paus.
Correction. Also one retraction for M Garofalo (with G Condorelli, Naples, and CM Croce, Ohio).
Cell Death Differ. 2010 Dec;17(12):1908-16. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2010.65. Epub 2010 May 28. c-FLIPL enhances anti-apoptotic Akt functions by modulation of Gsk3β activity.
Quintavalle C1, Incoronato M, Puca L, Acunzo M, Zanca C, Romano G, Garofalo M, Iaboni M, Croce CM, Condorelli G.
PMID: 20508645 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2010.65
https://pubpeer.com/publications/3509E071846676BD6154FE04D29234
2017 retraction notice.
https://www.nature.com/articles/cdd20177
“The Editors have agreed to retract the above article in Cell Death and Differentiation (2010) 17, 1908–1916, due to the use of a mismatched image in control lanes of Figure 2c However, the authors wish to note that the results reported in Figure 2c have been reported and confirmed in Figure 2f of the same manuscript. The authors are convinced of the reproducibility of the data presented, which will be resubmitted for publication using the correct panel for Figure 2c. The authors apologize to the scientific community for any inconveniences caused.”
http://retractionwatch.com/2017/01/24/journal-retracts-paper-due-image-mismatch-one-co-author-alleges-fraud/
“The second to last author — Carlo Croce, chair of the department of cancer biology and genetics at The Ohio State University — told us he believes there’s more to the retraction than what the notice says. Specifically, he said that the paper includes an image from a previous paper by the same authors, which he called “fraud.””
University of Manchester selects for sharp practices, or is it all by accident?
https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/giulio.cossu.html
Retraction.
https://pubpeer.com/publications/AB80E71643927DEBA9F13E4205B68C
http://retractionwatch.com/2013/01/22/clare-francis-scores-a-bullseye-journal-of-cell-biology-paper-retracted-for-image-manipulation/
Problematic data:-
https://pubpeer.com/publications/392265D7535DE6DB3EED0F72D4A6F8#1
https://pubpeer.com/publications/A4168ADB87553539116CF3AB4BD133#2
https://pubpeer.com/publications/E9786163A9AD093A66D7DE157CD04A
https://pubpeer.com/publications/B6E202C1F7161D75E9CFF8361E2207
https://pubpeer.com/publications/C53B6A55BE851E5D737309DB770E56
https://pubpeer.com/publications/590A8E9E9CF113C8F466BEFFF95A91
https://pubpeer.com/publications/AE05FF735AEC11C696D4F7223E0EB0
https://pubpeer.com/publications/26897D3641934C5544D0D53C689560
https://pubpeer.com/publications/FE89EEF497B7B07DABCBDEFA63EF2C
https://pubpeer.com/publications/3ED214C9172D59B0CF554CE49038F4
Deeply concerned
OK. So you find some anomalies for a few scientists now at Manchester. Do you have any idea of the tens of thousands of studies the have been published by the rest and the high international esteem of its staff. Get some perspective why don’t you.
And does anything change? Do they ever hand back their gongs, their accolades, their prizes, their fellowships or appointments? Or do they just keep claiming their six-figure salaries while enjoying all the plaudits, power and esteem.
Perhaps it doesn’t matter the odd retracted paper among so many others. But do their big achievements really offset the damage they do to public trust in science? Does it matter that they suck up all the funding and create unrealistic expectations of what can be achieved in a few years, through fabricating, hyping and spinning findings? So much work unfunded while millions go to a few people who seem incapable of following what’s going on closely anymore in their labs. What inspires them finally: money, esteem, power or the pursuit of truth and the desire to lift mankind?
Does it matter the millions of charity donations, taxpayers contributions and shareholders profit wasted on snake oil? The false hope and hazard for patients entering trials based on quackery?
Is this the portrait of a successful scientist for CRUK and University of Manchester? A role model for future scientists?
6 figure salary in the USA not in UK research institutes where science is badly paid.
CRUK Institute directors earn in excess of £200k
ferniglab
Not that badly paid – well over £100 k for such people, likely by a multiple.
It appears that analyses on different gels and the loading control was run on yet another gel, instead of probing each gel for equal loading seems to be a common practice…
https://pubpeer.com/publications/0FC6F73BD768E84781B33A523DACE4
oh well, loading control library is not a problem for Diabetes and Cell Death and Disease, and a handful of other journals. See the earlier post by Leonid.
Actually I don’t know of a single case where a paper was corrected because loading controls were from a different gel (duplicated loading controls are different issue)
It appears that blot mis-match is not restricted to loading controls but also for phospho-protein and total protein for several blots in several figures in this paper.
this article would be better if written with less arrogance and sensationalism
So you’re an apologist for malpractice and fraud
Anything to please my paymasters, dear London friend. Working at ICR, perchance?
How much public money went into those Cancer Cell papers now found fraudulent?
Anyway, here you have an example of scicomm without arrogance or sensationalism:
http://www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/news?newsId=94
Marais receives 100.000s-millions of Pounds annually from Private Donors, CRUK and Government programmes. Wellcome Trust has invested heavily in his drug development projects. As part of that there are fundraising events where one can only assume people are being misled and lied to, same with patients. Perhaps some of this should be referred to a public prosecutor ?
Marais is a bully and mistreats his team members on a regular basis. He creates a environment of fear and high pressure to produce data. Recently, he has introduced gagging orders for his team members to protect himself legally. Is this what CRUK stands for?
Reply to BC
To paraphrase somebody you may have heard of in the U.K. :
being “tough on sensationalism” is not enough, you need to be “tough on the causes of sensationalism”.
Leonid has used material which is readily observable, and produced by CRUK.
Are the CRUK, or the University of Manchester, going to criticise journalists for not towing the party line?
If so it would not be new. It happened in Liverpool.
The BBSRC, a branch the the U.K. civil service, i.e. government, criticises a press report by the Times Higher Education:
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/policy/2011/111110-n-janet-allen-resignation.aspx
“Statement on media coverage of Janet Allen’s resignation from BBSRC
BBSRC would like to make clear that it informed the Times Higher Education prior to its story of 10 November 2011, that the circumstances of Janet Allen’s resignation as Director of Research are categorically in no way related to allegations being made against Alirio Melendez. Janet has left BBSRC for personal reasons. It is invidious to suggest that this should bring into question her integrity.
During Janet Allen’s time as Director of Research for BBSRC her achievements were many and covered every aspect of the Council’s Strategic Plan – Basic Bioscience Underpinning Health, Bioenergy and Industrial Biotechnology, Exploiting New Ways of Working and Global Food Security.”
The Times Higher Education report
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=418084&c=1
Just because the BBSRC “informed the Times Higher Education prior to its story of the 10 November 2001”
does not mean that the Times Higher Education has to believe the BBSRC.
The questions surrounding the 12 papers co-authored by AJ Melendez and JM Allen still need to be answered.
If the BBSRC reads it own press release is simply says “Statement “, there is nothing about veracity, just authority.
FYI, AJ Melendez ended up as a professor at the University of Liverpool, 35 miles west of Manchester.
It does happen in a neighbourhood near you.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-university-academic-professor-alirio-3362448
https://retractionwatch.com/2013/12/03/melendez-notches-retraction-14-lemus-now-stands-at-12/
Indeed Melendez was recruited here in Liverpool. I did post something at the time his fraud came to light
https://ferniglab.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/research-integrity-ii/
What is interesting is that his papers were read by a now retired senior colleague of mine who was eagle eyed for this sort of thing, and he was quite shocked when the initial fraud was reported in the now defunct (and lamented!) ‘Science Fraud” site, because he missed seeing it. So even if you do perform due diligence, you may not notice fraud. Hence these issues coming to light after some years, when a better pair of eyes is on the case.
There are lessons from the Melendez saga, which include:
1. There are well documented papers he was to associated with at NUS where nothing has happened, so his claims to be a scapegoat have some merit, at least in the sense it wasn’t only him.
The secrecy surrounding investigations and their outcome is irksome and causes problems. This may relate to the possibility of legal challenge and the worry institutions have regarding the effect this may have on their reputation or finances and this is something that need remedying.
It is too common for the junior and/or person born overseas to carry all the blame. While in an isolated instance raid is likely to be the work of a single person, in the more pervasive cases, such as those catalogued above, it cannot be the work of one person. Leonid has documented a number of such instances and it might be interesting to analyse the data in this light.
Eileen Dover
Twenty publications in five years! If it looks to good to be true, it probably is to good to be true. Wonder what kind of lab culture it takes to lead to serial data manipulators?
20 papers in 5 years may not be unrealistic, if you are an active PI with many parallel projects and collaborations: in many of them you are a contributing author. If all these 20 papers are high IF research articles and you are the senior author in all of them: now that seems unrealistic.
I think Donnas description above is 100% correct. I have heard this from several people from his lab and know he also treat some PIs like this. In addition he has threatened other people including students with the police.
Reply to ferniglab
“It is too common for the junior and/or person born overseas to carry all the blame”
https://forbetterscience.com/2019/05/14/edinburgh-saves-bird-men-from-clutches-of-bulgarian-jezebel/
If it’s not and old boys’ club what is it?
Well done Donna and Benjamin for speaking out. It’s frightening talking truth to power. No point complaining to HR; they’re all scared witless too. And thanks Leonid for providing this forum. Science needs a #MeToo moment to get its house in order. I only hope that the mainstream media pick up on this so we can start a wider debate.
BULLYING, HECTORING, BELITTLING, PATRONISING, CONTROLLING ARE WRONG.
But how did we get here? Scientists like Marais are feted like rock stars. There’s also a growing winner take all mentality with a few individuals receiving multiple multi-million pound awards. All of which has been mandated by Paul Nurse and encouraged by funders like CRUK as it gives good press and supposedly empowers the most talented individuals. But they’ve created a powder keg in which investigators are retained on rolling tenure, having to attain ridiculous levels of funding and publications to keep their jobs.
But at what cost? We see it here and elsewhere:
https://retractionwatch.com/2015/06/12/nature-retraction-resignation-result-after-lung-cancer-cell-lines-cannot-be-those-specified/
https://retractionwatch.com/2012/09/05/glasgows-beatson-institute-investigating-circumstances-of-cell-retraction-for-inappropriate-images/
https://retractionwatch.com/2019/04/11/authors-have-papers-in-nature-and-science-retracted-on-the-same-day/
Time for CRUK to embrace DORA https://sfdora.org and not just pay it lip service. Time too for it to condemn bullying and stamp it out. Let’s see if https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/research-features/2018-10-18-dignity-at-work-in-research applies to Institute directors. Science is a serious business for grown ups and gentlefolk.
Funny pseudonyms you have, Dover!
But shame on you for referencing Retraction Watch for Abderrahmane Kaidi story which was originally plagiarised (by BBC!) from my site.
https://forbetterscience.com/2018/09/17/abder-kaidi-fraud-and-bullying-scandal-unravelling/
Sometimes, when I read your posts, I think: really you guys do all of these things to keep scientific literature pure and correct? I mean: really the advancement of “true” science is your ultimate goal?! I don’t want to judge you guys, but sometimes it looks like you enjoy to see someone else is humiliated, regardless of if he or she is guilty of research misconduct or not…
Even in criminal courts, when the jurists are 100% sure that someone is guilty of a crime, they give the accused a chance to defend himself/herself and his/her talks to be heard, but here, correct or not, you guys judge other people and ruin their life. I mean: OK, some fucking blots are duplicated maybe, but who cares?! society at the general level?! I’m pretty sure society doesn’t give a shit to your thoughts… I talked to several researchers about the general concept of this blog and they were like: WTF?!
It might interest you that I stood trial in court in Macchiarini affair, several times. I was NEVER allowed to defend myself before I was sentenced as a criminal.
These are active doctors. Courts wanted to make sure patients never hear of what these doctors did.
Quiet frankly, nobody might care about a western blot or two. But if whole clinical trials and further approaches to cancer treatments are obscured by these western blots and manipulated mouse data, then yes, it does matter!!! You are saying that the comments on this blog are humiliating the accused. Do you know how many PhD students and PostDocs and have been humiliated and intimidated to tears in front of their lab mates during meetings by Marais? Both Marais and Girotti were asked by Leonid by email to share their view, but they did not take the opportunity. Unfortunately, in academia people like him are not forced out easily. Even in cases of formal complaints, the perpetrators don’t really face any consequences. That’s it’s important that these cases of miscount and violations of basic employment laws are made public!!
I know what you mean Donna, but right or wrong these people have reputation, connection, money, support, etc. that make them invincible. For you Leonid: Do you think it is a sane thing to do to engage with these powerful jerks like Macchiarini and be sentenced to criminal for basically something that nobody will care? Particularly, for Macchiarini case, if he killed some patients, why you should stand in the court and not the family of deceased patients to accuse Macchiarini?
I was sentenced in court because everyone else wrote and said only good things about Philipp Jungebluth, and Heike & Thorsten Walles. Check German media. This is how their patients find them.
Lucy Lastic
I totally agree Mike. Marais has been exonerated. Besides, with so many great achievements under his belt, he should be allowed the odd mistake. It’s the price for greatness. And besides, some people you just have to degrade to bring the best out of them. These guys are all losers thinking they might change the system.
@Mike look at the data presented then judge yourself. If you don’t see fraud you are not a scientist.
I’m not saying I don’t see any fraud but I’m saying, OK, who cares?! Even other scientists don’t care…
Hey Mikey. You’re awful quiet. I miss your pearls of wisdom. Are you too busy making up western imaging blots to come out to play.
For a guy who supposedly doesn’t care about this stuff, wonder what brought you to this site? Guilty conscience? Maybe the guys at PubPeer can give you a clean bill of health?
Fraud matters and most of us, scientists or not care. Science has to be ethical otherwise we end up with ‘MMR causes autism’ and ‘CRISPR’d babies’.
Grow a pair Mikey.
That is exacly the problem of today’s research. Too many people like Mike simply don’t care. Why then do you read Leonid’s blog?
Too many “researchers” are not scientist but loosers searching for prestige and acceptance in the society. Walking proud around in the lab with a lab coat and pretend to do something meaningful. So damn pathetic.
I read this blog because personally I care about these stuffs but when I talk about these topics to my colleagues, they just laugh and say you are just wasting your time by reading these geeky blogs… My main purpose is that: when the mainstream of research society see the people of this blog as some kind of crazy people, how could we be optimistic toward changing the research society behavior and reduce the number of fraudsters?
Marais has in 2007 falsely accused two PhD students at ICR of stealing laptops and threatened with police and to send CCTV records. Later it turned out the students had been to the nearby gym. No wonder if his people are bullied.
False accusation can happen at any workplace, and anyway, anybody can make mistakes. It is not bullying.
It is when he knew it was a false allegation meant to intimidate.
The fellows should go to HR if they feel intimidated, and if it is not enough, still can ask for legal help. Today such things are taken serious, although workplace is still not a soul & spa service. Maybe in a few years 🙂 But if they were in the gym, probably they also got the balls to live with such a horrible intimidation.
HR are useless in this regard. Their only apparent function is to ensure the smooth running of the staus quo for this in Senior Management. Complaints magically disappear and there is a continual of denial of facts and evidence.
Everyone is too terrified to speak out loud here. Marais has bullied and harassed every single person who has crossed the doors of his lab and his Institute where people are secretly whispering that he sacrificed a person to save himself – ie he needed a scapegoat and much handier if the scapegoat had left his lab some years back. Dig out the complaints against him at the ICR and get your information together Leonid!!. You might not find much in Manchester, the gagging and fear policy applies to all who work there. Going to HR and/or legal aid = end of your job.
Maybe CRUK should be reminded of their own policy: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/applying-for-funding/policies-that-affect-your-grant/policy-on-dignity-at-work-in-research
At CRUK, we expect all people involved in our research to treat each other with dignity and respect, and we consider bullying and harassment of any kind, in any context, unacceptable. @Donna – breaking into tears was the minimum toll.
I have known Caroline Springer for over two decades now. She is the most sinister and awful person I’ve ever met. She mistreats her team in an even more disgusting way than Marais does. Maybe, as Leonid said, something went wrong in the trial and they are trying to save their asses?? Her ex hubby, Richard Marais (married for over a decade with Caroline), would do anything for her. He even asked the former Drug Discovery Head at CRUK MI to quit so he could make space for his dearest Caroline to lead the Drug Discovery Unit in Manchester!!. It’s sickening but we, of course, understand that he has to pay her back the 52 papers they coauthored as senior authors together.
But hey! kudos to Richard for making Caroline leave the ICR after a lifetime there.
Someone should take action now to stop these people before is too late.
She has forced her postdocs to delete entire datasets. Her LOX inhibitors program is a total farce. She would sacrificed her mother before admitting an error in her shitty compounds. Please investigate what happened with the former Marais/Springer postdoc HaoRan Tang (first author in a Nature Comms paper). Also investigate Caroline Dive and all of Caroline Springer publications, they are full of crap.
Sue Thsayer
If they can just get it licensed, they’ll be laughing all the way to the bank. Thereafter it can fail in trials.
Nature Communications volume 8, Article number: 14909 (2017) Competing interests:
H.T., L.L., D.N.-D., C.S. and R.M. have filed a patent application which includes the therapeutic use of CCT365623. All authors H.T., L.L., G.S., A.V., D.S., G.D.L., E.M., D.N.-D., F.L., L.J., N.D., C.S. and R.M. could benefit financially if CCT365623 is licenced, as part of a reward scheme for employees at ICR and CRUK MI.
WonderWoman (WW)
And this guy is a Royal Fellow !!!?!?!?
https://royalsociety.org/people/richard-marais-13828/
Perhaps fighting this monster is only a job for Dames and OBEs? Perhaps they are the only ones who can help to make the voices of those silenced to be heard?
C’mon Dame Nancy Rothwell!! you should intervene here !! https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/nancy.rothwell.html
You should also get involved Michelle Mitchell OBE !!!
https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/how-we-are-run/chief-executive-and-executive-board
It is starting to feel like a #MeToo movement here…These guys are fully protected by politics, power and money and they can destroy as they please. Probably NOTHING will happen.
Robert Bleegd
Supervisor and “supervised” are both guilty. Say no more.
owlbert
Clearly there is no effective oversight within the institutions or national bodies involved in this and most other cases discussed in this forum. The time is long past when these ethically-challenged chickens can be left in charge of their fraud-ridden henhouses, and they need a major reminder that they have not been given piles of cash to do with as they damn well please. The first step towards draining this swamp would be for due diligence to be exercised by the agencies that fund research and researchers. Key questions to be addressed include: How do those responsible for disbursing research grants, fellowships, infrastructural support, etc. keep track of the work and people they support, and take action when research/researchers are questioned or sanctioned? When this oversight is clearly defective – such as when known frauds are hired or funded, or multiple papers generated with research funds are retracted or mega-corrected – how are funding agencies and institutions called to account? How can those who contribute resources to agencies, institutions and researchers – right down to the level of individual donors/taxpayers – seek redress when funds are used to generate fraudulent outputs? If these issues are not addressed, science will continue, like the Roman Catholic church, to enable, protect, conceal, promote and relocate its abusers while snaffling great hordes of treasure that could be better used for …. just about anything, really.
I think effective oversight in any lab is rare. Most advisors treat “trainees” (I put that in quotes, because trainee implies you are actually learning something from your advisor) with benign neglect. As my graduate advisor once said, the best you can hope for is to have an advisor who will not stand in your way when things are working. As I am a permanent post-doc who has now had 5 advisors, I have found that statement to be correct. The problem is the incentive structure is wrong, and a lot of that has to do with tenure. I could not advise anybody to get a PhD in the west.
Perhaps time to get the 4th estate involved. Much of this in the UK is corrupt too, but then should have have a score to settle, they will push hard…
“Perhaps time to get the 4th estate involved.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/05/16/one-britains-leading-universities-embroiled-majorresearch-scandal/
Didn’t have much effecteven though there is much evidence.
https://forbetterscience.com/2018/06/05/david-latchman-the-reckless-master-of-birkbeck/
https://retractionwatch.com/2018/03/19/clear-signs-of-manipulation-in-paper-co-authored-by-prominent-geneticist/
This is relevant to University of Manchster as it harbours
Has anyone seen the evidence here? Are we really sure this Institute Director has not set-up his former postdoc to save his ass? These stellar cancer researchers that share the “White Men – Professional Bullies – Institute Directors” pattern (Paul Workman, Jose Baselga and Mike Stratton joined the list quite some time ago) are always exonerated. They hide behind their masks of serious researchers to do whatever they want. Serena Nik-Zeinnal case is the poster child of harassment against women and Mike Stratton has been armored by The Sanger.
The rumours I’ve heard from his own close circle is that this IS a set-up of an innocent person and not a legitimate case. We have not heard the two sides of the story and it smells like there is a bomb about to explode if Girotti speaks out. I guess her chances to bring the truth to the surface are almost null: too much power, money and big fishes involved. Manchester University, CRUK and the Wellcome Trust will undoubtedly protect him.
please see the update at the end of the article which I added just now.
Deckname
The altered data could not have been did by Richard without lots of people seeing. Romina would have have done it or known about it
Whom to believe? German Research Foundation, or University of Manchester?
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft’s (DFG, German Research Foundation) view.
https://www.dfg.de/en/service/press/press_releases/2012/press_release_no_62/index.html
“The DFG Committee concluded that Bulfone-Paus had committed “gross negligence of her supervisory duty” in her function as the leader of the working group and was therefore guilty of scientific misconduct as stipulated in the DFG procedures. On the basis of this result, the Joint Committee of the DFG decided to issue Bulfone-Paus with a written reprimand, to prohibit her from submitting proposals for three years, and to exclude her from statutory bodies at the DFG and not to appoint her as a reviewer for three years. However, since Bulfone-Paus had voluntarily suggested at the start of the proceedings that she withdraw from her appointments, not be appointed as a reviewer, nor be included in statutory bodies, the Joint Committee decided that this period should count towards the measures taken, leaving only the issue of the written reprimand to continue in effect.
“These measures represent a suitable and appropriate means of reprimanding Ms. Bulfone-Paus for the sustained neglect of her supervisory responsibility towards the early career researchers. As an experienced researcher, Ms. Bulfone-Paus did not fulfil the essential function of providing a good role model for her colleagues,” said the DFG Secretary General, Dorothee Dzwonnek.”
University of Manchester’s view.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/manchester-pronounces-husband-and-wife-innocent-of-misconduct/416741.article
“Manchester pronounces husband and wife innocent of misconduct
Institution rejects ‘malicious’ allegations, but accuser is puzzled. Paul Jump reports”
With all due respect Zebedee, let’s deal with one scandal first before circling back to this old chestnut. She’s not up to so much anymore anyway. Pretty much well side-lined at Manchester. Big waste of University money the pair. Probably be pensioned off early. Loving the zeal though.
Only fair, without Zebedee aka Clare Francis Prof Bulfone-Paus would be still director at Borstel and maybe even DFG senator now!
“She’s not up to so much anymore anyway.”
That assumes she once was.
I have been eyewitness to the unprofessional looks Marais has had towards her. No wonder: she is gorgeous, very talented, a good soul and hard worker and she always rejected him and all his offers to stay in Manchester. Not less relevant is the fact that left because she had enough of the bullying and harassment in which she worked through years. Everybody knew and looked away. She now works for a ridiculously low salary in her home country where she doesn’t have a company (you’ve got that wrong Leonid) but a website where she teaches for free at Universities. This whole thing has a clear mischievous revenge component – that’s my thinking. I also think that you would get much more out of your posts if you control your anger Leonid.
Kay Freds
…”She now works for a ridiculously low salary in her home country…”
So…should we consider she Is innocent just for this? Come on…. that’s not the point.
O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.
These sorts of comments are clearly designed to shift the focus of the story away from Dr. Girotti, who knowingly and deliberately committed large scale data fraud in order to “succeed” in her career (the alterations made were so significant it couldn’t be done without her knowing or noticing, making her claims of innocence extremely doubtful). Whats more these comments attempt to paint a completely false picture of Dr. Girotti, who was known throughout CRUK Manchester to be a self centered bully and was also reprimanded for questionable laboratory practices during her time at the institute. It also seems oddly convenient that all these supportive comments seem to be appearing right after her statement to Leonid.
I notice you don’t rush to dismiss the multiple accusations of bullying against Marais and Springer.
This is total bullshit – #METOO
deckna3e
Her soul not good from others thoughts. She is a bully. She stole data and projects
Dear Jojo, I get so much out of my posts that people like you use email addresses of clueless academics to create a false identity. Why did you try to frame LJ at City U?
BTW, I think the other paper is:
Application of Sequencing, Liquid Biopsies, and Patient-Derived Xenografts for Personalized Medicine in Melanoma.
Girotti MR, Gremel G, Lee R, Galvani E, Rothwell D, Viros A, Mandal AK, Lim KH, Saturno G, Furney SJ, Baenke F, Pedersen M, Rogan J, Swan J, Smith M, Fusi A, Oudit D, Dhomen N, Brady G, Lorigan P, Dive C, Marais R.
Cancer Discov. 2016 Mar;6(3):286-99. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-15-1336. Epub 2015 Dec 29.
John Hayle
“…the investigation process has been biased, unfair and based on a factual error…” If so, she shouldn’t worry about her “reputation”….because (at last) things will be elucitated. But…those actions must elucitated accordingly.
If Girotti is innocent, she’d be wise to engage with this forum. She’ll never get a fair hearing from the establishment, but sounds like she has some allies here and that a stitch up might be underway. If she can galvanise her allies and they go on the record, sufficient momentum might force an independent examination of the intrigue by investigative journalists with resources (no offence Leonid)
No offense taken, but did you notice how main media prefer not to pick up on that, well, press release from Manchester?
That “press release” was buried so deep, practically no one at University saw it. They look after their own.
Let’s just be clear on a couple of things – Romina was not a good soul or a hard worker. She is not an escape goat because she’s female or foreign.
Romina bullied everyone she deemed ‘below her’ which was everyone who was not a PI or above. She used everyone to get her way and none of it was due to bullying or harassment… she was the bully with the biggest ego. She was found guilty because she manipulated data, and she manipulated the data because she was cocky and thought she was untouchable!
Birds of a feather flock together
Richard, I take it is you behind this post, I worked with her for years and I could see how miserable it was for her to work in your lab, to endure the jealousy of other people while being constantly harassed. This kind of posts only speak about how wrong and deficient your management is/was. I don’t think she has allies here but simply a crowd of people who know you very well.
Don’t be silly. He has his minions to do this. He’ll be enjoying himself somewhere on holiday.
Can I please buy the TV rights to this. Beats Corrie any day.
The University of Manchester is a place where a lot of shameful practices are taking place. Bullying, harassment and other forms of mistreatment is the norm for institute directors (institute of biotechnology is another example) and this is legitimised by the top university management. They will cover up any dirt and crime as long as those directors bring in megagrants and push the university’s ranking up. Aims justify means. Everyone knows but looks away as it has been noted here already. HR and the likes are disgraceful means to crush those who dare to raise any complaint against “white men-professional bullies-institute directors” who rule and distribute funds and other very visible signes of favour only within their packs. Those few who disagree are dealt with ruthlessely and promptly: people are afraid to say anything even after they were forced to leave because of gagging clauses.
So I do believe that Romina might have been framed up.
As one of the commentators has said, the 4th party is needed to blow these horrendous practices up. Nothing will change until a similar story is published in the Manchester Evening News and public find out what is happening behind the closed doors of what is striving to be one of the top 20 universities in the world.
I can said Romina is the most aggressive and hostile person I’ve ever met. She and her friend would intimidate and bully the group to stay in control. Richard had complete trust in her. Clearly a mistake!
She is not some poor postdoc, she is ruthless. Hearing from people in the announcement, surprise wasn’t that she made up the data. Suprise was that Richard finally didn’t protect her anymore. Everyone can believe she cheated
I don’t believe Romina after I met her
Nonsense Nonsense
It seems that the gagging order no longer applies and Marais is trying to shift the focus towards the victim. This is why these people get away whit their wrongdoing, if you have an army to post shit online …. you can expect anything. I will not keep on reading this post. Knowing Marais he is preparing more untruthful posts to characterize the victim as a bully and serial data manipulator. We all know she is his scapegoat. SAY NO MORE
Richard is intimidating and puts pressure on his group to get big papers. But Romina is also a bully. She did so well because she didn’t care who she hurt. That is why so many papers and awards.
Seems an awful lot of people have a great deal to say on this matter after the fact. Consciences need to be searched. Why haven’t more people intervened a long the way to call out this shocking lack of professionalism on all sides before so much repetitional harm has been done to the Institution and organisation. We’ll all be tarred by this brush. The only thing necessary for the triumph of scientific fraud is for good people to do nothing.
And all we need for the rumour mills to destroy people’s reputations is for the silent majority to stay silent. Maybe time to hear some more support for CRUK_MI and UoM if you’re proud like me to work there
Leonid, you stated that ‘a melanoma clinical trial started in Manchester in 2015 based on Girotti’s possibly flawed research’. Some relevant comments …..
If you want to see the results of this trial, see these links:
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/01/04/1680464/0/en/Basilea-presenting-at-the-37th-Annual-J-P-Morgan-Healthcare-Conference-delivering-on-its-strategy.html
Click to access vL%20Basilea%20Valuation%20Report%2015MAY18.pdf
There seems to be no problem with confirming the findings in the Cancer Cell paper (‘BAL3833 continues to show very encouraging anticancer activity in preclinical models …’). However, “A maximum tolerated dose was not defined” in the trial, suggesting a problem with the half-life of the drug: ‘Following the detailed analysis of available data, Basilea concluded that an alternative formulation of the drug candidate would be required to achieve appropriately high and consistent drug levels in patients.’ So, Springer and Marais are in trouble after having partnered with Basilea and now they are not able to deliver….
It can’t be that in a huge drug development team like Caroline Springer’s, the decision to go ahead with a clinical candidate is based exclusively on a set of experiments performed by one postdoc (as claimed?). Such a big team will do a whole battery of tests involving several scientists and then the managing team, here Springer and Marais, will decide. So, what to do if this clinical candidate then doesn’t show any effect in patients….. the whole story reeks of ‘scapegoat’….
Thank you Andrea for bringing up this information. A lot of money seems to be involved in the agreement. Manchester University has made a big announcement about it https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/article/?id=14217
I think people have lost the point on this discussion and focused too much on irrelevant information.
Decisions on drug selection should be made by senior people and the responsible person for the data in a laboratory is again the principal investigator. If something went wrong and they found a scapegoat, then highest senior management should be involved and take action.
Too many people’s careers are affected.
You will be surprised, Andrea. How about several clinical trials with thousands of patients based on one slightly photoshopped paper by one single PhD student? Admittedly a very ambitious and determined one, namely Kathrin Maedler?
https://forbetterscience.com/2018/04/24/the-kathrin-maedler-dynasty/
This German company runs clinical trials in Germany based on NO PAPERS WHATSOEVER.
https://forbetterscience.com/2015/12/08/stem-cell-cures-for-everything-made-in-germany-by-ticeba/
You think UK is safer? Guess what these clinical trials in Greece and UK were based on? Nothing, literally.
https://forbetterscience.com/2019/04/04/sir-martin-and-ajan-the-stem-cell-gold-diggers/
Have I put your mind to rest how clinical trials happen?
It is widely known between alumni from ICR and Marais group that he and Caroline Springer were bullying people. The rumors about sexual misconduct and harrashment were coming mainly from Chris Lord & Alan Ashworths department. However, misconduct and abuse of power were plentiful within the HR department. They ran their HR department as the Spanish Inquisition e.g. when it was headed by John Kempton who got rid of most of the research groups in Chris Marshalls center. Making false accusations and illegal procedures were the norm, probably still is. ICR is a disgusting place that should be terminated. It has avoided major oversight by sucking up to UCL and by preventing full integration with the Royal Marsden which is running a more clean shop.
Marais most likely knew about all the fraud that took place in his lab. He never stopped short of demanding a slide to ‘prove a point’ being happy as long as some ‘bands could explain the control’.
His own boss Richard Treisman was/is a famous bully.
Marais is as exonerated as Donald Trump is by Robert Muellers report…..i.e. NOT exonerated.
Marias likes the name ‘Lucy’.
The chickens are coming home to roost.
Former CS trainee
Caroline Springer has done horrible things to her staff. Everybody knew it at ICR. I think she left the ICR to be protected in Manchester to continue running her lab like she wants, selecting the data she likes and burying the data she does not want to see. Her ex husband has always protected her.
Half of Caroline’s team moved with her from ICR to Manchester. This doesn’t quite match the description of someone who was mistreating her staff, isn’t it? And before you ask, I’m not Caroline or Richard.
To JS: Never heard of PhD students that need to complete their thesis or postdocs that have to publish before leaving a lab to get a decent job later ?
What option do they have if not to follow “lady wonder” in Manchester ?
Sadly, PhD students and postdocs always will have “to much to lose” to really be free to decide….
Ian Carpenter
This post has nothing to do with the academic misconduct issue of Dr. Girotti.
I agree with every post describing Richard Marais as a bully. This was specially true with female scientists and evenmore with Md/PhD students. His way of establishing authority was through fear and by exploting people´s weaknesses. Chris Marshall must be rolling in his grave. What a difference between mentor and disciple… I hope one day CRUK does something about it but it looks like a “too big to fall” situation.
Former ICR PI
As a former PI working under Marais I can state it was not just students/postdocs but also PI’s that were systematically bullied and threatened. Marais instrumentalized the HR, Legal and senior management in campaigns against PI’s that he did not like or needed to get rid of for his own benefit. Anybody who questioned his style/management and science would be hunted down. Its disgusting to see that his lab has produced fraud. It is HIS LAB and he is the PI so it is HIS responsibility.
Whistleblowing has its place, but there are proper channels and processes to be followed if they are to be effective and respected
Right, so no ad hominem after all, why did you bring up the accusation then?
Anyway, proper channels for whistleblowing, like this? https://forbetterscience.com/2019/05/10/ucla-hunts-whistleblowers-as-student-accuses-dentistry-dean-of-sexual-harassment/
I’m deeply concerned about the impact of this blog on the reputation of the organisations being maligned. The vast majority of those working for UoM and cruk are decent and honest. We should also presume the innocence of those being accused of bullying and cheating until proven otherwise. Perhaps if UoM and/or Cruk would commit to an independent investigation of all the allegations here, in which confidential testimonies are sought from peers and team members past and present, and the findings shared with Leonid, then this post could be taken down?
What do you want me to take down? The Manchester press release? The PubPeer comments? Or would you like me to delete the accusatory witness comments?
Your rules say no ad hominem attacks
Can you point to specific ad hominem comments? Or is reporting bullying and other unprofessional behavior an ad hominem accusation these days?
All organisations have bad apples and mud slingers. People are distrustful of complaint procedures and it can be difficult for individuals to feel empowered to complain. Perhaps an anonymous questionnaire could be created on line like with survey monkey where people can upload personal testimonials giving an account of event(s), over what period, whether it was witnessed or reported to HR and whether people might be willing to go on the record. This could then be presented to UoM/Cruk. If there’s any substance then they’d be morally obliged to look into it.
I appreciate I cannot have the full picture of your information, but the only person nominated as being forced to leave in this thread is the ex ddu PI… Whom I wish is enjoying his well earned retirement, having retired after a life of honorable service before the current one was chosen. As consequence, apologies for doubting the reliability of the other examples you were given. With no source verification anybody can accuse anybody, this has created real monster in the past and is scary. And well yes, thinking that if I cause somebody envy and I happen to make mistakes because I am not a cyborg, these mistakes will be used to spin social media humiliation and probably the end of a not-yet-started career for the benefit of whose envy I attracted, is causing me some problems to carry on serenely with my possibly already delusional job of being a cancer researcher.
I think there’s a difference between reporting bullying and/or unprofessional behavior (as far as my understanding, there are no complaints standing against the nominated persons and the issues flagged up by PubPeer have prompted verifications and corrections) and taking advantage of this blog to settle old scores or grudges. With little source verification and no responsibility for the anonymous allegations which can be so easily manipulated for whichever purpose, this sort of web trial can only cause harm to all the persons who choose to work for UoM/cruk driven by ideals. I am not denying that there’s space for improvement, or that it’s in the human nature to make mistakes, but please consider that a better society cannot be built on the rule that who shouts louder or makes more noise/scandal wins. This page has caused stress and anxiety to many persons not involved in the case who only want to carry on trying to improve cancer treatments, some accusations refer to false facts, others cannot be verified… and you have allowed this to spread and cause harm, are you not concerned? Is this journalism?
That’s peculiar, I was given a list of very good cancer researchers who had to leave the institute under pressure. But you say it is my reporting which prevents you from curing cancer?
The thing is, if someone did not highlight these problems, the abuse would continue unabatted. This presence of this report is the best chance for things to actually change in a toxic environment. Nothing ever changes unless you piss the right people off–that’s my experience.
I work at CRUK MI, and I don’t even dare to say in which position. I can confirm all the comments that define the director of our Institute as a bully, a dictator, who will do anything to satisfy his ego and his own interests. Going on record is signing my own ‘execution’ – I will be out of my job the next day, or maybe worse, I’d keep my job but with no support from the superior management. This Institute is run entirely for the director’s benefit, it is a mafia. He pushes junior PIs to not do research projects that might have competing interests with his lab. A former CRUK MI PI was asked to change his research focus to lung cancer and stop any melanoma work because it was competing with him. I repeat, I can’t go on record or make formal complaints against the Director of the Institute. HR staff are also under the director supervision, nobody here is free to do anything without putting in jeopardy their job. I hope the general audience can understand this situation and help us. I don’t expect The University taking formal actions because I could see from previous posts that they are run corruptly as we are run here. I also agree that this is a too big to fall situation. Thank you Leonid for this blog, finally we are speaking about this, at least we can do it anonymously.
I cannot agree more with the comments on Marais being a total bully which let his postdocs to fight like gladiators to publish first (likely at the cost of quality). Not surprised at all that shortcuts were taken to succeed in his lab.
Romina ain’t better. She is probably the worst bully I met. Essentially a smaller version of Marais who exploited and back stabbed everybody below her to boost her career.
Seriously, what do you expect from people like these ? They will do whatever it takes to get to the top.
Unfortunately, science does not drop sensational outcomes to publish in Nature, science etc every year….
but photoshop is always there to help !
Everybody knew this for years and is shamefull that real actions are not taken to limit this despicable attitude in CRUK.
I don’t agree with your characterization of her at all…I worked with her, she was surrounded by jealousy and envy. I do agree with your characterization of Marais who make his lab a horrible place to work.
sure…ask the animal facility guys for further comments on how the drug treatment dosage on animals there was handled…. and what these guys were forced to do….
@PTSD it seems you got the wrong end of the stick. Whilst one can disagree with the tone, style and sarcasm and the odd misunderstanding/error in Schneider’s blog overall he puts the ugly truth on the table.
It’s not for you to like. Its for you to take action and push things into the right formal channels…if you fail this you are as bad as the perpetrator of the despicable acts discussed here.
Obviously anybody should have a fair trial and due process and is only guilty when found guilty. But a major issue is that here the institution is playing both investigators, judge and police. This is absurd and untrustworthy, in particular when the verdict is ‘he is innocent’. What EVIDENCE have UoM presented that Marais did not know?
As a PI you are ALWAYS responsible for the research in your lab and publications. This is indeed what ‘PI’ means. So in such a case you need to prove you had absolutely no way of knowing what was going on. Here this seems highly unlikely, Marais likes to present himself as somebody who always get deeply involved in each project and experiment in his lab….so really he did not see this? It’s possible but implausible.
In lack of clear evidence he did not have a clue one should at least demand a full investigation into whether he indeed DID KNOW and whether he even ENCOURAGED this conduct. The systematics here are another pointer….are their earlier works from Marais or his lab that has fraud on them?
In terms of bullying. Marais have been involved in numerous departures from ICR and indeed his own departure was nasty as well so trying to defend his track record here will just make things worse for himself.
The same can be said about stalking Schneider on LinkedIN:
Caroline Springer you are walking down the wrong path. Reflect over your own conduct, you have harassed and bullied numerous people in your group and colleagues. It is well known you lie about your data to Wellcome Trust and others. It is disgusting that you mislead cancer patients and donors during fundraising events. Shame on you frankly. But again whilst I can understand you and Marais is angry about this coming out…the more you fight it the worse it will get.
Leonid is always sarcastic about him being found guilty for libel in a german court. The fact is that Leonid is NOT a criminal and he is NOT guilty. This is simply a matter of not having enough resources to pay the right lawyers and Jungebluth and Macchiarini being absolute lunatics (socio/psychopaths) which is why the Swedish Public PROSECUTOR is running a manslaughter investigation against Macchiarini.
That speaks for itself.
So people should frankly support LS more monetarily so he can get cleared for these absurd charges.
At the same time it would make sense for people to also organise and group up to protect journalists and whistleblowers against arselocks like fraudsters and bullies.
Thanks for your support, yes, I had to accept the court verdicts because I ran out of money and only managed to pay off the bills and fines thanks to donations. Judge also said she is sentencing me because otherwise Jungebluth’s legal insurance will make him pay from his own pocket, and she cannot allow that. Maybe I looked too Jewish, judge namely asked which country I came from.
But what is Caroline Springer saying about me on LinkedIn?
Calling CRUK
CRUK is the world’s largest charity dedicated to cancers research. They surely have the resources to investigate into this. If people are asking for help sending SOS messages is because something must be going on in this Institute. If going on record is not possible because of fear and possible retaliation then, they should find the way to protect their scientific staff and provide them with a safe environment to speak out.
The only person nominated as being forced to leave in this thread is the ex DDU PI who was an stellar scientist and an honorable man. We love him and we miss him.
These anonymous comments are only degrading and humiliating people. They should stop, this is not the place to settle problems. Our Institutions and the people who work there are being affected by this storm. Please, think before you post.
Nick we are not here to make you happy. We are here to clean the shop up. UM and CRUK-Manchester needs to clean up its shit or it will collapse.
Is really ruining people’s life, regardless of the fact that if they are guilty of research misconduct or not, necessary to clean up University of Manchester and CRUK-Manchester shit? I mean: let’s say Marais and Girotti, both of them are really in charge of research misconduct and at the best situation, which I doubt it, University of Manchester will fire Marais and also Girotti will be fired from her current position in Argentina. OK, should they die after they left academia shit hole? These posts would prevent anybody to find a job in the future, even non-academic jobs…
Gregferguson
Amaya ???
Padmanee
This post is making clear that neither CRUK MI nor University of Manchester are safe places to work. It transpires a toxic environment where people work under stress and can’t speak their minds because they fear to lose their jobs. I wonder why the Unions are not taking a more prominent role in this disgrace. Someone should take action. The research integrity/misconduct issue seems minimum compared to what people are commenting here. Scientists, like every person basically, should be guaranteed a safe and bullying-free working environment. If senior management can’t secure this basic requirement then they should resign.
“senior management ” = bullies in the playground.
Where do you think they went?
The University of Manchester has harnessed for decades the fear/silence policy. This University and their management cannot be trusted. Political interests and money rule this place. I wish somebody warned me before I made my family move country pursuing my “dreamed” job as a Professor.
Agree with every word you’ve said except decades. The university was a much happier place under Alan Gilbert which was not that long ago although seems ages now.
No. I posted that some perspective was badly needed. That in a recent staff survey run by UoM which included CRUK MI and was also conducted anonymously by a 3rd party, the majority of respondents claimed they were proud to work in Manchester and felt safe at work. A tiny minority said they were bullied. So even if these unevidenced accusations of bullying were true, clearly this is isolated. [This post appeared briefly then disappeared]
You are right, I accidentally deleted that one when approving other comments on my phone:
“I think some perspective is needed. In the recent staff survey which is also entirely anonymous, the vast majority of staff including at CRUK MI reported being proud to work here and only a minority mentioned bullying. Even if the allegations contained here are true, then it is isolated.”
adamselwith
Bullying is always isolated in a civilised culture. Look in gang culture if you want to find it more widespread. You imply it can be safely ignored.
Also you say “unevidenced”, perhaps you mean “hearsay”? True, this is often given low credibility, but, in a survey? The hearsay is the evidence in a survey. You say “tiny minority”. So, it could be as little as 1 then? Maybe an outlier then, sure, “disgruntled”, and all that. Fine, but then statements like “bullying has no place in our organisation” cannot be made, because it is not zero. Like a small crack in an aeroplane’s wing, bullying, no matter how small, should not be tolerated.
What perspective have you added?
Reality Czech
Leonid, you, these other whiners and your devotees on twitter are deluded. Google Marais and this blog doesn’t appear nowhere. You should get out more and pick a more righteous crusade.
Thanks for the heads-up. Someone might want to fix this at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Marais
@RealityCzech Google Page 3 and moving up fast. I predict this page is hitting Marais Google page 1 within a few days/weeks. That is how it always go.
@Mike are you out of your mind, Marais+Spring+ICR has destroyed numerous careers. Now we should feel sorry for him? I dont think so.
ID protected
I’ve sat at their joint Springer/Marais lab meetings thinking they are the worst scientists I’ve ever met. Not only they cherry pick the data they want, they force their staff to “decrease” the IC50 of a shitty LOX compounds orders of magnitude within a week time so they can reach their ‘milestones’ for Wellcome Trust. As if you could do magic. No research integrity at all. Of course, if something goes wrong they have postdocs, technicians and students to blame. They should be banned from applying for funding; charity money is used to pay the expensive air tickets Marais “needs” to travel first class.
Some comments have been deleted. Why?
Protecting whistleblower identities.
Marais has made a career out of bullying his trainees, establishing fear as a policy in his lab, making students and postdocs cry and humiliating them. He used to brag about it and nobody dared to stop him. Human resources staff were accomplices of it. He also bragged about his expensive life and frequent first class flights and felt good by asking British Airways staff “do you know who I am?”. Truly pathetic. He enjoyed having tearful students presenting 2h-straight presentations at lab retreats with their voice broken. As a ‘good bye’ from his lab people were given the last instruction: you cannot work in melanoma and your ideas belong to me. His partnership with Caroline Springer is beyond corrupt. He should be banned from having a lab or directing an Institute. Someone MUST act urgently.
100% precise description of facts.
the truth and nothing but the truth.....calling CRUK
CRUK should be concerned to have someone like Richard Marais directing an Institute and being in charge of young scientists in training.
It is not only that he considers CRUK-MI ‘his realm’, in which he can rule as he pleases and in which he considers the (junior) PIs as his ‘property’ and extension to his lab. We have already heard so much about how he treats members of his team while they endure their training with him (frequent statement: ‘your brain belongs to me’).
But what should be really a concern is that with all the effort that CRUK has put into means of mentorship for young scientists, they have someone like Richard Marais running an Institute. With Richard Marais, there are major concerns as to how he treats the next generation of scientists trying to establish themselves when they are leaving his lab. Clinical oncologists successfully training at the Royal Marsden and becoming clinical experts in melanoma are told ‘you cannot work in melanoma’ when they want to apply for the next steps in their career. Similarly, postdoctoral scientist having gained a track record in the RAS-RAF field during the time in his lab are told ‘you cannot work in RAS signaling’ or ‘you are not allowed to work on the MAP-kinase pathway’ when they want to establish their own labs. And these statements should not be underestimated, because they are communicated with a thread. Basically, otherwise there will be no (positive) reference, and the chances of obtaining funding or a position in the UK, being invited to future conferences or considered for anything that furthers a career in science, vanish. After all Richard Marais is a man with power, always keen on acting on any committee that wants him.
The irony is that Richard Marais feels threatened by these young scientists (particularly when they are women); deep inside he is so insecure that he is worried this next generation could become his competitors – go figure.
If CRUK decides that it is a good thing to hold onto Richard Marais as the director of CRUK-MI, they should at least bring in some mechanisms, which allow monitoring the mentorship activities of Marais. Just compare Richard Marais with Chris Marshall, an amazing mentor (the greatest irony being that Marais wouldn’t be where he is without Chris’s generous mentorship). How many Marshall alumni have obtained leading and successful roles in the UK and how many ex-Marais’…. and the latter have succeeded despite Marais.
Hear hear. Another 100% precise description. CRUK are you reading? get real and make a decision. Most likely this entire thread of comments will explode into several formal cases/lawsuits against CRUK for inaction/failure-to-protect claims if you do not act.
Marc York
Establishing fear ? He is an old man. Doesn’t look that scary at all outside his little bubble.
The problem is academia. Why bullies like him are allowed to swap around names on publications ? Remove first names, add others that did not contribute or simply denying you to publish if he doesn’t like you.
Why postdocs have virtually no rights on publications ?
Even air B&B requires you to sign papers upfront to guarantee basic rights for those renting rooms even for a single day and postdocs are requested to work for years and without any assurance to be not screwed at the end ?
A system like academia that allow bullies to decide on a daily basis if a postdoc will publish or not (meaning your career might be over any time), is wrong.
Academia should work like McDonald’s : postdocs put money, PIs put the food and deal is nice and easy.
The reality : postdocs pay upfront and PIs maybe will give the food in three/five years if you please him/her enough during the time.
Then there you go butt-licking, backstabbing, everything to please the pharaoh !
Lack of rights enable all toxic behaviours seen in academia.
PS: Wondering how scary Richard and Romina are when they walk into McDonald’s ?
Graham MD
These posts are revealing a secret that has been known by the community for years. The TRUTH has come to light: Richard Marais is a dishonest, corrupt, misogynist bully – a man with no integrity. Richard Marais is capable of anything to save his ass. Richard Marais can push his lab members to suffer whatever is necessary to make his own way. Richard Marais can ask his postdocs to sit on his chair “to feel the power”. Richard Marais can call his postdocs “bodies” (on their back) because they are only occupying space in his lab and “not producing”. Richard Marais can trick or threaten his collaborators to get a prominent position on a paper or sacrifice a well-deserved first authorship of one of his mentees in order to get a last author position “while being only a PhD”. Richard Marais’ hate towards clinicians is ridiculous and he enjoys making their life miserable in his lab. He should resign immediately, he cannot run an institute neither a lab. I wonder why CRUK protects him so badly. Charity money is being given to corrupt hands!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpal_Kumar
“Sir Harpal Singh Kumar (born 1965) is a British medical researcher who was the chief executive officer of Cancer Research UK[1][2][3] until June 2018,[4] when he left the charity to become Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation EMEA.[5]”
It says medical researcher, but I do not believe that is the case. A manager/head of charities.
https://www.uicc.org/news/knighthood-harpal-kumar
“The CEO of Cancer Research UK and UICC Board member was knighted for his “hugely influential” work on prevention and treatment of cancer”
“hugley influential” is a euphemism, for manager.
“After training as a chemical engineer, Kumar worked as a research scientist with the UK Atomic Energy Authority, before joining McKinsey as a healthcare consultant in 1992. He then went on to hold senior positions in the medical field, before joining Cancer Research UK in 2002.”
Where is the medical research? Pre-1992. Even that is not obvious.
“10 JUL 2018 Broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire and former Cancer Research UK CEO Sir Harpal Kumar awarded honorary doctorates”
After Leonid’s first article about Paul Workman,
https://forbetterscience.com/2018/01/30/collages-by-paul-workman-from-the-golden-age-of-biological-imaging/
ICR, London awarded Harpal Kumar an honorary doctorate for “Sir Harpal has a long list of achievements spanning his career in cancer research institutes” that is a euphemism for manager. Where is the medical research? Yes, he was in cancer institutes, but not as a scientist.
Why be a scientist if you can be a manager of scientists?
Harpal Kumar is one massive Acteur. He does not give a shit about research. When CRUK went bust back in 2008 he wanted to turn CRUK into an information campaign office only ie. no research.
maggiemay00
140 posts, a handful of them are positive and supportive…the remaining are utterly disgraceful. Total shambles, not even related to the article itself.
All I read is based on envy and jealousy.
I’m rather perplexed to read the website’s name “for better science” and see 90% of the comments are pure personal attack, slander, defamation, insults and untruth.
Why is Caroline Springer being under this outbreak of false accusations?
She left the ICR with most of her team (they left voluntarily, not forced). The rest of her team that stayed behind, were a small number of people with 1 person retiring and another was made redundant.
Why would most of her team follow her? I know some of them have been with her for decades.
PI’s are PI’s because they fought their way up working hard, with determination, ambition, motivation, that means…if someone is not able the pressure to work with this kind of personality, my advice is…leave the team. Don’t stay and whine, whinge, complaint afterwards.
It’s their job! If they were soft, gentle, laid back… they would not be PI’s for long.
Seems like a lot of snowflake generation comments.
For crying out loud…focus on science, that’s what this should be about!
That's where comment came from.@OfficialUoM. pic.twitter.com/k9fzTr4IkB
— Leonid Schneider (@schneiderleonid) July 4, 2019
PICR == Patterson Institute for Cancer Research
— Hamlet Global Dist (@DistHamlet) July 4, 2019
@maggiemay00 is this Deputy Director Dive ? who seems to have a pubpeer entry lagging a response… https://pubpeer.com/publications/B48D7E0BE55D41581E33E20CC84BEC is that science enough for ya?
Also you provide no evidence for your claims above.
To Benjamins: Get your accusations towards people names checked before saying anything. Evidence … no one has proved any of the accusations before or have they???
Not feed more trolls…
虎仔 (@TigerBB8)
Shame on you dare to call out to “focus on science”! How come a biomedical scientist not knowing fighting to kill germs is for better health? Next time please make a student or poor postdoc to post such stupid comment from their home IP, as you guys always do when caught faking data.
My observation is that in any lab there is usually only one project that is working well enough to publish in a high profile journal, and only one person will be credited as first author, although the others in the publication list are expected to contribute and, often for this, sacrifice their careers for the success of “the chosen one”. Being the one who is “chosen”, or isn’t, says nothing about the personality of the individual. In fact, I have seen too many of “the chosen” develop bloated egos and attitudes (like yours) where they cherry-pick what they think made them special in hindsight, which is utterly laughable.
“Oh maggie, I wish I’d, never seen your face…..”
“determination, ambition, motivation” do not equal science.
“if someone is not able the pressure to work with this kind of personality, my advice is…leave the team”.
Science should not belong to anybody. It is not for anybody to make others leave science. A good scientist does not drive others away. In the past people used to argue that behaviour of scientist did not matter, but if it drives others away it diminshes science. There is a growing realisation that the “businessification” of science/hierarchy of institutes and univerisities (very political things) have diminshed science.
Precise and very wise words from Zebedee indeed. Long live science. The chickens are coming home to roost.
Former CRUK fundraiser
Cannot believe I read that last comment. So it’s all the post-doc’s fault for being bullied, intimidated and harassed? And the PI is blame free? Appalling. Utterly appalling attitude.
Perhaps there’s a reason why most posts are negative and perhaps it is not envy or jealousy. Maybe it’s because they’re narcissistic, evil and egotistical bullies who deserve to burn in a special kind of hell for an eternity for the scandalous mistreatment of staff and the disgusting waste of other people’s hard earned money.
CRUK – I’d like the £10k raised in the past for the Institute back. I’ll give it to somewhere deserving.
I am sorry to say that CRUK is not answering my emails, they are busy fundraising or publishing in high-impact journals I presume. None of the recipients replied when I shared some of the comments with them and offered to put them in touch with the bullying victims.
Karen Vousden (known from PubPeer)
Charles Swanton
Iain Foulkes
Rita Akushie
Reply to former CRUK fundraiser
Did they get you running around in pink wigs?
ttps://shop.cancerresearchuk.org/product/race-life-pink-wig
Highly emotive diseases such as breast cancer, and the CRUK portraying itself as Mother Theresa, do have the effect of supressing criticism.
Now people talk about “virtue-signalling”, before that people used the word self-righteousness.
Why someone should risk their mental health or accept to be constantly bullied by these people for a good chunk of their life ?
Let’s say that to achieve a meaningful goal you need to sacrifice a lot in life (even dealing with “pressure to work with this kind of personality”). Is not clear to me what they offer in exchange of this sacrifice ?
The prestige of working for Richard Marais ? Do you think that doors magically open just mentioning his name ? I worked in cancer research for years an in different countries and there are thousands of scientists like or bigger than him. I am sorry but many don’t even know who this guy is. The world is a big place. I mean is not like you are working for a Nobel price winner.
The high chance of publishing in a major journal ? Unlikely. Only few postdocs of the many in his lab ended up with a first name in an high impact factor journal (and some are now under investigation for scientific fraud).
Oh wait, maybe they should get humiliated or risk post-traumatic stress disorder for the competitive salary offered to post-docs in his lab. I remember to be quite jealous of the Ferrari and Lamborghini parked in front of CRUK Manchester.
Wouldn’t be better to simply work in industry where misbehaviour like this is taken more seriously , colleagues are generally less stressed and salary is considerably higher instead of going through all this pain for little reward ?
let’s focus on science. Science was falsified here and that the focus indeed
Abifail
You forgot to mention the regular zero gravity parties on the international space station, all paid for using cruk money!
This has become a strange game of seeing what absurd thing Leonid will quote on Twitter – cruk manchester was surrounded by public roads including an extremely busy dropoff point for the hospital there was literally no option to park in front of it/behind it/next to it, pretty much everyone lived locally so they walked to work, and for all his faults Marais always cycled to work and encouraged others to do the same. It’s a safe bet that any fancy cars seen anywhere near cruk manchester (not that I remember seeing any) belonged to either a local resident, or a senior consultant at the hospital.
So yes, lets focus on science and data fraud, and also lets try to not make up random crap about ferraris and lamborghinis.
To Abifail: Thanks for clarifying that the owners of Ferraris and Lamborghinis aren’t from CRUK.
I mean is important to make clear that employees with an average salary below 39000 GBP aren’t the owners of cars that cost 200000 quid or more.
Of course there aren’t Ferraris parked in front of CRUK. Its a joke.
Are you familiar with the concept of irony ?
I’ve learned that irony is a concept to subtle for most faculty and administrators at universities.
Right, focussing on the “science”.
You mean the fake data used to gain grants, accolades and position while bullying junior scientists, encouraging bullying and treating people like trash? If that is tough and ambitious, better being a “snowflake”.
That is why people are stopping to support cancer research. This is corrupt politics, not Science. If the “science” is so good at CRUK-MI, then why nothing can be reproduced?
Stop with the distractions. Yes, let’s see the science and how it works out for you. Anybody justifying this type of behaviour is not a Scientist, but a snake oil sales(person), a fraudster. That is disgusting!
Less ambition, more creativity and real search for truth, not useless spin. Once a faker, always a faker. Or else … the whole thing will get defunded. How many times you have cured cancer in a paper? Exactly.
Thank you Leonid!
A victim
CRUK should consider this case with no delay. As an ex-member of the Marais Lab (aka hell) I can only confirm all the allegations made here. I have witnessed terrible scenes: women crying because of their public humiliation in front of their lab mates, Richard Marais enjoying seeing them crying while thinking they are weak. Those were tears of frustration and impotence. We are not weak, we were not weak, nobody weak could survive in that laboratory. It was a Darwinian selection: only resilient scientists could work in that lab. While Lab meetings were bad, private meetings could be worse because there were no witnesses. I am glad there is a wall to write our complaints which have been silenced for years. Fear has fueled our silence. Fear to lose our jobs, to be excluded from conferences, to not publish again, to not get funding for our research. I am worried to say my name, worried to be discovered by Richard Marais, I am worried about his power and his heavy hand. I just wish CRUK investigates this, they should contact Marais alumni (not the current hostages) and ask them for their testimony. As someone has commented here, some of us have succeeded despite Richard Marais. I was in the “you cannot work in melanoma” group. I also wish young scientists read this and do not ever apply to Richard Marais Lab. #MeToo #StopwomencryinginSTEM
Note: Take this description and multiply by 3, that is the accurate description of Caroline Springer.
Just to let you know, if you google Richard Marais this story is first page, position 8 !
I am writing as someone who has raised over £5,000 for Cancer Research UK in sponsored runs in the last 10 years. I lost my wife to breast cancer in 2014. Another fundraiser passed on the link to your blog to me. I am deeply upset about these accusations against the professors in Manchester. If any of them are true I feel very betrayed. Has Cancer Research UK made any response to these awful things? Would you be so kind as to post a link to it. Many thanks.
Dear John, CRUK is silent, just as they chose not to say anything about the massive research misconduct at ICR London: https://forbetterscience.com/2018/09/06/fake-data-untouchable-men-and-guilty-women-at-icr-london/
Sir, I totally agree with your concerns but, as someone that worked for years in cancer research thanks to CRUK funding, I would like to emphasize the vast majority of scientists believe in this work, are proffesionals, work our ass..s off to better understand cancer. Like many foreigners moving to UK I had to make quite a sacrifice to grow as scientist and we are well aware of the origin of the funding which we hugely respect. Please continue demanding these cases be clarified but do not stop believing in the vocational work we develop. Thanks for your fundarising efforts.
Dear John.
I am sorry to hear about your wife.
As someone who has worked with Marais/ICR and who indeed myself conducted research for and with money from people like yourself, which I consider an honor and privilege. I can only state that this as horrible from the researcher point of view. Its despicable and a violation of not only the very foundation of science which is truth and trust but also a betrayal of patients and donors.
Unfortunately most of what you can read above is correct. CRUK needs to cut out its own tumor. Marais is not alone though. There are also groups at ICR in London and indeed elsewhere. Its not just a UK problem but the UK is somewhat special in that a lot of cancer research is funded through charity.
We need to fix this, including the abuse of trainees and other/junior PIs.
Lena PI
I wonder how the PI of an alleged scientific “misconduct” case is innocent and not responsible for the data he published where he signed as senior author. As a PI, I AM responsible for ALL the data generated in my lab. If the PI is suddenly in the “complainant” position he most likely lied before or he is lying now. My verdict, which is also my thought from the beginning, is that this story reeks of scapegoat and Richard Marais is a deceitful man who tried to frame one of his former postdocs to save himself. Much better if the former postdoc is a talented woman who can become a competitor. Marais’ alumni have revealed here terrible situations which should be investigated. My guess is that the victims toll from his lab is much higher of what we could imagine. The scientific community has the responsibility to stop this man from damaging more young scientists. As a female scientist I want to express my sympathy and support to the female victim. #MeToo
Many people working with Marais, men and women have been harassed, bullied and falsely acccused. There is clearly a narcissist at large here. The science from his lab stinks, it is untrustworthy and damaging to an entire field of research. This mess will take a long time to clean up. Long live quantitative data and death and destruction to western blot based junk science and fraud.
I am very surprised that The Guardian did not pickup this story yet.
They seem quite good on serious matters like this :
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/sep/28/academics-uk-universities-accused-bullying-students-colleagues
What is the best way to share this story with them Leonid ?
hamletglobaldistro
Yes it is very strange the Guardian is sitting there quietly….
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He was obsessed with her. He worshipped her. This false accusation could be retaliation because she rejected his offers and is successfully working in melanoma. Regrettably, this is the story of many women at the workplace. CRUK will protect him as Sanger protected Stratton of bullying allegations. ‘Too big to fall’ men are always protected. It’s a shame that women CEOs (Michelle and Nancy) allow this.
PS It is beyond pathetic that he paid someone to clean his Wikipedia today.
Robert MacKenzie
Marais keeps on cleaning his Wikipedia entry, I wonder how much he is paying to keep it “clean”. Manchester University is an awful, dreadful place to work, corrupt and ruled by money and power. Marais fits right in.
Yoosuk
I do not work directly under Richard Marais but as anyone who works in CRUK MI, I have seen many things first hand. I will not comment on his “science” as the retraction is already explaining most of it. I simply do not understand how such a horrible human being can be appointed to direct the next generation of scientists?
His post docs get yelled at routinely, they cry in the bathroom, they are afraid to speak of truth and live in fear of Richard’s fury.
The fact is, CRUK MI has lost too many good staff since Richard took the directorship. I have had conversations with the leavers where they confessed that they can not work for such a director anymore without self loathing. At the end of the day, we all started here with a passion for science. Occasionally, people were brave enough to make official complains regarding Richard’s bullying after resignation, but HR (directly managed by Richard) never responded.
Richard always has his speech of “I support female scientists” ready because the only thing he really cares about is a better Athena SWAN status in the subject of women in science. For those who doesn’t get the Athena SWAN, it stands for Scientific Women’s Academic Network. Better status opens up more funding opportunities. Every time Richard give his speech, all the female scientists that I know rolls their eyes in pure disgust and resentment.
Maybe that was a speed dedicated to THE female scientist Romina and her only? oh wait, he threw her under the bus for his own “integrity” so maybe not that either. Who am I to contemplate the great mind of the director who is rightfully arrogant for his contribution to the mankind by curing cancer! he didn’t? ? ? does he know that??
I know a lot of people live in fear of Richard because he is the director, but think about it, even those who filed a complain before leaving CRUK MI have found new jobs in science.
The silence of Uni and CRUK is a reflection of the dark time that we are living in academia. I do wonder if some of these academic leaders have chosen the wrong career, as their talent should be better realized in political arena.
Shinzō
I can’t agree more with your description. It is truly disappointing yet not unexpected the email from Iain Foulkes to Schneider revealing CRUK’ stance on this affair. We all feel hopeless. CRUK donors should STOP fundraising for CRUK Manchester.
The University of Manchester will not investigate his golden boy who just received 25M to rebuild his Institute. The University of Manchester is as dishonorable and unscrupulous as Marais is. Only wide media coverage would persuade these institutions to do something about this disgrace affecting so many good scientists.
R Marais must be stopped. All people should sign a petition or open letter and submit to the Ministry to demand an investigation. This could be setup with the people contributing comments here…
UoM and CRUK should establish an effective complaints mechanism to allow former ICR and current/former CRUK MI staff to report suspicion of misconduct as an important element of an integrity management system, providing a fair and transparent process to investigate and sanction misconduct. This must extend beyond current workers of CRUK MI considering the very specific allegations made on this blog. This must not be organised by current HR. This will identify vulnerability areas as well as may contribute to raising awareness of expected behaviour standards for CRUK leadership. Adequate whistle-blowing protection also needs to be in place to ensure that current and former employees can report allegations of leadership misconduct without fear of retaliation.
If Prof Richard Marais’ conduct is unimpeachable he should use this opportunity to open an independent, thorough investigation to reassure editors, grant bodies, employers, employees and donors. Or he can resign.
The current U.K. system.
Whistleblowers: ‘We spoke out and lost our jobs’
By Rianna Croxford
Caroline Springer selectively deletes data she does not like at lab meetings. Richard Marais approves this. Staff members can’t argue against her decisions. No drug discovery program should be run by her without close supervision. The lack of a safe environment to file complaints perpetuates this behavior from both Richard and Caroline. Filing a complaint puts our job in jeopardy. Caroline also runs her lab in a suspicious manner, hiding information for a part of her group and viceversa. She selects the experiments she wants to present in papers and meetings at Wellcome Trust and hides how many negatives there were. This has been ongoing for several years.
Ex abused postdoc
They fund a relatively small number of people extremely well. They have systematically reduced the funding to non-core centres to basically nothing (Leeds went from many millions to tens of thousands overnight). They offer massive startups to successful Postdocs go start groups with little or no external peer review. There are very senior professors who have never written a proper grant who sit on other review panels because they are ‘successful’. This whole debacle shows if you throw enough money at an arrogant bully you’ll get a big paper, and then largely cover up the inevitable fallout. For a time the same cohort from chris Marshall’s lab we’re heading CRUK centres in Glasgow, Manchester and LRI- all essentially continuing his work (and dictating the direction of CRUK funding). Chris was a difficult character but a million miles better than the arseholes he produced. I had the misfortune of working for the one member of his group (who was a postdoc with all the aforementioned at the same time) who was a twisted, bitter witch. She couldn’t get funded for toffee, and couldn’t publish independently either. She had several bullying and harassment claims, including one that was successful.
Urgent action required
I wonder why the University of Manchester and Cancer Research UK had not yet arranged proper channels to file our complaints in a safe manner, protecting us from negative consequences while we safely give our testimony on the bullying we suffer from the Director. No authority from CRUK or UoM has visited our Institute to ask us how we feel and what we have to say. The senior management act like nothing has happened. A thorough investigation should be conducted without any further delay.
I confirm the comments against the director. Worryingly, our institute posts on Twitter ‘how proud’ they are for having Caroline Springer presenting in the Women of Influence conference along with Michelle Mitchel – CRUK MI Tweet from 4 July 2019: “Seeing Prof Caroline Springer, from our @ddu_crukmi, at the #CRUKWoI event made us feel very proud! The Women of Influence initiative is a great way to encourage more #WomenInSTEM. Thanks to all these amazing #WomeninScience for being part of it! We want to see more of this!”
Neither Richard Marais nor Caroline Springer have truly supported women in science. Quite the opposite, they have both banned them from working in similar research fields. It is ironic that Richard is an invited speaker of Women in Science Conferences. Hypocrisy knows no boundaries.
Richard Marais should be investigated immediately or he should resign.
Richard Marais should resign!
Leonid reports that the ‘finding of research misconduct’ reached by the University of Manchester in the investigation of Dr Girotti has been retracted, suggesting that many of the accusations stated in this blog contain some truth. Whatever his motivation was, it appears that with his witch-hunt Professor Marais has tried to serve his own personal interest.
What is despicable about the whole situation is that through his actions Richard Marais has caused major damage to all scientists and particularly to cancer research in Manchester.
Clearly the success of cancer research in Manchester is not simply down to Richard Marais (as he might prefer to think). The success of cancer research in Manchester has been initiated by people who have helped to bring together the University, the Christie Hospital and CRUK, and the continuation of this success is dependent on the people who are still involved in running this alliance; the success is down to all the scientists who work extremely hard (and honest, not every scientist is bad by default!) at CRUK-MI and the University of Manchester, and of course it is down to the clinicians who translate and oversee the development of new therapies at the Christie. The Christie is a world-leading cancer hospital in its own right and lives are saved here every day (often based on improvements initiated by the scientists).
It would be the worst outcome from all the discussions and comments posted here, if Richard Marais had managed to create such a negative impact that people will stop supporting cancer research in Manchester. If you don’t want to donate to CRUK anymore, then give to the Christie!
People are serious about cancer research in Manchester, and as for Richard Marais, he should be ashamed of himself and he should do the honest thing and resign!
There is abundant reason for hypervigilance in CRUK-Manchester. Richard Marais is responsible of serious recurrent bullying and harassment and has created an intimidating and humiliating working environment. I won’t go so far as others have here to suggest that he should resign. I think Richard Marais behavior and actions should be investigated by an expert committee. The testimonies presented here, even though anonymous, are red-flagging a problem known by the scientific community. Sadly, I have witnessed at the ICR subtle sexual harassment from Richard Marais to his female postdocs which is criminally and morally reprehensible. It would not be surprising if this behavior persisted in Manchester.
Alan Ashworth? I thought you were banging all your students and postdocs too, together with Chris Lord?
Oliver M
Richard Marais has systematically disadvantaged and discouraged anyone who he considered a future competitor. Undoubtedly, he tried to incriminate a postdoc to serve his interests. It is sinister that he did this to the female postdoc he formerly sexually intimidated. Academia is plagued and demeaned by abuse of power, bullying and sexual harassment. This has to stop and exemplary disciplinary sanctions against the perpetrators must be taken. The ICR and UM should join forces. And yes, Richard Marais should resign.
Richard Marais was a determined scientist, a strong man, a risk taker, a patron of power in science and a monster. He is and has been a monster to the women scientists he mentored. Countless episodes in his lab we silenced and decided to not disclose publicly, and, although painful, many of us thought had made peace with.
We brainwashed ourselves into thinking that it was the price to pay for having access to funding and technology; we hid from the responsibility to speak out with the excuse that enough people were already warned about what working in his lab was. None of us considered our voices important, nor did we think it would make a difference.
In reality, we were trying to save ourselves the challenge of explaining several painful details to our colleagues and to the scientific community. And why, for so many years, we have been cordial to a man who used every chance to humiliate us in public and to block our careers. We are and we were ashamed to describe the details of what we witnessed and tried hard to forget.
When so many former Marais alumni posted in this blog what Richard Marais has done to them, we had to confront our cowardice. As others, we felt that nobody would care about our pain and suffer, likely as an effect of the many times we were told, especially by Richard, that we were nobody.
We are inspired by those who had the courage to speak out, especially in a scientific community that has this man as Director of a prestigious institute and who was, unashamedly, a candidate for the presidency of the AACR, one of the most respected associations in cancer in the world. Richard Marais has been accused of serial bullying and harassment. This is all true. He is a misogynistic bully with power. And there is so much more to say.
The stories described here show clearly how a man in power can do anything he wants to women. Well, we hope, not anymore. Richard Marais resignation is what we are all waiting for.
It is not about a man or a woman. It is about a malignant damaged personality. A personality disorder. RM is a narcissist and an abuser. His actions have damaged and hurt men and women in his lab and beyond – from trainees to other PI’s. He is a monster and he shall be prosecuted on the alter of truth, in a Court of Law.
JasonBJason
Scientists who recently left the Drug Discovery Unit at CRUK-MI (they could not bear working for unscrupulous Caroline Springer) inform that there are SERIOUS problems in two recent papers from the Marais/Springer toxic duet:
2-Aminomethylene-5-Sulfonylthiazole Inhibitors of Lysyl Oxidase (LOX) and LOXL2 Show Significant Efficacy in Delaying Tumor Growth.
Smithen DA, …… Marais R, Springer C.
J Med Chem. 2019 Aug 20
Anti-metastatic Inhibitors of Lysyl Oxidase (LOX): Design and Structure-Activity Relationships.
Leung L, …..Tang H, Marais R, Springer C.
J Med Chem. 2019 Jun 27;62(12):5863-5884.
Also, Marais has 3 recent corrections in Pubmed:
Author Correction: Lysyl oxidase drives tumour progression by trapping EGF receptors at the cell surface.
Tang H, …. Springer C, Marais R.
Nat Commun. 2019 Jul 18;10(1):3151.
Correction: In vitro Biological Characterization of a Novel, Synthetic Diaryl Pyrazole Resorcinol Class of Heat Shock Protein 90 Inhibitors.
Sharp SY, …..Marais R, Pearl L, Eccles S, Aherne W, McDonald E, Workman P.
Cancer Res. 2019 Jan 1;79(1):287.
Publisher Correction: Ultraviolet radiation-induced DNA damage is prognostic for outcome in melanoma.
Trucco LD, …..Dhomen N, Marais R.
Nat Med. 2019 Feb;25(2):350.
Food for thought…. the “melanoma super star” real face has been unmasked at last.
I would suggest someone posts the results of the 2019 survey at CRUK-MI. People have expressed their minds about Marais and the results speak for themselves…
Can I suggest the best way to uncover all this is for members of his team to use their phones or other small devices to video or just put it under the desk on record during lab meetings etc. I think you’ll find that videos with direct evidence are extremely powerful. Wish I was there to do it myself, but that is of course easy for me to say as it is no longer my career to care about. I understand completely these nasty pieces of work. I know several of them first hand and cannot agree more with what people have written. I have seen people leave science (something they dreamt of doing as a kid) because of these people. Heartbreaking to see, but they are now much happier funnily enough. Get everyone on board in the lab recording everything. Start a youtube channel and get it on there. Yeh ok you will probably get lawsuits etc threatened, but if you stand together it will be hard for them to prove who actually did the recording. But I do fully understand the problems and that it risks damaging your careers. It is so easy for me to write that now I am out of it. However, if the likes of Richard are reading this then you can rest assured all those patients made to suffer a clinical trial because of falsified data will be made aware and I will help to raise a lawsuit against you and the CRUK. The benefits of me switching to a job in law. There are very senior lawyers here rubbing there hands for something like this.
I have been passed information in relation to Richard’s inhibitors that they are believed to be.. what is the scientific word? Yes ,’bollocks’. This is well known internally and his ex wife has been put in place to close the doors.
You think you are untouchable richard? Think again. You will be held accountable.
@YouTuber is there something that could be done as a group. RM should be prosecuted but so should CRUK and Wellcome for protecting him.
Former RM postdoc
I never thought bullying would happen to me. I thought I was almost immune, having made it through school and college unscathed. But I had the misfortune to work with Richard Marais who has literally made my life hell. He was insecure in the extreme, to the point that anyone who managed to do their job well, who had friends in work or generally just got on with people, became the subject of his vitriol. I worked in Richard Marais lab for three years. I held a postdoctoral position in a very competitive project. I was really good at it and I had great ideas. I was much better than my boss and that made him really angry. I was denigrated and humiliated constantly, when eventually, I made a bullying/harassment case to HR.
My story was swept under the carpet because he was the director of the Institute. HR are useless in this regard. Their only apparent function is to ensure the smooth running of the status quo for this in Senior Management. Complaints magically disappear and there is a continual of denial of facts and evidence.
If you are getting bullied by Richard speak up quickly, don’t let it fester into ruining your life. Go to the University or to CRUK. Go to the media. Film him, record him. This bully / power-abuser must pay the years of misery he infringed to us.
Rotten from the top
Enter Caroline Wilkinson into the CRUK MI cluster f. Her sole purpose is to lie, falsify, cover up, basically do everything possible to protect her senior management cronies at CRUK MI. Chief Obfuscation Officer. It seems her nose couldn’t bend any further with all the lies spewed.
I tell you what from my interactions with Marais, Dive, Springer, Wilkinson..they are like children who never had a proper job. No understanding of how to be a leader; Just lied their way up the Academia pyramid. Now they’re at the top(ish), got to keep their place somehow. They are afraid. If they lose their job, what else will they do, where will they go? They don’t know how to work and behave professionally with peers let alone produce an honest piece of work which hasn’t been plucked from the tree of bllsht. They can only survive in this toxic bullying swamps of academia. Its a systemic issue which works for them. They should consider to dissolve CRUK MI for a start, it’s not a charity, its a playground for said bullies and thieving b**tards. If only we could let the public peer behind the curtain. Anyone fancy making a FOI request or tipping off the Guardian?
Completely agree, they should all be fired and prosecuted for their fraud and abuse – and here is more rotten science from Dive:
https://pubpeer.com/publications/B48D7E0BE55D41581E33E20CC84BEC
I had the displeasure of experiencing the arrogance of Marais and his minion Girotti during my staying at the CRUKMI and it is a true shame to discover that their efforts to cover up this scandal have been successful.
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Airbnb injected $685m into SA economy in 2018
Airbnb estimated direct economic impact exceeds $100-billion in one year globally, with South Africa ranked 22nd among its top 30 countries
Airbnb has revealed that the estimated direct economic impact of Airbnb in South Africa was more than $685-million in 2018.
According to new survey findings and its own analysis of internal data released recently, Airbnb’s host and guest community generated over $100-billion in estimated direct economic impact across 30 countries in 2018 alone.
Since Airbnb was founded, the organisation says, hosts have earned over $65-billion, which many use to pay the bills and pursue their passions. Small businesses – many of which are located outside of the traditional tourist districts – also benefit from guests on Airbnb, many of whom spend the money they save on accommodations at local establishments.
“Travel on Airbnb is helping to spread tourism benefits to more families, communities and local businesses,” says Velma Corcoran, Airbnb country manager for Sub-Saharan Africa. “It’s never been easier to travel to and stay in South Africa’s smaller towns. Visitors are discovering local hospitality and hidden gems that they might otherwise have missed, while supporting new economies and revenue streams that help make local communities stronger.”
Airbnb says there has been a significant increase in host earnings in smaller towns. Mossel Bay, for example, saw a year-on-year increase of over 80%, while Saldanha Bay saw an increase of almost 60% over the same period. Host earnings in Garden Route towns such as Knysna, Plettenberg Bay and George increased by 48%, 58% and 74%, respectively.
On a global level, this growth has come as Airbnb helps spread the benefits of tourism to some of the least visited destinations in the world. Between 2016 and 2018, guest arrivals of travellers on the Airbnb platform increased substantially in places like Moldova (190%), Vanuatu (187%) and New Caledonia (175%).
The Airbnb survey of more than 228,000 responses from its host and guest community around the world showed the following:
● 84 percent of hosts on Airbnb say they recommend restaurants and cafes to guests.
● 69 percent of hosts on Airbnb say they recommend cultural activities such as museums, festivals, and historical sites to guests.
● 51 percent of hosts on Airbnb say hosting has helped them afford their homes.
● On average, guests on Airbnb say 42 percent of their spending occurs in the neighbourhood where they stay.
● 50 percent of guests say they spent the money they saved by staying in a home on Airbnb in the cities and neighbourhoods they visited.
● 70 percent of guests say wanting to explore a specific neighbourhood matters in their decision to use Airbnb.
● 86 percent of guests say the location being more convenient than hotels matters in their decision to use Airbnb.
● Guests who say Airbnb impacted the length of their stay on average added 4.3 days to their trip.
Airbnb Direct Economic Impact in 2018 (30 countries) in US$, based on Host Income and Estimated Guest Spending during trip:
1. USA: 33.8 billion
2. France: 10.8 billion
3. Spain: 6.9 billion
4. Italy: 6.4 billion
5. UK: 5.6 billion
6. Australia: 4.4 billion
7. Canada 4.3 billion
8. Japan: 3.5 billion
9. Mexico: 2.7 billion
10.Portugal: 2.3 billion
11.Germany: 2.3 billion
12.China: 2.3 billion
13. Brazil 2.1 billion
14. Greece: 1.4 billion
15. Netherlands: 1.3 billion
16.Korea: 1.2 billion
17.Thailand: 1.1 billion
18.New Zealand: 912 million
19.Croatia: 910 million
20.Ireland: 832 million
21.Malaysia: 734 million
22.South Africa: 685 million
23.Argentina: 664 million
24.Denmark: 654 million
25.Switzerland: 651 million
26.Austria: 625 million
27.Indonesia: 593 million
28.Philippines: 586 million
29.Colombia: 560 million
30.Czech Republic: 555 million
*2018 estimated direct economic impact is the sum of Homes host earnings and estimated guest spending. Host earnings is based on internal Airbnb data. Estimated guest spending is based on nearly 12,000 responses to a voluntary survey sent to a sample of guests on Airbnb accounts that had taken a trip to those countries in 2018. No payment or other incentive was provided in exchange for completing the survey.
