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Obesity Care and Prevention: Less Death and Cancer?
Can obesity care and prevention lead to less death, cancer, and other complications of obesity? This question has been a hard one to answer. For one thing, we’re not too good at prevention. Obesity rates keep going up, not down. However, on the plus side, we have pretty good data on preventing death, cancer, and other complications of obesity by treating it aggressively with bariatric surgery.
Outside of that, showing an effect on death, cancer, and other major complications has been tough with prevention and behavioral therapies. Two recent studies give tantalizing, but not completely satisfying results.
Look AHEAD to Prevent Cancer?
The first of these studies is an analysis of the epic Look AHEAD study. It’s a huge randomized trial of intensive lifestyle intervention for obesity. Researchers from the Look AHEAD group examined 11 years of data from 4,859 patients in the study. They were looking for an effect on cancer from modestly effective obesity care.
The results were tantalizingly close to showing a significant effect. They found 16 percent less cancer in the treatment group. That would be meaningful. But it fell short of statistical significance.
Weight Loss in Early Adulthood
The second tantalizing study appeared in JAMA Network Open. Examining data on 24,205 adults from NHANES, researchers found a 54 percent reduction in the risk of death for people with obesity who lost weight in early adulthood. That included people who went from obesity to overweight or a healthy BMI status. A 54 percent risk reduction is an important finding any way you look at it.
But alas, this is an observational study. Not an intervention study. It provides support for the idea that losing weight in early adulthood can have big benefits for lifespan. But not definitive proof.
What Do We Really Know?
Nonetheless, we do know a few things about the benefits of obesity care and prevention for reducing death and suffering.
We know with good confidence that bariatric surgery delivers a long-term net benefit. People live longer, have less cancer, less cardiovascular disease, and less diabetes. With less aggressive treatment, we know that people benefit from a reduction in the more immediate effects of obesity. They have less hypertension, better cholesterol levels, better diabetes control. But the effect on long-term outcomes is still not so clear.
For prevention, we have a reasonable presumption. We can presume that prevention might reduce the considerable suffering and premature death that results from obesity. For sure, these new data from NHANES give us more reason to believe that. But still, definitive proof is just out of reach.
And it would help if we really knew how to prevent obesity.
Click here for the study of Look AHEAD data, here for further perspective, and here for the NHANES analysis.
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Pete Doherty hospitalized after being stabbed by hedgehog spine
The garage rocker sustained the injury while out walking his two huskies
by Lake Schatz
on April 30, 2019, 2:16pm
Pete Doherty in the hospital recovering from a hedgehog wound
Pete Doherty has been hospitalized after sustaining an injury from a hedgehog.
According to various reports, the former Libertines rocker was out walking his two dogs when one of them caught the hedgehog in its mouth. As Doherty was trying to extract the hedgehog, one of its spines punctured the musician’s hand. The wound has since become infected.
“Pete Doherty is now in hospital having the infected hedgehog spine removed from his finger,” BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Nihal Arthanayake broke the news. He was set to host Doherty on his afternoon show on Monday. “We wish Pete well because whatever has happened is serious enough that he has not been able to make it.”
Despite the injury, Doherty seems to be in good enough spirits, as he took to Twitter to post pictures of his hand yesterday.
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— Peter Doherty (@petedoherty) April 29, 2019
A picture me in a hospital bed with an infected hedgehog spike wound thank you to the wonderful men and women who work within the NHS . What absolute angels and a million times they deserve our respect and thanks. pic.twitter.com/llLv9N4Mwl
“A picture me in a hospital bed with an infected hedgehog spike wound thank you to the wonderful men and women who work within the NHS [National Health Service],” he wrote. “What absolute angels and a million times they deserve our respect and thanks.
Doherty and his band The Puta Madres recently released their self-titled debut album. They’re scheduled to tour the UK and Europe beginning this Friday, May 3rd, and it’s unclear whether Doherty’s medical condition will affect those dates.
In less painful hedgehog news, the new Sonic the Hedgehog trailer debuted earlier today.
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Content Marketing Catchup: The Times’ Sponsored ‘Snow Fall,’ Brands Plummeting on Facebook, and More Must-Reads
By Joe Lazauskas June 16th, 2014
If you’re like me, you spent all of Father’s Day trying (and failing) to explain your job to your dad for seven hours, came home and watched Game of Thrones while in the fetal position, and ultimately missed out on all your pre-week reading. Have no fear—we’re here to catch you up:
How the Right Editor Will Make or Break Your Branded Content
For all the talk of brand newsrooms and ROI and immersive, interactive, millennial-focused next-gen storytelling, marketers often forget about the most important ingredient in a new publication: the right editor. Melissa Lafsky, founder of Brick Wall Media, weighs in:
If you’re a brand looking to build a successful content division, or just launch a site that delivers ROI, finding an editor who can handle this balancing act is imperative. So where are all these wondrous people? They’re a small but growing segment of the market, a new breed of experienced editors who embrace the melding of the business and editorial sides—and see the opportunity in working for a brand publisher that is willing to put a substantial budget behind content without worrying about chasing pageviews to generate cash from CPMs. Read it.
The NYT Just Created an Incredible ‘Snow Fall’ for Orange Is The New Black
There’s a new standard for sponsored content, and it shouldn’t surprise you that The New York Times is involved. Contently Social Media Editor Amanda Walgrove reports:
There’s a new “Snow Fall” piece in The New York Times today, and it tackles an important topic: the demand for policies and programs that meet the needs of women in prison. It flows gorgeously as you scroll, presenting moving images, infographics, video, and audio clips that synchronize with the text to immerse you in the issues faced by incarcerated women. It’s awesome and elegant. It’s also a piece of branded content. Read it.
New Report Reveals Just How Drastically Brand Engagement Is Plummeting on Facebook
Few reports have rocked the marketing world this year like Valleywag’s revelation in March that Facebook was in the process of slicing organic reach for brands from 16 percent down to one or two percent. But while that figure has been the talk of the town for the past three months, we haven’t had a clear picture of the impact that change has had on brands. Until now. Read it.
How to Work in an Office, According to Stock Photos
Searching stock photos is pretty much the most ridiculous part of working in media and marketing, and superstar Contently intern Jillian Richardson lampoons them perfectly in a must-read post:
Rule #1: Do everything you can to stand out.
Specifically, surround yourself with people who are blurrier than you. Employers will immediately recognize you as a powerful asset to the company. Read it.
Why I Went All-In on Content Marketing
New Contently CRO Brett Lofgren writes about why he left the ad-tech world to go all-in on content marketing:
I’m an “Ad Guy.” By that, I don’t mean that I fashion myself as the protagonist in some modern Mad Men fantasy. I simply mean that I’ve plied my trade in nearly every corner of the marketing realm. I’ve worked at media companies like Yahoo, Epic, true[X] media and 33Across, and I’ve wrangled with every kind of digital initiative—from big branding, to direct response initiatives, to social, local, mobile, video, native, and most recently, programmatic. But with all due respect to those powerful types of marketing, there’s one destined to rule them all: content marketing. Read it.
A Ghost Town Worth Visiting: Why and How Content Marketers Should Use Google+
Google+ is a conundrum for content marketers; many have been turned off from it ever since The New York Times called the platform a ghost town. But Dawn Papandrea writes that there’s more to the story:
According to a Forrester Research study, Google+ generates almost as much engagement per follower as Facebook, and almost double that of Twitter. Also, 65 percent of marketers say they want to learn more about using Google+, while 61 percent plan on increasing Google+ activities in 2014, according to the 2014 Social Media Marketing Industry Report by Social Media Examiner. Read it.
What’s the deal with The Content Strategist? It’s something we created at Contently because we believe in a world where marketing is helpful, and businesses grow by telling stories that people love. Take advantage of our tools and talent and come build that world with us.
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Pathfinder 2E Playtesting Gunslinger and Inventor Classes
By Christian Hoffer - January 5, 2021 08:55 pm EST
Paizo has released playtest rules for two new classes in Pathfinder 2E. Earlier today, Paizo announced the public playtests for the Gunslinger and Inventor classes for the new version of the popular tabletop game Pathfinder. As its name suggests, the Gunslinger class revolves around use of a firearm to attack foes, while the brand new Inventor class centers around a customizable "innovation" that players add features to over time. Each class comes with three new subclasses that add opportunities for more customization - players can choose between the Way of the Drifter, Way of the Pistolero, or the Way of the Sniper when building their Gunslinger, and can choose between an Armor, a Construct, or a Weapon as their Inventor's chosen innovation. You can check out the full playtest rules here.
The Gunslinger will likely be of particular interest to some TTRPG fans, as it was one of the more popular classes in the original version of Pathfinder. Notably, Percy from Critical Role started off as a Pathfinder Gunslinger and was later homebrewed to fit in with Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition rules. The Pathfinder 2E Gunslinger can also be customized to work with crossbows for campaigns where firearms aren't an option.
Originally released as an alternative to Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition, Pathfinder is a fantasy roleplaying game built around player options and customization. The game competed with D&D as the top TTRPG for several years, and overhauled its gameplay with its Second Edition back in 2019. Pathfinder 2E focuses on the use of feats and character options to build unique characters, ensuring that no two character builds are exactly the same.
Unlike Dungeons & Dragons, which has focused mostly on adding new subclasses when expanding player options, Pathfinder 2E has already released four new classes since its initial release and will be releasing the Summoner and Magus class this year. If both the Gunslinger and Inventor survive playtesting, they'll be included in the Guns & Gears sourcebook, which will also include rules for siege engines, firearms, clockwork inventions, and vehicles. Guns & Gears will be released in late 2021, which means that Pathfinder 2E fans can look forward to two major sourcebooks being released this year.
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Borno Massacre: Nigeria Is On Auto Pilot – PDP
lawizee November 30, 2020
The People’s Democratic Party on Sunday described as wicked and devilish, the beheading of farmers by insurgents on Saturday in Zabarmari, Borno State.
The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, said Nigeria appeared to be on auto pilot with no one in charge while the ship of state continued to drift.
The PDP expressed shock at the development and asked President Muhammadu Buhari to step up efforts at improving the security situation in the country.
The party said it was distressed by the escalated killing and maiming of innocent Nigerians by insurgents, bandits and marauders, who have continued to ravage and pillage communities in the country.
“The PDP is particularly disturbed because of the failure of the Buhari Presidency to take decisive action despite series of concerns raised by Borno state governor, Baba Gana Zulum, of security compromises in the state.
“The Buhari administration appears helpless while our national security structure under President Buhari seems to have collapsed.
“Mr. President should immediately move to Zabarmari in Borno State, empathize with the families of the victims and lead from the front in restoring security in the area,” the PDP said.
When contacted, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekina Nabena, asked our correspondent to forward the PDP’s statement to him before he could react. Though obliged, he did not react as of the time of filing this report.
Source:- Daily Trust
zabarmari Massacre: “It is a national shame that FG is concerned about End SARS protesters while terrorists have a field day- Moghalu
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Music | News | Mandolin Orange To Release New Album ‘Blindfaller’ Listen To The First Single ‘Wildfire’
North Carolina’s bluegrass duo, Mandolin Orange will release their new album, ‘Blindfaller’, on 14th October via Yep Roc Records. The release builds on the acclaim of the band’s breakthrough Yep Roc debut, ‘This Side of Jordan’ (2013), and last year’s ‘Such Jubilee’.
While staying true to their Americana sound, ‘Blindfaller’ tackles modern day themes seen in our daily headlines. The duo – comprised of Emily Frantz (fiddle/vocals) and Andrew Marlin (mandolin/vocals) – recorded the album in a one week break from touring at Rubber Room Studio in Chapel Hill, NC. “We wanted different vibes and different intuitions on these tracks,” Marlin says, “and I feel like we really captured that.”
The first track to be released from the album is ‘Wildfire’ a soulful barrage of country that incorporates an intricate clash of steel and mandolin, the song tells the story of the lingering effect of the American Civil War and slavery in the U.S.A.
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"Crossing The Rubicon" Somewhere in the madness of a long forgotten time Resurrect the pieces to the crime I'm searching for an answer that somehow could explain Why I feel this misery and pain But who am I to pretend The fault is mine in the end Sifting through the ashes for any alibis Create an account to leave a comment on the whole Poem. Crossing the Rubicon: Love Poems Past the Point of No Return: Connolly, Heidi: Amazon.com.au: Books Ben jij een straffe ondernemer met een groeimindset? Crossing the Rubicon is a phrase that simply means passing a point of no return. Daarom zijn we bijzonder selectief in wie we uitnodigen. I felt connected as I read them, and so I have recommended that friends who have experienced loss read "Crossing the Rubicon"; many have loved it. De Rubicon Crossing is enkel voor Rubicon Family Members en geselecteerde gasten. Once, now in the memory's arch Word je graag uitgedaagd om buiten jouw comfort zone te treden? First Line: Wars worse than civil on Emathian plains, Last Line: The frenzy left her and she speechless fell. This plunged the Roman world into civil war. Clik The Mouse. Heidi Connolly - Crossing the Rubicon: Love Poems Past the Point of No Return | Amazon.com.au | Music Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. ... Day 29: 30 Poems, 30 Days. These poems by a man and a woman in love ring true. Quotes from Crossing the Rubicon “A further tank, a Hussars Mk 10 Chieftain, and three Warriors had been lost.” — 0 likes “The Scimitars gave it some clog, intending to go firm once across the bridge but the defenders let the leading troop” — 0 likes 2011/09/29 2012/11/07 matthewjadams. Home; About Me; Tag: Poetry. Crossing the Rubicon: In 49 BCE, Julius Caesar marched his army across the Rubicon River. When Julius Caesar led his troops from Gaul in January of 49 B.C.E., he paused on the northern end of a bridge. 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Steve Schmidt: Trump Jr. Conversing With Wikileaks 'Is Despicable Beyond Words'
The former McCain presidential strategist said any loyal American would have reported this contacts.
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Former McCain presidential strategist Steve Schmidt blasted Don Trump Jr. over reports that he had private conversations with Wikileaks during the end of the 2016 presidential campaign.
The Atlantic broke another bombshell report that connects the Trump campaign to trading favors with Wikileaks for political gain.
The MSNBC analyst was livid.
Willie Geist asked, "If a foreign power or someone reported to represent a foreign power or known to be working on behalf of a foreign power in this case Wikileaks, approached you with information, what would you do as the person running the campaign or working on the campaign?
Schmidt, "Call the director of the FBI, full stop, period."
(Off camera) - "Everybody would."
Scarborough, "Everybody that's ever run a campaign would."
Schmidt recounted some of the disloyal activities Jr. was involved in.
"What every loyal American does, period. This is a hostile foreign power interfering in our elections process. He met deliberately, premeditatively with intelligence operatives of the Russian government -- to get information to get dirt on Hillary Clinton."
He continued, "Every time I see Donald Trump Jr.'s mug on TV, I immediately think about Teddy Roosevelt Jr., the eldest son of the President of the United States, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, dozen other valor awards in combat. The first man as a brigadier general, the oldest man ashore on the first wave on D-Day and only father who had a son who landed in the first wave in D-Day, Teddy Roosevelt Jr., his younger brother Quinton Roosevelt buried next to each other in the American cemetery in Normandy, France. It's shocking. These were sons of a President of the United States. I think about the Bush daughters. I think about what Meghan McCain would do if a Russian operative reached out to Meghan McCain.
"She's a loyal American. Loyal Americans don't do business with the Russians in our election process. This is despicable beyond words."
I've got nothing more to add.
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What are the differences Between “White-Box Cryptography” and “Code Obfuscation”?
I have been reading the question "What is a white-box implementation of a cryptographic algorithm?" and it led to this short article / Q&A which states in question 2:
Q2: What is the difference with code obfuscation?
Related and complementary techniques for protecting software implementations but with different security goals include code obfuscation and software tamper- resistance. Code obfuscation is aimed at protecting against the reverse engineering of a (cryptographic) algorithm while software tamper-resistance is aimed at protecting against modifications of the code. All these techniques have however in common that the resulting implementation must remain directly executable.
Now, it shows the differences between obfuscation and temper-resistance, but it says nothing about the difference between white-box cryptography and code obfuscation.
So I guess my question is: are those two completely different things? Or is code obfuscation a way to achieve white-box cryptography? If the second is true, are there other ways to achieve it?
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As you suspected, there's a very close relationship between white-box cryptography and obfuscation. (Good instincts!) White-box cryptography is basically all about obfuscating an encryption implementation.
White-box cryptography is obfuscation of crypto code. Imagine that you took an AES implementation, picked a random AES key, and then hardcoded that AES key into the code. Obviously, publishing this code would be insecure, because it would immediately reveal the AES secret key. It might be nice if we could obfuscate the resulting code, hardcoded key and all, in a way that preserves its function but hides the encryption key. In other words, the result should be obfuscated code, which still computes the same function, but no longer reveals the AES key. This is exactly what "white-box cryptography" does -- or, at least, what it tries to achieve.
So you can view white-box cryptography as a special-purpose obfuscation method, designed for obfuscating a very specific kind of code.
More background. There's a lot more that can be said about white-box cryptography. For instance, many published methods for white-box cryptography have been broken; both white-box AES and white-box DES have been cryptanalyzed and are now known to be insecure. As far as I know, every published approach to white-box cryptography has subsequently been broken, so it is not known whether it is possible to achieve the goals of white-box cryptography securely.
Here is an outstanding overview and introduction to white-box cryptography:
Marc Joye, On White-Box Cryptography. Security of Information and Networks, 2008.
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$\begingroup$ do you mean white-box cryptography is not a specific method, but some approach? Or some key hiding methods will be considered white-box cryptography and some won't? $\endgroup$ – MByD Aug 12 '11 at 20:31
$\begingroup$ @MbyD, yes, that seems about right. In the broadest sense, white-box cryptography is a goal (a security notion we might want to achieve). There have also been some proposed schemes/algorithms for achieving this goal. I'm frequently guilty of conflating "goal" and "scheme", partly because the original papers introducing the concept both defined the general goal and then proposed some schemes intended to achieve that goal. I suspect I've caused confusion by my sloppy use of "white-box cryptography" for both goal and a particular scheme intended to achieve that goal; sorry about that. $\endgroup$ – D.W. Aug 12 '11 at 22:15
$\begingroup$ BTW, regarding the last link - that's exactly where my question came from... $\endgroup$ – MByD Aug 14 '11 at 9:20
$\begingroup$ @D.W. - It's 4.5 years later. Does your answer need any updating or has the state basically stayed the same? Thanks! $\endgroup$ – Neil Smithline Dec 22 '15 at 20:25
$\begingroup$ @NeilSmithline, everything I wrote still seems valid. There have of course been new results and new developments in obfuscation since then, but nothing that invalidates my answer, as far as I know. For instance, you might enjoy reading about indistinguishability obfuscation. $\endgroup$ – D.W. Dec 22 '15 at 20:37
White-box cryptography is aimed at protecting secret keys from being disclosed in a software implementation.
A cryptography algorithm gets the key and plaintext(encryption mode)/ciphertext(decryption mode) as input and outputs the ciphertext/plaintext. A white box implementation of the cryptography algorithm gets just plaintext/ciphertext as input and outputs the ciphertext/plaintext. The key embedded in the algorithm(merged on S-boxes or something else).
White-Box Cryptography and an AES Implementation is a way to implement a white-box implementation of AES.
In code obfuscation we should protect some parts of the code. For example to protecting an algorithm, we can encrypt the algorithm or some key features of the algorithm. Now, the query is, how can we protect the encryption key? Because if someone have the key can decrypt the algorithm. white-box implementation is the Answer.
So, code obfuscation is NOT a way to achieve white-box cryptography. White-box cryptography used in code obfuscation.
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$\begingroup$ Thanks for the answer, I need some time before I fully understand to really comment, could you please re-phrase the first sentence of the last section? It is not clear to me what you are saying there... Thanks! $\endgroup$ – MByD Aug 12 '11 at 20:10
$\begingroup$ Excuse me. I re-phrased it. $\endgroup$ – ir01 Aug 13 '11 at 1:07
$\begingroup$ the first paragraph of this answer is really good however the last sentence is just confusing for me $\endgroup$ – laycat Jan 19 '15 at 12:04
$\begingroup$ Do you mean that code obfuscation is not a way to achieve white-box cryptography. This is because in code obfuscation, the key is not necessary embedded in the function? $\endgroup$ – laycat Jan 19 '15 at 12:25
White-box cryptography techniques are aimed at protecting software implementations of cryptographic algorithms against key recovery.
Code obfuscation is aimed at protecting against the reverse engineering of a (cryptographic) algorithm.
First of all, obfuscation methods can be divided into engineering (code) obfuscation and cryptographic obfuscation.
Similarly, the community seeks solutions to achieve the white-box goal both in theoretical and practical approaches. And both of these two ways are related to obfuscation techniques in their field.
On one hand, theoretically, there is neither possibility proof for WBC nor proven secure constructions. But it seems WBC is strongly related to the cryptographic obfuscation notion, which has been proven impossible for general programs in the virtual black-box model. However, a weaker notion called indistinguishable obfuscation (iO) seems to exist and has been extensively studied in the literature. Unfortunately, the theorist has not like WBC with iO so far.
On the other hand, practically, all the public construction has been broken by some generic analyses (e.g., differential computation analysis and fault attacks). The market can not wait for the results from the academic side, hence, a numerous of "home-made" WBC implementations designed secretly have been deployed in applications, such as mobile payment, password protection, and digital distribution. These so-called WBC implementations are usually composed of the broken techniques and some code obfuscation. But a motivated and skilled attacker can always break them with enough time.
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The Asus ROG Flow X13 is the most exciting laptop at CES 2021
The Asus ROG Flow X13 is easily the most exciting thing I’ve seen from CES 2021 so far, in fact it’s probably the most interesting thing to happen to laptops in years. Firstly, as the name suggests, it’s a tiny 13-inch gaming laptop, and we’ve seen from the likes of the Razer Blade 13 that such devices can work brilliantly as gaming machines. And you’re not going to be embarrassed taking this into a work meeting either (does anyone remember meeting others in person? No? Ok…)
That’s not all though, the Flow X13 is the first time that Asus has created an ultra-slim gaming 2-in-1. Yup, it’s one of those versatile machines where the screen can be flipped all the way around so that you can use it in a variety of modes. It’s got a touch screen as well, so if you want to use it as a supercharged tablet, then you can. Alternatively, prop it up in tent mode and you can watch films and play games, and when used like that you’ll enjoy improved airflow too.
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Asus used the excellent Zephyrus G14 as the starting point of the ROG Flow X13 and built from there. Obviously shaving an inch off the diagonal dimensions in the process. As mentioned, this is an ultra-thin machine, and as such is just 15.8mm thin. The chassis is a magnesium alloy that has been sandblasted to help make sure it doesn’t slip out of your hands.
Inside the tasty chassis, you’ll find a next-gen AMD Ryzen 5000-series mobile processor alongside an Nvidia GTX 1650 to provide passable gaming performance when on the go (more on that in a second). You can also spec the machine out with surprisingly speedy memory—up to 32GB of 4,266MHz LPDDR4X RAM, no less. The Flow X13 can be configured with either a 512GB or 1TB M.2 SSD as well.
Asus has shifted to a 16:10 aspect ratio for the screen, which offers up a bit more room vertically. You can also choose whether you go with a 120Hz FullHD or a 60Hz 4k screen, both of which are touch panels. They’re also Pantone validated, so whichever one you choose, you know colour accuracy is going to be spot on.
There’s another thing up the Flow X13’s sleeve though, and that’s going to be of particular interest to us gamers, you can use an external GPU with it. We’ve obviously been promised such things before, but they’ve never really taken off. Asus believes it has the solution to the technical limitations that have plagued previous solutions though and has developed a proprietary interface that’s faster than Thunderbolt 3. This allows the Flow X13 to hook up to next-gen cards like the RTX 3080 for desktop-levels of performance.
So you can carry the 1.3kg laptop around with you in the day, and then hook it up to the eGPU box at night for some serious gaming, or even work if you absolutely have to. The eGPU has a 280W power design, and at 1Kg it isn’t out of the question to take this with you if needed as well, although carrying around an RTX 3080 is probably the most paranoia-inducing thing you can do with PC hardware at the moment.
The ROG Zephyrus Flow X13 looks like it’s going to challenge our best gaming laptops, and could actually see eGPUs finally become a thing. The fact it’s such a small and powerful machine certainly gives it the best chance of succeeding. And even without the eGPU side of things (you don’t have to buy that as well), this looks like a great gaming machine. I honestly can’t wait to give it a full rundown in our labs.
Asus has plenty of other machines coming out too, with updates to its existing lines, and new machines in its TUF and Strix ranges, with higher refresh panels and overclocked AMD processors no less.
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January 13, 2021 folk music, Hastings, Music newsacoustic, album release, folk, Jim Tipler, Josie Tipler, Milton Hide, new album, news, Temperatures RisingDarren Johnson
Album release date: 5th March 2021
Personal, amusing, heart-breaking, making a point, performances from the duo Milton Hide have always been memorable, strong in melody and full of hooks. Storytellers at heart, many of their songs are grounded in traditional English song, whilst others are rooted in other folk traditions, such as Appalachian, Klezmer and popular music. Emerging out of the East Sussex open mic and folk club circuit five years ago, the acoustic duo picked up many plaudits for their debut EP, Little Fish, released in 2018.
Now husband and wife duo, Jim and Josie Tipler, are set to release their first full-length album: Temperature’s Rising. All the songs on the album are self-penned originals that Milton Hide have performed live over the past few years.
Josie Tipler: “The name of the album and title track, Temperature’s Rising, seemed very appropriate when we started to work on the album. Greta Thunberg was making news and climate activists were very prominent in the media. Also, there was a lot of protesting going on – anger over US elections and Brexit. Added to which I was in the midst of menopause and suffering frequent hot flushes. All in all, the temperature was metaphorically and actually rising. Little did we know it was going to be even more appropriate as the global pandemic took hold.”
The line-up of musicians appearing on the album are all people the duo have met through playing live. Being unable to come into the studio because of Covid-19 restrictions, the guest musicians all provided their parts to producer, John Fowler, which he then weaved into the songs utilising his incredible editing skills.
Jim Tipler: “We perform as an acoustic duo but, as with our previous EP release, we made the decision to simply present each song in the way we feel best suits it. For some, this is pretty much as we perform it live, for others, we have given it a full band treatment.”
“We asked John Fowler to record and produce it as we had previously worked well with him on a single, Say It All The Time. We knew John would not be afraid to add instrumentation where required and can also play really well. The advantage of working with other musicians is that they pick up on things in your music that you sometimes don’t notice yourself. We love John’s enthusiasm and amazing attention to detail. It was a great symbiosis and a lot of fun! That said, we had to complete the album, using social distancing – spacing ourselves out in the studio as well as doing some recording ourselves in our home studio.”
Milton Hide are:
Jim Tipler – guitars, vocals and piano
Josie Tipler – vocals, clarinet, cajon and xylophone
The full line-up of album guests is:
John Fowler from Dandelion Charm – engineer/producer and multi-instrumentalist: guitars, bass, keyboards and drums
Clare Fowler from Dandelion Charm – backing vocals
Bruce Knapp from Moltenamba – guitars
Fred Gregory from Hatful of Rain – mandolin
Phil Jones from Hatful of Rain – string bass
Ian McIlroy from Rough Chowder – accordion
Simon Yapp from Ian Roland Subtown Set – Fiddle
Artwork for the album was created by Hastings artist Helen Bryant who uses bright inks and watercolours with pen outlines to produce unique striking imagery.
Album available in CD or digital formats from www.miltonhide.com
Temperature’s Rising – track by track:
1. ‘Temperature’s Rising’ – with a full band this is a rock track that was inspired by the first Women’s March after the inauguration of President Trump and the marches against Brexit, with the popular slogan “Bridges, not walls”
2. ‘A Little Piece Of Mind’ – is an ode to menopause and mid-life crisis.
3. ‘Littlefield’ – was the first single released from the album, late 2020. Whilst walking the dog one dreary depressing evening, Jim spotted a light in the window of a house that had been empty for many months. It cheered him up.
4. ‘Riding The Whale’ – describes Jim’s childhood memories of playing games on the beach with his dad
5. ‘Making Progress’ – a bit of a rant about stresses of the modern world – work, capitalism, the media and politics.
6. ‘Buckle Up’ – inspired by the true story of Sergeant Paul Meyer USAF, who ‘borrowed’ a C130 transport aircraft to fly from England back to his newly-wed wife in Virginia. A tale of extreme love and homesickness.
7. ‘Turnaround’ – the band often get lost and we now see this as a metaphor for our life. You can always change the road you’re on if you think you’re getting nowhere.
8. ‘Something You Don’t See Everyday’ – A social comment on the irony of becoming desensitised to daily horrors served up to us by modern media platforms. (contains a swearword – radio edit available)
9. ‘Spacetime’ – Professor Brian Cox explained the theory of spacetime on a documentary that Jim watched late one night. It made perfect sense after a large glass of Irish whiskey. This is Jim’s memory of the explanation.
10. ‘Say It All The Time’ – describes a black mood walk on the South Downs. Previously released as a single and re-mixed and mastered for the album.
11. ‘The Ghosts Of Milton Hide’ – written as a retrospective warning to our own children to avoid the woods after dark.
12. ‘Took To Wing (Nightingale)’ – an original modern fable about a woman seeking refuge from abuse and finding freedom in the forest. A finale to the album.
Milton Hide – what they say:
“…A superior folk-club act with a great deal of potential.” Rock’n’Reel magazine
“…high in melodic quality, perfectly-matched voices and rich with storytelling…” Folk Words
“Lovely stuff” Mike Harding
“This is a surprisingly enchanting EP” Northern Sky Magazine
“This is one of those mini-albums which goes straight onto my playlists in its entirety, with its thought-provoking lyrics and catchy tunes.” Trevor Oxborrow – The Folk Show
Website: www.miltonhide.com
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Thanks for the introduction. Lovely duo,
perfect isn’t it
If you would like me to send you the album downloads and press pack for a review or blog feature on Milton Hide then do let me know – Darren
Thanks Darren. That would be very kind of you.
Pleasure. Have you got contact email and I’ll get everything off to you?
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NNDSS - Table I. infrequently reported notifiable diseases - 2017. In this Table, provisional cases of selected infrequently reported notifiable diseases (<1,000 cases reported during the preceding year) are displayed.
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† This table does not include cases from the U.S. territories.
§ Calculated by summing the incidence counts for the current week, the 2 weeks preceding the current week, and the 2 weeks following the current week, for a total of 5 preceding years. Additional information is available at https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/document/5yearweeklyaverage.pdf.
¶ Not reportable in all jurisdictions. Data from states where the condition is not reportable are excluded from this table, except for the arboviral diseases and influenza-associated pediatric mortality. Reporting exceptions are available at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/downloads.html.
** Please refer to the CDC WONDER for weekly updates to the footnote for this condition.
†† Please refer to the CDC WONDER for weekly updates to the footnote for this condition.
§§ Novel influenza A virus infections are human infections with influenza A viruses that are different from currently circulating human seasonal influenza viruses. With the exception of one avian lineage influenza A (H7N2) virus, all novel influenza A virus infections reported to CDC since 2013 have been variant influenza viruses.
¶¶ Prior to 2018, cases of paratyphoid fever were included with salmonellosis cases (see Table II).
*** Prior to 2015, CDC's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) did not receive electronic data about incident cases of specific viral hemorrhagic fevers; instead data were collected in aggregate as "viral hemorrhagic fevers'. NNDSS was updated beginning in 2015 to receive data for each of the viral hemorrhagic fevers listed.
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PPP LCP Internationalization Configuration Option
RFC - Proposed Standard (January 1999; No errata)
Updates RFC 1570, RFC 1994, RFC 2284
Was draft-ietf-pppext-lcp-charset (pppext WG)
Glen Zorn
WG state
WG Document
Document shepherd
No shepherd assigned
RFC 2484 (Proposed Standard)
Email authors Email WG IPR References Referenced by Nits
Network Working Group G. Zorn
Request for Comments: 2484 Microsoft Corporation
Category: Standards Track January 1999
Updates: 2284, 1994, 1570
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.
The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) [1] provides a standard method for
transporting multi-protocol datagrams over point-to-point links. PPP
also defines an extensible Link Control Protocol (LCP), which allows
negotiation of an Authentication Protocol for authenticating its peer
before allowing Network Layer protocols to transmit over the link.
Both LCP and Authentication Protocol packets may contain text which
is intended to be human-readable [2,3,4]. This document defines an
LCP configuration option for the negotiation of character set and
language usage, as required by RFC 2277 [5].
2. Specification of Requirements
In this document, the key words "MAY", "MUST, "MUST NOT", "optional",
"recommended", "SHOULD", and "SHOULD NOT" are to be interpreted as
described in [6].
3. Additional LCP Configuration Option
The Configuration Option format and basic options are already defined
for LCP [1].
Zorn Standards Track [Page 1]
RFC 2484 LCP Internationalization Option January 1999
Up-to-date values of the LCP Option Type field are specified in STD 2
[7]. This document concerns the following value:
28 Internationalization
The Internationalization option described here MAY be negotiated
independently in each direction.
Only one instance of this option SHOULD be sent by an implementation,
representing its preferred language and charset.
If Internationalization option is rejected by the peer, the default
language and charset MUST be used to construct all human-readable
messages sent to the peer.
4.1. Internationalization
This Configuration Option provides a method for an implementation
to indicate to the peer both the language in which human-readable
messages it sends should be composed and the charset in which that
language should be represented.
A summary of the Internationalization option format is shown below.
The fields are transmitted from left to right.
| Type | Length | MIBenum
MIBenum (cont) | Language-Tag...
>= 7
MIBenum
The MIBenum field is four octets in length. It contains a unique
integer value identifying a charset [5,11].
This value MUST represent one of the set of charsets listed in the
IANA charset registry [7].
The charset registration procedure is described in RFC 2278 [9].
The default charset value is UTF-8 [10]. The MIBenum value for
the UTF-8 charset is 106.
Language-Tag
The Language-Tag field is an ASCII string which contains a
language tag, as defined in RFC 1766 [8].
Language tags are in principle case-insensitive; however, since
the capitalization of a tag does not carry any meaning,
implementations SHOULD send only lower-case Tag fields.
The default Tag value is "i-default" [8].
[1] Simpson, W., "The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)", STD 51, RFC
[2] Simpson, W., "PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
(CHAP)", RFC 1994, August 1996.
[3] Simpson, W., "PPP LCP Extensions", RFC 1570, January 1994.
[4] Blunk, L. and J. Vollbrecht, "PPP Extensible Authentication
Protocol (EAP)", RFC 2284, March 1998.
[5] Alvestrand, H., "IETF Policy on Character Sets and Languages",
BCP 18, RFC 2277, January 1998.
[6] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[7] Reynolds, J. and J. Postel, "Assigned Numbers", STD 2, RFC 1700,
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Chilliwack Couple Retires to Yarrow
July 30, 2020 Andrew Mennonite Life
Wanting to enjoy a more temperate climate, Mr. Thiessen, 78, and Mrs. Thiessen, 79 have decided to pack up their things and move two blocks over to Yarrow.
“We’ve heard so many good things about Yarrow. The weather. The Plautdietsch. That organic bakery on the central road,” said Mrs. Thiessen. “It’s a retiree’s dream!”
Typical of Mennonites of a certain age, the Thiessens are looking to move west or, perhaps, south, for their retirement and Yarrow is both slightly west and south of Chilliwack.
“We considered Abbotsford, but there’s only so much Plautdietsch a man my age can take,” said Mr. Thiessen. “If I wanted to speak Low German every other word, I’d retire in Winkler.”
Luckily for the Thiessens, they were able to sell their Chilliwack home real quick to a newly retired couple from Manitoba who were eager to move out west.
Grandma Wiens is About to Try this Mysterious New Substance
Renowned Mennonite Writer Honoured to Have His Photo Above the Washrooms at McNally Robinson
Retiring Teacher Quickly Consumes 30 Years Worth of Apples
June 29, 2017 Andrew Food and Drink
GRETNA, MB With just two days remaining in his illustrious teaching career, retiring teacher Willy Epp of Klaas Reimer Memorial School, decided it was high time he ate all the apples he’d been given over the past thirty years. “I […]
B.C. Premier Shuts Down Progress on Kinder Surprise Pipeline
April 11, 2018 Andrew The Outside World
VICTORIA, BC Concerned that increased access to thin chocolate eggs and cheap plastic toys may adversely affect the health and welfare of British Columbians, Premier John Horgan announced Tuesday that he would do everything in […]
Vegetables Left Untouched After Mennonite Woman Brings Nanaimo Bars
May 4, 2020 Andrew Food and Drink
NANAIMO, BC When the Friesens moved out to Vancouver Island to retire in 1998, little did they know that they’d spend their golden years indulging on sweet treats that their Prairie Mennonite stomachs could only […]
What is the first thing you’ll do after the pandemic is over?
Mennonite Woman Hires Connor Hellebuyck to Strain Her Potatoes
Early Results Show Mennonite Pastor in Commanding Lead
How much do you know about Mennonite movies?
Mennonite Brethren and General Conference Sign Massive Free Trade Deal
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Black Rifles & Tactical Guns
Gun Test: Ruger 10/22 Takedown
NRA American Hunter Contributor
April 02, 2013 4:18 PM ET
By Brian Sheetz, American Hunter
With more than 5 million produced since 1964, Sturm, Ruger & Co.’s blowback-operated, semi-automatic 10/22 rimfire rifle is one of the world’s most successful commercial firearms. Reasons include its unfailing reliability, excellent accuracy and modest price. In addition, the 10/22’s basic design is adaptable: Barrels can be changed by simply removing two Allen-head screws—and there is a broad selection of aftermarket parts and magazines available, which has spawned innumerable configurations. But, until recently, a factory takedown version of the 10/22 was little more than a wish.
That wish is now a reality in the form of the 10/22 Takedown evaluated here—a synthetic and stainless carbine that separates into two major sections quickly and easily without tools. The new gun has 19 unique parts, including the receiver, which cannot be retrofitted to a non-takedown model.
Its two-piece carbine-style polymer stock features a curved, checkered butt and molded-in checkering on the pistol grip and fore-end. The 181/2-inch stainless steel barrel has a dovetail slot at its rear that mounts a fully adjustable folding leaf sight while an integral band-style boss near the muzzle mounts a blade topped with a brass bead. A silver-anodized aluminum scope rail that accepts both Weaver-style and 3/8-inch dovetail rings is included and mounts to the receiver with four slotted machine screws.
The Takedown accepts standard 10/22 magazines and comes with one flush-fitting 10-round rotary unit. Controls are the familiar crossbolt safety, an extended paddle-style polymer magazine release and a steel blade located between the two that locks and releases the bolt.
Also unique to the 10/22 Takedown is an included black nylon zippered carry bag with interior sleeves that accommodate the rifle’s sections along with two exterior pockets. The case’s size and shape allow for discreet transport of the rifle along with spare magazines, ammunition, tools and other supplies.
Separating the 10/22 Takedown’s sections is a simple matter of retracting the bolt and locking it back then pressing forward on the locking lever and simultaneously rotating that section 45 degrees toward the receiver/buttstock section’s left side. To remove play from the assembly, an adjusting knob on an insert in the receiver’s barrel channel moves a floating spacer that abuts the barrel’s shoulder forward and rearward. A spring-loaded detent provides audible and tactile confirmation of the knob’s position. When assembling the rifle, best results with regard to fit and accuracy came from backing off the adjusting knob, connecting the gun’s sections, running the adjusting knob and spacer forward against the barrel’s shoulder, then separating the sections and moving the knob two or three clicks farther forward. Once that setting is determined, it can be left alone for future assembly/disassembly of the rifle.
My initial concerns regarding the rifle’s accuracy potential—whether it would exhibit shifts in point of impact when the sections were separated and reattached and whether it would group as tightly as a non-takedown model—were quickly allayed after I followed the factory-recommended assembly procedure. Still, users must remember to follow the instruction sheet addendum in the owner’s manual, which advises that, following reassembly, the action be cycled manually a few times, with the bolt being allowed to fly forward unimpeded, to “seat” the barrel assembly before firing. Function-firing with a variety of loads produced no malfunctions. For accuracy testing, I mounted a Redfield Revolution 2X-7X-33mm Accu-Range riflescope in Weaver-style rings to the factory rail. I also shot the gun with its irons. Accuracy was surprisingly good, especially with the better grades of ammunition.
The 10/22 Takedown is quite literally a new twist on a proven firearm design. Campers, boaters and preppers will find its compactness quite appealing. For that matter anyone looking for an accurate, reliable and economical .22 rimfire rifle that also happens to break down quickly and easily will find that the 10/22
Takedown is hard to beat.
Type: blowback-operated semi-automatic rimfire rifle
Caliber: .22 Long Rifle
Receiver: aluminum investment casting
Barrel: 18½” stainless steel
Magazine: detachable, 10-round rotary
Sights: brass bead front; dovetailed, fully adjustable folding rear leaf
Trigger: 6-lb., 8-oz. pull
Safety: cross-bolt
Stock: black injection-molded polymer
Overall Length: 37″ assembled; 20” receiver/buttstock section; 18½” barrel/fore-end section taken down
Weight: 4 lbs., 11 ozs.
Accessories: nylon carry bag, scope base, owner’s manual, lock
MSRP: $419
Source: NRA’s American Hunter magazine
Tags : 22 rimfire gun test
NRA American Hunter
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September 10, 2019Market Review: September 10, 2019
September 11, 2019Mid-Morning Look: September 11, 2019
Morning Preview: September 11, 2019
Auto Post September 11, 2019 Daily Market Report
Stock futures are up slightly, catching a bid after reports that China plans to exempt 16 products from the first round of extra tariffs on U.S. imports, according to Chinese media reports, which will take effect September 17, citing the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council. While U.S. futures are only up a little on the reports, markets overseas are outperforming as the Nikkei Index rose 205 points to 21,597, the Shanghai Index fell -12 points to close at 3,008 and the Hang Seng Index jumped 475 points (1.78%) to settle at 27,159. In Europe, the German DAX is higher by nearly 100-points to 12,365, while the FTSE 100is up over 60 points to 7,330. Note U.S. and Beijing negotiators are due to meet in Washington in October for a fresh round of trade talks. Also, in Europe, shares of the London Stock Exchange jumped after the Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing launched a surprise £29.6 billion, or 8,361 pence a share bid. Markets also await central bank news as the European Central Bank meets on Thursday with expectations of a package of easing measures to be announced. Note U.S. markets were volatile again yesterday, but it was the obliteration of momentum and year-to-date winning stocks that really stood out for a second day while beaten up small cap stocks, metals, financials and energy names that underperformed paced the market gains. One can point to this as: JPM‘s head quant, Marko Kolanovic wrote yesterday that the divergence observed last Friday with the record performance gap between small and large companies, was an “all-time extreme”, as JPM‘s momentum indicator – a weighted average of 1, 3, 6 and 12M price momentum – of small cap stocks reached its maximal negative reading, while the same indicator for the S&P 500 reached its maximal positive reading. This divergence, as Kolanovic describes it, “has only occurred on two days in history” and most recently was recorded on one day in February 1999 during the tech bubble – Zerohedge.com reported
· The S&P 500 Index inched higher 0.96 points, or 0.03%, to 2,979.39
· The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 73.92 points, or 0.28%, to 26,909.43
· The Nasdaq Composite slipped -3.28 points, or 0.04%, to 8,084.16
· The Russell 2000 Index advanced 18.76 points, or 1.23% to 1,542.99
· 7:00 AM EST MBA Mortgage Applications Data
· 8:30 AM EST Producer Price Index (PPI) MoM for August…est. 0.0%
· 8:30 AM EST PPI Ex: Food & Energy (core) MoM for August…est. 0.2%
· 8:30 AM EST PPI Final Demand YoY for August…est. 1.7%
· 8:30 AM EST PPI (core) Ex: Food & Energy YoY for August…est. 2.2%
· 10:00 AM EST Wholesale Inventories MoM for July…est. 0.2%
· 10:30 AM EST Weekly DOE Inventory Data
· Earnings Before the Open: GFN, LOVE
· Earnings After the Close: OXM, STRM, TLRD
Other Key Events:
· Barclay’s Global Financial Services Conference, 9/9-9/11, in New York
· Credit Suisse 32nd Annual Basic Materials Conference, 9/9-9/11, in New York
· Deutsche Bank Technology Conference, 9/10-9/11, in Las Vegas
· Morgan Stanley 17th Annual Healthcare Conference, 9/9-9/11, in New York
· Morgan Stanley 7th Annual Laguna Conference, 9/11-9/13, in California
· Investor Intelligence Poll showed equity newsletter writers considered bullish further rebounds from a nearly three-month low two weeks ago, rising to 50.0% up big from 44.9% last week and 43.9% the prior week; bearish sentiment dipped to 17.9% from two weeks at 18.7% and those expecting a correction slips to 6-week low of 32.1% from 36.4% last week and 37.4% prior
· Scottish court rules Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament is unlawful, but does not order it to be reversed
· Dave & Buster’s (PLAY) shares fell -9%; Q2 EPS 90c/$344.6M vs. est. 84c/$344.29M; Q2 comp sales fell -1.8% vs. est. -0.7% and reports number of stores increased 11.1% to 130 from 117; lowers FY comps to -2% to -3.5%, from prior view -1.5% to +0.5% and lowers FY net income to $91M-$100M from $103M-$113M prior; said it has expanded share repurchase authorization by $200M to $800M
· GameStop (GME) shares fell -12%; Q2 adjusted EPS loss (32c) vs. est. loss (19c); Q2 comp sales fell -11.6% vs. est. -9.4%; guides year EPS $1.15-$1.30 below the $1.57 est.; sees year capex $90M-$95M and sees FY19 comparable store sales declining in the low-teens
· RH (RH) rises 4%; Q2 adjusted EPS $3.20/$706.5M above est. $2.70/$697.77M; raises FY adj revs to $2.68B-$2.694B from $2.65B-$2.67B (est. $2.67B), sees FY adj operating margin 13.6-13.8% (had seen 12.9%-13.4%), while raises year EPS to $10.53-$10.76 from $9.08-$9.52 (est. $9.44); says doesn’t expect current China tariffs to impair ability to achieve stated financial goals
· Peloton Interactive Inc. (PTON) said it plans to charge $26 to $29 for shares in its initial public offering, which would raise up to $1.16 billion at a valuation of up to $8 billion
· Philip Morris (PM) raises quarterly dividend to $1.17 per share from $1.14 per share
· OPEC lowered its forecast of world oil demand in 2019 to growth of 1.02 million barrels a day in its monthly report, citing weaker-than-expected data in the first half from various global demand centers and slower economic growth projections for the remainder of the year. It also lowered its 2020 world oil demand view, seeing growth of 1.08 million barrels a day
· The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported that U.S. crude supplies fell by 7.2 million barrels for the week, also showed a stockpile decline of 4.5 million barrels in gasoline, while distillate supplies rose by 618,000 barrels
· General Electric Co. (GE) said it plans to sell millions of shares in spinoff Baker Hughes (BHGE) and will no longer control the majority of shares in the company. Baker Hughes that GE and other affiliates plan to sell 105 million shares in an underwritten secondary offering, and sell $250 million in stock back to Baker Hughes.
