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Lying on an official police report can result in serious penalties. If you give a false statement to an officer (and you knew full well that it was false at the time you made the statement), you have filed a false report. Lying on an official police report can result in either a misdemeanor or a felony charge – it all depends on the severity of the crime that you are lying about. At a general level, if you provide false information about a misdemeanor, you will likely be charged with a misdemeanor for providing a false report. However, if you lie about a more serious felony charge (such as murder), you may be facing felony charges yourself.
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Home Featured Rebuild of Mt. Zion, Richwood interchanges among $200 million road projects coming to Boone County
Rebuild of Mt. Zion, Richwood interchanges among $200 million road projects coming to Boone County
Jun 27th, 2018 · 1 Comment
By Kevin Eilgelbach
NKyTribune reporter
Look out, Boone County. More than $200 million in transportation projects is coming your way over the next few years.
With any luck, at least one of them will help fix a congested intersection near you.
Artist’s conception of a view of the reconfigured Mount Zion Road interchange with Interstate 75 (Click to enlarge).
It’s the most major highway projects set to begin in Boone County than at any time since the creation of the interstate highway system, County Judge-Executive Gary Moore said.
The biggest project is to rebuild the Interstate 75 interchanges at Richwood and Mount Zion roads, as well as add a northbound and southbound lane to the highway from Richwood to the US 42 interchange in Florence.
The new interchanges will have a “double-diverting diamond” design that looks a bit like two cloverleaf interchanges put next to each other. There’s only one other in Kentucky, on New Circle Road in Lexington.
Included in the project will be a rebuild of the Richwood Road railroad crossing and the intersection with US 25. The new Richwood Road will go under U.S. 25 and also the railroad line, much the same way that KY 18 now goes under North Bend Road in Burlington.
Judge Moore
The total project cost is $150 million, with an Infrastructure for Rebuilding America grant from the Federal Highway Administration supplying $67 million. Boone County Fiscal Court plans to contribute $2.5 million and the state about $80 million.
Businesses around the interchanges who have lobbied for interchange improvements are expected to pony up about $500,000, Moore said.
As they now exist, both interchanges are poorly rated by the Ohio Kentucky Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) because, at times, traffic backs up there onto the highway, Moore said. It’s especially bad before the holidays when trucks bearing gifts from local warehouses are trying to head north.
The Kentucky Department of Highways, which will oversee the project, plans to award a construction contract sometime next year, Moore said, which would normally mean completion at the end of 2020 or 2021.
The second-biggest project, a new Interstate 275 interchange at Graves Road in Hebron, is expected to cost $38 million. In the two-year road budget it approved earlier this year, the General Assembly allocated $15 million for design, rights-of-way acquisition and utility relocation, Moore said.
Artist’s conception of an alternate view of the reconfigured Mount Zion Road interchange with Interstate 75 (click to enlarge).
That project is designed to ease congestion at the existing Hebron exit at North Bend Road, Moore said. The idea was to create a second path to the interstate for the communities along Graves Road and the businesses on Worldwide Boulevard, Moore said.
It’s the same concept that prompted him to advocate the creation of Aero Parkway rather than add another lane to KY 18 from Florence to Oakbrook, he said.
Construction should begin any day on rebuilding the intersection of Weaver Road, Hopeful Church Road and US 42 in Union, Moore said. That $2.5 million reconfiguration will eliminate left turns off US 42 and thus improve traffic flow, he said.
In July, the Kentucky Department of Transportation will call for bids to make five lanes of Camp Ernst Road from Rogers Lane to the intersection with Pleasant Valley Road, and then south on Pleasant Valley to U.S. 42. The $22 million project also calls for the dangerous Camp Ernst/Pleasant Valley intersection to be moved north and made into a large, two-lane roundabout, Moore said.
The project will also include an 8-foot wide, multi-use path for bicyclists and pedestrians like the one on the new section of Camp Ernst, from Rogers Lane north to KY 18.
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Connecting neighborhoods with multiple modes of transportation like this helps build community, Moore said.
Design has begun of a similar path on North Bend Road in Burlington from KY 18 to Hebron, with construction of the $2.5 million project set for 2019, County Administrator Jeff Earlywine said. Construction should begin in 2020 for another path along KY 18 from North Bend to Aero Parkway, he said.
Eventually, the county hopes to build a circle of such paths around the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport. “It would be like Lunken Airport on steroids,” Earlywine said, referring to the trail that encircles the airport in Cincinnati.
Other transportation projects in the concept or design phase include:
– A connector road from Pleasant Valley to Hopeful Church Road to provide motorists with an alternate path to the interstate other than via US 42;
– Making Donaldson Road a five-lane highway from Erlanger to Mineola Pike;
– Improving the intersection of Interstates 75 and 275 to eliminate backups during rush hour;
– Improvements around the airport to accommodate Amazon’s Prime Air project off Aero Parkway.
Most of the above projects are ones that county officials lobbied for and have helped plan for, Moore said.
“These are much-needed projects to accommodate existing traffic and provide capacity for what’s coming,” he said.
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Do Dogs Feel Guilt?
Aly Walansky•February 24, 2020•3 min read
We’ve all seen some version of this scenario: After a long day at work or school, we come home and find that our adorable but naughty puppy has eaten the couch (or our favorite shoes, or that expensive purse!) while we were out. And even though they were indeed very naughty, they have that incredibly adorable… kind of guilty look on their face. It’s no doubt precious.
But those shoes!
Immediately you scold them and they look back at you with wide-eyes, tail tucked, head down - seemingly to say “I am SO SORRY, mommy.”
You accept this (apparent? Do dogs feel guilt?) apology, because “how could you not forgive that face?”, and go on to cleaning up the mess, hoping this will not happen again, but knowing it’ll probably happen again tomorrow. Or sooner.
“This interaction makes us, as humans, feel better about the fact that Rover has done something naughty because we feel as though he has apologized for it,” says Summit Earhart, a dog trainer with Furry Friends, an animal rescue organization in Northern Palm Beach County.
However, there is something very much different to guilt actually going on in your dog’s mind. “Although dogs seem to understand and express emotions through body language - there are some emotions and concepts that are just too complicated for our dogs to understand,” continues Earhart. Guilt is one of those complicated emotions. And, to be fair, isn’t guilt rather difficult to process even as a human? Look at our own human-to-human relationships. It’s easy to empathize with our pups on this one.
But, of course, we’d love to believe they are feeling guilty and learning the error of their ways, in order to be a more evolved partner… er… pup. “The scenario above is simply an example of anthropomorphism - giving human characteristics to our dogs,” explains Earhart. What is actually going on is that your dog is responding to your reaction of the mess upon coming home - and likely not because they know they’re responsible for creating that mess.
However, dogs DO know when you are upset and are displaying punishing behaviors - this is something that they have been taught by their interactions with you and with other humans. Therefore: “They react to you based on their previous learned associations of your body language, voice tone, and verbiage,” says Earhart.
Dogs have a very limited sense of time and typically live in the moment. “Unless you can catch them in the act of doing something naughty (or very shortly after), it is impossible to say that your dog understands what they did was wrong - and feels “guilty” about something that they did hours in the past,” says Earhart.
But what about all those adorable guilty dog photos plastered on social media for all of us to fawn over? The ones where a dog is photographed wearing a sign that says, “I chewed up these shoes”? That’s assuredly a guilty dog, right?
Nope, not really. Mary R. Burch, PhD, AKC Family Dog Director, and a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, agrees that dogs don’t feel naturally guilty.
“Guilt is basically knowing that one has done something wrong and feeling shame as a result,” says Burch. “When a dog appears to look like it is feeling guilty, you see body language that may be a dipped head, lowered ears, avoiding direct eye contact, and a tail tucked between the legs. This may be what you see when you come in the house and the kitchen garbage is strewn through the living room,” says Burch.
In this scenario, what has most likely happened is the dog has done this before, and the owner has reacted by screaming, yelling, scolding, and otherwise acting angry with the dog. The dog has become frightened. “When caught in the act a second time, there is a learning history, the dog knows how the owner is likely to react and exhibits body language that can be interpreted as guilty,” says Burch.
Without the pairing of the owner’s initial reaction, on his own, the dog doesn’t understand the difference between Jimmy Choos and a chew toy. Consider that the next time they turn over the garbage can and leave a mess everywhere… it’s food for thought! (Much like they consider your favorite shoes…!)
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The image of a royal collared deer, which Petrarch employs in his Sonnet 190, comes from the ancient Roman records of Pliny and Solinus, who remark on Alexander the Great’s long-lived deer. In Petrarch’s poem, the word “Cesare” means “king” more broadly. Wyatt’s version employs the more historically specific title of “Caesar.” In his version, there is also the implicit conflation of “Caesar” with King Henry VIII, the reigning king of England and the husband of Wyatt’s beloved. The Latin phrase “Noli me tangere” means “touch me not.” The phrase, which Petrarch uses in the vernacular Italian in his poem, alludes to John 20:17 of the Vulgate Bible, in which Jesus Christ tells Mary Magdalene, “‘Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father.’” The message engraved into the hind’s collar suggests both Christ-like purity and ownership by a much more powerful figure.
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Latest U.S. job figures show hiring is slowing
The United States added 245,000 jobs in November, the fewest since April and the latest sign that hiring has slowed sharply.
The Labor Department reported Friday that the jobless rate in November improved to a still-high 6.7% from 6.9% in October.
The November job gains were far fewer than the 610,000 in October, and the fifth straight month job growth has slowed in the U.S.
The United States added 245,000 jobs in November, the fewest since April and the latest sign that hiring has slowed sharply during a resurgent coronavirus outbreak in the country.
US Unemployment Benefit Claims Rise as Coronavirus Cases Surge Surge in coronavirus cases poses new economic threat as state and city officials impose restrictions on businesses
Friday's report reflects employers' apparent reluctance or inability to hire workers as another wave of coronavirus infections in the U.S. has been setting new daily records, forcing them to close their businesses again.
Before the coronavirus crisis, November's gains would have been considered solid, but there are still about 10 million fewer U.S. jobs than there were before the pandemic.
Faster hiring of people who were laid off during the pandemic-induced recession would help them return quickly to the work force. But winter's arrival could discourage spending and job creation, particularly in the restaurant and other sectors that have begun to rely more on business outdoors.
Congress has renewed efforts to pass another rescue aid package for the millions of jobless people in the U.S. If lawmakers fail to reach an agreement in coming days, they will be left without any federal or state unemployment aid beginning after Christmas.
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Home News Briefs Carrick provides $80 mln to Exiger
Carrick provides $80 mln to Exiger
Carrick Capital Partners has invested $80 million in New York City-based Exiger, a provider of regulatory, financial crime, risk and compliance solutions. Deutsche Bank advised Exiger on the transaction.
New York, NY (July 9, 2018) – Exiger, the leader in the provision of technology-enabled regulatory, financial crime, risk and compliance solutions, announced today that Carrick Capital Partners (“Carrick”), an investment firm focused on supporting the scaling of technology and technology-enabled services companies has invested $80 million. The minority stake will support Exiger in their delivery of leading edge RegTech solutions to global financial institutions and corporations.
Exiger is the leading provider of technology-enabled, sustainable compliance solutions for the financial and corporate marketplace. Its combination of multi-disciplinary subject matter expertise and disruptive purpose-built technology is changing the way global financial institutions and corporations tackle their biggest and most expensive risk and compliance challenges.
Carrick will provide capital to help Exiger accelerate its growth by continuing to build out and acquire differentiated technology and technology-enabled solutions. Exiger will continue to introduce disruptive technology, operationally scale and evolve how global financial institutions and corporations manage their financial crime compliance processes.
Mike Cherkasky, Exiger’s Executive Chairman, said, “Michael Beber and I established Exiger with one objective: to move financial institutions and corporations to a sustainable compliance environment by implementing purpose-built, cost-effective, technology-enabled solutions developed by leading technologists working side-by-side with financial crime compliance experts. Five years since our founding, onerous regulations continue to evolve globally with the cost of compliance showing no sign of abating. Carrick’s capital and business-building expertise will help us accelerate what is already an incredibly fast-growing company.”
Michael Beber, Exiger’s President and CEO noted, “Carrick’s deep knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), specifically Machine Learning (“ML”) and Natural Language Processing (“NLP”), will benefit DDIQ, our industry-first, AI-based RegTech solution purpose-built to disrupt and fundamentally improve KYC onboarding, monitoring and refresh and transaction alert clearing and adjudication in a cost effective, consistent, auditable manner. Paired with Carrick’s network and demonstrated track record as operators, we could not have picked a better business partner to assist us in scaling Exiger’s technology tools, talent and culture.”
“Thematically, we have been seeking to invest in a GRC platform that helps global banks and multinational corporations solve their critical financial crime compliance challenges. Exiger’s approach – combining true subject matter expertise and subscription-based, purpose-built solutions like DDIQ and Insight 3PM – is truly unique,” said Jim Madden, Co-founder and Managing Director of Carrick and newly appointed Board member of Exiger. “We love investing in founder-led businesses, particularly with like-minded leaders such as Mike Cherkasky and Michael Beber who have successfully built, managed and grown technology-enabled companies.”
“At Carrick, we always look for opportunities to invest with companies that are transforming industries – and Exiger is a great example,” said Mike Salvino, Managing Director of Carrick and newly appointed Board member of Exiger. “Banks – more than ever before – need to come to terms with the escalating costs of compliance and Exiger’s industry-leading, AI-powered solutions, have set them apart in creating unprecedented efficiencies while meeting regulators requirements for consistency and auditability. This investment represents an exciting opportunity for Carrick to help Exiger fully achieve their vision to transform the global compliance industry.”
Exiger was advised by Deutsche Bank. Torys LLP served as legal counsel to Exiger and Strategic Law Partners, LLP served as legal counsel to Carrick.
About Exiger
Exiger is a global regulatory and financial crime, risk and compliance company. Exiger arms financial institutions, multinational corporations and governmental agencies with the practical advice and technology solutions they need to prevent compliance breaches, respond to risk, remediate major issues and monitor ongoing business activities. Exiger works with clients worldwide to assist them in effectively managing their critical challenges while developing and implementing the policies, procedures and programs needed to create a sustainable compliance environment. A global authority on regulatory compliance, the company also oversees some of the world’s most complex court-appointed and voluntary monitorships. Exiger has four principal business units being: Exiger Advisory; Exiger Diligence; Exiger Government Services; and Exiger Tech. Exiger operates through offices in London, New York City, Silver Spring (DC Metro), Toronto, Vancouver, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
About Carrick Capital Partners
Headquartered in San Francisco and Newport Beach, Carrick Capital Partners is a growth-oriented investment firm that utilizes ABV (Approach to Building Value) to operationally scale fast-growing, technology-enabled businesses. Carrick adds value by taking a concentrated approach and dedicating significant resources post-investment. Leveraging decades of experience, Carrick helps scale great companies that deliver excellent returns for investors, stimulating economic growth and positively impacting the industry landscape. Working directly with CEOs and entrepreneurs, Carrick fulfills a vital need for investment capital and growth expertise.
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Home Scoops & Analysis HGGC closes second fund at $1.33 bln
HGGC closes second fund at $1.33 bln
HGGC has closed its second fund at $1.33 billion, beating its $1 billion target.
The Palo Alto, California-based middle market private equity firm said it has already invested more than 20 percent of HGGC Fund II LP across four platforms. They include: AutoAlert, a provider of data mining analytics for the automotive market; Serena Software, a provider of IT application development and deployment solutions; Pearl Holding Group, which supplies underwriting, claims processing and policy management services to the insurance market; and, Sampling International, a data solutions provider.
In 2009, HGGC raised $1.1 billion for its initial fund, generating an average IRR of 19.10 percent and an average multiple 1.63x, as of June 30, 2014, according to data provider Bison.
HGGC said LPs of both funds include public and private pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and other financial institutions worldwide.
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Home News Briefs PE-backed FES acquires VA Forensics
PE-backed FES acquires VA Forensics
Forensic Engineering Services, which is backed by Trinity Hunt Partners, has acquired Carlsbad, California-based VA Forensics, a provider of biomechanical and accident reconstruction forensic engineering services.
Forensic Engineering Services, which is backed by Trinity Hunt Partners, has acquired Carlsbad, California-based VA Forensics, a provider of biomechanical and accident reconstruction forensic engineering services. No financial terms were disclosed.
Forensic Engineering Services, LLC (“FES”), a Trinity Hunt Partners (“THP”) portfolio company, announced its partnership with VA Forensics, LLC (“VAF”) today. VAF, founded by Gene Vanderpol in 1998, is a premier provider of biomechanical and accident reconstruction forensic engineering services based in Carlsbad, California.
“We are excited to welcome our new VAF colleagues to the FES team,” commented Mr. Robert E. Joyce, Jr., President and CEO of FES. “We are humbled to have someone of Gene’s professionalism and experience, along with his talented and passionate employees, join the FES organization. His addition to the team is the next major milestone in our evolution, and we are looking forward to working with him in unlocking the full potential of our combined organizations for our clients.”
Mr. Gene Vanderpol, President of VA Forensics, commented: “Our partnership with Trinity Hunt is the start of a new and exciting period of growth for VA Forensics. THP’s commitment to excellence, collaboration, and high standards not only echo our company’s core values, but our long-held belief in providing the highest quality product with the most accomplished and proficient team. This partnership will enhance our continued service to our current clients and allow us to serve a national customer base, establishing new, groundbreaking channels in forensic engineering.”
Mr. Pete Stein, THP Managing Partner and Chairman of FES, added “FES’s partnership with VAF is a yet another example of our intention to build a diversified, preeminent forensic engineering services leader with a passionate focus on exceptional service quality for our clients and extraordinary work experience for our employees.”
FES is a full-service provider of litigation focused forensic engineering services primarily in the areas of premises liability and safety engineering, accident reconstruction and construction defect analysis. The company currently consists of WEXCO International, Scientific Analysis, Inc., and VA Forensics, LLC and has its headquarters in Arlington, Texas, with additional locations in Texas (Dallas and Cedar Park) and California (Carlsbad, Berkeley, and Marina del Rey).
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Lucky Boy
By Shanthi Sekaran
Read by Soneela Nankani and Roxana Ortega
Category: Women's Fiction | Literary Fiction
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Jan 10, 2017 | ISBN 9781101982259
Jan 10, 2017 | 1000 Minutes
Jan 10, 2017 | ISBN 9781524703011 | 1000 Minutes
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A gripping tale of adventure and searing reality, Lucky Boy gives voice to two mothers bound together by their love for one lucky boy.
“Sekaran has written a page-turner that’s touching and all too real.”—People
“Heart-rending and heartwarming….There’s something for everyone in this wonderful novel.”—Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, AND LIBRARY JOURNAL
In this astonishing novel, Shanthi Sekaran gives voice to the devotion and anguish of motherhood through two women bound together by their love for one boy. Soli, a young undocumented Mexican woman in Berkeley, CA, finds that motherhood offers her an identity in a world where she’s otherwise invisible. When she is placed in immigrant detention, her son comes under the care of Kavya, an Indian-American wife overwhelmed by her own impossible desire to have a child. As Soli fights for her son, Kavya builds her love on a fault line, her heart wrapped around someone else’s child. Exploring the ways in which dreams and determination can reshape a family, Sekaran transforms real life into a thing of beauty. From rural Oaxaca to Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto to the dreamscapes of Silicon Valley, Lucky Boy offers a moving and revelatory look at the evolving landscape of the American dream and the ever-changing borders of love.
“A fiercely compassionate story about the bonds and the bounds of motherhood and, ultimately, of love.”—Cristina Henríquez, author of The Book of Unknown Americans
Eighteen years old and fizzing with optimism, Solimar Castro-Valdez embarks on a perilous journey across the Mexican border. Weeks later, she arrives in Berkeley, California, dazed by first love found then lost, and pregnant. This was not the plan. Undocumented and unmoored, Soli discovers that her son, Ignacio, can become her touchstone, and motherhood her identity in a world where she’s otherwise invisible.
Kavya Reddy has created a beautiful life in Berkeley, but then she can’t get pregnant and that beautiful life seems suddenly empty. When Soli is placed in immigrant detention and Ignacio comes under Kavya’s care, Kavya finally gets to be the singing, story-telling kind of mother she dreamed of being. But she builds her love on a fault line, her heart wrapped around someone else’s child.
“Nacho” to Soli, and “Iggy” to Kavya, the boy is steeped in love, but his destiny and that of his two mothers teeters between two worlds as Soli fights to get back to him. Lucky Boy is a moving and revelatory ode to the ever-changing borders of love.
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About Shanthi Sekaran
Shanthi Sekaran teaches creative writing at California College of the Arts, and is a member of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. She is the author of The Prayer Room and her work has appeared in the New York Times, Best New American Voices, and Canteen,… More about Shanthi Sekaran
Category: Women’s Fiction | Literary Fiction
Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Jan 10, 2017 | 480 Pages | ISBN 9781101982259
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Praise for Lucky Boy
“Offers a brilliantly agonizing setup…[An] exceptional novel.”—The New York Times
“Pulses with vitality, pumped with the life breath of human sin and love.”—USA Today
“Topical and timely…Sekaran’s book invites the reader to engage empathetically with thorny geopolitical issues that feel organic and fully inhabited by her finely rendered characters.”—Chicago Tribune
“With wit, empathy and a page-turning plot, the novel stirs ethical questions…that the author rightly refuses to answer. Sekaran has written a tender, artful story of the bravery of loving in the face of certain grief.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“Richly emotional.”—Good Housekeeping
“Like M.L. Stedman in The Light Between Oceans, Sekaran presents a complex moral dilemma that leaves readers incapable of choosing sides…A must read.”—BookPage
“Deeply compassionate…Delivers penetrating insights into the intangibles of motherhood and indeed, all humanity.”—Booklist (starred review)
“Both timely and timeless, depicting the comedy and delights of the world as well as its brutalities and injustices.”—Edan Lepucki, author of California
“A moving story.”—InStyle
“Heartbreaking and timely…Explores motherhood and lengths we will go to in order to achieve our dreams.”—Real Simple
“Will leave you spellbound.”—Bustle
“Sekaran is a master of drawing detailed, richly layered characters and relationships; here are the subtly nuanced lines of love and expectation between parents and children; here, too are moments of great depth and insight.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A heartfelt and moving novel that challenges our notions of motherhood and the true meaning of home.”—Molly Antopol, author of The UnAmericans
“[H]umanizes current discussions of immigration, privilege, and what it means to be an American…Would be a strong choice for book clubs.”—Library Journal (starred review)
“There are few easy solutions to life’s toughest problems, but Lucky Boy goes a long way toward putting a humanizing face on them.”—ShelfAwareness
“A gripping, obsessive, character-driven narrative of sacrifice and identity—where the lives of two women become forever tangled in the roots of motherhood.”—Simon Van Booy, author of The Illusion of Separateness
“You’ll have a hard time putting down this book, and when you finish it, you’ll have a hard time not thinking, and aching, about it for a long, long time.”—Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, author of Barefoot Dogs
A Conversation with Shanthi Sekaran
What inspired you to write this novel and what is the significance of its title?
In 2011, I heard a story on NPR about a Guatemalan mother who was fighting to get her child back from the American couple adopting him. I sat riveted for the few minutes that the story ran, but of course, it left many questions unanswered. Afterward, I couldn’t get the story out of my head. I wanted to get inside it and know the thoughts and motivations of everyone involved. I’m a fiction writer, not an investigative journalist, and the best way I know to get inside a story is to write it. The book that resulted takes a very different path from the initial news item, but writing it helped explore some of those early questions.
Lucky Boy was perhaps the tenth version of the novel’s title. The initial impulse is to see it as an ironic title, but I don’t see it that way. I see it as a true statement. Ignacio is a lucky boy. He is wanted and loved.
Lucky Boy focuses on the very different immigrant experiences of two mothers. What made you decide to write about immigration?
I’ve always written about immigration of one sort or another. Even my mystical, fantastical stories have immigrant figures in them. The first novel I fell in love with, Wuthering Heights, is about an immigrant. Immigration is the ultimate story—it encompasses every basic plot type: rags to riches, overcoming the monster, the quest, rebirth, comedy, tragedy, voyage and return. Migration is a process of transcendence that reaches into so many aspects of our lives; it’s not always about passports and visas. Motherhood is a form of migration. So is love and so is death.
How did you choose each woman’s country of origin?
It felt natural, from the outset, to make Kavya Indian-American. I could have made her Anglo-American, but I wouldn’t have enjoyed writing that as much. Eventually, it became clear that this book was not just about adoption and detention, but about privileged and unprivileged immigration, and about the dynamics of California’s recently established non-white majority. At that point, Kavya’s ethnicity became essential. I chose to make Soli Mexican because I’m personally interested in Mexico and in the individual stories of Mexicans in this country. I also knew that I’d have a decent chance of spending some time in Mexico. It felt important to spend some time absorbing the environment in which Soli was raised.
What kind of research did you do for the book, especially on the process of foster care and adoption?
This book took a lot of research. I interviewed immigration lawyers, immigrant advocates, trained with a detention advocacy group, read the testimonies of undocumented immigrants, read countless documents on immigration policy, spoke with a psychologist who works with the undocumented, and read reports on detention and family law. I also interviewed undocumented immigrants who’d crossed the border, as well as women who’d undergone fertility treatments. I spent two weeks in Oaxaca, Mexico, and an afternoon in a sorority kitchen.
Because I’d never fostered or adopted a child myself, my research into the topic was ongoing. I started out by attending a fostering information session at the local social services office—that session gave me the basic facts of what it takes to foster, but it also revealed something about the philosophy of fostering, the child-centered mind-set of the system and the warmth and enthusiasm of many of the parents I encountered there. I also interviewed several Bay Area parents who’d adopted Latino/a children, and read a lot of testimonials and some parenting books on toddler adoption.
How much of Soli’s treatment in the immigrant detention center is realistic? What rights do immigrant mothers with children born in the United States have?
Soli’s treatment in the detention center is as realistic as humans are fallible. The depiction of the center as a place of incarceration, where detainees are treated like convicted criminals, and often housed in cells adjacent to criminals, is realistic. Some centers are more humane than others, but the vast majority of them don’t offer detainees the services (classes, cooperation with family courts, etc.) that prisoners might access. Detainees are often vulnerable to the same abuses of power that affect prisoners. The rights of immigrant mothers are limited by a disconnect between immigration law and the family court system. Immigration law gives them the right to take their children with them when they’re deported, but family courts and the nature of the detention system often stand in the way of that right.
Which of the mothers do you most identify with? How did your own experience as a mother inform your writing of the characters?
I think choosing a mother to identify with would bring me too close to choosing a mother with whom to side. I identify with different aspects of both mothers’ experiences. Much of the detail from Ignacio’s newborn days comes from the notes I jotted down just after my first child was born. I’ve never had fertility issues, so I had to imagine and research Kavya’s struggle with infertility, but aspects of her life with toddler-aged Ignacio—her storytelling, for example—come straight from my own experience.
Without giving anything away, did you always know how the story would end? Or did the ending change as you wrote each character?
The ending to this changed once or twice. Character development influenced the ending, of course, but when I was deciding what was going to happen, I spent a few drafts negotiating reality and drama to come up with a resolution that fit the buildup of the story.
Berkeley is an incredibly special place to both Soli and Kavya. Tell us about the role of the city in Lucky Boy and why you decided to set the story there.
Berkeley has always felt like home to me. I love writing about it. There’s always something happening, and it’s very much a liberal, highly educated bubble. It was for its bubbledom that I chose it as the setting for Lucky Boy; by placing Soli in a socially conscious, left-leaning place that generally welcomes immigrants, I could show that the loneliness and uncertainty of the undocumented experience can exist even in a hospitable environment.
What influence, if any, did your own heritage and family history play when writing Lucky Boy?
My parents came to America from India in the 1960s, when the United States was recruiting physicians from abroad. Being the daughter of immigrants gave me something of a view into Soli’s life—the bravery it took for her to negotiate even the most mundane of tasks, the social isolation, the slow and exhausting process of learning to live in an unfamiliar world. Of course, I identify closely with Kavya’s experiences as an Indian-American. As I was writing, I was very aware that I live in America because my parents were given a legal path to residency, and that many immigrants are not given this. This awareness informed the trajectory of Soli’s story, as well as Kavya and Rishi’s.
What was your process of writing this book? How long did it take you? How is this novel different from your first novel?
This novel was more ambitious and therefore more daunting than my first. I stepped out of my comfort zone as a writer, and took on issues that lay outside of my personal history: living in Mexico, undocumented immigration, detention, fertility, and foster care. I began with Soli’s story. As I told her story, my knowledge gaps guided my research. The first draft took about two years to write; I was working and raising my first son at the time. The entire process, over multiple drafts, took four years.
When did you decide to become a writer? Was it something you always aspired to? What writers have inspired or influenced your work?
I started writing as a child, funny little poems, mostly. My older brothers used to talk about me becoming a writer, but I don’t think any of us actually thought it would happen. It really wasn’t until the end of college that I made prolonged attempts at writing fiction. I started with a journal, then got a little bored of myself and turned myself into a cast of characters. That was my first attempt at a novel. It got me into an MFA program, but then it was laid to rest, thankfully. But those first attempts, in my early twenties, brought me to a point where I felt ready to take a risk and give writing a try.
As a writer, I look for books that loosen my own tongue and take me out of the strict confines of what I see as “my voice.” When I read writers whose styles are wildly different from mine, I end up copying them. I then go back to what I’ve written, and it’s so obviously a mimicry of someone else’s voice that I have no choice but to rewrite it in my own voice. But when I’ve stepped out of myself for a little while, my voice stretches a little, and I discover what I’m able to do. My favorite authors are the ones with generous voices, who give us character and story and more story: Zadie Smith, Roald Dahl, Mohsin Hamid, Virginia Woolf, Vikram Seth, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Vladimir Nabokov, Emily Bronte, Toni Morrison.
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This is the shop the neighborhood built: the return of K.S. Kennedy Florist
February 8, 2009 by Sue
“This is the shop that our neighborhoods rebuilt,” says Kerry Kennedy, proprietor of K.S. Kennedy, Distinctive Floral, Gift and Gourmet which recently reopened in a new storefront just a few doors down from his former location on Western Avenue. The former location was destroyed by a New Year’s Eve fire which also consumed Kerry’s live in apartment and damaged adjacent businesses, including the Modern Cafe. While no one was injured in the fire, including Kerry’s devoted four-footed companion Lucy, all three business suffered tremendous losses. The Modern Care has not decided whether to reopen yet.
Kerry’s original store had become a destination shop for many throughout the Northside neighborhoods who appreciated the delightful accents he added, including the always freshly brewed coffee and a line of Swiss truffles available nowhere else in Pittsburgh. He also carries a line of LGBT oriented cards, the 10% line, which he chuckles about as he shares stories of matronly grandmothers picking out cards for their gay grandsons and nephews. Unlike traditional florists, he drew a tremendous amount of walk-in business, unusual considering he was the only retail establishment along Western Avenue, a corridor of the Northside which has been under scrutiny for revitalization efforts and home to several restaurants, bars and several abandoned storefronts.
Kerry chose the location because he wanted to one of the first ones in to what he perceived as a future boom area for Northside business. He stayed because of the people.
The night of New Years Eve, according to fire investigators, faulty wiring caused some sort of electrical arc “Act of God” which sent the first floor of the floral store up in flames. Kerry and his companions escaped into the night, leaving even his wallet behind to be consumed by the fire. He acknowledges that for a split second he contemplated running away as he watched fireman battle the flames. Kerry stayed with friends in Swissvale the night of the fire. He came back the following morning, New Years Day, and found Ed owner of the nearby Parador Inn standing in front of the storefront. Ed said “Please allow me to do this for you” and offered him the ballroom for a workspace and use of the room above for his residence.
Knowing he had a wedding and a funeral that weekend, he rolled up his sleeves and took over the Parador ballroom. People literally were knocking down the ballroom doors with donations of clothing, vases and other items all of which reminded him that the Northside is his home. People helped rebuild the business because they valued his store and the beauty he tried to bring to the community.
The outpouring of community support literally moves Kerry to moments of near tears and occasional speechlessness, which for those who know him, is not a frequent occurrence. One friend, an antique store owner from Tennessee, drove three days through winter storms hauling a ten foot trailer laden with furnishings for his new store. She spent one night in the parking lot of a Waffle House and the next in motel room with no electricity service. Kerry proudly points out the items she brought to him.
His card distributor loaded up his trunk with sample stock and gave the whole supply to Kerry which enabled him to triple his card display when he reopened. Card business has been so brisk that the distributor has been back weekly to keep the stock replenished.
When a neighboring tenant decided to close their business, the landlord immediately approached Kerry about reopening and he didn’t hesitate. The outpouring of love and support from his community reaffirmed his original vision of a vibrant, dynamic Western Avenue and he fully plans to be part of that revitalization. Kerry has also relocated his personal residence to a carriage house on Brightonn Road, another gracious offer from a longtime customer. He reports that he and Lucy are adjusting well to their new abodes, even though he has had to take Lucy to sniff the former store several times to help her realize they no longer live there.
There was a benefit at the Allegheny Universalist-Unitarian church organized by long-time customers, Suzanne and Tom Roberts. Kerry was touched that they did the performance because they personally valued the shop. Kerry took a rose to everyone who attended. The pastor and his partner are also frequent customers. This was a powerful moment for him as Kerry had left a little Greek decorative column at the church from a previous event and they dug it out to bring to him during the concert as a symbol that rebuilding was going to happen. It was something whole and beautiful left from the shop.
A florist from Florida sent him a box of florist supplies such as wire and other things. His high school class sent him a laptop via Fedex and put a substantial donation directly into his bank account. They’ve kept in touch over the years and have been like his family. He attributes the generosity to karma because anytime a class member has lost someone, he always took care of the flowers.
He was working in the Parador ballroom and people were literally banging at the doors with boxes of vases and donations of clothing (better than his original clothing, he chuckles, mentioning a lovely cashmere scarf someone passed along). He thinks that people seeing him getting right back to work gave them faith in the ongoing revitalization of their neighborhood.
“I’ve learned the absolute joy of saying ‘thank you'” he speaks. “This experience has taught me how to accept things with grace and dignity” He learned that his way to pay people back was to reopen and that people in the community needed him to reopen to fill the hole in their lives when the store was lost.
In an interesting analogy, Kerry acknowledges that most people don’t get to see how much people care about them in their lifetime – like seeing their own wake. People repeatedly ask him about his faithful companion, Lucy. While we talk, the mail carrier comes in and goes right to the treat jar to share a moment with Lucy. She also noticed the red bustier vases on display in the counter that I think would be a great gift for Ledcat. Ssshhh.
Fast forward six weeks. The new store is open for business. The space is about 1/3 larger than his original store, but the workroom in back is substantially larger. He still lacks a cooler for the flowers, but acknowledges that he managed for six months without one in his original space and still got corporate business. For now, the back room is plenty cool and he just ushers customers back to select their own fresh flowers. He also compensates by making more frequent trips to pick up fresh flowers during the week. He has been able to make some nice changes like adding a small seating area which allows for folks to visit a bit more comfortably, but also gives some privacy for families who want to look through his books as they make decisions for momentous occasions. He is restocking his “signature” gift items, including the Swiss truffle chocolates he is expecting this week.
Kerry hasn’t been able to return to the shop or his apartment to reclaim most of his personal items. The fireman helped him recover a few items. His apartment is salvageable, but he’s waiting permission from the owners to go in and sort through. The source of the fire has been determined electrical arc fire due to an “Act of God” that probably began with a deteriorating wire.
He hopes the owners of the property, also the owners of the Modern Cafe, will permit him to return to his apartment to sift through the literal ashes and claim whatever remnants of his life are possible to retrieve. Having lost all of his family members save his sister, Kerry wistfully notes that even a fragment of a memory is better than nothing.
The Northside Leadership Conference has collected set up a fire relief fund for all three business owners. Kerry hasn’t yet tapped into it this funding. He feels a sense of obligation to spend the donations wisely. He is looking around for a cooler and would love someone to call him if they know of a gently used cooler available for purchase. When discussing the fund, Kerry pointedly mentions the other neighborhood fire which destroyed an apartment building in Deutschtown, displacing 13 people including children. His heart breaks for the children and he made his own contribution to that relief fund (see link above).
The best thing people can do to help at this point is to support the businesses. Order flowers. Get your hair done. Support the Modern Cafe deli. Kerry is back at full capacity to accept flower orders.
Kerry notes that business is going reasonably well in spite of the recession. In the flower business, people are buying bouquets instead of a dozen roses, but flower occasions (funerals, weddings, birthdays) continue along so the demand remains consistent, if on a more modest budget. He believes that florists should not compete with $9.95 bouquets from grocery store and box chain stores, but instead remain associated with the big occasions that mark passages in life such as weddings, anniversaries and funerals. He also knows from experience that people walking buy will see the “beauty” and stop in to pick up some flowers.
One “cool thing” he gained from this experience is the realization that he can recycle vases so that’s a way to also contribute to his ongoing commitment to go green. K.S. Kennedy has a long-time practice of offering fair trade flowers including roses. He’s now got a “bring in your vase for a refill” policy and is contemplating a special Earth Day project. Along with neighbors, Allegheny General Hospital donated dozens of vases, an effort spearheaded by the sister of the owner of the Parador Inn who is a hospital employee.
Kerry refuses to sit and dwell on what was lost, but focuses instead on what he gained from this experience.
Kerry has lost most of his family members so he is a true believer in telling people you love them everyday, not just on special occasions or most especially when they’ve passed. He feels very lucky knowing that he’s made a difference in people’s lives.
After asking about himself and Lucy, Kerry chuckles that most people asked about the Cowher chair. Kerry is a big fan of Bill Cowher. He was upset when Cowher retired and signed up for the family’s house auction. Kerry got his desk chair which he affectionately dubs “the Cowher chair” and it represents so much to him. He even appreciated the dog hair that came with it! He also acquired a pair of his sun glasses. It became a local destination. Folks came in and get their picture taken sitting in it. Kerry took it upstairs two weeks before the fire and thus it avoided the fate of his shop. When he returned to his apartment and saw the sunglasses and the chair still relatively intact it was like a phoenix had risen and what was important to him survived.
The one thing he learned is to have renter’s insurance for his residence and contents insurance for his store so he won’t face the same devastation if it ever happened. He also realizes that he’ll probably always fear another fire, but cannot let that fear interfere with life.
Kerry is reluctant to identify any needs he has at this point. So perhaps the gift we can give him at this point is to say thank you to him for being part of the heart of the Northside community. He feels like people have invested in the \new store, that it is bigger than K.S. Kennedy’s individual business but now the Northside’s floral shop.
I’ll take the grand leap of suggesting how the community can continue to support Kerry:
– Assist him with getting access to his apartment so he can retrieve his personal belongings. They have meaning to him regardless of their condition and it is somewhat cruel to keep him out when he is persevering in rebuilding his business.
– Find the man a cooler. Ask around. Check out Craig’s List.
– Join Kerry’s new Facebook Page
– Think flowers when you need a little something to take for a hostess gift or some such small need. Every $10 or $20 you spend is $10 or $20 toward keeping this heartful business firmly nestled in the Northside.
– Keep paying it forward. Kerry emphatically believes that he should continue to repay his supporters by paying it forward. He especially urges people to donate to the Deutschtown relief fund.
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SDF Fires Five Mayors
By Chris Mbunwe & Peterkins Manyong
The National Executive Committee, NEC, of the SDF party meeting at the weekend in Ntarikon, Bamenda, resolved to slam the dreaded Article 8.2 on five mayors who were recently elected by their councillors.
The mayors were dismissed for disrespecting directives from the National Investiture Committee of the SDF. The sacked mayors are Jones Mangoh Tanko of Nkambe Council, Stephen Tikanjoh from Babessi in Ngoketunjia Division, David Nfor Kamgong from Ndu Council and Cyril Ngnang and Happi Missack all from Bafoussam I.
In a press briefing on Sunday morning, the Communication Officer of the SDF, Beatrice Anembom Munjo, said the crime of the mayors is that they had applied as any other candidates and after screening their files, the party found them wanting.
They were identified with ills like embezzlement, lack of experience, insubordination, corruption, non-commitment to the party, levity and so on. The Investiture Committee rejected their files but they reportedly went and bribed councillors who voted for them.
"In fact, the party hierarchy spent several days pleading with these mayors who ignored the decision from the Investiture Committee, to reconsider or rethink their decisions in vain. Even up to Saturday, August 11, at NEC meeting, they were given room to resign from the posts of mayors in which they were controversially elected,
but they proved stubborn and the party appointed a ten-man team that studied their cases and at the end of several hours of deliberations, the party discovered that by refusing to toe party lines they had excluded themselves from the party and the party text provides Article 8.2 for such people," Anembom remarked.
She said four of the five mayors who were present at NEC walked out of the hall in tears. She said the dismissed mayors willingly, not under duress or pressure, walked up to the disciplinary committee, signed and collected copies of their dismissal slips which were later handed to a bailiff whose services have been hired to serve the administration of the local councils concerned as well as judicial authorities on Monday, August 13, as early as 8 a.m.
"This will alert the administrators who had earlier organised such elections to know that wayward mayors have been sacked and for the local authorities to give room for fresh elections of the mayors to take place," said Anembom.
According to her, no SDO will in the days ahead proceed to install these mayors who have been summarily dismissed after the party has respected these legal procedures.The SDF National Chairman, John Fru Ndi, who chaired the NEC meeting, is reported to have ignited a heated debate when he said NEC should decide whether the elected Parliamentarians should take up seats at the opening session of the National Assembly, which is largely dominated by the ruling CPDM party.
Those who were defeated were against this suggestion and those who won were for it. The issue was only laid to rest when the party refereed to the resolutions of 2002 Convention when they resolved that even with two seats the SDF should not boycott Parliament because of its international image and the plans of CPDM to stifle the party.
Re-run
Out of the five constituencies where the Supreme Court cancelled the legislative elections and ordered for a re-run, NEC, resolved to take part in four constituencies - Littoral, Mungo South, Upper Nkam and Far North. The SDF Communication boss said the party is mapping out new strategies to fight fraud.
"We are going to win 14 seats in the re-run. Nobody will reveal the strategies we are putting in place because the committee is already working round the clock to ensure our victory.
Fru Ndi, is said to have castigated party bigwigs for not demonstrating any fighting spirit especially in areas where most of the SDF NEC members stood watching fraud being perpetrated by Divisional Officers and CPDM Central Committee members.
He blamed the party's mediocre performance on in-house fighting, lack of vigilance and the susceptible and gullible nature of SDF commission members at polling stations who allegedly received bribe and gave a blind eye to CPDM election riggers.
He, however, congratulated those mayors and parliamentarians who won the twin elections.
Before the curtains closed, it was announced that the SDF National Chairman will be holding a press conference in Douala on Thursday, August 16.The next NEC meeting will take place September 8, in Bamenda.
MINATD Backs Dismissed Mayors
Meanwhile, Jones Mangoh Tanko, Stephen Tikanjoh and David Karngong Nfor, of Nkambe, Babessi and Ndu Councils, respectively, declared dismissed by the SDF National Executive Council, NEC, are determined to stay on with the support of their supervisory authorities.
A two-page release issued by Godlive Mboke Ntua, Donga-Mantung SDO, who is the Supervisory Authority over Nkambe and Ndu Councils, seems to buttress this claim.
