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More than £8 million awarded to boy with kernicterus due to failures
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Failures lead to kernicterus brain damage - £8 million
A seven-year-old boy has received more than £8 million after a failure to treat Kernicterus Bilirubinaemia following a High Court Approval Hearing.
He will need round the clock care for the rest of his life after developing a rare form of brain damage called kernicterus. Kernicterus is completely preventable and is caused in newborn babies with jaundice that becomes so severe it affects the brain.
His kernicterus has left him with severe cerebral palsy and he cannot stand or walk. He is also profoundly deaf and suffers communication problems as a result. He will always be dependent on others and will have a range of special care requirements to ensure he is properly looked after.
Angharad Hughes, a partner in the medical negligence department of JMW Solicitors, acted on his behalf.
She said that the extent of the brain damage which he had sustained means that he will be reliant on others for the rest of his life.
Angharad added: “The family is relieved to have finally reached the end of their legal battle with the NHS prompted by the failures which caused this child catastrophic injury.
“This last part of the proceedings was to seek Court approval for the level of settlement to support this boy’s future needs, including the care, therapeutic, educational support and accommodation requirements he will have.
“As well as providing him with that security and certainty, it will bring a conclusion to the family’s campaign to secure justice on his behalf and allow them to get on with the rest of their lives.”
Under the terms of the settlement he has been awarded a total of just over £8million to cover these extensive needs which comprises of both a lump sum and annual payments.
We have built a reputation as one of the country's leading law firms for handling claims on behalf of families whose young children have developed Kernicterus brain damage as a result of medical negligence.
In recent years, we have not only secured several multi-million-pound compensation awards but have amassed a wealth of experience critical to achieving success in such cases.
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Baby suffers kernicterus brain damage due to appalling hospital errors –significant compensation to be agreed
Eddie Jones, a kernicterus specialist solicitor at JMW, has won a case against a hospital on behalf of a baby girl who suffered catastrophic kernicterus brain damage due to appalling errors. Once the full extent of the child's needs are known, Eddie will negotiate a substantial compensation settlement to provide her with specialist care, housing and financial security for the rest of her life.
Community midwife failures cause kernicterus brain damage - £18 million
Eddie Jones, a leading kernicterus solicitor and head of medical negligence at JMW, secured £18 million in compensation for a boy left with devastating brain damage after a community midwife failed to follow guidelines for the treatment of newborn jaundice.
Baby suffers severe kernicterus brain damage after midwife failures - £15 million
Eddie Jones, head of medical negligence at JMW and a specialist kernicterus solicitor, has secured £15 million in compensation for a boy who suffered severe kernicterus brain damage when jaundice he developed as a newborn went untested and untreated. The settlement will cover the cost of the lifetime of specialist care the boy requires.
Midwife jaundice failures cause severe kernicterus brain damage in baby –significant compensation to be agreed
Eddie Jones, head of medical negligence at JMW and a specialist kernicterus solicitor, has won a case for a four-year-old boy who suffered severe kernicterus brain damage after a midwife failed to arrange a blood test when he developed jaundice as a newborn. Eddie is now negotiating a compensation package that will cover the cost of the specialist care, accommodation and equipment for the rest of his life.
Poor jaundice care - £4.5 million
Harvey suffered devastating brain damage as a newborn baby after a community midwife failed to take action on his newborn jaundice. He was left with cerebral palsy and will never be able to live independently or hold down a job. The specialist solicitors at JMW secured £4.5 million in compensation to help Harvey to cope with his disabilities.
Baby Brain Damaged by Jaundice Errors to Receive Substantial Compensation
Eddie Jones, head of medical negligence at JMW, won a case on behalf of one-year-old Flynn, paving the way for significant compensation to be secured to cover the cost of his care. Flynn suffered catastrophic brain damage after midwives failed to take action on his newborn jaundice.
Boy with avoidable kernicterus brain damage to receive lifetime of specialist care
Catalogue of basic errors in treatment of jaundice cause brain damage - £18 million
Child permanently disabled by excessive force during delivery - £5.85 million
Vasili Kalisperas’ story
Vasili Kalisperas, of Worcestershire, was born a perfectly healthy baby boy in May 2012 and just a few hours after his birth he and his mother Elena were allowed to go home. However his family’s joy turned to disbelief, sadness and anger when two days later he sustained catastrophic kernicterus brain damage.
Kernicterus Case Study: CP's story
CP cannot stand or walk and has severely impaired eyesight. CP has kernicterus, the result of jaundice that was not treated appropriately.
BJ's Story
BJ was two days old when he became jaundiced. He is now five and is permanently disabled, which could have been prevented had his jaundice been treated appropriately.
Failure to Treat Kernicterus Bilirubinaemia - £5,500,000
One of a pair of premature twins was born suffering from kernicterus bilirubinaemia. Doctors at the Lancaster Royal Infirmary failed to manage the condition correctly resulting in brain damage to the child
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SPORTGARTEN. The people behind this neighbourhood-funded bike, skate and climbing park in Germany have transported the idea to Durban, SA
“From the very beginning,“ says Ulli Barde, head of inventive German sports initiative Sportgarten, „this has been an inclusive project for all kinds of youngsters, no matter what their age, sex, education, ethnicity, social status or place of residence.”
Young people in Bremen, north-west Germany, lacked space to hang out and play sports together whenever they wanted, especially when it came to skating, BMX and climbing as these sports didn’t qualify for city funding.
“We learned not only to design a facility, but also to get the money to build it,” recalls Barde. “Together with the kids we raised €200,000 through sponsored runs, charity activities, flea markets and other events.” The park opened in 1999 and 200-300 young people now visit every day.
Now the city of Durban in South Africa – the cities are twinned – has adopted the concept to build a South African version. Youngsters from Durban can do internships at Sportgarten while Ulli Barde and his team send interested Germans as volunteers to their partner organisation in the city.
One of these volunteers, Moritz Kistenfeger, spent a year in Durban and was involved in the construction of three bike parks in the Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu (INK) area 30k north of the city. The area has the second largest agglomeration of poor neighbourhoods in the country.
“The sites give kids the chance to learn and practice biking in a safe environment with professional coaches,“ says Moritz. „Later they will be able to do their homework under supervision in classrooms on these sites.”
The programme is open to everybody and is free of charge. “The sites have already become a real venue for young people: they can’t wait to be on the tracks,” explains Moritz. “That’s because there are basically no alternatives in the area. In other parts of the city with a mainly white population, you have huge facilities with ten gardeners and a view of the Indian Ocean. I’ve never seen a contrast like that before.”
“I learned a lot while working in this project – mainly that there are other ways of doing things. Because it’s sometimes not as organized as in Germany, I had to learn to be patient and more creative in solving problems,” sums up Moritz Kistenfeger.
Sandile Maphumolo from Durban also experienced a new culture when coming to Germany. “At first I was quite put off because I found it unwelcoming. In time I learned to understand that every culture is different and I need to adjust to the system and enjoy the experience.”
Besides the exchange with Durban, Ulli Barde constantly talks to sponsors, organizes big events and establishes new cooperative projects. The latest Sportgarten venture is the construction of an indoor skate park in downtown Bremen – with a difference.
The skate park will be combined with a digital media centre so kids can work creatively together in designing urban venues, making videos and using a laser cutter. “The technology also helps in getting young people to take part in decision-making processes,” says Barde. “It’s easier to discuss ideas when the kids can plot out their models with the laser cutter and make them tangible. I’m always interested in bringing together different groups, in this case skaters and computer nerds.“
Meanwhile the Sportgarten’s techniques are getting international recognition: the EU has included them in next month’s European Week of Cities and Regions. „We will present Sportgarten and discuss with the other countries how cities are addressing the challenge of urban poverty through inclusion, education and social innovation initiatives,” says Ulli Barde. “We are excited to learn from other innovative projects and to share our expertise.”
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National League to get government funding but Premier League need to help out Football League clubs, says Minister for sport Nigel Huddleston MP
Published: 16:30, 30 September 2020
| Updated: 16:42, 30 September 2020
National League clubs have been told that funding is on its way – so they can start their season this weekend.
Teams in the National League and National League South are classed as elite by the FA so they have to start their season behind closed doors – after plans to bring fans back to grounds from October 1 were put on hold.
Action between Dover and Notts County last season - the two clubs are due to meet at Crabble behind closed doors on October 3.
But with no income from gate revenue, there were fears that clubs would not kick a ball because they would then be liable for player contracts even if the season was later paused.
But Nigel Huddleston MP, the Minister for sport, said that the government will provide financial backing to the top levels of non-league football.
However, he stated that he’d looking for the Premier League to directly support clubs in the Football League, which includes Gillingham.
“For football, we are asking the Premier League to support EFL clubs, the higher end of the football pyramid,” he said.
“We’ve also provided the National League with assurance that financial support from the government will be forthcoming so they can start this season this Saturday.
“The government support needs to go to those in most need and therefore the criteria will be focused on gate receipts. The purpose of the financial support is to help those most impacted by the October 1 decision.
“We’ve had constructive conversations with the Premier League and the EFL and they do recognise their responsibility. It’s perfectly fair and reasonable that those with the broadest shoulders carry the biggest burden. They understand and accept that.
“We pressed pause on the plan for elite sport but we want to get back to the plan as soon as possible.
“In football there is a pyramid and that means the top part of that is absolutely reliant on the bottom part. The Premier League do understand that, they get that responsibility, they recognise that people flow through the lower leagues and then go up there so they want to help out and that is their obligation.
“We’re looking for the Premier League to play its part, particularly with the EFL, and then the government money will focus on those that are desperately in need.”
He stated that the details for how the National League money will be distributed is still to be decided but confirmed that it would be based on gate receipts rather than by step.
The issue of fans from step 2 clubs being banned from attending away FA Cup ties against step 3 clubs was also raised.
But the sports minister put that decision firmly at the door of the Football Association by saying: “The FA have produced guidance and they updated some of this (on Tuesday). The issue is around what is elite sport versus what is not elite. There is clear guidance there.
“Non-elite sport can take place, and fans can go into those grounds, with restrictions of course. The guidance is for the governing body to produce that, in this case the FA.”
On the return of supporters to grounds across all sports, he said: “I know we all want our fans back in stadia as soon as possible. Sport without fans is poorer in so many ways.
“We did trial the return of fans with 12 successful pilot events, however rising infection rates across the country meant we could not proceed on October 1 as planned. We are working at speed with sport governing bodies and clubs across the country to understand what support they need as a result of the decision to postpone the October 1 return.
“We have asked for detailed financial returns from all major spectator sports to see what support they need. Any club in immediate financial distress should alert their sport’s governing body.
“Sports clubs have proven themselves bedrocks of their communities during this pandemic, hosting test centres, looking after vulnerable people, organising food deliveries and so much more. Sports clubs have had our backs during this pandemic, we will have theirs in return.”
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Police investigate shooting near 33rd, Hamilton
Police: Victim shot in leg
Updated: 11:44 PM CDT Sep 29, 2013
Omaha Police are investigating a shooting near 33rd and Hamilton streets Sunday afternoon.
Omaha police are investigating a shooting near 32nd Street and Myrtle Avenue Sunday afternoon.The call to 911 came around 1:30 p.m. Dispatchers confirmed one person, identified as Michael Butler, 37, was hurt.Butler was critically injured in the leg, authorities said."My mother was pulling up in the driveway and she saw four guys jump the fence and one of them was shot in front of her," said Harriette Washington who lives in the area."She knew the young man, so these were neighborhood boys," Washington said.Medics were transported the victim to the Nebraska Medical Center minutes later.
OMAHA, Neb. —
Omaha police are investigating a shooting near 32nd Street and Myrtle Avenue Sunday afternoon.
The call to 911 came around 1:30 p.m. Dispatchers confirmed one person, identified as Michael Butler, 37, was hurt.
Butler was critically injured in the leg, authorities said.
"My mother was pulling up in the driveway and she saw four guys jump the fence and one of them was shot in front of her," said Harriette Washington who lives in the area.
"She knew the young man, so these were neighborhood boys," Washington said.
Medics were transported the victim to the Nebraska Medical Center minutes later.
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Want Instant gratification? Buy Burberry in an ‘insta’ this London Fashion Week
So we’re about to kick off London Fashion Week and fashionistas across our capital will excitedly await Burberry’s unveiling of its new collection after Riccardo Tisci took the reins as Chief Creative Officer in spring 2018. The designer’s appointment at Burberry makes complete sense; it is the ultimate meshing of two pioneering kindred spirits in the fashion world.
Tisci, who made his mark at Givenchy, was the innovator of many of the trends we now see: luxe streetwear, designer trainers, and he has positively increased racial and gender diversity in fashion campaigns. Oh, and Kim Kardashian asked him to design her wedding dress.
Burberry, who back in 2016 were the fashion house to pioneer the concept of ‘runway-to-retail’, are about to do it all over again with their ’product drops’ in 2018. This time though, it’ll be a shorter, sharper and a quicker blow to the shopping senses. This year, a selected set of catwalk items will be available via insta, or dropped to their flagship Regent Street Store one day after first view during London Fashion Week. We must be quick though, as it will all be over in 24 hours. Once the time is up, they will vanish from the shelves.
But what does this type of activation mean? What deep rooted customer desires are they tapping in to? Well, we live in an age where the insta-fication of our lives is taking over; where increasingly people value appearance and designer fashion over a lot else, and where the instant gratification of an immediate purchase is as addictive as the rush of a like, or the claiming of a new follower.
Well, in 2018, Burberry can deliver both. Purchase immediately via their insta account, and get a follower to boot. Gratifying endorphin rush complete.
But what is the science behind what is actually happening?
Behavioural scientists know that people use heuristics (hard-wired decision-making shortcuts) to make speedy decisions in all aspects of their lives. We have created a model that has selected the 9 heuristics most relevant to purchase decisions – we call them Sales Triggers. Essentially; these are the reasons for buying a product. We can say that an average sales activation usually uses one or more Sales Triggers. The reasons for buying could be because a product is targeted at the right budget, or because choice has been significantly reduced by the retailer, or because the item is rare, and therefore higher value is placed on it.
What Burberry are doing is leveraging multiple Sales Triggers to sell to a new generation of fashionistas who’ve grown up with social media. It is enticing in its intelligence, and bold in its simplicity.
They are simultaneously reducing choice by offering a limited capsule collection; showing us that less is more because it is available for 24 hours only; providing social proof from peers due to the fact they are designer threads; but most significantly here, they are providing instant gratification for the fashion-addicted senses, by allowing an insta-purchase a mere 24hrs after first view on the catwalk.
In truth, they are bombarding the customer with so many appealing reasons as to why they must buy the product that it becomes almost impossible to refuse. It’s an addiction. And it’s genius.
Let’s see if the combined appeal of both Tisci and this original approach see Burberry smash its previous sales records, or will customers surprise us, buck the trend, and become more discerning this year? Well, it will only take us 24 hours to find out.
If you would like to hear more KHWS analysis, or talk to us specifically about our sales triggers, get in touch with Chris via ChrisWilson@khws.co.uk
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Premier John Horgan (The Canadian Press)
Horgan says B.C. restart making gains as more people come out of their homes
B.C. announced the easing of more restrictions on businesses, recreation and travel last month
Jul. 10, 2020 9:30 a.m.
British Columbia’s gradual restart is gaining ground as some industries resume operations and more people leave their homes to participate in the economy, Premier John Horgan said Thursday.
He said B.C.’s successful efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 and the willingness of people to spend more time out in public leave him optimistic.
Horgan made the comments ahead of new job numbers due Friday and before next week’s provincial fiscal update.
The federal government’s fiscal update Wednesday forecast a deficit of more than $343 billion and up to two million people unemployed.
Horgan said Ottawa’s deficit figure is “staggering.”
“It’s incomprehensible for regular people. But that is July and we have many, many months ahead of us in the fiscal year, as well as many months ahead of us dealing with COVID-19.”
Despite the size of the federal deficit, Horgan said he will work to keep financial hurdles from standing in the way of B.C.’s recovery plans.
He said the number of passengers on transit and ferries is growing, and television and movie productions have restarted, as well as restaurants serving more customers.
“We’ve seen successes, more and more people are coming out of their homes participating in the economy, going to restaurants, shopping in retail outlets and participating, broadly speaking, in the restart of our economy,” Horgan said.
Last month, B.C.’s jobless rate was 13.4 per cent, with more than 350,000 jobs lost since the start of the pandemic.
B.C. announced the easing of more restrictions on businesses, recreation and travel last month in a gradual move to a third phase of its recovery plan.
The move permitted hotels, motels, spas, resorts, hostels, RV parks, provincial campgrounds and the film industry to resume operations after being shut down or restricted since March.
“People are adapting,” Horgan said. “People are finding ways to make do in this extraordinary time.”
The province announced 20 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and no new deaths, bringing the total number of cases to 3,028.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the government is preparing a couple of contingency scenarios for a possible second wave of COVID-19 with data collected in British Columbia.
“The whole plan … is making sure that we don’t ever have to go back to shutting everything down like we did in March,” she told a news conference.
Health officials know more about the virus now, so they can adapt the way the health-care system reacts, Henry said.
“We know so much now about being able to control these outbreaks and control the spread in the community that we won’t need to shut down all hospitals and that we won’t need to stop things like surgeries the way that we did in March.”
Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press
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Surviving cold and flu season
CBS News: The National Institutes of Health predict this year’s flu season could be a rough one.
Last year, Americans reportedly spent nearly $6 billion on remedies for runny noses and sore throats, but some over-the-counter medications carry their own risks. High doses of acetaminophen send nearly 60,000 people to the emergency room each year.
In its January issue, Consumer Reports looks at how to survive this cold and flu season more easily.
Lisa Gill, deputy content editor for the magazine, joined “CBS This Morning” to discuss some of the treatment options you’ll find at the pharmacy, common home remedies, and which ones you need to be careful when using.
“We did this report because we found in a national survey and also secret shoppers that we sent out across the country to pharmacies, there are too many products and what’s [in] those products is very confusing, and chief among them is acetaminophen,” Gill said. Acetaminophen is the active ingredient in Tylenol and is also found in hundreds of other drugstore products.
“It’s a really safe drug when you take it in the maximum daily dose that the FDA tells us – 4,000 milligrams. But the surprising thing about it is just a little more than that and it starts to put you at risk for liver toxicity,” Gill said.
People sometimes overdose by accident when they take several different medicines that each contain acetaminophen.
Other common drugs to be careful with are oxymetazoline, a common nasal spray that can make your congestion worse after three days of use, and allergy medications.
“Lots of people use allergy medications like cetirizine, diphenhydramine, fexofenadine, loratadine to treat runny nose and cough from a cold but research tells us they with will not work for that. They work really well for seasonal allergies but not colds,” Gill said.
In addition to common medications found at the pharmacy, Consumer Reports looked into home remedies as well.
“We were happy and surprised to find out chicken soup does double duty,” she said.
According to Gill, the soup has an anti-inflammatory effect, which can help with body aches, and the warm liquid helps ease congestion and sore throat.
She also endorsed a few other natural remedies, including gargling with warm saltwater to ease a sore throat, nasal rinsing with a neti pot or spray, and honey — either by the spoonful or mixed into a hot drink — to soothe a cough. (Just don’t give honey to children under 1 year old; it’s not safe for a baby’s digestive system.)
Gill cautioned against loading up on vitamin C.
“So much vitamin C puts you at risk for kidney stones which are really, really painful. Vitamin C, the evidence shows us it might reduce the duration of the cold, but our suggestion is to get vitamin C through your diet, leafy greens and citrus, and skip the supplements.”
by Andi Ahne / Jan 19, 2021
U-S Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists have been stopping potentially threatening shipping containers from coming in to North Dakota.During an inspection of a rail container in International Falls, Minnesota--- a shipment that could've made its way all over the U-S, including North Dakota-- was turned away.
The shipment, originally from China, was said to have contained dangerous grass flies.The grass fly is a pest that feed on the secretions around the eyes and nose of animals and humans, and can spread dangerous bacteria.Gene Krause, Branch Chief CBP Agriculture, says monitoring what comes in to the country is essential to protecting our agriculture.
President-elect Joe Biden proposed a $1.9 trillion rescue plan for his first hundred days in office.Included in that plan, is raising minimum wage to $15 an hour, nationwide.
Talks of whether or not workers make livable wages, have grown over the years.Some think businesses should adjust with the changing times, while others don't feel $15 an hour is the right move.
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"A stunning lead performance from Lameece Issaq is the warm heart of Food and Fadwa, a bittersweet play by Issaq and Jacob Kader." - Variety
A reading of my new solo play
Thanks for those of you who tuned in to the bonkers Zoom reading of my solo play. Stay tuned for updates for where it can be seen next!
A 40-whatever dental lab technician’s assistant gets fired and moves into St. Agnes Residence, a woman’s rooming house run by nuns. There, she must finally come to terms with the untimely passing of her younger sister, who died while giving birth, and face the consequences of her own untaken path to motherhood. All while fending off the verbal assaults of her unpredictable and sometimes deranged cohabitants. A fictional solo show based on many true things.
Reviews are in for Abe! Now available on Amazon, Apple TV and more.
Abe, a full-length feature film I co-wrote with Jacob Kader, and director Fernando Andrade Grostein, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, is now available on Amazon, Apple TV and others! Starring Noah Schnapp, Mark Margolis & Seu Jorge.
“Abe” could well be the perfect thing to be watching at home during the coronavirus shut-in. Grostein Andrade directs with energy and enthusiasm; among its strengths is that the film never talks down to its child characters or the audience. - Variety
"...an enticing dramedy that wholeheartedly celebrates the potential for multicultural cuisine to unite people from distinctly different traditions, even in the face of determined opposition." - Hollywood Reporter
It’s a movie of heart and craft - and you feel its open-heartedness. It’s the first movie in quite some time to make me smile. - Boston Globe
"Lameece Issaq is magnificent as Noura." - Times of San Diego
Noura at The Old Globe
Thrilled to have recently played Noura in the West Coast premiere of Heather Raffo's Noura at the Old Globe. Directed by Johanna McKeon.
I'm proud to be a part of Pop Culture Collaborative/Noor Theatre's Artists Advancing Cultural Change cohort, along with fellow actor/screenwriter Arian Moayed (Succession) and screenwriter/director Mike Mosallam (Breaking Fast). We'll each be writing works that reflect issues in contemporary American culture, through our own unique Middle Eastern lenses. Read the interview I did with Pop Culture's Executive Director, Bridgit Antoinette Evans.
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Loisaida Festival Announces 2016 Lineup, Headlined by Iris Chacón
By: Marlena Fitzpatrick
New York City has long been a hub for Latino families, and today 2.3 million (29 percent) of the 8.4 million people living in New York are Latino. Despite these numbers, very few city organizations are dedicated to preserving and elevating Latino culture. Loisaida, Inc. has been doing as much for over 30 years from their home in the Lower East Side, an area whose gentrification rate has been so aggressive that the National Trust for Historic Places classified the neighborhood as one of America’s most endangered places.
One of the most public and biggest displays of that work is the Loisaida Festival, an event that attracts over 15,000 yearly and celebrates Latino culture across the neighborhood, the city and, most recently, the nation. This year the festival returns with a lineup that pays homage to the organization’s original Puerto Rican roots.
The main stage lineup reflects those roots, bringing together a mix of legendary and rising Puerto Rican stars. These include hip-hop singer DayLuv, songstress Maxine Ashley, Lower East Salsa, and Johnny Colón. Macha Colón y Los Okapi will be joining the stage courtesy of La Marqueta Retoña. The carnival procession and Theater Lab return, providing entertainment for children and their families. Puerto Rican icon and international entertainment phenomenon Iris Chacón will host the festivities alongside Marine-combat-vet-turned-actor, singer-activist J.W. Cortes (from Fox’s Gotham).
“Every year we challenge ourselves with pushing the accomplishments of previous years,” Libertad Guerra, chief curator at Loisaida, Inc., shared recently.
And bringing together icons like Iris Chacón and Johnny Colón with a new cadre of edgy, innovative artists will make for a fantastic celebration. Our poster is being created by visual artist Adrian ‘Viajero’ Roman who is doing a commissioned installation at Facebook’s offices as we speak, and Loisaida Inc. is his neighborhood partner in this project. He is also sharing his knowledge in our El Loop Fair, a Latino grassroots innovation fair we are hosting the day before the festival.
“Then you have people like Edgardo Miranda Rodríguez who is elevating Latinos through his work with Marvel and bringing the Guardians of Loisaida Exhibit for the weekend. This year’s festival is really like old-school Puerto Rico meets Puerto Rico 2.0,” she added.
The celebration of Loisaida, Inc.’s roots is a throwback to the organization’s mission and strong social commitment. It’s also a fulfillment of a commitment that started four years ago when Loisaida, Inc. became an affiliate of Acacia Network, an integrated care organization founded by Raul Russi. Raul Russi’s unique leadership style, and a new core team at Loisaida, Inc., injected a new energy into the organization. The move resulted in a revamped festival, a new community space, a host of intergenerational programs, such as their upcoming Senior Days, and efforts to expand into STEAM programming, helping Latinos thrive in tech, engineering, design and creative fields.
The Loisaida Festival’s expanded offerings this year preview a new stage in Loisaida, Inc.’s plans to combine STEAM programming with social services that meet the needs of the local community. Some of the new offerings include the grassroots innovation fair; discussions on how art and digital technologies intersect; an expanded “Healthy Living Zone,” with free dental screenings for children; and a new “Sustainable Innovation Zone,” which will include a bio bus.
“Loisaida, Inc. has always been committed to both preserving and serving our community. This year’s expansion into STEAM and our strengthened Healthy Living Zone speak to that commitment. The Festival entertains, of course, but there’s also a very intentional commitment to elevating Latinos through our offerings,” said Russi, founder and CEO of the Acacia Network.
About the Loisaida Festival: Produced and hosted by Loisaida Inc., the Loisaida Festival has been the biggest carnival in downtown Manhattan since 1987, bringing more than 15,000 neighbors, artists, community organizations, companies, NYC leaders and restaurants together to celebrate their Latino contributions to the city. A signature Puerto Rican and Latin American cultural event, the festival celebrates Loisaida’s pride and diversity while supporting commerce, entrepreneurship, community service and neighborhood revitalization along Loisaida Avenue.
About Acacia Network: Acacia Network is the parent company of Loisaida Inc. and is an integrated care organization with offices in New York City, Buffalo, Albany, Orlando and Puerto Rico. It is the second largest Latino nonprofit organization in the country and the largest in the state of New York. The mission is realized through three main service delivery systems: primary health care, behavioral health care, and housing. The network incorporates several affiliates managed under one executive and senior leadership team. With 63 years of combined experience, Acacia Network has demonstrated ability to scale high-quality, comprehensive services for thousands of the most vulnerable residents.
For more information on #LoisaidaFest2016, visit their website or follow them on Twitter @loisaidafest.
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Instagram Reels vs. TikTok: What Content Marketers Need to Know
Source: Lemonlight
When Instagram launched Reels in 2020, one question arose for many marketers and content creators: Which platform should I use?
Despite the many similarities between the two platforms and the obvious fact that Instagram developed Reels to compete directly with TikTok, there are notable differences to consider. Today, we’re taking a look at the functionality of each platform, analyzing the ways they differ, and making a recommendation for which platform to prioritize in your own content strategy.
First, the differences.
Differences Between Instagram Reels and TikTok
Instagram Reels and TikTok may be built with the same end-goal in mind—short-form video content creation and consumption—but they’re not identical. Here are a few of the key differences to consider as you evaluate both options for your brand.
1. Video Length
Video length is the first difference you may notice when you begin making a video on the two platforms. TikTok’s maximum video length is 60 seconds, while Reels maxes out at 30 seconds. This may not seem like a critical difference, but it does affect the flow of content on each platform. Reels often have a slightly more focused scope and faster pace than TikTok videos, simply because creators have half the time available. On TikTok, creators can dive slightly deeper into their topics or create more complex stories.
While this difference alone is unlikely to push you directly to one platform over the other, it’s important to know the limitations before you begin planning your content. This difference also means that you can’t post the exact same content on both platforms if it’s longer than 30 seconds. To transfer a 60-second TikTok to Reels, you’ll have to cut down the video to fit into the 30-second timeframe.
2. Access to Music/Sounds
The second key difference is creators’ access to music or sounds to enhance their videos. As you probably know if you’ve spent any time on either platform, audio is a major part of the experience. On Reels, however, many accounts (especially business accounts) are currently locked out of the Instagram music library, meaning that they can’t access the audio files to add to the video. Additionally, when you save a Reel to your photo library, the audio is left out. [Note: With Instagram, you can only save your own Reels, while on TikTok you can save anyone’s video if they’ve enabled that setting.]
For a platform that relies so heavily on audio to capitalize on trends and add another dimension to the video experience, Reels is lagging behind TikTok in this arena. Instagram is hoping to increase this functionality soon, but for now, TikTok is the better option for access to sound clips.
3. Demographics
Next, it’s important that we acknowledge that the demographics of the two platforms are slightly different.
According to SproutSocial, here is the age breakdown for Instagram’s audience:
75% of 18- to 24-year-olds use Instagram
8% of 65+ year-olds use Instagram
As you can see, the highest adoption rate applies to the 18-24 age range, but older groups also use Instagram in large numbers. While we don’t have the same breakdown for TikTok, it’s likely that TikTok’s data would skew slightly younger. Its user base is largely made up of Gen Z and Millennials, although there are definitely users in older generations.
The takeaway here? If your audience is primarily made up of consumers in Gen X or above, you may want to focus more on Reels than TikTok. If your audience is primarily made up of Gen Z or Millennials, either platform is likely to work well.
4. Paid Ads
As of right now, Instagram doesn’t have an option to place a paid ad through Reels. The workaround is hiring a content creator to film branded content that serves the same function as an ad, but you’re still relying on that person’s network to reach your audience rather than capitalizing on sponsored placements that align with your target keywords or demographics.
On TikTok, however, there are sponsored content options. If you’re considering making branded content that you promote on one of these two platforms, TikTok is likely the winner.
5. Monetization
Finally, a difference that is unlikely to affect brand accounts but is important nonetheless: TikTok allows its most popular creators to monetize their content, while Reels doesn’t. The TikTok Creator Fund allows users who are part of the fund to earn money in correlation with their content’s views. While there have been critiques about the fund not adequately compensating creators, it still beats Reels, which doesn’t currently have any monetization option.
So, should I focus on Reels or TikTok for my brand’s content?
With all the above information in mind, our recommendation is simple: Make content for both platforms, and assess for yourself which one seems to be better over time.
Why? Well, for one thing, it’s too early to tell whether one platform will be the clear winner over time. For example, when Instagram came out with Stories and became a direct competitor for Snapchat, it took time for loyal Snapchat users to adopt Instagram’s copycat feature. The same process may happen here over time, but it’s too soon to know for sure.
Beyond that, your content might not be equally successful on the two platforms. Even if you post the exact same content in both places, it’s possible that one will excel over the other.
For example, TikTok’s algorithm may help your TikTok video go viral, or Instagram’s algorithm may feature your content on the “Explore” page. Or, you might quickly develop an audience on one platform over the other. You may also find that your target audience skews heavily towards one of the two platforms, indicating that you should probably prioritize that platform, too.
Consider too that you likely already have a following on Instagram, which may help the success of your Reels content. However, this is a double-edged sword because you may already have a content strategy for Instagram, too.
Since TikTok is a newer platform—and exists separately from anywhere else you post content—you may have more creative freedom to try something new and experiment with the look and feel of your content. On Instagram, if you’ve already been posting to the main feed and to Stories, you’ve established a look and feel that your audience may expect to see continue in your Reels content. This has the potential to stifle your creativity on Reels.
Finally, by creating content on both platforms, you can still pick one to focus on down the line (if you want). But, instead of putting all your eggs in one basket right at the start, by trying both, you’ll get a feel for how your brand aligns with each platform and which one is best for you and your audience. You’ll be able to make an informed decision rather than an impulse decision.
Beyond these recommendations, we’ll all just have to wait and see what happens over time. Who knows which platform will win in the end, but for now, both have promise. Try them out and let us know what you find!
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Translational research provides a much needed bridge of communication between highly specialized research scientists and physicians. Researchers working in labs with microscopes and tissue samples and physicians who directly interact with patients speak very different languages. It is vital that cutting edge research arrives to physicians in a useable format. It is also essential that information gathered from physicians get to researchers.
The translational process involves identifying current significant research projects and taking the knowledge and learning of these studies and applying it directly to the patient level. Fundamentally, it puts valuable theories into practice - a progression absolutely necessary in finding a cure.
Translational research is central to the research strategy of the London Regional Cancer Program (LRCP). Our research program is linked to the University of Western Ontario and the London Health Sciences Centre research community, and is multi-disciplinary and multi-departmental.
History of the Unit
The Pamela Greenaway-Kohlmeier Translational Breast Cancer Unit was named for Pamela Greenaway-Kohlmeier, daughter of Lawrence and Kay Greenaway and wife of Guy Kohlmeier. Pamela died of breast cancer at age 38, which led her family to form the Breast Cancer Society of Canada (BCSC) to raise funds for breast cancer research.
The Unit was created in 1998, through a partnership between the London Regional Cancer Program (LRCP) and a $1 million donation from the Breast Cancer Society of Canada to the LRCP. The partnership between the BCSC and LRCP has flourished since then. The BCSC renewed its commitment to the Unit in 2004 and again in 2009, providing over $5.2 million to support our work.