· Cenovus Energy (CVE) files up to $5B mixed securities shelf
· Alcoa (AA) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse
· Copper prices fell after a sharp fall in Chinese auto sales underlined fears of weaker demand from the world’s largest consumer of metals. Concerns over China’s economic outlook outweighed any optimism from a decision by Beijing to exempt some U.S. goods from additional tariffs — potentially easing tensions in a damaging trade dispute -Reuters
· The London Stock Exchange has received a surprise £29.6bn takeover offer from Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing — a bid that threatens the UK group’s £20bn-plus acquisition of US data provider Refinitiv. https://bit.ly/2kDTlQk
· Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN) reported preliminary month-end assets under management of $690.6B at August 31, 2019, compared to $709.5B at July 31, 2019 attributing the decline to net market declines and moderate net outflows
· Farmer Bros. (FARM) Q4 EPS loss (52c)/$142.05M vs. est. loss (19c)/$144.29M; Q4 adjusted Ebitda $3.9M vs. est. $5.2M; announces appointment of Deverl Maserang as president, CEO and member of the company’s board of directors effective Sept. 13 who succeeds Chris Mottern, who has been interim CEO since May 2019
· Charles Schwab (SCHW) plans to cut about 600 jobs, about 3% of its staff, Wall Street Journal reports, citing an attendee at a recent town hall with some employees
· Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX) and Sanofi (SNY) terminated their alliance for the development and commercialization of Zynquista and settled their disputes/Lexicon will regain rights to Zynquista and assume responsibility for the worldwide development and commercialization of Zynquista in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes with SNY paying Lexicon $260M
· T2 Biosystems (TTOO) said that healthcare services provider Premier has awarded it a Breakthrough Technology contract that extends discounted pricing for its T2Bacteria and T2Candida Panels to its network of 4,000 U.S. hospitals and health systems. The contract went into effect on September 1
· Celyad (CYAD) files to sell 2M ordinary shares in a global offering
· Tilray (TLRY) files a mixed securities shelf
· Zscaler (ZS) shares fell -15%; Q4 EPS 7c/$86.1M vs. est. 1c/$82.79M; said Q4 calculated billings grew 32% YoY to $125.8M and deferred revenue grows 53% YoY to $251.2M; sees FY20 EPS 12c-15c on revs $395M-$405M vs. est. 19c/$402.93M and guides FY20 calculated billings of $490M-$500M
· Aspen Technology (AZPN) said its financial reports for the quarters ended Sept. 30, 2018, Dec. 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019, should not be relied upon as the company has identified some errors in accounting.
· Lantronix (LTRX) Q4 EPS 3c/$10.15M vs. est. 3c/$11.8M; sees Q1 EPS (3c)-0c and revs of $12M-$13M; sees FY20 Non-GAAP EPS up at least 30% and sees FY20 revenue up at least 15%
· Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigators have been interviewing small businesses that sell products on Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) according to Bloomberg News, citing several attorneys and at least one economist.
· Cloudflare (NET) sets IPO at 35M shares with price range $12-$14, above prior price range of $10-$12
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Dorset Historic Churches Trust
Home Churches Ride + Stride Grants Friends News Cards Music Events About Us
WELCOME to the website of the Dorset Historic Churches Trust. We are a registered charity which, in partnership with the National Churches Trust, is dedicated to the preservation of Christian churches and chapels of all denominations in the administrative County of Dorset, which are open for public worship. Our Annual Report and Accounts for the year 2019 has been added to the last 3 years' reports on the About Us page under the link Annual Report 2020. We hope that you will enjoy reading it.
Ride + Stride 2020 - Update
Back in the Spring, we decided to modernise all our R+S accounting processes including encouraging participants to use JustGiving, while we would make all the 50% repayments by BACS. Then, COVID-19 put the whole event into doubt. Once we had decided to go ahead, the restrictions on working alongside each other made it very difficult to practise and perfect the new system and update the complex spreadsheets which our book-keeper uses to account for cheques, cash, JustGiving and Gift Aid. We apologise that the whole process has run later than in previous years. The good news is that R+S 2020 in Dorset has been a huge success - topping £110,000 - yes £110,000, including Gift Aid! We are relieved to report that, but for the last one or two, we have paid back all the 50% shares to church accounts - the vast majority by BACS. About a dozen payments have been by cheque and we hope that they will arrive in time to be presented in this FY. Thank you for making R+S such a success and for your patience.
A Message from our Chairman
Our 60th Anniversary - a challenging year
The Dorset Historic Churches Trust was founded by Sir Owen Morshead and Kenneth Smith in 1960. Today they would not recognise the Trust and the legacy they created - its growth, its considerable reputation, the range of financial assistance it gives to our inspiring churches and its resilience and ability to meet challenges head on. What should have been a year of celebration has become a year of challenge - but offering new and exciting horizons as we continue the work to preserve our historic churches for current and future generations to enjoy.
Uncertain Times.
We are now learning to live with Covid-19 and the changes the pandemic has brought to our lifestyle, changes that will be with us for many months to come. As a Trust we are adapting to those changes, mindful of the need to continue our work in preserving and sustaining our beautiful churches across the County of Dorset whilst protecting the health and wellbeing of those who support us in that work - the safety of our communities. We have taken some difficult decisions in cancelling or postponing many of the events our Friends enjoy and examined in detail the implications of holding the Ride and Stride event this year. After much consideration we will be running R+S but in a modified form to enable participants and organisers to remain safe but still enjoy all that the churches and countryside of Dorset have to offer. For regular supporters and those joining us for the first time it will still be a wonderful day out!
There is a view that every risk brings opportunities - and opportunities there are. The opportunity to reach out to our Friends and supporters in different ways, adding further enrichment to the mix of Church Crawls and Lecture Lunches we all enjoy and which will return next year. Opportunities to reduce the costly and time consuming amount of paper we use as we explore the capabilities of digital media, ensuring all the financial resources we have are targeted on our historic churches. Opportunities to strengthen our much envied network of Deanery Area representatives and Parish Organisers, involving them more deeply in the work of the Trust.
Our Tomorrow - Lessons from today and hopes for the future
As your chairman I am convinced that the crisis in Public Health we are living through has helped us to focus on what is important and to do what is right. To do what is right for our communities, our churches, the people who support us and for the management and direction of the Trust.
2020 has challenged us all. It has also provided us with new insights and opportunities to strengthen the foundation for increasing success in supporting our historic churches in 2021 and beyond.
John Stokoe
RIDE + STRIDE
DHCT C/o Porter Dodson, 53 High West Street, Dorchester DT1 1UX
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#IAmScience Monir Shababi
November 2, 2018 By Erica Overfelt in #IAmScience Tags: #IAmScience #MizzouResearch, Monir Shababi
By Erica Overfelt | Bond LSC
Research Assistant Professor Monir Shababi and mothers of SMARD children started out as friends on Facebook. Now, they’re friends for a lifetime.
It was an unexpected turn for someone who spends most of her professional life in a lab.
SMARD1 is an acronym for the rare genetic neuromuscular disease spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress, which has been the focus of Shababi’s research for the past five years. While it shares part of its name with the better known spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the disease-causing gene is not the same. Both diseases target the lumbar motor neurons and cause muscle atrophy, diaphragmatic paralysis and respiratory complications are the first and most devastating symptom of SMARD.
“When my first paper about gene therapy for SMARD1 disease was published, a mother of the SMARD child contacted me and she informed other moms about my research,” Shababi said. “I never thought it would happen this way, you never imagine there would be a personal impact with your publications.”
Shababi ran into the obstacle of funding. Her once Facebook friends were there to help Shababi face this drawback.
“Within the second year of my National Institute of Health funding for SMARD1 gene therapy, I discussed the research with the mothers of SMARD kids, Jill Sims and Lisa Porter,” Shababi said. “I told them about the limited funding options in the future. Sims and Porter family were extremely supportive and generous. Dr. Sims and his wife (Jill’s in-laws) donated a large sum of money to Mizzou Give Direct, MU’s crowdfunding website exclusively for my SMARD research, establishing a webpage for donations with the goal of curing SMARD. Their gift changed the course of many lives in the most meaningful way.”
Shababi met the Sims daughter Catherine a few weeks ago. Catherine is five years old and lives with the disease.
“It had the most amazing personal impact on my work, which I was looking all along in my professional life,” Shababi said. “This is not just a job, it is not just research, it is not about publishing papers; it is affecting real lives.”
Shababi — who works with Dr. Chris Lorson at Bond LSC — began her life career in science at the University of Tabriz in Iran studying plant pathology. She moved to America with her husband, who accepted a research job in MU. She then got her masters and Ph.D. through the university, finishing her Ph.D. in Dr. James Schoelz lab studying gene regulation in a plant virus. She then had two postdoctoral positions working on gene regulation in yeast and bacteria.
“My postdoc research on yeast and bacteria was not satisfying enough; I wasn’t feeling the impact on the society that I was looking for,” Shababi said. “I even thought about changing careers until I contacted Dr. Lorson. His research involved hereditary genetic disease in humans and using virus as viral vectors to deliver the missing gene. I thought this research will surely have an impact on human lives. In Lorson’s lab, I found the enthusiasm and passion which led to four funded grants, 18 publications, a book chapter and most importantly, a financial gift to MU.”
Even if Shababi doesn’t get the expected results, every day in the lab is a new victory for her. She has developed a new mouse model for SMARD1 and injects them with the therapeutic virus at different times with different dosages to determine the therapeutic window and proper dosing for the vector. Shababi previously tested only black mice but now tests new white mice born with SMARD.
“As opposed to black mice, these white SMARD mice do not have the genetic modifiers to survive for a long period of time,” Shababi said. “They usually die by day 20, so we administer the gene replacement therapy at different days post birth or different dose and analyze the survival and overall health. Even a few days elongated survival is a huge improvement and you can tell if that time point or dose was still efficient or not.”
To move the research further toward clinical trials, the lab aims to use a more advanced model such as a human primate.
“We are hoping to advance from the mice research to an animal closer to humans,” Shababi said.
With hopeful new advancements in the future, there is only a positive outlook for the future of treatment.
“The pain and suffering of SMARD children and their parents are real and heartbreaking,” Shababi said. “This research builds a foundation for the future clinical trials creating optimism and hope for the SMARD community.”
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Darwin the Science Fraudster by Plagiarism and Lies
Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace committed the world's greatest science fraud by plagiarism and serial lies
Are you one of those who still thinks Charles Darwin is a paragon of honesty, integrity and genius integrity? If so you have been fooled by the Victorian establishment's propaganda science myth. He was a serial lying vain plagiarist and science fraudster: https://t.co/ojYWDoDKm5 pic.twitter.com/Lht6Bd7GIh
— BlessedVirginDarwin (@OnNavalTimber) August 31, 2020
Labels: Charles Darwin plagiarism, Nullius in Verba
Wikipedia: The World's Worst Encyclopedia
Anyone can write any rubbish they like and publish it for a day or night, or longer on Wikipedia. This makes it the worlds worst encyclopedia.
Why is #Wikipedia the Worlds worst encyclopedia at any one point in time, during any one day or night?@DrMarkGriffiths @philwane
Because anyone can edit it to say anything.
For example, Basil Brush was once Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University. https://t.co/1bNMffC8MT pic.twitter.com/8TXKCi97Bj
— Dr Mike Sutton (@Criminotweet) August 19, 2020
Labels: Basil Brush, Wikipedia unreliable
An Open Letter to the Royal Society and Linnean Society on Priority in Science and the Arago Rule
Do You Really Believe You Can Magically Change the Rules on Scientific Priority?
Charles Darwin (FRS), Alfred Russel Wallace, and Richard Dawkins (FRS) and many others, deceased or alive, amongst whom I include myself, such as Samuel Butler, Raphael Zon, James Dempster, Brian J. Ford, Michael Rampino, Milton Wainwright, Hugh Dower, Loren Eiseley, Ton Munnich, and the Royal Society Darwin Medal Winners Sir Gavin de Beer and Ernst Mayr, have published our full acknowledgement, and the independently verifiable evidence to support it, that Patrick Matthew (1831) - in his book On Naval Timber and Arboriculture - published the full theory of natural selection many years before Darwin and Wallace put pen to private notepaper on the topic and 28 years before Darwin and Wallace (1858) had their papers read before the Linnean Society.
Matthew uniquely coined his discovery the 'natural process of selection' and 29 years later Darwin uniquely shuffled Matthew's term into his own unique re-coinage the 'process of natural selection'. Darwin and Wallace each claimed to have arrived at the same theory, used the same terminology and the same unique explanatory examples, independently of Matthew and independently of one another.
The purpose of my open letter, therefore, is to request the Royal Society publish an official statement to explain whether the Royal Society will affirm that Patrick Matthew, by dint of his achievement at publishing first one of the greatest discoveries in science, should be officially awarded full priority over both Darwin and Wallace for his great unique breakthrough?
In this regard, I presume the Royal Society has not unofficially changed its views on the rules of priority? Perhaps it is necessary to remind the Royal Society of the Arago Effect to which it has adhered in all other disputes over priority for discovery in science - which is that being first into published print with a discovery is everything.
Maybe you have uniquely re-written the rules on priority for scientific discovery, but are keeping that a secret whilst facilitating plagiarism? If so, does that explain why the Royal Society has now plagiarised the unique scientific discoveries of Brian J. Ford? Here are the fully evidenced and independently verifiable toe-curlingly guilty facts on that new debacle. It is called “Watching Integrity Die” and the Royal Society plays a shameless leading role in doing just that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWA1tLKQ2L4&feature=youtu.be
Ignoring the convention of priority - specifically ignoring the Arago Effect - Richard Dawkins and others have created a new, unique in the history of scientific discovery - "Dawkins' Demand" that Matthew should not have priority over Darwin and Wallace because it was previously their 'knowledge belief' that Matthew's unique views went unnoticed. However, newly available Big Data research techniques reveal that Matthew's (1831) book was in fact (all pre 1858) cited by other naturalists known to Darwin/Wallace - including Loudon (who edited and published two of Blyth's influential papers), Robert Chambers (who wrote the highly influential book on evolution - the Vestiges of Creation) and Prideaux John Selby (who edited and published Wallace's Sarawak paper). (see: my peer reviewed papers for this new evidence: http://britsoccrim.org/new/volume14/pbcc_2014_sutton.pdf and https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/42392608.pdf).
As for Brian J. Ford, he has published hundreds of articles on the research the Royal Society plagiarised!
So, please explain, what is your excuse in his case? Surely the Royal Society is not plagiarising Brian J. Ford because he has acknowledged (here) your precious plagiarist Charles Darwin plagiarised Patrick Matthew are you? No, surely not!
In sum, would the Royal Society please make an official statement regarding whether it has abandoned its former acceptance of the Arago Ruling? Here is a reminder, just in case you have forgotten it: http://www.strevens.org/research/scistruc/Prioritas.pdf
If the Royal Society is making an exception to the rule of priority in the cases of Patrick Matthew and Brian J. Ford could it be so good to please explain why and make an official statement to the effect that this is not simply a biased Darwinist 'made for Matthew' and Royal Society ‘Made for Ford’ rule?
Now, perhaps also because I have published new bombshell research on the fully evidenced heresy that Darwin and Wallace knowingly plagiarised Matthew's theory, the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society is repeat victimising me by multiply plagiarising my original research and, whilst using it to fraudulently mislead its readership, refusing to do anything about that. The fully evidenced verifiable facts on that disgraceful nonscience behaviour, with proof that plagiarism is malicious, can be found here: https://patrickmathew.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-worlds-most-ironic-story-of.html
Dr Mike Sutton (Author of Nullius in Verba: Darwin’s greatest secret)
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Labels: Brian J. Ford, Royal Society Open letter
The Disgraceful Royal Society Blots its Copybook Promoting Blatant Plagiarism Again. WTF do they think they are doing?
If you are interested in plagiarism @CrimeTalkEd @brianjford then you MUST watch this.
Preferably hook your laptop up to your TV or if you have one watch the YouTube video on your smart TV.
Jaw dropping science fraud by the @royalsociety no less! https://t.co/oekwkHADLI
Labels: Brian J. Ford, Royal Society
The Biological Journal of the Linnean Society: Punterising the World with One Hundred and Sixty Two Years of Shameless Plagiarism
The Biological Journal of the Linnean Society and its publisher, Oxford University Press (OUP), are knowingly acting like a fence for stolen goods in selling my stolen research findings to their innocently unknowing subscribers and other paying customers in order to mislead them into believing the underhand cherry-picked plagiarized arguments of Dr Dagg and Dr Weal. Why on Earth would they do such a thing? Perhaps the answer is because the newly discovered facts of my research are simply too painful to bear? And as a world-renowned expert (published by OUP no less) on stolen goods markets I think that criminal fence analogy is most fitting.
In their respective papers, in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society Dr Weal and Dr Dagg do the following:
They plagiarise one of my important research findings, under every widely accepted definition of what constitutes research plagiarism.
They cherry-pick plagiarised it and so conceal from their readership the other data in my list, which undermines the arguments they make. Cherry picking your own data to do such a thing is serious science fraud. Cherry pick plagiarising the findings of another is surely equally, or more, serious.
Dr Dagg committed this plagiarism maliciously, which is proven by his own blog posts on both me and my finding that he has plagiarised; comments he published before and after he plagiarised it.
Because the research finding Dr Weale and Dr Dagg plagiarised could only ever have been found with my IDD research method (Sutton 2014b, Sutton and Griffith 2018), they also, in effect, plagiarise that original research method.
Read on to learn the full story, with all the independently verifiable facts and sources, of the most ironic plagiarism in the history of science.
Dagg, J. L. (2018) Comparing the respective transmutation mechanisms of Patrick Matthew, Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 123, Issue 4, April 2018, Pages 864–878, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly003
Weale, M. E. (2015) Patrick Matthew's Law of Natural Selection: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 115, Issue 4, August 2015, Pages 785–791 https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/115/4/785/2530994
Perhaps the un-scientific embarrassing multiple irony of what has been done is not lost on those who have seriously plagiarised my research, and on those who have, to date, arguably, undermined scientific integrity and the publication record by refusing to acknowledge and deal with that serious repeat victimisation plagiarism. That irony being my research into the history of plagiarism of the theory of evolution by natural selection, the theory first published by the Scot Patrick Matthew, has been most seriously plagiarised by two authors, in two separate papers in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, which effectively seek to argue that Darwin and Wallace did not plagiarise Matthew’s theory in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society in 1858, of which the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society is a direct descendant. On which note, as (Iphofen 2017) poignantly writes about my peer reviewed research on plagiarism:
'...we must guard against the temptation to corrupt practices that many see as undermining scientific integrity. These include plagiarism, failure to acknowledge prior-work, biased peer-reviewing, and, in effect, poorly constructed desk or secondary research. Of course, there is nothing new in such discreditable activities. Sutton (2014) offers evidence that Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace clearly plagiarised the earlier ideas of Patrick Matthew without sufficient acknowledgment and Darwin then used his elite connections to ensure he would not be scooped by Wallace.' [My emphasis].
Detailed Repeat Victim Impact and Context Statement Regarding the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society Refusing to Admit to or Address Repeat Victimization Plagiarism of my Prior-Published Original Research
(Dr Mike Sutton, August 2020)
Please Note: Full references to all publications cited are included at the end of this repeat victim statement.
The plagiarism and cherry picking plagiarism fraud comprises Dr Weale and Dr Dagg in their separate papers doing the following in each paper:
Using one important high-quality finding from my prior published research (Sutton 2014, 2014a, 2015. 2017b) without citation to that research.
By default, plagiarising the unique Big Data mining method (Sutton 2014b, Sutton and Griffiths 2018) used to make the finding, because the finding could not have been made without that method.
Cherry-picking plagiarism of that one important finding from my research to effectively mislead readers by not mentioning other findings in that same prior-published research. Those other findings independently, and as a collective weight of evidence, can be understood to disconfirm the arguments the plagiarisers make using the one finding they plagiarised.
The fact that only one of my high quality research findings has been plagiarised cannot ethically, rationally, or reasonably – in accordance with all guidance, rules and regulations on research plagiarism – be used as a guilt neutralisation excuse by the plagiarisers, Editor or OUP. This is a most important point, that I cannot emphasize enough, because the fact that only one of my findings has been plagiarised means three things (a) as in point 3 above, readers have been misled by deliberate cherry picking from my research findings, (b) high quality (not quantity) research findings plagiarism is the serious issue here (c) not dealing appropriately with this example of serious repeat plagiarism of my research will effectively give the authors and others a perceived licence to do the same with that and many more future illicit “use of one single research finding plagiarism” from my research and from the research of others in future OUP publications and elsewhere.
The fact the same finding first plagiarised by Dr Weale has been repeat plagiarised by Dr Dagg, in the very same journal, is proof of the high value of that finding and also strongly suggests that unless this plagiarism is dealt with appropriately, repeat victimisation by plagiarism will multiply even further by the same or by other authors in the same journal and or in other publications.
The plagiarism is deliberate, because both authors are proven to have prior read and prior-published their knowledge of my research and that finding in it. What they each publish on their own blog sites about my research before they plagiarised it is independently verifiable evidence of their prior knowledge of that finding. Both Dr Weale and Dr Dagg clearly took that finding directly from my original prior-published research with no reference to the research they took it from. That is serious research plagiarism under any definition.
It is my considered belief that in plagiarising my research in the way they have, given the weight of the independently verifiable evidence presented in this victim statement, both Dr Weale and Dr Dagg have committed serious academic science fraud by deliberate cherry-picking plagiarism of my research.
In the case of Dr Dagg, what the has written in his reviews of my books and his own blog posts about me and my research, published before he plagiarised my research, and after, confirm his plagiarism is malicious.
The research that has been plagiarised was conducted in 2013-2014, when I was employed as Reader in Criminology at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). NTU published a press brief on the research (see Nottingham Trent University 2014).
The plagiarised research is by no means of minor significance. My research findings have been reported in many newspapers and other publications, including national newspapers: The Daily Telegraph (2014) and the Daily Mail [Scotland Edition] (Caven 2014) and The Scotsman (newsroom 2016).
The ‘Selby cited Matthew in 1842’ original finding from my research is not yet common knowledge. Yet that exact research finding has been cherry-picked plagiarised from my larger list of those newly discovered, in my research, to have cited Matthew (1831). To be clear, my research finding has been plagiarised. It has been repeatedly plagiarised, because it has been published in two different articles in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. My Selby finding was taken from a larger list of my research findings, of writers I newly discovered cited Patrick Matthew’s (1831) book pre-1858, without credit to the source of my research that originally uncovered and first published it. In fact, it was used with no credit to me whatsoever. That is serious intellectual property theft of my research finding and the method used to make the finding.
Further detailed background information
In July 2020, I provided the full details of the plagiarism of my research, by Dr Weale and Dr Dagg, to the Chief Editor of the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society John Allen. The evidence I sent shows my research was knowingly plagiarised. I also sent the original publication details of my research, thus proving its provenance and that is has, therefore been plagiarised.
John Allen replied to me by claiming that use of this key and important original research finding without referencing the prior-published research that the plagiarist took it from is not research plagiarism. His is response in this regard is not only highly inappropriate but also totally unacceptable.
Moreover, I think John Allen’s stated belief is surely, patently, and profoundly wrong and out of line with all accepted, definitions of what amounts to research plagiarism, as opposed to merely copying text.
The length and occasional repetition in this victim statement will hopefully ensure that those now also in receipt of the same independently verifiable evidence provided herein may be left in no reasonable doubt that serious repeat research plagiarism has occurred and will understand its serious nature, consequences, impact on me as the victim and the need to act accordingly with integrity before the same or other authors further plagiarise my research and further subvert the historic publication record.
I have never felt the need to complain officially about plagiarism of my research before and I am shocked by the response I have received. To date, I am extremely disappointed with the behaviour of The Editor of the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
What, exactly, has been plagiarised?
Firstly, the research plagiarised is the relatively newly uncovered fact, uncovered by my research, (e.g. Sutton 2014, 2014a, 2015, 2017b) that the naturalist Selby (1842) cited the recognised member of the Scottish Enlightenment, botanist, agriculturalist, famous fruit hybridiser and forester, Patrick Matthew (1831) in 1842. Secondly, this plagiarism includes plagiarising the newly unearthed title and full reference for the book in which, my research discovered, Selby (1842) cited Matthew (1831). Thirdly, by default, the plagiarism includes plagiarising my unique research method (see Sutton 2014b and particularly Sutton and Griffiths 2018 for full details of the method) used to find this important new data in the historic publication record in the field of the history of scientific discovery. Fourthly, by cherry-pick plagiarising just one finding from my research, Dr Weale and Dr Dagg have engaged in misleading science fraud by concealing the other evidence in my research that can be used to dis-confirm the argument they make in their papers.
To emphasise by repeating the above point, plagiarism of my ‘Selby cited Matthew in 1842’ original research finding also seriously plagiarises the unique research method I developed and employed to find it. Namely, the Internet Date Detection, Big Data, research method (see Sutton 2014b and Sutton and Griffiths 2018 to see our detailed peer reviewed article on the method). Unless you were to know in advance that Selby’s book cited Matthew’s book, which is something no known writer has ever mentioned before, and so search on Selby or the title of his book, no other method tried before or since was able to detect the fact it did. Therefore, to understand and appreciate the seriousness of the repeat plagiarism of my research, it is imperative to understand that without use of the IDD research method the ‘Selby cited Matthew (1832) in 1842’ finding, could not, and arguably never would have been found by future researchers in this field.
Pertinent contextual historical facts of the area of research: Understanding the value of the finding that has been repeat plagiarised:
Matthew’s (1831) book is accepted by the world’s leading experts on the topic (e.g. by de Beer 1962, Mayr 1982, Dawkins 2010, Darwin 1861, and Wallace 1879) as containing the first fully published theory of evolution by natural selection.
Professor Loren Eiseley (1859) wrote a festschrift book on Darwin. Later he discovered that Darwin had, in his private essay of 1844, replicated Matthew’s (1831) highly idiosyncratic forester’s explanatory analogy of differences between trees selected by nature, growing in the wild, and those selected and raised artificially in nurseries. That one key research finding absolutely convinced Eiseley that his hero had committed plagiarising science fraud of Matthew’s prior published theory (Eiseley 1979). For my own part, having first used my IDD research method to surprisingly debunk a number of facts about who coined what term, phrase or concept, I used it to research the process of natural selection and the term and concept Selfish Gene in the expectancy that at least my science hero’s Darwin and Dawkins should be rightfully attributed with their claims to science fame. As my paper with Professor Mark Griffiths (Sutton and Griffiths 2018) proves, I was wrong about Dawkins. As my books and peer reviewed articles on Darwin Wallace and Matthew reveal, it surprisingly turned out I was also surely wrong about Darwin too (Sutton 2014b).
Prior to my research (e.g. Sutton, 2014, 2015, 2018) expert knowledge had it (e.g. de Beer 1962, Mayr 1982) that no one whatsoever/no naturalist and certainly no one in Darwin or Wallace’s circles had read Patrick Matthew’s (1831) published theory of what he called the “natural process of selection” before Darwin and Wallace supposedly independently replicated it in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (1858) and Darwin’s Origin of Species (1858), where Darwin named it the “process of natural selection” and replicated many of Matthew’s unique explanatory analogies of difference and other highly idiosyncratic yet key explanatory examples of the theory. In reply to Matthew’s (1860) published letter claiming his priority, Darwin (1860) claimed to have independently discovered the theory. He went further to claim, ‘no single person’ (Darwin 1861a) and elsewhere ‘no naturalist’ (Darwin 1861) had read Matthew’s prior published breakthrough before publication of the origin of Species in 1859. That was a total knowing falsehood, a blatant lie if you will. Because Matthew (1860) had already informed him otherwise and told him of Loudon’s book review and of an unnamed Scottish naturalist who had read it and feared to teach it for fear of pillory punishment for heresy. Wallace kept silent on the matter and so effectively claimed innocence on the question of his prior knowledge of Matthew’s prior-published breakthrough. Later, however, Wallace (1879) wrote that Matthew was one of the greatest thinkers in the first half of the 19th century and did originate the theory he and Darwin replicated (Wallace 1879), and more besides.
As said, the naturalist Loudon, who was editor of the Magazine of Natural History, had read Matthew’s book. He reviewed it in 1832 and wrote that Matthew appeared to have something important to say on what he termed “the origin of species”, no less. Dempster (1983, 1996, 2005) pointed it out in his important research in the field, but the fact Loudon was editor of a famous naturalist magazine, was a naturalist known to Darwin and his inner circle, and published two papers by Darwin’s prolific correspondent on species, Blyth (1835, 1836) was seemingly unknown by other experts on the topic. It has, therefore, been generally ignored in most of the academic literature on Darwin apart from mention in the important published research by Dempster. Eiseley (1979), did however produce convincing evidence that Darwin (1858, 1859) had plagiarised important ideas on evolution of varieties from Blyth.
I have a list of over 25 people newly proven by my 2014, 2018 research to have cited Matthew’s (1831) book. Seven were naturalists, four of those seven were known to Darwin pre 1858. Three of those four (including the valuable, dual plagiarised, Selby discovery) played major roles at the epicentre of influence on Darwin and Wallace pre-1858, on their influencers and their influencer’s influencers. The Selby (1842) cited Matthew discovery from that list, uniquely discovered by my research, is among the most important in the new data on this topic. As my book (Sutton 2014, 2016) and peer reviewed article on this topic (Sutton 2015) emphasise, Darwin’s father was a houseguest of Selby, as were other naturalists known to Darwin and Darwin’s inner circle. Selby’s great friend was Jenyns, who was Darwin’s friend and most prolific correspondent (on Selby’s friendship with Darwin’s father and Jenyns see Jackson 1992). Importantly, as my prior published research (e.g. Sutton 2014, 2014a, 2015, 2017b) reveals, Selby was, at the time it was published, editor of the Journal that published Wallace’s (1855) famous Sarawak paper on evolution, which Darwin read pre-1858.
The above facts prove why the newly unearthed Selby data from my research is of high quality and is very important when it comes to the question of whether Darwin read Matthew pre 1858 and whether Wallace read Matthew pre 1858.
What is plagiarism, particularly research findings plagiarism?
The University of Oxford (2020) provides us with arguably the world’s most famous definition of what constitutes plagiarism (my emphasis):
"Plagiarism is presenting someone else's work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition."
The article by Dr Weale and the article by Dr Dagg each use my prior published Selby data without any acknowledgement whatsoever to where they found it. So how is that not plagiarism?
Where research findings are used without reference to where they originated then that is defined as citation plagiarism, which is a sub-type of research plagiarism. That is what Dr Weale and Dr Dagg did in their respective articles in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Citation plagiarism may occur through careless attitudes towards citation (Saunders 2010) or it may occur through an act of what Allen (2007) calls ‘blatant plagiarism’, which is done with an aim to steal the research finding in order to deceive others by taking credit for it. However, it seems reasonable to assume that in other cases citation plagiarism may be motivated or by a sole or perhaps additional wish not to reference the original source of the research finding due to professional embarrassment, malice, jealousy or some other pseudo-scholarly ulterior motive. In that case the motivation may be to have the finding wrongly perceived as something widely known and not attributable to anyone. In some cases, perhaps citation plagiarism is motivated by the plagiariser’s perceptions of academic discipline rivalry that may involve trying to double-guess readership, peer review and editorial arrogance, personal dislike of the victim, their research findings, their interpretation of those findings and conclusions, or individual and disciplinary jealously regarding the discovery of the data they decided to plagiarise.
Plagiarising a research finding can also constitute ‘research method plagiarism’ if the method used to make that finding is original, because if only that original method could make the finding the plagiarist will also, by default, most certainly plagiarise the method used to find it. As explained above, that is the case in the plagiarism of my Selby cited Matthew pre-1858 finding. By plagiarising that research finding, both Dr Weale and Dr Dagg have by default plagiarised the unique Big Data Internet Date Detection research method (Sutton and Griffiths 2018) used to find it. Independent expert peer reviewers of that peer reviewed article I wrote with Professor Griffith’s agreed the unique IDD method is a new Big Data research method that has been used in my research to make significant research findings of this kind.
'The term plagiarism derives from the Latin word “plagiarius,” meaning “kidnapper” or “abductor.” Although plagiarism is difficult to define in few words, it can be viewed as the stealing of another person's ideas, methods, results, or words without giving proper attribution…. The ORI defines plagiarism as being “theft or misappropriation of intellectual property and the substantial unattributed textual copying of another's work.”… The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), UK, has defined plagiarism as “the unreferenced use of others published and unpublished ideas.” (Juyal, D., Thawani, V., & Thaledi, S. 2015). (My emphasis).
The fact Dr Weale’s and Dr Dagg’s plagiarism of my research is subtle does not make it any less serious. Arguably it makes it more serious because it is so deceptive. This is something that the Editor of the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society seems to know or care nothing about. As Dougherty (2020. p.1) explains:
“I have requested retractions of 125 published articles in humanities fields in recent years. A large portion of these articles exhibited very subtle forms of plagiarism. … When undetected plagiarising articles produce widespread inefficiencies in the wider system of knowledge production, not only are researchers denied credit for their discoveries, but plagiarizing articles take up space in journals that should have been reserved for articles for authentic researchers.”
Quality not quantity
It is most important to repeat another point already made, in order to emphasise the fact, that the plagiarism of my research by Dr Weale and Dr Dagg is not an issue of a quantity being plagiarised, it is about the quality of what has been plagiarised. It is also about the insidious subtlety in which that was deliberately done and the malice behind it.
The Selby data, uncovered by my research, that has been plagiarised is not only relatively new, it is also highly significant and of extremely high quality in the specific field of research into the history of scientific discovery and scientific plagiarism of breakthroughs in knowledge and prior-published research findings of others. On the issue of whether Darwin and Wallace plagiarised Matthew, it is highly significant, important and new.
As explained above, the Selby cited Matthew in 1842 discovery provides clear evidence of the existence of a previously totally unknown route for potential ‘Matthew to Darwin and Wallace’ knowledge contamination (Sutton 2015) of both Darwin and Wallace and their subsequent publications. Such potential knowledge transmission, in whole or part, could have occurred directly or in some way via others known to Selby, Darwin and Wallace. Others including but not limited to Darwin’s father (who was Selby’s friend) or Darwin’s and Selby’s mutual friend Jenyns.
“…whether or not one article plagiarises another may turn on a judgement of the originality of the interpretation of scientific experiment or a data set.” (Saunders, 2010). (My emphasis)
"...plagiarism (in principle) can consist in as little as one word, while there are many standard sentences describing research methods that will not be plagiarism even if, in fact, copied from someone else. This is to say that the unmarked reuse of some very short passages might be plagiarism, even though the reuse of other equally short passages would not. The conclusion to draw from this is that plagiarism has to do with quality rather than quantity – or, more precisely, with what is unique rather than so common that it cannot be attributed to anyone." (Helgesson and Eriksson (2015). (My emphasis).
The verifiable fact the unique Selby data from my research has been twice plagiarised in the Biological Journal of the Linnean society is clear proof of the high quality and importance of the research that has been plagiarised. Surely it was plagiarised twice precisely because it is such a valuable newly discovered fact that Selby read and cited Matthew’s book before Darwin or Wallace penned a word on the topic of evolution by natural selection. What other reason could there be?
The fact the unique Selby Data has been plagiarised a second time in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society is proof that the scientific record in the history of science has been corrupted with one incident of plagiarism leading to another and needs, therefore, to be rectified before further incidents occur to corrupt the publication record in the history of scientific discovery and research into priority and plagiarism.
Engaging in the subterfuge of cherry picking one author from my prior published original research findings (Sutton 2014, 2017b), of who I newly discovered did cite Matthew (1831) pre 1858, to effectively make deceptive fact concealment arguments when examining the evidence for routes of potential knowledge contamination (transmission) from Matthew’s (1831) book to the later published works of Darwin, Wallace and others is misleading the scientific community.
Using my Selby research finding without citation to the research and method that uncovered it, in order to make the argument, as Dr Weale and Dr Dagg do, that no naturalist understood Matthew’s theory, is, in my opinion, engaging in science fraud not only by plagiary but highly deliberate deceptive cherry picking. Because, by way of just one relevant example among many others I found in my research, that I could use here, I also originally unearthed the fact that Jameson (1853) cited Matthew’s 1831 book and observations in it. Jameson was the nephew of Darwin’s Edinburgh Professor, employee of the East India Company and regular pre-1858 correspondent of William Hooker (father of Darwin’s best friend and botanical mentor Joseph Hooker). William Hooker, also a friend of Darwin, was sponsor, mentor, customer for his ‘collected’ wildlife and correspondent of Wallace. All pre-1858.
Jameson (1853) cited Matthew and wrote about one area of Matthew’s book on how some species of tree may sometimes fare better when transplanted outside their native areas. Jameson reveals that he fully understood the importance of Matthew’s observation for economic botany. The devout Christian gentleman scientist Selby, on the other hand, was writing in 1842, at a time when such an idea was deemed far more unacceptably heretical to Christians who believed their God designed nature and put everything where it was most ideally and best suited to serve the interests of humans above all else. Most importantly, that idea, and other heretical for Christians ideas, in Matthew’s book, was also mentioned in a major book review of 1831 in the United Services Journal, which instructed readers to not even to dare think about such ideas. And Jameson is just one example of the newly discovered to have cited Matthew (1831) authors in my research findings that Dr Weal’s and Dr Dagg’s cherry picking research findings plagiarism effectively, and misleadingly, conceal by failing to cite the source of the Selby cited Matthew pre-1858 discovery.
To emphasise the point just made, plagiarising from my list of those newly discovered by the IDD method to have cited Matthew (1831) pre-1858, (As Dr Weale and Dr Dagg have done) not only plagiarises the IDD method as well as my data, it also most seriously, effectively fraudulently in my opinion, hides not only the other findings in my research but also hides the power of that method by failing to acknowledge just how many authors (including naturalists) in fact did read Matthew’s bombshell theory, how many were linked to Darwin and Wallace, and in what way.
The image above is from Sutton (2014) and shows Selby in the list of 25 people newly discovered in my research to have cited Matthew’s (1831) book before 1858
Evidence of prior knowledge and malicious intent regarding plagiarism of my research.
In light alone of the facts presented above, my research has been plagiarised in two articles in the Biological Journal Linnean Society, as has the unique research method used. But this plagiarism is worse. Firstly, it has taken place at a relatively very early stage following the publication of my research findings. That greatly increases the chances that my research findings will be misattributed to either Dr Weale, Dr Dagg or both. Worse still is the independently verifiable evidence that Dr Dagg plagiarised my research maliciously. That evidence now follows:
Dr Weale (2015b) read my prior published research and mentions in his article in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society some online debates he has had with me on it before failing to cite the source of the Selby discovery in that article. Dr Weale explains (using my research without attribution) that Selby cited Matthew in 1842 and Weale cites Selby’s book, in which Selby did so, in his references section (again without attribution to my research that found it). Clearly then, Dr Weale fails to attribute that new ‘Selby cited Matthew pre-1858’ discovery to my research. But that newly unearthed fact from my research, unlike the fact that Loudon reviewed Matthew’s book knowledge, cannot be attributed to “just anyone”. Arguably, Dr Weale is, if not deliberately falsely passing it off as his own discovery, though giving that impression by default to some readers, is also effectively portraying it falsely in his article to be perceived by other readers as something widely known. The Selby finding from my research is certainly at great risk now of being wrongly attributed to Weale, or else falsely as something that was widely known to anyone, as it might well be in the near future, if Dr Weale’s research plagiarism of this high quality research finding and associated research method plagiarism is not correctly remedied by the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Dr Dagg (2018a) writes that Dr Weale helped him extensively with his article. Given the fact Dr Weale earlier plagiarised my research in his own article and then helped another to publish an article that does the very same thing is powerful confirmatory circumstantial evidence that Dr Weale deliberately plagiarised my research in his article in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. This supports the point made in the last sentence of the preceding bullet point, directly above.
Dr Dagg, (2017) writing as “Joda” but signing his malicious review of my book (Sutton 2017b), which contains the Selby discovery, with his real name also proves by so doing that he read my prior published research, including the Selby discovery, before failing to cite the source of that research finding in his article. Dagg, therefore also commits knowing research findings and research method plagiarism in his article, of the same kind as Dr Weale.
Dr Dagg (e.g. 2014) has published various malicious blog posts about me, before he plagiarised my research and has written and published more malicious blog posts about that research he plagiarised after he plagiarised it. That is verifiable evidence he has acted not only knowingly but maliciously in plagiarising my research.
Dr Dagg (2016) proves on his dreadfully malicious blog that he was fully aware of my prior-published original research finding of other naturalists, including Jameson who cited Matthew pre-1858, before he cherry pick plagiarised the Selby data from my research to use in his article.
Dr Dagg, (2018a) in what seems to me at least to be a breach of COPE guidelines for authors publishing in peer reviewed journals has published a blog post to mock one peer reviewer of his paper, name another and to write about the extensive help he received from Dr Weale and from the Editor of the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Dr Dagg (2018a) writes that Dr Derry helped him write his article. Dr Derry has also published an insanely jealous and weirdly obsessive malicious blog site about me and my published research and other staff at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and has been warned in writing by senior management at NTU to cease sending obscene and harassing communications (e.g. Derry 2014, 2017, 2018a 2018b), libelling and harassing members of academic and senior management there, including obsessive emailing, cyberstalking and harassing Professor Griffiths, associated with me and my research.
Dr Dagg (2018b) publishes on Wikipedia to emphasise the fact that he has not referenced my research in his article in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. He does so in reply to his malicious associate Dr Derry.
Thank you for carefully reading and understanding the importance and important consequences of the above independently verifiable evidence.
I put the work in for many hours each day, often seven days a week, for over two years and know the uniqueness and value of my research results and how extremely time-consuming and difficult that research was to conduct, as do those who plagiarised it, which is why they did so, and why it has been done twice.
Research in the field of criminology reveals that the best-known prediction of victimization is victimization (e.g. Farrell and Pease 2001) and that is confirmed in this case. Therefore, if not dealt with properly, even more plagiarism of my research will almost certainly follow.
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Dagg (2014) His blog site post about my research http://archive.is/HprqF
Dagg (2016) His blog post proving he was aware the Selby data he plagiarised is from my prior published research and that he cherry picked it from a much larger list from my research data of those I newly discovered to have cited Matthew (1831) pre 1858 https://archive.is/N03ek
Dagg (2017) His review of Nullius in Verba: Darwin’s Greatest Secret. http://archive.is/PoF79
Dagg (2018a) His blog post naming a peer reviewer and mocking another http://archive.is/RZSjh
Dagg (2018b) Wikipedia talk page on Patrick Matthew http://archive.is/TY26z
Dagg (2019) His blog post about my Selby discovery http://archive.is/TWIw2
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Derry (2014) WARNING this is an archived tweet from Dr Derry that includes the most obscene language: http://archive.is/8tH1C
Derry (2017) His weirdo stalker, insanely jealous, website http://archive.is/mg2Cg
Derry (2018a) WARNING This archived text also includes obscene language published by Dr Derry. Cyberstalking in the comments section of the Times Higher Education website, where he writes about Dr Weale, Dr Dagg and the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society: http://archive.is/reG0s
Derry (2018b) Derry’s obsessive cyberstalking blogsite as evidence of his obsessive cyberstalking and malicious harassment behaviour: http://archive.is/fqNil
Dougherty, M. V. (2020). DISGUISED ACADEMIC PLAGIARISM a typology and case studies for researchers and editors. SPRINGER NATURE. Eiseley, L. (1959) Darwin’s Century: Evolution and the Men who Discovered it. London. The Scientific Book Guild.
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Farrell, G. and Pease, K. (2001) ‘Repeat Victimization’. Crime Prevention Studies 12. Monsey. Criminal Justice Press.
Helgesson G, Eriksson S: “Plagiarism in research”, Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 18:1 (2015):91-101) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263743965_Plagiarism_in_research
Iphofen, R. (2017). Finding Common Ground: Consensus in Research Ethics Across the Social Sciences. Edited by Ron Iphofen. Advances in research ethics and integrity. Volume 1. London Emerald Publishing. p. Xiii.
Jackson, C. E. (1992) Prideaux John Selby: A Gentleman Naturalist, Spredden Press, Northumberland 1992, p. 86.
Jameson, W. (1853) Contributions to the History of the Relationship between Climate and Vegetation in the various parts of the Globe. On the Physical aspect of the Punjab in Agriculture and Botany. Journal of the Horticultural Society of London. Vol 8. Pp. 273-314.
Juyal, D., Thawani, V., & Thaledi, S. (2015). Plagiarism: an egregious form of misconduct. North American journal of medical sciences, 7(2), 77–80. https://doi.org/10.4103/1947-2714.152084
Loudon, J. C. (1832) Patrick Matthew on Naval Timber and Arboriculture with critical notes on authors who have recently treated the Subject of Planting. Gardener’s Magazine. Vol. III. P. 703.
Matthew, P. (1831) On Naval Timber and Arboriculture with critical notes on authors who have recently treated the Subject of Planting. Blacks of London and Longman and Co. London.
Matthew, P. (1860) Letter to the Gardener’s Chronicle. Nature’s law of selection. Gardeners Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette. 12 May. P. 433.
Mayr, E. (1982) The growth of biological thought: diversity, evolution and inheritance. Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press.
Nottingham Trent University (2014) ‘Did Darwin lie about discovery of natural selection?’: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2014/06/did-darwin-lie-about-discovery-of-natural-selection. Archived: http://archive.is/2Hz1A
Saunders, J. (2010). ‘Plagiarism and the Law’. Learned Publishing, 23:279–292. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1087/20100402
Selby, P. J. (1842) A History of British Forest Trees: Indigenous and introduced. London. Van Voorst.
Sutton, M. (2014) Nullius in Verba: Darwin’s greatest secret. E-Book. Thinker Media Press. http://archive.is/NIEDR
Sutton, M. (2014a) ‘A Dreadful Discovery: Big Data Proves Wallace and Darwin Counterfeit Discoverers’. Conway Hall. Conway Hall Ethical Society, London, Sunday Lecture. https://conwayhall.org.uk/ethicalrecord/a-dreadful-discoery-big-data-proves-wallace-and-darwin-counterfeit-discoverers/
Sutton (2014b) The High-Tech Detection of Darwin’s and Wallace’s Possible Science Fraud: Big Data criminology re-writes he history of contested discovery. Papers from the British Society of Criminology Conference (peer reviewed) British Society of Criminology. https://patrickmatthew.com/onewebmedia/Darwin%20Science%20Fraud.pdf
Sutton, M. (2015) ‘On Knowledge Contamination: New Data Challenges Claims of Darwin’s and Wallace’s Independent Conceptions of Matthew’s Prior-Published Hypothesis’. Filozoficzne Aspekty Genezy — 2015, t. 12. Philosophical Aspects of Origins. 1-39 https://core.ac.uk/reader/42392608
Sutton, M. (2017a) Fencing and Stolen Goods Markets. Oxford Bibliographies. Oxford University Press: https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195396607/obo-9780195396607-0219.xml
Sutton (2017b) Nullius in Verba: Darwin’s greatest secret. Vol. 1. Paperback. Vae Victus. Amazon Books. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nullius-Verba-Darwins-greatest-secret/dp/1541343964
Sutton, M.; Griffiths, M.D. (2018) Using Date Specific Searches on Google Books to Disconfirm Prior Origination Knowledge Claims for Particular Terms, Words, and Names. Soc. Sci. 7, 66. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/7/4/66
The Scotsman (2016) Darwin may have stolen evolution theory from Perthshire farmer: CHARLES DARWIN may have 'stolen' his theory of evolution from a little-known Perthshire farmer, according to top academic. https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/darwin-may-have-stolen-evolution-theory-perthshire-farmer-1480324
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B.C. couple discover car reality shows are more scripted fiction than fact
by Alyn Edwards | December 8, 2017
Nate and Desiree Bestward with their 1957 GMC pickup that broke down on the eve of their wedding after being totally rebuilt by the reality TV show Carspotters.
VANCOUVER — Reality TV shows featuring old vehicles get a lot of attention these days: Overhaulin’ Graveyard Carz, Fast n’ Loud, Counting Cars and Vegas Rat Rods to name just a few.