The release, dated August 9, 2007, a copy of which The Post has, complains about "some unorthodox and unwarranted machinations which have been taking place in Nkambe and Ndu" since the elections of the mayors of those municipalities since July 31.
The SDO's release proceeds to quote relevant texts pertaining to the election of mayors and their deputies. Since the elections of the mayors of these municipalities, the SDO no appeal for cancellation has been received by the bodies empowered to do so as by law.
"Instead, some individuals have been holding meetings here and there under the guise of respecting party discipline," the SDO complains.In reaction to the meetings, the SDO notes that a re-run of the election for mayorship can only be ordered by the judiciary following a successful appeal for cancellation within the procedure laid down by the law.
The SDO advises the authorities of the SDF that if they really intend to reverse the elections of Nkambe and Ndu mayors, they should use the legal means available, instead of using "some arm-twisting means which undermines the law.
Five SDF Militants Detained
At the NEC meeting, it was also reported that five SDF militants are languishing in jail for having beaten the DO of Bamkim in the Adamawa Province. The story is told that the DO tried to protect ambulant voters during the July 22 polls and the militants decided to burn the ballot boxes they had seized from ambulant voters.
The local administration ordered for the arrest of 12 SDF militants and after police interrogation, five were accused of electoral offences punishable by law. The first court hearing for the detainees has been slated for September 12 in Bamkim.
Posted by Effa Takaw on Monday, 13 August 2007 at 02:04 PM | Permalink
The SDF still thinks it can take people for fools and idiots, what the hell does power to the people mean? Put simply giving people the right to make their own decisions and to elect who they want to lead them.The Mayors in question were freely elected by the councillors , it is insulting to the Cameroon people, it makes nonsense of the basic tenets of democracy and change the SDF claims to be fighting for when the party hierachy which has turned out to be a veritable mafia seeks to impose its own choices on the people.
The leadership of the SDF is by this lending credence to the decision of the MINAT and the Supreme cort to give victory to Biya instead of Fru Ndi who won the elections, the decision makes nonsense of all cries against fraud. Is this the kind of leadership that Mr Fru Ndi and co want to offer for Cameroonians?Sad indeed, so the lives of Evaristus Toje, Juliet Sikod others matyrs of May 26 1990 went in vain, so Gregoire Diboule was sacrificed for nothing, so John Kohtem killed by Fon Doh wasted his precious blood so we see this kind of leadership? So the lives of people like Dr Tchwenko who spared no efforts in the struggle was for this kind of bizarre leadership? And what about the strong allegations by Hon Kwemo that the Chairman received millions from Kadji Defosso so he auctions the seat of Upper Nkam to the CPDM? That Fru Ndi and his henchmen are not in power is a sign that the Almighty Father thinks Cameroon deserves better after successive dictatorships, that Fru Ndi never got power may be a Blessing in disguise for Cameroon.May God continue to use more signs to open the eyes of the people and may the blood of all the matyrs continue to haunt those who take delight in using the masses as bargaining chips
Posted by: Tumasang Nwana Paul | Monday, 13 August 2007 at 03:38 PM
Will the SDF start disgracing them selves before the world now?. Any were, anything build on fails hood will one day fall like a big pig.Yes this modern sdf is that of the neck, call it NEC it is your problem.
Fru if you dont open your eyes now, by the time you will do that there will be no way for u to clime.
Posted by: mk the southerner | Monday, 13 August 2007 at 03:58 PM
Are my naive or could someone here educate me on Cameroon politics, precisely SDF politics? How does an elected individual get "sacked?" These are not political appointees, they are elected and should be answereable to their constituencies. If they are corrupt, you bring them before a court of law. And this is the party running its mouth as championing the cause of democracy in Cameroon?
May God help you guys.
Posted by: Che Sunday | Monday, 13 August 2007 at 05:58 PM
The Biggest blunder by the sdf........
This could be its last straw
Posted by: felix | Monday, 13 August 2007 at 07:20 PM
Sack elected officials? That is down the same murky alley as Government Delegates appointed to hover over elected officials. Disciplining people within a political party, yes but firing from an elected office? What planet are they on.
Posted by: Ma Mary | Monday, 13 August 2007 at 07:22 PM
They wont bother to fire people who are mainly interested in colouring an inexistant democracy like NJFN with their article 8.2, but they will fire he who stands against NJFN's antics. These people are really in business to colour their inexistant democracy of Mr Biya. The earlier we disown them, the better.
Posted by: rexon | Monday, 13 August 2007 at 07:30 PM
I support the decision of NEC to sack the mayors who have admittedly gone against party rules and ethics in displaying the same ills that the Ruling CPDM has been decried over the years for. The sacked Mayor have been accused of Buying votes, embezzlement,fraud, insubordination and corruption. It will be hypocritical for SDF to let such corrupt practices go unpunished. SDF needs to set the standards and practice what they preach. If you think you can use council tax money to buy votes so as to stay in office, then you might want to consider joining the CPDM because thats the only way you can get away with that. SDF must continue to instill strict ethics and discipline within its ranks, otherwise the party will be seen as a CPDM copycat.
Just my opinion..
Posted by: 7512wilson | Monday, 13 August 2007 at 07:36 PM
Fru should not worry Albert Mukong has not started reacting yet. This is just an intro to the real fall.
But will he be wise? Will he see the writing?
God knows.
But the Southern Cameroons restoration train keeps moving all the same.
7512 Wilson,
Nobody is saying the "sacked" politicians have not done anything wrong. In the set up of the democratic political machinery, a party has no right bestowed on it my any legal statute to fire some one who has been elected by their constituencies to represent them. You can challenge the outcome of the elections in a court of law, but you can not prevent that individual from taking his seat in the body so elected to be the voice of his people. The SDF can only do so if its mayors are appointed. The NEC is a disciplinary organ of the party, but its powers do not go beyond internal issues affecting the party. If the party did not deem them good enough for the party, their candidatures should have been declared null and void prior to the elections and that decision made public. The so call buying of votes is rubbish. What does the SDF do with the campaign money it gets from the government? Isn't it used to buy traditional rullers to go influence their people to vote SDF. What do you call that?
It is known beyond reasonable doubt that these people are in business to colour that fake democracy. I repeat, the sooner we disown them, the better.
This is a joke a very big joke. I don`t know about La Republique, but the office of mayor belongs to the people (represented by their councillors) not a political party.
You can dismiss a person for not following party rules but he or she will still hold that office until dully dismissed by the courts or through a vote of the councillors.
Welcome to "democracy made in La Republique Du Cameroun."
"The Investiture Committee rejected their files but they reportedly went and bribed councillors who voted for them."
What about the councillor who are alleged to received the bribed? Are there innocent?
"The issue was only laid to rest when the party refereed to the resolutions of 2002 Convention when they resolved that even with two seats the SDF should not boycott Parliament because of its international image and the plans of CPDM to stifle the party."
It is always about the party. What about making a decision for the common good of the people. Do the people really matter in your eyes?
Posted by: M Nje | Monday, 13 August 2007 at 10:10 PM
The SDF keeps making mistake after mistake. I think it's time for them to change strategy under new leadership. Fru Ndi is old and his mind is old. They need a young, vibrant, and wise leader who will take the party forward. SDF has been going downhill and they need new leadership to change the course. Cheers!!!
Posted by: UnitedStatesofAfrica | Monday, 13 August 2007 at 11:31 PM
Independence paper to be unveiled
Mr Salmond will set out his plans in the Scottish capital
Scotland's SNP government is to set out plans for a referendum on independence, despite opposition from other main political parties.
Ministers said Scots had the right to choose their future, but Labour, the Tories and the Liberal Democrats said it was unwanted and a waste of money.
First Minister Alex Salmond will reveal the plans when he publishes a white paper in Edinburgh on Tuesday.
It aims to spark a "national conversation" on Scotland's future.
In a broad, 40-page document, Mr Salmond is to set out the case for a ballot on independence, while remaining open-minded on alternative opinions.
We are putting our views forward as a government, but we are also embarking on a conversation to let the people of Scotland speak
First Minister
The move will come a day after Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems joined forces to claim the plan would damage Scotland by creating division and uncertainty.
But, knowing the move lacks support at Holyrood where the SNP is in minority power, Mr Salmond will also canvass options including more powers for the Scottish Parliament.
All the other parties aside from the Greens, who have two MSPs, are opposed to independence - but said they were willing to review devolution.
The Nationalists have said that means the ground was shifting in their direction.
Prior to the paper being made public, Mr Salmond told BBC Scotland that it was a "very exciting day".
He said: "We are embarking on a national conversation for the people of Scotland looking at a range of options for Scotland's constitutional future.
"It's very exciting because even the other parties are having to react and say yes, there has to be some form of change.
"So, I think what we have learned so far, even before the national conversation has been launched, is that no change is no longer an option - things are going to get better, something is going to be done."
Mr Salmond added: "We are putting our views forward as a government, but we are also embarking on a conversation to let the people of Scotland speak."
Posted by: rexon | Tuesday, 14 August 2007 at 01:21 AM
I don't seem to understand why you guys are arguing. Are you poeple saying that b/c these guys were elected that they do nolonger have to secumb to the authories of their party? have you guys forgotten that it was under the banner of the party that they were elected? To me, they must toil the party line and if at any time found by the party to be corrupt and irresponsible must be replace immediately. We of the sdf are for justice and justice must all time prevail. I support the decision of NEC. If you guys are saying that b/c they were elected and can not be stop by the party from carrying their functions, then there is no need calling on the sdf to boycott parliament b/c those parliamenterians are also elected by their subjects to respresent them. No need for boycott.
Posted by: Ernest | Tuesday, 14 August 2007 at 03:15 AM
While Biya is striving to reduce Cameroon to a one-party state, Fru Ndi is striving to reduce SDF to a one-man party.
NEBA-FUH
Posted by: Neba Fuh | Tuesday, 14 August 2007 at 07:34 AM
Boycotting parliament can be a party decision, but it is still subject to the free will of delegates. Hence, it is a leadership matter to rally members.
On the other hand, an elected official is no longer a simple subject of the party, but the people's choice and may not be removed from office by party fiat. May be dismissed from the party or other party discipline, but challenge of the people's decision has to be by judicial process or some other process that is above and outside party.
Having said that, I know that la republique is not a normal, functioning country and the judicial process is a copy of the corrupt supremen court. In a normal country, such as we intend the resurgent British Cameroons, the SDF's action would not stand if challenged in court.
Posted by: Ma Mary | Tuesday, 14 August 2007 at 07:58 AM
The actions of the SDF referred to here are an egregious abuse of democracy. These Mayors were rightfully and democratically elected yet the party has opted to parachute in its own particular favorites. In the eyes of the international community the SDF will now be seen to be as corrupt as the CPDM. It has not just shot itself in the foot the SDF has lost all credibility on the international stage. How sad for Cameroon. How sad for Anglophone aspirations.
Posted by: Aka Ndula | Tuesday, 14 August 2007 at 09:05 AM
I still nod my head in amusement at the level of political amateurism found in some contributions here. Amateurism because contributors are apparently opining that the SDF should condone with injustice and corrupt practices for the sake of doubtful procedures.
In reacting to this blog, we must have two things in mind. First, no where in the world would a true political party substitute its ethical and moral obligation towards its electorate to the antics of political manoeuvres masterminded by its opponent. In some cases, parties prefer not to run local government than to man someone who runs tantamount to its aspirations. In the UK, the Labour party preferred to loose the prestigious council of London than to have Ken Livingstone as mayor in 2000. Tony Blair backed Frank Dobson and because Ken Livingstone would not yield to internal party discipline and recommendations, he was dismissed from the party on the 4th of April 2000 after being a member for more than 31 years. So the use of disciplinary measures after due process in the SDF in nothing new in serious political institutions.
Secondly, some clamour that the SDF should seek justice through the Cameroon judiciary. I had to chuckle when I read this because the SDF has many sad experiences following this route. Cases brought before the Cameroon judiciary as far back as 1999 of SDF mayors the party would no longer identify with because of corrupt practices have been tampered with, in some cases, the files are still languishing in court rooms, that is 5 years after the mandate. This plays to the tune of the CPDM because it discourages the electorate when they see that SDF mayors also champion corrupt practices and go unperturbed. The consequence would be elevated voter apathy and loss of interest in the political class, which further affect the image of the SDF. So in such a situation, leadership is needed swiftly. The accused are given the chance to defend themselves and to apply for an appeal. That is how civilized institutions function and that is how the SDF intends to change Cameroon.
One of the reasons the CPDM reinforces its fraud strategies each time is because of this rigid discipline and internal jurisprudence the SDF has succumbed itself to. They feel that once the SDF is in position to audit the system, then Cameroon’s prisons might be too small to contain all the culprits. But we know, you can only delay change but you can NEVER stop it.
Posted by: Feli | Tuesday, 14 August 2007 at 09:48 AM
At the polls on July 22nd, whom was the population voting for? The party or the individuals on the list? What was the subject of the campaign? The party's policy or individual policies? And does Cameroon constitution accept independent candidates?
I sincerely believe that trying to use the platform of a political party for personal aggrandizements is tantamount to using the will of the people as toilette tissue. Think about it.
Posted by: Shalom | Tuesday, 14 August 2007 at 10:17 AM
Mr. Feli,
It is sad to see how shallow your comments above could be. Sir, the office of the Mayor belongs to the people. A political party is a vehicle used to get to that office. When a party win`s an election, it does not OWN that office. It cannot replace that person except you are talking about a DICTATORSHIP.
Sometimes blind support for the SDF can render one to lost sight of proper reasoning.
You can dismiss a person from a party but they will still hold their elected office. In which part of the world do you draw your inspiration. This action by your party is a SHAMEFUL display of naivety or hypocrisy.
You want to talk about Mayors, Michael Bloomberg, a republican mayor of New York resigned from his party and become an unaffiliated person. The republican party has no right to demand that he be replaced as a mayor.
Sir, there is difference between state institutions and political parties. The problem is that in La Republique Du Cameroun you have been made to understand that political parties own state institutions. This is outright wrong.
When you come out to support such a move by your party, it just makes the case that your party, the SDF, is made of up of a majority of Blind Followers who will defend everything. By any standard, this is a very shameful and undemocratic decision.
Posted by: M Nje | Tuesday, 14 August 2007 at 10:45 AM
"They were identified with ills like embezzlement, lack of experience, insubordination, corruption, non-commitment to the party, levity and so on."
Inexperience is not a crime, the others are serious allegations if proven. This is an internal matter for the SDF to handle. when people voted on the 22nd, they were not voting for mayors as well.
As I understand it, thanks to the post, the councillors in a constituency won by the SDF, would elect their mayor from within their ranks. As it now appears this system is very open to abuse.
A personal opinion? This is a matter for the SDF to handle.
Posted by: Danny Boy | Tuesday, 14 August 2007 at 12:37 PM
I also nod my head in amusement. Ken Livingstone was elected to the position of Mayor of London in 2000, having been expelled from the Labour party for running as an independent candidate. He was readmitted to the Labour party in 2004, shortly before re-election as Mayor. Tony Blair made a serious error in sidelining him. Blair has gone and Livingstone remains Mayor of London.
Posted by: Aka Ndula | Tuesday, 14 August 2007 at 01:07 PM
the SDF has once again shown that it is the only political party in Cameroon.This is so because every association or organisation has a memorandum of association or internal rules binding its members.These rules come before individual aspirations.So when five individuals go against the rules and regulations binding their own party,what can be expected of them when serving their towns when not all individuals therein are members of their party.
Most importantly,NEC acts as the supervisory commission of the SDF and all members of this party are expected to respect the decisions thereof failure of which is non respect of party rules.So their dimissal is legal.
Posted by: anunkeng | Tuesday, 14 August 2007 at 01:57 PM
Some people just jump into this forum with excitement to express their lack of knowledge,amateurism and gaffe.I wander what sense to make from the latest comment above.Whether the commentator read the posting and subsequent comments baffles me.It is typical of the brainwashed.They just come to say the stupid ideologies they have been programmed with without any bit of reasoning.I am referring to Anunkeng whose opening statement is that the SDF has shown that it is the only political party in cameroon.You want to demonstrate this statement how pragmatic it is.
Peace UPon our motherland.
Legima Doh,
ScNc
Posted by: Legima Doh | Tuesday, 14 August 2007 at 02:45 PM
Fellow comrades,
Did u hear that the Santa Cpdm candidate congratulated his SDf counterpart after the defeat?He understands that the Sdf per se is not different from the cpdm as far our motherland is concerned.That congratulation is a message to SDF that she should not boycott the parliament.It is saying that SDF dont boycott the parliament,you are doing a great job please stay and let us continue to fill our bellies.And the SDf has happily replied that yes she will stay.That is the SDf.
Comrade Rexon and I were fully right to have expected Ni Fru to send a motion of congratulation to Biya.The supreme court has done so for by granting victory to cpdm and by according some seats to the sdf as the main opposition party.The supreme court knows that the sdf wants to stay.When the election will be rerun,a few seats will again be accorded to the Sdf so that she gets the 15 or more seats that she needs to form a group in the parliament.She will take it and form a group of hand clappers,who stay there to continue to give good credence to the democracy of the inexistent democracy state of la republique .Shame on you the SDF.
Peace Upon the land of the Southern cameroons.
When you discipline one person, it is a different thing but when you make article 8:2 a weapon against people with whom you share ideological differences or those that are in the way of so call party leaders, it makes nonsense of discipline.The case of sacked Mayors had nothing t do with discipline at all.In Nkambe, Mangoh Jones who was dully elected is not in the good books of Awudu Mbaya Cyprian who has been in the thick and thin of the mafia at the helm of the SDF and in the National Assembly. In Bafoussam, Maitre Tsapy a Fru Ndi loyalist was badly flawed.Just why will Fru Ndi and his clique want to force a candidate down the throats of people? Party discipline does not mean consciences should be forgotten, it doesn't mean merit should be thrown to the wind, it doesn't mean we should forfeit equal opportunity chanted with pomposity by militants every day "power to the people and equal opportunity" is what SDF adepts shout at rallies and meetings.
The sacking of four elected Mayors only reminds us there is something fundamentally wrong, the turn out at rallies has dwindled, parliamentary representation is down, councils down, international respect down, more and more cadres leaving, we cannot attribute the poor showing in successive elections to fraud, the party must be honest enough to admit iuts short comings, to have a very sober reflection and whether we like it or not the leadership has failed .YES IT IS THE LEADERSHIP THAT HAS FAILED AND NOT THE SDF. A leadership that has become self centred, a leadership that takes the aspirations of the people for granted, a leadership lacking in vision ,the sacking of the Mayors only goes to show the recklessness and tacklessness of a leadership that has out lived its usefulness. A leadership that will take money from a cadre of the ruling party to frustrate the ambitions of a party faithful who has different views with the Chairman is not worth the salt. The lessons are important now as we brace up for more important show downs in the future.
Posted by: Tumasang Nwana Paul | Tuesday, 14 August 2007 at 03:29 PM
Fru Ndi during his press conference at Yaounde Hilton hotel, August 2, argued that if the SDF had boycotted the elections, government would have come up with a cosmetic thing and the SDF blamed for being intransigent by boycotting the elections. He further averred that the SDF took part in the elections to show the world that nothing has changed in the organisation of elections in the country.
Some of us bought the points at advanced by the party to back their partipation in an election they knew in advance has been rigged. If really the party´s decision to take part in the elections depended solely on reason advanced during the press conference, the party´s task would have ended at the level of elections and not more. Accepting, to go to parliament, what do they want to prove to the world again or what do they intend to achieve in parliament?
If this decision is solely to keep the party afloat, NEC should better accept ministerial positions, where they can employ more party adherence to work in ministries headed by the party.
I see it as absolute nonsense for the party to back her irrational decision to go to parliament base on resolutions of 2002 Convention. The party should take decisions base on changing times, for the interest of the party and the country.
Posted by: Fon | Tuesday, 14 August 2007 at 05:19 PM
Mr Fon, we share the same thought. Going to the parliament is something that will keep on worrying me as a true follower of the party. Reacting to what Ma Mary and Mr Nje said above, I believe they got it all wrong and i stand by the decision of NEC to sack the corrupt mayors. Justice must all time prevail. Parliamenterians were elected as individuals under their parties why councillors were elected under their party and after election, the council lists that won the elections, the councillors on the list will have to elect their mayors and this mayors remaind answerable to to the higher organ of the party which for the sdf is NEC. If any mayor at any time found corrupt or nolonger toiling the party line, will have to be replace. No mayor when in as independence candidate but under a political party. The action of the NEC is legal.
Posted by: Ernest | Wednesday, 15 August 2007 at 02:58 AM
The problem with Cameroonians is that they continue to ignore the fact that "prevention is better than cure". They always want the problem or illness to be put in place before they start looking for cure. They fail to understand that it takes less energy, less time and fewer resources to prevent than it takes to cure. It is not today that Cameroonians have been warned of the dangers that Ni John Fru Ndi and his gang of exploiters pose to the SDF in particular and to Cameroon as a whole. This writer, Mukete, has been pouring light on this issue for years now. Thank God, some of his blind supporters are now making an attempt to open their eyes.
No one doubts the fact that Ni John Fru Ndi did actually received money to auction the SDF in the western province. He also tried to auction Kumba II, which is an SDF stronghold to the CPDM. SDF militants in this locality fought hard to dismantle the plan. Ni John Fru Ndi would prefer to auction all the other nine provinces just to gain the North West province. This tactic of his is a ploy to sustain Biya`s insistance that the SDF is a North West party. This explains why he wanted SDF Kumba II to go to the CPDM in exchange for SDF in Balikumbat.
The alliance between Ndam Njoya and Ekindi in the littoral province has confirmed that Ni John Fru Ndi is the person actually preventing other Cameroonians from chasing Biya out of the presidency. If Ndam Njoya were as selfish as Ni John Fru Ndi is, he would have simply instructed Ekindi to rally his small party behind the SDF. Ni John Fru Ndi continues to fail to understand that in politics, especially at very crucial moments, the interest of the country and the larger population is put infront - and not the interests of individuals or political parties. Today, through the alliance with Ndam Njoya`s party, Ekindi`s party is now a political party with power in the littoral. So is Ni John Fru Ndi had accepted Adamou Ndam Njoya to challenge Biya, things might have changed.
Ni John Fru Ndi can not be managing the SDF the way he was mismanaging the little Ebibi Bookshop, the vegetable cooperative in Bamenda or the PWD Bamenda of old days. In fact, this man still has to learn the basics of democracy. For someone struggling to rule a bilingual country like Cameroon, and after more that 15 years hoping, in vain, this stack illiterate can not pronounce a single word in French. He is touring the country shouting, "A go catch Biya for Yaounde", A go beat CPDM inside Yaounde". And this is a fool who continues to call on the international community to force Biya to implement ALECAM or to cancel results. He fails to understand that the International community is also interested in what he says during his campaign tours. "A catch Biya?", "Power", etc. is not what the International community wants to hear of a leader of this important country.
And some people still doubt why Ni John Fru Ndi is bent on taking the SDF to parliament, even if only two SDF parliamentarians are there. Ni John Fru Ndi needs his gangs of exploiters to be in parliament for the following simple reasons:
1) He gets an important share of his salaries (stipends) and bribes from these parliamentarians.
2) To sustain the CPDM government and give credibility to it before the international community.
3) To tell the international community that democracy is at work in Cameroon.
4) To have the opportunity of spreading his selfish propaganda as a political party in parliament.
5) More importantly to guarantee that he benefits from the "STATUS OF MAIN OPPOSITION LEADER" that the CPDM government is preparing to table before parliament. The bill on this will also include the possibility of making Biya life president. So we understand why Ni John Fru Ndi`s throat is already wet.
Again some people try to ignore the fact that Ni John Fru Ndi is wrong to be dismissing elected officials. Why did he fail to dismiss Professor Ngwasiri from parliament when NEC sacked him from the SDF? Why is Ni John Fru Ndi too excited with article 8.2? Why were the candidates not dismissed before the elections if they were found wanting? Whenever a candidate suceessfully go through the requirements for a post, then it is that candidate`s right to occupy the same post. If they were what Ni John Fru Ndi and his gang of thieves want to tell the world, then why were they endosed as candidates during general elections. Where the poor qualities attributed to them only discovered when elections for mayors were to take place? If yes, then Ni John Fru Ndi and his congregation of liars must face article 8.2 of the constitution of the SDF and be dismissed. The SDF is the only party where its constitution is tailored to protect the chairman and to victimize those who pose a threat to his rule. The CPDM party has never dismissed members of its progressive faction.
And some of us still doubt why the SDF has disgraced us in the elections. The answer is simple - EVERYBODY WANTS TO EAT WITH THE CPDM, EVEN IF IT MEANS DOING IT IN THE NIGHT AS THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE SDF HIMSELF IS DOING. When CPDM politicians want to wish out votes, they use cash to feed the hungry while SDF candidates leave their money backhome just to come and beg and to say, "Power."
I wonder what Ni John Fru Ndi will have to tell the public as he prepares to go in for presidential elections in 2011, knowing fully well that he will NEVER win.
... in short, I do not want to repeat all what I have been writing in this forum. Cameroon and Cameroonians have two main and major problems: Paul Biya of the CPDM and Ni John Fru Ndi of the SDF. Time shall tell.
Mukete
Posted by: original mukete | Wednesday, 15 August 2007 at 02:01 PM
Original mukete, you are making a fool of yourself. Is there any cameroonians who cannot say a word in french?even our old mothers know how to say bonjour. If you hate fru ndi, simply say i hate his gutes and stop writing bullshits. Has mr Biya ever spoken english apart from reading it from a piece of paper? why didn't you say Ni John can not even speak good english that would have made some sense. All what you said that Fru Ndi auction kumba 11 and a seat in the west is baseless b/c you do not have the proves.
Posted by: Ernest | Thursday, 16 August 2007 at 02:56 AM
Ernest, If you had known this mad man called Mukete, you would not have had the time to respond to his madness.
He has not surfaced here for a long time, I thought he is still in a pychiatric hospital.
Posted by: Fon | Thursday, 16 August 2007 at 10:33 AM
Oh ooooo.
Fon be careful oo.
Mukete will start impersonating you again.
Yes he just escaped from a psychiatric ward in Quebec City, Canada.
Watch out, I hear he shoots real guns these days after he forays into the American west, lllooooolololol....
Before somone impersonates me, let me sign off correctly loooooooooooooooool.
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THE SOUTHERN CAMEROONS SHALL BE DECOLONIZED BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
Posted by: Paa Ngembus | Thursday, 16 August 2007 at 12:20 PM
If I got anything from Mukete,it is that from the word go the Cpdm has always been standing in the way of liberation of our motherland and that it should also be known that the SDF too has degenerated to standing in the way of our liberation.Yeah,the Cpdm as well as the Sdf represent a problem to our motherland cos both of them are a bane to her independence.
The last hope rests in the Southern cameroons national council's pursuit for the restoration of the statehood and sovereignty of the southern cameroons.
Paa Ngembus,it shall be decolonized.Truth can be suppressed for some time but not for all time and at the appointed time it springs up in a way that is not comprehensible to man.That is how the truth about our motherland is unveiling.They are seen in the manifestations of the ScNc,the faux pas of the SDf,the ruthlessness of the Cpdm,and so on.All these help unravel the truth about our motherland,her plight and ultimate solution.It is when the truth is known that we get saved.
USAfrica,
I repeat we dont practise any hypocrisy here.Its you who is a hypocrite.I openly felicitate Paa Ngembus because he stands for the truth.I term your language vile and vulgar cos that is what it is.Paa Ngembus' language is a hard language and the difference between a hard language and an obscene,vile and vulgar language must be well construed.We condemn all falsehood in the hardest terms.Force of Argument!
Peace Shall be abundant in the land.
Posted by: Legima Doh | Friday, 17 August 2007 at 04:11 PM
just answer me these,
When were you colonised?
When was your territory annexed?
Who signed the treaty of annexation on your behalf?
With due respect don't you think others have a different point of view? What sort of democracy do you want to practise?
Paa Ngembus is but an arse-hole. A kid with a "Mbouda" vocabulary and cabbage for brains.
You of the SCNC can not force me to do the wrong thing!!
blessed be cameroon forever.
Posted by: Danny Boy | Saturday, 18 August 2007 at 03:20 PM
It is acts like these which clearly demonstrate that the SDF is not mature enough to manage itself let alone a country. Democracy 101: Those councilors represent the people not the party. SDF, please learn the difference. In any developed country, an elected official can decide to become independent. That does not mean he loses his office. By the way I do not know who the SG of the SDF is, but since Asonganyi, it was not worth the salt knowing who the SG is.
Let us face it, the CPDM does not need to commit a lot of fraud to beat the SDF hands down in the North West Province. The CPDM has really become popular after the SDF became the same beast by another name. Tell me again, what is the difference between 17 years and 25 years? I believe by now all free thinking people have left the SDF and have sought other ways to help the people.
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Erika Fatland takes the reader on a journey that is unknown to even the most seasoned globetrotter. The five former Soviet Republics' Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan all became independent when the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991. How have these countries developed since then?
In the Kyrgyzstani villages Erika Fatland meets victims of the widely known tradition of bride snatching; she visits the huge and desolate Polygon in Kazakhstan where the Soviet Union tested explosions of nuclear bombs; she meets Chinese shrimp gatherers on the banks of the dried out Aral Sea and she witnesses the fall of a dictator. She travels incognito through Turkmenistan, a country that is closed to journalists. She meets exhausted human rights activists in Kazakhstan, survivors from the massacre in Osh in 2010, German Menonites that found paradise on the Kyrgyzstani plains 200 years ago. During her travels, she observes how ancient customs clash with gas production and she witnesses the underlying conflicts between ethnic Russians and the majority in a country that is slowly building its future in Nationalist colours.
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Adding to your golf experience is a top-notch professional caddie program with a roster of 130 caddies, many of whom have caddied at clubs like Baltusrol and Pine Valley.
Streamsong’s resort complex encompasses a sleek, minimalist designed clubhouse with a superb restaurant and a trendy, urban style, multi-amenity hotel.
Streamsong has everything you need for an exceptional, one-of-a-kind golf resort vacation.
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THE LODGE features 216 guest rooms and suites, four casual and fine dining restaurants, multiple bars, a grotto-style full-service spa, fitness center and outdoor lakeside pool, as well as a quiet loft/lounge area and even retail stores and outfitters. Stunningly situated with lakes on its sunrise and sunset sides to take full advantage of its unique setting, Streamsong has scenic observation areas without city lights to hinder the starlight views, especially from the rooftop lounge.
Streamsong additionally offers outdoor adventures such as guided bass fishing, hiking trails, bird watching and sporting clays.
Streamsong’s guestrooms and suites feature floor-to-ceiling glass with custom louvers and hardware to control light, and the majority of rooms have spectacular water views that extend to the natural Florida horizon. Queen- and king-size beds with sumptuous linens, plush robes, and boutique amenities ensures that no detail is overlooked…every expectation is met.
Surrounded by nothing but nature as far as the eye can see, Streamsong® offers a golf experience like no other resort in Florida. Renowned architects Tom Doak of Renaissance Golf Design and Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw of Coore & Crenshaw collaborated to create Streamsong® Blue and Streamsong® Red—considered two of the top 100 golf courses in the US by GOLF Magazine.
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Homer Junior High School serves 248 students in grades 5-8.
The percentage of students achieving proficiency in math is 35% (which is lower than the Louisiana state average of 64%) for the 2017-18 school year. The percentage of students achieving proficiency in reading/language arts is 41% (which is lower than the Louisiana state average of 70%) for the 2017-18 school year.
Homer Junior High School placed in the bottom 50% of all schools in Louisiana for overall test scores (math proficiency is bottom 50%, and reading proficiency is bottom 50%) for the 2017-18 school year.
The student:teacher ratio of 18:1 is equal to the Louisiana state level of 18:1.
Minority enrollment is 89% of the student body (majority Black), which is higher than the Louisiana state average of 55% (majority Black).
Homer Junior High School places among the top 20% of public schools in Louisiana for:
Homer Junior High School's student population of 248 students has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
Homer Junior High School is ranked within the bottom 50% of all 1,277 schools in Louisiana (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2017-18 school year.
The diversity score of Homer Junior High School is 0.28, which is less than the diversity score at state average of 0.61. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
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The nearest high school to Homer Junior High School is Homer High School (0.2 miles away)
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How to Experience a Slice of New York in Sydney
By Bridget de Maine
New York is a place that can’t easily be replicated. Its heady mix of history, grit and beauty is helped into legendary status by rows of film-set tenements, stoic brownstones and glittering skyscrapers. But it’s possible to take a bite out of the Big Apple closer to home as well – if you know where to go. Here are six New York-style experiences that you can find in Sydney.
Eat at an old school steakhouse > The Cut, The Rocks
An enduring and quintessentially New York dining experience, steakhouses once proliferated almost every Midtown corner in their heyday. It can be a challenge to find true-to-style NYC steak in Sydney but The Cut in Sydney’s The Rocks does a fine job. Every delicious cut, from sirloin to skirt, is handled with expert care, with sides such as garlic and sage strewn thick cut wedges. Preparing the Oakley Reserve prime rib, a grain-fed cross of Wagyu and Angus sourced in Queensland, is practically an art form: after being rested overnight, seared and smeared with Dijon, it’s slow-roasted for four hours before being theatrically served tableside from an antique beef-carving trolley. It doesn’t get more New York than that.
Stop into small gallery openings > Follow the Inner West Open Studio Trail
The leafy neighbourhood of Chelsea monopolises the art scene in NYC, with hundreds of pocket-sized galleries. To emulate a classic Chelsea "art crawl", follow one of four Creative Trails that take place on weekends throughout the year. Each traces a path through a cluster of Inner West suburbs – including Lilyfield, Rozelle, Balmain and Birchgrove – via private studios, independent galleries and artist-run workshops.
Sip something at a speakeasy > Step into The Cumberland, Manly
At its height, New York’s speakeasy phenomenon mushroomed to an estimated 32,000 password-protected drinking dens by 1930. Relive the exuberance of a well-hidden watering hole at Manly’s The Cumberland, a sub-street level cavern that has its entrance through the fridge of a functioning deli. Snacks are Spanish-influenced—meats from the counter, of course—and foraged goods found in the Manly area flavour the drinks.
Take in a Broadway musical > Watch 9 to 5: The Musical, Lyric Theatre
Broadway isn’t just an arterial avenue that runs the length of Manhattan’s west shoulder; it’s the last word in the glittering world of theatre. Experience the same energy and exuberance of a show in New York’s theatre district by securing a seat 9 to 5: The Musical at the Lyric Theatre in April 2020. Featuring Tony Award-winning music by Dolly Parton, you’ll feel like you’re on Broadway in no time.
Grab a pizza slice > Hang out at Frankie's Pizza, CBD
The only occasion when enjoying just a single slice of pizza doesn’t cause a riot is when it’s consumed New York style: folded in half and enjoyed on a street corner. Frankie’s, the late-night, dive bar-esque joint that hums under the streets of the CBD, does its pizza in the spirit of Manhattan, selling by the slice. Considering its open until 3am, you’ll likely enjoy said slice on the footpath after all.
Catch a comedy show > Heckle at Happy Endings Comedy Club, Potts Point
The stand-up comedy scene in New York has given the world more than a few greats—Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer and Mindy Kaling all got their starts in the often-gruelling improv sets in the city’s comedy clubs. In Sydney, Happy Endings Comedy Club endures as a local favourite. Every Friday and Saturday night, the club serves up five fresh acts to woo the crowd; you never know which face might soon become a famous one.
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For 60 years, this Marine has been spreading holiday cheer through Toys for Tots
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By Julia LeDoux Connecting Vets
December 13, 2019 12/13/2019 5:31 pm
Retired Marine Master Gunnery Sgt. Linwood Liner has spent the past 60 holiday seasons doing what he loves.
Volunteering for Toys for Tots.
“You show me a man or a woman wearing a Marine uniform that doesn’t have the welfare of a child in their heart and I’ll tell you they are just a uniform wearer,” Liner said. “They are not a true Marine.”
Liner, who turned 78 in October, spent 30 years in the Corps. He was 18 and just out of boot camp in 1960 when he entered the doors of the Toys for Tots collection facility in his native Houma, Louisiana.
“I came home on leave from boot camp and there was a Reserve unit here and I’m going to tell you like it is. They needed a good looking, well-built Marine to go out and collect toys with them.
"We had them old, fat Reservist guys and I walked in and they said, `look what we have here,’” Liner said with a laugh.
That first encounter began Liner’s decades-long love affair with the Marine Reserve’s annual toy collection campaign.
“I was blessed,” he said. “I never had everything I wanted for Christmas, but I always had something. Maybe it wasn’t a toy. I never got the bicycle I wanted, but they always made sure if nothing else we had clothes and shoes.”
This is the 72nd year for the program, which seeks to ensure that every child receives a gift during the holiday season. Toys for Tots began in 1947 in Los Angeles, California when Reserve Maj. Bill Hendricks and his Marines collected and delivered toys to war orphans and less fortunate kids.
“Each one of those toys is a smile on a child’s face Christmas morning that you put there so that Christmas morning when you get up you smile,” he said.
Over the course of his six decades of volunteering with Toys for Tots, some things have changed, Liner said. At one time, both new and used toys were collected. Now, the program only accepts new toys.
“We would refurbish those toys in some kind of way, we would wash them, paint them, whatever we had to do and distribute them,” he said.
Liner said the number one item that he repaired for distribution were bicycles.
“It might take three bicycles to make two,” he said. “The worse ones we could put aside for parts and the other ones we would repair and paint.”
While serving on active duty, Liner would save two weeks of leave each year to return to Houma to work with Toys for Tots, and that’s where he continues to volunteer today. The Houma Toys for Tots drive will serve around 5,000 kids this year.
“We are very blessed so far,” he said of this year’s campaign.
And if you are wondering if Liner ever got that bicycle he wanted for Christmas. He says he did, four years ago.
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Facebook Announces New Moves To Block Election Misinformation
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By Mike DeWald KCBS All News 106.9FM and 740AM
September 3, 2020 09/03/2020 7:41 pm
Facebook has announced new rules for political ads aimed at blocking misinformation around the U.S. presidential election.
The company announced it will not allow any new political ads in the weeks leading up to the election and monitor for false or misleading information about mail-in voting and the election results.
"At the top of Facebook and Instagram, we’re going to be putting accurate information about how to vote-by-mail and how to do it accurately," explained CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a lengthy Facebook post. "But we’re also going to be acting on content that people try to put out there that says that it is fraudulent."
The company said it will remove any false claims about voter fraud that are presented without evidence.
With mail-in voting expected to increase significantly in this election because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, final results could take days or even weeks in some states, raising concerns that some supporters will try to claim victory early. Facebook says it will link accurate vote counts to any posts claiming victory for either side.
"I certainly think that anyone who’s saying the election is going to be fraudulent - I think that’s problematic. And I think additional context needs to be added," said Zuckerberg.
Facebook has received heavy criticism in the past for failing to prevent misinformation from spreading on the social network. Zuckerberg explained he has learned from the past and recognizes the high stakes.
KCBS Radio political analyst Marc Sandalow said while preventing misinformation is not a controversial stance, fixing the issue itself is complicated.
"When it comes to political ads, they will do zero fact checking. You can say whatever you want, it makes absolutely no difference," he said. "As much as it seems reasonable to most people that political lies need to be reined in, the question is who do you trust to check those?"
Facebook said it will allow political campaigns to release new "get out the vote" ads in the week leading up to the election.
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Rivermen Announce Postponement of Sunday Game with Evansville
Contest rescheduled due to expected Sunday morning ice storm
Peoria, IL – The Peoria Rivermen announced Friday that the team, in cooperation with the SPHL and the Evansville Thunderbolts, have postponed SPHL Game # 135, scheduled for Sunday, January 15 at Carver Arena. The game will be rescheduled, with a make-up date expected to be announced within the next week.
Fans holding tickets to Sunday’s game can exchange those tickets for the reschedule date, or any other regular-season Rivermen home game, including the games this Friday and Saturday against the Macon Mayhem, but with the exception of January 21st’s Faith and Family night game.
“In the best interest of the safety of our opponents traveling from Evansville, game officials, and out-of-town fans, we felt the best course of action was to postpone the game and reschedule,” said Rivermen owner Bart Rogers. “With travel conditions expected to be extremely dangerous Sunday, the safety for all associated with making the game happen is our main goal. We appreciate everyone’s understanding and look forward to seeing everyone out at tonight’s and Saturday’s games against Macon.”
The Rivermen and Macon Mayhem will still play their games as scheduled tonight and tomorrow night, with both games starting at 7:05. Friday the Rivermen are giving out youth jerseys to the first 750 kids 12 & under courtesy of Pekin Insurance, and Saturday the Rivermen will be inducting former Peoria defenseman Dan Hodge into the Rivermen Hall of Fame, honoring “The Double Deuce” with specialty jerseys that will be auctioned off after the game.
Group, single game, and season tickets for Peoria's 35th season of professional hockey presented by Midwest Orthopaedic Center are on sale at the Toyota Box Office in the Peoria Civic Center, or by phone at the Rivermen office, located at 201 S.W. Jefferson Street, or over the phone at (309) 676-1040. For the latest Rivermen news and notes, follow online at www.rivermen.net or through Facebook (www.facebook.com/PeoriaRivermen) - Twitter(https://twitter.com/Peoria_Rivermen)
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The reality of life on Planet Jay
The State Liberals have today used the boarded shops in the main street of Port Adelaide to highlight the Weatherill Labor Government’s profound economic failure and the jobs crisis that is engulfing all of South Australia.
Planet Jay promised a vibrant, optimistic future with 100,000 jobs by February and 6000 jobs at an oil and gas hub at Gillman and a revitalised Port Adelaide.
“The reality is South Australia and Port Adelaide is in the grips of a jobs crisis despite repeated commitments by Labor to restore the economic fortunes of the State and the historic heart of Port Adelaide,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas.
“The sad reality of life on Planet Jay is that it is full of broken promises and the highest unemployment rate in the nation.
“Two years ago Jay Weatherill promised to run a tram down the main street of Port Adelaide within five years as part of his plans to revitalise the area.
“Today there no tram in sight and not a dollar in the budget’s forward estimates to make it happen.
“We have also had the broken promise of a revitalised Port Adelaide based on the Newport Quays development.
“When Jay Weatherill became Premier South Australia had an unemployment rate of 5.2 per cent, today that unemployment figure is about 8.0 per cent.
“In Western Adelaide unemployment is now running at 8.7%, up from 5.9% just a year ago.
“The fact South Australia had the second lowest rate of unemployment in the country when Jay Weatherill became Premier but now has the worst unemployment rate in the nation illustrates the incompetence of the Weatherill Government.
“State Labor’s high taxing policies have failed to lay the necessary foundations for a diversified modern economy that can effectively compete in the global economy.
“As a consequence of Jay Weatherill’s woeful stewardship of the South Australian economy 8,123 fewer South Australians have a job than when he became Premier.
“Premier Weatherill’s response to South Australia’s job crisis has been to promise jobs and projects that never materialise.”
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Posted March 5, 2016 by Andrew Cathie in Feature
No Man’s Sky Release Date and Limited Editions Announced
Finally, the wait is over, and a release date has been announced fort Hello Games newest game, No Man’s Sky. After its blockbuster announcement at the VGX Awards in 2013, the wait for any sort of release date has been a long one for gamers awaiting the opportunity to play the science fiction space exploration title.