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The Columbus, Ohio-born Elaine Callei, also known as Elaine Callei Trebek Kares, is a famous broadcaster and a successful businesswoman.
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First Husband, Louis Callei
Elaine's tied the knot three times in her lifetime. In the beginning, she was married to Louis Callei, whom she takes first her last name after.
Callei divorced husband Louis in 1974.
Source: Gallerygoart
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Second Husband, TV Personality Alex Trebek
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Young Callei with then husband, Alex Trebek.
Source: Celebliveupdate
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Elaine with her husband of 18 years, Peter Kares.
Source: Marriedwiki
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Elaine attending the 10th Annual Covenant with Bonnie Lythgoe.
Source: Closer Weekly
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Elaine's an owner of Art Gallery in La Cienega Design Quarter.
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Monte Bello Cabernet at a Fraction the cost
Napa Valley has become synonymous with great California Cabernet Sauvignon. But I’d argue that the state’s greatest and most distinctive cab is not all from Napa, but from a special ridge high in the Santa Cruz Mountains from a vineyard called Monte Bello. As you know Ridge Winery has been working with this vineyard for almost 50 years. I. Brand got their hands on a small parcel (211 cases produced), and it is a real jewel!
I-Brand 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon “Monte Bello Road” Santa Cruz Mountains
Retail 70.00 – GGWC 67.99
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This small production Cabernet from one of the best appellations in California boasts a very intriguing color and aroma. Loads of sweet black fruit, a touch a licorice and lead pencil jump out of the glass. This full-bodied youngster is loaded with similar flavors on the lush, elegant and well-structured palate. Amazingly well-priced for a wine of this caliber. A good decanting will make for an enjoyable experience.
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Tags: 2014, Cabernet Sauvignon, I. Brand and Family Cellars, Ian Brand, Monte Bello Road, Santa Cruz Mountains
Tasting Notes | Frank Melis September 30, 2017 | Comments Off on Monte Bello Cabernet at a Fraction the cost
Morlet’s 87 case Cabernet Surprise
Luc Morlet has yet another accolade to his name, the new Linked 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon. Only 87 cases of this great wine were produced. Just around the bend from Peter Michael’s stomping grounds, this new wine is poised to become a reference point for Knights Valley. Dense, mouth‐coating flavors of dark fruits, chocolate and cassis with a decadent wood flourish to the finish. If someone could have told you about something like Peter Michael Les Pavots while you could still get it, youʹd thank them, right? Luc uses the fruit from this vineyard for his (98 point Parker rated) “Moret Mon Chevalier.” For those not familiar with Luc Morlet, he also makes the wines for Peter Michael, Vineyard 7 & 8, Cabaud, and of course his own Morlet label.
It turns out that 13 is a pretty lucky number after all. It produced an amazing Cabernet for Linked!
Linked 2013 “Estate” Cabernet Sauvignon, Knight’s Valley
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The 2013 Linked has all the hallmarks of a classic Cabernet! This vintage is deep, dark, rich and powerful. The color is dense. The opulent aromas jump out of the glass on impact. The nose is filled with essences of black currant, cassis and a whiff of clove. Each sip brings interwoven flavors of dark and bright fruits, with bursts of ripe, blackberry, Santa Rosa plum, blueberry and currant. These are layered with dusky spice notes of nutmeg and pink peppercorns, with an undertone of slight minerality. The finish is sexy, long… soft…slow! It’s a wine to fall in love with!
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Tasting Notes | Frank Melis September 28, 2017 | Comments Off on Morlet’s 87 case Cabernet Surprise
Dalla Valle, Screaming Eagle winemaker Andy Erickson’s Inaugural Release
Long before the arrival of many wineries, in the early days of Napa Valley viticulture, three brothers settled in what is now known as Coombsville; Antonio, Lorenzo, and Nicola Carbone were the first Italian immigrants to inhabit this quiet, rolling area east of the city of Napa, cultivating their first crops in 1872. They planted grapes on the hillsides, and on the farm around their homestead planted fruits and vegetables in abundance. By 1886 they had constructed at least one residence, as well as a stone cellar that still remains. The property became known as Antonio Carbone Winery and Italian Gardens.
Andy Erickson and his wife Annie Favia told me that they were incredibly lucky to have painstakingly restored the old residences, winery, orchards and gardens, and now call this home to their family and to Favia Wines. Drawing from the same vineyard blocks they have worked with for nearly fifteen years, they are honing their craft with each season, and could not be closer to the wines than they are now, living above the barrel cellar.
Carbone by Favia 2015 Proprietary Red, Napa Valley
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With a nod to the past, and with an eye toward continuing their story, they released the inaugural vintage of “Carbone” a wine that celebrates the history and promise of this property. A blend of 47% Cabernet Franc, 41% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot, and 6% Petit Verdot, the 2015 vintage is generous and layered, with notes of red raspberry, baked bread, coffee bean and freshly dug earth. The wine is immediately accessible, but also has the structure and depth to improve over many years.
Tags: 2015, Andy Erickson, Carbone, Favia, Proprietary Red
Tasting Notes | Frank Melis September 27, 2017 | Comments Off on Dalla Valle, Screaming Eagle winemaker Andy Erickson’s Inaugural Release
Pinot Noir of Month / 95 Points
Two brothers (John & Steve Dragonette) teamed up with their good buddy Brandon Sparks-Gillis to pursue their live-long dream to make wine. They gained valuable experiences at wineries like Sine Qua Non, Torbreck, Fiddlehead Cellars before they started this awesome venture. Over the past couple of years the press has been (rightfully so) generous to these three great guys. They source from some of the most sought after vineyards in Santa Barbara, Santa Rita Hills & Santa Ynez.
Dragonette 2015 Pinot Noir Radian Vineyard
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Explosive from the get-go. On the nose you’ll encounter loads of of blackberry, cherry compote and a touch of spice. The wine is medium tofull in body, lush, deep and seamless, offering bright red stone fruit and cherry-cola essences complemented by a touch of barnyard spice, giving it a Burgundian quality. VERY LIMITED
95 Points Jeb Dunnuck (Formerly with Robert Parker): “Coming from a frigidly cold site in the Sta. Rita Hills and gravelly, loamy soils, the Dragonette Pinot Noir Radian Vineyard is gorgeous. Black raspberries, dried herbs, peppery herbs and hints of leather give way to a ripe, medium-bodied, beautifully textured and seamless wine that has good acidity and light, yet present tannin. Count me as a fan and it will drink well for a decade as well.”
Tags: 2015, Dragonette, Pinot Noir, Radian Vineyard
Tasting Notes | Frank Melis September 26, 2017 | Comments Off on Pinot Noir of Month / 95 Points
10 Grape Myths and Legends
by Rupert Millar
A good story is a great aid for a winery or a region. It adds romance, it makes the place memorable and people like to remember little stories and facts to tell their friends. The wine trade has an absolutely vast repository of stories to draw on. Wine seeps through the pages of human history at every corner. Sometimes it’s integral to the moment in question, at other times it’s a bit player but it’s certainly there.
The problem is, not every story being told today about wine is true. Facts get half-forgotten and they’re confused with something else in the re-telling. It’s the same with famous movie lines.
In The Empire Strikes Back for example, Darth Vader’s immortal line to Luke Skywalker is not delivered in the way you are almost certainly imagining it. You’ve added a word that isn’t there. It’s not much but it’s an example of how something incredibly well-known and famous can be changed over time to make it not quite right. It’s the same in Casablanca where Rick never actually tells Sam to “play it again”, not like that anyway. Go and look it up if you don’t believe me.
There are all kinds of little facts and myths in the wine trade and while plenty are thoroughly charming, it doesn’t hurt to give them a debunking every once in a while.
Armed, therefore, with a copy of Wine Grapes, here are nine myths concerning famous grape varieties that aren’t true – and one that (probably) is.
1. Syrah
The myth: ‘It’s originally from Shiraz in Iran’
There are several origin myths for Syrah which suggest its home region was everywhere from Iran to Syria to Albania, Greece and even Egypt.
Possibly the most famous and enduring of all grape myths is that Syrah or Shiraz is a grape variety that originated near the ancient city of Shiraz in Iran.
This myth took off in part, no doubt, because the city of Shiraz has a well-documented and important role in the very earliest days of viticulture and produced ‘Shirazi’ wine. Not only is there evidence of winemaking in Shiraz in the early Bronze Age when it may have been a supplier to the early civilisations of Mesopotamia, as late as the 18th century, French and English travellers to the area were singing the wine’s praises.
How it made its way to the Rhône is generally attributed to Roman soldiers who perhaps picked it up during a campaign against the Persians and then took cuttings when redeployed to Gaul. Another story has it that it was the emperor Probus (more on him later) whose troops brought it into the area around 280 AD from Syracuse (see?) on their march to Lugdunum (Lyon).
Yet another theory holds that the Phoceans, the Greeks who founded Marseilles, were the ones that brought the grape with them and that it then spread due to their contact with the local Celts.
Finally, there is the tale of the variety being brought back to the Rhône by a crusader knight returning from any of the crusades that occurred between 1095 and 1291. This also ties in neatly with the legend of the chapel on top of the hill of Hermitage which was supposedly founded by a crusader called Gaspare de Sterimberg (readers will note that invading armies taking grapes back home with them is a common theme in these tales).
The truth: Exotic as these stories are there’s absolutely no concrete truth to any of them. The link with Shiraz was likely concocted by French travellers to Iran in the 17th and 18th century who were enthused by the wines of Shiraz and made up a link between those wines and the grape. The link was given greater credence when it was noted down by James Busby while he was in France finding grapes to bring back to Australia. Not that he necessarily believed it but he wrote down it was what some said and over time this has come to be seen as a stamp of authenticity.
Busby certainly referred to it as ‘Scyras’, which was used in conjunction with ‘Hermitage’ in Australia as the name for the grape before ‘Shiraz’ (which is likely a ‘strinization‘ of ‘Scyras’) came to be the accepted term.
DNA research in 1998 revealed Syrah’s parents to be Mondeuse Blanche (its mother) and Dureza (the father), both old varieties native to the modern departments of the Ain, Isère, Drôme and Haute-Savoie.
It is more likely that Syrah emerged in the Rhône at some point (and saying when is again impossible) and its ancestors, the proto-Mondeuse family, were possibly cultivated by the Celtic tribe in this area, the Allobroges and subsequently the Romans.
2. Chardonnay
The myth: ‘It was brought back from the Lebanon by crusaders’
One of the most well-known grape varieties in the world and one both lauded and vilified in equal measure.
The now oft-retold story of drinkers saying they don’t like Chardonnay but love Chablis and Champagne is perhaps the better known now but there is a hypothesis that Chardonnay originated in the Lebanon.
Obaideh is a native grape to the Middle Eastern country and there are many who say it is Chardonnay.
As with Syrah, it is sometimes argued that crusading Franks picked up a taste for the local wine on their campaigns and made sure to take some seeds or cuttings back home with them.
The truth: They didn’t. There is an, as yet, unproven link that Obaideh is related to Chardonnay but if it is then it will have been a European bringing it to the Levant and not the other way round.
Chardonnay itself has been shown to be an offspring of that famous viticultural partnership, Pinot Noir and Gouais Blanc.
The first recorded mention of it is in the late 1680s in the village of Saint-Sorlin (now La Roche-Vineuse) in southern Burgundy, where it is mentioned in various sources that the best white wine in the area is made from ‘chardonnet’.
Its final name was taken from another nearby village, Chardonnay, but the spelling did not become standard until the 20th century.
3. Pedro Ximénez
The myth: ‘It was brought back from Germany by a Spanish soldier’
The grape that makes the darkest and stickiest and sweetest of all Sherries, was originally from the Rhineland.
At least, that’s the story. In 1661 the German ampelographer Dr Sachs suggested, in a highly improbably chain of events, that the grape was originally from either the Canary Islands or Madeira, was later brought to the German Rhineland (through various unexplained reasons and adventures) and from there was picked up by a Spanish soldier or Cardinal (called ‘Ximénez’) and taken to southern Spain.
The truth: It’s an odd story and while there were a lot of Spanish in the Rhineland in the late 16th and early to mid 17th centuries where they were fighting the Dutch and Ximénez is a common name in southern Spain, none of it stacks up.
Most importantly of all, the DNA evidence places it firmly in Andalucía where one parent was very likely the table grape ‘Gibi’ – an Arabic variety probably introduced by the Moors during their long rule in Spain.
The ‘German’ story was backed up and spread by some German writers in the 19th century and they even suggested it was linked to Elbling and Riesling.
This is pure Germanic mythmaking in the very finest 19th century style. The grape may have been named after a man called Pedro Ximénez and maybe he did serve as a soldier before turning his hand to winemaking but the grape is very definitely Spanish.
For one thing, PX would never ripen in Germany particularly during the mini ice age that was experienced in the 17th century so why would any right-minded winzer be growing it there?
4. Tokay d’Alsace
The myth: ‘Pinot Gris is originally from Hungary’
This is a multi-layered myth but which essentially boils down to the argument that an Austrian general brought Pinot Gris cuttings back from Hungary to Alsace (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) and that’s how it got the name ‘Tokay d’Alsace’.
The truth: Pinot Gris has been pretty well documented from the Middle Ages. A colour mutation of Pinot Noir, it was probably referred to as ‘Fromentau’ and its home was Burgundy, although it may have spread to Switzerland and western Germany too. In fact the first reliable mention of it is 1711 when it was found in the garden of one Johann Seger Ruland in Speyer; which is why it’s still sometimes referred to as ‘Rülander’ in Germanic countries.
The legend though is that it became a favourite of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV who sent some back to Hungary in about 1375 where it was grown by Cistercians near Lake Balaton. Its Hungarian name of ‘Szürkebarát’ meaning ‘grey monk’ is used to back this hypothesis up.
A little later, in 1568, the story goes on, an Austrian noble and soldier, Lazarus von Schwendi, had the variety reintroduced to Alsace.
Appointed as the governor or constable of Tokay by the emperor Charles V, Schwendi also owned lands around Kientzheim in Alsace. This explains why Pinot Gris was given the synonym Tokay d’Alsace.
Except it almost certainly isn’t. It is far more likely that Pinot Gris was already being used to make sweet wines in Alsace by this date (as they still are today) and as Tokaji was then as it is now one of the most famous and sought after wines in the world, local vintners probably decided to cash in on the name to make their wines easier to sell (and for higher prices).
When Hungary began negotiations to join the European Union it was realised the name would have to go from Alsace due to the protected designation of origin laws the EU had introduced in 1980 and while a deadline of 2007 was set, most producers changed over to just ‘Pinot Gris’ several years before that date.
5. Gamay
The myth: ‘It was banished to Beaujolais from the Côte d’Or’
Poor Gamay, like Chardonnay another offspring of Pinot Noir and Gouais, as soon as it appeared it was damned and cursed as “disloyal” by the big bad Duke of Burgundy who banished it from the Côte d’Or, deeming it worthy only to grow in Beaujolais to the south.
The truth: Gamay did indeed appear in the Côte d’Or, probably in the 13th century though possibly as late as 1360.
Easy to grow and with a bigger crop than the finicky Pinot Noir, it quickly found a following among vine growers keen for a cash crop after years of their land being ravaged by war and plague.
The new variety was considered inferior to Pinot and the Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Bold, made great pains to see it did not supplant his preferred grape.
In order to keep the quality of Burgundian wine high he ordered Gamay to be grubbed up and called it “disloyal” (possibly meaning it was disloyal of his subjects to grow it).
So far, so close to the legend. There are important differences though and the reasons behind the duke’s actions are all laid out here.
The biggest myth is that he banished it to Beaujolais which he most explicitly did not do.
In 1395 when he issued his ban, Beaujolais was ruled by the Dukes of Bourbon, not Burgundy so it wouldn’t have crossed his mind to send it there.
As it happened his call for the extirpation of Gamay was not widely heeded. Philip sacked one mayor of Dijon for failing to enforce his wishes and the grape kept coming back as his grandson (Philip the Good) in the 15th century also ordered the “good people” of Dijon and Beaune not to plant it anymore, as did future dukes well into the 18th century.
Gamay probably didn’t become the main grape of Beaujolais until the 17th century.
6. Viognier
The myth: ‘It was introduced to the Rhône by the Romans’
Another Roman myth and, like Syrah, one with a link to that most vine-friendly of emperors, Probus.
Hailing from the province of Illyria Probus is (or rather his soldiers are) reputed to have taken the grape from the Dalmatian coast to the Rhône in the third century AD; sometimes it’s on the same trip as Syrah, which in that particular alternate universe is coming up from Syracuse.
Another entertaining tale says it was being taken up-river to Beaujolais when the boat the cuttings were on was captured by pirates who were based in Condrieu. Neat!
The truth: And all untrue. Once again there is absolutely no genetic link to any plant material currently grown in Croatia and every other link possible to grapes that have likely been growing in the Rhône for many hundreds if not thousands of years.
A link has been established with Mondeuse Blanche but whether it’s a parent or an offspring of that variety is unclear. As such it is either a grandparent or half sibling to Syrah.
7. Falanghina Flegrea
The myth: ‘It was the grape “Falernian” wine was made from’
Falernian wine was the most famous in all of ancient Rome. Made from vines grown on Mount Falernus on the border of Latium and Camapania, Falernian is mentioned by Roman writers and poets from Horace to Varro, Galen and Pliny the Elder, the latter also mentioning that the 121 BC vintage was served to Julius Caesar in 60 BC and the grape behind it all was Falanghina.
The truth: Falanghina is certainly a very old variety and possibly was brought to Italy by Greek colonists in the seventh century BC.
Again, there is no current link known between it and any modern Greek varieties and the Greeks did call Italy, ‘Enotria’ because of the abundance of vines they found there so perhaps it’s always been Italian.
Falernian wine was certainly among the most highly regarded wines available to the Romans and is mentioned by the great writers and was drunk by Caesar and co.
As to the claim it was Falanghina that was used to make Falernian, this likely stems from one of its synonyms, ‘Uva Falerna’.
However, there were three vineyards used by the Romans to make Falernian and there’s no record as to what grapes they used, it was probably a mix of varieties of which Falanghina may have been one.
8. Altesse
The myth: ‘It’s from Byzantium and is identical to Furmint’
A supposed eastern origin and a case of mistaken identity, it’s the stuff of penny dreadfuls and rip-roaring yarns. The signature white grape of Savoie (Savoy) so the story goes, was originally grown around Byzantium or Cyprus.
Altesse’s roots in the eastern Mediterranean normally revolve around one of two counts/dukes of Savoy.
The first is that Count Amadeus VI (pictured), who supposedly brought the variety back to his mountain domains after a campaign against the Ottomans alongside his cousin, the Byzantine emperor John V Palaiologos, in 1366-67.
Another Greek origin is suggested through Louis of Savoy, second son of Duke Louis, who married Charlotte of Cyprus in 1459.
King of Cyprus and titular King of Jerusalem and Armenian Cilicia, Louis and Charlotte were deposed in 1464, whereupon they returned to his family’s lands in Europe bringing the grape with them, presumably because it had been the source of their favourite wine.
Its connection, through either figure, with the ruling house of Savoy and the fact it had ducal favour and graced their tables, thus gave rise to its name ‘Altesse’, which means ‘highness’.
Another theory is that it is identical to Furmint and has been masquerading under another name for centuries. The popularity of Furmint and Tokaji in royal courts across Europe caused it to be given the synonym ‘Altesse’ as a result.
The truth: Although for many years ampelographers were fairly open to the idea that Altesse may have an eastern origin, there have always been doubts as well.
The Marquis Costa de Beauregard, writing in 1774, puts the case for Altesse being brought back from Cyprus by Louis and Charlotte but he horribly mangles the family genealogy.
To begin with, he states that, “it is known that Louis II, Duke of Savoy, succeeded Amadeus IV.”
He didn’t, however. There has only been one Duke Louis of Savoy and he ruled from 1434-65 and his father was Amadeus VIII.
Amadeus IV ruled from 1233-53, before the rule of Amadeus VI in 1343-83 even, so for him to have been Louis’s father would be a miraculous turn of events. Perhaps the Marquis confused his Amadeii?
The Greek link was dealt a fatal blow in more recent years by genetic studies which showed it is very close to Chasselas which is known to have originated around Lake Geneva.
Modern DNA techniques have thoroughly disproved Altesse is related to Furmint in any way and even the etymology of the name has changed through further study. The accepted root now is that Altesse probably originates from the name local name for terraces where the grape has long been grown.
Altesse is a native Savoyard.
9. Furmint
The myth: ‘Furmint is from Italy’
Furmint’s confusion with Altesse was covered in the previous slide but there have also been persistent legends about it having an Italian origin.
Like all good legends there is never one concrete story but the two most plausible centre around the Middle Ages.
In the first instance it is suggested that Italian monks invited in by Stephen II in the 12th century brought the grape with them, likely for use in the Eucharist and/or to provide wine for their new monastic community.
Another story from around 1250 says that, following the devastation of Hungary by the Mongols, King Béla IV called for foreign workers, particularly those with viticultural knowledge, and many people from the town of Formia in Lazio answered the call, bringing their local grapes with them.
The rather taller tale concerns an Italian soldier during the Seven Years War (1756-63) called Forment. Apparently so-called after the Italian for wheat (‘fromento’) because of his reddish-blond beard, Forment distinguished himself during the war and was made Count Formentin and given land in Tokay by a grateful Empress Maria Theresa. Whereupon, of course, he swiftly introduced Furmint from his homeland of Friuli.
The Italian connection is sometimes supported by the idea that its name derives from ‘fiore dei monti’ (flower of the mountains).
The truth: Although one of Furmint’s parents is Gouais Blanc (making it a half-sibling of Chardonnay, Gamay and Riesling among others), Furmint is very solidly Hungarian.
Appealing as the picaresque tale of the Count of Formentin is, we have documentary evidence of Furmint being grown in Hungary a good 200 years before the outbreak of the Seven Years War.
The earlier Italian connections are also, at most, highly improbable. To begin with Furmint has never been observed or documented in Italy.
Secondly, Furmint has no genetic link to any other grape variety being grown in the Italian peninsula today.
One might argue that the missing link was lost to us forever due to phylloxera and it’s ‘possible’ but given the huge number of grape varieties that still exist in Italy, the fact Furmint can’t be linked to any of them makes the hypothesis highly suspect.
10. And the one that is likely to be true? – Merlot
The myth: ‘Merlot means “blackbird” in French’
People have always thought up stories for how plants and animals got their names, how the leopard got is spots and so on. The folklore in southwestern France is that Merlot got its name from the blackbird.
Not only is it the bird called ‘merle‘ in French, the black grapes of the vine match the blackbird’s plumage and the animal has a particular fondness for the fruit.
The truth: Although blackbirds may not be the greatest scourge known to Merlot-growers, the etymology of its name is, in all likelihood, true.
The earliest mention of Merlot in Libourne is dated to 1783-4 where it is described as making, “a black and excellent wine”. A further treatise on the grape in 1824 introduces the modern spelling and explains: “The name merlot was given to this variety because the blackbird likes this grape very much.”
The link is made all the stronger because although the French for blackbird is already a very close fit, in the local Occitan dialect its name is ‘merlau‘, which is even closer as you’ll no doubt agree.
Stories like these have always been an important part of the human experience and have shaped the world we live in. Next time you are in San Francisco, be sure to drop by our showroom at 2337 Ocean Avenue and let’s swap tales of Napa Wine! Or, if you can’t make it in, give me a call or shoot me an email!
Tasting Notes | Frank Melis September 24, 2017 | Comments Off on 10 Grape Myths and Legends
OLDIE, BUT GOODIE ZIN
Dino Amantite and his mother Norma Pagani Amantite are the devoted caretakers of this iconic and hallowed ground in Sonoma at Dunbar Road and Highway 12 that has been in their family for over a century.
The Pagani Ranch (Sooma) was planted originally in the 1880’s then added to in the 1920’s by Felice Pagani, most of the original vines still produce beautiful fruit. Much of it is field-blended: Zinfandel, Alicante, Lenoir, Petite Sirah, Grand Noir and numerous others -like a big old salad of many heritage varieties, if you will.
Biale 2015 Zinfandel Pagani Ranch, Sonoma
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Winemaker notes: “Blackberry, blueberry, ripe plum, apricot, fig, baking spices, cola, graham cracker and toasted vanilla oak. An integrated package of fat tannins and pleasing taut acidity.”
Vintage Notes: Early harvest yields high quality wine grape crop. In spite of dry conditions, vintners are using words like “quality,” “complexity”, “ageability”, and “excellent” to describe their expectations for the 2015 vintage in Napa Valley. Harvest started and ended with record early dates.
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Tasting Notes | Frank Melis September 23, 2017 | Comments Off on OLDIE, BUT GOODIE ZIN
Under $50.00 Cab Franc that will WOW YOU both on the palate as well as your wallet!
After graduating from college in Vermont, winemaker, owner and native New Englander Ian Brand found a job on the Alaskan Peninsula leading groups of tourists to see grizzly bears in the wild. He continued his adventures for five years, ski-bumming, surf-bumming, doing wildlife surveys in the canyons of Utah, and joining the Peace Corps in Ecuador, eventually ending up broke and homeless in Santa Cruz. He felt lucky to find a job at the Bonny Doon Vineyard, where his first harvest hooked him on winemaking. He joined Big Basin Vineyards, an acclaimed Santa Cruz Mountains producer, as vineyard manager and assistant winemaker for four years. In 2008, he and his wife Heather decided to move to Monterey County and strike out on their own – And the rest…. is history!
Bates Ranch is located in the extreme southeastern end of the Santa Cruz Mountains appellation. I-Brand receives the fruit from half of a small block of Cabernet Franc planted in 1978. Soils in this section of vineyard are the red Franciscan series of volcanic influenced sedimentary rocks that runs along the eastern side of the Santa Cruz Mountains. So almost 40 year old vines!
I-Brand 2015 Cabernet Franc “Bates Ranch” Santa Cruz Mountains
A lot of people don’t know Cab Franc, and take it for granted. For most it is just another blending grape, but once you get hooked – you’ll see the real inside! The 2015 I-Brand Cabernet Franc shows a gorgeous aroma that jump out of the glass on impact. The wine is medium to full in body with a silky smoothness as well as luscious feel. The wine is elegant with ripe forward fruit flavors, a slight undertone of sage, balanced with good acid (not overwhelming at all) and beautiful red-and black stone fruits. I highly recommend decanting this youngster for 60-90 minutes before serving. Only 4 barrels (94 cases) produced!
Also check out their “Monte Bello” I-Brand 2014 Cabernet “Monte Bello” Santa Cruz Mountains
Napa Valley has become synonymous with great California Cabernet Sauvignon. But I’d argue that the state’s greatest and most distinctive cab is not all from Napa, but from a special ridge high in the Santa Cruz Mountains from a vineyard called Monte Bello. As you know Ridge Winery has been working with this vineyard for almost 50 years. I-Brand got their hands on a small parcel (211 cases produced), and it is a real jewel!
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Tasting Notes | Frank Melis September 22, 2017 | Comments Off on Under $50.00 Cab Franc that will WOW YOU both on the palate as well as your wallet!
Premiere Release 85 case Jeff Pisoni Pinot sensation
This 85 case production, 4 barrels is a new road the Luli folks (Sara & Gary Pisoni) have taken. Working with a single vineyard (Highlands Ranch), instead of a blend of various SLH vineyards. This Innaugural release will wow you, both on the palate as well as the wallet!
Luli is a partnership formed by Sara Floyd and the Pisoni Family. Sara Floyd is a Master Sommelier with many years of food and wine experience. The Pisoni Family is known for their eponymous vineyard in the Santa Lucia Highlands and for Pisoni Estate and Lucia wines.
Nestled against the foothills in the heart of the Santa Lucia Highlands, Highlands Ranch is in the direct path of heavy summer fog and wind, which funnels in from nearby Monterey Bay. This allows for a cool, slow-ripening season. Sandy-loam soils provide excellent drainage.
Luli 2015 Pinot Noir “Highlands Ranch” Santa Lucia Highlands
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Jeff Pisoni winemaker says: “Soft aromatics of bing cherry and rose petals lead off this supple, alluring wine. Floral notes continue to evolve on the mouthfeel, with raspberries and hints of baking spices. A graceful texture showcases the cool, fog-blanketed growing conditions. Lingering tannins are layered and create a soft, satisfying finish. This is a truly romantic wine.”
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Tasting Notes | Frank Melis September 20, 2017 | Comments Off on Premiere Release 85 case Jeff Pisoni Pinot sensation
KNOCKOUT UNDER $40.00 NAPA CAB
The latest release of Fisticuffs will really knock your socks off! Fisticuffs’ vision is to produce the highest quality wine while keeping price well managed – in essence, to over deliver, Knock you out. Rob Lawson has been making stunning wines under various “cult” Cabernet labels such as Ghostblock, Mirror, Pahlmeyer and Kapcsandy for many years and did not skip a beat with the stunning 2015 vintage. For those who dream of big and expensive Cabernets and don’t want to pay the big bucks… I have got news for you! This is a wine that tastes a lot more expensive than its price point! This wine is “the” real deal! A knockout value.
Fisticuffs 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
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The 2015 Fisticuffs is a classic Napa Valley Cabernet . This “value” Cab offers up aromas of dark chocolate, black cherry, cedar, and rose complement a mouth coating palate of vine ripened blackberry and baked raspberry. The tannins are modestly firm yet subtle and expansive, and slowly yield to mocha and candied pecans on the silky finish. This wine over delivers for its price point! This is low $30’s wine that tastes like $60!
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Tasting Notes | Frank Melis September 19, 2017 | Comments Off on KNOCKOUT UNDER $40.00 NAPA CAB
Seismic shifts: Wines on fault lines
By Elin McCoy
Can the complex topography created by faults in the earth’s crust really make a difference to a vineyard’s terroir – and its wines? Elin McCoy speaks to geologists and winemakers to find out…
Rhys Vineyards has plots either side of the San Andreas Fault, some just 300m apart, which have different soils and taste profiles
As I take in the sweeping vista of Santa Cruz’s mountain ridges from Rhys Vineyards’ Alpine Vineyard, owner Kevin Harvey explains the complex geology beneath our feet. Below us, California’s infamous San Andreas Fault is slowly, inexorably, grinding away.
I can’t help picturing a massive earthquake creating a vast chasm that will swallow up the vines – and maybe us too. Which gets me to wondering why so many vineyards around the world, from California to New Zealand, have been planted in geological fault zones.
Harvey, a venture capitalist who fell in love with Pinot Noir, spent more than a decade hunting for unique rocky sites where he thought the variety would shine. He wasn’t looking for land near a fault line, but says, ‘Soils near fault zones are often more diverse. They allow drastic differences in rocks and dirt to be located close to each other.’
Two of Rhys’s seven vineyards are only 300m apart, one on either side of the fault, but they have completely different soils. The wines from them taste completely different, too.
The San Andreas Fault bisects the Santa Cruz Mountain appellation, but also runs north to the West Sonoma Coast, where its actions created an equally tormented geologic jumble and shaped the ridge on which David Hirsch began planting his Hirsch Vineyards in 1980. He bought the land because he thought its proximity to the Pacific Ocean was key. But now he likes to say, ‘the San Andreas Fault defines our wines’.
Understanding fault lines
Think of a fault as a fracture in the earth along which rocks have been moved to one side or the other. According to the theory of plate tectonics, a jigsaw puzzle of huge plates of the earth’s crust float on top of a molten rock core. When the Pacific and North American plates crush against each other as they slide sideways, the movement creates zones of broken rock. The 1,000km-long San Andreas Fault is the boundary between the plates – and it’s where earthquakes occur that change the surface of the land.
Not all faults are alike. They can be short or long, wide or narrow, active or inactive. ‘One thing faults do is create complex topography,’ says retired Stanford University geologist David Howell, who is working to unravel the geological mysteries of Bill Harlan’s new Napa Valley Promontory Estate project. ‘Without earthquakes there would be no Napa Valley. Without faults, the Santa Cruz Mountains might look like the flat prairies of Nebraska.’
Professor Alex Maltman of Aberystwyth University, who is writing a book on vineyards and geology, points out that faults not only juxtapose different kinds of bedrock, they affect ground water flow, form valleys, cause erosion and escarpments and more. Indirectly all this may help form sites with exposures and microclimates ideal for grape growing and influences the way vineyards are planted.
An aerial view that clearly shows the San Andreas Fault. It bisects the Santa Cruz Mountain AVA, home to producers such as Rhys Vineyards and Hirsch Vineyards
But the patchwork of soils and crushed rocks from different eras that faults create may be the most important. Long ago, a New Zealand winemaker told me that he thought all the world’s great vineyards lay next to fault lines. And when you start checking the geology of various regions, it’s easy to be persuaded that he’s right.
Faults underlie Marlborough, Hawke’s Bay and Martinborough in New Zealand; Alsace, Burgundy, Gigondas and Jura in France; Heathcote and McLaren Vale in Australia, parts of Italy, southern Oregon, and many more global wine spots. Plenty of winemakers are convinced their effect on terroir has an effect on the wines.
In Alsace, for example, two main northsouth fault lines criss-crossed by smaller ones created bedrock that’s a mosaic of cracks and disruptions. The resulting patches of highly distinctive soils packed into a small area may be the reason for differences in taste and character among the 51 grands crus. The volcanic soil in the famous Rangen vineyard, right next to one main fault line, is rich in minerals found in very few of France’s vineyards. Not surprisingly, all of the old vineyard roads follow the fault lines.
An eruption on the Nîmes fault in Gigondas pushed up limestone slabs (very rare in the Rhône Valley) to high elevations, and those terraces are where the best Grenache wines, with richness and freshness, come from.
In southern Oregon, terrain variation in the Fault Line Vineyard at Abacela winery in the Umpqua Valley, named for the fault that runs diagonally through the property, allows owner Earl Jones to grow a number of different grapes. On one side of the fault are 20 millionyear- old cobblestones, and on the other rocks that are 10 times older; harvest dates between the two differ by two weeks.
Nowhere have faults created more named bits of earth than in Burgundy’s Côte d’Or. James Wilson, author of Terroir, points out that all the grand cru vineyards are on the upslope of the fault line, where activity aeons ago threw up the limestone that’s made the vineyards famous.
Workers move fallen wine barrels at Saintsbury Winery in Carneros following the 2014 earthquake that shook southern Napa
Planting on an active fault line has risks, and consequences can be dire. South of San Francisco, the San Andreas Fault runs directly under Cienega Valley Vineyards’ winery. As the plates move 1.3cm a year, the fault is slowly tearing the building apart.
Napa’s 2014 earthquake destroyed old vintages in Saintsbury’s winery in Carneros and left a scar slicing through the vineyard. Three years ago, a New Zealand quake caused crashing tanks in wineries in Marlborough’s Awatare Valley, and in the huge Chilean earthquake of 2010 some small wineries in Maule lost half of their stock.
But can vines planted on fault lines or in fault zones really convey some kind of special earthy, mineral character to the resulting wines? While some winemakers say yes, geologists scoff at the idea.
Jean Trimbach, whose family owns Maison Trimbach in Alsace, assured me at a tasting in New York of his greatest Rieslings that the fault line in Ribeauvillé, around which his vineyards are clustered, contributes energy, complexity and minerality to his wines. ‘The terroir there is very different from other soils in Alsace,’ he says. ‘The limestone gives the acidity that accounts for our steely style.’ His newest bottling is from the Geisberg grand cru, which lies on the fault line.
Ribeauvillé in Alsace where Trimbach Rieslings, including its wine from the Geisberg grand cru, are made around the fault line
Hirsch believes the soil complexity and diversity in his vineyard, caused by the San Andreas Fault, imparts a broader palette of flavours to his wines. He’s sub-divided the site into 60 blocks and admits that when he’s in a mystical mood, he speculates about the wines having an energetic aspect that he connects to the fault. ‘I fantasise about the heat and pressure in the earth,’ he says. ‘I imagine a lot of energy and dynamism coming through.’
The idea of emanations from deep inside the earth showing up in the glass is a seductive vision, even if geologists roll their eyes and call it a geological fantasy. ‘There’s nothing mystical about a fault,’ Maltman writes tersely in an email to me. ‘No vortexes or mysterious energies.’
No science correlates complexity of a vineyard with complexity in its wines. The relationship between geology and the taste of wine is still poorly understood.
Structural geologist Kevin Pogue at Whitman College did suggest a possible reason for wine taste differences. ‘If a large fault pulverised rocks, it would be easier for water to penetrate and leach out various chemical nutrients, which vine roots could absorb.’
There’s no scientific evidence, really, that fault-line vineyards directly affect the aroma and taste of their wines. But, glass in hand, I keep thinking of the wonderfully earthy character of Rhys Vineyards’ Pinots and all those wine regions formed by faults.
Awarded journalist and author Elin McCoy writes for a variety of publications, including Bloomberg News. For more tips and information on wine grown in and around California’s fault zones, please don’t hesitate to give us a call at 415-337-4083 or email frank@GoldenGateWineCellars.com!
Articles | Frank Melis September 17, 2017 | Comments Off on Seismic shifts: Wines on fault lines
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Game Review: PWNs, A Game of Strategic Mayhem
July 25, 2017 / Dave Taylor / Board Game Reviews / No Comments
Remember shoving matches on the playground back in elementary school? They never seemed to devolve to actual punching or violence, just kids shoving and trying to show who’s tougher. Now, imagine that you can capture that in a board game that’s goofy fun and silly both, and you’ve got the basic concept behind PWNs: A Game of Strategic Mayhem. (pronounce it “pones”). Well, sort of. Because in PWNs you actually are trying to K.O. all the kids on your opponents gangs, to be the last kids standing in the playground!
In terms of the game, there’s good news and bad news. What do you want first? Good news? Okay, once we figured out to play, it was pretty amusing fun, though you really can’t play without attacking everyone else, so this might not be an entirely family-friendly game in that regard.
The bad news? The rules were too darn confusing and we spent way too much time in our first play-thru referring back to the rules to figure out nuances. Part of the problem is that game designer Ryan Boyle really wanted to have a “one page rules” that ends up rather shortchanging important aspects of the game. PWNs would also benefit from a common element of modern rules: A setup illustration with detailed explanation of all the elements. For example, we had to guess how many cards to start out with (5) based on the fact that you pick cards to always have that many in your hand.
But let’s get into the game first…
The artwork and design definitely takes a lot of inspiration from South Park, as you can see in this close-up of some of my team:
Notice that there are different terrain tiles that the kids are standing on: brown is dirt, green is grass, yellow is dry grass (more of a fire danger!) and blue is water (these kids can’t swim). Each team is comprised of four kids, each of whom has their own particular skills. Here are the associated cards:
Notice each has four health total and that Butch has already been injured (his health marker is on slot 3). Once they run out of health points, well, they’re knocked out and out of the game. Each character also has one or two abilities: The first is randomly chosen (though inclusion of a bag to keep all the ability tokens in for an actual random pick would be a nice upgrade) and the second you get by K.O.’ing an opponent, at which point you can steal their ability if you choose. Butch has sneakers which gives him an extra move, Mr. Decaf has a grenade which makes him a marksman, able to have any ranged attack go 1 square further, and Selfie has the boxing glove, which makes all his combat attack cards do one additional damage.
Not quite like the playground back in 3rd grade after all, is it? 🙂
Play involves moving your characters around and playing attacks and terrain changing cards. Here’s my initial hand:
Close examination reveals that I have a health card (helps one of my characters gain health points), two React cards to offset attacks from other players, and two Attack cards that let me go after someone else. Without any cards, though, the characters can simply slam into each other: a collision causes both kids to lose one HP, so you can play this as a simple war of attrition (though the cards are way more fun than that).
There are various Elemental cards that let you, for example, turn all water tiles into ice, along with Attack cards that let you set a tile on fire (if it’s not dirt or water, of course), flood a water tile so that every adjacent tile temporarily turns to water too, etc. Confusingly, some changes last the rest of the game, while others last a single round of play, something that proves hard to keep track of in the midst of the mayhem.
Push a character off the board and they’re K.O.’d and out of the game, as shown here:
This attack card affects everyone within one tile, pushing them 1 square further away. In the case of Queasy, above, that meant he fell out of the playing area and was knocked out. Score one for green!
Here’s an overview of our three-player game in progress:
Blue is doing the best, with all four of his characters still in play. Red is down one and green has two players already knocked out. Note: Green started out ‘between’ Red and Blue in this three player game so was definitely at a tactical disadvantage right from the get-go. Darn punk kids!
You can see that there was a very disappointing lack of fire tiles in play, though the pond nearest the camera had flooded, creating a nine-tile lake (and causing any characters in the flooded tiles to lose HP, of course). Fire is interesting because of how it spreads, we all agreed we wanted more of it in the game!
Even the Reference Card wasn’t without hiccups and confusion. Phase 2, for example, says “Play any red attack card or blue elemental card”, but it would be much more clear if it said “play a red attack card or blue elemental card” to avoid any possible confusion over whether you can play more than one in this phase. The Draw phase is similarly awkward grammatically: “Everyone draws to get up to five cards in your hand.” Except I think this would be far clearer if it referred to each player’s hand: “Every draws to get up to five cards in their hand.”
Ultimately, I’ll give PWNs: A Game of Strategic Mayhem a thumbs up, because the problems we encountered can easily be remedied by creating a new rule book. This is a straightforward game, I’d really like to see rules that are less focused on saving space (the type is a bit small!) and more oriented around getting players up and running quickly.
PWNs: A Game of Strategic Mayhem, $29.99 from Awry Games.
Disclosure: Awry Games sent us a copy of PWNs for the purpose of this review.
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Laura Smet heroine of “La Garçonne” : trailer of the series highly anticipated
In a few weeks, France 2 will have a new original creation to its viewers, The Garçonne. At the heart of this historic series which results in the Paris of the roaring twenties, Laura Smet. The Boyish, directed by Paolo Barzman, sign the great return of the daughter of Nathalie Baye and Johnny Hallyday on the small screen, after its passage noticed in the series Captain Marleau.
If no start date for broadcast has not yet been communicated by France Télévisions, it is with pride not hidden that Laura Smet has unveiled the trailer for La Garçonne. The actress, 36 years old, pregnant with her first child, shared the video and his impatience on his account Instagram. “Looking forward to make you discover the mini-series La Garçonne for France 2 @paolobarzman @motherproduction with @gregory_fitoussi @tomhygreck @deborahgrall @lillyfleur @aurelien.recoing @foedamara @clement0bert #serie”
In The Boyish – co-produced by Mother production (Ten percent) and Gedesel productions, with the participation of France Télévisions, and created by Dominique Lancelot, to whom we owe already Section de Recherches (TF1) -, Laura Smet embody the character of Louise Keriac. This young woman is a witness to the murder of a loved one, committed by agents of the State, and it must disappear in order to avoid the worst. Convinced that it is within the police that she will find out the best way to exculpate themselves, it twists and takes on the identity of his twin brother, broken by the war, to return to the Criminal in his place. She will also find herself face to face with the dark side of his brother during an investigation into the disappearance of young models who posed for the painters of Montparnasse… The war was she able to make the monster as perverse as the evidence seem to indicate ?
In this mini-series is already eagerly awaited, Laura Smet is accompanied by Grégory Fitoussi. The actor, 43-year-old embodies Novel Ketoff, a journalist, a maverick, who does not leave indifferent, at the risk of compromising its coverage. The cast of La Garçonne is completed by Tom Hygreck, Clément Aubert, Aurélien Recoing, Lilly-Flower Pins, Jérôme Deschamps, Noémie Kocher, as well as Aladin Reibel.
The shooting of The Hairstyle dates back to several months previously and, at the time, Laura Smet had shared several images of a project which is very close to my heart.
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Home » Latest News » HDOT News Release: Outbound lanes of Airport Access Road at Kahului Airport to open on Monday, October 15
HDOT News Release: Outbound lanes of Airport Access Road at Kahului Airport to open on Monday, October 15
Posted on Oct 12, 2018 in Latest News
KAHULUI – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces the permanent opening of the outbound lanes (lanes exiting the airport) on Airport Access Road at Kahului Airport. The opening will occur at 7 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018.
The lanes that will be opening are located on Airport Access Road, adjacent to the west side of the future Consolidated Rent-A-Car (Conrac). During this time, the connector road from Aalele Street to Airport Access Road (Lanui Loop) will be closed.
Signage will instruct motorists to remain on Airport Access Road to exit the airport area toward Hana Highway.
The majority of Airport Access Road was opened in July 2016 and connects Hana Highway to Lanui Loop to promote the efficiency and flow of traffic. Following the opening, a portion of the outbound Airport Access Road remained closed to serve as an equipment staging area used for the construction of the Conrac. Traffic has been diverted around the closure via Keolani Place and Aalele Street to return to Airport Access Road using the connector road.
The maps below show various traffic patterns entering and exiting the Kahului Airport area and the closure of the connector road from Aalele Street to Airport Access Road. The first map also shows the portion of roadway that will open on Monday.
More information on the opening of Airport Access Road in 2016 can be found here.
More information on the Kahului Airport Conrac project can be found here.
Access to airport from car rental offices
Access to airport from Haleakala Highway
Access to airport from Keolani Place
Exiting airport to outbound Airport Access Road
Exiting airport to Dairy Road and Aalele Street
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Keurig model k70 parts,The Taiping Rebellion was a civil war with great religious and social connotations, which occurred in China between the years 1850 and 1864, in which the imperial forces of the Qing Dynasty and the Heavenly Kingdom of the Great Peace faced each other. ,Mar 10, 2016 · Taiping Rebellion. Period – 1850 to 1864. Location – China. Deaths – 20 million to 100 million. Members – Qing dynasty and the Heavenly Kingdom of Peace, a ...
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Mar 18, 2017 · The leader of this rebellion was a Christian leader, Hung Xiuguan. He claimed to have the responsibility of destroying the Qing Dynasty, a responsibility given to him by God. Hung Xiuguan and his rebels captured Nanjing and Hung Xiuguan renamed it Taiping Tien-Kuo or The Heavenly Dynasty of Perfect Peace.
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Taiping Rebellion, 1850-64, revolt against the Ch'ing (Manchu) dynasty of China. It was led by Hung Hsiu-ch'üan, a visionary from Guangdong who evolved a political creed and messianic religious...
Howmet stockSep 29, 2012 · The 3 rd battle of Nanjing was the decisive engagement of the Taiping Rebellion, which raged across southern China from 1850 to 1864, the latter stages occurring at the same time as American Civil War. About 1,000,000 government troops, loyal to the ruling Qing dynasty, fought about 500,000 well-armed Taiping rebels. ,The Taiping Rebellion was a massive civil war in southern China from 1853 to 1864, against the ruling Manchu-led Qing Dynasty. It was a millenarian movement led by Hong Xiuquan, who announced that he had received visions in which he learned that he was the younger brother of Jesus. At least 20 million people died, mainly civilians, in one of the deadliest military conflicts in history. Hong ...
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The Taiping Rebellion and consequent civil war took place in China between 1850 and 1864. It is believed to have been the most destructive civil war in history, causing up to 25 million deaths. By the mid 19th century the Qing dynasty was facing severe internal and external pressure.
Lg v60 sidelight colorThe Taiping Rebellion was one of the worlds bloodiest civil wars and the greatest armed conflict before the twentieth century. The results of the Taiping Rebellion included 20 to 30 million deaths, depopulation and destruction of rich agricultural lands in central and eastern China, and suffering and destruction in the cities and cultural ...
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The American Civil War (1861-1865) is etched in our memory for many reasons. This battle led to the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives as a result of a direct conflict between the Northern and the Southern states of the United States of America.
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The Taiping Rebellion was an unfinished revolution Lau Guan Kim Updated: 2004-09-03 10:12. The Taiping Rebellion, from the perception of its leader, could erroneously be regarded as a cult movement.
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Books: 1) The Boxer Rebellion by Diana Preston; 2). Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War by Stephen R. Platt (Alfred A. Knopf, 2012). Platt is an associate professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
1991 ford 7.3 glow plug wiring harnessEmpress Dowager Cixi (Manchu: ᡥᡳᠶᠣᠣᡧᡠᠩᡤᠠ ᡤᡳᠩᡤᡠᠵᡳ ᡳᠯᡝᡨᡠ ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡥᡝᠣ; Möllendorff: hiyoošungga gingguji iletu hūwangheo, Chinese: 慈禧太后; pinyin: Cíxī Tàihòu [tsʰɨ̌.ɕì tʰâi.xôu]; 29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908), of the Manchu Yehe Nara clan, was a Chinese empress dowager and regent who was the de facto ... ,Taiping Rebellion definición: a movement of religious mysticism and agrarian unrest in China between 1850 and 1864... | Significado, pronunciación, traducciones y ejemplos.,See full list on maoist.wikia.org
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The Taiping Rebellion, which is also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a massive rebellion or civil war that was waged in China from 1850 to 1864 between the established...
Bmw 2774 engine cut off timeMar 28, 2020 · Taiping Rebellion, radical political and religious upheaval that was probably the most important event in China in the 19th century. It lasted for some 14 years (1850–64), ravaged 17 provinces, took an estimated 20 million lives, and irrevocably altered the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12). Who won the Taiping Rebellion? It was led by Hong Xiuquan.
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Jan 26, 2016 · TAIPING REBELLION s Its leading figure, Xiuquan (1814-1864) proclaimed himseld younger brother of Jesus. Establish “heavenly Kigdom of Great Peace”. s Xiuquan renounced the Qing Dynasty. s Taiping officials ordered that the feet of women be unbound. Promised women and men equal shares of land.
Dreams ps4 aim trainerThe Taiping Rebellion (1850-64) in China, a peasant uprising against the Qing dynasty, killed an estimated 20 million Chinese before it was suppressed. The Taiping Rebellion affected a large area of China between 1850 and 1864, cost millions of lives, and had the potential to overthrow the Qing dynasty. ,Taiping Rebellion Rebellion against the Qing Dynasty.The Taiping rebellion which lasted from 1850 to 1864 was probably the most devasting PEASANT REVOLT in history.
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Matrix installer macTaiping Rebellion. The Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864) was the largest peasant rebellion in Chinese history and one of the bloodiest civil wars in the annals of human experience. The conflict ravaged the most cultivated parts of the Qing dynasty, encompassing eighteen of its most populous provinces, claiming the lives of at least 25 million. ,Taiping Rebellion: Selected full-text books and articles Chinese Sources for the Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 By J. C. Cheng Hong Kong University Press, 1963 Read preview Overview
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Taiping Rebellion = largest peasant revolt in history. an estimated 20 to 30 million Chinese people were killed. The Taiping Rebellion was a widespread civil war in China from 1850 to 1864.
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The Taiping Rebellion E. The Hong Kong Revolution One consequence of the humiliation at the hands of foreigners during the two opium wars was a loss of confidence in the Chinese government. The resulting disorder came to a head in Guangxi, the southernmost province of the Empire.
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Jul 03, 2019 · The new regents faced a difficult period in China's history. The country struggled to pay indemnities for the Second Opium War, and the Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864) was in full swing in the south. Breaking with Manchu tradition, the Empresses Dowager appointed competent Han Chinese generals and officials to high office in order to deal with ...
I ready math book answers 3rd gradeDec 19, 2020 · The Taiping Rebellion was led by Hong Xiuquan, who said that he was the brother of Jesus Christ. The rebellion started in Guangxi province in 1851. An army of more than ten-thousand rebels pushed Qing troops out of the town of Jintian. The Qing government tried to retake the city, but they were fought off, and Hong Xiuquan declared victory.
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17. Boardman, E. "Christian Influence upon the ideology of the Taiping Rebellion, 1851-1864." Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, (1952). p.76 18. Ian Heath and Michael, Perry. "The Taiping Rebellion 1851-1866" Osprey Press, (1994) p.17 There was an awakening for Hung in 1837 which remolded his vision.
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Taiping Rebellion The Taiping Rebellion was an immense upheaval which affected a large area of China between 1850 and 1864, cost millions of lives, and had the potential to overthrow the Qing dynasty.
Vrf wiring diagramNov 11, 2018 · The Taiping Rebellion, from 1851 to 1864, was the deadliest civil war in history. This column provides evidence that this cataclysmic event significantly shaped China’s Malthusian transition and long-term development that followed, especially in areas where the experiences that stemmed from the rebellion led to better property rights, stronger local fiscal capacity, and rule ,Which countries had spheres of influence in China in 1900? What foreign power shown on the map had access to inland China? What geographic feature made this possible? How did the events you have...
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CIVIL WAR, ECONOMIC CAUSES OF (ISSUE). The economic roots of the Civil War reach almost to the beginning of English settlement in North America.The development of an economy based on the use of slave labor to produce staple crops through a plantation system in the South and a more diverse economy in the North based on free labor set the stage for the development of two economies within one ...
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GTA Vice City is set in Vice City, Florida, in 1986, and concerns the exploits of protagonist Tommy Vercetti as he rises to become Vice City's major criminal power. The game's events follow on from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
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GTA Vice City's protagonist, Tommy Vercetti
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"Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s.
Having just made it back onto the streets of Liberty City after a long stretch in maximum security prison, Tommy Vercetti is sent to Vice City by his old boss, Sonny Forelli. They were understandably nervous about his reappearance in Liberty City, so a trip down south seemed like a good idea. But all does not go smoothly upon his arrival in the glamorous, hedonistic metropolis of Vice City. He's set up and is left with no money and no merchandise. Sonny wants his money back, but the biker gangs, Cuban gangsters, and corrupt politicians stand in his way. Most if not all of Vice City seems to want Tommy dead. His only answer is to fight back and take over the city himself."
After being released from prison, Forelli Crime Family overlord Sonny Forelli sends Tommy Vercetti to Vice City in order to gain profit off the uprising of the drug trade in the city.
After arriving in Vice City, Tommy, Harry and Lee are introduced to Ken Rosenberg who is tasked with driving them to a drug deal with the Vance brothers. But the deal is ambushed and one of the brothers along with Harry and Lee are killed and the money and cocaine are stolen.
After Tommy and Rosenberg discuss what they plan to do, Tommy calls Sonny and tells him the deal was a setup. After some hostile words, Sonny agrees to let Tommy handle the situation while Rosenberg tells Tommy about Juan Cortez, a retired colonel who helped set up the deal. After meeting him, his daughter Mercedes Cortez introduces him to the many of the more popular guests including Vice City's largest drug baron Ricardo Diaz at the party before asking him to take her to the The Pole Position Club.
Rosenberg then tells Tommy that Kent Paul may know what became of Tommy's merchandise and Paul tells Tommy that Leo Teal may know what happened. Tommy confronts Teal and beats him to death before being confronted by Lance Vance, the third survivor in the botched deal. Tommy and Lance form an alliance and vow to get the money and drugs back.
Rosenberg then introduces Tommy to Avery Carrington, a property developer. Avery gives Tommy work and in exchange offers to protect Tommy from any threats to his operation.
Tommy is then offered some work from Cortez, who has Tommy kill Gonzalez, a former right-hand who is responsible for botching the deal. Tommy kills Gonzalez and goes for more work. He runs into Lance again and the two watch over a drug deal between Diaz' Gang and the Cubans. But the Haitians ambush the deal as Tommy, Lance and Diaz are forced to fight back and afterwards Tommy is offered work from Diaz.
During his work for Diaz, Lance learns that Diaz' gang were the ones who ambushed the deal and killed their associates. Tommy however plans to gain Diaz' trust before attempting to kill him. Lance loses patience and secretly attempts to kill Diaz, but he fails and Tommy is forced to rescue him. With their cover blown, Tommy and Lance head to Diaz' mansion and kill him. With Diaz dead, Tommy is given more opportunities to take over the town.
Tommy ends up buying many businesses and expanding on his business. But Lance begins to feel under appreciated, causing a rift between him and Tommy. Meanwhile, Sonny loses patience and personally comes to Vice City to claim his money. Tommy plans ahead and attempts to give him fake money, but Lance betrays Tommy, reveals the plan to rip off Sonny and the Forellis attempt to kill him. Tommy kills Lance and then Sonny and is ultimately wounded in the chaos. Tommy then makes Rosenberg his right-hand man.
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Tommy Vercetti .... Ray Liotta
Ken Rosenberg .... William Fichtner
Sonny Forelli .... Tom Sizemore
Steve Scott .... Dennis Hopper
Avery Carrington .... Burt Reynolds
Ricardo Diaz .... Luis Guzmán
Lance Vance .... Philip Michael Thomas
Colonel Juan Cortez .... Robert Davi
Umberto Robina .... Danny Trejo
Phil Cassidy .... Gary Busey
Mitch Baker .... Lee Majors
Mercedes Cortez .... Fairuza Balk
Kent Paul .... Danny Dyer
Jezz Torrent .... Kevin McKidd
Taxi Controller .... Deborah Harry
Candy Suxxx .... Jenna Jameson
BJ Smith .... Lawrence Taylor
Auntie Poulet .... Youree Cleomili Harris
Supplier .... Armando Riesco
Cougar .... Blayne Perry
Hilary .... Charles Tucker
Congressman Alex Shrub .... Chris Lucas
Old Man Kelly .... George DiCenzo
Cam Jones .... Greg Sims
Psycho .... Hunter Platin
Maude the Ice Cream Lady .... Jane Gennaro
Jethro .... John Zurhellen
Gonsales .... Jorge Pupo
Dwayne .... Navid Khonsari
Dick .... Peter McKay
Mike the Goon .... Robert Cihra
Percy .... Russell Foreman
Setting and Influences
GTA Vice City is arguably the most heavily influenced Grand Theft Auto game, taking inspiration from a wide range of classic 1980s movies, television programmes and music.
Perhaps the closest real-life counterpart to GTA Vice City is the television series Miami Vice. Aside from the broad-ranging similarities (80's music — including new wave, hip-hop, R&B, soul, glam metal and synthesizer pop — organized crime, drug trafficking, styled cars, pastel clothes etc.), several specific references are included. For example, at a 3-star wanted level or above, the player will be chased by two undercover police officers named Cracker and Butts, who strongly resemble Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, the primary characters from the TV series. Furthermore, these officers drive a VCPD Cheetah, which is itself styled after the 1986 Ferrari Testarossa, Crockett's car in the latter three seasons of the show.
Another direct link to Miami Vice is the inclusion of "Crockett's Theme," a piece of instrumental music from the show, on the in-game radio station Emotion 98.3. Many other popular songs that were used in Miami Vice are featured on the game's radio stations, including "Self Control" by Laura Branigan, "Turn Up the Radio" by Autograph and "Missing You" by John Waite. The musical similarities extend to the background score composed specifically for the game — many cutscenes and the end credits feature ambient, synth-heavy tracks very much in the style of Jan Hammer, who provided the background music for the show, while the "Theme from Vice City" is comparable to Hammer's "Miami Vice Theme".
One of the game's primary characters, Lance Vance, is voiced by Philip Michael Thomas, who portrayed Tubbs in Miami Vice. His initial goal in the game — to avenge the death of his brother in a drug deal gone wrong — mirrors Tubbs' objective in the show's pilot episode. Several vehicles and weapons in Vice City are also taken from the TV series, including the Squalo (Sonny Crockett's speedboat), the Stinger (Crockett's Ferrari Daytona, his car for the first two seasons, the Marquis (Crockett's sailing yacht), the Infernus, the Katana (featured during the climax of the episode "Bushido"), the Stubby Shotgun (Tubbs' signature weapon in the later seasons of the show) and the MAC-10 (a weapon smuggled in the episode "Evan").
Two of the antagonists of the game share their first names with the two main characters of Miami Vice. Ricardo Diaz who was responsible for the botched the drug deal shares his first name with Ricardo Tubbs and Sonny Forelli who was responsible for setting Tommy up and making him serve 15 years in prison shares his first name with Sonny Crockett.
The screen capture from Miami Vice (top), and as it appears during the introduction to Vice City (bottom)
Other more subtle references to Miami Vice appear in the game. For example, during the opening credits sequence, one of the stylized images that appears framing the in-game footage is actually a screenshot from the episode "Bought and Paid For", showing Nico Arroyo's Lamborghini Countach being chased by Crockett's Daytona. The attire worn by the Cuban and Haitian gangs in the game is taken from two prominent extras in a scene at Miami International Airport in the pilot episode of the show. Also, the game's Hidden Packages, small green "tiki statues" packed with cocaine, are a reference to the episode "Milk Run", in which cocaine is smuggled in an identical fashion.
Another significant influence on GTA Vice City is the 1983 film Scarface, starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana. Several in-game locations, such as the mansion that becomes the Vercetti Estate and the Malibu Club, are obviously styled after locations featured in the movie. Elsewhere in the city, there is a hidden apartment containing a chainsaw within a blood-stained bathroom, a nod to Scarface's infamous chainsaw dismemberment scene. The game's final mission mirrors the end of the movie; in both instances, the main character is assaulted by an army of Sosa’s goons at their mansion leading to a large shootout (although Tommy survives, whereas Montana does not). The "Mr. Vercetti" outfit available from the The Pole Position Club strongly resembles an outfit worn by Tony Montana, and even Tommy Vercetti himself takes many character traits from Al Pacino's character, specifically his short temper, his heavy dealings in the cocaine trade and his desire to rise to the top.
It is also worth noting that the radio station Flashback FM from Grand Theft Auto III exclusively features songs written for the Scarface soundtrack; the developers acknowledged the film as being a major influence on the overall rise-to-criminal-power theme of that game, and the soundtrack was included as an homage.
Other references and influences on Vice City include:
Carlito's Way — Ken Rosenberg, Tommy Vercetti's lawyer and adviser, is modelled after Sean Penn's lawyer character from the movie, both in terms of physical appearance and personality.
To Live and Die in L.A. — Later in the game there is a money counterfeiting scheme based on the movie. A song from the movie's soundtrack ("Dance Hall Days" by Wang Chung) is also included on the in-game radio.
Red Dawn — The 1984 movie about a fictional Soviet invasion of the United States is labelled a "documentary" in an Ammu-Nation radio advertisement, parodying American attitudes towards communism in the 1980s.
Rambo: First Blood Part II — The fictitious film Exploder: Evacuator Part II, an advertisement for which is heard on the in-game radio, is an obvious play on the 1985 First Blood sequel's convoluted title.
Village People — A builder, a police officer, a soldier, a firefighter and a biker can be seen dancing on stage in the Malibu Club.
Cars associated with 1980s pop culture — Many of the game's vehicles are reproductions of popular/famous vehicles from the time, such as the Deluxo, which is a nod to the DeLorean DMC-12 from Back to the Future, and the Burrito, a reference to the A-Team's van.
Pablo Escobar — The city's airport is named after the notorious Colombian drug dealer.
Hair Metal — As well as the rock/metal station V-Rock, the fictitious band Love Fist parody several clichés of glam metal bands in the 1980s, such as Spinal Tap and Mötley Crüe.
100% Completion in GTA Vice City
Locations in GTA Vice City
Safehouses in GTA Vice City
Assets in GTA Vice City
Businesses in GTA Vice City
Gangs in GTA Vice City
Secrets and Easter Eggs in GTA Vice City
Cheats in GTA Vice City
Trophies in GTA Vice City
GameSpot rated the game 9.6/10, giving it an Editor's Choice award. Its record was surpassed by its successor Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Awards GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002 Best Music on PlayStation 2,[13] Best Action Adventure Game on PlayStation 2,[14] Game of the Year on PlayStation 2[15] IGN's Best of 2002 Best Adventure Game for PlayStation 2 (Editor's Choice and Reader's Choice),[16] Special Achievement for Sound (Reader's Choice),[17] Best Game of the Year for PlayStation 2 (Editor's Choice and Reader's Choice)[18] BAFTA Video Games Awards Best Design, Best PC Game, Best Action Game, Sunday Times Reader Award for Games, Best PlayStation 2 Game, Best Sound.
Despite near-universal acclaim, GTA Vice City was voted "Most degrading Video Game to women" a few months after its release.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 10th Anniversary Edition was announced by Rockstar on October 26th, 2012.[1] On November 21, 2012, Rockstar further revealed it would be launched on December 6, 2012 for iOS and Android devices, and would cost $4.99 for both the App Store version and the Google Play version (with the British release costing £2.99 for the App Store and £3.29 for the Google Play Store).[2]
Rockstar announced that it would include "native high-resolution graphics and several enhancements unique to the iOS and Android platforms including updated character models and lighting effects, new and more precise firing and targeting options, a fully customizable control layout and native support for retina display devices."[3]
Recipient(s) and Nominee(s)
28 November 2003 Golden Joystick Awards Ultimate Game of the Year Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Won
28 November 2003 Golden Joystick Awards Best PlayStation 2 Game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Won
2003 GameSpot Game of the Year 2003 Awards Best PlayStation 2 Game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Won
2003 GameSpot Game of the Year 2003 Awards Best Action/Adventure Games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Won
2003 GameSpot Game of the Year 2003 Awards Best Music Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Won
2003 GameSpot Game of the Year 2003 Awards Best Sound Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Nominated
2003 GameSpot Game of the Year 2003 Awards Best Graphics Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Nominated
2003 GameSpot Game of the Year 2003 Awards Best Story Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Nominated
16 January 2004 IGN's Best of 2003 Best PlayStation 2 Game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Won
16 January 2004 IGN's Best of 2003 Best Action/Adventure Game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Won
16 January 2004 IGN's Best of 2003 Reader's Choice Overall Game of the Year Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Runner-Up
February 2004 1st British Academy Games Awards Best PlayStation 2 Game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Won
February 2004 1st British Academy Games Awards Best PC Game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Won
February 2004 1st British Academy Games Awards Best Action Game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Won
February 2004 1st British Academy Games Awards Best Design Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Won
February 2004 1st British Academy Games Awards Best Sound Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Won
February 2004 1st British Academy Games Awards Sunday Times Reader Award for Games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Won
February 2004 1st British Academy Games Awards Best Animation or Intro Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Nominated
February 2004 1st British Academy Games Awards Best Technical Achievement Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Nominated
10th Anniversary Trailer
GTA Vice City - 10th Anniversary Trailer (iOS & Android)
Original trailer
GTA Vice City Official Trailer (PC)
The logo sequence for GTA Vice City is reminiscent of the Commodore 64 BASIC command prompt, which was common during the time when the game was set.
The Commodore 64-like opening of GTA Vice City features the melody of the Grand Theft Auto theme song in a vibrant 8-bit tone. It was also the tune for the pager in GTA III.
According to Lazlow Jones, Rockstar began working on GTA Vice City only one month after the release of GTA III.
All license plates are similar to Florida license plates, an orange logo resembling the state of Florida can be seen on them, some even having the Florida Gators logo.
GTA Vice City is the only 3D Universe game not to feature the AK-47. However in the loading art, Phil Cassidy is seen holding one guarding his fort, and it can be seen on the wall of any Ammu-Nation. It was originally meant to appear, but was cut from the final game.
GTA Vice City is the second best-selling game of the 3D Universe (being behind Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) and the fourth best-selling GTA game overall with over 20 million units sold.
In an episode of the Fox TV show Family Guy, Peter gets amnesia and Lois wants Peter to play Grand Theft Auto, and the tape that is seen has a logo of GTA Vice City.
Some of the GTA Vice City posters have appeared in The Black Eyed Peas' "Where Is the Love?" music video.
On the box art, there is a helicopter in the upper left corner that was never featured or was used for display. It consists of a Maverick-like body with two guns at the front.
Between its release in 2002 and recent copies of the game after 2012, out of the entire series, GTA Vice City has undergone the most changes out of any GTA game, with several songs removed and some weapons either removed or amended (for example, Tear Gas is only featured on the original PS2 version released in 2002 and the Spaz 12 was changed to Spas 12 in later versions). For unknown reasons, on subsequent PS2 versions and the PS3 version, the Police Scanner in emergency vehicles plays in slow motion.
Also, on the re-released PS2 and PS3 versions, the sound effects for explosions and the Sniper Rifle are replaced with those from Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
The Martini Girl from the artwork was featured in Vices (pictured), a painting by Richard Mayes at The Diamond Casino & Resort, in Grand Theft Auto Online.
GTA Vice City is the first game in the series to use the word "fuck". It can be seen on a poster in Phil Cassidy's trailer.
GTA Vice City - Main Theme
GTA Vice City Modern English - "I Melt with You"
GTA Vice City Los Super Seven - "Compay Gato"
GTA Vice City Al Di Meola - "Ritmo De La Noche"
GTA Vice City Big Country - "In a Big Country"
GTA Vice City Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - "The Message" PS2
GTA Vice City Whodini - "The Freaks Come Out at Night"
GTA Vice City Blue Öyster Cult - "Burnin' for You"
GTA Vice City - Full soundtrack Part 1 (Rev. 2)
GTA Vice City - Full soundtrack Part 2
Beta Releases in Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Glitches in GTA Vice City
Controls for GTA Vice City
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Kogi State PDP, APC trade words over arrest, detention of youth coordinator
By John Akubo, Lokoja
1 day ago Features
The continued detention of Mr. Austin Okai, national coordinator of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youth Alliance, has pitted Kogi state chapter of the party against the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government in the state.
In particular, the state chapter of PDP accused Governor Yahaya Bello and the APC of what it termed ‘dictatorship and tyranny’ over the arrest and detention of Okai.
PDP said that the Okai incident add to the spate of arrests and harassment by law enforcement agents in the state, of people, especially journalists, who are thought to be critical of the government.
This, the party argued smacks of a drift away from democratic tenets towards tyranny.
“The latest victim of the intimidation is citizen Austin Okai, national coordinator of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youth Alliance. Citizen Okai was arrested Sunday afternoon on the street of Abuja by security agents on the orders of the Governor and whisked to an unknown destination,” the state publicity secretary of the PDP, Mr. Bode Ogunmola said in a statement.
Ogunmola recalled that persons like Friday Ogungbemi, publisher of the Policy and Law Maker magazine, that suffered similar fate when he was allegedly detained by the Department of State Security (DSS) for about a week last year.
Another victim according to him was McDavis Wonder a social media activist who was held for two days last month, purportedly by the same DSS.
The PDP claimed that the list is unending and that the fear of Bello is now the beginning of wisdom in the State.
“We have even heard that government rewards informants who report and give information that can lead to the arrest of any critic of its thoughtless policies. Citizens are daily hounded into torture cells in Government House and elsewhere,” the party asserted.
The publicity secretary of the PDP said the party demands the immediate and unconditional release of Okai and all other detainees of conscience whose voices the Bello administration seeks to stifle.
He said: “For as long as Nigeria is a signatory to the bill on fundamental human rights and the Nigerian constitution guarantees the freedom of speech, we call on the law enforcement agents to resist the temptation of being used for pecuniary motives by desperate politicians.”
Ogunmola warned that the recourse to Gestapo tactics against citizens is an indication of a government in the decline.
Sam Ohuotu
“Rather than it’s current style of trial by ordeal of citizens, we advise Governor Bello to redefine its tolerance level and tamper its adrenalin glands when reviewing citizens opinions about its activities and inactions.”
The statement noted that the PDP would no longer fold its arms or stays aloof while a “clueless and opportunistic leadership” is harassing its members.
Also stakeholders of PDP in Kogi West Senatorial district condemned the clampdown on opposition in the state accusing the Governor of visiting a reign of terror on the people.
Rising from a stakeholders meeting held in Isanlu, Yagba East Local Government, noted that Okai who had spent days in detention “over trumped up charges” and later arraigned by security agents, was rearrested in the court premises shortly after being granted bail by a magistrate court.
“We call for a halt to the rule of tyranny in Kogi State. Specifically we call for the immediate and unconditional release of Comrade Austin Okai,” the stakeholders stated in a communiqué signed by Barrister Taiwo Kola-Ojo.
They also disclosed that that leadership would henceforth
mobilize against persecution of PDP members in the zone and the state as a whole.
However, the director general (DG) Media and Strategy to the Governor, Kingsley Fanwo asked the PDP to focus on its crisis and the mass defections that has hit the party due to the ongoing membership drive of the APC.
“Their voice on the arrest of Austin Okai is mischievous, uninformed and misdirected. Austin Okai is a citizen of Nigeria who has rights. But his rights stops where the rights of others start. Freedom of expression is not meant to jeopardize and injure the integrity of others,” he said.
He explained that security agencies found his criticisms untoward and inciting hence they arrested him, hinting that he was not aware that Okai is a PDP member because they have pictures of him in APC apparels.
Furthermore, Fanwo said: “PDP’s accusation is a tyranny of freedom on its own. As a government, we are in full support of thorough investigation into Okai’s activities, his inciting statements and his desperation to malign the person of the Governor and the integrity of the government. Citizens must begin to be held responsible for their actions and inactions.”
He argued that the accusation of tyranny is reckless as such claims are puerile and unsubstantiated, stressing that people who offend the law must be made to defend themselves.
According to him, the Bello administration would remain committed to the anchors of democratic governance and free space with the belief that every freedom demands responsibilities.
The DG urged PDP leaders not be jittery, as Police investigations would reveal all they are hiding and the people of the State would know the real enemies of the state.
He maintained that the government would not be cowed by social media propaganda, saying: “We know where we are coming from and we know where we are going. PDP leaders should tell us what they did with our commonwealth for over 12 years. Corruption is more tyrannical than asking suspects to give explanations on their suspected crimes.”
He distanced the Governor from dictatorial tendencies, insisting that as a government, “we have nothing personal against Okai. Government is concerned about the combustible remarks of the young man who could have thrived only within the system of a dead and confused political party. Government is concerned about the effect Okai’s wanton falsehood could have on the unsuspecting minds. It is the responsibility of government to protect the society against chaos.”
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INEC arraigns don in Akwa Ibom for alleged electoral fraud
By Inemesit Akpan-Nsoh, Uyo
Case adjourns to December 14
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom State has arraigned Professor Ignatius Uduk for alleged involvement in electoral fraud during the 2019 general elections.
Uduk, who was a Collation and Returning Officer for the State House of Assembly election in Essien Udim constituency in the poll is the second lecturer to be arranged by INEC for electoral fraud.
He was arraigned yesterday at the State High Court, Uyo on a three-count charge of abandoning his duties, generating and allocating scores same in form EC 8E(II) thereby committing an offence punishable under section122, subsection 1 of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended.
The university teacher was also charged for announcing and circulating fake election results contrary to and punishable under section 123, sub-section 4 of the Electoral Act 2010.
He was also charged for perjury and lying on oath, contrary to section 119, subsection 1 of the criminal code laws of Akwa Ibom State 2000.
When the matter was mentioned for hearing, the accused pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge.
However, counsel to the accused, Samuel Ndah, filed application for bail on behalf of his client, which was opposed by prosecution counsel, Kpoobari Sigalo.
According to the counsel to INEC, the commission had to oppose the bail application of the defendant due to his questionable character.
Addressing newsmen at the Court premises, the Counsel to INEC, Sigalo said: “Last time we were in this court, a bench warrant was issued against the accused. I am sure it is because of the bench warrant that the accused filed application for bail.
“So today he actually came to court and took his plea and his counsel has asked for his bail. We actually opposed the bail application. When we filed our counter affidavit in opposition to the bail as we saw in court that the matter has been adjourned to December 14, 2020 for ruling on the application.”
Sigalo further argued that the accused had in a written application, told INEC that he did not declare anybody winner in the election, only for him to appear at the election tribunal to say otherwise.
“And when the commission invited him, instead of the accused to come and debrief us on what happened, he threatened fire and brimstone in writing that if INEC invited him again to explain anything, he would go to court of competent jurisdiction,” he said.
Having heard Sigalo’s argument, the presiding Judge, Justice Archibong Archibong, adjourned the matter to December 14, 2020 for ruling on the bail application.
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Trump says he will leave office — if Biden victory is confirmed
27 November 2020 | 12:17 pm
Elom emerges VC of Alex Ekwueme varsity
US President Donald Trump participates in a Thanksgiving teleconference with members of the United States Military, at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 26, 2020. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
President Donald Trump said Thursday for the first time that he would leave the White House if Joe Biden is officially confirmed the winner of the US election, even as he railed against the “rigged” vote.
Trump has made an unprecedented attempt to defy the results of the election by refusing to concede, spreading wild theories about stolen ballots and launching baseless legal challenges that have been thrown out by courts.
Answering his first questions from reporters since the November 3 vote, the president moved closer to accepting that he would serve only one term in office before Biden is inaugurated on January 20.
When asked if he would leave the White House if the Electoral College confirmed Biden’s victory, Trump said, “Certainly I will. And you know that.”
But “if they do, they made a mistake,” he said, adding, “It’s going to be a very hard thing to concede.”
“I think that there will be a lot of things happening between now and (January) 20th,” he said.
The Electoral College, which determines the White House winner, will meet on December 14 to certify Biden’s victory, with Biden receiving 306 votes to Trump’s 232.
“This election was a fraud,” Trump said, again without providing any evidence during his remarks to reporters at the White House after he spoke to military personnel via video-link on the Thanksgiving holiday.
He described the US voting infrastructure as “like a third-world country.”
Earlier in the day he tweeted that “this was a 100% RIGGED ELECTION,” while on Wednesday he called on his Republican supporters “to turn the election over.”
No proof of fraud
President-elect Biden has said that Americans “won’t stand” for attempts to derail the vote outcome, and urged for Americans to unite to fight the worsening pandemic.
More than 260,000 people have died in the US from Covid-19, with daily death tolls surging to 2,000 on recent days.
Trump’s refusal to concede the election to Biden has added to the countless norms he has torn up during his four years in power.
Supporters suggest he is already eyeing a run for president in 2024.
Trump, 74, is alleging — among other conspiracy theories — that voting machines deliberately deleted millions of his votes, though the government election security agency declared it “the most secure” election in US history.
Under pressure from some senior Republicans, Trump this week ended his blockade of government assistance to ease Biden’s preparation for assuming the presidency.
Trump said Thursday he would soon travel to Georgia to campaign ahead of two key runoff elections that will decide which party controls the Senate.
Biden, 78, this week introduced a slate of veteran diplomats and policy-makers who will make up his national security and foreign policy team, saying: “America is back, ready to lead the world.”
He said that in his first 100 days in office, he would tackle the Covid crisis, scrap Trump policies “damaging” the environment and push legislation offering millions of undocumented US residents a route to citizenship.
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Real Madrid and Zidane brace for crucial European night
08 December 2020 | 12:48 pm
Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane reacts during the Spanish League football match between Sevilla and Real Madrid at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville on December 5, 2020. (Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP)
Real Madrid value success in the Champions League above all else, but the 13-time champions head into Wednesday’s game against Borussia Moenchengladbach with their qualification hopes hanging by a thread.
Should they suffer a humiliating group-stage exit, ending their remarkable run as the only team to ever avoid elimination at this phase, coach Zinedine Zidane’s future will be at risk.
A win for either side in the Spanish capital will guarantee them passage through to the last 16 from Group B.
If Madrid draw and Shakhtar win or draw with Inter Milan in the other group match, the Spanish giants will be out.
Reports in the Spanish capital have linked Madrid with former Tottenham coach Mauricio Pochettino, currently, without a club, should they part ways with Zidane, while Real Madrid Castilla coach Raul Gonzalez, a prolific striker for the club in the past, has been touted as a ‘plan B’.
The Frenchman’s predecessor Santiago Solari was sacked after the humiliating last-16 exit against Ajax in the Champions League in 2019, paving the way for him to return just 10 months after his sudden departure.
Last season’s elimination at the same phase by Manchester City was mitigated by the team’s strong domestic performance, as they ground their way to the Spanish title, but another early failure in Europe may prove to be the final straw for trigger-happy president Florentino Perez.
“Zizou is a magnificent coach, a good friend and will do everything possible to have Madrid in the best position possible,” said former Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, defending the coach against the mounting speculation over his future.
“You cannot live in the past, but he has earned the right to lead Madrid.”
Ramos returns
However, despite his success during two stints in charge, winning three Champions League trophies, two La Liga titles and two Club World Cups among other silverware, and his fine history as a player, a defeat could make Zidane Madrid’s eighth managerial casualty in 10 years.
He is at least boosted by the return of captain Sergio Ramos and right-back Dani Carvajal. The Spanish duo are important parts of Madrid’s defence.
Ramos in particular is essential, with Madrid having lost eight of their last 10 European games in which the 35-year-old has not played, including the Ajax and Manchester City eliminations.
Zidane got a boost after a narrow 1-0 victory over Sevilla on Saturday, Real’s first Liga win since October.
“The last few days have been very tough but this team has a lot of character and loves challenges,” Zidane said.
“Today’s win is very important for what is coming next. We know when we don’t play well we will be criticised but we have to focus on the positives and keep trying to find consistency.”
Madrid almost fell to defeat in Germany in October but last-gasp goals from Karim Benzema and Casemiro helped them earn a 2-2 draw after Marcus Thuram’s double put Gladbach ahead.
A pair of wins against Antonio Conte’s underwhelming Inter Milan got Madrid back on track but a dismal 2-0 away defeat by Shakhtar Donetsk at the start of December left Zidane desperately needing a victory this week.
Madrid then host league leaders Atletico Madrid in a derby clash on Saturday, another crucial match in a week which could define the Spanish champions’ season, and their coach’s future.