So it’s little surprise Surrey residents Nate and Desiree Bestward were excited when the producers of Discovery Channel’s Carspotting showed interest in featuring a makeover of their 1957 GMC pickup.
Nate, who has been buying selling vintage pickups and parts since he was 14, bought the ‘restomod’ truck just across the line in Lynden, Washington a few years before. Desiree had been driving it to work as a Day Program Coordinator at the Delta Community Living Society. But the truck was a victim of a hit-and-run while the couple had dinner in White Rock and then an engine wiring fire sidelined it for driving. So the thought of a complete rebuild done by a reality show that would split the cost with the owners was appealing.
The New York-based production company – Leftfield Pictures – had seen Nate’s ads for old pickup trucks and parts online and contacted him. Over a period of months, they narrowed their choice to Nate and Desiree’s 1957 GMC. After a series of Skype interviews, the deal was struck with the truck set to be featured in Carspotting episode 2 titled Diamond in the Rust.
Desiree and Nate Bestward with their 1957 GMC pickup that was rebuilt by the reality TV show Carspotting.
The 1957 GMC pickup as purchased by Nate in Linden, Washington before Carspotting agreed to rebuild it.
The upgraded interior in the GMC pickup is designed with comfort in mind.
A high horsepower Chevy V8 engine powers the ‘restomod.’
The rear of the classic pickup.
The distinctive frontend.
The truck as viewed on the episode was purchased by Nate and Desiree for $60,000…at least according to what was aired. However, the vehicle was already owned by them and the real cost was much less. Nate and the production company had an agreed value that would be paid upon completion of the vehicle, which was not the value presented during the episode.
In the segment, old car buyer Carlos and his team of builders would do the makeover. The shop would be an old Ford dealership rented in Lynden, Washington – which by sheer coincidence is the town where Nate and Desiree first purchased the truck. The production company bought and installed all the equipment for the shop including vehicle lifts, welders and a paint booth.
Nate was pumped as he wanted to give the completed truck to Desiree as a wedding present. But the promised reality would turn into fiction almost immediately.
The show stars wouldn’t be doing any of the work. The work that was supposed to be completed and overseen by a skilled craftsman from a Bellingham hot rod shop was contracted out to others with only the occasional involvement of the well-known hot rod builder. As a result, hardly anything of the build was shown in the television segment.
Although they were supposedly doing a makeover of Nate and Desiree’s 1957 GMC pickup, it wasn’t their truck at all that viewers were shown at the start. The build really started with a rusted out Chevrolet pickup.
“They got called out on that because the Chevy has a V-shaped instrument cluster and the GMC has a round gauge cluster,” Nate says of the visual deception, adding that the producers changed the story so many times it got further away from what actually happened every time. “I guess real drama doesn’t work unless it’s scripted.”
As the story evolved, Carlos buys a beat up pickup and sells it to Nate and the two come to an agreement on the build. The truck was to be completed in one month to add tension and pressure to the drama. In fact, the build took 18 months, the truck Nate supposedly bought for the build was a Chevy, not his 1957 GMC pickup, and the work was completed by a shop crew who were hastily cobbled together to complete the reality show builds.
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All this led to the big reveal where Nate and Desiree were to see the completed truck for the first time. But the truth is Nate frequently visited the shop in Lynden to check on the build and he had already seen the completed truck before the reveal date.
The location for the ‘reveal’ was Birch Bay, Washington – an hour south of Vancouver. The OMG moment was shot over and over by the production crew.
“We were to stand there and the truck would be driven towards us,” Nate recalls. “The big moment happened about ten times during a four-hour period of filming, yet we were only seen at the very end of the episode for approximately fifteen seconds.
“They never showed the footage that we filmed in the shop, doing the negotiations and discussing the build concept. That discussion was dubbed into the episode at the end.”
The production company took so long to complete the segment that Nate got Desiree’s wedding present back on the eve of their wedding on August 19th. Disappointment would cast a dark cloud over the blessed event. The truck that was to be the focal point of the celebration broke down and wouldn’t start. Despite numerous efforts to diagnose the issue just hours before the ceremony, the truck remained an immobile showpiece and was unfortunately not used for Desiree’s entrance to the ceremony. Luckily, they had a close friend’s muscle car to drive the bride into the ceremony, and the wedding photos were taken in the driveway of Nate’s home with the fantasy-built GMC pickup.
Nate concedes he benefited from the build that took 1,200 hours and would have cost up to $90,000 based on shop time and parts costs. Although the work on the truck was good and results are spectacular, Nate was left to sort out numerous deficiencies and problems.
Would he commit a vehicle to a reality show again? The answer is no.
“I was misled about who was going to build the truck and was left to sort out a lot of issues,” he says. “I would have much rather done the work on the truck myself.
“We fell into this opportunity and it seemed like it would be a fun experience at the time. The biggest downfall to these reality shows is that people believe it’s all true. Unfortunately, the perceived monetary value and work negatively impacts the hobby we love so much. Live and learn.”
(To view the ‘reveal’, go to: https://www.facebook.com/CarSpottingTV/videos/326583054450804/)
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IN THE STORMY RED SKY — snippet 65
by Eric Flint | Apr 24, 2009 | DrakeSnippet, Snippets | 1 comment
IN THE STORMY RED SKY – snippet 65:
The Milton roared toward St James Harbor from the east with Daniel at the controls. He grinned even more widely as he fought the throttles: “roared” was very much the word for it, because every part of the big ship was making a thunderous racket.
His main display was a panorama of the surface beneath their course as he braked the cruiser into a slant onto the target. Daniel had entered the atmosphere with the display set to show the next thousand miles, but he reduced the scale as their track carved down toward the surface. When St James Harbor rose above the horizon line to become visible to the ship’s real-time sensors, it served as the terminus of the rapidly swelling image.
The long descent had scrubbed off orbital velocity, so the plasma thrusters were driving and supporting the ship. Airspeed had dropped to 220 miles per hour, and they were holding a 3,000-foot altitude as closely as Daniel’s skill permitted–which was not as closely as he thought he should have been able to manage.
“Six, this is Guns,” Sun said. “I’m deploying the turrets at the ordered airspeed, over.”
As he spoke–before he spoke, really–hydraulic jacks began driving the turrets up into their extended position. When a warship was in harbor or in vacuum, the guns turrets were raised to provide more internal volume. For liftoffs and landings in an atmosphere, however, they were recessed within the hull.
A starship couldn’t be streamlined, even with its telescoped rigging snugged against the hull. Unless the turret armor was brought as close as possible to the vessel’s center of mass, however, the chance that buffeting would set up an uncontrollable roll became very high.
Daniel had told Sun to keep his plasma cannon stowed until the cruiser’s airspeed had dropped to 200 mph. Predictably the gunner had decided to ready his weapons for action early; and because he was experienced as well as determined, he’d set the process in motion before he’d announced what he was doing.
Sun deserved a rocket for disobeying orders, and maybe he’d get one later. But Daniel had to admit that the cruiser’s terrible handling in an atmosphere wasn’t made worse when the turrets rose into the airstream.
The Wartburg had landed in her assigned berth on one of the civilian quays; to do otherwise would have been to–literally–set off alarms early. Daniel was slanting the cruiser in over the water close to the military reservation, which would have been proper had she still been the Scheer as she’d been launched. In any case, the course was unlikely to raise the garrison’s suspicions further in the midst of a battle.
Carets, wavering between orange and purple depending which gave greater contrast to the background, sprang to life across the terminus of the course panorama. Adele was indicating major Alliance targets. The data would be copied to the gunnery screens as soon as the turrets could bear on the port.
“Ship, this is Six,” Daniel said, throttling back and adjusting the thrusters’ attitude to ease the big ship toward a hover. “You can open her–”
Even before he got the words out, hatches being undogged all over the vessel clanged a raucous alarm. Although the cruiser’s forward speed was dropping, the windblast through scores of hull openings lifted anything loose and whirled it in the corridors. The thrusters were deafening as they pounded at high output.
“–up, but targets on the south side of the water only. We’ve got friends down there, spacers, and I don’t want pongoes to be saying the RCN is more dangerous to its friends than the Alliance is. Don’t disappoint me, Millies! Six out.”
The hull shuddered as Sun rotated his turrets to bear on opposite beams–ventral to starboard, dorsal to port. The harbor wasn’t in sight yet, but it would be in less than a minute.
Daniel sneezed. Even up here on A Level, the sharp claws of ozone from the exhaust curled in with the noise of the thrusters.
Hogg sat on the jumpseat of the command console. He held a stocked impeller, but he’d slung a sub-machine gun as well. Presumably one was for the young master in the event they made a ground assault.
That might be extreme preparedness rather than wishful thinking on Hogg’s part, but the longing glances he cast toward the hatch on the port–south–bulkhead of the bridge was genuinely hopeful. Hogg liked shooting things, and if the targets were men shooting back, that just made it more interesting.
That wasn’t going to happen this time. Daniel’s worst enemies wouldn’t call him a coward, but his task right now was to maneuver the Milton so that her firepower could aid the ground forces in capturing St James Harbor. The mission wouldn’t be helped by a chance slug or two entering through an open port and ricocheting around the bridge.
“Gunner, you may fire when–”
WHANG!
The blast of an eight-inch plasma cannon slammed flat all the previous sounds of wind, thrusters, and the ship working in an atmosphere. The ship torqued noticeably on her axis and the bow kicked to port. The jet of charged particles ripped a thick saffron line through the air.
Two miles away, what had been the Planetary Police Headquarters vanished in an iridescent flash. Seven seconds after the thunderclap of the plasma bolt’s track closing came the deeper, distance-muted thump of the building exploding.
Marines and spacers at the open hatches on the port side began to shoot furiously in the direction of the military facilities. The slant range was over a mile, and the likelihood was that half the projectiles struck low–the harborfront danced–or sailed over not only the reservation but even the civilian subdivisions beyond. It made the crew a part of the action, though, and it certainly didn’t do any good to Alliance morale.
So long as the individual marksmen–and the automatic impellers which were even now being clamped to hatch openings–fired at the enemy side of the harbor, they couldn’t do any harm. The police building was on the north, but Adele must have determined that the Brotherhood troops hadn’t advanced that far. There had been only two careted targets on that side, the police headquarters and the planetary government buil–
The second plasma bolt hit at the base of the Albert Robida Government Office Building, a slender, pyramidal structure some fifteen stories high. It had been built up rather than outward: for show presumably, because land couldn’t have been at much of a premium even in center of St James City.
For show also, the building was beige stone instead of concrete or some utilitarian cast synthetic. Daniel realized that when the whole thing lifted on the vaporized contents of the ground floor, then shook itself into a rain of ashlars. They cascaded down, dishing in the fronts of the flimsier structures on all four sides.
There were now no suitable targets for heavy weapons on the north side of the harbor. It was possible that the Brotherhood would run into a pocket of resistance that they wanted the cruiser to eliminate. So long as it was adequately marked, the job would be both safe and simple. Given the way Colonel Stockheim’s men had stormed the missile battery, however, that didn’t seem the way they thought.
Daniel minusculely boosted the output of the leading pair of port thrusters; the cruiser’s track straightened. He’d sent the projected course to Sun so that the gunner could plan his fire missions as soon as Adele provided the targets. He’d been a little surprised that Sun had started with the civilian installations, though that had probably cleared the flank of the friendly infantry so that it could–
WHANG! WHANG!
The shock of two bolts at minimum separation–the right cannon had fired the instant the left tube had returned to battery–was momentarily stunning, even to Daniel. The fact that this time they were firing at maximum depression from the dorsal turret–which was in addition offset toward the bow and therefore bridge¬–made the effect even worse.
Daniel didn’t think anybody could get used to eight-inch plasma cannon; certainly he didn’t expect to. The weapons really needed the 60-100 thousand tons of a battleship’s hull to anchor them. Sturdy though the Milton’s frames were, he guessed that if the cruiser saw action as frequently as he was used to in the Princess Cecile, she would warp herself to scrap in less than ten years.
But by the Gods! What the powerful bolts did to their targets was a treat to see–if you were at the breech end of the gun when it happened.
Brick walls didn’t burn, but the roofs were corrugated sheets of structural plastic. They ignited at the sun-heart temperature of a plasma bolt. The bedding, wood floors, and the bodies of any troops and dependants who happened to be inside simply exploded.
A fire-shot cloud of brick rose skyward, spread into an anvil, and rained down for a half mile in every direction. Daniel even heard the clunk–it was too dull to be a slug–of a fragment hitting the Milton.
What Sun had very cleverly done was to wait to fire into the military reservation until the angle let him enfilade a row of ten company barracks with each bolt. The Brotherhood had been chewing up the two-story structures with their automatic impellers from across the harbor, but they hadn’t known which of the buildings were occupied by the garrison among the much larger number which were empty and available for transients.
Adele–or perhaps Cory?–had looked at power meter records to determine the question. In general, the Sissie’s faster-firing four-inch guns would’ve been better for support in a sprawling camp like this one, but Sun’s careful aim had allowed him to use the eight-inch weapons to their full effect.
dac on April 24, 2009 at 7:44 AM
i had been wondering if 8 ” guns would be the best for fire support
Although I suppose they are better for hardened targets
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Natuzzi launches Augmented Store for VR furniture shopping
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The Italian furniture brand Natuzzi has embarked on what it calls “a new era of advanced, white-glove customer service” by launching a virtual-reality shopping experience.
The brand’s Augmented Store is part of its New York City Madison Avenue showroom. It enables customers to enter a digitally rendered version of their own home in virtual reality and decorate it with Natuzzi pieces.
Customers wear Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 headset to interact with the environment, move products around, and change patterns and colours.
“It gives them a sense of place and mood that’s almost as real as a physical furniture display, and the experience helps them form an emotional connection to their choices,” creative director Pasquale Junior Natuzzi told Dezeen.
Based on testing, the company predicts that the deep level of engagement afforded by the Augmented Store will help reduce the brand’s closing ratio by at least one-third.
It also expects that the roll-out of more Augmented Stores, which it expects to have in every Natuzzi shop worldwide by the end of 2020, will mean its physical showrooms can carry less inventory, and consequently take up less square footage.
With the reduced cost and space requirements, it could mean an overall expansion in the number of stores.
A few furniture brands have experimented with augmented-reality (AR) shopping, mainly younger players such as Opendesk but also the retail giant IKEA.
Natuzzi’s Augmented Store includes a similar AR experience — customers can wear a headset at home to see furniture pieces overlaid holographically into their actual home environment, and experiment with colours and finishes that way.
There’s also a second AR feature, enabling customers to view a holographic scaled model on a tabletop, giving them a bird’s eye view of a decorated space.
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However, Natuzzi aims to go a step further in also offering a VR experience that fully immerses the customer in a digital world. To realise the person’s home in VR, Natuzzi uses photographs, measurements and, optionally, CAD files, to produce a faithful 3D rendering.
The focus here is on architectural elements such as walls, floors, ceilings, door and windows, but some important personal decor can be included as well. Natuzzi undertakes this process before the customer even comes into the store, and fully decorates the digital environment from its product library from the get-go to provide a starting point once they arrive.
The goal is to create an emotional connection and provide “advanced, white-glove customer service” that keeps people returning to the brand.
“Using a novel combination of existing retail processes and a range of technological solutions, we’ve been able to create a truly immersive experience for our clients which not only eases the stresses of purchasing but is also proving to be an experience that they really enjoy,” Pasquale Junior Natuzzi told Dezeen.
Natuzzi worked with Microsoft and its mixed-reality partner Hevolus Innovation to develop the Augmented Store.
The brand, founded in 1959 by Pasquale Natuzzi, is Italy’s largest furniture house. The company has been innovating and experimenting under the leadership of creative director Pasquale Junior, who is still in his twenties and took the reins of the company from his father last year.
Earlier this year, the brand launched its new Ergo collection made entirely of renewable and recyclable materials. It was designed by Ross Lovegrove, who praised Natuzzi’s “young blood” and appetite for “doing things differently”.
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Preliminary Results of VLBI observations of the Chang’E-3 Lunar Lander
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Axel Nothnagel (Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn) Rüdiger Haas (Chalmers University of Technology)
The successful deployment of the Chang’E-3 Lander on the Moon on Dec 14th, 2013 has opened a new window for VLBI observations of the Moon. Following proposals to the IVS Observing Program Committee, a global IVS R&D network augmented with two China Deep Space Stations was configured for joint observations of the lander in a project called OCEL (Observing the Chang’E-3 Lander with VLBI). From July 2014 to December 2015, the Chang’E-3 Lander was observed successfully during several 24-hour sessions. More than 10 stations distributed all around the world participated in each observing session. In this paper, correlation results of the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) for sessions in 2014 are presented, concentrating on the software correlator, key algorithms and observable accuracy analysis. BSCS(BACC Software Correlator System) is designed to run on Beowulf clusters consisting of commodity machines with parallel processing algorithms adopted in the software. For the OCEL observations, the DeltaDOR mode was adopted, which means a sequence of "Quasar - ChangE'3 - Quasar". Here, quasars with small separation angles are preferred to eliminate common errors as much as possible. The ChangE'3 Lander is equipped with an X-band transponder which transfers an X-band carrier and four DOR tones at +/-19.25 MHz and +/-3.85 MHz in coherent modes. With a spanned bandwidth of 38.5 MHz, DOR tones are recorded in five different channels. Phase calibration (PCAL) is used to remove any offset in phase due to the BBCs electronics of different channels. When the phases of the PCAL tones are too noisy, a strong calibrator is used to manually specify the phase of each channel. The group delay is computed by bandwidth synthesis. The preliminary accuracy analysis shows that the delay observables of Chang'E-3 are better than 1 ns, depending on the signal-to-noise ratio of the different baselines.
Dr Songtao Han (National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Aerospace Flight Dynamics, Beijing Aerospace Control Center, China)
Axel Nothnagel (Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn) Prof. Geshi Tang (Beijing Aerospace Control Center) Dr Jianfeng Cao (National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Aerospace Flight Dynamics, Beijing Aerospace Control Center, China) Laura La Porta (Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn, Germany) Ms Mei Wang (National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Aerospace Flight Dynamics, Beijing Aerospace Control Center, China) Rüdiger Haas (Chalmers University of Technology) Zhongkai Zhang (Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn, Germany)
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Meghan Markle's mother to do tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey?
The former Suits actress' mum was reportedly spotted leaving the chat show host's home in California last week.
Meghan Markle. Picture: Getty Images North America/AFP.
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LONDON - Meghan Markle's mother Doria Ragland is reportedly planning to do a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey - but it has to be approved by Buckingham Palace.
The former Suits actress' mum was reportedly spotted leaving the chat show host's home in California last week after the pair spent the afternoon brainstorming ideas for their impending interview on the long-running talk show.
It's believed Ragland will address the racial abuse Markle suffered after it was announced that she was dating, and subsequently, engaged to Prince Harry.
A source told the Mirror Online: "Oprah and Doria spent a long time chatting and they got on really well. The most important and significant issue they spoke about was race and how badly some people had reacted to Meghan and Harry. What happened to Meghan and Harry was disgusting and they and all of their families were horrified. It's an issue close to both Doria and Oprah, who have both suffered racism."
However, the interview will need to be approved by the 36-year-old actress, her soon-to-be husband and Buckingham Palace before anything is recorded.
Prince Harry (33) released a statement back in 2016 when his relationship with Markle became public knowledge condemning the abuse she was receiving.
He said via a spokesperson at the time: "His girlfriend has been subject to a wave of abuse and harassment. Some has been very public - the smear on the front page of a national newspaper; the racial undertones of comment pieces; and the outright sexism and racism of social media trolls and web comments."
The couple - who have been dating since the beginning of 2016 - are set to tie the knot at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, Windsor, on 19 May.
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by Richard Wiese, a Book Review . . .
Richard Wiese has explored all around the world. He:
skied to the North Pole
climbed Kilimanjaro several times (and discovered 29 new life forms there)
climbed the Oldonyo Lengai volcano during an eruption
completed two expeditions to Antarctica
explored the Colca Canyon in Peru (the world’s deepest)
participated in an archaeological dig in a search for the birth temple of the son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar
wrestled crocodiles
put tracking collars on jaguars in the Yucatan jungle
was a team member of the largest medical expedition ever conducted on Mt. Everest, and
was the youngest president of The Explorers Club (an exclusive club of 3,200 world explorers)
just to mention a few of his adventures. Academically he graduated in 1982 from Brown University with a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Biology, studied Applied Physiology at Columbia University, and completed the USDA Graduate Program in Meteorology. He has appeared on many TV shows and had his own television series, Exploration with Richard Wiese from 2005 – 2007.
Coke Bottle Fishing
When he wrote this book, he intended to draw teenagers away from their Gameboys. One might expect that he would describe his many adventures in an attempt to fire passion among his target audience. Instead, he subtitles the book “How to be a Backyard Adventurer” and describes a wide array of activities that can be conducted essentially in the backyard. By the choice of his topics he reveals the primary characteristic of any explorer – insatiable curiosity. Not just curiosity about what’s over the mountain or around the next bend in the river, but also curiosity about how things work and why. The book presents many experiments and activities that will rekindle your curiosity and maybe even the curiosity of your favorite video game player. Once that curiosity is burning, further exploration is inevitable.
The book’s 45 chapters are split into eight sections:
Explorer Tool Box
The chapters are an eclectic mix of topics. Some chapters provide great lore for a budding adventurer and others address things and ideas that most explorers will never need. For example a chapter on building a foxhole AM radio receiver (the materials won’t be available if you are lost in the woods) and a chapter on starting a fire without matches (a critical skill for wilderness survival) are both in section one. Most of the chapters offer projects that any suitably inclined person could complete with little or no expense.
Wiese’s background in meteorology is well displayed in section six. Besides explaining how to read the weather and even develop your own short-term forecast (again, critical for wilderness survival), he offers several projects that will help build a scientific background (but probably won’t be too practical in the wilderness). You’ll learn how to build a barometer. a hygrometer and a thermometer and you’ll learn the science behind each of these devices.
I particularly enjoyed the section entitled Exploring. Several of the chapters offer ways to explore, along the lines of our Ways to Explore section (see the Table of Contents to the right). For example, finding fossils, finding wildlife, panning for gold, star trail and moon photography. All of these ideas will get you exploring, often without leaving your backyard.
Overall, this book brought back memories from around age ten or twelve when I made bread-on-a-stick, built an iglo0, learned to use a compass, played with electric fences, made lightening in my mouth, searched for fossils, determined the height of trees, tracked animals and tried various activities that Wiese doesn’t mention. If I had had this book at that age, I would also would have been likely to try coke bottle fishing, building a bat house, creating a ninja hood, cooking in a paper bag and more. Of course, when I was that age there were no computers or video games to provide me with canned entertainment and distract me from learning useful things.
I don’t know if this book will draw the kids in your life into experimenting and exploring, but it’s worth a try. If it fails at that, you can use it to help relive your younger days. Either way, I highly recommend it.
This review was written by Jerry Haugen, Pathfinder and ©2011, Global Creations LLC, all rights reserved. The illustrations are from the book.
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Goldrush Music Festival Announces Phase 1 Lineup for Third Annual Edition
Featuring names like Alison Wonderland, Don Diablo, Oliver Heldens, ZHU, Zomboy and more, the festival is set to take place on September 27th and 28th, 2019.
Melody Siganporia
Relentless Beats is back with another edition for the Goldrush Music Festival. The third annual edition of the festival is set to take place on September 27th and 28th of 2019. It will return to its home grounds in Rawhide Western Town in Chandler, Arizona.
The festival announced their first phase of artists for this years edition they have sure kept the momentum going from year to year. Some of the names ont phase 1 lineup are Alison Wonderland, Destructo, Don Diablo, Oliver Heldens and ZHU. They’ve also diversified it by adding names like Dr Fresch, Funtcase, Sheck Wes and Trippie Redd.
Living up to their promise and satiating the taste buds of music aficionados, they aced it from the first phase itself. The fully immersive, two-day festival will welcome electronic dance music, house and hip-hop fans from across the country. Attendees will be treated to a wholesome experience while listening to world class DJs, across four curated stages- pressing the boundaries of this wild west adventure.
The fully immersive wild west experience take place at a scenic venue to say the least. Rawhide Western Town & Event Center is situated on the Gila River Indian Community and is Arizona’s largest 1880s western-themed entertainment venue. The venue also hosts several marquee Relentless Beats events, including BOO!, CRUSH AZ, Decadence, and other major concerts.
Tickets to the festival are live and start at around $139 for General admission passes and start at $239 for VIP options. They’re also offering Platinum VIP which include perks like access to the artist hospitality lounge and steakhouse quality dinner. Table service will also be available at the Golden Gorge stage. All ticket types are available online at www.relentlessbeats.com.
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Eni and ENEA researching fusion together
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Federico Testa, President of the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), and Claudio Descalzi, Eni CEO, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) setting the stage for collaborative research into magnetic confinement fusion. Specifically, the memorandum of understanding (MoU) sets out the possibility of creating a company in order to work together on the Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) in order to produce clean, safe, sustainable energy using the mechanism that lights up the stars. The DTT is the science and technology project under way at ENEA’s centre in Frascati. It is a new experimental machine for testing different solutions and providing scientific and technological responses to certain issues in the fusion process, such as managing very high temperatures.
The MoU also requires the parties to jointly develop a strategy to carry out the DTT project, and to do a joint assessment of how best to structure the new company.
Eni’s CEO has states, “Eni is proud to work on scientific matters with leading public and private research bodies like ENEA, which represents Italy’s excellence in this sphere. This agreement further strengthens our commitment to the development of innovative technologies, a key point of Eni’s decarbonisation strategy for a more sustainable future. The agreement confirms Eni’s commitment to and interest in the challenging field of magnetic confinement fusion, which began a year ago with its investment in the start-up Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) and collaborations with the MIT in the USA. More recently, Eni signed an agreement with the Italian National Research Council to create a joint research centre in Gela. We will contribute to this hugely important initiative with our industrial, technical and commercial expertise.”
“ENEA is recognised as an international leader in the field of fusion thanks to the excellence of our researchers, equipment and cutting-edge technological laboratories,” states President Testa, adding that the DTT project has already been fully financed and is putting Italy on the front line of research. It will also create 1,500 jobs and bring in over EUR 2 billion. “ENEA has gained an outstanding level of expertise in managing complex projects at Italian, European and worldwide levels, providing tests, studies and assessments aimed at increasing quality in products, services and processes. In doing so, it prioritises sustainability and optimises productivity and competitiveness. This partnership with Eni is a confirmation of all that.”
The fusion agreement follows the memorandum of understanding signed in July 2018 to outline areas of common interest for joint development of innovative technological solutions.
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At least 228 people killed in heavy rains and thunderstorms in Pakistan
Collapsed houses and severed electrical cables killed at least 228 people in heavy rains and thunderstorms over Pakistan's city of Karachi.
The casualty figures from Saturday's storms rose after 185 more bodies were counted in the city morgue, said Sardar Ahmed, minister of health for Sindh province, of which Karachi is the capital.
The initial number of dead had been reported as 43.
The country's economic hub, a dynamic but chaotic city with fragile infrastructure, frequently seethes with tension and street protests, some sparked by massive power outages. The atmosphere has been particularly tense since May 12, when political unrest left more than 40 people dead.
An official at the Edhi Foundation, which runs the morgue, said many of the victims came from Gadab Town, a cluster of villages with mud houses and other flimsy structures on Karachi's eastern outskirts.
Relatives have identified and claimed all 228 bodies, said Anwar Kazmi, a senior Edhi Foundation official. Among the 185 dead were eight children and 15 women while the rest were men, he said.
Most of the deaths were caused by collapsing homes but snapped power lines electrocuted many people in separate incidents, Ahmed said. At least 20 people were reported killed in electrocution incidents on Saturday.
"Forty-three bodies were counted in city hospitals last night and now 185 bodies have been identified in the Edhi Foundation morgue," he said.
A 22-year-old woman, her son, 2, and daughter, 3, were among the dead in Gadab Town, Karachi Mayor Mustafa Kamal said earlier.
Some 200 people were injured in the storm, he said.
Electricity was still disrupted in some neighborhoods Sunday. Residents, angry at having to spend a night without power to run fans or air conditioners in the sweltering summer heat, staged street protests, Kamal said.
Work on restoring the electricity supply had started and municipal workers were clearing storm-toppled trees, billboards and other debris from streets in the city on the Arabian Sea coast, he said.
A relief camp was set up in Gadab Town to provide food, medicine and shelter to people whose homes were destroyed or damaged there, said Murtaza Baluch, mayor of the neighborhood of mainly farm and factory workers.
Dozens of people died in rain-related incidents in Karachi last year and choked drains left many streets flooded with rain water that also disrupted traffic, power and communication lines.
But Kamal said authorities had cleared old drains and built new ones, preventing massive flooding this year.
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Does Israel Hate America?
A month ago, I wrote an article called “‘Yeah, I’m A Racist. But You’re An Anti-Semitic America Hating Communist.’ Trump Has A Twitter Meltdown.” In it, I wrote the following:
Ilhan Omar must have had a curse put on her by the mainstream media. It seems like every time she says anything it becomes a controversy. Now, people who totally aren’t racist are calling her a racist because she’s a Muslim.
Well, it seems Israel agreed with this assertion as they have banned her and Rep. Rashida Tlaib from entering the country.
Some are defending this as both of them have supported BDS — Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions —however, this goes against any sort of concept of diplomacy that exists in the post-war era. Tell me, should Kim Jong Un have banned Donald Trump because Trump was threatening war with them?
Here’s what the President has said so far:
Representatives Omar and Tlaib are the face of the Democrat Party, and they HATE Israel!
They’re the face? Here are some people I would consider more of the face:
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
Majority Whip Jim Clyburn
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
Minority Whip Dick Durban
Of course, Israel is a sovereign nation and does have the right to ban anyone they want from entering. However, I must ask why an ally nation chose to ban elected representatives from the United States.
Imagine if Iran did this, or Russia, or how about North Korea? Would that just be accepted by the United States? Can an enemy state just ban every member of Congress? Why should an ally be allowed to ban an elected representative. Can they do such a thing and still be an ally? The people of Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District sure don’t feel like allies. Neither do the people of Michigan’s 13th Congressional District.
But don’t worry, ambassador to Israel David Friedman confirmed that BDS is “not free speech,” but “economic warfare.” Don’t worry though, because Israel is “a nation of laws,” whatever that means. Is there a single nation that isn’t “a nation of laws?”
I should also point out that Omar poses no danger to Israel. Meaning doing this can only be seen as desperation. Omar herself said she would be willing to visit Israel to better understand them. Why don’t they want her to? Is there something they don’t won’t her to see?
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5) USC beat the UTES
After all of the stuff this USC team has gone through over the past two weeks a win against an unbeaten team would help them move forward. It was great seeing Trojans LB Cameron Smith pick off Utes QB three times and he helped lead his team to victory. Their head coach is gone but that doesn’t mean that their passion for the game has left. FIGHT ON TROJANS! FIGHT ON!
4) Third Saturday in October: LIGHT IT UP!
Real fans of college football know that if Alabama beats Tennessee that they will light it up after the game. This rivalry is over 100 years old. The cigar tradition has been around for over fifty years and was started by a head trainer for Alabama. Both teams enjoy the tradition but we all know that BAMA enjoys it the most! Alabama beat Tennessee in the last few minutes of the game and LIT it up afterwards. How is that for tradition?
3) BYE GOLDEN!
So Clemson beat Miami 58-0. Fans & former Miami players began to call for Head Coach Al Golden’s job BEFORE the game went into halftime. “Got beat from the top to bottom”, states Golden and by Monday he was fired. What a way to go! Now the hunt is on for the next coach for Miami??
2) 4 Overtimes & Auburn LOST!
I don’t know what’s going on in Auburn, but I will say that I don’t like it. This game was literally back and forth but the Razorbacks wanted this WIN. The Razorbacks kept their bowl game dreams alive and yet I feel as if Auburn you’re done for the season.
And the Number 1 Spot goes to………………
1)Georgia Tech HAD ONE JOB & They DID IT!
I am so proud of the YellowJackets and their win over Florida State. It was awesome to see their fans rush the field after getting the WIN. I’ve been on Georgia Tech most of the season and with a valid reason: THEY ARE REALLY GOOD BUT DO NOT PLAY LIKE IT! Thing is Coach Paul Johnson wanted to go into overtime in this game. He called for it. Yet Lance Austin had other plans. AMAZING how Austin ran 78 yards, after a blocked field goal, to help the YellowJackets beat the Seminoles. AMAZING! Enjoy this YellowJackets!
October 24, 2015 Atlanta – Florida State Seminoles place kicker Roberto Aguayo’s field goal is blocked by Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at the end of the fourth quarter at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Saturday, October 24, 2015. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets won 22 – 16 against the Florida State Seminoles. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
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DePuy ASR Hip Replacement Recall Lawsuit, DePuy ASR Trial Update, DePuy ASR Trial Maryland, DePuy ASR Trial Los Angeles, DePuy ASR Trial Illinois, DePuy ASR Hip Recall, DePuy ASR Hip Recall FDA, DePuy ASR Settlement News, Depuy ASR Hip Replacement Symptoms Complications, DePuy ASR Hip Replacement Recall Lawsuit, Other DePuy ASR Hip Replacement Recall Lawsuit News
Lawsuits stemming from the DePuy ASR hip implant recall are moving forward throughout the country. Nearly 11,000 DePuy ASR hip replacement recall lawsuits are pending in state and federal courts, with key trials slated to start in 2013. The law firm of Alonso Krangle LLP continues to offer free legal evaluations to individuals who experienced a failing implant, pain, swelling, metallosis, or revision surgery due to the DePuy ASR hip replacement implant. To learn more about filing a DePuy ASR hip replacement implant lawsuit, please contact Alonso Krangle LLP today by filling out our online form or calling us.
DePuy ASR Trial Update
The first trials involving DePuy ASR hip replacement lawsuits were scheduled to begin in early 2013. These DePuy ASR hip replacement recall trials will be important because they will gauge how juries might rule in similar claims, and could influence settlement negotiations. The first two DePuy ASR trials for claims filed in the federal multidistrict litigation underway in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio (MDL 2197) are scheduled to begin May 6, 2013 and July 8, 2013 respectively. Others filed in state court have already begun.
DePuy ASR Trial Maryland
The first DePuy ASR trial was supposed to begin in Maryland state court in January 2013. However, on the day of opening statements, the Plaintiff withdrew her case and was reportedly planning to re-file her lawsuit in the DePuy ASR hip litigation underway Ohio federal court.
DePuy ASR Trial Los Angeles
In February 2013, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury began hearing claims in a state DePuy ASR lawsuit. During trial, a large amount of evidence was introduced that raised questions about Johnson Johnson and DePuy Orthopedics’ handling of the ASR, and that indicated the companies were aware of its problems years before the DePuy ASR recall. The trial ended with the jury awarding $8.3 million to the Plaintiff, after finding DePuy was liable for selling a defective hip implant.
DePuy ASR Trial Illinois
Shortly after the DePuy ASR trial ended in Los Angeles, jury selection began in another in Chicago, Illinois. During opening statements, the attorney for the Plaintiff in the Illinois DePuy ASR trial argued that even before she received her hip implant, “DePuy knew that the design flaws in this defective device could cause it to shed those particles into patients, causing tissue death, causing high blood metal ion levels and the need for the serious and unnecessary second surgery.”
DePuy ASR Hip Recall
The DePuy ASR hip system recall was announced in August 2010, System, after data from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales showed that 1 out of every 8 patients (12%-13%) who had received the devices had to undergo revision surgery within five years of receiving it. The recall involved both the ASR Hip Resurfacing System and ASR Acetabular System; however, only the ASR Acetabular System was sold in the U.S. Prior to the DePuy ASR Hip recall, roughly 93,000 defective ASR hip replacements were sold by DePuy and implanted in patients in the U.S. and abroad.
DePuy ASR Hip Recall FDA Response
In the wake of the DePuy ASR hip system recall, the U.S. Food Drug Administration (FDA) launched a review of metal-on-metal hip implants. In July 2012, an FDA advisory panel concluded there were few reasons to use such devices. In January 2013, the FDA advised patients with such implants to undergo metal ion testing and imaging screening if they were experiencing symptoms of a failing hip implant. The agency also proposed a new rule that would reclassify metal-on-metal hips as high-risk medical devices, which would require they undergo human tests before coming on the market.
DePuy ASR Settlement News
So far, only a handful of plaintiffs have reached a DePuy ASR settlement with Johnson Johnson. In late August 2012, three plaintiffs in a DePuy ASR lawsuit scheduled to go to trial in Nevada state court reached a settlement amounting to roughly $200,000 per plaintiff. However, it is widely believed that the figure is well below what DePuy and Johnson Johnson could be expected to pay.
A DePuy ASR Settlement in 2013?
It’s too early to say if there will be a DePuy ASR Settlement in 2013. However, in late 2012 Bloomberg.com reported that Johnson Johnson had offered a global settlement averaging about $200,000 per claim. Plaintiffs’ attorneys rejected the offer as too low. Following the verdict in the Los Angeles trial, some experts speculated that Johnson Johnson might renew efforts to reach a DePuy ASR settlement. It is believed such a settlement could cost the company around $3 billion.
Depuy ASR Hip Replacement Symptoms Complications
Hundreds of patients fitted with the DePuy ASR hip replacement system have been forced to undergo painful revision surgery after suffering serious complications related to the failing devices. Some of these DePuy ASR hip replacement symptoms and complications include:
• Swelling or pain in the effected hip or surrounding areas
• Difficulty walking or pain in the hip while walking
• Grinding, popping or clicking noises in the hip area
• Inflammation or infection in the affected hip
• Dislocation or improper positioning of the implant
• Loosening of the implant when the device is not attached in the correct position to the bone
• Dislocation of the implant components
• Bone fractures at the hip
• Metal poisoning, or metallosis, which is a reaction to the metal debris that is shed when components of the device rub together
DePuy ASR Hip Replacement Recall Lawsuit
While the litigation surrounding the DePuy ASR hip system recall is moving rapidly, there is still time for those affected to file a DePuy ASR hip replacement lawsuit. Alonso Krangle LLP offers free legal evaluations to potential Depuy ASR hip implant lawsuit plaintiffs. To learn more about filing your own Depuy ASR hip replacement recall lawsuit, please contact a defective medical device attorney at Alonso Krangle by filling out our online form or calling us.
Other DePuy ASR Hip Replacement Recall Lawsuit News
[ http://www.ohnd.uscourts.gov/mdl-2197 ]
[ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/business/hip-implants-risks-inadequately-assessed-depuy-report-found-in-2010.html ]
[ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/business/during-trial-new-details-emerge-on-dupuy-hip.html ]
[ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/26/business/johnson-johnson-hid-flaw-in-artificial-hip-documents-show.html ]
[ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/business/jj-study-suggested-hip-device-could-fail-in-thousands-more.html ]
[ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/business/fda-asked-depuy-for-safety-data-just-before-hip-implants-phaseout.html?_r=3ref=business ]
[ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/business/flawed-depuy-hip-implant-had-early-fda-notice.html?pagewanted=all_r=0gwh=568471FAF4F6F3BCBAA634F7C20AB31D ]
[ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/business/27hip.html ]
[ http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2012/04/cr-investigates-dangerous-medical-devices/index.htm ]
[ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-03/johnson-johnson-sued-over-recalled-implanted-hip-replacement-devices.html ]
[ http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sc-health-0313-senior-health-hip-replacement-20130313,0,1119782.story ]
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Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed | February 19th, 2019
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Rodents of Unusual Size (Quinn Costello/Chris Metzler/Jeff Springer, 2017) 4 out of 4 stars.
Fresh off its PBS debut, following a festival and theatrical run that started in 2017, the fascinating Rodents of Unusual Size, a documentary about how a twenty-pound rat spells doom for the human race, comes out on Amazon today. I, for one, prefer to know my enemy, and have no intention to go quietly. Bring it on, O Evil Rodent! You shall not defeat me.
Actually, you just might. Plus, you don’t look evil. In fact, you’re kind of cute. Oh, no! I am, in fact, doomed, then! Perhaps, O Viewer, you shall have better luck, especially if you watch the film, from directors Quinn Costello, Chris Metzler (Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone) and Jeff Springer (Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea). Mixing present-day footage and interviews with archival photos, animations and a little bit of voiceover narration from actor Wendell Pierce (Runaway Hearts), Rodents of Unusual Size offers deserved much ado about a very big problem.
The nutria, or Myocastor coypus, is an animal native to South America that was brought to Louisiana in the 1930s to be bred for its fur, of which it has a rich, copious amount. It also has large, sturdy orange teeth, the better to eat all vegetation in its path. Sometime after its arrival in the United States, some of its species escaped (or were released) from captivity, quickly beginning to breed … well, like rats. For a while, however, their numbers were kept at a reasonably low level, since trappers hunted them for their pelts, exactly as per the importers’ original intentions. But once the wearing of fur became stigmatized in the 1970s and 1980s, hunting dropped off, and nutria populations exploded. Big deal, right? It’s just a rat, and we have plenty of those, already.
The nutria, or Myocastor coypus, in RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE ©Tilapia Film
Think again. Did I mention the teeth? Pair that with a boundless appetite for greenery – particularly marsh grasses and plant roots that anchor shorelines – and you have a recipe for ecological disaster. With no natural predators in their new home, and with webbed feet that make them equally at ease in water as on land, these critters get around, and spread … The Louisiana coast has suffered major devastation as its land, robbed of the plants that keep it firmly anchored against the elements. erodes and disappears into the sea. Moving faster even than climate change, the nutria is doing significant environmental damage wherever it goes.
But we humans are not giving up without a fight. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has placed a $5 bounty on each nutria tail a hunter can bring in. Designers like Cree McRee, of Righteous Fur, are trying to bring fur back by pointing out the benefits of reducing the nutria population. Other folks are even attempting to make of the nutria a sought-after culinary delicacy (it tastes like rabbit, they say), though the fact that it is classified as a kind of rat (albeit a “spiny” one) complicates the marketing. We meet all these players in the unfolding drama, even those who would keep nutria as pets (they may be a danger to the planet but are pretty cuddly). Forget the fantastical stakes of the next big Marvel adventure; this is the real deal, happening here and now. Help!
Louisiana fisherman and nutria hunter Thomas Gonzalez, in RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE ©Tilapia Film
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Christopher Llewellyn Reed is a film critic, filmmaker, and educator. A member of the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic, he is Managing Editor at Film Festival Today; lead film critic at Hammer to Nail; formerly the host of the award-winning Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed, from Dragon Digital Media; and the author of Film Editing: Theory and Practice. In addition, he is one of the cohosts of The Fog of Truth, a podcast devoted to documentary cinema.
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MindSeize (Switch) Review – Seize The Game
A fun Metroidvania-like that gets bogged down with cringe-inducing story, MindSeize nonetheless captures the spirit with its gameplay.
A fun Metroidvania-like that gets bogged down with cringe-inducing story, MindSeize nonetheless captures the spirit with its gameplay. The Finger Guns Review.
I’m not a videogame developer (if that weren’t obvious enough). I’m sure that creating a game like MindSeize isn’t an easy or speedy process. Major studios have the means to share the workload, but I’d imagine smaller indie studios take it more personally. So naturally, you’d be invested in the product you’re creating, rather than it being outsourced across many departments.
And perhaps because of that passionate involvement, you’d think that your narrative, dialogue or storyline that you’ve created is some top tier material. Your team may also like it, because they want to see it come to life too. But by god, I wish someone with an outside perspective had been allowed to read/view MindSeize before it saw commercial release.
I say this because, from a gameplay perspective, MindSeize is cracking. It’s a Metroidvania-like with all the usual backtracking and exploration, new skills and upgrades you’re familiar with. The in-game artwork is pleasant, if a little basic, but enjoyable nonetheless. But the story and character art? I would quite happily remove these and go in blind. It’s just… awful.
Am I being critical (more so than usual, anyway) or are these weird complaints justified? Let’s find out.
Seize The ‘Vania
I’d like to think most people are aware of what constitutes a Metroidvania by now, but just in case, I’ll give you a quick rundown:
“Metroidvania games feature a large interconnected world map the player can explore, though access to parts of the world is often limited by doors or other obstacles that can only be passed once the player has acquired special items, tools, weapons or abilities within the game.”
The only real change that MindSeize brings to the formula is having it broken up into levels, or worlds. So rather than have one massive map to explore, a la Super Metroid, you have smaller, densely packed worlds to explore instead. From the forest-and-cave stylings of Verdant Gamma to the robot junkyard that is Takoma 7 and beyond, there’s no slacking on variety. It’s all done in a graphical style that’s not quite pixel art, but reminds me heavily of early PC platformers like Zool or any of the Bitmap Brothers games.
What having a level/world-based structure does do, unfortunately, is break up the flow if you’ve missed something on an earlier planet (and I know I have, as I’ve seen upgrades I can’t reach yet). Rather than just take an adventurous backtrack or fast travel, you have to return to your ship and fly all the way back to said planet. It’s not awful, it’s just an unnecessary oversight.
Hacko, Slasho, Button Masho
Again, aping its successors, MindSeize has taken the portmanteau of Metroidvania quite seriously. By that, you can use ranged and melee attacks, from Metroid and Castlevania, respectively. Which is nice, as picking off enemies from afar or getting up close with your blade adds variety to the gameplay.
However, enemies shoot back, and you have possibly the worst evasive skills I’ve ever seen in a game like this. You have a shield, but that’s about as tough as a wet bag. You can learn a slide as you progress, which will help you avoid some projectiles. Yet strangely enough, you have to earn an upgrade that allows you to slide through enemies some time later.
Thankfully, you can upgrade your MAG suit (we’ll get to that) with nifty abilities and armour upgrades, but it’s a grind to get there. Rather than earn experience, enemies drop coin (because… game logic?) to be used to purchase upgrades. I don’t understand why you need to pay your crew to fix the suit you inhabit, though…
However, enemies don’t drop a lot, and the cost of some of these upgrades is ludicrous. It took me a good few in-game hours to get a basic armour upgrade, and all that did was make me marginally more durable. That’s not to say that Mindseize is a hard game, but definitely a reminder of the classics it apes.
The Need to Sieze
The yang to the combat’s yin in any game of this ilk has to be the exploration. Otherwise, it’s just a linear progression of enemy corridors, in essence. Thankfully, MindSeize has you covered.
Exploring new avenues and walkways is in itself a reward, as shooting a wall or jumping into a seemingly dead end can sometimes give way to secret upgrades. As mentioned earlier, sometimes you’ll come across a pathway that you need an ability for, so it’s fun to make a mental note of where to come back to.
However, there are moments where platforming can be a right spike in the uh, difficulty. Like platforms that last about a second before disappearing, for instance. Fine, if it’s only one and not a big climb. Absolutely frustrating if it’s several of them, and you’re near the top, so if you take too long to jump you fall right back to the bottom of the climb. That can get in the bin, as can areas that trap the curious explorer into a large, one-way gauntlets with no checkpoints.
But of course, these aren’t real complaints. They’re frustrations, reminding us of a time when this was the norm and that MindSeize is bringing it back. “This is Metroidvania,” it’s saying, “Remember how temperamental they were too?”.
So far, so good. It plays well, looks good. All it needs now is a killer story to make it an absolute classic… oh.
MindSeizure
I’m sorry, but look at how awful this art is. Even the header image looks like someone’s fan art of a better game. I’m sure someone spent a lot of time on these storyboards and images but… maybe they should have commissioned someone better to do them?
The plot doesn’t act as much of a saving grace, either. The Ascended were once human who have now “ascended” into those cyber suits you see above. Your daughter is kidnapped by them, you get your back broken for your efforts. All is lost, woe is you, etc. But then, with the help of a ragtag team of generics you will put your mind into the MAG suit: the battle armour you’ve seen in the pictures so fair.