In 2014 the BCSC announced a further 10 year, $5 million commitment to the Unit, bringing BCSC support to the Unit to $10.2 million.
About this new donation, Marsha Davidson, Executive Director of the BCSC, said “This gift represents the largest funding commitment ever made in our 23-year history. We are proud to fund our partners at London Health Sciences Centre and the Translational Breast Cancer Research Unit - more than $10 million cumulatively - to continue the TBCRU’s world-renowned, life-saving research.”
In thanking the BCSC for this remarkable new commitment, Unit Director Ann Chambers said “I thank the Breast Cancer Society of Canada for sharing our vision and helping us to create programs in London that are focused on improving diagnosis and care of breast cancer patients. We are grateful for this remarkable, ongoing support.”
This gift was celebrated on September 10, 2014.
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We would be delighted if you also want to support our Unit.
See our Thank you video.
A major goal of the Translational Breast Cancer Research Unit is to encourage and support trainees who are carrying out translational breast cancer research. By encouraging bright trainees to focus their research attention in this area, we hope to increase the number of highly qualified researchers who are working to solve the problem of breast cancer. You can read about some of the research being carried out by these talented young researchers on the BCSC Pink Link blog page.
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Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool FC have already won by appointing 'great man', says former Dortmund star
Jakub Blaszczykowsi praises former boss and tips him for success at Liverpool
Head coach Juergen Klopp looks on next to Jakub Blaszczykowski during a Borussia Dortmund press conference ahead of their UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match against Real Madrid on April 23, 2013 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images) (Image: Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Liverpool have 'already won’ by bringing Jurgen Klopp to Anfield, according to Jakub Blaszczykowsi, one of his most trusted players at Borussia Dortmund.
Klopp has made a big impact on the Reds since taking charge in October, losing just one of his 10 games in charge so far and moving his side up to sixth in the Premier League.
Klopp’s success at Dortmund has raised expectations on Merseyside already, and Blaszczykowsi - now on loan at Fiorentina - has detailed how Liverpool have made the right choice.
“He’s a very smart and positive guy,” the Polish winger told FourFourTwo. “Liverpool couldn’t have hired a better manager.
“They have already won by appointing him.
“He was, he is, and he always will be a special guy.
“He’s changed me, not only as a footballer, but as a human being - no one had more influence than Klopp on who I became as a player.
“I owe him a lot.
“He always taught me that in all this craziness and competition, there is also a human side inside all of us that we need to cherish.”
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Liverpool FC and Steven Gerrard train at Melwood
Blaszczykowsi - nicknamed ‘Kuba’ - was at Dortmund for the duration of Klopp’s tenure and shone in their consecutive title-winning campaigns.
The 29-year-old also played in the Champions League final under the German, and has backed Liverpool to enjoy similar success, providing they listen to his ideas.
“I’m pretty sure he will [succeed] - but only if the players buy into his philosophy,” he added. “That’s what we did at Borussia and it paid off.
“He’s not only a great coach; he’s a great psychologist, and a great man.
“He makes decisions based on what he sees, not what other people are telling him - that’s important, because he is honest with people and we could sense that.
“He knows how to deal with different characters and different egos.”
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The Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit
The Welsh Cancer Intelligence & Surveillance Unit (WCISU) in Public Health Wales is the national cancer registry for Wales. Its primary role is to record, store and report on all incidence of cancer in the resident population of Wales. You can view the latest cancer statistics on the WCISU website.
WCISU also facilitates the planning of cancer services through the collection and analysis of cancer incidence, survival and mortality data.
In partnership
Macmillan Cancer Support and the Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit are working in partnership to use available, high quality data to inform the development of services and support. Their work helps patients to achieve the best possible outcomes and experiences.
The partnership aims to:
Identify and access new data sources, improve the use of existing cancer data, and identify any gaps in cancer-specific and cancer-relevant data.
Link and analyse data on clinical outcomes and patient experience across primary, secondary and tertiary care, supporting the implementation of the Welsh Government’s Cancer Delivery Plan.
Influence the planning and delivery of cancer services in Wales by delivering relevant, timely and accessible outputs.
Learn more about the partnership by downloading the briefing paper [PDF].
Macmillan-WCISU partnership - English version
Macmillan-WCISU partnership - Welsh version
The Macmillan-WCISU workplan
The partnership is currently working on the following projects between 2017 and 2019:
Landscaping paper
The paper provides insight into the unique characteristics of cancer data in Wales, highlighting any gaps in availability between Wales and other UK nations and informing opportunities for analysis considering the partnership’s objectives.
Understanding the local cancer population in Wales
The first phase of this project investigates the incidence and prevalence profile of people diagnosed with and living with cancer at GP Cluster level.
The result of this work is the GP Cluster Network Dashboard which can be accessed in English and Welsh.
The second phase will investigate the incidence of co-morbidities across the GP Clusters, including which are most common. This will help inform services about the intensity of need at the local level.
Routes to diagnosis
The partnership is using routine data to map patient pathways to diagnosis. It will also analyse the link between these diagnosis pathways and survival outcomes.
Local Cancer Intelligence Wales
The Macmillan Local Cancer Intelligence (LCI) tool will be developed for Wales over 2018, with WCISU providing much of the data.
The tool will have interactive, visual representations of key cancer indicators and statistics for Wales, aiming to make cancer statistics – incidence, prevalence and mortality – more accessible. The development of the site will be supported by user testing.
If you want to find out more about the partnership or would like to share your insights, please contact Adele Oddy, Macmillan Evidence Officer for Wales.
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Samsung Electronics to Debut SelfieType Virtual Keyboard at CES
By Laura Tucker / Jan 3, 2020 / News
If you’ve ever watched a teenager or other young person who has grown up with cell phones as a normal part of their everyday conversation, you’ve seen what typing on a phone should be. They can text on their phones just as quickly as some of the best typists. But for the rest of us, typing on a phone can still sometimes seem laborious.
While we’ve been hearing about virtual keyboards for some time, we’ve never really seen one put to use. However, those who will be the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 will finally get that chance. Samsung will be debuting SelfieType and four other projects from its C-Lab Inside program.
Samsung’s SelfieType
For those who came of ae before the age of communicating via texting on cell phones, they learned how to “touch type” on a full-size keyboard attached to a computer, or if they’re even older, like me, on a manual or electric typewriter. These people know the QWERTY keyboard without even looking at it. But to try and transfer that skill to the tiny keyboard on a phone can be difficult.
The Samsung in-house idea development program C-Lab Inside will be debuting its virtual keyboard SelfieType next week at CES. This project and the four others that will be showcased are focused on a convenient and healthy lifestyle.
The company annunced that SelfieType is a virtual keyboard that uses the front-facing selfie camera. “A proprietary SelfieType AI engine analyzes finger movements coming from the front camera and converts them into QWERTY keyboard inputs.”
Samsung added in its announcement that using SelfieType will not require any additional hardware and that it’s “highly adaptable” to multiple mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets.
Other C-Lab Projects
The C-Lab Inside program began in 2012, and it will be the fifth year it has participated in CES. In addition to SelfieType, the program will also be debuting Hyler, a smart highlighter pen that digitizes text printed on paper; Becon, a home-care solution to treat the scalp and hair loss; Sunny Side, artificial sunlight in the shape of a window; and Ultra V, an ultraviolet monitoring sensor and service. Samsung will also be showing projects from outside developers.
For someone like me who is 100 percent mobile, I’ve been waiting for a virtual keyboard. I do my computing on an iPad, and as a writer and editor, I need a physical keyboard and not the onboard keyboard from the iPad. I go through multiple keyboards. I wear them out. To have a virtual one that I could use wherever and whenever that I could also use with my phone seems like a perfect solution.
Could you make use of a product like Samsung’s SelfieType virtual keyboard? Or have you adapted well to typing with your two thumbs? Tell us how this Samsung project could benefit you in the comments below.
Image Credit: Samsung and public domain
Laura Tucker
Laura has spent nearly 20 years writing news, reviews, and op-eds, with more than 10 of those years as an editor as well. She has exclusively used Apple products for the past three decades. In addition to writing and editing at MTE, she also runs the site's sponsored review program.
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Three Artists, Three Days, Three Albums
What do The Farrell Brothers, Cheatron and Dominique Reynolds all have in common? All three local artists are releasing anticipated albums over the weekend in Winnipeg.
Singer/songwriter Reynolds will release her debut full length, Coming Home, at the Blue Agave on Thursday, May 29. Armed with a piano and a powerful voice, Reynolds blends pop, jazz and folk on her new offering, which was produced by Murray Pulver (Doc Walker, Wyrd Sisters, Crash Test Dummies). For the party, Reynolds will be joined by fellow members of a capella World music sextet Madrigaia as well as a talented backing band featuring Richard Moody, Daniel Roy and DJ Brace.
Popular rockabilly duo the Farrell Bros� third effort, Rumble @ the Opry - which shares its name with the brothers� weekly radio program on CKUW 95.9 FM, will be release in Canada on west coast punk label, Teenage Rampage. Next month, under the name Curbstomp Boggie, the album will make its way across the rest of the world on English psychobilly label Raucous Records. Winnipeg audiences can catch the Farrells� CD release with The Rowdymen at West End Cultural Centre on Friday, May 30.
Folk/rock quartet Cheatron will inaugurate the newly renovated space at the former Garrick Theatre - renamed the Ramada Entertainment Centre - on Saturday, May 31 with their own release party.
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Design Thinking: A Model of Product Innovation
Most business owners would agree that product innovation is important to their success in today's world.
History is full of companies that were initially very successful but failed to innovate when the market changed, says Jeremy Brandt, founder and CEO of We Buy Houses, an online service that connects home sellers with potential buyers. And that informs the way his company operates.
“At We Buy Houses, we continuously identify ways to improve our products, taking technology we've built internally for ourselves and turning it into a commercial product for our clients," says Brandt.
“Agile and similar methodologies are great for consistently moving the ball forward," he continues. "Innovation is about coming up with new ideas, processes and products to stay ahead of the competition and in line with what the market needs. Once the innovation happens, it's all about execution, and that's where agile plays a huge role."
No amount of team discussion and/or focus group discussion can perfect a product or service until it's put into real-world use with clients who pay for it. — Charles Gaudet, founder and CEO, Predictable Profits
Design thinking is an agile product innovation methodology traditionally used by designers to solve complex problems. It is a solution-focused and action-oriented way of creating a preferred future.
Over the years, design thinking has taken on many faces, but the Institute of Design at Stanford University proposed a groundbreaking and now frequently used series of steps, which are:
Empathize
Empathize mode is the first step on your product innovation journey. Here you're trying to understand your customers' physical and emotional needs, how they think about the world and what is meaningful to them.
Observing what people do and how they interact with their environment can give you clues. You can engage your users by preparing some questions you'd like to ask, for instance:
If you are standing in line at the grocery store, what app are you most likely to view first and why?
If you see a new product on a retail store shelf but it's too high to reach, what packaging feature would make you go out of your way to take a closer look?
Elicit stories and always ask "Why?" to uncover deeper meaning.
Think about what stood out to you when you talked and observed people. What patterns emerged? Develop an understanding of the type of person you are designing for—your customer.
Select a set of needs that are important to fulfill. In the Define stage, you're working to express insights you developed. Then, you can articulate a point of view by combining three elements—customer, need and insight—as an actionable problem statement that drives your product innovation.
You can ideate by combining your conscious and unconscious mind—that is, connecting your rational thoughts with your imagination. For example, in a brainstorm you leverage your employees' ability to reach new ideas by building on others' ideas.
Adding constraints, surrounding yourself with inspiring materials and embracing misunderstanding can help you reach further in your product innovation than you could by simply thinking about a problem.
In a recent ideation phase, Charles Gaudet, founder and CEO of small-business coaching firm Predictable Profits, sought to develop a new process that helps clients get better results by focusing their efforts in key areas and being accountable for concrete activities in those areas.
“We decided to find the common denominator between top performing entrepreneurs and an 80s martial arts movie, and the end result was The 'Transformative Action Protocol,'" Gaudet explains. "This systematic approach has been the impetus of more consistent progress than anything we've offered to our customers so far."
The Prototype mode is where you create a representation of your product to hone into a final solution. A prototype is anything a user can interact with, but you should build with the user in mind. What do you hope to test with the user? What sorts of behavior do you expect?
The final stage of this product innovation model is to put your prototype in the users' hands—or your users within an experience. (Ideally you want to be able to test your prototype within a real context of the user's life.)
Let your testers interpret the prototype. Watch how they use what you have given them and how they handle and interact with it. Then listen to what they say about the prototype, and the questions they have about it.
“No amount of team discussion and/or focus group discussion can perfect a product or service until it's put into real-world use with clients who pay for it," says Gaudet. “Accept that your first iteration won't be your best. The most important element of innovation is to put together a minimum viable product that's designed for one purpose: to collect user data."
Assuming you want to dip your toe into design thinking, or agile product innovation more generally, how should you get started?
“Take any product or service you have, and interview your customers—as well as people who didn't buy from you—about why they did or did not buy," says Brandt.
“Ask what do they love? What would they change? What didn't make sense?" he continues. "Build knowledge around what customers actually need, then iterate through small changes to make your product/service better—removing what is confusing, adding more of what makes customers happy and converting more people into clients!"
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OTTAWA, Ont. – Turkey has approved imports of sheep and goat genetics from Canada, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Total Canadian exports of animal semen and embryos reached C$103.6 million in 2012, the agency reported. The Canadian Livestock Genetics Association (CLGA) estimates the potential value of the market in Turkey to be C$250,000 over five years.
"The Canadian Livestock Genetics Association thanks the government of Canada for finalizing these protocols," said Rick McRonald, president of the CLGA. "The demand in Turkey for Canadian sheep and goat genetics is growing, so the resolution of the interruption in technical market access came at a crucial time. Canadian exporters will now be able to engage with their Turkish clients and partners in the confidence that technical barriers to trade in semen and embryos have been removed."
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Posted on 6 September 2019 by rdennard
I became intimately familiar with SARs only ten days after I arrived at NKP. Although I didn’t directly work this SAR, it affected everyone at NKP. On Christmas Day, 1968, PJ A1C Charles King volunteered for the SAR mission to rescue a downed F-105 pilot. King was lowered to the ground to rescue the pilot, Major Charles Brownlee. It all went wrong. A1C King and Maj. Brownlee were ever seen again.
Over the next year, the SAR forces at NKP made many rescues. By rough count, there were over 100 SARs during my year… a little over half of them were successful. Unfortunately, during SARs we also lost four Sandy A-1s (602nd SOS), an HH-53 Jolly Green Giant (40th ARRS), an O-2 (23rd TASS) and an OV-10 (23rd TASS.) Of those SAR aircraft losses, there were three KIA.
My last SAR started on 5 Dec 68… just days before I got on the “Freedom Bird.” An F-4C out of Cam Ranh Bay, call sign Boxer-22*, was shot down in the Phanop Valley. Both the pilot, Capt. Ben Danielson (Boxer-22A) and the GIB**, 1Lt. Woody Bergeron (Boxer-22B), successfully ejected. Radio contact was made with both crew members. They were separated by the 50 foot wide Nam Ngo river, and both were in “good condition.”
This photo shows the area of the Boxer 22 SAR looking south. (Photo courtesy of former PJ participating in the rescue, Doug Horka.
This is another view of the SAR in progress and looking Northeast (toward the Mu Gia pass) this time. I’m not sure which day this was taken, but you can see the smoke being laid down. This pic was taken from an A-1 as shown by the CBUs seen in the bottom left of the PIC. If anyone knows any more about the details of this pic (Pilot, day taken, etc) then please let me know. (USAF Photo)
If you have been following along with the pics in Places to go – Mu Gia Pass, by now you will recognize the area of the Boxer-22 SAR as a spot on the Nam Ngo River. The place was already pock-marked with bomb craters.
The Boxer-22 SAR started like most; two Jolly Greens helicopters and four Sandys (A-1s) took off mid-morning and headed toward Ban Phanop… only about 75 miles away from NKP. This wasn’t unusual. It was almost routine for the Sandys and Jollys to take off. Sometimes it was just precautionary if a big strike was in progress.
(Beginning in the Second Indochina War, close air support rescue aircraft used the call sign “Sandy” for fixed-wing aircraft. Starting with the introduction of the CH-3 helicopters, “Jolly” (for Jolly Green Giant) was the call sign for rescue helicopters. “Jolly” was also the rescue call sign for the “Super Jolly Green Giant HH-53. These call signs are still in use today.)
(I should also note that the early HH-43 rescue helicopters used the call sign “Pedro” and they continued that call sign for rescues throughout the rest of the war. The Pedros made more rescues than any other helicopter of the war.)
Typical SAR mission with A-1s escorting a Jolly Green. Normally there would be two Jollys and four A-1s so this pic was likely taken from the other half of the rescue team. (USAF Photo)
This time it was not routine. It was the beginning of the largest successful USAF rescue of the Second Indochina War… the Boxer-22 SAR. Over the next three days, the Air Force used everything it had to make the rescue. The following two paragraphs are directly from the USAF CHECO report, “Rescue at Ban Phanop:”
“By 1120 hours, a flight of A-1s carrying anti-personnel ordinance arrived and, supplemented by F-100s and F-105s which were in the area, began the first step of the rescue operation – suppression of the ground fire. For an hour and twenty minutes, the A-1s raked the valley floor, while the jets struck against the larger guns to the north. Two Jolly Green helicopters, which arrived just as the operation began, were held in orbit southeast of the downed airmen’s position. Both survivors were talking with Sandy [lead] and giving him information of the location and intensity of the ground fire.”
“During this hosing down operation, reports increased of heavy antiaircraft fire from both sides of the river, the heaviest coming from the karst on the east side. It was soon apparent that the ground threat was greater than was originally thought and that aircraft flying down the valley were being caught in a crossfire. Particularly troublesome was a 37-mm gun located in a cave at the foot of the karst 300 meters directly behind the navigator. Additional air support was requested. Six A-1s loaded with CBU 19/30 (riot control agents) were launched from Da Nang AB; two large Jolly Green helicopters took off from NKP and were replaced there in airborne alert by two more from Udorn RTAFB, and four F-4s departed from Ubon RTAFB carrying Paveway Laser-guided bombs for use against the 37-mm gun.”
I’ll pause here to talk about the “riot control agents” mentioned in the report. 1Lt Bergeron (Boxer 22B) got hit by some. After his rescue, he described it this way; “… I ran into a tree and was wrapped around the tree urinating, defecating, and retching all at the same instant.” Now you know why this agent has the nick-name, “juicy fruit.”
The Jollys tried to go in for the rescues six times on the day. The PJ supplying many of the pics for this, Doug Horka, was on the second of these attempts. Between each attempt by the Jollys, aircraft “hosed down” the valley. Each attempt received intense ground fire forcing the Jollys to withdraw… three were hit by 37mm fire causing extensive damage. On the third attempt at 1400 hours, PJ A1C David Davison was manning one of the mini-guns and trying to quiet the ground fire. He was shot and died of his wounds.
Darkness set in and the SAR forces withdrew to return the next morning. Danielson and Bergeron hid for the night but didn’t sleep. Unfortunately, before the rescue forces could get to Capt Danielson, the NVA discovered him. Capt Danielson died in the shoot-out.
The second day was much like the first. The Air Force threw everything they had against the NVA… Sandy’s, Hobos, Fireflyfies, Zoros, Spads, Nail FACs, and everything the close air support “slow mover” forces had. The “fast movers” sent in F-105s, F-4s, F-100s with some support from Navy A6s and A-7s thrown in.
Throughout the day, Boxer 22B ground FAC’ed aircraft against ground forces attempting to find him. In one case when a few NVA tried to cross the river, his call brought in a fast mover that strafed with 20mm gunfire. Lt. Bergeron said, “the guys physically disappeared.”
Despite the airpower sent against the NVA, massive fire opened up against the Jollys every time a rescue attempt was made… another 6 tries in all. The NVA would lie low during the “hosing down” and wait until the helicopters came in for an attempt. Then they ripped into the Jollys with ground fire.
As darkness set in on the second day, the SAR was again suspended. But the forces would not give up. At first light of the third morning, an armada of A-1s and Jolly Green Giants from NKP took off and joined with forces from all over Southeast Asia. “Fast movers” continued suppressing the AAA guns, and the A-1s hosing down the ground forces.
The first rescue attempt was about 0900. A-1s laid down a smoke-screen to shield the rescue helicopter from the ground fire. But again, the Jolly Green received heavy fire and had to withdraw. The Air Force continued to “sanitize” the area for another three hours.
Back at NKP, the weapons load section was asked how long it would take to load more “smoke.” The reply was an hour and a half. When told it was needed in an hour the load crews made an all-out effort… and had the aircraft ready in 50 minutes.
Near noon, a “daisy chain” of A-1s was set up; ten on one side of the river and twelve on the other. As the Jolly Green started its descent for another rescue attempt, the A-1s laid down smoke and a protective ring of ordinance around the survivor.
Smoke laid down on Dec 7 covered the AAA sight of the rescue. Nearly the whole area was covered with smoke. That and other suppressive fire did the job. (USAF Photo)
The A-1s circled around Lt. Bergeron as the Jolly made its approach. This time there was “no appreciable gunfire” from the enemy. One of the rescue forces said, “ They were all either dead or had given up.”
It worked. JG77 moved in… Lt. Bergeron waded into the river… and the Jolly lowered the penetrator to within 4 feet of him. He climbed on and was hauled into the helicopter.
Boxer 22B, Lt. Bergeron as he stepped off JG67. Note the little “Jolly Green Giant” badge the PJs had pinned on the right of his flight suit. (Photo provided by Doug Horka.)
The scene soon after JG77 landed back at NKP. (Photo provided by Doug Horka.)
(On a personal note… I’m pretty sure I’m somewhere in that picture. Two days later I began final out-processing.)
This was and still is the largest successful SAR in USAF history. Over the three days, there were 220 sorties flown out of NKP alone. Twelve of their A-1s receive battle damage. Ten Jolly Greens received battle damage… five of them would never fly again. Depending on who’s counting, upward of 400 total sorties were flown.
The damage done to JG 69. With all that, they were lucky to make it home. (Photo provided by Doug Horka.)
The amount of ordinance used during the SAR is staggering. Nearly every type of bomb, rocket, and air-to-ground missile in Southeast Asia was used. Even newly developed laser-guided 2000 lb “smart” bombs were used. Besides the smoke and “juicy fruit,” there were nearly four-hundred and fifty 500/750-pound bombs dropped, over 1,600 rockets fired, and over 100,000 bomblets dispersed from the air. No, that’s not a typo… over 100,000 bomblets (also known in Laos as bombies).
This is the ~1 foot X 2 foot hole blown in the floor of JG79 by a 37MM AAA shell. Note the 12 inch ruler across the left middle part of the pic. Another crew lucky to make it home. (Photo provided by Doug Horka)
A team excavated the site near where Major Benjamin Franklin Danielson (promoted from Capt. while MIA) was shot down in Laos. His remains and other items were identified. He was repatriated in June 2007. Welcome home brother.
Captain Benjamin Daniel Franklin. (USAF Photo)
During our HCMTrail Ride, we will ride through the area where the SAR took place and specifically where Danielson and Bergeron were. I also hope we can go to the caves and other places where the AAA guns were. Don Duval knows the area well.
* SAR efforts were named with the call-sign of the aircraft shot down. Each crew member was assigned a letter to designate which one it was. In this case, “A” (or Alpha)the pilot (Danielson) and “B” (or Bravo) for the navigator (Bergeron). If an aircraft has more crew members, then each is assigned another letter.
** GIB = Guy in Back. In the case of F-4 aircraft at this time of the war, the GIB was the “Navigator”… or “Weapons Systems Officer” – WSO (WiSO). So many acronyms!
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12 thoughts on “Sidebar 5 – Boxer 22”
donald Duvall on 14 September 2019 at 21:45 said:
This is a great description of the amazing events of that SAR great research on the accompanying photos!
Martin Seebach on 5 December 2019 at 18:36 said:
I didn’t get to NKP till 73. Still dragging people out of the jungle though. The first damage pic of JG69 at bottom of machine gun mounting box it looks like a head and hand are sitting there. We’ve all heard tales of taking souvenirs, ear, finger, whatever… A whole damn head?? Anyone know what that actually is? Peace bros and sisters, my unit at NKP; Det 5, 621st TAC, INVERT
rdennard on 6 December 2019 at 11:49 said:
I carefully examined my original pics (provided by Doug Horka) and there is nothing like you are talking about in them… only the battle damage with everything torn up.
Greg Dotson on 5 December 2019 at 19:16 said:
I know the widow and son of Ben Danielson, They might be interested in this.
Jon on 5 December 2019 at 22:01 said:
Does anyone know the tail number of Jolly Green 77 that made the pick-up? I flew USAF 53’s for 5yrs, wondering if I was ever in the pick-up bird…
Here’s the information I have. I hope folks can fill in any more on this.
JG-77: HH-53C #69-5785 – 40th ARRS
Pilot: Lt. Col. Clifton A. Shipman
Copilot Richard M. Baskett
Flight Engineer: SGT. William C. Shinn (KIA SAR 1/28/70)
PJ: Edward M. Willis
PJ: Gerald G. Boswel
That is awesome. I flew 5785 many times between 2005-2008, including combat missions in Iraq. Humbled to be a part of that amazing history.
I did some more checking. A/C 785 had a long history. It was modified to “Pave Low” configuration and is now on static display at Maxwell AFB. Here’s a link to an article about the static display dedication. By the way… the CMSGT Fisk (retired) the article refers to was the last US “boots to leave the ground” from Koh Tang island at the end of the Mayagüez operation, May 75. Fisk received his second Silver Star for his actions there. His earned his first Silver Star during the Son Tay POW Camp Raid in November 1970.
LINK TO 785 DEDICATION
Rick Tripp on 6 December 2019 at 19:30 said:
My dad, Maj Gen Daryle E. Tripp (USAF, ret.), was a Sandy on-scene commander for the Boxer 22 rescue.
My dad, Daryle E. Tripp (Maj Gen, USAF ret., then Col), who in 1969, was the Deputy Commander of Operations for the 56th Special Operations Wing was a Sandy on-scene commander for the Boxer 22 rescue.
Barry A Mills on 9 December 2019 at 19:53 said:
My brother is Charles Douglas King, MIA 12/25/68, it was Christmas Eve at home in Iowa when the Yellow Can delivered the news. Doug and I had the same Mothers and different Fathers. Our Mother passed just before my 4th birthday and just after Doug’s 15th birthday. Doug looked after me when Mom passed, I was 11 years old on that Christmas Eve in 1968, I miss him still to this…over 50 years and no final accounting. In about 2000, his Geneva Convention Card was photographed in a Hanoi War Museum…I cannot get his card released, I guess I am going to have to go get it myself. Those who paid the ultimate sacrifice will never be forgotten.
We will never forget.
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Current 2021 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Sedan Special offers
The standard features of the Mercedes-Benz C 300 Base include 2.0L I-4 255hp intercooled turbo engine, 9-speed automatic transmission with overdrive, 4-wheel anti-lock brakes (ABS), side seat mounted airbags, curtain 1st and 2nd row overhead airbags, rear side-impact airbag, driver knee airbag, airbag occupancy sensor, BabySmart airbag childseat sensor, automatic air conditioning, 18" aluminum wheels, cruise control, ABS and driveline traction control, ESP w/Crosswind Assist electronic stability.
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Qualified customers only. 1.99% APR financing for 24 months at $42.54 per month, per $1,000 financed. 1.99% APR financing for 36 months at $28.64 per month, per $1,000 financed. 2.99% APR financing for 48 months at $22.13 per month, per $1,000 financed. 2.99% APR financing for 60 months at $17.96 per month, per $1,000 financed. 2.99% APR financing for 72 months at $15.19 per month, per $1,000 financed. Excludes leases and balloon contracts. Available only at participating authorized Mercedes-Benz dealers through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services. Must take delivery of vehicle by February 1, 2021. Specific vehicles are subject to availability and may have to be ordered. Subject to credit approval by lender. Rate applies only to Mercedes-Benz 2020,2021 model vehicles listed. Not everyone will qualify. See your authorized Mercedes-Benz dealer for complete details on this and other finance offers. Truth in Lending Act Disclosure: Down payment will vary with APR and credit. For example, 1.99% APR with $2,500 down payment provides for 42 monthly payments of $24.67 per $1000 financed for qualified buyers. 1.99% APR for a term of 24 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $42.54 per $1000 financed. 1.99% APR for a term of 36 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $28.64 per $1000 financed. 1.99% APR for a term of 39 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $26.5 per $1000 financed. 2.99% APR for a term of 48 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $22.13 per $1000 financed. 2.99% APR for a term of 60 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $17.96 per $1000 financed. 2.99% APR for a term of 72 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $15.19 per $1000 financed. The rates described are for estimation purposes only; you may not be able to finance at this rate.
Lease $449/mo for 36 months $4243 due at signing on the 2021 C 300 Sedan
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Qualified customers only. 1.99% APR financing for 24 months at $42.54 per month, per $1,000 financed. 1.99% APR financing for 36 months at $28.64 per month, per $1,000 financed. 2.99% APR financing for 48 months at $22.13 per month, per $1,000 financed. 2.99% APR financing for 60 months at $17.96 per month, per $1,000 financed. 2.99% APR financing for 72 months at $15.19 per month, per $1,000 financed. Excludes leases and balloon contracts. Available only at participating authorized Mercedes-Benz dealers through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services. Must take delivery of vehicle by February 1, 2021. Specific vehicles are subject to availability and may have to be ordered. Subject to credit approval by lender. Rate applies only to Mercedes-Benz 2020,2021 model vehicles listed. Not everyone will qualify. See your authorized Mercedes-Benz dealer for complete details on this and other finance offers.
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Available only to qualified customers through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services at participating dealers through February 1, 2021. Not everyone will qualify. Advertised 36 months lease payment based on MSRP of $46,150 less the suggested dealer contribution of $1,269 resulting in a total gross capitalized cost of $44,881. Dealer contribution may vary and could affect your actual lease payment. Includes Destination Charge and Premium 1 Package. Excludes title, taxes, registration, license fees, insurance, dealer prep and additional options. Total monthly payments equal $16,884. Cash due at signing includes $3,199 capitalized cost reduction, $795 acquisition fee and first month’s lease payment of $469. Your acquisition fee may vary by dealership. The acquisition fee charged by the dealer may affect the total cash due at signing. No security deposit required. Total payments equal $20,878. At lease end, lessee pays for any amounts due under the lease, any official fees and taxes related to the scheduled termination, excess wear and use plus $0.25/mile over 30,000 miles, and $595 vehicle turn-in fee. Purchase option at lease end for $26,306 plus taxes (and any other fees and charges due under the applicable lease agreement) in example shown. Subject to credit approval. Specific vehicles are subject to availability and may have to be ordered. See participating dealer for details. Not valid in Puerto Rico. Please always wear your seat belt, drive safely and obey speed limits. Special lease rates may not be reflected in lease calculator prices shown on MBUSA.com. Please see your dealer for final pricing. Special lease rates may not be reflected in prices shown on MBUSA.com. Please see your dealer for final pricing.
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Maria Eagle MP A Strong Voice in Tough Times
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Leasehold Exploitation Scandal
On Tuesday, I raised in the House of Commons the plight of homeowners who have bought newly built houses on long leases and find themselves being financially exploited by freeholders who want to squeeze increasing amounts of money out of them in ground rent and charges.
According to the most recent figures, 69% of all new build houses in the North West were sold as leaseholds in2016 so this financial exploitation is a big problem.It’s a scam and despite there being no good reason to sell houses as leaseholds, it’s happening a lot in Garston and Halewood. Homes in Cressington Heath and Gateacre Park and in Halewood have been sold in this way.
During the debate, I asked the responding Minister Dominic Raab to commit to do more to help home owners already trapped in these onerous agreements. Despite this, the Minister made no reference at all to the issue of leaseholds when responding to the debate. I tried to intervene to ask him for answers, but he twice refused to hear my question saying he didn’t have time.
He then proceeded to dedicate much of his speech to attacking the Labour party, before sit down with a minute to spare. So much for not having time. I’m afraid the Government showed little understanding of this issue and the problems it is causing for families in my constituency and on this showing, they seemed to care even less.
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Email: Maria.Eagle.MP@parliament.uk
Promoted by Lynnie Hinnigan on behalf of Maria Eagle both at Unit House, Speke Boulevard, Liverpool, L24 9HZ
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Marian Helpers Menu
Mary Immaculate
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All the Planning Comes Together
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Br. Esteban Ybarra, MIC, offers a reflection for pilgrims prior to the Chaplet and Mass on Saturday, Divine Mercy Sunday Weekend.
Fr. Ken Dos Santos, MIC, left, National Shrine rector, shares a moment with Br. Estaban Ybarra, MIC, prior to the Chaplet and Mass on Saturday, Divine Mercy Sunday Weekend.
Girls dressed in traditional Polish costumes enjoy the sunshine on Eden Hill on Saturday of Divine Mercy Sunday Weekend.
Even the tulips were praising God in the brilliant sunshine of Eden Hill, Saturday, Divine Mercy Sunday Weekend.