After the Shakhtar defeat Zidane insisted he had no intention of resigning, but if the team stumble against Marco Rose’s Gladbach, that decision may be taken out of his hands.
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SRK, Katrina’s Lux moment
New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and actress Katrina Kaif, who are set to scorch the screen in “Jab Tak Hai Jaan” (JTHJ), have come together for an ad campaign for beauty soap bar Lux.
The actors will endorse two new variants – Lux Peach and Cream, and Lux Strawberry and Cream – in their first ever endorsement together, said a statement.
The ad will go on air on Diwali, Nov 13, the same day when JTHJ hits the screens.
Shah Rukh came on board for Lux in 2005, and featured in a commercial with Bollywood beauties Hema Malini, Sridevi, Juhi Chawla and Kareena Kapoor.
This time, the Bollywood Badshah will feature as a ‘bekaboo’ (uncontrollable) with Katrina. In the ad, fragrance of the soap drives Shah Rukh ‘bekaboo’.
“I’m happy to be associated with Lux yet again! The fragrance of Lux will captivate you just as it has made me ‘bekaboo’. The fragrance of Lux that stands for love and sensuality brings out the lover in me,” Shah Rukh said at the shoot.
The commercial is shot and directed by French director Juan Delcan. It’s Sufi-inspired music score has been composed by acclaimed poet and lyricist Gulzar, and sung by Sonu Nigam.
Katrina’s look in the ad is styled by fashion designer Rocky S.
“When I think of Lux, I think of fun and spontaneity. Lux embodies a type of a woman rather than just soap and of course the fragrance that embodies sensuality,” said the actress.
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Andhra Congress rebels stay away from disqualification hearing
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) Rebel legislators of Andhra Pradesh’s ruling Congress party Monday did not appear before assembly speaker for the hearing on the disqualification sought by their respective parties.
Some rebels faxed letters to speaker N. Manohar, urging him to disqualify them. They pointed out that they had already appeared before the speaker to submit their explanations and that it is for him to take action.
Manohar had called the nine Congress rebels to submit their explanations. Government chief whip G. Venkatramna Reddy, who appeared with his lawyer, urged the speaker to take immediate action against the rebels.
The speaker has called nine rebels of main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to appear before him on Tuesday to submit their replies to the notices issued to them. However, the TDP rebels are also likely to stay.
The speaker on March 30 had issued notices to nine rebels each of Congress and TDP after the parties submitted petitions seeking their disqualification for violating party whip. The speaker had asked them to submit their replies in 14 days.
Congress had sought action against its rebels for voting in favour of no-confidence motion moved by the opposition Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) against the government in March. All nine Congress rebels have switched loyalties to YSR Congress party.
The TDP had decided to remain neutral during the voting but its nine rebels, most of them loyal to YSR Congress, backed the motion.
Two of the TDP rebels Amarnath Reddy and Praveen Kumar Reddy told reporters Monday that they need not appear before the speaker to submit their explanations and hence sent letters, urging him to disqualify them.
They said the speaker should take action to facilitate early by-elections. The legislators also accused Congress and TDP of colluding with each other to hatch a conspiracy against them.
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Jason Alexander Hilariously Mocks Ted Cruz with Famous Seinfeld Line
BY Todd Neikirk May 6, 2019
It’s no secret to anyone around Washington DC that Senator Ted Cruz loves to make pop culture references. The makers of the shows he loves, however, don’t seem to love Ted Cruz back.
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Last February, Simpsons showrunner, Al Jean, ripped into the senator for suggesting his characters were Republicans. Cruz recently made a Seinfeld reference in an effort to mock Colorado Senator, Michael Bennet. Today, Seinfeld star, Jason Alexander, replied to to Cruz and mocked him with a famous line from the show. Alexander is known for his role as George Costanza in the 1990s sitcom.
The spat started when Cruz tweeted, “Michael Bennet’s campaign is a Seinfeld campaign—about nothing—that typifies the Left’s empty rage in 2020. In a decade in the Senate, he’s done very little…but he did stomp his foot & yell at me on Senate floor (which he features in fundraising emails).”
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— Michael Bennet (@MichaelBennet) May 2, 2019
Bennet replied with a GIF of Seinfeld neighbor, Newman. Newman, played by Wayne Knight, was the chief antagonist on the show.
Then, Alexander stepped in to defend Bennet and slam Cruz. The actor wrote, “So Ted Cruz has called Michael Bennet a “Seinfeld campaign”, claiming it’s about nothing. I’ve met Bennett. He is a great man and real choice for POTUS. As for Cruz – the jerk store called and they’re running out of you. I say, the faster the better.”
So @SenTedCruz has called @SenatorBennet a “Seinfeld campaign”, claiming it’s about nothing. I’ve met Bennett. He is a great man and real choice for POTUS. As for Cruz – the jerk store called and they’re running out of you. I say, the faster the better.
— jason alexander (@IJasonAlexander) May 6, 2019
This is Cruz’s second story involving Hollywood in the past few days. Over the weekend he defended conservative actor James Woods and called on Twitter founder, Jack Dorsey, to ban comedian Jim Carrey for his artwork which depicts prominent conservatives.
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IDA Researchers Help Facilitate STEM Education Summit
STPI Science Policy Fellows and Research Staff Members helped facilitate the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) State-Federal STEM Education Summit(Open external link), held June 25 and 26 at the National Science Foundation. The STPI team is working with OSTP to support the development of a new federal five-year strategic plan for STEM education in compliance with the America COMPETES [Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science] Reauthorization Act of 2010.
IDA Researcher Completes Term as MORS President
SFRD’s Joe Adams presided over the commencement of the MORS 86th symposium(Open external link) hosted by the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, completing his term as MORS President. The symposium involved more than 900 participants and 700 distinct research presentations.
Congratulations to IDA Scholar Karen Buckley!
IDA congratulates IAD Research Staff Member Karen Buckley on completion of her Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy at George Mason University through the IDA Scholar Award program.
IDA Researcher’s Article Published
IAD’s Garrett Redfield’s article “North Korea: A Strava Perspective(Open external link)” was published in the May 31 online issue of The Diplomat. His article analyzes patterns evident in the Strava (a mobile phone fitness app company) “heatmap” and discusses what they may imply about Pyongyang’s policy toward foreigner interactions with its citizens.
ITSD’s Randy Simpson received the Best Paper Award from the International Conference on Computer Science and Applications 2017, for his paper on “Enterprise Level Security: Insider Threat Counter-Claims(Open external link).” The award is based on reviewer reports and evaluation score results from conference committee members during the conference.
Congratulations to IDA Scholar Miranda Seitz-McLeese!
IDA congratulates ITSD Research Associate Miranda Seitz-McLeese on completion of her Masters of Science program in Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Georgetown University through the IDA Scholar Award program.
CCR-P Director on MoMath Panel … and Twitter!
CCR-P’s Director David Saltman appeared as a panelist(Open external link) at the National Museum of Mathematics(Open external link), sharing what a typical day of math looks like for him. He appeared with three other mathematicians: Julia Kemp, who works in quantitative finance; Alex Kontorovich, a Professor of Math at Rutgers; and Ken Perlin is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at NYU and the Director of the Future Reality Lab. The museum is the country’s only museum dedicated to mathematics.
IDA Researcher on Government Matters
SFRD’s Peter Levine was a guest on the Government Matters(Open external link) program on May 23. He discussed the proposed cuts to the fourth estate in the House version of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act as well as the restructuring efforts going on throughout the Department of Defense.
IDA Researcher Testified on the Hill
STPI’s Bhavya Lal testified Thursday, May 17, before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee(Open external link) on IDA research contained in IDA Publication P-8247: Market Analysis of a Privately Owned and Operated Space Station(Open external link). The hearing live-streamed on the committee’s website(Open external link) and on their YouTube channel(Open external link). Her testimony received coverage(Open external link) in the media(Open external link).
IDA Researcher Published
JAWD Researcher Robert Richbourg’s article “It’s Either a Panda or a Gibbon: AI Winters and the Limits of Deep Learning(Open external link)” has been published in the May 10 War on the Rocks. In it, Dr. Richbourg discusses the concept of the artificial intelligence “winter.” He also suggests defense analysts assume a note of caution when considering the potential benefits of AI to the military enterprise.
IDA Researchers Study NIH-Funded Research Awards
In a new publication from PLOS ONE(Open external link), STPI researchers (pictured from left to right) Shirley Han, Sharon Williams, and Brian Zuckerman investigated the amount of translational research produced from three types of NIH-funded research awards between 2008 and 2014: basic research grants in the behavioral and social sciences, applied research grants in the behavioral and social sciences, and the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), a program that specifically targets translational research. The study, which stemmed from STPI research for the National Institutes of Health, is based on IDA Publication NSD-8895. PLOS ONE described the results in this press release(Open external link).
IDA Researcher’s Book Makes List
The Modern War Institute at West Point recently put out a list of 15 “War Books: Preparing for Urban Warfare(Open external link),” in which JAWD’s Alec Wahlman’s Storming the City: U.S. Military Performance in Urban Warfare from World War II to Vietnam is included. On a related note, MORS intends to conduct a “special meeting” on urban warfare next year (April 2019 in Quantico); Dr. Wahlman will be a co-chair for that meeting.
IDA Researcher to Chair NAPA Panel
CARD’s Mike Dominguez has been selected to chair a National Academy of Public Administration panel that will provide an organizational assessment of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB). The DNFSB is an independent body that provides recommendations and advice to the President and the Secretary of Energy regarding public health and safety issues at Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities.
IDA Researcher New VP of INFORMS Roundtable
CARD’s Dave Hunter was elected in December to a two-year term as the Vice President (Meetings) of the INFORMS(Open external link) [Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences] Roundtable(Open external link). Dr. Hunter has been the IDA representative on the INFORMS Roundtable since 2011.
IDA Researcher’s Space Weather Strategy Article Published
STPI’s Seth Jonas and William Murtagh of NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, writing for Eos Editor’s Vox, address the issue of space weather incidents and how the Nation might face them in their front-page article “White House Seeks Input to Update Space Weather Strategy(Open external link).”
IDA Researcher Portrayed in Major Motion Picture
JAWD’s Mark Nutsch, a former Special Forces Commander and current IDA Adjunct RSM, is featured in a YouTube clip(Open external link) where he talks about the upcoming film, 12 Strong (January 19 release). Mr. Nutsch, former commander, Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (SFODA) 595, is portrayed by Chris Hemsworth in the new movie. An IDA/DARPA team traveled to Afghanistan in October/November of 2002 with Mark and other members of his team to collect information to recreate the battle in simulation and multimedia in a task led by JAWD – Mazar-e Sharif Battle Reconstruction – A 21st Century Textbook. The IDA YouTube trailer for IDA’s project is located at Learning from the First Victory of the 21st Century: Mazar-e Sharif(Open external link).
Nomination of IDA Researcher as Assistant Secretary of the Army
President Trump is nominating CARD Senior Fellow John E. Whitley to serve as assistant secretary of the Army for financial management and comptroller. Dr. Whitley has served in IDA’s Cost Analysis and Research Division since 2010.
IDA President to Speak at Bipartisan Policy Center
IDA President David S.C. Chu will speak(Open external link) at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) in a session Thursday, January 18; the program will run from 10 am to noon. The general topic is Citizen Soldiers or Warrior Caste: Who will serve in America’s future military? Dr. Chu will summarize the principal points in the F.A.S.T. Report(Open external link) from the BPC panel of which he was a member.
IDA Researcher’s Article Published in the Journal of Econometrics Methods
SFRD’s Michael Guggisberg just published “Misspecified Discrete Choice Models and Huber-White Standard Errors” in the Journal of Econometric Methods. Although IDA does not subscribe to the journal, you can reach the abstract page(Open external link).
Government Matters Video Interviews with Dr. Chu
IDA President David S.C. Chu was recently interviewed(Open external link) on News Channel 8’s Government Matters, a multi-platform news program dedicated to providing nonpartisan information and analysis to federal managers, contractors, and those supporting the federal marketplace. In the most recent posting, Dr. Chu discussed the Defense Department’s policy change for civilian layoffs during a workforce reduction. This video and others are posted on IDA’s YouTube channel(Open external link).
Prestigious ATIA Award Presented to IDA Researcher
IAD’s Jim Carlson was recently presented with the MASINT Founder’s Award. This award is presented by the Advanced Technical Intelligence Association(Open external link) (formerly MASINT) to recognize outstanding individuals who have distinguished themselves through a lifetime of significant professional service of benefit to national MASINT goals and objectives. This award is particularly notable in that it is not given every year – only on select occasions.
IDA’s Newest Board Member Honored
Rick Ledgett, who retired in April after nearly three decades at the NSA and was elected to IDA’s Board of Trustees in November, received the National Security Medal(Open external link) from President Trump in an afternoon presentation in the Oval Office on January 4.
IDA Researcher on Federal News Radio
CARD’s John Whitley gave an engaging hour-long interview with Michael J. Keegan on Insight by Business of Government Hour(Open external link) on Federal News Radio on January 9. He discussed his article Five Actions to Improve Military Hospital Performance(Open external link) (IDA publication D-8758) and how DoD could use the Congressional reform direction that has been provided to improve mission accomplishment and control costs.
IDA Researcher Quoted
STPI’s Leslie Abrahams was quoted as an expert in “Increased LNG Exports Would Spell Trouble for Climate — Study(Open external link),” in the December 15 E&E News. The article referenced Dr. Abrahams’ Ph.D. work, which is relevant to her current STPI portfolio.
IDA Researcher Featured in Johnson Space Center Year-End Video
STD researcher Shelley Cazares, who participated in a 6-week NASA closed-habitat experiment at the Johnson Space Center [Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA)], is featured in the 2017 Johnson Space Center Year in Review(Open external link) (see her at the 2:54 minute mark).
STPI Director Quoted in Investor’s Business Daily
STPI Director Mark Lewis was quoted recently in Hypersonic Weapons: The Biggest Warfighting Disrupter Since Stealth Is Coming(Open external link), an article published by Investor’s Business Daily.
CARD researcher Irvin Boyles was coauthor of “On Becoming a Board-Qualified Chief Developmental Tester,” published in the ITEA Journal of Test and Evaluation, December 2017. The article was based research for IDA publication NSD-8033, Developmental Test and Evaluation “Shifting Left” to Improve Defense System Reliability, an SED task (unclassified final available to IDA staff through the library).
IDA Participates in National Academies Symposium
CARD Researcher Sarah Burns presented a case study – Analyses for accurate population modeling – at the Principles for Data-Driven Decision Making Symposium(Open external link) on September 14 at the Keck Center in Washington, DC. The case study was based on a previous IDA study: Analyses of Military Healthcare Benefit Design and Delivery: Study in Support of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission(Open external link). The full video of her presentation is now available(Open external link).
STPI Cosponsors Space Policy Seminar Series
STPI is cosponsoring a seminar series(Open external link) at the Smithsonian Air and Space museum on space policy. The first seminar in the series was December 11; the timing could not have been better given the President’s announcement(Open external link) directing NASA to send humans to the Moon. The seminar was standing room only.
IDA Researcher Quoted in Education Week Article
STD’s Dexter Fletcher was quoted in an a recent Education Week article “How ‘Intelligent’ Tutors Could Transform Teaching(Open external link).” Dr. Fletcher’s article “Effectiveness of Intelligent Tutoring Systems – A Meta-Analytic Review(Open external link),” published in Review of Educational Research and earned him IDA’s 2016 Welch Award for Best External Publication.
IDA Center Director Featured in American Mathematical Society Annual Report
David Saltman, Director of IDA’s Center for Communications Research-Princeton, was featured in the 2016 Annual Report of the American Mathematical Society(Open external link).
STPI Researchers’ Paper to Appear in Space Weather
The editors of Space Weather have selected a paper by STPI researchers Becaja Caldwell and Seth Jonas – “An Abridged History of Federal Involvement in Space Weather Forecasting(Open external link)” to be featured as a Research Spotlight(Open external link) on both the EOS and journal websites. Research Spotlights summarize the research and findings of the best accepted articles for the broad Earth and space science community. The paper was developed from a presentation that the authors gave at the 2017 American Meteorological Society meeting(Open external link).
ITSD’s Greg Cox and Priscilla Guthrie’s article “Getting ‘Cyber’ Right for the Department of Defense(Open external link)” was published in the November 9 edition of War on the Rocks, an online platform for analysis, commentary, debate and multimedia content on foreign policy and national security issues through a realist lens.
IDA Researcher Contributor to NIST Publication
ITSD researcher Steve Olechnowicz is listed as a significant contributor to a recently released publication of the National Institute of Standards and Technology: NIST Special Publication 800-181, NICE [National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education] Cybersecurity Workforce Framework(Open external link).
IDA Researcher Elected to American Academy of Diplomacy
IAD research staff member and editor of IDA’s Africa Watch newsletter, former Ambassador George Ward(Open external link), was elected to the 2017 class of the American Academy of Diplomacy(Open external link). The Academy’s mission is to support and strengthen U.S. diplomacy and enhance public appreciation of its critical role in advancing the national interest. Academy members are former career and noncareer U.S. government officials who have served with distinction in international affairs.
IDA Researcher Co-author of Recently Published Book
STPI researcher William Doane is co-author of a recently published book, Knowing the Learner: A New Approach to Educational Information.
IDA Researcher To Receive 2018 AIAA Survivability Award
OED researcher Vincent Volpe has been selected to receive the 2018 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Survivability Award, which will be presented at the 2018 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (SciTech 2018)(Open external link) in January. His citation will read: “For pioneering efforts as founding member of AIAA Survivability Technical Committee and more than 40 years of outstanding technical contributions to aircraft survivability community.”
STPI Researcher Is Invited Speaker at Small Satellites Workshop
STPI’s Bhavya Lal spoke at the 2017 Small Satellites for Space Weather Research and Forecasting workshop(Open external link). The workshop was the first dedicated scientific meeting focusing on specific needs of space weather studies using smallsat platforms. Her talk was titled Policy Challenges Related to Use of Small Satellites for Science Applications.
IDA Researchers at Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
STPI researchers Hannah Acheson-Field and Leslie Abrahams spoke at the 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing(Open external link) conference held in Orlando from October 4 – 6. They led a series of six discussions, primarily for students, on “Careers in Science and Technology Policy.” The Grace Hopper Celebration is a large and diverse conference, with more than 18,000 students, professionals, and academics in attendance this year.
IDA Researchers Assist NATO
SFRD’s Julia Burr and Lucas LaViolet are assisting NATO in developing exercises to improve the coordination of international medical response to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN). This includes preparing scenarios and exercise injects for the NATO exercises.
The IDA researchers traveled to Germany for a site survey and the Final Coordination Conference for Vigorous Warrior 2017 (VW17), a NATO medical exercise scheduled from September 4 through 22 at a training area in Lehnin and a naval base in Rostock. The site survey included a tour of the Rostock naval base and a F260 Braunschweig corvette that will participate in the exercise.
IDA Researcher Speaks at OSU Mershon Center for International Security Studies
ITSD’s Michael Fischerkeller will speak on October 18 at Ohio State University’s Mershon Center Speaker Series on Deterrence Is Not a Credible Strategy for Cyberspace(Open external link). His talk is based on IDA publication NSD-8394, which was published in the summer 2017 issue of Orbis(Open external link), a publication of the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
IDA Senior Fellow Speaks at NATO
The NATO Chief Scientist, on behalf of the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, invited SFRD’s David Alberts to present a keynote speech during the NATO 11th Operations Research and Analysis Conference, held in London, October 2 and 3, 2017. The NATO OR&A Conference brings together the analysis community from NATO commands and agencies, national defense analysis and research organizations, centers of excellence, academia, and industry. The theme of the conference this year was Enabling Accelerated Military Decision Making.
Welcome, John Harvey!
IDA welcomes SFRD’s new director, ADM John Harvey, USN (ret.)(Open external link), who takes over from Mike Dominguez. He will lead a staff of IDA researchers engaged in research on topics as diverse as nuclear weapons policy and strategy, organizational management and effectiveness, and force capability and force structure analyses.
IDA Researcher Participating in HERA Mission
Shelley Cazares of IDA’s Science and Technology Division was selected for a NASA closed-habitat experiment at the Johnson Space Center: Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA(Open external link)). During the experiment Dr. Cazares tweeted about her experience on her HERA mission via her personal handle @smcazares, hashtag #HERA_XIV(Open external link).
IDA Researcher Moderates Symposiums on Declassified CIA Documents
IAD’s David Rosenberg moderated two public symposiums to discuss recently CIA declassified original source documents(Open external link) and intelligence analyses of the Soviet Navy in the Cold War from the 1950s to the 1980s, which have been posted on the CIA’s FOIA website. The symposiums were a collaboration between the CIA and the Naval Historical Foundation, on whose board Dr. Rosenberg is a member.
IDA Produces Statistical Intervals Package for R Statistical Software
OED researcher Matthew Avery and summer associate John Haman recently published ciTools to the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN(Open external link)). The new IDA-developed R package allows researchers to easily to quantify uncertainty for predictions made in R, a free, open-source software program for performing statistical analysis. ciTools produces uncertainty intervals for model predictions for many common statistical models used at IDA. For more information and installation instructions, see the GitHub(Open external link) or the CRAN(Open external link).
IDA Researcher among Winners in Crime Forecasting Challenge
CARD’s Brian Rieksts won two categories in the Real-Time Crime Forecasting Challenge(Open external link). Participants in the challenge forecasted hotspots for crime in Portland, Oregon. In February 2017, the participants submitted up to 20 forecasts for hotspots for different categories of calls-for-service and different time periods. The challenge was judged based on actual calls-for-service during March through May in 2017. Dr. Rieksts won categories for burglary and car theft over a three-month period scored with the prediction accuracy index.
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It‘s All About MeE: Using Structured Experiential Learning (“e”) to Crawl the Design Space
Lant Pritchett
Salimah Samji
Jeffrey Hammer
Jeffrey Stuart Hammer
There is an inherent tension between implementing organizations—which have specific objectives and narrow missions and mandates—and executive organizations—which provide resources to multiple implementing organizations. Ministries of finance/planning/budgeting allocate across ministries and projects/programs within ministries, development organizations allocate across sectors (and countries), foundations or philanthropies allocate across programs/grantees. Implementing organizations typically try to do the best they can with the funds they have and attract more resources, while executive organizations have to decide what and who to fund. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) has always been an element of the accountability of implementing organizations to their funders. There has been a recent trend towards much greater rigor in evaluations to isolate causal impacts of projects and programs and more ‘evidence-based’ approaches to accountability and budget allocations. Here we extend the basic idea of rigorous impact evaluation—the use of a valid counterfactual to make judgments about causality—to emphasize that the techniques of impact evaluation can be directly useful to implementing organizations (as opposed to impact evaluation being seen by implementing organizations as only an external threat to their funding). We introduce structured experiential learning (which we add to M&E to get MeE) which allows implementing agencies to actively and rigorously search across alternative project designs using the monitoring data that provides real-time performance information with direct feedback into the decision loops of project design and implementation. Our argument is that within-project variations in design can serve as their own counterfactual and this dramatically reduces the incremental cost of evaluation and increases the direct usefulness of evaluation to implementing agencies. The right combination of M, e, and E provides the right space for innovation and organizational capability building while at the same time providing accountability and an evidence base for funding agencies.
Lant Pritchett & Salimah Samji & Jeffrey Hammer, 2013. "It‘s All About MeE: Using Structured Experiential Learning (“e”) to Crawl the Design Space," Working Papers 322, Center for Global Development.
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Localized Scleroderma Cutaneous Assessment Tool (LoSCAT) adapted for use in adult patients: report from an initial validation study
Alina Skrzypek-Salamon ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-8698-85391,
Anna Lis-Święty1,
Irmina Ranosz-Janicka1 &
Ligia Brzezińska-Wcisło1
Localized scleroderma (LoS) affects both children and adults and is associated with permanent functional and cosmetic impairment, and reduced quality of life predominating in adults. The Localized Scleroderma Cutaneous Assessment Tool (LoSCAT) is a clinical instrument designed to measure an activity and damage of LoS. It has been validated for use with pediatric LoS patients. This study assessed the validity and reliability of the LoSCAT adapted for use in adults.
Before the initiation of the study two examiners participated in an intensive training course carried out by an expert in LoS. Appendices describing each LoSCAT domain were prepared. Features determining disease activity and damage in adult LoS patients were identified to properly evaluate the physician (Phys) and patient (Pt) global assessment (GA) of disease activity (A)/severity (S) and damage (D), which were used to assess convergent validity of the LoSCAT. Correlations of physician- and patient-derivied measures with Skindex-29 were also analysed.
The study included 40 adult LoS patients (33 females and 7 males) with different subtypes of LoS. Intra and inter-rater reliability of the LoSCAT was found to be excellent. Positive correlations were observed between the PhysGA-A, PhysGA-D, PtGA-A and the LoSCAT’s domains, while no correlations between them and the PtGA-D were found. There were no relationships between LoSCAT’s components and Skindex-29.
Despite the LoSCAT is a reliable tool for an assessment of cutaneous lesions, additional health status instruments are necessary to a holistic approach to LoS in adults.
Localized scleroderma (LoS) is a chronic connective tissue disorder characterised by sclerosis of the skin and, in some cases, deeper tissues (subcutaneous fat, muscles or bones). The disease affects both children and adults, with the linear subtype predominating in children and the plaque and generalised subtypes predominating in adults [1]. LoS lesions, especially in the linear and generalised forms, are associated with permanent functional and cosmetic impairment [1]. Recurrences of the disease may occur and are independent of its onset mode [1]. Active lesions require anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressive management to limit further progression of the disease. Diagnosis is made on the basis of clinical features and, when necessary, biopsy specimen. There are no adequate laboratory tests available to precisely assess disease activity or progression. Thermography, ultrasound, Doppler flowmetry or magnetic resonance imaging are useful tools for LoS assessing, but they are valuable only in the hands of an experienced physician and are not easy accessible in daily clinical practice [2]. A few scoring systems have been proposed for this purpose: the visual analogue scale (VAS), the computerised skin score, the DIET score (D, dyspigmentation/hyperpigmentation; I, induration; E, erythema and T, telangiectasias) and the Localized Scleroderma Cutaneous Assessment Tool (LoSCAT) [3,4,5,6,7,8]. The LoSCAT is the first clinician-report measure that differentiates between disease activity and damage, because it consists of two components: the Modified Localized Scleroderma Skin Severity Index (mLoSSI), which is designed to measure LoS activity, and the Localized Scleroderma Skin Damage Index (LoSDI), which measures the damage associated with LoS [3, 4]. Both indexes are based on physical examination of LoS skin lesions in 18 cutaneous anatomic sites. The LoSCAT was initially validated in juvenile LoS. The sensitivity of the scale (especially the mLoSSI) to the evolution of the disease as a result of the therapy used was confirmed by some authors [2, 9, 10].
Because there are known clinical features that differentiate juvenile from adult-onset LoS [1], the LoSCAT, in our opinion, requires proper validation testing in adults. The purpose of this paper was to initially validate the LoSCAT adapted for use in adult patients with LoS.
Study participants were recruited from the Dermatology Department at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, in the period between 1st January and 31st December of the 2017. All study protocols were formally approved by the ethics committee of the Medical University of Silesia (ref. KNW/0022/KB1/134/15). Prior to their inclusion in the study, all patients provided informed consent. Patients with LoS were chosen by the attending clinician to represent a range of disease severity (mild to severe), gender (female and male) and age (over 18 years of age). The diagnosis was based on the clinical criteria and, when necessary, confirmed with a histology test. LoS was classified according to the German guidelines proposed by Kreuter et al. [11] Exclusion criteria were as follows: 1) patients under 18 years old, 2) pregnancy or breastfeeding, 3) the presence of a scleroderma-like disorders, 4) incomplete patient information. All the patients were taken through a detailed medical history and physical examination. The general data of enrolled patients, including demographic, epidemiologic and clinical data, were recorded (specified in Table 1).
Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of localized scleroderma patients
Performance characteristics of health status instruments
Because of the survey design, the following tools for determining activity and damage in LoS were used: the mLoSSI, the LoSDI, the patient and physician global assessment of disease (PtGA, PhysGA) on the VAS [3, 4, 8]. An additional investigation using Skindex-29 was conducted to analyze potential relationship of physician- and patient-derivied scores to quality of life (QoL) measures [12, 13].
The mLoSSI and LoSDI assess LoS skin lesions in 18 anatomic sites: head, neck, chest, abdomen, upper back, lower back and the right and left arms, forearms, hands/fingers, buttocks/thighs, legs and feet. Both indexes are a total sum of the score given in several domains. In each of the cutaneous anatomic sites, the mLoSSI assesses the following domains: new lesion/lesion extension, erythema and skin thickness; the LoSDI assesses dermal atrophy, subcutaneous atrophy and dyspigmentation in each of the sites. The arising of a new lesion or the enlargement of an existing lesion within the previous month is scored 3. Other domains of LoSCAT (erythema, skin thickness, dermal atrophy, subcutaneous atrophy and dyspigmentation) are scored using a unique 4-point scale ranging from 0 (‘no disability’) to 3 (‘completely disabled’). Higher mLoSSI scores indicate higher activity of the disease, whereas higher LoSDI scores represent greater damage caused by the disease [3, 4, 8].
The GAs of the disease, typically used in association with the LoSCAT, are rating scales for evaluating LoS activity/severity (A/S) and damage (D) by the physician (PhysGA-A, PhysGA-D) and the patient (PtGA-S, PtGA-D) over a one-month period. Scores range from 0 to 100. The GA scales were developed by paediatric LoS experts, on the basis of consensus agreement [3, 4, 8]. Whereas PhysGA-A and PtGA-S consider only cutaneous manifestations of the disease, PhysGA-D and PtGA-D take into account extracutaneous attributes/variables (physical disability, joint contracture, bone or skeletal muscle atrophy, eye involvement and central nervous system findings) as well.
Skindex-29 is a tool that measures the effects of skin disease on patients’ quality of life (QoL). It consists of 29 items arranged in three subscales: physical symptoms (7 items), emotions (10 items) and functioning (daily activities, fulfilling social roles and interpersonal interactions; 12 items), all scored from 0 to 100. This instrument is a valid and reliable tool and has been used as an outcome measure in clinical trials, for example in studies of therapies for atopic dermatitis, acne vulgaris and psoriasis [12,13,14,15,16,17,18]. A validated Polish version of the Skindex-29 questionnaire [13] was used with permission from Janowski Konrad, Ph.D.
Clinical signs of activity and damage in LoS patients were assessed with the use of LoSCAT and GA scales by two dermatology residents at the Medical University of Silesia independently. Before the initiation of the study, both examiners participated in an intensive training course carried out by an expert in LoS (ALŚ). Appendices describing each LoSCAT domain were prepared, with pictures of the example lesions added when possible. Moreover, the features determining disease activity and damage in adult patients with LoS were identified to properly evaluate the PhysGA-A and PhysGA-D. Detailed information about LoS and its natural course was prepared and this information was made available to patients previously received a diagnosis of LoS. Features determining disease severity and damage, as well as instructions for responding to the PtGA-S and PtGA-D, were described to them in Polish.
Analysis was restricted to the convergent validity and reliability of the mLoSSI, LoSDI and each of their domains. Because there is no alternative ‘gold standard’ instrument for the measurement of activity and damage in LoS, we evaluated the convergent validity of the LoSCAT by examining its relationship with GA. Convergent validity was assessed by comparing the mLoSSI (and its domains) to the Phys- and PtGA-A and by comparing the LoSDI (and its components) to the Phys and PtGA-D. Correlations of LoSCAT, PhysGA-A, PhysGA-D, PtGA-S and PtGA-D with three subscales (physical symptoms, emotions, functioning) of Skindex-29 were explored to allow for an additional analysis of the results.
To assess intra-rater reliability, all patients were examined twice by the same physician (ASS), who also completed the original English version of the LoSCAT and PhysGA-A and PhysGA-D, 48 h apart. All patients invited to participate in the validation survey were also asked to complete the PtGA-S and PtGA-D twice, with a 48-h interval. This period guaranteed that there would be no changes in the activity of LoS; at the same time, it was long enough to obtain memory annulment and to avert a carryover effect [19, 20].
To assess inter-rater reliability, all patients were evaluated and scored independently by two investigators (ASS, IRJ) with similar, a few years’ experience in the treatment of LoS.
Because LoSCAT data are ordinal in nature, Cohen’s kappa statistic and interclass correlation coefficient were calculated to assess inter-rater reliability; Spearman’s correlation coefficient was used to assess intra-rater reliability. The strength of the agreement associated with kappa statistics was described as follows: poor (< 0), slight (0–0.2), fair (0.21–0.4), moderate (0.41–0.6), substantial (0.61–0.8) or almost perfect (0.81–1) [21]. Convergent validity of the LoSCAT and relationship of its components and VAS to QoL measures were determined using Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Spearman’s correlation coefficients were interpreted as follows: low positive (≥ 0.3, < 0.5), moderate (≥ 0.5, < 0.7), strong (≥ 0.7, < 0.9) or very strong (≥ 0.9) [22].
Statistica 12.0 (StatSoft, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA) and PQStat (v.1.6.2; PQStat, Poznań, Poland) software was used for the statistical calculations.
The demographic and clinical characteristics of the 40 LoS patients included in the study are shown in Table 1.
LoS occurred predominantly in females in their fifth decade of life. The female:male ratio was 4.71:1. In only two patients (5%), the first symptoms appeared before the age of 18. Both of these patients were 34-year-old women (one had mixed LoS and the other had atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini) who had disease onset in early childhood (5 and 4 years, respectively) and first relapse in adulthood (31 and 22 years, respectively). The most common LoS subtype was plaque. followed by Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini and the generalised subtypes. Mixed and linear subtypes were the rarest subtypes. Arthralgias affected 7.5% of patients overall (one with linear, one with mixed and one with generalised subtype of LoS). Of the comorbid medical conditions the most frequent were hypertensio arterialis, diabetes mellitus type 2 and gastroesophageal reflux. In fact, three patients had multiple disorders (patient 3: gastroesophageal reflux and psoriasis; patient 34: Still’s disease and vitiligo; patient 39: bronchial asthma and rheumatoid arthritis).
Table 2 summarises inter and intra-rater reliability of the LoSCAT and its components.
Table 2 Reliability of the Localized Scleroderma Cutaneous Assessment Tool components and global assessment of disease tools
Inter-rater reliability
The Cohen’s kappa statistics were 0.89 for the mLoSSI and 0.87 for the LoSDI, indicating almost perfect reliability. The Cohen’s kappa for components of the mLoSSI ranged from 0.81 for erythema and 0.90 for skin thickness to even 1 for new lesion/lesion extension domain, which reflects perfect agreement. Among components of the LoSDI, the lowest kappa was observed for dyspigmentation domain (0.82); for the others, it was higher (0.92 and 0.91 for dermal atrophy and subcutaneous atrophy, respectively).
For the PhysGA-A and PhysGA-D, the inter-rater reliability was substantial (0.74 and 0.71, respectively).
For the total scores of the mLoSSI and LoSDI, the intraclass correlation coefficients were almost perfect (> 0.99).
Intra-rater reliability
The Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient between two mLoSSI scores was 0.9739, indicating adequate reproducibility. An analysis of intra-rater reliability for each domain showed almost perfect reliability for all of them: new lesion/lesion extension erythema and skin thickness (rs = 0.95–1). The intra-rater reliability of LoSDI and its domains was also almost perfect. The Spearman’s coefficient was high for LoSDI and its domains: dermal atrophy subcutaneous atrophy and dyspigmentation (rs = 0.97–0.99). The intra-rater reliability of the PhysGA-D was substantial (0.71), and for the PhysGA-A it was almost perfect (0.89).
Convergent construct validity
Correlations between the LoSCAT and comparators are summarised in Table 3.
Table 3 Construct validity of the Localized Scleroderma Cutaneous Assessment Tool components with global assessment of disease tools
mLoSSI
The Spearman’s correlation coefficient indicated a moderate correlation between mLoSSI and PhysGA-A (rs > 0.6, p < 0.01). All domains of mLoSSI had low positive correlations with PhysGA-A (rs = 0.47–0.68, p < 0.01).. Similarly, low positive associations between mLoSSI and its domains – erythema score skin thickness score – as well as the PtGA-S were observed (rs = 0.39–0.46, p < 0.01). The new lesion/lesion extension domain did not influence the PtGA-S score. A moderate correlation was found between PhysGA-A and PtGA-S (rs = 0.65, p < 0.01).
A low positive correlation was observed between the PhysGA-D and LoSDI (rs = 0.47, p < 0.01) and between the PhysGA-D and the LoSDI domains (rs = 0.33–0.44, all statistically significant). A similar level of correlation was found between the PhysGA-D and PtGA-D (rs = 0.42, p = 0.01). There was a tendency to positive correlation between the LoSDI, its domains, and the PtGA-D (rs = 0.1–0.29, p = 0.07–0.54).
Correlations of LoSCAT and VAS with Skindex-29
Relationships between the physician- and patient-derivied measures and QoL are presented in Table 4. No correlation was found between mLoSSI and Skindex-29. The latter also did not correlate with PhysGA-A and PtGA-S. Increasing damage of the disease assessed by physician and patients on VAS correlated with worse QoL. A low positive correlation of all Skindex-29 subscales with PhysGA-D and PtGA-D was found. The LoSDI was not related to the results of the QoL assessment.
Table 4 Construct validity of clinical tools for assessing localized scleroderma with Skindex-29 subscales
Physician reported measures seem to provide the most adequate assessment of LoS and are the easiest way to monitor treatment in both everyday clinical practice and clinical trials. However, an ideal scoring system was not available until relatively recently. In 2008–2014 Arkachaisri et al. developed and initially validated in paediatric patients the LoSCAT, a clinical skin score for the assessment of disease severity and damage in LoS [3, 4, 8]. It is considered a reliable and valid tool for assessing LoS in children [2,3,4].
We conducted a cross-sectional study with adult LoS patients to determine the convergent validity in addition to inter- and intra-examiner reliability of the LoSCAT. The LoSCAT was completed independently by two physicians and one of them completed it again after 48 h. Because LoS is a slow, progressive disorder, disease status is unlikely to change within this short period; however, the period seems to be is long enough to avoid recall bias [19, 20]. There was excellent agreement among repeated scores of the LoSCAT performed by a single rater (intra-rater reliability) as well as among raters (inter-rater reliability). The almost perfect intra- and inter-rater agreement was unsurprising, and we think it resulted from intensive training and preparation of an appendices to the LoSCAT before the study started. Charts describing the mLoSSI and LoSDI domains accompanied by photographs of real patients’ lesions offered rather good clues during each patient’s assessment. This kind of ‘LoSCAT instruction’ can be used even by inexperienced examiners, improving the results of disease evaluation. Thus, we reduced the effect of experience on inter-rater reliability. The PhysGA-D had only substantial inter- and intra-rater reliability, indicating that it has is less reliable than the LoSDI in the assessment of damage in adults with LoS.
When comparing correlation coefficients between the LoSCAT and other scales from the present study with validation studies in children with LoS, relatively similar patterns were identified. We observed a moderate correlation between mLoSSI and GA of disease activity/severity, confirming satisfactory convergence of analysed measures, as was the case in a study by Arkachaisri et al. [3]. The lack of association between PtGA-S and new lesions appearing or the enlargement of an existing lesion may seem surprising. A likely explanation is the patient’s understanding of the chronic nature of the disease and the recurrent character of the lesions (in almost all cases).
A low positive correlation was found between two clinician-reported measures, the LoSDI and PhysGA-D. As in a previous study conducted in a group of children with LoS, the physician reported LoSDI was not associated with patient derived PtGA-D scores [4]. This finding may be due to the fact that the LoSDI includes neither extracutaneous manifestation nor psychosocial condition assessment, in contrast to the GA-D [4]. Additionally the relationships of mLoSSI and LoSDI with Skindex-29 were assessed in our study and no association was found between higher activity or damage of the LoS and QoL. Similarly, the correlation of QoL with mLoSSI and LoSDI was poor and nonsignificant, when Children Dermatology Life Quality Index was assessed by Arkachaisri et al. [3, 4]. Cutaneous activity (LoSSI) and damage (LoSDI) did not influence the QoL in children also in other studies [23, 26, 27]. Although Klimas et al. found correlation between Skindex-29 and mLoSSI, specifically the symptoms domain, LoSDI did not correlate with Skindex-29 in their Morphea in Adults and Children cohort [24]. Satisfactory correlation of the PhysGA-D and PtGA-D with all Skindex-29 components in our study may indicate that Skindex-29 is a proper dermatology-specific tool for assessment of a QoL in adult LoS patients. The need to use additional health status instruments due to shortcomings of the LoSCAT was signalled in our earlier paper [25]. Adult patients with LoS scored lower on QoL than those with paediatric-onset LoS [25, 26]. Moreover, the recently published study proposed that physicians evaluate impairment of activities of daily living (ADL), not only QOL, in LoS patients [27]. Multiple affected body parts and leg lesions significantly impaired ADL of LoS patients, such as feeding, mobility (on level surface) and stairs [27]. A holistic approach to LoS patients is extremely important. Therefore, measurement tools related to the physical, mental, emotional and social functioning of patients seem to be important for an assessment of adult-onset LoS, but as far as psychometric properties, the QOL measures and LoS disability score were should not be used as a convergent criteria on validity of the LoSCAT. While GAs are partially based on variables that are within LoSCAT measures (i.e. erythema, skin thickness, dyspigmentation), QoL or ADL patient reports are different concepts.
The results demonstrate excellent reliability and convergent construct validity of the LoSCAT, providing evidence of its value in clinical trials with adult-onset LoS. In our opinion LoSCAT seems to be relevant, applicable, and easy to understand and use. It is sufficiently discriminating and comprehensive to cover the various clinical manifestations of LoS. At the same time, it is neither complicated nor time-consuming, which are crucial issues in a scoring system for routine daily use. In light of the results, it seems the LoSCAT may become the most popular instrument for the assessment of LoS skin activity and damage. Further prospective research should investigate other psychometric properties of the scale such as sensitivity to change in adult population.
Even though the LoSCAT had satisfactory convergence validity and excellent reliability in the assessment of cutaneous lesions, additional health status instruments should be included in a future core set of outcome measures for LoS clinical trials in adult patients.
ADL:
GA:
Global Assessment
LoSCAT:
Localized Scleroderma Cutaneous Assessment Tool
LoSDI:
Localized Scleroderma Skin Damage Index
mLoSSI:
Modified Localized Scleroderma Skin Severity Index
PhysGA-A:
Physician Global Assessment of Disease Activity
PhysGA-D:
Physician Global Assessment of Disease Damage
PtGA-D:
Patient Global Assessment of Disease Damage
PtGA-S:
Patient Global Assessment of Disease Severity
rs :
Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient
VAS:
Visual Analogue Scale
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Supported by Medical University of Silesia: KNW-1-086/K/7/K.
All data supporting the results and conclusions presented herein are included in this published article.
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Francuska Str. 20/24, 40-027, Katowice, Poland
Alina Skrzypek-Salamon, Anna Lis-Święty, Irmina Ranosz-Janicka & Ligia Brzezińska-Wcisło
Alina Skrzypek-Salamon
Anna Lis-Święty
Irmina Ranosz-Janicka
Ligia Brzezińska-Wcisło
This manuscript was draft by ASS, ALŚ, IRJ, LBW. ASS, ALŚ – main conception, design, acquisition of data, interpretation of data, writing; IRJ, LBW – participation in the design of the study, acquisition of data, writing assistance; All authors contributing to its critical review and approving the final draft.
Correspondence to Alina Skrzypek-Salamon.
This study was approved by the ethics committee of the Medical University of Silesia (ref. KNW/0022/KB1/134/15). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants in the study.
Skrzypek-Salamon, A., Lis-Święty, A., Ranosz-Janicka, I. et al. Localized Scleroderma Cutaneous Assessment Tool (LoSCAT) adapted for use in adult patients: report from an initial validation study. Health Qual Life Outcomes 16, 185 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-018-1010-z
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MAF Named Finalist for a 2012 Lightspeed Aviation Foundation Grant
MAF | March 28, 2012
Villagers greet the MAF plane in a remote area of Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Dave Forney, MAF.
NAMPA, Idaho –– Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is one of 20 nonprofit organizations named as finalists for a 2012 grant from the Lightspeed Aviation Foundation. Lightspeed made the announcement today at the Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-In and Expo in Lakeland, Florida.
The final grant recipients will be selected by aviation enthusiasts who vote online at the Lightspeed Aviation Foundation website. The five charities that receive the most votes will each receive a grant of $10,000.
“We are grateful to the Lightspeed Aviation Foundation for its support of those organizations that use aviation to do good,” said John Boyd, MAF president and CEO. “This is an exciting opportunity for MAF, and we encourage our friends to vote online!”
Voting is open March 28 through Nov. 2, 2012. Winners will be announced in November.
MAF received Lightspeed grants in 2010 and 2011, with Lightspeed citing the ministry organization’s work to meet the physical and spiritual needs of isolated people around the world. To be eligible for the foundation’s grants, aviation organizations must be committed to growing the pilot community, building awareness, and using their grants for compassion and service to others.
Lightspeed Aviation manufactures headsets that are used by MAF pilots and others around the world.
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The Army personnel were patrolling the forward area in Mankote sector when they accidentally stepped on an antipersonnel mine triggering explosion, officials said.
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Last Updated: January 07, 2021, 23: 43 IST
Two Army personnel were injured in a landmine blast along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, officials said.
The Army personnel were patrolling the forward area in Mankote sector when they accidentally stepped on an anti-personnel mine triggering explosion, they said.
The personnel suffered injuries and were hospitalised, they said.
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COVID-19: Karnataka govt imposes night curfew from Dec 23 till Jan 2
(Eds: Repeats after correcting spelling in para 3) Bengaluru, Dec 23 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday said the state government has decided to impose night curfew from December 23 night till January 2 across the state aimed at containing the new COVID-19 strain.
The Chief Minister made the announcement following a meeting with Health Minister K Sudhakar, members of the state Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for COVID-19 and senior officials.
Addressing reporters, he said, 'In view of the new strain of the COVID-19 virus and as per the advice of the Government of India and Technical Advisory Committee, it is decided to impose night curfew from today till January 2, 2021 between 10 pm and 6 am.' 'It will be applicable for the entire state.. I request all public to cooperate to prevent and contain the new COVID- 19 strain.' Earlier in the day Sudhakar had held a detailed discussion with the TAC members consisting of senior health experts in the state.
Neighboring Maharashtra on Monday had declared a night curfew in municipal corporation areas as a precautionary step amid growing concerns over a new coronavirus variant spreading in Britain.
Yediyurappa said those travelling to the state from foreign countries must have COVID-19 certificate and the test should have been done only 72 hours before.
All arrangements have been done at the airport to conduct tests and health staff have been deployed there and we have seen that no one enters the city without getting tested.
Responding to a question the Chief Minister said all activities will go on as usual between 6 am to 10 pm and no one should come out after 10 pm.
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Home 3D mapping systems Self-sweeping laser could dramatically shrink 3D mapping systems
Self-sweeping laser could dramatically shrink 3D mapping systems
This self-sweeping laser couples an optical field with the mechanical motion of a high-contrast grating (HCG) mirror. The HCG mirror is supported by mechanical springs connected to layers of semiconductor material. The red layer represents the laser’s gain (for light amplification), and the blue layers form the system’s second mirror. The force of the light causes the top mirror to vibrate at high speed. The vibration allows the laser to automatically change color as it scans. (Schematic by Weijian Yang)
A new approach that uses light to move mirrors could usher in a new generation of laser technology for a wide range of applications, including remote sensing, self-driving car navigation and 3D biomedical imaging.
A team of UC Berkeley engineers led by Connie Chang-Hasnain, a professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, used a novel concept to automate the way a light source changes its wavelength as it sweeps the surrounding landscape. They report their findings in the journal Scientific Reports, published Thursday, Sept. 3.
The advance could have implications for imaging technology using LIDAR, or light detection and ranging, and OCT, or optical coherence tomography.
“Our paper describes a fast, self-sweeping laser that can dramatically reduce the power consumption, size, weight and cost of LIDAR and OCT devices on the market today,” said Chang-Hasnain, chair of the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Graduate Group at UC Berkeley. “The advance could shrink components that now take up the space of a shoebox down to something compact and lightweight enough for smartphones or small UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles].”
LIDAR works by shining a beam of light at a target and measuring the amount of time it takes to bounce back. Because the speed of light is constant, this system can then be used to calculate distance. Self-driving vehicles and remote sensing technology use LIDAR for navigation and the creation of 3D maps.
OCT applies the same principle of measurement to the scale of millimeters in medical imaging. The technology is used to create cross-sectional images of the retina and help with the early detection of retinal diseases, including age-related macular degeneration.
Moving mirrors with light
In both applications, as the laser moves along, it must continuously change its frequency so that it can calculate the difference between the incoming, reflected light and the outgoing light. To change the frequency, at least one of the two mirrors in the laser cavity must move precisely.
“The mechanisms needed to control the mirrors are a part of what makes current LIDAR and OCT systems bulky, power-hungry, slow and complex,” said study lead author Weijian Yang, who did this work as a UC Berkeley Ph.D. student in electrical engineering and computer sciences. “The faster the system must perform – such as in self-driving vehicles that must avoid collisions – the more power it needs.”
The novelty of the new design is the integration of the semiconductor laser with the mirror. Each laser can be as small as a few hundred micrometers square, and it can be readily powered by an AA battery.
The coupling of the laser with an ultra-thin, high-contrast grating (HCG) mirror allowed the researchers to harness the physical force of the light to move the mirror. The HCG mirror, consisting of rows of tiny ridges, was developed in Chang-Hasnain’s lab and has recently been used to create an artificial, chameleon-like skin. With an average force of just a few nanonewtons, or about one-thousandth the weight of an ant, the light exerts enough energy to cause the mirror to vibrate.
‘Like a kid on a swing’
“The light acts like a kid on a swing, and the mirror is the swing itself,” said Yang, who is now a postdoctoral researcher in biological sciences at Columbia University. “If the child moves his body properly along the swinging path, he can enjoy this ‘free’ ride without any external force. This is what is happening in this self-sweeping laser.”
In their experiments, the researchers found that this optomechanical interaction of the laser and the mirror can sweep across a wavelength range of more than 23 nanometers in the infrared spectrum without the need for external controls.
“That wavelength range would be sufficient for a system that could resolve 50-micrometer surface profile features, even when the target is tens of meters away,” said study co-author Adair Gerke, a Ph.D. student in Chang-Hasnain’s group.
Moreover, the period of the sweeping cycle can be as short as a few hundred nanoseconds, enabling several million sweeps per second. This speedy sweeping rate enables 3D image capture for real-time videos and visualization of depth change.
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13:45 Oct 2, 2020
Secondary Containment Inoperable
At 0945 hours0.0109 days <br />0.263 hours <br />0.00156 weeks <br />3.595725e-4 months <br /> [EDT] on 10/02/2020, with Millstone Unit 3 in Mode 4, Operations discovered a door in the Secondary Containment boundary blocked open. Investigation determined the door was blocked open at 1842 [EDT] on 10/01/2020, rendering Secondary Containment inoperable. The door was closed at 1002 [(EDT) on 10/02/2020], restoring Secondary Containment to operable status.
Since Secondary Containment was rendered inoperable, Dominion Energy is reporting this as a condition that could have prevented the fulfillment of the safety function to control the release of radioactive material and mitigate the consequences of an accident. This condition is being reported as an eight hour report pursuant to 10 CFR 50.72 (b)(3)(v)(C) and (D). There was no release of radioactivity to the public.
The NRC Senior Resident Inspector has been notified.
With the door blocked open, the plant was in a 24-hour shutdown action statement. The state of Connecticut and local towns were notified.
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10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(v)(C), Loss of Safety Function - Release of Radioactive Material
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-1.17 h-0.0488 days <br />-0.00696 weeks <br />-0.0016 months <br />)
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Millstone with 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(v)(C), Loss of Safety Function - Release of Radioactive Material
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Nice Price Or No Dice
For $4,500, it’s hip to be square... back
Rob Emslie
Nice Price Or No DiceIs this used car a good deal? You decide!
As far as gorillas go, the Silverback is the most majestic. And when monkeying around with VWs, a lot of people go ape over the Squareback. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe ‘66 may not be majestic, but will its price have you asking for some of your silver back?
Unsurprisingly, the vast majority - a full 94% of you - felt yesterday's custom Nissan pickup, dubbed the Truxarossa, to be nearly perfect. Perfect that is to be used as either a mobile Meth Lab or in lieu of Charmin the next time you take the browns to the super bowl. Yeah, it was just that bad.
For $3,300, what the truck?
The Testarossa was not Ferrari's finest hour, but that doesn't mean custom pickup truck builders…
Today we will attempt to cleanse the taste of cracker ass from everyone's mouths with an aperitif that's pretty much a favorite around here - the VW Squareback - and maybe its price will prove just as appetizing. The first of VW's Type 3 variants arrived in 1961 in the form of the very handsome notchback saloon. The following year saw the debut of a second body style, that of the square-back wagon. Sporting two doors and a hatch, the shooting brake-esqe long roof provided utility and, with the exception of a set of rear fender louvered air intakes, belied its rear engine placement.
This 1966 VW Squareback is from the fifth year of production and sports both aspects of originality, and what might be seen as welcome updating. The baby blue paint is claimed OG and featured a patina of age that will either endear or revolt. Under that patchy azure coat is a body that's relatively straight, but does feature a few dings and dents here and there, and what looks like a spot where a .357 slug narrowly missed taking out the driver's liver. Thankfully both the delicate blade bumpers and the precarious nose look reasonably unscathed. A couple of cool features are the basket rack on the roof and the sprint star rims. Behind those wheels, the seller calms are disc brakes, alleviating one of the early VWs major foibles- stopping ability of a one-legged duck on black ice.
Inside it's mostly stock, and a little tired. However, the blue plaid door panels and load area sides are a little jarring and it appears that the clan represented is McGarish. Much less eye watering are the skinny stock wheel with its lovely delicate horn ring, and the black dash top that unfortunately has a sizeable crack running through it. The hatch area is clean and thankfully unencumbered by oversized audio equipment that's seemingly common among Squareback owners.
Under the bed lies the engine, and if you like pancakes, you'll love the dual-port 1600 that lives down there. The Type 3 1600 was the first volume production car to feature electronic fuel injection, but that didn't come until 2 years after this car left the factory, and so it has old school carbs. That means about 55 bhp and, with the 4-speed stick and a deft arm working the long, rubbery linkage, getting to sixty from a standstill in about 15 seconds. You might want to bring a book. Also two years in this car's future - unless it has been upgraded - is the fully CV'd rear suspension, so this one's axles likely swing like drunken divorcees.
So it probably stops better than it goes, and looks pretty cool no matter what it's doing. If someone likes Squarebacks even more than babybacks then this one looks like a prime rib contender. But what about its price? The seller is asking $4,500 to take it off his hands, and even though its located in Nevada, that doesn't seem like too big a gamble, does it? What do you think, is $4,500 a square deal for this Squareback? Or, does that price make this Type 3 number 2?
You decide!
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The squareback has always been my favorite rear-engined VW, pleasant styling, useful interior space and its underpowered drive train will never get you in trouble.
This one even comes in the perfect squareback color — actually it's the only color I ever remember seeing them wear. What wrecks it for me are the modifications, especially the tartan interior treatment which looks to be OEM fabric from the Westfalia camper.
I can forgive the patina and if the whole package were closer to original it would be worth $4500. As it stands, though, I'm sorry but this is crack pipe.
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200 hours completed!
Around May 2019, I saw a news feature with Duke & Duchess of Cambridge launching the 24/7 UK crisis text line Give Us A Shout.
The idea seemed simple and brilliant. Mobile providers waived their fees for texts to this service. Anyone struggling with their emotions from feeling lonely to idealation to complete suicide, any age, could text the word SHOUT to 85258 and get help to take them from a hot moment to a cool calm.
As a completely text service 24/7, those struggling didn’t have to overcome fear or anxiety of speaking to someone via a telephone line. Nor did they have to take part in a video call.
Completely anonymous.
This idea peaked my interest. The new launch was to engage with volunteers to train to go on the platform and support. The training was long and intense.
A coach is assigned from joining Give Us A Shout until a volunteer decides to leave.
This wrap around support for texters and volunteers is unique so I applied and thankfully was accepted.
Starting off as a baby chick (new volunteer) I could only take one texter at a time. The commitment is to give 200 hours to the platform before deciding to leave.
That target seemed light years away and completely unattainable. However, I received the following email from my Coach – I didn’t even realise I passed the landmark!
‘Congratulations on having spent 200 hours on the Platform.
Thank you for giving so much of your time and empathy to our texters. We really appreciate every second you’ve spent with us on the Platform…….720,000 seconds to be exact!
I’m sure that when you made a commitment to do 200 hours of volunteering with Shout it seemed almost unattainable, and yet you have made that commitment a reality and for that we are all so grateful to you.
We look forward to you continuing to support texters and other Shout Volunteers with your invaluable experience for many more hours to come.‘
My plan is to continue volunteering as long as I can for this unique service. Feedback shows me, it really makes a difference to those struggling.
I always teach people I work with ‘Never look at big targets. They always feel unattainable. Instead, look at bite sized steps. You’ll soon achieve your end goal and learn so much along the way.’
I know I have.
If you or anyone you know is struggling, no matter the time of day or night or issue that’s on your mind, text the word SHOUT to 85258. Help is there. You don’t need to go on any struggle alone.
The benefits of virtual learning
For the 10+ years I’ve been a MHFAEngland Instructor, I’ve been looking for a mental health and wellbeing programme to deliver which was accredited by a qualifying body delivering real value rather than the usual courses that just end with a Certificate of Attendance.
I stumbled across http://www.i-act.co.uk who devised mental health and well-being products specifically for the workplace. Both courses come with a 168 page manual, 50 self-help tools to use and 95 referral organisations for different mental health issues.
Having done the manager’s course – Managing and Promoting Positive Mental Health and WELLBeing – accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists with CPD points – I knew this was a key product which would deliver real value to my clients.
I decided to apply for the Instructor’s accreditation to deliver both the manager course and the ‘Understanding and Promoting Positive Mental Health and WELLbeing in the Workplace’ for non-management employees.
At the start of this week myself and others from all corners of the UK, Bahrain and Hong Kong met online with one of the co-founders Pete – a Clinical Psychiatrist and mine of information – also our Instructor. After watching Pete deliver, we then had to deliver the whole programme in our own style with a couple of peers giving feedback.
Solid connections were made. Messages of encouragement flowed over WhatsApp as we all became accredited instructors.
I now intend adding these two excellent courses to my portfolio of training to employers looking to ensure their staff at all levels are maintaining optimum levels of wellbeing duding real value to their bottom line and brand reputation.
The opportunities that open up when you least expect them can lead to incredible places.
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Real Social Mobility
Have you heard the name David Richards? Went to Silicon Valley to learn the IT trade, set up a college course for young people to get into IT in Sheffield, UK and headquartered his IT company WANdisco in both Sheffield and California… me neither. Why?
Why hasn’t the media picked up on this insightful business acumen from David before? Why has he not been used as a positive role model for young people living in areas where they can’t see a way to progress?
Setting up businesses in areas where there is deprivation means you have an untapped talent base locally who would be committed with the investment of training leading to genuine jobs they can build their futures on.
Check out David on Wikipedia and copied and pasted feature below shown on BBC News website this morning.. Imagine if every area of every country had insightful employers like David? The opportunities for true social mobility are endless. What do you think?
Social mobility: ‘When we set up a tech firm in Sheffield people laughed’
By Ross HawkinsPolitical correspondent, BBC Radio 4 Today
Image copyrightDAVID RICHARDS
David Richards was mocked when he chose Sheffield as the European headquarters for his computer firm.
He says that explains a lot about the lack of social mobility in the UK.
“Most of my friends in London thought it was some kind of staged joke,” he says.
Raised in what he calls a “lower middle class” home, David emigrated from Sheffield to Silicon Valley in the US aged 23 to work in IT.
The company he went on to found, Wandisco, is now worth £400m and employs 300 people.
When he wanted to bring the firm home, he chose Sheffield, where he sponsors a course at Sheffield College, which trains students for careers in computing.
But as a new report is published showing sharp differences in life chances for less well-off children around England, he says private companies must shoulder some of the blame.
“The private sector in particular needs to recognise you can’t just create companies solely in London,” he says. “You just cannot do that.”
‘Disappointing’ progress on social mobility in England
‘Where you can afford to move decides job chances’
The way firms cluster in the South East might explain part of the problem – but the Social Mobility Commission says it is complicated. Life chances for many in the south are poor too.
Children from less well-off families are likely to end up in low-paid jobs no matter how well they do at school in some parts of England, its report says.
Those in the areas where social mobility is easiest earn twice as much as those where it was most difficult.
The commission says persistent poverty means some families risk being “locked into disadvantage” for generations. It is demanding the government does more to boost social mobility.
Children who went on to the lowest salaries were raised in places that were typically more deprived, had fewer good jobs and fewer outstanding schools, according to its report.
Image captionJamanuel says that teachers at school weren’t motivating in his experience
Much of this is obvious to less well-off young people living in Sheffield.
“In my school, teachers didn’t really motivate you. Their way of motivating was kind of like: ‘You’re not going to pass’,” says 17-year-old student Jamanuel.
16-year-old Jasmine adds: “My school did not have work experience, so if I got to look for a job now, I have no idea what I’m doing… We didn’t have that support at school, so I do think the city is divided.”
Image caption16-year-old Jasmine said there was a lack of careers support at her school
The father of one of Sheffield College’s current star students stacks shelves in a supermarket for a living, David Richards says, but builds computers in his spare time.
“Opportunity is not spread evenly in the UK,” he says.
“If he was living in Silicon Valley… he’d be working at one of the big tech companies.”
The Social Mobility Commission report – drawn up with the Institute for Fiscal Studies – compares how much people who received free school meals as children earned at the age of 28 in different parts of England.
Their median wages in the best performing areas were more than £20,000. In the poorest performing, that figure was less than £10,000.
A government spokesperson said: “Now more than ever, our focus is on levelling up the opportunities available to every young person in this country and we will do everything possible to make sure no-one is left behind as a result of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.”
According to the commission’s report, life chances were best for disadvantaged children in places including East Hertfordshire and Wokingham in Berkshire.
Bradford and Hartlepool were among the worst performing towns. So too were West Devon, and the Chilterns.
Researchers only examined the earnings of men, the commission says, because data for female earnings would not have been comparable.
Are the quietest achievements the most powerful?
What an uplifting feature in the press over the weekend. Relative Values featured the author of The War Horse – Michael Morpurgo and his wife Clare talk about their life and work on their Farms for City Children which they set-up over 45 years ago. The idea was to bring children who live in cities to their farm and experience life – where their food comes from, looking after animals etc. Over 100,000 children have now spent a week at their farm experiencing a different life to take back to empower them with ideas of different paths they can take.
Magical for me was reading how Michael got the idea for War Horse. A child called Billy was visiting their farm and had trouble speaking. One night Michael saw Billy had crept out and was stroking one of the horses. Even more powerful was Billy talking excitedly to the horse and the horse seeming to patiently listen. A bond was struck up and an idea for War Horse was born.
The power of animals and people is long known. The impact on health and wellbeing is hugely valuable. I had no idea this author and his wife had changed so many lives over the past 45 years without awards and accolades. They do it because it’s the right thing to do.
Getting where you want to be – a different path?
We’ve seen the misery inflicted on ‘A’ level students with the release of predicted grades last week and it seems the same is set to follow those receiving their GCSE results this week.
Students who worked massively hard and got great grades in their mocks and from their teachers were marked down on the basis of the overall history of their school’s performance. Does it necessarily follow that a student attending an underperforming school who works hard, studies long and has positive role models in their life cannot soar? I don’t believe it does. Many people experience deprivation and barriers in their life but are able to focus on their goal, work hard and get where they want to be.
Education is seen by many adults the world over to be a passport out of deprivation for their children. Unfortunately, not all children see this when they have free education offered to them. But many do. Many want to rise-up, work hard and move forward.
The one piece of positivity I noted this weekend was the story of strong apprenticeships – see feature photo. I don’t mean the administration or customer service year long apprenticeships we’ve become used to but quality apprenticeships that lead to great careers and move people to where they want to be without judging them on what circumstances they were born into.
The feature picture reminded me of a meeting I had last week with a London Council. Their apprenticeships are broad and varied including Surveyor, Engineering – two years plus and starting salaries of £21K+.
University is a passport to a better life for some. But so are Apprenticeships. There is more than one solution. Look at apprenticeships on offer including at your local council. The ideal opportunity for you could be nearer than you think.
Deflated? Never at Growing Talent – ready for any challenge!
We all know the pleasure and the pain that Coronavirus has brought. Although we’ve all been in the same sea trying to get to the other side, we’re all in different boats.
It’s been a rollacoaster for everyone – maybe just to different degrees.
For those able to work from home, there’s maybe been the challenge that others in your family have been doing the same! Home schooling for those with children has been an added dimension – not all bad but not all good either!
Some of us have been forced to look at our own wellbeing. If we’re lucky enough to have gardens – they are likely re-designed and weed free! Some may have set some space aside for a veg plot having seen the advantages of growing your own – especially in a pandemic!
Some have taken the time to learn new skills – learn a new language, bricklaying or joined an online choir or logo class.
For some living in rooms without their own space or garden the initial lockdown is particularly tough.
Now we’re nearing the end of lockdown and the end of the furlough scheme which is seeing the unemployment figures rise exponentially. Graduates and those who have finished A levels are leaving full-time education. There has never been so much untapped talent in decades.
The poison chalice of unemployment quickly strips away self-worth and belief even in those previously highly confident with solid work histories. This needs addressing. It won’t work for everyone being put into a job without a programme of rebuilding their self-esteem – enter Growing Talent!
After six years collaboration with Job Centre Plus on Growing Talent, I was approached by two key cheerleaders of Growing Talent – also managers at JCP! – to run some programmes to address this self-esteem void along with knowledge for job searching to give those looking for work the edge wellbeing and so on.
Next week kicks off a week long programme for Jill – JCP manager at Bromley for some of her customers. Followed by two sessions the following week specifically aimed at Graduates. We’re really pleased Sophie and the team at Smart Works are joining us on these session to showcase their amazing offering.
In August a week long course is deliver for Rajen of Job Centre Plus in East London.
Meeting and exceeding the Government’s Kick Start programme our partnership will deliver empowerment to participants to sustainably move forward.
Ask any Growing Talent Associate or Graduate – we’re never deflated and always ready for any challenge!
Can’t wait to get started!Deflatd
Doing things differently – Carpe Diem!
When life throws you a curve ball, you can either crumple or run with it. With the lockdown continuing and people’s strange new life continuing it seemed apt to change person-to-person training to virtual where possible.
A little sceptical of how good it could be, I was astonished how well received my first course was. An informal discussion on coping with lockdown, the new challenges faced, new skills learned. Working with 16 team members at all levels of management from ISS in London, the conversation, ideas and laughter flowed. So what was the outcome? You can see some of their feedback below – and they’ve booked more courses kicking off with the key steps to starting a conversation, managing it if dark thoughts emerge and self care – critical to building resilience
‘Jane is a first class facilitator, she makes each session impactful and enjoyable which is a really difficult balance to achieve, I would wholeheartedly recommend.’ Andy Ingham, National Operations Manager – This is great feedback for me as Andy was the client and is a facilitator himself.
‘Good, not too formal, interactive and encouraged all team to participate throughout.’ Alison
‘I got a lot from the session just by listening.’ Leon
‘Jane was very open, calm and keep the session flowing easily. Jane felt like one of our team.’ Loraine
‘The information given on the session was perfect and it gave me the knowledge to look for signs and how to deal with difficult conversations especially where personal circumstances are concerned.’ Mark
So, if you are presented with an opportunity to do something different – don’t overthink it. Definitely don’t let self-doubt in. Tell yourself it will be a great experience and you will learn more about yourself doing it. What’s the worse that can happen?
Courses coming up include:
It’s Not About The Nail – don’t try to fix what you think is the obvious
Create Your role in The Future
Creating Empowerment In Your Teams
From June, the licensed global Mental Health First Aid full Adult course can be run online following MHFAEngland’s intensive collaboration with global partners to develop the new virtual programme.
As a Crisis Volunteer with Shout for the past year, I’ve seen how dealing with crisis via text messaging has literally saved lives. Who would have thought texting could have such a positive impact? Nancy Lublin the founder of Crisis Text Line in USA helped set-up Give us a Shout in the UK. Along with HRH Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, Nancy spoke about why she started the text line.
Using text instead of phone lines enables people to gather their thoughts and reflect on what they are ‘writing’ in their texts. They can also reflect back later on the empathetic responses from the crisis volunteer. What Nancy discovered was those in fear of their lives from others could get help without being heard using a phone. There are now crisis text lines springing up in more countries. Mobile carriers waive the costs of texting to Shout in the UK so it’s accessible to all. If you are in trouble – text Shout to 85258.
As an Associate Tutor with British Safety Council, many of their courses including Start the Conversation, Management the Conversation, Train the Facilitator could be delivered online – something they are looking into.
We all need to think of how to do things differently. This could be a fantastic opportunity. We just need to not let doubt in.
Carpe Diem – Seize the day!
Annarita’s thoughts on Growing Talent
It’s been an intense journey for Annarita. Following a difficult period of unemployment and various issues in her personal life, her self-esteem and joie de vie and plummeted whilst her anxiety had risen.
With her streak of courage and bravery, Annarita accepted the provisional role with PwC in their secretarial team even though it was completely outside her usual work area. She embraced every challenge thrown at her along the way. As you can see in the feature photo with head judge, Allen from PwC, Annarita’s idea won the Social Enterprise challenge.
So now she’s graduated and gone into work with PwC – what are her thoughts on the journey she’s been on?
‘If I could go back to the beginning, I’d still do Growing Talent. It’s given me the chance to get a step in the door and get back on the career ladder. I’ve learned it’s about the journey, jot the destination. Stepping stones lead to a giant rock of your dreams. Growing Talent helps people move forward with their lives’.
What is Annarita’s top tip to complete Growing Talent for those following her?
‘Try and take in all the information given as you may feel like you don’t need it right now but at some point down the line you’ll realise you do”
Any motivational thoughts Annarita?
“Keep going! Every step counts towards your personal growth whether it’s emotionally, financially or physically, take notice, be aware and step back – look at what you’ve achieved as each day passes. One day you may find you’ve obtained all the things you have always dreamt about”
So there you have it from one that knows.
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Growing Talent 25 has completed…… bring on GT26!
In January, we started off with 40 enthused, unemployed people applying for Growing Talent. Following the Employer Speed Dating held mid-January, 15 were selected by employers for a 1-2-1 second stage meeting. Offers were made, some rejected so we commenced Growing Talent 25 with three participants from diverse backgrounds who all shared one thing in common – they wanted to work!
Michelle & Tara from PwC joined the session and selected Annarita , below, to join them!
This is a big departure for Annarita. Following a background in textile design she is now part of PwC’s secretarial community.
Kate – a regular recruiter on Growing Talent – from Firmdale Hotels, selected Kerry to join their Haymarket hotel within the housekeeping team. Kerry is loving the role and already got her eye on progression not to mention the staff perks!
Annarita & Kerry – trained first aiders in Mental Health during the holistic part of Growing Talent.
Lastly, Sergio and Lina from ISS selected Nazzarriey to join their waste and segregation team. Naazzaariey – seen below with Kerry is getting used to the routine of working and planning things she can do with her wages….
We wish them well on their adventures ahead now they have a regular salary coming in…..
Highlights of their journey include:
Awaiting feedback on their excellent Social Enterprise presentation and more importantly the winner!
Emma from Unravelling Minds showing how art helps with wellbeing….
Lesley mid-flow delivering her 3Rs – techniques for staying healthy in the workplace.
This is one of the few times Growing Talent has experienced 100% who started completed and went into work! Great outcome for all…
What does the road ahead hold for them? who knows – but that’s part of the excitement of life – right?
The 26th programme starts in March…. watch this space!
Employers’ Speed Dating – 21 January 2020!
Our first speed dating (first stage selection) for Growing Talent commences with a quick fire speed session which enables employers to identify those they wold like to meet for a more in-depth chat about their roles on their sites.
With no cvs nor formal interview to undergo, the atmosphere is relaxed and laughter quickly flows.
Andy from Winlight Recruitment chatting to some participants….
For employers Growing Talent is the only way to ‘test drive’ someone in their vacant role ensuring they fit the role, team, company BEFORE hiring. Even more attractive is this doesn’t cost s penny. Run and funded by business for business.
Always smiling! Pedro and Sharaz from Pertemps checking out the untapped talent out there….
Equally important is the applicant experience. Growing Talent is only open to unemployed people over the age of 18 – no upper age limit – in London who have a strong will to work but need a little TLC.
Growing Talent enables unemployed people to shine and grow on their journey to employment. With a provisional job upfront, they are aware of the end job. As the employer trains them in that role during the programme, there are no surprises.
Kate from Firmdale Hotels returned to share the opportunities available……
If you are looking to get new talent in your business confidently and cost effectively or an unemployed and looking to get a role where you have the opportunity to prove yourself …… check out Growing Talent now.
Sergio & Lina from ISS – Sergio’s first time at speed dating!
What have you got to lose? Why not check out Growing Talent 26 in March?
Social mobility in action delivering equality and diversity automatically.
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Current: Why Canadian Imams Recite Prayers against the “Filth of the Jews”
Why Canadian Imams Recite Prayers against the “Filth of the Jews”
Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi, November 26, 2018
Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi
Filed under: Anti-Semitism, World Jewry
(Shaykh Abdullah Hakim Quick/Facebook)
Muslim clerics in Canada, the United States, and around the world have been documented reciting prayers to Allah to purify the al-Aqsa Mosque of the “filth of the Jews.”
An analysis of Islamic sources shows that Islam attributes spiritual “filth” to all non-Muslims, including Jews, and the Muslims are commanded by Allah to eradicate the spiritual “filth” from the world in order to impose the concept of Islamic monotheism and implement Sharia (Islamic) law.
In August 2018, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) revoked the charitable status of the Ottawa Islamic Center and Assalam Mosque, explaining that “many of the views expressed by the organization’s speakers are misogynistic, homophobic, racist, and/or promote violence.”1
Abdullah Hakim Quick, vice-president of the Canadian Council of Imams, is mentioned in CRA’s report as one of these speakers, due to a supplication he recited a few years ago, among others. In it, he said (originally in English):
May Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala [the Most High], the Most Exalted, clean and purify Masjid [mosque] al-Aqsa from the filth of the yahud [Jews]. May Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala, the Most High, the Most Exalted, clean Afghanistan and Iraq and all of the lands from the filth of the Kafirun [disbelievers or infidels].2
On June 15, 2016, Ayman Elkasrawy, an imam at Masjid Toronto, recited the following supplication, (originally in Arabic):
O Allah! Give victory to Islam and raise the standing of the Muslims.
[Congregation:] Ameen.
And humiliate the polytheism and polytheists.
O Allah! Give victory (help) to your slaves who believe in the oneness of Allah.
O Allah! Give them victory over the criminal people. O Allah! Destroy anyone who killed/ fought against Muslims.
O Allah! Destroy anyone who displaced the sons of the Muslims.
O Allah! Count their number;
Slay them one by one,
And spare not one of them.
O Allah! Purify al-Aqsa Mosque from the filth [دنس] of the Jews!
[Congregation:] Ameen.3
Another imam in western Canada invoked Allah to help purify al-Aqsa Mosque from the “filth” of “those,” meaning the Jews (originally in Arabic):
O Allah, we ask you to give victory to Islam and to raise the standing of the Muslims, give victory (help) to our oppressed brothers in Palestine, give victory (help) to our oppressed brothers in [the City of] al-Quds. O Allah, we ask you to purify and cleanse al-Aqsa Mosque from the filth [دنس] of those [Jews].4
On September 13, 2015, Mostafa Saad Hannout, an imam at Masjid Toronto, shared on his Facebook page a post by the Saudi Shaykh Dr. Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni that read (originally in Arabic):
O Allah, purify al-Aqsa Mosque from the filth [رجس] of the Jews and grant us the opportunity to pray in it before our death.” (اللهم طهر #المسجد_الأقصى من رجس يهود، وارزقنا فيه صلاة قبل الموت)5
The “impurity” of non-Muslims is mentioned in the Koran. Verse 28 of chapter 9 (Surah At-Tawbah, The Repentance) reads (according to the Saheeh International translation): “O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this, their [final] year. And if you fear privation, Allah will enrich you from His bounty if He wills. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Wise.”6
In a sermon delivered on May 25, 2012 at the Islamic Foundation of Toronto, its main imam and director of Religious Affairs Yusuf Badat explained why Islam attributes “impurity” to non-Muslims. According to Badat, non-Muslims are “internally filthy,” meaning their filth is spiritual because they don’t follow the teachings of Islam. In this context Badat said:7
I was mentioning about “open doors Toronto,” and every year I get this question where people say: “Why are non-Muslims in the Masjid [mosque]? You know, they’re filthy. Why are they here? They are not even dressed properly. Why are they coming in the Masjid? They might be in their menstrual cycles.” You get all kinds of questions like this, you know, ignorance. It is important that we ask when we don’t know. So it’s a good sign. You want to learn. So I felt it is important to clarify certain matters here. There are two issues. Number one is: Are disbelievers allowed to enter the Masjid? And number two: if they are allowed, then what are the conditions? So in terms of entering the Masjid, the Olama [علماء], the scholars of Islam, they agree that it is permissible for disbelievers to enter the Masjid, but with three conditions.
Number one is that there should be a purposeful benefit for them entering the Masjid. To enter the Masjid, there should be a purposeful benefit, that why are they entering? To see, to learn, we can give dawah [invitation to Islam]. You have many times something that goes wrong, maintenance, and there is no Muslim that can take care of that. So who do we call? A non-Muslim to repair something. Someone recently sent me photos of the Haram [Great Mosque of Mecca] and the expansion in Mecca, and how it’s going to be extended, etc. and they’ve contracted some of some parts of the construction and the expansion of the Haram to non-Muslims from different countries, and they enter there for a purposeful benefit. So if a non-Muslim is entering with a purposeful benefit, then it’s permitted. Condition number one.
Condition number two is that they should be externally clean. Their clothes should be externally clean. So they’re wearing nice clean clothes. That’s fine. We don’t bother about what is internal. We’re not concerned, and this is what the Olama [scholars of Islam] say in [the book] Ila Al-Sunan [إعلاء السنن]. In the books of fiqh [ فقه jurisprudence], it’s mentioned that the verse where Allah, Exalted and Glorified be He, says that the mushrikun [ مشركون polytheists] are impure, it doesn’t refer to the external impurity. It’s referring to the aqidah [ عقيدة faith] and the belief that they have that may be corrupt. So people generally quote the verse of Surah [chapter of the Koran] Al-Tawbah [Repentance], where Allah, Exalted and Glorified be He, says لا يدخلون المسجد الحرم [إِنَّمَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌ فَلا يَقْرَبُوا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ They should not enter the Masjid. So this is referring to their internal filth, not their external filth, their internal impurity, not their external impurity. So this is condition number two. And condition number three is that they should respect the sacredness of the Masjid.
Similar views were voiced in 2013 by Yasir Qadhi, the Dean of Academic Affairs at AlMaghrib Institute in Houston, Texas (originally in English):8
This is the precise definition of Shirk [polytheism] – to make a partner with Allah, Glorified and Exalted be He. And we realize that obviously Shirk is the opposite of Tawhid [monotheism] and must by necessity and by definition be the most evil of all evils. As Jews and Christians are mushrikoon [polytheists] in our perspective of Tawhid [monotheism], as we have studied can understand how, and only the Muslims follow Tawhid]. And it is also the same reason, or the same principle of Tawhid which is the first obligation upon every single human being that he bears witness and he testifies that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah. And it is because of this same principle of Tawhid that the Prophet, peace be upon him, has been commanded to do jihad. Jihad is a means and not a goal of itself. It is a means to establish Tawhid on the land. أمرت أن أقاتل الناس حتى يشهدوا أن لا إله إلا الله “I have been commanded to fight the people until they testify لا إله إلا الله there is no God but Allah.”
So the whole reason why Allah has created us, sent the prophets and revealed the books and differentiated us, based upon this principle and allowed for jihad, is the basis and is the principle of Tawhid. The life and property of a mushrik [polytheist, also identified as Christian] holds no value in the state of jihad. Make no respect. Notice that I said in the state of jihad, not at all times and places. The life and property of a mushrik becomes “halal” [permissible] while in a state of jihad. The prophet, peace be upon him, said, and I quote the hadith before, “I have been commanded to fight the people until they say: ‘There is no God but Allah’ [Islamic creed declaring belief in the tawhid] and when they say ‘There is no God but Allah’ [meaning accepting Islam],” he went on, “their life and property become protected for me.” Which means if they don’t say, “There is no God but Allah” their life and property are halal for the Muslims. So the Christians do commit Shirk [polytheism], they are kuffar [disbelievers], and they are mushrikoon [polytheists]. The mushrikoon [polytheists] are najis [impure, filth], they are filthy. Najasa [impurity, filth]. They are filthy, a spiritual filthiness which can only be purified by the purity of monotheism [Tawhid]. Allah calls the mushrikoon [polytheists] najis [filthy], which is a very evil thing. When Allah Himself says the mushrikoon [polytheists] are najis, Allah is calling them najis, they are Najasa, a filthy, impure, dirty substance.