I could tell you everyone’s name, but why bother? It’s all so bland and formulaic. You’ve got the tough and stoic dude who chastises you for damaging the suit made for combat. There’s your “brilliant scientist who looks like a teenager”, and there’s even a ripoff Cowboy Bebop/Firefly genius mechanic who looks about twelve, complete with animal sidekick.
Am I just bitter and cynical? Well, yes, but it doesn’t detract from how cliched and hackneyed the plot is. It even made me do a, “Hang on… why did I do that?” moment on the game’s first planet. At intervals, whilst searching for signs of the Ascended, you’re taunted by a cybernetic monkey/hunter thing. He doesn’t really do much to get in your way, but then you have a boss fight with him. Once he’s dead, you realise there’s little value in staying here and piss off. Why did I need to kill him then?! From his point of view, we were the intruders!
The whole thing just reeks of bad anime plot, and honestly, I would rather just crack on with the adventure and not know what’s going on, why my daughter was so special or why I still have to pay my own crew to upgrade my suit.
Sieze The Experience, I Guess
Exaggeration about terrible plot aside, MindSeize is going to get a recommendation from me. The core gameplay is great fun, if a little bit annoying at times. Yet that it has those difficult and frustrating moments serves to remind us of those that paved the way for games like this to have their chance.
Once you get stuck in to upgrading your MAG suit and exploring each new world, the game opens up as you become more powerful. Pacing may take a knock with its planet hopping and waiting, but there’s a solid enough adventure to be had in here.
Just don’t say I didn’t warn you about the “wacky” crew you’re stuck with. There’s even a hotshot pilot, for chrissake.
Whilst it has a plot about as generic as it is boring, MindSeize makes up for it with some cracking Metroidvania-like gameplay. It will test you at times, but the sense of accomplishment outweighs the frustration. Just ignore the story.
MindSeize is available now on Nintendo Switch (reviewed on Switch Lite) and PC.
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From George Washington to Henry Knox, 26 October 1783
26 Octr 83
This will be delivered you by Mr Arthur Noble a Gentleman from Ireland who visits this Country in behalf of a considerable number of his Countrymen to provide a settlement for them.
He is Recommended to me by the President of Congress & by Mr Morris and as he is going to the Northward and wishes to take west point in his way—I take the liberty to Request your attention and liberties to him during his stay there.
DLC: Papers of George Washington.
Knox, Henry
“From George Washington to Henry Knox, 26 October 1783,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/99-01-02-11979. [This is an Early Access document from The Papers of George Washington. It is not an authoritative final version.]
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John Adams to Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob Van Staphorst, 16 Feb. 1786
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On the 30th. of Jany. I desired Messrs. Pullers to examine an account of Mr. Baker, the Broker, and if they found it right to pay it, amounting to 49[£]..1[S]..4[d]—and charge it to you to be by you charged to the United States of America as Expences of Ministers, being the Charges on the Importation of <my> the remainder of my Baggage
On Feby. 1st. I accepted two Bills. No. 13 & No. 14. for 200[£] stg. each dated No. 13. Jany. 15—& No. 14 Jany. 16—at Paris, at usance first of the Sett. in favour of Mr. Grand, drawn by Mr. Barclay
On Feby. 16 I accepted 7 Bills of John Lamb for 2000[£]—stg. in the whole, all dated at Madrid the 25th: of January 1786. at 60 Day’s sight from the Date, payable to the order of Messieurs Etienne Drouilhet & Comp. first of the sett. Letter—A.
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Effects of satavaptan, a selective vasopressin V(2) receptor antagonist, on ascites and serum sodium in cirrhosis with hyponatremia: a randomized trial. Hepatology. 2008 Jul. 48(1):204-13. [Medline].\nBellot P, Welker MW, Soriano G, et al. Automated low flow pump system for the treatment of refractory ascites: a multi-center safety and efficacy study. J Hepatol. 2013 May. 58(5):922-7. [Medline].\nSola-Vera J, Minana J, Ricart E, et al. Randomized trial comparing albumin and saline in the prevention of paracentesis-induced circulatory dysfunction in cirrhotic patients with ascites. Hepatology. 2003 May. 37(5):1147-53. [Medline]. [Full Text].\nLata J, Marecek Z, Fejfar T, et al. The efficacy of terlipressin in comparison with albumin in the prevention of circulatory changes after the paracentesis of tense ascites--a randomized multicentric study. Hepatogastroenterology. 2007 Oct-Nov. 54(79):1930-3. [Medline].\nSingh V, Kumar R, Nain CK, Singh B, Sharma AK. Terlipressin versus albumin in paracentesis-induced circulatory dysfunction in cirrhosis: a randomized study. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006 Jan. 21(1 pt 2):303-7. [Medline].\nMercadante S, Intravaia G, Ferrera P, Villari P, David F. Peritoneal catheter for continuous drainage of ascites in advanced cancer patients. Support Care Cancer. 2008 Aug. 16(8):975-8. [Medline].\nCourtney A, Nemcek AA Jr, Rosenberg S, et al. Prospective evaluation of the PleurX catheter when used to treat recurrent ascites associated with malignancy. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2008 Dec. 19(12):1723-31. [Medline].\nSorrentino P, Castaldo G, Tarantino L, et al. Preservation of nutritional-status in patients with refractory ascites due to hepatic cirrhosis who are undergoing repeated paracentesis. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Apr. 27(4):813-22. [Medline].\nGuo TT, Yang Y, Song Y, Ren Y, Liu ZX, Cheng G. Effects of midodrine in patients with ascites due to cirrhosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis. J Dig Dis. 2016 Jan. 17(1):11-9. [Medline].\nSeike M, Maetani I, Sakai Y. Treatment of malignant ascites in patients with advanced cancer: peritoneovenous shunt versus paracentesis. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Dec. 22(12):2161-6. [Medline].\nConti L, Baldini E, Capelli P, Capelli C. Bowel obstruction in obturator hernia: A challenging diagnosis. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2017 Dec 7. 42:154-7. [Medline].\nChiejina M, Samant H. Ascites. StatPearls. 2017 Nov 21. [Medline]. 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Custom Furniture And Metal Works Gallery Coming To Morgan Street
Emily Moorhead-Wallace, J. Taylor Wallace, George Schaefer and Leigh-Anne Riebold (left to right) are opening a gallery for their businesses, Metal Magic Interiors and Norman Leigh.
DNAinfo/Joe Ward| October 20, 2017 4:42am
BRIDGEPORT — For years, Metal Magic Interiors helped furnish some of the city’s hottest restaurants from a small shared workspace in Bridgeport.
Similarly, the couple behind Norman Leigh Design have been making custom, Instagram-worthy pieces out of their Pilsen garage.
Now the companies are taking their businesses to the next step with a joint showroom in Bridgeport.
“Our businesses grew kind of parallel to each other,” said J. Taylor Wallace, owner of Metal Works Interiors. “It seemed like a natural step for both of us, especially for designs to have a brick and mortar shop.”
The combination Metal Magic Interiors and Norman Leigh Design showroom and gallery will open Saturday at 3641 S. Morgan St. with an open house celebration. Guests will be able to browse the showroom, enjoy drinks and hang out by the custom-made fire pit in the building’s backyard.
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For the business owners — associates who became friends and then partners in the gallery venture — the shop represents the next step in their growing businesses. For Bridgeport, it represents a vital and growing arts and design community, which is now moving farther south down Morgan Street.
“We worked out of our garage. We didn’t really have space for people to come over,” Leigh-Anne Riebold of Norman Leigh Design said. “We needed a more professional space.”
The front of the new gallery includes a wall mirror made by Norman Leigh Designs. [DNAinfo/Joe Ward]
The gallery will have a combination of both company’s works, though the two entities often collaborate. Much of their work is custom made, so the gallery will mostly be appointment only. But they will participate in the popular Third Fridays event, where local galleries open up their doors to the public. Open hours during the holidays will likely be added, Riebold said.
Riebold and her fiance, George Schaefer, met Wallace and Emily Moorhead-Wallace after Riebold was seeking a metal shop to help with one of her pieces. (Norman Liegh builds custom furniture pieces using mostly reclaimed wood from the Bridgeport and Pilsen areas.)
She posted an ad on a Ukrainian Village website looking for metal workers, and that’s how she met Wallace. The two companies began collaborating more closely, and the Wallaces’ even lived in Riebold and Schaefer’s Pilsen home for a year while their home was being renovated.
“We just hit it off,” Riebold said.
The Wallaces bought the building at 3641 S. Morgan out of foreclosure in 2014. It had been a tavern from 1898 to 2007, they said, but it needed extensive repairs. The couple spent years renovating the upper floor, where they live, before moving onto the showroom, which has an antique tin ceiling and exposed brick walls.
“We were really inspired by this space,” Moorhead-Wallace said. “We had to do something with it.”
Some of Norman Leigh’s products that will be on sale at the gallery. [DNAinfo/Joe Ward]
Wallace’s metal shop will remain at Bubbly Dynamic, the shared workspace at 1048 W. 37th St. That’s where Wallace has built interiors for restaurants like Antique Taco and Eately.
But now Wallace will be able to host clients and collaborators at the gallery. Norman Leigh will be able to store some of its more massive pieces in the new gallery and display them publicly, rather than just on its social media pages, which have driven much of its business to date, Riebold said.
Already neighbors are curious about the building and the pieces inside, they said. The business owners said they can’t wait to meet their new neighbors and become more prominent members of the local arts scene.
“There’s some interesting stuff going up and down Morgan,” Wallace said. “There has been huge change. If we can kid of add something as a parallel, it’s a good time for that.”
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Le Van Hung
Le Van Hung was born in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam and graduated from Thu Duc Military Academy, 5th class, in 1955. He held many commands from company to battalion level. However, Hung was perhaps best known as the “Hero of An Loc” in 1972 when he commanded the 5th Division in defense of the city of An Loc from the coordinated attacks of the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces in the Battle of An Loc.
Living in a tiny underground bunker for almost three months, Hung commanded soldiers of 5th Division, the "famed" 81st Airborne Ranger, the 11th Airborne Brigade, the 21st Division and the Provincial Force of Binh Long Province. His forces repelled countless waves of attack by the North Vietnamese infantry, supported by Soviet-made T-54 tanks.
Hung vowed "If I'm still alive, An Loc still stands." His strong determination to hold An Loc by any cost, and the fighting spirit of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) soldiers, kept An Loc from falling into communist hands.
Hung was promoted to General in the field; and later commanded the 21st Division before becoming Deputy Commander of the 4th Military Region (MR4).
When the communists made their "Ho Chi Minh Campaign" final assault on South Vietnam in April 1975, after listening to the capitulation order of President Duong Van Minh, General Hung gathered his headquarters staff and family to say goodbye. He was unable to fight to the death because the town people of Can Tho had begged him not to resist, believing that it would cause futile bloodshed. Hung was one of five ARVN generals who committed suicide that day.
* [http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/download/csipubs/thiet/thie_c3_pt1.pdf]
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* [http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1975/jan-feb/howard.html]
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* [http://www.vietnamesecommunity.com/Community/TuongHung.htm]
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Peter Nguyễn Văn Hùng — (né en 1958) est un prêtre catholique vietnamien australien et militant des droits de l homme à Taïwan, reconnu par le département d État des États Unis comme un « héros agissant pour mettre fin à l esclavage des temps modernes »[1],[2] … Wikipédia en Français
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the domination of space race victories...
Discussion in 'Civ4 - General Discussions' started by minger, Nov 9, 2005.
cleverhandle King
Efexeye said:
Is it really necessary to make fun of people who play smaller maps so that the game doesn't bog down their system?
No kidding. Do we really need the chest-thumping and sausage-twirling? Maybe some people like smaller maps. Maybe some people just want to have a blast taking over the world at Settler and don't feel the need to prove their manhood. Let people play their own game. So long as everyone is clear about what level they're talking about when discussing strategy, I don't see what the problem is.
Since Ravinhood is a new member, maybe he doesn't realize that this forum consists largely of adults who prefer a community that treats its members with respect. Take the juvenile trash talk some other place.
cleverhandle, Nov 9, 2005
Ravinhood Warlord
butlerj1982 said:
Mansa Munsa won a diplomatic victory against me on Noble in my most recent game. It was annoying, but fair.
To echo the earlier poster, turning off Space Race is designed into the game. We all have games that we like to play; i like to pangea with space race and time victory shut off and "random personalities" engaged. Everyone is different.
That's exactly the way I play. Applaudes John. Most fun and challenging game of all. I do go the Huge Epic games though with bigger maps custom created with a few XML changes.
[Take the juvenile trash talk some other place.]
Actually that sounds more like you are the juvenile since an adult would be more "patient" and in some cases more "compassionate" to trying to understand a persons personalities instead of just ignoring them or shutting the door in their face. But, then again maybe you are just the new age of adult who doesn't care about anyone but him/herself? eh?
Ravinhood, Nov 9, 2005
yoshi74 Tourist from Mars
Halle/Germany
SmartMuffin said:
I actually think that Diplomatic Victory is the greatest offender and most worthy of being turned off. Dating back to AC, I've always hated how easy it was to achieve. Unless you play on a small map with few rivals, it pretty much renders domination and conquer victories obsolete.
Why bother finishing off all of your enemies when you can just elect yourself winner of the game twenty turns earlier?
Don't think the diplo win is as easy as it was in CivIII or earlier. Its pretty easy when you only elect yourself shortly before you hit domination/conquest.
But when you actually need several others to vote for you its really much harder. Just try it. The cheese easy win option now is the space race.
yoshi74, Nov 9, 2005
SmartMuffin Chieftain
yoshi74 said:
Glad to hear it. Seeing as I don't actually have this game yet, I probably shouldn't have jumped to conclusions.
But answer me this:
Is there any possible circumstance where you achieve a conquest or domination victory and couldn't have achieved a diplomatic victory at least 10 turns earlier?
My point is that as long as diplomatic victory is enabled, and you don't make a concious decision that you're aboslutley going to win in one certain way no matter what, you're essentially turning off conquest and domination.
SmartMuffin, Nov 9, 2005
Mujadaddy Geheim Grammar Polizei
Of course there is... I can think of two...
1. No one ever built the UN...
2. In your haste to destroy everyone else, you razed the city in which the UN was built...
Populus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur...
Back at launch, I started a "Thank you" thread for Firaxis & Sid. Please bump it to show love!
Mujadaddy, Nov 9, 2005
Mujadaddy said:
Razing Wonder cities??? That's harsh... even for me!
As far as not building the UN, well, yeah, that's why in my first post I mentioned a small map with few rivals where you could feasibly achieve total conquest in a relativley short time.
If you are strong enough to vote yourself alone the victor you can do that. If you have the UN that is. But this isn't really a real diplo-victory by definition .
But at this position its quite unimportant whether you vote to victory or kill the remaining or just wait for histo-win. The game was long ago over.
Oh, well for the record, I don't consider histo to be a win. Ever since the days of Civ1 I always thought retiring without having met a "win condition" was a loss.
As far as voting yourself winner or not, well, I think that usually one doesn't attempt to war with several civs at a same time, meaning that unless you're at the very end of your conquest victory, you're going to have some allies who will vote for you, but typically these allies have a fraction of your population. If they had enough population to be a real factor, they'd vote for themselves
I wonder how many people play/setup games in the beginning "they know" they are going to win? I mean if you've played a small map to victory even several times, why keep always stacking the element of victory in your favor? Are you that weak as a person if you lost a game to the AI you would be crushed and fear being humiliated by the gaming public if they found out? hehe (and hell they aren't going to find out unless you tell them) lol
I always take the near most extreme choice of what to play and how to play/setup the game. I might turn all the conditions off except 1 and play toward that goal, but, I always use the largest maps I can get and with 14+ civs, adjusting for variance in each game.
Also, if I have won on one level of difficulty, I always move up to the next level until I win a game on that level, then keep moving up until I reach the difficulty where I come close nearly every game, but, just don't quite get a victory out of it. Now, to me that's the best game. Winning isn't the reason I play any game, for it to be "challenging" is more important. That feeling of "almost" is more exhilerating than "I did it", because when you reach "I did it" it's over, the challenge isn't there anymore, you're just wasting time playing something you know you are going to win, boring to me playing a game like that.
I have no need to come to some forum and thump my chest about how I beat the AI on Diety on a "small/tiny" map. Yet, I see some doing this. But, I certainly would applaud anyone who came to the forum and told their story about how they beat the AI on Diety on a HUGE EPIC PANGEA map playing against 14+ civs. That to me is an accomplisment. The others are just simple tasks exploiting the weakness of the AI by lesser numbers.
Just wondering, so why do some of you setup games you know you are going to win?
Renata homicidal jungle cat GOTM Staff
You seem to be under the impression that 'large' = 'difficult' and 'small' = 'easy'. Why is that? It certainly wasn't the case in Civ3. If anything, the opposite was true -- more civs meant more trading opportunities (therefore easier to catch up from the typical Deity pit-of-medieval-despair), and larger maps meant less need to manage corruption carefully. There was a reason that most of the casual players who just wanted to piddle around endlessly building things gravitated toward 'huge'.
"'And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head.'" -- Terry Pratchett, in "Maskerade"
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The Division Becomes The Most Successful Launch In Ubisofts History
Written by Stuart Thomas on 10 March 2016 at 11:30
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Simultaneously unsurprising and also kind of incredible, Ubisoft has announced Tom Clancy’s The Division has sold more copies in its first 24 hours on sale than any other game in the publisher’s history. Likewise it’s also the highest number of digital sales achieved by a Ubisoft title during launch.
The achievement is made all the more impressive by The Division being an entirely new IP (aside from having the Tom Clancy license slapped across it), which typically don’t sell as strongly as sequels. It means it’s beaten the likes of Assassin’s Creed 3, Watch Dogs, Far Cry 4, and, er, The Smurfs 2.
“The launch of The Division is a tremendous achievement for Ubisoft, and demonstrates our unrivaled capacity to create fantastic new game brands and transform them into entertainment blockbusters,” said Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot.
“This is a momentous day for Ubisoft, but more importantly it marks the start of millions of players’ enduring engagement in The Division’s game world, which we are confident they will love.”
A big thumbs up for Ubisoft on that account then, but it’s a whole different kettle of fish as to whether they deserve it. I certainly don’t feel ready to give it a definitive verdict just yet, but during the 10 or so hours I’ve spent playing The Division I’ve had a lot of fun, aided by there being heaps more to do than in the beta. It’s certainly not without its fair share of frustrating flaws though, not helped by the mixed messaging on what it is. Make no mistake this not a traditional third-person shooter but a full-blown RPG, and it took a shift in mindset to get this, at least for me.
Anyway, what do you think, does The Division deserve this record-breaking success? How are you finding your first days in the disaster zone?
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lostdog
12:40 Mar-10-2016
Now let the refunds begin! :P
B9TRIBECA
Congratulations Ubisoft! Can't wait to get my hands on the Division soon as I want to try out my brand new MSI GTX 970 on it. :D
xiDando
I'm enjoying this game at the moment, although its still pretty buggy(floors disappearing, disconnecting etc.) but i'm sure they'll iron this out!
DevilishxDave
Radeon R9 290X XFX Core 4GB Edition
Watching gameplay footage is enough for me.
Even with all the haters this game has I am having a blast playing it, it's very good.
people crying about everything, "AI is too bullet spongey", "Downgraded game, not buying". now is it downgraded? yes, but it still looks goddamn amazing (Its not like watch dogs at all). Stop Pleasejudging if you haven't even played it yet
38fanda
CPU (5% overclock)
about the bullet sponges, if for instance a boss is like 10 levels above you, do you need to like shoot him in the head 20 times more than a regular enemy that's on the same level as you are?
yup, thats exactly how it works. Thats why you should focus on the missions that are on your level, rank up and then come back to complete the harder ones.
sybnios
wow there is no hope…
care to explain?
locknloadeire
Played a few hours last night with mates and had a blast. It may be downgraded but on my system it is the best looking game so far. The controls are very slick, as is the movement. No problem matchmaking with my friends either. Only once in the 5 hours at the beginning did it lag out. No bugs or glitches so far. Can't wait to get back to it. And btw, I hate uPlay as much as the next guy.
aditrex
Dowgraded game people should not support this from ubisoft or its maybi just me thinking this game is booring
Icaraeus
Radeon R9 270X Sapphire Dual-X 2GB OC Edition
So because the game doesn't look as good as when it was first shown you shouldn't play it? I mean, sure, it's technically product fraud and you should sue them for it but the only reason I'm not getting this game is because I don't actually like how it's done (essentially online only)
Just saying im not supporting this type games with price tag 60eur
Oh okay. Well that's a completely different story. How much something is worth is up to you. Also where did you get 60 euro from? Where I am, new stuff like games are 70/80 euro
bluej511
Radeon RX Vega 64 Air 8GB
Right. Does this only apply to consoles because from what i hear its been a total bust on pc. Including the visual downgrade (which was confirmed by someone who works for Ubisoft NY). Didn't they say the same thing about Watch Dogs when that came out? Its such a bait and switch from the E3 trailers to actual games. Makes me ashamed to be French and have ubisoft be based here.
wait for the mods :P
Mods can't fix games if the entire game has issues. You'd need to modify source code and AFAIK modding tools do not allow access to absolutely everything the original developers have.
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Comic Review: Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn’t Work), in Words and Pictures
By Zenestex | Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 at 1:00 pm
How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn’t Work), in Words and Pictures
Written by Michael Goodwin
Art by Dan E. Burr
Cover Price: $19.95
Great Recessions! Debt Ceilings! Fiscal Cliffs! Run for the hills! AAAAAH! Scrub away the façade of apocalyptic doom and, to many, economics is a dull and often mystifying topic. Before you spend hard-earned cash on seed banks and toilet water recycling kits, it would be wise to invest a little time into learning about economic theory and history. But where to start? And more importantly, how to stay awake while researching?
Michael Goodwin’s graphic novel, Economix, seeks to fill in the wide gap between fear-profiteering, 24-hour cable news stations, and dreary, soul-consuming Economics 101 courses. Goodwin unapologetically takes a moderate-to-liberal viewpoint on economic theory. Much of his criticisms are reserved for the undue and unnecessary suffering of the poor and middle class caused by unchecked greed and corruption in the business and financial sector. Drudge Report junkies are likely to reject this book outright and dropkick it into the nearest dumpster. That’s a shame because economics is the most discussed news topic over the past few years; an enjoyable layman’s economic guidebook is an essential addition to any voter’s bookshelf.
Economix covers economic history from Adam Smith to Occupy Wall Street, although all of the time before the Great Depression only encompasses the first third of the book. Economix focuses heavily on the United States’ economy although it does provide brief overviews on other countries such as the Soviet Union and post-war Japan.
Michael Goodwin deftly breaks down systems such as capitalism, socialism, and fascism. His analysis of subjects such as the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Great Recession deliver the facts with surprising depth and nuance. Goodwin delivers a particularly biting critique on post-World War II media, which he describes as the “Big and Bland” mouthpiece of corporate interests. I’ve heard many of these critiques before, but somehow seeing a snickering corporate robot dropping a bucket of cash on think tanks and television stations drives the point home.
Before Michael Goodwin jumps into Ronald Reagan’s supply-side economics, which has dominated the United States’ economy for the past thirty years, he feels the need to justify his political stance. Here Goodwin says he took political stands throughout the first portion of the book, but they are now the popularly accepted by most Americans, so they do not seem political. He goes on to explain that today’s justifications for our grossly inequitable distribution of wealth will fade away with history much like other failed political positions. Meaning his side will be widely accepted as historical fact. While I personally sympathize with his political leanings and actually agree with that statement, it’s an arrogant opinion to present and misplaced in this book. That one page is potentially a huge turn-off point for many readers. Open-minded conservative readers who make it to this section would be justified for slamming the book shut. I can only imagine my reaction if I were browsing a Bizarro-world, neo-con version of Economix and saw the author drawing historical debate parallels between Keynesian economic theory and pro-slavery arguments.
I still recommend that anybody who wants to learn more about economics, but isn’t ready to dive into the migraine-inducing treatises on the subject, give this book a shot. If the author’s opinions are unpalatable, then simply gloss over the parts where he pops-up in cartoon form. That’s a clear indication that Michael Goodwin’s about to chime in with his own take.
Dan E. Burr’s art is simple and cartoony, but effectively portrays Michael Goodwin’s script. Burr’s caricatures of historical and current public figures are uncannily hilarious. The cartoon style is reminiscent of the Annie Leonard’s Story of Stuff videos with its clear and simple symbolism. Burr performed an amazing Jedi mind trick here by presenting frustratingly inaccessible concepts in a light and fun manner; the art instantly draws readers into the material.
Economix’s bibliography is a veritable treasure map of economic knowledge. Michael Goodwin lists every book that influenced this comic along with a brief commentary of each book. Goodwin’s website (www.economixcomix.com) also has a short comic strip about Social Security that follows the same educational and humorous format of Economix. In fact, the free Social Security comic strip is an excellent preview of what to expect from the book.
I took two semesters of economics courses in college and Economix, by far, makes the subject more digestible than the monotonic onslaught of supply and demand charts. In these times of regularly-scheduled, hyper-partisan economic crises, this graphic novel is an invaluable source of information for anybody who wants to learn what all these economic terms and principles actually mean. Michael Goodwin’s opinions are liberally biased, but his descriptions economic systems and principles are fair and honest. For the most part, his opinions are visibly separated from the facts. Goodwin masterfully presents some very difficult and dull ideas in an entertaining way. Economix is an approachable book for anybody who wants to broaden their understanding of economics beyond what the evening news delivers. You see, mom, comics are educational.
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Series Report of investigations (United States. Bureau of Mines) -- 4921
Contributions Eilertsen, N.
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The Cone Manganese Mine is near New Limerick, Maine. Historically the site has been part of the Southern Aroostook Mining District. The site was first discovered in The Cone Manganese Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open. Map of Aroostook County, Maine Squaretown: East and West Moxie Detail Traced by Rheta H. Morrison from the Original Map Entitled: A Plan of 1,, Acres of Land & Water.
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Bibliography of Maine Geology. Cited by: 8. Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over manganese deposits of Aroostook County, Maine.
As stated in the introduction, "the work was undertaken to determine the extent of deposits largely concealed under glacial drift and to obtain subsurface sampled for manganese mineral identification and research in ore dressing and extractive metallurgy" (p.
This report includes tables, maps, and Author: Kenneth M. Earl, Nils A. Eilertsen. 80 MOUNTAIN MAPLE M M Acer spicatum Lam. M ountain maple occurs through-out Maine and is especially common in the northern part of the state. It grows as a small bushy tree,sel-dom over 30 feet in height.
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Geological Survey Professional Paperpp. Manganese recovery as chloride from ores and slags. 10 of the most important domestic ores, including ores that are difficult to treat by other methods, such as those from Aroostook County, Maine, and Chamberlain, South Dakota. Conley: Maple Mountain-Hovey Mountain Manganese Project, Central District, Author: A.
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BOOM! : Soffia Bjorg ‘I Lie’
Suzanne Oswald· October 14, 2016
Today’s track of the day comes from Icelandic newcomer Soffia Bjorg with her brilliant new single ‘I Lie’.
A bright introduction for the singer, the track channels her folk and Americana influences while possessing a muscular and gritty energy thanks to its angular punk tendencies. Led by crunching guitars and a catchy bassline, Bjorg’s powerful vocal delivery takes centre stage, building up to a defiant chanting chorus with its infectious hooks.
Its accompanying video captures the energy of the track, and is in homage to The Beatles first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show with its grainy black and white footage; perhaps an indication of her huge ambitions moving forward.
GIGsoup caught up with the singer to hear more about the song and her influences.
Can you tell us a bit about your new track ‘I Lie’?
I Lie was born when I was fed up with certain things in my life. To appear fine, happy, cool or whatever when in fact the feeling was quite the opposite. To address those factors that are holding you back instead of faking fine. Do not fake fine. That is messed up.
It seems to take influence from a mix of genres, such as folk and rock.. Would you say this is right? Who are you influenced by musically?
This is absolutely right. I have a hard time describing my music. In fact I do not like this question because it always kind of seems I don’t know what kind of music I write. But yes, it is a mixture of genres; folk, rock, americana, indie, pop .. stuff. I also am a sucker for spaghetti westerns, for example the music Ennio Morricone wrote for a number of Sergio Leone movies.
What’s the inspiration behind the video?
Just trying to get that same energy in the video we did on the track. I think it worked!
How has growing up in rural Iceland affected your music?
Well, the surroundings are beautiful, which surely helps, but I think for me the main thing is the peace and quiet that gives me a lot of space to write and think. I grew up on a hill with an amazing view and that is what I need to function. If I am in a room with no windows, nothing. I get kind of claustrophobic and want to run out of there. So maybe writing in dark studios is not my thing. I need the view to breathe.
How would you describe the music scene in Iceland?
We have all kinds of everything. I think it is a privilege being a musician in Iceland. If you are bringing something to the table then getting radio airplay and plugging gigs is fairly easy. Also many people visiting Iceland ask me if everyone in Iceland is a musician. That I find really positive, just shows how fertile we are in our little magical country.
What are your ambitions for your career at the moment? What else can we expect from you in the future?
Release my debut album, play gigs, enjoy playing gigs, write more music. Yes something like that.
This Soffia Bjorg article was written by Suzanne Oswald, a GIGsoup contributor.
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NETANYAHU’S PLAN FOR ANNEXATION OF PARTS OF THE WEST BANK IS “AGGRESSIVE AND ILLEGAL”
Posted on 16th September 2019 24th September 2019 by Media Team
Green MEPs in the UK have condemned Netanyahu’s aggressive and illegal plan to annex large parts of the West Bank into Israel, as the Israeli Prime Minister commits Israel to more outrageous flouting of international law as part of his latest electioneering.
Gina Dowding, Green MEP for North West England, has just recently returned from a cross-party fact-finding trip for MEPs to Palestine-Israel and stated:
“I was quite shocked at the changes in the occupation of Palestine since I was last there in 2010. Everything there has deteriorated for the lives of people having to exist under the occupation. The only thing that remains strong, is the determination of the Palestinian people.
“Israel’s decades-long illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories is a systematic humiliation of Palestinians in the West Bank. It has grown increasingly unbearable for Palestinians, as the number and size of illegal settlements created by Israel have expanded deep into the land within the borders of a future State of Palestine.
“Netanyahu wants to think of himself as Prime Minister of a modern democracy, but he has no regard for international law. His plans for annexation should be sending a shiver down the spine of the international community.
“Both the United Nations and European Union have all been far too weak in responding to the occupation, Netanyahu’s blatant disregard for the future of a negotiated peace and the two-state solution.
“His latest plans must be a wake-up call. Should Netanyahu’s dangerous vision of apartheid proceed, an urgent and serious international diplomatic response should follow.
“The Blue and White party, considered to be the main opponents of Netanyahu in the election next week, have echoed similar sentiments about plans for the West Bank. This is a lifelong tragedy for generations of Palestinians.
“European governments and the European Union must turn their attention to ending the oppression of people in the West Bank.”
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Global engagement and OVPIA
Sustained and expansive international engagement is integral to IU’s teaching, research, and service missions.
It expands the worldview of our students, both domestic and international. It facilitates the collaboration of leading researchers around the world, bringing multiple perspectives and sources of expertise together to address the critical challenges of the day. And it generates vibrant and welcoming international communities here on IU’s campuses and among Hoosier alumni in every corner of the world.
OVPIA engages with all IU campuses in alignment with their respective missions. We collaborate with and support students, faculty, staff, and academic leadership with the following value commitments as our guide.
2025 Strategic priorities
We intend to build on the university’s recent investments and achievements in international engagement, bringing assets and resources from across OVPIA’s departments to bear in responding to our changing environment and advancing our mission.
These priorities, which encompass both new projects and ongoing initiatives, will inform the development of annual
action plans.
1. Utilize IU's Global Gateway Network and our international partnerships and affiliations to increase the range and impact of teaching, research, and service at IU.
We will leverage the university’s international facilities and international relationships, directing resources and activities toward advancing the university’s key priorities in each world region.
We will facilitate the development of multilateral projects and relationships that enhance international research and learning through cross-regional collaboration.
Complete a review and assessment of activities since 2008 in each of the priority countries identified pursuant to the 2008 strategic plan.
Establish university-wide faculty advisory committees to assist in identifying and pursuing strategic opportunities and priorities with partners in each world region.
Create a grant program to provide seed funding for the development of curricular and research opportunities that utilize multiple Global Gateway offices.
Collaborate with IU’s strategic partner universities to develop joint initiatives that support robust and sustainable programs advancing the production of research on shared challenges.
Launch new collaborations with universities in emerging economies to support the implementation of solutions to key development challenges.
2. Bring internationalization home.
We will deploy all our international resources—including Global Gateway offices, international partnerships, internationally affiliated alumni, and globally mobile students—to create additional opportunities on our campuses for international and intercultural learning.
We will promote a culture on our campuses in which faculty, staff, and students incorporate international, intercultural, and global perspectives as an integral part of their daily work.
Create a grant program to provide seed funding for the development of curricular and co-curricular international and intercultural learning opportunities on our campuses.
Create grant programs to support “global classrooms” that pair classes taught at IU with those taught at international partner institutions.
Create a grant program to support the development of interdisciplinary educational experiences focusing on the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Create an International Development Fellowship program to support the involvement of IU students in the on-campus activities of OVPIA’s Office of International Development.
Develop university-wide programming for faculty and staff on intercultural learning, communication, and advising across cultural differences.
Develop and implement a “Global Connections” resource to assist faculty members in bringing foreign participants into class sessions, lectures, research workshops, and other events via remote technology.
3. Increase the visibility of IU’s global engagement and effectively communicate its value to all of the university’s constituencies.
We will develop clear and compelling messaging regarding the scope, impact, and value of IU’s global engagement, supporting the university’s internal and external communications strategy to promote IU’s leadership in global research and education.
We will inform and support the university’s state and federal advocacy initiatives that advance global learning, international understanding, and the free movement of people and ideas.
We will develop programming on our campuses that highlights the international activities of our students and faculty.
Create and implement an internal and external communications strategy to disseminate OVPIA resource information, opportunities, expertise, and policies concerning global engagement.
Create and implement a content development plan for the IU Global website that highlights the global resources of the university and the impact of our work around the state, nation, and world.
Demonstrate the importance of intercultural knowledge, skills, and competencies as they relate to career development outcomes and 21st century workforce expectations, positioning IU as a resource to support the State of Indiana and the nation as they participate in the global economy.
Organize an annual symposium on major trends and best practices in an area of global engagement such as international partnerships, international development, international teaching and learning, study abroad, or recruitment and admission of international students.
Organize an annual faculty forum highlighting activities taking place at our Gateway offices.
4. Improve the accessibility and inclusiveness of international education at IU.
We will increase the inclusive participation of students from all campuses, and of underrepresented students and majors, in opportunities for study abroad, internships, and service-learning programs.
We will bolster efforts on our campuses to recruit and retain top-quality international students from a diverse range of countries.
We will support academic departments in leveraging international partnerships and remote technology to expand the availability of their programs to students confronting mobility barriers.
Identify ways to reduce the total cost of attendance for international students with demonstrated financial need.
Partner with diversity and equity offices throughout the university to support the further diversification of participants in study abroad and other international learning opportunities.
Develop informational resources and best practice recommendations to support academic departments in increasing the delivery of certificate, non-degree, dual-degree, and joint-degree courses and programs of study to international students seeking shorter-term study experiences in the United States.
Support academic departments seeking to develop online or in-country components of degree programs.
5. Develop philanthropic and other forms of financial support for OVPIA’s strategic initiatives.
In collaboration with IUAA and IUF, develop and implement an advancement plan for international affairs.
In collaboration with IUAA, harness the active engagement of our international alumni network to support global engagement.
Secure individual, corporate, and foundation support for the International Center, the Global Gateway Network, study abroad scholarships, and need-based scholarships for international students.
Secure funding from U.S. federal and other sources to support overseas institutional development projects and curriculum internationalization initiatives.
Create an advisory board for OVPIA.
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Gas production increases significantly to 250 million standard cubic feet per day
Nancy Nana Acquah
The volume of gas production for power generation is said to have increased from 85 million standard cubic feet per day to about 250 million standard cubic feet.
A development believed to have helped reduce to the barest minimum the incessant power outages.
Speaking to GBC’s Business News, Chief Executive of Ghana Gas, Dr Ben Asante said in the past government, used to import crude oil for power generation, but the situation has changed due to strategic measures put in place by the young company.
On Ghanaian participation in the operations of the company, Dr Asante said Ghana Gas has in the past three years indigenized, as most key technical areas are manned by Ghanaians.
He urged other companies to emulate Ghana Gas to train more Ghanaians in technical areas.
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Tag Archives: NFL draft preview
April 16, 2019 Bill Bodell Leave a comment
The NFL Draft is just over a week away on April 25th and the Patriots have had a busy offseason that included the departures of key pieces of their Super Bowl winning team such as Rob Gronkowski, Trey Flowers, Trent Brown, and Chris Hogan. The Patriots currently have 12 selections and would expect them to make several trades during the draft.
Defensive tackle was the Patriots most inconsistent position last season, with both Malcolm Brown and Danny Shelton having their share of struggles and healthy scratches from the 46-man game day roster.
Dexter Lawrence was a big contributor to the vaunted Clemson defensive line despite missing time at the end of the season due to a PED suspension. Lawrence has great size at 6’4 340lbs and could be the force in the middle of the line the Patriots defense was desperately needing at times during the 2018 season. Lawrence could step in and be a starter and key contributor right away.
via 247sports.com
Round 2 pick 56: Deebo Samuel, Wide Receiver, South Carolina
As I write this the Patriots just signed Demaryius Thomas, who I HATE as a player but like the move due to the Patriots current receiving core. Even with the signing of Thomas I would like to see the Pats add a WR early and Samuel has the ability to play both the slot and outside receiver positions and play special teams. It’s still unsure the status of Josh Gordon and if he will be eligible to play next year, and after losing Chris Hogan to the Carolina Panthers depth and talent at the wide receiver position is a major area of need. New England held an official private workout with Samuel last week where Samuel later posted a video on Instagram outside Gillette Stadium saying “Hey Billy. I’ll see you in a month, my man,” which could mean there’s interest on both sides and the private workout and meeting went well.
via gamecocksonline.com
Round 2 pick 64: Zach Allen, EDGE Rusher, Boston College
The Patriots added Michael Bennett in a trade with the Eagles, and also lost arguably their best defensive player in Trey Flowers to the Lions which makes defensive end still an area of need. Allen has good size that gives him versatility to play the interior and exterior of the defensive line and plays well as a pass rusher and run stopper. Allen had great production with 15 tackles for loss in 2018.
The Patriots offense took a massive blow with the retirement of Rob Gronkowski. I liked the signing of Austin-Sefarian Jenkins but would still like to see the tight end position addressed during the draft. Jace Sternberger had a great 2018 season, his first at Texas A&M after transferring from JUCO, with 48 catches for 832 yards and 10 touchdowns. Sternberger only had one year of production which could be a red flag to teams, and is essentially just a receiving tight end and doesn’t offer much as a blocker. Sternberger’s size and skill set would help the Patriots offense stretch the field. Sternberger is also a player who had a private workout with the Patriots.
Round 3 Pick 97: Taylor Rapp, Safety, Washington
I would be surprised if Rapp was available at this point in the draft, but if he is would be a great pick for New England. Rapp is a similar type player to Patrick Chung, who just signed a contract extension with the Patriots, as someone who can cover backs and tight ends in the passing game, and can also play close to the line of scrimmage and is good in run support. Rapp is someone who could contribute now as well as sit and learn and be the safety of the future for the Patriots.
Round 3 pick 101: Jarrett Stidham, Auburn, Quarterback
Stidham is one of several quarterbacks the Patriots have had in for private workouts. I would love for the Patriots to be able to take West Virginia QB Will Grier, but he was already off the board in this simulation. Stidham had a good 2017 but struggled some in 2018, but has good different skill sets with his mobility, quick release, and being able to throw on the run with good accuracy. Skills that Josh McDaniels seems to value when drafting quarterbacks, and could be someone McDaniels likes as a potential QB of the future for the likely head coach of the future.
via theathletic.com
Round 4 pick 134: David Sills, West Virginia, Wide Receiver
Sills is a big body, outside receiver who was a great red zone threat during his time at West Virginia. Sills was a second team All-American in 2017 and led the country with 18 touchdown receptions, and was a third team All-American in 2018 finishing second in the country with 15 touchdown receptions. Sills is a true down field receiver who could help stretch the Patriots offense and be a valuable piece in the red zone.
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Round 6 pick 205: Bryce Love, Stanford, Running Back
Round 7 pick 239: Mitch Hyatt, Clemson, Offensive Tackle
Hyatt was a four year starter at Clemson and was a part of two National Championship winning teams and was the anchor of Clemson’s line during that time. The Patriots lost LaAdrian Waddle and Trent Brown in free agency and could use depth at tackle, especially with last years first round pick Isaiah Wynn set to be the starter after missing all of last season with a torn Achilles.
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Round 7 pick 246: Kingsley Keke, Defensive Line, Texas A&M
Keke has the ability and skill set to go with his size to play both defensive tackle and defensive end, after dropping 20 pounds to be more of an edge player. Keke had a breakout senior year with 51 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and 7 sacks. Keke is another player who had a private workout with the Patriots and provides the versatility that the Patriots value.
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I don’t see the Patriots using all 12 draft picks that they currently have and could package some picks to move around the board, but projecting as they currently stand the Patriots add depth at pass rusher with their second of four seventh round picks. Hollins has good size at 6’4 240lbs with good speed for his size that would allow him to play special teams and potentially be a situational pass rusher.
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LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios
Developer: Travellers Tales
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LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game is an action adventure game bringing to life the Pirates of the Caribbean world and all its colourful characters in LEGO brick form. Players will experience all the memorable scenes from the first three films; as well as those in the upcoming fourth film; ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ in the humorous and quirky LEGO video games style.
Exploration – Players will explore familiar locations filled with interactive LEGO objects and encounter more than 70 memorable and new characters while making their way through more than 20 levels
Combat – The LEGO Caribbean is full of danger! Intense sword fighting moves give the LEGO minifigure a brand new pirate flavor Unforgettable Cut Scenes – Everyone’s favorite scenes from the Pirates of the Caribbean films are re-rendered with LEGO minifigures in the humorous style synonymous with LEGO video games
Puzzles – Players will need all their pirate cunning to find the hidden LEGO treasures and discover the game’s many secrets
Two-Player Co-op – Players can join a friend or family member in the same room for two-player ‘drop-in/drop-out’ cooperative action
Freeplay – Building a collection of characters throughout the game players can then use their distinctive abilities to gain access to previously unavailable areas
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Tar-sands bathrooms are eco-friendly, which makes up for all that other stuff
By Jonathan Hiskes on Oct 14, 2010
This is my third post from the tar sands. Previously, a look at the boomtown of Fort McMurray and a helicopter ride above the mines.
Energy execs can scrub their consciences clean with this “eco” shampoo.Photo: Jonathan HiskesSay you’re an energy executive from Houston or Edmonton, Alberta, staying at the biggest hotel near the Canada tar sands, helping your company reap profits from the largest oil excavation project on the planet.
It’s dirty business — producing usable petroleum from the black muck here requires three to four times the greenhouse-gas emissions of conventional drilling, plus two to four barrels of water per barrel of oil, the remains of which are fed into tailings ponds.
So you’ll be glad to know that the hotel bathroom toiletries come in “eco” packaging — biodegradable shampoo and conditioner bottles and recycled-paper wrappers for the shower cap and shoe polisher. It’s the little things that add up, see? We all must do our part to protect the planet, starting with our toiletries.
At least I assume that’s the thinking. I was reminded of that creative logic when I visited a “reclaimed” forest near the miles and miles of open-pit mines. The public-relations efforts of tar-sands companies (which get much more attention in Canada than in the U.S.) center on a pledge to “reclaim” the tracts of boreal forest they’ve disrupted. But they’re not restoring what was previously there. They’re replacing the natural muskeg — a soupy, boggy wetland — with dry infill planted with seedlings, a very different landscape. No one’s figured out how to re-create muskeg.
But who am I to say what’s an ecological problem and what’s merely a marketing challenge? At the edge of the reclaimed forest, near a buffalo reserve, an unintentionally hilarious sign heralds “The Future: Lakefront Property.” After the waste ponds have reached a depth of 40 meters (workers build berms of waste sand to contain them), Suncor will top off the toxic water with five meters of clean water. That’s enough, the sign says, for a “diverse and productive ecosystem of plants and animals.”
“Lakefront property” that Suncor promises to restore near its tailings pond and upgrader plant.Photo: Jonathan Hiskes
The Suncor upgrader facility puffs out steam beyond the pond. Air cannons pop every few seconds to ward off birds that might mistake the ponds for, well, water, and get stuck in the yogurt-like goop (this happened to 500 ducks two years ago).
There are steps tar-sands companies could take to make their work relatively cleaner — and I applaud groups like ForestEthics and the Pembina Institute that are pushing them in that direction. But it’s still oil they’re producing. And the waste they’re dumping into ponds is still toxic. Cleaning up their reputation is going to take more than creative signage and biodegradable shampoo bottles.
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“Thank you” pop-ups
A thank you pop-up opens when a visitor places an order or sends a form. It helps to confirm that an order is received.
A thank you pop-up usually contains:
— Expression of gratitude. It’s the main function of the pop-up so it’s advisable to write “Thank you” in the title.
— Confirmation of the action accuracy. Write that the order has been placed or the form has been submitted to assure the visitor that they did everything right.
— Button. You can set up different actions for the button in the pop-up.
For example, thank your customer and offer to continue shopping.
How to set up a thank you pop-up
A thank you pop-up is set up in the button menu. Select Show pop-up from the Actions on click drop-down menu.
Then click on the Select window and go to “Thank you” window templates.
You can style the added pop-up by clicking on Edit in the button menu.
Change the message text, button settings, select a suitable icon from the integrated gallery.
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Home/News/Sam Hill extends contract with Team Chain Reaction Cycles
Matthew Cole2 weeks ago
Despite the wild internet rumours, speculation and misdirection from the man himself, we’re excited to let you know that Sam Hill has re-signed with Team Chain Reaction Cycles for the next three years.
The team roster for 2021 will include Sam Hill racing alongside Elliott Heap and Kelan Grant, joined by Sam’s long-term mechanic Jacy Shumilak.
We spoke to Team Manager Nigel Page on his eight years working with the Australian legend and what’s to come from Sam and the team:
When Sam Hill agreed to join the team for the 2013 season it was a dream come true for us all.
After personally being a huge fan of Sam (who isn’t?), getting the opportunity to work with him and manage him under Team Chain Reaction Cycles and Nukeproof bikes for the last eight years has been amazing.
Sam is a one-of-a-kind athlete and talent on a bike; the achievements he has accomplished in the sport of mountain biking is second to none – five Downhill MTB World Championships; two overall Downhill World Cup titles; 13 Downhill World Cup wins and three straight Enduro World Series titles all while making it look easy in his effortless, perfect riding style.
It has been an absolute pleasure getting to know Sam over these last eight years as well as working with him in his racing career, gaining more world titles and helping develop the Nukeproof bikes. He has become a great friend and the best team member we could wish for with his easy-going personality and professionalism as well as being the best mentor for our younger team riders.
2020 was a tough year for everyone and we really missed spending time with Sam, but we’re happy that he was able to have a year at home with his family in Australia – the first time for Sam since being a young Junior racer back in 2001.