By Dan Valenti (Apr 30, 2011)
The Saturday of Divine Mercy Sunday weekend begins the hive of activity that culminates on Sunday. Saturday is a day that's much more than a mere "dress rehearsal" for Sunday. With the Vigil Mass, it is a day that begins the profound spirituality connected with this feast day of the Universal Church.
It is also a day, like Sunday, of enormous practicality and pragmatism. All the logistics of a year's worth of planning have to come together, put to the test by more than 20,000 pilgrims who will visit the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy on Eden Hill, Stockbridge, Mass.
A Hive of Activity
Look around on Saturday morning and afternoon. EWTN, the worldwide Catholic media network, is installing cameras and miles of cable. Technicians with headphones roam with purpose and a sense of urgency that only curtain time can induce.
Maintenance workers and volunteers assist the Marian Fathers with countless details: Set up and manning the Adoration tent, confession tent, crowd control, helping disabled pilgrims, taking enrollments and Mass requests, food preparation, cleaning porta-a-johns, first aid, gift shop, information tent, international tent, traffic control. Priests, prelates, religious, choir members, directors, and numerous other dedicated men and women labor to make Saturday and Sunday spiritually rewarding, comfortable, and safe.
The Women of Mater Ecclesiae College: Christ's 'Back Up Singers'
One such group of helpers is on Eden Hill for the weekend both to serve and be on pilgrimage. They are 30 extraordinary women of Mater Ecclesia College, Greenville, R.I. The college is a formation center for consecrated women of Regnum Christi, an apostolic movement within the Catholic Church. Upon graduation with degrees in pastoral ministry, the women work in education, mass media, youth ministry, family counseling, and community service under the direction of Rome.
The women are singing at the liturgies on both days of Divine Mercy Sunday Weekend. For almost all them, it's their first trip to the National Shrine.
A Pilgrimage and an Act of Service
"It's a grace to be here," says Natalia Santos, a native of El Salvador (45 percent of the student body is comprised of international students). "I'm really excited to be in such a holy place. I'm not here only to serve, but for me, it's a pilgrimage."
The Mater Ecclesiae Choir has been rehearsing for a couple months, preparing to sing for the tens of thousands on Eden Hill and, on Divine Mercy Sunday, for a countless audience watching from around the world on EWTN. You might call them Christ's "Back-Up Singers." Ray Charles had the Raylettes. Jesus has Mater Ecclesiae Choir.
'It's a Grace'
Emily Roman, from Cary, N.C., is the choir director.
"It's a grace to be given this opportunity to sing on such a beautiful, holy weekend," Emily says. Speaking of the women of the college, she says, "We all share a love of Christ." Love of Jesus, Emily says, is the essential commonality shared by the diverse student body. She speaks of the consecrated life — where the women take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience — not as one of sacrifice but one of joy. Her joy, she says, "is to give oneself to Christ."
As for the weekend and the choir's performance, Emily calls it "a great opportunity to be Christ's hands and feet and experience His love in service to others."
Choir member Mary DeCoecle of Seattle, Wash., says she learned about Diviner Mercy from her father. She expressed her excitement being on Eden Hill and at the National Shrine. Like Natalia, Mary sees her visit as both service and as a pilgrimage.
Skylar O'Hanlon, Clayton, Del., notes, "I have experienced the mercy of God in my life. I'm overjoyed to have as my responsibility the sharing of His mercy with others. It's just beautiful. I'm just honored for the opportunity to be here.
An Ode to Joy
By 3 p.m., the women of the Mater Ecclesiae College Choir had taken their place on the Mother of Mercy Outdoor Shrine field altar on the south lawn of Eden Hill. Under the beaming direction of Emily Roman, they sang the Chaplet of The Divine Mercy and at Holy Mass to follow.
If body language can be trusted, when the women sang, they had a lightness of being that was, in its way, translucent. The light of the Holy Spirit, no doubt. This writer had the thought: "Now this is what singing at the liturgy is all about — joy." We scribbled down a title from Bach: "Jesus, Joy of My Desire."
We 'Have Nothing to Do' — Christ Has Done it All
After the chaplet and prior to Mass, Br. Esteban Ybarra, MIC, gave a moving reflection on the spiritual enormity of Divine Mercy Sunday Weekend. He spoke of "waiting" for "The Great Day of Mercy" that would dawn with the Vigil Mass and continue into its fullness on Sunday.
Brother Esteban noted that we, as pilgrim sinners, "have nothing to do" for our own salvation. Christ, as The Divine Mercy, has died for our sins. He has paid the price. He only wants to offer his love, mercy, and forgiveness to every soul on earth. All we need do is ask, and it shall be given.
Father Ken Dos Santos, MIC, rector of the National Shrine, led pilgrims in praying the Chaplet of The DIvine Mercy. Father Ken also presided at Mass.
As the day ended, workers were still busy with cleanup from the day and with organization for Sunday. A million more details awaited.
Mercy had once again dawned.
Dan Valenti acknowledges the help of Jacqueline Lustig of Mater Ecclesiae College for her help in introducing him to the choir.
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no1nd4evr@comcast.net - May 2, 2011
Question, please tell me the name of the song you sang right before the Ave Maria.
John - May 2, 2011
Is Brother Esteban correct? Scripture tells us we do have to work out our salvation... with fear and trembling. I have always understood that God offers the grace of salvation but we MUST cooperate with it. So to say we have nothing to do with it doesn't sound quite right.
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Fielmann Aktiengesellschaft (FIE.F) Stock Forecast, Price & News
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Fielmann Aktiengesellschaft invests in and operates optical and hearing aid businesses. The company manufactures, distributes, and retails visual aids and other optical products, including glasses, frames, lenses, sunglasses, contact lenses and accessories, and various merchandise, as well as hearing aids and accessories. As of December 31, 2019, it operated 776 stores, including 602 in Germany, 43 in Switzerland, 38 Austria, 20 in Poland, 27 in Italy, 28 in Slovenia, 3 in Luxembourg, and 15 in the rest of Europe. The company also 50 smaller locations in Eastern Europe. Fielmann Aktiengesellschaft also offers its products through online stores. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Fielmann Aktiengesellschaft is a subsidiary of Korva SE.
Fielmann Aktiengesellschaft (FIE.F) has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.38, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.
According to analysts' consensus price target of €69.43, Fielmann Aktiengesellschaft (FIE.F) has a forecasted downside of 3.3% from its current price of €71.80.
Fielmann Aktiengesellschaft (FIE.F) has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.
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Belgium to close all bars and restaurants for a month, imposes night curfew
By Marine Strauss
A man walks past a sign announcing the mandatory use of masks amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Brussels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – All Belgian bars and restaurants will be forced to close for four weeks, the federal government said on Friday, in order to tackle a surging second wave of the coronavirus, with hospitals close to running out of beds.
The Belgian government also decided to impose a curfew from midnight to 5 a.m for a month.
“This virus is affecting our country in a very hard way,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo told a news conference, after a five-hour meeting. “The coming weeks will be very difficult but we must take those measures to avoid the worse.”
The measures will last at least four weeks from Oct. 19, with a review of their impact after two weeks.
The measures also include reducing to just one the number of people Belgians can see at close proximity outside their homes and enforcing work from home for most employees. Selling alcohol will be forbidden after 8 p.m.
Belgium followed the Netherlands, which closed its bars and restaurants on Oct. 13, and France in imposing a nighttime curfew.
The country is now in the highest, fourth level of its emergency scale. De Croo said tonight’s decisions were a step back towards more restrictions, but were necessary.
“I am fully aware that those measures are very, very severe,” he said.
Five weeks after reopening, Belgian universities will have to switch mostly to online teaching from Monday, although schools will remain open for now.
The nation of 11 million people has Europe’s second highest infection rate per capita after the Czech Republic. New infections are doubling every week, hitting a peak of 8,500 on Monday and probably more than 10,000 on Tuesday.
In Brussels, home to European Union institutions and the headquarters for Western military alliance NATO, 20% of tests turn out positive.
The number of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) has doubled over 11 days to 327 on Thursday.
Belgium’s maximum capacity of 2,000 ICU beds might be fully exhausted by mid-November at the current rate of increasing infections, health authorities have said.
“It is clearly an exponential increase that we are seeing today,” De Croo said.
All Belgian hospitals will have to reserve half of their beds for Covid-19 patients from Oct. 26, meaning non-urgent procedures and care will have to be delayed or cancelled.
COVID-19 has claimed 10,283 lives in Belgium, one of the highest per capita fatality rates in the world.
(Reporting by Marine Strauss @StraussMarine; editing by Philip Blenkinsop and Tomasz Janowski)
People past an empty terrace of a restaurant amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Brussels
People wearing protective masks walk in a shopping street amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Brussels
A woman walks past a sign announcing the mandatory use of masks amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Brussels
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Life and livelihoods go together in fighting COVID-19, says WHO
A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the WHO in Geneva
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday the challenge of the coronavirus was not a choice between life and livelihoods, but that they were both part of the same fight.
It also said there was no time for complacency in confronting the coronavirus despite positive news about possible vaccines.
“The quickest way to open up economies is to defeat the virus,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual briefing in Geneva.
He said G20 leaders would meet this weekend, giving them an opportunity to commit financially and politically to the COVAX global facility, set up to provide COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries.
Several companies have published promising results with their vaccine candidates, but Tedros warned that people should not be complacent.
“Right now we are extremely concerned by the surge in COVID-19 cases we’re seeing in some countries,” Tedros said.
“Particularly in Europe and the Americas, health workers and health systems are being pushed to breaking point.”
More than 54.44 million people have been reported infected by the coronavirus globally and 1,318,042 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China last December.
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge in Geneva and Michael Shields in Zurich; Writing by Nick Macfie; Editing by Janet Lawrence)
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U.S. retail sales lose speed as pandemic, lack of fiscal stimulus weigh
Shoppers carry bags of purchased merchandise at the Willow Grove Park Mall in Willow Grove
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales increased less than expected in October and could slow further, restrained by spiraling new COVID-19 infections and declining household income as millions of unemployed Americans lose government financial support.
While other data on Tuesday showed production at factories accelerating last month, output remained well below its pre-pandemic level and the uncontrolled coronavirus outbreak could disrupt production. The public health crisis and frail economy are major challenges confronting President-elect Joe Biden when he takes over from President Donald Trump in January.
Biden on Monday urged a divided Congress to come together and pass another pandemic relief package.
That is unlikely to happen before he is sworn in on Jan. 20, putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to pump more money into the economy, which plunged into recession in February. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday that the recovery was slowing, adding the economy would continue to need support from both fiscal and monetary policy.
“It looks like consumer spending is increasingly turning into a headwind for this recovery from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression,” said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at MUFG in New York. “Fed officials are saying they might have to do more and today’s data may turn that thinking into a reality.”
Retail sales rose 0.3% last month, the smallest gain since the recovery started in May, after increasing 1.6% in September, the Commerce Department said. They account for the goods component of consumer spending, with services such as healthcare and hotel accommodation making up the other portion.
Sales were supported by Amazon.com’s <AMZN.O> “Prime Day” event, with online receipts surging 3.1%. “Prime Day” is normally in July and some economists said this could have thrown off the model that the government uses to strip seasonal fluctuations from the data, leading to the modest sales gain.
Consumers bought motor vehicles at a much slower pace than in previous months. There were increases in sales of electronics and appliances, as well as building materials and garden equipment. But households cut back spending on sporting goods and hobbies, clothing, furniture, drinking and dining out.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast retail sales would gain 0.5% in October. Retail sales rose 5.7% on a year-on-year basis in October and are above their February level, with the pandemic shifting demand away from services to goods.
Stocks on Wall Street were mostly lower. The dollar <.DXY> slipped against a basket of currencies. U.S. Treasury prices rose.
Daily new coronavirus cases have been exceeding 100,000 since early this month, pushing the number of infections in the United States above 11 million, according to a Reuters tally.
While there have been encouraging developments on experimental vaccines, health experts warn that rolling out the vaccines would be challenging.
Some state and local governments have imposed new restrictions on businesses.
Restrictions and consumer avoidance of crowded places like bars and restaurants could undercut spending and trigger another wave of layoffs, further squeezing incomes following the loss of a government weekly unemployment subsidy.
PROGRAMS LAPSING
The supplement, which was part of more than $3 trillion in government coronavirus relief, has lapsed for millions of unemployed and underemployed workers.
Millions more will lose benefits next month when government-funded programs for the self-employed, gig workers and others who do not qualify for regular state unemployment and those who have exhausted their six months of eligibility expire.
Excluding automobiles, gasoline, building materials and food services, retail sales gained 0.1% after a downwardly revised 0.9% increase in September. These so-called core retail sales correspond most closely with the consumer spending component of gross domestic product. They were previously estimated to have risen 1.4% in September.
Economists expect moderate retail sales growth for the rest of the year, which would contribute to slower economic growth after a historic rebound in gross domestic product in the third quarter. A JPMorgan survey of credit and debit cardholders showed a broad decline in spending through Nov. 9, with big drops in states where COVID-19 is spreading most rapidly.
Consumer sentiment ebbed in early November amid worries about finances.
A separate report from the Fed on Tuesday showed manufacturing output increased 1.0% last month after rising 0.1% in September. Production remains about 5% below its pre-pandemic level. Output was boosted by production of aerospace and miscellaneous transportation equipment, offsetting decreases in furniture, fabricated metal products, motor vehicles and parts.
“Manufacturing can only hold up if households keep buying and they need income to do that,” said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economics in Holland, Pennsylvania.
Mining output fell 0.6% as oil and gas extraction declined. Weakness in oil and gas extraction is likely to continue depressing business spending on nonresidential structures, buttressing forecasts for moderate growth in the fourth quarter.
Growth estimates for the fourth quarter are below a 5% annualized rate. The economy grew at a 33.1% rate in the July-September quarter after contracting at a 31.4% pace in the second quarter, the deepest since the government started keeping records in 1947.
(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Dan Grebler, Paul Simao and Sonya Hepinstall)
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How Illinois politicians and the ISP are partially to blame for the 2019 Henry Pratt Shooting
Update 2/13/20:
Before you read, today the director of the Illinois State Police today said he needs more ”resources“ (meaning money) for the ISP to do their job and is advocating for SB1966 (FOID card price increase and mandatory fingerprinting to get one). Now please see the timeline and information below to see that it’s BS.
With the 2020 Illinois General Assembly session about to kick into full gear (with gun control being a centerpiece), there is something that needs to be addressed. This will be a timeline of the FOID/CCL system and how not using funds intended for it and not following up on FOID revocations for violent offenders turn into tragedy. It will also show how legislators pass the blame (and cost) on to innocent legal illinois gun owners.
2012- Illinois State Police FOID policies & procedures is audited. It was known that less than 1/3 actually returned FOID cards when they were revoked, this still appearing legal to people checking FOID cards in person to determine eligibility for ammunition purchases and such.
Further, it was known there was issues with accurate reporting.
2013: Illinois passes the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, allowing lawful CC of a handgun. Part of the act discusses fees and what funds the fees would go into.
As noted, the State Police Firearms Services Fund is mentioned, which was created because of the C&C Act. The money collected is specially outlined as to be used for FOID and C&C expenses:
Also around this time, staff at the ISP Firearms Services Bureau (who is responsible for issuing FOID cards and Concealed Carry licenses) were having sexy time on the clock instead of doing their job.
2014: State Police is audited in 2016, but includes findings from 2014. Some more findings indicate that ISP staff didn’t know where to deposit the money collected from FOID and CCL fees as outlined in the 2013 law.
Additionally, money set aside for the fund is not being used.
(Of the $17.2 million set aside in 2014, only $2.2 million was used for intended purpose)
2014 is also the year the Henry Pratt shooter, Gary Martin, was issued his FOID card. Soon after in the same year, he applied for his concealed carry license, but he was rejected and was flagged as a convicted felon. He purchased a handgun using his FOID card before the ISP caught the felony conviction in the concealed carry licensing process. The ISP mailed Martin the FOID revocation letter, however Martin ignored it and that was that.
2017: It’s worked into the 2018 Illinois budget that its ok to take money from the State Police Firearms Services Fund and use it for other things.
Representative Kathleen Willis was a sponsor of a bill in which an amendment was worked into the budget.
What is that amendment? Allows for fund sweeping and green lighted $7.2 million to be swept from the State Police Firearms Services Fund.
2014-2019: Since the formation of the State Police Firearms Services Fund, the money for it has barely been touched for it‘s intended purpose, leaving tens of millions of dollars left over.
February 2019: Henry Pratt shooting occurs on 2/15/19. One day later, there was chatter amongst the J.B. Pritzker administration. Apologies for the FOIA format.
They knew what the problem was a day after the shooting (Martin didn’t surrender his FOID and the ISP didn’t act. All that was done was the ISP sent a notice). But no, we can’t fault the Illinois government and it’s different branches now, can we? Oh, and “legislative and administration reform” was discussed as well 2 days after the shooting. Gotta use the incident to discuss more laws!
May 2019: The Fix the FOID Act was introduced by Rep. Kathleen Willis. It passed the house and now awaits to be voted on in the Illinois Senate. The act requires mandatory fingerprinting in order obtain a FOID card at the individual’s expense (Willis actually is ok with fingerprinting everyone in the state if it “makes us safer“), outlaws private sales (must be conducted at a FFL), and also raises the fees for FOID cards, in which those fees will be deposited to various ”special funds”. Rep Willis stated during the time Fix the FOID was being debated that “One of the reasons that we saw that revocations were not followed up as best as they could was because there was no money in resources to be able to do that.” We now know that to not be the case. Willis also stated “You’re asking a felon to follow the law. It’s ludicrous, and that’s the way the gun lobby likes it.” Sure, Rep Willis.....
December 2019: On December 2nd, Mom-at-Arms uncovered some of the information used above and published it in an article. It started spreading around and caught the attention of a fair amount amount of people (including one Illinois state representative). Soon after, it turns out that the Illinois State Rifle Association and Rep. Keith Wheeler were going through the official channels to bring this to light as well. They began an investigation in September of 2019 which uncovered more findings.
After the ISRA and the Legislative Research Unit dropped their findings, the story exploded.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-lawmakers-divert-millions-meant-to-facilitate-foid-cards/article_6b3c8942-1c57-11ea-b9b2-13b8f358da30.html
https://m.riverbender.com/articles/details.cfm?id=38557
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/amp/Rifle-group-says-FOID-funds-being-diverted-14896315.php
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/12/illinois-lawmakers-divert-millions-meant-to-facilitate-foid-cards.html
So, where does that leave us now?
January, 2020: The Illinois General Assembly is back in session. SB1966 (Fix the FOID) will undoubtably be debated in the Illinois Senate. This bill is being prepped up by Illinois gun control groups and is one of the top pieces of legislation on their list to get passed and signed into law. So, what have we learned through all of this?
1. The Illinois State Police mainly just sent revocation letters when FOID’s were revoked. They did not follow up and many people were able to maintain their FOID card if they failed to hand it over (thus appearing in compliance with Illinois law).
2. Per FOIA documents, the Illinois Governor and his staff were aware of the problem (FOID revocation not followed through) almost immediately after the shooting at Henry Pratt. 2 days after the shooting legislation was being discussed.
3. Rep Kathleen Willis stated that there‘s “no money or resources” to keep up with FOID/CCL revocations, yet money that’s supposed to be used for the programs is either not being used or is swept into other funds for reasons not related to firearms. The very same lawmakers asking to dump money into the various firearms funds now are the same ones that voted to sweep these funds, thus gutting them for their intended purpose.
4. Instead of using ”common sense” and fix the problems that cause issues immediately, some Illinois lawmakers instead seek to use a tragedy to advance their gun control agenda.
5. Between 2014-2019, the State Police Firearms Services Fund had a lapsed balance (unused money) of $87,829,032.
One of the favorite lines of those pushing gun control is “we must do something“. In reality, all that needs to be done (and needed to be done in the first place) is follow current law and follow up on revocations regarding violent individuals. The 2/15/19 Henry Pratt shooting that started this mess could have been prevented. I guess the ILGA and the Illinois State Police admitting they screwed up and no new laws are needed is not going to happen though, and once again the law abiding Illinois gun owner are hit with the fallout of government bureaucracy.
With all of the information that has come to light, I sincerely hope opponents of SB1966 work diligently to stop this unneeded bill from becoming law (especially since the ISP got a wake up call and started “fixing” things itself and no additonal funding is needed). Legal Illinois gun owners are tired of being used as scapegoats.
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BCL's Alex Swan and Richard Sallybanks' article ' Another false dawn for UK criminal cartel enforcement?' has been published by Fraud Intelligence, looking at whether we can expect an upturn in the level of criminal investigation of cartel activity in light of the Memorandum of Understanding recently concluded between the SFO and the CMA.
Here's an extract from the article:
On 21 October 2020, the Serious Fraud Office ("the SFO") and the Competition and Markets Authority ("the CMA") signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") which sets out the basis upon which the two authorities will cooperate and coordinate in investigations and/or prosecutions of individuals for the criminal cartel offence under section 188 of the Enterprise Act 2002 ("EA02").
This comes against the background of the former chairman of the CMA, Lord Tyrie, stating in an open letter to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as long ago as March 2019 that the CMA should focus more directly on protecting the interests of the consumer by, inter alia, " [requiring] the CMA to relinquish or share some of its existing powers and functions – for example, in the field of regulatory appeals and of criminal cartel enforcement – so that it can focus more effectively on its core responsibilities." Indeed, Lord Tyrie's proposals recognised that "Because hard-core cartel prosecutions are only a small part of its overall enforcement work, the CMA does not maintain the scale of specialist expertise normally possessed by agencies with powers of prosecutions. Primary responsibility for cartel prosecutions may sit more naturally with an agency that routinely brings criminal prosecutions, such as the Serious Fraud Office..."
In light of this frank acknowledgment by Lord Tyrie, borne out by the less than impressive track record of the CMA (and its predecessor, the Office of Fair Trading ("the OFT")) in the area of criminal cartel enforcement, it therefore is not overly surprising, particularly in the current era of greater cooperation between enforcement agencies (both domestically and internationally), that agencies such as the SFO and the CMA have decided to enter into this MoU (noting that, in fact, the MoU updates a previous MoU entered into between the two agencies in 2014). So, does this MOU reflect any great change and herald the prospect of greater enforcement of the criminal cartel offence? Or is it another false dawn?
The Criminal Cartel Offence
Section 188 of the EA02, which came into force in June 2003, created the criminal cartel offence ("the s188 offence") which can only be committed by individuals, not by companies or other commercial organisations which remain subject to the CMA's civil enforcement regime under the Competition Act 1998 ("CA98"). In general terms, and in its original incarnation, the offence was committed when a person dishonestly agreed to enter into arrangements involving at least two undertakings which would, if implemented, directly or indirectly fix prices, limit or prevent the supply of a product or service, limit or prevent the production of a product, divide products or services between customers, divide customers between the undertakings, or amount to bid-rigging arrangements. On 1 April 2014 section 188 was amended by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, which removed the requirement to prove the dishonesty element of the offence.
Terms of the MoU
The MoU principally records the following:
That the cooperation between the SFO and the CMA is to ensure the "effective and efficient investigation or prosecution" of the s188 offence;
That the s188 offence may be investigated by the CMA, the SFO, or jointly by both agencies;
That the CMA will undertake any necessary initial enquiries upon receipt of information that a s188 offence may have been committed;
That if the SFO receives intelligence suggesting that a s188 offence may have been committed, then it will in the first instance refer that information to the CMA;
If after initial enquiries, and any informal discussions with the SFO, the CMA identifies a criminal cartel case as being likely to fall within the SFO's acceptance criteria, then it may refer the case to the SFO;
In all events, s188 offence investigations may be led by either the SFO or the CMA, and the authority leading the investigation may request the assistance of the other authority by providing staff and support;
It will be presumed that where the SFO is leading an investigation, it will utilise its powers under the Criminal Justice Act 1987 ("the CJA87") rather than powers under the EA02 where they would achieve essentially the same objective. However, in a joint investigation consideration will need to be given whether to utilise powers under the CJA87, the EA02 or both;
The costs of the investigation will be borne by the authority leading the investigation;
That the CMA may progress a civil investigation using its powers under the CA98 in parallel to an overlapping criminal investigation led by the SFO. In such instances, suitable procedures will be put in place to ensure that there is appropriate communication between the two authorities and that the civil investigation does not prejudice the criminal investigation;
That the CMA retains the power, under the CA98, to grant immunity from criminal prosecution by way of "no-action" letters – any no-action letter is binding upon the SFO. Whilst decisions as to whether to issue no-action letters remain with the CMA, if such a decision could have an impact upon an SFO-led s188 offence investigation or prosecution, then the CMA shall consult the SFO.
This article was published by Fraud Intelligence on 18th Nov 2020. You can read the full article by logging onto their website.
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The Afghanistan Document Dump
[For more on the WikiLeaks Afghan document dump, read posts by Dave Gilson here and Adam Weinstein here.]
A long-awaited trove of secret government documents related to the war in Afghanistan has finally been released by WikiLeaks. There are about 92,000 documents in all, covering the years from 2004 through 2009. Three news organizations were allowed access to the documents several weeks ago on condition that they not write about it until today: the New York Times, the Guardian, and Der Spiegel. Both the Guardian and Times reports offer short bullet lists of the most dramatic revelations from the document dump. Although written independently, they’re pretty similar:
The Taliban have used portable heat-seeking missiles against allied aircraft, a fact that has not been publicly disclosed by the military. This type of weapon helped the Afghan mujahedeen defeat the Soviet occupation in the 1980s.
How the US covered up evidence that the Taliban have acquired deadly surface-to-air missiles.
Secret commando units like Task Force 373 — a classified group of Army and Navy special operatives — work from a “capture/kill list” of about 70 top insurgent commanders. These missions, which have been stepped up under the Obama administration, claim notable successes, but have sometimes gone wrong, killing civilians and stoking Afghan resentment.
How a secret “black” unit of special forces hunts down Taliban leaders for “kill or capture” without trial.
The military employs more and more drone aircraft to survey the battlefield and strike targets in Afghanistan, although their performance is less impressive than officially portrayed. Some crash or collide, forcing American troops to undertake risky retrieval missions before the Taliban can claim the drone’s weaponry.
How the coalition is increasingly using deadly Reaper drones to hunt and kill Taliban targets by remote control from a base in Nevada.
The Central Intelligence Agency has expanded paramilitary operations inside Afghanistan. The units launch ambushes, order airstrikes and conduct night raids. From 2001 to 2008, the C.I.A. paid the budget of Afghanistan’s spy agency and ran it as a virtual subsidiary.
How the Taliban have caused growing carnage with a massive escalation of their roadside bombing campaign, which has killed more than 2,000 civilians to date.
The Guardian has a very good collection of key documents here. WikiLeaks has the full document dump here. There are plenty of interesting details in the Guardian pieces, but if the bullet points above really are the biggest news from this trove, there’s not an awful lot there. The commando groups have hardly been a secret, while the increase in drone strikes, the CIA’s growing paramilitary activities, and the Taliban’s bombing campaign have not only not been a secret, they’ve practically been the center of PR campaigns to make sure everyone knows about them.
On the other hand, the news that the Taliban is using surface-to-air missiles is genuinely new, as is the revelation that even now the military isn’t entirely forthcoming about civilian casualties — though this apparently improved after Gen. Stanley McChrystal took over last year. Overall, however, the basic picture is basically the one we’ve known for a long time: a difficult, chaotic battlefield that’s shown little progress since the very beginning of the war.
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If you’ve been missing game night with friends, Jane Lynch has you covered.
By Heather Brooker • Published May 12, 2020 • Updated on May 12, 2020 at 11:34 am
Comedian and host of NBC’s “Hollywood Game Night” Jane Lynch is hosting virtual game night on May 12 in her home. And it’s all to raise money for Red Nose Day, a fundraiser aimed at providing help to children in poverty.
“So many people are facing profound loss and more uncertainty than ever before,” Lynch said. “All of us at ‘Hollywood Game Night’ wanted to do something positive and helpful during this current crisis and since we’re of no use to the heroic medical professionals, a special episode of the show for such a worthy cause seemed like the next best thing!”
Stars Kristen Bell, Sean Hayes, John Legend, Retta, Nick Jonas, and Kenan Thompson join Jane Lynch for a social distancing edition of 'Hollywood Game Night' on May 12, 10pm PT.
In a “Hollywood Game Night” first, Lynch will host remotely while Kristen Bell, Nick Jonas and Kenan Thompson go head-to-head with Sean Hayes, John Legend and Retta. The stars battle it out from their homes for a good cause. This year, funds from Red Nose Day will go specifically to helping children affected by COVID-19.
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The social distancing edition of “Hollywood Game Night” will air Tuesday, May 12, 10 p.m. PT on NBC. But don’t feel left out! Viewers can join in the games with free “Play at Home” games available at NBC.com/HGN.
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Scans show smart crows' brains are a lot like those of humans
Before brain scanning, a crow was exposed on and off for about 15 minutes to a person wearing either a caring mask or a threatening mask, but not both.Jack DeLap / University of Washington
Sept. 12, 2012, 5:49 PM UTC / Source: LiveScience
By By Megan Gannon
Crows don't forget a face — and they hold grudges, too.
Researchers in Seattle revealed last year that captured crows remember the face of their abductor. Even though years had passed since they saw the threatening face, the crows in the experiment would taunt their captor and dive-bomb him, suggesting the birds held tightly to a negative association.
Now the researchers' follow-up study shows that the birds' brains light up much like the human mind when they see a face they know.
"The regions of the crow brain that work together are not unlike those that work together in mammals, including humans," lead researcher John Marzluff of the University of Washington said in a statement from the school. "These regions were suspected to work in birds but not documented until now."
In the study, 12 male adult crows were captured by researchers who were all wearing one type of mask, referred to in the study as the threatening face. Then during four weeks of captivity, the birds were fed by people wearing a different mask. Though both disguises had neutral expressions, this mask was referred to as the caring face.
To see what was going on in the birds' brains when they saw both faces, the researchers injected a glucose fluid into the bodies of fully alert crows. The crows were then put in the presence of someone wearing either the threatening or caring mask for about 15 minutes before the birds were sedated and given a brain scan. [ Pretty Bird: Images of a Clever Parrot ]
The fluid revealed which parts of their brains were most active around a certain mask-wearer. Marzluff said it appears the smart birds have a region of their brain that is analogous to the amygdala of mammals.
"The amygdala is the region of the vertebrate brain where negative associations are stored as memories," he said in the statement. "Previous work primarily concerned its function in mammals, while our work shows that a similar system is at work in birds."
The study, detailed this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that caretakers might be able to reduce the stress of captive animals by treating them well and consistently.
"By feeding and caring for birds in captivity, their brain activity suggests that the birds view their keepers as valued social partners, rather than animals that must be feared," Marzluff said.
He added that the findings might even be used to make better behaved crows, suggesting that the birds could be manipulated to associate eating a rare species with a negative experience to train them to avoid a particular prey.
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HomeAll IndiaMaharashtra Assembly Elections 2019: Devendra Fadnavis Declares Assets Worth Rs 3.74 Crore
In his affidavit, the chief minister declared that his property valuation is Rs 3.78 crores today, up by about Rs 1.90 crores since 2014.
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Property valuation of the chief minister's wife Amruta Fadnavis declared to be Rs 99.3 lakh
Nagpur:
While filing his nomination papers, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday declared the value of his property to be Rs 3.78 crores as compared to Rs 1.81 crores in 2014.
In his affidavit, the chief minister declared that his property valuation is Rs 3.78 crores today, up by about Rs 1.90 crores since 2014. Increase in market value of the land was listed as the reason for increase in the figure.
Property valuation of his wife Amruta Fadnavis was also declared to be Rs 99.3 lakh as against Rs 42.60 lakhs in 2014.
In addition, Mr Fadnavis declared Rs 17,500 as cash in hand today as against Rs 50,000 in 2014. Bank deposits is Rs 8,29,665 as against Rs1,19,630 of 2014.
Mr Fadnavis also mentioned four private complaints against him in the election affidavit.
Of these four complaints, three were filed by Advocate Satish Ukey. Out of the three, the first case is referred back by the Supreme court to Judicial Magistrate. This case is filed under section 125 (A) of the People Representation Act.
Another case is pending before the High Court (HC) in which the complainant has mentioned sections 195, 181, 182, 199, 200 of the Indian Penal Code in his complaint but charges are yet to be framed.
The third case of a similar nature is pending before the Ad-Hoc Court. In this case, the IPC sections mentioned are 420, 406, 417 and 418 and charges are yet to be framed.
The fourth case was filed by Mohnish Jabalpure regarding transferring police department accounts to Axis Bank, which is pending before HC. In this case, HC has not issued a notice to CM Devendra Fadnavis so far.
In presence of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today filed his nomination from Nagpur South West for the Assembly polls.
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Railways Suspends Regular Passenger Services, 230 Special Trains To Continue
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Regular passenger and suburban train services will continue to remain suspended till further notice.
All IndiaPress Trust of IndiaUpdated: August 11, 2020 8:33 pm IST
The occupancy of special trains is being monitored on a regular basis. (File)
The Railways has stated that all regular passenger train services will remain suspended till further notice, but 230 special trains will continue to be in service.