Canadian Imam Kamil Ahmad, who serves as an assistant professor at the Islamic Online University, cited in this context a statement by the 14th century Salafist theologian Ibn Taymiyyah: “The Jews exaggerate in the purification of their bodies while their hearts remain filthy, and the Christians claim that they purify their hearts while their bodies remain impure; whereas the Muslims purify both their bodies and their hearts. [Al-Jawāb al-Ṣaḥīḥ li-man Baddala Dīn al-Masīḥ 3/102].”9
Ustadh Faraz A. Khan from SeekersHub,10 an educational portal in Toronto (“the al-Azhar of our time”),11 explained verse 28 of chapter 9 of the Koran as follows:12
Most Koranic exegetes [mufassirun] interpreted the first statement as metaphorical, that is, polytheists are not literally filth, but their creed of associating partners with Allah Most High is so base and vile in the sight of Allah that it is akin to filth itself, so much so that it is as if those who adhere to such beliefs are themselves filth.
The Reign of Islamic Daʿwah Centre in Toronto quoted a statement from the interpretation of the Koran by Saudi Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan: “The filth of Shirk, the filthy nature of Shirk. Because it is an insult to Allah the Most High.”13
On December 15, 2016, Ayman Elkasrawy, an imam at Masjid Toronto mosque, shared شبكة رصد’s video, accompanied with the following caption (originally in Arabic): “Graphic pictures! Of the Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo before and after it was destroyed by Assad forces and Russia.” In this context, Elkasrawy posted the following comment (originally in Arabic): “The impure [anjas] rejectionists [“rawafid” – derogatory manner by Sunni Muslims to describe the Shiite Muslims].”14
The attribution of “filth” (دنس-وسخ) to the polytheists and disbelievers/infidels, including Jews and Christians, appears also in the writings of the great commentators of the Koran, al-Tabari and Ibn Kathir.
Tafsir al-Tabari:
Surah Al-Maaidah (5), verse 41: “هؤلاء الذين لم يرد الله أن يطهِّر من دنس الكفر ووَسخ الشرك قُلوبَهم، بطهارة الإسلام ونظافة الإيمان” (“to purify from the filth of heresy and squalor of polytheism”)15
Surah Fatir (35), verse: 18: “وقوله (وَمَنْ تَزَكَّى فإِنَّمَا يَتَزكَّى لِنَفْسِهِ) يقول تعالى ذكره: ومن يتطهر من دنس الكفر والذنوب بالتوبة إلى الله، والإيمان به، والعمل بطاعته. “(“whoever will be purified from the filth of polytheism”)16
Surah Al-Jumu’ah (62), verse 2: “… وقوله: ( يَتْلُو عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِهِ ) يقول جلّ ثناؤه: يقرأ على هؤلاء الأميين آيات الله التي أنـزلها عليه ( وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ ) يقول: ويطهرهم من دنس الكفر.”(“will purify them from the filth of heresy”)17
Surah An-Nazi’at (79), verse 18: “وقوله: ( فَقُلْ هَلْ لَكَ إِلَى أَنْ تَزَكَّى ) يقول: فقل له: هل لك إلى أن تتطهَّر من دنس الكفر، وتؤمِن بربك؟”(“will be purify them from the filth of heresy”)18
Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Surah At-Tawbah (9), verse 18: “(The Masjids of Allah shall be maintained only by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day; perform the Salah, and give the Zakah and fear none but Allah). Therefore, if those believers who follow the virtues mentioned in the Ayah were prevented from attending the Masjid, then what cause for destruction is worse than this? Maintaining the Masjids not only means beautifying them, but it involves remembering Allah, establishing His Sharia in the Masjids, and purifying them from the filth of Shirk.”19
Tafsir Ibn Kathir Juz’ 1 (Part 1): Al-Fatihah 1 to Al-Baqarah 141 2nd Edition, p. cclxxvii: “(The Masjids of Allah shall be maintained only by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day; perform the Salah, and give the Zakah and fear none but Allah). Therefore, if those believers who follow the virtues mentioned in the Ayah were prevented from attending the Masjid, then what cause for destruction is worse than this? Maintaining the Masjids not only means beautifying them, but it involves remembering Allah, establishing His Sharia in the Masjids and purifying them from the filth of Shirk.”20
“Purify Al-Aqsa Mosque from the filth of the Jews”
Arabic text
Liberate Jerusalem from the filth of the Jews and their evils.21
وتحرر القدس من دنس يهود وشرورهم22
Ata Abu al-Rashta (HT, Ameer)
The liberation of Jerusalem by Salah ad-Din from the Crusaders, and since he established the first Friday after the purification of Jerusalem from the filth of the Crusaders23
منذ أن حرر صلاح الدين بيت_المقدس من الصليبيين وأقام الجمعة الأولى بعد تطهير القدس من دنس الصليبيين24
Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades
Al-Qassam Brigades promise you that Mohammed Deif will, God-willing, be the commander in chief of the conquering and liberating army that will enter into the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque until we cleanse all of our land of the filth of the remaining occupiers25
وكتائب القسام تعدكم ان محمد الضيف سيكون باذن الله تعالى القائد العام للجيش الذي سيدخل باحات المسجد الاقصى فاتحا محررا وحتى نطهر ارصنا كل ارضنا من دنس اخر المحتلين26
Mohamed Badie – Muslim Brotherhood, Supreme Leader (General Guide)
Their sole goal for all of them the recovery of al-Aqsa Mosque, freeing it from the filth of the Zionists… We are also commanded to rescue the holy sites of Christianity and even Judaism from the filth of those Zionists27
وهدفهم الأوحد جميعًا استرداد المسجد الأقصى، وتخليصه من دنس الصهاينة… كما أمرنا باستنقاذ المقدسات المسيحية بل واليهودية من دنس هؤلاء الصهاينة28
Al-Qaeda’s statement (translated by Reuters)
To purify all Islamic land from the filth of the Jews and Americans, including Jerusalem and Kashmir29
تطهير جميع الراضي السلمية من دنس اليهود والمريكان والهندوس بما فيها القدس وكشمير30
ISIS – The Islamic State (translated by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi)
And after God Almighty granted conquest for His mujahideen servants in Wilayat Ninawa and other wilayats of the Islamic State, and they cleansed them of the filth of the Safavids and secularists31
وبعد ان فتح الله تعالى لعباده المجاهدين في ولاية نينوي وغيرها من ولايات الدولة الاسلامية وطهورها من دنس الصفويين والعلمانيين32
The Accepted Dua, complied and translated by Abu Umar Abdulazeez
O Allah, cleanse my heart with the water of snow and hail, and cleanse my heart from all sins as a white garment is cleansed from filth33
اللهم اغسل قلبي بماء الثلج والبرد ونق قلبي من الخطايا كما نقيت الثوب الأبيض من الدنس34
Hizb ut-Tahrir’s translation of the words ‘danas’ and ‘rijs’
“… since the liberation of Al-Quds by Salahudin from the Crusaders, when he performed the first Juma’a after the purification of al-Quds from the filth of the Crusaders”35
منذ أن حرر صلاح الدين بيت المقدس من الصليبيين وأقام الجمعة الأولى بعد تطهير القدس من دنس الصليبيين36
“Therefore it is the duty of Muslims to mobilize their armies towards Palestine and liberate it completely from the filth of the Jews… It awaits the conquerors who will chant Takbeers and sacrifice their blood to liberate it from the filth of the Jews”37
وعليه فإن الواجب على المسلمين أن يحركوا جيوشهم تجاه فلسطين فيحرروها كاملة من رجس يهود… وتنتظر الفاتحين المكبرين الباذلين الدماء لتحريرها من رجس يهود38
“Sinai of Glory, where the war of dignity and glory took place on its soil, the Ummah were very close to liberating al-Aqsa and the Blessed Land (Palestine) from the filth of the Jews if it wasn’t for the betrayal of some who sold their Deen from the leaders and elites!”
سيناء أرض العزة والكرامة، حيث أكرمها الله بذكرها في القرآن العظيم في موضع جليل مهيب، فذُكرت الشجرة التي تنبت من هناك: ﴿شَجَرَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ طُورِ سَيْنَاءَ تَنْبُتُ بِالدُّهْنِ وَصِبْغٍ لِلْآكِلِينَ﴾… وسيناء العز حيث دارت على أرضها حربُ عزٍ وكرامة، كادت الأمة أن تحرر بها الأقصى والأرض المباركة (فلسطين) من رجس يهود، لولا خيانة بعض من باعوا دينهم من القادة والسادة!39
“… to discourage them from crowning their blessed revolution with the state that will annihilate the tyrants and oppressors and liberate Jerusalem from the filth of the Jews and their evils.”40
وثنيهم عن تتويج ثورتهم المباركة بدولةٍ تنسف الطغاة والجبابرة وتحرر القدس من دنس يهود وشرورهم.41
“O Armies stationed in the barracks… Is it not time for you to rise and shake off the dust of humiliation off your Ummah?… Is it not time for your large army chanting the Takbeer to liberate al-Aqsa from the filth of the Jews?”42
أيتها الجيوش الرابضة في ثكناتها… أما آن لكم أن تنفضوا غبار الذل عن أمتكم… أما آن لجحافلكم المكبرة أن تحرر الأقصى من رجس يهود.43
“It reminded the Ummah in general, and her armies in particular, of their duty to liberate Masjid al-Aqsa and all of Palestine from the filth of the Jewish occupation.”
ذكّرت الأمة بشكل عام، وجيوش المسلمين بشكل خاص، بواجبهم في تحرير المسجد الأقصى وكل فلسطين من دنس الاحتلال اليهودي.44
“Only the Pakistani army officers, the Egyptian army officers, and the Turkish army officers, and other soldiers of Islam are the ones capable of defending Islam, Protecting the honor of religion, preserving the holy sites, and liberating al-Aqsa Mosque and ridding it from the filth of the Jews.”45
ضباط الجيش الباكستاني وضباط الجيش المصري وجنرالات الجيش التركي وغيرهم من جند الإسلام، هم القادرون على نصرة الإسلام والذود عن حياض الدين والمحافظة على المقدسات وتحرير المسجد الأقصى وتخليصه من رجس يهود.46
“Did the ‘departure’ actually take place within the Muslim lands? So what has happened with the blessed land of Palestine? Has it been purified by our armies from the filth of the usurping Jews?”47
هل تمّ الجلاء فعلا من بلاد المسلمين؟ فأين الأرض المباركة فلسطين، هل طّهرتها جيوشنا من رجس يهود الغاصبين؟48
“The Blessed Land (Palestine) is not only an Islamic land, but the heart of the Muslim Islamic Ummah, and to remind the Muslim Ummah in general and the people of power and capacity (the Muslim armies) specifically, imposing the establishment of the Khilafah Rashidah State (rightly guided Caliphate) who have its obligation upon their necks to mobilize their formidable armies to liberate the Islamic sanctities from the filth of the Jewish entity, making it a thing of the past.”49
فالأرض المباركة (فلسطين) هي أرض إسلامية بل قلب الأمة الإسلامية النابض، ولتذكير الأمة الإسلامية عامة وأهل القوة والمنعة فيها (جيوش المسلمين) خاصة، بفرض إقامة دولة الخلافة الراشدة الملقى على عاتقهم التي تحرك الجيوش الجرارة لتحرير المقدسات الإسلامية من رجس كيان يهود وجعله أثرا بعد عين.50
“When reading Rezaei’s statement one would think the Kafir heretic Ba’athist regime had put forth an unprecedented action in the implementation of Allah’s legislation and upholding jihad, and liberating al-Aqsa a-Shareef from the filth of the Jews…”51
من يقرأ تصريحه يتبادر إلى ذهنه وكأن النظام البعثي الكافر الملحد قد أتى بما لم تأت به الأوائل من تطبيق لشرع الله وإعلاء الجهاد وتحرير الأقصى الشريف من دنس يهود52
“However – we eventually believe that Allah (swt) will make His Deen victorious, and will grant His righteous servants power and will establish them in the earth very soon by His will and power, as Khulafa and righteous leaders, so that they purify all the lands of the Muslims from the filth of the colonial Kuffar, and return everything to their right places, and that is not a great matter for Allah (swt).”53
لكنَّنا – في الخِتامِ – مُؤمِنُونَ بأنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ناصِرٌ دِيْنَهُ، ومُظهِرٌ عِبادَهُ الصَّالِحينَ، وَمُمَكِّنٌ لهُم في الأرضِ قرِيباً عاجِلاً بِحَولِهِ وقُوَّتِهِ خُلَفَاءَ وحُكَّاماً صالِحِينَ، ليُطَهِّروا كُلَّ بلادِ المُسلمينَ من رِجسِ الكافِرين المُستَعمِرين، ويَرُدُّوا الأمُورَ إلى نِصَابِهَا، وما ذلكَ على اللهِ بعَزِيز.54
“So how would it be if there was a march from an army preceding these people, purifying for them the Earth from the filth of the oppressing Jews…”55
فكيف لو كان هناك زحفُ جيشٍ يتقدم هؤلاء الزاحفين، يُنظِّف لهم الأرضَ من رجسِ يهود 56
“And in order for the joy to be complete, Masjid al-Aqsa and Palestine must be liberated from the filth of the Jews, and Jerusalem purified from their filth.”57
وحتى تكتمل الفرحة فلا بد من تحرير المسجد الأقصى وفلسطين من دنس يهود، وتطهير بيت المقدس من رجسهم.58
“So reject the sinful Camp David Accord, and establish the Sharia of Allah by establishing the rightly guided Khilafah “Caliphate” state, which will uproot the Jewish entity from the Blessed Land by the hands of its sincere soldiers in the army of Egypt the Kinanah, who are yearning for Jihad in the way of Allah (swt) and for liberating Masjid Al-Aqsa from the filth of the Jews.”59
فدوسوا على اتفاقية كامب ديفيد الآثمة، وأقيموا شرع الله بإقامة دولة الخلافة الراشدة لتقتلع كيان يهود من الأرض المباركة بسواعد جندها المخلصين في جيش مصر الكنانة الذين يتشوقون للجهاد في سبيل الله وتحرير المسجد الأقصى من رجس يهود.60
“And then he will lead us to liberate Palestine, all of Palestine, from the filth of the Jewish state to restore al-Quds, the land of Isra’ and Mi’raj of the Messenger of Allah (saw), will return honored and dignified by Islam, and by the army of Islam”61
ومن ثم يقودنا لتحرير فلسطين كل فلسطين من رجس دولة يهود، فتعود القدس مسرى رسول الله – صلى الله عليه وسلم – ومعراجه عزيزة كريمة بالإسلام، وبجند الإسلام62
“Our address is to the armies in the Muslim world in general and the Egyptian army in particular, who hosts the best soldiers on earth, and to the armies of Jordan, Pakistan, and Turkey. We tell them that the liberation of the blessed land from the filth of Jews is in your capacity…”63
وهذا خطابنا إلى الجيوش في العالم الإسلامي عامة وجيش مصر خاصة الذي فيه خير أجناد الأرض، وإلى جيوش الأردن وباكستان وتركيا ونقول لهم، إن تحرير الأرض المباركة من رجس يهود هو بمقدوركم64
“That the Khaleefah will have eradicated the tyrants in the land of al-Sham, and rescued its Muslims, the elderly, women and children, from the filth of the tyrants and oppressors… and then he will lead us to liberate Palestine, all of Palestine, from the filth of the Jewish state to restore al-Quds, the land of Isra’ and Mi’raj of the Messenger of Allah (saw), will return honored and dignified by Islam, and by the army of Islam…”65
ويكون الخليفة قد قضى على الطغاة في أرض الشام، وأنقذ المسلمين فيها، الشيوخ والنساء والأطفال، من دنس الطغاة والظالمين… ومن ثم يقودنا لتحرير فلسطين كل فلسطين من رجس دولة يهود، فتعود القدس مسرى رسول الله – صلى الله عليه وسلم – ومعراجه عزيزة كريمة بالإسلام، وبجند الإسلام66
1 https://globalnews.ca/news/4373959/ottawa-mosque-charity-hate-intolerance/
3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpC0WqFQq78&t=2s. Ayman Elkarawy’s statement: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2017/10/30/i-never-prayed-for-the-killing-of-jews-elkasrawy.html. Ample evidence based on Islamic sources supports Halevi’s translation: http://acdemocracy.org/toronto-stars-fake-news-in-service-of-political-islam/;
https://dianebederman.com/is-the-toronto-star-canadas-fakenews-media-outlet/;
https://dianebederman.com/toronto-star-publishes-fake-news-but-refuses-to-retract-even-after-being-proven-wrong/;
https://dianebederman.com/why-doesnt-the-toronto-star-correct-and-apologize-for-its-front-page-fakenews-article/;
https://dianebederman.com/was-toronto-stars-front-page-expose-defamatory-fake-news/;
https://dianebederman.com/toronto-star-fakenews-its-not-manipulation-its-an-ellipsis/;
https://dianebederman.com/ibrahim-hindy-sets-his-own-definition-of-antisemitism-in-muslim-prayers/;
https://dianebederman.com/fakenews-what-didnt-toronto-star-tell-readers-about-its-independent-expert/;
https://dianebederman.com/fakenews-toronto-star-concealed-ayman-elkasrawys-affiliation-with-the-muslim-brothe;
https://dianebederman.com/toronto-star-fakenews-writing-about-social-media-posts-but-neglecting-to-check-them/;
https://dianebederman.com/fakenews-toronto-star-ignored-ayman-elkasrawys-sympathy-with-hamas-al-qassam-brigades/;
https://dianebederman.com/fakenews-toronto-star-where-were-elkasrawys-anti-jewish-israel-posts/;
https://dianebederman.com/toronto-star-fakenews-what-did-ayman-elkasrawy-mean-by-reciting-slay-them-one-by-one/;
https://dianebederman.com/fakenews-toronto-star-what-prayers-are-shared-in-the-masjid-toronto-mosque/;
https://dianebederman.com/why-did-fakenews-toronto-star-ignore-elkasrawys-third-supplication/;
https://jcpa.org.il/2017/08/%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D/
4 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OREdEQYSEEV8PYKEFThnccsoiSzdEBpt/view?usp=sharing
5 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Dgf4rvxgJAvXH29piWHB_hS_9GBhEZk2
6 https://quran.com/9
7 https://www.bitchute.com/video/Bt8QW7ij300Q/
8 https://youtu.be/7mXbp5sTiM0
9 https://www.facebook.com/kamil1/posts/559305707431797
10 http://seekershub.org/home/about-us/
11 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155607653816343&id=210380685666134
12 http://seekershub.org/ans-blog/2010/10/20/are-non-muslims-allowed-to-enter-mecca-and-the-sacred-mosque-haram/
13 https://www.troid.org/images/fbfiles/files/Kitaab_at_Tawheed__8.doc
14 https://dianebederman.com/toronto-star-fakenews-what-did-ayman-elkasrawy-mean-by-reciting-slay-them-one-by-one/
15 http://quran.ksu.edu.sa/tafseer/tabary/sura5-aya41.html
16 http://quran.ksu.edu.sa/tafseer/tabary/sura35-aya18.html
17 http://quran.ksu.edu.sa/tafseer/tabary/sura62-aya2.html#tabary
19 http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=323
20https://books.google.ca/books?id=mcxQCwAAQBAJ&pg=PR277&lpg=PR277&dq=“from+the+filth+of+Shirk”&source=bl&ots=fWhLYCl5N8&sig=jsVM7Wm2X1wZyR1U_BTs7KLJ0f0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJ3_Kcr9jXAhWI24MKHdQ4DmwQ6AEIKTAB#v=onepage&q=filth&f=false and https://books.google.ca/books?redir_esc=y&id=uTJoiXp3pS4C&q=filth#v=snippet&q=filth&f=false
21 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/en/index.php/press-releases/syria/download/643_494cfc5c225783b017f79505de4eae67.htm
22 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/ar/index.php/pressreleases/syria/28051.html
23https://www.facebook.com/AmeerhtAtabinKhalil/photos/a.122855544578192/661868310676910/?type=3&theater
24https://www.facebook.com/AmeerhtAtabinKhalil/photos/a.122855544578192.1073741828.122848424578904/661338257396582/?type=3
25 https://web.archive.org/web/20171206063245/https://www.qassam.ps/q/web/statements/details/3
26 https://www.bitchute.com/video/Bt8QW7ij300Q/
27 https://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/Badie%20Anti-Semitic%20remarks-1.pdf
28 http://www.ikhwanonline.com/Section/111457/Default.aspx
29 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/nov/21/alqaida.terrorism
30 https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/3B/3BF51113688BCD59BF82565456336B1B_1.doc.pdf
31 http://www.aymennjawad.org/2015/01/archive-of-islamic-state-administrative-documents
32 http://www.aymennjawad.org/jawad/pics/large/1485.jpg
33 The Accepted Dua [Supplication], complied and translated by Abu Umar; Abdulazeez, http://abenefitaday.com/ in conjunction with Abu Hurairah Centre, Third Edition, 2013, Toronto, Canada, p. 109. The book has been distributed for free by Canadian Dawah groups, including Walk-In Islamic infoCenter.
35 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/en/index.php/leaflet/hizb-ut-tahrir/13570.html
36 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/ar/index.php/leaflets/hizb/45380.html
37 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/en/index.php/press-releases/palestine/6696.html
38 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/ar/index.php/pressreleases/palestine/28410.html
39 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/ar/index.php/leaflets/egypt/25425.html
40 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/en/index.php/press-releases/syria/download/643_494cfc5c225783b017f79505de4eae67.html
42 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/en/index.php/leaflet/palestine/5951.html
43 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/ar/index.php/leaflets/palestine/27128.html
44 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/ar/index.php/pressreleases/pakistan/25504.html
47 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/en/index.php/leaflet/tunisia/11585.html
48 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/ar/index.php/leaflets/tunisia/39944.html
49 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/en/index.php/hizbuttahrir/14361.html
50 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/ar/index.php/dawahnews/cmo/48173.html
51 2012_08_25_HTCMO_Eng.pdf
52 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/ar/index.php/pressreleases/markazy/cmo/15098.html
53 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/en/index.php/press-releases/iraq/14023.html
54 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/ar/index.php/pressreleases/iraq/46888.html
55 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/en/index.php/leaflet/hizb-ut-tahrir/893.html
57 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/en/index.php/press-releases/central-media-office/download/2199_e7a1d4685ddb921e42db467f887c0197.html
58 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/ar/index.php/multimedia/others/20845.html
59 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/en/index.php/press-releases/egypt/5132.html
60 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/ar/index.php/pressreleases/egypt/25797.html
61 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/en/index.php/press-releases/central-media-office/download/2264_b81c8f86a63d3cdeab7df311c866138a.html
62 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/ar/index.php/dawahnews/sporadic-news/20139.html
63 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/en/index.php/leaflet/palestine/download/1660_14fecb81eb96508da3838cc8a623c1d7.html
65 http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/en/index.php/leaflet/hizb-ut-tahrir/2360.html
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Maximum sustainable speeds and cost of swimming in juvenile kawakawa tuna (Euthynnus affinis) and chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus)
C. Sepulveda, K.A. Dickson
Journal of Experimental Biology 2000 203: 3089-3101;
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Tunas (Scombridae) have been assumed to be among the fastest and most efficient swimmers because they elevate the temperature of the slow-twitch, aerobic locomotor muscle above the ambient water temperature (endothermy) and because of their streamlined body shape and use of the thunniform locomotor mode. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that juvenile tunas swim both faster and more efficiently than their ectothermic relatives. The maximum sustainable swimming speed (U(max), the maximum speed attained while using a steady, continuous gait powered by the aerobic myotomal muscle) and the net cost of transport (COT(net)) were compared at 24 degrees C in similar-sized (116–255 mm fork length) juvenile scombrids, an endothermic tuna, the kawakawa (Euthynnus affinis) and the ectothermic chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus). U(max) and COT(net) were measured by forcing individual fish to swim in a temperature-controlled, variable-speed swimming tunnel respirometer. There were no significant interspecific differences in the relationship between U(max) and body mass or fork length or in the relationship between COT(net) and body mass or fork length. Muscle temperatures were elevated by 1.0-2.3 degrees C and 0.1-0.6 degrees C above water temperature in the kawakawa and chub mackerel, respectively. The juvenile kawakawa had significantly higher standard metabolic rates than the chub mackerel, because the total rate of oxygen consumption at a given swimming speed was higher in the kawakawa when the effects of fish size were accounted for. Thus, juvenile kawakawa are not capable of higher sustainable swimming speeds and are not more efficient swimmers than juvenile chub mackerel.
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I game, leading to less real-world aggression.
I believe that violent video games do not contribute to youth violence. Here are the reasons why.Playing violent video games does not cause kids to commit mass shootings. Violent video games allow players to release their stress and anger in the game, leading to less real-world aggression. Violent video games may decrease crime because people are busy playing the games instead of committing violent acts.First, Playing violent video games does not cause kids to commit mass shootings. Katherine Newman, PhD, Dean of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University,(JHU) wrote: “Millions of young people play video games full of fights, and shooting big guns. Yet only a tiny fraction of the game players become violent.” So that means just because a kid is shooting some people or things in a video game does not mean they would just walk out of there house and start a fight or shoot someone. Second, Violent video games allow players to release their stress and anger in the game, leading to less real-world aggression. A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health found that children, especially boys, play video games as a means of managing their emotions: “61.9% of boys played to ‘help me relax,’ 47.8% because ‘it helps me forget my problems,’ and 45.4% because ‘it helps me get my anger out.” SO if kids are having problems at home, at school, or others places, they can get on their game and just fight or shoot aliens to calm down and have fun. Last, Violent video games may decrease crime because people are busy playing the games instead of committing violent acts. With all of these new games that are out like “Call Of Duty”, “Halo”, and the “GTA” series. These games are very addicting. And that the time they spend playing the games is taking them off the streets, leading to decreased crime. So those were my reasons why I believe that video games do not contribute to violence. Here are the reasons one last time. Playing violent video games does not cause kids to commit mass shootings. Violent video games allow players to release their stress and anger in the game, leading to less real-world aggression. Violent video games may decrease crime because people are busy playing the games instead of committing violent acts.
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Overview mechanism underlying the feedback from the
In this study, the employee’s response to a negative evaluation is
analyzed. The fact of receiving feedback often puts the employee in front of
disparate psychological mechanisms, contrasting emotions that are difficult to
predict ex-ante. In particular, the
topic of work focuses on the analysis of reactions for negative feedback,
especially from male employees.
Often, in response to negative feedback, the employee can have a crying
reaction. Crying is often an underestimated response, especially in the
workplace. The paper wants to understand the mechanism underlying the feedback
from the evaluator to the employee, the reaction of the employee (especially if
it is explored with crying) and the behavioral process of the evaluator after
having seen the reaction of the employee affected by feedback. Everything is
brought on an exponential level if the crying employee is a man. What derives
from the behavior of a worker in response to feedback can lead the evaluator to
modify the employee’s perception. Moreover, in response to feedback, what for a
working-woman is defined as “socially acceptable”, often for a man is not (and
vice versa). An example of all is the fact of crying. For a woman it is even
advisable to cry to let off steam because of negative feedback; for a man,
already at a childish age, crying is not considered acceptable or at least
atypical.
Specifically, the evaluator, faced with the employee’s crying in
response to feedback, will also modify the employee’s assessment processes
regarding leadership skills.
Theoretical perspective
All the theoretical structure of the study is based on role congruity theory:
in general, the common sense wants that the role between man and woman poles
apart. Society, like the working environment, which is contaminated by the game
of roles, in which the “socially adaptable” is evaluated to the extent that a
person plays his part.
This therefore entails a degree of prejudice towards the behavior of the
other person, which is expressed in true discrimination when atypical behavior
occurs. According to the theoretical perspective of the study, atypical
behaviors or in line with the role played by the other sex (gentle man / woman
leader) are always penalizing. For all this, the reaction of a man who cries
then violates the fundamental pillars of the role congruity theory. Crying men
are considered abnormal because they differ significantly from typical patterns
of behavior.
When an employee receives negative performance feedback, the indirect
effect of the employee crying on performance evaluation, leadership ability
assessments and the tone of the recommendation letter through perceived
typicality is moderated by the gender of the employees in such a way that the
indirect effect is significant only when the male employee is crying.
Quality of supporting evidence
The study is different from previous studies, even the guidelines that
runs through the work address the prejudice, in response to an atypical
behavior, in specific cases, against men in the workplace; which in previous
studies was only dealt with on the woman’s side.
The discriminatory behavior of this study is dealt with in many areas
and contexts, highlighting how socially atypical and unacceptable behavior for
a gender is a cause of prejudice, bullying, and loneliness. The negative
effects are particularly strong when a gender acts in line with the
expectations of the role of the other sex.
Key assumptions
the context of performance feedback, we expect that supervisors who perceive
atypical behavior in response to negative performance feedback will be
prevented against the employee, thus generating assessments against the
employees themselves. On the wrong day, when the
feedback’s particularly upsetting, it may even bring the workers to tears. If
this happens to a male worker, according to this research, it could spell bad news
for his career prospects. The research was conducted among 169 employed adults in
the US, with an average age of 32, and presented them a 6-minute video with
several different versions which included a performance evaluation of a grocery
store manager named Pat: representing both male and female roles. Observers had
to picture themselves as the supervisor. According to the script Pat hasn’t
been a good employee in the recent past. He has been rude at work, late for
work, and had declining sales. Some versions of the video, was really emotional
where they got tears due to the feedback.
who saw the female version of Pat had no serious emotional feelings towards
Pat’s behavior and had no tears. However, the participants who saw the male version
of Pat, had tears and gave him low rates.
Gender analysis is the key to reading the article.
Everything that the community thinks “normal” then is also socially acceptable,
and vice versa. Absolutely acceptable behavior does not exist; everything is
filtered through the lenses of social prejudice, so as to isolate in quarantine
the one who takes possession of unusual behaviors or emotions in the eyes of
the role congruence theory.
There is therefore an interaction between gender and
type of emotion that can be seen publicly. If such interaction is modified by
unexpected or unjustified behavior at the social level, he or she who has had
this reaction will be substantially negatively evaluated for the rest of the
stay in the place where he exhibited such behavior.
Assesses conclusion
After the video was shown, participants were asked to draft a
recommendation letter for Pat in order to find employment. They received many
positive thoughts and comments on Pat even though he had bad qualities and
habits as an employee. On the other hand, participants who saw the crying
version of Pat commented and gave negative feedbacks for crying in public and
showing his weakness. And the discussion suggests that men crying in public
shows how emotional they get and suggests how men should be more confident with
different situations they undergo in life. It also points out how women act
strong in such scenarios where they are usually tender and emotional.
In conclusion, crying publicly is a sign of weakness and vulnerability:
all that we are not inclined to see or perceive, according to the stereotypes
of our society (role congruity theory) turns out to be strange, atypical and
unjustifiable. The act of crying in a man at the same time violates all these
“socially respectable” congruities, making sure that the man who performs the
crying action is judged strange and, at that point, all the assessments on his
account are replaced or changed radically.
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COVID-19 outbreak declared in cohort at Clemens Mill Public School
Immunofluorescence staining shows a nerve cell (pink) inside the olfactory mucosa which has been infected with SARS-CoV-2 (yellow). Supporting (epithelial) cells appear blue. (Photo: Jonas Franz/Universitätsmedizin Göttingen)
KITCHENER -- Health officials have declared a COVID-19 outbreak in a student cohort at Clemens Mill Public School after two students tested positive for the disease.
Officials said Wednesday that the two students were in a cohort that was asked to self-isolate last week after a case was confirmed on Nov. 23.
Track every case of COVID-19 in Waterloo Region schools
No other classrooms or cohorts have been dismissed, and officials said this isn't considered a school-wide outbreak.
Public health also confirmed a COVID-19 case in a student unrelated to the outbreak. That student was last at school on Nov. 18. No one at the school was exposed to the disease from that student, according to officials.
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Star-studded ‘Rise Up New York!’ telethon raises over $115 million for NYC-based COVID-19 charities
Courtesy of Robin HoodNew York remains the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a disproportionate amount of confirmed cases and fatalities attributed to the virus. The severity of the pandemic has taxed many city-based charities, from food banks to homeless shelters and beyond.
To ease the considerable financial burden, iHeartMedia and Robin Hood teamed up for Rise Up New York!, a one-hour virtual telethon streamed across numerous platforms that featured performances from Mariah Carey, Bon Jovi, Sting, Billy Joel and more to raise money for New York City’s COVID-19 relief efforts.
Hosted by Tina Fey, the actress encouraged those to support not only New York City-based charities, but also those within the Tri State area, shouting out in particular New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund and 4-CT.
The telethon not only provided a glimpse of the daily life of those working the front lines and running charities providing critical care to those most in need, celebrities with ties to the Big Apple banded together to share messages of encouragement and lend their voices for special performances.
Carey was the first musical guest and set the bar by singing her 1991 hit “Make It Happen” from her home studio while her backup singers and pianist beamed in from their living rooms.
Other highlights included Sting jamming from his electronic equipment-heavy studio to perform The Police‘s 1979 classic “Message in a Bottle.” While strumming his guitar, the camera flashed to inspirational messages New Yorkers have written on their windows or handmade signs to bolster the stricken city. The rocker ended his uplifting tune with an encouraging wink.
New Jersey and New York natives Bon Jovi breathed new life into a stripped down version of “It’s My Life” by scaling back the usually uptempo rock song and transforming it into a melancholy battle cry, which demonstrated how COVID-19 has given their lyrics a brand new meaning.
Lin Manuel Miranda organized a handful of Broadway legends, including alums Idina Menzel and Cynthia Erivo, to sing a passionate yet goofy rendition of “New York, New York.”
In addition, Alicia Keys highlighted front line workers with her soulful ballad “Good Job.”
The night closed out with an uplifting performance from Joel, singing “Miami 2017(Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway.” As the 71-year-old rallied New Yorkers to their feet with his lively piano playing, the lights atop the Empire State Building flashed with red, white and blue with each key strike, creating a choreographed dazzling display. Joel’s performance also played live over an almost empty Times Square.
Other notable celebrities showing support to their city were Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Chris Rock, Patti Lupone, Barbra Streisand, Jake Gylenhaal and Jennifer Lopez — who introduced the elementary school singers of the PS 22 Chorus, who performed an adorable socially-distanced rendition of Andra Day‘s “Rise Up.”
At the end of the telethon, host Fey choked up with emotion upon announcing that donations exceeded $115 million dollars.
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Kashmir gets its way into UK’s general election campaign
London, November 11 (KMS): The Kashmir dispute, against the backdrop of revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status by the Indian government, has found its way into the General Election campaign in the UK.
Social media messages and chat groups are being used by the Kashmiri diaspora to try and influence voters, with the Opposition Labour Party being their favourite for its pro-Kashmir stance since it passed a resolution favouring international intervention in Kashmir.
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, the first turbaned Sikh to be elected to the UK Parliament in the 2017 election says, the Labour resolution reads: “Accept that Kashmir is a disputed territory and the people of Kashmir should be given the right of self-determination in accordance with UN resolutions.” »
Over 2000 vehicles stranded on Srinagar-Jammu highway
Srinagar, November 11 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only all-weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the world, remains closed since Thursday due to snow and landslides, triggered by heavy rain. »
Indian troops martyr another youth in IOK
IOK under lockdown on 99th straight day
Srinagar, November 11 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism, martyred one more Kashmiri youth in Bandipore district, today, raising the toll to two in the past twenty-four hours.
The youth was killed during a cordon and search operation in Lawdoora area of the district. Earlier, the troops had killed one youth in the same area, last night. The operation was going on till the reports last came in.
Meanwhile, normal life continues to elude the Kashmir Valley and Muslim majority areas of Jammu and Ladakh regions due to the military lockdown imposed by India on 5th August. Restrictions and ban on prepaid phone, SMS and internet services remain enforced. As a mark of silent protest, people continue to keep their shops closed except for a brief period and stay away from schools and offices. Public transport is also off the roads. »
Naqshbandi expresses concern over IOK situation
Islamabad, November 11 (KMS): The Convener of AJK chapter of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat forum, Syed Faiz Naqshbandi, has expressed serious concern over the worst situation in occupied Kashmir.
Syed Faiz Naqshbandi in a statement issued in Islamabad said that the Modi-led Indian communal government had curbed the fundamental rights of Kashmirs after it repealed the special status of the territory on August 5.
He said that India had imposed illegal laws in occupied Kashmir and added that Jammu and Kashmir was a recognised as a disputed territory as per the United Nations resolutions. »
MEPS urge India to end lockdown in occupied Kashmir
Brussels, November 11 (KMS): The Kashmir-EU Week in the European Parliament (EP) has concluded with the demand from New Delhi to end lockdown in occupied Kashmir.
The MEPs urged India to restore Articles 370 and 35A, lift the more than three-month old curfew and restrictions on the free movement of people, immediately release 13,000 illegally detained Kashmiris and end the unlawful imprisonment of political prisoners away from occupied Kashmir in different Indian states. »
Indian troops martyr another youth in Bandipore
Srinagar, November 11 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism, martyred one more Kashmiri youth in Bandipore district, today, taking the toll to two within 12 hours.
The youth was killed during cordon and search operation in Lawdoora area of the district.
Earlier, one youth was killed in the same area last night.
The operation was going on till the last report came in.
IOK reels under lockdown on 99th day
Srinagar, November 11 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, 99 days on, normal life continues to elude the Kashmir Valley and Muslim majority areas of Jammu and Ladakh regions due to the military lockdown imposed by India following August 5 illegal move.
Restrictions under Section 144 and ban on prepaid phone, SMS and internet services remain enforced. However, landlines and voice calls on postpaid connections have been partially restored. »
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Best Korean Dramas of 2017
Posted on December 15, 2017 by Kay
Is 2017 really already almost over? How is that even possible? But it is, and that means it’s time to reminisce about all of the kdramas that graced our screens in 2017. It was another fantastic year for kdramas with so many wonderful stories to enjoy. I also still love blogging about them and sharing that love with so many wonderful people across the world.
So here we go! This list includes all of the dramas that I watched which aired and concluded their runs in 2017. We’re going to be counting down my favorite dramas from least to most favorite. I honestly enjoyed most of these dramas with only a few real duds. Full reviews are also available for all of them.
As always, this is completely my opinion on these dramas, and it does not reflect Korean or international ratings or the popularity of any particular drama among fans. I watched a ton of dramas again this year, so stay tuned for the grand total when combined with other dramas at the end of the article 🙂
40. Man to Man
Man to Man is one of those dramas that seems fine enough as a whole, but I just really didn’t care for it. It never really clicked. The drama does have a really nice story that mixes secret agent spy action with romance and comedic elements. The actors all nailed their roles, and the drama looked sharp with pretty good cinematography. My favorite thing was the fun bromance between Park Hae Jin and Park Sung Woong.
But the pacing felt slow, the story was presented in a confusing way, and I thought the romance was pretty weak. Mostly I was just bored though. For me, this drama may have just suffered from being a bit average combined with bad timing.
My Rating: 4/10 (Man to Man Review)
39. Chief Kim
I’m terribly sad to say that I ended up being completely disappointed in Chief Kim. Nam Goong Min was easily the bright spot of the drama, and he delivered a spectacular performance that was both humorous and poignant.
But that was not enough to make up for how incredibly boring I found the drama to be. It had a slow moving plot that completely centered around constant business politics, characters I didn’t bond with, and not enough humor to make up for the shortfalls. I only ended up completing it because of how captivating and hilarious Nam Goong Min was. So for me, it was a disappointment.
My Rating: 4/10 (Chief Kim Review)
38. Revolutionary Love
Revolutionary Love was an odd drama for me. My feelings were kind of neutral towards it. There were lots of funny moments as well as sweet ones. There was also plenty of drama and scheming. But mostly I found myself indifferent. It felt tonally uneven as it swung between zany humor and serious moments and the plot was lacking. The show really just felt messy as a whole.
The main draw for the drama is Choi Siwon who had plenty of opportunities to showcase his comedy skills and to flash that cheesy and endearing grin of his. Kang So Ra was also nice in this role. But despite having a fun cast that delivered some laughs and heartfelt moments on their journeys of growth, the sloppy writing, simplistic circular plot, and company issues left it feeling oh so average.
My Rating: 5/10 (Revolutionary Love Review)
37. Solomon’s Perjury
Solomon’s Perjury is one of those dramas that is really quite good, but it just wasn’t my kind of drama. It’s like a legal drama disguised as a high school drama. And well, legal dramas aren’t really something I love.
It has a really solid story and the plot developments were there, but I just didn’t feel the stakes were very high. I think a lot of this stems from the fact that many of the important plot developments are exposed at the trial in a more matter of fact manner. For me, this made these very emotional moments seem sterile. While I most certainly enjoyed parts of Solomon’s Perjury and appreciated what it was trying to do, it just wasn’t to my tastes and didn’t really come together for me.
My Rating: 5.5/10 (Solomon’s Perjury Review)
36. My Only Love Song
My Only Love Song is a comedy drama that is light and easy and knows how to have fun. Gong Seung Yeon is so lively and funny while Lee Jong Hyun was also enjoyable. Their bickering was spot on and very entertaining. They made a very cute couple.
The drama is heavy on the comedy, especially in the beginning. This is when I liked it best. Things get more serious as the story progresses which is something I would normally like, but I found that I lost interest as it went along. While it did lose its steam and initial appeal, I did enjoy several elements of it overall, especially for being a unique genre of being a very comedic historical drama.
My Rating: 6/10 (My Only Love Song Review)
I found Lookout to be a unique tale in the drama landscape with its legal crime thriller genre coupled with a group of vigilantes seeking justice. The story as a whole is mostly solid with a nice web of corruption in place that connects all of our characters together. There’s a mystery element, tension, and some very well done action sequences.
I did have trouble really connecting with the characters for a long while and found myself losing interest as the drama progressed. But overall, it’s a decent drama, and fans of the genre should definitely give it a look.
My Rating: 6/10 (Lookout Review)
34. Chicago Typewriter
Chicago Typewriter was a bit of a mixed bag for me. It had a really unique story set during two time periods including one of my favorites being the 1930’s. The 1930’s story line by far had the most appeal with high stakes and a layer of suspense. The modern story was just not that engaging with a weaker plot and characters I had a hard time warming up to. I never fully clicked with the drama as a whole and it ended up quite average.
But I give a lot of credit to Chicago Typewriter for its unique story. Better pacing and a thicker modern plot could have made this drama fantastic. The 1930’s portion was wonderful, and it did have its moments in the modern portion. The drama does well at highlighting the strong friendship between our trio, and at least it went out on a very moving note.
My Rating: 6/10 (Chicago Typewriter Review)
33. My Sassy Girl
My Sassy Girl was a nice enough watch that’s mostly light and breezy. Joo Won and Oh Yeon Seo completely had that fun, bickering chemistry that was very enjoyable. The plot was thin in the first half, and I think the drama would have benefited from giving us more story in the very beginning so we felt that the stakes were higher rather waiting until halfway through the drama to really get the story going. It just wasn’t plotted that well.
I thought most of the supporting characters were also weak. They were underdeveloped and not really utilized that well. Mostly, the drama just felt average, but average worked well enough in this case, and I found it to be a decent watch from start to finish. A talented main cast, a sweet romance, and a little drama delivered a nice story.
My Rating: 6.5/10 (My Sassy Girl Review)
32. Bride of the Water God
Bride of the Water God has a lot of issues. It lacks a strong narrative, it withholds most of the back story for too long, and most of the characters aren’t that well developed. Despite those things, I thought it was a decent watch. I liked the fantasy element and the concept. It was also very lovely to look at. Nam Joo Hyuk and Shin Se Kyung were cute enough as a couple. But Im Joo Hwan gets most of the credit for delivering an amazing and layered performance.
Bride of the Water God is a bit all over the place in terms of things it does right and things it does wrong. It has many glaring issues, but it also has things that are very enjoyable. Your enjoyment of this drama will heavily depend on if you feel the good outweighs the bad. It could have been so much more, but it had enough good parts to make it worthwhile for me.
My Rating: 6.5/10 (Bride of the Water God Review)
31. Fight for My Way
Fight for My Way is a cute drama that is very slice of life. It was an overall enjoyable watch, though I did find it pretty average and lacking a bit in plot. The two main plots focus on Bong Man and Ae Ra’s career goals and their friends to lovers relationship.
Park Seo Joon and Kim Ji Won play their characters well, and they have some very heartwarming moments where they support each other, but I did think it took way to long to get around to them actually becoming a couple. While I found Fight for My Way to be average, it does have plenty of good things to enjoy. If you like slice of life dramas or friends to lovers stories, definitely give this one a look.
My Rating: 6.5/10 (Fight for My Way Review)
30. Voice
Voice is a very dark and gritty crime drama. It’s violent, bloody, and quite disturbing. It was pretty thrilling in the beginning with our cop duo constantly battling the clock to save lives, but it did lose a lot of that initial excitement.
Overall, Voice did well by providing a decent serial killer story and remained pretty entertaining throughout. But the one dimensional characters that experience little growth was extremely evident and definitely brought the show down. Voice certainly had some great moments, but it also could have been so much more.
My Rating: 6.5/10 (Voice Review)
29. Because This is My First Life
Because This is My First Life is a nice romantic comedy that is both fun and sweet. It explores a lot of relationship issues in modern society concerning dating and marriage. It also tackles subjects such as the treatment of women in the workplace as well as what society expects of men and women in a marriage relationship. The drama really excels at bringing these subjects to light and conveying them in a sincere and relatable way.
Lee Min Ki and Jung So Min were a cute couple. I did find Lee Min Ki’s character to be bland, so I didn’t experience a lot of warm fuzzies for a long while concerning their relationship. But there are some very sweet moments, and I enjoyed them as a whole. Because This is My First Life could have used a little extra oomph, but overall it is very well executed and extremely down to earth.
My Rating: 7/10 (Because This is My First Life Review)
28. Hospital Ship
Hospital Ship is a warm, character driven drama with a unique medical setting aboard a ship. It develops its characters well through their stories of tragedy and growth. The doctors felt like a family that we could laugh and cry with as we went along with them on their journey.
The show was a bit episodic for me as well as being slower paced. But it’s emotional story lines involving our doctors were well crafted, and I definitely shed a few tears. I grew very attached to our stellar surgeon, the handsome doctors, and the fun supportive staff. All in all, it was a very heartfelt and moving drama.
My Rating: 7/10 (Hospital Ship Review)
27. Tunnel
Tunnel was a very nice crime drama with a side of time travel. It has an interesting overarching story as well as very engaging characters. It’s fascinating to peel back their layers and also see how they fit into the story. Tunnel offers a few twists along way to keep things exciting too.
I would have liked to have seen the time travel utilized a bit more, and the drama lagged a bit in the second half where things just felt like they were moving a bit slow. But overall, Tunnel did a solid job as a crime drama with a well presented mystery, and the time travel element added a little something extra.
My Rating: 7/10 (Tunnel Review)
26. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo was a nice slice of life story on a college campus. The drama has some laughs with lots of heartwarming moments. The romance between Nam Joo Hyuk and Lee Sung Kyung was very cute with a lot of playfulness and fun that provided a lot of humor. I didn’t find them particularly swoon-worthy, but they are still unbelievably adorable, and their strength comes from how natural they are together.
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo is a fun and inspirational drama on many levels. While I did find it a bit slow overall and would have liked to have seen more story with higher stakes, it still had plenty going for it. If you like cute couples, slice of life stories, and dramas without a lot of angst, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo is a perfect fit.
My Rating: 7/10 (Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo Review)
25. Manhole
Manhole is a fun time travel drama that explores the concept of changing one thing in the past and having to deal with the unforeseen consequences of the butterfly effect in the present. The drama is pretty wacky in the beginning with an off the wall sense of humor, but this lessons as the characters and story are more fleshed out. This leaves us with a fairly nice romantic comedy with a fun story and heartwarming elements.
It definitely has some plot holes and nonsensical happenings, but the good things more than made up for them. It was fun with moments of warmth and romance. The characters all grew on me and were portrayed well by the actors. While it certainly won’t be to everyone’s tastes, I thankfully found it to be a pretty enjoyable ride and had plenty of fun watching it. It’s the kind of drama you shouldn’t think to hard about and just sit back, go along for the ride, and enjoy it for what it is.
My Rating: 7/10 (Manhole Review)
24. Radiant Office
Radiant Office was a very well done office drama. It mixes in touching stories of the workers struggles with comedic elements. The romance is very subtle, but I really enjoyed the natural progression as they went from enemies, then to a thoughtful friendship, and finally to a sweet romantic relationship.
There’s nothing really exceptional about Radiant Office, but it’s simply a good solid drama. By delivering compelling characters that are easy to root for, I found myself very invested in their lives. It was heartwarming and humorous which brought a nice balance to the office happenings. Overall, Radiant Office was a very nice watch.
My Rating: 7/10 (Radiant Office Review)
23. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Strong Woman Do Bong Soon was a fun drama that mixed in romantic comedy along with darker crime elements. There is plenty of humor as well as a few thrills to keep things exciting. It does have quite a few issues and could have benefited from better pacing of the story, exploring it more in depth, being more tonally even throughout, and including less of some of the silly side stories.
But of course, the main thing to get excited about with this drama is the main couple. Park Hyung Shik and Park Bo Young are about as cute as it gets. If you want to see tons of adorable couple moments, look no further than these two. They are so wonderful that they make up for many of the drama’s shortcomings. So overall, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon was more than enjoyable and left me with mostly good feelings.
My Rating: 7/10 (Strong Woman Do Bong Soon Review)
22. Tomorrow With You
Tomorrow With You was such a compelling drama. Lee Je Hoon and Shin Min Ah had sizzling chemistry right from the get go. Their love story was both heart wrenching and heart warming. They both display so much cuteness with each other and have an abundance of delicious skinship. They completely sent my heart racing so many times!
Despite some major issues with the pacing and story development in the beginning, it blossomed into a wonderfully suspenseful romantic thriller, and the stakes felt very high. The time travel element was extremely fascinating, and it was handled beautifully. I really enjoyed how the story consistently peeled back its layers throughout the drama. There was a lot of thought that went into the details of how everything would connect from beginning to end. I’m glad I went along on this time traveling romance journey.
My Rating: 7/10 (Tomorrow With You Review)
21. The Sound of Your Heart
The Sound of Your Heart was such a funny web drama! Much of the comedy is very ridiculous and on the exaggerated side, but if you like the style, the drama completely nails it. The characters get into all kinds of crazy situations, and most of the fun comes from just how absurd they are.
Lee Kwang Soo was hilarious and really shines. The Sound of Your Heart is a simple comedy drama, but very entertaining. I would love to see more comedy dramas such as this in the future.
My Rating: 7.5 (The Sound of Your Heart Review)
20. Lingerie Girls’ Generation
Lingerie Girls’ Generation is very much a slice of life drama with a nostalgic feel to it both in look and tone that completely captures its 1970’s setting. It’s breezy and fun as we get to know this group of teenagers and go along with them on their relationship journeys. Yet behind the fun was a melancholy undertone as it follows some serious issues the teens have to deal with. The drama develops a very bittersweet quality to it as it progresses.
Lingerie Girls’ Generation delivered at being both a cute and fun relationship drama as well as a thoughtful and poignant look at life in 1970’s Korea. It’s a very moving and heartfelt drama that offers a little something different.
My Rating: 7.5/10 (Lingerie Girls’ Generation Review)
19. Queen for Seven Days
If you’re looking for a historical drama that is pretty much solid all round, look no further than Queen for Seven Days. It has a very solid and intriguing story in place that is filled with plenty of interesting plot developments. Yeon Woo Jin and Park Min Young were both wonderful as our ill fated lovers.
Being a political romance, I did find some of the palace politics slow and felt that it took away from time I would have rather spent with the character’s relationships. But the overall pacing is good, and things really ramp up in the last quarter as the inevitable showdown between the brothers takes place. It’s completely solid as a political romance with it’s rich story, talented actors, lovely cinematography, and beautiful soundtrack.
My Rating: 7.5/10 (Queen for Seven Days Review)
18. Defendant
Defendant is a very well done legal thriller. There is an excellent mystery in place as we go on a very compelling journey with our hero to figure out how his family died and how he ended up in prison for killing them.
The drama did a wonderful job keeping things intense as we carefully peeled back the layers to the story as Jung Woo slowly got back his memories. The swift pacing combined with the engaging and heart wrenching journey of Jung Woo always kept things interesting. Ji Sung was absolutely fantastic and gave such a memorable performance. It’s definitely an entertaining legal thriller.
My Rating: 7.5/10 (Defendant Review)
17. The Package
The Package moves along at a leisurely pace as we join a tour group on their journey in France. It’s a very pleasant adventure as we join these travelers on a journey of exploration, self discovery, and healing. And what a moving drama this was! The characters were very well developed being both nuanced and flawed. They were a very quirky and interesting group, and I shed some tears as I watched them struggle with life and love.
This drama made me feel very comfortable while also touching my heart on a deep level. It’s unique setting freshens things up a bit. It’s also the perfect drama for a pleasant and contemplative experience as you enjoy the beauty of France and go on a moving journey of exploration and love.
My Rating: 8/10 (The Package Review)
16. The Best Hit
The Best Hit was such a cute drama! It’s very light and fun with a slice of life sort of feel. Plus it has that fantasy element of time travel to add a little something extra. It has a strong comedic element coupled with characters that are so likable and so much fun. And Yoon Shi Yoon was absolutely perfect for this role, and he is simply made for comedy!
The drama also explores a lot of different relationships from family to friends to co-workers. This allows for some very heartfelt moments as these characters go through life together and grow. It’s a refreshing and heartwarming story that made me feel good and gave me a lot of laughs and smiles. I grew very attached to these characters, and I miss them greatly.
My Rating: 8/10 (The Best Hit Review)
15. Missing 9
Missing 9 was an exciting ride with plenty of twists and turns. I absolutely love stories of a group of very different people fighting for survival together. Of course, Jung Kyung Ho is also fantastic in his role!
The drama does have plenty of illogical scenarios, inconsistencies, and plot holes. But if you can just take it for what it is, there is a lot of enjoyment to be had in Missing 9. The story itself is quite captivating and thrilling with a very addicting quality to it. Also, the thing this drama excelled at the most was concerning its characters. The characters are diverse, intriguing, and nuanced. They are what makes you invested in the drama as well as the journey they have to go on. I enjoyed all of the castaways because of how well written and developed they were.
So in the end, I found Missing 9 to be a fun and thrilling ride. There’s mystery, murder, and drama balanced with camaraderie and heartfelt personal journeys. It had plenty to pick apart, but it got the important things right. I felt for these characters, and I thoroughly enjoyed the drama.
My Rating: 8/10 (Missing 9 Review)
14. While You Were Sleeping
While You Were Sleeping is a drama that I was really looking forward to, and thankfully, I was very pleased with the drama as a whole. It nails that mix of rom-com-thriller that I so love by giving us an intriguing story with romance, laughs, and tension. It also delivers well crafted characters that are likable and full of depth.
I really adored Lee Jong Suk and Suzy as a couple! They are super cute together and give us plenty of adorable couple moments. I really enjoyed their supportive relationship, thoughtful conversations, and watching the romance blossom. The drama provided plenty of excitement with a dash of fantasy, but it was the characters, the relationships, and our wonderful couple that truly shined for me.
My Rating: 8/10 (While You Were Sleeping Review)
13. The Liar and His Lover
The Liar and His Lover was a very sweet and engaging drama with a lovely romance. It was emotionally compelling with very well developed characters that tug at your heartstrings. I also tend to really like dramas that have a focus on music that follow the struggles of singers and bands. It completely encapsulates what I enjoy about dramas in that genre.
I would describe The Liar and His Lover like a mix between a fluffy romantic comedy and a baby melodrama. In many ways it’s a light and easy drama to watch, but the things that happened to our characters always felt quite dramatic though. Lee Hyun Woo and Joy were an adorable couple and had tons of cotton candy sweet moments to keep you smiling.
It was a heartfelt journey that I went on with these characters, and I really connected with them as they went through so many emotions on their road to love and success. I smiled with them, I cried with them, and I celebrated their journeys. It was a lovely drama that left me with a warm feeling that will always connect me with it.
My Rating: 8/10 (The Liar and His Lover Review)
12. Go Back Couple
Go Back Couple was such a special drama. It offers a truly moving commentary on what love and relationships look like as well as how life doesn’t always turn out like we had imagined. It delivers a poignant story that I found both warm and heartachingly real. At the same time it mixed in humor and plenty of joy to balance it out.
I truly loved seeing this couple grow throughout the drama. I was brought to tears so many times as I watched their relationship falling apart and then slowly getting put back together. Those moments of remembrance and appreciation that developed were so heartfelt, and Go Back Couple moved me on so many levels. Such a beautiful examination of what love is and that it is something we should make every effort to hold onto.
My Rating: 8.5/10 (Go Back Couple Review)
Save Me is one wild ride! It’s completely different from any drama I have ever seen. With its unique story of a cult, there’s no real solid pattern for predicting how it will unfold. With a dark and creepy tone throughout, you just never get a chance to feel at ease with this one. And one crazy thing after another keeps happening! The tension and suspense are high from start to finish.
Save Me was a truly fantastic drama. It’s dark, powerful, and very unique. It’s the kind of drama that makes you feel a wide range of emotions and really makes you think. The cast was wonderful with no weak links to really bring to life this disturbing yet moving story of one woman’s harrowing journey to regain her freedom.
My Rating: 8.5/10 (Save Me Review)
10. The King Loves
The King Loves was a wonderful drama with a REAL love triangle! The relationship between Won, Rin, and San was beautiful and complicated. At the heart of the drama is the theme of friendship. Won and Rin had such a wonderful brotherly relationship that was truly a beautiful thing. It was very emotional watching as they not only had to deal with their feelings for San, but also some very complicated power struggles.
The King Loves maintained a wonderful pace throughout, and I was always completely interested to see what would happen next. I’ll certainly remember the wonderful friendship between Won, Rin, and San.
My Rating: 8.5/10 (The King Loves Review)
9. Duel
Duel was such a fantastic ride! It was thrilling and emotional with a well developed mystery in place surrounding the clones. The drama was plotted wonderfully as it carefully revealed pieces of the puzzle while maintaining a good pace and intensity to keep me engaged.
Yang Se Jong was fantastic in dual roles as the good amnesiac Sung Joon and the villainous kidnapper Sung Hoon. I fully believed that Sung Joon and Sung Hoon were two separate people. I’m still thoroughly impressed by Yang Se Jong for being so convincing as each guy.
I really enjoyed the characters and the intense journeys they went on. The clone element was handled well and certainly added a freshness to the story. And finally, Duel is exactly how I like my crime thrillers: with intensity, action, mystery, and heart. It was a wonderful combination.
My Rating: 8.5/10 (Duel Review)
8. Hwarang
Hwarang was such a wonderful historical! I was surprised at just how much I thoroughly enjoyed it. The story was excellent and developed so nicely with great pacing from start to finish with a wonderful balance of lighthearted humor, romance, political scheming, action, and angsty goodness.
I really enjoyed the love/hate relationship and dynamic between Park Seo Joon and Park Hyung Shik. The complicated relationships between our three main leads was always intense, and the way all of the elements were balanced was just fantastic.
There are so many wonderful and well developed supporting characters with meaningful stories. The setting and the great soundtrack also created such a wonderful atmosphere. I really loved Hwarang for so many reasons.
My Rating: 8.5/10 (Hwarang Review)
7. Goblin
Goblin is an epic tale with some amazing characters, talented actors, stunning visuals, and a fresh and unique story woven beautifully throughout each episode. I really love seeing a kdrama with such a heavy fantasy concept. It creates a full mythology surrounding the characters and how certain things work. That makes discovering this world and its secrets very interesting.
My favorite parts of the drama were the more dramatic aspects that focused on the story surrounding Shin, his back story, his curse, and how everyone was connected to that. The story is very rich, and I loved delving deep into it. The drama sets up the story very well with high stakes and plenty of questions. While it does take a while to get answers, once we continue deeper into the story, the drama just gets better and better. I also absolutely loved the bromance between Gong Yoo and Lee Dong Wook.
Goblin is a unique drama in the kdrama landscape. It’s an epic story of love, friendship, and forgiveness that tugs at the heart. It’s a poignant and moving drama that definitely left a lasting impression.
My Rating: 8.5/10 (Goblin: The Lonely and Great God Review)
6. Legend of the Blue Sea
Legend of the Blue Sea was a fantastic drama! It’s a beautiful love story with that twist of fantasy. Romance, humor, and drama along with a gorgeous couple that have many obstacles to overcome on their journey to happiness makes this a wonderful drama.
I loved Lee Min Ho and Jun Ji Hyun as a couple. They are what make this drama shine. I adored all of their interactions from Joon Jae’s humorous reactions to Chung, his falling for her, and the lovely romance between the two.
This couple just made me happy on so many levels. There’s just something about a fated romance such as theirs that hits all the right spots. I completely enjoyed their past and present love stories that was filled with laughter, heartache, and romance. Legend of the Blue Sea is simply a beautiful love story.
My Rating: 8.5/10 (Legend of the Blue Sea Review)
5. Suspicious Partner
Suspicious Partner is one of those really solid dramas that has a great story coupled with interesting characters played by a talented group of actors. It’s a nice mixture of genres with romantic comedy, mystery, and legal thriller elements. And I loved it!
It had a solid overarching serial killer mystery with a few twists. I thoroughly enjoyed going on the journey with the characters as they tried to overcome obstacles and find happiness. It also had this atmosphere that made me feel completely comfortable.
Ji Chang Wook and Nam Ji Hyun had such wonderful chemistry, and I loved watching their relationship progress. All of the characters were so well done, and they really brought the drama to life. It was a joy to watch on so many levels.
My Rating: 8.5/10 (Suspicious Partner Review)
4. Reunited Worlds
Reunited Worlds is simply a beautiful drama. It’s such a warm, healing drama that heavily focuses on relationships. A major theme is Hae Sung’s journey to bring healing to his friends and family. As always, Yeo Jin Goo was phenomenal, and I can’t imagine anyone else playing this role.
The drama is filled to the brim with those heartwarming moments between characters and has plenty of feels. It crafted a world of characters that I loved and couldn’t help but root for.
Reunited Worlds is a special drama because of its focus on healing, and Hae Sung was a truly amazing character. In the same way he brought joy to everyone around him, he also brought joy to me. He was a beautiful character that I immensely enjoyed going on a journey with. His bright spirit and that amazing smile will be something I always remember.
My Rating: 9/10 (Reunited Worlds Review)
3. Circle: Two Worlds Connected
Circle was one intense ride! It completely nails the science fiction genre. There is such an intriguing mystery that is put in place right from the get go and is perfectly woven between the two timelines. The pace is fast and full of suspense as there is a constant sense of urgency. And there always new plot developments with plenty of twists to keep things interesting.
The actors were all amazing, and they completely drew me into their characters. Yeo Jin Goo was especially wonderful, and he really wowed me. I seriously enjoyed this drama on many levels. Circle: Two Worlds Connected immersed me in a thrilling story full of mystery and suspense. It was a gripping tale that left me completely moved.
This was a science fiction story with that heart that Korean dramas are frequently known for. It exceeded my hopes for this genre and left me in awe and more than satisfied. I consider it a must watch.
My Rating: 9/10 (Circle: Two Worlds Connected Review)
2. Oh My Geum Bi
What a moving and heartfelt drama! The oh so talented Heo Jung Eun completely shined as our little Geum Bi. She took on this weighty role of a child suffering with a terrible, incurable disease and completely nailed it.
Oh My Geum Bi excelled at hitting the right emotional beats to completely warm my heart while watching the relationship of a father and daughter blossom. The drama perfectly built up the conflicts and issues between the two and then delivered completely moving and beautiful moments where the characters experienced growth. And this special little girl transformed the lives of everyone around her.
Geum Bi brought many smiles to my face with her humorous and heartwarming moments, but then her harrowing journey through illness broke my heart. But even in the midst of sadness, there was always hope. This story was told so beautifully, and I’m glad I ended up giving it a chance.
My Rating: 9/10 (Oh My Geum Bi Review)
And the #1 drama of 2017 is…
1. Ruler: Master of the Mask
Wow! Ruler: Master of the Mask was an intense journey! It’s everything I love in a good sageuk, and it had me very much on the edge of my seat. It has a very rich story with extremely high stakes. All of the characters were so interesting and well played by a fantastic cast. With swift pacing and new story developments constantly happening, emotions run high and there is so much intensity!
We had another fantastic performance by Yoo Seung Ho, and I was also thoroughly impressed by L. Some of the most intense scenes were played out between these two. I went through so many different emotions watching them, and their relationship turned my insides upside down in the best possible way!
I thoroughly enjoyed diving into this rich world filled with so much intrigue. It was an intense and moving drama that completely drew me in and left me always wanting more. Fantastic on so many levels!
My Rating: 10/10 (Ruler: Master of the Mask Review)
Other Dramas I Completed in 2017
As a year end review, here is a list of the older Korean dramas, drama specials with less than the equivalent of 3 full length episodes, and dramas from other Asian countries that I completed this year. Full reviews for each drama are available by clicking on the drama title. Here they are broken into categories depending on how much I liked them with each category listing the dramas alphabetically:
Loved:
High School King of Savvy
Great:
It’s Okay, That’s Love
Capital Scandal
Princess’ Man
Surplus Princess
Warrior Baek Dong Soo
Okay:
Star in My Heart
Disappointed:
Simple Man (Chinese)
So I ended up with 40 new dramas and 12 other dramas for a grand total of 52 dramas! The addiction lives on! It really was a great year overall, and it was fun reliving the many wonderful memories from it. And I’m more than excited to see what 2018 has in store!
How was 2017 for you? What was your favorite drama of the year?
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47 Responses to Best Korean Dramas of 2017
kdramachickblog says:
I’ve watched about 10 on this list and have about 10 in my queue. Not sure there are enough hours in the day to get through my ever expanding list! Surprised to see Kim bok joo I and Do bong soon so low on the list but to each his own 🙂 Thanks for the excellent round up!
Haha, I definitely know the feeling! Despite watching all of these, my list is still huge. I just have to accept that I’ll never be able to watch all the dramas, lol. And even though Weightlifting Fairy & Strong Woman were lower on the overall list, I still really enjoyed them both 🙂
Holy moly….52 dramas! 😮😮😮 That really, really is a lot. Seriously I am completely in awe over this. I seriously wish I had this much time on my hands to watch them, but that would mean quitting my job 😂😂 Seriously though, this is a great list. I have just watched way too little K-dramas this year, something that has now become one of my new year’s resolutions: watch more K-dramas. My choice for this year is definitely Goblin. I just really enjoyed that one. I had such great drama, a truly beautiful story, great characters, and even though I am not a huge comedy fan, even that worked for me. Great post, and as I said. Really amazing to see that you have seen so many shows: awesome 😊😊
It really is a lot! The crazy thing is 52 is actually lower than last year, lol. I know it seems like a ton of time, but most of the time it’s just watching a couple eps a day in the evening with the occasional weekend marathon. I just watch consistently 🙂
I certainly hope you get the chance to check out more kdramas in 2018. There are soooo many I’m sure you would love. And Goblin is definitely a fantastic choice for a favorite! It really had everything. I even watched that one twice! But yes, it was a great year overall with lots of good dramas to enjoy 🙂
honeycrunch321 says:
Wow! That’s so many! Congratulations on finishing all of them and congrats on writing informative reviews for them! *claps*
Let’s start 2018 with watching a new kdrama! 😀
Why thank you 🙂 It was a fun year for watching dramas as well as writing about them. And I’m definitely ready for new dramas in 2018!
I haven’t watched a lot of kdrama this year as they have become somewhat boring, so congrats at your list.However, How can hwarang and legends of the blue sea be ranked more than defendant and Goblin? Gues it’s based on your preference, but thanks for the listing, now I can try other dramas I didn’t know where out.
Sorry to hear you didn’t find as many you liked this year. I hope you at least found a few you really enjoyed 🙂 Yes, it just comes down to preference. I loved both Defendant and Goblin but enjoyed Legend of the Blue Sea just a little more. Just a little bit though, lol 😉 Hope you find some more good ones from the list!
kadynomlid says:
Tunnel looks really interesting! I’ll have to check it out!
Tunnel is really good! Definitely give it a look. I hope you enjoy it 🙂
Kimchi Korner Blog says:
Love this list!! So many shows I’m adding to my must watch list now LOL. How did you manage to watch 52 shows?? That’s amazing!! Congrats on finishing all of those. Your reviews are always so great. I’m already looking forward to another round of dramas in 2018!
Glad to help grow that list, lol 😉 It really does seem like a lot when I see them all listed together, hehe. But mostly just watching a couple eps a day with a little extra on the weekends consistently. I’m glad you enjoy the reviews and look forward to chatting about dramas more in 2018!
Timescout says:
Wow! You should get a medal or something. 😀 I watched 12 of those on you list and most of the ones I really liked are at the tail end, LOL! I don’t have as much time for dramas as I used to so I’ve become even pickier that I was before. I was actually surprised I did watch as many as 12. I dropped so many and couldn’t be bothered with even more.
Haha, yes, a medal to forever remember my drama achievements for the year 🙂 I knew most of your favs were a bit lower on my list. But honestly, everything I rate a 7 or above I really enjoyed. So there are quite a few that are very low on this list that I still liked a lot. I think having such a big list just makes them look like I didn’t like them so much. But I have lots of drama love to share around 😉 I’m really glad you found 12 to watch this year. I think that would count as pretty successful 🙂
Well, the number will probaby rise a bit as there are still fiew I aim to finish. I’ve got time off between Xmas and New Year and I’m going to dedicate some of that for dramas. 😉 Right now the only thing I seem to be watching with any regularity is ‘Tribes and Empires’. Looks like I’m finishing yet another year with a cdrama. *g* I did check out ‘Just Between Lovers’ though and it looks quite promising.
Oh yes, some holiday time off will be nice to polish off a few dramas 🙂 Although I can see how Tribes and Empires would take up most of the time. I’m excited to check out Just Between Lovers. Though I guess that one will hopefully end up on next year’s list 🙂
shamrockmom3 says:
**Bows from the waist deeply**
Major respect for the disciplined viewing and all of the reviews that you accomplish each year. It’s been a bummer year for me….not much to rave about in the Kdrama world.
**Bows in return**
I thank you for your kind words and for taking time to comment and read the blog 🙂 Sorry the year hasn’t been so good to you kdrama wise. Did you at least find some you enjoyed?
Dame Holly Has A Hat (@Lee_Tennant) says:
I feel like I’ve watched dramas till my eyes bled this year but I’ve still only seen about 10 on this list. I already knew you and I have very different taste but I feel like any list of the best 2017 dramas should definitely have Stranger (Forest of Secrets) at number 1. I also think you’re being a bit harsh on Chicago Typewriter and a bit too kind to Legend of the Blue Sea, which I thought was derivative and had an awful mind-wipe ending. I hated Goblin with a fiery passion but I already know I’m in a minority on that.
Out of curiosity, where do you stand on Black?
We definitely have a bit different tastes, but luckily we have a shared love of dramas, and it does seem like there are quite a few we both enjoyed 🙂 Yeah, I know Stranger was the big drama this year. I was super excited for it, started it up, watched a few eps and was bored out of my mind, and dropped it. I still don’t like doing that, but I decided to take my own advice and move on, hehe. And I really have a soft spot for Legend of the Blue Sea. Even I know it had issues, but I just loved the fairy tale romance so much that it overrode those for me 🙂
I haven’t got around to Black yet. I really have no idea though what I will think of it. I like fantasy and thrillers but don’t love crime dramas especially if they are of the procedural kind. Also not a big fan of emotionless main leads. And I’ve seen a lot of mixed reviews on it. I still plan to check it out, but I feel like it could go either way as to whether I will like it.
I personally thought Black was the second best drama of 2017… until the last ten minutes. The internet has basically melted down about how bad the ending is. So it depends on whether you want to invest so much time in a drama knowing that ending is coming or if you want to skip it.I will say that SSH was amazing. This was the first drama of his I watched and his acting was a revelation.
I am really glad I took the journey while it was airing. If I’d binge-watched it, this would be Big all over again. I still haven’t gotten over that trauma.
I had heard the outcry of disappointment about the ending (which I have avoided spoilers for though). Lucky for me, I just happen to be someone who is very rarely bothered by terrible endings, lol. I’m more in it for the ride, so if I love a drama up until the last scene and then it tanks, 9 times out of 10 it won’t effect my view of the drama. There are a few dramas here or there that I found bothersome, but still not to the extent that I regretted watching. So no worries on that front. It’s just a matter of it I like the drama itself 🙂
Dannyela says:
TOP10 looks really interesting! I’ll have to check it out! thank you<3
I hope some of them are enjoyable for you 🙂
Cha Min Ho says:
where is BLACK it is recommended hehehe
I haven’t got around to Black yet, but it is on my watch list. Thanks for the rec 🙂
shadowoftheoperaghost says:
I am always surprised how different our tastes are in dramas. You like the ones I love and I never even watch the ones you love. But man, I am super impressed that you watched 40 shows that aired in 2017 AND wrote reviews for them!!! That is just…wow…daebak. I will have to look into some of the ones you liked best. They are not to my usual taste but trying new things is the best way to find my new favorite drama! 🙂
And don’t forget my 12 dramas from previous years too, lol 😉 Thank you for the compliment! I definitely added a lot to the blog over the year. I’m definitely in the minority with my love for a couple of my top dramas. Ruler: Master of the Mask got a lot of hate whereas I thought it was perfect. Reunited Worlds wasn’t well received either and I fell in love with it. I tend to be more forgiving of things that bug a lot of people as long as I’m not bored and feel entertained, lol.
Circle was a bit under the radar, but most people seemed to really like that one though. And Oh My Geum Bi was way under the radar but was excellent. And all four of those dramas are completely different from each other in terms of genre and style. So what were your favorite dramas this year?
For me it was definitely because it’s my first life. Followed up by strong woman do bong soon and lookout. But like I said I only watched nine so it’s hard to pick favorites. Lol. I liked all of them.
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Oyeniran Zainab says:
I am disappointed to see good dramas low on the list, I have seen about 30 of them. also, dramas like rebel thief who stole the people, secret forest etc., were some of the best dramas of the year
Sounds like you got in a lot of dramas this year too 🙂 I had a really good year and except for the first few I really enjoyed most of the dramas on the list, even the lower ones. Sadly, I tried Secret Forest, but it ended up being one of the few I dropped. I also still need to watch Rebel. It’s on my list, and it’s one I’m really excited to check it out 🙂
Demetrio Agujar Mosqueda Jr. says:
My 2017’s top 3 dramas are:
3. The Happy Loner – 10
2. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
1. Deserving of the Name
Weightlifting Fairy was really cute 🙂 I haven’t seen Deserving of the Name or Happy Loner though. But I do have Happy Loner on my list, so hopefully I will get a chance to check it out 🙂
आरुषि says:
I have just watched Fight For My Way and I loved it. I don’t get much time but this list is my bucket list for summers. Thank you so much ❤ You really deserve an award for this. Keep reviewing and suggesting ❤ And I am following this page rn!
Aww, thank you so much for your kind words and for following! I really appreciate it 🙂 I’m glad to hear you enjoyed Fight for My Way and really hope you find some other good ones from this list. There were so many great dramas last year, so hopefully you find lots more to enjoy 🙂
Yes yes. Keep updating us with all the news and amazing kdramas. Love your account ❤
Will do! And thank you so much 🙂
Lilibeth Mari says:
This is a good list! I love Circle and the impressive acting skills of the actors. Weightlifting Fairy and Do Bong Soon made me smile the whole time 🙂 These two were such a stress reliever for me. Not so much of a Goblin fan though but it’s still one of the good ones.
I agree, Circle was amazing! Easily one of the best dramas of the year 🙂 Weightlifting Fairy and Strong Woman were also very cute. It was definitely a good year 🙂
MimiNoona says:
Wow impressive list however for me 2017 I loved While you were sleeping, I’m not a robot and first and foremost Just Between Lovers- stellar acting by the actors!!! I am fairly new to kdramas (started watching around August 17) but have seen quite a few of them. can you please suggest few good dramas- romantic ones-
Love returns
Radio romance
Grand Prince
I have seen
Moonlight drawn by clouds
Descendants of the sun (huge fan of Kim ji Won)
Two Cops
Pinnochio
Fight for My Way
Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Goryeo
Temperature of Love (did not finish)
Flower Boy Ramyun Shop
Flower Boy Next Door
Twenty Again
Well, I’m impressed that you have watched so many kdramas in such a short amount of time! They certainly are addicting 🙂 I really loved While You Were Sleeping for 2017 too. Also loved I’m Not a Robot and Just Between Lovers. They will be included on my Best of 2018 list for sure!
I would highly recommend Kill Me, Heal Me. That’s one of my all time favorite dramas. Also Shopping King Louie for a fun and cute romance. A few others I would recommend that are solid all around and include romance would be City Hunter, I Hear Your Voice, and King 2 Hearts. Just let me know if none of those sound appealing to you or you’re looking for something more specific. I’ve got a whole bunch I could keep recommending, hehe 🙂
takwa says:
where is mad dog????
I wasn’t able to get Mad Dog in last year. Hopefully, I will eventually get around to it though. Sounds like you really enjoyed it 🙂
Grace N. says:
Hi! I’d like to ask your opinion about the viewer ratings of THE PACKAGE. I’ve seen it and totally fell in love with it. I think Jung Yonghwa was so great in this one but I was a bit disappointed about the low viewer ratings. Do you have an idea why?
Hello! I can see why you fell in love with The Package as I too think it was such an excellent drama 🙂 Such a beautiful show with wonderful characters and a well-crafted story.
As for the ratings, the drama aired on a cable network which inherently has lower ratings than public network dramas. At the time it aired, its ratings were fairly average for a cable network. Of course, it’s such a good drama that it deserved more. I’m guessing not having any big name actors certainly could have contributed to why it did’t get higher ratings. Jung Yonghwa is more popular in the kpop community, but many idol actors frequently get looked down upon in dramas. But like you, I thought he was great in this. Other than that, it’s hard to pinpoint a well done drama didn’t get better ratings.
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Kiwi prominent in ICAN, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner
This weekend a ceremony is being held in Norway to present
the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
This was a timely award in view of ICAN’s role in laying the groundwork for signing this year of an international treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons, which puts extra pressure on the nuclear-armed states – who haven’t yet signed the treaty – to begin a full disarmament process.
New Zealand can take a bit of the credit for the success of ICAN, and the adoption of the international treaty. In 2011 Kiwi Thomas Nash co-founded the London-based NGO Article 36 which then joined ICAN. In 2013 Nash authored a ground-breaking paper
“Banning Nuclear Weapons”
which proposed the new and successful strategy of pursuing an international treaty prohibition on nuclear weapons, even without the presently nuclear-armed states.
Nash, Article 36 and ICAN then worked around the world hosting meetings which acted as incubators to promote and develop the strategy to ban nuclear weapons through an international treaty.
After four years of solid work, with Nash playing a major role, this July a UN conference adopted a
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons,
with 122 nations voting in favour (including New Zealand) to one against. Sixty nine nations didn’t vote – including all the nuclear-weapons states.
The New Zealand delegation to the UN conference included some experienced civil society campaigners, including Kate Dewes from Christchurch’s Disarmament and Security Centre.
New Zealand has a long history of active anti-nuclear NGOs, several of whom are involved in ICAN via their international parent bodies. These include the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and Pax Christi – all of whom are represented on the ICAN international steering committee.
The only downer to this weekend’s award ceremony in Oslo is that
only one of the nuclear weapons states, Russia
, is sending a high ranking ambassador. The other nuclear states are downplaying it – perhaps because they are embarrassed at their lack of engagement with a nuclear disarmament process.
[Thomas Nash is back living in New Zealand as was a Green candidate in this year’s election]
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Yegna, Ethiopia’s ‘Spice Girls’, lose UK funding
Ethiopia’s Yegna sing about female empowerment in a country where violence against women is common
British taxpayers’ money will no longer be used to fund a five-member Ethiopian girl band, the government has said.
(BBC NEWS) -International Development Secretary Priti Patel announced a review of the funding last month after reports that pop group Yegna received £5.2m.
Girl Effect, the Ethiopian group which manages Yegna and promotes women’s rights in the country, said its aims had been “wilfully misrepresented”.
But the government said there are “more effective ways” to invest UK aid.
Yegna has been the subject of a long-running campaign by the Daily Mail. It dubbed the band “Ethiopia’s Spice Girls” saying that grants to the group were a waste of money.
International Development Secretary Priti Patel announced a review of the girl band’s funding last monthThe five-strong pop group was founded in 2013 and aims to tackle issues including domestic violence and forced marriage through its songs and online videos.
They perform a weekly drama and talk show on Ethiopian radio, as well as running a YouTube channel. They released their first song, Abet, meaning “We are here” in Ethiopia’s official language Amharic, four years ago.
It is part of the Girl Effect project, which was created by the UK’s Department for International Development and the Nike Foundation in 2011, which said Yegna aims to “change the culture of Ethiopia in a good way, to explain the problems in the society”.
Who are Yegna?