Well, wait no longer, as Sony and Hello Games confirming that No Man’s Sky will see a simultaneous release on PC and PlayStation 4 on June 22nd in Australia. In addition to the standard edition of the game, there are also two different premium editions that will be available.
Exclusive to EBGames in Australia, we have the PlayStation 4 only No Man’s Sky Limited Edition, which comes with a steelbook cover, 48 page art book, exclusive comic book, starter kit of in-game items and a dynamic theme.
PC owners don’t miss out, because over at iam8bit you can order the PC exclusive Explorer’s Edition of No Man’s Sky, which comes with a cast metal skip replica, traveller pin and another mystery item.
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In Karen family of 11, English and technology are hurdles for 6 remote learners
Amy Neff Roth and Alex Cooper, Utica Observer-Dispatch
UTICA — The big front porch and second-floor balcony on the otherwise modest home look like the perfect remote-learning classroom settings on a warm, sunny fall day.
But the street is too busy and the traffic too loud for the six remote learners who live here to venture outside, says Say Kler Paw, the middle child in this family of 11 Karen refugees, originally from Myanmar.
Instead, the students leave their shoes in the house’s entryway and pile inside along with their parents, maternal grandparents and oldest brother when he’s not at work at the Chobani plant in South Edmeston. The parents work, too, but as paid caregivers for the grandparents.
The family — which, in keeping with Karen tradition, doesn't have a surname — divide up the house for studying based on sleeping arrangements. The three youngest children sleep and do most of their schoolwork downstairs while the three older girls work upstairs in their bedrooms. The six students share five laptops and Chromebooks.
Utica family of 11 speaks about remote learning
Kler Moo Paw, a Herkimer College student, talks about what life in her family of 11 is like as they start remote learning at Utica schools.
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Grandparents Jay Baw, 87, and Naw Ler, 61; parents Tay Heh, 54, and Khee Paw, 45; and children Kler Ker, 23, Kler Moo K’tray Paw, 20, Klaw Moo Paw, 18, Say Kler Paw, 16, Say Kler Lweh, 13, Saw Kler Kaw Htoo, 10, and Eh Moo Taw Heh, 8.
City of residence: Utica
School setup: The four younger children all attend the Utica city schools, which are only offering remote learning through at least Nov. 1. Kler Moo K’tray Paw and Klaw Moo Paw are both Herkimer County Community College students, studying online, although Kler Moo K’tray Paw has an internship in an Upstate Cerebral Palsy pre-school program three days a week until mid-October.
At home: Tay Heh and his wife, Khee Paw, have jobs as caregivers to Khee Paw’s father, Jay Baw, and mother Naw Ler. Only their oldest child, Kler Ker, is no longer in school, working for yogurt maker Chobani. The parents and grandparents do not speak English. Although all the children except Eh Moo Taw Heh were born in Myanmar or Thailand, only Saw Kler Kaw Htoo is still designated as an English-language learner.
Helping other immigrants adjust
Say Kler Paw, 16, bears the brunt of making sure her younger siblings keep up with their online classes while she does her own schoolwork, too, her siblings say. That's largely because her parents and grandparents don't speak English.
Her two older sisters, both students at Herkimer County Community College, help out, too, but Say Kler Paw is the most savvy when it comes to Google Classroom and other remote-learning technology.
“She’s the most responsible,” says brother Saw Kler Kaw Htoo, 10, as his sister shakes her head.
And she doesn’t just help her two elementary-age siblings.
TOP: Say Kler Paw works on homework with her laptop at home in Utica on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. BOTTOM: Saw Kler Kaw Htoo, left center, points to one of his sisters and laughs while talking about what it's like to attend classes from home on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Utica. LEFT: Say Kler Paw works on homework with her laptop at home in Utica on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. RIGHT: Saw Kler Kaw Htoo, left center, points to one of his sisters and laughs while talking about what it's like to attend classes from home on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Utica. LEFT: Say Kler Paw works on homework with her laptop at home in Utica on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. RIGHT: Saw Kler Kaw Htoo, left center, points to one of his sisters and laughs while talking about what it's like to attend classes from home on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Utica. ALEX COOPER / OBSERVER-DISPATCH
Say Kler Paw assists some cousins and family friends from that larger Karen community who come over for help. Not all the families have older siblings who speak English well and understand the technology, she says, and she feels the district hasn’t done enough to reach out to families that don’t speak English as a first language.
“I’m a bit frustrated about it since I have to help them,” Say Kler Paw says. “I wish the teachers would reach out more to the students.”
But her response to the situation has been to do more. Say Kler Paw has signed up to be a tutor for the Midtown Utica Community Center’s virtual tutoring program, for which her youngest two siblings are signed up as students.
“I had many relatives here that are struggling and their kids are struggling by with all the online stuff, so it really discouraged me,” she said. “So I wanted to sign up.”
Say Kler Paw's family lived in a Thai refugee camp for 10 years, where four of the children were born, before moving to San Antonio in 2011, where their youngest child was born, and then Utica in 2012.
Their situation is relatively common in Utica. Refugees from more than 35 countries have settled in the area since 1979, including more than 4,000 from Myanmar. The Utica schools teach 1,724 English language learners, about half of them Asian, out of a total enrollment of almost 10,000, according to state data. Karen is the most common first language.
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Close quarters draw siblings together
Even with just their family at home, carving out the space and quiet for schoolwork can be a challenge. Even so, no one uses earbuds or headphones.
“That’s why we stay in separate places,” explains Eh Moo Taw Heh, 8.
Oldest daughter Kler Moo K’tray Paw, 20, a student at Herkimer College, said she does most of her work at night after 8 when it gets easier to focus. When she can’t handle the stress anymore, she bursts into her sisters’ bedroom next door, singing.
Khee Paw sits with her children as they discuss what it's like to attend classes from home on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Utica.
ALEX COOPER / OBSERVER-DISPATCH
“They’re all, like, go away!” she says.
But all the time spent together during the pandemic has drawn the siblings closer, Say Kler Paw says.
“I feel like we understand each other more,” she says.
The students in the family agreed that they would prefer in-person classes, but they are not whining about the situation. Eh Moo Taw Heh said she doesn’t like it when dust or other detritus gets stuck in her Chromebook keys.
“Everything else is fine,” she says.
Kler Moo K’tray Paw is slightly more concerned.
“When I have class in person, I can understand more what my professors are saying,” she says. “So yeah, I’m kind of disappointed that we can’t have in person, but it’s understandable.”
Say Kler Paw says she'd worry about her grandparents if they were all going to school every day.
And the family’s background gives them a unique perspective on remote learning. Neither their mother, Khee Paw, 45, or father Tay Heh, 54, received an education. Their families were displaced by civil war in Myanmar when they were growing up, Khee Paw explains, using her daughters as translators. Their only lessons were written on trees with pieces of bark used instead of chalk.
So she’s happy and grateful for the education and opportunities her children are receiving now.
No matter what that looks like.
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Total K-12 public school students: 9,989
2020-2021 budget: $186,643,034
Gender: 51% male; 49 % female
Ethnicity: White, 30%; Black, 25%; Hispanic or Latino, 20%; Asian, Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander, 19%; multiracial, 6%
Other groups: English language learners, 17%; students with disabilities, 16%; economically disadvantaged, 87%; homeless, 1%;
Number of schools: 13
Graduation rate 2018-2019: 70%
Dropout rate 2018-2019: 15%
Source: New York State Education Department
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Former Coronation Street and Boys from the Blackstuff actor Alan Igbon dies aged 68
Coronation Street and Brookside actor Alan Igbon has died at the age of 68, his niece has revealed.
Lee-Ann Igbon confirmed the news of her uncle’s passing on Facebook.
Igbon was best known for playing Jason Grimshaw's estranged dad Tony Stuart in Coronation Street, and he also starred in a number of acclaimed TV dramas including Scum, The Professionals, GBH, Boys from the Blackstuff as well as sitcom Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
Fellow actor Colin Salmon described him as an "absolute giant", while Barry Adamson, formerly of the punk band Magazine, said: "Always used to enjoy bumping into you in town as a teen. You gave me confidence to ‘go for it’."
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ASSEMBLIES AT RAPS
At Ramsgate Arts Primary School we recognise that every child is a unique individual.
Our mission statement is:
With this in mind it is our responsibility to ensure that every child in our school truly matters and reaches their full potential.
Your child will be helped and encouraged to achieve to the best of their ability and their achievements will be celebrated.
Your child will learn to make choices, be responsible for his or her own actions, be polite, to be co - operative, to get along with others and to care for the environment in which we live and learn.
Inclusion at RAPS
Ramsgate Arts Primary School is a fully inclusive primary school in the county of Kent and follows the inclusive policy of all Kent schools.
Inclusion looks at the needs of all pupils; children with learning disabilities such as dyslexia, children who are ‘Gifted and Talented’, children who have English as an additional language, children who have issues with their behaviour and children with social and emotional needs.
At Ramsgate Arts we adopt the following principles regarding successful inclusive education.
· To ensure all pupils are offered full access to a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum.
· All pupils will be given the opportunity to reach their full potential educationally, emotionally and physically.
· All teachers view themselves as teachers of pupils with special educational needs, teaching such pupils is a whole school responsibility.
· Pupil's Special Educational Needs will normally be met in the mainstream classroom.
· Pupils' views should be sought and taken into account.
· Parents/carers have a vital role to play in supporting their child's education and therefore good home/school links are established.
Children who are seen to have Special Educational Needs are monitored carefully and are given appropriate interventions according to their specific needs.
Emily Hughes is the SENCO for RAPS. Her email is: senco@vikingacademytrust.com
Alternatively, you can telephone or arrange a appointment to meet with her via the school office.
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Ramsgate Arts is keen to promote the learning and skills of children deemed as being Gifted and Talented whether it be on the academic side or the arts and sports.
The G&T leader works closely with teachers to monitor these pupils and ensure that challenge is provided in their area of skill.
RAPS’ children are always encouraged to promote their specialist areas and become involved in projects that can complement this. We promote opportunity with after school clubs, links within the community and local secondary schools as well as extending the learning of the children within the mainstream classroom.
Children with English as an Additional Language
RAPS is a multi-ethnic school and promoting equality is one of our highest priorities throughout the whole school. We have high expectations of all our pupils and they should have the opportunities to achieve the highest possible standards as well as helping all children to develop a sense of personal and cultural identity that is confident, open to change, receptive and respectful towards other people. The teaching takes into account pupils' cultural and religious backgrounds, linguistic needs and varying learning styles. We create an environment where pupils feel safe and feel they can contribute fully, and where all feel respected and valued. Staff are assisted in the classroom to support pupils’ development of their language and learning needs, through termly targets and liaison time with the Inclusion Team.
Behaviour, Social and Emotional Needs
Inclusion takes into account all the needs of the children and these include how a child behaves. RAPS promotes an ethos towards positive behaviour management and the children and staff are encouraged to use and display the Ramsgate Arts Values.
Children's social and emotional needs also need to be considered carefully if a child is to reach their full potential. To help us in this, Ramsgate Arts have a dedicated pastoral team who support children across the school in a variety of ways. A major role of the pastoral team is to run Nurture and Self-esteem groups to support the children. They are given the opportunity to speak about how they feel and to support each other, developing a child’s emotional intelligence.
The role of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo):
Emily Hughes is the SENCO for Ramsgate Arts Primary School. Emily can be contacted via Ramsgate Arts Primary School Office: 01843 582847 or email: senco@vikingacademytrust.com
Emily's SENCO role includes:
Ensuring the school meets all requirements for special educational needs and disabilities as set out through legislation;
Monitor the progress of all pupils across the school identifying where pupils may be making less than expected progress and implement strategies to support this;
Evaluate the impact of provision (including effective use of teaching assistants) and address any concerns that arise;
Develop systems that ensure all pupils needs are met and that staff are accountable for the progress of pupils;
Audit whole school systems such as use of language for learning and provision mapping so that impact can be measured and a cost analysis can be completed;
Liaise with agencies when appropriate for further support with specific pupil needs or whole staff training either through LIFT or CAF process;
Liaise with parents and develop parental involvement when supporting a child identified as requiring additional support or vulnerable;
Be accountable to the governors and report to them three times a year;
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The Children and Families Bill takes forward the Coalition Government’s commitments to improve services for vulnerable children and support families. It underpins wider reforms to ensure that all children and young people can succeed, no matter what their background. The Bill will reform the systems for adoption, looked after children, family justice and special educational needs.
The Government is transforming the system for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN), including those who are disabled, so that services consistently support the best outcomes for them. The Bill will extend the SEN system from birth to 25, giving children, young people and their parents/carers greater control and choice in decisions and ensuring needs are properly met.
It takes forward the reform programme set out in support and aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability: Progress and next steps by:
replacing statements and learning difficulty assessments with a new birth- to-25 Education, Health and Care Plan, extending rights and protections to young people in further education and training and offering families personal budgets so that they have more control over the support they need;
improving cooperation between all the services that support children and their families and particularly requiring local authorities and health authorities to work together; and
requiring local authorities to involve children, young people and parents in reviewing and developing provision for those with special educational needs and to publish a ‘local offer’ of support.
The Local Offer was first introduced in the Green Paper (March 2011) as a local offer of all services available to support disabled children and children with SEN and their families. This easy to understand information will set out what is normally available in schools to help children with lower-level SEN as well as the options available to support families who need additional help to care for their child. Parents can find this information on the following the link at the bottom of this page.
What will it do?
The Kent framework will allow the Local Offer to provide parents/carers with information about how to access services in their area, and what they can expect from those services. With regard to Education, it will let parents/ carers and young people know how school and colleges will support them, and what they can expect across the local settings. During the last year, the Local Offer Steering Group has developed questions for schools, and trailed them with a small number of settings.
There are 14 questions, devised in consultation with parents/carers and other agencies, which reflect their concerns and interests. These will be answered by agencies, schools and colleges to provide information to parents and carers to enable them to make decisions about how to best support their child’s needs.
Click here to read Ramsgate Arts Primary School SEND Information - response to the 14 Questions
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Malappuram is a northern district In Kerala known for its rich culture, historic significance and remarkable heritage. The region of Malappuram, speckled with small hills and mounds, justifies its name which in Malayalam means ‘Hill Top’. With a history that weaves ancient and modern times together, the region contributed extensively to the culture, religion, economy as well as tourism of Kerala. The district invited the attention of economists from all over the country in recent times due to its Gulf migrant population which gave rise to an unprecedented economic boom.
Three rivers, namely Chaliyar, Bharathapuzha and Kadalundi, flow through the land of Malappuram enriching both its soil and its culture. The powerful army of the Zamorins kings of Calicut was headquartered here in olden days. The name of the district is marked in the history of Indian nationalism for being the venue for Khilafat Movement and Mapila Revolt. Malappuram is the birth place of the Muslim dance form, Oppana
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The small towns of Malappuram contributed to the cultural, political, literary traditions of Kerala in matchless manners. Thirunavaya was a hub for Vedic education during medieval times and from Kottakkal originated traditional medical system of Ayurveda. Ponnani (an ancient center of Islamic learning) and Nilambur (better known as the teak town of the country) have given global acclamation to Malappuram.
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Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos was released for the NES in 1990 and was published and developed by Tecmo. The game got positive praise from Nintendo Power and EGM magazine. It continued getting coverage and high ratings and was nominated for many awards in 1991 by Nintendo Power. Many viewers said the controls and visuals in Ninja Gaiden II were improved from the first game. It still had a high difficulty for the players but was criticized for a predictable and more generic plot. The second game takes place a year after the first game. An evil emperor named Ashtar learned about the defeat of Jaquio, then devised a plan for taking over the entire world and engulf the planet in darkness with a sword with the name Dark Sword of Chaos. Ryu is recruited by an army agent called Robert T. Sturgeon that tells him he is the only one that has the capability of stopping Ashtar.
Like the first game, the player will take control of Ryu Hayabusa and go through platformer stages called Acts. The ability to jump onto a wall and latch onto it is still in the game. Ryu will have two newer abilities in the second installment which are climbing down and up walls and being able to attack with the power boosting items while being latched onto a ladder or wall. The strength meter located on the top part on the screen will decrease whenever Ryu is hit. If the strength meter is completely empty the player will lose a life. A life will also be lost if the player falls into a hole off screen or if the time runs out. The game is over once all lives are lost. Like the first game, the player can continue if all their lives are gone and start from the beginning of the current level.
The player will defeat enemies using the Dragon Sword or using Power Boost items. The Power Boost items will use the player’s ninja power which has the meter located at the top part on the screen. The items include shurikens, throwing stars that move like boomerangs, fireballs that will shoot upward diagonally, fireballs that will shoot downward diagonally, and a firewall that surrounds Ryu, making him temporarily invincible and will destroy any enemy that comes in contact with him. These items are located throughout the levels and can be found inside crystal balls. They can also be switched by picking up a different power up item. Each item will consume a different amount of ninja power depending on the Power Boost item being used. Every level’s end will have a boss with a strength meter on screen at the top. The player will need to damage the boss to decrease their strength meter until it is empty to defeat them.
There will also be other items the player can pick up throughout the stages in the game. Those other items include bottles that will increase the score of the player, an item that will increase the ninja power of Ryu, scrolls that will increase the ninja power meter’s maximum, medicines that will restore the player’s strength meter, and extra lives. A new special move in Ninja Gaiden II is Ryu having the ability to split into separate bodies, cloning himself when collecting a ninja symbol colored orange. When the orange symbol is collected, Ryu will cast an orange shadow that looks like himself and follow behind him. The clones will copy every move that Ryu will make, including climbing ladders and walls and attacking the enemies. This technique can be used strategically to defeat enemies or bosses more easily.
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Storm Diana Ireland: Here's exactly when the extreme weather will hit
The cyclone is raging towards Ireland
Kayla WalshJournalist and Weddings Editor
Storm Diana is raging towards Ireland and Met Eireann has issued weather warnings for the entire country.
Different parts of the country will experience the strongest gusts of wind between 5am and 4pm tomorrow.
A status yellow wind warning has been issued for the entire country, but orange warnings will be in place for six counties - Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Wexford, Galway and Clare.
When will the storm be at its worst?
Gale force winds will batter Cork, Kerry and Waterford between 6am and midday tomorrow.
Met Eireann said: "Severe winds associated with Storm Diana on Wednesday: South to southwest winds of 65 to 80 km/h will gust 110 to 130 km/h. High Seas also, with a risk of coastal flooding."
Wexford, Galway and Clare will see the worst of the weather between 9am and 2pm.
The forecaster went on: "Severe winds associated with Storm Diana on Wednesday: South to southwest winds of 65 to 80 km/h will gust 110 to 130 km/h. High Seas also, with a risk of coastal flooding."
Storm Diana Ireland: Met Eireann issue status yellow wind warning for the whole country
Apart from the strong winds, the country will be blasted with heavy rain and there will be some spot flooding.
The rain will continue through Wednesday night, especially over eastern counties.
The rest of the week is also looking cold and wet.
"Thursday will be cool and blustery with a mix of bright spells and occasional showers," said Met Eireann.
Weather forecast Ireland: Storm Diana warnings from Met Eireann to bring wind and heavy rain
"The showers will be heavy and frequent over western counties, with the chance of hail. Southwest winds will be strong with further gale gusts."
Friday will be brighter and mostly dry, but there will still be the chance of passing showers. It will be cold, with frost after nightfall.
We'll see more rain on Friday night, followed by a mostly dry Saturday - but the stormy weather will be back on Saturday night and into Sunday.
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Carnival Cruise Line expands ‘Carnival Journeys’ program
Carnival Cruise Line has expanded its popular Carnival Journeys enrichment cruise series with 13 new 12- to 14-day seagoing adventures departing from homeports along the East and West Coasts and the Gulf of Mexico in 2018 and 2019.
The new voyages are in addition to a number of previously announced nine-to 15-day Carnival Journeys cruises departing in 2017-18.
In addition to visiting some of the world’s most beautiful destinations, guests sailing on Carnival Journeys cruises can participate in unique on-board activities where they can sample local cuisine and enjoy entertainment and cultural opportunities within the various ports of call. Activities focusing on a broad range of topics – everything from photography and cooking to arts and crafts and social media – along with a 1980s-themed “Throwback Sea Day,” are also offered.
“Our Carnival Journeys cruises have proven enormously popular with guests who enjoy both unforgettable landside experiences and one-of-a-kind onboard enrichment activities that this unique program offers,” said Christine Duffy, Carnival president. “We’re thrilled to expand Carnival Journeys with these 13 new voyages that showcase some of the world’s most captivating destinations,” she added.
The 13 new Carnival Journeys voyages include:
Carnival Splendor: a 14-day Alaska cruise round-trip from Long Beach Aug. 25 to Sept. 8, 2018, visiting Hubbard Glacier, Icy Strait Point, Ketchikan, Skagway, Juneau and Sitka, Alaska, as well as Victoria, British Columbia.
Carnival Breeze: a 14-day Southern Caribbean voyage departing Galveston Sept. 16 and arriving in Port Canaveral Sept. 30, 2018, calling at Grand Cayman, Aruba, Curacao, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica and St Maarten.
Carnival Splendor: three 14-day Hawaii cruises round-trip from Long Beach departing Oct. 13, 2018, Dec. 1, 2018, and Jan. 12, 2019, visiting Maui (Kahului), Honolulu, Kona and Hilo.
Carnival Freedom: a 14-day Panama Canal voyage round-trip from Galveston Oct. 27-Nov. 10, 2018, visiting Montego Bay, Aruba, Curacao, and Cartagena prior to a partial transit of the Panama Canal followed by Limon (Costa Rica) and Cozumel.
Carnival Breeze: a 14-day Southern Caribbean voyage operating round-trip from Port Canaveral Nov. 3-17, 2018, with stops at St Thomas, Antigua, St Lucia, Grenada, Barbados, St. Maarten, Tortola, and San Juan.
Carnival Pride: a 14-day Southern Caribbean cruise round-trip from Baltimore Nov. 4-18, 2018, calling at Grand Turk, Aruba, Curacao, Barbados, St. Lucia and St. Maarten.
Carnival Ecstasy: a 12-day Southern Caribbean cruise round trip from Charleston Nov. 10-22, 2018, featuring Amber Cove, Aruba, Curacao, St Maarten and San Juan.
Carnival Miracle: a 14-day Panama Canal voyage round-trip from Tampa Dec. 2-16, 2018, visiting Cozumel and Limon prior to a partial transit of the Panama Canal followed by Cartagena, Aruba, Curacao and Ocho Rios.
Carnival Pride: 14-day Southern Caribbean voyage round-trip from Baltimore Jan. 6-20, 2019, visiting St Thomas, Antigua, Grenada, Dominica, St. Maarten, San Juan and Grand Turk.
Carnival Sunshine: a 13-day Southern Caribbean cruise round-trip from Port Canaveral, Fla., Jan. 12-25, 2019, calling at Aruba, Curacao, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, San Juan and Amber Cove (Dominican Republic).
Carnival Freedom: a 14-day Southern Caribbean sailing round-trip from Galveston Jan 19-Feb. 2, 2019, featuring Grand Cayman, Aruba, Bonaire, and Cartagena prior to a partial transit of the Panama Canal followed by Limon and Cozumel.
Carnival Journeys activities are tailored to each itinerary in the areas of dining, entertainment, team member connections and enrichment, all infused with the line’s spirited brand of fun. These experiences include:
Authentic Eats: Partnering with local restaurants and chefs, Carnival Journeys participants enjoy on-board cooking demonstrations where these culinary artists will recreate their signature dishes and traditional cuisines from their country. Participants also have an opportunity to dine at the chef’s restaurant ashore for a nominal fee and accompany the chef as he or she visits local markets for delectable regional specialties.
“Local”-tainment: From calypso, soca and Goombay to colorful folkloric entertainment, Carnival Journeys participants will get an up-close-and-personal look at their destination through local entertainment performances taking place outside the ship or on board.
Academy of Fun: Through these educational enrichment sessions, Carnival’s shipboard experts instruct guests in topics ranging from cooking and arts and crafts to digital photography and social media. All of these activities are performed with the fun and entertaining style that only Carnival can provide.
Throwback Sea Day: Carnival sets the “way back machine” to 1987 and recreates a fun day at sea with retro pool and deck games, old school dining options like Baked Alaska and the gala midnight buffet, a white glove Captain’s Celebration, popular movies from that era, a circa 1987 version of the Carnival Capers shipboard newsletter, and more.
Shipboard Team Member Connections: Here, Carnival Journeys participants can learn more about shipboard life through informative question and answer sessions hosted by the ship’s captain, cruise director, hotel director and others, held at different times throughout the voyage and providing an opportunity to engage and interact with the Carnival team in a fun and casual setting. There is also an unforgettable show performed by the ship’s crew during the voyage.
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Dragon Quest Heroes heading to PS4 in 2015
Yet another Warriors-style game is in the works. This time, it'll feature the world of Dragon Quest.
Daniel Perez
Square Enix has announced Dragon Quest Heroes will be making its way to western markets later this year exclusively on the PlayStation 4.
Dragon Quest Heroes features gameplay mechanics similar to Tecmo Koei’s Dynasty Warriors, or Hyrule Warriors for those who picked that title up when it released on the Wii U. The protagonists in the game need to battle through swarms of enemies, mini-bosses and extremely large monsters.
The game will feature characters and monsters designed by legendary artist Akira Toriyama, which if you’ve played recent Dragon Quest or Dragonball Z games, you’ll be very familiar with his work.
Square Enix plans on delivering more details about the game in the coming months. After playing through Hyrule Warriors, I’m definitely excited to see what Omega Force can do for the Dragon Quest series.
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CyCo_PL
Saw some Japanese guy streaming this on PS4 yesterday. Looks pretty fun, but it seems like it would benefit from online coop. I heard it doesn't have that, so I don't know if I'll be interested.
Vincent Grayson
I'm so fucking excited. I was pretty damn close to ordering it from an import site last night. Glad I didn't.
Here's hoping that this sells well and they stop ignoring Dragon Quest in the West.
Daniel_Perez
After playing hours of Hyrule Warriors, I can't wait to see how Dragon Quest Heroes plays.
It's apparently not nearly as much like the Musou games are Hyrule Warriors was. I'm seeing a lot of people saying it's more like an ARPG (with a 4 player party, at that), but that it's clearly using the Musou-type gameplay at its core along with traditional DQ stuff like leveling, learning new skills, and the alchemy pot for making items.
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mobab
I'm ok with that as long as there are tons of enemies. Critics (reviewers) have been critical of the dynasty warriors formula for a while now. Hopefully they can successfully mix things up with this game.
valcan_s
Very cool! I was just wondering about this. I am looking forward to it looks real good in the vids I have seen here is a newer vid of some gameplay footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF6r9VoQUWs
Keep in mind there are out side areas etc this vid is a start area so its not all like this.
This is cool. They have multiple videos
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Thailand News | More police deployed for Songkran
More police deployed for Songkran
NEARLY 4 million people are expected to travel within Thailand during the Songkran holidays between today and Sunday, prompting authorities to step up measures for public safety.
Police promised to make this year’s Songkran Festival safer for all revellers by deploying more personnel.
Authorities and experts, however, said it was everyone’s responsibility to ensure safety, especially from crime and accidents during the busy travel period and at celebrations.
Tourist Police deputy commander Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal said about 3 million domestic tourists and 930,000 tourists from abroad were expected to travel within the country during the three days of Songkran. The number of travellers was a big increase over the previous years, he said.
In order to provide safety to all tourists visiting Thailand during Songkran, Surachet said 5,000 tourist police officers and volunteers would be deployed to assist tourists.
“Tourism is a major source of revenue for the country and the Songkran Festival is a peak period for tourism. People from around the world come to Thailand to travel and celebrate the festival, while many Thais also use the long weekends to travel within the country and return home as well,” he said.
“So, we have to take care all of the tourists and travellers and make sure that their journey will be pleasant.”
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports said that within the relatively short period from April 1 to 17 last year, Thailand welcomed more than 1.53 million international tourists, while 1.25 million Thais also travelled within the country during that period. The seven-day period from April 11-17, 2017 generated up to Bt45.4 billion in revenue for the country.
However, Surachet said that the people could not rely solely on police officers to provide safety and they must take personal precautions to ensure they don’t land themselves in dangerous situations.
“I would like to caution all people not to enjoy Songkran by putting their safety at risk by getting too drunk or travelling to dangerous places alone. This kind of risky behaviour has already caused many people to become victims of crimes such as physical attacks or robbery,” he said.
Another threat to public safety has been the high number of road accidents. Along with the New Year celebrations, accidents during Songkran have led to a huge number of fatalities every year.
Last year’s statistics showed there were 3,690 road accidents during the seven monitoring days of Songkran, which killed 390 persons and injured 3,808 persons.
Follow basic rules
The director of the Academic Centre for Road Safety, Thanapong Jinvong, said that in order to avoid road accidents during this dangerous period, people who drive and travel by car should strictly comply with traffic rules by driving within speed limits.
They must not drink before driving and must make sure that they get enough rest before sitting behind the wheel to make sure that they do not fall asleep while driving. He said ignoring these basic rules was the primary cause of road accidents.
More than 3,000 motorists were found to be driving while drunk on the first of the so-called “seven dangerous days” of the Songkran holiday.
The deputy spokesperson of the National Council for Peace and Order, Colonel Sirichan Ngathong, said yesterday that 156 vehicles were seized on Wednesday and 2,716 motorcyclists and other drivers were charged with drunk driving.
Sirichan also said stepped-up spot checks on roads had identified 3,339 cases of drunk driving.
More than 1,860 of those cases involved motorcyclists, she said, and 105 motorcycles were seized and |356 driving licences were confiscated.
Authorities arrested 1,457 motorcyclists who will be going to court, while the rest were fined. The remainder of the cases involved private cars and transport vehicles, with 41 vehicles seized and 82 driving licences confiscated. A total of 1,259 motorists face charges in court and the rest were fined.
Thanapong also advised other travellers who use public transportation to be wary of the safety standards of the vehicle they ride. Despite strict measures imposed on public transport carriers, there were still many illegal bus and van |operators whose vehicles did not meet the proper safety standards, he said.
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Who did it? TV viewers intrigued by HBO’s ‘The Undoing’
This image released by HBO shows Hugh Grant, left, and Nicole Kidman in a scene from “The Undoing.” The Nielsen company said some three million people watched on Sunday to learn the mystery’s resolution in the limited series. (HBO via AP)
By DAVID BAUDERAP Media Writer
The dramatic conclusion to “The Undoing,” HBO’s whodunit starring Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman, proved how it’s still possible to bring people together in today’s fragmented television world.
Three million people tuned in Sunday to find out who really killed the girlfriend of Grant’s adulterous character in one of three showings on HBO and on the streaming service HBO Max, the Nielsen company said.
That’s likely to be a fraction of who eventually sees it, given how television is consumed today. The premiere of the six-episode series was seen by 1.4 million people the night it first aired, and by now has been seen by 9 million and counting.
“It’s a good example of how you can still have a water-cooler hit,” said Casey Bloys, HBO Programming president. “I will always point to good acting, writing and directing. It was a good story.”
It was the most-watched night for HBO since the finale of “Big Little Lies” last year, which also featured Kidman and creator David E. Kelley.
HBO also said it was the first time in network history that each episode of a series was seen by more people than the previous one, a powerful signal of how people were drawn into the mystery.
“The Undoing” has generated more conversation on social media than any other new scripted television series this year, Nielsen said. Coupled with the streaming-only series “The Flight Attendant,” HBO Max had its biggest week since the service was launched.
“The Undoing” was always designed as a limited series, but it attracted the type of interest that would make any television executive naturally wonder if the story could be extended in some way.
“I don’t know,” Bloys said. “I do think these things are lightning in a bottle. It could always be difficult to try that again.”
But he pointed to the network’s productive relationship with Kidman and Kelley.
“We’ll find something great to do,” he said. “Who knows what it will be?”
In other ratings news, CNN finished November with its most-watched month in the network’s 40-year history, showing growth in the aftermath of the election compared to rivals Fox News Channel and MSNBC.
NBC was the top-rated broadcast network in prime time for Thanksgiving week, averaging 3.64 million viewers. CBS had 3.55 million, ABC had 2.4 million, Fox had 1.6 million, Ion Television had 930,000, Univision had 890,000 and Telemundo had 530,000.
ESPN was the most-watched cable network, averaging 2.95 million viewers. Hallmark hit 2.53 million, Fox News Channel had 2 million, MSNBC had 1.59 million and CNN had 1.41 million.
ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the evening news ratings race with an average of 9.5 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 8.8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.3 million.
For the week of Nov. 23-29, the 20 most-watched programs in prime time, their networks and viewerships:
1. NFL Football: Chicago at Green Bay, NBC, 16.48 million.
2. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 13.78 million.
3. “NFL Pregame” (Sunday), NBC, 13.32 million.
4. NFL Football: L.A. Rams at Tampa Bay, ESPN, 13.14 million.
5. “The Masked Singer,” Fox, 11.42 million.
6. “NFL Post-Game” (Sunday), Fox, 11.11 million.
7. “Football Night in America” (Sunday, 7:55 p.m.) NBC, 10.78 million.
8. “NCIS,” CBS, 10.16 million.
9. “FBI,” CBS, 8.4 million.
10. “Football Night in America” (Sunday, 7:30 p.m.), NBC, 7.38 million.
11. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 7.08 million.
12. “The Voice” (Tuesday) NBC, 7.07 million.
13. “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 6.42 million.
14. “Monday Night Kickoff,” ESPN, 6.22 million.
15. “I Can See Your Voice,” Fox, 6.07 million.
16. “FBI: Most Wanted,” CBS, 5.66 million.
17. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 5.46 million.
18. “Bob Hearts Abishola,” CBS, 4.9 million.
19. “Bull,” CBS, 4.68 million.
20. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 4.49 million.
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Slaid Cleaves Offers Perspective On What Music Is All About
This is a guest post from Austin-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves. Slaid recently was featured on Saving Country Music after making some critical comments about modern country music in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, and he wanted an opportunity to elaborate on his statements. Slaid’s latest album, the critically-acclaimed “Still Fighting The War” was released in June.
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Photo by Karen Cleaves
I’m a lucky bastard. Driving out of Austin to my home in Wimberley on a Friday afternoon, I don’t curse the horrendous traffic, because this is what I hear on the radio on my way home: It starts on KDRP with some 1990s Steve Earle, new music from local writer Nathan Hamilton, and then Virginia’s Scott Miller, followed by the latest Mark Knopfler (Privateering – coolest six and half minute song I’ve heard in a long time) and then Hank Williams’ Honky Tonk Blues (which sounded clear and punchy and vital, like it was recorded yesterday down at Gruene Hall). As the signal fades out in the low water crossings of Driftwood I switch over to KNBT coming up out of New Braunfels and catch the intro to my own Still Fighting the War (which I had help in writing from my friend and neighbor, Wranglin’ Ron Coy) followed by the (real, live) DJ back-announcing Lyle Lovett, John Prine and Kevin Fowler. Coming up after the break: Sonny Landreth, Tift Merritt and Adam Hood. Pulling into my driveway I was tempted to sit in the car and listen, but dinner was waiting. (BTW, even the commercial breaks on stations like KNBT tend to be pretty easy to take. They are mostly locally produced ads for local businesses, relevant to the community and tastefully done.)
I’m not exposed to Nashville country music very often. But when I come across it I have a visceral negative reaction to it. It seems like a false picture of life. It doesn’t resonate with me at all. I don’t know, maybe there are places where there are dudes in $100 designer jeans driving brand new $40,000 pickup trucks, constantly surrounded by partying swimsuit models, all trying to out-redneck each other. But that’s not a world I’m familiar with, and when I see it on TV it just seems fake to me. The vocals and music itself are so overproduced and smoothed over and glossy, like it’s been run through a bunch of computers and focus groups. I predict someday Chinese engineers will discover the algorithm for Nashville country music and begin mass producing hits from a computer in Shinzen.
Sorry, I’m ranting. Judging from the comments following the posting of a portion of my recent Chicago Sun Times interview, I’m preaching to the converted. But in the end, what’s the use in talking about music we don’t like? The fact is: lots of people like this stuff. Lots of people go to Kenny Chesney shows. I don’t understand why. And those people probably don’t see what I see in Adam Carroll. It’s like two different tribes, and each is seeking a different experience. I wouldn’t pay a dollar to see Kenny Chesney or any other Nashville star. Likewise, a Kenny Chesney fan would have no fun at all at one of my “listening room” gigs.
And no, it doesn’t matter that Clear Channel plays Chesney and not me. My music doesn’t translate in a mass market situation. Can you picture me singing in a hockey arena? My kind of music works in the little local music club and on the community radio station where people present only the music they are passionate about, and the audience fits into a room that’s smaller than Keith Urban’s drum riser. My music works for people who want a more intimate connection to music, and are more interested in the subtleties of songwriting and the depth of storytelling you can find only in the “artisanal” country music being made today.
There’s no reason to despair. There’s an embarrassment of riches to be found on the edges of commercial music today. And even if you live in a “food desert,” where there’s nothing but Piggly Wiggly and Clearchannel radio, you have no excuse. Because dozens of great, locally programmed radio stations across the country are available online and even via smartphone apps. Sure it takes a little extra effort, just like ordering a chicken breast sandwich (which is not boneless) at Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack in Nashville takes a bit more effort that ordering a dozen McNuggets at the drive-thru. If you like Nashville country music, all you gotta do is spin the radio dial till you hear people hitting the “redneck” buzzwords of the day. But if you want to hear a song you’d actually care to hear more than once, one that will sound as good 10 years from now as it does today, a song made by independent artists working hard to make a decent living, artists making music for the people of their community, you need to put a little extra effort into it. Download an app. Sign up for a mailing list. Share your new find with friends. Go to a show at the local club. Stop talking about the music you don’t like, and talk about the music that does make your heart race or your throat choke up or makes you want to sit in the car and keep listening in the driveway.
If you haven’t done so lately, put a Kitty Wells LP on the turntable, or a Hank Williams 78 on the old Victrola. Or seek out Robbie Fulks’ brand new release, Gone Away Backward. It’s worth the extra effort. You’ll hear a fellow human voice, imperfect and glorious, singing in a room, accompanied by the sounds of wood and gut string and enhanced only by some little coils of copper wire. You might hear a story that resonates with your very own. And that’s what it’s all about.
Adam Hood, Hank Williams, John Prine, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Kevin Fowler, Kitty Wells, Lyle Lovett, Mark Knopfler, Robbie Fulks, Slaid Cleaves, Sonny Landreth, Steve Earle, Tift Merritt
Dave D.
November 5, 2013 @ 9:59 am
Excellent article! Those last two paragraphs are pure gold.
November 5, 2013 @ 10:02 am
Amen Brother Slaid. Well said !
Jeff Fourez
I’m not gonna lie. That was so well-put that I almost shed a tear. Thank you, Slaid.
CaliforniaCountry
I agree with the general premise of talking about music you like as opposed to what you don’t like. I just bitch because some of these “artists” used to play music that I like to listen to. It’s gotten to the point that I cannot listen to country radio at all, a relatively recent development.
This whole thread of “Should we waste time criticizing bad music?” comes up all the time here at Saving Country Music, and is something I openly struggle with. Without question, the majority of the focus should always be to help discover and support the music that is worthy of people’s ears, but I can’t tell you how many hundreds, if not thousands of people have been turned onto independent music through this site alone simply because I had something negative to say about bad music. It is the single most useful tool to illuminating music consumers to the fact that they have a choice, and like Slaid said, that there’s an amazing amount of heartfelt, independent music out there just waiting to be discovered. Simply put, criticizing bad music creates more fans, and more support for music that deserves it, and erodes the stranglehold corporate music has on the music industry.
Tomorrow is the CMA Awards, and every year, this is the single biggest event to drive interest and awareness of what is going on in country music. As millions of people watch on in amazement at the spectacle, millions will also be watching with sheer horror on their faces of what has happened to country music, and will take to search engines to see if anyone else feels the same way they do, and end up at Saving Country Music, and sites like it. Then they will exposed to the fact they they have choices that they never knew they had. Tomorrow as I cover the CMA Awards, I guarantee I will see numerous comments along the lines of, “If you hate the CMA Awards, why do you watch them?” And the reason is because engaging with them, instead of ignoring them, is the key to converting new fans to the independent, artistic side of country music. It is an opportunity that is irresponsible to not take advantage of.
I wrote more extensively about this subject a while back:
https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/why-criticize-bad-music
I’m not trying to erode Slaid’s comments whatsoever. I agree with them and thought they were poignant and wise. I think his point that wasting time whining about what is bad when there’s so much good stuff out there is something we should all heed.
November 5, 2013 @ 12:01 pm
This is exactly what brought me to this site in the first place. Looking for some explanation for the complete degradation of the genre. Since then I’ve been turned onto Sturgill Simpson, Jason Boland and the Stragglers, Jason Isbell, et al.
Was already a fan of Townes, Coe, Waylon and the like, but pointing viewers such as myself toward modern day singer-songwriters is one of the great strengths of this site.
Shit, I came here while I was trying to figure out if “Outlaw You” was a shot at Eric Church. After my initial rage subsided I became enlightened as to the wealth of good music out there. My festering resentment at the state of country (ca 2011, no less) finally had an outlet. Trig, I salute you for your efforts, and thank you for the brilliant recommendations.
The only damn shame is that 95% of these bands don’t come up to Western Mass very often and I ain’t about to move to Texas any time soon.
Yes, “Outlaw You” was directed at Eric Church.
musicfan
That was most excellent–he nailed it; darn songwriters and their way with words…
Mathew Sturtevant
Man, I am not surprised Slaid’s eloquence but always impressed. My sentiments exactly. I wrote a whole book on 100 of Austin’s lesser known talented giants hoping to give them a bit more spotlight and Slaid summed up really what it’s all about in this brief article. Thanks Slaid. Glad you are here.
Yolanda K. Harper
Truer words (without the usual country bashing) have rarely been said. Living in Nashville for four years, I regularly tuned in to “Ten@Ten” in KNBT online because I not only missed my “tribe,” but could rarely hear Nashville songwriters like Will Hoge or Sean McConnell there, yet they rank high on the Texas charts. Now back in the Austin area, I celebrate being home and my first way to give grace was to attend KNBT’s Americana Fest in Gruene and bathed in the sounds of Slaid et al.
Drive By Trucker
This was a great read – thank you.
I would love some input from anyone on some good stations that do stream live via a smartphone app. I have installed the KDRP app…would love to know of others.
The station Slaid mentions in his article, KNBT, streams via apps for both iPhone and Android per their website, http://www.knbt.fm I am listening to it on my computer (in the Midwest) while I type this.
I second this. KNBT is a fantastic station, but do know it’s Americana rather than country, so you are just as likely to hear Alabama Shakes as you are Adam Hood. (They also play a rather scarily impressive Etta James cover of “Welcome to the Jungle” on a fairly regular basis.)
And I’ll admit it did me good to see someone else is appreciative of that station’s commercials. I was starting to wonder if I was weird to enjoy them. (I’m lucky I’m about 20 minutes away from New Braunfels.)
http://www.khyi.com The Range out of Dallas is a great station for TX/Red Dirt americana and classic country.
Floyd Tolston
I just want to add something that I think most or all of you already know.
Slaid is one of the best songwriters there is.
And don’t use the I Heart Radio app and expect anything but mainstream country. It’s owned by Clear Channel and features exclusively the non-adventurous programming of only Clear Channel stations.