"This is to bring to the notice of all concerned that as decided and informed earlier as well, regular passenger and suburban train services will continue to remain suspended till further notice," a statement from the Railways said.
"It may be noted that 230 Special Trains, which are running at present, will continue to operate. Local trains in Mumbai, which are presently being run on limited basis only on the requisition of state government, will also continue to run," it said.
The occupancy of special trains is being monitored on a regular basis and additional special trains may be run based on the requirement, the national carrier said.
However, all other regular trains and suburban trains run before the lockdown will remain suspended for the time being, it said.
All special trains - 12 pairs running on the Rajdhani routes since May 12 and 100 pairs operating since June 1 - will continue.
The limited special suburban services which began recently in Mumbai to ferry essential services personnel identified by the local authorities will also continue to run, officials said.
Earlier, the national transporter had suspended all services till August 12.
With the suspension of passenger trains indefinitely, Indian Railways has estimated a loss of around Rs 40,000 crore in its passenger business for this fiscal.
The extension of the suspension comes at a time when active COVID-19 cases in India stand at 6,39,929, while 15,83,489 people have recovered, according to the Union Health Ministry. On Tuesday, a single day spike of 53,601 COVID-19 cases pushed India's virus caseload to 22,68,675 with the death count climbing to 45,257.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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Sione excited for grand final rematch
Thu 10 Aug 2017, 04:35 PM
Sione Mata'utia was only five-years-old when the nib Newcastle Knights won their second premiership, but he says he's excited for this Friday's rematch when the team take on the Parramatta Eels at ANZ Stadium for the first time since that much celebrated night.
“It is no secret there’s been some talk,” smiled Mata’utia.
“The last time we played there was 2001 for the grand final and what great memories that was.
“We looked at some highlights from that game which definitely made the boys pretty keen to hurry up and get to the game.”
Before the team travelled down to Sydney on Thursday, players were treated to a visit from Club legend Danny Buderus.
“He definitely had some stories to talk about,” said Mata’utia.
“They had a lunch on the Thursday and talked about what the vibe was like between the two teams.
“They were confident to win so we want to take that mindset down to Sydney.”
The Knights' co-captain knows they’ll have their hands full when they take on an in-form Eels side this Friday.
“They are a crazy good attacking side and have some big boys that run hard,” stated Mata’utia.
“We are going to have to be on our game defensively because they can strike from anywhere on the park.
“They are dangerous with (Mitchell) Moses in their team and (Corey) Norman who is already a renowned strike player as well as their outside backs, which are just crazy good so we’re going to have to be on board.
“Their middles that come off the bench, carry the ball and run hard pretty much so we’re going to have to be good defensively if we want to try and give ourselves a chance to win.”
Mata’utia acknowledged they have been hitting some good form themselves of late.
“(Mitch) Barney is playing some good footy and the Saifiti’s are also playing some good footy while our halves are definitely directing the team a lot better,” he said.
“The forward pack has definitely stepped it up a bit and they’ve improved this season through the highs and lows.
“They are reaping their rewards of just training hard throughout the week to learn to improve their game.”
The Knights’ Round 23 encounter with the Eels will be at ANZ Stadium Friday night. NYC kick-off at 3.45pm before NRL at 6pm.
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DAO| A message from the Disability Access Officer about 2018/19 Tickets
You may have seen the recent appointment of Colin Faulkner as the Club's Disability Access Officer. As his first point of action in the role, Colin would like to bring the following information around Free Assistant Tickets and Accessibly Parking Applications to your attention. Please find all the information below.
The recent Emirates FA Cup run put the Club's ticketing systems under more pressure than it had endured in the Club’s recent history and, as a result, highlighted some areas of the ticketing system that needed improving. One of the points highlighted was a breakdown in “capturing information relevant to disabled supporters” and how the club could provide them with assistance to enjoy their matchday.
Due to new GDPR laws coming into effect last month, and our reason change of Ticket Systems, information held about disabled supporters cannot be migrated from past seasons. Therefore, the Club are taking the opportunity to begin again and ensure that accurate and relevant information is stored to improve the matchday experience.
The club will also be looking to work with Swansea City to replicate their service enable disabled supporters to purchase their tickets online. With this in mind, ALL disabled supporters that require a free assistant will need to register their details again before they can use the concession and have the access to the online system when it is in place.
We appreciate that some would have only just have produced information recently, but this is in the best interests of supporters. You will not then be asked to produce the evidence again until your DWP Award or other evidence you provide expires. Ideally the club wouldn’t ask for evidence; however, there have been incidents of people trying to take advantage of the concession when they do not require it and therefore to ensure that those who do require this added assistance receive it, we ask you to co-operate with this application system.
This registration started with those people who have renewed Season Tickets for the 2018/19 season and is now open for all other supporters who may need assistance at a match. Support will be available to help fill the details in on the relevant paperwork if required. To request an appointment, please contact the club’s Disabled Access Officer via email at dao.newportcounty@gmail.com. If you would prefer for someone to come to your home to assist you with your application, we can look into that also.
Accessible Parking Applications will also be processed through this form. No agreements for parking from last season will automatically carry over to 2018/19. The form can be found on our 2018/19 Season Ticket Page here: www.newport-county.co.uk/tickets/season-tickets.
Examples of how to complete the forms are below:
Click here for an example of a completed Accessibility Form
Click here for an example of a completed Disabled Supporter Season Ticket Form
Click here for an example of a completed Assistant Season Ticket Form
When applying for a Season Ticket an additional application form for your Assistant will be required.
Acceptance of the application is not a guarantee of a parking space.
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ST. LOUIS - Brian Elliott had another standout game in net, David Backes and Jori Lehtera had goals and the St. Louis Blues opened their first Western Conference final in 15 years with a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night.
Tomas Hertl scored on a first-period deflection for the Sharks, who outshot St. Louis 32-23 but couldn’t quite solve Elliott.
The Sharks were the best road team in the NHL in the regular season at 28-10-3, but have dropped four in a row on the road in these playoffs, including all three in the second round against Nashville. They had seven goals in three road losses to the Predators and were 0 for 5 on the power play, which had been a major plus. San Jose had been converting on 33 percent of its power plays in the postseason.
The Blues made good on their first chance with home ice advantage in the playoffs, although they’re just 4-4 at the Scottrade Center heading into Game 2 on Tuesday night.
Elliott was at his best — and got some luck — in the second period when the Blues were outshot 16-5, but got the lone goal when Lehtera scored unassisted. The goalie benefited from a quick whistle with 1:14 left when he unsuccessfully tried to smother the puck on a long dump-in by Melker Karlsson, and it slowly slid between his pads and off his stick into the net, just after play had been ruled dead.
Backes opened the scoring with a deflection and is tied with sharpshooter Vladimir Tarasenko for the team lead with seven goals in the playoffs. The team captain had 21 goals in the regular season.
Lehtera’s second of the playoffs came off an errant clearing attempt by Brent Burns for a 2-1 lead. He powered through on his shot after Chris Tierney got a piece of the stick.
Just 34 seconds elapsed between the opening goal by Backes and Hertl’s answering goal redirected a shot by Joe Pavelski with the puck bouncing past Elliott.
The Blues had just enough despite a third disallowed goal in the playoffs. Patrik Berglund’s deflection was waved off because of incidental contact with goalie Martin Jones, a call confirmed after video review.
NOTES: The Sharks totaled nine goals in Game 1 the first two rounds and were 2-0. The Blues had two, one in each game, and were 1-1. … Burns earned his 16th point of the postseason, second-most on the team, on the Sharks’ first goal. … There were no surprises in the scratches.
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NEWSCABAL > finance > MSCI, FTSE Russell cut Chinese telecom firms from global indexes
MSCI, FTSE Russell cut Chinese telecom firms from global indexes
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posted on Jan. 08, 2021 at 3:20 am
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Global index providers MSCI Inc and Russell said they would cut three Chinese telecom companies from their benchmarks in response to a U.S. investment ban, crushing the share prices and widening the fallout from the U.S. sanctions.
The deletions add to the suite of firms already cut from world indexes because of the U.S. government ban and it likely requires passive investors, such as index tracking funds, to sell the stocks.
In a statement dated Jan. 7, FTSE Russell said it would delete China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom Hong Kong from the FTSE Global Equity Index Series, the FTSE Global China A Inclusion Indexes and associated indexes. MSCI said it would remove them on Jan. 8.
Shares in the firms fell heavily, with China Mobile opening at an almost 15-year low, China Telecom hitting a decade low and China Unicom plumbing a 10-month trough. Losses have since pared, but the stocks remain down between 5% and 8% in morning trade.
The broader rose 0.4%. ()
“If you’re a passive index provider, of course you, need to get out of the way,” said Kay Van Petersen, global macro strategist at Saxo Capital Markets in Singapore.
“And obviously if you’re active and you know the index providers are going to have to get out of the way, you’re not going to just be sitting around while something is getting sold off.”
The index deletions are in response to a November order from President Donald Trump banning Americans from investing in Chinese companies that the U.S. deems to have links with China’s military from November 2021.
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FTSE had already removed 11 other companies from its indexes and MSCI had cut nine. The New York Stock Exchange said on Wednesday it would delist U.S.-traded American Depositary Receipts of the three telecoms on Jan. 11.
The latest deletions followed the U.S. Treasury department clarifying that the investment ban extends to subsidiaries with similar names to 35 companies on a Defense Department list of Chinese firms it says have military links.
China has described the U.S. moves as wanton oppression of its companies.
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President Ram Nath Kovind while speaking at the valedictory session of the 16th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas convention through video conferencing said that it’s an occasion to recall the ideals of Gandhiji for individual as well as collective life. He said the Indian diaspora champions Indian’s cause on global stage and that on this day in 1915 the greatest Pravasi Bhartiya Mahatma Gandhi returned to India.
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Home Companies Deal FirstBank takes advantage of Naira,Yuan swap deal to deepen Sino-Nigerian Cooperation
FirstBank takes advantage of Naira,Yuan swap deal to deepen Sino-Nigerian Cooperation
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L-R, Head, Foreign Banking Services, FirstBank, Ayotunde Fanimokun; Group Head, Products & Marketing Support, Abiodun Famuyiwa; Group Chairman, CIG Motors, Chief Diana Chen; Group Executive, Treasury & Financial Institutions, Ini Ebong and Group Head, CBG-Energy, FirstBank, Oluwatoyin Akinwuntan at the FirstBank Chinese Customer Forum 2018 held in Lagos yesterday.
As part of its strategic drive to strengthen business partnerships between Nigeria and China, First Bank of Nigeria Limited recently organised the FirstBank-Chinese Business forum. The event themed; Deepening Sino-Nigerian Cooperation was held on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos.
The FirstBank Chinese Business Forum was organised as part of the overarching strategy by the Bank to drive business conversations and the promotion of business and economic partnerships between Nigeria and China. Only recently, the Central Bank of Nigeria reached a currency swap agreement with the Peoples Bank of China in order to ease the burden of the liquidity issues faced by Nigerian business owners and Chinese manufacturers. Notably, FirstBank is among the four banks appointed as settlement banks in the deal.
Chief Diana Chen, the Group Chairman, CIG Motors was among the panelists at the plenary session and discussed the recently signed currency swap deal between the Chinese and the Nigeria governments, Lekki free trade zone and other collaboration between Nigeria and China. FirstBank’s Group Executive, Treasury & Financial Institutions, Ini Ebong; Head, Foreign Banking Services, Ayotunde Fanimokun and Group Head, Products & Marketing Support, Abiodun Famuyiwa joined in the plenary session with the Chinese industrialist. Mr. Ebong led the FirstBank’s team.
Speaking at the event, Adesola Adeduntan, the MD/CEO, First Bank of Nigeria Limited & Subsidiaries said; “The business relationship between China and Nigeria is of great importance to us hence the establishment of our Representative Office in Beijing, China in 2010, to cater to the growing needs of Sino-Nigeria businesses, and to provide support in channeling trade flows between the two countries. Our promise is that we will always deliver the ultimate gold standard of value and financial excellence as we put customers at the heart of our business.”
With the establishment of its representative office in China, FirstBank became the first Nigerian bank to record its presence in the Asian country and has since been a financial gateway in promoting business between China and Nigeria, a recognition that earned the Bank an invitation as a member of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) to promote the strategic advancement of the China Belt and Road Initiative, the United Nations 2030 agenda and the African Union 2063 development strategies for African economies.
The FirstBank-Chinese business forum is one of the bank’s efforts to drive better customer services culture as part of its service excellence initiative.
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Preparing to Send Your Food-Allergic Child to School
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Download the National Jewish Health Food Allergy Action Plan (pdf).
The first day of school can be an anxious time for parents as well as their children. It is an especially anxious time for parents of food-allergic children. For many it is the first time that their food-allergic children are on their own, away from their parents, making independent decisions about food. That can be excruciating for parents.
“Navigating food allergies in a non-allergic world is a huge challenge, and the first-day of school is a major milestone,” said licensed clinical social worker Jennifer Moyer Darr. Ms. Darr works with families at National Jewish Health, helping them cope with the demands of parenting a food-allergic child. “With proper preparation, however, parents can let their children venture out on their own reassured that the school will provide a safe environment. ”
Ms. Darr offers advice for parents who are sending their food-allergic children to school for the first time, or to a new school
Meet with school officials -- early. Don’t wait until just before school begins to alert school staff about your child’s food allergies. If possible, meet with the principal, teachers, nurse, and cafeteria staff, in the spring or summer before your child starts a new school.
Parents can inform school officials about their child’s allergies and special precautions that need to be taken. They can also learn from staff about the various measures and precautions schools already have in place for food-allergic children. Below are some questions and talking points for discussions with school officials:
Inform them about your child’s allergies, symptoms and needs.
Ask how the school staff generally manage food allergies.
Ask about Epi-pens. Where does the school keep them, who has access to them, and how would my child receive an Epi-pen injection if she needed one?
Written Plan. If possible, develop with school staff a written plan for your child that can outline necessary information and actions to prevent exposures, recognize reactions and respond to accidental exposures. Download the National Jewish Health Food Allergy Action Plan (pdf). The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (http://www.foodallergy.org) and the American Association of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (http://www.aaaai.org/patients/food_allergy_guidelines.stm) are also rich sources of all sorts of information about food allergies.
Lunch seating. Many schools now have a separate table in the cafeteria for food-allergic children. Although many schools and parents feel safer with separate seating, most school-age food-allergic children can be safe sitting with their classmates at lunch.
“Eating is a social activity that takes on more importance as children grow older,” said Ms. Darr. “Parents and children need to weigh the issues of safety, anxiety and healthy social interactions when making a decision about where to eat.”
Studies have shown that common cleaning agents effectively remove peanut butter from cafeteria tables. Research has also shown that skin contact with allergenic foods causes a much milder reaction than eating the food.
“The vast majority of moderate to severe allergic reactions to foods are the result of accidentally eating the food,” said Dan Atkins, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at National Jewish Health. “Touching the food may cause local contact reactions, but almost never leads to a severe reaction.”
Children who understand their allergies, are aware of the importance of avoiding potentially allergenic foods, and can be counted on to make safe choices should be able to sit at the table of their choice.
Some young children may be prone to taking food off another child’s plate or accepting foods given to them by other children. Those children require more supervision and distance from their peers. Sometimes a fully separate table is not necessary. A separate desk at the end of the cafeteria table allows for both increased safety and social inclusion. Although it may not be necessary to sit at a food-allergy table, a child’s comfort level and preference should also be considered.
Tour the cafeteria. Although many parents pack lunches for their children, others may want to have the school cafeteria as a possible alternative. Talk to food-service staff to learn if they do anything special for food-allergic children, where the food comes from, and precautions they take against cross-contamination to learn what might be safe for a child to eat.
Show and tell. If your child is comfortable, it can be valuable to have him tell the class about food allergies. What they are allergic to, foods that contain the allergens, what happens when they have a reaction, what students should do if they see the child having a reaction.
Pictures. In the classroom, pictures of a child with a label about his/her food allergy can help alert anyone who enters the room. You can place one on the classroom wall and a smaller one on the child’s desk, which can serve as a secondary reminder when snacks are served.
Safe snacks. Give the teacher a small supply of safe snacks for your child in case someone brings in an allergenic snack for the class.
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December 2019 Vol. 11 Issue 12
Understanding the Clinical Use of a Specific Form of Colloidal Silver
Sponsored by Natural Immunogenics Corp
In this interview, Robert MacCuspie, PhD, discusses the safety and efficacy of bioactive silver hydrosol, a special form of colloidal silver. MacCuspie also describes the various clinical applications, dosages, and how to best use this product in clinical practice.
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Robert MacCuspie, PhD, is the director of science for Natural Immunogenics Corporation. He holds a PhD in nanotechnology and materials chemistry and has 20 years of experience in nanotechnology, including over 12 years specifically in silver nanotechnology. MacCuspie has worked for several US national labs, including the US Food and Drug Administration, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where he developed their silver nanoparticle reference materials and was an international leader in nanomaterial environmental health and safety research. MacCuspie was the first faculty and director of Nanotechnology & Multifunctional Materials programs at Florida Polytechnic University and served on their board of trustees. MacCuspie holds 1 US patent and has written 2 book chapters and 42 peer-reviewed manuscripts, which have been cited more than 2,900 times with an h-index of 29.
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October 2015 - Has you itching to write out your list to Santa
Book Elf the Musical tickets for a festive treat starring Girls Aloud’s Kimberley Walsh
Based on the 2003 film of the same name starring Will Ferrell, Elf! The Musical arrives at the Dominion Theatre for the 2015/2016 festive season!
Like the film, Elf! The Musical tells the tale of an orphan who crawls into Santa’s sack one year as he does his Christmas present drop. Santa, being a kind hearted soul, takes the orphan in, naming him “Buddy” and later allows him to work alongside his band of trusted elves. However as Buddy grows to a normal human size, towering above his fellow elves, Santa is forced to reveal to him his true identity. In a bid to find his birth father and find his true identity, Buddy heads off to New York City…
Soon discovering he is not in the North Pole anymore, Buddy meets an array of people, some of which are not as aglow with the magic of Christmas as he is used to!
Buddy meets department store elf, Jovie, and the pair form an unlikely friendship, learning from one another a deeper meaning of holiday spirit.
Elf! The Musical had a successful run on Broadway in 2010-11 holiday season and was revived again in 2012. The now transfers to London following sell out runs in Dublin and Plymouth.
ITV Superstar winner, Ben Forster and Girls Aloud star, Kimberley Walsh, will play Buddy and Jovie. Forster has previously been seen in Jesus Christ Superstar, The Rocky Horror Show and Evita. Kimberley was last seen in the West End as Princess Fiona in Shrek the Musical.
Other cast members will include Jennie Dale as Deb, Graham Lappin as Store Manager and Mark McKerracher as Santa.
With a book by Tony Award winners Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin and with music by Tony Award nominees Chad Beguelin and Matthew Sklar, the show looks set to be a success!
Elf! The Musical is a family friendly Christmas show open to children over the age of the 4. It is worth nothing that each child needs their own ticket and babes in arms will not be admitted.
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Home Clean fuel USA: El Paso Pipeline Partners Agrees to Acquire Additional Interest in SNG
USA: El Paso Pipeline Partners Agrees to Acquire Additional Interest in SNG
El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. announced today that it has agreed to acquire an additional 22-percent interest in Southern Natural Gas Company (SNG) from El Paso Corporation for $587 million.
The acquisition will increase El Paso Pipeline Partners’ interest in SNG to 82-percent. El Paso Corporation has granted El Paso Pipeline Partners a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 3-percent interest in SNG at a price of approximately $26.7 million per one percent interest purchased.
“The acquisition of additional interests in SNG continues our momentum from 2010 and allows us to maintain our excellent distribution growth profile,” said Jim Yardley, president and chief executive officer for the general partner of El Paso Pipeline Partners. “In addition to providing immediate accretion to our unitholders, this acquisition increases our interest in SNG which is strategically located in the region with the highest expected growth rate for natural gas demand in the country.”
El Paso Pipeline Partners expects to finance the transaction in a manner consistent with its current and target capital structure, which may include debt incurred under the partnership’s revolving credit facility, the issuance of public securities and the issuance of a promissory note to El Paso Corporation. The transaction is expected to close by the end of March 2011.
Management intends to recommend to the Board of Directors of the general partner an increase in the quarterly cash distribution to $0.46 per unit, or $1.84 per unit on an annualized basis, beginning with the first quarter 2011 distribution, which will be declared and paid in the second quarter 2011. This would represent an increase of 5 percent from the fourth quarter 2010 distribution of $0.44 per unit and an increase of 21 percent above the partnership’s first quarter 2010 distribution of $0.38 per unit.
The terms of the transaction were unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of the general partner, El Paso Pipeline GP Company, L.L.C., based in part on the unanimous approval and recommendation of the Board’s conflicts committee, which is comprised entirely of independent directors. The conflicts committee engaged Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. to act as its independent financial advisor and to render a fairness opinion.
El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership formed by El Paso Corporation to own and operate natural gas transportation pipelines and storage assets. El Paso Corporation owns a 49 percent limited partner interest and 2 percent general partner interest in the partnership. Prior to the closing of this transaction, El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. owns Wyoming Interstate Company (WIC), Southern LNG Company, L.L.C. (SLNG), Elba Express Company, L.L.C. (Elba Express), a 60 percent interest in Southern Natural Gas Company (SNG), and a 58 percent interest in Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG). WIC and CIG are interstate pipeline systems serving the Rocky Mountain region, SLNG owns the Elba Island LNG storage and regasification terminal near Savannah, Georgia, and both Elba Express and SNG are interstate pipeline systems serving the southeastern region of the United States.
Source: El Paso Pipeline Partners, March 7, 2011;
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Jockey Club Derby 2019: Entries & Odds
2019 Jockey Club Derby Results
A Thread of Blue (Leonard C. Green) and Henley's Joy (Bloom Racing Stables) square off in the $1 million Jockey Club Derby Invitational, the third and final leg of the Turf Trinity at Belmont Park on Saturday, September 7.
The 37-day Belmont Park fall meet begins Friday, offering 45 stakes worth $11.525 million in purse money and eight Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" qualifiers held over two weekends.
Saturday's card features the conclusion of the innovative Turf Triple Series, with NBC presenting live coverage and analysis of the $750,000 Jockey Club Oaks and Jockey Club Derby, a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race offering a berth in the Longines Turf, as part of a nationwide broadcast from 4:30-6 p.m. Eastern.
The stakes-laden card will also include the first running of the $300,000 Grand Prix American Jockey Club Invitational for 3-year-olds and up at 1 ½ miles on Big Sandy.
2019 Jockey Club Derby Odds & Entries
Race 10 at Belmont Park on Saturday, September 07 - Post 5:47 PM
1 A Thread of Blue 4-1 Luis Saez
122 Lbs Kiaran McLaughlin
2 Current 15-1 Junior Alvarado
122 Lbs Todd Pletcher
3 Henley's Joy 5-1 Jose Lezcano
122 Lbs Michael Maker
4 Pedro Cara (FR) 12-1 Tony Piccone
122 Lbs Mauricio Delcher
5 San Huberto (IRE) 10-1 Flavien Prat
122 Lbs Fabrice Chappet
6 Tone Broke 10-1 John Velazquez
122 Lbs Steven Asmussen
7 Kadar 15-1 Manuel Franco
8 Digital Age (IRE) 5-2 Javier Castellano
9 Spanish Mission 3-1 Jamie Spencer
122 Lbs David Simcock
Henley's Joy, who kicked off the Turf Trinity in July with a 20-1 upset of the Grade 1 Belmont Derby Invitational for trainer Mike Maker, will be joined by Digital Age in the 1 ½-mile Jockey Club Derby as the only two horses to contest all three legs.
A Thread of Blue, trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, made every pole a winning one in the second leg of the Turf Trinity, the inaugural edition of the $1 million Saratoga Derby.
Saturday's rubber match will feature a field of nine contenders, including international shippers from France, England and Canada.
"It would be fabulous to win two legs, but we're just happy to be in it with a big chance," said McLaughlin.
A Thread of Blue, a dark bay son of Hard Spun, boasts a record of 5-2-1 from 10 starts. He picked up his first stakes win at Gulfstream in February taking the Dania Beach by 3 ½-lengths, ahead of a score in the Grade 3 Palm Beach at the Hallandale oval.
Following a narrow defeat to Digital Age in the Grade 2 American Turf at Churchill Downs in May, A Thread of Blue landed fourth in the Grade 2 Penn Mile on June 1.
Last out, with regular pilot Luis Saez aboard, A Thread of Blue took command of the 11-horse Saratoga Derby field from the gate and stayed strong to the wire for a convincing win.
McLaughlin said he is a little concerned about both the distance and weather heading into Saturday's test.
"We're not too sure about the distance and a few days ago there was no rain in the forecast, but now we have rain. He prefers it firm, so hopefully it doesn't get too soft," said McLaughlin. "He's trained great coming into it and he's run very well. We hope it stays firm. It will be a fresh new course."
Saez will guide A Thread of Blue from the inside post.
Henley's Joy, a chestnut son of Kitten's Joy, has four wins and three seconds from 12 career starts. A maiden winner at first asking last July at Ellis Park, Henley's Joy has a flair for the dramatic winning the Kentucky Downs Juvenile by a head last September ahead of a narrow nose defeat in the Grade 3 Bourbon at Keeneland in October. His additional runner-up efforts include a neck loss in the Kitten's Joy at Gulfstream Park in January and a half-length miss in the Grade 3 Transylvania at Keeneland in April.
With Jose Lezcano aboard for the first time, the hard-luck Henley's Joy enjoyed a perfect trip in the Belmont Derby. Settled in third position along the rail, Henley's Joy kicked on gamely down the lane to defeat Social Paranoia by three-quarters of a length.
With Lezcano up for the third time, Henley's Joy will depart from post 3.
Maker will also saddle Phoenix Thoroughbred III's Kadar, a Kentucky-bred son of Scat Daddy, who launched his career in England with a win at Haydock for then trainer Karl Burke. He finished third on July 18 in his North American debut in a 1 1/6-mile optional-claimer at Saratoga, ahead of finishing seventh in the Saratoga Derby.
With Manny Franco up, Kadar will emerge from post 7.
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Earle Mack and Team Valor's Spanish Mission, trained by David Simcock, will ship to New York from his base in England for his North American debut in the Jockey Club Derby.
The Noble Mission bay, bred in Kentucky by St. Elias Stables, captured the Group 3 Bahrain Trophy in July at Newmarket and enters the 1 1/2-mile Jockey Club Derby, from a good third in the Group 3 Qatar Gordon on August 1 at Goodwood.
Jamie Spencer retains the mount from post 9.
L and N Racing's Ontario-bred Tone Broke captured two-thirds of the Canadian Triple Crown with wins in the Prince of Wales on dirt at Fort Erie and the Breeders' at 1 ½-miles on turf at Woodbine in his grass debut.
Trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, the dark bay son of Broken Vow has won four of 11 starts. He will be piloted by Hall of Famer John Velazquez from post XX.
OTI Racing's Irish-bred San Huberto, a bay son of Speightstown, ships in from France for trainer Fabrice Chappet. A three-time winner from five starts, San Huberto owns a pair of listed stakes wins including the Coupe des Trois Ans at Lyon Parilly at 12-furlongs in May and the Prix Club Hipico Concepcion - Prix Michel Houyvet at 1 ¾-miles on August 4 at Deauville.
Kentucky Derby-winning rider Flavien Prat has the call from post 5.
Cuadra Miranda SLU's Pedro Cara, a French-bred son of Pedro the Great, has won two of five starts in his native France. Trained by Mauricio Delcher, Pedro Cara captured the listed Prix Frederic de Lagrange over 12 furlongs of soft turf on July 19 at Vichy.
Tony Piccone retains the mount from post 4.
Klaravich Stables' Digital Age, a bay son of Invincible Spirit, has won three-of-five starts for three-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown.
A winner at first asking on the Tampa Bay Downs turf in January, Digital Age followed up with a head score in his stakes debut in the Columbia in March. With Irad Ortiz, Jr. up, Digital Age made the grade with a rallying effort in the Grade 2 American Turf in May.
Freshened into the first leg of the Turf Trinity on July 6, Digital Age rallied from 12th to finish fourth, defeated less than three lengths by Henley's Joy. Last out, in the Saratoga Derby, Digital Age closed to complete the exacta behind A Thread of Blue.
Hall of Famer Javier Castellano will partner with Digital Age for the first time in the Jockey Club Derby, leaving from post 8.
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Robert LaPenta and Dixiana Farms' Current, a chestnut son of Curlin, bested Henley's Joy by a nose in October to win the Grade 3 Bourbon.
Although winless since making the grade, Current has hit the board with a third in the Dania Beach and a rallying second in the Jersey Derby last out on August 18 at Monmouth Park.
Junior Alvarado has the call from post 2.
NYRA will celebrate the 2019 Turf Triple Series by offering fans $3 general admission tickets, as well as "Triple Specials" that will include $3 Post Parade programs, hot dogs and concessions throughout Belmont Park.
The first 23 days of the 37-day Belmont fall meet will be held at Belmont Park before the action shifts to Aqueduct Racetrack for Belmont at the Big A beginning on October 11 and continuing through October 27.
The Jockey Club Derby is slated as Race 10 on Saturday's 11-race card. First post is 1 p.m. with entry gates open to the public at 11 a.m.
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National anthem: The best of Republic of Korea in Rio
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Quantitative Phosphoproteomics Analysis of ERBB3/ERBB4 Signaling.
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ABSTRACT: The four members of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR/ERBB) family form homo- and heterodimers which mediate ligand-specific regulation of many key cellular processes in normal and cancer tissues. While signaling through the EGFR has been extensively studied on the molecular level, signal transduction through ERBB3/ERBB4 heterodimers is less well understood. Here, we generated isogenic mouse Ba/F3 cells that express full-length and functional membrane-integrated ERBB3 and ERBB4 or ERBB4 alone, to serve as a defined cellular model for biological and phosphoproteomics analysis of ERBB3/ERBB4 signaling. ERBB3 co-expression significantly enhanced Ba/F3 cell proliferation upon neuregulin-1 (NRG1) treatment. For comprehensive signaling studies we performed quantitative mass spectrometry (MS) experiments to compare the basal ERBB3/ERBB4 cell phosphoproteome to NRG1 treatment of ERBB3/ERBB4 and ERBB4 cells. We employed a workflow comprising differential isotope labeling with mTRAQ reagents followed by chromatographic peptide separation and final phosphopeptide enrichment prior to MS analysis. Overall, we identified 9686 phosphorylation sites which could be confidently localized to specific residues. Statistical analysis of three replicate experiments revealed 492 phosphorylation sites which were significantly changed in NRG1-treated ERBB3/ERBB4 cells. Bioinformatics data analysis recapitulated regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase and Akt pathways, but also indicated signaling links to cytoskeletal functions and nuclear biology. Comparative assessment of NRG1-stimulated ERBB4 Ba/F3 cells revealed that ERBB3 did not trigger defined signaling pathways but more broadly enhanced phosphoproteome regulation in cells expressing both receptors. In conclusion, our data provide the first global picture of ERBB3/ERBB4 signaling and provide numerous potential starting points for further mechanistic studies.
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Quantitative phosphoproteomics analysis of ERBB3/ERBB4 signaling
Project description:The four members of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR/ERBB) family form homo- and heterodimers which mediate ligand-specific regulation of many key cellular processes in normal and cancer tissues. While signaling through the EGFR has been extensively studied on the molecular level, signal transduction through ERBB3/ERBB4 heterodimers is less well understood. Here, we generated isogenic mouse Ba/F3 cells that express full-length and functional membrane-integrated ERBB3 and ERBB4 or ERBB4 alone, to serve as a defined cellular model for biological and phosphoproteomics analysis of ERBB3/ERBB4 signaling. ERBB3 co-expression significantly enhanced Ba/F3 cell proliferation upon neuregulin-1 (NRG1) treatment. For comprehensive signaling studies we performed quantitative mass spectrometry (MS) experiments to compare the basal ERBB3/ERBB4 cell phosphoproteome to NRG1 treatment of ERBB3/ERBB4 and ERBB4 cells. We employed a workflow comprising differential isotope labeling with mTRAQ reagents followed by chromatographic peptide separation and final phosphopeptide enrichment prior to MS analysis. Overall, we identified 9686 phosphorylation sites which could be confidently localized to specific residues. Statistical analysis of three replicate experiments revealed 492 phosphorylation sites which were significantly changed in NRG1-treated ERBB3/ERBB4 cells. Bioinformatics data analysis recapitulated regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase and Akt pathways, but also indicated signaling links to cytoskeletal functions and nuclear biology. Comparative assessment of NRG1-stimulated ERBB4 Ba/F3 cells indicated that ERBB3 did not trigger defined signaling pathways but more broadly enhanced phosphoproteome regulation in cells expressing both receptors. In conclusion, our data provide the first global picture of ERBB3/ERBB4 signaling and provide numerous potential starting points for further mechanistic studies
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Neuregulin-1/erbB activities with focus on the susceptibility of the heart to anthracyclines.