For 2021 Sam is as keen as ever to get back at it against the clock and the mountains on his bike, doing what he does best – WINNING.
We retain most of our previous sponsors for 2021, but we are parting ways with Mavic wheels, so I’d like to say a huge thank you to them for the last 12 amazing years working together. The team will be riding on the new Nukeproof Horizon wheels for 2021 and will continue to help develop and race on board Nukeproof bikes.
Nigel Page
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Fly-in hotels for the dispossessed Golf course future Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au
comes to the fore
SOON after the Europeans arrived, they began to colonise territory that was already occupied and providing a living for its long time inhabitants. The original populations were overlooked as the fast-reproducing, more powerful hordes took over the lush valleys and fast-developing agricultural areas. But a growing number of enthusiasts are now coming to the plight of the originals, providing safety and shelter from the spreading hordes. The narrative of invasion and a struggle for survival might sound familiar, but it is one few people know about: the takeover of Australia by European bees. Introduced for their manufacturing and pollinating skills, the honey bees have a habit of pushing aside the smaller native bees. There are more than 1700 species of native bees and although just 11 of them are stingless, their diminutive size means they are unable to deliver a harmful sting. Some of the larger native bees are credited with having a sting as painful as a bull ant bite but are unlikely to do so unless trodden on or threatened in some way. Derek Ryan, of Sorrento is one of those affected by the tales of loss and dispossession suffered by native bees. After hearing Cr David Gill speak passionately about the need for native bees and their value to Australia’s environment, Mr Ryan decided to help
FUTURE “development opportunities” of land now occupied by Mount Martha Public Golf Course will be reviewed by Mornington Peninsula Shire Council. The shire has hired consultants @ leisure Planners and WellPlayed to “develop a vision and long term plan” for the golf course. Described by the shire as an “exciting project”, the shire is inviting public comment. With easing of COVID-19 restrictions the 18-hole course off Forest Drive reopened for golfing on 21 October. “We will be reviewing all aspects of the site, including its role as a significant open space for the peninsula and undertaking a detailed review of the golf course operations, use, management, performance and role in providing for golf in the shire,” a shire news release stated last week. It said golfers, residents, clubs, community groups and other stakeholders would be consulted to find out what was valued about open space and the golf course; how it could be improved; issues, challenges and opportunities that a strategic plan should address; and, what is your vision for this site? The shire will prepare a “state of play” report about the management and performance of the land “as a golf course and as a regional open space”. An “issues and options” paper would assess “development opportunities and desirable directions”.
DEREK Ryan and the “largest bee hotel in Australia” he built and installed on a friend’s farm near Mornington.
a large bee hotel,” he said. “I have foraged for bamboo and other recycled woods and tree cuttings and I “have made a double sided bee hotel for his farm and is probably the largest bee hotel in Australia.” Cr Gill, who often give talks about Australia’s endangered native bees to clubs, community groups and schools, said Mr Ryan’s efforts “makes it even more worthwhile”. Now that the hotel has been installed on Mr Ryan’s friend’s farm near Mornington, he is waiting to see what types and how many of the native bees take up his offer of residency.
Search for thief POLICE are searching for a thief who stole a credit card from a car at Balnarring and later used it to withdraw cash from an ATM at Dromana and to buy cigarettes from a convenience store at Carrum Downs. The offender was wearing a red hoodie, black shorts, and has a tattoo on their left calf. Anyone with information is urged to contact Mornington Peninsula Crime Investigation Unit 5978 1400 or Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.
Stolen ute A FORD utility with number plates 1RO8UX and a distinctive red motif on the side, “80”, was stolen from a Frankston property, Friday 25 October. Anyone with information about its whereabouts is asked to contact Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 or report it online at crimestoppers.com.au quoting incident number 200392724.
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the bees out. “I never knew native bees existed until I heard David when he visited Sorrento Rotary Club,” Mr Ryan said. Also, a member of Sorrento Men’s Shed, Mr Ryan set about making “bee hotels”, using recycled timber and bamboo that he found growing mainly on nature strips. During the COVID-19 lockdown he made and gave away six small hotels. But his crowning achievement, built over five months, was something on a much grander scale. “I have a friend with a 30 acre farm and part of it is a protected orchard. So, I told him that I would make him
As well as planning for sporting and recreational activities the consultants hired by the shire also do “open space planning for new residential development and structure plans”. Submissions about the future of the golf course close 5pm Wednesday 11 November and can be made online atmornpen.vic.gov.au/golfcoursereview or for a form call 1300 850 600. Keith Platt
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Once again, another list to make people mad as I spotlight the emerging, and open-and-coming talents across the professional boxing world.
This is just my perception of young fighters and based around my own level of excitement around said fighters heading into next year, as a guide for whom you might want to tune-in and watch.
01. Jared Anderson
I will say this until I am blue in the face, Jared Anderson, is one of the guys to watch in the heavyweight division, and what he is doing is very noteworthy.
Anderson has the flair and showmanship of a Teofimo Lopez, along with being as talented as any heavyweight on Top Rank’s roster, that is running on a parallel path as himself.
Anderson is currently 7-0 with 7 KOs, and has been pro for a little over a year. I expect Anderson to start to face known opponents next year, and see a few tests as well.
Start making note of when he fights.
02. Marc Castro
Castro has a good promoter with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom USA, and one of the best managers in Keith Connolly paired that with one of the most successful U.S. amateur careers in recent memory, and we have something here.
Castro is so widely regarded hence why he got the coveted spot of the co-main event to Canelo vs Callum Smith, which many would have wanted – let alone that was for his pro debut.
Castro is a volume puncher, who presents an awkward-style clash for any and all who get in with him, and is trained by his father, Tony Castro, and underrated trainer, Marco Contreras. Castro is a fighter that will be exciting and worth watching next year.
03. Savannah Marshall
I’ve been thoroughly impressed with Savannah Marshall so much so, that if I continue to write praise about her, I fear someone might accuse me of having a crush on her.
Marshall is part of the big seven in women’s boxing, including herself, Claressa Shields, Katie Taylor, Jessica McCaskill, Amanda Serrano, Seniesa Estrada, and Mikaela Mayer, those six seem to be currently in their prime, and elite.
The Peter Fury trained female boxer, who holds a win over Claressa Shields in the amateurs, is knocking out most of her opponents, has an endearing personality, and showmanship.
Marshall feels like a star, and her stoppage win over Hannah Rankin, who had gone the distance with Claressa Shields and Alicia Napoleon was a statement in her last fight. Marshall will be a world champion in 2021, mark my words! [Editor’s Note: Marshall is already the WBO champion]
04. Israil Madrimov
In just six fights, Madrimov is a 12-round fighter, and in his first pro fight, he defeated Vladimir Hernandez who holds wins over Alfredo Angulo, Aaron Coley, and Daniel Valdivia (twice).
Madrimov’s last fight was against Eric Walker, one of the memorable cast members of the most recent season of The Contender as well a talented fighter, whom Madrimov defeated via a 12-round decision.
Madrimov is already a top-10 154 lbs currently ranked #1 by the WBA, which currently has three WBA world champions, Jermell Charlo, Erislandy Lara, and Michel Soro, each holding different variants of the title.
Madrimov is a physical marvel and one who when he gets to the top of the division is more than likely going to stay there.
05.Bektemir Melikuziev
“Bek The Bully”, who shares the same manager as Madrimov, Vadim Kornilov, and the same record for that matter will more than likely emerge early in 2020 as a player in the division, as he is set to face Sergey Kovalev in January of 2021. If everything goes right for “Bek The Bully ” he could be in the running for fighter of the year, as he will get such an early start on things.
Melikuziev, signed to Golden Boy Promotions is a fearsome super middleweight, who has been fighting in ten-round bouts since his fourth fight despite only being 24-years-old.
Melikuziev has yet to lose a round as a professional and holds wins over Vaughn Alexander and Clay Collard.
06. Amari Jones
The only fighter on this list without a professional fight, Amari “Fresh” Jones has burst on the scene as one of the key components to Devin Haney’s camp for Yuriorkis Gamboa.
Jones, who now is training with and a part of Devin Haney Promotions, is a fighter who one of the most well-respected boxing media people, Sean Zittel of FightHype, has commented about being “blown away by”, in regards to Jones talents in the gym.
On top of all that, Jones has gotten a few heated sparring sessions in Vegas in which tempers have flared showing his competitive nature.
The humble beast that is Jones is someone all fight fans should be watching with a keen eye.
I have Amari Jones so high on my list, so I have known him for a while, and I am eager to see him in the pros, so his debut is a must-see event for me.
07. Kasir “Mazzi” Goldston
Goldston, better known as” Mazzi”, fights like a veteran at the age of 17-years-old, and more so, has shown two different skillsets in the pros. One bout he outboxed a guy, in his last bout – he dogged out his opponent and got him up out of there.
Goldston, trained by his father Ty Goldston, look to stay very active in 2021, as the fighter in theory should have four-to-five bouts in his ledger next year.
Goldston, the fighting pride of upstate New York, is a fighter who should gradually ramp up his competition this year, as Goldston has a foundation that could make him a very viable long-term prospect.
08. Haven Brady Jr
Haven Brady Jr. is a power-house. At an early stage in his career, two pro fights with two knockouts, Brady reminds me of a smaller version of Charles Conwell, his stablemate – aggressive, mean, and going to break you down to the body.
The Soul City Boxing Gym is breaking opponents down to the body and then forcing them to make a decision to stop or be stopped. A brilliant example of these was how Brady fought Michael Land in his second fight, breaking him down to the body in the second round, as Land retired in the corner in between the second-and-third-round.
Brady has tremendous power, but what stands out to me is his work rate as well as his innate ability to target the body for such a young fighter, which often takes young fighters 10+ fights to learn to do.
09. David Navarro
David Navarro was the Olympic alternate to Bruce Carrington, as the decorated amateur turned pro – stopping both of his opponents quickly, and now is set to having an exciting 2021.
Navarro who signed with Split-T Management is looking to be a fan-favorite action fighter of the modern era, as the Los Angeles, California, Mexican-American fighter, who has been featured on television for both of his fights should secure a promoter next year.
Navarro comes from a boxing family with Jonathan Navarro being signed to Golden Boy Promotions, and Steven Navarro being a highly touted amateur, who has a good chance at being an Olympian.
David like his nicknames says is “The Future”.
10. Duke Ragan
Duke Ragan already holds a win over a former UFC world title contender in John Moraga, though that might not seem notable in boxing – it is. On top of that, Ragan had probably the best pro-debut any fighter could have, a highlight-reel one-punch KO with an overhand right.
Ragan, who is trained by Kay Komora, a top-level boxing coach, who for years was one of the key components to USA Boxing over the past decade. Ragan in just a few pro fights has already had a slew of different experiences that most professionals don’t have at the beginning of their career while dominating each. In just a few fights, Ragan has a gained veteran experience.
Ragan is someone to keep your eyes on as he advances up the ranks with the best matchmakers in the business Bruce Trampler and Brad Goodman, at Top Rank Inc.
11. Wade Jones III
Jones III doesn’t have a major promoter, working with Toscano Boxing Promotions, a small-market promoter out of Stockton, Ca, that is growing in size yearly, but he has a major promoter type of talent.
Jones is one of the nicest people you will ever meet with an infectious love of the sport of boxing, along with a fan-friendly exciting fighter. Jones III is still in the development phase, but a student of the game who looked up to Andre Ward is a fighter all die-hard boxing fans should be aware of.
Jones will be a formidable action fighter for all who cross his path, as I see a big fight in his path in the middle of 2022, if not sooner.
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IDA Researcher Cited in Economist Article
The January 12 issue of the The Economist(Open external link) cited an article that STPI’s Shirley Han coauthored; “China’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research environment: A snapshot(Open external link),” published in PLOS ONE (April 18, 2018). The article argues that the current direction of education and inquiry in China is turning inward, away from openness that is central to innovative thinking.
IDA Researchers Developed an R Package
SFRD’s Michael Guggisberg and Amrit Romana recently developed an R package “BiProbitPartial(Open external link)” as an IDA CRP; it is now publicly available on the CRAN repository. The package provides a suite of functions to perform frequentist and Bayesian estimation and prediction using the bivariate probit with partial observability model.
IDA Researcher Spoke on Election Security
David Mussington, an adjunct research staff member in ITSD, delivered a plenary talk at the December 3 Penn State Symposium on Election Security(Open external link). He addressed election cybersecurity, cyber conflict, and U.S. national security. A professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy and former member of the Obama Administration National Security Council Staff, Dr. Mussington was one of dozens of experts from across the country.
Congratulations to IDA Scholar Tom Wallace
IDA congratulates SFRD Research Staff Member Tom Wallace on completion of his MS in statistics from George Mason University through the IDA Scholar Award program. He is also pursuing a PhD in Computational Social Science from GMU through the IDA Scholar program.
IDA Researchers Briefed Defense Science Board
On December 12, JAWD researchers (pictured from left to right) Meg Barber, Bill Sorrells, Mark Phillips, and Kevin Woods briefed the Defense Science Board Task Force on Gaming, Exercising, Modeling and Simulation (GEMS) on related studies and perspectives on the utility of GEMS in strategic and operational planning. JAWD RSM Sue Numrich and founding JAWP Director and current IDA consultant Ted Gold are task force members.
IDA Board Member Named USAFA Distinguished Graduate
Edward R. Jayne, Trustee Emeritus of IDA’s Board of Trustees, was named one of the Air Force Academy’s four Distinguished Graduate honorees for 2018(Open external link). The award recognizes alumni who have set themselves apart by making a lifetime of significant contributions to our nation and their communities.
Congratulations to IDA Scholar Jessica Huckabey
IDA congratulates JAWD Research Staff Member Jessica Huckabey on completion of her PhD in history through the IDA Scholar Award program. Her University of Leeds (UK) dissertation was “Sea power rivalry: The influence of Admiral Gorshkov on American Naval Thought, 1963-1985.”
IDA Author Published
On January 7, IAD’s Stephanie Burchard, with coauthor Stephen Burgess, published “U.S. Training of African Forces and Military Assistance, 1997–2017: Security versus Human Rights in Principal–Agent Relations(Open external link)” in the journal African Security. The article was prepared as IDA publication NSD-9068.
IDA STPI Researchers Support Interagency STEM Education Strategy
On, December 4, the White House National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education released a five-year strategic plan, “Charting a Course for Success: America’s Strategy for STEM Education(Open external link).” STPI researchers supported the development of this plan through research and analysis of existing and previous Federal STEM programs; facilitating writing team sessions with a wide variety of Federal stakeholders; assisting the teams with writing and document structure; and incorporating feedback into the draft plan.
IDA Welcomes New Chief Financial Officer
Dr. Chu announced by Staff Notice that Ms. Jean Conley will take office as our next Chief Financial Officer in late January. Dean Graves will transition to a new role as Director, Special Projects.
IDA Researcher to Speak at West Coast Aerospace Forum
SFRD’s Peter Levine will speak at the 4th Annual West Coast Aerospace Forum(Open external link), which will be held at RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, on November 30. He will sit on a panel on defense acquisition and innovation. His talking points are based on a War on the Rocks article(Open external link), originally produced as IDA Publication NSP-9267.
IDA Researcher on Panel of Women Leaders in College Sports
OED’s Laura Itle discussed IDA’s SAFETY Act work on securing soft targets during a panel at the Women Leaders in College Sports National Convention(Open external link) in October. The panel is summarized in an article, “Learn How SAFETY Act Can Help Protect Athletics Venues(Open external link),” in College Athletics and the Law, published November 13.
IDA Researcher Published in Survival
SFRD’s Michael Fitzsimmons discusses the impacts of the U.S. withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in this new article “Russian Strategy and the End of the INF Treaty(Open external link)” published by the journal Survival. (Dr. Fitzsimmons is currently on an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) assignment with the Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute.)
SpaceNews Quotes IDA Researcher
The November 18 issue of SpaceNews quotes STPI Researcher Bhavya Lal and cites IDA Publication Global Trends in Small Satellites(Open external link). Speaking at a November 15 Space Foundation panel on Capitol Hill titled “The SmallSat Revolution,” Dr. Lal observed that when the smallsat movement started, the thinking was the major support by the government wasn’t going to be needed; that’s turning out not to be the case. Other panelists included Steve Nixon, president of the SmallSat Alliance, Chirag Parikh, deputy director for counterproliferation at National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), and Karen St. Germain, director of systems architecture and advanced planning at National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA).
IDA Researchers Framing the Discussion for Testing Autonomous Systems
STD’s Dave Sparrow and CARD’s David Tate recently spoke at three key events – a Center for Strategic and International Studies(Open external link) panel at the release of their new report Artificial Intelligence and National Security: The Importance of the AI Ecosystem(Open external link), which cites three separate IDA papers co-authored by Dr. Sparrow and/or Dr. Tate; a U.S.-UK Technical Exchange Meeting; and a Verification of Autonomous Systems working group meeting related to the Department of Defense’s prioritization of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy.
ITSD’s Randy Simpson received the Best Paper Award of the 2018 International Conference of Information Security and Internet Engineering. Enterprise End-point Device Management(Open external link), co-written by ITSD’s Kevin Foltz, was prepared as IDA NS D-8871. Dr. Simpson presented the paper at the conference in London in July. Dr. Simpson also received the Best Oral Presentation at the 8th International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Networks (CECNet2018) in Bangkok Thailand.
IDA Researcher Named I/ITSEC Fellow
JAWD’s Sue Numrich will be named the 2018 I/ITSEC Fellow(Open external link) at the organization’s conference in Orlando at a Signature Event on November 26. As a Fellow, Dr. Numrich authored this year’s Fellow’s paper and presentation – Lessons Unlearned: Barrier or Key to the Future? – prepared as IDA publication NSD-10307. I/ITSEC is an international conference with attendance of about 15,000 technical and military personnel.
IDA Researcher Taught Professional Development Course
STPI’s Asha Balakrishnan spoke at a new professional development course(Open external link) on space security and space policy issues from the CSIS Aerospace Security Project on November 7-8. She led a discussion on Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management.
IDA Researcher’s Article Published in Lawfare
The 2018 Welch Award winning team of ITSD’s Michael Fischerkeller and Dr. Richard J. Harknett of the University of Cincinnati (not pictured) published their latest article “Persistent Engagement and Tacit Bargaining: A Path Toward Constructing Norms in Cyberspace(Open external link)” in the November 9 issue of Lawfare, an online blog dedicated to exposing hard national security choices.
IDA Researcher Interviewed on Federal News Network
SFRD’s Peter Levine was interviewed(Open external link) on November 5 about his latest paper on DoD financial management and the defense audit by radio show host Michael Keegan. In it, Peter relates the history DoD’s 30-year failed effort to achieve an auditable financial statement. He argues that the Department has gone about it wrong.
IDA Researcher Panelist on CONFERS 2018 Panel
IDA researcher Bhavya Lal discussed policy considerations(Open external link) for satellite servicing as a panelist at the CONFERS 2018 Global Satellite Servicing Forum on November 8. CONFERS is an industry-led initiative to leverage best practices to research, develop, and publish nonbinding, consensus-derived standards for on-orbit servicing and rendezvous proximity operations.
IDA Researcher Elected to Neighborhood Commission
STPI researcher Ian Simon was elected last Tuesday to DC’s Ward 2 Advisory Neighborhood Commission(Open external link). As a Commissioner, he will represent the views of residents of in his Single Member District (SMD). Established in the 1970’s, ANCs are made up of locally elected representatives to make sure each neighborhood is well-served by District government. After deliberation and votes, the ANC advises the Mayor, City Council, and executive agencies in local matters such as parking, zoning, traffic, liquor licenses, and permits. Congratulations, Ian!
IDA Report Recognized Internationally
STPI’s Jason Gallo was an invited speaker at the European Commission and Executive Committee of the Arctic Observing Summit to present at the Towards a Roadmap for Coordinated Arctic Observing meeting during the second Arctic Science Ministerial in Berlin in October. His talk was based on IDA Group Report NS GR-8509(Open external link) and subsequent STPI analysis. STPI’s work was cited in various presentations at the meeting in a report by the European Commission’s Joint Research Center, “Impact Assessment Study on Societal Benefits of Arctic Observing Systems(Open external link),” which was released during the meeting in Berlin.
IDA Researcher Spoke at High Integrity Language Technology Workshop
ITSD’s David Wheeler spoke on November 5 at the High Integrity Language Technology (HILT 2018) Workshop in Boston on Languages and Tools for Ensuring Cyber-Resilience in Critical Software-Intensive Systems. His talk was on “Approaches to Cyber-Resilience through Language System Design(Open external link).” ITSD’s Clyde Roby moderated the session.
IDA Researcher Nominated to Board
STPI’s Bhavya Lal was nominated for a second 2-year term to be part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES). ACCRES was established in 2002 to provide information, advice, and recommendations to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on matters relating to the U.S. satellite commercial remote sensing industry and NOAA's activities to carry out the responsibilities of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
IDA Congratulates Recipient of the Theodore Von Karman Award!
STIP Director Mark Lewis received the Air Force Association Theodore Von Karman Award for the most outstanding contribution in the field of science and engineering. The award was presented on September 17 at the 2018 Air Force Association’s 2018 Air, Space & Cyber Conference Opening and Awards Ceremony at the Gaylord in National Harbor.
IDA Research to Moderate Panel
ITSD’s Serena Chan moderated a technical panel on “DoD Public Safety Communications and 9-1-1(Open external link)” on October 29 at the MILCOM 2018 conference in Los Angeles. This panel discussed the goals to implement standards-based, end-to-end, IP-based 9-1-1 capabilities within DoD; retire legacy 9-1-1 systems; and interconnect the civilian and military 9-1-1 systems, without any degradation in service.
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Iveta Varnagiryte-Kabašinskiene , Valda Araminiene, Vidas Stakenas
iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 95-100 (2015)
Published: Jul 15, 2015 - Copyright © 2015 SISEF
One-year-old silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) saplings were subjected to artificial insect damage and defoliations of varying intensities, and subsequent growth indexes, biomass allocation patterns and photosynthesis were monitored during a 60-day period. Seven treatments were conducted in which the leaves of saplings were perforated with three or six holes per each leaf, and damaged by clipping one-third of each leaf, or they received 25, 50 and 75% defoliations during a single growing season (from April to August of 2014). Simulated insect damage and artificial defoliation decreased growth. The 75% defoliation significantly reduced the total dry mass of birch saplings at harvest by 30%, while such reduction did not influence the total productivity. The dry mass of leaves was reduced by 45% when saplings were defoliated by 75% compared to not defoliated saplings. Moreover, the total production of leaves significantly increased in the 75% defoliated saplings compared with control saplings. Artificial defoliation increased the relative biomass allocation to foliage, and this was more evident in defoliated than in mechanically insect-damaged saplings. Despite losing 25, 50 or 75% of leaf mass due to clipping, defoliated birch saplings recovered similar dry masses and root/shoot ratios by harvest as the non-defoliated saplings. Perforation and clipping parts of the leaves, as well as the artificial defoliations, caused the regrowth of biomass that did not significantly change compared to healthy silver birch saplings, and this phenomenon could be assessed as equal-compensatory growth.
Betula pendula, Artificial Defoliation, Artificial Insect-Damage, Growth Compensation
An increasing interest in various aspects of climate change impacts on forest ecosystems provides a basis for discussions regarding the increased abundance of insect pests and, furthermore, increased deterioration in forest health. Initially, defoliation or insect-caused damage reduces the photosynthetic area per plant, which may eventually result in a considerable loss of leaf area. Therefore, the expected implications of insect damage include reductions in height, biomass and growth rates, as well as changes in photosynthetic activity ([27], [12]).
Generally, the effect on biomass production depends on the compensation potential of individual species and damage scenarios. There are two opposite growth responses to defoliation. In the first, the final vegetative biomass of defoliated plants decreases after the removal of biomass, while in the second the defoliated plants partially or fully compensate for the removal of biomass ([3], [19], [22], [5], [6]). Meanwhile, root growth decreases or stops post-defoliation ([5]).
With regard to the compensatory hypothesis ([17]), over-, under- or equal-compensatory rates could occur under different site and defoliation conditions. For example, Zhao et al. ([31]) found a greater reduction in the growth of aboveground biomass when an intense clipping of 80% was applied. Data from several sources have identified cases of partial compensation, especially for insect-damaged trees ([25], [13], [14]). Some studies investigating growth changes under various insect damage scenarios have focused exclusively on birch species ([10], [8], [21], [1], [11]).
It has been demonstrated that the greater ability of birches to exhibit compensatory growth and recover after severe defoliation occurs faster after increasing the nutrient supply ([26], [21]). Subsequently, Anttonen et al. ([1]) reported that nutrient availability was significant only in determining how the total biomass responded to defoliation, and no interaction between defoliation and fertilization was found in the second growing season after the defoliation.
Previous research has indicated that photosynthetic rates increase in damaged leaves, or even in healthy leaves adjacent to damage ([4], [20], [29], [28]).
Numerous studies have attempted to explain the different consequences of defoliation for relative biomass allocation ([19], [1], [31], [28]). Markkola et al. ([16]) showed that the loss of foliage decreases the root-to-shoot ratio, i.e., changes in the partitioning between above- and below-ground biomass occur, as shoot growth is favored at the expense of root growth ([22]).
The present study was designed to investigate the effects of different artificial defoliation and simulated insect-damage regimes on the growth characteristics of silver birch saplings. The first objective of this study was to determine possible changes in dry mass and relative biomass allocation across different compartments of birch saplings. We also conducted a pilot study on foliar gas-exchange, aiming to investigate the effect of simulated insect damage and partial defoliation on the photosynthetic characteristics of the remaining leaves.
This research was conducted in southwestern Lithuania (54° 51′ N, 24° 03′ E) at the Dubrava Experimental and Training Forest Enterprise. The mean annual temperature in this area was 6.5 °C, ranging from 5.0-13.7 °C in April, 8.8-17.1 °C in May, 13.2-16.8 °C in June, 19.3-22.8 °C in July and 13.7-22.5 °C in August. The mean monthly temperature was higher by 1-1.5 °C (May) to 3-4.5 °C degrees (July) compared to the standard climatic norm during the vegetation season. The mean annual precipitation was 686 mm, with 21 mm in April, 84 mm in May, 57 mm in June, 71 mm in July and 112 mm in August. The mean monthly precipitation was close to the standard climatic norm.
Plant material and study design
In this study, a pot-cultivated experiment of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) saplings was conducted. Initially, all experimental material was approximately equal in size, averaging 40.6 ± 0.14 cm of height. Before treatment, the growth of birch saplings did not differ among treatments (Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA: p<0.05).
The soil for planting was prepared by mixing sand and neutralized peat in a 1:5 ratio.
Saplings were planted into individual 3-L plastic pots filled with the mixed substrate. The mean pH value of the soil in the pots was 5.0. The total nitrogen and potassium contents of the soil were 0.4 and 40 mg l-1, respectively. The soil received no fertilizer. Throughout the experiment, trees were watered as needed. Pots had 16 equidistant perforations at the base to allow excess water to drain.
One-year-old silver birch saplings were planted on April 2, 2014. Each sapling was planted in its own pot and numbered. Artificial defoliation of 25, 50 and 75% and three different types of simulated insect damages, i.e., three and six holes per each leaf, and clipping one-third of each leaf, were conducted on June 17, 2014. No visible injury caused by biotic and abiotic agents was fixed during the experimental period. In total, seven treatments were conducted, including a non-defoliated control. Each treatment had 20 replicates. Potted trees were placed adjacent to each other in rows, the treatments were mixed. The intensities of the defoliation treatments were designed to approximate insect defoliation levels during the active vegetation period in Lithuania. The simulated damages showed the different insect feeding intensity during outbreaks. The artificial defoliation was the basis for the potentially different effects of the remaining parts of the birch saplings.
The defoliation was conducted using scissors, cutting each leaf perpendicular to the midrib near its base. Each leaf was damaged with 3 or 6 non-overlapping holes (0.33 cm2) using a steel hole-punch, or one-third of each leaf was cut using scissors. Defoliation treatments were applied only once, at the beginning of the experiment.
Growth measurements and biomass harvest
Height measurements
The individual height of birch saplings before each treatment was measured on April 4, April 24, May 15 and June 4 to calculate the relative growth rates in different periods. The height increment was measured 1, 5 and 8 weeks post-defoliation on June 25, July 25 and August 18, respectively.
Biomass harvest
At the end of experiment, aboveground biomass was sampled on August 18 or 8 weeks post-defoliation. For the determination of total dry mass, samples were removed from the following aboveground tree compartments: leaves, living and dead shoots, branches and stems.
The samples were transported to the laboratory in paper bags. The bags were stored in a clean and ventilated room, and left open prior to oven drying. The oven drying took place in the weeks immediately after sampling. The removed biomass from each treatment, as well as the final live biomass, was collected and oven-dried to a constant weight at 60°C to determine the accumulated aboveground biomass. Roots were then harvested, rinsed of soil and oven-dried to determine the total belowground biomass.
Post-harvest measurements
The leaf areas of 3 leaves, taken randomly from each sapling per each treatment, were estimated using a scanner using leaf area analysis software (WinFOLIA 2004a, Regent Instruments Inc., Quebec, Canada). Later, specific leaf area was interpreted as the projected leaf area/leaf dry mass ratio and used for re-calculation of the photosynthetic rate per square centimeter per treatment. The diameter of air-dried main stems was measured at a 2 cm distance above the stump base for each individual sapling using an electronic digital caliper. The length of the roots of each sapling was measured from the root base to the bottom, straightening the root before measurement.
Gas-exchange measurements
The net photosynthetic rate of the remnant leaves was measured with a portable photosynthetic system LCpro-SD (ADC BioScientific Ltd, Hoddesdon, England). Measurements were taken 1 day, 4 weeks and 7 weeks (June 18 to August 4) after the clippings. To avoid strong sunlight and wind, the measurements were conducted between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM.
For the first measurement, five systematically selected birch saplings were taken from four treatments: the non-defoliated control, the simulated insect damages of three or six holes per leaf, and the clipped third of the leaf. The photosynthetic rate was measured for three leaves from each sapling, yielding 15 leaves per treatment. For the measurements conducted after 4 and 7 weeks, the saplings from all treatments were measured following the same selection scheme. We measured mature, sunlit, naturally undamaged leaves in each treatment.
The chlorophyll a and b contents of the remnant leaves were determined by a spectrophotometric method using ethanol extraction. The leaf sampling was conducted 7 weeks after the treatment (on August 7). We measured leaves sampled from the non-defoliated control, 50%-defoliated saplings and saplings with 6 hole-damaged leaves. From each treatment, nine leaves were sampled from the middle crown. Later, the samples were combined into 3 samples. We calculated total chlorophyll, and chlorophyll a and b concentrations (mg l-1) based on the following formulas (eqn. 1, eqn. 2, eqn. 3):
\begin{equation} Chl\; a = 9.784 \cdot D_{662} - 0.990 \cdot D_{664} \end{equation}
\begin{equation} Chl\;b = 21.426 \cdot D_{664} - 4.650 \cdot D_{662} \end{equation}
\begin{equation} Chl\;a + b = 5.134 \cdot D_{662} + 20.436 \cdot D_{664} \end{equation}
where D is the sample absorbance at 644 nm wavelength. The chlorophyll content of leaves was expressed in milligrams per gram of fresh weight of leaves as follows (eqn. 4):
\begin{equation} A = \frac{C \cdot V} {100 \cdot P} \end{equation}
where A is the chlorophyll content of the fresh weight of leaves (mg g-1), C is the chlorophyll concentration (mg l-1), V is the volume of chlorophyll extract (ml) and P is the weight of plant material (g).
Calculations and statistical analysis
The total aboveground biomass of each tree was calculated by the summation of the mass of dried shoots, branches and leaves, in grams. The total biomass of each tree was calculated by the summation of the aboveground and belowground biomass, in grams. Leaf, aboveground and total production or cumulative dry mass were calculated by summing the dry mass at harvest plus the leaf mass removed during insect damage and in the defoliation events. Root biomass was expressed in relation to the aboveground biomass, and the root-to-shoot ratio (root/shoot ratio) was calculated. Cumulative leaf dry mass in relation to the root was calculated, and the ratio of leaf production-to-root ratio (leaf production/root ratio) was obtained.
Departure from normal distribution of the variables was tested by Lilliefors and Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests. However, the normality hypothesis was rejected for all observed variables (α = 0.05).
The Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance (ANOVA) test was used to ascertain the significant differences in dry mass between the different treatments (7 groups: control, 3 and 6 holes per leaf, clipped one-third of leaf, and 25, 50 and 75% defoliations). The test was taken as a non-parametric alternative to between-groups one-way ANOVA, as the data were non-normally distributed. Throughout the study, the means are presented with the standard error of the mean (± SE). Statistical analyses were conducted using the software STATISTICA® 7.0 (StatSoft, Tulsa, OK, USA), and a level of significance of α = 0.05 was chosen in all cases.
Growth and biomass allocation
At the end of the experiment, the largest height increment of 6.0-6.5 cm was found in the 75%-defoliated saplings and in those with clipped one-third of leaf compared to their height before treatment (Tab. 1). Other treatments did not show any remarkable difference compared to not defoliated saplings.
Tab. 1 - Height (cm) of B. pendula saplings 1, 5 and 8 weeks after treatment. Values are given as the mean ± standard error (SE, n=20). Non statistically significant differences between treatments are indicated in all cases at p<0.05.
Time after treatment
Control 53.4 ± 1.0 55.2 ± 1.2 56.3 ± 1.3
3 holes per leaf 54.5 ± 1.0 55.8 ± 1.1 56.4 ± 1.1
Clipped one-third of leaf 55.0 ± 0.9 57.5 ± 1.1 58.5 ± 1.1
25% defoliation 52.4 ± 1.0 53.9 ± 1.1 54.7 ± 1.1
In all cases, simulated insect damage and defoliation decreased growth (Tab. 2). The 75% defoliation had a significant impact on the biomass present at harvest. The dry mass of silver birch saplings at harvest was by 30% lower due to the 75% defoliation, while, when included leaf lost in defoliation, total productivity was not significantly reduced. At harvest, the dry mass of leaves was by 45% lower in the 75% defoliated saplings than non-defoliated control. However, total leaf production was by 21% higher in the 75% defoliated saplings than in the control saplings.
Tab. 2 - Dry mass (g) of leaves, shoots, stems and roots of B. pendula saplings at harvest. Values are given as the mean ± SE (n=20). Different letters within a row indicate statistically significant differences in dry mass between treatments (p<0.05). (1): Leaf production include leaf lost in defoliation (cumulative dry mass); (2): total production value was obtained by summing dry mass at harvest plus leaf mass removed in defoliation events; (3): Gram roots / (gram stems + gram shoots + gram leaf); (4): Gram leaf production / gram roots.
Simulated insect damage
Artificial defoliation
3 holes
per leaf
Clipped 1/3
of leaf
Leaf mass (g) 2.19 ± 0.16d 1.97 ± 0.12bcd 1.84 ± 0.11bcd 1.91 ± 0.12bcd 1.46 ± 0.10abc 1.53 ± 0.12ab 1.21 ± 0.10a
Leaf production (g)1 2.19 ± 0.16ab 2.19 ± 0.12ab 2.27 ± 0.11ab 2.48 ± 0.12ab 1.98 ± 0.10a 2.67 ± 0.12b 2.66 ± 0.10b
Shoot mass (g) 0.44 ± 0.05a 0.43 ± 0.05a 0.45 ± 0.05a 0.41 ± 0.03a 0.40 ± 0.04a 0.37 ± 0.04a 0.35 ± 0.03a
Stem mass (g) 4.06 ± 0.23b 3.95 ± 0.21b 3.79 ± 0.22ab 3.60 ± 0.13ab 3.44 ± 0.16ab 3.53 ± 0.15ab 3.09 ± 0.14a
Root mass (g) 5.27 ± 0.28b 4.88 ± 0.29ab 4.74 ± 0.31ab 4.75 ± 0.25ab 4.13 ± 0.25ab 4.54 ± 0.26ab 3.81 ± 0.19a
Total mass (g) 11.96 ± 0.68b 11.24 ± 0.63b 10.82 ± 0.63ab 10.66 ± 0.48ab 9.42 ± 0.52ab 9.97 ± 0.52ab 8.45 ± 0.41a
Total production (g)2 11.96 ± 0.68a 11.45 ± 0.63a 11.25 ± 0.63a 11.24 ± 0.48a 9.94 ± 0.52a 11.11 ± 0.52a 9.91 ± 0.41a
Root/shoot ratio3 0.80 ± 0.02a 0.77 ± 0.02a 0.79 ± 0.03a 0.81 ± 0.03a 0.78 ± 0.02a 0.84 ± 0.03a 0.83 ± 0.03a
Leaf production/ root ratio4 0.41 ± 0.02a 0.46 ± 0.02ab 0.49 ± 0.02abc 0.53 ± 0.02bc 0.49 ± 0.01abc 0.60 ± 0.02cd 0.72 ± 0.03d
Lower defoliation intensities (25 and 50%) had, to some extent, lower impacts on the total dry mass of defoliated saplings at harvest. The dry mass of saplings was approximately by 20% lower due to the 25 and 50% defoliation, while total productivity did not differ from controls. However, the total dry mass of leaves was significantly reduced by 30-33%. At harvest, the total production of leaves was significantly by 22% higher in the 50% defoliated saplings compared with the control. This response was similar to that of the 75%-defoliated saplings.
In almost all cases, different intensities of simulated insect damages (3 and 6 holes, 1/3 clipped leaf) did not significantly affect the dry mass of damaged saplings. For example, the total leaf dry mass of saplings damaged with 6 holes per each leaf was lower by 16% than that of the control, while the total dry mass at harvest remained similar to that of the controls, with a slight, increasing tendency.
Similar to the response of aboveground dry mass, root dry mass was also significantly reduced by 28% in the 75% defoliated saplings. The root dry mass in the other defoliation treatments did not respond significantly. The differences in biomass partitioning enabled artificially insect-damaged and defoliated saplings to recover root/ shoot ratios that were similar to that of the control saplings (Tab. 2). Relative biomass allocation across the compartments of birch saplings at harvest was affected mainly by defoliation treatments as compared with the simulated insect damage (Tab. 2, Fig. 1).
Fig. 1 - Biomass allocation to stem, leaves, and branches of B. pendula saplings in the different treatments of simulated insect damage and artificial defoliation 60 days after treatment.
Defoliation increased the relative biomass allocation to leaves. In comparison with the control saplings, 75%-defoliated saplings allocated a greater proportion of their biomass to leaf production: the ratio of total leaf production relative to root production was 0.72 in the 75%-defoliated saplings and 0.41 in the controls (Tab. 2). The 25- and 50%-defoliated saplings allocated a lower proportion of mass to leaf production than the 75%-defoliated saplings (Tab. 2). However, the ratio of total leaf production to root production was higher than in the controls (0.41), i.e., it was 0.49 and 0.60 in the 25- and 50%-defoliated saplings, respectively. Simulated insect damage did not affect the leaf production-to-roots ratio.
Effects on photosynthetic indes
Leaf photosynthesis responded inconsistently to different defoliation regimes or damage levels (Tab. 3). In June, one day after treatment, the photosynthetic rate was lower in damaged than control saplings (data not shown). A significant increase in the photosynthetic rate in response to clipping one-third of each leaf was observed 7 weeks post-treatment. In contrast, reduced photosynthetic rates were obtained after weak artificial insect-damage (leaves damaged with 3 holes) and the moderate 25 and 50% defoliation regimes, although these differences were not significant.
Tab. 3 - Photosynthetic rate (μmol m-2 s-1) of the remnant leaves of B. pendula saplings one day, 4 and 7 weeks after treatment. Values are given as the mean ± SE (n=15). Different letters indicate statistically significant differences in dry mass between treatments (p<0.05).
Control 1.22 ± 0.20 1.80 ± 0.25ab
3 holes per leaf 0.98 ± 0.13 1.28 ± 0.23a
6 holes per leaf 1.58 ± 0.49 2.05 ± 0.36ab
Clipped one-third of leaf 0.72 ± 0.13 2.99 ± 0.30b
25% defoliation 1.19 ± 0.16 1.07 ± 0.19a
75% defoliation 1.24 ± 0.16 1.83 ± 0.16ab
The pilot study of foliar chlorophyll content showed that simulated insect-damage with 6 holes per each leaf and 50% defoliation significantly (p=0.007-0.02) decreased the content of chlorophyll a from 2.41 ± 0.15 in the controls to 1.57 ± 0.13 and 1.63 ± 0.11 mg g-1, respectively. The chlorophyll b content decreased by 17% and total chlorophyll - by 30% in the saplings damaged with 6 holes per each leaf and 50% defoliation compared with controls 7 weeks after treatment (data not shown).
Effects on some indes of leaves, stem and roots
The 75% defoliation significantly decreased the diameter of the main stem compared with that of the control (p=0.007 - Tab. 4). The other defoliation regimes, as well as the simulated insect damages, had no significant effect on the diameter of the main stem.
Tab. 4 - Leaf area (cm2), diameter of main-stem (mm) and length of main-root (cm) of B. pendula saplings 8 weeks after treatment. Values are given as the mean ± SE (n=20). Different letters indicate statistically significant differences in dry mass between treatments (p<0.05).
Leaf area
(cm2)
Diameter of
main-stem (mm)
Length of
main-root (cm)
Control 8.75 ± 0.35b 5.66 ± 0.13b 43.55 ± 2.20b
3 holes per leaf 9.13 ± 0.30b 5.65 ± 0.15b 43.75 ± 1.94b
6 holes per leaf 8.02 ± 0.35b 5.48 ± 0.15b 38.40 ± 1.34a
Clipped one-third of leaf 6.90 ± 0.30a 5.31 ± 0.10b 39.15 ± 1.68ab
25% defoliation 8.83 ± 0.30b 5.44 ± 0.12b 37.20 ± 1.68a
75% defoliation 7.95 ± 0.40b 4.99 ± 0.10a 39.45 ± 1.66ab
At the final harvest, the clipped leaves treatment significantly decreased the leaf area by 20% (Tab. 4). Decreases of 8-9% were found after the 6 holes per leaf and 50 and 75% defoliation treatments.
The results obtained from the root analysis showed that the 25 and 50% defoliations caused the highest reductions, up to 15%, in the length of the main root. About a 10-12% significant reduction was found in the 6 holes per leaf treatments.
This study was set out with the aim of assessing the effects of different simulated insect damage levels and defoliation regimes on the growth characteristics of silver birch saplings. Our results confirmed that defoliated plants partially or fully compensate for the removal of biomass ([3], [23], [22], [6]). The main growth indexes of defoliated saplings grown under the same nutrient conditions most often showed the compensatory response in the case of total productivity. However, no data showed that the stimulation of productivity resulted in overcompensation, as demonstrated for example by Oesterheld & McNaughton ([24]).
Saplings were able to tolerate the defoliation of all studied regimes and all damage levels with slight effects on height growth. This study was unable to demonstrate a reduction in height growth in response to the 50 and 75% defoliation treatments, as found by Augner et al. ([2]).
In our study, a single 75% defoliation event had a significant effect on leaf and stem biomass. All treatments non-significantly decreased the total aboveground and belowground biomass at harvest, as well as the masses of leaves and stems compared with controls. These changes were similar to those obtained by McGraw et al. ([18]). Nevertheless, the cumulative dry mass of birch leaves increased in response to the 50 and 75% defoliation intensities.
Despite losing a considerable part of leaf mass due to clipping, 25-, 50- or 75%-defoliated birch saplings recovered similar dry masses and root/shoot ratios by harvest as the control saplings. This finding supports previous research by Oesterheld & McNaughton ([23]), who reported that the root/ shoot ratio recovered by the end of the experiment after a previously drastic increase by clipping.
Other studies confirm that 50%-defoliated plants recovered similarly to non-defoliated plants, and those defoliated by 25% even overcompensated their biomass compared with controls ([26]). In our case, saplings that lost 50% of their foliage increased their growth rate by 40% to achieve a biomass that was similar to that of the controls. Similarly, the growth rate of saplings that were damaged by the 75% defoliation was even greater, i.e., their relative growth rate was 2-fold higher than that of controls, which enabled their biomass to reach a level that was similar to that of the controls. Surveys, such as that conducted by Reich et al. ([26]), have shown that plants defoliated by 75% were only able to partially compensate biomass growth and recover. Our findings are not fully consistent with these results, as we found full compensation, or even a slight overcompensation, in the case of leaf productivity.
The leaf areas of defoliated saplings did not differ from that of the control; therefore, we could assume that their recovery was obvious in terms of leaf area, which was much changed during the single artificial defoliation and simulated insect damage events. We confirm the findings that specific leaf area was unaffected by defoliation treatment ([26]), although the leaf weight ratio decreased under the 25-75% defoliation events.
Allocation refers to the amount of biomass apportioned to each above-ground compartment (leaves, shoots and stems) and roots over the duration of the experiment or 8 weeks post-defoliation. Moderate and severe defoliation regimes correlated with greater biomass allocations to leaves. The findings of Reich et al. ([26]), who examined biomass partitioning in red pine, showed that biomass shifted towards foliage. Changes in allocation that resulted in a higher production of new leaf area were also obtained by Oesterheld & McNaughton ([23]). Otherwise, our findings are not comparable with those of Honkanen et al. ([9]), who found a biomass allocation to stems.
Other existing studies also show a similar tendency, but a higher-nutrient level was given as a specific condition ([28]). Fertilization increased the growth of silver birch saplings at all defoliation levels, demonstrating that nutrient availability limited growth in the experimental field. However, we did not use additional fertilizers, and, therefore, our results differed from those of some other studies (e.g., [17], [26], [1], [28]). It could only be assumed that the increased growth compensation was revealed after the additional input of nutrients ([17], [31]). The same tendency could occur if pot size limits root growth, as stated by Oesterheld ([22]).
The current study found significantly increased photosynthetic rate only in the clipped leaf treatment seven weeks post-defoliation. Otherwise, changes in the photosynthetic area per plant were small over a relatively short period of time. Moreover, despite the significant increase in leaf productivity, the severe 75% defoliation did not cause any changes in the photosynthetic rates compared to the control. However, the moderate defoliation events reduced the photosynthetic rate.
To a certain extent, an atypical response of photosynthesis was observed - it did not increase with increasing defoliation intensity. The reduction of photosynthetic activity after partial leaf removal was presented by Zangerl et al. ([30]). Otherwise, Huttunen et al. ([12]) discussed that the ability to photosynthesize decreases in low nutrient soils, which, therefore, could have an impact on growth. In our experiment, the soil could be characterized as a nutrient-poor substrate. McGraw et al. ([18]) found that defoliation alone did not have a significant effect on photosynthesis, as such effects varied with the watering regime.
In terms of diameter growth, saplings reduced their growth under the highest defoliation intensity at harvest, but did not respond to other treatments. Indeed, such a quick response is quite a good outcome of this experiment compared with some other studies, which found the response only after a longer period ([10]).
The artificial holes and defoliation may not exactly repeat the natural insect feeding ([15]). Some of simulated indexes including the size of the treated area or the amount of removed foliage caused by artificial and natural agents could be similar. However, the plant possibly recognize a sustained damage by feeding insects from the artificial damage which was conducted with own damage strategy and location in the plant only once per vegetation season. A study of different damage types by Hartley & Lawton ([7]) reported that defoliation induced by natural insect herbivory caused stronger responses compared to the artificial damage. However, we have not succeeded to find any published material of similar investigations conducted in naturally growing birch stands. The information regarding natural birch damages induced by insects is available only from the permanent observation plots established in the birch stands and monitored for almost 20 years in Lithuania. Still, it only points that no visible insect damages was registered (unpublished).