Nadster
Well said…you nailed it with the algorithm line. Every so often I try to listen to popular country music and get reminded why I hate it so much. There are some things to appreciate, such as some incredible musicianship (if we can assume it isn’t being created by a computer) but overall it is crap.
Paul Kennedy
You tell ’em cuz! I just wish we had more opportunity to see you and your music live here in South Florida.
I typically listen to a grand wide variety of music and will change it up in one sitting. What is funny (funny ironic not haha) is that no matter where I am, most people take exception with something I am playing, whether it be my cousin Slaid here, Etta James, a trop rock artist like Eric Stone, Santana, Second Imij (caribbean soca), Robert Palmer, or the Rolling Stones.
While I am typically am drawn to good song writing and great musical talent, the “pop” music world, whether it be popular country, popular hip hop, or some current “pop”ular music like Katy Perry, help expand and fuel awareness of different forms of music to the masses.
Compare it to beer, when Slaid and I were growing up in the North East, there wasn’t much more than Budwiser, Miller, Canadian Molson and a few UK and German beers. Then a few small brewerys started. Along came Samual Adams with national distribution. Of course many a beer snob will call Sam Adams over produced “commercial brand”, but it’s national distribution arguably opened the door for the micro brew revolution.
My point is that perhaps the expanded reach of commerical country pop, may bring a few more music fans over to the side of the true craft singer song writers like Slaid!
I can testify to this being true. This pretty much sums up my musical journey over the last 4 years.
Speaking of well written, from the heart music; check out a guy named Jim Yoss. He just dropped an album called “Slow Burn” on I tunes. Or better yet check out his FB page and order the CD. You won’t be disappointed.
CapnWain
He’s absolutely correct about putting forth effort to find music that inspires and entertains. You won’t find it on the radio, or even in the bigger dance type clubs. You gotta go look for it. Online, small dive bars, small clubs, listening rooms. But it’s there. And when you stumble on to an artist that blows you away…and the maybe 20 other people in the room, you appreciate it even more.
That’s how I discovered Slaid Cleaves. He popped up every so often on an online radio station I listen to. So when I went to Bristol Rhythm and Roots and Slaid was there, I made it a point to go see him. And loved every minute. Another great artist discovered.
So spot-on that this needs to circulate all around the Internets.
A shot , straight to the heart , with the characteristic unerring accuracy of a songwriter’s truth seeking missle .
Christopher Schoonover
I live in Kansas (from Oklahoma though) and it was hard to find good music up north. I started working at a bar just east of Wichita and turned my owner onto the Red Dirt/Texas sound. That’s all we play now in the bar. Just had Micky and the Motorcars last weekend and we have Brandon Jenkins on the 15th. Its awesome. We do our part in supporting live music. One of the best apps I’ve found is a little radio station in Southeast Kansas, its called “KOTE” in the Google play store for androids. All Red Dirt/Texas music 24/7.
Nailed it Slaid!!! That was so well-said that I just had to comment for he sake of wanting to be a part of it.
“There”™s an embarrassment of riches to be found on the edges of commercial music today.”
Truer words could not be spoken.
Dear Mr. Cleaves,
I agree largely with the above position; however, I beg you to remember something equally important;
YOU have written music that inspires and motivates generations to come. We as your loyal underground will support, talk and share your work as much as we are capable. All we ask is that you continue to write, love, learn and grow like we do with you.
Al James
Hell I first came on this website to see how you’d slander my favorite pop country artists. And after reading the articles about said artists to see that you weren’t after them this website really is all about perpetuating country music. I wouldn’t know who any of the modern independent artists I now listen to if it weren’t for this website. I recently wrote a song about myself and my relationships and played it for a really close friend of mine and it brought a tear to her eye. and to me that’s what music is. if the artist can bring their message to at least one person that’s all that matters. I appreciate your rants on bad country as much as the next guy. I can no longer hear good music on an fm radio in Bloomington Indiana, which totally sucks its a college town and should be more open to true country music but its just sadly not the case. Keep doing what your doing and maybe someday I will read a positive review of one of my songs on your website
“its a college town and should be more open to true country music”
LOL! In a college town, you should expect the exact opposite. College students are probably less interested in (and less familiar with) traditional country music than any other adult demographic.
Excellent stuff! Reading this: “I predict someday Chinese engineers will discover the algorithm for Nashville country music and begin mass producing hits from a computer in Shinzen”, I was a bit confused …. hasn’t that happened already? Sounds like it to me!
MQ Murphy
Great! And I’m happy/proud to say that the roster of artists that Slaid listed in his first couple of paragraphs are regularly played on my radio show on a little community-based station in Cape May, NJ (WCFA-LP) – and I love playing Slaid’s music, too.
And happy to have found ‘Saving Country Music’, too.
Spot on. I had the privilege a few weeks ago to see Sturgill Simpson play in a small bar on a Friday night and Jason Isbell play to a PACKED crowd in a small theater on a Sunday night. And in the three weeks prior to that Jason Boland and Jamey Johnson each came through the area. I had to drive about an hour to see each show but they were all well worth it. Great music is out there for people to hear if they would just take the time to search for it; it’s just too bad it isn’t as accessible as this other stuff.
Nashville is ‘back east’ from my roost. I’ve never listened to a Chesney/Aldean song all the way through….I have to turn my radio down or off. I can’t watch any of their videos.
I can’t stand that weird, pseudo ‘high lonesome’ beach twang. Every now and then, you have to twist off and say what you really feel about those ditties. I’m not alone.
I notice others walking down the aisles in our stores….sticking their tongues out and rolling their eyes when they meet your glance. We have stores that play these kegger songs, but customers leave as fast as they can.
Kevin Short
I have been preaching this over 40 years and have decided that the masses are like sheep and only listen to what they are told is good music.Every time I see Florida Georgia Line I throw up a little in my mouth. Keep making great music Slaid, and I will keep listening and spreading the word to the musically impaired.
Slaid summarizes the state of country music better than anyone I have previously heard.
And he has the genuineness and gravitas to comment on the country music horizon.
He is a great singer-songwriter.
The problem I have with all the comments about the state of country music is ”˜Who decides what is good country music”™? Somebody is buying those supposedly terrible songs and going to see those supposedly shallow acts. Some might say that all the critics of current country music are people that are just jealous that they are not on the successful side of the genre. I think Slaid”™s most valuable comment is that we should be talking up and supporting the acts that, in our opinion, are deserving of wider recognition instead of trying to talk down the current state of country music. One of the earlier commenters stated that ”˜taste is subjective”™ even when applied to what might be called ”˜music made to appeal to the masses and be commercially successful”™. I think most artists who create music would like their music to be ”˜successful”™, however you wish define that term. I read a comment somewhere that I”™ve tried to take to heart when ever I start to negatively judge songs. ”˜There is no such thing as bad art (music), only differing (subjective) opinions”™. It helps me realize that there is an audience for all of us.
reading this at 6am, and that last paragraph hit home hard. i have to say, spotify is a great source for avoiding dj-selected tunes and exploring the fringes…all full albums…Ive been listening to Blaze Foley alot this week….a writer whom ive known about for years, but never fully appreciated to the degree which others have…then, this week-I was alone in the kitchen, tired and a bit ragged and suddenly brought to tears by “clay pigeons”…when things like that happen, it feels like the song has become part of your life,…its real. –amen, slaid.
and just to be clear, when i find a spotify artist i like, i buy their music. its important.
Well, I for one would expect (hope for) that on a college station. Surely they could find a time slot for some independent country music.
Sounds like a good topic for an article: ‘The Top 10 College Radio Stations for Independent Country Music’. (Since we like lists so much 😉
What do you say, Trig?
‘Top 10 Stations Streaming Independent Country Music’, then? Anybody??
PennsWoods
I’d be very interested to see this list also. I listen to UPenn’s public radio station frequently. Plays some great americana, folk, etc.. but never traditional country, unfortunately.
Maybe we’ll get to work on that. The site used to have a “radio” page where we had cool radio stations you could listen to online in one place. But the problem was the changeover was so great, it went out-of-date so quickly. There’s probably a lot more stability in college stations though.
I still don’t see how it would be financially wise to play classic-style country music for an audience that has virtually no interest in it.
signjay
I do a radio show in Eastern Maine, Slaid’s old territory. I remember hearing him when he was still around here, and thought his sensiblity , taste, and style set him apart right at the get-go from the endless parade of self-absorbed singer-songwriters who basically can’t sing or write songs, but they do it anyway. Though never firmly in the classic country music camp, Slaid has always had that influence, and it shows in a genuine way. As a radio programmer, I’m bombarded on a daily basis with one “Americana” ( a term that has been rendered practically meaningless from overuse) CD after another, and it’s a lot to sift through. About one out of 20 CDs perks my ears, and the others are pretty tepid, faux-hipster stuff. I think the same is true for folks trying to sort out what comes out of Nashville, but it’s a more ironclad marketing machine there in the top 40 so-called “country” world, and sets that world apart from what’s happening in places like Austin. All in all, I think Slaid’s comments are pretty accurate, not condemning in any way, and ultimately challenge the listener to , well, Iisten! HIs mention of the new Robbie Fulks CD is right on the money. That’s probably the most listenable recording to come out of this Third Wave of country music in ten years.
henry bean
i dunno…seems like Slaid is underestimating audiences who willfully expose themselves to new country while underselling his abilities as a songwriter capable of appealing to the masses. sounds kinda like a snob, no?
this is the most tame perspective a performer like Slaid could take. what’s his point – he really likes his own scene? wow, shocker. he doesn’t care for what passes for country music these days? that’s about as unique an opinion as what passes for country music these days. please.
why doesn’t his audience actually hold him to a higher standard of social critique rather than applaud him for finding problems with that, at best, lie barely beneath the surface of pop culture?
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Jill Holler
I agree with most of what is said in the article. I have liked many of the current country music mega stars before they were stars. Once the corporate money making machine gets going, they get groomed and polished and become unrecognizeable.Sad. You can’t blame them for wanting to make some cash but it all comes down to selling out to the formula for mass marketing.
Vance Morton
January 10, 2014 @ 2:27 pm
Well, just like the music to which Slaid refers, this article was well worth the extra effort in finding. Hoorah and Amen to all of it! I live in DFW and there is a station here, 95.9 The Ranch that is the closest thing to the stations Slaid describes that I’ve found here and God Bless ’em for it. They’ve introduced me to great acts like Turpike Troubadors, Eleven Hundred Springs and Whiskey Meyers (just to name a scant few) and bless me with songs from long time faves like Slaid, The GREAT Ray Wylie and even The Derailers.
There are only two points to which I’d debate with Slaid. One, I would pay money for a big time Nashville act every now and then, cuz it’s like going to a touring broadway show – nothing real, just fun. and 2. I think Slaid’s music is perfect any and everywhere. I get his point, but I’d sit in the backrow of any enormodome in the world and listen to One Good Year, Flower Dresses, Drinkin Days, Horseshoe Lounge and…
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The tenth Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has been awarded to Robin Robertson.
Robertson becomes both the first Scot and the first poet to win the £25,000 Prize. His 200+ page book The Long Take is written in a combination of verse and prose, echoing the format often used by Sir Walter Scott himself in his long historical narrative poems. The book tells the story of a D-Day survivor, a Nova Scotian, wandering the American cities – New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles – in the period immediately after the Second World War, searching for self and suffering from what would now be recognised as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He is as much a victim of battle as those who fell. He too cannot return home.
John Banville reviewed the book recently for the Guardian:
‘The Long Take is a masterly work of art, exciting, colourful, fast-paced – the old-time movie reviewer’s vocabulary is apt to the case – and almost unbearably moving. Walker is a wonderful invention, a decent man carrying the canker of a past sin for which he cannot forgive himself. What Siodmak says of Walker can also be said of Robertson, that he has “what we call / deep focus. Long eyes for seeing.”
The Prize was presented by writer Alexander McCall Smith and Prize sponsor, the Duke of Buccleuch, at the Baillie Gifford Borders Book Festival on Saturday 15thJune. Robin Robertson said that, like Walter Scott, he had started as a poet and then moved into narrative fiction ‘by accident’, as The Long Take started as a poem but became something longer. Read examples of Robertson’s poetry here on the Scottish Review of Books website.
The Judges said:
“The Long Take recounts the inner journey of Canadian veteran Walker as he travels from New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco attempting to rebuild his life after living through the horrors of war in Europe. In poetry of the utmost beauty, Robin Robertson interweaves themes from the great age of black and white films, the destruction of communities as cities destroy the old to build the new, the horrors of McCarthyism and the terrible psychological wounds left by war.
“Robertson shows us things we’d rather not see and asks us to face things we’d rather not face. But with the pulsing narrative drive of classic film noir, the vision of a poet, and the craft of a novelist, The Long Take courageously and magnificently boosts the Walter Scott Prize into its next decade.”
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The Prizegiving was preceded by the world premiere of an operetta, Dandie Dinmont, specially commissioned from writer Alexander McCall Smith to celebrate ten years of the Prize.
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373, No. 2, 2000, pp. 278–280.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2000 by Ostroumov, Kolesnikov.
Biocatalysis of Matter Transfer in a Microcosm Is Inhibited
by a Contaminant: Effects of a Surfactant on Limnea stagnalis
S. A. Ostroumov and M. P. Kolesnikov
Presented by Academician Dobrovol’skii August 4, 1999
Aquatic invertebrate phytophagous animals excrete with a total wet weight of 38.04 g. A concentrated
large amounts of pellets, which contain some food TDTMA solution (mol wt 336.4) was added to the
components because of incomplete digestion. Food experimental microcosms to a final concentration of
assimilability by gastropods varies from 42 to 85% 2 mg/l. The microcosms were incubated at 22.5–24°C
(67.7% on the average) [1]. The excreted pellets settle for 72 h without stirring. Water was replaced and fresh
by gravity to form the bottom detritus, thus contributing TDTMA was added daily. Settled tap water preliminar-
to the formation of bottom sediments. This process is ily incubated at room temperature for several days was
important for water ecology; however, the effects of used in both experimental and control microcosms. The
contaminants, including surfactants, on this process phytomass eaten by the mollusks (Table 1) was esti-
have not been studied sufficiently. mated from the difference between phytomasses before
and after incubation. The total organic nitrogen accord-
Pulmonates (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), including ing to Kjeldal was determined in the phytomass and
Limnea stagnalis (Bassomatophora), are both phyto- pellets using mineralization [2, 3]. Phosphorous was
and zoophages in water ecosystems. The L. stagnalis determined by the modified phosphomolybdic blue
feeding base comprises plants and other food available method [4, 5]. The sum of organogenic and soluble
in water bodies [1]. The purpose of this study was to (mineral) silicon was determined as described in [4, 5]
detect and analyze the possible disturbances caused by with modifications; molybdenum [Mo (VI)] contained
a surfactant in vertical matter transfer in a microcosm in silicomolybdic acid was photochemically reduced
(exemplified by L. stagnalis) as a model of matter using riboflavin as a photosensitizer. Absolute dry
transfer in the entire ecosystem. weight was determined after drying at 105°C for 2–3 h
The mollusks were collected in a pond in the upper (until the weight became constant).
Moskva River in June and placed into jars (five to ten Exposure to TDTMA decreased the feeding rate of
animals per jar). The total biomass of the mollusks per mollusks, which was estimated from the rate of
jar was about 10–14 g (on the average, 11.72 g; wet decrease in food, within three days of incubation. The
weight with the shell). The mollusks were fed on sub- inhibitory effect of TDTMA was observed at the sur-
merged leaves of Nuphar lutea (L.) Smith collected at factant concentration of 2 mg/l (Table 1). TDTMA
a depth of 1.5 m in the Moskva River in June. We elim- inhibited feeding by 27.9–70.9%, depending on the
inated the main rib from each leaf and cut the leaf in time period. No mollusks died during the first two days
halves, with one half to be used as a food in the micro- of the experiment; after the third day of incubation, the
cosms with a surfactant and the other, in the control mortality was as low as 9.7% (in the variant with
microcosms. The surfactant was tetradecyltrimethy- TDTMA).
lammonium bromide (TDTMA). The volume of water The decrease in feeding rate was accompanied by a
in each microcosm was 1 l (settled tap water was used). decrease in pellet formation. The pellet production in
Four microcosms with the TDTMA solution tested the four experimental microcosms was less than in the
contained 7.04 g of N. lutea leaf phytomass (the total control ones, although the total biomass in experimen-
wet weight in four jars) and 31 mollusks (the total wet tal microcosms was 1.46 times higher than in the con-
weight was 55.72 g). Four control microcosms con- trol group. The total production of pellets and their
tained a total of 6.94 g of phytomass and 20 mollusks accumulation at the bottom of the jars per unit weight
of mollusks in TDTMA-treated microcosms was only
58.3% of the control value (Table 2).
Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, The elemental composition of pellets was also stud-
119899 Russia ied (Table 3). In addition to organic carbon, they con-
Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of tained nitrogen, phosphorus, and silicon (2.34–2.58,
Sciences, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, 117071 Russia 0.41–0.44, and 1.11–1.19% of the absolute dry weight,
0012-4966/00/0708-0397$25.00 © 2000 MAIK “Nauka /Interperiodica”
398 OSTROUMOV, KOLESNIKOV
Table 1. The effect of TDTMA on the feeding rate of the mollusk L. stagnalis feeding on N. lutea leaves
Phytomass eaten
TDTMA Temperature, milligrams of wet phyto- percentage of the phyto- Feeding rate
Time, h
dose, mg/l centigrade mass per gram of wet mass eaten by mollusks inhibition, %
weight of mollusks in the control group
0 12.36 100 0
21 2 22.5 3.59 29.1 70.9
72 2 24 27.28 72.1 27.9
Note: Time after the beginning of incubation is indicated.
Table 2. Inhibition of matter transfer via sedimentation of L. stagnalis pellets by TDTMA in the microcosms during 72 h
Pellet accumulation on the bottom of the microcosms
TDTMA dose, mg/l dry weight (mg) of Inhibition, %
dry weight (mg) in four
pellets per gram of wet A, %
microcosms (A)
weight of mollusks (A)
0 261 6.86 100.0 0
2 223 4.00 58.3 41.7
respectively). The nitrogen and phosphorus contents Thus, the feeding activity of the mollusks and the
were slightly higher than their contents in the N. lutea related transfer of matter and energy in the food chain
phytomass, whereas the silicon content was at least phytomass–phytophage–excreted pellets were some-
30% higher than in the phytomass. Compare these data times suppressed by more than 40%. Note that negative
with our data on the elemental composition of pellets sublethal effects on filtration connected with feeding
formed by L. stagnalis feeding on Taraxacum officinale activity of marine mollusks were earlier observed for
Wigg.: 2.89, 0.48, and 1.87% for nitrogen, phosphorus, other surfactants (sodium dodecylsulfate [6] and Triton
and silicon, respectively, versus 2.57, 0.44, and 1.15%, X–100 [7]) at similar concentrations. Feeding activity
respectively, in the original leaves; in this case, the cen- of rotifers, another important group of aquatic inverte-
tral rib was also eliminated before the leaves were brates, is also disturbed by surfactants, as exemplified
placed in the microcosms. As far as we know, we were by the effect of TDTMA on Brachionus angularis [8].
the first to study the elemental composition of L. stag- The effects of surfactants on feeding rate in inverte-
nalis pellets. The trend towards a certain change in pel- brates are important because of the hazard for many
let composition compared to phytomass (especially an ecologically important processes [11], including those
involved in water self-purification [9, 10].
increase in silicon) was observed for both plant species
studied. Pellet sedimentation means a considerable accelera-
tion of vertical (towards the bottom) matter transfer in
an aquatic ecosystem, because N. lutea leaves them-
Table 3. Elemental composition of pellets and N. lutea phy- selves and their fragments are highly buoyant and do
tomass consumed by L. stagnalis (percentage of dry weight) not sediment (there was no sedimentation over a period
in the presence and absence of TDTMA longer than the duration of our experiment).
TDTMA The disturbance in the mollusk feeding rate may be
Material Nitrogen Phosphorus Silicon ecologically important. According to Tsikhon and
dose, mg/l
Lukanina (1965, cited from [1]), the daily ration of gas-
Leaves 0 2.19 0.39 0.85 tropods feeding on plants may be as much as 350, 400,
2 2.11 0.34 0.81 and even 424% (L. stagnalis, Radix ovata, and Physa
Pellets 0 2.34 0.44 1.11 fontinalis, respectively). This indicates that this link of
the ecosystem food chain accounts for considerable
2 2.58 0.41 1.19 matter and energy transfer. We may predict that new
Note: For analysis of leaves, phytomass that remained in micro- examples of suppression of pellet production, as well as
cosms after 72 h of incubation was used. the detritus formation and matter transfer connected
DOKLADY BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Vol. 373 2000
BIOCATALYSIS OF MATTER TRANSFER IN A MICROCOSM IS INHIBITED 399
with it, will be found when effects of various contami- Foundation (Research and Writing Initiative of the Pro-
nants on invertebrates are studied. gram on Global Security and Sustainability).
The data obtained allow us to draw the following
(1) Pellet excretion by L. stagnalis feeding on the
phytomass of macrophytes (such as N. lutea) may be as 1. Monakov, A.V., Pitanie presnovodnykh bespozvonoch-
high as 4–7 mg absolute dry weight per gram wet nykh, Moscow, 1998.
weight of mollusks per 72 h. 2. Schepers, J., Francis, D., and Thompson, M., Commun.
(2) Pellet sedimentation may contribute to vertical Soil Sci. Plant Anal., 1989, vol. 20, pp. 949–959.
transfer of chemical elements in the ecosystem. The 3. Thomas, R., Sheard, R., and Moyer, J., Agron. J, 1967,
pellet composition varies depending on the species of vol. 59, pp. 240–243.
the plants eaten by mollusks. When L. stagnalis feed on 4. Kolesnikov, M.P. and Abaturov, B.D., Usp. Sovrem.
N. lutea, pellets contain, in addition to organic and inor- Biol., 1997, vol. 117, no. 5, pp. 534–548.
ganic carbon, nitrogen (2.3–2.9%), phosphorus (0.4– 5. Marchenko, Z., Fotometricheskoe opredelenie elemen-
0.5%), and silicon (1.1–1.9%). The silicon content may tov (Photometric Determination of Elements), Moscow:
be 30% higher than in the food phytomass. Mir, 1971.
(3) The surfactant TDTMA and, apparently, other 6. Donkin, P. and Ostroumov, S.A., Toksikolog. Vest., 1997,
contaminants may suppress pellet production, their no. 3, p. 37.
accumulation at the bottom of microcosms, and the
7. Ostroumov, S.A., Donkin, P., and Staff, F., Dokl. Akad.
matter transfer connected with this. Nauk, 1998, vol. 362, no. 4, pp. 574–576.
(4) The data obtained demonstrate a new aspect of
8. Kartasheva, N.N. and Ostroumov, S.A., Toksikolog.
the ecological hazard due to environmental pollution Vest., 1998, no. 5, pp. 30–32.
with TDTMA and other quaternary ammonium com-
pounds at sublethal concentrations. 9. Ostroumov, S.A., Riv. Biol., 1998, vol. 91, pp. 221–232.
10. Ostroumov, S.A., Limnology and Oceanography: Navi-
gating into the Next Century. Waco (Tex.), 1999, p. 134.
11. Ostroumov, S.A., Vvedenie v biokhimicheskuyu ekologiyu
The part of this study that was performed by (Introduction to Biochemical Ecology), Moscow: Mosk.
S.A. Ostroumov was supported by the MacArthur Gos. Univ. MGU, 1986.
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I. Nishioka
G. Nonaka
T. Yokozawa
H. Oura
Y. Shoyama
Study on the inhibitory effect of tannins and flavonoids against the 1,1-diphenyl-2 picrylhydrazyl radical.
T. Yokozawa, C. Chen, E. Dong, T. Tanaka, G. Nonaka, I. Nishioka
Biochemical pharmacology
Fifty-one tannins and forty-one flavonoids isolated from Oriental medicinal herbs were evaluated for their antioxidant ability with a 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical-generating system.… Expand
Biosynthesis of cannabinoid acids
Y. Shoyama, Masahiro Yagi, I. Nishioka, T. Yamauchi
Abstract Malonic acid, mevalonic acid, geraniol and nerol were incorporated into tetrahydrocannabinolic acid and cannabichromenic acid in Cannabis sativa. The pathway from cannabigerolic acid to… Expand
Antitumor agents, 129. Tannins and related compounds as selective cytotoxic agents.
Y. Kashiwada, G. Nonaka, I. Nishioka, J. Chang, K. Lee
Journal of natural products
Fifty-seven tannins and related compounds, including gallotannins, ellagitannins, and condensed and complex tannins, were evaluated for their cytotoxicities against human tumor cell lines, including… Expand
Tannins and Related Compounds. CXIX. Samarangenins A and B, Novel Proanthocyanidins with Doubly Bonded Structures, from Syzygium samarangens and S. aqueum
G. Nonaka, Yukari Aiko, Kousuke Aritake, I. Nishioka
Two proanthocyanidins named samarangenins A (1) and B (2) have been isolated, together with a variety of flavan-3-ols, proanthocyanidins and hydrolyzable and complex tannins, from the leaves of… Expand
Biosynthesis of propyl cannabinoid acid and its biosynthetic relationship with pentyl and methyl cannabinoid acids
Y. Shoyama, H. Hirano, I. Nishioka
Abstract Biosynthesis of propyl cannabinoid acid has been determined by in vitro incubation with a crude enzyme solution from three strains of Cannabis sativa using 14 C-labelled cannabinoid acid.… Expand
Somatic Embryogenesis and Clonal Multiplication of Panax ginseng.
Y. Shoyama, K. Kamura, I. Nishioka
Embryogenesis of PANAX GINSENG was induced from young flower buds via callus during a 3 months culture period. Matured embryos could be germinated on the 1/2 Murashige and Skoog's medium supplemented… Expand
Studies on Epimedium species : flavonol glycosides and isozymes
S. Koga, Y. Shoyama, I. Nishioka
Abstract Flavonol glycosides, icariin, epimedin B and C, contained in six Epimedium species were qualitatively and quantitatively analysed by HPLC. Significant differences in the flavonol glycoside… Expand
Tannins and related compounds. XV. A new class of dimeric flavan-3-ol gallates, theasinensins A and B, and proanthocyanidin gallates from green tea leaf (1)
G. Nonaka, Osamu Kawahara, I. Nishioka
Along with four dimeric proanthocyanidin gallates, viz. prodelphinidin B-2 3'-O-gallate (IV) and procyanidins B-2 3, 3'-di-O-gallate (V), B-2 3'-O-gallate (VI) and B-4 3'-O-gallate (VII), two novel… Expand
Magnesium and Ammonium-Potassium Lithospermates B, the Active Principles Having a Uremia-Preventive Effect from Salvia miltiorrhiza
T. Tanaka, S. Morimoto, +4 authors H. Oura
The active components which exhibit the improving effect on uremic symptoms have been isolated from Salviae miltriorrhizae Radix and characterized as magnesium lithospermate (1) and… Expand
Flavan-3-ol and proanthocyanidin allosides from Davallia divaricata
Tieh-Horng Hwang, Y. Kashiwada, G. Nonaka, I. Nishioka
Abstract Four flavan-3-ol glycosides and three proanthoeyanidin glycosides have been isolated from the fern, Davallia divaricata , together with procyanidins B-1 and B-2 and a trimeric procyanidin.… Expand
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Detroit Business News
News from Detroit, Michigan (MI) USA – Detroit business news, as issued by the Send2Press Newswire service. Including finance, entertainment and tech news.
Detroit Moms Partner to Start Virtual Circle Time for Preschoolers Who Need Socialization
Thu, 17 Dec 2020, 08:05:36 EST | From: No Fear Cafe
DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 17, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — No Fear Café, a co-learning center located in the heart of Detroit, announced the launching of its new online community, “Ready to Learn Circles.” Moms and business owners, Alicia McKay and Shanna Sansom, have partnered to launch “Ready to Learn Circles” which is a new virtual program that pairs qualified instructors with early learners ages 2-6, for live, remote, daily Circle Time sessions.
Finesse Gods Clothing Company: New Streetwear Brand Launches Black Friday
Thu, 19 Nov 2020, 06:55:12 EST | From: Finesse Gods Clothing Company
DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 19, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The entrepreneurs behind a new clothing company wanted to go big at the end of a landmark year by launching their new streetwear brand on one of the world’s biggest shopping days. Finesse Gods Clothing Company will introduce their new line of Finesse Empowerment Collection edgy and bundled winter gear designs on Black Friday, which falls on Friday, November 27 this year.
No Fear Cafe, Co-learning Center in Detroit, Helps Kids to Publish Books During the Pandemic
Wed, 30 Sep 2020, 08:15:50 EDT | From: No Fear Cafe
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 30, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — No Fear Cafe, today announced the launching of its child author program, “Becoming Published with No Fear.” No Fear Cafe is a Co-learning Center located in the heart of Detroit, near the Boston Edison district. This program helps kids to create, edit, and publish their writings.
Hitmaking Brothers Bill Moss, Jr. and J Moss Join Forces in New Music Video
Thu, 27 Aug 2020, 07:30:30 EDT | From: Salathiel Records
DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 27, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — With a nostalgic throwback to their gospel heritage and beginnings as the dynamic “Moss Brothers,” Detroit-based Salathiel Records has released the music video for the new single “Testimony of Praise” by brothers and celebrated recording artists Bill Moss Jr. and J Moss.
Salathiel Records Releases Two New Singles by Worship Artist Bill Moss, Jr.
DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 13, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Salathiel Records is saturating the market with two new dynamic releases by Billboard charting artist and worship leader Bill Moss Jr., “Testimony of Praise” and “Brand New Day.” Both new singles are available now on all digital music outlets.
New ‘Back to Work’ Packs Ease Transition – Feature Items Exclusively Sourced from Michigan Companies
Tue, 16 Jun 2020, 07:00:06 EDT | From: Special D Events
DETROIT, Mich., June 16, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Special D Events announces “Back to Work Packs,” curated care packages designed to help employees feel safe and be productive when they return to their workspaces, are now available.
3flightsHR CEO Sheryl Simmons Selected to Speak at Financial Health Network EMERGE Conference and HRSouthwest Conference for Second Consecutive Year
Mon, 15 Jun 2020, 07:05:35 EDT | From: 3flightsHR
DETROIT, Mich., June 15, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — 3flightsHR, a leading HR consulting company, is pleased to announce that once again Chief Executive Officer Sheryl Simmons has been selected by Dallas HR to present at the Annual HR Southwest Conference, and by the Financial Health Network to present at the Annual EMERGE Conference.
Statement from The African Caribbean Chamber of Commerce on The Civil Unrest and State of Race Relations In America
Mon, 15 Jun 2020, 07:00:19 EDT | From: African Caribbean Chamber Of Commerce
DETROIT, Mich., June 15, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — As a civic organization committed to racial and economic justice, the sustained outpouring of grief, anger and civil unrest sweeping our country and the globe serve as a stark reminder of not only America’s promises and ideals, but also its legacy injustices and shortcomings. Championing equality, diversity and inclusion, the African Caribbean Chamber of Commerce (ACCC) joins the global chorus of those sickened and appalled by the inhumanity we have witnessed.
TCF Bank Renews Partnership with the Michigan Chronicle to Invest $100,000 in Detroit Students and Educators
Tue, 25 Feb 2020, 14:39:42 EST | From: Michigan Chronicle
DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 25, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TCF Bank announced today that it will renew its partnership with the Michigan Chronicle to provide scholarships to Detroit high school seniors through the Michigan Chronicle/TCF Bank S.W.A.G. (Students Wired for Achievement and Greatness) Scholarship Awards. For 2020, the bank will award scholarships between $5,000 and $20,000 per student to 15 awardees.
Registration Open For The Second Annual Detroit Truck Pull – Fundraiser to support Move For Hunger is once again presented by Kroger
Mon, 29 Jul 2019, 16:29:18 EDT | From: Move For Hunger
DETROIT, Mich., July 29, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Move For Hunger announced today that registration is open for the second annual Detroit Truck Pull, presented by Kroger. The event, in which teams of 5-10 will compete to see who can pull a moving truck 100 feet in the fastest time, will be held at Founders Brewing Company on Saturday, August 10, 2019 from Noon – 4 p.m.
Batteries Shack Now Metro Detroit’s Only Authorized Dealer for Deka and Trojan USA Batteries
Tue, 19 Mar 2019, 10:00:28 EDT | From: Batteries Shack
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., March 19, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Ask many boating enthusiasts which deep cycle batteries they prefer for their crafts, and they’ll name one of two brands: Deka, or Trojan USA, says Batteries Shack. They’re top-of-the-line batteries made in the USA; Deka through a company called East Penn Manufacturing. Both are known for having longer life spans and higher power outputs than competing brands.
Arts Detroit Launches Spectra, a Theatre Program for Students on the Autism Spectrum
Thu, 15 Nov 2018, 06:50:44 EST | From: Arts Detroit
PLYMOUTH, Mich., Nov. 15, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A new theatre education program will be offered by Arts Detroit for students on the Autism Spectrum and with Aspergers inside of their performing arts studio at PARC-Plymouth Arts and Recreation Complex. Spectra will be a course to help students on the Autism Spectrum learn theatre techniques that can help them develop life skills as well.
Baha’is of Detroit Tri-County Area to mark the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Baha’u’llah, Founder of the Baha’i Faith
Tue, 10 Oct 2017, 12:35:30 EDT | From: Baha'is of Oakland County
DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 10, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Baha’is of the Detroit Tri-County Area (Wayne, Macomb and Oakland Counties) are preparing to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Baha’u’llah, the Founder of the Baha’i Faith, on Oct. 22, 2017 at 3 p.m. at the Flagstar Strand Theatre for the Performing Arts in downtown Pontiac.
Announcing StartMyLine.com – Total DIY Business and Design Solutions for Fashion Designers
Thu, 18 May 2017, 14:28:15 EDT | From: StartMyLine.com
DETROIT, Mich., May 18, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — StartMyLine, a website specializing in fashion business tools, fashion design software and help articles, officially launches today with the goal to empower beginners and aspiring fashion designers with total DIY solutions to help them successfully break into the fashion industry.
DayStar Books Introduces New Website to Keep Gardeners Informed on Tips and Techniques to Reduce Consumer Gardening Prices
Wed, 12 Apr 2017, 08:00:42 EDT | From: DayStar Books
DETROIT, Mich., April 12, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — DayStar Books has launched a new website and companion eBook offering lesser known tips and techniques to consumers on factors affecting gardening prices entitled “Eastern Market Flower Deals.”
Over 270 Local High Schools Pledge to Drive Safe for a Chance to Win $10,000 Courtesy of Dick Genthe Chevrolet
Fri, 10 Feb 2017, 13:19:13 EST | From: Dick Genthe Chevrolet
DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 10, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dick Genthe Chevrolet recently announced it was giving local Detroit high schools the chance to win $10,000 by asking parents and teens to sign the Drive Safe Detroit, Teen Driver Pledge and obtain the most pledges; over 270 schools came aboard.
Dick Genthe Chevrolet Offers Local High School Chance to Win $10,000 Drive Safe Detroit, Teen Driver Pledge
Tue, 13 Dec 2016, 19:22:11 EST | From: Dick Genthe Chevrolet
DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 13, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dick Genthe Chevrolet is giving local Detroit high schools the chance to win $10,000 by asking parents and teens to sign the Drive Safe Detroit, Teen Driver Pledge and obtain the most pledges.
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Triple plebiscite? Hanson and Lambie's surprise idea
8th Nov 2016 10:37 AM
APPARENTLY a plebiscite in Australian politics is like the Hydra monster of ancient Greece -- The many-headed beast's heads can be lopped off, but more appear in their place.
After the destruction of the same-sex marriage plebiscite in the Senate on Monday, independent senator Jacqui Lambie and One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson have had a light bulb moment.
Rather than hold a separate national vote on a single contentious issue, at a cost of about $150 million, why not hold a variety of plebiscites in line with the next Federal Election.
The ABC is reporting that Ms Lambie and Ms Hanson propose to allow Australians to vote on Indigenous recognition, euthanasia and yes, same-sex marriage at the next election.
"We had some dinner and we're talking now about putting a bill through, so that we have dates, we have times, so we can get this bill and take the vote at the next election," Ms Lambie said.
"Let's give these people some peace of mind, let's give them another direction, and tell them when they can take the vote, because they want to take this vote.
"Three questions. Simple. Take your vote while you're (at the ballot box)."
Ms Lambie supported the same-sex marriage vote in the Senate, and was disappointed when it was ultimately defeated 33-29.
Euthanasia laws are on the cards down south - how about Qld?
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Sepura supplies a reliable and effective communications system to CERN
As many as 12,000 people work at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) at any one time, including physicists and engineers from dozens of countries whose collaborative work is aimed at gaining a greater understanding of the fundamental structure of the universe. Many of the discoveries made at CERN help improve everyday life by enabling advances in areas ranging from medicine to computing.
CERN's operations are distributed over an area of 60 km2 that straddles the border between France and Switzerland. In addition to 600 surface buildings, CERN has over 50km of underground tunnels, including a 27km-long circular tunnel located some 50-150m underground containing the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator. In 2013, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to François Englert and Peter W. Higgs for their theoretical work on the Higgs boson, whose existence was recently confirmed by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC.
To ensure everyone's safety in CERN's unique environment the organisation employs a highly specialised fire brigade who are trained to deal with a wide variety of risks.
Challenge: Equip CERN with a complete TETRA communication solution - comprising infrastructure, radios and applications - capable of delivering seamless communications above and below ground, and in extreme environments where the presence of powerful magnetics presents unique challenges for wireless radio equipment. Provide CERN's fire brigade with TETRA radios that operate under challenging conditions. Improve safety for lone workers.
Solution: The full Sepura TETRA solution deployed by CERN comprises TETRA infrastructure that covers the entire site and supports over 300 radios, delivered by Sepura FR400 base stations. CERN fire-fighters use Sepura STP8X Intrinsically Safe radios that feature crystal-clear audio and a high-resolution display, and are waterproof and dustproof. Maintenance and security personnel use Sepura STP8000 - rugged and robust market leading hand-portables. Sepura's solution also includes the STProtect application which ensures lone worker protection by providing accurate location data deep underground, where GPS signals are unavailable.
Results: Migrating to Sepura's digital TETRA infrastructure has met all of CERN's requirements for a reliable, effective communications system for its fire brigade and other user groups across the site. The solution for lone worker protection has already proved its worth by helping to save a life.
Meeting the challenges of underground communications
With so much of the facility located underground, it was a challenge for CERN to implement reliable communications systems for its fire brigade and for the security and maintenance teams who carry out other safety-related work. Analogue radio systems were already in use, but their limitations included a lack of interoperability between different systems, no ability to track an individual's precise location, and no connectivity to the French or Swiss public safety networks.
CERN organised a call for tender for an integrated replacement system that overcame these limitations, and selected Sepura's bespoke critical communications solution. This covers CERN's entire site, both above and below ground, including the LHC tunnel. Three radio antennas support over 300 TETRA terminals, and the network is fully redundant
The TETRA network enables communications for CERN's fire brigade, security and maintenance teams. In addition, if members of the French or Swiss public safety services are called to an incident, they can use their existing TETRA radios throughout the infrastructure deployed for CERN.
The right TETRA radio for each user group
CERN's firefighters use Sepura STP8X hand-portable radios for all their operational communications. Rugged and robust, these intrinsically safe devices are waterproof and dustproof in line with the latest and most stringent V6 of the IECEx/ATEX standard. They provide CERN's firefighters with the loud, clear audio and very high-resolution displays that are critical for effective communication in noisy, smoky and hazardous environments. Their tactile keypad is easy to use even when wearing the heavy gloves that are part of the fire brigade's protective gear.
"Sepura's reliable ATEX hand-portables help our firefighters stay safe and effective, because they carry on working under the most extreme conditions," says Yann Léchevin, Projects Leader and Chef d'Etat-Major within CERN's Fire and Rescue Services. "On top of that, firefighters can use them to send short text messages such as 'Arrived at destination', enabling us to monitor the progress of a call-out in real time."
Wardens, maintenance engineers and other groups working at CERN use Sepura STP8000 hand-portables and vehicle- or desk-mountable SRG3900 mobile radios. Supplementing CERN's existing closed GSM network that enables point-to-point communications, the TETRA devices are typically used to set up talk groups for teams, or to enhance the personal safety of individuals working alone.
"When we demonstrated the Sepura radios ahead of rollout, all of the different user groups quickly understood the benefits they offered and were very taken with the radios' user-centric design. In fact, some of our colleagues were quite reluctant to hand the radios back at the end of the day!" says Aurélie Pascal, Telecommunications Engineer within CERN's IT department.
All-round protection for lone workers
Individuals often work alone in vast areas underground at CERN, and ensuring their personal safety is a top priority. As well as an emergency button users can press to call the fire brigade directly in an emergency, all the Sepura STP8000 and STP8X hand-portable radios in use at CERN include sophisticated 'man-down' functionality. Based on motion sensing technology, the radio automatically alerts the fire brigade if a user is motionless or suffers a serious impact.
These radio-based features are combined with Sepura's STProtect in-building tracking and location solution, consisting of beacons and software that enable a radio user's position to be precisely displayed on a map of the CERN site if a man-down alarm sounds, and accelerating the rescue operation.
Sepura's GPS localisation functionality was put to the test when a CERN security guard working in isolation fainted. "Thanks to the man-down alarm and the ability to pinpoint his location, he was rapidly found and rescued," reports Léchevin. "We couldn't have asked for a better demonstration of the benefits of the Sepura lone-worker solution."
A partnership built for the future
The TETRA network and radios are meeting all of CERN's requirements for reliable and effective communications both above and below ground. For Frédéric Chapron, Head of Communications Support within CERN's IT department, there are no regrets about having selected Sepura:
"Sepura developed a powerful solution with the right products for CERN's very particular environment. Additionally, their transparent, collaborative approach reflected our own, giving us confidence that we could work well together. This proved to be the case, and the close working relationship we developed during the rollout looks set to continue into the future."
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John Locke and C. B. Macpherson | 4.14
The Second Treatise is one of the most important political treatises ever written and one of the most far-reaching in its influence.
In his provocative 15-page introduction to this edition, the late eminent political theorist C. B. Macpherson examines Locke's arguments for limited, conditional government, private property and right of revolution and suggests reasons for the appeal of these arguments in Locke's time and since. more
In his provocative 15-page introduction to this edition, the late eminent political theorist C. B. Macpherson examines Locke's arguments for limited, conditional government, private property and right of revolution and suggests reasons for the appeal of these arguments in Locke's time and since. less
Recommended by Donna Dickenson, and 1 others.
Donna DickensonI am interested in the book mainly because it is where we find Locke putting across the now very familiar idea about the relationship between labour and property. (Source)
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Shamans, Software, and Spleens
Law and the Construction of the Information Society
James Boyle | 3.94
Who owns your genetic information? Might it be the doctors who, in the course of removing your spleen, decode a few cells and turn them into a patented product? In 1990 the Supreme Court of California said yes, marking another milestone on the information superhighway. This extraordinary case is one of the many that James Boyle takes up in Shamans, Software, and Spleens, a timely look at the infinitely tricky problems posed by the information society. Discussing topics ranging from blackmail and insider trading to artificial intelligence (with good-humored stops in microeconomics,... more
Who owns your genetic information? Might it be the doctors who, in the course of removing your spleen, decode a few cells and turn them into a patented product? In 1990 the Supreme Court of California said yes, marking another milestone on the information superhighway. This extraordinary case is one of the many that James Boyle takes up in Shamans, Software, and Spleens, a timely look at the infinitely tricky problems posed by the information society. Discussing topics ranging from blackmail and insider trading to artificial intelligence (with good-humored stops in microeconomics, intellectual property, and cultural studies along the way), Boyle has produced a work that can fairly be called the first social theory of the information age.