Project description:Neuregulin-1 (NRG1) signaling through the tyrosine kinase receptors erbB2 and erbB4 is required for cardiac morphogenesis, and it plays an essential role in maintaining the myocardial architecture during adulthood. The tyrosine kinase receptor erbB2 was first linked to the amplification and overexpression of erbb2 gene in a subtype of breast tumor cells, which is indicative of highly proliferative cells and likely a poor prognosis following conventional chemotherapy. The development of targeted therapies to block the survival of erbB2-positive cancer cells revealed that impaired NRG1 signaling through erbB2/erbB4 heterodimers combined with anthracycline chemotherapy may lead to dilated cardiomyopathy in a subpopulation of treated patients. The ventricular-specific deletion of either erbb2 or erbb4 manifested dilated cardiomyopathy, which is aggravated by the administration of doxorubicin. Based on the exacerbated toxicity displayed by the combined treatment, it is expected that the relevant pathways would be affected in a synergistic manner. This review examines the NRG1 activities that were monitored in different model systems, focusing on the emerging pathways and molecular targets, which may aid in understanding the acquired dilated cardiomyopathy that occurs under the conditions of NRG1-deficient signaling.
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Response to ERBB3-Directed Targeted Therapy in NRG1-Rearranged Cancers.
Project description:NRG1 rearrangements are oncogenic drivers that are enriched in invasive mucinous adenocarcinomas (IMA) of the lung. The oncoprotein binds ERBB3-ERBB2 heterodimers and activates downstream signaling, supporting a therapeutic paradigm of ERBB3/ERBB2 inhibition. As proof of concept, a durable response was achieved with anti-ERBB3 mAb therapy (GSK2849330) in an exceptional responder with an NRG1-rearranged IMA on a phase I trial (NCT01966445). In contrast, response was not achieved with anti-ERBB2 therapy (afatinib) in four patients with NRG1-rearranged IMA (including the index patient post-GSK2849330). Although in vitro data supported the use of either ERBB3 or ERBB2 inhibition, these clinical results were consistent with more profound antitumor activity and downstream signaling inhibition with anti-ERBB3 versus anti-ERBB2 therapy in an NRG1-rearranged patient-derived xenograft model. Analysis of 8,984 and 17,485 tumors in The Cancer Genome Atlas and MSK-IMPACT datasets, respectively, identified NRG1 rearrangements with novel fusion partners in multiple histologies, including breast, head and neck, renal, lung, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, and uterine cancers.Significance: This series highlights the utility of ERBB3 inhibition as a novel treatment paradigm for NRG1-rearranged cancers. In addition, it provides preliminary evidence that ERBB3 inhibition may be more optimal than ERBB2 inhibition. The identification of NRG1 rearrangements across various solid tumors supports a basket trial approach to drug development. Cancer Discov; 8(6); 686-95. ©2018 AACR.See related commentary by Wilson and Politi, p. 676This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 663.
Neuregulin-1/ErbB signaling serves distinct functions in myelination of the peripheral and central nervous system.
Project description:Understanding the control of myelin formation by oligodendrocytes is essential for treating demyelinating diseases. Neuregulin-1 (NRG1) type III, an EGF-like growth factor, is essential for myelination in the PNS. It is thus thought that NRG1/ErbB signaling also regulates CNS myelination, a view suggested by in vitro studies and the overexpression of dominant-negative ErbB receptors. To directly test this hypothesis, we generated a series of conditional null mutants that completely lack NRG1 beginning at different stages of neural development. Unexpectedly, these mice assemble normal amounts of myelin. In addition, double mutants lacking oligodendroglial ErbB3 and ErbB4 become myelinated in the absence of any stimulation by neuregulins. In contrast, a significant hypermyelination is achieved by transgenic overexpression of NRG1 type I or NRG1 type III. Thus, NRG1/ErbB signaling is markedly different between Schwann cells and oligodendrocytes that have evolved an NRG/ErbB-independent mechanism of myelination control.
Tumor-specific apoptosis caused by deletion of the ERBB3 pseudo-kinase in mouse intestinal epithelium.
Project description:Pharmacologic blockade of EGFR or the closely related receptor ERBB2 has modest efficacy against colorectal cancers in the clinic. Although the upregulation of ERBB3, a pseudo-kinase member of the EGFR/ERBB family, is known to contribute to EGFR inhibitor resistance in other cancers, its functions in normal and malignant intestinal epithelium have not been defined. We have shown here that the intestinal epithelium of mice with intestine-specific genetic ablation of Erbb3 exhibits no cytological abnormalities but does exhibit loss of expression of ERBB4 and sensitivity to intestinal damage. By contrast, intestine-specific Erbb3 ablation resulted in almost complete absence of intestinal tumors in the ApcMin mouse model of colon cancer. Unlike nontransformed epithelium lacking ERBB3, intestinal tumors lacking ERBB3 had reduced PI3K/AKT signaling, which led to attenuation of tumorigenesis via a tumor-specific increase in caspase-3-mediated apoptosis. Consistent with the mouse data, which suggest that ERBB3-ERBB4 heterodimers contribute to colon cancer survival, experimentally induced loss of ERBB3 in a KRAS mutant human colon cancer cell line was associated with loss of ERBB4 expression, and siRNA knockdown of either ERBB3 or ERBB4 resulted in elevated levels of apoptosis. These results indicate that the ERBB3 pseudo-kinase has essential roles in supporting intestinal tumorigenesis and suggest that ERBB3 may be a promising target for the treatment of colorectal cancers.
Expression of NRG1 and its receptors in human bladder cancer.
Project description:Therapies targeting ERBB2 have shown success in the clinic. However, response is not determined solely by expression of ERBB2. Levels of ERBB3, its preferred heterodimerisation partner and ERBB ligands may also have a role.We measured NRG1 expression by real-time quantitative RT-PCR and ERBB receptors by western blotting and immunohistochemistry in bladder tumours and cell lines.NRG1? and NRG1? showed significant coordinate expression. NRG1? was upregulated in 78% of cell lines. In tumours, there was a greater range of expression with a trend towards increased NRG1? with higher stage and grade. Increased expression of ERBB proteins was detected in 15% (EGFR), 20% (ERBB2), 41% (ERBB3) and 0% (ERBB4) of cell lines. High EGFR expression was detected in 28% of tumours, associated with grade and stage (P=0.05; P=0.04). Moderate or high expression of ERBB2 was detected in 22% and was associated with stage (P=0.025). Cytoplasmic ERBB3 was associated with high tumour grade (P=0.01) and with ERBB2 positivity. In cell lines, NRG1? expression was significantly inversely related to ERBB3, but this was not confirmed in tumours.There is a wide spectrum of NRG1 and ERBB receptor expression in bladder cancer. In advanced tumours, EGFR, ERBB2 and ERBB3 upregulation is common and there is a relationship between expression of ERBB2 and ERBB3 but not the NRG1 ligand.
Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 expression is regulated by beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme-1-neuregulin cascade.
Project description:Neuregulin-1 (NRG1) and Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 (DISC1) are promising susceptibility factors for schizophrenia. Both are multifunctional proteins with roles in a variety of neurodevelopmental processes, including progenitor cell proliferation, migration, and differentiation. Here, we provide evidence linking these factors together in a single pathway, which is mediated by ErbB receptors and PI3K/Akt. We show that signaling by NRG1 and NRG2, but not NRG3, increase expression of an isoform of DISC1 in vitro. Receptors ErbB2 and ErbB3, but not ErbB4, are responsible for transducing this effect, and PI3K/Akt signaling is also required. In NRG1 knockout mice, this DISC1 isoform is selectively reduced during neurodevelopment. Furthermore, a similar decrease in DISC1 expression is seen in beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme-1 (BACE1) knockout mice, in which NRG1/Akt signaling is reportedly impaired. In contrast to neuronal DISC1 that was reported and characterized, expression of DISC1 in other types of cells in the brain has not been addressed. Here we demonstrate that DISC1, like NRG and ErbB proteins, is expressed in neurons, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglia, and radial progenitors. These findings may connect NRG1, ErbBs, Akt, and DISC1 in a common pathway, which may regulate neurodevelopment and contribute to susceptibility to schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia susceptibility pathway neuregulin 1-ErbB4 suppresses Src upregulation of NMDA receptors.
Project description:Hypofunction of the N-methyl D-aspartate subtype of glutamate receptor (NMDAR) is hypothesized to be a mechanism underlying cognitive dysfunction in individuals with schizophrenia. For the schizophrenia-linked genes NRG1 and ERBB4, NMDAR hypofunction is thus considered a key detrimental consequence of the excessive NRG1-ErbB4 signaling found in people with schizophrenia. However, we show here that neuregulin 1?-ErbB4 (NRG1?-ErbB4) signaling does not cause general hypofunction of NMDARs. Rather, we find that, in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, NRG1?-ErbB4 signaling suppresses the enhancement of synaptic NMDAR currents by the nonreceptor tyrosine kinase Src. NRG1?-ErbB4 signaling prevented induction of long-term potentiation at hippocampal Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses and suppressed Src-dependent enhancement of NMDAR responses during theta-burst stimulation. Moreover, NRG1?-ErbB4 signaling prevented theta burst-induced phosphorylation of GluN2B by inhibiting Src kinase activity. We propose that NRG1-ErbB4 signaling participates in cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia by aberrantly suppressing Src-mediated enhancement of synaptic NMDAR function.
Hepatitis C Virus Activates a Neuregulin-Driven Circuit to Modify Surface Expression of Growth Factor Receptors of the ErbB Family.
Project description:Recently, the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR), a member of the ErbB receptor family, and its down-stream signalling have been identified as co-factors for HCV entry and replication. Since EGFR also functions as a heterodimer with other ErbB receptor family members, the subject of the present study was to investigate a possible viral interference with these cellular components. By using genotype 1b replicon cells as well as an infection-based system we found that while transcript and protein levels of EGFR and ErbB2 were up-regulated or unaffected, respectively, HCV induced a substantial reduction of ErbB3 and ErbB4 expression. Down-regulation of ErbB3 expression by HCV involves specificity protein (Sp)1-mediated induction of Neuregulin (NRG)1 expression as well as activation of Akt. Consistently, at transcript level disruption of ErbB3 expression by HCV can be prevented by knockdown of NRG1 or Sp1 expression, whereas reconstitution of ErbB3 protein levels requires inhibition of HCV-induced NRG1 expression and of Akt activity. Interestingly, the NRG1-mediated suppression of ErbB3 expression by HCV results in an enhanced expression of EGFR and ErbB2 on the cell surface, which can be mimicked by siRNA-mediated knockdown of ErbB3 expression. These data delineate a novel mechanism enabling HCV to sway the composition of the ErbB family members on the surface of its host cell by an NRG1-driven circuit and unravels a yet unknown cross-regulation between ErbB3 and the two other family members ErbB2 and EGFR. The shift of the receptor surface expression of the ErbB family towards enhanced expression of ErbB2 and EGFR triggered by HCV was found to promote viral RNA replication and infectivity. This suggests that HCV rearranges expression of ErbB family members to adapt the cellular environment to its requirements.
Peripheral Transcription of NRG-ErbB Pathway Genes Are Upregulated in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia.
Project description:Investigation of peripheral gene expression patterns of transcripts within the NRG-ErbB signaling pathway, other than neuregulin-1 (NRG1), among patients with schizophrenia and more specifically treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) is limited. The present study built on our previous work demonstrating elevated levels of NRG1 EGF?, EGF?, and type I(Ig2) containing transcripts in TRS by investigating 11 NRG-ErbB signaling pathway mRNA transcripts (NRG2, ErbB1, ErbB2, ErbB3, ErbB4, PIK3CD, PIK3R3, AKT1, mTOR, P70S6K, eIF4EBP1) in whole blood of TRS patients (N?=?71) and healthy controls (N?=?57). We also examined the effect of clozapine exposure on transcript levels using cultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from 15 healthy individuals. Five transcripts (ErbB3, PIK3CD, AKT1, P70S6K, eIF4EBP1) were significantly elevated in TRS patients compared to healthy controls but only expression of P70S6K (Pcorrected?=?0.018), a protein kinase linked to protein synthesis, cell growth, and cell proliferation, survived correction for multiple testing using the Benjamini-Hochberg method. Investigation of clinical factors revealed that ErbB2, PIK3CD, PIK3R3, AKT1, mTOR, and P70S6K expression were negatively correlated with duration of illness. However, no transcript was associated with chlorpromazine equivalent dose or clozapine plasma levels, the latter supported by our in vitro PBMC clozapine exposure experiment. Taken together with previously published NRG1 results, our findings suggest an overall upregulation of transcripts within the NRG-ErbB signaling pathway among individuals with schizophrenia some of which attenuate over duration of illness. Follow-up studies are needed to determine if the observed peripheral upregulation of transcripts within the NRG-ErbB signaling pathway are specific to TRS or are a general blood-based marker of schizophrenia.
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WEEKEND RECAP: LOADS OF NPSL ACTION
A busy weekend of matches began on Friday with the ISNSoccer.com Game of the Week as Detroit City FC defeated rival AFC Cleveland 3-2 in front of a home crowd of over 3,000 supporters.
With the stakes high and time winding down, Detroit’s Seb Harris delivered. Off a corner kick in the 88th minute, Cyrus Saydee delivered a ball to Harris, who got enough on the cross to score what would be the game-winning goal.
Corinthians FC SA remain on top of the conference after an impressive 5-0 win over Liverpool Warriors. The result maintains Corinthians FC SA’s top spot as they now have a perfect six points with an impressive 8-1 goal difference from the opening two matches.
Miami Fusion FC rebounded from a 5-1 defeat to Miami United last weekend to defeat Weston FC 2-0.
The Sonoma County Sol started their weekend off right, defeating FC Tacoma 253 3-0 before claiming a 2-0 victory over Portland Spartans FC on Sunday. Staying with West Region action, the San Francisco Stompers dominated Real San Jose in a 4-0 scoreline. FC Force and the San Diego Flash finished with a 1-1 draw, while FC Hasental defeated Temecula FC 4-2. FCH was buoyed by the return of forward Faisal Abduljawad, who missed the first four games yet earned Man of the Match honors on Saturday.
Chattanooga’s dominance over Georgia teams continued as they defeated the Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves 1-0 off a late Chris Ochieng goal. Last week Chattanooga manhandled the Georgia Revolution 6-0. The Carolina Railhawks U-23s came away with a 5-3 win over the Upward Stars, a team that advanced in the U.S. Open Cup Wednesday.
The Myrtle Beach Mutiny came away with a hard-fought 4-3 road victory over FC Carolina Discoveries. The Mutiny were led by midfielder Aksel Juul, who finished with two goals and an assist in one of the weekend’s best individual performances. Chesterfield United finished with a win after their first game of the 2015 season. A repeat from 2014, Chesterfield United played away at VA Legacy 76 and pulled out a 3-1 win.
Nashville FC is fresh off a nail-biting draw on the road against the New Orleans Jesters in the first league game of the season. Nashville FC’s Liam Collins scored on a free kick in the 93rd minute to level the game at 1-1. Fort Worth and Houston finished with a 0-0 draw, giving the Regals their first point of the season.
The Minnesota TwinStars and Madison 56ers couldn’t get beyond a 2-2 result. Julian Ekeze scored a pair of first-half goals as FC Buffalo gutted out more than a half-hour of play with ten men in a 2-1 win over Cincinnati Saints at Hamburg’s Howe Field.
Seacoast United Mariners gave New York Cosmos B quite a challenge as the two battled to a 3-3 draw. Another draw came from GBFC Thunder and Electric City Shock SC, who finished with a 2-2 draw. Michael Ilodigwe finished with a brace to lead the Shock attack.
The Brooklyn Italians defeated Greater Lowell United FC 1-0, leaving the latter winless on the season after four matches. Hershey FC defeated Jersey Blues FC 2-0 to round out the Northeast Region action.
Manolo Piña’s hat trick led Sacramento Gold FC to a stirring 4-3 comeback win in a thrilling, back-and-forth game against FC Tacoma 253 at Starfire Sports Center. This followed a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Portland Spartans FC at Delta Park on Saturday.
A six-goal performance from Seacoast United Phantoms gave them a strong shutout win over the Rhode Island Reds.
Liverpool Warriors suffered their second heavy defeat of the season, losing to newcomer FC Wichita 4-1.
Expansion side Kraze United came away with an impressive 2-0 win over Jacksonville United FC at Patton Park. Miami United continued their winning ways with a 2-1 win over Storm FC.
Coming off a U.S. Open Cup win on Wednesday, Virginia Beach City FC sent FC Frederick home with a 3-1 defeat. Michigan Stars and AFC Cleveland battled their way to a 1-1 draw at Wisner Stadium, giving Cleveland a point from a busy and tiring weekend.
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A couple of months ago, while names were still being decided, we trawled the internet to see what Hammond, May and Clarkson were earning in their new Amazon endeavour (see the piece here). A fair few dramas (and a main host dropping out of the original BBC show) later, we’ve got a lot more info and are getting excited about the upcoming spectacle.
From how to get tickets to when it all kicks off, here’s everything we’ve been able to find out so far about The Grand Tour so far. Know anything else? Let us know!
The logo looks like this…
In the internet age, NOTHING is a secret. Especially when it’s to do with one of the most hotly anticipated new shows. Earlier than planned, Clarkson was forced to announce the new logo after it was leaked and he chose the best way to do it during an especially slow news week (four days after Brexit when the internet was still in implode mode on both sides).
Newspapers. As there is very little going on at the moment, I thought you'd like to see our new Grand Tour logo. pic.twitter.com/xeePd1xsKM
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) June 28, 2016
Fans weren’t necessarily impressed with one tweeter telling Jeremy it wasn’t “very stylish”. Clarkson, of course, had the best response…
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When does The Grand Tour start?
There’s still no set date (nooo) but we’re expecting it to make its first appearance on screens in October. James May was recently asked in a Reddit ‘Ask Me Anything’ session but, apparently sworn to secrecy, he answered it would be “the autumn, or fall if you’re in the US. That’s as specific as I can be.”
Man knows how to create mystery…
Just last Friday, everyone’s favourite motoring trio released their first clip from the show and from what we can tell, it’s following a fairly similar format to the original BBC show with pre-recorded adventures and a live studio audience.
However, unlike the firm favourite, Vulture reports that The Grand Tour will…well, make a grand tour and travel to a different location around the globe each week. VP of Amazon Video Europe Jay Marine announced there will be studio locations in the UK, US and Germany but, all that appears to be confirmed so far is Yorkshire (where the trio grew up) and Johannesburg (where as far we know none of them grew up).
Amazon has announced there’ll be more cities added to the lineup as the year progresses so we’re keeping our eyes open.
How do I get tickets for The Grand Tour?
The question on EVERYONE’s lips is how to attend the live recordings. We all know the rumours about twenty-one year waiting lists for the original Top Gear and it seems just as difficult to get your hands on The Grand Tour tickets from what our research has shown so far.
We’ve already missed one opportunity to get our hands on tickets for a UK recording in October (noo) in a competition, BUT never fear – Amazon has announced there’ll be prize draws for each of the locations they visit to give lucky fans the opportunity to travel and see the show in more exotic surroundings. What’s more, most outlets seem to believe regular tickets might be up for grabs closer to the time – our eyes and ears are open.
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What did you want to be when you were young? What happened or did you achieve it?
When I was young, I was already a person with great curiosity. I had many dreams but I never stop wishing that, once I had retired, I would devote myself to painting. (laughs) My grandmother, Carmen Aguadé, was a painter. I used to really enjoy using her workshop materials to make my things and, once I was older, helping her in her work.
What did you study?
Precisely because my interests were shared across the technical/scientific side and in the humanities/arts, I studied architecture (ETSAB, UPC Barcelona and the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Switzerland). A few years later, I did a Masters degree in architectural projects at ETSAB and I am currently finishing an MFA (Master of Arts) at Goldsmiths University in London.
What inspires you when it comes to creating something?
In our capitalist society, consumption represents taking care of our needs and our welfare. On the other hand, I believe that the act of making things by ourselves is the only thing that can really satisfy us. In this sense, whatever is related to handwork and transforming things, in particular material things, that is to say to start from something that has no shape, helps me to find questions and is, in part, where my work comes from. My training as an architect has connected me closely to a constant interest in the landscape. What a place is like, how we build it and conceive of it ends up being one of the physical expressions that is most linked to anthropology. I’m interested in talking about us on the basis of this construction.
Do you devote a set time each day or does it depend on how it emerges?
I devote many hours, not only each day but also weekends, and I take few holidays. Of what work/set are you proudest? Each project entails some difficulties that are also related to a personal context. Each one represents an apprenticeship as well as a challenge to overcome.
What materials do you use?
I do not disregard any.
Which artists do you follow? Which ones do you consider (historically) to be really interesting/groundbreaking or who opened up new ways?
Right now, and owing to the subjects that I am following, I’m very interested in Alicja Kwade for her architectural and sculptural outlook on concepts of the representation of reality through simulation; Saskia Olde Wolbers for the relationship she establishes between analogue work and the world of digital fiction; and Lee Bul for his model/sculptural studies on the failure of modern urban utopias. Duchamp revolutionised the history of art with his “ready-mades” and his famous urinal. What he did has unleashed a multitude of very clear influences and developments in many artists nowadays. I place myself directly against him in reclaiming handwork, the transformation of material, beginning something that there is still no way of finding. It is a personal political demand that seeks to transcend the observer.
What did OD Hotels commission you to do?
For OD Hotels, they commissioned me to do a piece that would accompany the design of the rooms as well as a work for the common spaces. I think that the design of OD hotels is very detailed, very warm and personal. In these jobs, I seek to create work that is capable of bringing harmony, accompanying and individualising the visitor’s experience.
With which deceased artist would you have loved to have a chat and why? And which living artist?
I would take great pleasure in meeting the English writer and critic, John Ruskin, and the American sociologist Richard Sennett, to talk about handcrafts in the XXI century.
Do you believe that trends exist within art?
No. It is precisely the contemporary nature of things itself, which is characterised by moral disorientation and a loss of certainties and chaos that has provoked an unfolding in the search for experimentation and the multiplicity of artistic expressions. Living in London is precisely what allows me to observe and experience this paradigm. On a creative level, we are experiencing a very rich eclectic moment.
Do you think that you can define yourself as an artist? How would you like yourself to be defined in Wikipedia?
An artist is a person who is on a constant search. I hope that it is always difficult to classify me. Nor is it my job to do so.
What was or is your latest project? Can you give us a foretaste?
Of course. In the last year, I have been working very intensely on how the digital era and the technical advances in capitalist systems have made it possible to build what was impossible before. Dubai is a very good example, but in actual fact, it is taking place in almost the entire world. In this sense, I am interested in how a landscape that was fiction before is becoming physical, “real” and therefore the way that we conceive of “reality” today. These concepts update the concept of what is picturesque, moving it into the field of what is photogenic. I work with sculpture, installation, as well as using photography and video.
What would you change within the world of art?
Many things. In the art market, the artist is vital; without him or her, the object of exchange does not exist. However, he or she is the most vulnerable figure within the circuit of the market economy and also within society. Therefore, many things would have to change. We could start by paying the artist when they are commissioned to do an exhibition. In the same way that all the people who are involved in the project, ranging from the person who commissions it, the management, the cleaning staff, etc. Receive a financial reward for their labour, the artist ought to count on the same right. We should not carry on thinking that the compensation lies in their CV getting longer. The institution or gallery also takes advantage of their work!
What projects are you involved in now?
Recently, I have exhibited in the London festival known as Deptford X and at the TULCA festival in Galway, Ireland. I continue with projects for OD Hotels. This year, I am finishing my Masters in London that culminates with a big individual exhibition. Other confirmed projects right now are the individual exhibition at the Vila Casas Foundation next June, the one the following autumn at Casa Vicens de Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona, and also at Palau de Casavells. In London, I have an exhibition at The Stone Space next January. On the other hand, I am working on a beautiful collaboration with Enric Majoral, to launch a jewellery collection in less than a year’s time. Furthermore, I remain academically connected to the teaching team for a short-lived Masters degree in Architecture at the ELISAVA School of Design in Barcelona, in which we are also working for a small publication.
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SpaceX's astronaut capsule sticks the landing with a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean
By Chabeli Carrazana
The SpaceX Crew Dragon successfully splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean to complete the Demo-1 mission to the International Space Station.
Like a scene from the Apollo days, SpaceX’s astronaut capsule made its risky, fiery reentry to Earth on Friday morning — and stuck the landing, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean.
It marked the first time in 50 years that an astronaut capsule landed in the Atlantic, since Apollo 9 in 1969 (the others landed in the Pacific), and served as perhaps a harbinger of what’s to come in this new era of space.
The splashdown went off without a hitch, with the uncrewed capsule deploying two sets of parachutes to slow its approach to the water, before hitting the water at about 8:45 a.m.
Nearby, teams from SpaceX’s recovery vessel, Go Searcher, closed in to retrieve the capsule, marking the end of the demonstration mission that began nearly a week ago with a launch from the Kennedy Space Center to prove to NASA that Crew Dragon, as it’s called, can one day carry astronauts — perhaps as soon as this summer.
Dragon is one of two kinds of capsules designed under NASA’s Commercial Crew program, which hopes to wean the U.S. off its dependency on Russia for crewed missions and encourage private companies to spearhead the return of astronaut-piloted launches from American soil.
Since the end of the space shuttle program in 2011, the U.S. has paid about $81 million a seat for American astronauts to ride Russian Soyuz rockets to the ISS.
SpaceX and Boeing were awarded a combined $6.8 billion to develop their capsules and SpaceX’s test of Crew Dragon was the first in line to show its capabilities from launch to docking with the ISS to landing.
The landing was expected to be one of the trickiest part of the endeavor, a carefully choreographed sequence that ended with the capsule descending on a spot about 240 nautical miles off the coast of Florida.
Inside, a mannequin named “Ripley” — after the main character in the “Alien” films — loaded with sensors measured what a crew’s response might be to the landing. The data she sends to NASA will be critical for the space agency to make its determination as to whether SpaceX can put crew inside Dragon.
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Bob Behnken, one of the astronauts slated to go on SpaceX’s first Dragon mission as soon as July, described reentry as an emotional experience from his days traveling back on space shuttle missions.
“You see some orange lights flickering, the plasma kind of go past the window,” he said. “We will be able to see and know that the outside of the vehicle is going through something very severe.”
So far, all appears to have gone well for SpaceX in this demonstration mission that began at 2:49 a.m. on March 2 with a Kennedy Space Center launch from complex 39A toward the International Space Station. On Sunday, the capsule docked with the ISS successfully and spent five days on orbit.
“I don’t think we saw anything in the mission so far ...that would preclude us from having the crewed mission later this year,” said Steve Stich, NASA launch manager for the Commercial Crew program.
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Boeing is scheduled to have its test flight next in April with a crewed mission as soon as August. In between, SpaceX and Boeing will also have abort tests with the capsules.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine congratulated SpaceX Friday on a major milestone for the agency’s program, which first awarded contracts to SpaceX and Boeing in 2014.
“These are all capabilities that are leading to a day where we are launching American astronauts from American rockets on American soil,” Bridenstine said. “...This is an amazing achievement in the history of the United States of America.”
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"The dawn of a new era in human spaceflight," NASA astronaut Anne McClain tweeted with this image. She captured this shot as the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approached the International Space Station to dock for the first time (NASA/Anne McClain)
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Report: Orion's aggressive launch plan hurt by 'funding instability'
By Marco Santana
A mockup of NASA's Orion spacecraft, a deep space vessel that is slated to eventually travel to Mars, floats to the surface after a simulated ocean splashdown test at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. An unmanned test flight is scheduled for 2018 with the first crewed flight is slated for 2023.(AP Photo/Steve Helber) (Steve Helber / AP)
A report issued by NASA's inspector general Tuesday said that "much work remains" in the space agency's effort to prepare its Orion spacecraft for an eventual flight to Mars in the 2030s.
Among the obstacles facing NASA, according to the report, are delivery delays of a service module for the spacecraft, multiple financial shortfalls and the need for a successful test flight in September 2018 that will send Orion around the moon.
That test flight will carry with it 13 small satellites into space as well.
The report found that "officials are working toward an optimistic internal launch date of August 2021 for (a crewed test launch around the moon) – 20 months earlier than the agency's external commitment date of April 2023."
According to the report, officials are "concerned" that the schedule, along with the program's budget, will ultimately mean deferments of certain tasks, resulting in a delay to the schedule and increased costs.
NASA has conducted several splashdown tests on the spacecraft, including one in late August.
The Orion spacecraft will carry with it 13 small satellites when it launches its next test flight.
"Over its life, the Orion program has experienced funding instability, both in terms of overall budget amounts and the erratic timing of receipt of those funds," the report read. "In past reports, we noted that the most effective budget profilefor large and complex space system development programs like Orion is steady funding in the early stages and increased fundingduring the middle stages of development."
Lockheed Martin, a main contractor on the mission, was also singled out in the report as spending financial reserves at a higher rate than company leaders expected, which could lead to an eventual financial shortfall for Orion.
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A Philippa Schuyler moment
An earlier post painted a word portrait of child prodigy, pianist and composer Philippa Schuyler. Her music is rarely heard today and difficult to find. So we are very fortunate that John McLaughlin Williams agreed to record her Nine Little Pieces for piano specially for On An Overgrown Path. His recording can be heard via the YouTube video above, and in the article below he analyses her music
Philippa Schuyler. Just hearing the name takes me back to a place in my childhood I have not revisited in memory more than a couple of times in decades. Philippa Schuyler’s name was but one of dozens lodged in my parent’s large sheet music library, occupying shelf space alongside the giants and talented lesser lights of our canonic music literature. Even among those lesser lights Schuyler seemed to me an odd duck a the time, for here peering at me from the cover of the sole piece of music by her in our possession was a picture of a seven year old girl of mixed race, rather than an aged, wizened and likely bearded Caucasian man. Wasn’t that what a composer was supposed to look like?
My being a beginning pianist of about ten or eleven at the time caused me to be extremely curious about the yellowed sheets containing nine pieces of progressive difficulty penned by Schuyler between the ages of four to nine. The fact that she was considered to be an exemplar of mid-twentieth century black achievement added to her music’s mystique. My parents played piano music of timeless worth; my dad enamored of Beethoven and Brahms, my mom all quicksilver and light in Chopin and Mozart. I was learning to play Scarlatti sonatas, my mind filled with the melody and counterpoint by masters of compositional craft. I sat down to play Schuyler’s music and was immediately filled with disappointment. “This is bad”, I thought to myself! It didn’t sound like what my parents played, much less like the music I was studying. Compared with the masters Schuyler’s work seemed trite, short breathed, and to my young mind, immature. (In retrospect and in defense of Schuyler’s work, because of the unusual way in which I began to play the piano, the valuable didactic nature of these pieces eluded me completely.) I played through the music, put it away and never looked at it again. Until last week.
When Bob Shingleton asked me if I knew anything about Philippa Schuyler, I said I knew a little. That little bit comprised my early impressions of her music coupled with knowledge acquired later of her reputation as a racial role model. (I was given Kathryn Talalay’s biography of Schuyler a few years ago, but I considered her such a marginal figure that to this day I have not read it.) Remembering dimly that my mother (Mrs. Norma McLaughlin Nelson) had some sheet music by Schuyler as well as her autograph (acquired at a concert my mom attended as a child in Greensboro, North Carolina), I offered to ask my mom if she still had these items in her possession, and if so would she share them with us. Mom looked and confirmed that indeed she did, and she would. Mom sent me scans of the material that I soon forwarded to Bob. After perusing the music he asked if I might consider making an informal recording of the little pieces, and that is when my trip down memory lane began.
I returned to the pieces with the same derision that I was left with many years ago, convinced that they lacked worth almost entirely. On paper they look very simple (with one exception). The published edition is in need of further editing; dynamic markings can be inconsistent or seemingly illogical, some pieces are meticulously marked, but some of the pieces have no tempo or dynamic markings at all, leaving one to infer everything about the piece save the notes. And yet as simply and naively as these nine pieces begin, as I played them I began to sense growth from one to the next, not only in an increasing confidence by the composer in her raw material, but also a mind attempting to incorporate aspects of then current musical trends.
For example, looking at the No.1 The Wolf we see simple triads and arpeggiated faux bourdon; No.2 Autumn Rain we have unprepared modulations to remote key areas and the lessening importance of a home key. Whereas No.3 The Jolly Pig is completely diatonic, No.4 At the Circus seems to lightly conjure the Stravinsky of Petrouchka. No.6 Men at Work (The WPA on a Construction Job) is by far the most dissonant piece, employing free linear chromaticism and clusters of minor seconds. This piece is also the most technically involved of the nine. I found No.7 Song of the Machine to be the most remarkable of the group. In its evocation of mechanistic automation it cannily recalls music of Sergei Prokofiev and the Soviet futurist composer Alexander Mossolov, and it is here that I finally thought that Schuyler was showing honest potential as a composer. I became genuinely impressed.
No.8 Morning Miniature returns to Schuyler’s diatonic idiom, but here she shows considerable advance beyond the simplicities of Nos. 3 and 5. The melody rings true as inspiration, admirable in its simultaneous simplicity and sophistication. Even without extension or development, it is a complete thought, and a remarkable one from a nine-year old. No.9 Postscript shows a way similar to Prokofiev in making the familiar seem less so, by imposing a simple diatonic melody upon an accompaniment of more dissonant harmony. Schuyler’s writing here is a far cry from the first pieces of the set; she is showing an ability to absorb tradition and a healthy curiosity about the modern music of her time, all encapsulated in a suite of pieces that impress by their precocity.