Returning to the question posed at the beginning of this study, we assume that the obtained defense strategies of birch trees are significant in determining spatial variation and temporal of this species. This should be important for the determination of competitive abilities following herbivory, especially given the fact that the area of birch stands is currently expanding in Lithuania, at the same time the frequency of insect outbreaks increases.
We found that silver birch saplings were able to recover from moderate and severe (75%) defoliation in one growing season. In the case of leaf production, even growth overcompensation could be observed. Different levels of simulated insect damage, perforations of 3 or 6 holes per leaf, gave weaker responses than the defoliation regimes, and the 6 hole-treatment responded similarly to the 25% defoliation. The recalculation of the dry masses of different compartments to the total production showed that all saplings recovered 8 weeks post-treatment, regardless of the defoliation intensity.
Our results suggest that different defoliation regimes play a considerable role in determining whether silver birch compensates for defoliation. The discrepancy of our findings in the case of photosynthesis could be attributed to specific meteorological conditions, and these findings need to be replicated. According to the present data, the conclusions must be interpreted with caution, and further studies are necessary to explain whether a short time for recovery after artificial defoliation or simulated insect damage and a limited soil nutrient supply could cause any other specific responses.
The paper presents research findings obtained through the long-term research programme “Sustainable forestry and global changes”, implemented by the Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry.
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Iveta Varnagiryte-Kabašinskiene
Valda Araminiene
Vidas Stakenas
Institute of Forestry, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Liepu str. 1, Girionys, LT-53101, Kaunas district (Lithuania)
iveta.kabasinskiene@mi.lt
Varnagiryte-Kabašinskiene I, Araminiene V, Stakenas V (2015). Effects of artificial defoliation and simulated insect damage on the growth of Betula pendula saplings. iForest 9: 95-100. - doi: 10.3832/ifor1522-008
Received: Dec 04, 2014
Accepted: Mar 10, 2015
First online: Jul 15, 2015
Response of artificially defoliated Betula pendula seedlings to additional soil nutrient supply
Araminiene V, Varnagiryte-Kabašinskiene I, Stakenas V
Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in black poplar roots after defoliation by a non-native and a native insect
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I Varnagiryte-Kabašinskiene
V Araminiene
V Stakenas
Artificial Insect-Damage
Growth Compensation
Page Top Introduction Materials and Methods - Site description - Plant material and study design - Growth measurements and biomass harvest - Gas-exchange measurements - Calculations and statistical analysis Results - Growth and biomass allocation - Effects on photosynthetic indes - Effects on some indes of leaves, stem and roots Discussion Conclusions Acknowledgments References
Tab. 1 - Height (cm) of B. pendula saplings 1, 5 and 8 weeks after treatment. Values are given as the mean ± standard error (SE, n=20). Non statistically significant differences between treatments are indicated in all cases at p<0.05. Tab. 2 - Dry mass (g) of leaves, shoots, stems and roots of B. pendula saplings at harvest. Values are given as the mean ± SE (n=20). Different letters within a row indicate statistically significant differences in dry mass between treatments (p<0.05). (1): Leaf production include leaf lost in defoliation (cumulative dry mass); (2): total production value was obtained by summing dry mass at harvest plus leaf mass removed in defoliation events; (3): Gram roots / (gram stems + gram shoots + gram leaf); (4): Gram leaf production / gram roots. Tab. 3 - Photosynthetic rate (μmol m-2 s-1) of the remnant leaves of B. pendula saplings one day, 4 and 7 weeks after treatment. Values are given as the mean ± SE (n=15). Different letters indicate statistically significant differences in dry mass between treatments (p<0.05). Tab. 4 - Leaf area (cm2), diameter of main-stem (mm) and length of main-root (cm) of B. pendula saplings 8 weeks after treatment. Values are given as the mean ± SE (n=20). Different letters indicate statistically significant differences in dry mass between treatments (p<0.05).
Varnagiryte-Kabašinskiene et al. (2015). iForest 9: 95-100. - doi: 10.3832/ifor1522-008
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South Wairarapa District Council
Postcards from Taumata Island: Winter doldrums, worries for Wellington, no confidence in Carterton District Council, and dangerous roads
By Ian Apperley on June 29, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
Low lying mist early in the morning is a constant now, as the winter doldrums peak with just a few days before we start to see the light returning at either end of the day. Our neighbour, an elderly gunsmith with a wicked twinkle in his eye tells us that it has been mild, so far.
I have given up on mowing the lawn and with the first lambs being born and daffodils appearing you could be forgiven for thinking that we’ve just skipped the entire winter season and jumped to a slow start spring. But, like all New Zealand, we know that Fake Spring starts to appear in the next few weeks before the heavy weather and wet returns.
It has been wet here, but quite warm after the days of frosts at the beginning of June. Horse covers have been put back in the stables and the dog complains about the heat from the fire at night rather than lying prone in front of it.
I see that Wellington’s water woes continue, though instead of the water rising through the city streets it is the stuff falling from the skies that is causing slips and issues. I am always baffled as to why the city does not mitigate itself against the weather instead of running Lego competitions and having all-out public fights about cycle lanes.
It seems since I last wrote that nothing much has changed over the hill as it were, with Councillors still devolving into cliques and filling their associated social media feeds with platitudes toward each other. At the same time, the CBD continues to struggle, the unemployed numbers increase significantly, and businesses collapse.
Government project pipelines are still firmly closed with no sign of shovel-ready work appearing anytime soon and the WCC seemingly in the same boat. Promises of work to get people employed have not occurred but no doubt the handful of people working on the Convention Centre are happy to have jobs.
Back on my side of the Carterton District Council is not loved that much at all. A recent survey saw that just 46% of people had confidence in the Council, while only 35% considered they were getting value for money. This has plummeted since the latest Council was installed.
Those are quite shocking figures because even with a high margin of error (I don’t know what the margin was), it’s a substantial proportion of residents that has no confidence in their Council nor believes that their money is being well spent.
You would expect the Chief Executive and Mayor to stand up and have something to say about that. The Mayor was nowhere to be found on the issue, and the CEO had this to say;
Jane Davis, council chief executive, said the authority was “confident it delivers its services in a very cost-effective way” but the survey showed it “could do a lot better at explaining its activities and the costs to ratepayers and residents”.
“Addressing its communications about how rates are spent will be a core focus over the next year,” she said.
No Bang for Buck
I wonder if the majority of Council CEO’s have the same playbook. Rather than acknowledging that there is a clear issue that needs to be addressed, they throw it back on the community dismissively with a “you just don’t understand” reply. No doubt, the Council will be inundated with PR companies trying to explain away the poor results rather than taking a long hard look at themselves.
Traffic issues in the valley are also apparent. The stretch of highway from Featherston to Masterton is frankly a death trap, regardless of whether it is in the towns or on the main highway. Crashes are the normal, serious ones as well, and we frequently hear the volunteer siren day and night as well as the emergency helicopter flying overhead.
Just like the WCC the Council’s here seem powerless to enact any real change and almost ambivalent about consultation. They also do not, on the face of it, appear to be putting any real pressure on the NZTA who is responsible for SH2 at the very least.
In response to community concerns this week the South Wairarapa District Council had this to say;
SWDC’s Euan Sitt, group manager partnerships and operations, said that a district-wide review of road speed limits was coming, but wouldn’t happen until a 12- to 18-month public consultation period – it also wouldn’t include any of the state highways.
“As mandated by central government, SWDC will be undertaking a district-wide review of road speed limits,” Sitt said.
“Over the next 12 to 18 months, there will be a community consultation process, followed by implementation of new speed limits where appropriate.”
Residents in the danger zone fearful
And you thought that the WCC was bad with consultation. Despite a clear danger to residents in the area, the best the Council can promise is a process that could take well over a year and a half. Worse, that will not include SH2, so it’s pointless.
The NZTA were even more dismissive;
Emma Speight, NZTA’s agency director of regional relationships, said that before state highway limits could be changed, the agency would have to perform a speed review.
“We commence a technical assessment which takes into account crash history, average vehicle speeds, volume of vehicles on the road, and development of surrounding areas.
“We also complete informal council, partner and community and road user engagement, which is an important step for speed reviews.”
Speight was able to confirm that a speed review of SH2 was coming, but said the agency was still “finalising the exact timing”.
Now, all that data Emma talks about in the first sentence is already available. Worse, engagement is “informal”, likely to mean that they do not have to listen to it at all. And despite the increasing accident rates, the NZTA does not even know when they will start looking at it.
Interestingly, I could not find a single MP, Mayor, nor Councillor who even bothered to respond to what is an outrageous dismissal of resident’s concerns. It is then absolutely no surprise that confidence in local Council is incredibly low.
I drove over to Flatpoint Beach on Sunday. It is a west coast beach that you access through the Gladstone area with a road that is not for the faint-hearted with several kilometres of narrow, winding, gravel roads before you arrive.
It is worth the trip, like Tora for those of you who know it, or a mostly undeveloped Riversdale. A small scattering of expensive baches with “KEEP OUT – PRIVATE PROPERTY” signs liberally applied lead you to a wild beach with what promises to be excellent surfing.
As weeks go by, we are starting to explore our backyard and find it quite amazing. The geography, native bush, natural landscapes, and the ability to travel to it all in a short period is impressive. Though, the further you go, the more pine plantations you see, which is a shame given the alternatives and the fact we will need all the fertile land we can get in the future.
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New-build buyer demand plummets to lowest levels in six years
Surprisingly, demand for new-build homes has reached its lowest level since 2014, according to small to medium-sized (SME) house builders.
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) House Builders’ Survey 2020 found that 37% of are worried about the impact of restricted mortgage availability and what this will mean for prospective house hunters.
Brian Berry, chief executive of the FMB, said:
“SME house builders are facing the dual challenge of weakening demand, and increasing constraints on their output.
“Taken in the context of Brexit uncertainty and the ongoing economic impact of the coronavirus, these conditions are hampering recovery in the housing market.”
According to housebuilders the planning system was the biggest constraint building more homes, with almost half (48%) citing this issue.
Meanwhile 46% said they had concerns over a ‘lack of available and viable land’ to build on.
Berry added:
“The government needs to prioritise supporting recovery in the SME house building sector.
“SME builders operate in every community in England and support the Government’s levelling-up agenda.
“They build high-quality, sustainable and beautiful homes in places where people want to live.
“Local builders also create local employment and training opportunities, as SMEs train almost three-quarters (71%) of the industry’s apprentices.
“The FMB is keen to work with the government and the industry to reverse the decline in the SME house building sector and create a more diversified and resilient industry.”
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COVID-19 surge, depleted fiscal stimulus thump U.S. retail sales
by Reuters | Dec 16, 2020 | Business, Economy, US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in November, likely weighed down by raging new COVID-19 infections and decreasing household income, adding to growing signs of a slowdown in the economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession.
The second straight monthly decline in retail sales reported by the Commerce Department on Wednesday could nudge Congress to agree on another fiscal stimulus package. Still, economists say more money from the government and the rollout of coronavirus vaccines would probably not stop the economy from sharply slowing down and even contracting in the first quarter of 2021.
The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark overnight interest rate near zero and pledged to continue pumping money into the economy to fight the recession.
“The economy is hitting a very rough patch,” said Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC Financial in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “Although widespread vaccine distribution will support stronger economic growth by mid-2021, conditions will remain soft until then.”
Retail sales dropped 1.1% last month, with receipts declining almost across the board. Data for October was revised down to show sales slipping 0.1% instead of rising 0.3% as previously reported, adding a sting to the report.
It was the first back-to-back decline in sales since April, when stringent measures to control the first wave of coronavirus cases crippled the economy, and marked a weak start to the holiday shopping season. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast retail sales would decrease 0.3% in November. Sales increased 4.1% on a year-on-year basis.
The plunge in sales last month was led by motor vehicles, with receipts at auto dealerships tumbling 1.7% after being unchanged in October. Receipts at clothing stores plummeted 6.8%. Consumers also cut back on eating and drinking out. Sales at restaurants and bars dropped 4.0%.
Sales at electronics and appliance stores fell 3.5% and receipts at furniture stores declined 1.1%. There were also decreases in sales at sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book stores. But receipts at food and beverage stores rose, as did those at building material stores.
Online retail sales rose a modest 0.2%. Some economists said Amazon.com’s “Prime Day” event in October had pulled sales from November. Online retail sales soared 2.4% in October.
“With COVID cases still near peak levels and state and local governments adding further mandates in recent weeks, we expect more weakness from retail sales ahead,” said Ben Ayers, senior economist at Nationwide in Columbus, Ohio.
Stocks on Wall Street were mixed. The dollar was steady against a basket of currencies. U.S. Treasury prices fell.
GRAPHIC: Retail sales – https://graphics.reuters.com/USA-STOCKS/qzjvqdnkbpx/retailsales.png
RECOVERY SLOWING
Excluding automobiles, gasoline, building materials and food services, retail sales declined 0.5% last month after a downwardly revised 0.1% fall in October. These so-called core retail sales correspond most closely with the consumer spending component of gross domestic product. They were previously estimated to have edged up 0.1% in October.
The United States is struggling with a fresh COVID-19 outbreak, with the death toll from the disease rising above the 300,000 mark on Monday, according to a Reuters tally of official data. Many state and local governments have imposed new restrictions on businesses, while some consumers are avoiding shopping malls, restaurants and bars.
Restaurants moved outdoors over the summer and the arrival of cold weather is also undercutting spending. A separate report from data firm IHS Markit on Wednesday showed business activity slowed in the first half of December.
GRAPHIC: Markit – https://graphics.reuters.com/USA-STOCKS/bdwpkqkrbpm/markit.png
The reports added to data this month showing the economy, which plunged into recession in February, added the fewest jobs in six months in November. The number of people filing new claims for unemployment benefits jumped to a near three-month high in the first week of December.
The situation has been compounded by the loss of a weekly unemployment supplement. More than $3 trillion in government coronavirus relief is almost depleted, and at least 9 million unemployed and underemployed Americans are set to lose government-funded benefits on Dec. 26.
Lawmakers neared a $900 billion deal for another rescue package on Wednesday. But economists said this was insufficient given the shock caused by the pandemic.
“They are trying to get a modest relief package done to help those in need rather than a trillion-dollar mega-package like in March that turned the recession around quickly with a recovery that was V-shaped for a time,” said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at MUFG in New York. “The outlook now for the economy is grim despite the miracle vaccines that are on the way.”
Health experts have cautioned it could take a while for many Americans to be inoculated. Growth estimates for the fourth quarter are mostly below a 5% annualized rate.
Most economists expect the economy to contract in the first three months of 2021.
The economy grew at a 33.1% rate in the third quarter after contracting at a 31.4% pace in the April-June quarter, the deepest since the government started keeping records in 1947.
(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Paul Simao and Andrea Ricci)
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Mediaquest v Registrar
war / 3 August 2012 3 August 2012 / Trade marks
It turns out that the Registrar does have power to undo an assignment of a registered trade mark that has been registered wrongly.
A Mr Brailsford was the registered owner of the Peel Away trade mark for paint stripping preparations, TM No. 741047. He died in 2008.
On 23 Setember 2010, trade mark attorney McInnes filed an application to register an assignment of the trade mark to Mediaquest.
On 8 October 2010, the Registrar registered the assignment and Mediaquest became the owner of TM No. 741047.
On 12 November 2010, trade mark attorney Wilson wrote to the Registrar complaining about the registration of the assignment without notification to him and challenging it. Mr Wilson was acting for Mr Brailsford’s heirs and had been the address for service entered in the Register when the application to register the assignment was lodged.[1]
On 22 November 2010, the Registrar wrote to Mr McInness stating that the documentation relied on to establish the assignment was inadequate and so the Registrar intended to cancel the registration of assignment pursuant to s 81. Mediaquest objected to this and pointed out, amongst other things, that it had withdrawn a pending non-use action once the assignement was registered.
Further correspondence took place and, in due course, a hearing at which the delegate concluded Mediaquest had not established its entitlement to be registered as the assignee. Mediaquest appealed.
On appeal, Emmett J held that:
1 Mediaquest was not entitled to an assignment; and
2 the Registrar did have power to cancel the registration of the assignment.
Mediaquest claimed it had an assignment from CRT. Mr Brailsford was the president and a director of CRT. Mediaquest sought to argue that his registration of TM No 741047 in Australia was in breach of his duties to CRT as a director and consequently the trade mark belonged in equity to CRT and, as a result of an assignment from CRT to Mediaquest, to it.
It seems Mr Brailsford may well have coined the mark and used it in the USA. At one point, the US mark was owned by another of Mr Brailsford’s companies, Pilgrim. In November 1992, Pilgrim assigned all its rights to Mr Brailsford and, in August 1993, Mr Brailsford assigned all his (US)[2] rights to CRT. It was after this, in 1997, that Mr Brailsford applied to register what became TM No. 741047 in Australia in his own name. In 1998, CRT applied to register a patent in the UK, identifying Mr Brailsford as the inventor and claiming entitlement through agreement with him.[3]
Emmett J found Mr Brailsford was entitled to register TM No. 741047 in his own name:
CRT was clearly the owner of the US trade marks;
both Pilgrim and CRT were creatures of Mr Bailsford;
while CRT was incorporated in Jersey in the Channel Islands, there was no evidence that it had ever traded anywhere other than in the USA or the UK.
At [34]:
The contention advanced on behalf of Mediaquest is that Mr Brailsford acquired the opportunity to register the Peel Away Mark in Australia by reason of his being a director of CRT. However, that can only be an inference. The circumstance that Mr Brailsford had dealings with the Peel Away mark before CRT was incorporated gives rise to a contrary inference. That is to say, it does not necessarily follow that the opportunity of registering the Peel Away mark in Australia was one that came to Mr Brailsford by reason of his being a director of CRT. Rather, an inference is at least available, and may perhaps be more easily drawn, that CRT acquired whatever opportunity it had to exploit the Peel Away Mark, and associated technology and knowhow, because Mr Brailsford chose to make it available to CRT. (emphasis supplied)
In these circumstances, his Honour concluded at [36] that the opportunity to register the trade mark in Australia did not come Mr Brailsford’s way because of his role in CRT and so CRT was not entitled to the trade mark in equity.
Power to cancel
Section [88(2)(e)] provides a power to rectify the Register on the basis that an entry in the Register “was made, or has previously been amended, as a result of fraud, false suggestion or misrepresentation.” This power, however, is conferred on the Court, not the Registrar.
Emmett J noted that under s 109 and s 110 the Registrar only had power to register an assignment of a trade mark. Whether there had been a valid assignment was a jurisdictional fact and, if there had not been a valid assignment, there was no power to register the assignment. In such a case, therefore, the Registrar had power to cancel the erroneous entry. As a result at [54]:
There was no actual assignment of the Registered Mark to Mediaquest, either from Mr Brailsford or from his executors. Accordingly, the Registrar’s decision of 8 October 2010 to record the assignment in the Register was tainted by jurisdictional error and was no decision at all. It was therefore open to the Registrar to reconsider whether the duty imposed by s 110 had been enlivened, by revisiting the question of whether there was an actual assignment or transmission of the Registered Mark to Mediaquest. Having determined that there was no actual assignment or transmission, it was open to the Registrar to take steps to cancel the earlier action. There is nothing in the Act to indicate that a decision of the Registrar under Part 10 that was affected by jurisdictional error should continue to have legal effect. Indeed the considerations outlined above suggest the contrary.
In answer to Mediaquest’s concerns about the uncertainty this would give rise, Emmett J pointed out at [56] that:
the scheme of the Act is not proprietorship by registration but registration of proprietorship. Registration under the Act is only prima facie evidence of ownership, as is provided by s 210. The registered owner is always susceptible to action being taken under Part 8 to revoke a trade mark that should never have been registered, or to substitute the true owner of the trade mark for that of a wrongful claimant. True ownership of a trade mark is a defence to infringement proceedings brought under the Act.
That is, registration was only prima facie evidence of ownership. Accordingly, all registrations were subject to an inherent level of uncertainty.
One interesting aspect of his Honour’s approach is that it does not appear to be based on the power conferred by s 81. Rather, it seems to have a much more fundamental underpinning in “jurisdictional error”.
No doubt, there is a sense here that the Court is not interested in technicalities that would force all of these types of disputes to be brought before it rather than knocked on the head in the Office. One might wonder, however, why the Registrar does not require documentation signed by the assignor as well as the assignee in the first place. This may well become more of an issue with the recordal of security interests as the Registrar’s practice is apparently to allow an interest to be recorded by the person claiming to have taken out a security interest alone.
Mediaquest Communications LLC v Registrar of Trade Marks [2012] FCA 768
At the moment, as a result of Emmett J’s decision, Mr Brailsford is shown as the owner, but (presumably) Mr McInnes’ firm is shown as the address for service. ?
It is not clear from the judgment whether the agreement was in terms limited expressly to the US rights or this is an inference from the limited rights then existing. ?
The nature of the agreement is not specified in the judgment. ?
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Pete Sampras after qualifying for the eighth round in the US Open.
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Pete Sampras after qualifying for the eighth round in the US Open. Pete Sampras tennis player USA tennis player tennis US Open Grand Slam International Tennis Hall of Fame
Date August 30,1997
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Portrait image of Kim Williams, Pete Sampra's girlfriend.
Pete Sampra's winner of the US Open 1996.
Pete Sampras defeated Carlos Moya in the final in the Australian Open 1997.
Action shot at Pete Sampras taken in an unknown contest.
Action shot on Pete Sampras taken during Davis Cup 1997. Sampras was forced to give up the competition due to a foot injury.
Pete Sampras receives the prize for the win in the Open de Paris.
Pete Sampras celebrates the win in Open de Paris.
Action shot on Pete Sampras taken during an unknown tennis tournament.
Action shot on Pete Sampras taken during the US Open 1994.
Boris Becker tries to snatch the Wimbeldon trophy from winner Pete Sampras. On the lower image Becker's wife Barbara.
Pete Sampra's winner of Wimbledon.
Pete Sampra's winner of Wimbledon in 1994.
Action shot on Pete Sampras taken during the final in Wimbledon in 1994. A final as Sampras won.
Pete Sampras celebrates his first Grand Slam tournament by winning the US Open.
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Mongabay series: Connected Environments
In a highly connected world, any action on the environment in any part of the world is almost never in isolation. In the Connected Environments series, we go beyond borders and explore the impact of India's consumption needs and demands for natural resources on the environment in other countries.
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Colts’ Fan Fest: Fan friendly
LOGANSPORT —
The Indianapolis Colts’ stopped in Logansport on Thursday to hold the team’s annual Fan Fest here at Riverside Park.
Colts fans enjoyed meeting Colts alumni players Tarik Glenn and Joe Staysniak, and four Indianapolis Colts cheerleaders, two of whom are from Peru.
The person in charge of the event also had some local flavor. Caston grad Kyle Sommers is a marketing assistant for the Colts, and he had a hand in putting Logansport on the schedule.
“I went to Caston, so I wanted to get a shot close to home,” Sommers said. “It’s great to come back to my local community, and kind of give back, and hopefully, the fans come out here [Thursday], and enjoy this nice weather, and get some autographs, and win some free tickets.”
At the Fan Fest, fans were welcomed to visit Colts in Motion, the team’s traveling museum. They were also able to register to win tickets, join the fan club, and pick up free giveaways. Also fans were able to rock climb, catch an National Football League punt and play in the Colts’ interactive inflatables. In addition, Jessie Brown provided musical entertainment at the event.
“We love to get out in the community,” Sommers added. “We had a very positive fan reaction this summer. We are about in the middle of our tour. We started June first, and I believe this is our 11th stop out of 24. We will hit another 12 to 13 more cities all the way up to July 22. We go all the way from Louisville to Evansville to Michigan City.”
One of those fans enjoying the Fan Fest was Jeremiah Milburn, who is a huge Colts fan, wearing his Blue and White jersey with No. 98 printed on it.
“I bought my nephews down so they can enjoy it,” Milburn said. “The kids wanted to go through the rides and stuff first. So, we went to all the rides. The bounce house, slide, rock climbing and all that. We were going to get drinks, and then wait in line.”
Hundreds of fans waited in line to get the autographs. The two cheerleaders from Miami County, Megan O., and Alex A., are both students according to the profiles on Colts.com.
“This is absolutely amazing,” Megan O. said. “I love interacting with fans. They are the best. These are always so amazing. The players come out, and there is a ton of music. It’s just some really good energy.
“This is a pretty good turnout, one of the better ones that I have seen. The line is pretty long. We have really good weather, and there is a baseball diamond right across from us, so there is a lot of people out there.”
Being so close to home, Megan had fans arriving just to see her.
“I called my grandma, so I think she is coming out [Thursday] to get in line to get my autograph,” Megan O. added. “Cheerleaders are always working no matter what. We are going around doing appearances. We are dancing, meeting fans and we are getting prepared for the season. We are rehearsing dances, and being focused on fitness.”
After the cheerleaders, fans got to meet Glenn, who played for the Colts from 1997 to 2006, and Staysniak, who played for the Colts from 1991 to 1996.
Staysniak was very pleased to see all the Colts fans come out.
“It’s been unbelievable everywhere we went,” Staysniak said. “It doesn’t matter what the weather is, good, hot, cold, it doesn’t matter. Fans come out and they have a great time, and they love to celebrate a great team. So, its fun on our behalf. Tarik and I are out here [Thursday], but whoever comes out player-wise to sign, it’s nice to be a representative of a great organization.”
Staysniak is just like the fans, waiting to see another football season start back up.
“I know, we are getting close to the season,” Staysniak commented. “I know everybody is getting excited about the football coming to town. We are working to get the collective bargaining agreement done so Colts fans can do what they do best, and that is to cheer on a winner.
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“Filled with joy and humanity, Late Night Talking is more than just talk. It's a charming, uplifting novel where doing what's right eventually leads to Mr. Right. You'll feel buoyed on every page.Filled with joy and humanity, Late Night Talking is more than just talk. It's a charming, uplifting novel where doing what's right eventually leads to Mr. Right. You'll feel buoyed on every page.Filled with joy and humanity, Late Night Talking is more than just talk. It's a charming, uplifting novel where doing what's right eventually leads to Mr. Right. You'll feel buoyed on every page.Filled with joy and humanity, Late Night Talking is more than just talk. It's a charming, uplifting novel where doing what's right eventually leads to Mr. Right. You'll feel buoyed on every page.Filled with joy and humanity, Late Night Talking is more than just talk. It's a charming, uplifting novel where doing what's right eventually leads to Mr. Right. You'll feel buoyed on every page.Filled with joy and humanity, Late Night Talking is more than just talk. It's a charming, uplifting novel where doing what's right eventually leads to Mr. Right. You'll feel buoyed on every page.Filled with joy and humanity, Late Night Talking is more than just talk. It's a charming, uplifting novel where doing what's right eventually leads to Mr. Right. You'll feel buoyed on every page.Filled with joy and humanity, Late Night Talking is more than just talk. It's a charming, uplifting novel where doing what's right eventually leads to Mr. Right. You'll feel buoyed on every page.Filled with joy and humanity, Late Night Talking is more than just talk. It's a charming, uplifting novel where doing what's right eventually leads to Mr. Right. You'll feel buoyed on every page.Filled with joy and humanity, Late Night Talking is more than just talk. It's a charming, uplifting novel where doing what's right eventually leads to Mr. Right. You'll feel buoyed on every page.Filled with joy and humanity, Late Night Talking is more than just talk. It's a charming, uplifting novel where doing what's right eventually leads to Mr. Right. You'll feel buoyed on every page.”
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From the acclaimed author of The Dog Walker comes Late Night Talking, a tender and funny novel about bad behavior, the fragility of friendship and family, and how we cannot choose whom we love.
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For as long as she can remember, success in her career has been more than enough. But after all these years of being single, Jeannie realizes that some of the pieces of her perfect puzzle aren’t fitting quite right. The people she thought she knew best all harbor secrets, secrets Jeannie isn’t prepared for, secrets that can’t be digested, processed, and solved in the neat three-hour window of her show. Her best friend, Luce, is growing distant and distracted
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Flash Review: “Versus Zoom”
Jim’s Thoughts
With all these breaks Flash and Arrow are taking, then coming back from, it’s hard for me to tell how much of the loss in momentum is on the writing, and how much of it is on the scheduling. This week offered some interesting character moments. I like seeing Cisco continue his journey toward becoming Vibe. Barry getting a new gadget to boost his speed feels a little like a cheat, but I’m glad it moved things forward with Zoom.
There were a couple big problems with this episode. First, and probably most noticeable, the explanation of how Zoom has managed to be so many places, how he duped them with the “Jay” persona, all that highlighted the grievance Kyle has brought up a few times. Dopplegangers not only cast shadows on the prospect of death, but they muddy the waters, and make the story feel convoluted.
I continue to not care about the story with Wally. There’s nothing really wrong with the character, but we’re always hearing about what he’s doing off-screen, then getting nothing but forced family moments in the show. This week’s episode brought Wally into the main story, but it’d be more meaningful if I were more invested at this point.
The conclusion to the episode irked me. I’ve never bought into Jay and Caitlin. Caitlin’s mourning for her half of Firestorm and her love for Jay had no breathing room between them, but I could go on indefinitely about how poorly The CW handles romance. The real problem is that the obvious happened. Barry surrenders his speed, and now he can’t do anything to stop Zoom. What did he think would happen? How could he hope to hold Zoom to his end of the bargain? All of this is to say nothing of the fact that de-powered Barry has already been done. I wouldn’t swear to it, but I’m not even sure it’s the first time they’ve done it this season.
Kyle’s Take
Flash weakened Barry’s powers earlier this season with the same device Wells used to boost his speed during “Versus Zoom.” So, yeah. It’s been done.
It’s all been done before. Reverse-Flash needed Barry’s speed to return home last season; Zoom needs Barry’s speed to live. You could say that Flash raised the stakes by making Hunter Zolomon’s need life-and-death, but that’s if the show had developed Zolomon, and that didn’t happen. Seriously, this is a moment when the TV show shouldn’t have followed the comic book. There were a couple of other characters set up—somewhat—by the TV show who would’ve worked better as Zoom and what we got was a yawn.
Wally’s a yawn. The fact that all his development happens off-screen makes him an ineffective character. Flash may as well cast a different actor as Wally for each episode because Wally doesn’t behave the same from one episode to the next. We’re sounding like a broken record but so is Flash.
The Caitlin-Jay love story—we should call that relationship Cait-lie from now on—didn’t do anything for me either. Barry giving Zoom his speed was nonsensical (you can’t stop him without your powers, Barry, and nothing the gang knew about Zoom should lead Barry to believe he’d keep his word). Depowering Barry was predictable too. And this is before we get to doppelgangers and time remnants. Who does Earth-2 work for? Absolutely no one. Those last two sentences–a nod to 1997’s Austin Powers–were fresher than most of the Flash’s story arcs this season.
I guess Earth-2 works for Cisco. I like his development, too, but I could’ve done without the Star Wars midi-chlorians reference. And I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but the presence of Cait-lie has made Iris palatable. The CW still doesn’t know how to handle romances, but I welcome Iris’s reluctance to date after Eddie, even if I don’t buy her falling for Barry. All Flash is doing with Iris’s deep like of Barry is flipping Barry and Iris’s roles from last season.
It’s all been done and it’s only the second season. Flash needs a Speed Force injection.
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Home » World News » Britons wake up to snow with nearly a FOOT more set to fall today
Britons wake up to snow with nearly a FOOT more set to fall today
In winter’s grip: Britons wake up to snow with nearly a FOOT more set to fall today with more forecast for the weekend as temperatures plunge to -12C and Met Office issues amber warning
Amber weather warning covers parts of eastern Scotland, County Durham and Northumberland today
Overnight temperatures falling to -7C (19F) in eastern England while Scotland could plunge to -12C (10F)
Snow and ice is predicted through today down the length of the Pennines as far south as the Peak Distric
Rest of England will see heavy rain particularly in London and South East, while Wales will be mostly dry
Parts of northern England and Scotland woke up to heavy snowfall this morning with more wintry weather now forecast for the weekend and into next week as temperatures plunge as low as -12C (10F).
An amber weather warning covering parts of eastern Scotland, County Durham and Northumberland is in force until the mid-morning today, amid fears of a second ‘Beast from the East’ this winter in the coming weeks.
Up to a foot (30cm) of snow is expected on high ground today with overnight temperatures falling to -7C (19F) in eastern England and the wind chill making it feel even colder, while parts of Scotland could plunge to -12C (10F).
Snow and ice is predicted through today down the length of the Pennines as far south as the Peak District, in Cumbria and the North York Moors, where a lesser, yellow weather warning applies until 9pm tonight.
The rest of England will see heavy rainfall, particularly in London and the South East, while Wales and Northern Ireland will stay mostly dry. Tomorrow will bring a foggy start with most areas becoming dry and bright later.
Firemen from Consett Fire Station dig themselves a path out the building in Consett, County Durham, today after heavy snow
Residents of Consett in County Durham woke to a whiteout scene this morning following heavy snow overnight
Fire crews from Consett Fire Station dig themselves a path out the building in the County Durham town today after snowfall
In Scotland, families were urged to stay indoors amid a countrywide white-out. Police asked drivers not to travel unless essential and the Government advised those who are on the move to pack warm clothes and food supplies.
The Met Office warned that there is ‘no doubt’ there will be travel disruption in Scotland amid concern for motorists on motorways including the M8, M9, M90 and M74, which lie at the heart of the amber warning area.
Areas such as the Highlands, Grampian, Tayside, Central, Fife, the Lothians, Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders are set for even more severe blizzards.
Oliver Claydon of the Met Office said: ‘These are significant accumulations of snow we are predicting. There is no question we will see travel disruption, particularly on higher routes.’
Local authorities deployed their fleets of gritters in anticipation of the snowfall. Cabinet Secretary for Transport Michael Matheson said: ‘The Met Office is telling us to expect a period of challenging weather.
‘The conditions will likely cause difficult driving conditions and disruption to the wider transport network, so it’s important that anyone that has to make an essential journey during the warning period plans their journey.
A road in the County Durham town of Consett is under a blanket of snow this morning following overnight flurries t
Crews from County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service dig out Consett Fire Station in the snow this morning
A mother and her toddler battle the elements as snow starts to fall in Leeds with more flurries on the way today
‘Pedestrians should also be aware that pavements are likely to be affected by ice, so make sure you use the appropriate clothing and footwear if you have to go out for an essential purpose.’
Looking ahead, a further warning has been issued for heavy snow this weekend as far south as Leicestershire and Lincolnshire during a warning on Saturday from 3am until 9pm – and some sleet is expected in London.
The heaviest snowfall on Saturday is likely in areas at least 650ft (200m) above sea level, where up to 8in (20cm) could fall. At lower levels, up to 2in (5cm) snow could accumulate – while lower-lying places will see rain.
At the weekend, snow is likely across the whole of northern England, Yorkshire and down through the East Midlands. The Met Office predicts flurries as a band of rain pushing eastwards is due to turn to snow.
Travel disruption, power cuts and disruption to mobile phone coverage are also possible. In its warning for Saturday, which also covers most of Scotland, the Met Office said: ‘A band of heavy snow may lead to disruption.
‘There is a small chance of travel delays on roads with some vehicles and passengers becoming stranded, along with delayed or cancelled rail and air travel. There is a small chance that power cuts will occur.’
Temperatures will be in the low single digits for most of England today, although the South West will get up to 9C
The Met Office also warned people could become injured from slips and falls on icy untreated pavements and footpaths. There will be a brief respite during Sunday, which is set to be mostly fine and dry.
The Met Office has issued weather warnings for snow today
But northerly winds through next week will then bring ‘cold conditions from Scandinavia’, the Met Office said.
Its forecast for next week said: ‘Rainfall is also expected for the north with a risk of organised snowfall especially over high ground. Drier in the south with the potential for frontal bands bringing rain and or snow at times. Temperatures are most likely to be rather cold for much of the UK.’
The chilly forecast follows atmospheric changes similar to those which brought the spell of extreme wintry weather known as the Beast from the East three years ago, which brought a lengthy spell of wintry weather and severe snowfall which left Pennine villages cut off.
An unusual meteorological event known as sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) was detected above the North Pole on January 5.
Dr Richard Hall, an expert in SSWs from the University of Bristol, said it ‘loads the dice’ or ‘tips the odds’ in favour of another blast of heavy snow and sub-zero temperatures from Siberia.
During an SSW the stratosphere – the layer six to 31 miles above the Earth’s surface – can increase in temperature by up to 50C over a matter of days.
Snow falls in Leeds this morning with more flurries on the way as the wintry weather continues in West Yorkshire
The snowy approach to Heddon On The Wall St Andrews Church of England First School in Newcastle-upon-Tyne today
A busy M1 into Leeds this morning as road conditions worsen due to freezing condition and snowfall in West Yorkshire
A wet morning in Cheltenham this morning as rain falls across southern England with more downpours on the way today
This disturbance can travel down through the atmosphere to the Earth’s surface and cause shifts in the jet stream, the fast-moving air currents that cool Europe.
Dr Hall said an SSW happens ‘every two years in three’ and one is ‘taking place at the moment’. In 2018, there was an SSW event two weeks before the ‘Beast from the East’ brought 20in (50cm) snowfalls.
But John Griffiths, a Met Office forecaster, has dismissed any link between this week’s weather and the ‘Beast from the East 2’, simply saying the conditions are ‘normal’ for the winter weather cycle.
He said: ‘On Thursday a band of rain, sleet and snow will hit parts of Scotland and northern England, which will slowly extend south to the Midlands as the day progresses.
‘It is expected to be very cold in these areas, dropping below 0C (32F) in Scotland and parts of northern England. This will start to gradually ease and die out during the evening, with frost and freezing fog coming in.’
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Athletic Training, Therapy, and Rehabilitation (440)
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“So Many Mental Health Issues Go Unsaid”: Implications for Best Practice Guidelines From Student-Athletes’ Perspectives About Service Availability
William C. Way, Ashley M. Coker-Cranney and Jack C. Watson II
Using the framework of multidisciplinary best practice recommendations promoted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, this study used a mixed-methods approach to investigate Division I student-athletes’ perceived access to and satisfaction with mental health service availability. Participants were asked about their satisfaction with direct (e.g., counseling, psychiatry, assessment) and indirect (e.g., mental health outreach, educational workshops) service availability, both on campus and within athletics. Results from a researcher-generated survey indicated that participants were moderately satisfied with service availability in each of the four contexts. Hierarchical multiple regressions revealed that student-athletes’ satisfaction was predicted by different factors for each service type-location combination. Qualitative data contained requests for more athlete-centered mental health services as well as more preventative outreach in general. These data provide a foundation for understanding factors that influence student-athletes’ satisfaction with mental health service availability and offer practical implications for current best practice recommendations.
In Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology Volume 14 (2020): Issue 3 (Sep 2020)
Acceptance and Commitment Training to Promote Psychological Flexibility in Ice Hockey Performance: A Controlled Group Feasibility Study
Tobias Lundgren, Gustaf Reinebo, Markus Näslund and Thomas Parling
Despite the growing popularity of mindfulness and acceptance-based performance enhancement methods in applied sport psychology, evidence for their efficacy is scarce. The purpose of the current study is to test the feasibility and effect of a psychological training program based on Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) developed for ice hockey players. A controlled group feasibility designed study was conducted and included 21 elite male ice hockey players. The ACT program consisted of four, once a week, sessions with homework assignments between sessions. The results showed significant increase in psychological flexibility for the players in the training group. The outcome was positive for all feasibility measures. Participants found the psychological training program important to them as ice hockey players and helpful in their ice hockey development. Desirably, future studies should include objective performance data as outcome measure to foster more valid evidence for performance enhancement methods in applied sport psychology.
In Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology Volume 14 (2020): Issue 2 (Jun 2020)
Help-Seeking Beliefs Among Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Users Experiencing Side Effects: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
Hugh Gilmore, Stephen Shannon, Gerard Leavey, Martin Dempster, Shane Gallagher and Gavin Breslin
Recreational athletes comprise the most prevalent population using illegal Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS). Despite regulatory efforts, substances are widely accessible, and most users report the experience of harmful side effects. It remains unclear why few users seek professional medical help. The aim of this study was to determine AAS users’ experience of side effects and help-seeking beliefs using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of six interviews. Participants were from the United Kingdom (n = 5) and United States (n = 1), had all experienced side effects, with some reporting prolonged use of AAS (>10 years) and self-manufacturing the drugs from raw ingredients. Results showed that AAS users discredit medical professionals’ competencies, and practice cognitive dissonance by avoiding challenging situations. A microculture for information-sharing has developed among AAS users who initially self-treat to counteract side effects, leaving them vulnerable to further harm. To conclude, there is an urgent need for educational interventions that outline the risky practice of unregulated AAS use and self-treatments, and the need to seek professional help. Such interventions could be developed through a co-production basis, and be implemented by current/former AAS users alongside the medical community.
In Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology Volume 14 (2020): Issue 4 (Dec 2020)
Me, Myself, and My Thoughts: The Influence of Brooding and Reflective Rumination on Depressive Symptoms in Athletes in the United Kingdom
Richard Tahtinen, Michael McDougall, Niels Feddersen, Olli Tikkanen, Robert Morris and Noora J. Ronkainen
Individual differences in vulnerability to depression are still underexplored in athletes. We tested the influence of different brooding and reflective rumination profiles (i.e., repetitive thought processes in response to low/depressed mood) on the odds of experiencing clinically relevant depressive symptoms in competitive athletes (N = 286). The Patient Health Questionnaire–9 and the Ruminative Responses Scale–short form were utilized to measure depression and rumination, respectively. Compared to athletes with a low brooding/reflection profile, athletes with a high brooding/reflection profile had significantly higher odds of experiencing clinical levels of depressive symptoms (OR = 13.40, 95% CI = 3.81–47.11). A high reflection/low brooding profile was not, however, related to increased odds of depressive symptoms. Future research could extend our findings by exploring determinants of ruminative tendencies, especially brooding, in athletes. Furthermore, psychological interventions targeting rumination could be examined as a potential prevention and treatment approach to tackling depressive symptoms in athletes.
Assessment and the Use of Questionnaires in Sport Psychology Consulting: An Analysis of Practices and Attitudes From 2003 to 2017
Robin S. Vealey, Robin Cooley, Emma Nilsson, Carly Block and Nick Galli
The purpose of this study was to examine the types and perceived usefulness of questionnaires used by consultants in applied intervention work with athletes in 2003 and 2017, as well as to understand consultants’ perceptions of the advantages, limitations, and needs regarding the use of questionnaires in consulting. Sport psychology consultants in 2003 (n = 96) and 2017 (n = 106) completed a questionnaire that included Likert-scale questions as well as open-ended questions. The percentage of consultants who used questionnaires decreased from 83% in 2003 to 67% in 2017. Consultants in 2003 rated questionnaires as more useful than consultants in 2017, although the specific questionnaires used by consultants did not change extensively over the 14-year period. Advantages in using questionnaires included efficiency, structure of assessment, consensual validation, and credibility, while limitations included lack of relevance, undermining of athlete-consultant relationship, interpretive problems, and cost and lack of access.
Development and Validation of a Monitoring Instrument for Sport Psychology Practice: The Sport Psychology Outcomes and Research Tool (SPORT)
Ashley A. Hansen, Joanne E. Perry, John W. Lace, Zachary C. Merz, Taylor L. Montgomery and Michael J. Ross
Evidence for the mechanisms of change by which sport psychology interventions enhance performance is limited and treatment monitoring and outcomes measures would assist in establishing evidence-based practices. The present paper fills a gap in sport psychology literature by demonstrating the development and validation of a new measure (Sport Psychology Outcomes and Research Tool; SPORT). Study 1 described test construction and pilot item selection with 73 collegiate student-athletes. Twenty-three pilot items contributed unique variance while maintaining the original constructs and were selected from 80 initial items. In Study 2, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted with collegiate student-athletes (n = 220), revealing a 17-item, four-factor model measuring Athlete Wellbeing, Self-Regulation, Performance Satisfaction, and Sport-Related Distress. Concurrent validity was supported through correlational analyses. Overall, results supported the SPORT as a new transtheoretical tool for monitoring effectiveness and outcomes of sport psychology interventions.
Development of the Sport Mental Health Continuum—Short Form (Sport MHC-SF)
Brian J. Foster and Graig M. Chow
Well-being research conducted in competitive athletics has been marred by the lack of a context-specific measurement instrument. The purpose of this study was to adapt the Mental Health Continuum – Short Form (MHC-SF) to create a sport-specific well-being instrument, the Sport Mental Health Continuum—Short Form (Sport MHC-SF), and test its initial psychometric properties. Participants were 287 collegiate athletes from a variety of sports. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) determined a three-factor structure of sport well-being, consisting of subjective, psychological, and social factors, as the model of best fit. Internal consistency reliabilities of the subscales exceeded .88. Moderate positive correlations were found between Sport MHC-SF subscales and quality of life indices, notably physical and emotional quality of life, demonstrating convergent validity. The Sport MHC-SF will facilitate empirical research by providing a more accurate and comprehensive measurement of well-being for an athletic population.
Empirical Development of a Screening Method to Assist Mental Health Referrals in Collegiate Athletes
Bradley Donohue, Marina Galante, Julia Maietta, Bern Lee, Nina Paul, Joanne E. Perry, Arianna Corey and Daniel N. Allen
The conspicuous absence of validated screening measures specific to mental health symptomology in collegiate athletes has negatively affected clinical practice in this population. Therefore, this study was performed to develop a sport specific measure to optimally identify collegiate athletes who are particularly likely to benefit from mental health programming. Participants were 289 collegiate-athletes who were assessed for mental health symptomology using the Global Severity Index of Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (GSI), factors that interfere with sport performance using the Problems in Sport Competition Scale (PSCS) and Problems in Sport Training Scale (PSTS), and motivation to pursue professional counseling using the Desire to Pursue Sport Psychology Scale (DSPS). As hypothesized, a hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that PSCS, PSTS and DSPS scores significantly predicted GSI scores, controlling gender and sport status (NCAA, club, intramural). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis indicated that high-risk athletes (GSI T-scores ≥ 60) could be correctly classified by PSTS and PSCS scores. Results suggest the PSCS and PSTS may assist identification of collegiate athletes who are especially appropriate for mental health programs. These scales additionally identify factors directly relevant to athletes’ sport performance.
How Coaches Can Prevent and Address Alcohol Consumption Among Student-Athletes
Graig M. Chow, Matthew D. Bird, Stinne Soendergaard and Yanyun Yang
This manuscript seeks to offer insight about how coaches can better address drinking among collegiate student-athletes. Using a mixed-methods design, 519 NCAA coaches reported their attitudes and behaviors toward student-athlete drinking, and responded to open-ended questions about their perceived role, strategies, and challenges to addressing problems in this population. Three dimensions of coaches’ attitudes and behaviors toward student-athlete drinking emerged that were consistent regardless of the players’ or coach’s gender or division: Concerned Communication, Conditional Leniency, and Enforcement. Effective strategies identified by coaches included enforcement of policy, education about consequences of drinking, establishment of quality coach-athlete relationships, and management of athletes’ schedules. Coaches indicated the need to play a role in managing, educating, influencing, and supporting the student-athletes to prevent alcohol misuse. Coaches reported challenges regarding the culture of drinking on college campuses, individual differences (e.g., age) among student-athletes, acceptance and enforcement of the alcohol policy, lack of awareness about student-athletes’ activities, and identification of alcohol misuse.
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Four Storytelling Techniques to Bring Your Data to Life
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The adage that “our world runs on data” means that decisions are being based on vast amounts of statistics. Data-derived insights drive what time trains stop running, when Starbucks introduces holiday cups, and the temperature of the building you might be sitting in right now.