Its members are all twenty-something Ethiopians: Rahel Getu, 22, Zebiba Girma, 22, Eyerusalem Kelemework, 27, Lemlem Haile Michael, 26 and Teref Kassahun, 26
They adopt stage names: Lemlem, Emuye, Sara, Mimi and Melat
The pop group was set up in 2013 to “empower young women” including challenging young marriage and gender-based violence
Yegna is pronounced “Yen-ya”, which means “Ours” in Amharic
Their catchphrase is: “We are here. We will not be silenced”
Girl Effect said Yegna reach 8.5 million people in Ethiopia through its radio drama, music and talk shows
Source: Girl Effect
Shadow International Development Secretary Kate Osamor said it was “really unfortunate” the project “was being rubbished”.
Humanitarian aid was “not just about food parcels”, she said.
Girl Effect said the UK had broken “new ground” by investing in Yegna but that “new ideas are often resisted and sometimes wilfully misrepresented”.
“[The department] has consistently recognised Yegna’s impact,” Girl Effect said. “All too often we treat the symptoms of poverty and overlook the cause.”
Britain is a significant contributor to Ethiopia, which is the biggest recipient of UK foreign aid behind Pakistan, at £334.1m.
But the government is under pressure to prove that the more than £12bn it sends overseas each year is being well spent, particularly as domestic budgets are being squeezed.
The Daily Mail backed the UK’s decision to end ties with Yegna on its front page on Saturday, with the headline: “Aid: Now they’re listening”. It said British taxpayers would no longer fund “Ethiopia’s version of the Spice Girls”.
Nearly half of Ethiopian women have experienced physical violence from their partner, according to the UN. Some 74% of women in the country have also undergone female genital mutilation, Unicef says.
Ethiopia is partway through a a six-month state of emergency in the face of a wave of unprecedented anti-government protests in October.
Ethiopia’s political troubles are going to test its beneficial China
Dr. Tsegaye Ararsa ,Must liste
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Home Sports Names Of Premier League Players To Be Replaced With ‘Black Lives Matter’
Names Of Premier League Players To Be Replaced With ‘Black Lives Matter’
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Premier League players take stand against racial injustice (Getty Images)
The Premier League has announced that players’ names will be replaced on the backs of their shirts with ‘Black Lives Matter’ for the first 12 matches when the league resumes.
According to a statement on the Premier League’s website, Premier League players from all 20 clubs have indicated their support in the fight against racial injustice.
“We, the Players, stand together with the singular objective of eradicating racial prejudice wherever it exists, to bring about a global society of inclusion, respect, and equal opportunities for All, regardless of their colour or creed.” the statement read.
“The League supports the players’ wish to have their names replaced by Black Lives Matter on the back of their shirts for the first 12 matches of the restarted 2019/20 season.”
The Premier League also indicated that a Black Lives Matter logo will be on the shirts of the players until the end of the season.
“A Black Lives Matter logo will also feature on shirts for the remainder of the season, along with a badge thanking the NHS for their work during the COVID-19 crisis.”
“In addition, the League will support players who “take a knee” before or during matches. The Premier League believes there is no room for racism, anywhere #NoRoomForRacism.” the statement added.
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39 Hiding the Miraculous People have finally started to notice that Marinette is always wearing the same pair of earrings no matter what outfit she has on, and she's worried that someone might start getting suspicious. She has to throw people off somehow. But how is she supposed to do that?
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 6k+, favs: 307, follows: 110, 11/30/2017, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Tikki
23 Gabriel and the High Blood Pressure In which Gabriel has high blood pressure, nothing seems to help, and Nathalie is definitely not paid enough for this.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 5k+, favs: 105, follows: 39, 11/18/2017, Gabriel A./Hawkmoth, Nathalie S.
33 Building the Team » It's time for the Miraculous superhero team to expand a bit, and that means selecting new holders. That's always a bit of a process, and then training the newbies in can be a struggle all by itself. Will the new superheroes fit in with the team? (contains season 2 spoilers)
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, chapters: 2, words: 8k+, favs: 145, follows: 78, updated: 11/5/2017 published: 10/29/2017, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Alya C./Lady Wifi/Rena Rouge, Chloé B./Antibug
23 Adrien and the Big Bad Words It's bad to swear, five-year-old Adrien knows that. And so when he gets together with other kids and one swears, he has to tell an adult, right? Right?
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 2k+, favs: 98, follows: 36, 11/3/2017, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Emilie A.
59 The Pun Book » Every time Adrien goes to renew his favorite book, The Big Book of Puns, someone else has requested it. Who could it possibly be? And why do the librarians keep trying to set the two of them up?
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, chapters: 2, words: 8k+, favs: 230, follows: 113, updated: 10/23/2017 published: 9/2/2017, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Tikki, Plagg
33 Cuddles in a Coat In a lot of ways, Adrien Agreste isn't a normal teenage boy. He's a model, he has a bodyguard, he's secretly a superhero... But just like any other teenager, he'll stubbornly refuse to admit when an adult was right. Even if he ends up freezing because of it.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 4k+, favs: 284, follows: 93, 10/17/2017, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Nathalie S.
16 The Boy with the Ladybug Tattoos After a long day of noise and subpar cheese, Plagg is ready for some revenge. Put together a grumpy Plagg and some temporary Ladybug-themed tattoos, and soon you get a very decorated (and very disgruntled) teenage boy.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 2k+, favs: 130, follows: 45, 10/11/2017, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Plagg
19 Lokki Kittens normally get into at least some trouble, it's just to be expected. But Adrien and Marinette's kitten Lokki seems to be especially talented at causing trouble and getting into things that she shouldn't. Sometimes it's amusing, and other times... Well, other times it's just a pain.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 5k+, favs: 90, follows: 29, 10/6/2017, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir
28 The Queen Bee Selfie Marinette wants to take a selfie with Queen Bee. It's not because she particularly admires the other superhero, but because she's found out just who is behind that mask and she REALLY wants to see how her new teammate deals with unwanted attention during attacks. Maybe it's a little petty, but boy is it fun to watch Queen Bee squirm. (contains VERY old S2 spoilers)
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 2k+, favs: 215, follows: 63, 10/4/2017, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Chloé B./Antibug
30 The Emergency Shower After an accident involving hydrochloric acid and Adrien's shirt, Marinette has to help Adrien get under the classroom's emergency shower. While Adrien is cleaning himself off, she notices something odd- he doesn't look at all like he did when Ladybug saw him showering. So what is Adrien hiding?
17 Paranoia Gabriel Agreste knows perfectly well that he isn't exactly what one might consider a normal father. He worries about everything when it comes to Adrien's security, and sometimes it makes him act a little irrationally about things like Adrien walking to school, having a bodyguard with him at all times, and...birthday parties?
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Family, words: 2k+, favs: 92, follows: 35, 9/25/2017, Gabriel A./Hawkmoth
26 Designing with Feathers Most commissions coming to the Lady Luck Boutique aren't any problem. Some are a little weird, sure, but none could measure up to the feather-adorned outfits an up-and-coming band wanted. One feather-covered boutique, coming right up. How will Marinette survive?
26 Summer Fun Two summers, two trips to the pool, two VERY different outcomes. Adrien's first proper trip to the pool and his second are about as different as could be. Alya and Nino just want their friends to act normal around each other. Is that really too much to ask? (Pre-reveal/post-reveal)
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 4k+, favs: 443, follows: 149, 9/15/2017, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Alya C./Lady Wifi/Rena Rouge, Nino L./Bubbler
38 Sleepy Supervillainry The Butterfly Miraculous should come with one of those warning labels like they put on medicines: Do not operate while sleepy. Hawkmoth has regrets. Big regrets.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 5k+, favs: 164, follows: 56, 9/6/2017, Hawk Moth, Ms. C. Bustier
20 Rewriting Time After their identities were exposed during the final battle, there was no way Adrien and Marinette could stay in Paris. The constant attention of reporters and their "superfans" makes sure of that. It seems that the only way to get their normal lives back is to somehow wipe the knowledge of their identities from both people's memories and the Internet. But is that even possible?
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Angst, words: 12k+, favs: 199, follows: 77, 8/29/2017, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Gabriel A./Hawkmoth
21 Camembert Ice Cream Adrien is excited to go on an outing with his friends to an ice cream parlor he's never been to before, one that is famous for its wide variety of interesting- and sometimes bordering on just plane strange- ice cream flavors. There's no way one simple outing can go anything but normally, right? ...right?
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 3k+, favs: 134, follows: 52, 8/22/2017, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Plagg, Nino L./Bubbler
41 A Different Type of Inspiration Marinette has some of the worst designer's block that she's ever had, and Alya will stop at nothing to find some source of inspiration to get her friend designing again. Right before she (almost) gives up, they see a poster for a very interesting design contest. Will the theme be enough to get Marinette's inspiration flowing again?
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 9k+, favs: 485, follows: 128, 8/17/2017, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Alya C./Lady Wifi/Rena Rouge, Gabriel A./Hawkmoth
38 The Mystery of the Broken Cameras Keeping their identity secret from the masses was possibly the most important part of being a Miraculous user. The magic masks were their most obvious line of defense, as was hiding when transforming or detransforming. But what happens if there's a security camera nearby or if a nosy reporter follows them to their hiding spot? Turns out that the kwamis have thought of that as well.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 5k+, favs: 232, follows: 78, 8/9/2017, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Tikki, Plagg
20 The Haunted House The class is thrilled to be able to use an abandoned house in Paris as the set for their next class film- or, rather, they're thrilled at first. Once they arrive at the house, they're bombarded with one strange occurrence after another, making them wonder-Is the set of their film actually haunted? (Very, very minor/vague references to old S2 spoilers)
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 8k+, favs: 118, follows: 43, 8/5/2017, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir
71 A Bodyguard for the Miraculous It is very, very difficult to hide any extracurricular activities when you're being monitored by a bodyguard all the time. But Adrien Agreste has always been good at slipping away unnoticed- or so he thought. As it turns out, the Gorilla is far more perceptive than Adrien gave him credit for.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 3k+, favs: 340, follows: 104, 8/2/2017, Adrien A./Cat Noir
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SCREEN-L August 2002, Week 4
leni riefenstahl et al.
gloria monti <[log in to unmask]>
Sat, 24 Aug 2002 14:31:34 -0400
>Ron Leming <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>I don't want to sound like I'm supporting Leni Riefenstahl entirely. I'm
>not sure the truth will ever be known. As for there being a choice, I'm
>not so sure about that. You [[log in to unmask]] mention Lang, Wilder
>and the Siodmaks, but
>there's a very basic difference you're overlooking there. The examples
>you mention are all men. Even today, women aren't represented all that
>well in film making, though it's getting there. There may have been
>other women film makers in the 40s, but I can't think of any.
Women filmmakers who chose not to support Nazism -- Leontine
Sagan, for example. And let's not forget (though not a director)
Marlene Dietrich.
>It's quite easy to look back at history
>now and say this was a horrible thing. But we forget that, at the time,
>many of the German people thought what was happening was a good thing
>for Germany, and many didn't know about the activities of the SS and the
>camps.
Claiming ignorance, or that one was simply following orders,
has been the most indefensible political position of the 20th
century. See Claude Lanzmann's work, to name just one.
>I find it reprehensible to blame anyone and everyone who didn't actively
>contest and fight for what happened and hold them responsible for the
>acts of others.
Of themselves. We are talking about Leni's work as a
filmmaker supporting the Nazi regime. What I find reprehensible is
this condoning. When is it gonna stop?
>She has always maintained that she didn't know what was
>happening until it was too late. Until someone can prove, beyond a doudt
>that she did know, I choose to believe her statement.
I would like to quote Debra Winger's character Joy Gresham in
*Shadowlands* here, when she responds to a statement made by one of
C.S. Lewis's colleagues with a question -- but I am afraid I would be
censored by Screen-L's new moderator. As for the proof of knowledge
you are seeking, it will never come from Leni -- she will continue to
lie for the next 100 years.
I would also like to comment further with a personal story.
My father, born in 1927, grew up in Italy under Fascism. He did not
have access to anything else -- he, also, was surrounded by the
belief that "what was happening was a good thing for [Italy]."
However, at the age of 16, with the events of 8 September 1943
(Italy's surrender to the Allied forces) and afterwards (the German
occupation of Northern Italy, the republic of Salò), he made a
choice. And he has been an anti-fascist ever since.
Giuliano Montaldo's film *Tiro al Piccione /Pigeon Shoot*
(1961), chronicles this major turning point in the life of that
generation.
Gloria Monti
Gloria Monti, Ph.D.
Film and Digital Media Department
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
"Given the realities of widescale migration, the end of conventional
colonialism, and the emergence of the new non-European worlds from
subjection and marginality, we need to jettison Eurocentrism
definitively."
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Band of Skulls at House of Blues Chicago
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 Brendan Shanley Brendan Shanley Chicago
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With a simple black fabric backdrop and basic stage lights there were times when it seemed like the voices behind Band of Skulls were rising out of the darkness. The English alt-rock trio of Russell Marsden, Emma Richardson and Matt Hayward owned the House of Blues Chicago after a rousing set from touring band openers We Are Augustines. There were no stage theatrics or props; just a performance from a 3-person band that filled the space with a mix of airy harmonies and guitar-driven frenzy.
One fan in attendance described singer Richardson as “a bad-ass.” With her jet black hair and bangs that laid just over her eyes, she captivated the crowd on songs like “Navigate.” Standing alongside her on stage was Marsden with his long blond hair. They both admirably poured themselves into the lyrics on songs like “Cold Flame.” Fan favorites like “Sweet Sour” and “Light of the Morning” had the diverse crowd sharing in a common passion for this band’s music. As soon as “Light of the Morning” began, there was immediate dancing, jumping around and committed singing from fans. People walked away from a late show on a Tuesday night with smiles on their faces and a hop in their step.
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Home Game Reviews Overpowered Gaming Desktop DTW3 – Full Review and Benchmarks
Overpowered Gaming Desktop DTW3 – Full Review and Benchmarks
Today’s best OVERPOWERED Gaming Desktop DTW3 deals
Walmart’s Overpowered Gaming Desktop DTW3 is tougher than you’d expect, running demanding games at respectable frame rates, even in 4K. For $1,699, you’ll also get access to this machine’s popping RGB-lit fans as well as easy-to-remove glass panels for future upgradability.
The downside is that you get stuck with a somewhat bland design, outdated components, no included peripherals and a rather slow SSD. Overall, the Overpowered Gaming Desktop DTW3 is a strong performer, but you can get a much better gaming PC for the money.
Despite the bland Overpowered logo that plagues the front and side of the desktop, the DTW3’s design is redeemed by its sleek glass panels and RGB-lit fans.
There are two glass panels on the face and left side that are accompanied by the company’s logo. The left side showcases the components and glowing Gigabyte GPU, while the face features three RGB-lit fans that take center stage. The only lighting element you can change is the fans’ RGB lighting, and that’s through the LED button at the top of the desktop or via the PC’s included lighting remote. There is no software to customize the lighting.
Meanwhile, the right side consists of a plain, matte-black panel, and the top of the desktop is just as empty, aside from a few ports and the control for the fans’ RGB lighting.
At 18 x 16.2 x 7 inches, the Overpowered DTW3 takes up slightly more space from front to back than the Asus ROG Strix GL12 (18 x 15.7 x 7 inches), and while the Alienware Aurora R7 (18.6 x 14.2 x 8.35 inches) cuts down on depth, it’s slightly wider.
Ports and Upgradability
The Overpowered DTW3 covers a wide variety of ports, but I’m a little disappointed that the front of the gaming desktop doesn’t include a USB Type-C connection. The top includes a button for the LEDs, two USB 3.0 ports, one USB 2.0 port, headphone and microphone inputs, and the power button.
On the back, the motherboard features three USB 3.1, two USB 2.0 and one USB Type-C ports, along with an Ethernet port, an HDMI port, a VGA port, a DVI port, a DisplayPort, S/PDIF-out audio ports and a PS/2 port. Meanwhile, the GPU provides an extra HDMI port, three DisplayPorts and another DVI port.
Four simple hand screws hold the left glass panel in place. Once you open this panel up, you’ll have access to the GPU, RAM, a slot for Intel Optane memory, the four fans and the CPU (which is blocked by the CPU cooler).
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Meanwhile, the right side has two hand screws and gives you access to the power supply and SSD and HDD bay (one for each), which are slightly annoying to get to due to the army of cables surrounding it.
Gaming, Graphics and VR
The Overpowered DTW3 is packed with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GPU with 11GB of VRAM, which ran Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 30 frames per second on Highest settings at 4K as I scrambled through the woods in the game and harvested the succulent fruits of my survival. There was, however, occasional screen tearing as I sporadically panned the camera from left to right.
On the Rise of the Tomb Raider benchmark (Very High, 1080p), the Overpowered DTW3 nailed 93 fps, sailing over the 71-fps gaming-desktop average. The ROG Strix (GTX 1060 with 6GB of VRAM) averaged 74 fps, while the Aurora R7 (GTX 1080 Ti with 11GB of VRAM) landed just behind the Overpowered, at 86 fps. When running the same test at 4K, the Overpowered DTW3 (30 fps) beat the Aurora R7 (28 fps) but couldn’t surpass the 37-fps category average.
The Overpowered DTW3 blazed through the Hitman benchmark (Ultra, 1080p) at 142 fps, overtaking the 93-fps category average and doubling the ROG Strix’s score (73 fps). While the Aurora R7 beat the average, it lagged behind the Overpowered DTW3, at 97 fps.
The Overpowered DTW3 ran Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 30 frames per second on Highest settings at 4K as I scrambled through the woods in the game.
In benchmarking the chaotic metropolis of Grand Theft Auto V (Very High, 1080p), the Overpowered DTW3 achieved similar results, at 114 fps — well above the 86-fps gaming-desktop average. The ROG Strix (50 fps) couldn’t make half of the Overpowered DTW3’s score. When we cranked the game to 4K, the Overpowered DTW3 fell below the 47-fps category average, with a score of 38 fps.
Both the Overpowered DTW3 and Aurora R7 hit perfect 11s on the SteamVR Performance Test, showing that Walmart’s PC is well-equipped for virtual reality. The DTW3 also topped the 9.6 category average and the ROG Strix’s result (7.1).
Powered by an Intel Core i7-8700 CPU with 32GB of RAM, the Overpowered DTW3 easily juggled 40 Google Chrome tabs and four 1080p YouTube videos, all while running Shadow of the Tomb Raider in the background.
On the Geekbench 4 overall performance test, the Overpowered DTW3 scored 23,722, climbing over the 20,153 gaming-desktop average and the result from the ROG Strix’s Core i7-8700K (19,290). The Aurora R7 scored a higher 24,196 with its 8th-Gen Core i7-8700K.
The Overpowered DTW3 matched 65,000 names and addresses in 33 seconds on our Excel test, matching the ROG Strix’s time and beating the category average (0:34) by 1 second.
On the HandBrake benchmark, the Overpowered DTW3 transcoded a 4K video to 1080p in 8 minutes and 15 seconds, which is slower than our 6:59 gaming-desktop average. The ROG Strix took even longer, completing the test in 9:16.
The Overpowered DTW3’s 512GB SSD copied 4.97GB of data in 29 seconds, for a rate of 175 megabytes per second. That’s very slow compared to the 359-MBps category average. The ROG Strix (256GB SSD) and Aurora R7 (512GB SSD) both did better than the Overpowered PC, hitting rates of 231 and 382 MBps, respectively.
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One annoying aspect of the Overpowered DTW3 is that its 2TB HDD is inexplicably partitioned into four separate drives, which naturally take up four times the storage that a normal hard drive would use for formating.
Configurations and Warranty
The Overpowered Gaming Desktop comes in three flavors. I tested the highest-end DTW3 model, which costs $1,699 and comes with an Intel Core i7-8700 CPU, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GPU with 11GB of VRAM, a 512GB SSD, a 2TB HDD and 32GB of RAM.
The DTW2 costs $1,499 and drops you down to a GTX 1080 with 8GB of VRAM, while the DTW1 goes for $999 and comes with a GTX 1070 GPU, a 256GB SSD, a 2TB HDD and 16GB of RAM. Most competitors are already rolling out 20-series GPUs and 9th-Gen processors, putting the Overpowered series at a severe disadvantage, since it technically has out-of-date specs.
Walmart includes a two-year limited warranty with the Overpowered DTW3.
With Walmart’s Overpowered Gaming Desktop DTW3, you’ll get strong performance and graphics packed into a relatively easy-to-upgrade chassis accompanied by colorful, RGB-lit fans. However, we’re not a fan of this machine’s uninspired design and lack of included peripherals. On top of that, the SSD is a little on the slow side.
If you’re looking for more power at a small price bump, check out the Aurora R7 with an RTX 2070 GPU and 8GB of VRAM, which Dell is currently selling at $1,749. You’ll benefit from that machine’s slick, customizable design; convenient port layout; and free Alienware peripherals.
The Overpowered DTW3 isn’t the best gaming desktop around, but it’ll get the job done if you’re on a budget.
Credit: Tom’s Guide
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He's Got Issues #246.0: Top Ten New Comics, 7/31/19
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Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #9 (Cover A Andrew C. Robinson), $3.99
(W) Tom Taylor (A) Ken Lashley, Juan Cabal (CA) Andrew Robinson
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Texas Senator Charles Perry Stalking Case
Tulsa Woman Suing Texas Senator For Stalking
Evidence and Court Documents of Perry’s Lengthy Stalking Activity
Charles Perry’s Erotomania
Category erotomania
Court Proceedings Show Intentional Fraud and Misconduct By Officers Of The Court In Both Cases Where Charles Perry Is Connected
January 15, 2021 January 17, 2021 justice4cyn Leave a comment
In an email from Cynthia sent today to her attorney, Mallory Miller and LPDO, she says as follows:
“Let me point out in Judge Cummings case, North District of Texas, case 5:18-cv-00137-C
Not one of his orders give any reason for denials at all. He gives not any reason for his “well thought out, careful consideration not based on a whim” decision and no case law at all is cited ever. I was not in any hearings in his Court ever. I have not a lick of law school. They are four Defendants, and some have two and three or more attorneys and yet not one time was I allowed into Court in my own law suit filed against Charles Perry, Matthew Powell, Dave Roberson, and Joshua Burson. In order to achieve “fair”, which by law I’m entitled to, there must be procedural accuracy and in order to achieve procedural accuracy all parties must participate. I was not in all their ex parte hearings to cross examine them, show evidence in refute of their fraudulent claims, testify, testify with evidence, or put witnesses on the stand.
In April, 2018 I reminded Mr Wischkaemper and Mr Miller of our conversations right after I got home that Perry intended to harass me, in doing things like vandalize my vehicle and run off my customers, then claim he was being harassed when he was caught. That email was sent April, 2018. In September, 2018, Charles Perry’s Attorney asked for emails documenting his client’s threats. These emails were no different than the McNamara email also describing Charles Perry’s threats to cause harm which he did carry out several months later giving rise to the law suit. I believed Sanford would act in good faith and restrain his client. He did not. This was like unclean hands doctrine only on the Defendants side. He instead did exactly what is described in the attached April 2018 email and claimed his client was being harassed when told on. Perry has had no vandalism to his car,. I one runs off his customers to starve him, no one has violated his privacy with out probable cause and a court order or just a flat out pissed off normal person who leaked. A lot of people have a big problem with what they are putting me through. I did change careers and I left. I moved twice to get away from Charles Perry’s drama and problems. I worked in politics all my life and before he ran in 2010, nobody knew what he was up to. I walked away from that, told only a few people what he was doing to me in facebook messages in 2011 but most didn’t live in Texas. He had four years to control himself without needing a lie. I left. I moved away to get away from him. A lot of folks have a big problem with what he’s putting me through. Now we have what appears to be murder of a cop trying to help me an attempted murder and frame up of his detective. You can’t beat someone to death and not have a mark on you and be found incapacitated to the point that you are treated with Narcan for drug overdose. Lucky Miller had just done a big drug bust. You’d think Perry would have been smart enough to have blamed one of those individuals involved in that, come out and said “We have looked at what Cynthia is alleging and she is right to be concerned for Officer Nealey, but we had nothing to do with that and would like this investigated and those responsible prosecuted because he clearly could not have done this. ” That’s not what they did. What they did was, on almost the day I was subpoena’d, ran so much of my business off my money dropped to $20 a night and I never in my life made $20 a night. They buried my testimony. Unless something changed it was no where on the docket. The subpoena was as was my name listed on the notification to the court that I would be deposed but there was no record of transcripts of my testimony. Judges Orders with no reason given after hearings I wasn’t even in and transcripts in the murder of a cop not on the docket, but just buried. This is three families hurting and hurting deep over Perry’s imposed delusion and corruption to cover it up and his crimes are more uncovered than ever. Nothing is covered up in fact he’s really really pissed everyone off and wants to know who told. Everyone. How about everyone. No normal person would be okay with this. This is serious depravity showing up in these heinous crimes. This is not stealing gum from the bodega. These are very serious crimes that have resulted in massive catastrophic loss for three families and all three are in the cop family and you have to know when a criminal goes after cop people they will have full on cops from all over the place very very pissed off and on them hard and heavy and it will never go away. They won’t get out from under that one ever. So, with that said, we again appeal. One day at a time, in all things give thanks, and we move forward to appeal.
Facebook messages referred to regarding the very strange bazaar creepy things Charles Perry started doing to me in 2011 are here
Click here to see Facebook messages from Cynthia to friends sent in 2011 describing Charles Perry’s menacing conduct that as a matter of law constitutes stalking and harassment
My deposition for Officer Mike Nealey here
https://youtu.be/ZxxPE3Wdvyc
A qui tam has been initiated, that is sealed however I can confirm the filer seeks no monetary compensation but for the tax payers of Oklahoma and Florida due to wilfull, malicious fraud. Withholding or concealment of relevant material facts that could change the outcome of the decision of the fact finder is malicious intentional fraud. That has occurred in Mike’s case and now three of my civil suits. I was not in any of the hearings to disclose the material facts of my own law suits. They made sure I wasn’t there which were I stupid and if I had no legitimate claim they.wouldnt care if I was there and would have no problem with a fair impartial hearing where all parties participate. They are seasoned and I have not a lick of law school so they would not have a problem arguing against me were there no legitimate claims and were I too stupid to figure out how to chapter and verse the “here’s what happened” to the Judges.
We will see what happens. Pray for us all if you will. When you have so much misconduct by Officers of the Court in now three states and the only common denominator is Charles Perry, Matthew Powell, Joshua Burson of Lubbock and David Roberson and Joe Chadwick, none having any injuries at all, common to all three, Mike and I and the Millers having all the injuries, you all are were not born yesterday. I’m sure you can see what that infers. They have leaks because people see what that infers. We are very thankful for those people. “
No reason given for denying Cynthia’s Motion. No case law to support his decision cited.
Again, the latest decision from Judge Cummings gives no well thought out reason and no case law cited to support his denial a little over a year later. Not one of his orders give a reason nor does he cute any case law at all to support his decisions.
McNamara email sent in 2015 regarding threats Charles Perry was making to arrange a false arrest of Cynthia and her son then to offer a bribe. He did carry out the threats three months later, had Cynthia charged in Lubbock with a crime when she did something required by law in Oklahoma. Charges were dismissed in her favor. Imagine how much more terrifying his threats were to her and her family when he carried out this catastrophic devastating threat. No crimes was committed by her at all, in fact what she did was legally required of her and he knew that. This email establishes Pre-meditation and Intent.
Click here to see documents regarding Perry’s act of retaliation by arranging a false arrest of Cynthia when she reported his stalking and death threats to police. There was never an investigation. He had her arrested in a week. Oklahoma law requires victims of stalking file a police report when seeking a Protective Order. Her first attempt was denied due to her failure to bring the report to Court so he knew of the requirement.
Email from April, 2018 regarding Perry’s intent to harass Cynthia by running off her customers, vandalizing her car and even threatening her life then claiming he was being harassed when she told on him.
Sanford’s email requesting Cynthia’s emails that were and are exactly the same as The McNamara email regarding his clients threats. He took those into Court, made sure she was not allowed in, claimed she was harrassing Perry, just as the email of 5 months later said he intended to do. He carried out another threat.
Subpoena to Cynthia for Officer Nealey dated October 7, 2020. Almost to the day her income dropped significantly and individuals were caught outside her workplace running customers off, some reporting they were told to buy from everyone but her.
Notice to the Court In Florida of Cynthia’s Deposition
Odd as this might sound, and it is bazaarly odd, Charles Perry continues to make unwanted contact with Cynthia, shows no remorse, shows no empathy, shows no intent to make the proper ends but wants to know who told on him. In six years she has never answered that question, has no motive to answer that question as clearly she wants for Charles Perry to be arrested and no longer a menace or danger or threat to her, and would not provide an assist to him with a gun to her head. The fact that he continues to ask speaks to his delusion. At this point he has no reasonable expectation of getting that information, so the fact that he continues to ask, is simply bazaar. He wants to know who told on him. That means there was something to tell. Mr Perry is not entitled to that information and giving it to him, even if she knew, which she is never ever told that being it’s confidential, it would endanger the lives of those leaking. He would do the same to them as he’s done to her, the Millers and the Nealeys. That would be the reason those individuals identities are confidential.
Click here to see Notice of Appeal to the Fifth Circuit for Judge Cummings Decisions.
See more documents regarding these cases where Charles Perry’s name continues to be up as suspect in crime here
As of January 17, 2021 Police tell us Charles Perry and Matt Powell continue efforts to arrange a second false arrest of the woman they have targeted for stalking and harrassment in the forum state of Oklahoma. Purposeful Availment has more than been met. She left. That should have been the end of it. It’s been 8 years. This is not just stalking and harassment at this point. It’s now moved into witness tampering and attempted coercion. Click link below for more info:
Click here to see post regarding Perry’s continued attempts to arrange a second false arrest of Cynthia Ortiz
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Five Police Reports, No Local Investigations To Rule Out Foul Play Or Attempted Murder
No victim of crime ever should be required to investigate their own crime. Barring a complete and thorough police investigation, no criminal complaint or allegation can be confirmed or ruled out. That does seem obvious to any reasonable prudent individual however some individuals are not reasonable or prudent and have not put that together in their heads just yet. Most five year olds could though.
No blood test for Cynthia Ortiz or Mannford Police Officer Mike Nealey. Both had probable cause to have a Court ordered blood test, and to believe both were poisoned with intent to kill. Cynthia having texts affirming her question about being poisoned with arsenic, Officer Nealey found knocked out, not a mark on him indicating he was knocked out from being punched in the face or head, incoherent, in respiratory distress and treated by First Responders with Narcan. The individuals linked to both cases being police reports were filed complaining of a crime and both obstructed, are Charles Perry, Matthew Powell, Joshua Burson of Lubbock Texas, David Roberson of Seminole, Oklahoma and Joe Chadwick, of Tulsa, Oklahoma. On one of five police reports filed, no suspect was even named on the report to Mannford Police, taken by Officer Mike Nealey sux days before Chief Miller was murdered, but he was told “I’m in a law suit currently with a man stalking me who does stuff like this everywhere I go. There is a good chance he had this done to my vehicle. ” Then, in normal land where the rest of us live, there would be a thorough police investigation, in Mannford Mike Nealey would have been the investigator, to rule out of confirm the “who dunnit” on that, one of five, police reports filed by Cynthia Ortiz either naming Charles Perry of Lubbock, Texas and some including the aforementioned co conspirators, some not, as is the law. Police are not required to investigate and that was a decision upheld by the supreme Court, however, why would they not and why would they not five times? Lucky Miller and Officer Nealey were by physical force obstructed. Mannford PD now has lost objectivity. They lost their own guy so moving forward with an investigation on that complaint is not doable for them. We don’t know what everyone else’s excuse is. What we do know is there is an entirely different investigation into Charles Perry that has uncovered more than anyone else and frankly they have uncovered it faster than he’s been able to try to cover it up and sometimes faster than he can do what he was trying to do. The problem is that one is huge. That one could have been assisted had smaller crimes been hit like they should have been. Sometimes one organization steps aside so as not to make another look bad. If you saw “Unbelieveable” on Netflix, which is a true story by the way, you understand there was some courtesy extended so that same situation didn’t happen. You can lead a horse, but that’s all you can do.
Detailed on this blog intended to document pre-meditation and intent on criminal matters and to protect Cynthia Ortiz from Charles Perry is years and years and years of abuse, loss, suffering, devastation and even death. Material facts, supporting documents, as much evidence as on victim can produce whenever Charles Perry did not ensure its destruction intentionally and maliciously, is all there going back years. The same is available on three Court Dockets for anyone in law enforcement and prosecutors to see now and forever. Prosecutors are attorneys and can see plain as day when a Judge was bought and not only that any cop or any Judge who is unable to come to the very same conclusion as any prudent and reasonable member of the public after thorough review of the aforementioned blog and Court Dockets is simply not qualified to serve in those positions.
Two people refused, denied, or obstructed from blood tests that would rule out or confirm intended foul play and attempts to take their life. Charles Perry, Matthew Powell, and Joshua Burson of Lubbock, David Roberson of Seminole Ok, and Joseph Chadwick of Tulsa, Ok, all connected to both. No victim should ever be asked or required by locals to do their job for them. Police are not to endanger the life of another by asking a citizen to investigate their crime and to do their job for them. Cynthia has by the way done so much more than they. One of the officers on the other investigation told her “Tulsa has rumblings of conversations about asking you to work there in some capacity. You dont have a college degree so there are limitations but there are rumblings of something. ” To which she replied after some discussions and feedback from other guys in law.emforcemebt, “This fail may have gotten Chief Miller killed. Inaction may have caused that so fuck no. I will not put my name on that egregious of a fail. Mike Nealey is still sitting in jail for something it is impossible for him to have done. So my reputation means something as do my talents and skills and my name and more importantly my Granlaw’s name and our name will not be on that. Our name will not be signed off on that. But thanks anyways.”
We are still working on getting Officer Nealey out and home to his family. No one else may step up to do a police officer a solid when he’s clearly under attack from very deeply depraved bad guys. We have. We are. We will continue and we don’t need anyone’s permission or approval in fact we did not ask what you thought. We asked you help or get the fuck out of the way. Charles Perry is a serial stalker, serial killer, serial peeper, serial sadist and when we said four years ago no amount of money.would cover up his crime, we said that because we know more about it than anyone else does being our guys do their damn job and do it well. His disgust of a life and criminal activity has not ever in his life been more uncovered as it is now. The link below shows years and years and years of Charles Perry’s mental depravity that is such a disgust it has made the hair on the back of everyone’s neck stand on end and he’s such a disgust, steeped and stuck in his delusion he has no clue how many people perceive him in that light after review of the evidence and material facts and said that behind his back being to scared shitless to say it to his face. They don’t want to become the next victim. They don’t want to be the next Cynthia Ortiz or Mannford Police Officer Michael Nealey or the next Mannford Police Chief Lucky Miller and the mistake Lucky made is he let down his guard thinking he could talk his way out of that situation but the truth is you can’t reason with tyrants, murderers, crazies, or serial killers. You can reason with terrorist.
Click Here To See Years Of Documented Social Economic And Psychological Abuse Charles Perry Imposed Upon Cynthia Ortiz And Other Victims Of His Sadistic Heinous Crimes
Click Here To See Evidence Charles Perry Suffers From Mental Disease Such As Sadism, Antisocial Personality Disorder and Delusional Erotomania
Click Here To See Photos Of Documents In Support Of Claims Herein
Click here to see what Charles Perry has done to two police officers who attempted to help her within 6 days of one of five police reports
Cynthia’s Civil Suits With Evidence of Clear Judicial Impropriety
Filed in Northern District of Oklahoma in Tulsa, Assigned to Judge Payne who oddly is from Lubbock, Texas transferred the case to Lubbock. No events happened in Lubbock but for perjury before a Grand Jury. Grand Jury is sealed and cannot be questioned as witnesses. Cynthia lives in Tulsa therefore witness are in all in Tulsa. See Employees Casualty v Bartile Roofs Oklahoma law requires the filing of a police report when seeking Protective Orders. Cynthia’s first attempt in May 2015 was denied in part due to her failure to bring her police report to Court. He then attempted to kill her. She reported the crime. He had her charged in Lubbock with filing a false police report within a week. No investigation was conducted and no blood drawn to rule out foul play. Had he not poisoned her, he and Matthew Powell would have made sure she was tested and taken those results showing nothing at all in her blood to prove her report was false. Instead the impeded the blood test, by physical force prevent her from giving texts to Tulsa Police and made sure they never tested her by arranging the false Arrest. She emailed and texted months before telling her family Perry was threatening false arrest. This suit is a civil rights suit. Charges were dismissed in her favor. It’s straight forward civil rights suit.
4:17-00489-JHP-JFJ
Evidence in this case is here
Most of the evidence filed in the Civil Rights case is at this link
Transferred Case in Northern District of Texas in Lubbock Perry knew Cynthia had an email regarding his expression of intent to harass her in Oklahoma then claim he was being harassed when she told on him. Several months later his attorney requested emails to her attorneys about Charles Perry’s ongoing harassment and threats of death, a second false arrest, to take her vehicle and get her fired. They went into Court with those emails and made sure was not there to cross examine, put witnesses on the stand, present evidence and did in fact as they’d told everyone they would months before and claimed they were being harassed when she told what they were putting her through in Tulsa. Her claims were dismissed as a result of the fraud. A Motion to Vacate has since been filed. That number is
5:18-CV-00137-C
Evidence of Charles Perry’s false claims in Court of being harrassed with evidence he premeditated the fraud are here
A subsequent state case was filed and again she was not in the court room to participate. In order to achieve a fair trial and procedural accuracy both parties must participate. They held ex parte hearing after exparte hearing and did not follow the rules of procedural accuracy giving rise to claim of fraud. Why not face her in Court fair and square if they really thought she had no claim and wasn’t smart enough to argue effectively against them. They have 20 plus seasoned attorneys and she has not a lick of law school. Why intentionally prevent her from arguing her claim and presenting evidence and witnesses and cross examine them unless you intend to commit fraud in Court?
Tulsa County District Court
CJ-2018-02775
Subsequent Breach of Contract Case filed in Northern District of Oklahoma in Tulsa 4:18-CV-00159-CVE-FHM
Once Cynthia made a statement under oath in Creek County Court seeking a Protective Order against Charles Perry indicating his contact and attention was undesirable and unwanted and constituted stalking and harassment, his continued threats and attempts to coerce her to change that testimony as a matter of law is witness / victim tampering and attempted coercion. It’s way beyond just stalking and harassment , as if that’s not bad enough. These are now RICO Violations. Attempted Murder hasn’t been ruled out because Perry made sure there was no blood test and that forensic evidence was destroyed and there has not been an investigation yet to make the proper determinations. Not only that but a subsequent report was filed with the request for a Protective Order in the state case which requires a hearing after 14 days and there was no hearing and the report alleged obstruction of justice and destruction of evidence. Again this is straight forward but no investigation again was conducted to rule out even that very straight forward complaint that in the false arrest being only one week after the report, required by law, was filed, Charles Perry, Josh Burson and Matt Powell impeded a police investigation in another state where they had no jurisdiction . They should never have even had the confidential police report. This is a problem. You have a dangerous psychotic man on the lose and now a dead cop and the arrest of another where the story doesn’t fit the evidence supporting he could have done as accused even if he wanted to and again within a week where Charles Perry’s name comes up. Forgive us if we are pissed off about police incompetence or corruption or whatever the hell the problem is but there are too many devastated lives here with this deal. That’s not how you do business in law enforcement. Very sloppy and when it’s life you dont get to get sloppy. You better get the bad guy before he kills again. He’s in your backyard so if there is a bigger investigation that doesn’t have the access you have being he’s right there in your yard nobody owes you anything. Why is someone else having to protect your girl in your state and your jurisdiction? Was the pool you bought with cover up money worth a dead cop? His kids lives forever changed? Was that it? Were you bought? It’s not an accusation. It’s a question. Did that happen? Were you bought? These are reasonable questions and the public who pays you expects answers. Law enforcement is to stop crime and relieve suffering. It’s expected. It’s not really an option just to not do it and hope nobody notices. There is now a murdered police officer so we all notice at this point. If it were your family, you would be pissed off too.
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Fraud Prevalent Where Charles Perry is Concerned
December 21, 2020 December 21, 2020 justice4cyn Leave a comment
Email from Cynthia regarding new documents that were filed in Civil Court posted and explaination included on some old ones in the caption. These prove Perry knowingly and maliciously committed fraud after fraud after fraud. He knowingly concealed material facts and knowingly mislead the court on key material facts. Procuring property through fraud is a crime and we all know he’s sought to do so with her car since August 2019. This was before final Court Orders were out and these would be orders he procured through fraud making sure she was not there to produce evidence filed, testify with evidence filed or cross examine Perry or his co defendants on the stand. She filed the suits and she had that right in fact procedural accuracy demands that in order to achieve non bias and fair both parties must participate. The first hearing she won against Perry and remember she’s not been to law school. Judge Jayne denied his Motion to Dismiss. In subsequent hearings the made sure she wasn’t there. This gave her credibility and legitimacy as if she had no claim and were too stupid to argue the law and facts, they wouldn’t care if she was there. Making sure she wasn’t legitimized both her claim and her intelligence. They didn’t want her to hear them lie because she would have shown their false statements to be just that: a bold faced lie.
Here is the email:
“New photos of documents filed with Courts were ignored by Judge Cummings, and I was not in exparte hearings where Perry made additional fraudulent claims of being harassed. He planned in my first false arrest to continue his stalking and harassment, and to go to court to claim he was being harrassed when he was caught and told on. Knowing he’d been caught planning that fraud, he did it anyways. Documents showing he knew we knew what he was up to months before he did it, here: his attorney requested emails that are the very same thing as the McNamara email telling Mr Miller and LPDO of Perry’s specific threat of the day. I complied acting in good faith. They then held an exparte hearings where I was not allowed in to show this evidence, testify with it, cross examine and this would be the second intentional fraud Perry knowingly and maliciously committed.
Click here to see evidence Perry knowingly and malicious committed fraud in his claims of being harassed everytime he’s caught stalking and is told on.
New documents with some explanation posted here showing there was never a political disagreement, just stalking back in 2011, long before I could have anticipated what would then happen in 2016.
Click here to see Facebook Messages to friends outside Texas in 2011 regarding pressure from Perry to have an affair, his conduct that constitutes stalking and Cynthia’s expressions of wanting to leave town to get away from him. These were sent in 2011.
New documents with some explaination (see captions) showing Perry’s claims he barely knew me are false.
Click here to see texts and emails to refute Perry’s false claims that he barely knew Cynthia.
These documents were sitting in front of a cop who said “I dont want to see these ” My thought was “It’s fine Barney Fife. I’m about to file a law suit where everyone else will see them. ”
If a cop or judge can’t look this over and come to the same conclusion as the reasonable prudent public, they don’t qualify for that job. It’s been reviewed by police and prosecutors from somewhere else. It will be and can be reviewed by anyone in law enforcement from anywhere from now on. No cop ever deserves to be a cop if they refuse to review evidence. I say that coming from a whole family of police. I’m Chief Hall’s granddaughter. I heard what good cops do all my life. This was not that. This was just stupid!! It gets people killed having that lazy incompetence in a police department.
They had less evidence against Al Franken. “
Click here to see documents associated with Cynthia’s false arrest. It was threatened first. There were emails about that specific threat being made months before he did it. He knew she had those but he did it anyways.
Click here to see evidence of Judicial Impropriety in all three law suits.
Click Here For Info On Perry’s Attempt To Witness Tamper By Way Of Solicitation.
Click here to see documents going back to August 2019 of Perry’s expression of intent to take Cynthia’s car by fraud.
It makes it very nearly impossible to believe a word they say at this point.
So forgive us when we don’t believe them when they claim they had nothing to.di with Chief Miller’s murder. Six days after an auto vandalism complaint was filed naming no suspect but Officer Mike Nealey, who took the report was told “I have a civil case against a man stalking me. It’s likely related but that is for you guys to determine. I just don’t know anyone else who would do this.ight not be, but there of course is a chance. He’s been after my car for awhile now. ” Six days later, Chief Miller is dead and Officer Nealey arrested. Officer Nealey accused of beating a man to death, but being the super Ninja that he is, has not a mark on him. He was though treated for drug overdose with Narcan because he was out cold. He somehow super Ninja’s Chief Miller to death, then just plum passed out cold while being overdosed with some drug thought to be an opiod. He is unresponsive, in respiratory distress, and mumbling. How you kill a guy in that condition and end up with not a mark on you is certainly a mystery to any reasonable prudent individual. Cynthia knew in March, 2020 he was drugged and told emailed Florida States Attorney. Nealey was also not given a forensic inspection of his blood to see exactly what he had in him that knocked him out. That’s Brady. Prosecutors have the legal obligation to protect and preserve all evidence particularly that which might be exculpatory and give it to defense. That blood test when put before a jury may lead them to come to the same conclusion we have. He couldn’t have done this. He wasn’t able to. She told attorneys on her deposition that even before they’d deposed first responders who revealed Nealey had been treated for drug overdose, she knew he was. They ask her if she’s a cop but there was not one follow up question as to how she knew Officer Nealey was drugged even before depos were taken.
Again, after fraud after fraud after fraud, it’s nearly impossible to believe these people and wonder what corruption or fraud they are perpetrating in Officer Nealey’s case. He should be home at this point. There is missing evidence no one collected that we know existed due to delivery of Narcan. We know his physical body did not look like he’d been in a fight at all. That’s a lot if reasonable doubt and if you dont have that, you dint have a case. If you dont have a case, your prosecution is just malicious. If you have a plausible alternative explanation, even moreso. So why is he still sitting in jail?? Again when Perry denies having anything to do with that, we don’t believe them. These documents posted on Facebook and linked here support the reason for that.
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And more on his case here
Remember the immediate response from Officer Nealey before anyone had time to talk to him or tell him otherwise, was that he was shocked at what he was being told. He points out the fact that there was nothing on him indicating he was in any fight at all much less a deadly one. He does not say “I’m all beat up. Who did this to me? Where is Lucky? Is he okay?” He says ” I can’t believe you. Look at me. Nothing. ” That a paraphrase but he says “there is nothing me to indicate I was in a fight. ” If he was in a fight, even in self defense, he’d be beat up too. The first responder testified he would not put an IV in an injured hand. Nealey has an IV in his hand. This was before anyone had a chance to change stories. The interview is at the link below.
Click here to see Officer Nealeys Interview with Escambia County Sheriff’s Department
Click here to see all albums containing Court documents or other evidence of Charles Perry’s fraud, stalking and harassment. This has been ongoing for ten years now. That is one hell of a daydream.
Click here to see evidence Charles Perry suffers from a mental disease called Delusional Erotomania
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Coercion Makes One Crime Two Crimes
When you tell someone “We need you to lie. We will make it worth your while. If you don’t, we will do to you what we did to Cynthia Ortiz. You will lose your job. You won’t find another. You will go broke. Your friends and family will have nothing to with you. You will be arrested and smeared and you won’t get out. We will ruin you. “
Like Charles Perry and his co-conspirators tried to do here:
Click Here To See Evidence Of Perry’s False Arrest Of A Woman Who Rejected Him. Intent was to retaliate and intimidate. It didn’t work out for him.
What you really just did is tell that person “I’m going to give you money to lie. I’m going to hand over my power to you because the truth is, you know what I did. You know it was a crime. You know it was wrong and you know I know it was wrong because I’m coercing a lie. You have power over me right now and I’m scared to death of you. ” Because that person will take the money but you have no control over what police from somewhere else they may tell. People follow the path of least resistance by nature and run from pain toward pleasure. That is human nature. You cause stress, anxiety, hardship, loss and problems, an undercover cop that says “I have already got more evidence to convict this bitch than you can imagine. Doesn’t matter what fantasy he’s created. I got more than he will ever overcome and more doesn’t hurt. Whatever you have to contribute will be used to put a stop to.tgreat to your safety and your well being. You won’t have to sleep with one eye opened anymore. ” They are going to do what relieves the stress. One told police “I could not handle watching what they did to Cyndi every day. I could not understand why. I could not live with the pressure. I needed to get this guy off my back so I will absolutely give you whatever you need.”
Four years ago we said no amount of money will cover up Charles Perry’s alleged criminal activity and his alleged criminal activity is more uncovered that it has ever been in his entire life. As a grown man and an old man, he chose to become a parasite. He needs. He wants. He demands. He as a grown man pretends to be intelligent. Were he intelligent he would know that he chose the crime and when he chose the crime he chose the consequences. He owns that. He gave other people complete control over him when he said “I need you to lie about what I did. ” He gave away his power and all of his power and now his alleged crime is the most uncovered as it’s ever in his life been. When you understand “I chose and control my thoughts and my actions and the results, I control the consequences as well, good or bad. ” Because asking someone to lie about what you did now made one crime into two. You now have two sets of consequences, not just one.
A young man grew up in the ghetto, poor, he barely had food, he had holes in his clothes, he stole to survive, he did drugs to escape his misery, he came home to dad beating mom and was arrested for drug possession. You better than him? What gives you the right to think for a minute your perjury, your Voyeurism, you violating women, you harassing women and children , you invading their privacy, you obstructing justice, you destroying evidence, your theft, your making women feel raped by your unwanted romantic gestures and murder makes you better than that young man who did not stoop to asking for a lie? How are you better? You committed more crimes and worse crimes? What high horse are you on that you think you are better? That young man cleaned himself up, took responsibility for his choices, has a gorgeous wife who lights up when he walks in the room, holds him, laughs with him, cries with him, brags about him and he is now part of team catching you, Mr Perry.
“Your kindness will reward you, but your cruelty will destroy you. ” Proverbs 11:17
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The Michigan Arrests of Tim Allen
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Most Michiganders are fond of Tim Allen. He turned his love for comedy into a successful career...but, as most of us already know, that almost didn't happen.
It was in October 1978 that 25-year-old Tim was part of a drug trafficking scheme. He had been doing comedy since 1975, but evidently the years were a little too lean and he needed money. At the time, he thought drugs could be the answer for some extra dough.
Tim and a partner were at the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport carrying over 650 grams of cocaine when they were busted by an undercover police officer.
Facing a life sentence in prison, Tim co-operated with police by revealing the names of his other dealer contacts. He received a reduced sentence of 3-7 years in a Minnesota prison and was released two years and four months later, in 1981. Of his prison time, Tim was quoted as saying, “it was a watershed moment. It put me in a position of great humility, and I was able to make amends to friends and family and refocus my life on setting and achieving goals.”
Once out of jail, he moved to California and continued his standup career, performing in many comedy clubs and guesting on TV shows. Finally, in 1991, he was awarded his very own television program, Home Improvement.
However, in 1997, while Home Improvement was still a big hit, Tim was visiting Michigan when he was again arrested…this time for being drunk while driving in Bloomfield Hills. He entered rehab in 1998 and has been sober ever since. By the time Home Improvement went off the air in 1999, Tim had racked up seven movie roles, with many more to follow in the coming years.
Through all the bad times as well as the good ones, Tim Allen remains one of Michigan’s favorite sons. A rocky start has, so far, had a happy ending.
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*No sex scene happened in ‘Itohan’
*My lawyers will write Tunde Moshood – Ewah
Mr Lucky Ewah, the producer spoke to Potpourri on phone and explained what actually happened in the film shot in 2002.
As a movie maker, I’m not the kind of producer that produces nude stories or pornography. I make movies that have to do with women and youth re-orientation. I don’t know how Tunde Moshood got in touch with those materials and he has been using those materials.
That movie was uploaded on YouTube on 22nd of September, 2009. As long as Tunde Moshood has the materials on that project, I’m alleging him to be the person that uploaded it.
Those are the things my lawyer is working on, because it’s an infringement of right. He did not work with me on my set. He has never been a co-producer, director or co-sponsor. So, how did he get those materials?
As I speak with you, I don’t even know Mr. Tunde Moshood. In this very case, Tunde Moshood must come and answer the court. How did he get those materials?
The materials the Censors Board did not approve or use… Who gave him those materials? Are you saying that the materials he (Tunde) uploaded are not from the film?
They are not from the film. So, how did he work that out?
That is my challenge concerning this whole controversy. So many people have said so many things based on social media, wanting to know if the producer of the movie is alive or around. Truth is, I haven’t been around for some time.
This movie has really caused a lot of controversy because people think that what actually happened in the movie was true. That is the reason Cossy called me to come and clear the air and let Nigerians know that she didn’t actually sleep with a dog.
Now, this is the reason the movie was made in that manner. Recall that the movie was produced in 2002 at a time when the NAPTIP stories on women trafficking was very high, especially in the Niger-Delta region. I’m from Edo State.
There was a time, Her Excellency, Titi Abubakar set up an NGO called NAPTIP, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons. This same movie was taken to that office because it was an advocacy movie, to advocate against human trafficking.
That was why the movie was produced at the time. To pass the message that most Nigerians travel abroad to do all sorts of undignified things to make money without knowing the dangers involved. Nigerians know the truth about the movie, but my major challenge and concern is how Tunde Moshood came to possess those materials.
Even the movie director doesn’t have access to the material. Only the producer has access to it. So how did Tunde Moshood have access to the materials? According to Cossy in most of her Instagram posts, she said it’s Halima Abubakar that released some of the clips to Tunde Moshood who was her boyfriend at the time…
She told me all of that. If it is Halima that gave him the clips, they have to come and explain to us because Halima also didn’t work on that set, so how did she get the clips? Halima didn’t work with us. I’ve never used her in any of my jobs. So, how did they get those materials? That’s where my lawyer is coming in.
The social media war of Cossy Ojiakor, Tunde Moshood and Halima Abubakar
The movie “Itohan” was shot in 2002 and uploaded on YouTube in 2009 after the magazine, Enquirer owned by Tunde Moshood made a publication about Cossy Ojiakor having sex with a dog just about the time the movie was being shot. It was 17 years ago and all the drama associated with the saga appeared to have been rested for good until Cossy opened the old wounds again in an Instagram post on her page two weeks ago.
It all started with a picture post by Uche Ogbodo on Instagram, showing Halima Abubakar and three other actresses. Cossy had reacted to the picture, calling Halima a snake that betrayed her.
She then went ahead to paint the picture of how Halima Abubakar leaked the pictures from the movie “Itohan” to Tunde Moshood, publisher of the then Enquirer, whom she also described as Halima’s boyfriend.
“ We were roommates at the time and she had access to my things. I got a picture from the location camera guy on some of the scenes from the film. Halima stole the pictures and gave his boyfriend who twisted the story to sell his magazine,” she said in a private chat with Potpourri.
However, Tunde Moshood backed the video with caustic comment directed at Cossy, and the consistent brickbats have continued.
Ironically, the person in the eye of the storm Halima Abubakar as well as Director of the movie, Chico Ejiro have surprisingly kept mute about the whole saga.
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Nwabueze is a communication researcher with several years of lecturing experience in Nigerian universities.
Oguejiofor sochima Bernard
Cossy is a kind of lady that will do anything for fame and money then..
Sleeping a dog.. That one is insanity.
She has a good allibya though.
She will win this case..
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Current representative: The current representative for the 64th District is Rep. Julie Alexander (R-Hanover). The district includes the city of Jackson and the townships of Concord, Hanover, Napoleon, Parma, Pulaski, Sandstone, Spring Arbor and Summit, according to House Republicans. Alexander was first elected to the Michigan House in 2016, taking office in 2017. According to her official House website, she previously served as a middle school teacher and an adult education math and reading instructor. Her family also operates a farm.
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2. Michigan Farm Bureau PAC, $13,250
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4. Michigan Values Leadership Fund, Tom Leonard, $6,000
5. Jackson Chamber of Commerce PAC, $6,000
6. VerHeulen Leadership Fund, Rob VerHeulen, $5,500
7. Michigan Credit Union League, $5,650
8. Jeff Kirkpatrick, Lodice Bond Company, $5,250
9. DeVos family, Amway, $5,000
10. Business Leaders for Michigan PAC, $5,000
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2. DTE Energy, $1,000
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5. Jen McSeveny, LJ Ross Associates, $800
6. Victory Dzenowagis, Gray Horse Inn, $500
7. Martha Furstenau, American 1 Credit Union, $500
8. Jill Sears, farmer, $500
9. Mark Alyea, Alro Steel, $500
10. Jill Filip, Henry Ford Allegiance Health, $500
12. Jeff Kirkpatrick, American Fidelity Group, $500
13. Michigan Credit Union League, $500
14. Allan Tompkins, Jackson Orthopaedics, $500
15. J.C. Huizenga, Huizenga Group, $500
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2. John Ganton, Jackson, $2,000
3. Randy Glick, Alro Steel, $2,000
4. Patti Poppe, Consumers Energy, $2,000
5. Kirk Mercer, RW Mercer, $1,500
6. Ron Ellison, American Title, $1,500
8. William Emerson, Rock Holdings, $1,000
9. Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association, MITA, $1,000
10. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, $600
5. CMS Energy Employees for Better Government, $2,500
6. Michigan Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association, $2,000
8. Glick family, Arlo Steel, $2,000
2. Julie Alexander, self, $1,500
3. Chatfield Majority Fund 2, Lee Chatfield, $1,500
5. Kirk Mercer, RW Mercer Co., $1,000
7. Auto Dealers of Michigan, $1,000
9. Henry Ford Allegiance Health, $1,000
10. Kurk Mercer, RW Mercer Co, $1,000
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7. Business Leaders for Michigan PAC, $5,000
8. Poleski Leadership Fund, Earl Poleski, $2,500
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All in a Day's Work: Extreme skiing hero blows through Bend on Ring of Fire quest
Chris Davenport plans to take on 17 different slopes during the Ring of Fire Volcano Tour.
by Source Weekly
If you were looking for a free hotdog and beer last week, you could have done far worse than swing by the Great Outdoors parking lot off Century Drive, where professional skier Chris Davenport had splayed his 44-foot-long RV across six parking spots and fired up the grill. Inside the jet-black beast—a Ford emblazoned with Audi stickers—Bend’s mustachioed mountain guide David Marchi and Jonas Tarlen, who runs Three Sisters Backcountry, Inc., sat on couches and talked about big days in the mountains.
“It’s supposed to be really nice out there tomorrow,” Davenport offered, having consulted a customized weather sheet a Boulder-based snow guru has been sending him daily. “His reports are amazingly accurate.”
Despite the favorable news, it’s no secret that this come-and-go winter was full of misery for skiers and snowboarders. Dealing with the one-two punch of a mild winter and a recession, the National Ski Areas Association last week released a preliminary report that showed just 51 million skier visits at the nation’s ski areas this year, a 16 percent drop from 2010-2011. That’s the poorest turnout since 1991 and ugliest slump since the early 1980s.
But as the pros know, even a “bad” winter here is usually a good one by any other metric. At last count, more than 513 inches of snow this season had fallen on Bachelor, where the lifts run till the end of May. That’s ten feet more than Alta, Utah, which closed in April. Bachelor still has more than 100 inches at the base and 148 inches mid-mountain. Overall, the Pacific Northwest suffered a mere 0.8 percent drop on average in skier visits, the report showed. You don’t need an app to figure it out: Skiing here kicks ass—especially right now.
“People like us, who get climbing and skiing, understand that this time of year is when shit gets done—not in the winter,” Davenport said, tucking into a veggie dog with mustard. “Corn snow, really good corn like you get here, I mean, that for me is as fun or even better than powder.”
About a year ago Davenport hatched a plan to climb and ski every major volcano in the Pacific Northwest in about three weeks, starting with 10,457-foot Lassen in the south and ending with 10,778-foot Mount Baker in the north. The Ring of Fire Volcano Tour would include 17 peaks—ten in Oregon alone—and god knows how many vertical feet. “I’m not a statistics guy,” he shrugged. Spyder, a major sponsor, kicked in the RV, while Whole Foods loaded it up with crates of food and recipes for things like spinach smoothies with kale and orange juice. “It’s actually quite tasty,” said Jess McMillan, a women’s freeskiing world champion who’d joined Davenport for a few days.
Three-time World Championship skier Daron Rahlves, the country’s winningest downhill and super-G skier ever, joined the tour for some peak bagging too. By Wednesday the three of them had banged out five volcanoes in four days, including two in one day: 9,482-foot Mount Thielsen and 9,065-foot Mount Bachelor, which is 114 miles north as the RV rides. “Watching Daron lay it over going Mach Looney down Thielsen was insane,” Davenport said. “He was just railing it.” Rahlves couldn’t stay, though, and soon headed home.
If you still can’t quite place Chris “Dav” Davenport, you haven’t seen the 30-plus ski movies he’s been in or cracked an outdoor magazine since around 1996, when he won the World Extreme Skiing Championships. Spry with kind eyes and golden tan, the Aspen native was featured in the 2007 documentary Steep, an exposé on the history of extreme skiing that premiered at a Tribeca art house only a few weeks after he’d climbed and skied all 54 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot-high mountains in less than a year. He has his own clothing line, numerous Powder magazine poll awards and an X-Games medal. Through it all the 41-year-old father of three has remained such a gracious non-bro that he’ll fill your plastic cup with GoodLife at his expense.
By around 4 p.m. the grill was cold and the beer nearly gone. Davenport chatted with a dad who stopped by with his two kids looking for Red Bull stickers and a tour of the rig while everyone began to pack up and leave.
In the end, Davenport’s Big Bend Adventure went according to plan, and on Thursday he, McMillan and Tarlen got up early to traverse the Three Sisters, a 17-mile enchainment with a taxing 11,000 vertical feet of climbing. They were back in town late that afternoon, spent, stinky and parched. “Long and hard and just awesome,” Davenport said about the day. “It’s prime ski mountaineering time and no one’s out there. We’re killing it.”
He then pointed the rig north toward Mount Washington. Only nine more peaks to go.
Editor’s note: Tim Neville is a freelance journalist based in Bend. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Outside Magazine and Men’s Journal among other publications. He is also a very tall man. Approach with caution.
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While many of us are going to be slaving over stoves, stuffing, brining or the always fun deep-frying our butterball turkeys this Thursday, there are options for those who don't feel like sticking their hands in the cavity of a 20-pound bird or cutting up the neck to stew some gravy. For all of you who would rather have a skilled chef prepare your fixins, here's a list of restaurants serving Thanksgiving Dinner, courtesy of Visit Bend.
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Gerwig in a Box
"Maggie's Plan" defies convention with convention
by Jared Rasic
There is a specific type of indie romantic dramedy that has popped up over the last few years that owes a deep debt to the work of John Cassavetes. He brought a cinéma vérité style to American independent films that added a gritty realism to a genre that had only ever been light and fluffy. Films like "Faces" and "A Woman Under the Influence" paved the way for the modern mumblecore movement.
Mumblecore took the low budget, handheld aesthetic, but emphasized dialogue and character relationships over plot. Directors like Andrew Bujalski, The Duplass Brothers, Joe Swanberg and Lynn Shelton pushed the genre forward, creating some true masterpieces and some painfully boring dreck.
Greta Gerwig was one of the early mumblecore darlings, starring in early genre films like "Hanna Takes the Stairs" and "Baghead." If Gerwig's name was in the credits, the film was almost guaranteed to be biting, sarcastic and emotionally raw. She is almost synonymous with the genre, "Indie Romantic Dramedy."
That is why her inclusion in "Maggie's Plan" almost works against it. The film tells the story of Maggie (Gerwig), a young academic who desperately wants to become a mother. She meets a ficto-critical anthropologist at her university named John (Ethan Hawke), whom she spends months talking to and eventually falling in love with. John is married to Georgette (Julianne Moore), a cold and clinical Danish professor.
Three years pass, and Maggie and John are married with a beautiful daughter. But Maggie is very quickly falling out of love with John and hatches a plan to get John back together with Georgette so that everyone is happy and no one is left alone. Maggie's plan is the centerpiece of the entire film, but also its weakest element.
The moments that make up Maggie and John falling in and out of love are some of the most painfully incisive and honest moments I've seen in a film all year. There is a moment midway through the film where Maggie and John are lying in bed together and she asks him if he wants her to read his horoscope. His casually uncaring "No" is one straw too far for her, and the painful anger Gerwig shows on her face is perfect.
Gerwig, Hawke, Moore and an against-type Travis Fimmel (Ragnar from 'Vikings") are all excellent in the film, and their chemistry makes the movie breeze by. Rebecca Miller's script is filled with precisely drawn moments of truth and hilarious observations on relationships and couplehood, but the romantic comedy template steps on the tails of what is almost a classic little film.
The film soars whenever it forgoes the typical romantic dramedy structure, but when it forgoes emotional honesty for genre convention, it feels too familiar. Having Gerwig in the film means there will be an honest and powerful performance, so relying on manufactured moments sells short what is otherwise a truly wonderful film. The lessons Cassavetes taught are not so easily forgotten.
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Culture » Culture Features
Oh, Boo. Is Halloween Canceled?
Local parents weigh in on a Halloween sans trick-or-treating, and spooky traditions move online
By Cayla Clark
It's officially "spooky season," though this year's festivities will undoubtedly look a little different. Halloween itself might not be canceled, but classic door-to-door trick-or-treating is being shunned by many, as handing out candy to strangers has rapidly transformed from a time-worn tradition to a purported health hazard. Local parents and businesses are adapting, bringing Halloween to their young ones while keeping risk low.
The Downtown Bend Business Association is also adapting, publicly denouncing traditional festivities while encouraging flexibility and adaptation. Normally, the DBBA hosts a downtown event filled with costumed kids, trick-or-treating and a large scavenger hunt that includes many local businesses. Rather than throw up their hands and say, "Welp, Halloween is canceled; stay inside," the DBBA moved its annual costume contest to a virtual platform and restructured the scavenger hunt, social-distancing style.
Courtesy DBBA
Costumed kids participate in last year's Halloween festivities – pre-COVID.
"Now more than ever it is important that we support our local businesses," said Mindy Aisling, executive director of the DBBA. "We have a few really fun do-it-yourself Halloween activities for Bend families to have COVID-safe fun! We still want to see all of the great costumes, so we've moved the kids costume contest online. Prizes will be awarded for the costumes that we love the most from every age group."
The contest is open to kids under the age of 12. Simply dress up, snap a photo and submit it online. To play the Halloween Scavenger Hunt, find one of the items listed on the website, take a selfie next to it and post it with the hashtag #bendhalloweenhunt2020. Two winners will be randomly chosen in early November. All Halloween-related activities are mapped out on the DBBA website.
The Source Weekly's calendar—normally full of Halloween-related events—does include a few festivities on Oct. 31 for those wanting to head out. For example, Venardo's Circus is hosting a "Spooky Spectacular Circus Show" at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, while at General Duffy's Waterhole—a go-to gathering point in Redmond throughout the pandemic—a costume party goes along with the music that evening. And in the Twittersphere, other local parents say they'll go ahead with small, neighborhood-focused trick-or-treating, pointing out that the main event (as in, getting candy) takes place outdoors, and the virus does not easily spread on surfaces (like candy wrappers).
But some local parents don't mind the changes this year, explaining they won't really miss holding back on a holiday that centers around refined sugar and tooth decay. "I don't support my children eating candy, so Halloween being canceled really isn't a huge loss," said local mother of three Sara Walker. "I don't think adapting will be too difficult, we've all gotten used to making changes at this point. The girls enjoy carving pumpkins every year, so we'll just have a pumpkin carving party and throw on some classic horror movies."
Mother of two, Katy Ipock, shared the same sentiment. "We never really did Halloween anyway," she said. "My son isn't a fan of candy so the holiday makes zero sense to him. Having a kid who doesn't like candy is obviously a huge win." Safe to say this is a unique case.
Last year's Halloween costume contest included ample mask-wearing, but the implications have since changed.
Izzy Warrens, local mother of two boys, explained that while things were still up in the air, her main priority was ensuring that her son was having a good time – and experiencing some semblance of normalcy. "I told my son that we would most likely raincheck on this year's standard activities," she said. "I'm just keeping my ears open this week to see what other community members are saying. We are unsure at this point. We're definitely dressing up, but unsure if we'll be hosting, going to out into our neighborhood or coming up with a new Halloween tradition." Warrens said they'll be skipping the Old Mill, a trick-or-treating draw for families in normal years (the Old Mill does not have Halloween activities on its calendar this year so far), and won't opt for church gatherings, either.
"Maybe truck-or-treating with a ton of sanitizer spray! My main priority is my youngest dressing up and doing an activity that's fun for him," Warrens said. Overall, Warrens said adapting to the changes has been creating resilience and improving communication.
"There are times when my kiddos feel uncertain and upset; they want to see their friends. The lack of social interaction has created frustration, but in that space, they're also learning to get creative and sit in situations that are not ideal. They're learning patience."
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Enter at: downtownbend.org/halloween-2020.html
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Cayla graduated from UCLA with a degree in playwriting, soon after realizing that playwriting is not a viable career option. Fortunately, this led her to journalism, and she is thrilled to be part of such a unique and fun-loving team. Upcoming local events? Send them her way!
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Food & Drink » Restaurant Review
When Bakers Cook
At Nick and Aron's, the oven is the restaurant's culinary jack of all trades.
Bert Johnson Owners Aron Ford (left) and Nick Yapor-Cox cook dishes that are perfect for family-style dining.
Bert Johnson Nick and Aron's excels at simple classics, such as roast chicken
Nick and Aron's
4316 Telegraph Ave., Oakland
Hours: Mon., Wed.–Fri. 7 a.m.–10 p.m.; Tue. 7 a.m.–2 p.m.; Sat.–Sun. 8 a.m.–10 p.m.
Reservations not accepted
Cash, all major credit cards
Mussels ... $12
Lamb Meatballs ... $8
Roasted Corn Salad (with Chicken) ... $7 ($11)
Roast Chicken ... $12/$18/$30
Cheese Pizza ... $16/$22
Anyone familiar with the tight quarters of the typical restaurant kitchen knows that every inch of real estate is precious. At Nick and Aron's, the ovens — a giant, double-decker pizza oven and a full-sized convection oven — take up almost every square foot of the available cooking space. The only other cooking appliance is a small induction burner. "It's pretty much all oven," noted co-owner Nick Yapor-Cox, who is best known as the chef and proprietor of Nick's Pizza in North Oakland.
That's what happens when you inherit a space designed to be a bakery, not a restaurant. It wasn't so long ago that the previous tenant, the boutique bakery Barkada, first morphed into a full-fledged bakery-restaurant that served bona fide dinner entrées in addition to cookies and croissants.
Nick and Aron's has inherited that mantle — as a working bakery in a neighborhood that could use one, and, more than that, as a restaurant at which the roast chicken platters and robust salads are as big a draw as the various baked goods.
Fortunately, if ever there was a culinary duo that was up for the challenge of operating such an oven-centric dining establishment, it's these two. That's because Yapor-Cox and Aron Ford were bakers by trade before they ever thought about running a pizzeria. Both cut their sourdough-fermenting — and pizza-making — teeth at the worker-owned Arizmendi Bakery. Prior to that, Ford — the lead baker at Nick's Pizza — had honed his skills at the Acme Bread Company, and Yapor-Cox started his career as a high-end pastry chef in New York City.
That collective pedigree can be seen in the impressive display of breads and pastries that catch your eye as soon as you walk into Nick and Aron's: gorgeous croissants topped with seasonal stone fruit, dense chocolate chip cookies, assorted sweet and savory scones, and hefty rounds of sourdough.
When it comes to the food, the secret, it turns out, isn't anything more complicated than to serve the kinds of dishes that achieve their peak deliciousness when they're cooked in an oven. At Nick and Aron's, that means there's a lot of pizza, of course, but it also means one of the best versions of roast chicken I've had in a restaurant recently. The bird is brined, seasoned simply with salt and herbes de provence, and roasted to order in a very hot oven. (Our server told us about the 35-minute cooking time as soon as we sat down, so we were able to get our order in as soon as possible.) You'll find plenty of more elaborate roast chicken dishes around town, but few that are cooked so perfectly: the skin crisp and impeccably seasoned, the meat slightly pink at the bone so that both the breast and the thigh were tender and juicy. The whole, half, or quarter chicken options all come complete with sides (stuffing and sautéed chard), making this perfect for family-style dining.
Ford's walnut-sourdough stuffing recipe, however, was wet and chewy and altogether too wholesome for my taste, which skews more toward crisp edges and copious meat drippings — though, like any stuffing worth its salt, it tasted better as a leftover the next day.
But the chicken was a good example of where the kitchen really shines: simple classics done really well — the kinds of dishes you'd find at a low-key French bistro. The restaurant's bowl of mussels, for example, was the best I've had in recent memory. The mussels were taken out of the oven at just the right time to be their juiciest and most plump, and were served in a garlic-and-butter pan sauce that could scarcely be more classic — or more delicious, especially as a vehicle for toasted sourdough.
The best deal of the night, though, was an $8 plate of pink-centered lamb meatballs, which by themselves, weren't seasoned strongly enough to make an immediate impression. Here, the housemade harissa sauce (made in a time-intensive process that involves several hours of peeling the skin off roasted peppers) does all the heavy lifting, but man is it up to the task: tangy and smoky, with just enough heat to keep me interested. I wanted to buy a bottle and slather it on everything. (The sauce also forms the base for one of the restaurant's nontraditional pizzas, which is topped with roasted cauliflower and caramelized onions.)
Cooking everything in the oven requires — and perhaps inspires — a certain kind of ingenuity or, at the very least, a flexibility that serves Nick and Aron's well. For instance, the current menu features roasted bone marrow to satisfy a customer's craving for something rich and fatty, given that the restaurant's lack of a deep fryer precludes the typical selection of fried appetizers. And because they can't grill burgers, despite the fact that Ford had developed a recipe for a brioche burger bun, they put a pulled pork sandwich on the menu instead.
Nick's Pizza customers will be happy to hear that the pizza is as good as ever. It's what Yapor-Cox calls "Oakland-style" pizza — the dough has a subtle sourdough tang that's rooted in his time at Arizmendi. Because the restaurant is bigger, Nick and Aron's is able to offer more options, both in terms of the size of the pie (at Nick's, there's only one size) and the ability to customize your toppings to a certain extent. There are always about four different pizzas available by the slice, which is nice if you want something to munch on while you're waiting for your chicken to roast. I loved the kale-and-sausage pizza, which boasted a bit of red-chili heat and shreds of kale that had crisped up gloriously in the oven.
Breakfast and lunch feature more casual counter service. The roasted corn salad featured sweet early-summer corn, nubs of salty cotija cheese, pumpkin seeds and cucumber slices for added crunch, a spicy-tangy buttermilk-lime dressing, and, as an optional add-on, a generous portion of shredded roast chicken. It was the kind of healthy lunch that made me feel virtuous without feeling like I was denying myself anything.
The restaurant recently got its beer and wine permit, and the chefs have started making plans for weekend brunch. At least some of the egg dishes will, of course, be baked in the oven. And while these days everyone's a little sheepish when it comes to artisanal toast (the $4 version, or otherwise), there will, almost certainly, be a few different varieties added to the morning menu. Really, who would you want to serve you fancy toast if not a baker?
Restaurant Review Nick and Aron's Temescal Pizza
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Movie review: ‘Lucy’
Posted by Gary Dowell ⋅ July 23, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment
Filed Under action, science fiction
It’s almost impossible to sit through Lucy without pondering what could have been. A ham-fisted fusion of high-concept science fiction and lowbrow action from writer-director Luc Besson, it fails in both categories. It does succeed at being a very, very dumb movie about being very, very smart — for whatever that’s worth.
Scarlett Johansson, slumming between Marvel sequels, stars in the title role, a grad-student in Taiwan who naively allows herself to be conned into delivering a briefcase to a local crimelord, Mr. Jang (Mon-Sik Choi, the original Oldboy). She winds up muling a fancy new designer drug that leaks into her system and super-charges her brain capacity to the extent that she develops extra-human abilities as her mind races to reaching its full potential.
Thus, the first act is intriguing, and the way in which Besson splices snippets Cosmos– and National Geographic-worthy stock footage into the early scenes as a cheeky and effective way to play with his own story and our expectations, as well as cross-cutting with a lecture by brain scientist Professor Norman (Morgan Freeman, rocking his usual dulcet tones that would make even a terminal diagnosis sound pleasant). Lucy has roughly 24 hours to obtain more of her drug to stabilize her condition, as well as sort out what it means to be a one-woman transhuman singularity.
Alas, Besson is not content to focus on the more nuanced aspects of his premise of his story for very long, opting instead to tack on a bland, aimless, and underdeveloped subplot involving Jang’s attempts to recover his drugs and get some bloody revenge. It’s a distracting and pointless side-trip that seems only to exist in order to set up a few gratuitous action scenes, and it causes the movie to run around in circles so much that its 89-minute running time feels much longer.
Which would be forgivable if the action beats were at least flashy enough to distract from the movie’s weaknesses. Besson has done little of impact in the past 15 years; the good news that he’s at the top of his game, but the bad news is that his game is stuck in the 1990s. Lucy‘s shoot-outs, chases, and explosions feel rote, are half-heartedly staged, and are completely lacking the anarchic, creative mayhem that made La Femme Nikita, Leon (aka The Professional), and The Fifth Element so memorable.
Lucy could have been another Limitless, the surprise hit by Neil Burger that tread similar ground with more smarts and creativity. Instead it opts for Her with gunplay and car chases instead of romance, and a disheartening amount of lazy exposition. The sad irony is that Lucy requires you to turn off your brain while watching a movie about doing the exact opposite.
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Air Purifier Technology
Inside Molekule
What Ozone Generator Manufacturers Don’t Tell You
Sonia Easaw, M.S., MPH
Reviewed by Dr. Yogi Goswami PhD, Co-founder and Chief Scientist
Advertising can be powerful. You may have heard manufacturers describe ozone generators as “natural odor removers” that work “the way nature intended.” But are these claims misleading? Find out more about ozone air purifiers in this article to help you decide what is best for you and your family.
What is ozone?
Is ozone bad for you?
What are ozone generators?
How do ozone generators work?
Why are ozone generators used to purify the air?
How effective are ozone generators?
Can ozone generators remove odors?
What are the safety precautions of ozone generators?
What are some better solutions?
Unlike the oxygen (O2) we breathe, ozone (O3) is made up of three oxygen atoms.
As you may know, ozone is a gas. Ozone molecules have three oxygen atoms (O3), unlike the oxygen in the air that gives life to the planet (O2). Ozone is powerful because the extra oxygen atom can easily escape and attach to other substances. This highly reactive quality can potentially alter the chemical composition of some substances in the air and affect our cells if we breathe it in.
When you hear the term “ozone” you may think of the ozone layer, which protects all life from the dangerous UV radiation of the sun. This is the “good” ozone that is present in the stratosphere. But the ozone at ground level is “bad” since it is hazardous to health and is classified as an air pollutant by the EPA. Ozone at the ground level is created in nature by the interaction of sunlight with certain chemicals that are released to the environment, including vehicle and industrial plant emissions. It is also created when lightning strikes, which is why you may be able to smell ozone after a storm. Ozone, whether pure or mixed with other chemicals, can be harmful to health.
Since the early 20th century, health professionals have warned about the dangers of ozone. Just as it reacts with substances outside of the body, it can react with the living tissue within your body. This means that ozone can cause a variety of health problems, like coughing and airway inflammation. It can also reduce lung function and harm lung tissue. Certain groups like children, people with asthma, and older adults are especially vulnerable.
You may have heard of the Clean Air Act. Under this federal law, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets standards for outdoor air quality to protect public health. There are six air pollutants that the agency has set standards for, and ozone is one of them. If ozone is dangerous enough for the EPA to monitor outdoor levels, then it is all the more dangerous for ozone generators to release pure ozone into your home.
For context, the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) requires that indoor medical devices can only produce a maximum of 50 ppb (parts per billion) of ozone. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that indoor ozone levels should not be greater than 100 ppb.
Ozone generators, also referred to as ozone machines, are ozone-generating devices that intentionally produce ozone gas. When sold as air purifiers to be used in indoor occupied spaces, they are marketed to be safe and effective (though these claims are generally false). This article discusses devices that produce ozone on purpose and not as a byproduct. Ionizers and electrostatic precipitators end up producing ozone as a byproduct as a result of their internal mechanisms.
You may have heard about ionizers. They used to be quite popular and were often used in homes to clean the air and eliminate odors. However, in the spring of 2005, Consumer Reports Magazine exposed the units as potentially doing more harm than good–it was found that several of these devices could produce harmful levels of ozone. Though ozone is a byproduct of these ionizers, and tends to be produced at a lower level than ozone generators, the federal government began a stricter regulation process for any air purifier that produces ozone, whether intentionally or as a byproduct.
No federal agency has approved the use of ozone generators in occupied spaces, and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has very strict regulation for air purifiers sold in California to make sure that harmful ozone levels are not being produced.
Ozone generators apply a electrical charge to the air that passes through. This splits apart some normal oxygen atoms into unstable single atoms, which bond with other O2 molecules to form O3.
Ozone generators produce ozone by breaking apart oxygen (O2) molecules into single atoms, which then attach to other oxygen molecules in the air to form ozone (O3). They accomplish this in one of two ways, according to the International Association of Certified Indoor Air Consultants (InterNACHI).
Ozone generators work by:
Silent corona discharge: These machines use electric discharge to produce ozone by splitting the normal oxygen molecules in the air into single atoms. These atoms then attach to other O2 molecules in the air to form ozone (O3).
Ultraviolet radiation: This process of ozone generation is similar to how the sun’s ultraviolet radiation splits O2 to form individual oxygen atoms. According to InterNACHI, this process is considered to be less efficient than corona discharge.
If ozone is so dangerous, then why would anyone use it to purify the air inside a home? As discussed above, ozone is highly reactive and can change the chemical composition of some substances in the air. This principle forms the basis of manufacturers’ claims.