Ultimately, what do we have in Philippa Schuyler? What is it about her that is worth the preservation of her memory? Is it the person or the music? As a child Schuyler was presented to the black community as someone to emulate. To whites she was the perfect assimilated Black American; well educated, decent to look at, musically sophisticated and manifest with all the transplanted Western European mores that we were told would make the rest of us not merely good citizens, but good Americans. That had to be a heavy burden for her, and as she left us only a handful of works I’m sure it had a severe impact upon her creativity. Yet I must judge only by what I hear, and what I hear from the seven-year old girl makes me want to hear from the twenty-seven-year old woman.
Schuyler had true talent as a composer, and while she was not a child prodigy composer on the level of a Mendelssohn or Korngold, her compositional talent certainly deserved more support than it ultimately received. It may likely turn out that the value of her music is historical rather than as a living corpus of work for today’s audiences. As a female composer of biracial heritage, Schuyler is a relative rarity among composers. Yet whenever accomplishment is presented to us on the basis of race or ethnicity (as she was), we should rightly be suspect but we should also listen honestly. Whatever judgment is at last rendered, Schuyler’s talent does not deserve to be consciously ignored. Let’s examine what she left and see what she had to say. I have a feeling that we may be pleasantly surprised.
Now, I simply must read that book!
JMW
John McLaughlin Williams plays and writes about Philippa Schuyler who was born on August 2, 1931. Respect goes to John and to his mother Norma McLaughlin Nelson for making this project possible. The first part of this birthday tribute appeared as Philippa Schuyler - genius or genetic experiment?
1. John recorded Philippa's Nine Little Pieces in a non-studio environment. The piano was a 1919 Steinway and a Zoom H1 Recorder using MP3 192 kbps format was used.
2. The audio player requires the latest version of Windows media player, this may mean downloading a dedicated plug in for browsers such as Firefox or an update for Internet Explorer.
3. My research indicates that The Wolf, Autumn Rain and The Jolly Pig were published in 1938 as Three Easy Pieces and the remaining six pieces were added to an edition published approximately two years later. This should be read in conjunction with Philippa's birth date of August 1931.
4. It would be appreciated if any interested reader could add external links to the two Overgrown Path Philippa Schuyler resources on her Wikipedia entry because the Wiki police do not allow me to add links to my own web pages bacause of "self-interest". A separate post on the boring but important subject (nonsense?) of Wikipedia moderation is needed.
5. Copyright of images 1 and 9 lies with Norma McLaughlin Nelson. Copyright of the audio recording lies with John McLaughlin Williams.
6. My thanks go to Norma McLaughlin Nelson of Shaker Heights, Ohio, John McLaughlin Williams and our son for their pro bono contribution to this project.
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Pliable said…
As I feared some readers are reporting the audio does not run, for which I apologise.
On my lap top the audio runs fine using both Internet Explorer and Mozilla, yet on another PC in the house it fails on both operating systems. A pre-publication test with a panel of readers returned the same inconsistent result.
The player is calling up a playlist file .m3u to allow consecutive play of the nine pieces. But this does not seem to be the problem as it is the player rather than the file that is not loading.
From the A/B test on the two PCs here it seems to be something else on the computer other than the operating system that is the problem. I freely admit to being outside my comfort zone on this one, so any reader input and reports of success/failure with the audio are very welcome.
John McLaughlin Williams reports the audio works perfectly on his iPhone but not on his PC...
John Babb said…
Worked on my PC (Int explorer 8 / Vista ) once I allowed a Windows Media extension to run.
Agree that 'Song of the Machine' is intriguing.
John, thanks for that. As confirmed by you, we have now identified the problem as the audio player requiring the latest version of Windows media player to run. This may mean downloading a dedicated plug in for browsers such as Firefox or an update for Internet Explorer.
Philip Amos said…
I had no trouble getting the music to run -- IE8 plus a Windows extension, the same as John. I also had a bash at adding external links to the Wiki article, but that utterly defeated me. I slogged through pages on do's and don't's re footnotes, citations, sources and external links, and I think I found the right format, but I never found the page where you can actually submit the material. I ought to mention, though, that they make it very clear they don't like blogs in external sources, even less if the blogs belongs to the article's author, so the submission has to be accompanied by a sound argument re why they should accept it. I'm not very good at the technical side of things (actualy I'm a bit of a technotwit), so my mind was a bit boggled by the time I gave up. I do hope someone can do it.
John's presentation and analysis of the music is fascinating and I think for his generosity in providing it. I had to join him in his view of Men at Work and Song of the Machine. In both cases, but especially the latter, I found myself wondering how the pieces would work if they were part of a music soundtrack for Fritz Lang's Metropolis or, more historically correct, Chaplin's Modern Times. My thought was that they might just past muster.
A couple of 'extras', Bob. There is a biography of her father. I'm going to see if I can get hold of that. I have a suspicion it's a study in self-hatred. (Oscar Renal Williams, George S. Schuyler: Portrait of a Black Conservative. U of Tennessee, 1997.) Also, her mother and others set up the Philippa Schuyler Memorial Foundation. I could only find this info in 'snippets' on Google Book Search, but I did see in one entry that a joint committee of Congress investigated the Foundation, I think in the course delving into the matter of tax deductions and charities. Rep. Wright Patman had questions re a cheque from the Foundation to Mrs. Schuyler and a donation to it from another foundation that apparently didn't exist.
And finally, I am just wondering if anyone has heard of Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Her father was Samuel of that name, born of an English mother and Sierra Leonian creole family; of him we know quite a bit. Avril was born in 1903
and died in 1998. She was a pianist, conductor and composer. Went to Trinity College and studied with Gordon Jacobs. She conducted the Band of the Royal Marines, often guested with the BBC Orchestra and London Symphony, receiving much support from Malcolm Sargent. She also conducted his eponymous orchestra. More about her on Wiki,et. al.
There is an odd connection with Schuyler. Avril lived in South Africa in the latter part of her life and gave interviews in which she said she approved of the policy of apartheid. The fact that she looked white and managed to wriggle around the regulations may have something to do with this, but the fact that she called African babies 'pickaninnies' brings back unpleasant memories of a very strange man. Africans she called "simple native folk". Another very mixed up character, but she seems to have had a pretty sound career.
Has anyone successfully accessed the audio using a Mac?
shallnot said…
I have indeed successfully played the audio on a Mac. The Opera browser automatically passed it along to the QuickTIme player.
Kevin Scott said…
I believe I left an earlier comment on this page regarding John's recording of the nine piano pieces, but if not, I will say that these nine pieces are quite wonderful and more should be done with them!
Philippa Schuyler - genius or genetic experiment?
A child prodigy fêted by Leonard Bernstein and Virgil Thomson, performed by five leading American orchestras while still a teenager, accompanied by the New York Philharmonic at age 16, ranked alongside Aaron Copland and Marc Blitzstein, mourned with a Pontifical Requiem Mass in St Patrick's Cathedral, New York, and the rumoured subject of a Hollywood biopic. That is the executive summary of an American musical legend who was born eighty years ago tomorrow. Child prodigies, anniversaries and even executive summaries are the common currency of classical music today. But there are several reasons why the story that is going to be told On An Overgrown Path over the next two days is important. The first is that the legendary figure was a woman who had a black father and white mother. The second is that she experienced the barriers to musicians of colour that still linger on today. And thirdly, despite her legendary status, until the second part of this feature appears tomorrow h
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My recent post sang the praises of the recording of English string music with Sir John Barbirolli conducting the legendary Sinfonia of London session orchestra. Rather confusingly, there is also an excellent long-standing permanent orchestra of forty professional musicians called the City of London Sinfonia . So this post switches Sinfonias but stays with English music to highlight another essential recording. In 2007 John Rutter made an important contribution to a Norwich Cathedral seminar on 'The Challenge of Contemporary Music', from which this extract is taken: I suppose I never really felt the need to venture into uncharted territory. I think in the end you have to speak with your own voice and there is a difference between being traditional and just copying what other people have done. I mean, we all see and hear quite a lot of second-hand music which... is just a pale imitation of what others have done. There is no mileage in that. I myself however always felt that it
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By: Brandon Liguori
For the second consecutive season under Brian Flores, the Miami Dolphins open the season 0-2, dropping a 31-28 decision in its home-opener vs. Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills (2-0) Sunday afternoon at Hard Rock Stadium.
The good news? Well, the Dolphins did not cough up 59 points on the defensive side and score just 10 on the offensive side like they did a season ago in their 2019 home-opener vs. Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. The bad news, however? Josh Allen absolutely torched Miami’s secondary.
Allen tossed an eye-popping 417 yards on 24 completions to go along with four touchdown passes and a 147.0 quarterback rating, too. Allen’s 417 yards and four touchdowns are both career highs. The former Wyoming product has been known for making guys miss using his legs, but his electric arm was the difference Sunday and Allen deserves a ton of credit.
Ryan Fitzpatrick, who was seeking a bounce-back performance after his three-interception day seven days ago against the New England Patriots, looked comfortable under center despite three Buffalo sacks. The 16-year veteran kept the Dolphins in the game all afternoon, firing touchdown strikes to DeVante Parker, who was a limited participant in practice throughout the week due to a hamstring injury and Mike Gesicki to cut Buffalo’s lead to five, 31-26, late in the fourth quarter. Gesicki’s 130 receiving yards led all Miami receivers.
Not even a 36-minute lightning delay slowed down Allen, who finished off his masterful performance with a 46-yard touchdown bomb to John Brown and newly-acquired Stefon Diggs, leading all receivers with 153 yards. The Dolphins have coughed up 52 points in two games and a challenging schedule lies ahead.
You can call this contest a “rip and throw away in the trash.” Why? The Dolphins’ next opponent, Miami’s lone prime-time contest, is four days from now, an in-state battle against Gardner Minshew and the 1-1 Jacksonville Jaguars Thursday, who suffered a three-point defeat Sunday against the Ryan Tannehill-led Tennessee Titans.
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The Dolphins-Bills Rivalry Opens a New Decade Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium
By: Jason Sarney
The Miami Dolphins open Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday to play hosts to the Buffalo Bills and up to 13,000 fans. The home team will be one of the few franchises across the NFL to allow fans in the building. With the amount of work and preparation the organization did to literally be certifiably safe, you can rest assured that an equal amount of time and effort and care is being put into the on-field game-plan for tomorrow’s AFC East bitter rivalry.
During the week of preparation and Zoom sessions, safety and team leader Bobby McCain put it clear as day… “It’s a division rival game. They don’t like us; we don’t like them.”
The Buffalo and Miami rivalry is perhaps the deepest in the AFC East from the time of the 1970’s all the way to the key punches of this article. These key punches are a lot more vociferous from yours truly, as I had the pleasure of living in Buffalo for four seasons as a college student.
The animosity and hatred the Bills have for the Dolphins can be traced back to several justifications why. Namely, the 1970’s didn’t see the Bills defeat Miami at all. Not a single victory. The Dolphins went 20-0 in that decade against the Bills, and we all know a few more awards and accomplishments from that era for the Fins.
The 80’s arrived and a few season’s in saw the great Dan Marino done the aqua and orange. While taking a loss in his first match-up against the Bills as a rookie, Marino and the Dolphins swept them in three straight seasons from 1984-1986.
As the nineties approached, Jim Kelly’s K-Gun offense was rivaled to Marino’s lightning quick release and pristine delivery of the football to anyone who had an inch of a window to receive it. As the Bills became an AFC powerhouse with four unsuccessful trips to the Super Bowl from the 1990-1993 season’s, Buffalo ended Miami’s run twice en route to the league championship game.
The 2000’s were a wash at 10-10, and in only two occasions was there a split. Mathematically, that would mean each team swept the other, four times to open the century. The last decade has been arguably the darkest for Miami, and in terms of the Bills rivalry, the last time they got the better of them for a sweep in one season was back in 2016. The Bills finished 2010-2019 with a 12-8 record against the hated counterparts. The Bills did in fact sweep Miami last season, as the Dolphins were amid year one of their rebuild.
The next phase of this rivalry starts tomorrow as the 2020’s decade kicks-off. A rivalry that once again could see two quarterbacks amass dozens of battles against each other for years to come, yet that is not going to begin on Sunday, in all likelihood. This is still Ryan Fitzpatrick’s team, and although a lackluster performance last week up in New England, the former Buffalo Bill signal-caller is in major need of a rebound game.
The veteran threw three interceptions against the Patriots, and while one came on a loss of footing by target Preston Williams, his second pick was simply a poor decision and the game-sealing 3rd interception in the back of the endzone was not the best placement when considering the coverage. Mike Gesicki was clearly held up and a flag most certainly could have been called, however the interception stood and that closed the door on a potential late-staged comeback for Miami.
Finding a rapport with Williams and his other targets is paramount and that is clear from coach Brian Flores when he spoke to South Florida media this past Thursday. “I think it’s important to establish a connection with quarterbacks and all of the receivers, not just one in particular. That’s something that you build that rapport in practice, and hopefully it shows itself in the game. That’s why we go out there and practice.”
Fitzpatrick plays with a necessary short-term memory as a quarterback. An ivy-league mind that is sharp enough to remember and learn from, yet not dwell on past mistakes and losses. “The best thing that I’ve learned is just to pour everything that I have into the next week of preparation, into the next game,” he said. He added, “a lot of it for me is just the week of preparation and how we’re doing practice Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, the discussions, the communications, the talk, making sure that everybody is into it and everybody knows that this is a new week. Those are the type of things you really try to focus on after a bad week.”
The Bills enter Miami Gardens winners against the New York Jets last week, and they barely broke a sweat. While the Jets are looking perhaps worse than advertised, quarterback Josh Allen may be skewing north, and ahead of expectations. The mobile threat with a big arm has had his accuracy questioned, but former teammate and new Dolphins defensive end Shaq Lawson, is aware that this is a dangerous man.
“That guy got better every year and I saw that develop his first two years as a player. He’s a dog. I said that when I was there. The guy is a dog and that’s what you need at quarterback and things like that,” Lawson said with clear admiration for the young Bill.
With Miami allowing Cam Newton to run at will against them last week, Allen could find similar success unless something is done to spy the run-pass-option threat that he is. Perhaps the biggest key to victory is forcing Allen to beat the Dolphins with his arm, and not find repeated success with his legs.
When discussing Allen and preparing for him, first-year Dolphin yet AFC East veteran, Kyle Van Noy, echoed Lawson’s appraisal. “Just, Josh’s growth each and every year has been big. You can see his strides. His reads are getting better. Everything about his game is getting better,” said the linebacker.
For the Dolphins to have a shot at defeating the Bills, they must force Allen to take his own shots downfield. Cornerbacks Xavien Howard, Byron Jones and rookie Noah Igbinoghene enter the Week 2 contest as the number 1 pass defense in the league which is an odd and stark contrast to the unit being dead-last in stopping the run. Another oddity was the lack of even a single defensive snap from second-year cornerback Nik Needham.
While the Bills pose a similar threat as the Patriots did, expect more throwing and receiver usage with those Bills targets who could be very dangerous in Stefon Diggs, John Brown and slot-threat Cole Beasley. It would not be shocking to see more of Needham, as both Beasley and tight end Dawson Knox could pose potential problems for Miami in the middle of the field.
Flipping to the Bills defensive middle area of their unit, this is the exploitation situation for the Dolphins. Three total linebackers are listed as out for Sunday, Tremaine Edmunds and Matt Milano being the keys. Miami must take advantage of this, and Gesicki and Miami targets getting snaps in the slot should find openings to work and create yards after the catch.
The running back committee can exploit potential second-level entry with the limited linebacking group as well as an extremely presently surprising offensive line performance from week one. Matt Breida and Myles Gaskin each gained a respectable 4.4 yards per carry, although Jordan Howard will look to rebound from a perplexing Dolphins debut.
DeVante Parker left last week’s game with a hamstring injury although he started strong. He practiced on a limited basis throughout the week, and Flores did not tip his hand all the way during a Friday press conference.
“That’s probably going to be a little bit of a game-time decision. Obviously, he’s practiced on a limited basis all week. We’ll see on Sunday morning, really. But yeah, it’ll be a little bit of a game-time decision.”
It seems clear that Parker is in the plans for Sunday, as this Week 2 rivalry game to open a brand-new decade commences at 1:00 at Hard Rock Stadium tomorrow. As good a time as any for win number one.
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Miami Starts Seasons with Road Loss to Patriots
By Brandon Liguori
Inside an empty and silent Gillette Stadium, which holds 65,878, Cam Newton out-muscled the Miami Dolphins’ run defense while scoring two rushing touchdowns in a 21-11 Opening Day victory. Newton, who was signed to a one-year contract during the off-season, is of course replacing six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, yet still gave the Dolphins fits all afternoon.
The former Carolina Panther completed 15 passes for 155 yards, but his offensive damage came from his legs, logging 75 yards on 15 attempts to go along with two touchdowns. Ryan Fitzpatrick, winning the quarterback competition over first-round draft choice Tua Tagovailoa, coughed up three interceptions Sunday afternoon and ended with a total QBR of a dismal 44.6.
“You can’t do that and win games in the National Football League,” Fitzpatrick said. Miami’s run defense, a unit that allowed over 130 yards a season ago, was gassed all afternoon, giving up a whopping 217 yards on the ground.
On the offensive side of the football, Fitzpatrick’s unit lost two key pieces due to hamstring injuries: DeVante Parker, who tallied a career-best 1,202 receiving yards in 2019 and Jordan Howard, who scored Miami’s first offensive touchdown to cut the New England lead to 14-9 in the fourth quarter.
Brian Flores, entering his second season as Miami’s leader, was unable to provide an update on Parker’s status for next week’s home opener vs. Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills, who took care of business vs. Adam Gase and the New York Jets, 27-17. Parker managed to lead the Dolphins in yards Sunday, totaling 47 on four receptions.
The Dolphins were hoping for a much better outcome than a season ago, when Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens obliterated Miami at Hard Rock Stadium, 59-10. The team scored one extra point in 2020, but the result was the same and now the focus turns to a dangerous Buffalo Bills squad in Week 2.
The Miami Dolphins Set Their 53-man Roster...For Now
After months of speculation, guessing, predictions and false rumors, the 53-man Miami Dolphin roster is built…for now. The NFL had a deadline to trim rosters, and after a flurry of moves both cuts and trades, the 2020 Miami Dolphin roster is set, with a young team full of sub-25-year-olds who are hungry to show their talent.
Perhaps the shock of is all was the finality of Josh Rosen’s career in Miami, which many speculated would result in a trade. While no NFL suitor bit on Miami’s offering, the former top-10 quarterback pick from two draft’s ago was released and will now look for his third NFL team in as many seasons.
Another surprise, but more on the pleasant variety, was the shocking acquisition of rookie do-it-all star, Lynn Bowden Jr. out of Kentucky. The 80th overall pick in April’s NFL Draft joins a Miami offense of versatile threats on the ground and in the air, as Bowden can do both. Bowden was the recipient of the Paul Hornung Award in 2019 which is awarded to the NCAA’s most versatile player. As a player who caught, ran, threw, and returned…this award fit the Wildcat like a glove.
Wildcat.
I digress…. yet marvel at the possibilities of an offense with Bowden, Matt Breida and Malcolm Perry in that famous offensive set with those pure-breed outside receivers in Preston Williams and DeVante Parker.
To give you an idea of the now 10-player fraternity of Hornung award winners, a trio of talent who hoisted that award are guys like Odell Beckham Jr, and the consensus #1 and #2 back-to-back 2020 fantasy picks in the NFL, Christian McCaffery and Saquon Barkley.
With Bowden becoming the 6th wide-receiver for the Dolphins, as he is tagged on Miami social media productions, he joins Williams and Parker as well as Jakeem Grant, Isaiah Ford and the versatile Mack Hollins.
Interestingly enough, rookie Malcolm Perry, who was getting heavy work in training camp at the slot position among others, is listed as a running back, yet wears the number 10.
This could be a tip of the hand scenario for Miami, especially with the release of Josh Rosen as Perry could now act as a 3rd emergency quarterback, thus opening up a valuable roster spot for young positional talent on either side of the ball.
With a quarterback Buddy-Film in the making of veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick and rookie incumbent Tua Tagovailoa, rostering a pure 3rd quarterback does not make all that much sense, considering there are at least two position players that can be called upon in a break-the-glass condition to take snaps in a pinch.
As for the running back room, newly acquired Breida will handle many 3rd down pass-receiving situations and should factor in nicely with around a dozen or so actual carries a game to complement Jordan Howard.
Howard, who is used to training in the South Florida sun, could be the grinding type of lead-securing runner Miami needs desperately. A guy like Howard can turn a four-point lead with 8:00 minutes to go, into an 11-point victory after a last-minute touchdown on the goal-line ices the opponents…. hopefully on the road up North in December.
Fullback Chandler Cox enters year two, and hopes to see the field more than he did in his rookie year and 2nd-year runners Myles Gaskin and Patrick Laird add depth to the room as well.
The success of the running game and overall offense is directly correlated with the offensive line. A line that is still yet to be solidified, with a new group of free agents and rookies that need to mix with a returning veteran like Jesse Davis and second year guard/center project Michael Dieter and 4th year tackle Julién Davenport. Tackle Adam Pankey enters his third season and is joined by rookie linemen, Austin Jackson, and Robert Hunt.
The guards are made up of free agent and former top-10 pick, Miami hometown-hero Ereck Flowers. Ex-Patriot and league veteran Ted Karras, is a center who will be a valuable mentor to a young line. Impressive rookie, Solomon Kindley is looking like a very solid guard and rounds out the blocking group.
The extension of the line are a few tight ends that will make more money blocking than catching in newly acquired Adam Shaheen and vet Durham Smythe. The receiver labeled tight end, Mike Gesicki, will be lined up off the line mainly, and could see several slot snaps as well as outside the numbers opportunities to utilize his athleticism.
Defensively, the Dolphins are looking best from the secondary down. The loaded unit has two luxury items in Xavien Howard and free agent signing Byron Jones. With stellar youthful depth at the position, as well as the fact a Brian Flores coached secondary is in need of several lock-down corners, 2nd year undrafted up-and-comer, Nik Needham is competing with rookie 1st-rounder Noah Igbinoghene for overall snaps and specific nickel-corner duties.
At the moment, with Xavien Howard uncertain to play Week 1 against New England in just seven days, this depth is paramount for a full season of success for Miami. The recent rumor of a trade idea of Needham, which was not substantiated by any viable source, is not prudent based on the depth Flores commands in his secondary.
The depth is also helped by Jamal Perry as the corners are joined by safeties Eric Rowe, Bobby McCain, Clayton Fejedelem and rookie Brandon Jones. Kavon Frazier, who was named Special Teams captain, is part of that safety group as well.
Moving to the linebacking corps, which took a huge pre-season hit after Vince Biegel suffered a practice injury ending his 2020, the group is youthful and full of potential.
Free agents Kamu Grugier-Hill, Elandon Roberts and leader Kyle Van Noy all have played for Flores, so they know they come to a system with familiarity. Calvin Munson and Sam Eguavoen are both NFL sophomores who earned another season after an impressive camp.
Andrew Van Ginkel could see plenty of reps this season due to the Biegel injury mixed with the recent trade a week ago of Raekwon McMillian to Las Vegas. Van Ginkel came on strong in 2019 following a foot injury and had a solid December.
Jerome Baker, who enters his third and most important season as a Dolphin, has the potential to be a viable team producer and leader within this team.
Rounding out the defense is the group that can make this unit dominate, and that is the trench-men on the line and those who are tasked with rushing the passer, or at least helping others do so.
That defensive line is built from the middle out, with veteran Davon Godchaux in a contract year leading the group. After a gradually improving and solid rookie season, young leader Christian Wilkins looks to continue his rise and is joined by Zach Sieler and rookie draft-day steal, Raewkon Davis from Alabama.
The pass-rushers are all new, in free agents Shaw Lawson and Emmanuel Ogbah with rookie Jason Strowbridge from North Carolina. Setting the edge is paramount for this defense, and these vets will help in that task immensely.
Finishing up the 53-man rosters are the specialists in long snapping rookie Blake Ferguson, Punter Matt Haack and his partner on the famous “Mountaineer Shot” touchdown, place-kicker Jason Sanders.
Up next in the 2020 team building process is finding out on Sunday who the practice squad players are. And if last season was any indication, a name or two who could be on that practice group, could be on Miami’s 53-man roster in 2021…or sooner.
You can follow Jason on Twitter @OrangeAquaman and on YouTube on The Fin Addicts Network
Three Brand New Dolphins - A Free Agent, a Trade Acquisition and a Rookie - Talk with South Florida Media
The NFL’s third leading rusher since 2016 sat down with South Florida media Thursday afternoon to discuss his first training camp with his new Miami Dolphin teammates. That player, believe it or not, is Jordan Howard who is behind only Ezekiel Elliott and Todd Gurley over the last four season in running back ground yards.
Howard comes to Miami having already familiarizing himself with the South Florida heat, thanks to training there in prior off-seasons, so he looks forward to using that to an advantage this year.
“Yea I used to train down here; practicing here in this heat is much different,” Howard said. “I know the advantages training down here.”
Entering his fifth season and third with the team Howard was a Pro -Bowler as a rookie and has put together a career 4.3 yards per carry average which is a far cry from last season's overall running back output of 3.3 yards per carry for the year.
Jordan has also scored 30 rushing touchdowns since 2016 which remarkably is only five less than the output of the entire Dolphins rushing attack combined in those same seasons all together.
Jordan joins a committee of rushers and is certainly taking to the team concept as he is ready to handle his specific role to help move this offense. In a true team concept mindset, which is consistently obvious with each Miami player at this point, Howard says, “we are going to use all of the backs.” He adds, “they’re going to use us all to the best of our abilities"
Next up were two more new Dolphins, the first via trade in tight end Adam Shaheen, a former 2nd round pick of the Chicago Bears. He has battled injury in three seasons in the Windy City, and a change of scenery could lead to warmer receptions in Miami.
While reflecting on his time with the team that drafted him 45th overall, he said, “the last 3 years, I’ve enjoyed them…The big thing for me is staying healthy. If I stay healthy, I think I can do the things needed from me.”
Shaheen realizes there is an adjustment and a learning curve, but seems up for the task. “It was a little different to come in and learn a new system,” he stated. And true to any Dolphin player thus far, yet again, he made it clear that he has the team first mindset, and let media know he will play any area of the field to see it.
Lastly was rookie first-rounder Noah Igbinoghene, who the Dolphins selected after a mutual appreciation which was likely solidified by a terrific Auburn pro-day. Igbinoghene cites coach Brian Flores and his mentality, in terms of having Miami as one of the teams he really wanted to play for.
In addition to Flores, the young potentially tagged, “lock-down corner,” is thankful to be in the same defensive backfield as an idol of his, Xavien Howard as well as another player he has looked up to in Byron Jones. Specifically to Xavien Howard, Igbinoghene said that having him in the locker room and being on the field with him since returning from the PUP-list is helping him. “It’s a huge,” he said. “He’s somebody I looked up to coming up.”
Igbinoghene, while impressive thus far in training camp, knows there is constant ability to improve one’s craft. When asked about what he has gotten better at this summer, he said, “just my overall technique. I feel like the game is really slowing down for me."
The product of two Olympian parents has the athletic prowess, clearly, as he was a converted receiver and has been playing cornerback for just two seasons. Yet, as the theme continues, he does not seem to care where he will have to play if it gets him on the field. With special teams ability, as well as nickel-corner and boundary coverage ability, it is a safe play to assume many snaps are on the way for Igbinoghene.
"I'm comfortable playing anywhere...I'm a baller at heart,” he said with swagger.
Swagger is a byproduct of confidence, especially when there is production and God-given skill to back it up. When asked about his confidence heading into a rookie season defending guys like Julian Edelman and Stefon Diggs, Igbinoghene was direct as can be, with palpable poise.
“I approach the game like I am going to dominate every single game.”
With a bit of a fun portion of the presser towards the closing minutes, Igbinoghene mentioned he has yet to receive a nickname to play off that five-syllable name. While it is never my business to take it upon myself to create nicknames, I will give it a shot.
How about Noah “No-Gain” Igbinoghene?
The 2020 NFL Season - Through the Predictive Eyes of @bleedaquaorange of Dolphins Twitter
By: Jason Sarney - predictions by @bleedaquaorange
I appreciate the hard work of anyone in the area of football coverage and prediction. Sometimes a person just takes it to another level and goes ridiculously in-depth and a Twitter pal of mine @bleedaquaorange, put in some incredible effort to call the entire season. Each week, each score, through the Super Bowl and even gave us an MVP.
It wasn't Tua.
As you will see, time is clearly not an issue for @bleedaquaorange, and I wonder what it is he does with his life. Here is how the first three weeks unfolded as per our social media colleague here:
So he has the Dolphins at 3-0 to open, and with the Jacksonville Jaguars unloading, that Week 3 Thursday night match-up should very easily be looked at as an attainable victory. However, a road game to open against the Patriots, followed by a home opener against a playoff team division rival in Buffalo may not be a lock to send the Dolphins into Jacksonville undefeated.
However, it isn't wildly unimaginable, but if it were ME, I would say 2-1 is the target in games 1-3, and I would take that happily. As I would take "Bleed's" version, just to make that clear.
The next trio of games was not has kind in "Bleed's" eyes, as two straight loses could very well be in the cars with games against Seattle and San Fransisco. A Denver match-up is winnable, so the Fins now stand at 4-2, which anyone in the world would take with this young team.
The Dolphins split the Los Angeles Hollywood Boulevard Series, as a loss against the Chargers and a win against the Rams is a solid split in this scenario, but I wouldn't be shocked if the outcomes were flipped. Miami, after a 3-0 start, seems very similar to past teams that cooled off over the past two decades, as a 5-4 record has people now nervous.
So essentially, "Bleed" is predicting a three-week bye, as the Dolphins beat the Jets, have a week off, and beat them again to get to 7-4. I would even take a split happily, and so would the Jets, as the 2010's decade closes with the Dolphins up 11-9. The Jets have only swept the Fins once this decade, and Miami has gone 2-0 twice in the last 10 season. Three times in the last 11 if you want to be technical.
Heading into the final stanza the Dolphins, according to "Bleed," with two weeks left to go have 9 wins already. With a last season pair of games against the Raiders in Las Vegas and a road trip to Buffalo, Miami has a ton of travel and should be exhausted from a long season full of unknown situations thanks to whatever Covid-19 does to 2019.
Bleed has them topping the Raiders in Sin City, but get relegated to a loss in Buffalo in what is sure to be a frigid if not snow drenched affair. This hopeful scenario has Miami making the playoffs as AFC East division winners for the first time since 2008.
With a Division title predicted, and a Home game against the Chargers to open the playoffs on Wild Card weekend, "Bleed" has a battle of what could very well be two rookies drafted back-to-back at #5 and #6 in Tua Tagovailoa and Justin Herbert, respectively.
Whomever the quarterback is to get Miami's first play-off win since Jay Fiedler nearly twenty years ago, they will travel to the home of current best quarterback on the planet, and reining Super Bowl MVP, Pat Mahomes. Ironically, "Bleed" has Miami ending the year in the home of the Kansas City Chiefs; the team that ended the 2019 season as champions in the Dolphins own home of Hard Rock Stadium.
A special thank you to "Bleed," and if you take issue with this...his Twitter Handle is above.
A Kicker That Catches, a Tackle That Plays Guard, and a Salesman Running Back Chat with Miami Media Tuesday
Three Miami Dolphins met with the South Florida media Tuesday morning, and kicking things off appropriately, was 3rd-year place kicker, Jason Sanders. Offensive lineman Jesse Davis and running back Matt Breida joined later, but the kicker had the first shot.
Sanders, who kicked for New Mexico in college, is the man who is 1-1 on career targets to TD reception ratio. Any Dolphin fan remembers him as the receiving end of punter Matt Haack’s toss to him in the endzone against the Eagles. A moment and play that will forever be known as, “The Mountaineer Shot.”
Joking aside, Sanders was asked if we will be seeing another trick play from him in 2020, and appropriately to the new Miami Way, the kicker played it cool and coy.
“There’s no secrets coming out,” he said.
More importantly Sanders knows that the task for him is to improve on his overall accuracy and consistency. “I had a lot of big kicks, it was a slow start, but I had a lot of big kicks, big plays,” Sanders said of his 2019 season. Sanders was a 90.0% accurate kicker in 2018 yet regressed in 2019 with a 76.7% figure.
Sanders detailed how he has a few skills beyond the average NFL place-kicker, in addition to pass-catching, as he is the team’s de-facto emergency punter. “We’ll mess around every once in a while. I would say I’d be a good emergency punter.”
Veteran lineman, Jesse Davis sat down to chat with the media and made it clear that he is yet another player who is willing to play wherever he is needed, and simply put team first. Whether tackle or guard, Davis will give max effort.
“You know, I kind of bring a lot to the table with both of those positions,” he said. “It doesn’t really matter to me where they stick me.”
The Miami Way
In addition to position flexibility, it seems any Dolphin with more than a few season’s under their belts have become leaders, and this is very much including Davis. With three rookies on the offensive line alone, the leadership of him and fellow veteran Ereck Flowers is paramount. When discussing that component of his role, Davis spoke highly of the rookies, namely Solomon Kindley and Robert Hunt.