Now more than ever, information is power, and questions about who owns it, who controls it, and who gets to use it carry powerful implications. These are the questions Boyle explores in matters as diverse as autodialers and direct advertising, electronic bulletin boards and consumer databases, ethno-botany and indigenous pharmaceuticals, the right of publicity (why Johnny Carson owns the phrase "Here's Johnny!"), and the right to privacy (does J. D. Salinger "own" the letters he's sent?). Boyle finds that our ideas about intellectual property rights rest on the notion of the Romantic author--a notion that Boyle maintains is not only outmoded but actually counterproductive, restricting debate, slowing innovation, and widening the gap between rich and poor nations. What emerges from this lively discussion is a compelling argument for relaxing the initial protection of authors' works and expanding the concept of the fair use of information. For those with an interest in the legal, ethical, and economic ramifications of the dissemination of information--in short, for every member of the information society, willing or unwilling--this book makes a case that cannot be ignored. less
Donna DickensonThe most interesting part of the book for me is an analogy that James Boyle uses between the privatisation of the human genome and the privatisation of the agricultural commons. (Source)
Tissue Economies
Blood, Organs, and Cell Lines in Late Capitalism
Catherine Waldby, Robert Mitchell | 4.39
As new medical technologies are developed, more and more human tissues—such as skin, bones, heart valves, embryos, and stem cell lines—are stored and distributed for therapeutic and research purposes. The accelerating circulation of human tissue fragments raises profound social and ethical concerns related to who donates or sells bodily tissue, who receives it, and who profits—or does not—from the transaction. Catherine Waldby and Robert Mitchell survey the rapidly expanding economies of exchange in human tissue, explaining the complex questions raised and suggesting likely developments.... more
As new medical technologies are developed, more and more human tissues—such as skin, bones, heart valves, embryos, and stem cell lines—are stored and distributed for therapeutic and research purposes. The accelerating circulation of human tissue fragments raises profound social and ethical concerns related to who donates or sells bodily tissue, who receives it, and who profits—or does not—from the transaction. Catherine Waldby and Robert Mitchell survey the rapidly expanding economies of exchange in human tissue, explaining the complex questions raised and suggesting likely developments. Comparing contemporary tissue economies in the United Kingdom and United States, they explore and complicate the distinction that has dominated practice and policy for several decades: the distinction between tissue as a gift to be exchanged in a transaction separate from the commercial market and tissue as a commodity to be traded for profit.Waldby and Mitchell pull together a prodigious amount of research—involving policy reports and scientific papers, operating manuals, legal decisions, interviews, journalism, and Congressional testimony—to offer a series of case studies based on particular forms of tissue exchange. They examine the effect of threats of contamination—from HIV and other pathogens—on blood banks’ understandings of the gift/commodity relationship; the growth of autologous economies, in which individuals bank their tissues for their own use; the creation of the United Kingdom’s Stem Cell bank, which facilitates the donation of embryos for stem cell development; and the legal and financial repercussions of designating some tissues “hospital waste.” They also consider the impact of different models of biotechnology patents on tissue economies and the relationship between experimental therapies to regenerate damaged or degenerated tissues and calls for a legal, for-profit market in organs. Ultimately, Waldby and Mitchell conclude that scientific technologies, the globalization of tissue exchange, and recent anthropological, sociological, and legal thinking have blurred any strict line separating donations from the incursion of market values into tissue economies. less
Donna DickensonWaldby and Mitchell produce an account of the way that tissue taken from a body can become a commodity, and look at the problems associated with this. (Source)
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Naomi Klein | 4.47
In her ground-breaking reporting from Iraq, Naomi Klein exposed how the trauma of invasion was being exploited to remake the country in the interest of foreign corporations. She called it "disaster capitalism." Covering Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, and New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed something remarkably similar. People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this time with economic "shock treatment" losing their land and homes to rapid-fire corporate makeovers. The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free... more
In her ground-breaking reporting from Iraq, Naomi Klein exposed how the trauma of invasion was being exploited to remake the country in the interest of foreign corporations. She called it "disaster capitalism." Covering Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, and New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed something remarkably similar. People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this time with economic "shock treatment" losing their land and homes to rapid-fire corporate makeovers. The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free market economic revolution. In contrast to the popular myth of this movement's peaceful global victory, Klein shows how it has exploited moments of shock and extreme violence in order to implement its economic policies in so many parts of the world from Latin America and Eastern Europe to South Africa, Russia, and Iraq. At the core of disaster capitalism is the use of cataclysmic events to advance radical privatization combined with the privatization of the disaster response itself. By capitalizing on crises, created by nature or war, Klein argues that the disaster capitalism complex now exists as a booming new economy, and is the violent culmination of a radical economic project that has been incubating for fifty years. less
Recommended by George Monbiot, Mat Whitecross, Donna Dickenson, and 3 others.
George MonbiotThe Shock Doctrine explains some of the mechanisms by which patrimonial capital acquires power and enhances its wealth. It’s a brilliant piece of work, and one of those rare books that changes the way you perceive the world. (Source)
Mat WhitecrossIt starts with the theory that moments of crisis have been utilised by the right wing in the US and other countries to manipulate people into following their agenda. (Source)
Donna DickensonNaomi Klein’s argument is that capitalism actually requires deliberately engineered shocks to the economic systems. (Source)
Henry David Thoreau | 4.00
At Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau reflected on simpler living in the natural world. By removing himself from the distractions of materialism, Thoreau hoped to not only improve his spiritual life but also gain a better understanding of society through solitary introspection.
In Walden, Thoreau condenses his two-year, two-month, two-day stay into a single year, using the four seasons to symbolize human development—a cycle of life shared by both nature and man. A celebration of personal renewal through self-reliance, independence, and simplicity, composed for all of us living... more
In Walden, Thoreau condenses his two-year, two-month, two-day stay into a single year, using the four seasons to symbolize human development—a cycle of life shared by both nature and man. A celebration of personal renewal through self-reliance, independence, and simplicity, composed for all of us living in “quiet desperation,” Walden is eternal. less
Recommended by Emma Watson, Roman Krznaric, Laura Dassow Walls, and 8 others.
Laura Dassow WallsThe book that we love as Walden began in the journal entries that he wrote starting with his first day at the pond. (Source)
Roman KrznaricIn 1845 the American naturalist went out to live in the woods of Western Massachusetts. Thoreau was one of the great masters of the art of simple living. (Source)
John KaagThere’s this idea that philosophy can blend into memoir and that, ideally, philosophy, at its best, is to help us through the business of living with people, within communities. This is a point that Thoreau’s Walden gave to me, as a writer, and why I consider it so valuable for today. (Source)
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Tell the federal government to keep its promise and create a new law to give citizens a voice through charities they support. Make your voice heard by Nov 25th!
Melissa Munro — November 16, 2016
For decades, Canadian charities have given voice to concerns of Canadians who want social progress, better health and a clean and safe environment. From laws banning smoking in public places and the creation of anti-drinking and driving laws, to reducing acid rain, these important measures and more were a result of charities voicing Canadians’ concerns.
But the rules around what charities can and cannot do are open to abuse due to ambiguous guidelines. This ambiguity led to the launch of harassing and costly audits of charities. If the laws aren’t changed, this could happen again. You can help! Take action here.
Tell the federal government to keep its promise of creating a new law to protect your right to be heard through the charities you support.
The Minister of National Revenue is reviewing the rules under which charities can speak out in Canadian society. And the Minister wants to hear from you! But you only have until November 25th to make your voice heard.
Tell the federal government a new law is needed to give citizens a voice through charities they support and to enable charities to continue critical public policy work on issues that impact Canadians.
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What is an Issue Log?
By Pradip, PMPLast updated on Nov 27, 202047146
In the lifecycle of a project, a project manager will always face issues that can have an impact on the project. An issue log is a vital project document that helps the project manager deal with these issues. It is also an important study topic for the PMP certification exam. Let’s take a look at how an issue log helps—along with the key differences between risks and issues.
What Are Issues?
Issues are problems, gaps, inconsistencies, or conflicts that occur unexpectedly during the lifecycle of a project. Issues can include problems with the staff or suppliers, technical failures, material shortages, or any other problem that has a negative impact on the project. If issues remain unresolved, the project manager might face unnecessary conflicts, delays, or failures in producing the deliverables. Issues can also have an impact on the stakeholder expectations in the project.
What Is the Difference Between an Issue and a Risk?
While managing risks or issues, a project manager follows similar processes in which potential or actual problems are identified and determines their impact on the project. She also determines clear ownership and sets goals with specific objectives and dates. However, there are some fundamental differences between an issue and a risk.
A risk is an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, may have a positive or a negative impact on at least one objective of the project. Therefore, the project team can plan risk responses and strategies to manage or avoid these identified risks. Usually, the project team has the time to consider alternative approaches and implement one or more strategies to manage these identified risks. Risk management is usually strategic and proactive.
Conversely, an issue is something that is impacting the project already and needs to be resolved. This means that issue management is reactive and requires urgent tactical action.
For example, being unable to find skilled resources for a particular technology is a risk to the project. However, if a skilled team member suddenly needs to be out of the office for two weeks, it is an issue.
For example, being unable to find skilled resources for a particular technology is a risk to the project. However, if a skilled team member suddenly meets with an accident and is hospitalized for 2 weeks, it is an issue.
The issue log, sometimes also known as an issue register, is a project document where all issues that are negatively affecting the project are recorded and tracked. When an issue log is created, it provides a tool for reporting and communicating all that is happening within the project. It’s a lot like a support ticket that’s created when you call a help desk: the problem is logged and given an identifier, then the issue is tracked—all the way through to resolution.
According to the PMBOK® Guide, in the Manage Project team process, the project manager works to keep the project team at their optimal best by managing issues related to human resources. These issues include resources leaving the project, individuals suffering from low morale, or teams experiencing conflicts. All of these issues can directly affect project objectives such as the budget, the schedule, and quality. Issues can disrupt project performance and can certainly have an impact on stakeholder expectations.
An issue log is an important tool used to manage these issues and more, by helping the project team to record issues that require resolution. Along with each issue, the person or team responsible for resolving the problem is also documented.
In the Manage Stakeholder expectations process, the project manager works to identify and resolve stakeholder concerns in a proactive and timely manner. This process helps in ensuring that no stakeholder or other issues mushroom into problems that can adversely impact the project. An issue log is an important input for this process since any issue that the project experiences would be very relevant to be introduced into the process.
To create an issue register, a project manager can build a spreadsheet or database, or buy an issue management software from a wide variety of vendors.
What Are the Components of an Issue Log?
A project manager can successfully manage issues with the ability to focus on the type of information that is tracked rather than the issue tracking mechanism used in the project.
You might want to include the following information in an issue log example:
The name of the issue can be recorded. In many cases, an issue number is also recorded.
Issue Type
By defining the categories of the issues that are likely to be encountered in the project, a project manager can track issues and assign them to the right people to resolve them. A few categories that can be included in this column are:
These are the technical issues in the project.
These are issues related to human resources, equipment or materials in the project.
These are issues related to vendors, suppliers or any outside third party.
Reported By
The name of the person who raised the issue can be recorded in this column.
Reported Date
The date when the issue was raised can be recorded in this column.
The issue can be sufficiently described in this column. The description of the issue can include the impact that the issue may have on the project and the project objectives which may be affected by these issues.
A priority rating can be assigned to each issue in this column. Priority ratings can be high, medium, or low, based on the impact the issue may have on the project.
The name of the person or team who is responsible for the issue can be included in this column. This person may or may not be responsible for resolving the issue. However, he or she is responsible for tracking the issue and ensuring that the issue is handled based on its priority.
Target Resolution Date
The deadline for resolving this issue may be included in this column.
The progress of the issue resolution would be tracked in this column. The progress can be indicated through labels like open, implementing, or resolved.
A brief description of the solution that was implemented to resolve the issue, can be included in this column.
Issue Log Example
The image below depicts a sample template of an issue log:
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This Graduate Diploma programme provides the opportunity for information technology students to specialise in the disciplines of either Networking or Web Development. As well as promoting and enhancing their knowledge base, skills, and professionalism, it aims to stimulate students to develop an inquiring and analytical approach to problems and issues, and to encourage independent judgement and creative thinking.
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The Graduate Diploma in Information Technology programme covers the analysis of information systems including feasibility for installation, develoment of information systems and configuring and troubleshooting information networks. Management of internet sites and associated software is also included in the programme.
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IT604 Systems Analysis and Design
Students learn to apply structured systems analysis techniques, and produce and present well-designed inputs and outputs and systems design documentation.
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Students will gain an understanding of how information systems provide solutions to organisational problems and challenges, and understand the importance of plans and strategies relating to the management of the IS function. This paper enables learners to understand the nature and role of management support systems as aids in management decision-making, with particular emphasis given to decision support systems.
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Students will develop the skills necessary to fulfill the job responsibilities of network technicians, network administrators and network engineers. This paper aims to provide a theoretically-rich, hands-on approach to networking, preparing students for industry-recognised certification.
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This Graduate Diploma programme provides the opportunity for information technology students to specialise in the discipline of networking. As well as promoting and enhancing their knowledge base skills, and professionalism, it aims to stimulate students to develop an inquiring and analytical approach to problems and issues, and to encourage independent judgement and creative thinking. Graduates may work in areas such as information systems analysis and development, and in information networks configuration and troubleshooting, or in web development and web management.
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Grand Lake Fire freezes spending as department battles budget blaze
Board also puts hold on hiring, overtime
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The Grand Lake Fire department has frozen spending and hiring as the department looks to make up an anticipated operating deficit.
Robert Mendoza / Sky-Hi News
On Wednesday, Grand Lake firefighters and EMTs showed a courage not always associated with the profession.
They didn’t run to any burning buildings, unroll the fire hoses or douse any flames. Instead, a small group of them used their words as they fought for their salaries and their department amid a financial shortfall.
“The Grand Lake Fire Department has forecast a financial net operating deficit resulting from COVID operations, expenses and anticipated income shortfalls,” Board president David Craig told the audience after coming out of an executive session on Wednesday.
“The board and chief are working together to mitigate this through measureable and tangible initiatives,” he continued, adding that no payroll or labor reductions are anticipated at this time, but the department has immediately frozen hiring and spending and every effort will be made to eliminate overtime.
The board also directed Grand Lake Fire Chief Kevin Ratzmann to provide a reforecast of the 2020 budget that reflects the initiatives the board identified. The board offered no other comments before adjourning the meeting.
On Thursday, Ratzmann explained the shortfall as a combination of new purchases the department made to replace decades old equipment, Grand Lake Fire’s expansion into ambulance services, the timing in which the 2019 mill levy will kick in and the COVID-19 response, which Ratzmann hopes will be offset by some grant money.
Before the board’s decision, a small group of the firefighters and EMTs had pleaded with the board to carefully consider any potential cuts to salaries, which they feared would leave the department greatly reduced.
Coming into the meeting, some department employees had talked about agreeing to pay cuts up to 20% in an effort to try to save jobs at the department, Ratzmann said, adding that there never was a proposed salary cut on the table.
Explaining how the department’s finances came to light, Craig said the department implemented a business analysis focusing on revenue, labor and expenses.
“We took a look at that over a 10 year historical period, and we determined from doing that we were trending in a way we were not comfortable with,” Craig said of the board’s July 8 meeting.
At that point, the board set the special meeting Wednesday. Between the analysis and the special meeting, talk of budget issues spread through the department and that’s what led to some talk of salary cuts, Craig said.
“I don’t want people to think this department is anything but solvent,” Craig said over the phone Thursday. “We have substantial dollars in reserve that are for this purpose. We have implemented checks and balances to make sure that we can track these expenses going forward, and frankly, that’s how we discovered that we needed to take action now … I would hate to make this into a bigger issue than it is. I think this board is intently committed to making the right decisions on behalf of the community.”
Speaking during Wednesday’s public comments, one firefighter-EMT asked the board to consider him, the crew he works with and the safety of Grand Lake’s residents and guests as he appealed to the board not to cut their pay too drastically.
“Unfortunately, given the proposed budget cuts, I’m not sure I can remain a member of this department, which honestly breaks my heart personally,” he said.
Highlighting the training and experience of the firefighters and EMTs seated around him, the firefighter said he would sacrifice up to $15,000 in a year’s pay if his salary were sliced by a fifth, and it hurts him to think about him and his coworkers shouldering such a hit.
“I don’t believe that staffing cuts and layoffs are a proper way to offset the budget either,” he said before introducing the other men who work with him on his shift.
The firefighter-EMT expressed fears other trained professionals would be forced out as well, and the department’s losses would lead to unsafe staffing levels and a poor emergency response.
“Ultimately, I’d like you to consider the personal impacts of your decision tonight,” he told the board. “Your decision will not only impact myself and my crew, but it will also impact the safety of the community and potentially each one of your loved ones as well. Thank you.”
One board member asked the firefighter if he was speaking on behalf of the department personnel seated in the boardroom around him, most in uniform with their chairs spread six feet apart, but the young man replied that he was speaking only for himself.
After that a wildland coordinator and longtime member of the department talked about his passion and deep connections to the Grand Lake community while he asked for forward thinking and teamwork.
He said Grand Lake Fire got into tight finances as “a team,” and he thought the department should work together to fix the deficit. The department veteran with three decades of experience cautioned against finger pointing and said that he too would lose big if the department has to chop pay.
After three firefighters spoke , one of the board members commended their courage for speaking before the board and their superiors. On Thursday, Ratzmann said the firefighters all spoke on their own accords, and added that he too was proud of them for speaking out in the public forum.
After the public portion of Wednesday’s meeting, which lasted fewer than 30 minutes, the board entered the executive session to seek legal advice on financial issues. The board emerged from the closed portion of the meeting after more than 2.5 hours and issued a short update before adjourning.
On Thursday, Ratzmann and Craig both expressed confidence the department would solve the deficit without layoffs or pay cuts. Neither of them would put a number on the amount the department needs to save, saying that the situation is fluid and they don’t want to give residents a misperception.
“I am hesitant to list dollar figures because it’s a complicated thing to explain,” Craig said. “Like, I can talk about what the dollar figure looks like today. I can talk about what the dollar figure looks like forecasting until the end of the year. The issue is those figures are extremely fluid so I am reluctant to put a figure out there that people are going to latch on to and make an assessment about our department without knowing all the facts.”
He invited people to attend the department’s meetings.
In other business, board member Mindy Nelson expressed concerns about Grand Lake Fire deploying its two tenders out of the county. A water tender is a vehicle that can draw water from a river, lake or hydrant and take it to the scene of a fire.
As a result, the board agreed not to have the units deployed outside of the county. Ratzmann asked the board if he could put together guidelines for how the units might be deployed in the future, and the board agreed.
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The Third Novel in the Hugo Award-Nominated Books of the Raksura series, from New York Times Bestselling Author Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries).
All his life, Moon roamed the Three Worlds, a solitary wanderer forced to hide his true nature — until he was reunited with his own kind, the Raksura, and found a new life as consort to Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud court.
But now a rival court has laid claim to him, and Jade may or may not be willing to fight for him. Beset by doubts, Moon must travel in the company of strangers to a distant realm where he will finally face the forgotten secrets of his past, even as an old enemy returns with a vengeance. The Fell, a vicious race of shape-shifting predators, menaces groundlings and Raksura alike.
Determined to crossbreed with the Raksura for arcane purposes, they are driven by an ancient voice that cries out from . . . the siren depths.
Martha Wells is the author of more than a dozen science fiction and fantasy novels, including the Ile-Rien series (The Death of the Necromancer), the Murderbot Diaries series (All Systems Red), and the Books of the Raksura (The Cloud Roads). Her work has won the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Awards, been nominated for the Nebula and Compton Crook awards, and been published in eight languages. Wells lives in College Station, Texas.
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Julius Caesar was a Roman patrician, military leader and politician. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. Much of the historiography of Caesar's military campaigns was written by himself or by contemporary sources, most of them, letters and speeches by Cicero and manuscripts by Salustio. His biography was later best written by the historians Suetonius and Plutarch. Caesar is considered by many scholars to be one of the greatest military commanders in history.
Born into a patrician family of little influence, César was climbing his place in Roman public life. In 60 B.C., he and politicians Crassus and Pompey formed an alliance (the First Triumvirate) that ended up dominating Roman politics for years. His attempts to remain in power through populist tactics faced resistance from the conservative aristocratic classes of the Roman Senate, led by men like Cato and Cicero. Caesar earned a good military reputation and money during the Gallic Wars (58-50 BC), expanding Roman domains north to the English Channel, annexing Gaul (present-day France), and east to the Rhine (within present-day Germany ). He also became the first Roman general to launch a military incursion into Britain.
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"At an industry event in London last night Brian Message was asked about new Radiohead music. Quotes attributed to him and taken from his talk have subsequently appeared, describing him as Radiohead's manager. Brian Message is not Radiohead's manager - he is a partner in Courtyard Management but plays no operational role, and therefore any quotes from last night's event, or any supposition arising from them, should not be attributed to Radiohead's management or be seen as official quotes on behalf of the group.
Radiohead are managed by Chris Hufford and Bryce Edge at Courtyard Management."
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Home 2020 Audi Sport customer racing successful with its customers worldwide
Audi Sport customer racing successful with its customers worldwide
Audi RS 3 LMS #250 (Comtoyou Racing), Mehdi Bennani
34 titles and 122 race wins with four types of cars
High degree of participation of Audi customers in compact season
Three 24-hour race successes for private teams with the Audi RS 3 LMS and R8 LMS GT4
Audi Sport customer racing can look back on a list of outstanding successes at the end of a highly compressed season with its customers. Even though the number of races worldwide in the 2020 pandemic year was down by around 37 percent, the Audi Sport customer racing models were similarly successful in their categories as in the previous year.
“Congratulations and a big thank you to our customers around the world,” says Chris Reinke, Head of Audi Sport customer racing.
“The 2020 season faced us all with challenges like never before. Full of energy, our teams started a much-delayed season after the end of the lockdown and once again achieved remarkable results that add valuable successes to Audi Sport customer racing’s record.” In 478 races around the globe, the customers clinched 361 podium positions in 1,285 individual appearances, including 122 victories. In the championship classifications, the customers celebrated twelve drivers’ titles and 22 additional classification victories with their drivers.
In the GT3 class, the Audi R8 LMS prevailed in the battle for first place 48 times in 151 races and clinched a total of 139 podium places. This means that the brand with the four rings has won almost every third race in this internationally fiercely contested league. Statistically, there was at least one podium finish in almost every competition – the rate here is around 92 percent.
With seven drivers’ titles won, including the success of Belgian Audi Club Team WRT with Dries Vanthoor/Charles Weerts in the prestigious GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, and eight other championship decisions in its favor, the Audi R8 LMS remains on course for victory.
The Audi R8 LMS GT4 was even more successful than a year ago. Its win rate increased from 18.5 to 22 percent. The success in GT4 France, contested by around 30 participants, is particularly remarkable. In this most fiercely contested national GT4 racing series, Audi is strongly represented by its private teams with up to seven R8 LMS GT4 cars. Long-time customer Saintéloc Racing secured the Pro-Am classification for the third time in a row with Gregory Guilvert/Fabien Michal.
It was the first time in the 24-year history of the FFSA GT Championship that a driver pairing managed such an uninterrupted run of success.
In its fourth season, the TCR touring car from the Audi Sport customer racing program was also a guarantee for success. For the first time, the Audi RS 3 LMS won titles at world level, at European level, in Germany and in New Zealand. In the FIA WTCR as the most high-profile TCR racing series, Comtoyou Racing with Gilles Magnus prevailed in the rookie classification.
The same team from Belgium also clinched the drivers’ title in TCR Europe with Mehdi Bennani, as well as the team classification and the rookie category with Nicolas Baert. In the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, customer team Bonk Motorsport was at the front of the field for the first time in the SP3T class with Hermann Bock, while Track Tec Racing won two classes in endurance racing in New Zealand.
In Japan, one of two sprint titles also went to an Audi customer team for the first time after the endurance title last year. TCR Japan has separate championship classifications for the Saturday and Sunday races. Takuro Shinohara secured the Saturday Series title early with Audi Team Hitotsuyama. The Japanese is also in first place in the Sunday Series before the finale. The drivers’ titles of Zachary Vanier in Canada and Nicolas Baert in the TCR Benelux complete the tally.
As last year, the entry-level touring car also leads the number of all races in the comparison of the Audi Sport customer racing products. The customers took part in 219 individual competitions with their cars in 529 individual starts, winning 49 of them and standing on the podium a total of 159 times.
“We are also particularly proud of three 24-hour race successes achieved by our customers on their own initiative,” said Chris Reinke.
Tom Boonen/Gilles Magnus/Stéphane Perrin/Vincent Radermecker/Matthew Taskinen were the winners of the TCR class of the Dubai 24 Hours. They shared an Audi RS 3 LMS from AC Motorsport. It was the model’s second victory in this competition after 2017.
For the third time in a row, a customer team with the RS 3 LMS also held an unassailable lead in the TCR class of the Fuji 24 Hours: This time, Waimarama Kizuna Racing was fastest in the Super Taikyu Series opener with its driver team Katsumasa Chiyo/Kizuna/Riki Okusa/Naoya Yamano/Hironobu Yasuda/Toshihiro Yoshida. At the Nürburgring 24 Hours, the Giti Tire Motorsport by WS Racing team came out on top in the SP8 class. Kristian Jepsen/Kari-Pekka Laaksonen/Jan Sorensen/Roland Waschkau achieved success in the Audi R8 LMS GT4.
Successes in two intra-brand competitions round off the tally. Australian Daniel Bilski was the best of 41 drivers competing in the new Audi Sport Asia Trophy for drivers with FIA Bronze rating in the Asian region.
In the third season of the Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup held in the European region, Tim Reiter prevailed for the first time in the sporting competition with 23 other drivers.- audi mediacenter
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D.C. United rewards faithful
by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Nov 9, 2012
[MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: New York-D.C. United] The two legs were switched because of Super Storm Sandy. The second leg was delayed a day because of Winter Storm Athena. The series featured own goals and missed penalty kicks by both teams. Three players were sent off in the two legs. The D.C. United-New York series, decided in D.C.'s favor on Nick DeLeon's 88th-minute goal in the second leg, will go down as probably the most bizarre playoff series in MLS history.
-- With the score tied on aggregate 1-1, the series seemed to have been decided in New York's favor when D.C. goalie Bill Hamid was sent off for a foul on Kenny Cooper in the penalty area in the 69th minute. Cooper converted the ensuing penalty kick but the Red Bulls were whistled for encroachment in the area -- replays showed three Red Bulls had been faked out by Cooper's stutter step and stepped into the area -- and Hamid's replacement, Joe Willis, stopped Cooper's second attempt. It was Cooper's first miss in 11 attempts in MLS.
-- New York's advantage was negated four minutes later when Rafael Marquez was ejected for his second yellow card, marking the second year in a row the Mexican star's playoff run was cut short by a red card.
-- Veteran Robbie Russell, who had not started since July and was only on the starting lineup because Andy Najar had been red-carded in the first leg, set up the winning goal with a run from his right-back position and ball into De Leon's path. The rookie out of Louisville put the ball past goalie Luis Robles at the near post.
-- The series win was a reward for the several hundred D.C. fans who attended the game a day after the second leg was postponed because of a snowstorm. An estimated 700 fans had made the trek from Washington on Wednesday.
-- The loss extended New York's futility in the MLS playoffs. It has yet to win at MLS title in 17 years.
-- Marquez, who has one year left on his contract, said he wants to return in 2013. “I want to try and be a champion,” he said. “It’s my last year and I want to be a champion here in MLS. We have everything but we need to work. Myself, I start [by trying] to be in good shape.”
Nov. 8 in Harrison, N.J.
New York 0 D.C. United 1. Goal: DeLeon (Russell) 88.
New York -- Robles, Lade (Miller 91+), Holgersson, Marquez, Pearce, McCarty, Cahill, Tainio, Lindpere (Digao 91+), Cooper, Henry.
D.C. United -- Hamid, McDonald, Russell, Jakovic, Neal, DeLeon, Kitchen, Saragosa, Boskovic (Willis 72), Pontius (Dudar 92+), Pajoy (Salihi 91+).
Red Cards: New York -- Marquez 75; D.C. United -- Hamid 69.
Referee: Mark Geiger.
Att.: 14,035.
d.c. united, mls, new york red bulls
9 comments about "D.C. United rewards faithful".
Kenneth Barr, November 9, 2012 at 7:27 a.m.
Red Bulls played one of the dumbest football matches I ever saw. Three RB players encroached on Cooper's first penalty and right in front of the ref. What was he supposed to do, ignore it? Of course not. That totally threw Kenny off on his second attempt. The DC goal was another bit of RB stupidity. Conor Lade naively stayed back while the rest of the back moved up. The goal was perfectly on side and well taken. Then there was the inexcusable stupidity of Rafa Marquez, who got himself sent off after DC went down a player with a reckless two footed tackle. That could easily have been a straight red instead of a second yellow. In short, DC United were deserved winners while RBNY humiliated themselves in front of their own support. I'm sure Hans Backe took note and next season the attitude of this club will change. It absolutely has to.
Chris Dailey, November 9, 2012 at 8:18 a.m.
Terrible way to end your season. Several players did not deserve the fate that Backe, Marquez, and Ladd sealed with their foolish decision making.
In a must-win, Marquez gets a first yellow by inexcusably punching Pontius while challeging for a ball in the air. Then, worse, after DC is down to ten men, he delivers an unnecessary two-footed, cleats up tackle that gets him sent off. It was almost like he wanted the Red Bulls to lose.
Ladd, bless his heart and will, needs more experienced. He seemed in over his head for much of the year. Though, I think the kid will be better going forward.
Backe bringing in Miller seemed odd and it got worse when he attempted a fueld goal instead of shot on frame with Henry standing by. His does Backe let that happen?
Positively, Holgerson and Robles played extemely well. Losing Lloyd Sam didn't help the Red Bulls cause.
Congratulations, DC. They played intelligent, have great fans, and did enough to move on to Eastern Conference Finals.
Rock on, MLS!
Gus Keri, November 9, 2012 at 8:27 a.m.
There will be no next season for Backe, I think, and I hope this is the last time we see Rafa Marquez in a Red Bull shirt. Rafa has been nothing but trouble since he joined NYRB. Backe has abandoned his patient build-up style in favor of a more chaotic approach which DC handled very well. Also, he kept his stupid philosophy of not substituting until the last minutes of the game. the team needed some fresh ideas in the second half. But the most disappointing thing is how Henry himself led the encroachment attempt that cost the PK, and in the most outragous moment, he didn't take the last free kick of the game when the whole stadium was calling his name. He let the just-substituted-in Miller who had not gotten into the game yet take it. But I guess it wasn't RBNY's night (or season) but then, for how many seasons are we going to say that?
Valerie Metzler, November 9, 2012 at 10:32 a.m.
Red Bull death wish at the end, last night, I think. What a game! This is one to watch, in full, again. I agree with the comments about Marquez. And, why Miller??? Oh, my. But, who was removed when Hamid got the red? I missed that.
Ramon Creager, November 9, 2012 at 10:35 a.m.
Kenneth Barr, I think it was Jimmy Conrad who said on Twitter that the same player should never retake a PK. I'm wondering if there isn't something to that. Willis won the mind game with Cooper, guessing he would change up. With a new kicker, it's a blank slate. Heck, Henry was available. I'm sure he's a competent PK taker. As for DC, I love what Olsen has been able to do with them after De Ro went down. Hasn't always been pretty, but he's got them playing the way we all remember him playing. His performance in the 2004 MLS Cup after Kovalenko got sent off is one of the most determined performances I've seen.
Valerie, Boskovic made way for Willis after Hamid got the red.
Ah, yes. Gracias, Ramon.
beautiful game, November 9, 2012 at 1:17 p.m.
IMHO, Cooper should have forgotten about the stutter step on his repeat PK and blasted the ball down the middle (Messi was involved in a similar situation and missed the second PK attempt). As for Rafa, what can anyone say about a two footed foul which occurred deep in the United half...for a top level player, this was stupidity at its best and totaly let the team down...it's time to unload Rafa for the good of the team...on the DC goal, both defenders bit toward Russell and let DeLeon sneak in for the shot; that was not smart defending...TV commentator Arlo White called this game an 'epic'...he must have been watching a different game on simulcast or he is delusional.
Allan Lindh, November 9, 2012 at 5:32 p.m.
A team that year after year pays a psychopath like Marquez millions gets exactly what they deserve. And now he says he'll get in shape next year. I suspect the Red Bulls pay him as much as Dom Kinnear's entire salary bill in Houston. Intelligence matters, in owners, coaches, players -- Kinnear and Yallop are clearly the best coaches in the league.
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September 2018 issue: Innovators & Influencers…See the 2018 Class
By SPW | September 11, 2018
Respect your elders
After spending the last seven years writing about solar, I’m close to securing my industry senior discount card. There are plenty of veterans that have put in more time than me, but there are many more people and companies entering the solar market each year. That’s not all bad; the solar industry is still young, and better products are developed with experience. But it’s also refreshing to work with companies that have even 10 years of field-data to compare.
I recently had the chance to visit Array Technologies’ headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and see how longevity has allowed it to stand out in a dense solar crowd. Founder Ron Corio started the company in 1989 and has built it into one of the top solar tracking system manufacturers today. Those decades of experience are invaluable when it comes to accurate bankability reports. DNV GL contributed a summary of its white paper “Tracker Bankability Reviews: Guidelines for Stakeholders” on pg. 42 describing why access to significant technical data ensures a comprehensive assessment of a tracking system’s risks. It’s easier to trust a product’s quality and durability if it’s been out there in the elements, rather than relying on accelerated testing.
Of course, new tracker configurations are entering the market, and many will make lasting impacts on the industry. But it’s also difficult to ignore the significance of 29 years of production and development experience. Secure with its current market share, Array Technologies is looking toward the future of trackers and their compatibility with bifacial modules. The company is working with a national laboratory to fully test its systems with bifacial panels and hopes to have concrete conclusions about the emerging technology by the end of the year.
Rather than use two modules in portrait-mode positioned on either side of the central torque tube, Array has decided to keep its one-portrait system, even though the torque tube will cast shade on the back of the bifacial module. The shading losses were considered too insignificant, and a two-portrait system would require more material, more engineering and more installation effort. Partnering with the national lab allows Array to validate its testing and make important decisions, like sticking with oneportrait designs. It was great to see a seasoned solar company still developing products with the installer and system owner’s best interests in mind.
Who else has this solar manufacturing thing figured out? I’d love to learn more about your product. See you on the exhibit floor of Solar Power International.
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UN Women Ends Partnership with Uber
by Tula Connell | Mar 20, 2015
United Nations Women announced today it is cutting ties with the ride share company Uber, after unions and other civil society groups protested that the company’s business model perpetuates precarious work—job instability, lack of health insurance and other social benefits, and little labor law protection.
Uber had said it would create 1 million jobs for women, a benchmark unions say is meaningless unless those jobs are stable, safe and provide wages sufficient to support families.
“There was an immediate rejection by unions and NGOs (nongovernmental organizations) of this idea of a million jobs that we knew were likely to be insecure, ill paid and potentially unsafe,” says Brigitta Paas, International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) vice president.
The decision to partner with Uber, announced during the opening days of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting last week, outraged CSW participants, who organized a global union statement and public protest.
“Uber economics is the most aggressive informalization of an industry which was already deregulated three decades ago,” the global union Public Services International (PSI) said last week. “Indeed, it represents exactly what the women’s movement has been fighting for decades.”
In many cities and countries, taxi drivers are union members with good wages and benefits, the opposite of the Uber model. By classifying drivers as “independent contractors,” Uber denies them basic protections, from minimum wage pay to health care and other benefits on the job. PSI cited Uber research that “revealed drivers’ average annual earnings of $15,000 and a proliferation of part-time work.”
Further, says International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) General Secretary Sharan Burrow, “Uber does not create jobs—it replaces existing, regulated, taxi jobs with low-paid, precarious and exploitative work.”
“Unions rose up at the CSW, analyzed why the partnership was harmful to women and showed how unions and the economic empowerment they fight for, are key to gender equality,” says Lisa McGowan, Solidarity Center senior specialist for gender equality. “Decent wages, social benefits, stable employment—all are fundamental to achieving gender equality.”
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Taco Bell is launching a themed hotel pop-up — Here's how to get a room
Taco Bell fans, hold on to your Doritos Locos Tacos — Taco Bell has created the destination of a lifetime for the die-hards out there. A four-day hotel pop-up themed around the fast food chain is coming to Palm Springs, California.
Taco Bell is turning an existing hotel at at 333 E. Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, California into The Bell: A Taco Bell Hotel and Resort. The pop-up lasts Aug. 8-12 with 70 rooms available each night and no minimum stay required.
The chain seems to have a lot of surprises up their sleeves, including live performances, movies, different activities each day, a salon and twists on your standard hotel amenities, like a Taco Bell breakfast in bed. Plus, exclusive menu items are set to make their debut at The Bell.
“The hotel draws on Taco Bell’s vibrant palette to create a unique and flavor-filled destination that is the ultimate expression of the brand, unlike anything the brand has done before,” Taco Bell’s Senior Director of Retail Engagement and Experience Jennifer Arnoldt said in a statement. “We’re excited to give a peek into Taco Bell’s first hotel that is truly Taco Bell luxury at a value as we evolve how fans can celebrate with the brand this summer and beyond.” Are they saying there could be more Taco Bell hotels? Only time will tell.
Reservations open up Thursday, June 27 at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET on the hotel's website, so get that clicking finger ready. Pricing starts at $169 per night.
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Bow Wow Wow / Your Box Set Pet: The Complete Recordings 1980-1984
March 27, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1980s, adam and the ants, bow wow wow
Your Box Set Pet: The Complete Recordings 1980-1984 is a new three CD box set featuring the output of early eighties new wave band Bow Wow Wow.
Bow Wow Wow was put together by Malcolm McLaren in 1980 and featured former members of Adam And The Ants and the unknown Annabella Lwin.
The band would go on to produce three studio albums, with 1980’s tape-only Your Cassette Pet – their first and only album on EMI (they switched to RCA thereafter). See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy! was the second album (released in 1981) and contains the UK top ten hit Go Wild In The Country. The third and final long-player When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going, was issued in 1983. Between the second and the third record came two EPs (Last of the Mohicans and Teenage Queen) and the compilation album I Want Candy.
This three-CD box set purports to be the ‘complete’ recordings, rounding up tracks from albums, EPs, flexi-discs and including alternative versions, B-sides, remixes – the lot.
Your Box Set Pet: The Complete Recordings of Bow Wow Wow comes in a clam shell style box set with the CDs in card replicas of the original releases.
It will be released on 25 May 2018 via Cherry Red.
Your Box Set Pet: The Complete Recordings (1980-1984)
1. JUNGLE BOY
3. SINNER! SINNER! SINNER! (PRINCE OF DARKNESS)
4. MICKEY PUT IT DOWN
5. I AM A TV SAVAGE
6. ELIMINATION DANCING
7. GOLLY! GOLLY! GO BUDDY
8. KING KONG
9. GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY
10. I AM NOT A KNOW IT ALL
11. WHY ARE BABIES SO WISE
12. ORANG-OUTANG
13. HELLO, HELLO DADDY (IâLL SACRIFICE YOU)
14. SEE JUNGLE (JUNGLE BOY) (7″ RE-MIX)
15. CHIHUAHUA (12″ VERSION)
16. PRINCE OF DARKNESS (SINGLE VERSION)
17. GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY (7″ VERSION)
18. (I’M A) TV SAVAGE (7″ RE-MIX)
19. ELIMINATION DANCING (NEW VERSION)
20. KING KONG (NEW VERSION)
21. PRINCE OF DARKNESS (12″ VERSION)
22. GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY (12″ VERSION)
23. SEE JUNGLE (JUNGLE BOY) (12″ RE-MIX)
1. APHRODISIAC
2. DO YOU WANNA HOLD ME?
3. ROUSTABOUT
4. LONESOME TONIGHT
5. LOVE ME
6. WHAT’S THE TIME (HEY BUDDY)
7. MARIO (YOUR OWN WAY TO PARADISE)
8. QUIVER (ARROWS IN MY)
9. THE MAN MOUNTAIN
10. RIKKI DEE
11. TOMMY TUCKER
12. LOVE, PEACE AND HARMONY
13. APHRODISIAC (7″ RE-MIX)
14. DO YOU WANNA HOLD ME (USA 12″ VERSION)
15. BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENON
16. LOVE, PEACE AND HARMONY (USA RE-MIX)
17. I WANT CANDY (USA 12″ RE-MIX)
18. APHRODISIAC (12″ VERSION)
19. LOVE, PEACE AND HARMONY (USA 12″ RE-MIX)
20. WHEREâS MY SNAKE
1. C30 C60 C90 GO
2. SUN SEA AND PIRACY
3. LOUIS QUATORZE
4. GOLD HE SAID
5. UOMO-SEX-AL APACHE
6. I WANT MY BABY ON MARS
7. SEXY EIFFEL TOWERS
8. GIANT SIZED BABY THING
9. FOOLS RUSH IN (WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD)
10. RADIO G STRING
11. W.O.R.K. (N.N. NAH NO! NO! MY DADDY DONâT)
12. C-30, C-60, C-90 ANDA!
13. I WANT CANDY (SINGLE VERSION)
14. EL BOSS DICHO
15. BABY, OH NO (SINGLE VERSION)
16. MILE HIGH CLUB (ORIGINAL)
17. LOUIS QUATORZE (RE-RECORD)
18. TEENAGE QUEEN
19. JOY OF EATING RAW FLESH
20. COWBOY
21. BABY, OH NO (12″ REMIX)
22. SEX (INSTRUMENTAL)
23. W.O.R.K. (N.N. NAH NO! NO! MY DADDY DONâT) (SPECIAL REMIXED DISCO VERSION)
24. MILE HIGH CLUB (RE-RECORD)
81 responses to Bow Wow Wow / Your Box Set Pet: The Complete Recordings 1980-1984
WiseBaby says:
“I want…this Box Set! I want…this Box Set!”
As graceful and easy-on-the-eyes that Annabella is (notice, I said…’IS’; not ‘was’), Bow Wow Wow’s discography, on the other (grace-LESS) hand, has always sickened one to even LOOK at for too long. Very inconsistent and confusing. Just two proper albums with a bunch of EPs (“I Want Candy” on practially each and every one of them) in-between (and, before that, a strictly-cassette EP along with a seperate – first ever – cassette single to go with it).
This recent ‘Pet’ is what the Doctor ordered! Yes, “Cast Iron Arm” SHOULD be included in this along with that between-tracks instrumental from their strictly-cassette debut; but my awesome ELO compliation doesn’t include “Fire On High” and I’m – no pun – (still) Alive! No real sweat!