Companies who sell ozone generators may suggest that ozone is a healthy kind of oxygen, using terms like “activated oxygen” or “pure air,” though ozone is actually a toxic gas that is not the “same as air” like manufacturers may claim. Ozone-generating devices are often marketed as odor removers. Ultimately, they are used to remove organic compounds from the air. However, given its danger to health, it would be wise to use an ozone generator only if there are clear benefits.
Manufacturers’ claims
Manufacturers say that the highly reactive nature of ozone allows it to easily attach to pollution, especially odorous compounds like smoke and organic matter such as viruses, bacteria and mold spores. However, these claims are not backed up by sound science.
Performance against mold and bacteria
Research has found that ozone generators were not effective at stopping mold or bacteria growth in a standard hospital room, and would require unsafe levels of ozone to do the job at all (Dyas, Boughton, & Das, 1983). For mold growth, public health departments do not recommend using ozone generators for clean-up, saying that ozone even at high levels cannot control mold.
Performance against VOCs
You may be asking yourself, if ozone gas is effective at anything, it should work on other gaseous pollutants (specifically volatile organic compounds, or VOCs) right? Well, it might not, unless you wait for thousands of years in some cases. A research study (Boeniger, 1995) analyzed how long it would take to remove 14 of the most common organic compounds found in the air. It was found that at ozone concentrations of 100 ppb, it would take 880+ years for six of these pollutants to be broken down into half of their initial concentrations (half-lives). In fact, it would take more than 4,400 years for formaldehyde! Only one pollutant, styrene, was found to have a half-life of about 4 hours.
Performance against particulates
You must remember that ozone generators do not remove particulate matter like dust or pollen (which are often allergens) from the air.
The EPA’s conclusion about effectiveness
The EPA concludes from a review of scientific research that at concentrations that meet public health standards, ozone is not very effective at removing indoor air contaminants.
The million dollar question for you might be whether ozone generators can remove odors from the air. That at least is what manufacturers claim to be the most common use for ozone generators in homes.
However, the evidence is mixed as to whether ozone generators can remove most odors from the air. As mentioned above, ozone generators may not work efficiently at all for gases, namely volatile organic compounds (VOCs), as it could take hundreds of years for this process.
Yet, some research reviewed by Britigan, Alshawa, and Nizkorodov (2006) has shown that ozone may be effective for certain types of VOCs (namely, those containing unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds). These types of VOCs are found in cooking oils, air fresheners, cleaning agents, etc. However, there is a big downside: other dangerous byproducts like formaldehyde can be released into the air when ozone reacts with these substances.
Here is another important point: What you might perceive as odor removal may just be facade. Odors in a room could be masked by the smell of ozone being released into the air. Many people who use ozone generators like the smell that is produced, describing it as a “clean sheet smell” or the smell of clothes fresh from the dryer (EPA, 1995).
Ultimately, you need to know that no agency of the federal government has approved using ozone generators in occupied spaces. If you must use one or have no choice in a certain situation, you should take every measure possible to make sure they are never used when people or animals are present in the room. Plants also should be kept outside of the area.
Many times, if ozone generators are used, they are used for commercial cleaning in hotels, cars, etc. Many hotels use them inside a room just before new guests arrive, which can be harmful because of any residual ozone that lingers in the air. Manufacturers of ozone generators recommend they only be used by trained professionals for odor removal, and that all other steps, like cleaning the area and removing any sources of the odor, should be done first.
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There are other solutions that are much safer and more effective than using an ozone generator. The initial recommended steps are also the lowest-cost solutions to improving air quality. First of all, you should always try to remove the sources of odors or pollutants as much as possible. Second, you should try ventilating the area to allow for better air circulation in your home, if possible. You may want to disregard this step if you live near a source of high-level outdoor pollution or outdoor air quality is poor.
Afterward, using an air purifier that is not an ozone generator could be a good option to try. There are different types of air purifiers out there, from mechanical filters (like HEPA) that only remove particles from the air, or gas-phase filters like carbon filters that are only designed to remove VOCs. If you would like a more complete solution for cleaning the air, you might consider the Molekule technology, which is highly effective against mold, VOCs, allergens like pollen, bacteria, and viruses. It also destroys VOCs and biological contaminants, unlike the traditional air purifiers like HEPA that simply trap particles.
Additionally, if you are especially concerned about odors, there are other, much safer ways to make your room smell fresh.
The negative aspects of ozone generators definitely outweigh any potential positive benefits, and it is best if you consider safer and more effective solutions for improving your indoor air quality. Manufacturers of ozone generators often make false claims about their devices and say they are effective at odor removal. Overall, these devices are strictly regulated by federal law and the EPA and other federal agencies like the Air Resources Board (ARB) warn about their health dangers.
In general, there is no scientific evidence that ozone generators are effective, unless they produce extremely high levels of ozone. Ultimately, there are much more efficient, safer solutions to air quality problems. You can provide a safe space with clean, fresh air for you and your family through other methods including source control, ventilation, and using other air purifier options.
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Angels, Artist: frfr, Bosses,
Characters: Chapter 1
Characters: Paradox Chapter 1
Monsterpedia: Chapter 1
Monsterpedia: Paradox Chapter 1
Multiple Endings
Recurring Monsters
Main Universe
Ilias Temple
Angel World
Ilias' Theme
Ilias' First Battle Theme
Ilias' Second Battle Theme
創世の女神イリアス (Sōsei no Megami Iriasu)
← Gnome Alice →
← Alice Cupid →
Level: Battle 1: 500
Battle 2: 999
HP (Normal): Battle 1: 50,000
Battle 2: 600,000
Skills: Judgment Tap, Thunder of Judgment, Goddess's Handjob, Goddess's Blowjob, Goddess's Breasts, Wings of Love and Tolerance, Goddess's Riding, Goddess's Tightening, Shamshir, Titus's Wave, Tentacle Blast, Holy Flare, Flame of Judgment, Inferno Bind, Ultimate Messiah, Big Bang, Holy Hair, Holy Feathers, Embrace of the Goddess, Dark Goddess's Semen Extraction
Area: Heaven
Appears in: Chapters 1, 2 & 3 of Monster Girl Quest
Artist: frfr
Goddess Ilias, also known as The Divine Light Goddess or the Goddess that Created the World, is the main antagonist of Monster Girl Quest. The manifestation of light itself who later became a religious figure, she serves as the goddess of humanity. She is depicted as an angelic being and appears to Luka in his dreams quite regularly to guide him in his quest. She also gives advice on how to defeat monsters in the form of Evaluations.
2.1 Past
3 Monsterpedia Entries
3.1 Goddess Ilias (1)
3.4 Goddess Ilias (Final Form)
4 Attacks
4.1 First Battle
4.2 Second Battle
5 Battle Overview
Ilias initially puts on a facade of being a benevolent Goddess towards humanity. Even during this facade she doesn't hide her desire to destroy all monsters, falsely claiming that they are her “failed creations". Once there is no need for this deception, Ilias shows herself to be extremely cunning, selfish, self-centered, and manipulative. She does not care for most people, not even her faithful worshippers, only paying attention to a select few such as Luka. Most are viewed by her as expendable pawns, and she is willing to lie to and sacrifice them in order to achieve her true goal. Ilias is pragmatic enough to work with monsters like Black Alice and renegade angels like Promestein, albeit with the intention of eventually betraying them.
Fundamentally, Ilias is a lonely person. She spent billions of years with the only other person being Alice I, who she could not communicate with due to incompatibility between light and darkness. Creating angels did not help as this simply meant that Heaven became an echo chamber. The isolation grated on her mind and, having no other input than the fawning praise of her angels, she took it to heart and became convinced that she had to become a controlling deity, as she came to believe that she couldn't be anything other than a Goddess. This stopped her from being able to form healthy relationships with mortals, or even her own angels for that matter.
While Ilias hates monsters in general, she hates Succubi the most, as they drown in pleasure and make a mockery of life itself. It is also said that Minagi, one of the Six Ancestors and progenitor of all succubi, is Ilias's most hated monster.
Ilias is willing to give considerable help to Luka, her most important pawn. Whenever he (and by extension the player) is defeated by a monster, Ilias gives him advice on how to defeat that enemy and brings him back in time to try again. However, her descriptions can sometimes be vague and are often insulting. As the game continues, she will grow increasingly wary, breaking the fourth wall as if she was aware of the many, many losses the player may go through (and may assume their actions were intentional). Her comments begin to regard Luka as a pervert, foodstuff, and a slave to the monsters he encounters. In Chapter 3, despite Ilias revealing her antagonistic ways and much to Luka’s surprise, she continues to do evaluations. Before starting, she claims that the one doing the evaluations is the tiny glimmer of her conscience “in the dirty, polluted river that is her heart”; however, she continues to belittle and insult him like she did in previous evaluations. In the final battle against her, Ilias reveals that this was a lie and she was only “leading” Luka to allow her to achieve her goal.
Billions of years ago, Ilias was formed out of the light of the universe while her counterpart, Alice I (First), was simultaneously formed out of the darkness of the universe.
Millions of years ago, out of loneliness as light and darkness cannot cross, Ilias began creating offset images of herself: the Angels, beginning with the twin Seraphs Micaela and Lucifina, who were followed by many more. Unsatisfied, she came to a world with primitive life and slowly changed its creatures and landscape into her own image, artificially producing humanity at which point she dubbed her work “complete”. At the same time, her dark counterpart also gave birth to monsters in a quicker and more controlled manner, an ability that Ilias was jealous of.
One thousand years prior, recognizing that the monsters existed to parasitically leech off humans, Ilias waged war against Alice I, a confrontation now known as the Great Monster Wars. Although her rival held more specialty in creating beings for combat, they both realized that if their fighting continued, everything would be destroyed. Alice I hesitated, but Ilias continued her onslaught and threatened everything they both had worked for. Ilias then took advantage of this and proposed that if Alice I and the Six Ancestors, the lineage of all monsters, would seal themselves, Ilias would not harm their creations. With no other option, Alice I was forced to comply; however, she created a counterbalance to her seal: if Ilias broke her promise, the release of dark energy would undo the seal and her ultimate enemy would be set free.
Ilias’ religion spread far and wide across the world, with the exceptions of the isolated Yamatai Village and, obviously, Hellgondo, the northernmost continent and the seat of the Monster Lord. Her following was stronger in more southerly regions, with the southernmost continent bearing her name and having many locations named for her. Her religion contained five commandments: (1) “Thou shalt not have intercourse with monsters”; (2) “Be dutiful in your prayers”; (3) “Point your sword at the Goddess and thou shalt cry” (sometimes applied even to statues of Ilias); (4) "Thou shalt not rely on other gods"; (5) "Thou shalt not disgrace the Goddess." Initially, Ilias also forbade humans from using technology, even fire. One of Ilias' angels, Promestein, broke this rule and taught humans to use fire, for which Ilias sentenced her to centuries of imprisonment.
However, Ilias continued to desire the destruction of monsters. She sent Heroes, such as the legendary Heinrich, to go on quests to destroy the current Monster Lord and defeat any monsters they encounter on their way. In return for their “unwavering service,” she gave them her blessing at a coming-of-age ritual, which is said to protect heroes by making their semen taste like angel liver (which, according to Alice, is repulsive). Although her blessing provided a measure of safety from the more erotic attacks from monsters, they may have been at greater risk from physical attacks and being devoured as they were useless as a source of semen. Ilias also devised a countermeasure to the Six Ancestor's Great Seal: she saved Black Alice from being killed by Heinrich (though the exact details of this are very vague) so that she could control the dark energy released from killed monsters. Sometime after his battle with Black Alice, Heinrich fought against Ilias and killed many angels, but he ultimately fell in battle. As punishment for breaking her third commandment, Ilias tore out Heinrich's soul and sealed it in the Sealed Sinner's Prison. At the behest of Black Alice, Ilias released Promestein from her imprisonment in order to recruit her to create her own twisted versions of monsters, the chimeras, to assist in maintaining the darkness in the universe. However, due to her decisions, some of Ilias' followers began questioning her, and ultimately the Seraph Lucifina rebelled.
Thirty years prior, Ilias finalized her ultimate plan and set it in motion, starting with Remina. She sent her angel and chimera forces to annihilate the humans and monsters who were living together in peace, creating the event known as the Slaughter of Remina. This atrocity, the destruction of a peaceful village that was the epitome of coexistence, severely damaged the relationship between humans and monsters (as it was believed that monsters were responsible). This incident caused another of Ilias' Seraphs, Micaela, to rebel.
During the reign of the Monster Lord Alice XV, a group of heroes led by Marcellus went out to defeat the Monster Lord. They succeeded, but only due to Alice XV wanting to be killed by them, and her daughter Alice XVI proceeded to kill half the group in anger. The survivors, Marcellus and Lazarus, proceeded to found the anti-monster terrorist organization Ilias Kreuz in the name of Ilias. They took Ilias’s teachings to extremes: for example, interpreting “Thou will not have intercourse with a monster” to mean “Thou shall not have any contact with a monster”.
At the beginning of the game, Ilias appears to Luka in a dream and asks if he can hear her. He can say “I can hear you!”, “Nope!”, or “…”
If he says “I can hear you!”, the dialogue continues normally. If he says “Nope!”, she’ll merely ask why he responded. If he decides to ignore her twice, she’ll punish him and he receives a Game Over.
With all that, Ilias informs Luka that he must defeat the Monster Lord. Luka wakes up, only to find out the village is under attack by a Slime Girl. If Luka chooses to run away twice, Ilias punishes him and he receives a Game Over.
Heading out to battle the Slime Girl, Ilias teaches him how to fight. She explains the commands as well as HP, using Judgement Tap to reduce his HP to 1. Humorously, Luka will get a Game Over if he asks to be taught twice, having not healed from her first Judgment Tap.
Starting from this battle, whenever Luka loses to an enemy, Ilias appears to give him guidance on how to defeat the enemy, in an event called an Evaluation. Should the player ask for her guidance 50 times in Chapter 1, she will become annoyed and disgrace Luka with a handjob which adds her to the Monsterpedia as an entry.
Ilias then planned to descend to the earth for Luka's hero baptism. However, Alice ambushed her with a punch to the face and managed to wound her with the power of darkness, but Ilias easily defeated her and sent her down, crash-landing near Ilias Village. Ilias, afraid of revealing her wounds to her "hero" due to her vanity, neglected Luka's baptism.
After Luka meets Alice, who berates the baptism, he heads to the church to be baptized by Ilias herself on her birthday, but she did not show up, making Luka depressed. Alice appears in his house and continues to insult baptism and heroism, even stating that Ilias attacked her and “I owed her for giving me so many wounds… Goddess that Created the World… how stupid.” Luka is unable to grasp the full concept of it, only noting that it may have something to do with Ilias not showing up for his baptism. She nevertheless convinces Luka to continue his journey and Alice becomes his traveling partner.
Throughout Luka’s travels, Ilias appears to him in dreams and continues pressuring him into defeating the Monster Lord. In return, Luka continuously prays to her, however, Alice mentions that this is a contradiction he must overcome if he truly desires coexistence between humans and monsters, since Ilias seeks to eradicate all monsters from the world.
Ilias soon appeared to San Ilia King in a dream, informing him that he will meet an unbaptized person named Luka and must guide him to defeat the Monster Lord.
The evening before entering the Forest of Spirits, Luka tells the story of how a fallen angel became the Monster Lord. Alice chides him for his stupidity, revealing that the Monster Lords were founded by a being who was equal to Ilias, as well as how they were born.
When Luka heads to Remina, he finds a feather that supposedly belonged to an angel. While Luka has questions, Alice tells him that waiting around in Remina won’t answer anything.
Alice reveals a location called the Sealed Sinner’s Prison, sealing the souls of humans who revolted against Ilias. Luka learns that the place was named after Heinrich, although rumors state that the goddess herself brought Heinrich to the heavens. Instead, from what it appears, Heinrich revolted against Ilias, and the jail was created as the ultimate punishment for those who disobey her, trapping spirits inside to prevent them from being reincarnated.
At the end of Chapter 2, if Luka kills Alice, Ilias drops down to congratulate his accomplishment. The hero claims a treasure chest holding Alice’s ribbon; Ilias wonders why a monster would keep such a cheap item. With that, she brings Luka to the heavens. With no need to return to the world, she gives him his reward: to bestow the body of the goddess. She straddles him and proceeds with a vaginal intercourse which will continue for all eternity, effectively resulting in a Game Over
If Luka fails in their battle, Alice creates an unbreakable barrier that traps the two for all eternity; not even Ilias can touch them. However, Ilias still launches her world-wide assault which goes unhindered, allowing her to re-create the world and bring it to “peace.”
When Luka spares Alice, Ilias comes down, disappointed as Luka has chosen the “most foolish path.” Ilias accuses Luka of having been seduced by darkness and as such is no longer qualified to be called a hero. Alice sneers at this; if a hero does not fight for others, then what is he? Ilias ignores her, stating that only she can determine that. Luka appeals to the goddess and asks if monsters are truly evil and is the fight between them and humans fated, but she flatly responds that monsters tempt and corrupt humans and that it is inevitable for the two races to fight. Luka notes that these responses are nothing more than beliefs that cause constant tragedy. Realizing he needs to change his beliefs like Alice, Luka finally goes against his religious beliefs and revolts against Ilias, stating that she and her teachings make coexistence impossible. Having broken the worst of the five commandments, she attempts to punish him with Thunder of Judgment, which he evades with Serene Mind and mocks her, asking her if she's used to judging those who can't fight back. With a sinister smile and an aura of righteous anger, she declares that the castle will become a “Second Remina”, and leaves, content in her angels' ability to do her bidding. Promestein appears during the assault and reveals that the attacking chimeras were created by her “dark magic” under Ilias’ orders.
Meanwhile, Ilias and Black Alice discuss re-creating the world. Ilias deems the humans who have lost their faith in her “defective” and her “first failed creations”; she would have reconsidered if an unbaptized hero showed his faith, but now must proceed with her original plan of rebuilding her world, and allows Black Alice to do as she pleases. Black Alice comments on how Ilias actually needs the help of monsters, seeing how the goddess cannot maintain dark magic to keep the world in motion; Ilias sneers at this, threatening to replace Black Alice. After the 8th Monster Lord promises to be careful, the two begin to set up the next generation of “humans” and strong-follower monsters.
After Tamamo manages to drive back Promestein, Ilias and her right-hand Eden discuss Promestein's withdrawal; Eden urges Ilias to punish Promestein, but she lets it slide, much to her hand's dismay.
After Luka defeats Archangel Ranael, Black Alice and Ilias exchange laughs and compliment the "party" starting; Black Alice sent her subordinates to Sabasa and Grangold kingdoms, being the most powerful, but Ilias finds it suspicious that Black Alice herself hasn't partaken in the fight yet. Ilias then talks about the White Rabbit injection Promestein attempted to use while fighting Luka, stating that her plan may go astray if it goes wrong. Ilias then states that no matter what one drinks, they will not become the same as a god, and even so it isn't as pleasant as one thinks. Ilias then dispatches Black Alice afterward.
When Luka arrives back in Enrika, Micaela reveals and elaborates on Ilias' entire backstory and her goals of conquering the world.
In an intermission during Luka's travels back to San Ilia, Promestein informs Ilias that she will erase her shame with her future work and reports that her entire forces, except the Next Dolls, are left under Eden's command. Ilias reminds Promestein about the pardon on her sin.
Once Luka manages to stop the first wave of attackers, Ilias unleashes a second wave a few days later. However, her enemies are far more prepared, as the Four Heavenly Knights divert the Four Towers to weaken the holy energy throughout the world and grant everyone the ability to harm angels. Meanwhile, Luka steps into Heaven, much to Eden's displeasure as she finally decides to personally deal with him.
However, with all of Ilias's forces out of the way, Promestein and Black Alice proceed to betray Ilias. Using the Six Ancestor Great Seal to subdue Ilias, Black Alice injects herself with Promestein's White Rabbit drug to gain Alice I's genes before swallowing the holy goddess whole, becoming the ultimate entity of light and darkness. Promestein mentions that Black Alice leaked information about Ilias's second wave of attackers, who simply laughs. Their plan is then foiled by Luka and Alice, who fight and defeat the traitors.
But Black Alice's defeat suddenly brings in another chilling aura when Ilias emerges from her remains. The goddess then reveals that her true master plan was to become the ultimate entity and staged everything to achieve that goal, seeing how the only way to become infused with darkness was to be swallowed by a being comprised of it and intentionally allowed Black Alice to betray her (as attempting to fuse with the darkness would reject her). Now truly an all-powerful being, Ilias would have no problem disposing of all monsters, including the Dark God Alice I. Of course, Luka was also involved in her master plan, for he had to defeat the 8th Monster Lord in order to release the evil goddess from her grasp. Ilias then proceeds to "reward" Luka with pleasure for all eternity.
When Luka refuses Ilias, she unleashes the darkness within her and assumes a colossal monstrous form, beginning the true final battle. Despite her menacing presence, the Hero and the Monster Lord do not falter against the evil Goddess.
Alma Elma arrives first and fights with her all using her hidden martial arts style. Ilias tells the Succubus Queen that she detests her kind the most, but Alma Elma responds that disavowing pleasure is what led to problems between coexistence. Eventually, Alma Elma reaches her limit and is ordered to withdraw.
Immediately after Alma Elma's departure comes Erubetie, who summons the Aqua Pentagram to ward off Ilias's attacks, but this is all in vain when the goddess instantly shatters the barrier in one blow. Nevertheless, Erubetie shields her comrades with her body, but she too reaches her limit and is ordered to withdraw. Once the slime staggers away, Ilias comments that she thought Erubetie would have shielded her friends to the death.
Next up is the Six Ancestor Tamamo, who severely damages the goddess with fire, tails, and sharp claws. This leaves Ilias surprised, seemingly unaware that Tamamo had escaped her seal to watch over the next lines of Monster Lord. Ilias assures to relieve Tamamo of that duty by sending her into hell with her friends, but Tamamo insists on relieving Ilias's duty as a goddess and also mocks her for being betrayed and abandoned, to which Ilias boasts that she doesn't need anyone. Eventually, Tamamo's magic expires and she is forced to retreat at the urging of Alice and the appearance of Granberia.
The "sword waving barbarian" also fights with her all, but when she begins to stagger, she repeatedly uses Vaporizing Rebellion Sword in retaliation and refuses to back down. Ilias then continuously attacks Granberia, who surprisingly withstands several of Ilias's relentless barrages before succumbing and rendered unconscious but still alive.
Before Ilias can move in to finish off Granberia, Micaela arrives and attacks the goddess, stating that she had previously lied about running out of power, knowing that Ilias was listening when she spoke to Luka. Micaela claims that she now has no more power, but when Ilias moves in to attack again, Micaela intercepts and says she lied again. Now truly out of power, Micaela takes Granberia and withdraws.
With their withdrawal, the hope for the future rests on Luka's and Alice's hands. With Ilias severely weakened, she resorts to pleasure attacks, but Luka stays strong and resists temptation. Pushed to the edge, Ilias summons the last of her strength; Alice tells Luka that now is the time to end the final battle once and for all with Quadruple Giga, promising to shield him as he prepares. Ilias unleashes a barrage of attacks, but Alice stays true to her word as she safeguards Luka with her body and allows him to complete infusing the Four Spirits into his blade. Alice and Luka also infuse darkness and holy energy into the blade. Ilias boasts that the attack will not defeat her, and the two forces clash for the final blow.
With the final battle over, Ilias reverts to normal and admits that she became a goddess to escape her loneliness and also questions herself as to what would have happened if she hadn't become a goddess. Luka empathizes, knowing that he was originally obsessed with the idea of what it meant to be a hero and Alice fixated on what it meant to be the Monster Lord; everyone, Ilias included, is bound by their own viewpoints on life. She then points to Luka's hand, which is completely eroded by holy energy; knowing her existence will fade away forever, Ilias uses the remainder of her power to cure it, doing so to congratulate Luka for saving the world and as a final act befitting the goddess she longed to be. "Now go, True Hero Luka. You have people waiting for you..." are Ilias's final words before Luka wakes from his one month coma that occurred after the final battle.
Once Luka awakens, Alice informs him that with Ilias's downfall all of her soldiers had surrendered. Micaela also detects Ilias's power laying within Luka, and after explaining what happened, she acknowledges that transient beings couldn't imagine Ilias's loneliness, having no way of altering Ilias's path. Meanwhile, many angels and human worshipers are confused as to what to do in the coexisting world due to being so fixated on the goddess.
Monsterpedia Entries
Goddess Ilias (1)
“The Goddess who created the world. Though she holds enormous power, she’s rarely seen on the Earth itself. However, her will is handed down to the humans living on the Earth and she is revered as their goddess.
It’s said that she hates her failed creations, the monsters, but loves humanity. She would object very strongly to being included in this [Monster Encyclopedia].”
“As the Goddess who created the world, she resides in the heavens. Though she’s incredibly powerful, she rarely extends that power to the world below. But by extending her will to the humans below, she leads them.
The equal of the Founding Monster Lord, there are many doubts surrounding her such as what happened to the Hero Heinrich, the appearance of a strange monster called “Black Alice”, the strange female scientist with the Chimeric Monsters, and the Slaughter of Remina… It may be that Ilias has had a hand in all of these issues.”
“An existence that serves as the opposite of Dark God Alipheese. Her holy power circled the world, and was the origin of the sense of "Self" among the surface creatures. After a long fight, she sealed away Dark God Alipheese, and came to be revered by the humans as their Goddess.
She deeply hates monsters, borne from the Dark God, and desires their extinction. Losing faith in humanity at the same time, she wants to re-create the world anew.”
Goddess Ilias (Final Form)
“The final and most powerful form of Ilias, after taking in the power of Dark God Alipheese. The mixture of Dark and Holy magic morphed her body into the irregular mix of angelic and monster properties. Existing as the "ultimate" being, she is in complete control of her overwhelming power.
Using the "Womb of the Gods", one of the Dark God's organs, to harvest semen, she can quickly create new life upon the surface.
Ilias's true goal all along was to obtain this ultimate body. Using its power, she would be able to wipe out all monsters, the unsealed Dark God, and then re-create the entire world from scratch. Promestein and Black Alice were simple sacrifices for her plans all along.”
First Battle
*Thunder of Judgment: Triggers paralysis status.
Goddess's Handjob: Normal attack that damages thrice. Will trigger hand bukkake on loss.
Goddess's Blowjob: Normal attack that damages thrice. Will trigger facial bukkake on loss.
Goddess's Breasts: Normal attack that damages thrice. Will trigger chest bukkake on loss.
Wings of Love and Tolerance: Triggers trance status and deals damage. Will trigger wing bukkake on loss.
*Goddess's Restraint: Triggers bind status. Leads to Goddess's Intercourse on the next turn.
*Goddess's Intercourse: Binded attack that leads to a one-hit KO via instant follow-up. Leads to either Goddess's Riding or Goddess's Tightening.
Goddess's Riding: Binded attack that leads to a one-hit KO via instant follow-up. Follows Goddess's Intercourse.
Goddess's Tightening: Binded attack that leads to a one-hit KO via instant follow-up. Follows Goddess's Intercourse.
Second Battle
*Shamshir: Magic attack directed toward Luka.
*Titus's Wave: Magic attack directed toward Luka.
*Tentacle Blast: Physical attack directed toward all opponents. Can be countered by Alma Elma's Knockout Palm. Used only when Alma Elma appears.
*Thunder of Judgment: Powerful magic attack directed toward Luka.
*Holy Flare: Magic attack used to shatter Erubetie's Aqua Pentagon and later directed toward Tamamo and Granberia.
*Flame of Judgement: Magic attack directed toward Alma Elma and later Alice.
*Inferno Bind: Physical attack directed toward Tamamo.
*Ultimate Messiah: Very powerful magic attack directed toward all opponents. Used after Tamamo appears.
*Big Bang: Most powerful magic attack in her arsenal, directed toward all opponents. Used after Granberia appears.
Holy Hair: Pleasure attack. Used after Micaela departs.
Holy Feathers: Pleasure attack. Used after Micaela departs.
Embrace of the Goddess: Triggers bind status and deals damage. Has draining properties. Used after Micaela departs.
Dark Goddess's Semen Extraction: Triggers bind status and immediately leads to a one-hit KO via instant follow-up. Requires Undine to avoid. Used after Micaela departs.
*Non-requestable technique
Battle Overview
Although this form of Ilias is the penultimate boss, this portion of the fight is actually very simple as the only dangers she presents are her high damaging three-hit attacks, a paralysis, a trance, and a bind leading to a one-hit KO attack. Just keep all the Four Spirits up and use Daystar and she should go down. Alice assists here to some extent, though most of the damage dealt will come from Luka.
If Luka succumbs, Ilias rapes him with a tit-fuck before continuing to "reward" him with pleasure for all eternity.
Ilias assumes a monstrous form and the REAL FINAL BATTLE begins! The most important thing is to keep all the Four Spirits up, especially Gnome, and Meditate often as all her attacks will deal massive damage that takes out large chunks of Luka's health. Thanks to the efforts of the Four Heavenly Knights and Micaela, most of Ilias' attacks will be diverted toward Luka's comrades, meaning Daystar won't help much here. Also, each Heavenly Knight has their own damage tolerance equal to their HP on Normal Mode, and the next scripted event will occur once Ilias drains all that HP; Alice, however, is completely "immortal" throughout the fight. Finally, do not use Quadruple Giga until instructed, otherwise, Ilias will instantly end Luka's game with Ultimate Messiah, which also disregards the presence of Luka's allies.
Surrendering/Requesting at any point in the battle results in Luka being chastised by his allies before Ilias assaults him with pleasure attacks. Luka and his companions offer no resistance, and Ilias rapes him to his defeat.
Ilias will waste her first turn gloating about her new power, and Luka acknowledges that Gnome is protecting him. The earth spirit is very critical in this fight. She will reduce the damage of all of Ilias's non-pleasure attacks by 90%. Receiving any hit without Gnome will result in Luka receiving thousands of damage - which is far higher than his max health and thus constitute in a one-hit KO.
Shortly after the fight starts and Ilias is left with 590,000 HP, Alma Elma arrives to assist. Ilias will direct some of her attacks toward Alma Elma, who fights back with her own. Alma Elma may also counter Ilias's Tentacle Blast, which is aimed at all three of her attackers. After Alma Elma's 15,000 HP is exhausted, she will retreat but before doing so she blows a kiss to Luka, restoring his HP completely.
Taking Alma Elma's place is Erubetie, who uses Aqua Pentagram to shield Luka and Alice, but her efforts are for naught when Ilias instantly shatters the barrier with Holy Flare. Nonetheless, Erubetie begins shielding her comrades with her body which nullifies all damage directed toward Luka and Alice. At this point, Ilias stops using her weak Shamshir and Titus's Wave and redirected her Thunder of Judgment and Flame of Judgment towards Luka and Alice, respectively. Eventually, with Erubetie's 22,000 HP depleted, she will be forced to withdraw.
Tamamo then arrives in her Six Ancestor form, using Nine Tails Funeral Pyre and following up with quite strong attacks. At this time, Ilias begins using her Ultimate Messiah, which hits Luka and his comrades, and her Holy Flare is repeatedly used against the assisting Heavenly Knight. After Tamamo loses her 22,000 HP, her magic begins to expire and she reverts to her sealed form.
Immediately taking Tamamo's place is Granberia, who fights with her all, albeit with a weaker damage output than Tamamo. Ilias now begins using her most damaging attack: Big Bang. With Granberia's 24,000 HP gone, Ilias tries to finish off Granberia, but she insists that she can still keep fighting and repeatedly attacks with Vaporizing Rebellion Sword; during these three turns, any attack Ilias does is only directed at Granberia. Shortly after, Granberia faints from exhaustion.
Last but not least is Micaela, who prevents Ilias by attacking with her ultimate Sword of the Heavens and she quickly takes out huge chunks of the evil goddess' health. Micaela, whose powers have weakened dramatically over time, is unable to use that attack more than twice, and thus is forced to leave with Granberia. If Luka Surrenders when Micaela is present, the achievement Disparaged by Micaela will be given.
After all is said and done, everything comes down to Luka and Alice. At this point, Luka learns Quad Spirit Summon, which allows him to simultaneously summon all Four Spirits for longer than normal, but without the SP restore that comes from summoning Salamander solo. Ilias' relentless barrages of deadly attacks will now cease, only launching somewhat weak pleasure attacks only on Luka; her Embrace of the Goddess is a nasty drain-bind that requires several turns of Struggling to break free from and her Dark Goddess's Semen Extraction is a one-hit KO attack that requires Undine to avoid.
In the Monsterpedia, there is an option that allows the players to start the battle in its final phase.
Once Ilias is near the brink of defeat and has less than 50,000 HP, Ilias will temporarily stop attacking and lament on her near defeat. On the next turn, Ilias will begin to radiate power and Alice says now is the time to end this once and for all with Quadruple Giga; if Luka stalls, Ilias will down Alice with Flame of Judgment and on the next turn will destroy Luka with Big Bang, which this time completely ignores Gnome's defense. As the Four Spirits root Luka on, Ilias unleashes a barrage of attacks which are all blocked by Alice's body. After infusing all four elements, Alice tells Luka to infuse the skill with his divine power, and she, in turn, takes the blade and infuses it with her dark power. In their efforts for fighting for everyone as well as Luka's parents, the battle finally comes to a climactic close with a flash of light.
If Luka falters, Ilias brings him up to her holy body where he is raped by her vagina, giving her his seed for all eternity. If he loses to Dark Goddess's Semen Extraction, he is raped by her monstrous organ which squeezes him until his death.
(Ilias) “Heh... Hahahaha! You're pathetic, Luka. You know that? Did you really think I was some piece of Ilias that was still good? I am the one and only Goddess! I transcend Good and Evil! ...That's right. I've been deceiving you this entire time. You have no idea how difficult it was... To stifle my laughter as you danced in my palm, that is. Everything has been to lead you to defeat Black Alice after she absorbed me. To that end, I provided you with this assistance. Haha... I bet you never thought that was the reason for these, did you? You've been doing exactly what I've wanted, this whole time. Ah, yes, there's no more evaluation meetings. I'll defeat you no matter how many times you try!'”
(Lucifina) “Luka... I forced a difficult fate upon you. My imprudent actions have tormented you for so long. No... I did not come to beg your forgiveness. I wish to lend my power to help defeat the true evil. First... Focus on healing yourself during the first phase. Gnome is required to avoid taking fatal damage. You must also summon both Sylph and Undine to help avoid damage, if even a little. Aside from recovery and spirits, don't waste your SP on anything else. And for the final phase... It will be a fight just between you, Ilias, and Alice. Make sure to always have Undine summoned to avoid a fatal instant kill attack. Also, Sylph can help evade her other attacks, so summon her as well. Gnome can help you break free of her binds quicker, but isn't required. And in the end... You must strike her down with everything you've got. Join together with Alice, and you cannot fail. Luka... Even though my body may be gone, I am still watching over you. Please, triumph... And after, be happy in the peace you've obtained...”
In the beginning of the game, Ilias references the first few lines of the Book of Genesis in creating the world.
According to the Fairy’s Monsterpedia entry, those with strong faith in Ilias are incapable of seeing them.
Luka was capable of seeing Fairies despite his faith in Ilias, possibly due to his desire for coexistence between humans and monsters, an idea that is a violation of her teachings.
The King of San Ilia was shown to originally not be able to see Fairies. However, in Chapter 3, he is able to see them, indicating that his faith in Ilias is also wavering.
Ilias seems to have a disregard for heroes, as some of her evaluations mention finding a “replacement hero” for Luka.
Ilias breaks the fourth wall in many evaluations, especially battles against common monsters or those that can only be lost on purpose like Sylph and the Imp, chiding or taunting the player for wanting to watch all of the H-Scenes.
Ilias despises humans using Cursed Sword techniques. However, she makes an exception to Luka as he must use the techniques to succeed in battle.
Likewise, Ilias dislikes Luka using the power of the Four Spirits, unless they become expendable to him.
Despite giving evaluations to heroes upon their defeat, it is referenced in a book that she dislikes giving evaluations, which confuses Scholar B of San Ilia upon Luka's first visit when he tries to translate the book. She often breaks the fourth wall in order to insult Luka during some evaluations.
The scholar also says “Whomsoever troubles thy goddess with repeated Evaluation Meetings shall receive judgment.”, hinting at her first rape scene upon 50 evaluations.
In Chapter 1 when the ghosts and fairies invade San Ilia, a Scholar and an Elder Ghost mentions that fairies existed in books from a thousand years to 500 years prior, but are strangely absent from the present day scriptures.
Also in Chapter 3 after Luka helps repel the attack on San Ilia, the Scholar states that it was discovered that the present day scriptures have contained contradictions and falsehoods in them. In addition, entire histories of people, fairies and ghosts, and legends regarding marriage customs with monsters being entirely deleted. He mentions that these modifications to the scriptures occurred 500 years ago, and these historical records have been strictly controlled by Ilias.
During her rape scene after 50 evaluations, Ilias will ask Luka how many breads did he eat, quoting Dio Brando from JoJo's Bizarre Adventures.
A good number of areas in the game have their own, more lenient, takes on Ilias’s teachings: Sabasa Castle’s royal family has a proud history with monster blood while Port Natalia is more accepting with resident mermaids and the women of Grand Noah just like to see men get raped by the resident monsters in the Colosseum.
In Yamatai Village, one of the villagers suggests starting up a shrine for the Goddess Ill-Ass, a pun on the mispronunciation of her name as the locals are unfamiliar with the religion. Luka thinks she would not approve.
Despite her initial claims, she is not omnipotent; while she governs holy magic, she cannot control it alongside dark magic. That is why she kept Black Alice alive, and achieving omnipotence was Ilias's sole objective. This makes her more like a goddess from a polytheistic religion such as Greek, instead of the Christian god which she at first glance appears to be most like.
Strangely, despite Ilias's and Micaela's claims of holy and dark energy being naturally incompatible with each other, Sylph merges her own dark wind with Fallen Angel Dance's holy wind, Promestein successfully created creatures mixed out of angel and monster genes (including her modifications on herself) and also designed the self-destruct sequence of the Drain Lab to utilize a mixture of holy and dark energy, and Luka and Alice infused holy and dark energies into Quadruple Giga.
Upon releasing the Dark Goddess's genes within her, Ilias is capable of using Alma Elma's wind attack, Shamshir.
Titus, from Titus's Wave, was a Christian saint and also a book in the New Testament.
While using Titus's Wave, Ilias may say she plans flood the world, referencing the Flood Myths.
Humanity has been worshiping Ilias for over 1367 years, as the World Traveler is marked the year 867 and is at least 500 years old according to Luka.
When 165 orgasms are reached she makes a comment about the viewer watching Luka 165 times.
Upon losing against the Replicant and choosing Evaluation, Ilias will partially quote the famous "What is a man?" line from the game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and then go on with the evaluation.
Ilias's Final Form resembles Neo Exdeath, the final form of Exdeath from Final Fantasy V
Before Ilias sent Alice crashing down near Ilias Village, Alice is strangely able to damage Ilias slightly with an attack, despite angels being immune to anything but holy power.
According to Torotoro's blog, Alice was holding the Angel Halo's hilt when she struck Ilias.
According to Torotoro's blog, Heaven vanished after Ilias's defeat.
According to Torotoro's blog, Ilias sent the plague that killed Lucifina, hoping that she would unseal her angel power to save herself. Instead, she chose to die a human.
Her death upset Ilias so much that she started spreading the illness to the rest of the villagers, especially to those who harassed Luka and Lucifina, showing that Ilias still cared about Lucifina, who in essence was her daughter.
The fourth and fifth commandments are not touched upon in the game itself and were instead revealed by Torotoro in his Q&A page.
There do not seem to be any actual consequence from Ilias herself for breaking the first and second commandments. The only commandment she has been shown to enforce is the third one.
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Switzerland – Belgium 5-2
Belgium led 2-0 away from Switzerland and seemed to spin into a group victory in the national league, but then the Swiss woke up and did not survive until they went 5-2.
Before the final of the Sunday group in Lucerne, Belgium lost only once in its 31st final, and it was in the semifinal against France this year in the World Cup. Number one in the FIFA rankings hoped to provide the group owner, but almost miraculously, Switzerland turned with a score of 0-2 to 5-2.
Thus, the Swedes took the 2nd group in Division A in the national league. This also means that they are moving on to the semifinals, which will be played in June next year.
Double danger
Already after 66 seconds the first match was scored. Niko Elvedi from the Swiss defense completely missed the crossover on his own 16-meter. Thorgan Hazard widened the lead to 1-0.
A quarter later, the Belgians came to a counterattack when Hazard received the ball on the right. Borussia Monchengladbach quickly pounced on the ball and from 16 yards shot Eldvay and goalkeeper Yand Sommera in a long corner.
With the score 2-0, the Belgians looked comfortable, but after 25 minutes he barely played the other way. First came out Ricardo Rodriguez, who easily gave a penalty kick in the gate for Thibault Courtois.
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The Swedes pressed hard, and after 39 minutes they were rewarded for the battle. Rodriguez slipped into Liverpool player Xherdan Shaqiri, headed for Haris Seferovic. The Benfica striker easily places the equalizer.
Two minutes before the break, the turn was a fact. Edimilson Fernandes got the ball on the right, played 45 degrees to Seferovic, who beautifully placed the ball in the longest corner. It was his 16th national team, scoring in 59 matches.
With that in mind, the Swiss got even more blood on their teeth, and their eyes hoped for a group victory. One scored to push Belgium off the table. At the 61st minute, Shaqiri broke through on the right flank, making an account of Elvedi, making a score of 0 – 1, scoring 4-2.
Five minutes before the end, Seferovich became a big hero of the match when he nodded 5-2 and scored his first hat-trick in the national team shirt.
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David A. Wacks deposited Canonicity and Medieval Hispanic Studies in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Since the 1980s, there has been much discussion of the question of the literary canon. Our colleages in English have been particularly outspoken on the question (Charles Altieri 1990; Jan Gorak 1991 and 2000; John Guillory 1993; Gregory Jay 1997) and in recent years, Hispanists such as José María Pozuelo Yvancos and María Rosa Adrada Sánchez (20…[Read more]
Carmela Mattza deposited «Astrología y genealogía de poder en La vida es sueño de Calderón de la Barca y la comedia anónima El vaticinio cumplido: la estrella de Inglaterra.» in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 1 month ago
ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: To what extent the relationship between astrology and the genealogy of authority and power present in Calderon’s comedias can help us study other Spanish Golden Age plays with similar themes? To what extent can the presence of these genealogical discourses shed light on the use of comedy as propaganda? In this essay, presented…[Read more]
David A. Wacks deposited Conversos e identidad in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 9 months, 1 week ago
This is a pedagogical edition of the medieval Castilian texts with modern Spanish introduction, notes, and bibliography by Ana Gómez Bravo, of a series of excerpts of late fifteenth-century texts related to the cultural practices (perceived and actual) of judeo-conversos, or Jews who have converted to Christianity. It includes an introduction…[Read more]
David A. Wacks deposited Conversos and Identity in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 9 months, 1 week ago
This is a pedagogical edition of the medieval Castilian texts with English introduction, translation, notes, and bibliography by Ana Gómez Bravo, of a series of excerpts of late fifteenth-century texts related to the cultural practices (perceived and actual) of judeo-conversos, or Jews who have converted to Christianity. It includes an…[Read more]
David A. Wacks deposited Isaac Cardoso, Las excelencias de los hebreos (1679) (English .doc) in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 9 months, 3 weeks ago
This is a pedagogical edition of a selection of Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679), in .doc format with Spanish introduction and notes, with the original text in Spanish. Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679) is a treatise describing the positive characteristics (excelencias) of the Jewish people and a containing a…[Read more]
David A. Wacks deposited Juan Latino. “Del advenimiento de una era de paz” (De natali serenissimi) (1572) (Spanish .doc) in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 10 months, 1 week ago
Juan Latino was a professor of Latin at the University of Granada and is considered Europe’s first Black poet. This poem appeared in a 1572 book by Juan Latino celebrating Spain’s victory in the Battle of Lepanto (1571). This is a pedagogical unit that includes the original Latin text accompanied by a Spanish translation, with an English…[Read more]
David A. Wacks deposited Juan Latino, “On the Birth of Untroubled Times” (De natali serenissimi) (1572) (English .doc) in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 10 months, 1 week ago
Juan Latino was a professor of Latin at the University of Granada and is considered Europe’s first Black poet. This poem appeared in a 1572 book by Juan Latino celebrating Spain’s victory in the Battle of Lepanto (1571). This is a pedagogical unit that includes the original Latin text accompanied by an English translation, with an English…[Read more]
David A. Wacks deposited María de Zayas y Sotomayor, “La fuerza del amor” [Spanish .doc] in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 10 months, 1 week ago
Pedagogical edition/translation of María de Zayas y Sotomayor’s story “La fuerza del amor” (“The Power of Love”) from her collection ‘Novelas amorosas y ejemplares’ (‘Amorous and Exemplary Novels’) (Zaragoza, 1637). Contains short introduction in Spanish, Spanish edition of Zayas’ text, notes, and short bibliography.
David A. Wacks deposited María de Zayas y Sotomayor, “Power of Love” [English .doc] in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 10 months, 1 week ago
Pedagogical edition/translation of María de Zayas y Sotomayor’s story “The Power of Love” from her collection ‘Amorous and Exemplary Novels’ (Zaragoza, 1637). Contains short introduction in English, English translation of Zayas’ text, notes, and short bibliography.
David A. Wacks deposited Isaac Cardoso, Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679) in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 1 year ago
This is a pedagogical edition of a selection of Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679), in .doc format with a Spanish-language introduction and notes, with the original text in both the original Castilian.
Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679) is a treatise describing the positive characteristics (excelencias) of the Jewish…[Read more]
David A. Wacks deposited Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679) in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 1 year ago
This is a pedagogical edition of a selection of Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679), in .pdf format with an English-language introduction and notes, with the original text in both the original Castilian and English translation.
Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679) is a treatise describing the positive characteristics…[Read more]
David A. Wacks deposited Isaac Cardoso, Las excelencias de los hebreos in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 1 year ago
This is a pedagogical edition of a selection of Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679), in .doc format with an English-language introduction and notes, with the original text in both the original Castilian and English translation.
Vicente Lledó-Guillem deposited The Making of Catalan Linguistic Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Times in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 1 year, 5 months ago
The historical relationship between the Catalan and Occitan languages had a definitive impact on the linguistic identity of the powerful Crown of Aragon and the emergent Spanish Empire. Drawing upon a wealth of historical documents, linguistic treatises and literary texts, this book offers fresh insights into the political and cultural forces that…[Read more]
Vicente Lledó-Guillem deposited La formación de la identidad lingüística catalana (siglos xiii-xvii) in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 1 year, 5 months ago
La relación histórica entre las lenguas catalana y occitana tuvo un impacto decisivo en la formación de la identidad lingüística de la Corona de Aragón y, más tarde, en la del Imperio Español. Basándose en una gran variedad de documentos históricos, tratados lingüísticos y textos literarios, y mediante un análisis textual innovador, el presente…[Read more]
David A. Wacks deposited Whose Spain is it, anyway? in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 1 year, 6 months ago
The Iberian Peninsula during the Latin Middle Ages was home to large populations of Muslims and Jews. During the period we like to call the Middle Ages, much of the Iberian Peninsula was under Muslim rule. By the beginning of the sixteenth century, the entire peninsula was under Christian rule, and Judaism and Islam were officially banned.…[Read more]
David A. Wacks deposited Esther in Early Modern Iberia and the Sephardic Diaspora: Queen of the Conversas by Emily Colbert Cairns in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 1 year, 6 months ago
Book review of Emily Colbert Carins, Esther in Early Modern Iberia and the Sephardic Diaspora: Queen of the Conversas. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. 189 pp
David A. Wacks deposited Sepharadim/conversos and premodern Global Hispanism in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 1 year, 8 months ago
Sepharadim participated in the Hispanic vernacular culture of the Iberian Peninsula. Even in the time of al-Andalus many spoke Hispano-Romance, and even their Hebrew literature belies a deep familiarity with and love of their native Hispano-Romance languages. However, since the early sixteenth century the vast majority of Sepharadim have never…[Read more]
Elvira L. Vilches started the topic Panel on Humanism, Coloniality, and Imperial Reason/ MLA 2019 in the discussion LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 2 years ago
I think that this panel will be of interest to those of you working on Atlantic and Pacific frameworks .
Friday, Jan 4th
296. Humanism, Coloniality, and Imperial Reason.1:45-3:00 pm. Water Tower, Hyatt RegencyPresiding: Luis Fernando Restrepo, U of Arkansas, FayettevilleSpeakers: Glen Edgar Carman, DePaul U; Freddy…[Read more]
Luna Najera posted an update in the group LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
Call for Papers: MLA 2019
The Forum on 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose invites you to submit abstracts on the subject of sexual violence and coercion in the Hispanic Monarchy.
Session title: Early Modern #metoo
Description: Early modern Spanish prose and poetry reveal the operations of patriarchy very clearly; even…[Read more]
Eloy Eduardo Merino started the topic Convocatoria para próximo número de revista in the discussion Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Spanish Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 4 years, 2 months ago
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Adjunta encontrarán la convocatoria para el próximo número de Aula lírica:
“Aula lírica. Revista sobre poesía ibérica e iberoamericana” invites submissions for its issue number 9 (2017). “Aula lírica is an electronic peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the study of Iberian and Ibero-American poetry. It publishes essays,…[Read more]
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Posted on April 20, 2015 March 16, 2020 by Inara Pey
Updates for the week ending: Sunday, April 19th, 2015
This summary is published every Monday, and is a list of SL viewer / client releases (official and TPV) made during the previous week. When reading it, please note:
It is based on my Current Viewer Releases Page, a list of all Second Life viewers and clients that are in popular use (and of which I am aware), and which are recognised as adhering to the TPV Policy. This page includes comprehensive links to download pages, blog notes, release notes, etc., as well as links to any / all reviews of specific viewers / clients made within this blog
Current Release version updated to version 3.7.27.300636 on April 13th (formerly the Maintenance RC viewer) download page, release notes
Release channel cohorts (See my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
Experience RC viewer updated to version 3.8.0.300963 on April 17th – provides support for viewing and managing Experiences and for contributing content for Experiences (download and release notes)
Tools Update project viewer updated to version 3.7.28.300918 on April 15th – builds Windows and Mac viewers using the new tool chain and autobuild process and also incorporates the revised viewer log-in screen (download and release notes)
Attachment fixes project viewer (Project BigBird) updated to version 3.7.28.300856 on April 17th – core updates: a number of fixes for various attachment issues (download and release notes)
Viewer-managed Marketplace project viewer updated to version 3.7.28.300920 on April 16 – allows Merchants to manage inventory associated with Marketplace Listings from within the viewer + sale of items which Merchants do not have the right copy will now be supported with the Direct Delivery purchase mechanism (download and release notes)
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Of puppets and art
Posted on April 20, 2015 April 20, 2015 by Inara Pey
PimperPuppets® Being Beautiful in the Art Scene – LEA 9
Open now at LEA 9, and running through until Sunday, April 26th, is a new BubbleTheatre® play by d-oo-b (Eifachfilm Vacirca). It’s a delight to see. Shows commence every 5 minutes throughout the day, and last for around minutes.
PimperPuppets®: Being Beautiful in the Art Scene runs for about 20 minutes and, as the title suggests, is a piece of puppet theatre, beautifully executed with the help of some tidy scripting. The puppets are avatar-sized creations, and the story unfolds across a series of skyborne sets the audience is carried to by means of automatic teleporting, with cameras specifically placed to follow the story. To watch the show, simply sit in one of the numbered chairs set out at the landing point and tap ESC a couple of times to free-up your camera; a countdown will inform you when the show is due to start.
Serge learns he’s been selected as the featured artist in the Grand Hall show…
The story is a satirical take on the world of creatives, and I rather suspect that elements of it might ring uncomfortably true for some involved in SL if they see it! I won’t dwell on the plot too much, as it is fun to see it unfold. Suffice it to say it takes place in the art world, where one artist, offered the opportunity to provide the focal art piece in an upcoming show, struggles mightily with his art (and his angst), such is his need to impress, to create pieces that “give
new dynamics” to the places where they are displayed; meanwhile, another artist finds her work isn’t regarding as needed for the exhibition, and as she considers the first at best over-rated, sets to work on a Machiavellian plan to ensure her art is selected…
It’s a story that is beautifully told, both rich in humour and also darkly prickly in places. Both artists central to the unfolding tale (although not the only characters, the cast is quite broad) are equally pompous when it comes to their own work.
Lucia learns she hadn’t …
For example, In one delightful scene, the “disregarded” artist – Lucia – sets about describing her work in a manner befitting Arthur Dent when asked to describe his thoughts on Vogon poetry: “It was a physolactic entrocalypse of the etheric dimension … an animophobic introclecstate of profane dialectics, a submorphic frame that stimulates subcutane erections that induce in the cervocularic consciousness a feeling of reanimation.” Later, as the play draws to a close, the other artist, Serge, reaches his point of enlightenment via a soliloquy worthy of Hamlet, one delivered under the an arch formed by two curved knives which themselves carry a strong symbolic undertone…
The puppets, created via a combination of Blender, GIMP and the magic of SL scripting are marvellous creations in and of themselves; they move as required within the individual scenes, and their movement, combined with camera shifts within some of the scenes helps draw the audience further into the play. They’re also available to buy on the Marketplace.
“”It was a physolactic entrocalypse of the etheric dimension … an animophobic introclecstate of profane dialectics…”
The end of the show will carry you up to an events area, where you may well encounter d-oo-b himself, along with the cast. Live entertainments are scheduled to take place here throughout the show’s run; please see the d-oo-b’s blog for events and times. Should you wish to re-trace your steps through the story, or re-visit individual scenes for the purposes of photography, do note there’s a manual teleport system available as well. Look for the teleport tablet on each level.
As noted, this is an excellent little show, perfectly executed and making clever use of a number of SL capabilities – scripted camera control, teleporting, etc., and all without Experience Tools. I have no hesitation in recommending it for a visit, particularly if you are familiar with the art / creative scene (there are a few of what might be regarded as “inside jokes”) – but do remember, the show ends on Sunday, April 26th.
Serge, in the midst of his”Hamlet moment” …
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“Come at once, if convenient…” – a visit to 221B Baker Street
221B Baker Street, circa 2012-2015, as seen in the BBC’s series Sherlock – and in Second Life (Flickr) – click any image for full size
“Come at once if convenient. SH.” So reads the text message on the ‘phone. A few seconds later it is followed by, “if inconvenient, come anyway. SH.”
Thus, Doctor John Watson finds himself being summoned by his new flatmate, the enigmatic Sherlock Holmes, in the opening episode of Sherlock, the BBC’s re-imagining of Conan Doyle’s famous duo The show sees the pair transplanted to London in the 21st Century, getting a suitably modern make-over in the process, whilst still remaining true to their roots (Watson, for example, sustained a wound during the recent conflict in Afghanistan, just as the original Watson received his wound during the Second Anglo-Afghan War).
The series has aired around the world to much acclaim, each episode retelling one of Conan Doyle’s famous cases, again cleverly updated for modern times. And if you haven’t guessed already, I’m quite a fan – just as much as I enjoy Conan Doyle’s original short stories and novels.
A certain website recording, among other things, 43 different types of tobacco … (Flickr)
So when Strawberry Singh IM’d me about a place in Second Life which apparently recreates the flat at 221B Baker Street as seen in the BBC’s series, it was something I had to see for myself. And I have to say, it really is the most remarkable reproduction.
Almost everything that anyone familiar with the show would expect to find in Holmes’ flat is here. The same untidy mess, the same flock wallpaper and poster on the wall, the kitchen-converted-into-a-lab; there’s even the expected severed head in the fridge and the hand-drawn target on the wall, complete with bullet holes, put their by a “bored” Holmes…
“The wall had it coming…” What happens when a certain S. Holmes, Esq., gets bored … (Flickr)
The flat is the work of Darius Godric, who is clearly an aficionado of the show; not only has he recreated 221B Baker Street in extraordinary detail (as shown in the top image, it even sits above Speedy’s Sandwich Bar!), he has incorporated many touches from various episodes of the show.
Fore example, on the table sits a laptop displaying Holmes’ website, The Science of Deduction. Close by, on a chair, sits a pink travel case, taken from A Study in Pink (a play on A Study in Scarlet, the novel by Doyle which introduced Holmes and Watson). Between the two lies a page of ciphers, alluding to the episode The Blind Banker, which in turn draws on The Valley of Fear and The Adventure of the Dancing Men.
The pink travel case at the heart of A Study In Pink, which introduces audiences to the BBC’s Holmes and Watson (Flickr)
While visiting 221B Baker Street, Berry and I had a little fun dressing-up in a Sherlock style (we actually debated going for the complete look and male avatars, but while there is a lot of stuff for Sherlock to be found, John Watson seems to be less well catered for), and you can see the results of our fun over on Berry’s blog, as a part of her Monday Memes series.
Darius as Sherlock (Flickr)
Darius has also gone to great lengths to recreate Sherlock’s looks with his avatar, and the results are stunning. I had the opportunity to chat with him when he dropped by the flat after Berry and I had finished shooting (literally and figuratively, as you’ll see on her blog!).
“I made the avatar, then I got bored, so I built the flat,” he said as we sat by the fireplace, Darius in Sherlock’s trademark coat and gloves. “I suppose it’s for fans of the show, and homage,” he added.
He’s hesitant to suggest it could be used for role-play, as it retains the dimensions of the original, and thus is on the cosy side when it comes to having too many avatars present, and he’s understandably concerned that visitors popping in and out might spoil the atmosphere. The flat is, however, open to any and all who wish to visit.
Anyone who has enjoyed Sherlock’s three (thus far) seasons via the BBC (and their world-wide partners) is going to love the version of 221B Baker Street Darius has created in Second Life; it really is a marvel to visit. The many touches within it will have fans of the show smiling happily (I know I was).
And if you need reminding of the appearance of the flat in the show, check the video at the end of this piece, courtesy of the BBC.
Watson: “There’s a head in the ‘fridge!” Holmes: “Yessss…” Watson: “A bloody head!” Holmes: “Well, where else was I supposed to put it?” … what you might find in the kitchen-turned-Lab at 221B Baker Street (Flickr)
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Strawberry’s Monday Meme: TV shows
Special update: It appears that Holmes and Watson, as portrayed by Benedict Cummerbatch and Martin Freeman in the BBC series will next be appearing in … 1895! To find out more, and to understand the layered significance of this date, read the news on the BBC website!
With thanks to Darius Godric for his time, and to Berry for the invitation!
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Q & A with Nessa Joyce, Manager of The Irish EBF
August 11, 2020 | Niamh Byrne
Who are the Irish EBF and what do they do?
Every year in Ireland, the participating stallion owners pay the equivalent of an average nomination fee for each of their stallions. These funds are then targeted at Flat and National Hunt races in Ireland that are judged to support the industry.
The Irish EBF board is made up of representatives from the major contributing farms and ably led by Chairman, John O’Connor, Managing Director of Ballylinch Stud. Working closely with Horse Racing Ireland, the Irish EBF Governors’ create a programme of Irish EBF sponsored races targeted to support the Irish Racing industry. Only the progeny of EBF registered stallions can enter these races and benefit from the extra prize money.
In total, Irish EBF have contributed nearly €50 million to Irish Prize-money since 1983, with a current annual investment now over €2.5 million making Irish Stallion Farms the largest sponsor of racing in Ireland.
Where are the Irish EBF based?
Our office is conveniently located in ITBA building at the entrance to Goffs Sales complex.
What is your role in the Irish EBF? Describe your typical work day.
Typically no day is the same! I am the only employee and look after the marketing/PR, liaising with the contributing stallion farms, HRI, racecourses and other industry bodies as well as the administration, accounts, corporate governance and anything else that pops up. It’s a very varied but rewarding role.
What do the Irish EBF contribute to Irish racing yearly?
In 2020 we are contributing €2.5 million directly into Irish prizemoney, this is the largest amount ever contributed in one year and we are delighted to help in this Covid-19 year.
The Ballyhane Stakes is your biggest contribution to a race to date. How did the race come about?
There was a demand for further support for connections of 2yo’s and the board created a series of median races confined to EBF eligible 2yos by sires with a median price of €75,000 or less. There are 2r races over the season and each race has a minimum prize fund of €25,000 that offer opportunities to both home breds and auction bought horses. Out of this concept the idea of one stand-alone race valuable race was conceived and has now grown to two races with record prizemoney for a 2-year-old race in Ireland.
Why was Naas Racecourse chosen to host the race?
Naas ticks a lot of boxes, the straight 6 furlong track to accommodate both races, the easy access and location for any foreign based runners and a great team to champion the races.
Does the race offer more opportunity for the smaller owners and trainers?
As its confined to two-year-olds by sires with a median price of €75,000 or less and with further weight allowances for lower median prices it offers a level playing field for all involved and now with prizemoney on offer for all finishers and a new consolation race worth €80,000 it surely gives all connections something to aim for.
If you could own one horse currently entered in the Irish EBF Ballyhane Stakes who would you pick?
The Ken Condon trained filly Thunder Beauty (by Night of Thunder), she won her maiden at the Curragh and they have this race in mind for her. Her sire Night Of Thunder has a median sire price of €52,448, which is under the €60,000 or less, giving her a weight of 9st 4lbs plus her fillies allowance of 5lbs leaves her at 8st 13lbs and in a great position to capitalize on the race conditions!
One of your best days racing?
At the Curragh last year for the Pat Smullen Champions Race For Cancer on Irish Champions Weekend. Despite the rain the atmosphere was electric and it felt like a privilege to be there.
Favorite race in the Irish calendar
I have to expand it to a weekend instead of just one race, it has to Irish Champions Weekend, every race over the two days are special and offer something for everyone. The Irish EBF have supported the weekend from its inception and are looking forward to this year’s renewal.
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Advanced Maternal Age and the Risk of Antepartum Stillbirth
Approximately 14.2% of women who give birth in the United States are 35 years of age or older and 2.6% are age 40 or older. The last three decades have seen a remarkable increase in first births among women aged 40 to 45.
The rate of stillbirth in the United States is 6.4 to 7.8 per 1000 live births. After adjusting for coexisting conditions, a recent meta-analysis demonstrated increasing odds of stillbirth with increasing maternal age with the risk doubling for women age 40 or older (Odds Ratio 2.29).
In women deemed to be at increased risk of stillbirth, antepartum fetal surveillance is recommended. Although advanced maternal age is recognized as a risk factor for stillbirth, antepartum fetal surveillance has not been routinely recommended. Evidence in favor of antepartum surveillance starting at 37 weeks is that the risk of stillbirth at this gestational age is similar in frequency to other high-risk conditions for which testing is routinely performed such as intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, insulin dependent diabetes and chronic hypertension.
This issue of our MFM newsletter describes the best practices for the magagement of pregnancy in women aged 40 or older.
Best Practice for the Management of Pregnancy in Women Aged 40 and Over
Genetic counseling and first trimester screening should be performed between 11 and 14 weeks gestation
A Level 2 ultrasound should be performed between 18-20 weeks gestation
Assessment of fetal growth at 32 weeks gestation
Weekly antepartum testing beginning at 36 weeks gestation
Membrane sweeping should be considered weekly beginning at 37 weeks gestation
Delivery should be accomplished by the EDD
Timing of Delivery in Patients with Previous Uterine Surgery and Placenta Previa
Preterm birth, defined as delivery < 37 weeks gestation, is a public health concern affecting more than 500,000 pregnancies in the United States each year. Late preterm (34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks) and late term (37 0/7 to 38 6/7 weeks) births are associated with an increasing proportion of neonatal morbidity and the practice of elective delivery before 39 weeks gestation has been increasingly discouraged. The goals of early delivery are to avoid acute catastrophic maternal complications and to limit the potential for fetal death or compromise.
The NIH in conjunction with the SMFM sponsored a workshop in February of 2011 to develop consensus guidelines regarding the optimal gestational age for delivery of patients with concomitant placental, maternal or fetal conditions. This was published in the August 2011 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
The authors comment on the issue of amniocentesis for the purpose of predicting fetal lung maturity. The recommendations are that in general, if an indication for delivery is present, the use of amniocentesis to assess fetal lung maturity does not assist in guiding management.
NJPA has agreed on the best practice for delivery timing in women with:
Previous classical cesarean section
Delivery at 36-37 weeks gestation via repeat cesarean section without an amniocentesis
Previous myomectomy necessitating cesarean section
Delivery at 38 weeks without an amniocentesis
Stable placenta previa
Delivery at 36-37 weeks gestation without an amniocentesis
Linda Peláez, MD
Dr. Peláez graduated from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center. She stayed on as faculty to complete her fellowship training in maternal-fetal medicine at Cornell University in New York. Research interests of Dr. Peláez include fetal diagnosis and risk assessment and multiple gestations. Dr. Peláez joined NJPA in July of 2010.
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Hidden Figures Review
Hello kids. For this week’s review, I am going after Hidden Figures, the movie about 3 black women who helped revolutionize the space program and get John Glen into the final frontier. In short, this is a great movie. Why you may ask? Well, let’s jump into it.
Story: As I said, this film follows the lives of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson as they work with NASA in the early 1960s and help the US space program compete and surpass the Soviet space program. The story shows their struggles as black women dealing with the injustices from both within NASA and outside in their daily lives. That being said, the story is presented in a much more uplifting way than other films would (which makes sense considering its PG rating) and leaves audience members feeling happy and excited for these ladies’ successes. As a whole, the story is great but when looking at the micro-level, the multiple story lines get slightly confusing and cumbersome.
Acting: The stars of the show here are Taraji Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae and they are no less than great in their roles. The trio plays their parts well and convey the emotions of their characters well in their performances but unfortunately never take that next step from great to amazing. While I believe that blame is to be put on the script, its still a fact (an unfortunate one at that) that none of them will be winning Oscars for these roles. In the supporting cast, Kevin Costner is good but honestly no different than previous roles and the rest of the cast, highlighted by Kirsten Dunst and Mahershala Ali, are pretty lifeless. It feels like they came to set, recorded their lines once, and then left. Kind of a shame since those two are pretty great in other roles. Oh well.
Presentation: The movie looks good and (with the period music) feels like the 1960s. Additionally, they take time to show all the space stuff, from suits to rockets to capsules, and anyone who loves that stuff will love that attention to detail. Unfortunately, they ruin it with the wonderful use of stock footage. I understand using footage for famous broadcasts from figures like JFK or MLK but shifting from stock footage to the stuff they filmed for this movie is annoying and breaks the immersion.
Effect: Faults aside, this is a pretty great movie. It is a good reminder of not only where we were as a country 50 years ago and how the struggles of a few helped better the country as a whole but also shows how we had to come together to solve the greatest problems that we faced and I believe both of those messages are important for Americans in 2017.
Other: My final fault is that this film is a little over two hours and yet could probably have been cut by about 15 minutes. There were times where the movie grinds to a halt before getting back to speed. Luckily it doesn’t take away too much from the film but it is important to note nonetheless.
Wrapping dis up, this is a movie that I think everyone should go see at some point. If you don’t get around to it while it’s in theaters, then be sure to find it on DVD (and by DVD I mean Blu-Ray) or the streaming device of your choice.
Acting: 8
Effect: 9
Other: 7
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ROAD TO WORLD CUP
Jose Mourinho predicts Ronaldo vs Messi cliffhanger in World Cup final
Published On: June 14, 2018 09:45 AM NPT By: Agencies
Photo Courtesy: RT
Jose Mourinho has predicted a stunning World Cup final cliffhanger between Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal and an Argentina team led by his great rival Lionel Messi.
The Portuguese manager believes the World Cup final in Moscow on July 15 will be played out between the two giants of the current generation, and will come down to Ronaldo and Messi taking the deciding penalties in a shootout to win football’s biggest prize.
The Special One’s predictions for the whole of the tournament – from the group stage winners right through the knockout stages.
We can now tell you exactly how the managerial great sees the business end of things panning out in Russia this summer.
Having forecast a semi-final match for Portugal against the Brazilians, Mourinho thinks Ronaldo and Co. will knock out the five-time winners to book their very first World Cup final spot.
The Manchester United boss believes the Argentinians will seal their place in the final by overcoming reigning champions Germany in their semi-final.
Coming to the final itself, the two-time Champions League winner clearly found it a tough one to call.
He couldn’t bring himself to select an outcome in the battle between Messi and Ronaldo – two players who have traded record after record in their long-running rivalry as the world’s finest players.
“It’s not just normal… I can’t do it! I can’t do it!” Mourinho said as he agonized over who to pick as the World Cup winners.
He instead left the tantalizing prospect of a cliffhanger ending, asking people to make up their own minds about how it would finish.
"Extra-time, penalties, 11 players, they take a penalty… there is only one more penalty, and that last penalty, one takes Messi, another one takes Ronaldo… and I leave to your imagination,” the Portuguese manager said.
In a subplot to the main action in the final, the Portuguese manager tipped Brazil to get a degree of revenge over Germany for their humiliation four years ago by backing the Samba Boys to beat Die Mannschaft in the third-place playoff.
Mourinho himself cautioned against reading too much into his predictive prowess, offering the wisdom that “football is unpredictable, and that’s the main reason to be the beautiful game.”
But if things do play out the way the Special One says, we’ll be in for a fitting finale to this summer’s festival of football.
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RUSSIA, May 17: ISIS threatened to behead Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi at the World Cup in chilling mocked-up photos.
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Trump lacked 'common decency' with Twitter tirade on Paris attacks anniversary, says French government
The US president lashed out at his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, saying he has a "very low approval rating".
Thursday 15 November 2018 00:06, UK
Macron and Trump: Bromance to breakup?
The French government has accused Donald Trump of lacking "common decency" after his Twitter tirade on the third anniversary of the Paris terror attacks.
The US president mocked France's record in the First and Second World Wars and lashed out at his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, saying he had a "very low approval rating".
Responding to Mr Trump's outburst, French government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux said: "We were commemorating the assassination of 130 of our compatriots three years ago in Paris and Saint-Denis, and so I will reply in English: 'Common decency' would have been appropriate."
His reaction is the strongest yet by the French government following Mr Trump's visit to France over the weekend.
Image: The US president said Mr Macron had a 'very low approval rating'
During the visit, Mr Macron criticised nationalists during his Armistice Day speech, saying patriotism was different to nationalism.
Mr Trump said his French host was "just trying to get onto another subject" and there was "no country more Nationalist than France".
The problem is that Emmanuel suffers from a very low Approval Rating in France, 26%, and an unemployment rate of almost 10%. He was just trying to get onto another subject. By the way, there is no country more Nationalist than France, very proud people-and rightfully so!........
Emmanuel Macron suggests building its own army to protect Europe against the U.S., China and Russia. But it was Germany in World Wars One & Two - How did that work out for France? They were starting to learn German in Paris before the U.S. came along. Pay for NATO or not!
The US president dismissed Mr Macron's calls for a European army to protect against the US, Russia and China, claiming the French were starting to learn German in Paris before the US joined them as allies in the First World War.
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He also attacked French wine tariffs, claiming Paris makes it hard for the US to sell its wines into France but it is easy vice versa.
Following talks with Mr Trump on Saturday, Mr Macron told CNN the defence row had been cleared up but he has not reacted publicly to the US president's Twitter outburst.
Image: World leaders gathered in France to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War
One of the French president's advisers on Tuesday dismissed Mr Trump's tweets as "written for Americans" and said relations between the two leaders were "not always easy but are enduring".
Mr Trump was heavily criticised for cancelling a visit to a US war cemetery in France on Saturday due to "bad weather".
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Addressing the incident three days later he tweeted: "By the way, when the helicopter couldn't fly to the first cemetery in France because of almost zero visibility, I suggested driving.
"Secret Service said NO, too far from airport and big Paris shutdown.
"Speech next day at American Cemetery in pouring rain! Little reported-Fake News!"
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Emir of Kuwait sends messages to the leaders of the Gulf countries
The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, sent a written message to the Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, delivered by the envoy of the Emir of Kuwait, Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Muhammad Al-Sabah, to Oman’s Deputy Prime Minister Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said.
Earlier yesterday, Thursday, the emissary of the Emir of Kuwait delivered a written letter from the Emir to the President of the United Arab Emirates, which was received by the Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
The two messages came after the envoy of the Emir of Kuwait delivered two similar messages to the Emir of the State of Qatar and the Bahraini monarch. The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry indicated that these messages relate to the strong relations that bind Kuwait with these countries.
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Benediction drop new single/video, “Stormcrow“
September 18, 2020 September 18, 2020 NextMosh StaffMusic Video, New Music, Press Release
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Legendary death metal pioneers Benediction from Birmingham, UK release their second single “Stormcrow“ today.
“In many cultures, the crow is seen as a harbinger of doom and a bad omen – this song deals with that,“ Dave Ingram comments.
The video was shot on abandoned wasteland somewhere in the outskirts of Sheffield, in the North of England. Directed by Dan Hart / Light Engine Films.
Darren Brookes says: “‘Stormcrow’ was a particularly difficult but enjoyable video to shoot. As anyone who’s done one will know, it’s take after take after take, and as you can see it was a blisteringly hot day too. We did have passers-by, joggers, dog walkers and they were stopping to check out what was going on and that’s the closest we’ve managed to a live gig this year!“
Scriptures the first new album since 2008 (produced by Scott Atkins at Grindstone Studio in England) will be released on October 16, 2020, via Nuclear Blast: Pre-Order.
‘Scriptures’ track listing:
1. Iterations Of I
2. Scriptures In Scarlet
3. The Crooked Man
4. Stormcrow
5. Progenitors Of A New Paradigm
6. Rabid Carnality
7. In Our Hands, The Scars
8. Tear Off These Wings
9. Embrace The Kill
10. Neverwhen
11. The Blight At The End
12. We Are Legion
Skalmöld release new single/live video, “Aras”
Hollywood Undead drop new track/lyric video, “Coming Home”
Anneke van Giersbergen releases new video single “Hurricane”
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Sometimes, perhaps rarer than that, I meet a person through photography whose qualities match exactly the trade or calling to which they have dedicated their life. They were quite simply born to do what they do, destined to follow their chosen path for life; it is impossible to regard them, or begin to know them, in any other way. John Leach, master potter, is just such a man.
I visited him at his delightfully situated pottery in Muchelney on the Somerset Levels recently as part of a project on craftsmen. John has been a potter for over 50 years. He is from the Leach family of celebrated potters, a lineage started by his grandfather, Bernard Leach, who did much to reinvigorate the studio pottery tradition of this country, and continued by his father David; so it’s in the blood. John though makes it absolutely clear that it was only once he had decided as a young man to take up the craft that he was helped, tutored and encouraged by his family in a serious way. He is a true craftsman, a champion of his craft who has dedicated his life to pottery.
John Leach works in his studio at Muchelney Pottery on the Somerset Levels
John produces a practical range of hand thrown, no nonsense household utensils such as cooking pots, jugs, coffee mugs, plates and bowls which come finished in a lovely distinctive toasted hue. Like the man himself, these items have been fashioned from a lifetime of experience and fired with enthusiasm and love. Inside his cosy low ceilinged studio, which he shares with his two colleagues, Nick and Mark, both skilled potters in their own right, I get a sense of timelessness and feel more than a hint of tradition. It is obvious that this is a place which upholds a solid work ethic, history and a tangible respect for the potter’s craft. There is a beauty to its cluttered functionality.
John Leach sits at the potter’s wheel in his studio which is a 16th century converted building
Pots line the shelves drying out before their initial firing with their evocative shapes and muted tones creating a perfect backdrop to the potter at work. A reassuring calmness and a purposeful but relaxed precision pervade the way John and his two colleagues work the clay with their hands. There are no unexpected movements just a smooth, elegant methodical flow through the rapid turn of the wheel. Among the three potters here I realise there must be nearly a hundred years of experience between them.
John Leach carefully sets aside a freshly made pot at his Muchelney studio
Every two months or so, when it is packed to capacity with 2,000 pots, Muchelney’s large traditional Japanese climbing kiln is fired up. From start to finish the process takes the best part of a working week. I can see why they call it The Dragon as I felt the heat radiate and watched the smoke and fire billow from its chambers. The intense temperatures give the Leach pots their unmistakable colour and texture; some quite darkly fired others a more delicate biscuit shade.
John Leach’s son Ben feeds the kiln with wood as Mark Melbourne checks the temperature
Ben and Mark continue to feed wood gradually into the three chambered kiln until it reaches a temperature of around 1,300 degrees centigrade
Mark Melbourne and Nick Rees empty the kiln of freshly fired pots
Muchelney stands as a totem to an ancient art: here, lumps of clay are skilfully and lovingly transformed into utensils to be used, often daily, and cherished for a long time. How much better is it to eat off a plate or drink from a mug that has been made by hand rather than a machine? We live in a rather homogenised throwaway world based on cheap manufacturing uniformity; we give no thought to their provenance. However, to use a piece of hand crafted tableware allows us to establish a connection between it and its maker in an uplifting reaffirming experience. Places like John Leach’s Pottery are so special and so heart warming to behold.
John Leach in his Muchelney Pottery studio
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I just got your E-Mail with the information about your new website. Congratulation for the new layout and of course many thanks for your courtesy, that you share your photos with us. One thing is the pictures themselves (it’s like a painting without a frame) but your commentary provides the photos the appropriate frame. I really enjoy your website and once more, thank you very much.
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Last edited by Javier Serrano Sep 28, 2011
Please help us make the CERN OHL even better!
Here are some instructions to subscribe to the mailing list and see the web archives. This is the preferred way for discussing any issues related to the CERN OHL.
Current list of things to look at for the next version (after Version 1.1)
Concerns about the definition of "Documentation"
From the updates@lists.openhardwaresummit.org mailing list: "I think that you might want to patch a "hole" in the definition of "Documentation" that allows people to distribute essentially unusable/unmodifiable forms of documentation, such as a photograph of the PCB layout. This adds teeth to your viral provision, otherwise I can claim I modified the documentation (both in content and format) and here is my out-of-focus, impossible to really use photo of the result. GPLv2 and v3 uses: The “source code” for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it."
From the updates@lists.openhardwaresummit.org mailing list:"I think I'd like to see a clarification/tweak in the OSHW Definition (v1.1?) of "open format" as meaning something along the lines of "a format unencumbered with licensing and usage restrictions incompatible with the OSHW Definition"."
From the updates@lists.openhardwaresummit.org mailing list:"You may include files in proprietary formats, the documentation must include schematics (in PDF or open format). The design files must be the preferred format for making changes, for example the native file format of a CAD program (or an open format if your tools can create them)". Clunky sentence...
Concerns about the "notification of changes" (3.3d) clause
3.3d deals with the obligation of the licensees to send a notification to the licensors every time they make a modification they want to publish/distribute. It has been noted that, in version control systems like svn and git, people make frequent modifications that get automatically published because the repository is public. It is impractical, and not in the spirit of the licence, to have these licensees inform the licensors each time they commit a new version. This could be improved through a suitable definition of "Modification" in the Definitions paragraph.
From the updates@lists.openhardwaresummit.org mailing list: "I like the idea of a required notification clause. But what we are saying is that it should carefully limit the effort that a person must go through to notify the originators. The most important reason for this is to protect the design from becoming legally unusable because it turns into a "orphaned work". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wikis/Orphan_works for an intro to the subject."
From http://lists.ohwr.org/sympa/arc/cernohl/2011-08/msg00006.html, "In free software, notification is a kind request, not a requirement." plus a detailed analysis of why the notification request should be taken out.
From the updates@lists.openhardwaresummit.org mailing list: "CERN says: 1) Contact point of any Licensor who wishes to receive modified Documentation (see section 3.3.d) (e.g. CONTRIB.TXT); 2) Contact point wishing to receive information about manufactured Products (see section 4.2) (e.g. PRODUCT.TXT); it's nice and we do this, but what happens if i die, or my contact point goes away or i don't reply in time for that person? or what if they said they emailed me but they really didn't?"
CERN OHL being used by non-electronics projects
As can be seen in https://www.ohwr.org/project/cernohl/wikis/CernOhlProjects, there are people using CERN OHL to protect hardware other than PCBs. We should make sure the CERN OHL contains no clause which would be unnatural in such a context.
About the requirement to ship the Documentation along with products
From David Mellis in the updates@lists.openhardwaresummit.org mailing list: "I'm not sure it makes sense to require that all products made from a licensed design come with the design. Perhaps it would be better to borrow from the GPL the notion of providing some reasonable mechanism for the customer to access the design? Otherwise, this seems to imply that you need to include a USB key with the design files with every product (or some similar approach)."
Context and differences with respect to other licences
Would it make sense to say some words about the rationale and differences wrt CC and TAPR OHL? At least in the wiki for sure, many people ask.
From David Mellis in the updates@lists.openhardwaresummit.org mailing list: "what about the possibility of aligning this license with the TAPR one, so that they could, for example, serve as localized versions of the same license? The licenses seem very similar in intent and approach (at least to a legally-naive reader)
it would be great if we didn't have to worry about choosing between them. At a minimum, maybe there's a way to allow for compatibility between them (i.e. the ability to combine TAPR OHL-licensed documentation with CERN OHL-licensed documentation)?"
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Sunday, January 26 1:00 pm
And the Birds Rained Down (Il Pleuvait des Oiseaux)
Three elderly hermits live deep in the woods, cut off from the rest of the world. While wildfires threaten the region, their quiet life is about to be shaken by the arrival of two women... A luminous octogenarian, unjustly institutionalized her whole life, and a young photographer charged with interviewing survivors of the region's deadliest forest fire. And The Birds Rained Down is the story of intertwined destinies, where love can happen at any age and new life emerges in unexpected places.