“It’s been good. Moving around has been my forte’ now. Moving around with those guys it’s been good. They’ve been receptive of things.” He adds,“just helping them get where they need to be.”
Davis continued his high praise of those two young blockers, and stated, “they are big guys, they can move people. They are smart, they are very coach-able people.” He added, “they are two good rookies and I am glad we have them on our team.”
Davis knows there is a lot of work to do in improving last season’s dead-last overall ranked line. In comparing the unit from this time last year to now, the major difference at the start of September is clear to him. “I feel like we are more solidified at positions than last year. We had a lot of guys to come in and we didn’t know where they were going to be including myself.”
The other huge question mark is the quarterback room, and when discussing rookie Tua Tagovailoa Davis says, “he’s been good. Every week he is more vocal.” And when it comes to that left arm of his, Davis marveled, “it’s fun to see him playing out there and throw that deep ball.”
Bringing the presser home was homerun-hitter in runner Matt Breida. The draft weekend trade acquisition in April from the San Francisco 49’ers make the Dolphins backfield a potential nightmarish committee. With a full room of young, talented backs, Breida knows all will see action. “I think they are gonna use all of us,” he said. “Me, Jordan [Howard], Myles [Gaskin], Patrick [Laird]..."
As how and when each weapon will be deployed, Breida played the Miami Way card once again. “I don’t want to give away any secrets…you all have to wait until Week 1.”
Continuing the theme of team first and tight-lipped concealing of anything in-depth within team strategy, Breida is a born salesman as well as a true team player as per many of his new teammates.
When asked about his ability to be a three-down back as opposed to potentially a specific 3rd down back, “The Cheetah,” said, “man, I’m a football player at the end of the day. What they ask me to do I am going to do.”
With the main points of business out of the way, Breida once again put the salesman hat on, and turned promoter. When asked about the famous foot-race that must happen with Jakeem Grant, Breida set the distant unofficial date. “Oh, man, we are going to have to wait until the off season for that.”
Then, in a professional wrestling-like shock, Breida announced a potential third man. “We are going to get someone else in there, not going to mention names,” he said. You could almost hear wrestling commentator Tony Schiavone freak out in the distance.
In true form, Breida, with a smile as long as his run against the Cleveland Browns last season, would not tip the hand to who this other “outsider” is…."I can’t; you know I gotta leave a little tease.”
Well played, Matt. Well played.
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Didi move spotlights potential activities play
By Martin Cowen | December 16, 2016
Taxi apps are more than just a way to get a cab on a smartphone - and the biggest taxi app of the lot, China's Didi, has spent of lot of 2016 becoming very much like a mobile travel platform.
In October, Didi's platform handled 26 million rides a day, making it the second largest online transaction platform in the world.
Its latest business update conveniently rounds up some of the travel initiatives, while conveniently forgetting to mention its profit and loss accounts.
At the start of the year Didi opened up its API to third-party developers, and this has prompted more than 1,000 partnerships. Earlier this month it completed an integration into www.12306.com - the official mobile platform for China Railway Corporation. Visitors to the site are given an option to book Didi’s taxi, express and private car services either to the station or upon arrival.
Didi also distributes via Ctrip, and is available via most of China's internet giants include Baidu Maps, microblogging platform Sina Weibo and restaurant review and group buying site Dianping.com.
Elsewhere, it has also picked up on the local zeitgeist and launched "Discover" which highlights popular nearby destinations and attractions.
In October Didi linked up with Tripadvisor in a small-scale partnership which talked in terms of their aiming towards a "full-service ecosystem of services for travellers".
This August it took over Uber China, saying at the time that it wanted to keep the two brands separate while sharing tech. Reports since then suggest that the tech teams are talking although the Uber China brand is being squeezed out.
Uber China had the idea of becoming a mobile travel platform, launching "Uber + Travel" a month before the takeover, promising to "connect travellers with the travel services they need before, during and after their journey."
Becoming part of a travel ecosystem by connecting their inventory and platform with third parties via an API and creating a single point of sale for customers is only one of a number of business lines Didi has. But with so much interest around local experiences, taxi apps are ideally placed, literally, to address that last-mile conundrum for travellers.
Didi appears to have recognised this new role. With deep-pocketed investors backing it, more investments and partnerships will come as it builds up an app-based travel platform.
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Samsung Omnia W hits UK shelves, retails for nearly $540
The Samsung Omnia W is the successor to the original Samsung Omnia 7 Windows Phone, and it comes with a refined design and a taste of Mango, the latest update to the platform. Good news is that the Omnia W, announced a month or so ago, has now quietly hit shelves at UK retailer Play.com.
The Samsung Omnia W price is nearly $540 (£339.99) with no carrier ties, but you can also get it with a subsidy slashing the price down to free if you get tied to an O2 contract, something that would cost you some $25 (£15.68) a month for 100 minutes, 500 texts and 500MB.
The Omnia W has a 3.7-inch display with a WVGA resolution (480x800 pixels). It features a 1.4GHz single-core processor, a 5-megapixel rear camera capturing 720p videos and a VGA front snapper. Nothing all that stellar, but you can expect a rock solid Windows Phone experience, something Microsoft has successfully ensured by enforcing strict hardware rules for phones on the platform. You can purchase the Omnia W now at Play.com here. We’re yet to hear news about availability and pricing stateside, but you’d be the first to know when we do.
source: SoMobile
Samsung Omnia W View Full specs
Camera 5 MP (Single camera) 0.3 MP VGA front
Hardware 0.5GB RAM
Storage 8GB,
OS Windows Phone 7.5 Mango
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Payday 2 teaser offers an important lesson in bad guy recognition
By Phil Savage 14 March 2013
Idea for preventing all future crimes: install trackers in those creepy plastic masks that are only ever used by budding criminals. They're a clear giveaway that a heist is about to go down. That's a lesson still to be learned by the guard in this teaser for Overkill's Payday 2. He's far too nonchalant for someone being approached by a guy equipping a sneering stars and stripes face mask and wearing surgical gloves.
Unless he's assuming it's a particularly theatrical GP.
The original Payday was an enjoyable, if shonky, co-op experience. For the sequel, Overkill seem keen to really nail the atmosphere of a tense crime caper. The new Crimenet acts as a dynamic mission database, with players progressing from convenience store burglaries through to full bank raids. It also offers four professions - Mastermind, Enforcer, Ghost and Technician - with new skill trees offering a variety of upgrade paths. Although how a Mastermind contestant is going to help you commit a robbery remains to be seen.
Payday 2 is due out this Summer. You can see more footage below, courtesy of CVG .
Phil Savage
Phil leads PC Gamer's UK team. He was previously the editor of the magazine, and thinks you should definitely subscribe to it. He enjoys RPGs and immersive sims, and can often be found reviewing Hitman games. He's largely responsible for the Tub Geralt thing, but still isn't sorry.
Payday: The Heist
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Rumor: iPhone OS 4.0 Update Adds Multitasking
By Daniel Ionescu
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The iPhone will finally support multitasking for third-party apps as part of Apple's iPhone OS 4.0 release, according to AppleInsidier sources. It is just one of many iPhone 4.0 rumors surfacing as interest in what's next for the iPhone's OS mounts.
Naturally, Apple is tight-lipped over its plans for the iPhone we won't know anything for sure until launch day which isn't expected for another five months. But that hasn't stopped the blogosphere from speculating. Most reports come from unnamed sources, so it's recommended you take them with a grain of salt -- though some are worth putting into perspective.
Now let's round up the rumors for the iPhone 4.0 software release, starting with multitasking support.
Multitasking for several 3rd party apps
The lack on multitasking on the iPhone, and soon iPad, was always controversial among smartphone enthusiasts. Apple only allows a select few of its own apps to run in the background, but this could change.
According to AppleInsidier sources, the 4.0 software to be delivered on new iPhones this summer will allow several third-party apps to run simultaneously in the background, and according to Gizmodo, it may look a lot like Expose on Mac OSX.
Multitasking is one of the logical upgrades to the iPhone OS, especially as Android, Nokia or Palm smartphones have been supporting this for years. So if it's not just wishful thinking, third-party apps multitasking on the iPhone is a welcomed addition.
Let's not forget, though --- multitasking on the iPhone has been rumored before the 3G and 3GS models were launched -- and never came to be.
A front-facing video camera on the iPhone would allow for video calling, a feature present in many smartphones over the past few years. Video calling has still not gained popularity among mobile users, but Apple is believed to have a trick up its sleeve.
Alongside iconography for video chatting found in the iPhone 3.2 system files, O2, one of Apple's wireless partners for the iPhone in the UK briefly changed its iPhone tariffs, stating video calls will come for the same price as voice calls.
The network was quick to retract this and claimed it as an error, but many were left salivating over the possibility. The likelihood of video calling for the iPhone 4.0 is minimal, considering AT&T is yet to enable tethering, and video calling would eat up more bandwitdh as well.
Five-megapixel camera with flash
The iPhone 3GS has brought a better camera (3.2MP) over the previous model (3G with 2MP), so again, it would be logical for Apple to upgrade the camera in the upcoming iteration of the iPhone to 5.0 megapixels.
However, Apple was reluctant to introduce a flash for the iPhone camera, and pictures taken with the phone in darker circumstances are blurry or grainy. The flash could be more of a dream, but let's hope Apple comes with a surprise.
Even more rumors
New gestures are also expected in the next iteration of the iPhone, such as long tap and three taps, though it is unclear what they will be used of or how. The rumor comes as developers have dug deep through the iPhone SDK only to find file names pointing to new gestures.
Which features would you like to see on the iPhone 4.0? Sound off in the comments.
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SWPA nonprofit The River Fund helps children far and near | Helping the Helpers
Special to the Capital-Star
Through their nonprofit The River Fund, the Mitchell family of West Brownsville supports local, national and international charities. One of their biggest yearly drives supports buying Christmas gifts for area children who are in need (Uniontown Herald-Standard photo)
(Editor’s Note: ‘Helping the Helpers,’ a cooperative effort between The Pennsylvania Capital-Star and Uniontown Herald-Standard is a daily series highlighting the work of volunteer groups and nonprofit organizations in southwestern Pennsylvania who are making a difference in their communities. The stories will run through Christmas Day)
By Jennifer Garofalo
WEST BROWNSVILLE, Pa. — Parents often tell their children to do good deeds and give back to their communities. Then, without meaning to, they throw up barriers, nixing the ideas children come up with.
(Capital-Star file)
West Brownsville, Fayette County resident Brianne Mitchell didn’t. In fact, she got behind her daughters’ ideas and brought them to life with the Della and Lila Children’s Book Series.
“We talked about community service in the series, and we didn’t want it to be lip service,” Mitchell said, so when the series launched, the Mitchell family, including Brianne, her husband, Mitch, and daughters Della, 12, and Lila, 9, simultaneously started The River Fund, putting a portion of the sale of each book toward the nonprofit.
“It was easy – you sell a book, you save the money and donate it a worthy cause – and children and families are worthy causes,” Mitchell said.
The fund, which also raises money through other endeavors throughout the year, supports a number of causes, including a Christmas program to provide gifts to students in local school districts who may not otherwise receive much. Guidance counselors at the schools provide the names of at-need students, and money from the fund is used to purchase them several gifts.
This year, the program will give gifts to students in the Brownsville Area, California Area and Charleroi Area school districts. It’s a scaled-back number of schools than they typically help, Mitchell said, because having in-person fundraisers has been nearly impossible due to coronavirus-related restrictions.
“Normally, my house is filled,” Mitchell said. “We do bikes, presents, and people just come in and drop stuff off all day, every day.
HOW TO HELP: A link to purchase the prints or donate to The River Fund can also be found at dellaandlila.com.
“People really answer the call,” she said.
She’s hoping people will do so again this year, so that The River Fund can support buying for as many students as possible.
Prints of Nemacolin Castle along with other landmarks in Brownsville are available for purchase at dellaandlila.com. All of the proceeds from the sales will support The River Fund’s Christmas giving program (Image via the Uniontown Herald-Standard)
In addition to the Christmas program, the fund also donates to other charities across the area and around the world, including the Zephaniah Free Education Center, based in Pakistan.
The organization takes in and educates children in children in need, focusing on young women.
Mitchell said the charity was meaningful to her family, making them thankful for the freedoms and opportunities afforded to young girls in America.
All of that reach of the The River Fund, she said, came from a desire to support her children in wanting to do good through the book series.
The books, “Della and Lila Meet the Monongahela Mermaid,” “Della and Lila and the Treasure Adventure” and “Della and Lila Meet the Monongahela Monster,” took five years to write. They started when Della was 5 and Lila was 3.
“The reason why I think we felt called to serve or drawn to give is we talk so much about it in the books what it means to give back to your community and be good to your neighbors,” Mitchell said.
But, she noted, there are many opportunities available for children to practice doing good – around their neighborhood, or with community organizations that are in need of volunteers of all ages.
“We, as adults, tell children, ‘Be good neighbors,’ … but we never give them the opportunity or space to do that, because they’re either not allowed or we don’t create the opportunity,” Mitchell said. “We need to be able to encourage children to be good leaders … and provide them a safe space to be able to do that.”
Recently, Mitchell started a sale of art prints of Brownsville landmarks to help support the fund’s Christmas program.
The prints feature the Monongahela National Bank, Nemacolin Castle, Union Station Building and a streetscape that includes the borough’s “telephone building,” old bank building and Snowden building. All of the proceeds will go to The River Fund.
Jennifer Garofalo is the managing editor of the Uniontown Herald-Standard, a publishing partner of the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Readers may email her at [email protected]
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UK Supreme Court rules developer’s ‘cynical’ behaviour outweighs public interest
Out-Law News | 10 Nov 2020 | 1:45 pm | 3 min. read
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that a developer’s behaviour in commencing a development on land burdened by a restrictive covenant was a critical factor to be considered when the Upper Tribunal exercised its discretion to discharge or modify that restrictive covenant.
In the first judgment on the issue by the UK’s highest court, the Supreme Court refused to modify a restrictive covenant over an area of land which had been built on in breach of a covenant which prevented development on it.
The appeal to the Supreme Court was brought by the owners of land in Maidenhead, which had been sold in 1972 by a farmer to SSPC, a company that already owned the neighbouring plot. SSPC covenanted that no structure would be built on the land it was buying, and it would only be used for car parking.
The farmer’s son later inherited the adjacent land, and gifted part of it to the Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust for the construction of a children’s hospice.
Soon after this, a development company, Millgate Developments, acquired the land owned by SSPC and applied for planning permission to build 23 affordable houses on the site. Although Millgate knew of the restrictive covenants, it nonetheless planned to build 13 houses on the burdened land, some of which would overlook the hospice’s planned gardens and wheelchair walk.
Construction began in July 2014 and a year later, after the development was complete, Millgate applied to the Upper Tribunal seeking a retrospective modification of the restrictive covenants. The Tribunal allowed the application on the basis that it was in it was in the public interest that the social housing be provided, notwithstanding the deliberate breach of the covenants by Millgate.
The Court of Appeal overturned that decision and the Supreme Court also refused to modify the covenant.
The Supreme Court unanimously held that the Upper Tribunal had failed to consider two relevant factors at the discretionary stage of its decision-making process. It said that Millgate could have built on the land unencumbered by the covenants, and that if it had applied to modify the restrictive covenant prior to building it would have been unlikely to satisfy public-interest considerations on which it sought to now have the covenant modified.
Property dispute resolution expert Richard Bartle of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law, said the Supreme Court had principally addressed technical legal issues, including at which stage of the process for considering an application the Tribunal can consider a developer’s conduct.
Bartle said there were still two key takeaway points for developers in the decision.
“Firstly, the Supreme Court has approved the principle that a cynical breach by a developer can outweigh what would otherwise be the public interest in discharging or modifying a restrictive covenant, and also emphasised the importance of deterring developers from committing such cynical breaches,” Bartle said.
“If a release of the covenant cannot be negotiated, developers should be aware that their right to modify or discharge the covenant may be lost entirely if the application to modify or discharge has to be made retrospectively,” Bartle said.
Bartle said the decision also reinforced the fact that developers should usually consider all of their development options for a site, including potentially development of nearby land that they own, before applying to modify or discharge a covenant.
“If the developer could obtain a planning consent for a similar scheme nearby, then that may make it more difficult for the developer to succeed on an application to modify or discharge because it may not be able to prove that the covenant is contrary to the public interest,” Bartle said.
Bartle said there were compelling public policy reasons which underpinned the right of developers to seek the modification or discharge of a restrictive covenant:
“It is not clearly not desirable that a covenant restricting what can be done on land remain in place if certain circumstances change, and more generally private interests should not impede development which may benefit the wider community,” Bartle said.
However, Bartle said that whilst the jurisdiction of the Upper Tribunal to modify or discharge a covenant conferred a “powerful benefit” on developers whose land is burdened by one or more covenants, the Tribunal had nonetheless repeatedly made it clear that it will refuse developers’ applications to modify or discharge as a matter of general discretion, even where based a developer can satisfy one or more of the jurisdictional tests for modifying or discharging a covenant, if the developer has behaved badly.
“Bad behaviour in this context has generally been characterised as ‘high-handed’ conduct and attempting to evade the jurisdiction of the Tribunal. That is usually by developers proceeding with a development in knowledge of the covenants and despite objections – in practice, by deliberately failing to make an application to modify or discharge, commencing building works and thereby ‘stealing a march’ on those entitled to enforce the covenant,” Bartle said.
“In this case, the Supreme Court characterised such conduct as a ‘cynical breach’. Developers have previously been warned that they will be in for a 'rude awakening' if they deliberately commence building works in breach of a restrictive covenant. This Supreme Court decision strongly reinforces that warning,” Bartle said.
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Should Your Nonprofit Adopt Remote Work Permanently?
If your not-for-profit's staffers can work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, they probably are. But what about when the crisis ends?
As workers have become accustomed to remote work, many now prefer it. In fact, several recent surveys have found that approximately half of U.S. employees would rather work from home. This is particularly true of parents with younger children. Many employers also like remote work. They're finding that employees are as productive — if not more productive — now. And if staffers remain at home after the pandemic ends, your organization may be able to break its office lease or sell its facility and save a bundle on operational costs.
Before you take that step, however, consider what the costs and risks may be.
Potential Disadvantages
One possible downside to permanent remote work is the loss of personal interaction. Some leaders of organizations that have successfully transitioned to remote working acknowledge that "something's missing" when the office is closed. Losing personal interaction can have a negative impact on organizational culture, support for new hires and the emotional health of staffers. Employees miss the chance to share — whether it's celebrating successes, collaborating with peers or talking over difficulties — that's part and parcel of daily living. You may not want to lose that entirely.
As you know, there's much more to running a nonprofit than holding virtual meetings, sending emails and taking advantage of other technological tools. An office or other physical premise not only brings people together, but it may be integral to your mission and your brand. You may need your physical premises to serve constituents and your location in a certain part of town or a particular building may play a role in the continuing support of donors and volunteers.
So before you decide to end a lease or sell an office, ask whether your current work-from-home setup meets the needs of everyone. This includes staffers, managers, clients, charitable partners and other stakeholders who regularly use your facilities. If not, are there things you can do to make remote working viable?
Relationships between managers and their reports are particularly critical. Do staffers feel valued when they don't have daily face-to-face contact with leadership? Are you able to communicate expectations, direct staffers' work and evaluate accomplishments remotely? If the answer to one or more of these questions is "no," you may need to return your workforce to the office as soon as public health conditions warrant it.
3 Other Options
Even if you decide that permanent work-from-home isn't feasible, there are alternatives to restoring your pre-pandemic operations. Consider these three:
1. Share your workspace. Thanks to the explosion of the gig economy, sharing workspace has gained momentum in recent years. It's becoming even more popular as organizations look for ways to cut expenses or downsize their workforces. Sharing part of an office or other facility with other groups usually saves money on rent, utilities and potentially on equipment and supplies.
Usually, shared spaces can be arranged to accommodate all or most of your nonprofit's needs and wants. But some nonprofits use a shared workspace as a supplement to another facility — for example, where they operate community programs and serve clients. You might want to maintain any space that has been optimized for your nonprofit's use (such as a health clinic) and then share the costs of a separate collaborative office space to administer programs and meet with colleagues and donors. Staffers who don't have a permanent work desk can use the shared space and resources temporarily when they need them.
2. Move your location. The public health crises has, at least for now, changed the commercial real estate market. According to real estate management company, Cushman & Wakefield, the office vacancy rate probably will reach 18% by 2022. High vacancy rates give nonprofits looking for space considerable leverage.
If space-sharing doesn't suit your organization, you might want to downsize to a smaller or less-expensive office. This option may be particularly attractive to nonprofits pursuing a hybrid model where all staffers work at home part time and all in the office part time or where some work remotely full time and some work in the office full time.
3. Renegotiate your lease. Even if you're inclined to stay put, you don't have to accept the status quo. Your landlord may be more willing to renegotiate an existing lease and give you a better deal than you might think. Consider extending the lease term as a negotiating point.
Many employers originally thought of work-from-home as a temporary solution to extraordinary challenges. Now, however, both nonprofits and businesses are accepting flexible work models as part of the New Normal. To ensure you're making the best decisions for your nonprofit's finances, mission and people, contact us.
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COVID Alert App and How it Helps You
by Zain Usmani | Jan 4, 2021 | COVID-19, Updates
The COVID alert app can detect if you have been exposed to COVID-19. If you are arriving in Canada soon, or if you have recently arrived, this free app is a helpful tool. Downloading the app on your mobile phone and using it correctly can help to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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The Canadian government released the COVID Alert App in July 2020 in an effort to slow down the pandemic in Canada. The app alerts its users if they have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
If the app is used to its full potential, it has the power to slow down the pandemic to a great extent.
However, only 10% of Canadians have downloaded it and only 4% of those users, have used the app correctly. This is due to a common myth that discourages people to download the app.
The fact that COVID Alert uses codes to exchange data has led people to believe that the alert does not protect their privacy. Often times, people do not want to tell anyone that they tested positive for COVID-19. This leads them to mistrust the app. In truth, nonetheless, the COVID Alert App does not give out any personal information.
Unlike the COVID Alert Apps of other countries, Canada’s COVID Alert puts privacy before anything else. Unlike most other apps, the data is stored in the device itself rather than a central server. This ensures privacy, but it doesn’t allow the government to know any statistics regarding how many users received exposure notifications. Like I said, your privacy is put before anything else.
In this article, you will learn how the COVID Alert App works and how it helps to slow the spread of COVID-19. You will also learn how the COVID Alert App protects your privacy along, and dispel a commonly believed myth about the app.
The COVID Alert App uses Bluetooth to scan for nearby devices with the app downloaded. If two phones are within two meters of each other for more than 15 minutes, they will exchange random codes.
These random codes exchange data between the two phones to notify the other device whether or not the person has COVID-19. However, these codes change every 5 minutes so there is no way that they can be used to track you.
For example, if you were in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 14 days, your device will notify you. However, you will never come to know who it was that tested positive for COVID-19. This is because the app does not give out any personal data when it exchanges codes with other devices.
To learn more about how the COVID Alert App works, click here.
The COVID Alert App uses Bluetooth to scan for nearby devices. When it does find a phone, it does not exchange any personal data.
If you test positive for COVID-19, everyone who was around you would be notified but they will never know it was you. The app uses random codes to exchange data but the government made sure that the codes can’t be used to track you. This is because the codes change every 5 minutes to protect your privacy. The app itself does not even know your name so no one will know who it was that tested positive for COVID-19.
The COVID Alert App has no way of knowing your:
– location or address
– health information.
And, it cannot access any information on your phone such as your contacts.
The COVID Alert App runs in the background of your phone and will not interrupt any of your activities. Everything that the COVID Alert App does is with your permission. When you first install the app, all the permissions will be turned off. If you are using an Android phone, the app might require you to turn on the location settings but it will not share your location with anyone.
Watch now to learn more about how the COVID Alert App protects your privacy:
If you test positive for COVID-19, you will need to tell the app that you have COVID-19. The app will not be able to find that out itself. When you open the COVID Alert App, there will be an option to navigate to the menu at the bottom of the screen.
Once you are on the menu:
– Click the option: Get a One-Time Key
– this takes you to a page that will instruct you on how to get your one-time key.
– You will need either your health card or a verification code that is provided by the testing location.
– Once you get your one-time key, navigate back to the menu page in the COVID Alert App
. There you will see a blue button that says: Enter Your One-time Key.
– Enter your key to let the app know that you have tested positive for COVID-19.
If you come into contact with someone that has the COVID Alert, their device will notify them of an exposure. However, they will not know it was you that tested positive for COVID-19.
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If your device notifies you that you been exposed to COVID-19, follow these steps:
1. Go to the nearest assessment center to get a COVID-19 test. Click here to find assessment centers in the province where you live.
2. Stay home until you get your test results
3. If you test positive for COVID-19, you will get a call from a health official advising you to self-isolate and for how long. You should notify the app by getting your one-time key, and self isolate.
4. If you test negative you do not have to isolate, but you should continue to follow public health instructions such as: wearing a face mask, washing your hands often, and keeping a safe distance from others.
Download the app for iOS users here.
Download the app for Android users here.
In an effort to protect the privacy of Canadians, the government had to sacrifice better results. Since there is no way of collecting statistics about the COVID Alert App, it doesn’t actually know how many people were notified. And since the individual does not know where, when and, with whom any exposure occurred, they cannot tell whether it is a real threat or not.
This is no reason to believe that the app isn’t working. Let’s take Ontario for example. More than 3,000 Ontarians have notified the app that they tested positive for COVID-19 since it was launched. This is roughly 4% of all COVID-19 cases that happened between August 1 and November 20, 2020. This could have helped by alerting thousands of Ontarians of potential exposure to COVID-19 and preventing them from transmitting the disease.
No matter how you decide to pursue things with the COVID Alert App, it is important to remember to follow public health orders. The best way to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic is to:
– wear a face covering
– wash your hands often
– practice social distancing
. Avoid traveling as much as possible, but if you have to travel, don’t forget to self-isolate for 14 days.
The COVID Alert App in general is a great tool to have on your device and alert you to exposure. And, as more and more people use the app, it will play a crucial role in fighting back against COVID-19.
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Business Address 1300 MAIN ST
ATCHISON, KS 66002
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SIC 518 - Beer, Wine, And Distilled Alcoholic Beverages (benchmarking)
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments 3 5 3 2 1 6
Cash and cash equivalents 3 5 3 2 1 6
Receivables 42 39 34 26 31 33
Inventory, net of allowances, customer advances and progress billings 137 109 93 79 59 34
Inventory 137 109 93 79 59 34
Prepaid expense 2 1 2 2 1 1
Other undisclosed current assets 1 2 3 8
Total current assets: 184 155 135 111 91 82
Operating lease, right-of-use asset 6 ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕
Property, plant and equipment 128 121 103 93 84 64
Long-term investments and receivables 19 19 12
Long-term investments 19 19 12
Intangible assets, net (including goodwill) 2
Goodwill 2
Other noncurrent assets 3 2 3 3 1 2
Other undisclosed noncurrent assets (2)
Total noncurrent assets: 138 123 106 114 103 78
TOTAL ASSETS: 323 278 240 225 194 161
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 39 37 41 29 32 24
Accounts payable 30 25 30 20 21 16
Accrued liabilities 9 12 11 9 10 8
Taxes payable 1
Debt 0 0 0 4 3 3
Other undisclosed current liabilities 3 2 3
Total current liabilities: 39 37 42 37 38 31
Long-term debt and lease obligation, including: 41 32 24 32 8 8
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities 41 21 3 15 23
Operating lease, liability 4 ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕
Other undisclosed long-term debt and lease obligation (4) 11 21 16 (15) 8
Liabilities, other than long-term debt 9 3 3 7 6 13
Deferred revenue and credits ✕ ✕ 2 3 3 4
Deferred revenue 1 ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕
Contract with customer, liability ✕ 2 ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕
Deferred compensation liability, classified 1
Deferred tax liabilities, net ✕ 3 3 9
Deferred income tax liabilities 2 ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕
Other liabilities 4 2 1 0 0
Other undisclosed noncurrent liabilities 3 4 3 4 27 4
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Total liabilities: 92 76 72 79 78 56
Stockholders' equity attributable to parent 231 201 169 146 116 104
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Common stock 7 7 7 7 7 7
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Additional paid in capital 14 15 14 14 11 10
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (0) (0) (0) (0) (1) (1)
Retained earnings 231 199 167 143 115 89
Total stockholders' equity: 231 201 169 146 116 104
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Revenue, net ✕ ✕ 347 342 364 352
Financial services revenue ✕ ✕ 11
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Other undisclosed gross profit 356 325 296 309 297
Gross profit: 77 84 76 65 59 28
Operating expenses (29) (33) (33) (27) (26) (4)
Other undisclosed operating income (loss) 3 (8)
Operating income: 47 50 43 42 33 17
Interest and debt expense (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
Other undisclosed income from continuing operations before equity method investments, income taxes 4 6 10
Income from continuing operations before equity method investments, income taxes: 46 49 42 45 38 26
Income (loss) from equity method investments (0) 10
Other undisclosed income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes 11 (10)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes: 46 49 53 45 38 26
Income tax expense (7) (12) (11) (14) (12) (2)
Net income: 39 37 42 31 26 24
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest 4 6 10
Other undisclosed net loss attributable to parent (4) (6) (10)
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Undistributed earnings (loss) allocated to participating securities, basic (0) (1) (1) ✕ ✕ ✕
Other undisclosed net loss available to common stockholders, basic (1) (1) (1)
Net income available to common stockholders, diluted: 39 37 41 30 25 23
Other comprehensive income (loss) (0) (0) 0 0 0 (1)
Comprehensive income: 39 37 42 31 26 23
Comprehensive income, net of tax, attributable to noncontrolling interest 4 6 10
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Global coworking and flexible workspace network Proximity Space, Inc., announced today it has completed the acquisition of North Carolina-based software company SMPL. The addition of SMPL brings new and enhanced features to the Proximity platform for the thousands of coworking space members who use it to manage memberships, book meeting space, register for events and connect with other members at coworking spaces in the Proximity Network.
Coworking space operators using SMPL software will gain access to an expanded feature set and a digital door control system, and members have the opportunity to connect to a fast-growing network of remote workers, entrepreneurs and freelancers from around the world. Proximity enables a seamless drop-in experience for members at hundreds of locations on the Proximity platform. The continued growth of coworking spaces in the Proximity Network also provides employers with greater access to connected, flexible workspace inventory from hundreds of coworking brands.
“In an industry with a number of software solutions, SMPL stands out as a leader in customer experience,” says Josh Freed, CEO of Proximity. “This is true of their product and customer support, and we’ve been incredibly impressed with every SMPL interaction. Our conversation started with a discussion about features, but it quickly became clear we have a lot of shared values. We’re a match because we’ve built our businesses on community and taking care of our customers.”
Both companies trace their origins to operating coworking spaces and each created the Proximity and SMPL software solutions in response to unmet needs for managing their member communities. SMPL cofounder Garrett Tichy owns and operates five coworking space locations in Charlotte, N.C., under the Hygge Coworking brand. Proximity owns and operates three coworking spaces in Montrose, Grand Junction and Ridgway, Colo.
Hygge will be the first to transition its coworking spaces to the Proximity platform from SMPL software. Last month Hygge temporarily closed its locations because of the COVID-19 outbreak and plans to implement Proximity software and digital door access prior to re-opening to members and the public. Proximity and SMPL are working together to create a smooth transition for customers moving to the Proximity platform. SMPL is committed to supporting its customers throughout this process.
“We’ve worked hard to build a platform that’s meaningful to our customers and has contributed to the growth of our industry,” says Tichy. “SMPL started with a focus on the community that coworking creates and we see the same devotion in the Proximity platform and their team. I believe our companies have been headed in the same direction and joining our visions together is the natural progression of our shared desire to connect the mobile workforce.”
SMPL has developed a number of innovative enhancements that are being incorporated into the Proximity platform, including the ability to delay membership start dates, invite new members with single-click signup and more effectively manage attrition. Hygge’s transition to the Proximity platform, SMPL’s experience with multispace management and Proximity’s recently released support for multispaces help enable the development of features that are most critical to the operation of large coworking and flex workspace brands.
SMPL users can visit proximity.space/smpl to learn more about the Proximity platform and schedule a demo with the Proximity team.
About Proximity
Proximity is connecting the mobile workforce through a growing network of coworking brands. Proximity software helps coworking spaces manage their member communities by providing digital door access, conference room booking, event management, membership billing, guest visit and package delivery notification and controlled internet access—all through a single platform. The Proximity School of Coworking provides space owners and community managers with the training and resources they need to run a successful coworking space. Proximity was founded in 2015 and is based in western Colorado.
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Yes, it’s time for the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) to pay attention! Having recently seen an article in The Guardian about the new additions to the OED, it seemed a good time to take a somewhat tongue-in-cheek look at the 10 words I would propose for inclusion in that venerable reference for the English language. After all, if “yolo” (you only live once) and “squee” (an exclamation expressing delight or excitement) can make it, why not my 10 words?
So, with no shame or even claim to authorship in some cases, here are my 10 proposed additions (in alphabetical order, of course):
1. Custoforce engagement: The act of delighting the customer by empowering the frontline workforce to take action on first contact with the customer, thereby improving both customer and workforce engagement.