Not most underrated band of the ’80s, but how about one of the most underrated bands EVER? “Swimming in the Sounds of Bow Wow Wow” – excellent lyrical delicacy delivered by Anthony. It’s like you’re “swimming” in a different and quite timelessly interesting world listening to these four. It’s been said that no band at all sounds quite like Steely Dan. So true, but same goes for BWW. Maybe Adam Ant sounds a bit like them (like Weather Report may sound a bit like SD) and for good reason if you know the history of both, but a unique one-of-a-kind entity just the same.
Matthew Ashman’s White Falcon setting the spaghetti western and/or cali-surf and/or “something-else” altogether ‘atmosphere’ (whatever he chooses at the moment) for his bandmates to perform in. Frusciante amongst many others seeing him as a major influence, rightfully comparing him to other super-greats like Steve Howe and Steve Hackett. Then you got the not-too-far-from-Jaco, Leigh Gorman, at bass. His playing on “W.O.R.K”, for one, has the coming-of-Flea written all over it. David Barbarossa an African percussion machine. I would have loved to hear him do his own version of Blakey’s ‘Orgy in Rhythm’.
And last but not least, you got…Myant Myant Aye! Not sure the exactitude of exploitation (I’m sure it was badly intended), but with her rock-solid Buddhist upbringing, she was able to keep head above water and gracefully be a lead singer/performer despite no real previous training. Sometimes sounding like the child she still was yet, on a dime, delivering like a woman lead. To me, “Fools Rush In” exemplifies her raw talent; almost child-like giggling a bit yet still showing her true high-ceiling potential. Much of Gwen Stefani’s, amongst others’, greatness is indebted to her.
As great as all four of them were, they – end of day – needed EACH OTHER. Spring/summer of 1983…a shame that 76ers team who swept the ‘Showtime’-Lakers in the Finals, 4-0, didn’t win another NBA Title, a shame that there would never again be another great Star Wars-flick after ‘Return of the Jedi’; and a shame that ‘Going Gets Tough’ would be the VERY LAST BWW LP! Simply hearing them, Annabella laughing in-song, in “What’s the Time (Hey Buddy)” could easily prevent one from thinking that an abrupt permanent breakup was very soon to come (that track, to me, simply audio-Prozac/suicide-prevention; prehaps my fave BWW song, even better than “Go Wild”).
An springtime/summertime outdoor (especially with real palm trees) 1980s party CANNOT be COMPLETE without BOW WOW WOW being played! In fact, if it’s ALL that’s played…no problem. Whether it’s the ‘raw’, ‘OUT there’ stuff from ‘See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy!’ or the apparently more ‘polished’ ‘When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going’, or the in-between stuff like the Blondie/”Call Me”-like “Baby, Oh No”, or the even more underground-like stuff from their ‘Casette Pet’ debut stuff, this box set does the job! Put all the discs in, put all tracks on ‘shuffle’ and SWIM in them Sounds!
Rubber People says:
Something else missing from this boxset that nobody has mentioned – the short piece of instrumental music in 6/8 time on Your Cassette Pet in between Sexy Eiffel Towers and Giant Sized Baby Thing. (Don’t know if it has a title or not). I was rather upset that they left it out – it feels awkward going directly from SET to GSBT without that bit of music in between.
Rubber People – isn’t this piece of music you refer to called Bow Wow Wow? If so, it is included with this compilation. It’s not listed as a track in its own right on the cassette, but it’s the same piece.
Actually, I’m talking rubbish, you’re right-it ain’t there!
memoryboy says:
I am really enjoying this release. Sounds so much better than any previous releases of Bow Wow Wow’s music EXCEPT there was one CD I bought that has excellent Remastering, and the name of the CD was: “I Want Candy- The Best of Bow Wow Wow” (Priceless Collection) released in 2003. The sound quality on that CD is amazing.
But I do feel that this collection (Box Set Pet) sounds pretty good. Much better than previous other releases that some have mentioned here. No complaints!
Dirk says:
Two more tracks that are missing from this comp are the edits/mixes of Baby, Oh No and Elimination Dancing that are on The Best Of Bow Wow Wow (the one that has the two solo nnabella tracks at the end).
On the whole, though, I’m delighted with this release.
Anthony DeVito says:
I cannot wait to get my hands on this set. I think the only thing I love more than Bow Wow Wow are music fans who truly appreciate Bow Wow Wow. You are my people!
I’ve got Bow Wow Wow LPs, 7″ and 12″ singles, Cassettes and CDs released over the years. This is pretty much everything you need (aside from few tracks mentioned already in this thread that are on the “Girl Bites Dog” compilation.) As for the remastering, most of it is very good. There are two vinyl rips from a flexi disc and a few of the Kenny Laguna produced-tracks (re-recordings of earlier songs) don’t have the bottom end that they had had on the original LPs, the 1993 cd release of the US “I Want Candy” LP and the 1996 RCA compilation. I wouldn’t go so as far to say that those few newly remastered tracks that I’ve already removed from my playlist in favor of the ones I already had “brick-walled” – it’s not I’d call “compressed” it’s just a handful of these tracks are a bit…flat, I suppose is the word I’m looking for. Having the blessing (or curse, however you might look it) I have incredibly sensitive hearing and I pick on very subtle differences in this release and some of the older compilations and original albums.
Clive posted “Unfortunately not complete, tracks that appear to be missing are Bow Wow Wow, Cast Iron Arm, Theme A.” (from the ‘girl bites dog’ comp.)
Does anyone know where these 3 tracks originated from, as can’t seem to find out anywhere ????
The missing three tracks are from the ‘Girl Bites Dog’ compilation.
There is also an excellent track called ‘Cash’ which is still unreleased and I believe came from the ‘When the Going Gets Tough’ sessions. There is a very poor quality audio version on YouTube which doesn’t do it justice at all.
Hi Rob, thanks for the reply… yes I know those 3 tracks are on the “Girl Bites Dog” comp. but do you know where they originated from… i.e: B Sides, Demos, what period, etc….?
Ah, sorry Sean, I see what you mean now.
I don’t know for sure where these tracks originated from but do know that I first heard the instrumental ‘Bow Wow Wow’ when it appeared on the 16 track UK version of the ‘I Want Candy’ compilation. I don’t think it was released before this, but may be wrong.
There was once a very good BWW book (which I wish I still had! ) which came out in 82 or 83 and which contained a discography. On a US version of an ‘I Want Candy’ compilation (not the usual gold Annabella version), listed as a track was something mysteriously called ‘Thomas A’. I never saw this album in the flesh, nor is there any record of it online since, but obviously it refers to ‘Theme A’.
Perhaps the book was published beforehand, with the US album, cancelled or track listing altered.
‘Cast Iron Arm’, I know nothing about, but for me is their worst track by a mile.
I would give an educated guess at the following:-
Bow Wow Wow – 1980, recorded same time as Your Cassette Pet. Superb track that totally defines the BWW sound.
Theme A, 1981. Very thin production sounding like a demo.
Cast Iron Arm, from 1981 or 1982. Possibly deemed not good enough to do anything with.
Hi Rob, thanks very much for the reply you give, you sound like a really true and knowledgeable fan, and I am really enjoying this boxset… never got the recognition at the time at all, did they mate?
I just received the box set today and compared it to Cherry Red’s “See Jungle” from 2010:
Yes, they finally got it right; what a massive improvement! Love it!
John Spasm says:
I’ve been working on a bunch of Bow Wow Wow related articles, including one I created for this set. Is there any written proof of the existence of “Cash” that I could use as a source for the article? A video on youtube will not suffice.
Carty says:
The box set arrived a day early! And so far is sounding amazing! :))
@ Paul –
This looks really terrific, but, as many other commenters have pointed out, Bow Wow Wow recordings have sounded like shit in the past – is there any chance you could get the official word from Cherry Red as to whether this set is going to be properly remastered from the original tapes?
Hugely envious of your trip to ‘Bowie Is’ in New York – especially in view of the weather: “Is it nice in your snowstorm / Freezing your brain / Do you think that your face looks the same…?” (admittedly db was writing about the kind of “snow” that you sniff, but it seemed an appropriate quote nevertheless).
Dag says:
I’d like to know about the remaster quality as well. I have it preordered but if it has not been properly remastered, I may cancel. Great track list though!
answered my own question – but for anyone else: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/bow-wow-wow-your-box-set-pet-the-complete-recordings-1980-84-3cd-clamshell-boxset/
Yes it is newly remastered for this version according to Cherry Red.
Jon Prange says:
The “disco” version is the same as the twelve inch/extended version. This version has a warbled guitar part around 3:10. Im hoping they were able to fix it…
Hello Bongo says:
This blog post details some of the quite alarming back story to Bow Wow Wow and what McLaren was up to, which I think is worth reading and explains why those sleeve images are a bit problematic. It’s Annabella’s call ultimately about how her images are used now, but nevertheless I hope this sheds some light onto the why there is a mixed reaction to those images.
http://thestreetlampdoesntcast.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/sexploitation-music-part-2.html?m=1
To paraphrase (I think) Stephen Fry. Never slavishly believe anything that starts or includes the word “Apparently”. And be very aware if an article uses the word several times when trying to make a pre-determined point.
Personally I have no idea of what the truth was, but that article didn’t change my ignorance one bit.
Any Word On A Wax Box ?
J Galvin says:
Annabella is 51. I’ve been waiting for a good set of remasters from these recordings. Even the Best Of Bow Wow Wow from about 13? years ago sounds like crap. Cherry Red is usually spot on with their remasters but they did recently drop the ball on the Edgar Winter “I’ve Got News For You” set. The corresponding tracks that are on the Real Gone Music Anthology sound so much better, the Cherry Red HNE box is low and muddy. I Was so disappointed.
Anabella was unceremoniously chucked out of Bow Wow Wow about 5 years ago by Leigh Gorman to be replaced by a 20 year old girl. So make of that what you will. Anabella is still touring the 80’s revival circuit as a solo act and still attracts a large crowd.
And his version of Bow Wow Wow truly sucks. I have always loved his bass playing, but the singer he hired is really terrible. They sound like a wedding band.
P.S. I designed Annabella’s new website and she is as nice as you can imagine. A really great energy and spirit. http://www.annabellalwin.com
Steven C says:
at the end of the day, Annabella must be like 60 now. I’m sure she’s well beyond feeling exploited. Let’s just celebrate the release of the music.
No…she is around my age, a year or two younger, and I am 50 now…but yeah, she is a hot, mature woman beyond exploitation, thank you very much!!
More like in her early 50s (remember she was ONLY 14 when bad men took ugly but nice looking photographs of her). Other than that I’m completely with you.
She’s 51 and was kicked out of her band twice, and has almost no control over her own story or images of herself as a teenager. And a woman in the music biz who has had to fight to build a solo career while a former bandmate continues to scam audiences with a truly terrible version of a beloved band.
Ian Harris says:
Clive – I Started Somethibg… was recorded in the 21st century for a Smiths tribute album, so it’s unlikely to be a 1983 outtake of a song not written by Morrissey and Marr until a few years later. I think it was just Anabella and Leigh Gorman who did that.
Clive says:
Thanks Ian. I was wondering where it came from.
cdmaniac says:
Looks like a flip-top box to me, Paul?
Yes it does look like that… but I think that’s them just trying to make it look like the old cassette. Cherry Red are describing it as a “clamshell box”.
Thanks for the response! I think a flip-top would be cool, but Im cool with a clamshell.
Gary henn says:
Come on look at the titles. Glitter alert
No! Expliotaton.
Adrian Slatcher says:
One of my favourite bands. Shamefully dealt with by managers and record companies. See Jungle is a masterpiece, but much of their best material was on Your cassette pet/I want candy. WTGGT tracks work well alongside the other stuff but a bit polished. The brilliant Baby Oh No is a lost 80s classic
Ordered! really hope these are quality remasters!
Wax Monster X says:
Up to now all CDs from BWW have sounded horrendous. Even the When The Going… LP sounds crap. Here’s hoping we get some clear remastering.
Ah 2018, the year people got offended by (literally) everything…
Still, i hope the see jungle album is an improvement on cherry red’s dire attempt from a few years back.
I think i will read the reviews once released, before taking the plunge this time!
Alex D Falcone says:
@Derek, can you please offer more information about the re-recorded C30, C60… I know nothing about it, and I’d like to hear it. Is it on a CD, a compilation, a single? Please tell me where you’ve found it. Thank you.
@Alex D Falcone. The re-recorded version of C30… was on a 7″ that was sold at gigs. There are a couple of different editions of the 7″ with the same tracks. The other side is the re-recording of Mile High Club that later reappeared on the B-side of the re-recorded Louis Quatorze. I have never found this version of C30 anywhere else.
http://www.45cat.com/record/nc082626de
David McCallum says:
My kudos to the designer of the new cover. The cover is bold, represents the band and the times, and not salacious.
Represents the band and the times, and not salacious. You realize that’s a contradiction, right?
Haha. Good point. Hints at the times then.
Jeph Johnson says:
Good point. Nice to see “Teenage Queen” and the disco version of “W.O.R.K.” (which I’ve never heard before). I really hope Spotify picks this up.
Great! I really want to have this.
I really do hope it sounds much much (much) better than that dreadfully muddy flatline sounding ‘See Jungle’ (2-CD) re-release from 2010; what a major disappointment that was.
I dont know what masters they dug up for that release but I do hope they found the real masters now (and did something good with it). :)
A most welcome collection from a hugely under rated band whose music got buried/ignored in all of the furore over Anabella. I love the aged look to this box – looks just like my rather battered copy of Your Cassette Pet. Trying to find vinyl copies of the two main albums nowadays is bloody impossible, I don’t own a copy of the third album at all, whilst my vinyl copy of See Jungle See Jungle has definitely seen better days. Neatly packaged so it will fit in to a small space. Oh and Colm 47 you forget to add Scorpions- Virgins Killers Lp to your list.
Never a fan of the Scorpions, Simon, so I had to google it. Dodgy cover indeed.
Unfortunately not complete, tracks that appear to be missing are Bow Wow Wow, Cast Iron Arm, Theme A. Also a track called I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish (sounds like WTGGT outtake).
Is the Disco Version of W.O.R.K. the Extended Version or something new?
Also where not Last of the Mohicans and Teenage Queen both American imports?
Oh, the tracks ‘Cast Iron Arm’ and ‘Theme A’ from the ‘Girl Bites Dog’ comp. are absent too, but they’re not exactly essential.
Good point. Nice to see “Teenage Queen” and the disco version of “W.O.R.K.” (which I’ve never heard before).
Yaaay!! Looks great. All the previous CD issues of the Your Cassette Pet era stuff have sounded incredibly muddy, so here’s hoping this is an improvement. Looks pretty complete too, though I don’t see the re-recorded 6min version of C30, C60, C90, Go! which is a shame as it’s rather good.
Really excited to see this release! Long overdue. Hopefully it will be worth the wait (recording quality wise).
Rob Dickinson says:
Respectfully have to disagree. With all the controversy that surrounded the release of Bow Wow Wow’s See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah. City All Over! Go Ape Crazy LP when a fourteen year old naked Annabella Lwin did indeed appear on the sleeve, I doubt any further sleeves where she appeared (semi) naked weren’t used without her full consent. As regards her being ‘underage’, since she was modelling for a photograph, I think it’s more a question of what is age appropriate that caused moral uproar, … and seems to be once again.
As regards someone at Cherry Red not knowing their history… c’mon! Do you really believe that? Perhaps someone from Cherry Red could clarify whether they needed Anabella’s permission to use that image.
Whether you think it appropriate or not, for me it’s more of a censorship issue. Also, the record sleeves are free to view to on the internet, including on Annabella’s. Let’s not try to re-write history, many of Bow Wow Wow’s sleeves used her sexuality to sell a few units – as did many a teenage girl.
“Won’t somebody please think of the children!”
As someone wrote to the editor of the Times last year.
“Dear Sir, please could you tell me how to behave today, so I don’t get into trouble tomorrow”.
Somebody piped up, you are already in trouble just for using the word “Sir”.
Moral outrage, where will it end.
Personally, couldn’t give a toss, it’s a great album, as a 14 year old myself at the time, It sold me….
The great thing about watching the video, not just that it was a fantastic song, but it linked to The Waitresses “I Know What Boys Like” and The Mo Dettes “White Mice”, 2 classic songs that bring me way back to my misspent youth!
I remember The Face magazine (I think) putting Annabella on the cover.
I just googled it, number 13, I used to have a load of them and gave them away, arrggghhh!!!
I don’t think musical history should be rewritten.
Are we going to have a new cover for Blind Faith’s LP for example?
Or Led Zeppelin’s Houses Of The Holy?
Arguably dodgier LP covers considering the age of the girls on both covers
Rob Dickinson: it stinked then and it stinks now. I don’t think words like “sexuality” should be used when talking about 14 yr old girls. She was certainly exploited and whether she seems to be ok with it now is not really the issue.
@David M.:
Please enlighten us moral half-wits: What is the issue in your opinion?
Just a quick note to everyone… no problem with this debate, but let’s keep it up to the usual SDE standards and not get into attacking each other etc.
Semi naked photos of an underage girl used to sell product.
Cool content.
Jimi Fletcher says:
Cherry Red’s previous release of See Jungle! See Jungle, etc. was pretty lousy. Let’s hope this magnificent album gets the treatment it deserves!
I hope the sound is good and not full of vinyl rips and wrong edits.
vikerii says:
Very cool! I’m going to get this for sure. I’ve only had their Playlist (Best of) release, but was pleasantly surprised with it. They were much more than just I Want Candy. Although, admittedly all their songs seem to be very much “cut from the same cloth”.
For anyone who hasn’t heard much of their other songs, some of my favs include:
Do You Wanna Hold Me
What’s The Time?
Baby, Oh No (a little Bondie-esque IMO)
Can’t wait to hear the rest of their output!
Hope you like the set – See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy! makes up for the first thirteen tracks on CD1 and is a non-stop pop classic LP!
Auntie Sabtina says:
Cherry Red’s webpage says that “All material has been fully remastered especially for this release.”
We shall see…
Argh! says:
“fully remastered” does not mean from original tapes. When it is, they list it. Expect the usual Cherry Red disappointments, similar to that Altered Images box.
Lee Realgone says:
Indeed. There are several releases on the Rock Candy label that proudly state “24 bit remaster” on the sticker, but they’re horrible 24 bit remasters made from second rate needle drops.
should we really be putting a half dressed child on the cover of this collection
she was underage when this happened
Agree with Jon. Somebody at the label doesn’t know their history of the band and that picture. Shameful!
Teejay Pea says:
You’re right about ‘somebody’ not knowing ‘the history of the band and that picture’ because it wasn’t *that* picture that caused the furore it was the proposed (and later released) cover for the album that recreated Manet’s Dejeuner sur l’herbe that caused the stink as her Mum reported McLaren to Scotland Yard over it. The picture featured was used as the cover for the later single ‘I Want Candy’and didn’t generate anywhere near the outrage of the earlier pic. Be as outraged as you like but get it right :)
Just stop. Don’t do stuff to delay the release. It may be shelved forever
Don’t listen to ‘I Want Candy’ as you head over to Twitter to express your outrage, fellas. The suggestive lyrics (she ain’t singing about pear drops!) could result in you both suffering an online meltdown.
AdamW says:
Recall that the original version of I Want Candy was performed by a male group. Cuts both ways.
(I can’t believe we’re seriously discussing this in 2018. She was undeniably exploited. That said, I am hoping that the fact that she publishes the pictures on her own website means that she’s now OK with them. And the music still holds up.)
Yes, it’s a cover by 60s fake Australian bubblegum psych rockers The Strangeloves…really 3 NY Jews, headed by noted producer/songwriter Richard Gottehrer…who worked with the GoGo’s, Raveonettes, etc and heads The Orchard…
About 20 years ago, I saw a reunion gig by the still-alive members of BowWowWow at NYC’s late lamented Wetlands…and the odd thing was Annabella was around my age!! She got hotter actually!! But apparently, she was cool with her history with the band and did not feel exploited in the least…ironically, if the band happened today, all the MeToo and feminists would be up in arms…being she was 14 at the time…but if anything, it was the late Malcolm McLaren who was shameless in his pursuits of the bands he worked with…he STOLE Adam Ant’s first Ants band to form Bow Wow Wow, also the NY Dolls and Sex Pistols, whom, he formed after having his SEX clothing shop…don’t blame Annabella whatsoever…please!!
I wonder what you think of the Blind Faith album cover?
the blind faith at least had an alternate cover
Only in the good old US of A
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Several classmates and advocates who knew Dyamond said she was far from shy. It just took a little while for her to warm up to me. She giggled every time her cover was blown.
We chatted in the small quarters serving as a dressing room for local celebrities and children in foster care who would soon be in the fourth annual Heart Gallery North Florida fashion show that's like none I've been in. It celebrated children, the night's heroes in need of a hero to adopt them, at Goodwood Museum and Gardens on Sept. 11 — a day Americans mourn the fallen and celebrate the brave.
Last-minute primping surrounded Dyamond, a 17-year-old Godby High School sophomore, and I as we got acquainted. She was nervous. Having been a former plus-size model, I've had those jitters.
She was open about why being adopted means so much. Dyamond's mother died when she was 6 years old. I later learned she died on Dyamond's birthday, Sept 8. That hurt still clings like a wet shirt.
Dyamond's nine sisters and brothers are scattered throughout Florida, some living in foster care and others with relatives. Dyamond said her father abandoned them early on.
She was born with a condition similar to cerebral palsy. Her sister, Sapphire, who nearly stole the show with her spunky personality, and her brother, Aaron, sitting in the audience, both suffer from hereditary conditions that affect mobility. They're all in foster care, living in separate homes.
"I don't have parents and I just wanted to be treated like a normal kid," Dyamond said. "I think about it every day. I wonder if I'm going to get adopted or not. I wonder if anyone is going to judge me because I'm in foster care. That's what I worry about every day."
"Wow," I thought to myself.
This is a remarkable girl. That was revealed as she told me how she loves to draw, write, read and sing. I could relate to loving all of that, too, but I didn't know what it was like to not have family in my home or my mother a phone call away.
I want Dyamond to have the family she longs for. Really I, and all of the celebrity models who participated, want that for the 14 preschool to high school children who were showcased, most of whom need therapeutic foster care for physical or emotional challenges.
"Our goal is to put them in a family environment and we believe strongly that it's the parents who are the healers," said Jackie Barksdale, director of therapeutic foster care at Boys Town North Florida, who helped find Dyamond a foster home.
Local celebrities included Florida First Lady Anne Scott (who said more than 750 children statewide are available for adoption), former NFL stars Peter Boulware and Corey Simon, public relations specialist Ann Howard, Council on Culture & Arts director Audra Pittman and WTXL meteorologist Casanova Nurse, who has three adopted children at home.
Just outside the dressing room, nearly 300 people took seats. Many were interested in adopting or had experienced successful adoptions. The Heart Gallery reaches out to the foster care network through various agencies, such as the Children's Home Society, Boys Town North Florida and One Church-One Child of Florida.
The fashion show concept grew from brainstorms between the Junior League of Tallahassee and Goodwill Industries of the Big Bend.
Celebrities were paired with children and the matches took to the runway. The celebrities and children went on a shopping spree last month at a Goodwill store where they hunted outfits together.
"Here we are four years later with a roomful of people having a great time for helping these kids," Heart Gallery President Donna Wright said.
Just before it was time to get on stage. Dyamond was still nervous. But Sapphire, sitting in her wheelchair as Dyamond sat in hers, grabbed her sister's hand and poured words of encouragement into her. Sapphire's foster mother did the same.
I can only imagine what Dyamond was thinking, probably mostly wondering if someone in the audience would be touched enough to open their home. Just about everyone I spoke to about Dyamond, a girl with a contagious smile and beaming personality, said she's a jewel. Her name fits her to a T.
"If you just show her that exact same type of love that she's never seen before, she'll be the best person in the world for you. She's extremely helpful. She's extremely positive," said Teddy Tripp, a family teacher at Boys Town North Florida.
"I definitely feel like for Dyamond to be adopted, she would get that feeling she's wanted her whole life. "
That feeling is to be loved and accepted. I bet Teddy's right.
To learn more about the Heart Gallery North Florida and its efforts to raise awareness about local foster children, visit www.heartgallerynorthflorida.org.
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This tax calculation, produced using the ILS Tax Calculator, is for a single filer earning $ 70,000.00 per year. The Illinois income tax example and payroll calculations are provided to illustrate the standard Federal Tax, State Tax, Social Security and Medicare paid during the year when filing a tax return in Illinois for $ 70,000.00 with no special circumstances. The aim of this $ 70,000.00 salary example is to illustrate how tax and payroll deductions are calculated for tax returns, you can produce your own bespoke income tax calculation for Illinois and allow for children, filing status and other tax credits and deductions using the Illinois tax calculator.
- Illinois State Income Tax 3,354.86 279.57 258.07 129.03 64.52 12.90 1.61 4.79%
- Illinois State Disability Insurance (SDI) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.79%
- Medicare Tax 1,015.00 84.58 78.08 39.04 19.52 3.90 0.49 1.45%
This tax calculation provides an overview of Federal and State Tax payments for an individual with no children and no special circumstances living in Illinois. You can produce a bespoke calculation which includes your family situation, your (and their) personal circumstances using the Illinois State Tax Form Calculator with 2021 Tax tables and 2021 Refundable and non-refundable tax credits.
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State Tax $0.00 $3,354.86 $3,354.86
January (31) $5,945.21 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,065.89 $4,879.32 $712.36 $284.93 $368.60 $86.21 $4,493.10
February (28) $5,369.86 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $962.74 $4,407.12 $643.42 $257.36 $332.93 $77.86 $4,058.28
March (31) $5,945.21 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,065.89 $4,879.32 $712.36 $284.93 $368.60 $86.21 $4,493.10
April (30) $5,753.42 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,031.51 $4,721.92 $689.38 $275.74 $356.71 $83.42 $4,348.16
May (31) $5,945.21 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,065.89 $4,879.32 $712.36 $284.93 $368.60 $86.21 $4,493.10
June (30) $5,753.42 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,031.51 $4,721.92 $689.38 $275.74 $356.71 $83.42 $4,348.16
July (31) $5,945.21 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,065.89 $4,879.32 $712.36 $284.93 $368.60 $86.21 $4,493.10
August (31) $5,945.21 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,065.89 $4,879.32 $712.36 $284.93 $368.60 $86.21 $4,493.10
September (30) $5,753.42 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,031.51 $4,721.92 $689.38 $275.74 $356.71 $83.42 $4,348.16
October (31) $5,945.21 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,065.89 $4,879.32 $712.36 $284.93 $368.60 $86.21 $4,493.10
November (30) $5,753.42 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,031.51 $4,721.92 $689.38 $275.74 $356.71 $83.42 $4,348.16
December (31) $5,945.21 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,065.89 $4,879.32 $712.36 $284.93 $368.60 $86.21 $4,493.10
Are you earning $ 70,000.00 per year in Illinois? The tax calculation below shows exactly how much Illinois State Tax, Federal Tax and Medicare you will pay when earning $ 70,000.00 per annum when living and paying your taxes in Illinois. The $ 70,000.00 Illinois tax example uses standard assumptions for the tax calculation. This tax example is therefore a flat example of your tax bill in Illinois for the 2021 tax year.
Illinois State Tax Calculation
Illinois Personal Exemption
(1 x $2,225.00)
Illinois Gross Taxable Income
($70,000.00 - $2,225.00)
Illinois State Tax Tables
Total State Income Tax Due for Illinois
Considerations in this Illinois State tax calculation
Illinois calculates state taxes based on a percentage of Federal Taxable Income.
Illinois applies 4.95% against your State Taxable income of $67,775.00
Illinois Income Tax Due
Illinois Local Tax Due
Did you know you can reduce the amount of tax you pay in Illinois by investing in your retirement? Investing in your retirement means you can build up a good pension to ensure you have enough funds to retire comfortably in Illinois, Roth and Traditional IRA pension schemes offer alternate ways to invest and can save thousands of dollars which would otherwise be spent on your Federal and Illinois tax bill
Illinois is used as the default State for State tax calculations, you can choose an alternate State using the 2021 State and Federal Tax calculator.
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In this era of high-octane offense, it's easy to forget about defense and special teams.
Unless you're playing for one of those teams dominant in either area.
Fort Pierce Central has allowed eight points in three games, a school-record start.
Sebastian River has three shutouts in four games, allowed 10 points in another win and has surrendered a paltry 105 rushing yards in 192 minutes of regular-season play.
Vero Beach keeps doing things its way, of course, scoring at least 40 points in each of its first four games -- another record at a school known for setting many over the years. The Fighting Indians also have two shutouts on defense.
Down the road, at Jensen Beach, the Falcons keep returning punts for touchdowns — four so far.
Finally, South Fork quarterback Stone Labanowitz tossed six touchdown passes — setting a school record and tying the 2-year-old area mark — in a wild 52-42 win against Suncoast.
The area had one of its best top-to-bottom showings in years last week, finishing 9-3 overall, 6-0 against non-local opponents. The season record is a healthy 28-18, 16-7.
Here is a look at the Treasure Coast heading into Week 5 of the regular season:
1. Vero Beach (4-0): The Fighting Indians have scored 40 points or more in four consecutive games for the first time in the program's 90-year history.
2. Sebastian River (4-0): It will take some work for any opposing running back to gain 100 yards against the Sharks' stout defense.
3. Fort Pierce Central (3-0): Remember when the Cobras seemed to have more questions than answers after a 12-3 Kickoff Classic loss to Palm Beach Central? Didn't think so.
4. Martin County (3-1): Austin Kuyrkendall's late touchdown pass rallied Tigers past Class 8A Treasure Coast.
5. South Fork (3-1): Bulldogs have two weeks to prepare for Martin Bowl 33, which is shaping up as a Stone Labanowitz vs. Kuyrkendall passing showcase.
6. Jensen Beach (3-1): Jamien Sherwood turning punt returns into an art form this season.
7. Okeechobee (2-1): Brahmans will try to rebound after 35-0 loss to Sebastian River.
8. Treasure Coast (1-2): Titans are a handful of plays from a second consecutive 3-0 start.
9. John Carroll Catholic (2-2): Golden Rams got back on track with solid win against Village Academy.
10. Fort Pierce Westwood (1-3): Panthers pulled away from struggling Jupiter (20 consecutive losses) to hand coach Aaron Sheppard first win.
11. Port St. Lucie (1-2): Steamrolled by Vero Beach ... just like three other teams so far this season. Another tough test Friday against Merritt Island awaits.
12. St. Lucie West Centennial (0-3): Eagles were idle last week.
13. St. Edward's (1-2): Pirates may not have many players, but no one can question this team's heart after terrific showing against Boca Raton Christian.
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Summit PBM
The play by mail football game
Submit Turn
So, what exactly is Summit PBM?
Summit PBM (play by mail) is a football management game where you compete against other real life managers. It’s not Fantasy Football, there are no real teams or players. If you ever played ‘Soccer Supremos’ back in the 90’s then you will know exactly what to expect and you will love this game. If you didn’t then it’s something new to try which may well hook you in with its ‘retro’ feel!
You pick a team and issue other instructions each turn using a selection of Order Codes. If you wish you can interact with other managers to arrange transfers or loans. Once the turn instructions are received back here at Summit HQ they are processed by the Summit software which produces a printout that is mailed out to you for the process to be repeated. You can expect to receive a turn around every 10 days.
Is there an email or online only option?
Your turnsheets can be returned online via the Submit Turn form instead of filling out the paper version and mailing it. The vast majority of Managers choose this method as it’s far more convenient.
Most managers prefer to receive their turn package via regular (snail) mail as they like the anticipation of a turn package arriving through the letter box. However if you prefer to receive your turn package by email it can be scanned and sent to you as an email pdf attachment.
Overseas (ie non-UK including Republic of Ireland) will always have their turns sent in pdf format due the extra time it takes to reach them and the extra cost of Airmail.
Managing a Summit team costs £3.00 per turn as at December 2015 with approx. three turns per month. Payment methods include PayPal, Credit / Debit Card / GoCardless/ Internet Banking / Cheque or Cash.
There are no ‘extras’ or ‘luxuries’ to pay for and absolutely no hidden charges whatsoever. All managers pay the same for the same printout, you cannot get an advantage by paying more for extra features. That will never happen!
What are the game prizes?
For most managers just the glory of winning and getting the bragging rights is enough! Just in case it isn’t though, unlike most other games Summit PBM gives away REAL prizes including REAL Trophies, REAL Championship Shields and REAL Medals aswell as very generous free game Credits.
As they say in the cheesy adverts though…. ‘But wait…. there’s MORE’…. there are small prizes to be won such as a Summit PBM pen or fridge magnet EVERY turn in the FREE to enter Predictions Competition!
How can I find out more?
You can open a Support ticket, talk to other managers on the forum… they will give you their opinion about the game and there is nothing like talking to people already playing. Or why not just request a new team to be sent to you? It’s FREE to take a look and there is no obligation at all to start playing if you don’t like what you see!
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Techcomm Today: Survey Findings
By Siobhán Ní Chatháin on October 15, 2015 in Techcomm Education, Technical Communication, Tools
Techcomm education was a hot topic at the recent Technical Communications UK conference (TCUK), fuelling two panel sessions and many conversations outside of the formal programme. At the event, we conducted a survey exploring the qualifications, skills, knowledge, and experience techcomm practitioners bring to and use in their roles.
About Our Findings
We encountered great interest and enthusiasm for the subject of techcomm education and were delighted with the response rate. Over a third of the 170 technical communicators who attended TCUK took part in our survey. We present the key findings below, based on these 62 responses. Note that the results we present here are valid for this sample group only; where this is not explicitly stated, it can be assumed throughout. While we don’t claim that our findings can be extrapolated to the whole techcomm community, comparing them with similar surveys we think they provide a useful indicator of patterns and trends.
Employment Circumstances
According to our survey, the typical technical communicator:
Works for a company where techcomm supports the main activities of the company
Operates within a team of technical communicators
Works full-time, in the office (or partly from home)
A smaller proportion of respondents are freelancers, who work independently or support the work of techcomm teams on a contract basis.
The technical communicators attending TCUK are highly experienced; the vast majority (70%) have over 10 years’ experience in their industry areas. Interestingly, most respondents do not hold a techcomm educational qualification.
Techcomm Qualifications
We found that respondents are more likely to have a qualification relating to the industry in which they work, than a qualification in techcomm. In cases where respondents hold industry-related qualifications, these tend to be at a higher level than their techcomm qualifications. The predominant industry qualifications held by respondents are undergraduate or postgraduate degrees, whereas the most common techcomm qualifications are graduate certificates or unaccredited courses.
Typically, rather than holding formal qualifications, respondents bring transferable skills and knowledge to their roles, engage in on-the-job and self-led learning, and undertake training in specific tools or skills as required.
Industries Served by Techcomm
The top three industries for which our respondents provide techcomm services are:
1. Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
2. Engineering
3. Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI)
The high proportion working in or providing services for the ICT sector is consistent with the findings of a recent Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL) survey. The status of engineering as the second most significant industry employing technical communicators also reflects the findings of that US-based study. However, there is a difference in the third place ranking: more of our respondents serve the BFSI sector than the DCL research found to be the case amongst its sample.
Tasks, Outputs, and Audiences
Our survey confirms that technical communicators carry out a wide range of tasks in their day-to-day work and produce a variety of documentation outputs for diverse audiences.
The top three tasks our respondents carry out, outputs they produce, and audiences for their outputs are presented in the following table.
Top Tasks, Outputs, and Audiences
Despite the multiplicity of activities carried out by technical communicators and the fast pace of change in the techcomm workplace, we found that we can identify a core set of duties and work products that are relevant to the majority of respondents.
The key target audiences indicated by our respondents are reflective of the primary industries in which they operate. The prominence of manuals and help systems in our survey is similar to the DCL study. A point of contrast, however, is that the production of installation guides is an important component of our respondents’ roles, but did not appear as a content type in the DCL findings.
Knowledge, Skills, and Tools
This was a particularly interesting area for us, especially when compared with findings in other surveys.
ICT Knowledge
Key areas of technology-related knowledge that our respondents require or find beneficial in their work include:
1. Agile development processes
3. API documentation
This finding reinforces the significance of ICT as an industry requiring techcomm services. Moreover, it indicates the extent to which ICT overlaps with other industry areas, given that several of those who provide techcomm services for industries other than ICT also highlight the relevance of these areas of knowledge.
The prominence of agile as an area of knowledge relevant to our respondents is interesting in light of a 2013 survey by The Content Wrangler. That study found that the majority of technical documentation teams had not adopted an agile approach to creating and publishing content, while successful agile implementation was even more elusive.
Our results highlight the continued and growing importance of the HTML and XML mark-up languages, which the majority of our respondents use in their work. CSS stylesheet language is also widely used by respondents.
Mark-up and Stylesheet Languages
Fewer than a third of our respondents use programming languages to some extent in their work. The most popular programming languages amongst the respondents who use them are:
1. Java
2. C++
While the relative positioning of C++ and C differs, the top three programming languages used by our respondents are consistent with the IEEE Spectrum ranking.
We found significant diversity in the tools used by technical communicators. This was particularly notable in relation to content management system (CMS) usage. Two thirds of our respondents stated that they use at least one CMS in their work, and they identified a further 20 types of CMS in addition to the options we provided in the survey. Thus, while Alfresco and Apache Subversion jointly hold the third place ranking in this category, they do not enjoy widespread usage amongst our respondents.
Likewise, although PTC Arbortext and XMetal Author are tied in third place in the XML category, this result is not indicative of extensive usage amongst respondents. MadCap Flare is far more popular amongst respondents who use XML authoring tools.
Overall, we found that Adobe Acrobat maintains a strong position at the top of the pile of authoring tools, and is more widely used than any other tool across all categories. Bear in mind, however, that we took a similar approach to that of the Writers User Assistance (UA) tools survey in excluding Microsoft Word and other Office suite products from our list, due to their ubiquity. Our perception that almost all technical communicators use these tools (or open source equivalents) to varying degrees alongside other tools, was endorsed by the many respondents who referred to Word.
The following table presents the top three in five categories of tools our respondents use in their work.
Our results endorse recent US research on tools usage, notably DITAwriter’s analysis of the Writers UA survey. All but two of the top tools identified by our respondents are amongst DITAwriter’s top ten ranked tools. The main differences are that Notepad++ did not appear to be relevant to our respondents, in contrast to the DITAwriter ranking of Notepad++ at number eight.
Another outlier is Adobe Flash, which came in at a number 49 ranking in DITAwriter’s breakdown. Flash continues to be used by a proportion of our respondents who employ multimedia tools in their work, but it is significantly less popular than TechSmith Camtasia and Adobe Captivate, and its usage is quite low overall.
Further Analysis
These findings provide an evidence basis for understanding current industry conditions and educational requirements, obtained from a sample of those working as technical communicators today. We are feeding this information back to the stakeholders involved in designing academic techcomm courses, and through this blog series we are sharing the key results with the wider techcomm community.
We think that many practitioners will find these survey results a useful measure against which to benchmark their own qualifications, knowledge, skills, and experience. We also believe that educators will find it helpful to have up-to-date information about requirements for the techcomm graduates of tomorrow.
We would love to hear your reaction to our survey findings. How do they relate to your experience? Which results did you find the most interesting? Did any of our findings surprise you?
The next post in this series will explore responses to our survey findings and continue our investigation of techcomm education in more detail. In the meantime, we look forward to hearing from you!
About Siobhán Ní Chatháin
Siobhán Ní Chatháin has a background in third-level education and research. She works as a technical writer and instructional designer with TWi. She also contributes to TWi's digital content and business development.
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Larry Kunz October 15, 2015 at 6:25 pm #
Thanks for compiling this data. Your findings align with my impressions, except for one thing that I find curious: even though several people say they’re involved in API documentation, less than a third of respondents use programming languages — and the languages I most often associate with API documentation, like Python and Javascript, don’t even crack the top 3. I’m not sure what to make of that.
Colum McAndrew October 15, 2015 at 6:59 pm #
I think this shows the difference between the US and UK market Larry. From what I’ve seen, the three languages in the list are far and away what most ICT firms want.
Siobhán Ní Chatháin October 20, 2015 at 9:04 am #
Good point, Colum. These are subjects we will continue to probe in order to understand the differences better.
Well spotted, Larry. This definitely merits further research.
Brian Lanigan October 16, 2015 at 3:10 pm #
That’s an interesting point, Larry. I think Colum might have the right of it.
I was also at TCUK, and API documentation came up in a couple of talks I had with other attendees (just casual chat, not part of the survey). A few people noted that API documentation seems to be a big industry in the US at the moment, but it’s not quite as high-profile in Europe. It’ll be interesting to see if that changes over time, and if technical authors will become more involved with languages (like Python and JavaScript) that are more often associated with web apps and APIs.
Again, this isn’t based on any of the data from the survey, just coffee corner conversation. I reserve the right to be proven entirely wrong by the next comment!
Anna Crowley October 19, 2015 at 8:23 pm #
I find the rankings of the CMS category quite interesting. These top three systems are mostly web-based collaboration and document management tools, not true content management tools. For content management and reuse of existing topics and objects, these would not be anywhere near my first choice for tools.
The categorisation of tools is an interesting, sometimes perplexing issue, given the number of tools available and the diversity of features. We noted a lot of overlap between categories. For example, some writers use the same tools for authoring and content management. The ways in which technical communicators use particular tools and the factors involved is another aspect worthy of exploration.
Martin Cooper October 22, 2015 at 9:14 am #
A very interesting and informative report.
However and given that TechCommsUK attracted a mainly IT biased TechComms audience I am not surprised that the ‘industries served by’ output was IT dominant. In order to give a more rounded overview and set of answers to the survey I would recommend that the TWI team also attend such as the TDW Live 2015 event to canvas a more engineering TechComms based input to your survey.
Siobhán Ní Chatháin October 23, 2015 at 12:12 pm #
Thanks for pointing us towards that conference, it looks very interesting. We are definitely aware that this is a small sample taken at a specific event & we highlighted that the results are valid for this sample group only. We have been considering rolling the survey out further, so it’s very encouraging to get your feedback.
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Phishing flaw a danger to alternative browsers
by Guest Contributor in Security on February 8, 2005, 7:21 AM PST
A security weakness in a domain-name standard allows attackers to spoof Web sites on non-Microsoft browsers.
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A security weakness in a standard for handling special character sets in domain names could let an attacker spoof Web sites on non-Microsoft browsers, a researcher has warned.
The problem arises because certain browsers support a standardized way of representing domain names in the letters or characters of any language, security expert Eric Johanson said at the ShmooCon hacker convention this weekend. Called Internationalized Domain Names, the standard allows companies to register domain names that appear to be the same in different languages.
That encoding scheme could enable an attacker to create a fake Web site for a phishing scam. A spoofed link would seem to be a legitimate URL in the address bar of affected browsers--Opera, Apple Computer's Safari, and the Mozilla and Firefox browsers from the Mozilla Foundation. But instead of taking the victim to the trusted site, the link would lead to a phony Web site with a domain rendered as the same address under the IDN process.
The Mozilla Foundation is looking for a long-term solution to the issue, Chris Hofmann, director of engineering at the company, said in a statement.
"With the increase in phishing attacks, there is a growing concern that exploits could take advantage of this feature to trick users into visiting rogue sites," Hofmann stated. "Mozilla is looking at options for fixing or disabling this feature and should have more information available very soon."
Phishing attacks, which try to fool consumers into handing over sensitive information by creating legitimate-looking Web sites and e-mail messages, have become a central security concern recently. While vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer have been the focus of much of the concern, other browsers also have had their fair share of flaws.