Directed By: Louise Archambault Written By: Louise Archambault
Cast: Andrée Lachapelle, Gilbert Sicotte, Rémy Girard, Eve Landry, Éric Robidoux, Kenneth Welsh, Louise Portal
Runtime: 124 minutes Rating: PG
Sponsor: Patrick Houlihan RBC Wealth Management Dominion Securities
by Jonathan Holland
A deceptively gentle rural drama with an ecological slant and a tone that darkens as it advances, And the Birds Rained Down ends up delivering far more than it initially promises. Cleaving closely to the award-winning Jocelyne Saucier novel on which it's based, this eco-friendly, elegantly delivered tale about the sunset changes in the lives of a trio of graybeards living in the woods is engaging, thought-provoking and ultimately moving, with potential mainstream appeal among the middle-age demographic that could generate interest beyond the fest circuit.
Like old age itself, on the surface Birds might be placid, but there's a lot going on beneath. Gruff, down-to-earth Charlie (Gilbert Sicotte); bouncy (and tubbier) Tom (Rémy Girard), a singer who plays in the local bars; and Ted (Kenneth Welsh) are living a life of apparently Thoreauvian simplicity (plus marijuana plants) far from civilization, in the middle of a forest near a lake. But within the first 10 minutes, Ted unexpectedly dies in his sleep. The reaction of Charlie and Tom is interestingly calm and philosophical, which pretty much describes the tone of the film.
In a nearby town, Steve (Éric Robidoux), manager of a local hotel with few guests who spends a lot of time smoking the old boys' weed, is escorting his elderly aunt Gertrude (Andrée Lachapelle) back to her rest home following a funeral. Gertrude refuses to go back inside, wishing to see the countryside, so Steve decides to ask an initially reluctant Charlie and Tom, to whom he delivers supplies, if they can put her up. Meanwhile photographer Raf (Ève Landry) appears, wishing to photograph Ted, whose family died in a wildfire that devastated the region years before — hence the film's self-consciously poetic title.
The stage is thus set for an On Golden Pond-style, comfortable third-age drama with a light comic edge, but Birds ends up going much deeper and darker than that as the script, driven along by beautifully nuanced performances from its central trio, leads us into some quite unexpected areas. The first, wonderful exchange of glances between Gertrude and Charlie (on arrival, she symbolically casts away her troubled institutionalized past by renaming herself “Marie-Desneige”) indeed develops into a tremulous octogenarian love affair as Charlie takes her under his wing and shows her a whole new life, not just of stolen, old-folk kisses but of full-blown sensuality. Their nighttime conversations across a darkened room — like those of kids in summer camp, except they're 80 — are among the pic's most memorable scenes as their inevitably painful back stories start to emerge.
On the darker side, the theme of euthanasia is broached, like everything else, with delicacy and maturity. And any film with a burning forest backdrop will inevitably have its ecological point to make, with the man-made Great Fire directly or indirectly affecting the lives of all the characters. Ted's paintings of the fire, discovered by Raf in a shed that's been locked for years, are evidence of that — and meanwhile, back in the present and just a few miles off, another forest fire threatens.
There are a few false notes in Birds. It's perhaps unlikely that a natural performer like Tom would have shunned humanity so radically by heading out into the woods. The relationship between Raf and Steve that may or may not be happening feels undercooked by comparison with all the in-forest drama: As a character, Raf never quite escapes her outsider-intruder status in either the lives of the other characters or in the movie. Meanwhile, a late subplot involving a couple of rookie cops feels superfluous to dramatic requirements.
Visually, things are, gorgeously, what you'd expect from a film set in a Canadian forest by a lake. DP Mathieu Laverdière thankfully doesn't engage in drone abuse, but neither does he miss the opportunity for some nicely staged tableaux, for example of Marie-Desneige sitting nervously on the dock as Charlie tries to coax her into the water.
The piano-based score by Andréa Bélanger and David Ratté of Montreal indie folk outfit Will Driving West stays just the right side of sentimental. But the real musical honors go to Rémy Girard's live performances of Leonard Cohen's “Bird on a Wire” and Tom Waits' funereally beautiful “Time” — riskily performed by Girard at full length, perhaps because of its entirely apt title-nod line, “And a thousand pigeons fall around her feet.”
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COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, antibody tests, serological tests, diagnostics, Canada
Antibody Survey Reveals ‘Widespread Vulnerability’ to COVID-19 Across Canada, Expert Says
By Ivan Semeniuk
Featured in the Globe & Mail
Fewer than 1 per cent of Canadians have had the virus that causes COVID-19, according to initial findings from the largest serological survey conducted to date across the country.
The results, released Thursday, are based on 10,000 anonymized blood donations. They offer the best glimpse so far at the extent of the disease beyond the official count of confirmed cases, which now stands at just more than 112,000. The actual number of cases could be three times that, although sample size and testing uncertainties mean it is not yet possible to make a more precise estimate.
What is clear is that an overwhelming majority of Canadians remain just as susceptible to the virus as ever, even as provinces continue to lift restrictions and people resume activities that may bring them into closer and more frequent contact with others.
“What we have here is very strong evidence of widespread vulnerability. That means we can’t let our guard down,” said David Naylor, who co-chairs Canada’s immunity task force.
The federally appointed committee organized the survey, which looked for the presence of antibodies that are specific to COVID-19 in the blood serum of donors, known as serological testing. The antibodies are produced naturally by the immune system in response to an infection. Unlike tests that are designed to show if someone has an active case of COVID-19, antibody tests can reveal if someone has encountered the virus at some point in the past, whether they realized it at the time or not.
The survey found the overall death rate due to COVID-19 in Canada is likely to be about 1 per cent, rather than the nearly 8 per cent that would be indicated by considering only confirmed cases. Its finding are also consistent with a survey of approximately 1,700 British Columbia residents released last week by the BC Centre for Disease Control.
The samples for the national survey were obtained using serum from regular blood donations made to Canadian Blood Services between May 9 and June 8, during which time the total number of reported cases ranged from 67,000 to about 95,000 nationally.
Whenever an individual donates blood, a small quantity is diverted for a range of tests, said Chantale Pambrun, director of the organization’s centre for innovation in Ottawa. In this instance, whenever enough diverted blood was left over after other required tests were completed, the sample was used for antibody testing.
Individuals whose blood was screened for antibodies have not been notified, as the survey did not seek to determine with certainty whether any one person was exposed to the virus, but rather to obtain a snapshot of the population at large.
“We’re trying to understand, in aggregate, what is the exposure rate among Canadians,” Dr. Pambrun said.
A more detailed analysis of the results will be possible after more than 37,000 individuals have been sampled, which is expected by the end of the summer, Dr. Pambrun said.
“Once we have more test results we can better understand regional differences,” she added.
All provinces except Quebec were included in the survey. A separate analysis of samples gathered by Héma-Québec is expected to round out the national picture, Dr. Naylor said.
The results are not based on a random sample of citizens because blood donors are typically healthier on average than the population as whole. The donor group also does not include children and is geographically skewed toward city dwellers, who can more easily get to blood-donation centres.
Samples were tested for antibodies using a lab-based test developed by Abbott Laboratories, an international medical devices and diagnostics company based in Illinois. It is one of a handful of serological tests that have so far been approved for use by Health Canada.
The test has performed well in studies that show it does not easily mistake the virus that causes COVID-19 with other human coronaviruses.
“We want to make sure we’re not picking up the common cold,” said Mary Rodgers, who leads the company’s global viral surveillance program.
The Abbott test was among the most reliable identified in a literature review of serological tests conduced by researchers at Novateur Ventures in Vancouver.
More than 50 others, including many at-home serological test kits not yet approved in Canada, were shown to underperform in terms of sensitivity and specificity to COVID-19.
“What we found is extremely disappointing. The majority of these tests don’t meet their own specifications,” said Ali Ardakani, who co-authored the review, published earlier this month in the journal Diagnostics.
The review illustrates why there has not been a rush to make inexpensive serological testing available on an individual basis in Canada. In addition to the questionable performance of many tests, it not yet clear how the presence of antibodies relates to immunity. Antibody tests also do not detect other forms of disease resistance based on immune cells.
Even so, Dr. Naylor said, the blood donor survey can establish that overall exposure to the virus has been low across Canada and it would be unrealistic to imagine the population is anywhere close to achieving “herd immunity,” a state in which the virus can no longer spread indefinitely.
“Herd immunity was always something of a dangerous fantasy, because of the toll that would be taken to get to those kinds of levels of background immunity,” Dr. Naylor added. “While everyone understands we need to get the economy and civil society going again, we need to get schools open … great caution is needed as we all wait for an effective and safe vaccine.”
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Information collected when using Kids Discover Online: As part of certain subscriptions, schools and districts will use the individual accounts system which allows students and their teachers to share a virtual classroom. Student and teacher accounts are organized by classrooms, which are created by the teachers. For these accounts, we ask the students to enter their first and last name, their username, and the class they are associated with. We also require the teachers’ email for password recovery. The only Personally Identifiable Information collected about students is their name, class and username. We do NOT collect students’ email or physical addresses. We store the Lexile ® Reading Level data that may be set by a teacher, so that our content may be served up dynamically to a reader. We also store student performance on any Kids Discover Online Assessments that have been completed, in order to provide the educator(s) of those students with data pertaining to student performance. This data is not shared, tracked, or analyzed by Kids Discover, nor is it rented, sold, or used by any third party service providers. It is saved in our system to deliver a more optimal reading experience for the students and teachers using the service. It is not used in any other way.
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Emails received from Users: We may retain certain information from Users when they send us messages through our system or by email. We only use such information for providing the Services or support requested.
Feedback: Certain features we offer include an option to provide us with feedback on your experience. The feedback feature does not identify the User submitting it. The feedback option is voluntary and the information a User submits to us will only be used for improving these features. If we receive personally identifiable information through a feedback form we take steps to immediately delete that information.
In addition to the foregoing, we also use Personally Identifiable Information for the following purposes:
To provide the Platform to you; operate our Platform, including access management, payment processing, Platform administration, internal operations, troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes; comply with laws, regulations, and other legal requirements; comply with relevant industry standards and our policies; protect and enforce our rights and the rights of other Users against unlawful activity, including identify theft and fraud, and other violations of our Terms and Conditions;
protect and enforce our rights arising under any agreements entered into between you and us, including billing and collection; protect the integrity and maintain the security of our Platform, including secured areas of the Platform; operate, evaluate and improve our business, including conducting surveys and market research, developing new products, services, and promotions (such as, for example, special events, programs, offers, contests), analyzing and enhancing existing products, services, and promotions, managing our communications; performing accounting, auditing, and other internal functions; and
as described in any notice provided at the time you provide the information and for any other purpose for which you may provide consent.
Collection & Use of Non-Personally Identifiable Information
Information collected automatically: We automatically receive and record information on our server logs from a User’s browser, including the User’s IP address. In addition, we use IP addresses to maintain a User’s session and we do not store them after the User’s session is over. We also do not otherwise combine this information with other PII.
Third Parties: We may use a variety of third-party service providers, such as analytics companies, to understand usage of our Services. We may allow those providers to place and read their own cookies, electronic images known as web beacons or single-pixel gifs and similar technologies, to help us measure how Users interact with our Services. This technical information is collected directly and automatically by these third parties. If you want to opt out or third party cookies, you may do so through your browser.
We may provide Personally Identifiable Information to our partners, business affiliates and third party service providers who work for Kids Discover and operate some of its functionalities, such as hosting services, streaming services and credit card processing. These third parties are well-known, established service providers, who are bound contractually to practice adequate security measures and only use your information for the sole purpose of providing the Services. These third parties do not have independent right to share your Personally Identifiable Information.
We may also provide your Personally Identifiable Information to:
the organizations, entities on behalf of which we are providing the Platform to you and/or on behalf of which you access or use the Platform;
the designated administrator of your account, if you have an individual school or other educational subaccount, regarding use of the Services by individual subaccounts; and
other third parties with your express consent for any purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
We will NOT share any information for marketing or advertising purposes without your express consent, beyond Kids Discover’s own use of the aforementioned information for internal marketing initiatives and efforts.
We reserve the right to disclose Personally Identifiable Information if we are required to do so by law or if we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process.
We also reserve the right to transfer your Personally Identifiable Information in case of a corporate restructuring (such as a merger or acquisition), as long as the receiving entity adopts this privacy policy that applies to your information. Any future successors must also pledge their commitment to the K-12 School Service Provider Pledge that we have signed and agreed to cooperate with.
Notice to California Residents / Your California Privacy Rights
California Civil Code permits California residents to request that we not share your Personally Identifiable Information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident, you may contact [questions@kidsdiscover.com] to request information regarding how we share Personally Identifiable Information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes and/or to request that such information not be shared with third parties for such purposes.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
In addition, we may share Non-Personally Identifiable Information, including aggregated or anonymized data:
with analytics, search engine, or other service providers that help us improve our Platform;
to report to our affiliates, licensors and service providers about the use of various aspects of the Platform; and
with other Users or prospective Users of the Platform.
HOW WE STORE AND PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION
We strive to maintain security policies and procedures that are designed to protect your information.
Our servers are located in a secured, locked and monitored environment to prevent unauthorized entry or theft, and are protected by a firewall. The servers are located in a data center in the United States and backed up daily to a secure, US based, offsite data center.
We take extra measures to ensure the safety of PII and student records and apply a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL or HTTPS) encrypting technology to establish and ensure that all data passed between the server and the browser remains encrypted.
Governance policies and access controls are in place to ensure that the information of each district or school or other subscriber is separated and they are only able to access their own data.
Only limited Kids Discover personnel have access to the database, and they only access the database when necessary to provide the Services.
We follow standardized and documented procedures for coding, configuration management, patch installation and change management for all applicable servers and we audit our practices at least once a year.
While we strive to maintain best industry-standard privacy and security practices, it should be noted that no industry system is fail proof. In the event we learn of an actual data breach, loss or disaster, we have established a Disaster Recovery Plan, which includes notifying the affected subscriber, and as appropriate, coordinating with the subscriber to support its notification of affected individuals, students and families when there is a substantial risk of harm from the breach or a legal duty to provide notification.
KDO cannot ensure or warrant that your information, including your Personally Identifiable Information, is secure from unauthorized third parties. Thus, your use of the Platform and communication with us about them is at your own risk.
COOKIES AND BEACONS
We may use cookies, beacons and similar technologies, now or in the future, to support the functionality of our Platform. This provides a better experience when you visit our Platform and allows us to improve our Platform. Our service providers may use cookies and beacons to collect and share Non-Personally Identifiable Information about your activities both on our Platform and on other websites. In addition, third parties that are unaffiliated with us may also collect information about you, including tracking your browsing history, when you use our Platform. We do not have control over these third party collection practices. If you wish to minimize these third-party collections, and you can adjust the settings of your browsers or install plug-ins and add-ins.
Browser Cookies. A browser cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. That cookie then communicates with servers, ours or those of other companies that we authorize to collect data for us, and allows recognition of your personal computer. We associate cookies with Personally Identifiable Information only if you use the automatic recognition capabilities on restricted areas of the Platform, order a Service, use the personalization services available as part of the Platform, or ask us to contact you with additional marketing information. We do not otherwise collect Personally Identifiable Information from browser cookies and we do not associate browser cookies with your Personally Identifiable Information.
You may use the tools available on your computer or other device to set your browser to refuse or disable all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being set. However, if you refuse or disable all browser cookies, you may be unable to access certain parts or use certain features or functionality of our Platform.
You may choose whether to activate automatic recognition when you register for an account. After registration, you may disable the persistent cookie that supports recognition using the tools in your browser. If you choose to disable the cookies that support automatic recognition, you will need to re-enter your username or email and password each time you access a gated portion of the Platform.
Unless you have adjusted your browser settings so that it refuses all cookies, we may use cookies when you direct your browser to our Platform.
To learn more about cookies, you can visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
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Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or refuse Flash cookies, please note that some parts of our Platform may be inaccessible or may not function properly.
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Google Inc. ("Google") is one example of a service provider that uses cookies or similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activities over time and across different websites following your visit to our Platform. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google that uses first-party cookies to track Users' interactions and collect other information about how you use our Platform. Google Analytics collects information anonymously. We then use the information to compile reports, including usage trends, to help us improve our Platform. You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our site. For more information on how Google uses this data, go to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, or review the Google Analytics Terms of Service at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html. For more information about opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
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If you wish to minimize information collected by cookie or beacon, you can adjust the settings of your browsers to notify you when you receive a cookie, which lets you choose whether or not to accept it. You can also set your browser to automatically reject any cookies. You may also be able to install plug-ins and add-ins that serve similar functions. However, please be aware that some features and services on our Platform may not work properly if we are not able to recognize and associate you with your account. In addition, the offers we provide when you visit us may not be as relevant to you or tailored to your interests.
Network Advertising Initiative
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Aljazeera Network proudly presents its editorial guidelines. Over the last few years, Aljazeera has been at the forefront of a transformation in the global media landscape. This guidebook includes a number of recommendations and checks that are vital to maintaining the highest global standards in news and current affairs programming. They are also an accumulation of our own experiences.
When issues are shrouded in ambiguity and confusion, this guidebook should be a beacon that helps make the correct judgment. These guidelines are meant to guarantee accuracy and impartiality, while making sure we get the story to our viewers before our competitors. It is the right of all people to receive accurate information, and it is our duty to present it.
- Sheikh Hamad Bin Thamer Al Thani
Chair, Al Jazeera Board of Directors
This guidebook represents a major milestone along Al Jazeera’s long march. It was published on our 17th anniversary. Our journey has been thrilling, challenging and replete with fulfilling experiences. We feel the time is ripe to put the summary of our accumulated expertise into an all-encompassing editorial and technical criteria guidebook, which will serve as our guiding principles to grow and prosper. Over the years Al Jazeera employees have acquired, observed and implemented what we call the “Al Jazeera Spirit,” helping us to leap to the forefront of global media.
This is not a mere a guidebook to sum up Al Jazeera’s accumulated editorial and technical expertise; instead it is a compendium that records, classifies and organizes editorial and technical criteria in a practical, easily accessible and comprehensible format.
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to the Quality Assurance and Editorial Standards Division team members, who executed this project, and to all those who contributed to it from various branches of the Network, as well as to our senior colleagues who founded the mother channel - Al Jazeera Arabic - and the Network.
- Dr. Mustafa Souag
A/Director General, Al Jazeera Media Network
This guide stands as one of the most important documents that Al Jazeera has published. It represents the first step towards a comprehensive manual or reference book for all those working in television news and programmes.
It is also meant to open the door to everyone in Al Jazeera to contribute their thoughts, knowledge and experiences for the sake of everyone else. It sets out the standards required of everyone making news, programmes and other content within Al Jazeera.
These guidelines will help Al Jazeera achieve its goal of being an authoritative leader in world media, giving the public high standard news and programmes. They are intended to support creativity and innovation, not to stifle them. They should help Al Jazeera journalists produce news and programmes that we can all be proud of. The content of this editorial guidebook has been divided into general concepts that deal with basic definitions, values, and principles; sub-sections classifying each and every format or individual component used in news production; and total products dealing with the overall structure of the entire news or programmes services.
These guidelines are the product of years of experience, common sense, values and interaction with the world audience. The Quality Assurance and Editorial Standards Division has tried its best to start a process that may evolve into a constantly updated reference inspired by all of us, to fulfil our growing and changing needs.
- Quality Assurance & Editorial Standards Division
Al Jazeera Staff Code of Professional Ethics & Conduct
1. Professional Ethics
1.1. Acknowledgment & Correction of Errors
1.2. Conflict of Interests
1.3. Gathering Information & Private life
1.4. Hidden Cameras & Microphones
1.5. Filming on Private Property
1.6. Competition
2. Professional Conduct
3. Professional Relations
4. Instructions & Directives
1.1. Language Accuracy
1.2. Accuracy of Images
1.3. Accuracy of Information
1.4. Accuracy of Digital Information
2. Impartiality
3. News Sources
3.1. Basic Sources of News
3.2. Eyewitness Sources
3.3. Social Media Sources
4. Intellectual Property Rights & Criteria for Usage of Images
4.1. Intellectual Property Rights
4.2. Criteria for Using Images
4.2.1. Images of News Agencies Contracted by Al Jazeera
4.2.2. Live Images of Other Television Channels
4.2.3. Internet Images
4.2.4. Use of Archive Images
5. Violence
5.1. Criteria for Dealing with Violence
5.2. Re-enactment of Actual Events
5.3.Violence Against Animals
6. Terrorism
6.1. Criteria for Dealing with a Kidnapping
6.2.Requirements & Criteria
7. Elections
7.1. Issues on How to deal With Elections
7.2. Requirements of Neutral Coverage
8. Armed Conflicts & Natural Disasters
8.2. Portrayal of Children on Television
8.3. Concealment of Children’s Identity
9. Dealing with Sectors of Society
9.1. Children Audience
9.2. Persons with Disabilities
9.3. Religious Minorities
10. Special Coverage
10.1. Coverage of Religious Conflicts
10.2. Covering Religious Celebrations & Festivals
10.3. Dealing with Religious Miracles
COMPONENTS OF BROADCAST NEWS
1. Television News Reports (Packages)
1.1. Conditions Requiring an In-House Report
1.2. Structure of a News Report
1.3. Basic Elements of a News Report (Package)
1.4. Criteria for Using Audio Clips, Graphics and Archive Images
1.4.1. Sound Bites (Audio Clips/SOT/SYNC)
1.4.2. Use of Graphics
1.4.3. Use of Archive
1.4.4. Use of YouTube
1.4.5.Ending a Report
1.4.6.Image, Audio & Language
2. Field Reporting
2.1. Piece to Camera
4. Profiles
4.1. Conditions for a Profile
4.2. Special Considerations in Producing a Profile
4.3. Language
5. Background Report (Backgrounder)
6. Video Wall
6.1. Types of Video Walls
6.1.1. Still Video Wall
6.1.2. Pre-Produced Video Wall
7. Feature Stories
7.1. Topics
7.2. Language and Style
8. Walk & Talk
8.1. Reasons for Using Walk & Talk Reporting
8.2. Conditions for Walk & Talk
8.3. Requirements
9. First-Person Report
9.1. Reasons to Use First-Person Report
9.2. Linguistic Requirements in a First-Person Report
9.3. First-Person Report Criteria
10. Out-of-Vision/Underlay News Items (OOV/ULAY)
10.2. Editorial Requirements of Text
10.3. Technical Requirements
11. Breaking News
11.1. Reasons for Breaking News
11.2. Common Pitfalls
12. Still Images & Leadall (GFX)
12.1. Reasons to Use Still Images (Graphics)
12.2. Types of Still Images
12.3. Editorial Criteria for Still-Image News
13. Clips
13.1. Linguistic Features of a Clip Report
13.2. Audio Requirements of Clip
13.3. Video Requirements of Clips
14. Lower-Thirds/Astons/Supers
14.1. Editorial Purposes of Astons
14.2. Requirements & Pitfalls of Astons
15. Insets
16. Teasers
17. TV Onscreen Presentation
17.1. Formats of TV Onscreen Presentation
17.2. Three Key Components of TV Onscreen Presentation
17.2.1. Image
17.2.1.1. Face
17.2.1.2. Hair
17.2.1.3. Wardrobe
17.2.1.4. Facial Features/Expressions
17.2.1.5. Movement of Presenter/Anchor
17.2.1.6. Hands
17.2.1.7. Onstage Walking
17.2.2.Performance
17.2.2.1.Credibility
17.2.2.2.Control
17.2.2.3. Charisma
17.2.3. Content
18. Vox Pops
19. Chapter Heads
19.1. When to Use a Chapter Head
19.2. Editorial Requirements of Chapter Heads
20. TV News Interviewing
20.1. Why Use a News Interview
20.2. Standards For News Interviews
20.2.1. Walking Interview
20.2.2. Floating Images During Interview
21. Programme Interviews
21.1.1. Subject & Nature of Interview
21.1.2. Interview Guests
21.1.3. Purpose of Interview
21.1.4. Questions
21.1.5. Pace
21.1.6. Performance
21.1.7. Language
21.2. Types of Programme Interviews
21.2.1. "Machine gun"
21.2.2. Interruptive
21.2.3. Paraphrasing
21.2.4. "Red Circle"
21.2.5. Ambush
21.2.6. Pop-Up
21.2.7. Talking to Victims or Their Families
21.2.8. Content of Pre-recorded Interviews
21.3. Nature & Criteria of Programme Interviews
21.1. Politicians
21.3.2. Political Analysts
21.3.3. Professional Specialists & Experts
21.3.4. Editorial Requirements
21.4. Performance of Guests
21.5. Right of Refusal
22. Advertising/Commercials: Criteria & Requirements
23. News Ticker/Scroll
23.1. Editorial & Technical Standards
23.2. Language
23.3. Shape & Format of News Ticker/Scroll
24. News Promotion
24.1. Types of News Promotion
24.2. Music
25. OVERLAYS
25.1. Why Use Overlays
25.2. Overlay Requirements
1. Structure of News Bulletins
1.1. Headlines & Their Editorial Requirements
1.1.1. Scripts
1.1.2. Images & Their Technical Requirements
1.2. Technicalities
2. Units of Structure of News Bulletins
3. Recurrence of News Items Over Bulletins
4. Pre-Planned Special Events Coverage
4.1. Requirements for Specials
4.2. Variety within Pre-Planned Special Coverage
4.3. Pre-Planning
4.4. Evaluation of Pre-Planned Special Coverage
4.4.1. Live Coverage
4.4.2. Preparation
4.4.3. Coverage
4.4.4. Guests
4.5. Breaking News Live Coverage
4.5.1.Nature
4.5.2. Requirements & Criteria
4.5.3. How to End Breaking News Live coverage
5. Recorded Programmes
5.1. Types of Recorded Programmes
5.2. Editorial Criteria of Recorded Programmes
6. Criteria for Programme Repeats
7. Interrelation Between News Bulletins & Programmes
7.1. Interrelation of Topics
72. Angles to Tackle Same Topics
7.3. News & Programme Guests
7.4. Timings
7.5. Specialisation
7.6. Editorial Line: Professionalism & Style
7.7. Information & Terminology Coordination
1.1 Acknowledgment & Correction of Errors:
In compliance with Aljazeera’s commitment to professional ethics and respect to its audience, it is mandatory to swiftly rectify any error committed during any bulletin or live show. Once discovered, mistakes should be corrected immediately whether while on air or when the show is repeated.
Occasionally bulletins or talk shows broadcast misspelled names or inaccurate figures when such flawed text is used from previous shows. Thus, attention should be exercised while preparing such items for broadcast; archival materials should be carefully examined before use as they may contain Spelling mistakes, misprint, or have simply become outdated. Therefore, all information should be scrutinised and verified whenever possible. Mispronouncing names of people, places or special items, is among the most common mistakes in broadcasting.
To avoid such errors and embarrassment it is advisable to ask a colleague hailing from that part of the world on how to properly pronounce the name and a presenter may ask the guest off air how to pronounce his/her name or title.
Upon realizing that a mistake was committed such as airing wrong information, false statement or erroneous figures, the following corrective steps should immediately be taken.
1.Ensure that the item will not be broadcast again.
2.Immediately acknowledge the error and apologize to viewers.
3.Rebroadcast the material after correcting it, except in such cases when the material is of a substantial nature and correction is neither editorially or factually worth the effort.
4.If an error affects an individual or entity, it is sensible to provide them with an opportunity to correct the information or deny it, without allowing them to undermine the reputation of the Network or their opponents.
5. A senior news executive editor should be informed of the technical or editorial errors, verbally or in writing, and the steps taken to rectify such mistakes.
6.To publish the major error and corresponding correction on Aljazeera Net webpage.
7. No corrective action should be taken in cases involving slander or libel until a legal opinion is sought to protect the network against legal liability.
8. To forward the correction or remedial procedures to relevant divisions or sections in news or program departments to avoid recurrence.
1.2 Conflict of Interests:
Aljazeera staff members should avoid any action or behaviour which may create a personal conflict of interests with the network. When in doubt or uncertain, employees should consult their superiors to avoid being legally liable as a result of their actions or statements.
Based on the aforementioned statement, the following guidelines should be observed:
A. Staff members should inform their superiors of any potential personal gains they or their first degree relatives (parents, spouse, children, or siblings) would get as a result of conflict of interests with the Network. Such conflicts can result from having contracts to supply equipment or provide services, hold a position with another media organisation, or be part of a news report that would produce material or immaterial benefits to the person who had written, produced, edited or presented the report.
B. Staff members are not allowed to work, with or without pay, for competitor networks, stations, or any organisation having financial relations or bilateral agreements with Aljazeera Network or hold shares in such organisations. Staff members are not permitted at all to carry any external work, with or without compensation, unless they secure a written authorization from the network’s Director General. For example, script writers, presenters or highly-recognized staff members will not be permitted to engage in such activities unless they obtain a written authorization.
C. Staff members will not be permitted to accept gifts of any kind, whether cash, airline tickets, or hotel accommodation unless it is done with the knowledge and consent of network’s management or during an official mission. However, there is no harm in accepting token gifts or souvenirs, such as mementoes and certificates of appreciation, provided that the network’s management is informed to determine whether such gifts can be kept by their recipients or should be surrendered to the network due to their content or significance.
D. The Network shall presume goodwill in all the journalists’ professional demeanours and relations with and towards any other body beyond the Network; and any journalist shall have liberty with respect to his/her political and ideological affiliations; provided that the same shall not impact his professional duties within Al Jazeera Network.
1.3 Gathering Information & Privacy:
All individuals, not only celebrities or public figures, have the right to privacy. Consequently, it is not permitted to invade people’s privacy without professional or ethical justifications. Deliberate aggravating actions causing embarrassment or negatively impacting people’s lives will not be permitted.
The following points should be taken into consideration:
Individuals giving opinions or making statements should know that their opinions or statements will be attributed to them. For example a person who has been tortured or molested by security forces should know that details of his/her statement will be delved into.
When a private aspect of a public figure becomes a public matter worthy of investigation, it should not justify violation of personal liberties or rights, nor should it engender vilification, libel or slander.
People do not enjoy the same degree of privacy outdoor as at home. Therefore, while filming in public places, the people present should be informed, verbally or via a signboard that this is a shooting location and those who do not want to be filmed should keep out of the camera range.
Privacy of individuals who are not part of a news story, such as siblings or relatives, should not be violated, if filming them harm their reputation or cause them social, financial or legal problems. A good example might be the appearance of passers-by while security forces are raiding a brothel or narcotics hangout.
We should be cognizant of potential legal consequences when taking close-up shots of people such as when reporting on rogue stock market traders, gambling, narcotic addiction, fraud, or professional malfeasance where innocent individuals will appear in the shot and may embroil Aljazeera in a legal action.
1.4 Hidden Cameras & Microphones:
The use of hidden cameras, microphones or wiretapping devices is an ethical issue. While some may justify it as a ‘professional necessity’ in investigative reporting, in most cases, however, it is fraught with ethical and legal problems.
Covert filming represents the most blatant form of violating a person’s privacy. However, in certain reporting circumstances, there is no other alternative available to get to the facts. In such cases evidence is needed to demonstrate that public’s interests or welfares have been violated and covert filming is the only means possible to protect it.
In all cases, the following three conditions must be met:
The case should represent a public matter.
The case should have a strong link to transgression, offenses or crimes against society at large or a specific sector of the community. Covert filming is the only way to glean information about the case.
The decision to authorize covert filming should be separated from the decision to broadcast it, as the Director of News may decide later not to air the piece after discovering flaws in the recording or if newly-emerged developments render broadcasting them unethical.
It should be noted that covert filming is sometimes the last resort to obtain facts of public interest matter.
Al Jazeera occasionally resorts to covert filming in countries in which authorities prevent free reporting, conceal facts, or prevent interviewing individuals, for example Al Jazeera coverage of events in Myanmar.
When resorting to covert filming, all facts and versions of an event must accurately and fairly be presented. Al Jazeera does not use covert filming obtained from other sources, except in rare circumstances, after securing the approval of the Director General.
1.5 Filming on Private Property:
Prior approval should be obtained from owners in cases involving filming private properties and staff members must leave the property as soon as they are ordered or requested to do so. Filming within private property without approval is permitted only in the following cases:
If a transgression or crime has been committed
If a public interest event is taking place
If embedded with security forces raiding a public property
1.6 Competition:
A. Competition does not mean humiliating other media organisations by smearing their reputation or casting doubt on their credibility. High status comes by gaining the trust of the public. It must be noted that Al Jazeera is not completion with entertainment stations despite their popularity. Al Jazeera is, first and foremost, a news network, where there is no room to mixing up entrainment shows with news.
B.The quest to achieve excellence, overtake the competition, or score scoops, should not be an excuse for impartiality, lack of objectivity or manipulation of the Code of Professional Ethics & Conduct. Attaining respect and credibility should have priority over achieving popularity. it is imperative to focus on the minds of viewers and not their hearts.
C. Safety and wellbeing of staff members should have priority over the quest for exclusive reports or scoops. Thus, reporters and producers must exercise caution and do not put themselves in jeopardy, especially while covering wars, riots, violent upheavals or sport events.
D. The quest to beat the competition with exclusive reports or scoops does not justify interrupting the broadcast to air an insignificant event as a “Breaking News”. That decision should be left to a senior news editor.
E. Al Jazeera is a media organization and should not sacrifice journalistic values and ethics for monetary gains. Stories related to corporations airing commercials on Al Jazeera should not be withheld nor should guests with potential negative views of such corporations be excluded. Aired programs should be designed for the minds and not stock market.
Al Jazeera staff members shall not be allowed to:
Promote other media organisations, whether competitor or not, by appearing as guests or analysts, without prior authorisation from Al Jazeera management.
Issue statements that may undermine the name, reputation or standing of the Al Jazeera, such as expressing disparaging racial or religious views in public.
Consume alcohol, narcotics or drugs inside Al Jazeera premises or reporting to work while being intoxicated or drugged. Smoking is permitted only in designated areas.
Staff members are not permitted to participate, without prior management approval, in political, commercial or institutional campaigns, whether Al Jazeera is involved in such campaigns or not; participation will be permitted on case-by-case basis
Staff members are not permitted to publicly declare their political, ethnic or denominational affiliation. This injunction applies to all news and program staff members, including presenters, producers, and reporters.
Staff members will not be permitted to exploit their professional position, threaten or vilify individuals and/ or corporations, or gain personal benefits or preferential treatment; such actions will negatively impact the name, reputation or standing of Al Jazeera. For example using staff ID or business card for purposes other than Al Jazeera-related work. This applies to disclosing internal circulars, resolutions, workflow directives, or divulging addresses and phone numbers of Al Jazeera guests or staff members, including “Talk-Back” (the internal dialogue platform) for personal gains.
Staff members shall not be permitted to establish web blogs to express, without disclaimers, views and opinions in contradiction to Al Jazeera’s standards, ethics or values as per the Code of Professional Ethics & Conduct.
Staff members will not yield to threats or inducements to air any material in violation of the Code of Professional Ethics & Conduct and are expected to report such threats or enticements immediately. No such material shall be aired without prior consent of the concerned staff member; this covers materials on news ticker.
Staff members should not debate Al Jazeera’s policies, claim to represent it, disclose its current or future plans, reveal internal information in public or private gatherings, without prior management approval. Such permission will be granted on case-by-case basis.
People appearing on Al Jazeera, including presenters, anchors, or reporters, must look presentable; their appearance and clothing must look smart; untrimmed hair or beard, or clothes lacking simplest requirements of elegance will not be permitted.
Staff members will not be permitted to damage, wilfully or inadvertently, devices, property, equipment, tapes, information, or archive materials. It is prohibited to use devices for any purpose other than what they are designated for. For example, telephones should not be used to make long distance personal calls, computers for gaming or the Internet for chatting.
Working in the world of media require collective efforts and a spirit of teamwork ingrained in all staff members and practiced by all sections, without exception. Consequently opposing opinions must be respected while putting together news bulletins and programs; professional conduct must be observed without absolutism. This does not strip a team leader of his discretionary authority or ruling power, as he is responsible for consequences of his decision or when he adopts his colleague’s recommendations.
Seniority or job title is not a license to disregard or ridicule opinions of other team members. All staff members are entitled to be respected and esteemed while a team leader should not favour any member at the expense of others when allocating duties. Team members should be offered equal opportunities to work on broadcasting material without prejudice to job descriptions or seniority. However, there are certain exceptions, for instance when a particular reporter is better than others in covering a specific issue.
Professional relations are based on mutual respect, where there is no room for personal malice or evil. Therefore, it is not permitted to engage in squabbling, futile arguments or brawls on the premises, even if the dispute is job-related.
Seniority must be respected and senior officers cannot be bypassed at work. For example, if when a producer is in charge of team of reporters tasked with specific assignments and a difference arises among them, his decision will be final.
The violation of any criteria, restriction, requirement or directive mentioned in this Guidebook constitutes shall represent a beach of the Employment Contract and the conditions stipulated therein.
All directives of work regulations and duties sanctioned by departments, sections, or divisions are binding and shall constitute an integral part of this Guidebook.
All issued editorial circulars must be in harmony with standards and values contained in this Guidebook.
All journalists, reporters, correspondents, language monitors, translators, interpreters, producers, technical directors, and editors shall abide on a daily basis by the official email and the Information & Polices; all editorial circulars or directives contained therein are binding upon all staff members. In case of any breach or violation, there shall be no excuse for those who claim they did not read them.
Part A: General Concepts
Accuracy is the core of editorial value for broadcasting journalism and the starting point to achieving other editorial values such as objectivity, neutrality, and impartiality. Governing media regulations all over the world penalize deliberate misinformation and oblige offenders to acknowledge and correct their mistakes and issue an apology.
The need for accuracy supersedes the quest to be the first to land a breaking story or a major scoop. Whether reporting or presenting shows broadcast journalists and field reporters should strive to achieve accuracy. They should avoid excessive rhetoric and pretentious language which will negatively impact central components of a story and its credibility. Accuracy requires a high degree of professionalism, honesty and precision and should not be employed to promote specific policies and agendas.
News coverage should present facts, content and imagery, in a simplified and direct manner while avoiding potential errors which may arise as a result of negligence and inattention. This can be detailed as follows:
1.1 Language Accuracy:
Each Al Jazeera channel should abide by a high standard of language, maintaining simplicity and clarity of expression, whether in scripting news or presenting bulletins and programmes.
While simplicity entails avoidance of superfluous rhetoric, clarity should eliminate any reason for confusion, misinterpretation, or misconstruction. In short, simplicity means a commitment to what is known as the “language of journalism”, keeping in mind the following:
1- Linguistic accuracy, whether written or spoken, is not limited to the use of a language free of grammatical mistakes, misspelling, or syntax errors, but also means the proper use of connotations, denotations, and abbreviations.
For example it is imperative to be aware of the difference between “rebels and fighters”, “kidnapped and hostage”, “executed and killed”, “fundamentalist and extremist”.
Using the wrong term diminishes the accuracy of a news story.
2- Ambiguity or phrases and terms that can cast doubt on the credibility of a story should be avoided. For example, it is critical to state the exact date of an important event like the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime; instead of saying “recently”, “in recent years” or “a few months ago” etc. A story should not rely on viewers’ memories.
Another example is the use of terms with multiple meanings. For instance in using the ” Lebanese Forces” when talking about the “Lebanese Security Forces” which is composed of the army and internal security forces, because “Lebanese Forces” refers to an active institution in Lebanese political life. Therefore, one should either use "Lebanese Security Forces” or “Lebanese Army” to avoid potential misinterpretation or confusion.
3- When translating news items or program material, accuracy must strictly be adhered to. Without being too literal, safeguarding the integrity of the original wording is paramount. For example: “Obama reveals a new strategy limiting the use of nuclear weapons.” The original text may be “In a new US national security strategy Obama reveals a strategy that may diminish the role of nuclear weapons.”
4- Condensing or summarizing the content of foreign sound bites when voicing them over in English, especially the first and last sentences, may give an impression that it has been altered or is not accurate, especially to those audiences who understand both languages. Attention must be paid when voicing a sound bite in English from a foreign language, since it may harm Aljazeera’s credibility.
5- However, it is acceptable to summarize sound bites if they are unrelated to important facts or if the quoted person is an ordinary citizen talking about a general subject. Occasionally, a reporter/correspondent may paraphrase a sound bite, if the speaker had failed to express himself well. Furthermore, if the spoken sound bite is in an Incomprehensible local dialect, employing a subtitle will help those who do not speak that dialect to understand what has been said.
6- A language that may give an impression of prejudice should be avoided. Saying the “Khartoum regime” instead of the “Sudanese Government” may indicate nuanced political bias.
7- Great attention must be paid to select the most appropriate words used to change statements or views to news items. For example: “Movement X has expressed its support for president Y, to assume the presidency for another term” while the original statement by the Secretary General of Movement X was: “The movement is ready to support President Y, provided he recognizes Movement X as a legitimate political party.”
8-Offensive, distasteful, improper words or incomprehensible local dialects should be avoided. If the use of such words is unavoidable, then they must be used in a proper context and a reference to the source must be made.
9- In describing a scene, exaggeration should be avoided. For example: “unprecedented sadness in the village for the victims of the fire” or “opposition demonstrators filled city squares up to the horizon”.
1.2 Accuracy of Images:
Pictures are the most important element in news coverage, even more superior in value to a script. Some scripts would not attain any importance without corresponding images. Aljazeera network applies editorial guidelines to all images, videos and still pictures. Proper attention must be paid to the following element:
1- Accurately selecting the right pictures of a news item. Distorting facts of a story by manipulating or erroneously editing its pictures, for instance by employing special effects or graphics, is not allowed. Resorting to such means may be allowed only to enhance the original image and sound, for instance employing sound effects to amplify the inaudible original gunshot recording. Pixelating the face of a speaker or a contributor to protect his/her identity, however, is allowed.
2- To avoid confusion and ensure accuracy when using archival pictures, they must be clearly labelled and dated to make viewers aware that the pictures are neither new nor live. For instance, viewers will be confused if a news report uses archival pictures of an explosion that took place few months ago if they are not told that the aired images are old.
3- News is about people. In shooting a demonstration, close up or wide shots of demonstrators is inadequate. To convey feelings of demonstrators to viewers natural sound should be relied upon as much as possible.
1.3 Accuracy of Information:
Aljazeera Network is committed to presenting accurate information. Our mission is to present all angles of an issue accurately, objectively and impartially to help viewers form their own views. To achieve that goal, the following must be observed:
1- Obtain information from original sources. Rely on our field correspondents as primary sources of reliable information. They often become vital links between the newsroom and events on the ground. Statements or press releases received via fax or email must be verified by contacting the senders or Validate it with another body before airing them.
2- News must be presented impartially, in a direct and simple manner without personal judgment, conjectures or analysis. Viewers must draw their own conclusions. For example it is incorrect to say “an explosion of this magnitude will push the peace process to the brink of collapse” or “The collapse of negotiations to form a government at this time means the door is wide open for the return of violence to the street”.
3- Accuracy requires the confirmation of a story from at least two independent sources, such as two news agencies, if Aljazeera correspondent is not the source.
4- Caution must be exercised upon obtaining a recorded video tape whose source is unknown. Its content should be verified before airing it by contacting the corresponding parties or conducting an Internet search. In addition to falling into a trap to promote a particular party or point of view, the acquired footage may fail the accuracy test because it has possibly been manipulated, forged, or doctored. The footage has to be thoroughly examined by technical experts and approved by an editor before airing it. The purpose of the statement “Aljazeera was unable to verify the footage from an independent source” is designed to exempt the network from any ethical responsibility. It should be used only as a last resort when Aljazeera cannot afford but to air such important news/ events. The audience assumes that Aljazeera airs genuine material, whether video or still images.
5- To refrain from removing any part of a news story (picture, fact, or figure) simply because it contradicts personal views of the story producer. To avoid neglecting an important news story, whether exclusive to Aljazeera or through the wire services, only because it may not be welcomed by a segment of the audience. Example: In the spring of 1999 during NATO operations in Yugoslavia some channels kept their audience in the dark when they dropped the story of 700 thousand Kosovar refugees fleeing to Macedonia and Albania, thus concealing important, documented information of crimes of ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.
6- To ensure accuracy of names, titles, policies, religious affiliations and military ranks of individuals as well as names of political, religious, social movements, geographical locations, and statistics. This means:
A- Accuracy should be exercised in quoting statistics (number of victims killed, injured or demonstrators etc.) taken from reliable sources, giving the source for statistics. Using inaccurate figures may cause further deterioration of an already volatile situation, cause further complications among parties or result in labelling Aljazeera as a biased network. Example: “dozens of victims killed and injured” while the actual figures state “two killed and thirty injured”. If possible, we should consult with our field correspondents to verify figures of wire services and name the source even if this may lead to compromising a scoop.
B- Do not refer to newspapers as sources of news because often times they are old. But exceptions can be made for exclusive stories.
C- Do not over-abbreviate names when they are stated for the first time. For example, the official name of Palestinian president is “Mahmoud Abbas” and not “Abu Mazen”. The Iranian president’s name is “Ahmadinejad” and not “Nejad”. The same applies to names of parties and movements; we say “The Islamic Jihad Movement” and not the “Jihad Movement”.
7. Special attention must be paid to news items that may cause panic, such as stories of epidemics or crimes. Specific sources of statistics must be clearly stated. Controversial news items may require expert guests to provide further explanation and information.
1.4 Accuracy of Internet Information:
Journalists must exercise caution when relying on information gleaned from the Internet, especially from unfamiliar or suspect websites. Journalists have fallen victim to sites claiming to represent a certain party while in fact they represent an opposition party. The following precautions may help verify the credibility of a website:
1- Verify domain names: “.com” means it is a commercial site, “.org” a registered and recognized organization and “.gov” indicates it is a reliable government site. For example www.pentagon.gov is the official website of the U.S Department of Defence while www.pentagon.com is a commercial website.
2- Official websites usually attract greater number of visitors than commercial ones. To attract visitors, certain sites may carry bogus names of well-known individuals or corporations. For example, kremlin.org can mislead visitors in believing that it is an official site of the Russian Government, while in fact the official website is kremlin. gov. One should refer to www.alexa.com to truly evaluate the status and legitimacy of any website based on the following:
A- Status of a website on the Internet: Google, for instance, will pop as number one while an ordinary website may appear at position 300000.
B- The number of other sites linked to it: The greater the links, the greater the reliability of a site.
C- Number of visitors or clicks. The number of Aljazeera website visitors (www.aljazeera.net) or ( www.aljazeera. com) is much greater in comparison with other sites attempting to exploit Aljazeera’s name and trademark. Alexa.com also gives a brief summary of websites.
1- When gleaning any kind of information from the Internet full attention must be paid to the last updates of time and date.
2- In economic and business news, press releases and media kits are good sources of reliable information. Subscription to electronic newsletters will not only serve as an important source of fast and reliable news, but will also provide access to such news before being published by new agencies. Occasionally, press releases may contain pictures and/or videos. For example, a press release of a petroleum company contained pictures of an oil leak from one of its wells in the Gulf of Mexico, (LINK), but one should not rely exclusively on company material or exclude other sources of information.
Impartiality means to be aware of the fine line which requires news to be presented in a fair and balanced way, without taking sides. It means that editors/producers/ presenters of reports and programs should not espouse one position vis-à-vis another position, even if they firmly believe it is the right thing to do.
For example, if it has been proven by irrefutable evidence that U.S. fighters have bombed a civilian target in Afghanistan, then the story should be reported accurately. If, in the same example, it has been proven that the Pentagon knew in advance that the target was a civilian target and yet it authorized the bombing, then we have to confront U.S. officials with our evidence. This will help our audience get the facts.
To achieve Impartiality, fairness and honesty must be observed. Opposing relevant views must be included fairly in regards to duration, format (DTL, PHONO, 1+1, ULAY, etc.) and guest eloquence and rank. (A junior party member should not be included to debate a senior member of an opposing party)
Any individual or party has the right to turn down an invitation to participate in news bulletins or talk shows. Thus, Aljazeera should not state that the refusal to participate is to avoid confrontation or in protest against Aljazeera and its editorial policies. Instead, Aljazeera should state in a simple and direct language that the concerned party was invited but has declined to participate.
To achieve impartiality the following guidelines must be observed:
In news bulletins and talk shows, views of opposing parties should be sought. A third opinion can only be included if one of the main guests abstained to articulate his/her position.
When displaying still images of opposing individuals, they should be of the same quality and size, if possible. There is no reason to praise or condemn any person, regardless of their title or position. Viewers should draw their own conclusions, based upon statements and actions of the guest.
All guests are addressed as Mr or Ms (what about Mrs) no other titles are permitted.
We do not congratulate a team for winning against another team, regardless of their nationality.
It is not necessary to eulogize or pay tribute to deceased individuals, whether they are political leaders, officials or religious figures. (An exception can be made during an interview with close relatives of the recently departed).
We do not comment, verbally or by gestures, on news items or guest’s views, in a manner that may create the impression that the presenter is angry, upset or that he/ she holds a definite personal position regarding that issue.
When conducting interviews, presenters should avoid questions reflecting their personal views or political affiliations and should refrain from siding with one guest against another.
While covering stories, for instance while waiting for a court verdict, field reporters should not become passionate or judgmental. In extremely emotional stories (example: a tsunami or children killed in an accident) a correspondent should try to control his/her feelings, although spontaneous expression of emotion is understood.
When preparing reports, whether in the field or newsroom, involving complex issues, balance in the use of footage and clips should be sought. (For example: ending a report with banners of a specific party in a multi-party election may suggest that this party will end up the winner).
Distinction must be made between news, analyses, comments, and viewpoints to avoid possible prejudice or impartiality. While a news story can be verified for accuracy, comments or analyses may reflect arguable views that can be accepted or rejected.
When certain events require the opinion of correspondents or reporters, they should then be allowed to freely articulate their views and impressions and present them but not as “facts” (by using words such as “may be”, “possibly” or “I think” etc.) This can be done either in their 'piece to camera' or in a 'two-way' interview (DTL) with a presenter.
Impartiality requires that our comments must always be professional, accurate and balanced. While emotions will always be part of a story, our duty is to ensure that balance and fairness, are central to the narrative we present to our viewers.
3.1 Basic Sources of News:
We try to find more than one source for a news story. We need to avoid falling into the trap of relying on two sources that refer to the same source. When more than one agency publishes a story taken from a local newspaper, it means there was only one source for the story, the newspaper.
If we cannot find two independent sources, then we have to quote the source. (Example: The Reuters news agency said the president of X has been taken to hospital after suffering a heart attack). Then we tell the audience that we will try to confirm the story.
Although quoting the source relieves the broadcasting channel from the consequences, the moral responsibility remains on those who made the decision to air the story. Therefore, the senior editor in the newsroom has to make that decision, especially when the story is important. For example, Aljazeera cannot rely on a single source in a story about a change of regime in an Arab country. This region is Aljazeera’s backyard and airing a news story of this nature may lead to other international news organizations quoting Aljazeera as the source of the story.
Aljazeera considers its correspondents as reliable sources of accurate news. No distinction is made between Aljazeera Arabic, English, or the Balkan channels. A story coming from one of our correspondents means it is accurate. That is why correspondents' stories find their way to the screen swiftly and directly except when the senior editor feels that the news story does not fit into the wider picture of events. He can then communicate with the correspondent for further clarifications before deciding to air the story.
Making the sources anonymous by using phrases like: “analysts say” or “some observers say” could mean there is no reliable source for the news, and that this narrative is an attempt to pass on the views of the news story writer or producer. To avoid falling into this trap we can bring in an analyst or official to say that himself, or attribute the story to a clear identifiable source such as a research centre or a ministry etc. However, it may be possible to state public opinion views about an issue without having to resort to analysts or observer, for example, the continued support of consecutive U.S. administrations for Israel.
Correspondents and reporters should not hide their source of a news story unless revealing it may threaten or cause harm to the source or lead to a halt in the flow of information to the correspondent. In such cases the source should be revealed to the highest editorial authority who should decide whether or not to broadcast the story and taking responsibility for airing it. When airing it, it is sufficient to say “Aljazeera was informed that…”
In case the source refuses to reveal their identity, his motives and reasons have to be verified. We should not promise to protect the source's identity if that promise cannot be fulfilled. The head of news has to be consulted before pledging to protect the identity of the source. If the news source came to us voluntarily, we have to warn them about the possible consequences of revealing their identity and that there is a possibility this may cause them any trouble.
Aljazeera network does not recognize phone calls, mail, e-mail, or faxes from unknown sources as a possible source for its news, regardless of the news value and importance. However, if the news story has been in circulation by more than one recognized news agency, while attributing it to an unknown source, then we may carry the story providing that we attribute it to the wires that carried it. We still have to exert the utmost effort to verify the information from a known source.
The logo of the source, if it is an institution, has to be verified before publishing press releases issued by different institutions such as political movements, parties, governments, or international organizations. If in any doubt, contact the source through the known regular channels.
A correspondent may take news from local media in various countries if it is proven to be accurate or if the news value is high and free from political propaganda.
There is no shame in carrying a story with only a competing broadcaster as a source. Often, an important story is disregarded or ignored simple because it was a competitor's scoop. If a competitor channel airs an interview with a head of state or opposition leader, during which he made important statement that Aljazeera cannot ignore, then Aljazeera has to carry the story and attribute it to its original source accurately and clearly.
When carrying a study or research published on the internet, you need to contact the organization or person who published it and verify that the information mentioned on the web is accurate.
3.2 Eyewitnesses As A Source:
Eyewitnesses recounting what they saw are often used as a source of news. The following points have to be taken into consideration:
Attention must be given to the possibility of exaggeration or generalization by eye witnesses. The producer must maintain a healthy degree of scepticism to judge how truthful the eye witness is.
Ensure you find out who the eye witness is, his identity and direct link to the story. Do not describe an eye witness as “anonymous” or just an eye witness, or an Iraqi citizen for example. It is more credible to mention the name and his relationship to being in the proximity or the area of the story. i.e. “Mohamed Taha, a local shop keeper and eye witness”. Just a name may not be sufficient.
Identify each and every person who appears in the report whether he is a labourer, farmer, unemployed, or homeless. You cannot say “one of the striking workers” but you can say:”Haitham Amin, a striking worker”.
When using eye witnesses do not use them as analysts on the story, but as narrators of what they saw.
3.3 Social Media As Sources of News:
Websites are widely used by opposition groups, and even by some governments to propagate their views, they should be dealt with utmost caution as sources of news. The use of images from these web sites should be limited to the following cases:
1- If the images are for an important news events in a country that imposes a media blackout.
2- If the site has exclusive pictures of an important news story that cannot be obtained through other sources. In any case, the images should be scrutinized and their authenticity verified by all available means. Their source should be mentioned. In case they cannot be verified, we should say that their content cannot be verified by an independent source.
Intellectual Property & Criteria for Using Images
4.1 Intellectual Property Rights:
Plagiarism or theft of other people’s work, ideas or efforts is prohibited. We should strictly observe intellectual property rights laws.
Acquisition or adaptation of creative works, whether poetry, novels, songs, music, paintings, pictures, articles or all materials covered under intellectual property rights laws, is not permitted without a prior permit from the author or holder of rights. Committing plagiarism would render the network vulnerable and subject to legal and financial penalty. Intellectual property rights laws do not protect the ideas or information inherent in these creative works; they protect their forms and styles fashioned it distinctive forms. This strict approach to protect intellectual property rights does not prohibit some forms of adoption or adaptation as follows:
Exceptions to Adaptations
Creative works are not bound by intellectual property laws and regulation in the following cases:
If they are displayed in public places with no restrictions placed on photography.
If adaptation is limited to a small part of the entire work while citing the author or holder of the property rights.
If the reason for adapting the material is to critique or review it (while citing the original author or holder of rights) or if the material is the topic of a news story.
If the material is unintentionally mentioned in a news bulletin or programme during a live transmission (camera shooting the works while in the context of covering an event). However, broadcasting part or an entire recorded program may require obtaining a permit in advance from the author or the production company.
Some works are no longer covered by intellectual property rights laws because a considerable amount of time has passed since their creation. The time varies from country to country. In some countries intellectual property rights are dropped fifty years after the death of their authors; in the US seventy years from the date of registering them. (refer to the Legal Department of the Network for advice if you do not have a license from the author to broadcast it.)
4.2 Criteria for Using Images:
There are legal rules governing sources of images when used by Al Jazeera. These rules depend on the source and must be observed to avoid legal consequences. The following guidelines should be observed:
4.2.1 Images of news agencies Aljazeera has contracts with
Dope sheet, or Image description, acquired from agencies must be carefully and constantly inspected to be aware of restrictions of their use.
Some of the restrictions include:
Geographical scope: An agency may prohibit the use of some images in certain parts of the world.
Time scope: An agency may impose a ban on using images before or after certain time frame or date.
Special requirements: An agency may impose special conditions, such as editing restriction.
Format use: An agency may ban the use of certain images by other media outlets, such as print media or Internet, affiliated with the user. It may also impose a ban on their use in programs or documentaries but not in news.
4.2.2 Live images of other television channels:
Use of images of other television channels is allowed provided we:
Do not cover the logo of the original channel.
Declare, either verbally or in writing, the source of images. Use of images from European television channels should be according to the laws of fair trade governing the use of third party channel.
4.2.3 Internet images:
International and non-government organizations, such as the UN and its agencies and Amnesty International, usually publish their images to be freely used by the public, provided that users abide by published general rules and restrictions imposed on dates and times.
Social sites like Facebook and YouTube publish materials owned by other parties. The use of these images may require permission from the original owners, especially if they are commercial agencies or television channels. Uploading such images on the web does not mean they are public property.
Lobbyists, special interest groups, Jihadists or armed organizations usually seek to publish, without restrictions, their websites’ materials. But it is still important to identify the source of images in Aljazeera bulletins.
4.2.4 Use of archive images:
If the sources of archival images are news agencies, the feed date must be verified, as new contracts of news agencies like Reuters and AP prohibit the use of images older than one year. In dire situations Aljazeera library can communicate with the news agency in question to secure the necessary broadcasting permission.
If the source of the archive material is images purchased by Aljazeera, the library has to be consulted on restrictions or limitations imposed by the producing company. The most common type of restrictions imposed on images is the maximum duration of their use. It is usually between one to ten minutes.
Violence is defined as any act that aims to cause harm, injury or physical or mental abuse to a living creature. Violence can be either physical or verbal. The screaming sound of a person being tortured or killed can be distressing to an audience.
5.1 Criteria for Dealing with Violence:
Violent scenes should not be shown, unless they are important elements of a news story. In such cases, a verbal or written warning should be used. The warning should state that the audience may find some of the violent scenes offensive and that Aljazeera does not condone such acts.
If it is imperative to broadcast violent scenes, then the number of such scenes in a news bulletin as well as their total number in other programs throughout the day should be taken into account. Careful attention must be paid to avoid broadcasting multiple violent scenes in news bulletins in any given day. Even when covering wars or armed conflicts we should not air violent scenes excessively. (See Accident, Natural Disasters, and Armed Conflicts section).
The dead must be respected. Avoid using close up shots of dead people. If it is an absolutely necessary to air such images, then medium or long shots may be used for few short seconds. Still pictures can be used instead of videos to lessen the distressing impact of violent scenes.
A well-written script may lessen the need for showing violence scenes. Balance must be maintained to avoid exaggeration in describing violent incidents. Descriptive terms of extreme nature should also be avoided (i.e. a blood bath… chopped off heads and human body parts everywhere… etc. except when the very extreme nature of the violence is the story)
5.2 Re-enactment of actual events:
1- It is acceptable to re-enact characters practicing their normal routines: i.e. getting out of a car, walking a few steps, reading a paper, and sitting in front of a computer most television and documentaries adopt such practice.
2- It is unacceptable to re-enact events that are not daily routine after their occurrence to recompense for the absence of the camera. The re-enactment may be legitimate if it is made only for clarification purposes and clearly labelled as “re-enactment” and not actual events.
3- Exaggeration must be avoided in reconstructing violent scenes, even if the purpose is to closely portray the actual situation, since the purpose of a re-enactment is to provide viewers with an approximate mental image and not necessarily an exact portrayal of the event. Re-enactment of spontaneous emotions, such as asking a mother to slap her child again in a supermarket for camera purposes, has to be avoided.
4- Re-enactment of news events is not allowed. If it is imperative to do so, however, it has to be authorized in writing by the Head of News.
5- Viewers have to be informed that these are re-enactment scenes and not real images of an actual situation by posting a “re-enactment” tag on the screen during the whole broadcast, following an announcement by the presenter.
5.3 Violence Against Animals:
Careful attention must be paid to scenes involving violence against animals by humans. Certain images, such slaughtering a dog for meat in certain countries, may not be acceptable to a wide segment of viewers.
6.1 Criteria for dealing with kidnapping:
Aljazeera network has a strict policy regarding the broadcasting of kidnapping and hostage-taking. To maintain such policy, the following guidelines should be observed.
1- We do not broadcast images of hostages in humiliating or degrading situations.
2- We do not broadcast images of kidnappers to avoid glorifying them or portray them as role models. If it is absolutely imperative to do so, however, then their faces have to be pixelate prior to broadcasting.
3- We do not air hostage confessions because they are often made under duress.
4- In all cases, approval by a senior editor should be obtained before airing such scenes.
6.2 Requirements & Criteria:
When receiving threats via telephone or other means of communication from any party claiming that they have planted a bomb somewhere, it is our duty to deal with such threats seriously and :
1- Notify security authorities immediately.
2- As soon as enough credible information about the location of the alleged bomb becomes available, we broadcast such information. However, we do not reveal the identity of the bomb planter or the party who reported it. Instead we state that “unidentified sources have contacted Aljazeera” whether the threat was real or not. In this manner we deprive them of any unwarranted credit.
When dealing with election campaigns, whether presidential, parliamentary, local, general, or referendum that involve slogans designed to gain public support, full commitment to impartiality, objectivity, accuracy, and fairness is needed. Extreme attention is required to give different parties equal time, opportunities, and consideration to voice their ideas and political programs.
7.1 Issues in the handling of elections:
Given the sensitivity of the electoral process throughout its various stages of campaigning, voting, and counting, the following points need to be taken into consideration:
1- Abide by laws, rules and regulations governing election coverage of the country. For instance we refrain from interviewing candidates or broadcast election materials on the day campaigning ends.
2- There is no harm to include names of constituency candidates in a report.
3- Election indicators and results of opinion polls must properly be used by observing the following:
Language that gives credibility (there should be credibility but explain that there is no certainty) to opinion polls should be avoided; opinion polls are mere indicators and prove nothing.
If the difference between candidates falls within a margin of error, the story should state that margin. It is advisable to use graphics to explain the margin of error.
Name the organization that conducted the opinion poll and the size of the sample.
7.2 Requirements of neutral coverage:
To ensure balanced and impartial election coverage the following guidelines need to be observed:
Speeches of candidates and their press conferences should not be transmitted live; special reports about candidates should be strictly avoided, unless other candidates are afforded similar treatment. It is sensible, however, to record speeches and press conferences to be used later.
Candidates should not be given an opportunity to insult their opponents by using rude language.
Images of candidates’ supporters, especially those carrying their banners or wearing distinct uniforms, such as specific Lebanese or Palestinian factions, should not be transmitted, while depriving other groups of the same opportunity.
When interviewing candidates, they should be given equal time and similar settings.
Rhetoric and exaggeration of election results and their implications should be avoided such as saying “the victory of the X party is likely to shake the country’s political landscape for many years to come”. When declaring election results caution should be exercised; only official announcements are used as final results, and not initial indicators or exit polls.
Coverage of armed conflicts or major catastrophes, such as plane crashes, stampedes, or natural disasters, require considerable preparation and planning to produce material quickly and accurately and deal with the timing and location of such disasters.
8.1 Criteria:
The urgency of such news stories requires the following: The live broadcast should be professional, avoid emotional reactions, and use the lowest available figures of victims, in case accurate figures cannot be verified.
Close up images of dead bodies should be avoided.
Exaggerated portrayal of vague situations or descriptive analysis, not based on facts and confirmed data, should be avoided. For instance: “the group Islamic Courts have been dealt a fatal blow by Ethiopian troops” or “Taliban has pushed coalition forces out of State of Helmand”).
If information is scarce, eye witnesses can be used as sources, provided caution is exercised in recounting their narratives (See eye witnesses).
Stick to the facts. If an Aljazeera reporter is invited to be an embedded journalist and visit a certain party, whether military, official or humanitarian, he has to be very careful and cover the whole story.
If he/she fails to cover the story properly, then he/she has to clearly state the kind of difficulties preventing him/her to report the facts. In such cases the newsroom will strive to fill in the gaps and complete the picture by involving other parties or using archive material. We may say “our correspondent is embedded with U.S. troops in Iraq, or NATO troops in Afghanistan, during military operations”. This needs to be stated clearly when broadcasting reports or live coverage.
During the 2003 Iraq war we were the only channel which refused to embed our reporters with US troops and broadcast American views. Working totally independently, our reporters succeeded to cover not only from where missiles were launched, but also where they landed.
8.2 Portrayal of children on television:
Aljazeera does not pay children to appear on its screen, but may incur cost associated with their appearance, such as transportation.
In covering children, special attention must be given to the following points:
Children are usually eager to appear on television and tend to exaggerate or invent stories.
Coverage should not involve details of their lives without prior permission from their parents or guardians.
Permission should be obtained from parents or guardians prior to interviewing children.
In breaking stories, we may conduct interviews with children as eye witnesses without securing prior permission from their parents or guardians, while being aware of their tendency to exaggerate.
Palestinian children living in the occupied territories are often eye witnesses and frequently relate their confrontations with Israeli forces. If interviewing them is imperative, then whenever possible an independent confirmation is needed from an adult or official to verify their accounts.
In cases involving sensitive issues such as socio-psychological impacts of war on children, parents’ permission must be secured before interviewing their children.
8.3 Concealment of Children’s Identity:
Occasionally, it may be in the interest of children to conceal their identities, because revealing them may compromise their future safety or negatively impact their reputation.
Children are not the best judges of how to safeguard their own welfare or whether they should conceal or reveal their identities. Aljazeera reporters and producers have to consult with children’s parents and secure their permission before concealing their identities.
Concealment can be achieved by pixelating faces during editing or shooting with in extremely low light to render the face very dark. The voice may be altered electronically or voiced over.
9. Dealing with Societal Sectors
9.1 Children Audience:
Due to television’s powerful impact on children and young people, Aljazeera coverage should not glorify dangerous or destructive actions, for instance commending amateur motor bike racers or portraying adventurous children as heroes capable of achieving things beyond their age.
9.2 Persons with Disabilities:
People with disability should not be introduced as different kinds of people. They should be dealt with as normal people. Like other members of society they have their own dreams, ambitions, opinions and goals. Their disabilities should not be highlighted or focused upon, unless warranted by story context. Caution should be exercised to protect their safety and dignity.
The UN uses the term “persons with disabilities”. We too should use it instead of other common terms, such as “handicapped” or “special needs.”
1- We should avoid using terms designed to engender empathy or compassion for persons with disabilities , simply because they are different from other people, as well as terms intended to boost their morale like calling them “heroes”, “victims” or “special”, except when the person in question has achieved something worthy of praise regardless of his/her disability. Excessive praise can be construed as humiliation while the ultimate respect paid to persons with disabilities is to treat them like everyone else.
2- We should pay careful attention when using medical terms when describing people with physical or mental disabilities.
3- Whenever possible we should try to get people with disabilities to talk about themselves instead of having a doctor, an escort, or a representative talk on their behalf whenever, unless of course it is hard to understand them when they talk.
9.3 Religious Minorities:
Insulting religions and religious values is unacceptable and not part of freedom of expression. Aljazeera respects freedom of worship, rejects coercion in religion, and will not allow stereotyping or casting religious prejudice. Guests who are known to repudiate monotheistic religions and denigrate them or extremists espousing fanatical views will not be invited, unless they are important parts of a news story.
10.1 Coverage of religious conflicts:
Religious or sectarian reasons may seem outwardly to cause armed conflicts or political strife, while their underlying causes may be political, economic or cultural. Therefore, a great deal of attention is required when dealing with such conflicts.
For example, despite the perception that religion may be the cause of conflict between Moslems and Christians in Joss province in Nigeria in 2010, some may see politico-economic reasons behind the conflict such as the unfair distribution of wealth and power among competing segments of society. This does not necessarily mean that religious strife was not a significant factor in the conflict. The war between Lebanese Shiite and Sunni Muslims in Beirut in May 2008 is another example of seemingly religious conflict while in fact it was between two rival political blocks, March 8th and March 14.
10.2 Covering Religious Celebrations & Festivals:
When covering religious celebrations or festivals their details should fully be understood through research, experts or disciples in order to appreciate their moral and spiritual values. Aljazeera may lose credibility among an important segment of its audience by committing a mistake which may offend believers of a particular faith.
When two religious events overlap caution should be exercised to avoid upsetting followers of a particular religion.
10.3 Dealing with religious miracles:
Claims of religious miracles should be handled professionally and neutrally. For example Christians worldwide believe that statues of the Virgin Mary exude tears, blood, or oil with miraculous healing powers, while many report seeing her in different parts of the world. Such stories should be dealt with the utmost respect by listening to such believers without prejudice but without ignoring views of religious figures, scientists, or physicians who may have different interpretations of such phenomenon.
Part B: Sub Products
A TV news report is a crucial format in TV journalism. It is a lot more sophisticated than the short illustrated news story (OOV, Out Of Vision) both in terms of structure and content as it contains many editorial and technical elements.
Whether the package was prepared by a field reporter or in the newsroom, it must relate in depth a story within a timeframe of no less than one minute and half and not exceed three minutes.
A television news report, or package, consists of two essential elements, an audio and a video. Together they form an audible text and corresponding images. They interact in harmony and logic to tell a story.
The In-house package depends on incoming images from news agencies in addition to images obtained by the network’s correspondents.
1.1 Conditions Requiring an In-House Report:
A story that depends either totally or largely on news agencies, archive images or graphics.
A story that depends either totally or largely on in-depth treatment in-house that cannot be provided in the field.
Certain international events that take place in more than one country or region, for example International Day of Breast Cancer or World Day of Indigenous People.
Incoming images from our bureaus or news agencies can be included in one in-house report instead of several reports from different parts of the world.
An in-house report is preferable in areas where Aljazeera correspondents or bureaus may be liable to legal action or penalty by the pertinent governments.
When a field reporter is not well-versed with the relevant issue, such as science or economics. This issue is usually discussed between the reporter and news editors.
When producing a field report is impossible because there is no office or reporter in the country.
An in-house report would substitute a field report if technical or logistical circumstances prevent the production of a field report.
1.2 Structure of a News Report:
Report introduction, or lead-in, should include the following:
A brief summary of the story highlighting the most important element of the story. The lead-in is always subject to frequent updates without impacting the body of the report.
The lead-in should be written in an interesting style to attract and induce viewers to follow the rest of the report.
The transition from introduction to the body of the report must be smooth in order to maintain a link between the two, even when the story is updated.
Ideally, the lead-in should be between twenty and thirty seconds, unless it was a necessity approved by the programme editor on duty.
Report components:
The report should include story details, timeframe, location, and main actors in order to :
Describe events and situations, highlight data and figures and link report components in a logical sequence of events.
Inform viewers about the essence of the story.
Inform viewers of the basic facts of the story; why, where, when, how, who and what happened, in addition to relevant developments, consequences and significance of the story.
To ensure credibility of a story journalists are required to verify accuracy of information, should avoid anonymous sources or use conjecture and speculations as facts. A reporter may conceal the identity of his sources, if revealing it may jeopardize their security. Occasionally, however, it may be necessary to reveal the identity of a source to Head of News.
To highlight a story within a context and achieves a harmonious uniformity, including events’ timeframe and location. Uniformity cannot be broken unless there is an editorial necessity such as when a piece to camera becomes a bridge between two locations or two different timeframes.
1.3 Basic Conditions Required for a News Report (Package):
Topic uniformity: A report should tackle one topic only and not branch off to include other unrelated matters.
Consistency of time: A report must follow a reasonable progression of time and avoid irrational jumps between night and day and past and present. The script must also be consistent with writing to pictures and editing guidelines.
Consistency of location: A report must deal with a specific location or area where leaving or coming back to it is governed by editing rules to avoid confusing viewers.
To explain a story and provide context and balance reporters may be required to utilize audio clips, graphics, or archive pictures.
1.4 Criteria for Using Audio Clips, Graphics, and Archive Images:
1.4.1 Sound Bites (Audio Clips) (SOT/SYNC)
When inserting a sound bite of an important figure in a report an intimation of his/her views is necessary. Such hint should be seamless to avoid giving viewers the impression that the audio clip was inserted suddenly or without context. Whenever possible it is preferable, however, to see the person in his natural environment.
The sound bite should be translated to the channel’s language if it is a foreign language. If it is spoken in a strong local dialect then it may require transcribing on the screen.
1- A report may include up to four sound bites. Exceptions can be made.
2- Ideally a sound bite must not exceed twenty seconds.
1.4.2 Use of Graphics
Whenever images are not available, Graphics can be used to compensate for their absence. Such utilization, as can be seen in election results or opinion polls, can also be used to simulate situations lacking images such as the route taken by a hijacked or crashed airplane.
1.4.3 Use of Archive Images
Use of archival images: In general reports use recent or new images. However, when a story covers backgrounds, archive images will be used with clear labels, stating date of event or a tag that says “archive.”
1.4.4 Use of YouTube Images
Aljazeera may air images of YouTube or other websites, provided that their authenticity is verified. Despite their significance contribution to stories not carried by Aljazeera or news wires because of inaccessibility or extreme danger, You Tube images should only be used as a last resort.
Such images may not satisfy acceptable broadcasting standard of images or sound because they are mostly amateur videos; they are valued for their exclusivity in covering a story.
Ending a report: Whether a report is produced in-house or in the field, it needs a proper ending. A report’s ending is as important as its beginning.
1.4.5 Ending a Report
A report’s conclusion may:
Summarize the whole report
Raise questions about possible developments
Leave a lasting impression by inviting viewers to think about the issue.
Reporters usually end their field reports with “piece to camera”.
1.4.6 Image, Audio & language
1- Image: Video images are usually edited to match voiced scripts while natural sounds should be balanced with narrations. Maintaining a synergy between image and audio is vital to producing an excellent report.
2- Audio: It is the vehicle to convey a script and has to satisfy all voice narration technical requirements.
3- Language: When writing a report a number of conditions must be satisfied.
A clear and straightforward language free of nuanced rhetoric.
Short sentences as they are easier to edit and comprehend by viewers.
Whenever possible, technical terms and abbreviations should be explained.
A narrator must possess a good reading voice free of speech impediments.
Observe the subtle relationship between performance, meaning, and images.
Field report is a pillar of TV journalism. It is the most important element in a news bulletin because it tells viewers: “We are there and this is what happened”. An Aljazeera reporter is relating a story from its beginning; it is our product and we are fully responsible of its content. Field reporting requires a high degree of familiarity with local environment, culture, politics, and language. This awareness may become useful in overcoming logistic problems or safety hazards.
In addition to observing objectivity, impartiality, and accuracy, field reporting has to satisfy a number of conditions:
Cover all angles of a story.
Verify source of information.
Write to the picture.
Ensure visual richness.
Involve the right guests.
Create a different context from an in-house report.
A field reporter uses a direct language to address an audience as a partner while relating a story. He acts as a narrator of facts witnessed and heard by him. This gives him a good pretext to appear in the report and contribute to the story, but not exaggerate his image or presence. The reporter’s appearance needs to be editorially justified to achieve the following goals:
1- Credibility of being at location.
2- Speaking exclusively with someone important.
3- Illustrate the danger and difficulties encountered to report the story.
A field report usually includes a “piece to camera” in which a reporter addresses viewers directly. This is normally done at the end of the report as a sign off or in the middle as a “bridge” to either shift the focus to another relevant issue or to move to a different location or timeframe.
2.1 Piece to camera:
Consolidate the story and create a link between the location and the story.
Reporter’s appearance should match the settings. His outfit needs to match the environment, in terms of casual or formal clothing.
Whether to stand still or walk depends on the topic and location.
He must appear mentally alert and physically assume the right posture.
The piece to camera should not exceed 25 seconds.
Achieves a smooth conclusion of the story through:
State an important detail of the story that has no matching image.
Raise questions of potential developments
Comment on the story’s complexity.
Do not copy the outfit of a particular religious or political group which may reveal their identity.
Do not wear the local costume of the country or the region. (Except when there is a need to abide by certain religious restrictions observed in a particular country like the Hijab in Iran)
Avoid getting emotionally or politically involved in the scene while shooting the piece-to-camera, such as being inside a protesting group.
Do not use sunglasses except in extreme cases.
3. Sound track
It is a short television report in which a reporter records a script by telephone or other devices. Corresponding images will be added to the voice track and edited to match the narration. It is a joint effort between the reporter and a newsroom producer. Its basic editorial value is that it is from the field where a reporter who witnessed and heard the story but could not visually record and send images. Such reports are usually covered by news agencies which provide corresponding images.
Such reports may be produced for the following reasons:
1- An urgent need to produce a story on an important topic where images are available in the newsroom.
2- A reporter is unable to send his full report due to logistical, technical or security reasons on the ground.
3- Report duration is usually between one minute and one minute thirty seconds.
An audio track report must be pulled off the air once a full field report becomes available.
4. Profile report
A profile report is a personal biography of or a brief summary of an important place which had an impact on history.
4.1 Conditions for a Profile Report:
To highlight a personality which has made a significant political, religious, or cultural impact and is the focus of people’s attention.
To focus on the state of a personality at their downfall due to a scandal, conspiracy, or a defeat. For example could be a Noble laureate being stripped of his prize.
A profile or biography may become an expanded obituary and look deep into the life of a deceased person and his lasting impact on people. The report may take an insightful angle and go beyond highlighting the achievement, controversies, and rise and fall of the person but look deep into the concept of rise and fall itself.
4.2 Special factors in constructing a profile report:
Details: The aim of the profile should not be limited to satisfy viewers’ curiosity, but seek answers to profound questions about the life of the individual and produce a unique profile that blends known facts of the person with reporter’s impressions.
Humanizing the story: Contrary to a news story, a profile should include humane or psychological aspects of the individual, as well as those who helped him reach the peak or caused his downfall.
Context: A profile may look into political, social or psychological events which had an impact on the life of the individual and establish a link to his current situation.
Beyond Biography: A good profile goes beyond a limited, cold, neutral biography and adds a human touch to the story.
Find A Story: A key success factor in writing profiles is to find an interesting chapter in the life of the individual to use at the beginning of the profile to attract viewers’ attention.
Begin with a quote: A profile may start with a quote or a clip of the profiled famed individual. For example, the sound bite of the late Palestinian leader Arafat “They want me a prisoner, or a fugitive but I tell them they will only get me as a martyr, martyr, martyr” can be used at the top of the profile to highlight the suspicions surroundings of his death.
4.3 Language:
Writing a profile represents an opportunity for journalists to reveal their language skills and writing styles.
A profile is not limited to presenting facts; it provides ample room to exhibit literary and artistic skills, including the use of symbolism.
Titles and job descriptions can be used in profiles. For example, the late Libyan leader Qadafi used to call himself “King of Kings of Africa.”
Viewed in different perspectives, time and place can transcend the normal or familiar abstract. For example, one can say “ The founder of Hamas movement Sheikh Ahmed Yasin was born twelve years before the creation of the state of Israel” instead of saying “He was born in 1936”. Or when talking about Obama’s history-making victory we may make reference to Martin Luther King’s famous line by saying “Five decades after his death, Martin Luther King’s dream has been fulfilled”.
An open-ended profile report makes space for the audience to contemplate and think about the person even after the report is finished.
Most news stories have backgrounds. And to properly cover such stories knowledge of their backgrounds is critical. A swift background review may put the story in its wider context.
Making a brief reference, in conjunction with an OOV, to a background may not be sufficient in complex stories. For example, when we say “U.S. and Russia are conducting talks aimed at reducing their nuclear arsenals”, the report requires highlighting the long history of nuclear arms talks and treaties concluded between the two countries. Or when we say “The strategic city of Kismayo has fallen to the hands of the Somali forces after driving out Al-Shebab fighters”… How important the city is, why is it strategic, and what does it mean to both parties? Such questions need to be answered in a separate report called a backgrounder which aims to achieve the following:
Highlight the political, economic, or social background of a major news story that is hard to understand if it is covered without context.
Understand previous parts of a story still significant in shaping current events.
Collect integral details of a news story that has been severed from its past. For example, when an armed group decides to lay down its arms and adopt a peaceful path.
A major scientific breakthrough making specific medical practices outdated or the discovery of a new drug that cures previously incurable disease.
A major political change that creates a new reality, such as cession of southern Sudan, or efforts of GCC countries to establish a union.
Outline the political landscape ahead of the country’s parliamentary or presidential elections.
Commemorating the anniversary of a major event that still impacts peoples’ lives, for example the 1967 war in the Middle East.
Recall the history of an on-going event to highlight its previous stages and link them it to the present. For example, selecting a new head of the Syrian National Transitional Council may entail reviewing early stages of the council’s formation.
Duration of background reports are recommended to be between two and three and half minutes.
A video wall is a relatively new media tool whose impact and utility has not been fully exploited. They come in various sizes and levels of sophistication and allow presenters to be seen standing or walking in newsrooms, provide a panoramic wider shot of the studio set and visualize clearly displayed material.