Even though most corporate roles now work with data, it’s shockingly easy to forget that people generate most of it. When a user clicks a link, gets blood taken at the lab, or sets up a smartwatch, that person generates data. As people move, buy, sell, use, work, and live, their actions nudge numbers up or down and drive organizational decisions, big and small.
If it’s your role to communicate data insights and persuade people to change their behavior, you’ll have more influence and promote better decision-making if you emphasize the people behind the numbers. In a story, we root for the hero as he or she maneuvers through roadblocks. To use data to steer your organization in the right direction, you need to tap into the human tale your data can tell.
By leveraging four techniques from storytelling, leaders can bring a richer, more human understanding to the problem that the data reveals and better understand the opportunities it presents. Those techniques are identifying the hero and the hero’s adversary, speaking with people generating the data, identifying and addressing conflict, and sharing context.
Search for the Hero and the Adversary in the Data
Because most organizational data is generated by humans, the first step toward insight is to empathetically understand the people whose actions generate that data and who can turn slumps around.
These data-generating people are the characters in your story. In any story, myth, or movie, we get to know various characters and grow to love some and revile others. Some become heroes who overcome the obstacles in their paths and eventually defeat their adversaries.
In a data story, the hero is whoever can play a role in moving the data in the desirable direction. For businesses, the heroes could be employees, customers, or partners.
Consider the scenario of a CEO at a midsize software company where sales dropped 30% in the previous quarter. As she’s faced with the task of course-correcting this sharp decline, she needs to dig into the question, “What happened?” To find out, she’ll have to understand the people behind the company’s numbers and who the hero is who can reverse the sales slump.
In this scenario, the CEO’s determination is that the sales team is the likely hero in the turnaround. The data shows that they have been working harder than ever, and the decline isn’t due to their lack of effort. But perhaps the team has an adversary, something or someone causing the numbers to go down. Or perhaps new inefficiencies have been introduced by a change in process or added bureaucracy.
Speak With the People Generating the Data
Data tells you what has happened in the past, but it doesn’t always tell you why. Talking to the people generating the numbers can help.
To help a hero get unstuck, a leader has to go straight to the source. Reading forums, conducting surveys, analyzing customer comments, and hiring consultants are all tools to help learn what is in the hero’s way. But the best way to really understand people’s issues is to speak with them directly.
To do so, identify a random sampling of data heroes. Speak with them, asking about their concerns, opinions, and motivations. Empathetically listen. You’ll hear things that surveys and Salesforce data simply can’t tell you.
By talking directly with a senior manager, the software CEO from our sample scenario might learn that her sales team has been struggling to fully adapt to new sales software that was designed to streamline a previously sticky process. While half of the sales team has wholeheartedly embraced the change, more senior team members are feeling frustrated. They’re fumbling to learn the new tool and still leaning on a legacy process.
This is a human element of the story that may not have been revealed through data alone. But after speaking with the people behind the numbers, our CEO knows who to work with in order to reverse the trajectory.
Identify and Address Conflict
All heroes in a story face conflict. Having a hero to root for makes a tale engaging. Heroes typically face some classic encounters: discord with another character, clashes with nature, tension with a social group, war within themselves, and struggles with change.
In a business context, heroes can be in conflict with a system (as some of the sales team has been with the new software in our scenario), conflict with another person (a change in leadership could be causing issues within the organization), or conflict with themselves (maybe they’re struggling with burnout or didn’t take the training they were asked to).
By identifying the type of conflict people are facing, a leader gets a clearer view of how to communicate information that will help the hero get unstuck.
Share Context
Current data points, though significant, don’t exist in a vacuum. Data collected over time creates a bigger picture of victories and defeats. Sharing context can help leaders motivate their organizations and move their heroes forward and on to victory, especially after a defeat.
Listen to Duarte talk about how “Every Number Tells a Story” in the Three Big Points podcast.
In the sample scenario, if the CEO were to share just the most recent data, her team might not feel that they can recover the lost sales to date. Seeing a 30% decrease could demoralize them. But if the CEO zooms out a little and looks at a longer time frame, she might discover that sales bounced back after a similar decline five years earlier.
Sharing the details about how the sales team recovered in the past demonstrates to them that if they could make a turnaround then, they can certainly do it again.
We should never let our data speak for itself. With big data as pervasive as it is today, it is easily classified as noise, and that’s especially true when there is no real context to support it. Productive people help data move in a desirable direction. In every shocking statistic, hockey-stick growth curve, or line chart that hits the x-axis like a lead balloon, there’s a heroic story waiting to be revealed.
Learning to curate and tell stories within an organization can become a kind of superpower for a leader. By humanizing the data, leaders bring a greater understanding to the problems that data initially reveals. When they take the time to speak with the data story’s characters, get to know the hero-in-waiting’s fears and motivations, address the conflict that the hero is facing, and put the data challenge into an appropriate context, leaders develop a deeper, more human connection to their opportunities for moving forward.
Nancy Duarte (@nancyduarte) is CEO of Duarte Inc., a communications firm in Silicon Valley and New York. She’s the author of DataStory: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story (Ideapress Publishing, 2019).
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Pretty Lights Announces Spring Tour Dates
Pretty Lights, never one to stay quiet for too long, is following up a massively successful year- he fulfilled the promise he made to his fans at the beginning of 2010 by delivering three new EP’s, and followed that up by touring the world over, and launching Pretty Lights Music, his digital record label at the beginning of 2011.
Now he’d like to share the news of a Spring tour, taking place from late March through April, and he’s taking his production to the next level. The tour sees him taking his visually stunning live show all over the East Coast and Midwest (all dates below), and they’re going to be bigger and brighter than ever. If you haven’t caught his live show yet, don’t miss out!
On top of all this, he also found time to launch a new YouTube channel last week, featuring unreleased Pretty Lights tracks, remixes and mashups that he debuted live over the course of the past year. Head over there to check out new remixes of Pink Floyd, Jay Z, Steve Miller Band and more!
If you missed the news last week, Pretty Lights Music released two new EP’s for free downloads; Break Science’s Further Than Our Eyes Can See, and Paper Diamond’s debut EP, Levitate. The purpose of the label and its innovative model is to supply his fans, and fans of electronic music at large, with the freshest music from the hottest new underground artists.
Upcoming Pretty Lights Tour Dates
March 4 – Avon, CO – Snow Ball Music Experience
March 24 – Miami Beach, FL – The Fillmore Miami Beach
March 25 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
March 26 – Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium
April 12 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room
April 13 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Orbit Room
April 15 – Carlisle, PA – Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium (Dickinson College)
April 16 – Syracuse, NY – The Oncenter
April 19 – Raleigh, NC – Raleigh Amphitheater
April 20 – Gainesville, FL – Stephen C. O’Connell Center (University of Florida)
April 22 – Fayetteville, AR – The Arkansas Music Pavilion
April 23 – Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre
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Lenny Kravitz Releases “Here To Love (#fightracism)” Video for UN Campaign
Maintaining a united front against racism, xenophobia, and discrimination and championing unity and equality worldwide, Lenny Kravitz teamed up with the UN Human Rights Office for the recent official release of his new single “Here To Love (#fightracism).” Today he reveals a powerful and timely cinematic music video for the track.
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The video, which is directed by Kravitz, is aimed at celebrating diversity, while simultaneously showcasing a unified human race. “’The Here To Love’ video is a procession of humanity, showing our beautiful differences while celebrating our oneness”, says the “Here To Love” singer.
The piece is also Kravitz’s music video directorial debut; a powerful message that he will continue to spread throughout 2020 as his Here To Love World Tour kicks off this spring.
In advance of Human Rights Day on December 10th Lenny Kravitz released an edited version of his track “Here To Love.” The original notably appears on his critically acclaimed eleventh full-length album, Raise Vibration—available everywhere now. Amplifying the lyrical message of love and inclusivity, the GRAMMY® Award-winning legend joined forces with the United Nations Human Rights Office to support #FightRacism—a campaign that promotes tolerance, equality, and diversity.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” “Here To Love” reaffirms this universal principle and illustrates the call from Kravitz,“We must all unite for we are one creation, we must join the fight, together we are strong, we must do what’s right in every situation, love each other’s lives as you would do your own.”
“Here To Love” will be the theme song of the UN Human Rights Office’s #Fightracism campaign throughout 2020 and beyond.
The song also remains a worthy addition to his venerable catalog. Notably, Rolling Stoneproclaimed the album version as “one of his most striking vocal performances in recent years,”and Paste noted,“the sentiment is so needed and so noble that it still manages to raise a few goosebumps by the time the rousing finish rolls around.”
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I watched some of the United Nations Security Council Meeting last night. I was late arriving at the live stream, so didn’t see the Russian opening statement. I was, though, in good time to hang my head in shame when the ambassador for the UK spoke. The French representative impressed me, however, even though he was in clear support of the pusillanimous Brits. Here is some of what he said:-
President, the prohibition on the use of chemical weapons is the very bedrock of the non-proliferation regime upon which our collective security system is founded. In that understanding, the rampant and unrestrained re-emergence in the Middle East, Asia and now in Europe of these vile weapons cannot be tolerated. We established a taboo on the rise of chemical weapons together and that taboo, or that ban has been broken, including in Salisbury. This speaks as to why it is urgent that we re-affirm and build upon the absolute prohibition on the use of chemical weapons. The trivialization of the use of chemical weapons would mark the victory of barbarity over civilization and would mark a terrible setback for international order. That is why we cannot sit idly by when they are used and all the more so when, and let us not deceive ourselves, a trivialisation of chemical weapons will only open the door for the spectre of chemical terrorism which we all fear so rightly, as we would all pay the price for said chemical terrorism. This is why France will never allow those who develop or use toxic agents to enjoy impunity. We reiterate our full support for the institutions and framework, in particular, the OPCW. France will remain fully committed to supporting the OPCW’s activities with all the means at our disposal.
Well said, mon brave. I hope France will honour your sentiments.
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A day after Mr. Aitkenhead, Chief Executive at Porton Down, said they couldn’t say where the nerve agent had been manufactured, the BBC morning news carried the claim that the UK Government could name the damned spot in Russia. Hmm. But what if the picture above is an accurate signpost to “the truth”. What if the UK poodle, egged on by its master, tried to whack the Skripals with a chemical weapon and there’s the proof? What will the French, and the rest of the civilized world, do then?
Five years ago The Telegraph carried a report about British interests in exporting ingredients for chemical weapons to, of all places, Syria.
More recently –
The BBC has been preparing UK citizens for a while – President Assad, with Russian assistance, is going to launch a chemical attack on his own people soon.
American forces are, it seems, going to stay illegally in Syria for a while longer, presumably so that they can support their terrorist proxy fighters to carry out the heinous ‘false flag’ event. One can only hope that the Salisbury fiasco will so totally unravel that the planned Syria attack will be shelved – because no human being of sound mind will “buy it”.
I think it is highly likely that MI5/MI6 tried to bump off the Skripals, perhaps using assassins from another EU country. The UK Government, via its public propaganda machine (the BBC), is so obviously culpable of spreading disinformation. The Tories have a motive – to cry “insecurity” and use fear to postpone Brexit or ditch it altogether. Russia couldn’t benefit in any way from the crime.
There is no other plausible explanation – the UK did it. Shame on the British ruling class.
April 6, 2018 Ian Elsom
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Crime: On October 25, Thimphu police received a complaint that two men, one armed with a knife, were looking for a shop owner at the Centenary Farmers Market (CFM) and were threatening to kill the owner.
The men had fled when a police team reached the site. When the team was questioning shop owners, the city police station received another complaint that two men with a weapon were chasing a parking fee collector near Changlam Plaza in Thimphu.
A police official said that the fee collector ran inside a grocery shop for safety. The men followed him inside the shop and then broke a donation box and a keyboard in the shop. However, no one was injured.
Police arrested the two suspects, an 18-year-old from Samtse and a 26-year-old from Punakha, the following day.
Both the suspects confessed to the crime. A khukuri knife was also seized from the men. The prime suspect told police that a sales boy in the shop located at the CFM always teases him and that angered him. “He said he wanted to settle things with the sales boy so he went to the shop,” the official said.
The official added that the 26-year-old man who is the prime suspect was also found to have been involved in a stabbing case that occurred on October 22. The man works as a sales boy in a shop in Thimphu.
According to police, a group of Indian bikers were hanging out in front of Mojo Park in Thimphu at around 1am. While the two men who were passing by, one stabbed one of the Indian nationals in the back.
The case was reported late to police and by the time a police investigation team reached the site, the suspects had left.
The official said that the two suspects were identified through CCTV footage.
Another 23-year-old man from Samtse, who was also working as a sales boy was arrested on October 26, for having been involved in the stabbing.
The men also confessed that they were under the influence of alcohol when the incident occurred.
The victim has left for India.
The official said that the men would be charged for display of weapon. “We may charge them for harassment as well because their act caused the people emotional distress.”
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November 16, 2018 • Volume 28, Issue 41
Is the executive branch too powerful?
By Sarah Glazer
President Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Nov. 5, 2018. Trump's leadership style has exacerbated long-standing concerns that presidents — both Republican and Democratic — have been asserting more power, through executive orders and other means, than the Constitution intended. (Cover: AFP/Getty Images/Mandel Ngan)
President Trump's governance style has heightened long-standing concerns that presidents have been asserting more power, through executive orders and other means, than the Constitution intended. For instance, no president has asked Congress for a declaration of war since World War II even though the Constitution reserves war-making power to the legislative branch. Some historians date the growth of presidential control to the New Deal-era expansion of the federal government, and others to the end of the Cold War and a decline of foreign policy expertise in Congress. Critics of Trump, pointing to his mounting executive orders and criticism of the justice system, worry that the American system of checks and balances could be in peril. Others see Trump's overturning of standing policies as the inevitable result of rising presidential power under both Republicans and Democrats. Trump's supporters say he is doing exactly what he was elected to do: disrupt Washington's traditions. Whether future presidents will follow Trump's example remains an open question.
Presidential Candidates and Campaigns
Jan. 15, 2021 The Biden Presidency
Jan. 31, 2020 Presidential Primaries
Nov. 16, 2018 The Presidency
Jan. 06, 2017 Trump Presidency
Mar. 06, 2015 Presidential Power
Feb. 03, 2012 Presidential Election
Jan. 30, 2009 The Obama Presidency
Aug. 08, 2008 Political Conventions
Jul. 18, 2008 Race and Politics
Apr. 20, 2007 Electing the President
Dec. 30, 1988 Promises vs. Problems
Jul. 10, 1987 Presidential Nomination Process
Feb. 03, 1984 Choosing Presidential Nominees
Jun. 06, 1980 Choosing Presidential Candidates
Apr. 09, 1976 Presidential Campaign Coverage
Feb. 23, 1972 Political Conventions
May 27, 1964 Foreign Policy Issues in Election Campaigns
Sep. 21, 1960 Voting in 1960
Jan. 06, 1960 Presidential Primaries, 1960
Jan. 04, 1956 Campaign Smearing
Nov. 30, 1955 Presidential Possibilities, 1956
May 09, 1952 Open Conventions
Oct. 12, 1949 Modernization of the Presidential Election
May 01, 1944 Foreign Policy in National Elections
Jan. 01, 1944 Choice of Candidates for the Presidency
Apr. 08, 1940 Republican Candidates for the Presidency, 1940
Apr. 01, 1940 Democratic Candidates for the Presidency, 1940
Jun. 19, 1939 Selection of Nominees for the Presidency
Aug. 19, 1938 Nomination by Primary
Mar. 11, 1936 Voting in Presidential Elections
Feb. 18, 1936 Presidential Candidates, 1936
Mar. 03, 1932 Decline of the Presidential Primary
Aug. 25, 1931 Presidential Candidates, 1932
May 05, 1928 National Nominating Conventions
Sep. 03, 1927 Presidential Candidates—1928
Jun. 14, 1927 Patronage Influence in Nominating Conventions
Sep. 11, 1926 The Future of the Direct Primary
Jul. 02, 1924 Proposed Reforms of Presidential Nominating Methods
Jun. 04, 1924 The Machinery of the Political Conventions
Mar. 15, 1924 Presidential Candidates and the Issues
Sep. 05, 1923 The Passing of the Second Term
Export Sanctions and Restrictions
Journalism and the News
Regional Political Affairs: Russia and the Former Soviet Union
Regulation and Deregulation
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
U.S. at War: Afghanistan
U.S. at War: Cold War
U.S. at War: Iraq
U.S. at War: Vietnam
U.S. at War: World War II
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Top 5 Super Bowl Commercials
Andrew Munger, Staff Writer
5. Hyundai “Smart Pahk”
Hyundai’s “Smart Pahk” commercial come in at #5. With actors Rachel Dratch, Chris Evans, John Krasinski and former Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz. They focus on their new Remote Smart Parking Assist feature (RSPA), which allows drivers to park their car in and out of parking spots without being in the car. With thick Boston accents, Dratch and Evans sit and watch someone attempt to park in a tight parking spot. As the first driver couldn’t fit here comes Krasinski in the 2020 Hyundai Sonata. Dratch and Evans yell in their Boston accents that he wouldn’t fit, Krasinski gets out of his car and walks over to them explaining that it has the new (RSPA). Then Ortiz pops his head out of an apartment and approves of the car. This commercial brings out a laugh out of everyone watching with their funny Boston accents. With some big time actors, a lot of people ended up falling in love with this commercial (I know I did).
4. Jeep “Groundhog Day”
Jeep’s “Groundhog Day” commercial comes in at #4. As Jeep creates a reenactment of the movie Groundhog Day in 1993, but this time actor Bill drives a 2020 Jeep Gladiator. Super Bowl sunday ended up being on Groundhog Day this year which pushed Jeep to recreate the movie in their own way. Murry wakes up at six like in the movie and goes on adventures with the groundhog, from going on bike rides, watching fireworks, to even playing a game of whack-a-mole. As Murry is playing whack-a-mole, he turns to the groundhog and says, “It’s not personal, it’s just a game.” This commercial brought back memories of the movie and the nostalgia that came with it. Many people thought this was the top commercial of the Super Bowl. Jeep scored a touchdown on this one with keeping the convenience of Groundhog Day into the Super Bowl.
3. Hulu “Tom Brady’s Big Announcement”
Hulu’s “Tom Brady’s Big Announcement” commercial comes in at #3. Hulu has been bringing in multiple athletes to do commercials, but this commercial was different. They brought in Tom Brady, who has been a top player in the NFL for over a decade. This year was the first year since 2016 that Brady wasn’t a player in the Super Bowl. Brady enters this year’s Super Bowl as an actor for Hulu. The commercial starts off by Brady walking onto a football field as if he is announcing his retirement, but actually he is announcing his retirement from cable. He then goes on to explain what Hulu has to offer. However, the big reason why everyone is talking about this commercial is the ending to it. Tom Brady tells us that he is not going anywhere for football and that he will be back for another season, but the big question is where? Brady enters this next season as a free agent and all signs are pointing towards him leaving the Patriots. This commercial just further raised speculation about where Brady may be playing this upcoming season.
2. Planters “Tribute”
Planters “Tribute” commercial comes in at #2. With the death of long time mascot Mr. Peanut, their commercial starts off with a burial ceremony for Mr. Peanut on a cloudy day. With actors Wesley Snipes, Matt Walsh, and mascots Mr. Clean, Kool-Aid-Man attending. Snipes was reading an eulogy for Mr. Peanut, and during his reading the Kool-Aid-Man started to tear up. As his tear rushed down his pitcher, it ended up hitting Mr. Peanuts grave. After the tear hits the ground, a beam of sunlight hits the grave and up comes a plant with a baby in the middle. As everyone is in confusion, Walsh picks up the Baby Nut and the nut starts talking in dolphin. Then the baby says that he (Mr. Peanut) is back. This commercial brings a competition to who is the best baby, Baby Yoda or Baby Nut. Planters then tweeted, “Everyone deserves a clean start. Welcome, #BabyNut!”
1. NFL’s 100
NFL’s “The 100 Year Game” comes in at #1. With this past year being the NFL’s 100th season, they brought the heat with this commercial. Even though this commercial was aired to start the Super Bowl, this was the best one. They started off the commercial with a group of kids playing backyard football. The young kid, Bunchie, receives a kick off and he runs around the nation. As he is running he passes NFL legends and current stars in Jim Brown, Aaron Donald, Joey Bosa, Jalen Ramsey, Derwin James, Steve Young, Joe Montana, Jimmy Garoppolo, Christian McCaffrey, Drew Brees, Alvin Kamara, Saquon Barkley, Justin Tuck, Ray Lewis, Mark Ingram II, Brett Favre, Anthony Munoz, Barry Sanders, Ed Reed, Jerry Rice and Peyton Manning. As Bunchie, a young rising football star, is running he makes a stop at a Pat Tillman statue for a tribute for all veterinarians. He runs all the way to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, where the Super Bowl was being held, and goes up to Virginia McCaskey, the Chicago Bears’ owner, and receives the game ball for the game. He runs out onto the field with 32 other kids wearing all the teams jerseys. This commercial is great if you are a sports fan, it shows past legends and to have 33 young kids running out to represent the next 100 years is amazing. Watching this commercial will bring you guaranteed happiness if you are a football fan.
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I’m A Celeb 2021: Alli Simpson joins the camp
Cody’s sister spills on Miley relationship
by Andrew Bucklow
Alli Simpson has opened up about her brother's high-profile relationship with Miley Cyrus.
Alli, who yesterday was unveiled as the latest I'm a Celeb contestant, was quizzed about Miley by fellow camp mate, Toni Pearen.
"I'm a protective sister but I also met her a bunch of times and she's been nothing but beautiful to me," Alli said.
Cody and Miley split last August after 10 months of dating.
Alli Simpson.
Cody and Alli. Picture by Damian Shaw
"I'm not going to judge on what I read or see," Alli continued. "I'm only going to go off what Cody says and he loved what they had."
Alli, 22, added that Miley and Cody hated the fact their relationship was often the subject of gossip magazines.
"They used to get so annoyed," she said. "It got to the point where they were like, 'we just can't look at it anymore.'"
I'm a Celeb contestant Grant Denyer asked Alli if Miley and Cody were in a "real relationship" or if it was "just a bit of fun".
"Um, it was a real relationship, definitely a real relationship," Alli replied. "They were serious.
"They were practically living together during COVID because they started dating and then two months later it was lockdown."
Miley Cyrus gives Cody Simpson a racy haircut. Picture: Instagram
Alli visited the couple in LA last March and said: "She's super fun. We were playing music, watching a lot of reality TV.
"Cody never watches reality TV and since COVID happened he's like, 'I love it!' They were just binge watching it all."
Denyer asked Alli if Cody would be watching I'm a Celeb given she's on it, to which she replied, "Yeah, he'll watch this one, he'll watch it just to laugh at me".
MILEY AND CODY'S SPLIT
Miley confirmed she had split from Cody in an Instagram Live last August.
"A year ago, almost to this exact date, the media tried to tell my story for me and control my narrative, and I'm just not accepting that," she said at the time. "So today, it came out that me and my boyfriend have broken up.
"It was confirmed by a 'reliable source' even though no one is reliable in a relationship, except the individuals who are participating in it.
"But right now, two halves can't make a whole and we're individually just working on ourselves to become the people that we wanna be, like everybody else at this age," the singer added.
"We are just deciding who we wanna be in our lives, what we wanna do, and so, don't make it some drama story if next week we're hanging out, getting pizza.
"We've been friends for 10 years and we're going to continue to be friends, so just don't make it something that it is not," Miley concluded.
Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson share racy selfie
You can check out all of Alli's comments about Miley on I'm a Celeb which continues tonight on Channel 10 at 7.30pm
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I was only thinking "Where's Wes?" the other day! (After doing a search on the Ledger/Williams xmas visit to Bronte and finding out Heath has his very own version of a Wes camped in his house, in the form of 1200 Techniques' vocalist.)
Thank heavens Ginni inadvertantly saved me from even more wondering about when Wes ever directed something. I know nothing. First I've heard of these flicks. I can understand filming but yuck to someone else there doing the filming.
"Crushed". Hee!
<-- misses Dirty J goss
Perhaps there is still hope for RLTL after all...
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I just saw that on the flist and RAN over.
She's probably pregnant with JJ's kid.
A proud member of Isadora's army.
When I read that his reasoning for the engagement in the first place was something like "It's time to move to the next phase" I immediately thought of Chuck's "Whatever love is" when asked if he loved Diana.
At KHP there was some spec as to why she wasn't wearing her ring when she was at the fashion shows. I'd actually thought she'd binged & purged it too big.
<--- waiting for pics of her on her way to see JJ's play!
ETA: SomeBody has already thrown in her two cents on if JJ & KH should get together.
Last edited by Res; 03-03-2005, 02:56 PM.
Ugly jacket and no ring! If there are pics of her in London anytime soon I will DIE! Hee.
As well as that very recent gossip over her missing engagement ring, I thought I heard something about her looking for and/or buying a place in NYC in just the past month or so.
Just went trolling for the two cents Res mentioned. Hee. Heeeeeeeeee. Sometimes I really really miss the fandom.
Chaz told her to lighten up about it.
Heeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Oh, I totally knew it! I didn't think the announcement would come this soon, though. But seriously, JJ's already given her the disease that bonds a couple for life and they made it through that as BFF. It's meant to be, man.
*buys KH's ticket to London
First: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! *queues REO*
And even as I WANDER,
I'm keeping you in sight.
You're a candle in the window,
On a cold, dark winter's night.
And I'm getting closer than I ever THOUGHT I MIGHT.
And I can't fight this feeling anymore.
I've forgotten what I started fighting for.
It's time to bring this ship into the shore,
And throw away the oars, forever.
*flicks lighter*
I have NO idea why the owner of that lyrics site felt the need to CAPS certain phrases. Hee!
Second: OMG! I can NOT believe you WHORES didn't LINK ME UP to SomeBody talking about the RLTL!
This is the most exciting thing that's happened to me all day! Hee! *runs to watch fanvids and review RLTL photo archive*
<--- penitent
Went looking for the info but can't remember where I originally saw it. I did find this though. (scroll down to Feb. 15/16).
Bwah! The posts were here, but it appears she's deleted them. The only part you can see is a quote and response of Chaz's.
I lurve that she still hangs out in the Katie threads. I really hope SomeBody's girl from Toledo becomes a huge stah!
Do you think she was fucking Josh while she was working in London and CK1 found out? I choose to believe this is the case.
Unrelated:
HATCHER LANDS MASSIVE PAY RISE
"Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher has signed up to appear in a second series of the hit show, and she will pocket a staggering $285,000 per episode.
The 40-year-old beauty's pay raise represents almost a tenfold increase on her first series pay -- and co-stars Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman and Nicolette Sheridan have also been rewarded for the program's success.
A show insider says of the Golden Globe-winner, "She has undoubtedly turned out to be the star of the show. Men find her sexy and women want to be like her."
Hatcher was paid $38,000 per episode for the first series, while her lesser female co-stars earned only $1,800 per episode. They have all been rewarded with a Mini car.
First, I don't know why she needed that large of a raise. It's not like she's going to buy groceries.
Second, was Teri Hatcher that large of a draw above the others that she warranted that much larger a salary? That shocks me a little. I know MC was on Melrose, EL was essentially unknown except to the soap world, right? And FH has the Sports Night but 1,800 just sounds like a UPN salary I guess. It has to be a typo and be 18,000.
Last edited by Sarah; 03-04-2005, 02:41 AM.
The part Chaz quoted was pretty much the entire post - there might have been another sentence, but he got the main humorless part. I knew she'd delete as soon as we started talking about it. Even though nobody cares what we say about them, they still feel the need to overreact. *rolls eyes*
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Importation & Sales of classic, iconic & out of reach vehicles to Durham, NC
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We Are Mad Rover
Welcome to Mad Rover Imports, we are a specialized NC registered auto-dealership that is dedicated and passionate about cars but more importantly, we are MAD about Land Rovers. We specialize at importing out of reach original, iconic, and classic vehicles from around the world and bring them to Durham, North Carolina. We take our passion for unique and imported classics to the next level, bringing you legally imported, fully titled, and ready-to-drive vehicles for your enjoyment. We are proud of the vehicle makes and models we bring to the market, that where not originally available for sale in the US. We search the world to find these vehicles so that they can find new homes for clients who will love them and drive them as much as we do.
Here at Mad Rover, we believe a car is more than just a mode of transportation - they are a labor of love - a drivable timepiece that you can enjoy and truly cherish for a lifetime. One of our main goals is dedication to others who are like-minded lovers of adventure, auto enthusiasts, or collectors to attain these legendary vehicles for all to enjoy. After all "lifes too short to drive boring cars"! We actively search the globe to source and import some of the finest examples of rare, classic, speciality and iconic vehicles, bringing them here to the "Land of the Pines" North Carolina, USA.
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24 If You Give A Cat A Cookie After the events of the Christmas Special, Marinette is more than a little worried about her partner. He clearly needs a little holiday cheer, and what better way to do that than to bake some Christmas cookies together?
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 8k+, favs: 210, follows: 52, 12/29/2016, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir
16 Fire and Ice Winter brings with it snow and ice-covered sidewalks, and so a ice removal contest isn't far behind. At first glance it seemed like a typical challenge between Alix and Kim- and then Kim brought out the fire.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 3k+, favs: 49, follows: 17, 12/23/2016, L. C. Kim/Dark Cupid, Alix K./Timebreaker
60 Hacking the Ladyblog Chat Noir likes taking goofy pictures on patrol. That was normal. What was not normal was those photos showing up without any explanation on the Ladyblog.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 4k+, favs: 516, follows: 162, 12/18/2016, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Alya C./Lady Wifi/Rena Rouge
27 The Meaning of Names Sabine Cheng knew that her husband liked puns. She had known it for a while, and yet she still let him name their only daughter, no questions asked. (or "How Marinette ended up with a name that meant "The One Who Rises From Bread)
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 1k+, favs: 281, follows: 91, 12/13/2016, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Tom D., Sabine C.
60 A Series of Unfortunately Timed Showers » Pretending that he was in the shower was bound to catch up with Adrien eventually. (aka Why Adrien Will Never Shower Again)(minor nudity and some language, nothing explicit) (Previously titled The Shower Scene: Take 3/Shower Scene 3.0)
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K+, English, Humor, chapters: 3, words: 13k+, favs: 385, follows: 189, updated: 12/8/2016 published: 5/31/2016, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Plagg
65 Of Close Calls and Near Reveals » With both of Paris' superheroes in the same class, they're bound to have a few close calls with their secret identities. (In which oblivious dorks are oblivious)
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, chapters: 6, words: 20k+, favs: 276, follows: 198, updated: 12/3/2016 published: 10/29/2016, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Alya C./Lady Wifi/Rena Rouge, Nino L./Bubbler
27 Plagg and the Wine-Soaked Cheese Curds When Plagg tags along on a field trip to a cheese factory, things start out fine. There's an abundance of cheese to taste, after all, and he has all day to do it. However, things start going a bit wonky as soon as Plagg finds buckets filled with cheese curds and an unknown purplish liquid...
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 9k+, favs: 172, follows: 47, 11/28/2016, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Plagg
21 The Making of the Requiem of Defeat The day will come when Ladybug and Chat Noir will have to listen to Hawkmoth's favorite music, The Requiem of (their) Defeat. The only problem? It hasn't been written yet.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 2k+, favs: 60, follows: 24, 10/19/2016, Hawk Moth, Nooroo
42 Code Name Princess When Plagg adds the nickname "Princess" to Marinette's contact on Adrien's phone, it doesn't take long for Nino to find out. Naturally, he has to find out who this "Princess" is. And of course he has to tease Adrien about it. Mercilessly.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 3k+, favs: 554, follows: 166, 9/26/2016, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Plagg, Nino L./Bubbler
25 Le Monarque » A class trip to the butterfly gardens turns nasty after Chloe insults the visiting butterfly scientist and gets him akumatized. Things only get worse when it turns out that the butterfly-themed supervillian can turn people into human-sized butterflies with a single flash of light- and superheros aren't immune to his powers.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, chapters: 5, words: 15k+, favs: 108, follows: 49, updated: 9/5/2016 published: 8/28/2016, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir
126 Finding Out » A hero's secret identity can't always stay secret to everyone forever. Parents aren't blind to what their children do and sometimes an attack happens during a test. Some people put together the clues by themselves, while others have to be told.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, chapters: 3, words: 10k+, favs: 952, follows: 397, updated: 6/19/2016 published: 1/4/2016, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir
288 Sleepy Cuddles » Both Adrien and Marinette have the tendency to cuddle up to others in their sleep, as both Nino and Alya have experienced. So when the opportunities arise, they toss their friends together and let the snuggles commence.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, chapters: 3, words: 10k+, favs: 2k+, follows: 890, updated: 5/28/2016 published: 2/16/2016, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Alya C./Lady Wifi/Rena Rouge, Nino L./Bubbler
22 The Girl in the Pink Poncho Prince Ali wasn't Ladybug, that much he knew. So where was Ladybug, and why was she separated from her kwami? (What would have happened if Chat Noir had noticed Prince Ali holding Tikki? A Princess Fragrance divergence)
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 2k+, favs: 303, follows: 109, 5/27/2016, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir
16 The (Mis)Adventures of Hawkmoth Being Paris' supreme supervillain isn't all glitz and glam. There's a lot of waiting around for opportunities, inept supervillains, and dirty lairs. (aka "what if Hawkmoth couldn't detransform with an akuma victim active")
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 3k+, favs: 126, follows: 39, 5/25/2016, Hawk Moth
37 The Cooking Contest An out-of-class assignment leads to the entirety of the class participating in a cooking competition. …some people do better than others.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Friendship, words: 4k+, favs: 479, follows: 155, 5/24/2016, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Alya C./Lady Wifi/Rena Rouge, Nino L./Bubbler
24 Snowed In When a sudden snowstorm blows up when Adrien and Marinette are out skiing, they find themselves having to take shelter and getting snowed in. Can two city kids rough it out in the snowy wilderness?
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 8k+, favs: 270, follows: 124, 4/9/2016, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir
81 A Party for Adrien It's impossible to persuade Mr. Agreste to let Adrien have a birthday party, or so everyone thinks. Maybe it's just in the approach.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 4k+, favs: 1k+, follows: 311, 3/23/2016, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Gabriel A./Hawkmoth
13 Agreste Akumatized Fashion shows are always a stressful time. Outfits have to be finished, shoes and accessories must be ordered, models need to get into shape. One thing going wrong can mean absolute disaster…and in Paris, disaster means someone's going to be akumatized.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, K, English, Humor, words: 2k+, favs: 183, follows: 67, 2/28/2016, Marinette D-C./Ladybug, Adrien A./Cat Noir, Gabriel A./Hawkmoth
8 Meetings Normally when Adrien met new people, it was somewhere normal, like a photo shoot or at the park. Normally when he met them, they were doing something normal. Ladybug was not normal.
33 Meeting with Master Fu It's time for the superheroes to check in with Master Fu and get feedback on their fights. The only problem? Master Fu has misinterpreted their relationship as civilians and invited both Adrien and Marinette to show up… out of costume.
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Should we allow questions about religious texts?
Science-Fiction & Fantasy has a policy of excluding all religious texts. This makes sense because SFF is about fiction, and stating that a particular religious text is fictional is pretty offensive to those who believe it. However, I feel like we are in a slightly different situation because our site is not entirely about fiction, and so we might be able to have a more academic literary discussion of religious texts.
On the other hand, allowing these might be opening a can of worms for arguing about theology, and there's a lot of potential for hurt feelings.
Should we allow literary (not theological) questions about religious texts? (The Bible, The Qur'an, Book of mormon, etc.) If so, what guidelines should we set down to cultivate healthy respectful discussions that everyone could participate in regardless of religious beliefs?
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I think this can work, if we all agree to not disparage anyone.
Once again, I swoop back to Mythology Stack Exchange. We deal with everything from tales from the Sumerians to the Quran (a relatively modern work of mythology). And you know what? We don't give a wet slap if any particular myth is grounded in fact or fiction. We just ask and answer questions that involve analyzing it.
What if I told you the story of Jesus's crucifixion - religious specifics aside - and you asked a question about it here? Could anyone tell the difference between those events and just another story from the era? Not particularly, no. And hey, the supernatural has arisen in stories from all eras. It doesn't matter whether or not people believe it actually happened; the same elements are in both religious anecdotes and stories written for pleasure.
So yes, I think we can take religious stories. By doing so, we wouldn't be calling them fictional because they're side by side with stories that someone made up ten or twenty years ago. We'd be doing literary analysis on a story that's just pretty old. And so long as we don't say, "Oh, this is ludicrous and didn't happen, and people are stupid for thinking it did" or "This absolutely happened, and you're insane for thinking otherwise" - in other words, if we completely ignore whether or not it happened and just treat it as a story - then I think these sorts of questions can work.
Questions about such texts but not dealing with literary analysis of them should be directed to the appropriate site, whether it be Biblical Hermeneutics, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Mi Yodeya, or some other site.
I'm just gonna drop a link here to this main meta post about respecting people who disagree. That's what we should aim for ... well, always, but specifically in discussions about religious works of literature. – Rand al'Thor♦ Jan 20 '17 at 2:36
I suggest you add a part where we redirect those not asking for literary analysis to either Christianity, Islam, or Hinduism. – Gallifreyan♦ Jan 20 '17 at 8:18
@Gallifreian Good point; done. – HDE 226868 Jan 20 '17 at 14:40
I think this would work, and imho the main item of contention would be piecemail issues of "does this specific question belong here or on specific religious site". – DVK Jan 20 '17 at 16:37
I actually disagree with this answer. To use the bible as an example; it's pretty clear that Jesus was a real historical figure. We allow questions about the relation of history to literature; discussions of the history surrounding the bible seem perfectly on-topic to me. Questions about how the fact that these were religious texts affected their translation also seem on-topic. However, I do agree with the spirit of this answer: we should treat religious texts respectfully, and we should redirect questions about "how can I live my life according to this religious text" to other sites. – user111 Jun 10 '17 at 12:41
@Hamlet If you're comfortable using that logic for all religious questions, then that's fine. – HDE 226868 Jun 10 '17 at 13:25
This was tested in the proposal with I have heard that the "Epic of Gilgamesh" may predate the stories of Noah told in Abrahamic works, is there any evidence to support which is first? it recieved 11 up votes and no down votes. It included the comment
Testing scope for religious works, where a non-religion based answer would be appropriate. This question is partially addressed in Mi Yodeya and several posts at christianity.stackexchange.com both address religious issues for the topic, which would be out of scope here, while empirical answers should be in scope here.
The question was also asked here as Which flood is first? where it has been well received.
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Many atheists I know (myself included), while not agreeing with the text, will argue that the King James Bible is one of the best books ever written. The influences that religious texts (particularly the passion) have had on literature should not be ignored. I think that any theological ground that arises in a question or answer should be easily closed as opinion based.
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I won't call it "one of the best books ever written," but this atheist certainly can't deny the influence on other literature. – Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum Jan 23 '17 at 11:26
@LaurenIpsum does most influential work for you? – Matrim Cauthon Jan 23 '17 at 12:17
"One of the most," yes. I can't call it the most because I'm not familiar enough with non-Western canon to definitively declare that the Koran hasn't had more influence on Arab or Eastern texts, for example. My objection to "best" is that it implies something inherently pleasing, not just influential. I find very little pleasing, or pleasant, in that book. – Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum Jan 23 '17 at 13:15
@LaurenIpsum fair enough – Matrim Cauthon Jan 23 '17 at 13:27
Yes - we already allow questions on The Chronicles of Narnia and other books with explicitly religious messages. Why should a religious text be treated differently than a book with an explicitly religious message?
There are, of course, on-topic and off-topic questions about that. For example, I recently asked whether C. S. Lewis supported annihilationism in The Last Battle (which is the final book in the Chronicles of Narnia position). If I had asked about annihilationism as a theological position, that would clearly be off-topic for this site; however, I was asking specifically if a particular passage in that book was implying that position. Whether annihilationism is true or false, or how it fits into Christian theology in general, are completely irrelevant to the question because the question's only dealing with what that passage says about the issue.
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I think we shouldn't, because questions about "word-of-God" texts have a rather large potential to involve interpretation, and interpreting such texts without offending someone is pretty hard. Even literary style matters for religious interpretation, and questions about character motivation would be practically impossible.
Literature should incourage disagreements, I personally love Lord of the Flies, while also completely disagreeing with it's message. – Matrim Cauthon Jan 20 '17 at 2:16
@MatrimCauthon of course, but I don't know if anybody will bring out pitchforks over a disagreement about Lord of the Flies – muru Jan 20 '17 at 2:20
no one should bring out pitchforks for any book, and on this site that is all the religious texts should be. – Matrim Cauthon Jan 20 '17 at 2:22
@muru - we already had a holy war over song lyrics. You'd be surprised at what arouses people's passions. – DVK Jan 20 '17 at 16:35
By that logic, wouldn't we have to avoid any potentially controversial or difficult-to-interpret texts? Seems like you'd have to ban a lot more than just religious texts if we enacted this. – EJoshuaS - Reinstate Monica Jul 31 '17 at 21:19
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Ajimobi, Oyo Assembly members in closed door meeting.
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OYO state governor, Abiola Ajimobi is currently holding a closed door meeting with members of the State House of Assembly led by its Speaker, Hon. Michael Adeyemo at the Governor’s Office, Agodi Secretariat, Ibadan.
The meeting, which started around 12:00pm may not be unconnected with the perceived conflict over the inauguration of two rejected chairmanship nominees and the substitution of a confirmed nominee with another person, without the consent of the legislative body.
Governor Ajimobi was alleged to have inaugurated Mr. Mudasiru Agbaje (Irepo Local Government Area) and Mr. Taiwo Adeleke (Asabari Local Council Development Area- LCDA) who were found to be ‘unfit’ and rejected by the House of Assembly.
Also, Mr. Abiodun Oladeji, instead of Akeem Aransi who was screened by the House to chair Lagelu West LCDA.
However, the House has directed the Committee on Ethics and Privileges to summon the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Olalekan Alli, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mrs Hannah Ogunesan, and others for questioning.
The committee is expected to submit its findings and recommendation within two weeks.
According to sources, the committee led by Hon. Muideen Olagunju of Oyo East/Oyo West State Constituency will present its report this week as the House resumes plenary.
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Oyo state governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has been urged to take immediate and decisive measures to secure lives and property in the state.
Professor Adeolu Akande, the Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, made the plea on Monday, in the wake of the security measures announced by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State.
The Ondo State Government had on Monday given a 7-day ultimatum to illegal occupants of forest reserves in the state to vacate their hideout. The government also announced many other stringent steps to secure the state from incorrigible elements.
Professor Akande noted the extreme measures would make Ondo State uncomfortable for the criminals, who would seek a new haven and continue to wreak havoc.
“It is logical to expect that the displacement of these criminal elements from Ondo State will lead them to migrate to comfortable zones to continue their nefarious activities. This is the risk Oyo State faces if it fails to take stern measures to keep such elements away from the state.
“We should not be unmindful of claims by the Chairman of the Amotekun corps in Oyo State that the forest reserves in the Oke Ogun area have become a haven for criminals from neighbouring countries.
“It is therefore of great urgency that Governor Makinde announces measures to ensure that Oyo State does not become a natural comfort zone for criminal elements expelled from neighbouring states.
The APC Chieftain further noted that the rising crime wave in the state and across the country calls for collective action from all citizens.
“This is no time to trade culpability. The state is facing a serious security challenge, and all of us must join hands with the governor to salvage the situation. Criminals do not distinguish between political parties when they commit a crime. They do not choose their victims according to their political affiliation. All hands must be on deck to return our dear state to a secure and peaceful one”, the NCC boss submitted.
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NDDC: Akpabio threatens legal action over fake news of $5m bribe to Malami to secure sole administrator
Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, has denied the news making the rounds in some media outfits that he offered a bribe of $5 million to the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Abubakar Malami, to secure the appointment of a sole administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
Also, the former governor of Akwa Ibom State has threatened legal action against the purveyors of the news inorder to clear his name and that of the Attorney General from the malicious publication.
The position of the Minister was contained in a statement signed by his media aide, Anietie Ekong, and made available to newsmen.
The statement read, “the attention of the Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has been drawn to a piece of fake news which claimed that Senator Akpabio paid $5 million bribe to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and others to secure the appointment of a Sole Administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
“We wish to state categorically that this is a piece of malicious concoction manufactured from the pit of hell by mischief -makers. It is a figment of the imagination of the author of the fake news. Senator Akpabio denies the story in its entirety. The authors of the fake news should be ready to back up their claim or face the full wrath of the law.
“The story is a desperate attempt by some unscrupulous bloggers to impugn the integrity of the Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and the Honourable Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami as the claim is not only spurious but utterly ridiculous.
“The fact is that in a suit number ABJ/CS/617/2020 filed by a Civil Society Organization, Forum for Accountability and Good Governance, at a Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Ahmed Mohammed had granted an order restraining the Interim Management Committee of the NDDC from performing the functions of the board and accessing the Commission’s offices and files.
“The Order clearly listed the Managing Director Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, Acting Executive Director of Projects Dr Cairo Ojougboh, Mrs Caroline Nagboh and Cecilia Akintomide as those restrained. The Order also asked that “the most senior civil servant or administrator in the Commission be appointed” to take charge of the Commission.
“It was based on this order that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the elevation of the Acting Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Mr Effiong Akwa, being the most Senior Administrator to take over the headship of the NDDC as an Interim Administrator pending the completion of the Forensic Audit Exercise.
“It is therefore absurd for anyone to even imagine that the Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio would bribe the Attorney General before an Order of the Court is complied with as the purveyors of the fake news have stated. The general public should discountenance this piece of trash.
‘It is obvious that some persons who are scared of the ongoing forensic audit of the NDDC as ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari are working tirelessly to scuttle the exercise by blackmailing the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio. Their modus operandi is to churn out fake news in a bid to stop Senator Akpabio from sanitizing the NDDC. Otherwise, how can a responsible news website make such a grievous allegation without any shred of evidence to back up its claim.
“However, we wish to state that no amount of sponsored fake news and blackmail would deter Senator Akpabio from doing the right thing as directed by Mr. President. The Minister has the overwhelming support of the impoverished masses of the Niger Delta who have borne the brunt of underdevelopment of the region over the years”, it concluded.
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Alaafin of Oyo, encyclopedia of Yoruba culture and tradition – Tegbe
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state, Engr. Olasunkanmi Tegbe has described the Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III as an encyclopedia of the culture and traditions of the entire Yoruba race.
Congratulating the custodian of culture on his 50th coronation anniversary, Tegbe said Oba Adeyemi has displayed uncommon wisdom and emotional intelligence in administering his domain, fostering peace and sustainable development.
In a statement signed on Thursday and made available to Mega Icon Magazine, the APC chieftain added that the Alaafin has not only “sustained our heritage and identity as a people”, but also used his throne to build bridges of friendship and harmony in the state, across Yoruba Land and beyond.
“I felicitate with His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III on the 50th Anniversary of his ascension to the throne.
“In half a century, Kábíyèsí has displayed uncommon wisdom and emotional intelligence in administering his domain, fostering peace and sustainable development.
“Iku Baba Yeye has sustained our heritage and identity as a people. He is best described as an encyclopedia of the culture and traditions of the entire Yoruba race.
“Our Father has used his throne to build bridges of friendship and harmony in the state, across Yoruba Land and beyond.
“I remain proud of his progressive ideals, particularly the legacy of peace and harmony which Yorubas are known for.
“I pray that Kabiyesi spends many more years in good health”, the statement read.
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Celebrate the fourth of July with Independence Day events and fireworks from around the First State. Below is a list of several events to enjoy during this year’s holiday weekend. For more information on each event, individuals are encouraged to contact the Chamber of Commerce in the cities which the event is being held. Information for the events has been provided by the Delaware Tourism Office which can be found by visiting http://www.visitdelaware.com.