The security weakness in the IDN scheme comes as registrars push for support for expressing domain names in different languages and scripts.
"There are now many ways to display any domain name on a browser, as there are a huge number of (character sets) which look very similar to Latin (characters)," Johanson said in an advisory.
The advisory demonstrates the attack using the domain for PayPal, but using an alternate Unicode character for the first "a." That gives an address that looks like "http://www.pàypal.com," but with a smaller "a."
Details of the flaw were shown at ShmooCon, a hacking and computer security convention, in Washington D.C., last weekend. The Shmoo Group, a loose association of security professionals that runs the convention, notified the affected browser makers in mid-January. Johanson is a member of the Shmoo Group.
Apple, VeriSign and Opera Software could not immediately be reached for comment.
Microsoft has not implemented support for IDN yet, so its IE browser is not vulnerable to the flaw.
Browser security is gaining attention among software makers. In December, Internet security company Netcraft released an IE plug-in that it said could help people avoid becoming victims of online fraud. In addition, Netscape announced last month that it is getting ready to release a browser designed to resist phishing attacks.
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Mission Miracle serves low-income patients with conditions such as cataracts, fleshiness, glaucoma, strabismus, retinal detachment, corneal dystrophy, advanced keratoconus, secondary ectasias, among others.
The Cuban-Venezuelan project Misión Milagro (Miracle Mission) operated on more than 49,200 patients in the South American nation, said the director of Surgical Medical Assistance of that instance, Adith León.
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In an interview with the Sovereign Health radio program, led by the minister of the portfolio, Carlos Alvarado, the official highlighted the achievements of this initiative in the last 15 years.
For his part, the head of Health said that some 300 Venezuelans have been trained in the field of electromedicine to achieve the goal of technological sovereignty based on scientific capabilities.
Patients with ophthalmological pathologies from 39 countries have benefited from the program strengthened in 2005 when leaders Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez agreed to operate more than six million people over a period of ten years in the so-called Sandino Commitment.
Mission Miracle serves low-income patients with conditions such as cataracts, fleshiness, glaucoma, strabismus, retinal detachment, cornial dystrophy, advanced keratoconus, secondary ectasias, among others.
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The Texanist: Isn’t the Summer Heat Great? Or is That Just Me?
In the midst of a cold, wet winter, an Abilene woman longs for the dog days of August.
David Courtney
https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/texanist-isnt-summer-heat-great-just/
Illustration by Zohar Lazar
Q: Is there a winter equivalent to the dog days of summer? And if there is, are we in them now here in Texas? Personally, I greatly prefer the heat of summertime, even the dog days, over these cold, dark, wet days we’ve been experiencing of late. Is it just me or do all Texans come with this kind of natural partiality for hot summer over nasty winter?
Carlie Williams, Abilene
A: Taking note of the to-and-fro of the weather used to be a more popular pastime for Texans than it is today. This is due to the fact that Texas was, once upon a time, filled with farmers and ranchers and ruralists whose livelihoods—and sometimes very lives—depended on it. Alas, as Texans have become more and more citified, interest in things both meteorological and climatological has experienced a gradual dissipation. But even among our non-country countrymen, there still exists a fair number of folks who watch the weather with the zeal of an old agrarian sitting on the tailgate of beat-up pickup, chewing straw and scratching his chin as he gazes up at a cloudless sky.
So the Texanist, a man who enjoys talking about the weather, was excited when he received your query about whether “all Texans” share your feelings about winter and summer. But even though he is an amiable sort with many friends who live within our borders, the Texanist feels compelled to note that the latest available population data puts the current number of Texans at somewhere around thirty million. Hail-fellow-well-met though he may be, the Texanist doesn’t know all of these people personally and can therefore only speak for himself and a relatively small segment of the state’s total populace. Whether or not all Texans share your particular seasonal preferences, the Texanist cannot say. But as he considers himself a pretty good stand-in for the average Texan, he will be happy to offer his two cents.
Texas, from tip to tip, encompasses a full ten climatic regions. There’ the High Plains, the Lower Valley, the Trans-Pecos, and East Texas. And South Texas, the Edwards Plateau, the Upper Coast, and the Low Rolling Plains, in which Abilene sits. And North Central Texas and South Central Texas, the latter of which is where the Texanist lives. Each of these areas comes with its own unique weathery characteristics, but one thing they all have in common is a summer and a winter. Among these two, it’s summer that gets the bulk of the attention. This is because the Texas summer, among the hottest and driest in the whole world, is one of the things for which Texas is famous.
In thinking about summer and winter and preferences for one over the other, the Texanist was reminded of the occasions when he finds himself gazing up at the sky and rubbing his chin like that old farmer, a multiple-times-a-day occurrence, and how he sometimes proudly remarks to himself that he is perfectly accustomed to the Texas climate. When winter begins its transition to spring and the bluebonnets bloom and the smell of fresh-cut grass wafts lightly over beer gardens throughout the state, the Texanist is happy. And when spring rolls into summer and the mercury begins its relentless rise, the Texanist is happy—at least until those triple-digit dog days are upon us once again and he begins to question the gods for having forsaken him so. And then when summer turns to autumn…
The Texanist is pulling your leg. Everybody knows there’s no autumn in Texas. But as soon as that time of year arrives when the temperatures reach 84 degrees at noon and an al fresco luncheon seems like an appealing notion, and then, thanks to a blue norther, it drops to 34 degrees by dinnertime, the Texanist opens the flue, inspects the chimney, starts a fire, and is happy.
All this said, if you were to twist the Texanist’s arm and make him choose a favorite season, he’d pick spring. He’s got a weakness for bluebonnets, the smell of fresh-cut grass, and good beer garden weather. But between summer and winter, again, if you twisted his arm, the Texanist would, like you, choose summertime. It’s just part of who we are here in Texas.
You know what would be nice, though? You know how during the so-called winter it can be shorts weather one day and long johns and overcoats the next? And how during the summer there’s no such variation, and it’s just real hot all the time? Well, sometimes, right around mid-August, when it’s hotter than a billy goat in wool sweater seated on a scalding rock, the Texanist likes to imagine how nice it would be if during those summer months there were comparable swings. Think about it: eighteen straight 100-degree days and then all of the sudden, BAM!, late-July cold front and there’s a week with highs in the forties. The Texanist bets that even a summer lover such as yourself would enjoy an occasional respite like that.
Well, that’s about eight more cents than the two the Texanist promised and the fire has now burned down, so he needs to get out there and grab a few more logs. Thanks for the letter and thank you for your patience.
Stay warm. Until it’s time to stay cool.
Summer Survival Guide By Texas Monthly
Find Respite in Texas’s Ten Best Secluded Swimming Holes By Julie Wernersbach
The Texanist: If You Can’t Take the Heat… By David Courtney
The Best Thing in Texas: Watch Barton Springs Pool Cheer on a Little Girl as She Jumps In By Dan Solomon
The Texanist: My Daughter Moved to Texas More Than a Year Ago. Why Hasn’t She Visited the Alamo Already? By David Courtney
The Texanist: Words of Wisdom for Ringing in 2021 By Texas Monthly
The 19-Year-Old Funeral Home Employee Facing a Flood of “Death Calls” By Texas Monthly
“This Pandemic Isn’t Finished With Us Yet. Until Then, I’m Sleeping With One Eye Open.” By Texas Monthly
The Photographs That Stopped Us in Our Tracks in 2020 By Texas Monthly
Video: San Antonio’s Bus Drivers Have Stepped Up During the Pandemic By Texas Monthly
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Zapping the Olfactory Bulb Produces Phantom Smells
Researchers envision a cochlear implant–like device for the nose to give people with impaired olfaction a sense of smell.
Shawna Williams
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The sensation of perceiving a smell can be induced in people by using electrodes to stimulate the brain’s olfactory bulb, researchers report today (November 27) in the International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology. The results, they suggest, are a proof of concept that it would be possible to develop an “olfactory implant system” to aid people with an impaired sense of smell, known as anosmia.
“Our work shows that smell restoration technology is an idea worth studying further,” says coauthor Eric Holbrook of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in a press release. “The development of cochlear implants, for example, didn’t really accelerate until someone placed an electrode in the cochlea of a patient and found that the patient heard a frequency of some type.”
Holbrook and colleagues enrolled five subjects in the study who were able to smell. Three of them reported perceiving odors not actually present when the researchers stimulated different parts of their olfactory bulbs with electrodes inserted through the nose, a procedure the study authors say caused “minimal discomfort.” Subjects described the smells as “onion-like,” “antiseptic-like,” “sour,” “fruity,” or simply “bad.”
The finding follows a report earlier this year that electrically stimulating structures high up in the nasal cavity produced smell sensations. The scientists who conducted that study at Malaysia’s Imagineering Institute aim to one day transmit smells electronically, reportes IEEE Spectrum—for example, to give restaurant-goers a whiff of dishes on the menu as they decide what to order.
See “Regularly Whiffing Essential Oils Can Retrain Sense of Smell”
As in the Massachusetts Ear and Eye study, the Imagineering Institute researchers weren’t able to control which odor the subjects perceived. The Malaysian team suggests the digital smells could be transmitted through a noninvasive headset, rather than with electrodes up the nose, which their volunteers found quite uncomfortable. As coauthor Kasun Karunanayaka tells IEEE Spectrum, “A lot of people wanted to participate, but after one trial they left, because they couldn’t bear it.”
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Stem Cells Delivered to the Nose Restore Mice’s Ability to Smell
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One Night in Miami review - black history come alive
In 1964, Cassius Clay, NFL superstar Jim Nathaniel Brown, soul legend Sam Cooke and political firebrand Malcolm X gathered for one night in a dingy room at the Hampton Motel. It was a meeting that became a symbol of hope for black Americans. A photo...
Courttia Newland: A River Called Time review - an ethereality check
It is near impossible to imagine what the world would look like today if slavery and colonialism had never existed, let alone to write a book on the subject. Courttia Newland sets himself this daunting task in his latest novel, A River Called Time....
Living Newspaper: A Counter Narrative, Royal Court online review – the news, but better
Edition 2 of Living Newspaper: A Counter Narrative, an experimental new piece of online theatre from the Royal Court, doesn’t mess around. Within minutes, a cry of "Tory scum" is echoing around the Jerwood Theatre – the refrain of an anarchic...
Goran Vojnović: The Fig Tree review - falling apart together as Yugoslavia splits
Seven years ago, at a literary festival in the Croatian port of Pula, I heard Goran Vojnović talk about the vicious petty nationalism that that had poisoned daily life in the republics of former Yugoslavia. At that point the splintering of...
Small Axe: Education, BBC One review - domestic drama concludes groundbreaking film series with quiet power
The fifth and final film in the Small Axe series is titled Education. At first, it appears this refers to the education of the central character, 12-year-old London boy Kingsley Smith, impressively played by Kenyah Sandy, who’s transferred to a...
Small Axe: Red, White and Blue, BBC One review - sobering real-life story of police officer Leroy Logan
The third film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe quintet (BBC One) took for its subject the real-life story of Leroy Logan, the Islington-born son of Jamaican parents who joined the Metropolitan Police in the early Eighties. Despite encountering racism...
Extract: 'On Loneliness' by Fatimah Asghar, from 'The Good Immigrant USA'
The infamous border wall. Prolonged detention. Children in cages. Even as Biden's election promises a sea change in Trump's devastatingly hardline immigration policy, immigrants, both first- and second-generation, face a spectrum of prejudice,...
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine, Netflix review - star-studded special for Trump lip-syncer
When the world was in lockdown and performers turned to TikTok to keep in touch with their fans, Sarah Cooper started using the online platform for short videos where she lip-synced Donald Trump's speeches, and they quickly went global. Not many...
Death of England: Delroy, National Theatre review - a furious if fleetingly seen sequel
Broadway tends to be the Darwinian environment where a show's opening night can also mark its closing. But such has been the Covid-prompted fate of the National Theatre's fiery return to the fray that Death of England: Delroy managed 11...
The Witches review – new take lacks magic
A long shadow looms over Robert Zemeckis’ new take on Roald Dahl’s classic 1980s book The Witches, starring Octavia Spencer, Anne Hathaway and newcomer Jahzir Bruno. That shadow is cast by Nicholas Roeg’s strange and terrifying 1990 adaptation...
Nine Lives, Bridge Theatre review - engaging if slim finale to ambitious solo season
Call him Ishmael, and the Zimbabwe-born, UK-based writer Zodwa Nyoni has done just that. That's the name of the solo character in Nyoni's slight but undeniably affecting 50-minute solo play Nine Lives, which caps a season of monologues at the Bridge...
Sudhir Hazareesingh: Black Spartacus review – the life, and thought, of the first black super-hero
The former slave, and coachman on a sugar plantation, began one of his early public proclamations in a typically defiant vein: “I am Toussaint Louverture, you have perhaps heard my name.” At that point, in 1793, almost everyone in the French...
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Austin property tax lawsuit triggers a backlash
Austin Mayor Steve Adler says he’s suing for fair property appraisals. A tea party skeptic calls the legal gambit an “ill-conceived publicity stunt.”
“The mayor’s plan won’t save people money — they’re being played as saps. It’s a total gimmick,” says Mark Pulliam, a retired attorney and local political activist. Read more here...
Thanks to Mark Pullium for speaking on behalf of The Austin Tea Party.
Resolution to Budget at the Effective Tax Rate
Budget at the Effective Tax Rate
Whereas the City of Austin is experiencing strong growth in new properties being added to the tax rolls every year; and
Whereas new properties mean new sources of revenue each year totaling in the millions of dollars; and
Whereas, in spite of the growing tax base and rising property values, the City repeatedly raises the tax rate and takes in a higher percentage of dollars year after year,
Therefore, we resolve that the City should henceforth set budgets according to the Effective Tax Rate, which would allow the city to collect the same amount of revenue as it did the previous year, with additional revenue coming in only from new properties on the tax roll, thereby providing immediate tax relief to property owners and hedging them from future bloated tax rate increases.
Signed: The Austin Tea Party
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Resolution to Implement the Maximum Allowable Homestead Exemption
Implement the Maximum Allowable Homestead Exemption
Whereas assessed property values on Austin homes are skyrocketing; and
Whereas Austin is the only major city in Texas that does not make a homestead exemption available to its residents; and
Whereas cost of implementing the full homestead exemption can reasonably be absorbed by making strategic cuts within the city’s budget,
Therefore, we resolve that the City of Austin should act quickly to bring tax relief to Austin homeowners by implementing the maximum allowable homestead exemption.
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Resolution to Audit the City of Austin
Audit the City of Austin
Whereas the new 10-1 City Council needs a clear picture of the state of the City’s financial and operational health; and
Whereas knowing exactly what role the City plays in contributing to the affordability crisis in Austin due to possible redundancies and inefficiencies is critical to turning the crisis around; and
Whereas internal auditors on the City’s payroll may be inclined to hide the full nature of the City’s financial or operational condition due to conflicts of interest;
Therefore, we resolve that the City Council to hire an independent forensic auditor to conduct an investigation as the only way to guarantee a neutral, clear-eyed assessment of the state of the City's operations.
Press Release: Housing Illegal Alien Children in Austin
Austin, Texas 7-23-14
3267 Bee Caves Rd Ste 107 #222
V: 888-676-7221 x:701
Dean@NewRevolutionNow.org
Travis County and the City of Austin Should Not Support Housing Illegal Alien Children
The humanitarian crisis at the border with Mexico and now deep within our country is a direct result of President Obama’s 2012 executive order, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Tens of thousands of Central American children have left their homes and families to illegally enter America. The majority of these children have been subjected to harsh and inhumane treatment while traveling to the border. Many have died trying to cross the border. There is great public concern not only for the illegal alien children but for our own children and the communities we live in.
“People are quite concerned about how this is going to impact our nation’s sovereignty, and how it is going to impact communities,” Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said. “The public health security of our nation, issues with smallpox and scabies and TB—those are true concerns for Americans and for the Border Patrol working to end this, and the National Guard who are on the border, and for the direct-care providers in these facilities trying to care for these children.”
Do we, the citizens of Travis County, really want to house and support these illegal alien children or should they be immediately sent back to their homes and families? In response to Austin Interfaith’s urging of our county and city officials to aid these illegal aliens, we would like to ask our county and city officials the following questions:
1) Does this Council/Commission have any advance information concerning any illegal immigrants coming to our city/County? Are there any coming here and, if so, how many?
2) Where are these illegal aliens to be housed or detained? Will there be any public debate offered regarding the locations chosen for housing illegal aliens?
3) Has the city/county enough financial resources to manage an influx of hundreds or thousands of non-English speaking, indigent people? Are the enough law enforcement resources, hospital and medical services, and other civic resources funded and available to manage illegal aliens re-located to our communities?
4) Does the city/county have a contingency/emergency plan developed to cover this specific scenario?
5) Will the care and services available to citizens in this city/county be affected by the sudden and large influx of illegal aliens?
We encourage our county and city official to be forthright with answers to these questions and more. We encourage our county and city officials to hold public hearings and debates before acting on this important issue. We encourage all candidates running for city council and mayor to take a public stand.
We urge our local, state and federal official to take immediate steps to resend/defund DACA, to secure our border with Mexico and to send the illegal alien children back to their homes and families.
The City of Austin's Settlement with the DOJ Firefighter Hiring Complaint
Contributed by Paul Gelenscer
So...... the City of Austin is in discussions with the openly racist Eric Holder Dept of Justice (DOJ) over how much the DOJ is going to strong-arm out of our pockets over unsupported claims that minorities were discriminated against in hiring by the fire dept. Since both sides of the negotiation are manned by rabid liberals, I'm sure we can expect the city to fold like a cheap suit and agree with the DOJ that minorities are victims of City of Austin oppression. We're talking nearly $800,000 here - that's serious money for a ridiculous claim.
At issue are the results of standardized tests for firefighter jobs, which resulted in proportionately more white candidates than black or hispanic candidates passing the tests.
The DOJ letter to the city essentially acknowledges the city may have standards in place which result in disproportionate hiring of whites as long as the standards are relevant to the job. However, in the letter the DOJ claimed that a "statistically significant" low passing rate by minorities on standard professional tests, written by a national board, is sufficient reason to conclude that the city of Austin - rabidly liberal, and inclusion obsessed Austin - has discriminated against minorities. See the circular logic? We can have hiring standards that result in racial imbalances as long as the process was fair, but the racial imbalance proves the process wasn't fair. As for whether the test was relevant to the job, the DOJ doesn't include that in their determination. They just acknowledge the law allows this, but then they ignore this requirement.
You might recognize the words "ignore" and "law" get used a lot when discussing the Obama administration. The Obama administration ignores the law when using the IRS to intimidate political opponents, and when declaring exemptions to Obamacare when that law starts to fail, and when the law gets in the way of their desire to let illegal aliens stay in the country. Now they're adding laws regarding valid hiring practices to the list of laws they ignore.
According to the DOJ letter to the city, the DOJ did not consider differences in time spend studying for the test, which might have shown whether the test results correlate with effort by candidates to prepared for it, rather than with racism. Maybe the white candidates just tried harder. By then this is Eric Holder's style - whites are assumed racist until proven innocent.
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Head-turning looks
Strong powertrains
Interior build quality
Luxurious options
Tight rear seat
Measly cargo space
Not as fun as it could be
If you’re shopping for a 2019 BMW X6, chances are practicality isn’t high on your list, so why not have one of the V-8 models?
The 2019 BMW X6 pioneered the sloped-roof SUV segment and maintains high quality and performance, but it’s showing its age.
The 2019 BMW X6 is the original coupe-like SUV, and love it or hate it, it’s here to stay. Based on its fraternal twin, the X5, the 2019 X6 is still a year away from a total redesign like its more practical sibling. The current X6 still represents the funky, less utilitarian, and curiously more expensive option. We give it a 6.2 out of 10 overall for strong engine options but a hefty price tag and limited utility. (Read more about how we rate cars.)
Since it’s due to be redesigned, the 2019 X6 carries over unchanged for another year, keeping the same option packages and the rip-roaring X6 M variant, which makes 567 horsepower and reaches 60 mph in just 4.0 seconds.
The rest of the X6 range is available with an inline-6 or V-8, both of which are turbocharged and mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission. Power tops out at 445 hp, enough for a 4.6-second 0-60 time for the V-8 model. Rear-wheel drive is standard with the option for all-wheel-drive, a box that most buyers will check.
Besides its obvious visual flair, the X6 maintains a high build quality and several genuine luxury features and customization options despite being at the end of the current generation’s run. Still, if it’s practicality you’re seeking, the X5 presents a much more reasonable option.
Given its limited sales volume, the X6 still hasn’t been crash tested by the NHTSA or the IIHS and likely will not be, but last year’s X5 is closely related and performed well in safety evaluations.
Active safety technologies are available on the X6, and for 2019 BMW made more features such as lane-departure warnings and automatic emergency braking standard.
The X6 comes standard with Apple CarPlay compatibility, but BMW treats its smartphone integration like a subscription service. After the first year of ownership, BMW charges $80 annually to access the system.
Several years on, the 2019 BMW X6 remains a head-turner inside and out that still draws strong opinions.
The 2019 BMW X6 manages to fuse bulky SUV looks and a sleek coupe roofline with mixed results. We like the luxurious interior and willingness to try something different outside, warranting a rating of 7 out of 10. (Read more about how we rate cars.)
There seems to be no middle ground when it comes to the X6: many love it, many more hate it. But like it or not, this bulky Bimmer pioneered a design than many have copied, and despite its relative age, the X6 still remains a style statement.
From the front, the X6 is nearly indistinguishable from last year’s X5, but with its more practical sibling redesigned this year, the X6 is set to soldier on another year or two. From the side and out back is where the differences are noticeable, with the trademark coupe-like roofline and tighter rear fascia that opens up into a liftback.
Naturally, the X6 looks best in M guise, which dials up the intensity to 11 with fender flares, massive wheels, and a variety of go-fast styling cues.
Inside, the cabin is reminiscent of the old X5, but still offers high quality materials and a pleasing, business-like design.
The 2019 BMW X6 blends BMW’s trademark handling chops with strong engines, but its weight is noticeable.
The 2019 BMW X6 offers strong engines and impressive handling and ride quality, but is betrayed by its considerable heft. We’ve given it 7 out of 10 points or performance. (Read more about how we rate cars.)
The 2019 X6 is available in inline-6 or V-8 flavor, both of which offer considerable performance. The base sDrive35i makes 300 horsepower and 300 pound-feet of torque from a 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6. Rear-wheel drive is standard and all-wheel drive is optional, but don’t expect the X6 to be a mud-plugger. All X6s come with an 8-speed automatic transmission as standard, which features smooth, quick shifts that manage leisurely and spirited driving with equal aplomb.
Stepping up to the xDrive50i model brings standard all-wheel drive and 445 hp and 480 lb-ft of torque from a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V-8, making the sprint to 60 mph a 4.7-second affair.
For those who just aren’t satisfied with anything less than 500 horsepower, the absurd X6 M stuffs in a race car-like 567 hp and 553 lb-ft from the same size V-8. The X6 M packs more than just extra grunt though, with racing-inspired mechanicals including a limited slip differential, air suspension, and heavy-duty sway bars not to mention bigger brakes and wheels mated to sticky tires. It handles almost as well as some smaller sports cars, but with less steering feel.
Both of the non-M X6 variants offer smooth acceleration and a comfortable ride, as well as competence in the corners, but this SUV’s considerable heft is noticeable on twisty roads, and the light steering leaves a little to be desired.
The 2019 BMW X6 delivers on quality and comfort, but not so much on practicality.
The 2019 BMW X6 has no shame about being less practical than a traditional SUV, but still delivers on comfort and quality. We’ve given it 6 out of 10 with consideration for its meager cargo space and limited rear seat comfort. It gets points for its luxurious feel and comfortable seats, but loses one for its compromised back seat. (Read more about how we rate cars.)
Befitting of its price tag, the X6 is available with a wide variety of upholstery and trim options, including real leather, wood and metal trim, and a sea of soft-touch plastics that have a high-quality feel to them. Added touches including ambient lighting and luxury features like available heated and ventilated seats go far to make this a bona-fide luxury SUV, and it should be, as a loaded X6 M tops out at well over $100,000.
Thanks to its sloping roofline, however, rear seat headroom and legroom is limited and cargo space is cut by 25 percent, making taller items much more difficult to haul out back. Still, 27 cubic feet of capacity isn’t bad, but those looking to haul large items more often would be wise to stick with the X5.
The 2019 BMW X6 hasn’t been crash tested and won’t be, but still packs several active safety technologies.
Both the NHTSA and IIHS still have not crash tested the 2019 BMW X6, but we can make some conclusions based on the performance of the X5 which has the same platform and a similar size. Still, because it lacks scores, we’re unable to give it a rating. (Read more about how we rate cars.)
The X5 scores five stars overall from the NHTSA, and good marks in what limited testing was done by the IIHS, so the X6 is likely to perform similarly well.
All versions of the X6 come with multiple airbags, stability and traction control, and a standard backup camera. This year, active safety tech such as automatic emergency braking, lane-departure warnings, and blind-spot monitors are newly standard. Their absence last year was inexecusible at the prices BMW charges.
For even more, buyers can opt for a head-up display system, adaptive headlights, and active parking assist which can steer the vehicle into parallel or perpendicular spaces with the push of a button.
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The 2019 BMW X6 offers plenty of luxury features for a variety of budgets, and no model is basic.
Each 2019 BMW X6 comes with a number of luxury features and a large infotainment screen, though true luxury options get expensive fast. The options list was simplified last year, and we’ve seen fit to give this unconventional crossover SUV 8 out of 10 for its feature set. It gets points for its good standard features, its big infotainment system, good warranty, and its wide array of options, but we dial one back for BMW’s stinginess when it comes to certain features such as Apple CarPlay. (Read more about how we rate cars.)
You can have the X6 in base, Premium, M Sport, or Executive configurations, each of which unlocks a different set of options. A-la-carte features are still available, but BMW has simplified things by grouping popular options together.
Base models come with 19-inch wheels, leather upholstery, and power and heated front seats. Stepping up to the Premium package adds keyless ignition, satellite radio, and wireless phone charging, while the M Sport model yields a unique steering wheel and seats, as well as some performance options like a specially-tuned suspension.
The top-tier Executive package includes nicer leather, full LED headlights, soft-close doors, cooled front seats, and Harman Kardon audio, while standalone options include higher-zoot Bang & Olufsen speakers and an air suspension. Though navigation is standard, Apple CarPlay requires an annual subscription to access after the first year of ownership.
The bonkers X6 M includes racing-inspired seats, carbon fiber trim options, and a few unique colors beside all the performance upgrades you get for a six-figure starting price.
BMW's standard warranty covers three years of maintenance, and includes a 4-year/50,000-mile bumper-to-bumper warranty that's better than most of its rivals.
The 2019 BMW X6 isn’t as thirsty as its high performance would suggest, but it’s no fuel-miser either.
Despite high-powered engines, the 2019 BMW X6 manages decent fuel economy in some trims. We’ve given it 3 out of 10 as such. (Read more about how we rate cars.)
Unlike many vehicles, there’s no penalty for opting for all-wheel-drive with the X6, as both the sDrive35i and xDrive35i models manage 18 mpg city, 24 highway, 20 combined. Stepping up to the V-8 xDrive50i, which comes standard with all-wheel-drive, surprisingly only drops those numbers slightly to 17/22/19 mpg.
The high-powered X6 M performs considerably worse at 14/19/16 mpg, but that’s the price you pay for supercar-like performance.
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Karen Zoid wants to Drown Out The Noise
19 November 2015 Off By Floris Groenewald
Yes, I’m old enough to remember a time before Fokofpolisiekar. When the South-African music scene was fine, but certain popular genres were just left untouched in Afrikaans. Until Karen Zoid came around. The press dubbed her “South Africa’s rock chick”, and her rocking take on Afrikaans (with touches of punk & hip-hop) reinvigorated the genre for Afrikaans-speaking music lovers and musicians, and paved the way for the Fokofpolisiekar-generation.
Karen Zoid in 2009. Picture by Paolina Rosa, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
Now, an unbelievable 14 years after her debut Poles Apart was released, her new album, Drown out the noise, exemplifies her maturity. And while the title track which opens the album starts slow, with a beautiful distortion-free guitar riff and Zoid’s familiar voice, leading the song into a bigger arrangement with a full band.
Then the album turns towards the Southern Rock-inspired, but also hard and electric ”Secrets and lies” – a track that explores darker thoughts about secret-keepers. “Troublemaker”, on the other hand, is a very African track, which hosts a guest appearance by Freshlyground’s Zolani Mahola and acts as a tribute to Nelson Mandela. Speaking of guest appearances, Francois van Coke appears on the love ballad duet “Smile” – the not-quite-flipside to Zoid’s appearance on van Coke’s hit track “Toe vind ek jou”.
Tracks like “You can show it” cut to the bone and seem to illustrate the album title by contrasting soft, honest and sincere confessions with loud, electric choruses, as if Karen is fighting her fears by turning up the volume on her electric guitars. “Justice! Justice!” is a modern protest song that demands things like “lock up the rapist; throw away the key”, and the song is directly followed by “Nightingale” – a beautifully sweet track that’ll make you believe in love again.
Drowing out the noise has ups and downs, and varies in genre and content, just the way Karen Zoid has always done. It is an excellent, mature rock & roll album which neatly mixes in some nostalgia, earnest secrets, tributes, protests, and love. This is definitely a must for Karen Zoid fans, and would make a warm introduction to newcomers.
Karen Zoid is a South African rock singer, guitarist, and song-writer. She made waves as an Afrikaans “rock chick” in 2001, but has grown, and changed through the years – today, she’s a television host, actress, solo musician, and band leader. Her latest album, Drown Out the Noise, is available now on iTunes.
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Scientists find a new way for treating pain and mood disorders
Scientists have found how the sodium influences the signaling of a major class of brain cell receptors, known as opioid receptors, which could help pave way for new therapeutic approaches to a host of
By: Agencies | | Published: January 13, 2014 2:34 pm
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Scientists have found how the sodium influences the signaling of a major class of brain cell receptors, known as opioid receptors, which could help pave way for new therapeutic approaches to a host of brain-related medical conditions. Also Read - Ganesh Chaturthi 2020: 4 reasons an eco-friendly Ganesha is good for you
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Lead author Dr. Gustavo Fenalti, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Professor Raymond C. Stevens of TSRI’s Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, said that this discovery has helped them decipher a 40-year-old mystery about sodium’s control of opioid receptors. Also Read - Facial pain may be a symptom of headaches: Study
The researchers revealed the basis for sodium’s effect on signaling with a high-resolution 3-D view of an opioid receptor’s atomic structure.
Opioid receptors are activated by peptide neurotransmitters (endorphins, dynorphins and enkephalins) in the brain and also by plant-derived and synthetic drugs mimicking these peptides: among them morphine, codeine, oxycodone and heroin.
For the new study, the team constructed a novel, fusion-protein-stabilized version of one of the main opioid receptors in the human brain, known as the delta opioid receptor, and managed to form crystals of it for X-ray crystallography. The latter revealed the receptor’s 3-D atomic structure to a resolution of 1.8 Angstroms (180 trillionths of a meter) the sharpest picture yet of an opioid receptor.
The analysis yielded several key details of opioid receptor structure and function, most importantly the details of the ‘allosteric sodium site,’ where a sodium ion can slip in and modulate receptor activity. (Read: Keep your joints pain-free this winter with these expert tips)
The team was able to identify the crucial amino acids that hold the sodium ion in place and transmit its signal-modulating effect.
Co-lead author Research Associate Patrick M. Giguere and colleagues in Roth’s Laboratory at UNC, which has long collaborated with the Stevens laboratory, tested these mutant receptors and found that certain amino-acid changes cause radical shifts in the receptor’s normal signaling response.
The findings have been published online in the journal Nature.
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Published : January 13, 2014 2:34 pm
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Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka: It's Over!
by pauldailly at April 10, 2017 8:04 am .
Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka's relationship could not stand the test of time.
Yes, another celebrity couple has called it quits, but should we have seen this one coming a mile off? Probably.
Mariah Carey is one of the most opinionated celebrities out there. Whether she's throwing shade at other celebrities and just generally thinking she's better than them, Mariah has solidified herself as a diva.
Could that be the reason why the duo have called time on their relationship? Not according to TMZ.
Apparently, Bryan was super jealous of Mariah's relationship with her ex-husband, Nick Cannon.
As you are probably well aware, Mariah shares twins Moroccan and Monroe with Nick, so it's not hard to imagine the couple maintaining a relationship for their kids.
There is such a thing as co-parenting, and the pair appears to be following through on that to ensure their children are not missing out.
They do still take family holidays for their children, but Bryan was not impressed by this, and that was said to be part of the reason the relationship came to a close.
Things went from bad-to-worse for the couple when Mariah and Nick took the twins to the Kids' Choice Awards in March. Bryan was allegedly left red-faced because of how close the former couple was.
He even went as far as demanding Mariah returned home and left Nick in the lurch.
Jealousy is not a good foundation to build any relationship upon, so it kind of made sense for them to call it quits.
Bryan's taste for expensive things is also said to be part of the reason for the demise of the relationship.
We all knew Mariah liked expensive things. She's been a superstar for the better part of thirty years, so it makes sense that she would.
However, Mariah was not a fan of footing the bill for Bryan's expensive taste, which included brands like Gucci and Balmain.
Maybe his salary as Mariah's backing dancer is not as lucrative as one would think.
Their relationship became the focal point of E! reality series Mariah's World. The show was surprisingly decent and showed a nicer side to Mariah.
However, there were a lot of scenes thrown in at the last minute when it emerged that Mariah and James Packer were over.
What do you think about all of this?
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West Java governor calls for shorter year-end holiday
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Vehicles pack the KM 6 point of the Jagorawi Toll road in Jakarta on Oct. 30 as thousands leave the capital for the long weekend, despite government calls for residents to stay home to curb the spread of COVID-19. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak)
West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has suggested that the central government reduce the number of collective leave days set for the Christmas and New Year break and instead shorten the year-end holiday to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The government had canceled the collective leave days allocated for Idul Fitri this year because of the pandemic, tacking them on to the end of the year to make up for the lost days off.
The governor emphasized, however, that this time, the government should reduce the number of collective leave days instead of removing them altogether.
“I’m leaning toward reducing [the collective leave days],” he said on Saturday.
He said canceling the year-end long holiday would hit the economy, but conceded that he feared the prolonged break, scheduled to run from Dec. 24 to Jan. 1, 2021, could lead to a spike in new COVID-19 cases — such as what happened after the long weekends of August and October.
“It would be really hard for us to handle.”
The 11-day year-end break will comprise the usual two-day Christmas holiday on Dec. 24 and 25, then the Nov. 26 and 27 weekend, followed by the lost collective leave days of Idul Fitri, from Dec. 28 to 31, New Year’s Day and then the weekend of Jan. 2 and 3, 2021.
Ridwan pointed out that following the October long weekend, the West Java COVID-19 task force conducted rapid tests on 1,500 visitors of various tourist destinations in the province and found that 400 people were reactive to the novel coronavirus. Follow-up swab testing showed that 10 were positive for COVID-19.
“We didn’t see as many cases from the October long weekend than from the one in August. But yes, we saw a spike in confirmed cases, but the public's compliance with wearing masks, washing their hands and physical distancing was also better,” he added.
But the figures have shown differently, with the West Java COVID-19 Information and Coordination Center’s (Pikobar) data revealing that as of October, the total tally of COVID-19 infections in the province had reached 14,133, with a daily average increase of 456 cases.
As of Saturday, West Java has recorded 15,250 infections, with a daily average increase of 544 cases.
Ridwan said 70 percent of new COVID-19 cases in West Java came from Bogor, Depok and Bekasi, which are satellites to the country’s virus epicenter, Jakarta.
Previously, President Joko “Jokowi’ Widodo instructed his subordinates to cut the 2020 year-end holiday short to curb COVID-19 transmission, Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy revealed at a press conference after attending a Cabinet meeting on Nov. 23.
“The President has requested a reduction [in collective leave days] in regard to the year-end holiday, including the substitute leave days for Idul Fitri,” Muhadjir said as quoted by tribunnews.com. (adi)
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It's ten years since a dissident republican murder near a Donegal church
Andrew Burns was found by some passers-by after being fatally wounded.
By Rónán Duffy Monday 12 Feb 2018, 1:35 PM
Feb 12th 2018, 1:35 PM 11,045 Views 2 Comments
Andrew Burns was shot ten years ago today.
Image: Garda Press Office
GARDAI INVESTIGATING the murder of a man in Donegal 10 years ago are making a fresh appeal for information.
Andrew Burns was shot and killed on the evening of 12 February 2008 after receiving a number of gunshot wounds in a murder that is believed to be linked to dissident republicanism.
One man was convicted of the murder following a trial at the Special Criminal Court but gardaí have said they believe a number of people were involved.
The murder happened just after 7pm on the night in question with gardaí outlining that a number of young people heard the gunshots that killed the victim.
The witnesses were walking from the Tyrone border village of Clady to the village of Donnyloop, Castlefin in Donegal when they heard the gunshots.
Moments after the gunshots they saw Andrew Burns staggering in the middle of the road before he collapsed onto the ground. The witnesses attempted to help him and he was also attended to by a number of other passers-by but was pronounced dead just before 8pm.
After the witnesses spotted the injured Burns, they also observed a man running towards a nearby church carpark and then two cars leaving the village of Donnyloop and back towards Northern Ireland.
“One of these vehicles is described as a black car or a really dark red car, while the second is described as a silver coloured car,” gardaí have said on the 10th anniversary of the murder.
The appeal comes ten years after the killing but also a month after dissident group Óglaigh na hÉireann declared an end to its armed actions.
Gardaí have said they believe there are individuals who have information that may assist the investigation.
Anyone with any detail at all that may help gardaí are asked to contact Letterkenny Garda Station on 074-916-7100 or the Garda Confidential Telephone Line on 1800-666-111 .
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Sierra Nevada and Breweries Everywhere are Brewing Beer to Help California Wildfire Survivors
By Sam Slaughter November 30, 2018
Barely a week after the Camp Fire — the deadliest wildfire in California history, during which 88 people died and over 150,000 acres of Butte County in Northern California were burned and — Californians are still, obviously, reeling. Sierra Nevada Brewery, which is located in Chico, California, has decided to step up to help in the relief process and they’ve asked every brewery in America to help.
While Chico was not hit hard by the wildfire, it is located just 11 miles west of Paradise, the town that was utterly destroyed by the fire. In a letter on the brewery’s website, Sierra Nevada founder Ken Grossman outlined the brewery’s plan:
“Many of you have asked if we will be brewing a fundraiser beer to support Camp Fire relief efforts. The answer is a resounding ‘yes.’
We are proud to announce the upcoming release of Resilience Butte County Proud IPA. We will be brewing Resilience on Giving Tuesday, November 27 and donating 100-percent of the beer sales to the Camp Fire Relief Fund. In addition, we are also asking every brewer in America to brew Resilience and do the same.”
The Camp Fire Relief Fund was started by Sierra Nevada with an initial $100,000 seeding. Grossman went on to say they are working with malt, yeast, and hop distributors to provide breweries that sign up before December 7 with ingredients. To date, over 1,200 breweries have signed up — even Ambridge Brewery from the UK is joining in the efforts.
The goal is to have the beer ready to go by December 17. At that point, Sierra Nevada will be selling it on tap and in cans, and you will be able to get it on draft at your local brewery if it’s participating. With around 7,000 breweries in the United States, though, there’s a good chance at least one of your nearby producers will be participating. If they’re not, you have until December 7 to convince them to join the relief efforts.
To find what breweries near you are making Resilience Butte County Proud IPA, check out the Resilience IPA map above. You can also check out a brewery list by state here.
You don’t have to drink beer to support the Camp Fire Relief fund — you can donate directly here.
For those that want to homebrew a batch of Resilience, you can check out the recipe, which was provided by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company and scaled down from the original by Chip Walton of Chop and Brew, right here.
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REVIEW | The Last Best Kiss by Claire LaZebnik
December 17, 2014 • Cee • Reviews
The Last Best Kiss by Claire LaZebnik
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Anna Eliot is tired of worrying about what other people think. After all, that was how she lost the only guy she ever really liked, Finn Westbrook.
Now, three years after she broke his heart, the one who got away is back in her life.
All Anna wants is a chance to relive their last kiss again (and again and again). But Finn obviously hasn’t forgotten how she treated him, and he’s made it clear he has no interest in having anything to do with her.
Anna keeps trying to persuade herself that she doesn’t care about Finn either, but even though they’ve both changed since they first met, deep down she knows he’s the guy for her. Now if only she can get him to believe that, too….
With her signature wit and expertly authentic teen voice, Claire LaZebnik (the author of fan favorites Epic Fail and The Trouble with Flirting) once again breathes new life into a perennially popular love story. Fans of Polly Shulman, Maureen Johnson, and, of course, Jane Austen will love this irresistibly funny and romantic tale of first loves and second chances.
First sentence: “On nights when I’m honest with myself, I can admit that Finn Westbrook was the best thing about my ninth-grade year.”
I am a big sucker for Persuasion. It is one of my all-time favorite Jane Austen books, and it never fails to gut me, but The Last Best Kiss was just—ugh, I just want to erase it from my brain.
The Last Best Kiss is essentially a retelling of Persuasion. It tells of Anna Eliot, who breaks the heart of the boy she really likes, Finn Westbrook, because she’s worried about what people think of her. Then, a few years later, Finn returns to Anna’s life, and Anna can only regret the decision she made as her friends welcome Finn into their group, not realizing the two have a history. It’s a story that speaks of first loves and regret; one that failed to gain any of my sympathy and failed to connect me with the characters.
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TIFF 2019 Review: Robert Egger's hypnotic 'The Lighthouse' gives off intoxicating glow
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One might watch something like “The Lighthouse” and wonder what kind of film they just stumbled into. Is it a dark comedy? An old-fashion black and white throwback? Or a weird cabin fever style horror thriller where Robert Pattinson really hates seagulls?
Whichever the case, Robert Eggers daunting and near hypnotic “The Lighthouse” is a character study of the mind and the body that’s equal parts enjoyable and deranged. Shot on glistening 35mm film, and presented in pristine black and white, Egger’s sophomore follow-up to “The Witch” is an experience unto itself, where it’s hard to tell the difference between reality and fiction.
Most of the “The Lighthouse” runs like it could be suited for a staged production, and considering Eggers enlisted the classically trained Willem Dafoe and upcoming bat crusader Robert Pattinson as his muses for this nifty theatrical experiment, the film beams with a vibe of authenticity.
Dafoe - rocking a real Captain Ahab accent compete with a bum leg and scruffy beard - is veteran lighthouse keeper Thomas, whose just welcomed his new lackey, Ephraim (Pattison), to the isolated and murky coast of Maine for four weeks of hard solitary work. By day, the sober Thomas barks belittling orders about cleaning up the deck and scrubbing the floors, but in the evening transitions into a silly and flatulence induced drunk. Whereas Ephraim, a quiet gentleman holding back a typhoon of anger, doesn’t take too kindly to his new employer, and the conflict, anguish, and torment slowly start to boil.
There’s quite a bit to unpack in terms of blurring the line between madness and danger, and part of that is aided by a smaller aspect ratio to help amplify the isolation, and the black and white aesthetic that harks back to an old generation of filmmaking. It’s also a decision that works well with the single-set claustrophobic environment Eggers creates, proving the filmmaker yet again knows how to craft a solid nightmare about the hell of other people.