6.1 Types of video wall:
6.1.1 Still video wall
This type of video walls display still images only. In a pre-planned arrangement with the producer, the director changes the images during the broadcast of a news story.
Upon loading the script onto the “auto cue” system, a presenter’s instructions are usually inserted into the text to ease shifting from one image to the next, thus ensuring a smooth and natural flow of images.
Normally, the presenter is expected to stick to the text and avoid ad-libbing. In such cases the following must be observed:
Sentences are kept short.
A reasonable amount of time should be allocated for comment on each image.
Images must be arranged in a logical sequence to tell a visual story even in the absence of a script.
Video walls depend on a dynamic relationship between the presenter, the screen, and the viewer. The presenter needs to use the pace allocated for his movement, his body language and vocal tone to present the displayed material in a manner which gives the impression that he is talking freely to the viewer.
The background image consists of a still image and a changing text written in large fonts. Usually the presenter must stand next to the video wall and read the script from the auto-cue. Synchronization between what is displayed on the screen and what the presenter is reading is critical to enhance the impact of the two combined elements, script and displayed image.
6.1.2 Pre-produced video wall
This type of video wall has the following features:
1- The presenter is able to move part or all of the displayed image by swiping his hand across the screen or by pressing a button.
2- Videos can be played on part of video walls. In brands with large screens the section designated for text remains constant while videos are played on another section. Presenter’s prepared script can be brief or he may adlib while a video is being played. Videos are often played to prove a point or to remind viewers of an event associated with the story.
When a video wall is 10-15 meters long it can be utilized to narrate a particular story. Selecting the appropriate corresponding images becomes a major component of the production, providing the main source of visual material.
The following considerations must be taken into account:
Presenter’s script is synchronized with the images. The last image may not necessarily always be the end of the story and the presenter can go back to the middle or even the beginning of the video wall to continue with his story.
A large video wall may be accompanied by three cameras equipped with auto cue systems. This may require a high degree of coordination between the director, producer, and presenter and few rehearsals to ensure a smooth live production. The presenter may need to speak to a far-off camera shooting a wide shot of the set to show the dimensions of the studio and the size of the video wall.
7. Feature Story
Feature stories are not hard-core politics but they can tackle political issues from social, economic or cultural angles and must include exciting, entertaining and visually thrilling images. A feature story takes the camera to the common people and show aspects of their daily lives; their main characters are ordinary people, not politicians.
7.1 Topics of a feature report include:
Exciting human interest stories.
Art events, festivals and celebrations.
Cultural and traditional issues of interest to viewers.
Social transformations and evolutions of societies.
Controversial social issues and problems.
7.2 Necessary language and style of features:
Used language must be emotive, flexible, and personal to distinguish it from language used in news.
Succinct to allow images and natural sound to speak for themselves.
Given the absence of news power to draw an audience, an exciting storytelling style should be employed to attract viewers.
Allow the story’s main characters to tell their own stories while keeping reporter’s role at minimum in order to focus audience’s attention at important themes.
8. Walk & Talk Report
Produce a creative piece to camera (PTC), totally dissimilar to ones produced for news stories.
The style is similar to making a documentary film where a narrator carries out a dialogue with someone or talks to a camera in a medium to long shot.
This style has become one of the main tools used by field reporters to convey their first-hand impressions. It enables them to capture what is going on around them and tie a subject to a location, with the least amount of editing required.
8.1 Reasons for using walk and talk report:
It offers a fast way to produce and air a report until other elements needed for a proper package become available.
It is utilized to add colour and variety to a bulletin.
8.2 Conditions for walk and talk:
The following should be observed:
Interviews: The norm in a walk and talk report is to see the reporter walking and talking alone. But he may also take quick comments from bystanders, for example asking protesters in a demonstration about their motives or expectations or shop keepers and shoppers in a marketplace about a recent decision to abolish subsidies on certain goods.
Consistency of location: The rule is to see the reporter in a single location. But with prior coordination with the news room, exceptions can be made to record in multiple locations to enhance the story, in terms of content and duration.
Editing: The rule is that no editing is required except at the beginning and end of the report; minimum editing may be required in multiple locations.
Directness: The standard style is that the reporter adlibs while walking. It can be live or recorded. The reporter should look directly into the camera while talking.
8.3 Requirements:
Walk-and-talks require mental alertness and attention, as it is based on adlibbing. This requires: Proper language and a good voice.
Absolute coordination with the cameraman to achieve the highest level of harmony between images and words. Employ phrases that include “probably or possibly” in case a developing story may reveal contradicting or different information from that of the reporter’s.
This format is commonly used to highlight the impact of major events on the lives of people and their future. The report may portray an extraordinary representative event, where a person gives an onsite account of his personal experience, in words and images that took place within his environment. Images can be played over his narration to illustrate the event. A first-person report focuses on the impact of events and policies on individuals, as narrated by the subject, not a reporter, analyst or expert.
9.1 Reasons to use First-Person Report:
The first-person report aims at:
A. Examining the experience of an individual within the context of a larger event. This is particularly effective when this experience is indicative of the event’s impact or consequences on the lives of a larger group of people. In this format, the character is given space to tell his own story because his experience is not limited to him but reflects the experience of the entire group or society facing the same event. An example of a first-person report is a university graduate who has been struggling for months to look for a job to match his degree; being unemployed for a long time he was compelled to accept a job outside his specialty or reflective of his qualification.
B. To shed light on talented or gifted individuals with outstandingachievementsnotonlytoshowcaseexemplary models, but also to celebrate human achievements.
9.2 Linguistic requirements in a first-person report:
The Al Jazeera reporter lowers the level of his/her language to the level of the character relating the story in his/her own language. Lowering the linguistic standard gives rise to a number of requirements, including:
A clear language, as close as possible to the highest linguistic standard, should be used where translation or paraphrasing will not be required.
If the character’s language is foreign, his narration needs to be translated.
If the character uses a heavy local dialect that is impossible to be comprehend by a large segment of viewers, then his narration must be paraphrased, even if he hails from a native English-speaking country.
The first-person report must observe all editorial and technical requirements applicable to news reports, in terms of voice, image and performance.
It is recommendable that the report duration does not exceed two minutes.
The reporter/producer voice or image should not be included in the first-person report; all mages should be that of the narrating character whether he appears in the frame or not. If he is not seen in the frame then all corresponding image should be related to him whether is walking or sitting.
As products of Al Jazeera, all editorial and technical criteria will be applied to first-person reports, even if its journalists or reporters do not speak or appear in them.
9.3 First-Person Report Criteria:
In such reports, a cameraman will shoot the character while moving within relevant places to his story, for example his workplace or coffee-shop where he spends most of his joblessness time. Multiple interviews with the character are filmed at different locations and then edited. Even in the absence of reporter’s voice and image the story should maintain its own journalistic style and flavour. In essence the reporter/producer is the ghost writer and he is responsible for moulding the story’s frame, including smart introduction and conclusion.
Given the nature of the first-person report it will require a special introduction but not a reporter’s Aston. Instead a reference to the reporter is made in the introduction.
Out of vision news items (OOVs)/(ULAY) underlay
An OOV is a news format broadcast as video footage. It is recommended that it is to be written in a concise manner ranging in duration between 20-35 seconds and structurally falls into two categories :
10.1 Introduction:
The OOV’s introduction includes the most important elements of the story, regardless whether there is corresponding images or not. The introduction, read by the presenter in vision, should include the latest development of the story, since it is not subject to constraints resulting from images.
The duration of the introduction should not exceed 15 seconds under any circumstance, unless sanctioned by the editor in charge, nor less than eight seconds which is the minimum duration of presenter in vision, to avoid confusing viewers.
10.2 Editorial Requirements of OOV's Body:
It is the video footage of the news item, summed up in the introduction. In writing the script the reporter should highlight the main elements of the story to match its visual sequence. While concise in nature, an OOV should carefully determine which element should be emphasized while objectively arranging story elements in a descending order of importance without unnecessary prolongation or insertion of superfluous information. It is important to note that information mentioned in the introduction should not be repeated in the script.
An OOV must observe all editorial and technical criteria, as detailed below:
OOVs duration should not exceed 20 seconds.
Linguistically and grammatically accurate.
Concise using short sentences due to its brevity.
Using clear and direct language free of metaphors.
Accurate and fact-checked.
It should be up to date reflecting the latest story development at the time of broadcast.
It should have contextual depth including flashback to its background, in case it is related to previous incident or event.
The script should retain an objective sequence, in case it is linked to a previous or subsequent news item in the bulletin.
The OOV should have an editorial coherence between its introduction and the script; while the introduction’s last sentence should be independent of the visuals it should still be relevant to the story.
Example of unacceptable OOV:
Activists posted images of protesters in night demonstrations (OOV):
In various areas in Homs. Residents of Joorat Al Shayah, Al Qarabees and Al Waar neighbourhoods took to the streets chanting slogans, calling for freedom and demanding the downfall of the regime.
Example of acceptable OOV:
Activists posted images of protesters in night demonstrations in various areas in Homs.
(OOV) Residents of Joorat Al Shayah, Al Qarabees and Al Waar neighbourhoods took to the streets chanting slogans, calling for freedom and demanding the downfall of the regime.
To maintain harmony between images and script and to adhere to video editing technical requirements, the following guidelines should be observed:
OOVs should include the latest and most significant images available.
Images should be updated as soon as new ones become available, whether in terms of quality or content, while the script should be updated to stay in sequence with images.
Images should be time-sensitive and duly labelled (latest pictures, yesterday, last week, or archive pictures) to avoid confusing viewers.
Videos’ natural background sound should be kept to ensure content liveliness.
The gallery director should end the video footage and its natural sound once the presenter is finished reading.
This requires that the last scene should not be under three seconds long to ensure smooth fading out.
The final cut out can be delayed and the natural sound is slightly raised to convey the environment surrounding the news, after the reporter had furnished an explanation of the shots.
A description of OOV’s footage content and its scenes is necessary to eliminate the need to re-watch the footage whenever the text is updated.
10.3 Technical Requirements of OOV:
Although perceived as the first approach to news and its simplest format, in fact an OOV require a great deal of writing skills. As a story, an OOV can be further developed or left alone. There are several reasons to adopt an OOV as news format, namely:
Significance of news: Usually news items of minor significance can adopt the OOV format, but this is not necessarily a mandatory rule; an OOV can be the initial format to address a story, perhaps representing the most significant news material available at the time of broadcasting the bulletin.
Shortage of footage: This is the primary reason to use an OOV as a bulletin headline when an OOV is insufficient to produce a news package. For example; the initial footage of presidential assassination or plane crash.
Urgency: Broadcasting a news item as an OOV, as soon as the first footage is received to ensure an immediacy of broadcasting. The story’s significance and urgency mandates its immediate broadcasting, without waiting for an elaborate handling as a proper news package.
Response to specific editorial needs: An OOV, which can be the most suitable format to summarize a story, can also be utilized to cover an entire story and used in combination with an expanded interview, where an OOV acts as a news package.
Breaking news is a significant and grave event or development which mandates an immediate airing as a ‘breaking news’ and assumes priority over any other news item. In consultation with the on-duty editor, the producer should make a decision to air the breaking news and simultaneously reflect that in writing on the screen while the presenter announces the story. He may also decide to set up an immediate live interview with a reporter to provide more details of the breaking story.
11.1 Reasons for Breaking News:
To provide an instant live coverage of an event and provide viewers with the latest development.
To score “scoops” and consolidate the network’s reputation as a network capable of gathering, covering and following significant events.
It is imperative not to be entrapped by a desire to score scoops that are not genuine, where such stories are only natural development with no inherent significance.
It is vital that a ‘breaking news’ should represent a radical shift in a story or give rise to new realities that may significantly impact the entire current state of affairs.
11.2 Pitfalls to watch for:
Such an approach may reinforce the value and gravity of the breaking news where it is enough for a literate viewer to read the Aston of the ‘Breaking News’ to realise that a grave event has taken place.
Thus, the following guidelines must be observed:
A. The reporter on the scene or nearby should be contacted first before conducting an interview with someone else.
B. No story should be played as a ‘Breaking News’ unless it represents a radical shift within a story or an event, or if is a new event giving rise to subsequent new realities.
C. The Aston of a ‘Breaking News’ should appear on the screen not less than thirty seconds.
D. The Aston of a ‘Breaking News’ should be repeated several times according to the significance of the story. E. The breaking news should be perused in the next bulletin by interviewing the pertinent reporter or related individual, per the significance of the story.
F. The decision when to play “Breaking News” should be carefully considered. For example it is inappropriate to show a ‘Breaking News’ Aston of an explosion in Yemen, while broadcasting live pictures of demonstrations in Syria.
G. The Aston of a ‘Breaking Story’ should not overwrite Astons describing live event or introducing a live guest.
H. Certain “Breaking News” are scripted and read by the presenter while the bulletin is being broadcast where the presenter will make a note of a follow up in the next bulletin.
I. Certain breaking stories require interruption to the bulletin and shift it to special coverage, even if it is for a short period of time.
J. Certain breaking stories require extending the bulletin and shift it to a special coverage to cover the unfolding story.
K. In all cases, the decision to interrupt the bulleting and shift it to special coverage should be taken in consultation with the on-duty editor.
L. In major developing stories, the live broadcast should return to the headlines at the top of the hour to prevent potential coverage gaps, which may induce viewers to switch to another channel.
12. Still Images & Lead all (Graphics)
Live broadcasting is the major foundation on which TV news is built. If other methods are used to present news items, then it is an exception and not the rule.
Some news items are played as CAP, CAP/ANIS, or LEADALL, which are various news formats that depend principally on text, graphics, photos, including images of people, maps, national flags and other depiction.
12.1 Reasons to use still images (Graphics):
Graphics are used for:
A. Playing an important news item for which there are no images or videos available.
B. Playing a news item that cannot be played with still images, such as statistics, charts or figures.
12.2 Types of still images:
Still images fall into the following categories:
A. CAP: A news format that depends on still pictures or maps and where live pictures are unavailable. Using this format a news item cannot be played longer than 20 seconds, including the introduction and main script read by the presenter on which the still image is floating.
B. CAP/ANI: This format is more sophisticated than the CAP, as it is comprised of two separate CAPs played in succession.
C. LEADALL: This format is suitable for a news item with different stances, statistics, figures, or charts. These images are usually linked with short texts outlining facts in a duration not exceeding 90 seconds, where it is not necessary to match the text read by the presenter.
12.3 Editorial Criteria for Still-Image News:
When writing a news item with a still-image, all editorial criteria must be observed, including the use of proper language, accurate facts and balanced positions.
Technical standards of sound and graphics must also be observed.
In a still-image news item, the following should be observed.
A. In a news item involving a CAP, the introduction read by the presenter should be longer than the script covered with still images.
B. A still image should not be played longer than seven seconds.
C. A CAP can be comprised of one or many images, but not more than four.
D. Transition from one image to another, zoom, pan or animation, is to avoid tedium.
E. CAP is dropped as soon as fresh pictures, even archival ones, become available, changing the news item into an OOV format.
F. Technical criteria of fonts, colours, and graphics should be observed.
G. Still images used should be relevant to the text.
A clip is either an audio or audio-video extract of a recorded exclusive or non-exclusive press conference a speech, interview or public statement played for its newsworthiness.
A clip gains newsworthiness when the individual himself is the clip’s source of the news, often as someone who made a statement, comment, raised an issue or took a certain position. The clip may contain a testimony by an average individual on an extraordinary event, where such testimony provides an invaluable clarification.
13.1 Linguistic features of a clip report:
The clip’s language cannot be subjected to grammatical or lexical adaptation or rectification because newsworthiness takes precedence over verbal accuracy.
Linguistically, a clip may fall in one of the following three categories:
A. When it spoken in a clear and understandable language, even if grammatically incorrect, and it should be left unaltered.
B. When the clip's language is foreign, it should be accurately translated. Simultaneous interpretation can be used once, subsequent accurate translation is prepared and voiced over.
C. When the clip is in a heavy incomprehensible dialect of the channel’s language, it should accurately be transcribed into a Standard English and his transcribed spoken words shown at the bottom of the screen.
13.2 Audio Requirements of Clip:
All audio technical requirements should be observed, including:
A. To ensure sound/voice quality (See Technical Requirements).
B. To leave at least three seconds of the speaker’s original, natural voice at the beginning of the clip, if he is not speaking in English, to impart credibility and substantiate the attribute.
C. A clip should end with the end of translation. For editorial value purposes, the last three seconds of the clip should be played out to emphasize its significance.
It’s meaningless to play out the original natural sound of a clip if it is in a language alien to viewers.
13.3 Video Requirements of Clips:
All technical video requirements, in terms of quality and editing, should be maintained, and the following guidelines should be observed:
A. A cut-away shot can be used in editing to interpose one segment of the clip and link it to an unrelated significant segment of the clip.
B. The speaker’s Aston should be played out two seconds before his appearance and last at least five seconds and appear after the subtitle, if he speaks in a foreign language.
C. An audio clip cannot be longer than 50 seconds. But in imperative situations, a second clip with shorter introduction highlighting its content can be prepared.
D. A clip must begin with a comprehensible sentence in the original language.
E. Natural sound should be maintained throughout the clip while attention must be paid when recorded materials are sent by Al Jazeera’s bureaus.
F. Clip’s translated audio should be voiced over by the same gender.
14. Astons
14.1 Editorial Purposes of Astons:
An Aston is a written text displayed at the bottom of the screen for a number of editorial purposes:
A. To inform viewers of breaking news.
B. To briefly sum up the news and highlight its important aspects, especially during coverage of live events, interviews, or speeches by heads of states.
C. To introduce reporters, correspondents, presenters or guests.
D. To quote significant parts of speaker’s speech.
E. To warn viewers of offensive materials, violent images, etc.
F. To shed light on the background of an unfolding story.
The Aston’s language should be concise and use the minimum number of words in the channel’s linguistic style. It is not enough to employ grammatically sound sentences but the Aston should also be accurate and expressive. Thus, editorial and technical standards and Aston writing guidelines should be duly observed.
14.2 Requirements & pitfalls of Astons:
The following guidelines should be observed:
A. The proper use of grammar and sound language structure.
B. Accurate attribution and quotes.
C. Accurate use of facts, information and paraphrasing.
D. Use Al Jazeera style guidelines of names, titles, designations and names of organisations, cities and countries.
E. Refrain from use of dots and exclamation and question marks.
F. Ensuring a germane link between the Aston and broadcast material.
G. Not all used Astons are identical. In a developing story a prime Aston will be played at intervals, as it represents the essence of the story.
Immediacy: The Aston must express the present status, which requires immediate and constant follow up of developing stories and unfolding events.
15. Inset
An Inset is a strong indicative image taken from a news story, OOV or package and used as a presenter background and a visual element of a story. If appropriate images are unavailable, pertinent expressive graphics can be used. In all cases, images, whether simple or complex, should meet all technical requirements.
Upon choosing an inset image, the following guidelines should be followed:
Not to use offensive or disturbing images, regardless of their aesthetic or expressive nature, for example images related to female sports or art shows, etc.
A single inset can be used with multiple interrelated stories, such as when providing extensive coverage of news issues.
16. Teaser
A teaser is an in vision clip of a reporter or a presenter in the field or in a studio used as a promotional material for a story or a programme from the field. For example, the following is a teaser by a reporter: “I am Robin Wood in Cairo, join me in a few minutes to examine the unfolding turmoil engulfing Egypt in the aftermath of Mubarak’s downfall”.
Its duration is between 15-20 seconds.
A teaser can be a promotion for an item within a news bulletin, a programme, or a window within a programme. It can also be for a number of items of an entire news bulletin, within which it may include short promos with a total duration of up to 40 seconds.
The language has to be sleek, attractive, simple and exciting. Example: “On the top of mount Jenting in Malaysia, touching the clouds is no longer a dream… I, Steve Riley, will be with you shortly at 20,000 feet above sea level to watch a view considered to be a legend.”
Using the camera to pan or zoom before it is focused on the reporter or the presenter to complete his statement is just an example of how creative the reporter or the producer can be when making a teaser. The reporter or the presenter should be wearing the same outfit used during the actual report or programme.
TV presentation, which includes a number of different formats, including news bulletins, interviews, talk shows, debate shows and town hall meetings among others, can be grouped together under the designation of “visual performance” where image is one its three pillars, in addition to content and performance.
TV presentation is both a gift and an art that can be learned. During his career a presenter continues to gain various presentation skills through his daily practice, imitating famous presenters and copy some of their popular skills as well as through an on-going training. Technological advancement and the emergence of modern TV equipment give presenters a chance to acquire the latest presentation techniques and skills.
Consequently, regardless how gifted and naturally talented a presenter is, he must continue to acquire knowledge, experience and skills, rendering his professional performance a continuing hard effort.
This brief note is intended to highlight some of the relevant key points in TV presentation.
17.1 Formats of TV onscreen presentation:
TV presentation can be divided into:
Presentation of news bulletins;
Presentation of TV shows, including live or recorded long or short programs, in or outside a studio with one or multiple guests.
Public shows; and Special coverage shows.
In all the above-mentioned presentation formats, there are three key components that constitute the building blocks of TV presentation critical for conducting interviews and presenting programs. Keeping these three primary components constantly in mind throughout his daily practice will undoubtedly not only improve presenters’ performance, but will also give them the chance to focus at higher goals:
17.2 Three key components of TV presentation:
17.2.1 Image
It is what viewers see on the screen and represents a direct link between them and the presenter. Although it’s a common mistake, but a large segment of viewers measure presenter’s performance solely by the image they see.
Image is not limited to presenter’s look but encompasses other parts of the screen; the set, camera movement, lighting, and materials used by a presenter such as graphics.
It is critical to pay attention to the image seen on the screen and improve its visual value; an important matter with direct significant impact on viewers’ impressions.
Therefore, polishing onscreen image, drawing presenters’ attention to its various elements, conducting short term training courses, including how to handle a video wall, and presenting public shows on a stage which require choreography and interactions, are all important issues that cannot be left to chance.
Although there are other secondary issues pertaining to onscreen image, it is inappropriate to raise them here and Al Jazeera technical standards guidebook can be consulted for further details.
Here, we shall address some of the most important and relevant aspects to onscreen image:
17.2.1.1 Face
Presenter’s face is the focal point which captivates viewers’ attention during a broadcast. A male presenter’s makeup should be simple and in agreement with the concept manhood while female presenter’s lipstick should be modest to avoid viewers’ resentment, or distraction. (See technical standards of presenters and their outfits).
17.2.1.2 Hair
A presenter’s hair should be well coiffed, without excess or banality.
17.2.1.3 Outfit
Although presenters have a great deal of personal freedom to choose their own clothes and colours, a level of coordination and consultation with the stylist and makeup artist is needed (See technical standards of presenters).
17.2.1.4 Facial features and expressions
Viewers can discover the inner feelings of a presenter by observing his facial expressions and listening to his voice.
Some viewers have developed the ability to read and interpret presenters’ facial features, especially when he is agitated, biased, distracted, or inattentive to what a guest is saying. Therefore, it is vital that presenters should develop the necessary skills to control their emotions and facial features to avoid misinterpreting his words.
Since presentation entails various degrees of acting, presenters on certain occasions are required to act out the text they read during major events and may even dramatize it. On such occasions presenters may find themselves delivering the script using various facial expressions, frowning, smiling, or using their eyebrows to inject energy and emotions into the text. They read to attract viewers but without exaggeration.
The skill to act out a script varies from one presenter to another; some presenters find it enjoyable to do so is part of their nature; others don’t. A presenter should be cognizant of the space available to him to act out the script as it increases in presenting live town hall- meeting shows and decreases in conducting short news interviews.
Presenter’s character, cultural background, life experience and political affiliation, impact the way he is perceived by viewers. The points below should not be considered comprehensive parameters but guiding points which when invoked would ensure impartiality and objectivity.
Therefore, a presenter should:
Be firm, but not hostile, drawing a clear distinction between the two positions, to avoid offending the guest.
Be smiling and cheerful when required, without being excessive or mocking.
Be dynamic, not wooden, but without arbitrary movement or excessive hand gestures.
Control tone and pitch; screaming is not evidence of valid points or logical argument.
Avoid cliché, banality, vulgar phrases, or movements of mouth, head or hand which may offend the guest.
Be able to employ his facial expressions relevant to the situation and discussed topic to maintain an animated and dynamic performance and eliminate uniformity in all situations.
17.2.1.5 Presenter’s movement
A presenter may use the way he sits, hand gestures, body and head movements, and how he holds his pen, paper, glasses or computer mouse to project a charismatic image.
In due course, every presenter will find a comfortable sitting position and personal manner to use his paraphernalia. It is neither wise nor possible to dictate a single presentation style for all presenters, limit their body movements in the studio or curb their freedom of creativity.
For example, presenters should be given enough space to select the most comfortable way to stand, move, turn, and handle graphics on a video wall.
Adopting a most comfortable and suitable way to sit and move achieves the most elegant and stylish look on the screen. The following segments will highlight key issues. They should not be deemed as a fixed blueprint cast in iron but as important points to steer presenters away from troubles.
17.2.1.6 Hands
Hands should not be placed under the table at any time during the show.
Arms should not be crossed in a manner showing lack of interest.
The index finger should not be pointed towards a guest.
17.2.1.7 Onstage Walking
Walking on a stage to present a public show requires choreographing a movement plot in coordination with the director. The plot should be carefully laid down and presenter’s standing spots and course of movement should be cautiously designed to allow the director to take the best possible shots during the show.
This kind of shows requires pre-planning to select the best spot to place the podium in relation to the audience. The presenter should adhere to the movement plot and standing spots as designed and agreed upon.
When objects, such as graphics or visual aids, are used in such shows, not only timings should be fixed beforehand, but also the manner in which such materials will be used. The exit and its route should also be agreed upon.
17.2.2 Performance
Performance is the second key component of TV presentation. Polls conducted on TV shows, presenters, and stations indicate that performance leaves a lasting impression on viewers’ minds, whether positive or negative.
What is meant by performance? It is the essence of the audio-visual on the screen, combining content with image in a coherent format.
There are two core components that determine presenter’s performance. These two pillars are impacted by his experience, knowledge, qualifications, linguistic skills and creative powers.
17.2.2.1 Credibility
Credibility is one of the most important goals a presenter aspires to achieve and maintain. This goal is achieved with the passage of time and accumulation of experience, especially when trust is created and cemented with viewers. To establish such trust, presenters should possess and properly employ a number of prerequisites, practices and abilities.
A. To present credible, fact-checked news and information, avoiding speculations and hearsay.
B. To deliver logical analysis and in-depth presentation based on informed sources, well-established facts, and quotes from experts and decision-makers.
C. To stand at equal distance from opposing political parties and avoid espousing their views or positions.
D. To cover an issue comprehensively and not focus solely on a particular aspect, thus losing sight of the entire picture.
E. Provide different perspectives to enrich the debate.
F. Maintain a coherent, balanced position and not change values and political position to suit changing political situations.
G. Able to swiftly respond to any unexpected situation or idea while presenting a debate show.
H. To embrace the motto ‘the only constant variable is the quest to seek knowledge and news,’ and convey them to viewers.
I. To furnish the latest information and present the truth without vanity, hubris, or conceit.
J. To underscore credibility, the maximum possible opposing views to those expressed by the presenter or espoused by the network should be allowed and not dismissed.
17.2.2.2 Control
It means the presenter is in command of the bulletin, show or interview, including their corresponding tempo and content as well as behaviour of guests. This is not limited to presenting the show but also includes handling technical glitches or editorial errors, which require a great deal of experience, command, inventiveness and occasionally improvisation. The need to strengthen presenters’ controlling skills acquires greater importance when presenting live or public shows.
In which cases control means:
A. Ability to cover all issues already highlighted as part of the show.
B. Ability to manage the duration of the show and time allocated to each part.
C. The presenter should be able to ask all key questions, be cognizant of guests’ tactics to avoid answering questions or steering the discussion in a certain direction and should be able to put the show back on tracks.
D. Ability to manage heated disputes among guests and maintain full command over the show’s progress, duration, and tempo, but without being rude or offensive.
E. To stop sarcasm, insult, offensive language, or depraved act.
F. To skilfully deal with unexpected guest withdrawal during live shows.
G. Prevent any guest from manipulating the situation by threatening to withdraw from the show.
H. The presenter should be able to immediately recognize vital pieces of information when they are introduced by guests, which may change the dynamics of the show, and cleverly weave it into the broad themes of the show. The new facts should be fully examined and guests should be asked to react and comment on them.
I. Ability to maintain self-control; avoid any impulsive reaction or trade insults with guests who should be given a chance and time to reconsider their mistakes and apologise.
17.2.2.3 Charisma
In addition to achieving the two primary goals of credibility and control, the dream of all presenters is to achieve the third vital goal of charisma; the highest accolade a presenter can receive is to describe him as charismatic. So, what is charisma and how can it be acquired?
Charisma is a Greek word that means ‘gift of grace,’ It describes the charm or attraction that inspires devotion in others. Few presenters are endowed with charisma, simply because it is not the product of experience, knowledge, and professional skills only, but also the result of blending natural gifts with perfect performance. Therefore, it is difficult to define the requirements or criteria for acquiring charisma because it is the result of knowledge, intellect, character, wits, common sense, humour and many other traits.
In summary, every presenter should aspire to achieve the three goals of credibility, control and charisma.
17.2.3 Content
Undoubtedly a handsome male presenter or pretty female presenter helps attract more viewers while exceptional performance leaves a lasting impression on them. However, good looks and excellent performance alone are insufficient without rich, in-depth content augmented by informed opinions and backed by facts, to give viewers the knowledge and facts they seek.
Content is the magnet, without which a presenter, regardless of beauty or eloquence, will fail to attract viewers if it is marred by distorted information and shallow analysis. Solid content is the indisputable path to viewers’ hearts and minds. So, what is content?
It includes everything a presenter says; information, ideas, views, quotes as well as what is displayed on the screen such as images, figures, graphics, reports, etc.
A good presenter strives to diversify content, without resorting to speculation or hearsay or relying on catch phrases or clichés.
Use reliable sources, certified studies and fact-checked data to conduct thorough research of all aspects of an issue. And since most public issues are diverse and complex, they shouldn’t be examined from a narrow perspective.
For example, the Palestinian conflict cannot exclusively be covered from an Arab-Muslim perspective only; the Israeli, American and European views should also be highlighted, regardless how contradictory to the Palestinian views they may be.
All issues can be discussed at varying degrees; simple, normal or highly sophisticated levels. Because the world of television is not a science and viewers range in sophistication from university professors to average individuals with limited knowledge, therefore while issues should be covered in depth, they should also be tackled in a direct fashion, easily understood by average viewers.
Using common sense and accurate information presenters should be able to interview and debate politicians and experts and not appear or sound like pupils receiving instructions from their teachers. Confident and alert of answers to his questions, a presenter should also know how to cover an issue and properly divide it into sub-themes in a timely manner.
Vox populi, or vox pop, is a Latin term meaning voice of the people. In TV journalism it is common to inquire about public opinion and people’s position vis-à-vis specific issues, especially controversial ones.
Broadcasting views of the general public cannot be considered a scientific survey but should be seen as an attempt to get closer to the people, listen to their concerns, and observe their spontaneous reactions to a given issue. It is a random attempt to gauge public opinion towards a socio-political, economic or ideological issue by consecutively playing views of some people after editing them. This random survey must meet a number of conditions:
A. Worthiness: where the concerned issue is important, divisive or controversial. It is unacceptable to solicit people’s reaction towards the religion and faith of other groups.
B. Diversity of samples: Randomness in sampling, in terms of gender, age and professional background, is imperative.
C. Uniformity: A single question is asked about a specific issue to discover different opinions.
D. Balance: recorded vox pops should be played in an impartial manner to reflect varying degrees of opinion but without deliberate editing to favour one camp at the expense of another. A presenter may mention that the majority of vox pops are in favour of a specific issue and that these views reflect opinion of their speakers.
E. Equality: Vox pops should be of equal duration, say 15 seconds, to ensure equal opportunities.
F. Duration of the vox pop segment should not exceed one minute and thirty seconds (90 seconds).
As long as vox pops are comprehensible, they should be played in their original language and voice of individuals, regardless of dialect or accent, otherwise subtitles should be used, to keep speaker’s original voice. The microphone used to record vox pops should be carefully selected in accordance with technical standards of voice/audio.
The camera angle to shoot speakers should be changed to avoid the appearance of one sided picture. The screenshot should meet all technical standards in accordance with Al Jazeera style.
19. Chapter Head
It is a short promotional material employing all TV elements, including audio, video, graphics, text and music, to highlight an event or special coverage. All audio-video editorial and technical criteria should be observed.
19.1 When to use chapter heads:
Chapter head is used:
For extended coverage of developing important stories, such as Arab Spring revolutions.
For a special or an extended coverage during which Al Jazeera is dedicated to a given issue, such as elections.
When promoting a series of field reports covering a given issue, in which the issue is tackled beyond routine news manner.
For coverage of breaking news and its ramifications, such as an assassination, natural disaster, etc.
19.2 Editorial Requirements of Chapter Head:
Editorially, a chapter head should go to the heart of the story while technically should strive to achieve an image of beauty of image, serving as a visual text replete with meanings. To achieve this, a chapter head should:
Not exceed fifteen seconds and not less than ten seconds.
Corresponding text should be very concise and brief, i.e. not more than 4 words.
As the story develops, the chapter head should be updated to reflect the latest reality on the ground.
As soon as the event becomes normal, the chapter head should not be played anymore, even if the extensive coverage continues.
A chapter head can be used as a Sting, five to seven seconds long, having the same standards and conditions mentioned above.
20. TV News Interview
It is a critical component of news bulletin. Any interview failing to explain a subject, clarify a political position, furnish a new perspective or significant piece of information, or provide an important analysis to enable viewers to better comprehend an issue, is considered meaningless and a problem to be remedied.
20.1 Why use a news interview?
Any news interview should achieve the following goals:
A. Be relevant to the story and create additional valuable information.
B. Identify unclear aspects of the story.
C. Indicate whether a reported piece of news is either valid or false.
D. Explain the consequences of an issue people are not certain where it will lead to.
E. Analyse the long and short term implications of a news story.
F. Discuss the details of a news story with a reporter, whether it is a breaking story or not.
20.2 Standards to meet in news interview:
In principle, the purpose and rationale of a news interview will determine the following:
Guests: how relevant are they to the story?
Questions: to what degree are they related to the story?
Types of interviews: informative, explanatory, and challenging.
The type of an interview determines its tempo, thus presenter’s questions and speed will be adjusted accordingly; informative interviews require fewer questions while explanatory or challenging interviews require more.
Duration: a news interview should not exceed three minutes, except in specific or urgent cases as determined by the editor in charge.
20.2.1 Walking Interview
It is a form of live or recorded interview, depending on available logistics, where reporters or presenters conduct field interviews to show visual diversity and establish a link with the scene. The duration is almost equal to bulletin interviews.
20.2.2 Floating images during interview
Floating images can be played during interviews to augment them with more visuals; it helps viewers to get a better feel for the story and breaks the flatness of the screen.
Floating pictures should adhere to certain editorial and technical requirements:
To be relevant to the core issue of the interview.
Close-up zoom shots of quoted speakers should not be used in floating pictures to prevent confusing viewers about their identities. An exception is the image of the story’s central character; such as in the death of a statesman, a politician, or a key figure.
Natural sound of floating pictures should not be high to avoid confusing viewers.
To break flatness of screen, footage of floating pictures should be diverse and not less than three minutes.
Floating footage should constitute a story in itself that can easily be followed without a script. It should be edited chronologically, based on the story’s timeline.
Except in phonos, floating images are not mandatory for each interview. For example, it is unnecessary to run floating pictures during an interview with a Russian official discussing diplomatic efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis.
But if it is absolutely necessary, it can run during part, and not entire, of the interview.
Floating images of one interview should not be used for another, even if the two interviews are related to the same story. This is an editorial decision to be taken by the producer.
Floating images should be continuously updated during the day to avoid boredom and repetition.
Floating images should be taken from the main source and not the news package, since the source contains rich and diverse shots.
Should not include close up of corpses; wide shots will suffice.
Indoor images as floating pictures should not be used, unless no alternative is available.
Archive footage can be used as floating images, especially in scientific stories or unfolding conflicts. Date references should be clearly made to avoid confusion.
21.Programme Interview
Interviews are the sine qua none of talk shows and debate programs. When conducted between a presenter and a guest, an interview will be determined by a number of factors:
21.1.1 Subject & nature of interviews
A presenter may wish to seek clarification from an official about a vague or an important issue to a large segment of viewers, discuss a decision which has led to confusion or caused problems or explore implications of a highly disputed subject with potential grave consequences.
21.1.2 Interview Guests
The interview subject will determine the identity of guest(s) to ensure association between the two.
21.1.3 Purpose of Interview
The purpose of an interview is either to obtain information about a subject not understood by viewers, explore implications of a public issue, or reveal the truth about an issue. The results of any interview can be examined in relations to its goal. For any interview to achieve its goal it should observe a number of requirements and criteria.
21.1.4 Questions
Questions should be directly related to the interview’s subject matter. This requires the questions to be sensible, focused, and diverse and not superficial or groundless. Questions asked by presenters define whether they are well-versed in subject matters or not.
21.1.5 Pace
Managing time is one of the most crucial elements in TV presentation; it sets the pulse or tempo of the show. Tempo is the rhythm of the show and determines how frequently a presenter intervenes or shifts the discussion from one theme to another. It also depends on the presenter’s awareness of the timeline and remaining issues to be covered and his/her ability to divide time among guests even-handedly without undermining the subject matter.
Good performance, which was discussed in detail under ‘presentation,’ is a prerequisite for news or talk show presenters.
Good performance requires impartiality, comprehensiveness, wits, and the ability to move from one guest to another and from one item to another. More importantly, performance requires total control over all aspects of the show, especially when a subject is discussed from different angles by intensely opposing guests. In brief, a talk show presenter should:
a. Be well versed in the subject matter.
b. Be able to ask concise and focused questions.
c. Manage the show properly and be aware when to speak, interrupt or keep silent.
d. Be able to summarize what has been stated in a concise form.
e. Be able to improvise and deal with unexpected events or breaking news.
f. Have good voice, clear diction and smooth delivery.
21.1.7 Language
The use of proper standard language is mandatory while colloquialism, even if it is prevalent, banality, vulgarity or any insulting gesture by mouth, head or hand is not permitted.
21.2 Types of programme interviews:
There are six types (techniques or styles) of interviews, which will be outlined in full details. It is important to point out that it is unwise to employ only one style constantly because it may damage the reputation of the show and its presenter. Each of the six types serves a specific purpose and should be used within the boundaries set for each interview. Occasionally, an interview may involve more than one style (technique), depending mainly on the nature of the interview, guest(s), and duration; the presenter should be fully aware of this fact, especially during long interviews.
21.2.1 Machine Gunner style
In this style questions are asked in rapid succession with a very short interval between them, leaving the guest insufficient time to think his/her answers or to pause between questions. The principal goal of this type is unsettle the guest and compel him to concede his position revealing information he was keen not to disclose.
This type of interview requires the following:
The questions should be directly linked to the subject matter.
The questions should be brief, clear and not bewildering.
To leave the guest sufficient time between questions to comprehend their link to previous ones.
Posing fast questions should not involve disrespecting or mocking of guests.
Rapid questions cannot continue throughout the entire show, because it is unsustainable.
If there is a need to ask numerous questions, the presenter should not read them in rapid succession from paper. Doing so makes the presenter appear as unprofessional beginner relying on written questions and may negatively impact his credibility; especially if he does not give the guest appropriate chance to answer.
The presenter should use some of the answers as a as a lead into the next question.
It is impractical to start or end a long interview with such fast-paced interviewing style.
To avoid negative repercussions, the presenter should carefully identify and select the part of the interview to bombard it with multiple questions. Such questions should not be artificial or irrelevant.
On rare occasions a presenter may repeat the same question many times to achieve his objective.
21.2.1 Interruptive Style
Interruption has become one of the most common interviewing tools used by talk show presenters worldwide. Interrupting a guest can achieve a number of objectives, such as stopping him from continuing with a long speech or give another guest a chance to come in. The following criteria must be observed when interrupting a guest:
Interruption must be justified and supported by a good reason; stopping embellishments, seek clarification, or express a counterpoint.
Interruption should not be carried out as soon as the guest starts to answer the question. It should come after the guest has been given ample opportunity to make his point.
Interruption should be relevant to the subject and carried out in a professional, polite and tactful manner.
Interruption is not a goal but a tool to move the interview forward. It should have a good justification, otherwise it will be seen as a cheap shot by the presenter to look objective or seem in control.
Constant interruption can damage presenter’s image and label him as a habitual interrupter.
In programmes involving more than one guest, all interruption guidelines should equally be applied to all of them.
21.2.3 Paraphrasing Style
In paraphrasing the presenter restates precisely and accurately what the guest has said using different words and sentences. Occasionally this style is justified provided the following points are taken into consideration:
Whether the presenter paraphrases what the guest has said only a few moments ago or twenty minutes earlier, he has to be accurate and provide appropriate context for guest’s statements.
In summarizing what the guest has said, the presenter should be careful not to distort or twist the meaning of his statements.
Intentional rephrasing to twist the meaning of what the guest has said is a serious matter. A presenter should not resort to such ploy due to its potential serious impact on the presenter, the show, and the network. The damage is greater when the paraphrasing involves an articulate outspoken guest who reacts immediately to presenter’s deliberate twisting of his meaning. He is liable to attack the presenter and accuse him or the channel of unprofessionalism.
There is no harm in paraphrasing a guest if he is imprecise, vague or too long, or to use a part of his statement to form a question.
Presenters should be ready to defend themselves when accused by guests of deliberately twisting their words or falsifying facts under the pretext of providing the audience with a good summary to help comprehend the subject.
With multiple guests in one show, the presenter should not single out a particular guest to paraphrase his words with a twist. This may not bode well with the audience.
Paraphrasing requires a good memory, an excellent command of the language, and good understanding of guest’s implied meanings to make note of important points and ideas that may be rephrased later on.
Paraphrasing is a skill that can be developed with time. If a presenter deems it necessary to resort to paraphrasing to achieve a specific objective, then he has to carefully choose the part he intends to paraphrase.
21.2.4 The Red circle
In this style (technique), the presenter encircles the guest with tough, hard-hitting questions, giving him no chance to escape. This style can be used for a short period of time where a presenter drags the guest to a specific point in the discussion and keeps him there. Unbeknownst to the guest, the presenter may have important classified information or leaked documents. The presenter has to pay attention to the following:
The presenter should not employ the “red circle” style at the outset or the very end of the interview.
The “red circle” part of the interview has to be carefully chosen; the guest has to be at his weakest point and prepared questions should succeed in undermining his position, reveal hidden facts or expose position.
Approaching the red circle part of the interview should not happen abruptly. Instead, it should come logically, as an extension of a continuous polite dialogue linked to other parts of the interview.
The red circle questions should be clear and fact-checked and based on extensive research from reliable sources.
Keeping guests locked in red circles require the display of a great deal of tact, intellect, and respect. The presenter has to show extreme courtesy, such as saying: “Sir, with all due respect, your answer is incomplete and unconvincing and compels me to ask you another question”.
Red circle questions are both confrontational and challenging and consequently may lead to a tense, unfriendly or aggressive situation with guests.
The red circle segment of an interview should not last long. It may constitute the climax of an interview but shouldn’t include repeated questions and has to end well before the conclusion of the show.
This style should not be employed commonly but only in exceptional cases.
21.2.5 The Ambush Style
This style can be employed when a channel secures classified documents or vital information. In most cases guests are ignorant of plans or intentions of the presenter or channel. To avoid serious consequences, the following points should be taken into consideration.
Prior to conducting an interview, the invited guest has to be told about the topic, themes, name of presenter, and names of other invited guests.
Information obtained by a channel has to be authentic and fact-checked. Otherwise it will damage credibility.
A channel should not rely on one interpretation of the valuable information it succeeded in obtaining; other interpretations should also be considered before rejecting them.
The interviewer should be prepared for a potential violent reaction by the guest, such as rage, physical assault and vulgarity, if the cited information turns out to be fraudulent or fabricated.
A good surprise line of questions requires a gradual build-up of the story so that the highly sensitive information can be revealed at the most appropriate and delicate point in the interview. It is unwise to immediately jump to the critical point from the outset of the interview. This may create unintended chaos and can give the guest an opportunity to withdraw from the interview and accuse the channel of entrapment.
If the presenter plans to show videos or documents, which may impugn the reputation of the guest, the channel and the interviewer should be prepared to face potential law suits, financial claims, or demands for apologies.
The wisest course in such circumstances is to inform the guest after he has agreed to be interviewed, that the channel plans to air clips or show documents.
If the guest does not object and gives his green light to air the material, the interview then can go ahead. But if he demands more information and clarification as a condition for doing the interview, the channel (producer and presenter) should provide him with as much available information as possible. Should the guest demand to know all the information in the channel’s possession as well as its sources, the channel has to decide whether to air the material with the interview or without it.
21.2.6 Sudden Interviews
Door stepping or sudden interviews, sometimes, are seen as violation of personal freedom. In principle, Aljazeera conducts interviews after securing the consent of the guest and informing him of all relevant details. However, occasionally the need arises for a sudden interview, especially with senior government officials who are quite familiar to facing cameras and microphones unexpectedly. Consequently, it is quite normal to approach and ask them questions without prior permission.
The door stepping interview comes with a list of moral conditions that Aljazeera is keen to maintain. The following cases demonstrate the case in which a sudden interview can take place.
It is permitted to conduct sudden interviews with individuals who have in the past ignored our requests for interviews or turned them down.
A sudden interview may be with a camera or over the phone line if it is difficult to reach the person concerned.
You can conduct sudden interviews while talking to eye witnesses or taking vox pops from the street.
21.2.7 Talking to victims or their families
Respect must be shown to victims’ feelings (like those who have been humiliated or abused under certain circumstances or those who lost someone close). Avoid addressing their emotional side or focusing on their spontaneous reactions (such as screaming, crying, or agony) that may not be important elements in a news report or story.
21.2.8 Content of Pre-recorded Interviews
Professional integrity and respect of the interviewee require that the recorded interview cannot be manipulated or altered in any way through editing.
If a guest insists on imposing restrictions prior to conducting an interview which might damage the channel’s credibility, professional commitment to our audience necessitates the rejection of such restrictions; in such cases it is preferable to cancel the interview and inform the audience of the circumstances. If on the other hand a decision is made to proceed with the interview anyway, the audience should be informed of the conditions imposed by the guest.
We should neither disparage statements of guests, even if they contradict network values, nor tell guests or interviewees what to say or ask leading questions hinting at answers we desire or except.
21.3 Nature & criteria of programme interviews:
The purpose of an interview, identity of guests, and format of talk shows are critical factors in determining the nature, tempo and style of interviews and talk shows. Conducting TV interviews and presenting talk shows is an art that require refined skills, wits, alertness, and the ability to manoeuvre, ask penetrating questions, and interrupting guests at the right moment. The identity of guests is vital in determining the nature and tempo of the interview, as can be seen from the diverse types of guests:
21.3.1 Politicians
An interview with a politician or statesman (president, minister, member of parliament, officer of an international political organization such as the UN) can be usually be influenced by a number of factors including tension, confrontation, challenge, and employ solid facts to counter their political position and expose gaps in their stance, while maintaining the highest degrees of respect.
21.3.2 Political Analysts
Although the title ‘political analyst’ implies that such a person is impartial and endeavours to provide an in-depth perspective, without political calculations or specific allegiance, the fact is that some of them have personal political agendas. Political analysts, therefore, can be classified into two categories, as follows:
Biased political analyst: By observing news bulletins and political shows it’s quite obvious that political predisposition among political analysts is quite common. Consequently, a great deal of caution and alertness should be exercised while interviewing or listening to them.
While mindful of his political bias, his views, perspectives or data should not be dismissed; on the contrary, the interviewer should debate him carefully and cleverly. This requires that the presenter should attentively listen to the biased political analyst and counter his views with fact-checked information and extensive research.
Views and opinions expressed by biased political analysts enrich debates, even if they are not liked by viewers. Partial political analysts derive their views and analysis from their culture, ideology and regional experience. The rule governing interviews is as follows:” views and perspectives expressed by biased political analysts should be countered by good preparation and alertness”. When interviewing an analyst known to be biased, his political affiliations, sympathy, or leanings should be hinted at either when introducing him or during the interview.
Unbiased Political Analyst: This type of analyst is very rare because he/she transcends his/her personal political affiliations and agendas and does not worry about the impact of his/her views on the TV station he/she is being interviewed by, political organization, country or individual under discussion. The same previous rule applies on this type of guests too: “alertness, caution and preparation but with a major difference: to be aware of his impartiality and objectivity”.
21.3.3 Professional Specialists & Experts
The rule governing interviewing professionals and experts in military, economic, scientific, medical and other specialized fields is: “allow them as much space as possible to articulate their arguments in order to benefit from their expert knowledge and information”. It is imperative that the presenter should appear in command and has sound knowledgeable of the topic. But this should not give presenters license to flaunt their expertise by flooding shows with superfluous data and antagonising guests. The primary goal of this type of interview should be to enhance viewers’ knowledge and understanding.
21.3.4 Editorial Requirements
On certain occasions relevant footage can be employed to create pertinent links with news interviews as well as to break screen’s monotony. Used images should meet all technical requirements. The following editorial requirements should be also met:
Used images should have rational relevance to interview topic.
Sufficient images should be used to avoid repetition.
Not every interview require floating images. Please refer to the Floating Images part.
21.4 Performance of guests:
There are a number of standards and criteria that enable us to properly gauge and evaluate the performance of guests, namely:
Language: The ability of a guest to articulate views and ideas in an accurate and proper language.
Information: The degree to which a guest is versed in the topic of the interview whether he is able to provide significant and updated information.
Fluency: To be able to speak without stammering, stuttering or agonizing slowness.
Courtesy: It is not enough for guests to be experts or good speakers only. It is imperative that they should observe familiar rules and values of good debates; to be polite, listen to others and give them a chance to talk.
Specialisation: To be well-versed in a topic to take part in a TV interview and to be able to interact with the camera and deal with studio operators and technicians.
21.5 Right of Refusal:
Any individual can refuse to participate in any show. Such refusal does not mean a show should be cancelled because a guest has turned down an invitation. Viewers can be informed of such refusal which should not be implied as a sign of evasion or protest against Al Jazeera’s policies or editorial approach. The announcement should be simple and straightforward. Al Jazeera should present the absent party’s views objectively, fairly and without misrepresentations and should not permit any guest to disparage the reputation of the absent party. In such cases the presenter should immediately step in to stop the vilification and grant the absent party the chance to respond at the earliest possible opportunity.
22. Commercials: Criteria & Requirements
Paid TV commercials and advertisements are means to promote commodities and services. Although commercials are packaged material produced by other parties, they must meet all editorial and technical criteria of the Network.
Al Jazeera provides its journalists and reporters a working environment free of political or commercial pressures. Therefore, TV commercials should neither undermine Al Jazeera’s professional standards and practices, nor prejudice its news and program editorial policy. To avoid legal troubles or protect its credibility, the following guidelines must faithfully be adhered to:
Criteria & requirements:
Commercials must be compatible with ethics and values outlined in the Professional Code of Ethics & Conduct Guidebook.
Commercials should not include any material promoting violence or endorsing offense or crime.
Commercials should not include any materials degrading any religion, sect, ethnicity or culture.
Politically-motivated or inciting commercials cannot be aired.
Commercials promoting sorcery, magic or witchcraft cannot be aired.
Commercials endorsing harmful products such as tobacco and alcohol cannot be aired.
Commercials must not denigrate viewers’ values or show nudity or gambling.
Commercials of products should not denigrate or cast doubt on the competition.
News bulletins or programs should not include audio-video segments of commercials.
During news bulletins, programs or reports products, where its trademark is clearly visible, should not be displayed
No reference should be made to qualifications of presenters or producers.
Close-ups of brands, trademarks, outfits worn by guests, vox-pop speakers should not be shown.
Commercials of products or services involved in legal disputes should not be aired.
Commercials from unknown sources should not be accepted.
Commercials containing political or public messages should be clearly stated that it is a paid commercial.
Care should be exercised to avoid being trapped by inadvertent “free advertisement” while preparing or presenting programs or news items. Examples may include:
Stating that a certain product is considered the best in the market, thus promoting it and degrading others.
Praising artworks (book, film, play, portrait, painting, musical piece, etc.) by saying it is an unrivalled artwork; such acclaim is permissible within the context of a competition or an award presentation.
The showing of a hotel, factory, or bank, in a report without any justification or relevance to the story.
Wearing specific uniforms or emblems on certain occasions or inviting viewers, even when indirectly, to enjoy a particular tourist attraction in a certain location or country.
Not withstanding the above-mentioned paragraph, paid political commercials or promotions are acceptable, provided a clear reference is made that it is a ‘paid advertisement’ so that viewers would not think that they represent Al Jazeera’s views.
Promoting humanitarian organisations or charities is not considered political promotion, but part of Al Jazeera’s humanitarian mission; channel’s senior management have the discretion to take such decisions.
Under any circumstance, editorial policy should not be influenced or pressured by advertisers.
Commercials should use proper language, where slang or grammatical mistakes will not be acceptable.
Commercials or ads that fail to meet Aljazeera’s prescribed technical standards will be rejected.
The news ticker is a service that provides a brief summary of the latest news stories and notifications of channel’s programs written in a format to be displayed at the bottom of the screen. It informs viewers of the latest news whenever they want without having to wait for scheduled news bulletins.
23.1 Editorial & technical standards:
News items shown on the news ticker, like other news formats, are subject to the same editorial and technical requirements and Code of Professional Ethics & Conduct Guidebook. The following guidelines will be applicable:
They should not promote cruelty, hatred, violence, religious sectarianism or ethnic division.
Items displayed on the ticker should attempt to correspond to bulletins’ stories or segments.
Ticker items should not have promotional or commercial nature.
Ticker items should avoid news that emphasize protocols or lack significance.
Balance must be maintained in the structure and content of the ticker’s news items, as if it constitutes a complete news bulletin.
Ticker news items must satisfy all broadcasting conditions, like any news story.
Ticker news items should reflect the current state of affair at the time of broadcast.
Certain news stories that were not covered in news bulletins can be run on the ticker.
23.2 Language:
A. Ticker news items must be written in a clear and concise language.
B. Factual writing style, not descriptive, should be used in writing ticker news items.
C. No punctuation marks shall be used, unless potential misconception is likely to emerge if not used.
D. Names and titles must be abbreviated or used in shortened format, without compromising accuracy of information.
23.3 Shape & format of news ticker/scroll:
A. The number of words of news items should not exceed 12 words or 80 characters i.e. should not be longer than the screen’s length.
B. The entire news ticker duration should not exceed three minutes.
C. When confronted with long news stories, they can be divided into a number of small parts to be played successively and yet meet ticker editorial and technical requirements.
D. The ticker’s broadcasting sequence is governed by the significance of its news items and should reflect bulletin’s rundown.
E. The content of a ticker should not be repeated, under any circumstances, longer than 24 hours,
F. Promotions or notification of programs should not continue running on the ticker beyond its transmission date.
It is a short video to promote the network or inform viewers of an upcoming events or stories that will be covered in news bulletins, interviews or programs at specific times.
24.1 Types of News Promotion:
There are several types of news promotions, including:
A. A short video clip, accompanied by a stimulating narration, to promote the story and motivate viewers to watch it when it airs.
B. A short sound bite, extracted from previously recorded interview, to promote the interview. The sound-bite is normally played out without adding additional significance to it.
C. An audio-video clip with one or multiple sound bites, taken from live footage, to expose the contradiction between words and deeds.
D. A clip of still images showing one person, taken over a period of time, or several people who share a particular story or shots taken from different angles. In such cases camera’s zoom and music play a major role.
E. A clip showing a programme presenter reading a script in a real or virtual studio setting, whether or not accompanied by music.
F. A promotional clip showing a programme presenter in another city, not inside a studio, employing the natural scenery to promote the script. It is a very effective promotional tool.
G. A promotional clip which may show a reporter or presenter on the scene, to give the story credibility and importance and persuade viewers to watch the show.
Although pictures constitute the essential ingredient of television, scripts add value to promos, because they help viewers to focus on promoted subjects. Thus, promos cannot be played out without an appealing voiceover, clever script, and eloquent narration to express the corresponding images.
Duration of news promos range from 10 to 20 seconds; when played within bulletins, they should be a lot shorter, unlike promos of interviews or programs.
24.2 Music:
Promos require an audio element, such as music, because it is insufficient to rely exclusively on the associated natural sound of filmed images. The quality and type of selected music will undoubtedly add value and style to promos, while creativity and artistic sensitivity play vital roles in promo production.
Note: This part is to be read along with the Technical Standards & Requirements of Promotion.
25. Overlay
Overlay is a format to present information where it depends mainly on a script and graphics. It is played on one side of the screen while a presenter is reading the script on air.
25.1 Why Use Overlay:
It is used as a break between news items in a bulletin or news programs or as a promo for upcoming stories. Its role is similar to that of the LEADALL; summarising information, adding visual diversity, or reinforcing facts, figures or specific piece of information.
25.2 Overlay requirements:
A powerful statement is needed not exceeding 6 words, subject to the same guidelines of composition, picture-script harmony and sequence. It is unnecessary to shot-specifically match the script read by the presenter with what appears on the screen.
Note: This Part is to be used along with the Technical Standards of Overlay.
Part C: Total Products
1. Structure of news bulletin
A news bulletin is a complete structure designed to give viewers information and clarifications about news, current affairs and unfolding events, whether domestic, regional, or international. The length of news bulletins depends mainly on the applicable editorial policy to cover news, events and affairs according to their significance, magnitude, proximity and timing. These criteria are essential to structure news bulletins properly, as detailed below.
1.1 Headlines & their editorial requirements:
Headlines are concise and neat descriptions. They highlight the most important three or four news times within a bulletin. Each headline is an OOV combining images with text, unless necessity dictates the use of graphics.
1.1.1 Script:
It is a text read by a presenter and must meet the following conditions:
A. Brevity: Headline text should neither exceed 12 words nor last longer than six seconds, unless it is necessary to use an UPSOT at the beginning or end of it, in case of an important statement. It adds value to the story and prompts viewers to watch it during the bulletin.
B. Clarity: To use clear, grammatically-correct, concise language, without any allegory or double meaning. A headline cannot begin with a phrase.
C. Severability: Each headline should relate to one story only, unless there is a clear link between the two for example, UN suspends its mission in Syria as 300 are massacred in Hoola.
D. Instantaneous: This justifies and validates the headline as it reflects reality up to the time of broadcast.
E. Current: This means that the headline and corresponding story is updated, in script and images, as the event develops. Certain stories do not require updating its picture which can accommodate any updated script.
1.1.2 Image & its technical requirements:
The strongest and most relevant shot should be used to capture the true essence of the story to help viewers get to the heart of it, easily and directly. This is best seen in coverage of natural disasters, wars, demonstrations, etc.
In editing images, the following guidelines should be taken into consideration:
A. Conformity: A clear synergy between the image and script, where words and images interact in harmony to present the essence of the story; video editing should not be a mere copycat of the script.
B. Superficiality: In addition to being harmonious with the script, images should flow smoothly while narrating the story.
C. Newness: Archival footage cannot be used, unless it is vitally important to run a news story for which there no recent images are available. This must be clearly indicated on the screen by displaying the ‘Archive’ tag, or could be dated, to avoid confusing viewers. The ‘Exclusive’ tag must be used if the footage is filmed by Al Jazeera.
1.2 Technicality:
All the technical audio and video editing requirements must be met before running the headlines.
2. Units of news bulletin structure
A. Bulletin stories should be arranged according to four key criteria: Significance, Proximity, Newness, and Magnitude. Significance and proximity are determined by the targeted audience by the network. In setting up the running order, one should not fall captive to anyone of the four criteria at the expense of the other three.
B. When the afore-mentioned criteria are equal in importance for a given new story, other professional and technical criteria should be considered, such as powerful images or availability of guest or news package.
C. News items on the rundown must be in the same order of the headline.
D. Headline stories must be covered within the first 15-20 minutes of an hour-long bulletin and the first half of short bulletins.
E. Occasionally a story is revisited for technical reasons, such as when a satellite link cannot be established with a reporter or guest; in long bulletins, however, it can be planned that way but viewers should be informed.
F. Diversity, by employing different suitable news formats, must be maintained; a story can be an OOV, package, LEADALL, or short clip to suit the story’s nature.
G. A news bulletin should provide the maximum possible coverage of the current state of affair and set up according to the criterion of significance.
H. Interviews represent important components of news bulletins. Their durations and numbers should be rationalized to maintain bulletin’s rhythm and balance. Their aggregate duration should not exceed one-third of the bulletin’s entire duration, unless editorial necessity mandates otherwise.
I. An attractive lead should be chosen while avoiding the use of excessive details in LEADALL or graphics. As key shots can be run as an OOV or package, other minor details can also be played in a LEADALL or graphics. In-house packages should not be used if field reports are available.
J. If there are multiple teasers in the bulletin’s rundown, they should run in sequence. If a teaser promotes two stories, then they should be played in the same sequence as teased.
K. Accuracy, logic and common sense must be used in shifting from one chapter to the next and from one story to another within a chapter.
L. A reasonable balance should be maintained between breaks. For example, it is unreasonable to have the first break after 30 minutes and the second break after 5 minutes. A break should not last more than 1 minute to avoid losing viewers to other stations. This should be clearly written in contracts with advertisers. Long TV commercials and advertisement should not be played within news bulletins. When editorially necessary, producer can run over breaks, even paid ones.
M. Where bulletin’s rundown include business or sports segments, their timing should be fixed to create regular habits among viewers.
N. A ‘News Belt’ within a long bulletin should maintain the same nature throughout the day. For instance, the ‘wipe’ technique used to move between items cannot be employed one day and discarded the next. Furthermore, clips should not be used within a news belt because it is in conflict with its nature as a quick capsule of news stories.
O. Non-political stories are integral components of a bulletin, especially those of interest to a large segment of viewers. Bulletin editors should remember that non-political stories, such as art stories, should also be covered and promoted to avoid producing politically-saturated dull news bulletins.
3. Recurrence of news items in bulletins
The recurrence of news items in bulletins is governed by a number of guidelines and requirements, namely:
The shortest time span for a package to continue running is 24 hours, with a maximum frequency of 3-8 runs, provided that its content remains valid. An exception to this rule is an exceptional, exclusive Al Jazeera packages which should be put to maximum use.
In-house major story packages should be regularly updated between main news segments, even in the absence of substantial development. The editorial policy and average number of bulletins, where the maximum number of in-house packages should not exceed 5 runs, should be kept in mind. On certain occasions, a package may lose its newsworthiness after a single run.
In-house packages containing exclusive Al Jazeera footage should be fully exploited, provided they remain news-valid.
Clips of recorded live interviews are also governed by the maximum recurrence parameter, namely 5 runs, unless they contain an exclusive Al Jazeera coverage within a developing story. In such cases, the number of re-runs will be decided by the Chief Editor or the editor on duty; the minimum number of re-runs will be decided by the producer taking into consideration the day’s news priorities.
4. Pre-planned Special Coverage
Pre-planned special coverage represents detailed, extensive news coverage of an already known or expected event, sometimes long before it unfolds, for example, presidential or parliamentary elections, or historical events affecting international policies.
4.1 Requirements of pre-planned special coverage:
A. A pre-planned special coverage enables TV stations to shed light on the surroundings, dimensions or impact of a particular event and spotlight its key players or those affected by such an event. Furthermore, it empowers TV stations to shape viewers’ awareness of a particular subject as well as how to cover it from various angles: political, social, economic, societal, environmental, heath, etc… through multiple packages and interviews in an extended coverage.
B. A pre-planned special coverage, not only adds variety to the screen, but also contributes to attracting new viewers from among those interested in or affected by the covered event.
C. A pre-planned special coverage enables TV stations to highlight its direction, especially when covering major issues such as the Middle East, instead of following the agenda set by international news agencies and succumbing to their monopoly and editorial policies.
4.2 Variety within pre-planned special coverage:
Diversity should be maintained within a pre-planned special coverage, by employing all types of news formats, including headlines, summaries, OOVs, packages, interviews, talk shows and debate seminars.
Diversity within a pre-planned special coverage should not be limited to the format only, but should also include the content. Therefore, coverage should include news packages, biographies, features, etc.
Normally pre-planned special events have slogans composed of two or three words known as ‘Chapter Head’ played at the beginning and/or end of the coverage.
4.3 Pre-planning:
Preparation for a pre-planned special coverage begins days, weeks or months before the event takes place, at various administrative, editorial and technical levels:
A. The coverage plan should include a detailed picture of the event’s most important points and best implementation angles.
B. To determine the logistics and technical requirements, including cameras, lighting, microphones, SNGs, etc.
C. To determine the number and identities of team members needed to supervise the coverage at the channel’s headquarters.
D. To determine the numbers and identities of team members needed to carry out the field coverage, including cameramen, technicians, transmission engineers, etc.
E. To instruct pertinent editorial and technical members to prepare chapter heads, promos, stings and other relevant segments and prepare it as early as possible prior to event’s scheduled date.
F. To instruct reporters on the scene and journalists in the Newsroom to prepare background and specific packages for the event.
G. To prepare an interview list of potential guests and personalities, inform them of the general outline of the coverage and establish an early communication and coordination with them.
H. To instruct concerned administrative bodies to finalise required formalities, such as visas, entry permits, equipment import/entry permits.
I. Team leaders should coordinate their efforts with promo and graphics divisions to produce chapter heads.
J. A pre-planned special coverage should be launched a day or a few days prior to the scheduled event, according to the significance of the event and its priority on the news agenda
K. In pre-planned special coverage involving news windows, a suitable studio location will be selected, taking into consideration required technical aspects for director-director communication; all relevant key installations, fixtures and equipment should be set up and tested at least 24 hours prior to the first news window.
4.4 Evaluation of pre-planned special coverage:
A comprehensive evaluation should be conducted after the completion of a pre-planned special coverage. The following questions should be answered scrupulously:
Was the coverage launched at the right moment?
Was the coverage duration suitable and sufficient?
Did the coverage include all aspects, points, and angles previously identified?
Did the coverage include any outstanding features (images, news, packages) in comparison to other competitors?
Did the coverage interviews involve all concerned parties, those influencing the event or impacted by it?
Was the coverage fair, objective and balanced?
Was the technical aspect of the coverage (chapter head, promo, sting, camera work, directing) outstanding?
Were all necessary logistics and administrative requirements made available during the coverage?
Was it possible to improve the coverage? If so, how?
4.4.1 Live coverage:
It is a live broadcast of an event of known time and location aired for a specific duration according to its significance. Examples of live coverage can involve a press conference, presidential address, major conference, or the following of an important developing story which require going live to the scene.
During a live coverage the following guidelines should be taken into consideration:
To announce verbally or in writing, or both, that the broadcast will shift to a live coverage.
The ‘LIVE’ tag and event’s location tag should be maintained throughout the coverage.
When re-broadcasting clips from the live coverage, the ‘live’ tag should be removed to avoid confusion.
4.4.2 Preparation
Preparation to cover a live event should start early enough to guarantee the advanced arrival of reporters, cameramen, technicians and the equipment at the location. A list of potential interview guests should be prepared as well as relevant packages highlighting its possible developments before they unfold.
During a live coverage, it is important to shift between past and current developments and contrast previous facts and information with those taking place. Graphic charts, spotlighting event’s background, dimensions and figures, should be prepared and presented during bulletins or incorporated within reporters’ packages.
4.4.3 Coverage
An event can be covered and broadcast live and then shift away from, according to its significance. Coverage of a press conference takes into consideration its timing, speakers and used language. Simultaneous interpretation should be provided when needed.
4.4.4 Guests
A list of potential guests, experts and professional specialists should be established and communication should be reached to involve them either as satellite guests or as presenter’s friend. Simultaneous interpretation should be made available for any emergency or unforeseen circumstances.
A field reporter may interview a guest present at event’s location, where he will answer ‘donut’ questions.
4.5 Breaking news live coverage:
4.5.1 Nature of
It is a live coverage of a breaking news or unexpected pressing event that requires instant extensive broadcast due to its magnitude, significance or huge political, security or economic repercussions.
4.5.2 Requirements & Criteria
During any live coverage of a breaking news or unexpected pressing event, the following guidelines should be observed:
To go live using the most immediate source ahead other competitors.
To refresh and diversify images as and when required.
Interview the most suitable guests relevant to the event.
Give guests equal time.
Balance informative and analytical interviews.
Use the most direct type of interviewing (DTL, phonos, studio guests, Skype, etc.)
Ask accurate, clear and relevant questions.
Use accurate Astons with clear and correct language.
Update screen information regularly and swiftly.
Coverage duration should wisely be determined.
4.5.3 How to end breaking news of a live coverage
A. Breaking news within bulletins can easily and swiftly be ended, after covering an event without redundant excess or prolongation. Live coverage should be resumed as new developments unfold and can be terminated to pave the way for the next bulletin by announcing “we’ll continue to monitor the developments at the top of the hour, or after …..’
B. Breaking news of a huge magnitude, such as 9/11 attacks, should continue without interruption and go over scheduled bulletins or programs. It can continue as an extended special coverage.
C. If a big event is expected to continue for a long time, the producer in charge should assign duties, give detailed instructions to team members to monitor picture sources, wire agencies and pertinent channels and establish communication with guests. Finally, the event should be wrapped up in coordination with programming and transmission sections, if returning to the normal grid is expected.
D. The decision by program editor to categorize stories carried by wire services and news agencies as “breaking stories” should be taken in coordination with the Executive Editor who should determine how to cover the story and from what angle. Not all stories posted by news agencies as ‘breaking news’ should be treated as such.
E. “Breaking news” coming from news agencies, should clearly be attributed to them on the screen.
F. The decision to post Astons of “breaking news” should not be confused with Astons of a story running on the screen.
A recorded programme, subject to all editorial, technical and linguistic criteria, has the advantage of being able to be modified, edited, re-edited, shortened or expanded.
5.1 Types of Recorded Programmes:
In term of subjects, recorded programmes are generally classified into documentary, debate or investigative shows, while in terms of duration they are classified into a half or one hour.
Recorded programmes are normally produced and presented by one of Al Jazeera’s presenters or country reporters. The presenter should follow all “TV Presentation” criteria
5.2 Editorial Criteria of Recorded Programmes:
A recorded programme which may include packages, clips, and vox pops, that can be examined separately, must be in harmony with the editorial line of the Network in general and news bulletins in particular, namely:
Content of a recorded program should be in harmony with channels’ news agenda (Arabic, English, Balkan); the recorded program should strive to achieve a genuine benefit and must have a specific purpose.
Subjects and themes of recorded programmes must reflect the identity of the channel, taking into consideration editorial particulars of each channel.
Topics of recorded programs should be treated and produced in an outstanding manner, while maintaining the generic nature of Al Jazeera.
After its initial transmission, the Coordination Division may repeat a programme, whether live or recorded, twice, taking into consideration potential high viewership at various parts of the world at different times.
Live programs should be repeated without any editing, unless it is necessary as a result of:
Technical glitch on air, such as losing the audio on air.
A gross violation of the Code of Ethics has been committed by the uncontrollable behaviour of a guest on air, namely vilification, libel, slander or physical violence.
One of the main reasons for editing a program is to avoid any legal liability against Al Jazeera.
When repeating a documentary program long after its initial transmission, its content and facts should be verified and pertinent parts edited or deleted, if they are invalid. This is done to avoid infringement on copyrights, circumvent any potential damage to people and/or institutions and maintain viewers’ trust and confidence by providing them accurate information. Such programs can run with notifications indicating their dates of production and/or initial transmission.
Interrelation between News Bulletins & Programmes
News bulletins and programmes of Al Jazeera’s channels should reflect their visions, philosophies and editorial lines. This requires the maintenance of harmony and coordination between news bulletins and programs without undermining the unique characteristics of each format. Any overlap in addressing certain issues should be without prejudice to programmes’ liberty to explore other aspects which cannot be covered by news bulletins
In general, there should be coordination between news bulletins and programmes in the following areas:
7.1 Interrelation of Topics:
While a good harmonious relationship should exist between program topics it is very important they should also be related to news headlines.
7.2 Angles to Tackle Same Topics:
In covering certain issues, coordination between news bulletins and programs is necessary to safeguard against treating them in an identical manner. Unlike news bulletins, an inherent features of programs are in-depth analysis and lengthy investigative examination.
7.3 News & Programme Guests:
Diversity in guest selection must be maintained; unless it is absolutely necessary, the same guest should not be interviewed in a news bulletin and talk show program. Reappearance causes boredom and should be avoided. A guest may be suitable for news bulletin but not necessary for a programme, and vice versa.
7.4 Timings:
In covering an issue, timing is one of the most important determining factors. The subject should not be exhausted by news bulletins first, before tackling it in a program; simultaneous treatment is vital.
7.5 Specialisation:
News stories should be covered in-depth by programs, in accordance with strict editorial considerations. Coverage of top news should not be driven by competition, to the detriment of Al Jazeera’s image. This requires concerted coordination between News and Programming Departments in each channel.
7.6 Editorial Line: Professionalism & Style:
Programs must observe the same professional values observed in news; it is unacceptable to be objective and concise in news and biased and convoluted in programs.
Names, titles, etc. used in bulletins and programmes, both in writing and pronunciation, should be uniform as per the Style Guide. In brief, all technical criteria and editorial values observed in bulletins must be adhered to in programs too.
7.7 Information & Terminology Coordination:
Harmony and coordination must be maintained between News & Programming Departments in all Al Jazeera channels (Arabic, English, Balkan, Web) with respect to the editorial line avoiding the use of contradictory information, figures, etc.
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The Runoff Report: Loeffler, Warnock Dec. 6 debate details
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Republicans have secured 50 seats in the next U.S. Senate compared to Democrats’ 48 (including two independents who caucus with them). Control of the next Senate comes down to Georgia’s runoff elections. In The Runoff Report, we provide the latest on each race and the fight for Senate control.
Regular election updates
David Perdue released an ad Tuesday saying an Ossoff win would mean “illegal immigrants, voting; police, defunded; taxes, sky high; our proud military, gutted; your private health insurance, taken away; small business, out of business; the Supreme Court, packed.” Perdue closes: “If we win Georgia, we save America.”
Jon Ossoff‘s campaign launched TikTok and Snapchat accounts Tuesday to share policy positions, voting information, and videos of Ossoff on the campaign trail. Ossoff said in a TikTok video, “The future of our country and the planet are at stake. COVID relief, healthcare, climate change. So register to vote by December 7th.”
This election is for a full six-year term ending January 2027. Perdue was first elected in 2014. Ossoff ran against Karen Handel (R) in the 6th Congressional District special election in 2017.
Click here for more coverage of the regular election.
Special election updates
The Atlanta Press Club has released details about the Dec. 6 debate between Kelly Loeffler and Raphael Warnock—the only debate scheduled in the special election runoff.
WAGA-TV/Fox5 Anchor Russ Spencer will moderate the event. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s Greg Bluestein and WABE Radio Morning Edition host Lisa Rayam will serve as panelists.
The debate begins at 7 p.m. You can watch it on GPB-TV, GPB.org, or on The Atlanta Press Club Facebook page.
Ossoff and Perdue were invited to debate as well. Ossoff accepted and Perdue declined. Currently, the debate is set to proceed at 5 p.m. with just Ossoff present.
The special election will fill the remainder of the term Johnny Isakson (R) won in 2016. He resigned in Dec. 2019, and Gov. Brian Kemp (R) appointed Loeffler, co-owner of the WNBA team Atlanta Dream. Warnock is senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church. The winner will complete the term ending in January 2023.
Click here for more coverage of the special election.
Overall campaign updates
Gabriel Sterling, voting system implementation manager with the Georgia Secretary of State office, called on President Donald Trump, Perdue, and Loeffler to condemn threats of violence to election officials. Trump has alleged election fraud in Georgia. Loeffler and Perdue have called on Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) to step down. Sterling said the following Tuesday:
Mr. President, you have not condemned these actions or this language. Senators, you have not condemned this language or these actions. This has to stop. We need you to step up. If you’re going to take a position of leadership, show some.
My boss, Secretary Raffensperger, his address is out there. They’ve had people doing caravans in front of their house. They’ve had people come onto their property. Tricia, his wife of 40 years, is getting sexualized threats through her cell phone. It has to stop.
This is elections. This is the backbone of democracy. And all of you who have not said a damn word are complicit in this.
Stephen Lawson, Loeffler campaign spokesperson, said the following:
Like many officials, as someone who has been the subject of threats, of course Senator Loeffler condemns violence of any kind. How ridiculous to even suggest otherwise. We also condemn inaction and lack of accountability in our election system process—and won’t apologize for calling it out. Senator Loeffler will continue fighting to ensure we have a fair, trusted, and accurate election because the future of our country is at stake.
Casey Black, Perdue campaign spokesperson, said the following:
Senator Perdue condemns violence of any kind, against anybody. Period. We won’t apologize for addressing the obvious issues with the way our state conducts its elections. Georgians deserve accountability and improvements to that process — and we’re fighting to make sure the January 5th election is safe, secure, transparent, and accurate.
The Asian American Advocacy Fund PAC is hosting a text-banking event Thursday aimed at turning out Asian American and Pacific Islander voters for Ossoff and Warnock.
Today: Key dates and FAQs for voters
Registration deadline: Dec. 7
Early voting starts: Dec. 14
Absentee/mail voting deadline: Must be received by 7 p.m. on Jan. 5
Can I vote in the runoff if I didn’t vote in the general election?
Can I still register to vote?
Yes. The deadline is Dec. 7.
Can I register online?
Yes—click here.
Can I vote early?
Yes. Early in-person voting begins Dec. 14. Find early voting locations here.
Can I vote by mail?
Yes. Most Georgia voters who want to vote by mail must request an absentee ballot. Click here for information on submitting a request online, by mail, by fax, or in person.
Can I vote in both races?
Do I have to vote in both races?
No. Voters have a right to undervote, or not cast a vote for an office on their ballot. Their votes for other offices are still counted.
Do I have to vote for candidates from the same party in both races?
No. Voters can vote for any candidate in either Senate race, as well as the Public Service Commission District 4 runoff race, regardless of who they vote for in the other races.
Invitation to Georgia readers
We’d love it if you emailed us pictures of mailers from the Senate runoff campaigns to editor@ballotpedia.org.
Ballotpedia staff
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Home » Premier League » Hull City snap up Harry Maguire and Andrew Robertson
Hull City snap up Harry Maguire and Andrew Robertson
Hull City, 7/2 for a top 10 finish, have made a scintillating double transfer swoop, with former Sheffield United centre half Harry Maguire and Scotland left back Andrew Robertson committing to the Humberside club on three year contracts.
Maguire, 21, has long been linked with an array of top flight clubs including Manchester United, Everton and Liverpool, but has opted to leave his hometown club for the KC Stadium, in a deal reported to be worth £2.5m.
After an impressive campaign for the Blades last season, earning him a place in the League One Team of the Year, Maguire will help to reinforce Tigers boss Steve Bruce’s backline.
Speaking about his move, Maguire revealed: “It’s taken a bit longer than I wanted, but as soon as I knew Hull were interested it was a no-brainer really….hopefully I can fight my way into the first team and play regularly.”
Hull enjoyed a fruitful campaign last term, securing European football for the first time in their history, avoiding relegation and contesting an FA Cup final with Arsenal, but investment is sorely needed to ensure the Tigers can fight on all fronts.
While Maguire will not add vast experience, the highly-rated youngster has already made 134 league appearances for the Blades, and netted nine goals in four years of service. The fledgling defender’s most prolific campaign came last term, where he found the net on five occasions, proving he can be a threat for Hull in the opposition area.
This move represents a big step up for the talented centre back, who has only made five Championship appearances, mainly plying his trade in League One. Adapting to the physical nature of the Premier League should not be a problem.
Reports suggest Bruce’s defensive transfer dealings are not over yet, despite these promising additions, with the former Manchester United player also keen on acquiring a more matured centre half.
Full back Andrew Robertson, who arrives at Hull for a rumoured £2.85m from Dundee United, has taken a somewhat more unusual route to the Premier League than new clubmate Maguire.
Robertson has only been playing professional football for a year, enjoying a meteoric rise to the Scottish Premier League after being plucked from amateur side Queens Park by Dundee.
Now after just one season at the Terrors, making 44 appearances and earning two caps, the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year has made his biggest move yet. The defender seems unphased by the step up though, admitting: “You dream of playing in a league like this and the quicker I can get started, the better.”
This double swoop means Hull have made five signings this summer. Bruce has already snapped up winger Tom Ince, as well as midfielders Jake Livermore and Robert Snodgrass.
Although they are seemingly unspectacular signings, they continue the quiet yet effective business conducted by Bruce last season, with fans hoping Hull, odds on at 1/4 to stay up, can replicate that success again.
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The task of the client/server technology components in SAP is to provide a reusable runtime environment for other components that use client/server technology as the basis on which to process requests. The focus is on optimizing operating system resources (CPU, memory, etc.) in terms of performance, scalability, and robustness.
In this course, you’ll learn about the main components of client/server technology in SAP: SAP Start Service, dispatcher, enqueue management, memory management, gateway, ICM and SAP Web Dispatcher. You’ll also learn how to use the latest tools and features to monitor these services.
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