Cape May-Lewes Ferry Special Fireworks Cruise – July 3, 2014
Spectacular fireworks will illuminate the skies above the Delaware Bay. Cruise departs Lewes at 6:45 p.m. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 800-643-3779. Check-in begins at 5:00 p.m. Enjoy drinks on the deck with live entertainment.
Bethany Beach Fourth of July Fireworks – July 4, 2014
A parade launches the annual festivities at noon, and continues with a concert at the Band Stand featuring the Warrior Spirit Band, and a fireworks display at dusk.
Dover 4th of July – A celebration of Independence in the Capital of the First State – July 4, 2014
Tours, events, food, music & more take place in historic Dover on July 4th, including an outdoor concert packed with patriotic tunes on Legislative Mall. Fireworks blast off above Legislative Hall at about 9:25 p.m.
Fireworks Express – Wilmington and Western Railroad
Park at the Greenbank Station and the steam locomotive train will take you directly into Hockessin for the July 4th Fireworks – it’s a fun, family event at an affordable price. Passengers are welcome to bring coolers, blankets and folding chairs aboard. Allow four hours for the train ride and fireworks show. Reservations are required for this event.
Newark – Fourth of July Fireworks and Liberty Day – July 4, 2014
Food, music and fireworks are part of the annual Liberty Day Celebration that takes places on the southern part of Newark and the University of Delaware campus from 6-9 p.m. July 4th. The fireworks blast off at the University of Delaware’s David M. Nelson Athletic Complex on South College Avenue at Del. 896, but they can be viewed from various points throughout the area. Call 302-366-7147 for weather updates.
Rehoboth Beach July 4th Fireworks – July 4, 2014
Enjoy a breathtaking Fireworks display along the beach and iconic boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach. Fireworks will begin at approximately 9:15 p.m.
Lewes’ Old Fashioned 4th of July – Special event but, no fireworks – July 4, 2014
Beginning at 9:00 a.m., enjoy Old-fashioned children’s games and activities on Second Street, a decorated boat parade on the canal at 2:00 p.m. and the Annual Doo-Dah Parade. This is a special event but, will not have fireworks.
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Posted: Jun 3, 2020 - 4:39pm
Red_Dragon wrote:
Awesome, thanks R.
Red_Dragon
R_P wrote:
Inserting a video
All you need to do is grab the "embed code" for a video on YouTube and paste it in the editor while in HTML mode.
All you need to do is grab the "embed code" for a video on YouTube and paste it in the post editor while in HTML mode.
Where is the embed code?
Under a YouTube video, click the Share button.
Click on the first option called Embed.
A popup appears. Just click Copy (bottom right) and it will copy the needed code into the clipboard.
You now have the embed code. Paste it in the post editor while in HTML mode.
For both videos and images it's recommended to always press the Preview button in the post editor to get an idea what the post will look like, before you hit Submit.
Inserting an image
If the URL of an image somewhere on the Internet ends with an image extension (ending in .jpg or .png or .gif) you can just copy and paste the URL for that image (or drag/drop from another tab) into the editor (in WYSIWYG mode) and it will be converted to an image by the editor.
For example, https://media.giphy.com/media/Tj3XAYP3Gp3V4VMZyz/giphy.gif will become:
If it's an image that doesn't have one of the extensions above, the editor doesn't recognize it as an image, but instead guesses it's a link (Hmmm, starts with https://...).
For example, https://tinyurl.com/ya5z3mzk will be turned into:
https://tinyurl.com/ya5z3mzk
If you want to show it, you will need to use HTML (See previous post).
In the editor, in HTML mode, an image looks like this:
<img src="SomeImageURLgoesHere" >
So with the URL above (that has no extension) it becomes:
<img src="https://tinyurl.com/ya5z3mzk" >
Which will show up as:
Some basic info on the HTML IMG tag
Okay, how about videos?
The HTML button!
The first button in the post editor let's you switch between WYSIWYG and HTML code. Pressing it once, brings you to "HTML Mode" (background goes dark), pressing it again brings you back to "normal".
Yes, I've tried that - no luck.
EDIT: works for tweets, but not pictures
miamizsun
Location: (3261.3 Miles SE of RP)
Posted: Apr 4, 2020 - 12:22pm
You're going to need the following bit of text to start (which I keep in a snippet tool in my browser):
<iframe border=0 frameborder=0 style="height:450px;width:550px"
src="https://twitframe.com/show?url=XXX"></iframe>
The XXX needs to be replaced with the URL for the tweet that you want to show. BUT that URL needs to be URL encoded (never mind what that means). I have a tool for that in my browser too, but you can also do it at:
https://www.urlencoder.org/
Copy the URL for the tweet and paste there and press the Encode button. The result appears underneath. Take that result and put in place of the XXX above.
One final step...
Tweets embed videos or sometimes a reply, so their height might vary quite a bit.
This means you need to adjust the height. Where it says 450px in the snippet.
To change it and paste the snippet into the RP post editor, you may need to switch between HTML View and Normal View (use the first button in the editor that looks like < >).
I usually make it bigger and do a Preview. Does it fit? If not, make it bigger like 750px. Or smaller, etc. Once it looks fine, hit Submit.
The useful add-ons for Firefox are Cryptext (various ways to encode/decode stuff) and TextNotes (collect snippets).
Alternatively you can use something like https://tweetcyborg.com/ which turns tweets into images, but you need to store the resulting image somewhere like imgur.com (or your flickr, etc.) and then post that image here.
Posted: Apr 4, 2020 - 11:51am
Example with height adjusted to 555px:
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Uss oklahoma mast recovered endangered
23.12.2020 23.12.2020 by Tolrajas
The USS Oklahoma was our first battleship equipped with inch rifle main battery Second unit of the Nevada Class, built at Camden, New Jersey in Commissioned in May Jul 10, · USS Oklahoma Mast Unveiled In Muskogee. USS Oklahoma Mast Unveiled In Muskogee. Skip navigation Sign in. Search. Loading Close. This video is unavailable. Watch Queue Queue. Jul 13, · USS Oklahoma Mast Recovered, Now on Display - posted in MILITARY SHIPS AND VESSELS: This mast was dredged up in Pearl Harbor in and has now been brought to the battleship USS Oklahoma's namesake. It is actually one of the legs of one of the Okie's tripod masts and is 45 feet long and weighs 22, lbs! With it's length and other pictures I've seen, I will guess it's the .
The Muskogee War Memorial unveiled and dedicated an priceless part of U.S. history Saturday morning: a section of the mast of the U.S.S. Oklahoma battleship, lost in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. USS Oklahoma (BB) was a Nevada-class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy in , notable for being the first American class of oil-burning dreadnoughts. Commissioned in , Oklahoma served in World War I as a part of Battleship Division 6, protecting Allied convoys on their way across the Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey. The USS Oklahoma was our first battleship equipped with inch rifle main battery Second unit of the Nevada Class, built at Camden, New Jersey in Commissioned in May Jul 13, · USS Oklahoma Mast Recovered, Now on Display - posted in MILITARY SHIPS AND VESSELS: This mast was dredged up in Pearl Harbor in and has now been brought to the battleship USS Oklahoma's namesake. It is actually one of the legs of one of the Okie's tripod masts and is 45 feet long and weighs 22, lbs! With it's length and other pictures I've seen, I will guess it's the . Jul 10, · USS Oklahoma Mast Unveiled In Muskogee. USS Oklahoma Mast Unveiled In Muskogee. Skip navigation Sign in. Search. Loading Close. This video is unavailable. Watch Queue Queue. USS OKLAHOMA (BB) The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese occurred just before on 7 December Within minutes the USS OKLAHOMA sustained damage from multiple torpedoes and capsized. There are USS OKLAHOMA Sailors buried as unknowns in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.Commissioning ceremony for Nevada at the Boston Navy Yard, 11 March ships never sortied and the transports were never in danger from surface raiders. A view looking forward from the foremast showing a Sopwith .. Though damaged by the saltwater, the ship's crew quickly restored it to. The Japanese navy's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday, December 7, , to evacuate as burning fuel oil on the surface of the water threatened the ship. U.S.S. NEVADA engulfed by flames in vicinity of foremast. . Commanding Officer restored Lieutenant (jg) Nelson H. Randall, C-V(S). Fate: Sunk by Japanese aircraft during attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii, .. A naval observation balloon hovering over the fighting mast of the Oklahoma (BB). .. The ship was unable to recover the plane so it would have to fly to a shore base interests which may be endangered by the unsettled conditions in the politics. Remains of fallen Pearl Harbor seaman with area ties to be honored, buried. First Class Henry “Glenn” Tipton of the USS Oklahoma went missing Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which All Arkansas flags be flown at half-mast from sunrise on June 7 until sunset on June 8. A mast leg from Oklahoma in War Memorial Park in The USS Oklahoma memorial is part of Pearl Harbor. A veteran of the USS Oklahoma was at Tinker Air Force Base to see an the mast were recovered when the Navy was dredging Pearl Harbor. Arizona, cut from tripod mast, solemnly transported away as salvage Ww2 .. The USS Oklahoma is pulled upright after capsizing due to damage during the. More than Americans died at Pearl Harbor, including dozens of Alabamians who were among those killed. The USS Oklahoma, moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, was sunk by through June , Navy personnel recovered the remains of those. Sport thieme grasleben telefon nummer finden, general knowledge quiz in hindi, new pc game trailers, money and power clean, vnc windows 8 to ubuntu, vreau o minune-holograf zippy lora
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Progressive agrammatic aphasia without apraxia of speech as a distinct syndrome
Katerina A. Tetzloff, Joseph R. Duffy, Heather M. Clark, Rene L. Utianski, Edythe A. Strand, Mary M. Machulda, Hugo Botha, Peter R. Martin, Christopher G. Schwarz, Matthew L. Senjem, Robert I. Reid, Jeffrey L. Gunter, Anthony J. Spychalla, David S. Knopman, Ronald C. Petersen, Clifford R. Jack, Val J. Lowe, Keith A. Josephs, Jennifer L. Whitwell
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Agrammatic aphasia affects grammatical language production and can result from a neurodegenerative disease. Although it typically presents with concomitant apraxia of speech, this is not always the case. Little is known about the clinical course and imaging features of patients that present with agrammatism in the absence of apraxia of speech, which we will refer to as progressive agrammatic aphasia. We aimed to make a detailed description of the longitudinal clinical, linguistic, and neuroimaging features of a cohort of 11 patients with progressive agrammatic aphasia to provide a complete picture of this syndrome. All patients underwent detailed speech and language, neurological and neuropsychological assessments, 3 T structural and diffusion tensor imaging MRI, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose and Pittsburgh compound B PET. The 11 patients were matched by age and gender to 22 patients who had mixed apraxia of speech and agrammatism. The progressive agrammatic aphasia patients performed abnormally on tests of language, general cognition, executive function, and functional ability at baseline and declined in these measures over time. Only two patients eventually developed apraxia of speech, while parkinsonism was absent-to-mild throughout all visits for all patients. When compared to the patients with mixed apraxia of speech and agrammatism, the patients with progressive agrammatic aphasia performed better on tests of motor speech and parkinsonism but more poorly, and declined faster over time, on tests of general aphasia severity, agrammatism, and naming. The patients with progressive agrammatic aphasia also showed different neuroimaging abnormalities, with greater atrophy, hypometabolism and white matter tract degeneration in the prefrontal and anterior temporal lobes compared to patients with mixed apraxia of speech and agrammatism. These differences were more pronounced as the disease progressed. These results demonstrate that progressive agrammatic aphasia has a different clinical disease course and different underlying neuroanatomical abnormalities than patients with the more common syndrome of mixed agrammatism and apraxia of speech. This supports the distinction of progressive agrammatic aphasia and has implications for the classification of patients with agrammatic aphasia.
https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awz157
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Tetzloff, K. A., Duffy, J. R., Clark, H. M., Utianski, R. L., Strand, E. A., Machulda, M. M., Botha, H., Martin, P. R., Schwarz, C. G., Senjem, M. L., Reid, R. I., Gunter, J. L., Spychalla, A. J., Knopman, D. S., Petersen, R. C., Jack, C. R., Lowe, V. J., Josephs, K. A., & Whitwell, J. L. (2019). Progressive agrammatic aphasia without apraxia of speech as a distinct syndrome. Brain, 142(8), 2466-2482. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awz157
Progressive agrammatic aphasia without apraxia of speech as a distinct syndrome. / Tetzloff, Katerina A.; Duffy, Joseph R.; Clark, Heather M.; Utianski, Rene L.; Strand, Edythe A.; Machulda, Mary M.; Botha, Hugo; Martin, Peter R.; Schwarz, Christopher G.; Senjem, Matthew L.; Reid, Robert I.; Gunter, Jeffrey L.; Spychalla, Anthony J.; Knopman, David S.; Petersen, Ronald C.; Jack, Clifford R.; Lowe, Val J.; Josephs, Keith A.; Whitwell, Jennifer L.
In: Brain, Vol. 142, No. 8, 01.08.2019, p. 2466-2482.
Tetzloff, KA, Duffy, JR, Clark, HM, Utianski, RL, Strand, EA, Machulda, MM, Botha, H, Martin, PR, Schwarz, CG, Senjem, ML, Reid, RI, Gunter, JL, Spychalla, AJ, Knopman, DS, Petersen, RC, Jack, CR, Lowe, VJ, Josephs, KA & Whitwell, JL 2019, 'Progressive agrammatic aphasia without apraxia of speech as a distinct syndrome', Brain, vol. 142, no. 8, pp. 2466-2482. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awz157
Tetzloff KA, Duffy JR, Clark HM, Utianski RL, Strand EA, Machulda MM et al. Progressive agrammatic aphasia without apraxia of speech as a distinct syndrome. Brain. 2019 Aug 1;142(8):2466-2482. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awz157
Tetzloff, Katerina A. ; Duffy, Joseph R. ; Clark, Heather M. ; Utianski, Rene L. ; Strand, Edythe A. ; Machulda, Mary M. ; Botha, Hugo ; Martin, Peter R. ; Schwarz, Christopher G. ; Senjem, Matthew L. ; Reid, Robert I. ; Gunter, Jeffrey L. ; Spychalla, Anthony J. ; Knopman, David S. ; Petersen, Ronald C. ; Jack, Clifford R. ; Lowe, Val J. ; Josephs, Keith A. ; Whitwell, Jennifer L. / Progressive agrammatic aphasia without apraxia of speech as a distinct syndrome. In: Brain. 2019 ; Vol. 142, No. 8. pp. 2466-2482.
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Hope fading for federal assault weapons ban
By Frances X. Clines, New York Times
The morning after Neil Heslin wept at a Senate hearing while describing the slaying of his 6-year-old son, Jesse Lewis, here in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, the suburban quietude along Main Street seemed unchanged.
The word from the hearing was that despite Mr. Heslin’s plea, hope is fading fast for a ban on the type of bullet-spraying assault rifle that took the lives of 20 children and six adults at the school last December. That rebuff hardly alters events in Newtown, which remains trapped in a reality that has not gotten far beyond the carnage.
Some two dozen new civic organizations have been galvanized by the tragedy, dedicated to various reform causes — though residents disagree over whether to enforce school safety with armed guards and whether Sandy Hook school, still a taped-off crime scene, should ever be reopened.
Life is settling into the familiar duality of American gun mayhem: politicians feel freer to talk of ever-more-limited action as time moves beyond the horrific event, while a scarred community is left to struggle with an indefinite future. A forum the other night in Danbury reflected this civic ritual as survivors of other tragedies — Columbine, 9/11 and the assault on the Sikh temple in Wisconsin last August — offered advice on what to expect next as the spotlight dims. A month after her son Dylan died in the massacre, Nicole Hockley firmly told a gun-control forum, “I do not want to be someone sharing my experience and consoling another parent next time.”
The news from Washington suggests that there is very likely to be a “next time.” As the possibility of approving an assault-weapons ban fades, gun-rights absolutists are shifting to defeat proposals to close dangerous loopholes in the background checks on gun buyers.
Here, the gun tragedy remains immediate. “At first, life here was a constant tear-jerking drive around town,” said Greg Pategas, a lawyer who has two youngsters in the school system. “Those signs and banners about fallen angels and all, just constant. I felt a yearning for some type of comfort,” he said in explaining his campaign to collect the hundreds of thousands of messages of grief received from around the world and archive them as a remembrance of human kindness.
The resolve to make life better here is reflected in such volunteer organizations as the Newtown Action Alliance, Sandy Hook Promise and the local library’s free “Books Heal Hearts” program that offers everything from the Bible to self-help books on tragedy and even primers for worried children like “A Terrible Thing Happened.” The weekend before last, a warehouse packed with an enormous inventory of toys and other gifts that flooded the town reached a point where local officials had to distribute them to long lines of recipients. Money donations from around the nation and world are estimated in the multimillions.
Even in Newtown, setting up charities is simpler than dealing with conflicting passions over gun control. The town is national headquarters for a leading anti-gun-control organization, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, and home to several gun ranges popular with target shooting groups.
Lately, there has been concern over homeowners setting up outdoor shooting ranges on their land, drawing complaints from neighbors over frightening rat-a-tat thunder from the same sort of legal assault weapon that was used in the school assault.
A man was reported recently to have been struck in the hand by a stray bullet from an exuberant backyard “shooting party” that is legal under 40-year-old safety ordinances. These predate the long-range assault pistols and rifles favored these days by suburbanites. Some residents hope Newtown can show more courage than Washington and deal forthrightly with its own need to tighten local gun controls.
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Evidence of Viking Outpost Found in Canada
By the Editor on October 23, 2012 in Around_the_Web
For the past 50 years—since the discovery of a thousand-year-old Viking way station in Newfoundland—archaeologists and amateur historians have combed North America’s east coast searching for traces of Viking visitors. It has been a long, fruitless quest, littered with bizarre claims and embarrassing failures. But at a conference in Canada early in October, archaeologist Patricia Sutherland announced new evidence that points strongly to the discovery of the second Viking outpost ever discovered in the Americas.
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In Texas, 37.9% of Business Owners Are Women
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Female workers face a number of challenges, including inequities in pay and underrepresentation in certain industries and occupations. And while the share of female business owners is on the rise, women still own far fewer businesses than men. While women account for 48 percent of all workers nationally, they make up just 38.4 percent of business owners according to data from the Census Bureau. Among owners of incorporated businesses, women are even more scarce, accounting for just one-third of incorporated business owners.
The share of female business ownership has increased by several percentage points over the last decade, going from 35.2 percent in 2010 to 38.4 percent in 2019. Women start businesses for many of the same reasons as men—namely, to be their own boss, to follow a passion, or to pursue a new opportunity. But women are much more likely than men to cite increased flexibility and the ability to control their schedules as important motivators in starting their own businesses.
Although female business ownership is becoming more common, women are less likely than men to incorporate their businesses. While 41 percent of unincorporated business owners are women, they account for only 33 percent of incorporated business owners. In addition to advantages such as personal asset protection and tax benefits, business incorporation provides easier access to capital. As such, the difference in incorporation rates across men- and women-owned businesses contributes to the gap in earnings and funding between male and female businesses.
In every sector of employment, men tend to earn more than women. Whether employed at private companies, working in government, or self-employed, men earn an average of 25 percent more than women. Furthermore, self-employed women in unincorporated businesses actually earn even less than women employed in any other sector. Even women who own incorporated businesses still earn less than women in almost every other sector.
Female business ownership rates vary significantly on a geographic basis. Female business ownership is more prevalent on the West Coast and less common in the Midwest. At the state level, Hawaii and Oregon boast the largest share of business owners who are female, at 46 and 44.6 percent, respectively. Conversely, New Hampshire and North Dakota have the lowest rates of female business ownership, at 32.6 and 30.9 percent, respectively.
To find the states with the most female business owners, researchers at Self Financial analyzed the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The researchers ranked states according to the percentage of business owners who are female. Researchers also calculated the total number of female business owners, the total number of female business owners for both incorporated and unincorporated firms, and the most active industry for female business owners.
The analysis found that there are 521,482 female business owners in Texas, which amounts to 37.9% of all business owners in the state. Here is a summary of the data for Texas:
Percentage of business owners who are female: 37.9%
Total number of female business owners: 521,482
Total number of female business owners (incorporated firms): 155,118
Total number of female business owners (unincorporated firms): 366,364
Most active industry for female business owners: Other Services, Except Public Administration
For reference, here are the statistics for the entire United States:
Total number of female business owners: 5,885,105
Total number of female business owners (incorporated firms): 1,900,931
Total number of female business owners (unincorporated firms): 3,984,174
Most active industry for female business owners: Professional, Scientific, and Management, and Administrative, and Waste Management Services
For more information, a detailed methodology, and complete results, you can find the original report on Self Financial’s website: https://www.self.inc/blog/cities-with-most-female-business-owners
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Contents 24
The news is full of huge stimulus packages but some smaller initiatives have gone beneath the radar. In Japan, a scheme to encourage jobless young citizens to move from town to work the land could be a global template for modern rural living and a new career.
Media face-off
On 7 June, Lebanon holds the most hotly contested general election in its history. But this time the fiercest fights are not on the streets but in the media. We meet the key players from Hezbollah to the westward-looking Future party battling it out on the airwaves.
Estonia has a brand image as a modern hi-tech nation, but today it’s dealing with some old-fashioned troubling issues. In his private offices at Stenbock House in the capital Tallinn, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip talks to Monocle about difficult neighbours, adopting the euro and why it’s his moral duty to send troops to Afghanistan.
The kibbutzim may have been born out of socialist ideals but for years their appeal has been fading. Now, to survive, they’ve formed into profit-making cooperatives and Israelis are returning because of their high living standards.
How Sarkozy wings it in Me and My Motorcade, plus Luxembourg goes to the polls and bar room blues hit the UK.
The Obama's grand designs on their private White House living quarters, going Dutch in the Antilles, planting seeds of change in Detroit and the Interoceanic Highway near completion - maybe.
Get in the Kim Jong II look in Style Leader (you'll need some Cuban heels), plus China's jet-set women and Indonesia casts its votes.
An interview with South African political cartoonist Zapiro, Guinea's corrupt politicians get their come-uppance, and pilgrims go high-speed.
Winds of change strike the gassy cattle of Australia and preaching to the converted in the Cook Islands.
Defence briefing
The latest laser warfare, the UAE's new fighting machines and India gets defensive with its ballistic missile shield. Plus, Hilary Synnott on what to do with the Pakistan and the Taliban challenge.
From Sofia, with love
Bulgarian songstress Lili Ivanova’s career began in 1963 and she soon became the country’s biggest star under the communists. Today she’s just as famous and is widely revered as a champion of the nation.
Yes we Khan
Mongolia is rich in raw materials and is thought to have huge oil reserves: resources that its neighbour China – with which it shares a rocky relationship – needs. The dust-bowl capital, Ulan Bator, is already flourishing but Mongolia needs to overcome its poverty and corruption.
Karachi cops
As the Taliban gains ground in Pakistan, the police can offer little in defence of the nation. Monocle spends a day with Karachi’s police chief as he worries about kit, corruption and crime stats. Then we meet the woman hoping to become Afghanistan’s president and tame the Taliban her way.
Buoyed up
The world’s second largest container transporter, the Mediterranean Shipping Company, has managed to sidestep the global slump in trade by diversifying into pleasure cruises.
Pleasure as business
Since his appointment as CEO of MSC’s pleasure cruise business five years ago, Pierfrancesco Vago has seen passenger numbers rocket. Here, he explains what makes his company revolutionary and outlines his predictions for economic recovery.
Super modeller
From a childhood obsession with animal bones, Esben Horn has carved out a career creating detailed, large-scale models of bugs and beasts. Now his firm is sought-after around the globe.
Muscle display
The fitness industry appears to be outrunning the economic downturn. At the Fibo trade show in Essen in April, optimism was high – and so was the number of million-euro equipment deals.
Why money grows on trees, New Zealand's food moves, Africa's largest wind farm and India's carrier bag ban.
The X-tractor
In the next in our series decoding the DNA of success – of anything – we visit a 90-year-old tractor firm in northern Italy that through innovation and careful brand acquisition has quietly remained an engineering power house.
Raising the steaks
Omi beef from Shiga prefecture is little known outside Japan, but its butter-soft consistency and low fat content means that restaurateurs, meat producers and diners from New York to Australia are starting to take notice.
Travel briefing
Here comes summer: Monocle's hotel recommendations for beach and city, plus our new 25/25 booklet, the ultimate villa hire company and new places to stay in South Africa and Mexico.
Show starters
Worth billions but well below the radar; big in China but overlooked in London; consummately professional but often part-time – the lounge act is a fascinating and uncharted universe. Monocle explores an undervalued talent pool.
Manga juice
A manga about wine has proven a hit with readers in Japan. It’s written by a brother and sister duo, who spin stories while under the influence; there’s a French edition and it is being made into a Korean TV series.
Media briefing
Cartoons meet car-making as Tokyo animators move in with Toyota. Plus, we ask book publishers Harper Studio why it's betting on blogs, and preview tactile new photography book.
Printed Matter art bookshop in New York is a rare breed- a retail venture that puts principles before profit.
Art market briefing
The Russians are coming - well that's what London hopes. Plus, Swiss design under the hammer in Paris and plot the market's progress with the Fine Art Index.
Books: Re-issue of a post-apocalyptic classic, photos of New York store fronts and a graphic trip through neurotic adolescence. Film: Two delectable French thrillers: L'instinct de Mort and Pour Elle. Music: Electro-rock from Wave Machines, a "wall of sound" masterpiece from Camera Obscura, and incongruously Nordic song-writing from Spanish folk-pop artist Pajaro Sunrise. Art: Cy Twombly in Chicago and the Venice Biennale. Plus, our culture editor's column.
Great Sheikhs
Abu Dhabi is built on oil but the supply is not without a bottom. As a result, the city is morphing into a technology, and culture superpower. But who are the visionaries on the ground turning dreams into bricks and mortar?
Salone stars
At Rho, the Salone Internazionale del Mobile’s main stamping ground, over 2,500 exhibitors were spread over 490,000 sq m. The city’s showrooms and galleries were bustling too and the Euroluce lighting fair, was equally switched on.
Tomorrowland's new Tokyo store, the Japanese womenswear label inspired by menswear, Lebanese designer Rabih Kayrouz's new ready-to-wear collection, and a Q&A with Monocle favourite Oliver Spencer.
Busy BC
British Columbia craftsmen have been producing hard-wearing, well-made clothes and footwear for generations. Now these homespun manufacturers are finding new international markets. Their long-established reputations and promise of quality and skill are their trump cards.
Milanese architect Claudio Dini was handed a brief to create a residence with a maritime feel, without going overboard on the nautical theme, so that the occupants could feel all at sea in their city dwelling.
Inventory no.24
Things we've got our eye on this month: Pijama sleeves for sleeping laptops, nice white footwear from Sweden and Mallocran salty treats.
Royal privilege
For a break from Bairro Alto take a trip to the salubrious neighbourhood of Príncipe Real. The shops along Rua Dom Pedro V sell specialist Portuguese products and new businesses are quick to move in. There’s also a park that’s home to a farmers’ market.
Spokes people
A company that started out making bikes for professional cyclists decided to expand into a wider market. The result is customisable models for people who care about design as much as they enjoy a two-wheeled jaunt through the city.
This summer, cycle around the Cyclades in primary colours, checked socks and comfortable pedal shoes and buy a copy of ‘Rouleur’ for something to read on the verge.
This small colonial town offers great opportunities for overseas buyers thanks to the ease and low cost of purchasing property. It is an enclave of painters, writers and colourful drop-outs, who have flocked here for the mild climate, fantastic light and stress-free existence. Oh, and the magic mushrooms.
Frédéric Malle is a perfumier who knows his croissants, which is why he chose the Café de Flore in Paris – the hang-out of French philosophers in years gone by – for his ‘last meal’. He owns three shops in Paris and his scents are sold across Europe and the world.
When you look out your window, what do you see? Well, in London not enough innovative architecture and too many projects that fail to offer fresh solutions. It’s not just the developers who are to blame – building regulators are crushing creativity. On the eve of our Quality of Life Survey, Tyler Brûlé offers some solutions.
Who needs the agro?
Everyone, it seems. From the shopping aisles of one of Europe’s most respected grocery store chains to the meadows of piedmont to the Souk el Tayeb farmers’ market in Beirut, Farmers and their four-legged friends are the brands consumers want to buy and be part of.
Andrus Ansip / Tallinn
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Estonia may have a population of just 1.3 million, but since winning back its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the country has constantly found itself in the headlines.
The world’s business press has marvelled at the feverish growth rate of this Baltic tiger’s economy – and its recent brutal taming. Political pundits have picked over the nation’s strained relations with Russia – in 2007 the decision to move the Red Army war memorial, and the soldiers buried beneath it, from the centre of Tallinn to a graveyard on the outskirts of the city led to riots among the city’s large Russian community and a cyber attack on the country that was apparently master-minded by Russian youth groups.
Andrus Ansip, Estonia’s prime minister since 2005, has grappled with all these problems but he tells Monocle he remains convinced that – with a little help from Nato and EU friends – the future for the country remains rosy and independent. But some wonder whether the Kremlin will spoil the party.
Monocle: Is Estonia finished as a Baltic tiger economy? What can a small country do about the global recession?
Andrus Ansip: In Estonia, we collected during those really good years remarkable reserves for our country and we paid back our governmental sector loans. So we are quite well prepared for not so good times, for a crisis.
M: There has been much talk about your joining the euro but the date has shifted quite a few times. When will you join?
AA: We would like to join the eurozone as soon as possible. The first scenario is 1 January 2011, but we are preparing for the second scenario, which will be joining the eurozone on 1 July 2010. This is really important for Estonia because a lot of investors – in Norway, Sweden, Denmark or Germany – have doubts. There is a lack of trust everywhere. And investors cannot trust those small national currencies so much.
M: Do you think, looking back, that the rate of growth was perhaps too fast for Estonia?
AA: Yes, but anyway I am absolutely against any kind of protectionist measures. We are here in Estonia supporting a very liberal economy, and I am absolutely sure that this model was really good for Estonia. Yes, the housing boom is over but it is over everywhere. The number of construction workers doubled here in Estonia during the past few years. But now the housing boom is over and the fact is that 40,000 construction workers have to find new jobs.
M: Is that possible?
AA: Investors in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany are looking for cheaper labour, and in Estonia they have to pay €8 to €10 an hour including taxes, but in those countries they pay €30 to €40 per hour.
M: Are you tempted to try and attract the Estonian diaspora back to Estonia?
AA: Here in this room you can see portraits of the heads of government that we had before the war in Estonia. And I would like to draw your attention to those dates [the paintings show the dates the leaders died], 1942, 1941, 1941… there are only two exceptions: those guys escaped from Estonia, they died in Sweden. But the fact is 100,000 Estonians were either killed in the years 1941 to 1949, or were forced to leave the country. And now it is approximated that 20,000 Estonians are living in Canada for example, and a lot of Estonians from those families have returned to Estonia and are working here. But I don’t think that countries should build their economies relying only on national diasporas.
M: I’d like to take you back to 2007 when Estonia found itself in the news for the riots surrounding the removal of the Red Army memorial which upset Russia and caused dissent here in Estonia. In retrospect was the issue dealt with sensitively?
AA: I don’t want to overestimate the replacement of this monument. All the monuments are there to unite people, not to separate people and create tensions. This monument is in the cemetery now and I think it is an honoured place for a war monument.
M: Were you shocked at what followed?
AA: Not only we here, but people around the world were shocked about the cyber attacks. Maybe it was the first time that our websites were under massive attacks, and now I think that other countries around the world are paying those attacks much more attention.
M: Do you think Estonia is still coming to terms with its past? From the hotel I was staying in, I could still see a Red Star on the roof of the building opposite…
AA: This is our history.
M: But how do you decide what you wash away and how much you need to keep?
AA: We will never forget what happened to our people in history but we do not want to live in the past.
M: And how are relations with Russia?
AA: Russia is our third largest export partner. So those relations are in quite good shape. On a very high political level, there is space for improvement.
M: Last summer, when the war occurred in Georgia, Russia said one issue was the mistreatment of ethnic Russians there. Estonia has a population that’s 25 per cent Russian – was there a concern the same thing could happen here?
AA: No. We are not especially worried here in Estonia, but the fact is that everyone around the world has to be worried because this time last year Russia attacked a sovereign neighbouring country. They bombed a sovereign neighbouring country. Estonia and our [Nato] partners are acting together on different missions, and we can hope that when help will be needed here in Estonia that we will get this help. But I don’t think that we have to be especially worried.
M: Is Nato an insurance policy then?
AA: Well, yes, of course. I am even sure that Estonian people decided to join the EU because of security reasons. And the same I can say about Nato.
M: It doesn’t help the problem you have with the large numbers of Russians in Estonia. It’s said they’ve been badly treated and blocked from obtaining Estonian passports.
AA: I think that those naturalisation standards are quite easy and everyone is able to fulfil those criteria – and everybody who wants to get citizenship is able to get that citizenship.
M: President Obama and other Nato members have been quick to repair relations with Russia. How does that make you feel about the speed with which the Georgian issue has been forgotten?
AA: I don’t think this issue has been forgotten – I think the leaders in all the countries understood that the situation has changed. The peaceful post-Cold War period is now over and Georgia is not forgotten.
M: Estonian soldiers have been committed to Afghanistan and Estonian soldiers have died there. How has this played at home?
AA: We got huge support from Western European countries and from the US and Canada when this support was really needed for Estonians. We got huge support from other countries when we prepared our Nato membership. And now when we are able to help others, we have to do that. This is our moral duty.
M: Do you find it difficult as a leader when Estonians die on the field so far away?
AA: Of course it’s difficult, but as I have said already we got huge support from our partners when this support was needed by Estonia, and we all know that freedom is not free.
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Andrus Ansip’s CV
1956: Born in the city of Tartu, Estonia
1979–1981: Tartu State University, Organic Chemistry chair, senior engineer
1981–1983: Military service in the Baltic Fleet
1986–1988: Estonian Communist Party, Tartu District Committee, instructor of industry department, head of organisational department
1987–1989: Estonian Academy of Agriculture, speciality in agronomy
1992: Attends business management course at York University, Toronto
1994–1998: Radio Tartu, chairman
1998–2004: Mayor of Tartu
2004–2005: Minister of economic affairs and communications
2005: Becomes prime minister
Wired for power: inside the cabinet office
Estonia is not only known as a rent haven in the private sector, it also governs in a thoroughly modern manner via its paperless e-cabinet room.
Power explained
Ministers need only bring their typing fingers to Estonia’s paperless cabinet meetings.
Dell laptops power the paperless government. Travelling ministers can log in and post comments.
The lions on Estonia’s coat of arms are relics of Danish rule in the 13th century.
The PM gets a gavel and an Estonian flag to mark his place at the table. The flag dates back to 1922 and was banned under the Soviets.
The cabinet room is in Stenbock House, completed in 1792 for Count Stenbock.
The interiors are by Estonian firm Vaikla Design which also chose the table and chairs.
Estonia: key dates
1918: Estonia declares independence from Russia, one year after the Russian revolution.
1940: Soviet Union invades Estonia. Mass deportations.
1941: German troops seize Estonia, at first seen as liberators, but country ransacked by Nazis.
1944: Country taken back by advancing Red Army. Thousands flee to Sweden and Germany: from 1946 to 1955, 14,000 settle in Canada, 6,500 in Australia. Under Stalin, 20,000 Estonians were deported to labour camps.
1989: Singing Revolution. As USSR begins to collapse, a human chain of two million people, stretching from Lithuania to Estonia, calls for sovereignty.
1991: Independence declared.
1994: Last Russian troops leave Estonia.
2001: Estonia wins Eurovision Song Contest.
2003: Skype founded in Tallinn.
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Wrapping up 2018
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Here are a few pieces that attempt to wrap up 2018. What are your favorites? Share them on Twitter and tag K-State Research ( @KState_RSCAD ).
The Biggest Science Stories of 2018 from Gizmodo
This year taught us more about distant planets and our own world, about the ways we’re influencing our environment and the ways we’re changing ourselves. A whole lot of stuff happened, and last January seems like it was, well, a year ago. Scientists publish incrementally—sometimes a new paper shatters our understanding of a topic, and other times it merely adds a bit to what we know. Science is the pursuit of understanding, performing more tests and building more advanced tools in order to reveal the truths inherent to our universe. It’s worth taking a step back, then, and thinking about what grander stories have emerged from all of these smaller steps and new results.
The Ten Best Science Books of 2018 from Smithsonian Magazine
These titles explore the wide-ranging implications of new discoveries and experiments, while grounding them in historical context.
New York Times Critics’ Top Books of 2018
The Times’s staff critics give their choices of the best fiction and nonfiction works of the year.
The Ten Best Children's Books of 2018 from Smithsonian Magazine
[Smithsonian Magazine] picks deliver feminist history, folklore reimagined and an adventurous romp through awe-inspiring destinations.
Books for Budding Scientists from Science Magazine
From audacious space missions and quantum physics to clean cookstoves and coral nurseries, this year's finalists for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books dare to go where few children's titles have gone before.
NPR's Favorite Movies of 2018
At the movies, 2018 was the year of Black Panther, the year of more Incredibles and Avengers, more Star Wars and Mission: Impossible . But it was also the year of intimate stories of youth and love. It was the year of period pieces and fantasies, crushing tragedies and raucous comedies. Bob Mondello, Linda Holmes and Glen Weldon would never agree on a single list of best movies of the year. But here are 15 of the movies we admired and will remember.
Agency news and trending topics
Congress Punts Shutdown Fight Deep Into December
Congress voted to delay the threat of a partial government shutdown until Dec. 21 as lawmakers try to avoid political sniping in the midst of the public mourning for former President George H.W. Bush. The main sticking point in the spending negotiations is President Trump's demand for $5 billion for construction of a wall along the Southwest border between the United States and Mexico.
Farm Bill Compromise Reached With SNAP Changes Out, Industrial Hemp In
Lawmakers unveiled the much-anticipated farm bill compromise Monday night, ending the months-long impasse over whether a critical piece of legislation that provides subsidies to farmers and helps needy Americans buy groceries could pass before the lame duck session concludes at the end of the year.
Bridging the Gap Between Science and Government
Research universities rely on government agencies for funding, but the latest word on those agencies’ science policies doesn’t reach campuses instantly. That’s why a few universities have created senior leadership roles dedicated to communicating between Capitol Hill and campus research laboratories.
Ebola Detectives Race to Identify Hidden Sources of Infection as Outbreak Spreads
As the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shifts into the war-weary city of Butembo, public-health workers are trying to stamp out new infections from an inadvertent source: unregulated health centres.
Computer Logic Meets Cell Biology: How Cell Science Is Getting an Upgrade
Terminology and concepts from computer science and engineering are becoming more common in biology labs as scientists re-engineer the activity of cells for specific applications. They are gaining unprecedented capabilities both from genetic-editing tools that have been around for a while, such as those that use viruses or proteins called zinc fingers, and from new CRISPR–Cas9 technology that allows more-targeted editing of DNA.
On the Value of Dissertation-Writing Groups
Graduate school, especially in the humanities, perpetuates the myth of the solitary genius. Laboring over your dissertation, you become the great writer scratching out a manuscript in a musty garret by the flickering light of a lone candle. … Here’s the trouble: It just ain’t so. Writing is collaborative, and scholarly writing especially so. In the acknowledgements pages of scholarly books, you can see the writer thanking not only librarians and archivists, but also — and crucially — the people who have been reading drafts all along, making suggestions, editing, shaping.
Private Research Funders Court Controversy with Billions in Secretive Investments
Large investors commonly use offshore funds to maximize returns, in part by reducing the taxes investors would otherwise pay to their home nations. Though offshore investments can be legal, they are controversial—partly because the funds' activities are nearly always tightly held secrets. … Specifically, offshore investments can have impacts that diminish or negate the high-minded social experiments, education, and research backed by science funders, according to a Science investigation. And their routine use of offshore funds raises questions about transparency, accountability, and social responsibility.
Amazon Mania Revealed These 3 Things About Higher Ed
To woo Amazon, universities across the country floated future investments in fields that align with the company’s needs, and they appeared open to collaboration — with one another and with industry.
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Late goal sends Panama to maiden World Cup, U.S. out
Published On: October 11, 2017 03:26 PM NPT By: Reuters
Photo Courtesy: Reuters
PANAMA CITY, Oct 11: A late goal from Roman Torres punched Panama’s ticket to their first World Cup finals on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Costa Rica, while the United States will miss out for the first time since 1986 after Honduras pipped them to a playoff place.
With Honduras stunning group winners Mexico 3-2, the United States’ 2-1 defeat to Trinidad and Tobago saw them finish fifth in the six-team North, Central American and Caribbean (CONCACAF) final qualifying round.
Romell Quioto scored the winner in the 60th minute for Honduras, who will now face Australia in a two-leg playoff in November for another ticket to Russia.
Panama’s win was not without controversy.
After the visitors went ahead through Johan Venegas’ neat chip in the first half, a 53rd minute Panama corner bounced awkwardly off Gabriel Torres towards the net and while forward Blas Perez dived head first to try to force it home the ball was blocked on the line by Ronald Matarrita.
Somehow the Costa Rican defender scrambled it clear but the referee, who had been standing outside the box, awarded the goal.
There was no doubt about the winner from Roman Torres, however, after he hammered home a volley in the 88th-minute to spark wild celebrations in the stadium.
That goal not only sent Panama to their first World Cup but ensured the United States would miss out.
The Americans, who were sitting pretty in the final qualifying spot heading into Tuesday’s game, fell behind to an own goal in the 16th minute from defender Omar Gonzalez and went two down when Alvin Jones scored eight minutes before half-time.
Christian Pulisic pulled one back shortly after the break but the United States failed to grab an equaliser.
“It was one of the most unlucky goals ever for myself and is one that will haunt me forever,” a guilt-stricken Gonzalez told reporters.
Mexico, who had already qualified for Russia as group winners, took the lead in Honduras when forward Oribe Peralta blasted home from close range in the 17th minute.
The home side equalised 17 minutes later through Alberth Elis before Mexico’s Carlos Vela responded with a strike five minutes later to put his team up 2-1.
Honduras equalised in unusual fashion when a bullet of a shot hit the crossbar and ricocheted off the back of the head of Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa for an unlikely own goal.
Quioto then scored the crucial third for Honduras on the hour to hand Mexico their first defeat of the round and book their place in the playoffs against the Socceroos.
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Argentina strike late to advance to World Cup knockout stages
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FIFA World Cup 2018: Belgium v Panama (Preview)
Belgium and Panama open Group G in Sochi Belgium building on Brazil 2014 quarter-final run, Panama are debutants ...
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Police: Errant US bombing kills 12 Afghan security forces
Published On: July 23, 2017 10:23 AM NPT By: Associated Press
KABUL, July 23: An errant U.S. airstrike confirmed by the Pentagon killed 12 Afghan National Police officers and wounded two others, as another 11 police were killed and six wounded in clashes with the Taliban, Afghan officials said Saturday.
The death toll in Friday's airstrike was determined after a site inspection of the compound in the Gereshk district, said Helmand provincial police chief Abdul Ghafar Safi.
The United States in a statement confirmed that the airstrike on the Security Forces compound occurred during a U.S.-supported operation against Taliban insurgents in the area. In the statement, the U.S. offered its condolences to the families of the security forces who were killed.
While much of Helmand province is under the control of Taliban, Afghan national security forces have been waging fierce battles to retake territory. NATO and U.S. troops are in Helmand to assist Afghan troops.
Safi told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that the dead were police officers who were operating with the army in the area. He said they had recaptured the post from the Taliban when the airstrike occurred. On Friday, the Helmand Gov. Hayatullah Hayat said it was believed the police officers were not in uniform, which may have resulted in mistakenly identifying them as Taliban fighters.
Among the Taliban fighters killed in fighting in Helmand's Gereshk district was Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhunzada's 25-year-old son Hafiz Abdur Rahman Khalid, according to Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
Mewanwhile, in northern Badakhshan province Gov. Ahmad Faisal Bigzad said Saturday that 11 police were killed and another six wounded during a roaring battle with Taliban insurgents in the remote Tagab region.
Bigzad said another 20 members of a local police force were missing following Friday's firefight. It wasn't immediately clear if they had been kidnapped or had escaped.
The area in which the fighting occurred is tucked inside a mountainous region where access is restricted and telephone contact is unsteady.
In western Farah province, a ferocious gun battle between the Afghan army and Taliban insurgents left six Afghan soldiers dead and 12 Taliban killed, said Mohammad Naser Mehri, spokesman for the provincial governor.
The five-hour battle Friday occurred after Taliban insurgents stormed a compound of the Afghan National Security Force in Pusht Rod district, he said.
A Taliban statement meanwhile claimed a victory and said 16 Afghan soldiers were killed. Taliban have in the past exaggerated their successes and the remoteness of the area makes it near impossible to independently verify.
Elsewhere, in neighboring Kandahar province, insurgents kidnapped upward of 60 people in several attacks on buses that took place over the last four days, Samim Khpolwak, provincial governor's spokesman said Saturday.
Seven passengers were killed, while another 20 people managed to escape, he said. The remaining 33 are still being held by insurgents.
Khpolwak said the buses were travelling from Kandahar's Shah Wali Kot District to neighboring Uruzgan province when they came under attack.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, nor is it known whether any ransom demands have been made.
Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission issued a statement condemning the attacks and warning they represented a human rights violation.
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Suicide bomb attack kills 30 Afghan trainee police
KABUL, (Afghanistan), June 30: An Afghan official says that a suicide bomber has attacked bus carrying trainee policemen, killing 30.
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Triathletes set personal records at first meet of the semester
The Vantage Jan 30, 2020 0 Comments
By Spencer Jacobson, Staff Writer
Spring semester is underway, and the triathlon team is off to a successful start with all the athletes setting personal records at their first triathlon of the new year.
Two weeks ago, the Jets traveled to Ames, Iowa, to compete at the InCydeman Triathlon, which is a 500-yard swim, an eight-mile bike ride and a two-mile run indoor race.
Coaches and athletes said they were happy with the performance.
Head Triathlon Coach Jeff Lovgren said that although the team had many new personal records set, he is always more concerned with the team’s work ethic.
“I don’t harp too much on times. I harp more on the effort that they put in, and everybody went out there and just went for broke as hard as they could go. That’s what I ask,” he said.
Sophomore triathlete Makayla Ehmke said she was proud of the team’s performance as well as her personal performance.
“Quite a few of us had a breakthrough at the race. There were some super amazing run times,” she said.
Ehmke said that, more than anything, she is grateful to get to do the sport she loves.
“Coach told us before the race not to worry and just to be grateful for what we are capable of and grateful that we were able to be there and to race. And for me, that was what kept going through my head for the whole race: That I am grateful to be able to do this because it’s something I love,” Ehmke said.
To prepare for the next triathlon and the rest of the season, Lovgren said, the team is focused on short course speed.
“These are very short races, and they do come down to seconds usually between competitors. It comes down to the fine details. So we are really working on that short course and the ability to sustain some speed,” he said.
Sophomore triathlete Andrew Nguyen said that he is focused on building endurance and mental strength in preparation for the team’s next triathlon.
“I feel very confident and excited for this next race because I am very excited to see how far I can push myself in my upcoming race,” Nguyen said.
Like Nguyen, Lovgren said that going into the next triathlon, he is feeling eager and confident.
“I am excited. Everybody blew me away. I love the energy and I love the intensity that they gave and I just see bigger and better things coming out of this one as well,” he said.
The Jets compete Sunday at the Triowa Triathlon in Iowa City.
PHOTO: Courtesy Photo, Newman University Triathlon Facebook
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