But aside from a flock of seagulls or a seductive mermaid who can send a shiver or two down your spine, “The Lighthouse” trots a familiar dark and gloomy path that could’ve been borrowed from other ambitious genre thrillers. Where I’d argue “The Lighthouse” works more like a creepy black comedy (is there any other kind?) which would give the film some interesting marketing power (because I have a feeling general audiences won’t be fans of Egger’s style of filmmaking).
Still, at least for this critic, Eggers has crafted a neat film that’s booming with the most chilling score of the year from composer Mark Korven who blends and synthesizes sirens, seagull chirps, and machinery into a perfect storm of unsettling and tension filled chaos. The same can be said of Dafoe and Pattinson who excel in cinematographer Jarin Blaschke’s award worthy framing. After all, this is a primo showcase for the two actors who volley pages of dialogue back and forth like a well plotted chess match, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see either of these two scallywags in the awards conversation later this year.
No question, “The Lighthouse” will be an endurance test for the audience strapped in for the ride, yet you can’t argue with Egger’s meticulous attention to detail and strategic plotting that pays off in an demented climax that’ll give certain audience members the intoxicating aftertaste of a gothic sensation, while others could walk away in frustration.
That’s exactly how Eggers wants it.
“The Lighthouse” will be released in theaters by A24 on October 18th and was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival
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Mesut Ozil puts support behind ending child poverty as Arsenal star donates 1,400 meals a DAY to 11 North London schools
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MESUT OZIL has pledged to help end child poverty after donating 1,400 meals a DAY to 11 North London schools.
The selfless Gunners star, 32, began supporting local food shelters at the beginning of lockdown in March.
Mesut Ozil is helping to provide 1,400 meals a day to schoolkids in North LondonCredit: Getty Images - Getty
With the coronavirus pandemic leaving at-need families stranded, Ozil was quick to react to help his community.
But now - seemingly inspired by Marcus Rashford's heroic works for charity - Ozil has begun helping schools as well.
Selected children in the country are entitled to a free meal per day - but not during the school holidays.
Manchester United star Rashford has been lobbying the Government for months demanding that changes.
Earlier this year he enjoyed huge success, feeding around 1.3million needy kids during the summer holidays - and earning himself an MBE in the process - while raising over £20m for charity FareShare.
However, his plans to feed children during the current half-term break were rejected - with the England ace taking matters into his own hands.
Rashford tweeted a passionate message pleading with the Government to extend free school meals after MPs rejected his motion.
And a hoard of local restaurants and cafes answered the call, pledging to dish out food to those in need during the school break - with McDonald's offering up one million meals.
Mesut Ozil has joined Marcus Rashford in the fight against child povertyCredit: Reuters
Now it seems Ozil is doing the same in areas around North London, including Barnet, Enfield and Hertfordshire.
On Tuesday, pictures circulated on social media showing the German star's incredible act of generosity.
One image showed boxes of food in a crate which had been sent to Whitings Hill school in Barnet.
The bumper package is claimed to be able to feed around 70 children for a whole week.
But that's just the tip of the iceberg, with Ozil also supplying free meals to TEN other schools in the area.
All in all, it's claimed the Gunners ace is handing out 1,400 meals every day to those in need.
This is just the latest charitable endeavour of Ozil, with the Arsenal man helping to feed over 100,000 homeless people and paying for 1,000 children's surgeries.
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Top Ten Disney Tomboys
Tomboys from Disney shows, sitcoms, Pixar or anything thats owned by the Walt Disney Company.
1 GoGo Tomago
She just seems like it, most females are now Disney Princesses, she isn't a princess. This stuff can actually happen. I personally picture her as a tom-boy.
One of my favorite characters from Big Hero 6.
I have to say.. SHE'S AWESOME AND SHE DESERVES TO BE THE TOP. #I FINALLY AGREE WITH THIS WEBSITE.
2 Mulan Fa Mulan, a character inspired by an actual historic figure is a character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' 36th animated feature film Mulan, as well as its sequel Mulan II.
3 Maddie Rooney
She likes basketball and sports
she inspires me!
4 Merida Princess Merida is a fictional character from Pixar's first ever Disney Princess film, Brave. She is a talented archer who wishes that she were not destined to become the Elegant Queen of Dun Broch. She is forced into a marriage betrothal by her mother, with whom she has a very negative relationship. ...read more.
"A princess should not have weapons, in your opinion."
5 Ashley Spinelli
She's my favorite cartoon character, lol!
6 Judy Hopps Officer Judy Hopps is the protagonist in Disney's 2016 animated feature film Zootopia. The first rabbit to be in Zootopia's police force, Judy is determined to make the world a better place while breaking preconceptions about other species. Teaming up with a fox named Nick Wilde, she sets off on her ...read more.
I think she's a mix of a tomboy and a girly girl. She likes action, sports, and does not mind wearing for masculine clothing but she also likes cute things, wears some girly clothing, and is very emotional.
I don't know if I'd consider Judy to be a tomboy (seeing as she still willing to take time to compliment someone's dress in the middle of a scuffle), but she's still a tough, charismatic bunny cop regardless.
Not a tomboy. Taking a job that usually recruiting men does not make her a tomboy.
A pretty awesome tomboy
7 Vanellope Von Schweets
She should be the first on the list
Because she so funny and brave
8 Jessie
Jessie is awesome. She is one of my favorite disney characters.
Woody’s partner in crime
9 Kim Possible Kimberly Ann "Kim" Possible is a fictional character who appears in the animated television series Kim Possible, voiced by American actress Christy Carlson Romano.
I love 💕 Kim because she is very brave and kind and she’s also attractive
10 Fuli Fuli is the tritagonist of the 2016 Disney Junior The Lion King spin-off series "The Lion Guard". She is a young cheetah who is one of Kion's friends and serves as the fastest member of the Lion Guard and is the only and first female to join. She is voiced by Diamond White. She has been described as ...read more.
I hate her. She is a tomboy, unlike many of these characters, but she's a damsel in distress. She is rude, brash, and doesn't respect others. She gets better, though, and becomes more neutral on my list.
Fuli is my favorite! She is so cool. I like her because she better than any cheetahs. She was hands not Drity girl. She is so much motor tuff than butter cup or Amy rose ( sonic x) I love her!
This character is very disrespectful and not a very polite heroine. This one doesn;t make any sense. A tomboyish cheetah? Bull!
Fuli is no tomboy she is rough and tough but at the same time very lady like
11 Helen Parr
12 Anna Princess Anna of Arendelle is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 53rd animated film Frozen.
13 Dot (A Bug's Life)
14 K.C. Cooper - K.C. Undercover
15 Ariel Princess Ariel is a fictional character and the title character of Walt Disney Pictures' 28th animated film The Little Mermaid.
She is far from a tomboy.
She looks beautiful. My favorite character from Descendants.
Definitely a tomboy for sure
Because she very kinds and brave
17 Ellie
18 Rey (Star Wars) Rey is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, portrayed by British actress Daisy Ridley. First appearing as the central character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rey is a scavenger who was left behind on the planet Jakku when she was a child, and later becomes involved with the Resistance's ...read more.
LOVE HER she is a great tomboy
19 Riley Andersen Riley Andersen is a major character from the 2015 Disney/Pixar animated film "Inside Out". She is an 11 (later 12) year old girl in the 6th grade who loves hockey. She was originally from Minnesota who then moved to San Francisco, California, where she then experiences various changes in her life. She ...read more.
Tomboy? She was kinda girly in my opinion
She's actually half girly and half tomboy.
She is sorta a tomboy
She's not a tomboy
20 Maggie Pesky
I want her to lay flesh-eating maggots in MY brain, actually
21 Kiara
This is so weird! Kiara, Joy, Jasmine, Nala, Jasiri, Ariel, Anna, Pochahontas, Honey Lemon, Tiana, Elsa, Moana, Ruby, Judy, Vanellope, Riley, and Rapunzel are not tomboys! Just because someone is brave, confident and adventurous does not mean they are a tomboy!
Well, Vanellope is a tomboy.
22 Jackie Lynn Thomas Jackie Lynn Thomas is a fictional character from Star vs The Forces of Evil as a student from Echo Creek Academy who Marco has a crush on who's very laid back, kind and enjoy's skateboarding.
23 Joy Joy is the main protagonist of the 2015 Disney/Pixar animated feature film "Inside Out". She is one of the five emotions inside of Riley Andersen's mind and serves as the leader. Hence her name she is very positive and optimistic and wants nothing more but for Riley to be happy.
Not really, Joy is actually half girly and half tomboy too.
24 Susan (The Parent Trap)
25 Jasmine She is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 31st animated feature film Aladdin (1992).
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What: Mat Zo @ Rumor
Where: Rumor - Philadelphia (1500 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA)
Genres: Trance
Rumor Presents...
“This whole genres business is like the Berlin wall, and I’m there with a forklift and a wrecking ball” Mat Zo, London, September 2011
At 21 years of age, Mat Zo is living the dream – part of a new breed of precocious, unrestricted DJ/producers that are making big noises without the one-dimensional genre blinkers of old. In the last 12 months alone, the London based producer has seen his boundary-blurring productions like “Bipolar”, “Superman”, “Mozart” (with Arty) and “Frequency Flyer” dominate the Beatport charts. DJs as varied as the Swedish House Mafia, Tiesto and Above & Beyond hammer them at the biggest events on the planets, while Zo himself spends his time zig-zagging across the planet – rocking the crowds at events like Electric Zoo in New York, Audiotistic in LA, Creamfields Australia and London’s SW4.
As anyone who follows his colourful twitter feed will know, Zo is a ranter as well as a raver. Laid back but full of creative fire, he’s still the music obsessed joker that his mates have always known – but somehow seems like an elder statesman at the same time. As a prodigious teenager, he took both the drum & bass (he records for Hospital as MRSA) and trance scenes by storm. Now armed with a discography of hits that would put some of the longest standing producers to shame, he has gone on to remix pop princess Kylie and become a leading light in both the drum & bass and trance scenes – occasionally topping the Beatport charts in both genres at the same time.
With his French-house influenced remix of Above & Beyond’s “Thing Called Love” getting support from Gallic underground hero Lifelike and “The Bipolar EP” finding its way into the sets of A-Trak, Afrojack, Porter Robinson, Steve Aoki and Roger Sanchez, Zo has proved his chameleon-like capabilities to find fans in whatever sound he turns his hands too.
As he works busily behind the scenes on his debut artist album for Anjunabeats, Zo’s kaleidoscopic creativity is set to be unleashed in full force. With everything from French house to rock-riddled, funk-fuelled electro and hip-hop vibes already planned for the album, Zo’s genre-wrecking visions are set to be realised in the most explosive manner imaginable.
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TRUEMarket Update
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Mike Constantine
SC studying electricity market reforms, gas and power forwards hold low marks
South Carolina legislature proposes studying changes to electricity market. Bearish gas and power markets don’t budge with strong storage numbers, new POTED SOS rates filed, and MA governor announces zero emissions goal by 2050.
The February 2020 NYMEX Henry Hub forward contract decreased to $1.905/MMBtu, a $0.22 (-10.1%) decrease from the previous Wednesday. The price of the 12-month strip averaging February 2020 through January 2021 futures contracts decreased $0.13 (-5.9%) to $2.156/MMBtu.
For the week ending January 17, the EIA reported net withdrawals from storage of 92 Bcf, which is lower than last year’s net withdrawals of 152 Bcf for this week and lower than the 5-year (2014–18) average net withdrawals of 194 Bcf.
Working natural gas in storage totaled 2,947 Bcf, which is 554 Bcf (23.2%) higher than last year’s working gas totals of 2,393 Bcf at the same time and 251 Bcf (9.3%) higher than the 5-year (2014-2018) average of 2,696 Bcf. Total working gas is within the five-year historical range.
The ISONE Mass Hub On-Peak Summer 2020 forward electricity strip is up 2.2% week over week, but is down 26.3% in the last year.
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Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts announced his intention to set a statewide goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 in his State of the Commonwealth address last week. This target improves upon the existing targets of 25% emissions reductions by 2020 and 80% emissions reductions by 2050 relative to 1990 levels, both of which were set by the 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act. Baker reaffirmed the state’s commitment to the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI), which is a proposed cap and trade program for gasoline and diesel emissions. A bill to implement the net zero emissions target was introduced in the Massachusetts House of Representatives last Thursday as well. Contact us for advice on renewable generation project development.
Legislators in South Carolina introduced a bill in the state Senate that would establish a committee to study electricity market reforms. The Electricity Market Reform Measures Study Committee would be tasked with examining the possibility of creating or joining a regional transmission organization (RTO), divesting generation and transmission assets within its monopolistic utilities, developing retail electricity choice, and allowing community choice aggregations among other proposals. Although the bill has yet to be passed in both of the state’s legislative houses, the bill demonstrates an interest in reassessing South Carolina’s current vertically integrated electricity market model. Contact TrueLight Support for analysis of the most up-to-date energy market news or use our price verification service to ensure the most recent market shifts are reflected in your price quotes.
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March 31st, 2020 | by STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA / Associated Press Business Writers
This story was updated at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, with more information.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell Tuesday to close out Wall Street's worst quarter since the most harrowing days of the 2008 financial crisis.
The S&P 500 dropped a final 1.6%, bringing its loss for the first three months of the year to 20% as predictions for the looming recession caused by the coronavirus outbreak got even more dire. Stocks haven't had this bad a quarter since the last time economists were talking about the worst downturn since the Great Depression, when the S&P 500 lost 22.6% at the end of 2008.
The surge of coronavirus cases around the world has sent markets to breathtaking drops since mid-February, undercutting what had been a good start to the year. Markets rose early in the quarter, and the S&P 500 set a record with expectations that the economy was accelerating due to calming trade wars and low interest rates around the world.
But the virus outbreak abruptly put the clamps on the economy. Benchmark U.S. crude oil dropped by roughly two thirds this quarter amid expectations for weaker demand. The yield on the 10-year Treasury dropped below 1% for the first time as investors scrambled for safety, and it ended the quarter at roughly 0.67%.
Stock markets reflected the gloomy outlook. Germany's DAX lost a quarter of its value, South Korean stocks fell just over 20% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 U.S. blue-chip stocks dropped 23.2% for its worst quarter since 1987.
The big question is if markets will get worse. At this point, no one knows.
"People are trying to digest the length and magnitude of what the coronavirus impact is going to be," said George Rusnak, managing director of investment strategy at Wells Fargo Private Bank.
The steep drops from Tokyo to Toronto in recent weeks reflect investors' understanding that the economy and corporate profits are in for a sudden, debilitating drop-off. Economies around the world are grinding to near standstills as businesses close their doors and people hunker down at home in hopes of slowing the spread of the virus.
But markets have also cut their losses in recent weeks on hopes that massive aid from governments and central banks around the world can blunt the blow. The S&P 500 was down nearly 31% for the quarter at one point, but it has climbed 15.5% since last Monday.
The Fed has promised to buy as many Treasurys as it takes to get lending markets working smoothly after trading got snarled in markets that help companies borrow short-term cash to make payroll, homebuyers get mortgages and local governments to build infrastructure. Congress, meanwhile, approved a $2.2 trillion rescue plan for the economy, and leaders are already discussing the possibility of another round of aid.
Whether markets have indeed found a bottom or whether investors have become too optimistic about the economic rebound coming after the viral outbreak peaks is impossible to say without knowing when the number of new infections will hit its peak.
"We're kind of on this little milestone journey with markets," said Brent Schutte, chief investment strategist at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. "First, we get the economic plan in place, then we have to start to see some of the containment actions pay off. At some point it's going to be how do we get back to work."
Among the next milestones for investors is Friday's jobs report, which is expected to show a sharp drop in payrolls. Companies will also begin reporting their earnings results for the first quarter in upcoming weeks, and analysts are looking for the steepest drop in profits since the start of 2016, according to FactSet.
The numbers may get even worse in the following quarter.
Goldman Sachs economists said Tuesday they expect the U.S. economy to shrink 34% in the second quarter, but they expect growth to rebound in the third quarter.
The S&P 500 fell 42.06 points to 2,584.59. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 410.32, or 1.8%, to 21,917.16, and the Nasdaq was off 74.05, or 1%, to 7,700.10.
The relatively modest moves are a big departure from earlier in the month, when huge swings punished investors. The S&P 500 had its worst day since Black Monday 1987 on March 12 with a 9.5% loss, for example, only to outdo itself with a 12% drop two trading days later. Sandwiched in between was a 9.3% surge.
The number of known coronavirus cases keeps rising, and the worldwide tally has topped 830,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States has the highest number in the world, more than 170,000.
Most people who contract COVID-19 have mild or moderate symptoms, which can include fever and cough. But for others, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, the virus can cause pneumonia and require hospitalization. More than 41,000 have died worldwide due to COVID-19, while more than 175,000 have recovered.
"We're still not even close to peak coronavirus in the U.S. which has already reported more cases than any other country and will sadly likely see a huge spike in the number of deaths, meaning further lockdown measures will likely follow," said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at OANDA Europe. "Huge challenges still lie ahead."
AP Business Writer Pan Pylas contributed from London.
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Coursera should be subject of Mooc, says professor
A US academic has proposed creating a massive open online course on Coursera that explores the effect of the company’s business model on global higher education.
Chris Parr
Twitter: @ChrisJParr
Bob Meister, professor of social sciences and political thought at the University of California Santa Cruz, puts forward the idea in an open letter to Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller that criticises the Mooc platform.
“I would like to propose a new online course for you to make freely available through the Coursera platform. Its title is: ‘The Implications of Coursera’s For-Profit Business Model for Global Public Education,’” he says.
The letter contains a diatribe against the organisation, criticising its funding from venture capitalists, the quality of its courses, and questioning its stated aim of increasing access to higher education.
“As the course progresses, my more diligent students will come to see…that reducing income gaps through education is not the main problem that Coursera and other Massive Open Online Course (Mooc) providers are trying to solve in their pitch to investors,” he writes.
“That problem is, rather, how and when to price the content that you are now giving away in your current (pre-public offering) phase of development.”
Professor Meister would also use his Mooc to encourage students to think carefully about the type of information to which they allow Coursera access.
He says that students in the class will learn that the data they freely provide to the company could then be used by Coursera to help it make money in the future.
The possibilities for renting this information back to its students are “endless”, he writes, “not to mention the added possibility of developing other markets for the user-assessment information that Coursera will own”.
Professor Koller told Times Higher Education she was unsurprised that the Mooc model of “providing learners everywhere free access to a great education” had brought out “skeptics and critics”.
“Indeed, some caution is appropriate whenever the world changes this quickly,” she said.
“I am happy to respond to concrete criticism of our actions or words, but Mr Meister’s letter criticises the model not based on what Coursera has done, nor even on what we have said we would do in future, but on a speculative trajectory of his own.”
chris.parr@tsleducation.com
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Will Moocs rise again in Asia?
China and India embrace creation of online courses to support universities that lack the capacity to create their own digital programmes
By Joyce Lau
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As most universities digitise all their teaching, they are finding it very difficult to deliver education online. Gorgi Krlev offers three challenges to conventional wisdom
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Ordering Specialist
Professional Services, Library / Records / Information Management
Stanford Libraries is seeking a full time, Ordering Specialist (Library Specialist) to join our Acquisitions team. The Libraries values are rooted in a commitment of mutual respect and the idea that every member of the staff has something to contribute, and that learning is constant. We seek a team member who is ready to share their skills and perspectives and collaborate with colleagues across the organization.
About Stanford Libraries:
Stanford Libraries is a network of over 15 libraries with over 400 employees. We are committed to fueling the teaching, learning and research across Stanford by acquiring, stewarding and making available a robust collection, currently in excess of 12 million items. Everyone in the organization plays a vital role in fulfilling that objective. Our dedication to discoverability and information management also has us engaged in dynamic global partnerships. We are constantly building and strengthening our organization, and we recognize striving for excellence is a marathon and not a sprint. We are constantly trying to strike the right pace, and admit there are times when we find ourselves at a fast jog. While we hope to always find candidates who fit within our organization, what we truly seek is someone who will add to our culture, our profession as well as the greater academic arena. We are invested in the success of our teams and the individuals who represent Stanford Libraries.
The Acquisitions Department manages the procurement of materials purchased for the world-renowned collections of Stanford Libraries. Our department is comprised of several units, each responsible for a specific function of the procurement process. The Ordering Unit is a team of five service-oriented specialists who manage the ordering of print and electronic resources from vendors all over the world.
Why Stanford is for You:
Imagine a world without search engines or social platforms. Consider lives saved through first-ever organ transplants and research to cure illnesses. Stanford University has revolutionized the way we live and enrich the world. Supporting this mission is our diverse and dedicated 17,000 staff. We seek talent driven to impact the future of our legacy. Our culture and unique perks empower you with:
Freedom to grow. We offer career development programs, tuition reimbursement, and course auditing. Join a TedTalk, watch a film screening, or listen to a renowned author or global leader speak. A caring culture. We provide superb retirement plans, generous time-off, and family care resources. A healthier you. Choose from hundreds of health or fitness classes at our world-class exercise facilities. We provide excellent health care benefits. Discovery and fun. Stroll through historic sculptures, trails, and museums. Enviable resources. Enjoy free commuter programs, ridesharing incentives, discounts and more.
CORE DUTIES:
Serves as the main contact and resource for ordering materials in subject and/or language-specific collection areas.
Receives and responds to high volume of order requests from subject librarians for print, electronic, and media resources in various languages.
Expertly searches requests and places orders in the library system and vendor databases or online catalogs.
Handles special collections materials (rare books, manuscripts, photographs, ephemera, digital records, etc.) acquired in Western European languages.
Imports or creates brief bibliographic records in MARC record format.
Assists with e-resource lifecycle management.
Performs routine maintenance on order records. Claims, redirects, closes, or cancels outstanding orders.
Establishes and maintains professional relationships with external service providers, including foreign and domestic vendors, publishers, and content providers.
Works closely with department units to solve complex problems in acquiring monograph, serial, database, e-book, e-journal, media, government document, map, special collection, out-of-print, and other unique library materials.
May be assigned project leadership, Expert Partner (initial tech support contact), or other duties based on operational need.
Two-year college degree plus three or more years of experience in an academic library, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Demonstrated consistent accuracy and attention to detail while maintaining a high level of productivity.
Demonstrated ability to apply a wide and diverse knowledge base of policies, evaluate alternatives, and choose effective, timely solutions, in situations not thoroughly documented by procedures.
Demonstrated ability to make appropriate judgments about productive use of one’s own time.
Proficiency using computer applications (email, internet, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel).
Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a team member.
Demonstrated ability to develop positive working relationships.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing needs.
OTHER RELEVANT EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE MAY INCLUDE:
Reading and writing knowledge of at least one foreign language represented in the following regions: Western Europe, Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe and Baltic States, Russia and Eurasia, South Asia, Israel.
Four-year college degree or equivalent experience working in academic disciplines or using foreign languages skills.
Experience using an integrated library system (such as SirsiDynix Symphony) and online project management and collaboration tools (such as Atlassian JIRA and Confluence).
Experience creating bibliographic records.
Excellent keyboarding skills and physical tolerance for at least six hours per day of keying.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:
Constantly sit, perform desk-based computer tasks.
Frequently twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp lightly/fine manipulation, grasp forcefully, sort/file paperwork or parts, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.
Occasionally stand/walk, reach/work above shoulders, writing by hand.
Rarely use a telephone, kneel/crawl, climb (ladders, scaffolds, or other), operate hand controls.
Must be able to push and maneuver a fully loaded cart weighing up to 650 pounds that requires an initial push force up to 70 pounds.
* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.
May work in confined spaces and at heights 4-10 feet; be exposed to dust and mold; work extended hours, evenings and weekends.
WORK STANDARDS:
Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.
The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford welcomes applications from all who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching and clinical missions.
Job Code: 1733
Employee Status: Regular
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Marshall County drops to 16th most COVID cases
TIMES-REPUBLICAN Marshall County fell out of the top 15 counties in Iowa with the most COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic this week. Meanwhile the United States is on pace to reach 400,000 deaths from the virus in less than two weeks. Recording 82 cases in the last seven days, ...
Essential worker vaccines to possibly start Feb. 1
COVID-19 vaccines for essential workers are coming, and it is estimated the earliest they will be given is Feb. 1. Marshall County Public Health Nurse Pat Thompson has been asking businesses to prioritize employees. “They need to determine who the essential workers are, how many want it ...
Lawsuit: Community college program was human trafficking
DES MOINES — Eleven students from Brazil and Chile have filed a federal lawsuit accusing a northwest Iowa community college, a recruitment company, a pet food manufacturer and a packaging company of human trafficking and involuntary servitude. The lawsuit filed Monday in the Northern ...
Iowa Senate panel advances death penalty legislation
Several crime victims and their advocates joined more than a dozen other Iowans who spoke Thursday against a legislative proposal to reinstate the death penalty in Iowa. Clinton native Christy Wolfe’s two younger sisters, Susan and Sarah, were killed by a neighbor in Pittsburgh, Pa., in ...
Iowa National Guard sending 250 troops to Washington, D.C.
DES MOINES — Iowa is sending 250 soldiers and airmen to Washington, D.C., in response to a call for additional support during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week, the head of the Iowa National Guard said Thursday. Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Ben Corell said initially Iowa had ...
National Guard troops flooding in as Washington locks down
WASHINGTON (AP) — All through downtown Washington, the primary sound for several blocks was the beeping of forklifts unloading more fencing. There were no cars or scooters and seemingly no tourists Wednesday, just the occasional jogger and multiple construction crews at work. The U.S. ...
Grassley visits with Marshalltown students
Accompanied by Capitol Police, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) spoke with students at Marshalltown High School on Wednesday. Exactly one week prior, Grassley was in the U.S. Senate Chamber, working on certifying the results of the November 2020 election of President-elect Joe Biden. At about ...
Sports games cancelled Thursday for East Marshall
The East Marshall High School wrestling contest and Junior High basketball contest scheduled for Thursday afternoon and evening are canceled. School will be dismissed at normal time.
Winter weather advisory remains in effect
Marshall County residents can expect extremely stout winds coupled with moderate to heavy snow will lead to blizzard-like conditions tonight and throughout much of the day Friday over the central to western sections of Iowa, according to the National Weather Service. Snow accumulations is ...
Trump impeached in historic second charge
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift and stunning collapse of his final days in office. With the Capitol secured by armed ...
District unable to guarantee safety with in-person schooling
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State address gave Marshalltown Community School District Superintendent Theron Schutte a lot to think about. In her Tuesday address, Reynolds said she wants to require school districts to offer 100 percent in-person student attendance to parents during ...
National Weather Service warns of winter storm
A National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook has been issued for Marshall County and the surrounding area. Light rain, snow and a wintry mix is predicted to develop Wednesday night. On Thursday and Friday, more snow is expected, along with strong wind gusts creating hazardous travel ...
Iowa reports 83 additional deaths amid the latest surge in infections
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Going From Foreigner to Japanese Citizen The 3 stages you'll go through if you decide to make Japane your home
December 9, 2011 • words written by Hashi
Sometimes it can be tough fitting in, especially as an outsider. One of the toughest parts about going to Japan is feeling out of place or not belonging in Japanese society.
But fear not! You aren't the only person who's ever gone through this cycle of culture shock, and you definitely won't be the last.
So let's take a look at fitting into Japanese culture, everything from the initial culture shock to deciding to become a full-blown Japanese citizen.
First Stage: Culture Shock
When I was thinking about doing the JET Program, a representative from the program visited my school and gave a little presentation to everybody who was interested. I was really surprised when he straight-up told prospective JET-ers that it's not only normal, but expected that you'll get frustrated with Japanese culture and homesick for your native country.
JET even has a 4-stage description of culture shock on its site (page now removed), breaking down what culture shock looks like:
experiencing anxiety, lack of self-confidence, panic attacks, loss of initiative and spontaneity, excessive anger over minor things, strong desire to associate with people of their own nationality, and isolation.
Source: Matt
But this kind of culture shock is usually just a little bump in your visit to Japan. Given enough time, most people adjust and get right back to loving Japan and its culture, moving into what JET calls "Adaptation and Biculturalism."
Seconds Stage: Longer Stays
The longer you stay in Japan, the more the situation changes. Some people stay in Japan for years for work, study, or personal reasons. And over time, people usually go back to that feeling of culture shock and begin to wonder about certain things:
"Do people accept me? Am I acting Japanese? Am I fitting into society? Can anybody hear what I'm thinking right now?"
There was a great discussion of this topic last year that got kicked off by YouTuber and gaijin-in-Japan bobbyjudo:
After that video, tons of people responded with their own videos and thoughts. The Gakuranman did a great roundup of the responses from the Japan YouTube community.
The people in the Gakuranman roundup are a lot smarter than I am, so you should check out what they have to say if you're interested.
Third Stage: Turning Japanese
Some people love Japan so much that they decide to permanently become a part of Japanese society by becoming a citizen. Why? I'd say typically for family reasons (marrying a Japanese person), but there are tons of other reasons too.
Take Donald Keene, for instance. Donald Keene is knows pretty much all you need to know about Japan after studying and living in the country for decades. Keene has even received honors from the motherlovin' Emperor himself. And this year, at the age of 88, Keene is to abandon his native United States and resettle in Japan for the rest of his life as a Japanese citizen.
Talk about dedication.
Source: Avery Wham
Obviously, becoming a Japanese citizen isn't something to take lightly. Citizenship is an incredible commitment, and in the case of becoming a Japanese citizen, you have to do a lot more compared to countries like the United States. Not only do you have to adopt a Japanese name, but you have to renounce your citizenship from your native country.
Like I said, it takes commitment.
There are even websites like Turning Japanese that give you step-by-step guides about how to become a legal Japanese citizen.
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Virgin Media customers can now get Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network free
The TV company is giving away access to the two children's channels free
Jonathan Yates
Virgin Media is giving its customers the Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network channels for free.
As schools are closed across the UK, the popular kids channels will be available to watch with no additional subscription fee required.
The channels are home to Henry Danger, Just Add Magic, Sam & Cat, Teen Titans Go and Apple & Onion to name a few.
Typically Virgin Media customers would have to add-on these channels and pay extra but for the foreseeable future it looks like families can make the most of the free kid’s channels.
To see the latest bundles available from Virgin Media go to the website here.
This comes after Sky announced it would be giving extra benefits to its customers amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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Two houses featured on the hit AMC-TV series "Breaking Bad" are up for sale in Albuquerque.A mother-daughter realty team said this week they are helping sell the home where the fictitious Jesse Pinkman made methamphetamine on the hit television show.The house in Albuquerque's Country Club area is listed for $1.6 million.Susan C. Feil and Alicia Feil Peterson of Coldwell Banker Legacy also listed another house that appeared in the series finale in Albuquerque's North Valley.The sales team created a website to promote the houses. It includes the caveat "Meth lab not included.""Breaking Bad" follows former high school teacher Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston, producing methamphetamine with a former student, Jesse Pinkman, played by Aaron Paul. It ended in 2013.
Two houses featured on the hit AMC-TV series "Breaking Bad" are up for sale in Albuquerque.
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The house in Albuquerque's Country Club area is listed for $1.6 million.
Susan C. Feil and Alicia Feil Peterson of Coldwell Banker Legacy also listed another house that appeared in the series finale in Albuquerque's North Valley.
The sales team created a website to promote the houses. It includes the caveat "Meth lab not included."
"Breaking Bad" follows former high school teacher Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston, producing methamphetamine with a former student, Jesse Pinkman, played by Aaron Paul. It ended in 2013.
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PRIDE OF LAGOS: NIGERIAN PHOTOGRAPHER ANDREW ESIEBO
Last Updated: March 16, 2017 James Davidson Posted in: Contemporary Africa Tagged: African Photography, Andrew Esiebo, Contemporary Africa, culture, Lagos, Nigeria
‘I have to mention that still today we, African photographers, often have to fulfil the West’s preconceived ideas of our continent in order to be published internationally.’ Andrew Esiebo is talking TIME magazine through the liberating experience that Instagram has had on his practice. ‘This is something I don’t find particularly refreshing, and many times conflicts with my own sensibilities.’ Quite. The Nigerian photographer’s sensibilities are far removed from the stereotypes of Western publishers, free from the stereotypes we as Westerners sometimes find difficult to disassociate the from the continent.
Life With Nigeria’s Party People – a glimpse to “Highlife” a long-term Multimedia project by Andrew Esiebo vibrant party culture yet under represented in the global visual narrative of this megacity-Lagos. Highlife is inspired by the impact of DJ in the spirit of the party spaces from behind their set. You view the photo feature on http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/living-the-highlife-with-nigerias-party-people/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog+Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body&_r=1 The full series of the project is coming soon live on my www.andrewesiebo.com Special thanks to: Dj Jimmy Jatt Chin Okeke Raymond Bola Browne Nana Nana Dj Neptune, Dj Hassan, Dj Deejay Soniq Glenna Gordon Olayinka Oluwakuse III Oshalusi Kolawole Bizzle. Osikoya Obi Somto Obi Ajuonuma Obi Asika Seyi Charles George Jide Odukoya Marc-André Schmachtel James Estrin Whitney Richardson Dj jam-Jam Dj Tobiano dj Ola Segun Olotu Ruth McDowall Andrew Katz Olivier Laurent Ines Valle And many other supporters of the project I fail to mention Special salut to DJ Obi currently on mission to break a Guinness book of record by controlling his set for 10days non-stop.
A photo posted by andrewesiebo (@andrewesiebo) on Jul 1, 2016 at 2:26pm PDT
Esiebo’s Lagos is a megacity rich in diversity, it is progressive, riding high on the rise of Africa’s middle class. The photographer’s latest series, three years in the making, is a document of the Nigerian city’s thriving party circuit; weddings through street parties, to events hosted by some of the country’s most revered DJs. Extreme poverty, AK-47s, savannahs, gorillas and witchdoctors this is not.
Unconvinced with commercial photography, Esiebo described himself as ‘lucky’ to have access to photography books whilst working at Ibadan’s French Research Institute, but he made his own luck after meeting Lagos-based photojournalist George Osodi in 2006. Consumed by the story behind images, two years later he was exhibiting in Paris — six years on featured by the likes of The New York Times and The Guardian; his photographs of West African barbershops confirming his position as an international artist.
Andrew Esiebo, Pride
Pride cemented Andrew Esiebo’s international repute, a project began by chancing upon a barbershop during a street photography project.
‘He said to me,’ the artist recounted, of talking to its owner, ‘that while he might not be considered an important person in society, he was proud to be the barber to one of Nigeria’s ex-presidents. That resonated with me, and made me think about the role, and importance, of barbers in west African society.’
Exhibited at London’s Tiwani Contemporary in 2014, the series epitomises the photographer’s relationship with his art, with his country, and his people; Esiebo’s work is an honest and intimate portrait of the daily realities in Africa today. Not sugar-coated, nor bowing to stereotypes.
Part of the visual landscape of West Africa, the barbershops form an integral part of the societies and cultures of its major cities; Esiebo’s images embrace both design and personality — the barbers, clients, and haircuts as important to the narrative as the bold aesthetics. It’s a common thread in his work, the visual power that Africa evokes in outsiders paired with humanity and character; each image imbibed with narrative and intrigue.
Andrew Esiebo, Mutation
From exploring the transformation of Lagos through documenting its architecture and urban landscape in ongoing project, Mutation, to Nigeria’s omnipresent spectre of faith in God is Alive, and the unconventional environments where the beautiful game is played in Love of It; each series captures Africa and its preoccupations in spectacular fashion, the artist’s technical ability capable of freezing moments in time, forever documented.
Andrew Esiebo, Love of It
Committed to challenging preconceptions, Andrew Esiebo has dissected some of his own in Who We Are, a study of homosexual men in African society. A continent infamously intolerant of same sex relations, it’s a fascinating insight into the Nigerian’s devotion to understanding humanity through his work. Keen to dissolve stereotypes associated with gay men in Africa, Esiebo conducted his portraits in his subjects’ personal environments; allowing the viewer to see for themselves that they are people who share the same issues as heterosexuals — love, desires, aspirations, compassion, and faith.
Perhaps the validity of this study appears antiquated in contemporary Western societies, but it demonstrates how the artist is not afraid to exhibit common African stereotypes should they prove to be an accurate representation of his daily realities. An acute archivist of a contemporary Africa, Andrew Esiebo’s images seize the vivid actuality of the continent as it lives and breathes today.
Andrew Esiebo, Who We Are
James Davidson
James Davidson is editor-in-chief of We Heart, an online design and lifestyle magazine that he founded in 2009 as a personal blog and now receives over half a million monthly views.
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Categories: All My Children, Another World, As The World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful Days of our Lives, Daytime, General Hospital, History, Loving, Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, Soap of the Week Poll, Santa Barbara, The Young and the Restless
Today in Soap Opera History (September 3)
1951: Search for Tomorrow premiered. 1984: Kathleen McKinnon
arrived on Another World. 1985: Santa Barbara's Christy shot
and killed Steve. 2010: Reid faced an oncoming
train on As the World Turns.
"If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree."
― Michael Crichton
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1945: On radio soap Portia Faces Life, Portia Blake (Lucille Wall) was confused at breakfast when Marie implied it was a "good" day.
1951: Search for Tomorrow premiered on CBS. Created by Roy Winsor, Search for Tomorrow starred Mary Stuart as Joanne Barron for its entire 35-year run. The show was moved from CBS to NBC on March 29, 1982. It continued on NBC until the final episode aired on December 26, 1986.
Check out Nelson Aspen's SFT Scrapbook for some wonderful old photos.
1981: On General Hospital, Jeff called Rick (Chris Robinson) from Nevada, which led to Rick and Lesley (Denise Alexander) discusses Rick's sexual needs and virginal Anne. Lesley and Rick grew closer but she didn't want them to reunite because each of them wanted a "bed partner."
Thanks to Tricia for sending in the clip above.
1984: Julie Osburn debuted as Kathleen McKinnon in Another World.
1984: On The Edge of Night, Miles Cavanaugh (Joel Crothers) tracked Beth Correll (Sandy Faison) down in Chicago and persuaded her to return to Monticello.
1985: On Santa Barbara, Steve Bassett (Ashby Adams) died after being shot by Christy Duvall (Tricia Cast).
1988: On One Life to Live, Didi Buchanan O'Neill (Barbara Treutelaar) died.
1997: On Another World, Vicky Hudson (Jensen Buchanan) begged Shane Roberts (Robert Kelker-Kelly) to save her son, Kirkland (Sean Rademaker), after Paulina Cory (Judi Evans) hit him with her car.
1998: Actor William Joyce, who played Kellam Chandler on Days of our Lives from 1980-1981, died at age 67.
1999: On One Life to Live, as Ben Davidson (Mark Derwin) planned to propose to Viki Buchanan (Erika Slezak) at the Banner anniversary party but Skye Chandler announced she was married to Ben.
2010: On As the World Turns, on his way to Bay City to get a heart for Chris Hughes, Reid Oliver's (Eric Sheffer Stevens) car became stalled on train tracks as a train quickly approached.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Laurinda Barrett (ex-Bitsy, All My Children; ex-Karla, Guiding Light; ex-Molly, The Edge of Night; ex-Rita, Where the Heart Is; ex-Edith, Lovers and Friends; ex-Edith, For Richer, For Poorer) - 84
Pauline Collins (ex-Sarah, Upstairs, Downstairs) - 75
Valerie Perrine (ex-Delores, As the World Turns) - 72
Shelley Taylor Morgan (ex-Lorena, General Hospital; ex-Angelica, Days of our Lives) - 64
Scott Glasgow (ex-Bob, All My Children) - 52
Trevor St. John (ex-Victor/Todd,One Life to Live) - 44
Ashley Jones (Bridget, The Bold and the Beautiful; ex-Megan, The Young and the Restless; ex-Daphne, True Blood) - 38
Nick Wechsler (ex-Jack, Revenge) - 37
Paz de la Huerta (ex-Lucy, Boardwalk Empire) - 31
Chris Fountain (ex-Tommy, Coronation Street; ex-Justin, Hollyoaks) - 28
Brianna Fischette (ex-Belle, Days of our Lives) - 22
Chalice Fischette (ex-Belle, Days of our Lives) - 22
Haley Evans (ex-Miranda, All My Children) - 11
Legendary As the World Turns actress Helen Wagner, who played Nancy Hughes for 54 years, was born 98 years ago today.
EDITOR'S NOTE: If you would like to submit a soap history entry for this date or a future date, email editor@welovesoaps.com.
Posted by Roger Newcomb
Categories: All My Children, As The World Turns, Birthdays, Days of our Lives, Daytime, General Hospital, History, Hollyoaks, One Life to Live, Search For Tomorrow, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless
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Politics U.S. Wire
Democrat lawmaker booted from committees after 'intimidation' caught on camera
By Jared Harris, The Western Journal
Published December 9, 2020 at 10:18pm
A state lawmaker who called on "soldiers" to confront supporters of President Donald Trump was just handed some devastating news after legislature leaders saw her videotaped rant.
Along with procedural punishment, authorities are also conducting independent investigations into the matter.
The punishment was handed down by Michigan Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield on Wednesday after a vulgar anti-American rant from state Rep. Cynthia Johnson went viral.
"Threats to either Democrats or Republicans are unacceptable and un-American," Chatfield wrote in his Wednesday statement. "They're even more unbecoming of an elected official."
"Rep. Johnson has been removed from her committee assignments, and we are looking into further disciplinary action as the proper authorities conduct their own investigations."
Chatfield affirmed that "intimidation" is never welcome in his state's politics, whether it's directed at Democrats or Republicans.
Threats to Democrats or Republicans are unacceptable and un-American. They’re even more unbecoming of an elected official. Rep. CA Johnson has been stripped of her committees and we’re looking into further disciplinary action as the proper authorities conduct their investigation. pic.twitter.com/Y5lTqqmEVI
— Lee Chatfield (@LeeChatfield) December 9, 2020
Johnson's rant was captured in a Facebook Live video posted to the lawmaker's page. The legislator herself appeared to be the one recording the video.
Although Johnson's original video was removed from her page, copies of it began to spread like wildfire online.
"So, this is just a warning to you Trumpers: Be careful. Walk lightly. We ain’t playing with you," Johnson threatened in the video. "Enough of the shenanigans. Enough is enough. And for those of you who are soldiers, you know how to do it. Do it right. Be in order. Make them pay. I love y'all."
Michigan Democratic State Rep. Cynthia Johnson threatened @realDonaldTrump supporters in a Facebook live video Tuesday, saying it is a warning message to those who support the president.
Read more here: https://t.co/QnUstXelby pic.twitter.com/cWIxH1hXL1
— Henry Rodgers (@henryrodgersdc) December 9, 2020
The full 3-minute video was finally reposted to Johnson's page and can be seen here.
The most shocking part of Johnson's rant is that it came from the mouth of an elected leader who plays a substantial role in state politics.
In another live video posted to the state lawmaker's page, she calls specifically on "soldiers of Christ," "soldiers against racism" and "soldiers against domestic violence."
In a political climate where public clashes of ideas often lead to violence, Johnson's calls are undoubtedly reckless.
Although most soldiers would ignore such a treasonous demand, the lawmaker's rant reveals the depths of her hatred for Americans who chose to support a Republican president.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
Jared Harris, The Western Journal
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