2. Gutformation: Ignoring the use of data and analysis in favor of gut instinct as the information source for decision making
3. Laction: Missing the critical step in strategic planning of going from strategic objectives to specific action plans, thereby lacking the organizational capability to act on the strategic objectives.
4. Leaderwalk: The true values and culture of the organization as displayed by the senior leader in her day-to-day observable actions
5. Nonovation: An organizational rationale for not innovating due to myriad organizational stumbling blocks, policies, or cultural attributes that stifle the taking of intelligent risks (reinforcing the “no” in innovation)
6. Probortunity: The unity between problems and opportunity that results in looking at ways to turn problems into opportunities. This term comes from a blog post by Gerry Sandusky (not the former Penn State coach).
7. Recombobulation: The act of reorganizing and gathering one’s thoughts, allowing a person time and space to reestablish his composure. I first came across this word in the physical recombobulation zone at Milwaukee Airport in the area that is just beyond the security checkpoint.
8. Stratovation: A mechanism for encouraging innovation and making sure successful outcomes of innovation efforts are hardwired to the strategic planning and thinking of an organization. I introduced this term in an earlier post.
9. Sucflushion planning: When good organizations discard all their senior-leader succession plans and leadership-development successes, and bring in a new senior leader from outside the organization, who then disrupts all that is good about the organization and its culture
10. Voluntold: When a manager or leader helps an employee understand the wisdom of doing something that the supervisor thinks is good for the company (and the employee). I first heard this term from Larry Potterfield of MidwayUSA.
Now, before you dismiss this post as just another attempt at humor, do me one favor. Treat these 10 words as an organizational self-assessment tool. How many of the good words are characteristics of your organization? How many of the detrimental words are practiced regularly by your organization? Are there successes you should build on? Is there some action planning that comes out of your self-assessment?
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Harry Hertz retired in June 2013 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) where he served as director of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program since 1995. For more than 15 years he was the primary architect of the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence, responsible for expansion of the Baldrige Program and Award to healthcare, education, and nonprofits, including government. Hertz serves on the Advisory Group for VHA’s Center for Applied Healthcare Studies and on the adjunct faculty of American University. He has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and a Ph.D. from M.I.T.
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Sudbury Nickel Mine Achieves Optimal Levels of Productivity
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Optimized overall system visibility and efficiency
Enabled system flexibility and scalability - and ability to extend integrated solution to other parts of the operation quickly An integrated, mine-wide Rockwell Automation solution has optimized operations at this nickel mine in Sudbury, Ontario
The mineral-rich Sudbury basin, located in northern Ontario, Canada, boasts extensive deposits of nickel, copper, platinum, palladium and gold. Since 1929, this region has boasted an extensive network of mines, mills and smelters. In 2003, the primary mining company in the region solidified plans to expand its operations in the northeast edge of the basin. Development of the US $840-million greenfield project began in 2004. Built for an annual capacity of 1.25 million tonne of nickel, copper and platinum-group ores, the new underground mine was slated to begin production by 2011.
Historically, the mining industry is particularly vulnerable to fluctuations in the global commodities market. In fact, when prices plummet, mining companies often find that marginally efficient operations are no longer profitable and choose to suspend extraction until the market rebounds. To justify the development of the project, the Sudbury mine's leadership stipulated that the new operation incorporate advanced technologies to enable efficient –and thereby profitable – operation in virtually any commodities market. The mine's operators chose Hatch, an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) firm, to develop the project. Headquartered in Ontario, Hatch is a global engineering company that has served the mining and metals industry for more than 50 years. “From the onset, the end user had a vision to develop an innovative, future-ready mine,” said Josh Lilley, lead engineer, Hatch. “To do so, the company knew it had to exploit the full potential of automation throughout the mining process – both above ground and at depths 1,700 meters below the surface.” In particular, the company hoped to incorporate the latest automation and communication capabilities to optimize productivity, improve process variability – and capture the advantages of mobile technology.
From a systems and process control perspective, the scope of the project was extensive and included: a realtime data management infrastructure; RFID equipment and personnel tracking; the ventilation on demand (VOD) system; automated mine hoisting; and remote static and mobile equipment controls. While each specific application presented unique challenges, energy and resource utilization was a common concern throughout the mine. In specifying a control system, Hatch required an integrated solution that could address a wide range of control applications. “Keep in mind, a mine is also a continuous construction site,” said Lilley. “The selected control solution had to incorporate flexibility to adjust to these constant changes cost-effectively.”
After evaluating a number of control systems, the Hatch team recommended a mine-wide Rockwell Automation solution based on the Integrated Architecture® system.
“It was clear that a Rockwell Automation control solution would match the technology vision for the mine,” said Lilley. “Rockwell Automation offers a consistent, integrated system that would optimize discrete and power control – as well as process applications.”
The backbone for the solution is the communication infrastructure, which consists of a redundant, single mode EtherNet/IP™ network. Via both wired and Wi-Fi transmission, this IT infrastructure handles all surface and underground communication – and enables high-level process and business data sharing on a common, centrally managed architecture.
“We designed our solution based on thin client architecture,” Lilley said. “Rockwell Automation could support all applications throughout the mine within this cost-effective environment and allow us to create a real-time data management infrastructure.”
Rockwell Automation control systems were deployed throughout all areas of the mine. The integrated supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) solution includes Allen-Bradley® ControlLogix® programmable automation controllers (PACs), low voltage and medium voltage Allen-Bradley PowerFlex® variable frequency drives, Allen-Bradley E3 Plus™ solid-state overload relays, FactoryTalk® View Site Edition (SE) supervisory HMI software and Allen-Bradley PanelView™ Plus graphic terminals.
All mining operations require an extensive control infrastructure. To streamline development, the Hatch- Rockwell Automation team designed a standard, DeviceNet™ configuration for all underground substations and employed a modular approach. "Actually, we worked with Hatch to design ‘portable control centers,'” explained Bob DaPrat, account manager, Rockwell Automation. “By designing control capabilities in various blocks related to specific functions, we were able to minimize some of the infrastructure requirements.”
Built to withstand underground conditions, the portable substations were delivered as modular systems. Sling or fork-lift ready, the skidded systems could be moved to provide needed power control as construction progressed throughout the mine – while leaving control for essential functions (e.g. lighting) in place.
To ensure a standard control and visualization environment throughout the operation, Hatch worked closely with an embedded Rockwell Automation engineer to deploy standard function blocks/add-on instructions (AOIs) and faceplates. “The project's goal was to deliver an HMI system based on the best practices of the industry,” said Lilley. “FactoryTalk software allowed us to achieve that goal and provides the end user with seamless systems monitoring and control of mine processes.” In addition, a third-party remote equipment tracking system was integrated into the SCADA solution.
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Maungmakan Beach | Marie Starr
Dawei, situated in an optimum location for trade, was tugged back and forth for centuries between Siam and Burma, before the British decisively took the town as one of the first pieces of their Burma conquest in 1826.
There is plenty to do and see in and around Dawei and it is a good jumping-off point for the secluded beaches and fishing villages such as Maungmagan, Phloe Hla Maw, and Yaun Pin.
Dawei’s Payagyi is a pristine complex bustling with locals at sunset. A 30 minute trishaw ride out of the town can take you to Shwe Thal Yaung Daw Mu, which at a length of 74 metres and a height of 21 metres is the second largest Reclining Buddha in the country. Visitors could once enter the hollow image and view the jataka therein, but it has now been barred shut due to it becoming a haunt for the young couples of Dawei with intentions far removed from obeisance and meditation.
Not far from Shwe Thal Yaung Daw Mu is the Shinmetkhi Pagoda, which houses a particularly revered 150 year old Buddha Image from Cambodia. There is a well just outside the pagoda which has a sign strictly forbidding anyone to drink from it, on account of its water being fingered for sending a former king of Myanmar mad, leading to the frantic execution of a score of subjects.
In the town one can also visit both a broom factory and a cashew nut workshop, as well as the Yatawmu Standing Buddha. Additionally worth a visit, purely for its striking and slightly foreboding structure, is the old colonial church which is now the town’s Educational College.
Restaurants such as Tavoy Kitchen and Le Bistrot are enlivening Dawei’s nightlife, making the town the most convivial town for a drink south of Yangon.
Down to Dawei
The Dawei Peninsula
Just outside of Dawei, a short distance beyond the small town of Lao-Lo, is the Tawkye Waterfall atop of which stands a small pagoda. The water rushes into a lagoon at the bottom where locals plunge in to cool down. Up at the top, visitors are granted splendid views of the surrounding paddy fields.
Not far from Tawkye is Tanintharyi Division’s answer to Golden Rock. The gilded boulder that here perches on the edge of the cliff is actually the same size as the one in Mon State, but does not boast the splendid backdrop of the original.
Nonetheless, those who have climbed to the summit of the hill (about a 45 minute hike) will be able to savour splendid views from the other side of the summit of the empty and pristine 2 mile strip of Phloe Hla Maw Beach and the Dawei Estuary.
Save for commandeering a fishing boat, access to Phloe Hla Maw beach can only be sought via a small track from the nearby Yaun Pin fishing village. The beach used to be entirely strewn with mangrove, cashew and betel-nut trees until the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004 swept half of the orchid away leaving this idyllic stretch of sand in its wake.
The only building either on or viewable from the beach is a small hut belonging to an old man from Yaun Pin, whose spry figure you may spot striding heartily across the bay. There is a sand-banked lagoon at the centre of the beach and out to sea nothing except for fishing boats and the children of the village playing in the waves.
One may imagine how in a decade’s time these children will likely work as waiters and chambermaids in the hotels that sit where once the cashews grew. They will tell the incredulous guests how this beach used to be empty save for themselves; the whole bay their playground, where now tourists sunbathe and drive jet skis.
If possible – and it is advised only when accompanied by a local guide – pop back along the rocky path to the village of Yaun Pin shortly after sunset to catch the fishing boats come in. At this point the village’s own little bay fills up with lithe children, who plunge into the crashing waves along with their fathers and brothers to help haul in the day’s catch. The large tuna are heaped in towering piles on the sand before being carted away a-top heads of stocky women.
The silhouettes of the limber and bare-chested fishermen backlit by the seafoam green boat lights, the charcoal smell of campfire smoke cutting through the stench of fish, and the convalescence of action and unity makes for an utterly intoxicating experience.
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Cashews, cookery, and canapés on the beach – nowhere does long weekends like Dawei.
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ED nurses use ultrasound to place difficult IV lines
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Imagine a woman in sickle cell crisis coming to you crying and writhing in pain. Now imagine being unable to start intravenous (IV) access for more than two hours, with the IV finally being placed in her lower calf after multiple sticks.
This once-common scenario is now a thing of the past, reports Garry Thompson, RN, CEN, ED nurse at Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, where ED nurses now have a new tool to turn to: Ultrasound used to guide IV placement for difficult-access patients.
If you’re not using ultrasound currently in your ED, that may change soon. Although about 1,500 EDs currently are using ultrasound, nurses are performing ultrasound only at a handful of those, predicts Michael Blaivas, MD, RDMS, chief of emergency ultrasound at Medical College of Georgia. "I would say that in five years, up to 50% of those EDs will have nurses using ultrasound," he says.
Approach hospital administrators with compelling new research showing that ultrasound used by ED nurses can improve patient care and throughput, and decrease morbidity and potentially even mortality, urges Blaivas.1
The benefit is blood is obtained earlier for tests, and IV medications can be given faster in difficult stick patients, he says.
"In the past, nurses tried multiple times to get blood or place an IV. They would get other nurses to try and eventually look for one of the residents or attendings. They would spend a long time getting us out of other rooms or procedures."
If the physician could not get an IV at that point, a central line might be needed, adds Blaivas. "All of this took time, and occasionally blood work or antibiotics would be delayed by hours," he says.
With the use of ultrasound, now ED nurses can get in the vast majority of lines without assistance, says Blaivas.
"Patients are happier as they are stuck less and get their care faster," he says. "They typically do not know that they have been saved a central line, but central lines are responsible for considerable morbidity in this country, ranging from hematomas to pneumothorax and deep vein thrombosis."
Training consists of a 45-minute lecture given by Blaivas and a two-hour hands-on demonstration with an inanimate model simulating a human arm. An instructor then proctors nurses through their first few ultrasound-guided IVs. About half of the ED’s 50 nurses have been trained so far, and eventually all nurses will be trained, says Blaivas.
If nurses don’t get access after one stick, ultrasound usually is the immediate next step, says Thompson.
"If I’m having a hard time, I’ll just go right to the machine instead of hunting for veins on the legs," he says.
In addition, for patients likely to have difficult access, such as sickle cell patients, chemotherapy patients, patients on renal dialysis, obese patients, diabetics, and IV drug users, nurses can go right to ultrasound, says Thompson.
"We have a lot of sickle cell patients that require IV access. It would normally take us 30-45 minutes to get a line in those folks, but now we’ll automatically use the machine," he says. "Most of the time, we’ll get it on the first stick vs. constantly sticking the patient."
1. Brannam L, Blaivas M, Lyon M. Emergency nurses utilization of ultrasound guidance for placement for peripheral intravenous lines in difficult access patients. Acad Emerg Med 2004; 11:1,361-1,363.
For more information on ED nurses and ultrasound, contact:
Michael Blaivas, MD, RDMS, Chief, Section of Emergency Ultrasound, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th St., AF-2039, Augusta, GA 30912-4007. Telephone: (706) 721-2613. Fax: (706) 721-7718. E-mail: blaivas@pyro.net.
Garry Thompson, RN, CEN, Emergency Department, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th St., AF-2039, Augusta, GA 30912-4007. Telephone: (706) 721-4951. E-mail: gthompso@mcg.edu.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will not decide until next year whether he will extend a nuclear treaty with Russia, a White House aide said on Wednesday.
Extending the New START treaty is under discussion within the administration “and a decision the president will make next year,” Tim Morrison, a director at the National Security Council, said at an arms control forum hosted by the Hudson Institute.
Trump has criticized the treaty, which sets limits on the number of nuclear weapons Russia and the United States can have. But supporters of the accord say it is important because it created a monitoring regime to verify compliance.
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House Republican leaders are making a tacit break with Trump ahead of Wednesday's vote to charge him with inciting insurrection over last week's deadly riots on Capitol Hill, the report added.
Trump, who, in 2019 became the first president to be impeached for inviting foreign interference in US elections, is facing the prospect again, this time on grounds of inciting his supporters to attack the Capitol last week to prevent Congress from certifying the election win of Democrat Joe Biden.
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While Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said that he would "personally" oppose impeachment and seek to steer Republicans away from the move, he has not publicly leaned on lawmakers to vote against a second impeachment, the Times reported.
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Outreach specialists' use of video consultations in rural Victoria: a cross-sectional survey
Belinda G O'Sullivan1 PhD, Research Fellow *
Helena Rann2 Medical student
Matthew McGrail3 PhD, Senior Research Fellow
*Dr Belinda G O'Sullivan
1, 2 Monash University School of Rural Health, Office of Research, PO Box 666, Level 3, 26 Mercy St, Bendigo, Vic. 3550, Australia
3 Monash University School of Rural Health, Northways Road, Churchill, Vic. 3842, Australia
29 March 2019 Volume 19 Issue 1
RECEIVED: 3 August 2017
REVISED: 28 November 2018
ACCEPTED: 5 December 2018
O'Sullivan BG, Rann H, McGrail M. Outreach specialists' use of video consultations in rural Victoria: a cross-sectional survey. Rural and Remote Health 2019; 19: 4544. https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH4544
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
Introduction: In Australia, about one in five medical specialist doctors travel away from their main practice to provide regular outreach services in rural communities. A consistent policy question is whether video consultations (VC) are used as part of rural outreach service provision and the degree to which they partly or wholly substitute outreach visits. This study aimed to explore how commonly specialists providing rural outreach services also use VC to provide clinical service at the outreach site, the aspects of outreach clinical services they consider suitable for VC delivery, whether VC use reduces outreach travel frequency and, if used, has the potential to improve the sustainability of outreach.
Methods: The study involved 390 specialists in Victoria being invited to participate in an online survey between December 2016 and March 2017. Invited specialists were those travelling to provide rural outreach services in areas of need, already subsidised by the Australian government’s outreach policy. Analysis included basic frequency counts and proportions and Pearson χ2 tests for associations. Qualitative free text responses were analysed and grouped thematically.
Results: Of 65 respondents, who were travelling to provide rural outreach services on average 11 times per year, 57% (95% confidence interval (CI) 44–69%) used VC to provide aspects of clinical services to the outreach site. They used VC for a median of 12 sessions per year, mainly for one patient per session. VC was used for non-complicated health care, to support rural GPs, undertake clinical reviews or see urgent new patients expediently. Key restrictions were the inability to conduct physical examinations and complex assessments. VC reduced the frequency of outreach travel for 50% of those using it (95%CI 29–63%) although 43% (95%CI 27–61%) reported that providing outreach clinical services via VC took more time than providing face-to-face consultations. Use was not associated with increased intention to continue rural outreach services for 5 or more years (56% v 62%; p=0.70)
Conclusion: More than half of specialist doctors complemented their rural outreach services with VC. However, VC was used infrequently, mainly for one patient per session, for restricted clinical scenarios. Although VC use reduced outreach travel frequency for half of providers, 43% responded that VC takes more time than face-to-face clinical service provision. In conclusion, VC is a potentially useful adjunct to outreach service models, but it is unlikely to replace the utility of face-to-face rural specialist services, particularly for complex care, and may not influence outreach service sustainability in the manner in which it is currently used.
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The need for improved access to local specialist services for rural communities is well established as a significant issue in Australia1. Although the national specialist workforce is growing, it is also diversifying, and increasing subspecialties are based in metropolitan areas1. Only 15% of specialists nationally work rurally, compared with over 30% of Australia’s population, with access diminishing from 162.1 full-time equivalent specialists per 100 000 population in major cities to 82.7, 61.5 and 34.2 in inner regional, outer regional and remote areas respectively2.
Innovative health service models such as outreach visits and real-time video consultations (VC) are important for increasing access to timely specialist care for rural communities. These models have the potential to supplement the range of local specialty services available in larger regional centres and support rural generalists based in many small, more remote towns3-6. However, there is limited research about outreach and telehealth models being used together. Such information would inform service design efficiency.
Rural outreach service models are relatively common in Australia (used by one in five Australian specialists)7. But outreach typically involves metropolitan-based specialists travelling an average of 262 km to inner regional locations and 954 km to outer regional or remote locations and rural-based specialists travelling an average of 106 km to inner regional locations and 318 km to outer regional or remote locations8. With such distances traversed, it is relevant to understand whether outreach specialists also use VC.
An important service efficiency question is whether VC can partly or wholly substitute rural outreach services and thereby reduce outreach travel demands. This may be relevant for sustaining more outreach services, particularly among groups that find this more challenging, including female and privately based specialists9. Some economic models compare telehealth and outreach, when in reality they may be more commonly used in combination10. Substitutability of outreach with VC is likely to be complex and to rely on specialist perspectives about whether VC is a suitable medium for clinical outreach services, using VC for these services and their use being substantial enough to reduce outreach travel frequency.
There is a range of telehealth research about the barriers to and enablers of use but this research has not been specific enough to its application for clinical services by specialist doctors, as real-time VC and in rural services models11-15.
Specialists already visiting rural areas to provide outreach services are an ideal group for which to explore VC usage and potential enablers. Their familiarity with rural communities, health service infrastructure and the practical aspects of rural service delivery means that they can provide pragmatic information about VC use and specific factors that would increase use.
This study aimed to explore how frequently specialist doctors providing rural outreach services use VC for clinical service provision at the outreach site, the clinical services they consider suitable for VC, and whether VC use reduces outreach travel frequency with the potential to improve the sustainability of outreach work. Further, among non-VC users who consider there are some outreach clinical services that would be suitable for VC delivery, the study aimed to identify interventions that would facilitate their uptake of VC for these services.
This study involved an online cross-sectional survey, sent via an email link to all 390 Victorian specialist doctors already subsidised by an Australian Government outreach policy to travel to provide regular outreach services in rural communities where service gaps had been identified16. All such specialists were working in priority rural health areas. Subsidies covered their direct outreach-related costs of travel and travel time. It did not provide funding for VC and specialists were informed that the study was unrelated to any incentives for VC service uptake.
The survey was developed through extensive iteration between researchers and the outreach program manager and staff of the Rural Workforce Agency of Victoria (RWAV) over a 3-month period (September–November 2016). It focused on addressing the project aims and included clear and concise questions amenable to an online format. It was piloted with five clinicians involved in rural service delivery to check for content and face validity.
The final survey included 10 questions about current use of VC to the outreach site, the aspects of outreach clinical services suitable to provide via VC, whether VC use reduced how often specialists travelled to the outreach site, factors that would increase non-users’ uptake of VC for clinical outreach services they perceive as suitable to deliver via VC and whether specialists intended to continue their rural outreach service. All questions had categorical responses except questions about areas of clinical outreach services applicable to VC, which had an open text response to enable wide exploration of potential applications. Factors that could potentially facilitate use of VC by non-users included things amenable to policy interventions: funding for service coordination, funding for room hire, funding for time and ‘other (please specify)’.
The survey was circulated to individual specialists’ email addresses (typically used by RWAV for contacting contracted outreach providers), via a hyperlink using an in-house Checkbox Survey Software – initially in December 2016, with two email reminders in February and April 2017. Completed surveys were returned to RWAV and linked to outreach service data held by RWAV (containing information about the location of main practice, town visiting, specialist type, frequency of outreach visits). The final de-identified dataset was provided to Monash University for analysis, including geocoding locations using the Modified Monash Model rurality classification17.
Analyses involved basic frequency counts and proportions with 95% confidence intervals (CI), as well as Pearson χ2 tests for associations. Qualitative free text responses were analysed and grouped thematically.
This study had ethics approval from Monash University (2017-1005-8063).
Of 390 specialists, 69 responded (18%), which is comparable to the response rate of related specialist workforce surveys11. Four respondents were excluded – three visited only metropolitan locations and one was not a medical specialist – leaving 65, with minimal missing data. Respondents included a range of specialists, mainly paediatricians (n=18), cardiologists (n=9), obstetrician and gynaecologists (n=7) nephrologists (n=5), urologists (n=5) and rheumatologists (n=4), consistent with the government’s outreach priority areas. Respondents were evenly spread between metropolitan (51%, n=32) and rural practice bases (29% (n=18) large regions of >50 000 population; 21% (n=13) small regions and rural towns of <50 000 population). Most were travelling to provide outreach to towns of populations less than 15 000 (75%, n=49) with a median of 11 visits per year (range 2–45).
Overall 37 clinicians (57%; 95%CI 44–69%) were currently using VC to support aspects of their rural outreach clinical services. VC use was just as likely if specialists visited smaller towns of less than 15 000 population compared with larger rural towns of at least 15 000 population (70% v 82%; p=0.27), and was not statistically related to whether the specialist’s main practice was in a metropolitan (50%) or rural (61%) location (p=0.37).
Specialists used VC for a median of 12 sessions per year, and most commonly (n=14) reported seeing one patient per session (range 1–100). Half (50%; 95%CI 29–63%) reported that VC use did not reduce how often they needed to travel for outreach services, while 43% (95%CI 27–61%) reported VC took more time than conducting outreach face-to-face consultations.
Most VC users reported the VC quality was medium (62%, n=23) or high (27%, n=10) for the purpose they were using it, with few (11%, n=4) rating it low. Of those who said quality was medium or low, seven (including surgeons, paediatricians, rheumatologists and nephrologists) said quality was only acceptable for non-physical procedures or non-complex consultations. This included being suitable for surgical follow-ups but not for observing complex behaviour or exploring widespread pain. Eleven mentioned issues with insufficient internet bandwidth, poor stability and low quality of the connection at rural sites. This included poor picture quality and issues with internet and lag in or unreliable transmission. A lack of appropriate support services at rural sites was also mentioned, while one specialist concluded VC was not as good as face to face consultations, and adds little more than phone consultations, which are just as efficient but not rebatable on Medicare.
Of the 28 specialists not currently using VC, 64% (n=18; 95%CI 44–81%) reported it could support aspects of their clinical outreach services. Suitable applications included using VC to provide simple follow-up consultations with stable patients, reviews of patients that would otherwise require long travel to appointments, discussing results, supporting GP queries and linking patients with tertiary centres, rather than physical examination. The key intervention that would facilitate use by this group was funding for service coordination (78%, n=14; 95%CI 52–94%) followed by funding for time (22%, n=4).
Eighty percent of outreach providers (n=50; 95%CI 65–86%) intended to continue providing outreach services for 5 or more years, which was not significantly associated with current VC usage (56% using VC v 62% not using; p=0.70).
This is the first study exploring the use of VC by medical specialists undertaking rural outreach services. It suggests that, among specialists travelling to provide outreach services on average around once per month, more than half also used VC at an average rate of once per month. Other surveys about the use of telehealth by psychiatrists and rehabilitation specialists suggest similar prevalence of use (44%) and (66%), although the prevalence of use in the present study is more specific to the use of VC for relevant outreach clinical services to rural areas11,13.
The evidence suggests that VC is a potentially useful adjunct to rural outreach clinical service models, but is unlikely to wholly substitute providing face-to-face rural outreach services. Although half of VC users reported it reduced their outreach travel frequency, specialists used VC for few patients per session, and VC-relevant services had restricted clinical scope. Other case study reports reinforce that face-to-face outreach clinics are important for complex cases requiring detailed discussions and physical assessments10.
The study also showed that outreach specialists using VC did not increase their intention to continue providing their current rural outreach service for 5 or more years. This suggests that other interventions may be needed rather than relying on VC as a way to reduce outreach-related travel and time demands. Over a third of users reported that VC took more time than face-to-face outreach services, which is also a potential deterrent to use and sustained use; however, the present study did not explore the potential travel time that was saved and quality that was improved, particularly for single clinical issues requiring timely attention or review. It is possible that more regular VC use for more patients could improve VC efficiency. Another study of specialist physicians in Denver suggested that 64% considered once monthly use of telehealth was too infrequent to make it a regular part of their normal practice18.
With regard to VC infrastructure, 73% found the quality low to medium, mainly relating to issues with reliability, speed and clarity, although the acceptability of quality factors for the specialist may be partially offset if rural and remote patients are highly satisfied with having VC-based service options. This interplay of patient- and doctor-related factors underpinning decisions to use VC was not measured as part of this study. Technology infrastructure is undergoing strong national investment in Australia and it is relevant to monitor perceptions of VC quality and the potential impact on use.
Rural outreach providers not currently using VC noted a range of clinical outreach services for which VC delivery would be suitable, mainly non-physical consultations, reducing patient travel requirements and improving access to tertiary support. The key factor they said would help them use VC for these purposes was overwhelmingly service coordination. A previous survey identified that telehealth coordinators are important to get patients in the virtual room on time, administer appointment reminders, book appointments and test connections19. VC service coordination has the potential to reduce the overall time taken per VC, likely to be especially relevant for private specialists paid on a fee-for-service basis, and to more broadly support all specialists fitting VC around their normal roles. Service coordination for outreach visits is supported under the current national outreach policy but could potentially additionally support the use of VC within such services16.
Limitations of this study were that it was relatively small scale, cross-sectional and focused on one state. All outreach providers in the study were receiving subsidies, and this financial support may reinforce their interest in maintaining their travel to provide face-to-face outreach services over using VC services. However, the benefits of researching VC use amongst this group are that they are familiar with rural settings and rural community health issues, as well as potential local scope of practice. The range of specialties involved in the study makes the findings somewhat generalisable, but makes it difficult to extrapolate clear trends by specialist type. The study only provides an indication of current rate of use and the potential clinical applications of VC within outreach services, although this information is highly relevant for rural population health given the specialists in the study were all working in rural health priority areas. The cross-sectional observations could ideally be confirmed through longitudinal analysis and large-scale studies, with reduced risk of sample bias through increased response rates. Further, the nuance of understanding how to optimally integrate VC and balance it with outreach bears more in-depth analysis, amenable to focus groups or interviews.
This is the first study exploring the current and potential use of VC by medical specialists as part of rural outreach services. It shows that VC is used relatively commonly by rural outreach providers and is a useful service adjunct for many. More than half of the outreach specialists in the sample were using VC to provide particular aspects of their clinical outreach services, and for half of these specialists this reduced the frequency of travel to the outreach site. However, it was used infrequently, most commonly for one patient per session, for a limited range of clinical services, suggesting it may not fully replace the utility of face-to-face outreach services in the way that it is currently being used. Additionally, it may not improve outreach sustainability. The most substantial factor to improve uptake of VC in areas of clinical relevance was service coordination.
This research was undertaken as a collaborative project between the Monash School of Rural Health and RWAV. RWAV is acknowledged for their in-kind support for data collection.
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3 World Health Organization. Telemedicine opportunities and development in member states: report on the second global survey on eHealth (Global Observatory for eHealth series – volume 2). Geneva: WHO, 2010.
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5 de Roodenbeke E, Lucas S, Rouzaut A, Bana F. Outreach services as a strategy to increase access to health workers in remote and rural areas. Technical report no. 2 2011. Available: web link (Accessed 5 August 2016).
6 Victorian Department of Health. Victorian health priorities framework 2012–2022: rural and regional health plan. Melbourne; Vic: Department of Health and Human Services, 2011.
7 O'Sullivan B, Joyce C, McGrail M. Rural outreach by specialist doctors in Australia: a national cross-sectional study of supply and distribution. Human Resources for Health 2014; 12: 1-10. DOI link
8 O'Sullivan B, McGrail M, Joyce C, Stoelwinder J. Service distribution and models of rural outreach by specialist doctors in Australia: a national cross-sectional study. Australian Health Review 2016; 40: 330-336. DOI link, PMid:26386669
9 O'Sullivan B, Stoelwinder J, McGrail M. The stability of rural outreach services: a national longitudinal study of specialist doctors. Medical Journal of Australia 2015; 203(7): [297e1-e6]. Available: web link (Accessed 22 March 2019).
10 Caffery L, Armfield N, Mujcic R, Smith A, Hobson-Green V, Whitty J. Exploring telehealth options for outreach services: final report prepared by The Centre for Online Health for CheckUP and Queensland Health. 2016. Available: web link (Accessed 30 May 2017).
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16 O'Sullivan BG, Joyce CM, McGrail MR. Adoption, implementation and prioritization of specialist outreach policy in Australia: a national perspective. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2014; 92: 512-519. DOI link, PMid:25110376
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Dichloroacetate therapy attenuates the blood lactate response to submaximal exercise in patients with defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism
Duncan, G. E., Perkins, L. A., Theriaque, D. W., Neiberger, R. E., & Stacpoole, P. W. (2004). Dichloroacetate therapy attenuates the blood lactate response to submaximal exercise in patients with defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 89(4), 1733-1738. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2003-031684
We determined acute and chronic effects of dichloroacetate (DCA) on maximal (MAX) and submaximal (SUB) exercise responses in patients with abnormal mitochondrial energetics. Subjects (n = 9) completed a MAX treadmill bout 1 h after ingesting 25 mg/kg DCA or placebo (PL). A 15-min SUB bout was completed the next day while receiving the same treatment. After a 1-d washout, MAX and SUB were repeated while receiving the alternate treatment (acute). Gas exchange and heart rate were measured throughout all tests. Blood lactate (Bla) was measured 0, 3, and 10 min after MAX, and 5, 10, and 15 min during SUB. MAX and SUB were repeated after 3 months of daily DCA or PL. After a 2-wk washout, a final MAX and SUB were completed after 3 months of alternate treatment (chronic). Average Bla during SUB was lower (P < 0.05) during both acute (1.99 +/- 1.10 vs. 2.49 +/- 1.52 mmol/liter) and chronic (1.71 +/- 1.37 vs. 2.39 +/- 1.32 mmol/liter) DCA vs. PL despite similar exercise intensities between conditions ( approximately 75 and 70% maximal exercise capacity during acute and chronic treatment). Thus, although DCA does not alter MAX responses, acute and chronic DCA attenuate the Bla response to moderate exercise in patients with abnormal mitochondrial energetics.
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Tornadoes disrupting southern material plants
DYERSBURG, Tenn. (May 9)—PolyOne Corp. has restarted production at its Dyersburg rubber compounding plant and a few lines at its nearby plastics compounding site following a May 4 tornado. The company, whose employees had recently run a tornado drill, did not suffer any injuries, a spokesman said. The tornado flipped rail cars, tore off parts of the roof and also damaged the infrastructure of the plastics factory, but the company does not yet have damage estimates, he said. Owens-Corning Corp.'s Springfield, Tenn., plant also was hit by a tornado the same night. The company has transferred acoustic composite and sound absorption material equipment and production to other locations in Springfield while it decides what to do with its heavily hit plant. No word was immediately available about elastomer plants in the Oklahoma City area following another tornado May 8.
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Scott Hall Pushing TNA To Hire Sid, TNA Relaunching Website
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— TNA returnee Scott Hall is pushing company officials to hire his friend, Sid Eudy (a/k/a Sid Vicious).
The two apparently became real close friends in the past year as just before his return to the organization, Hall had been working on the independent circuit with the multi-time world champion. Furthermore, Sid’s son Gunnar made his wrestling debut alongside Hall this past summer in a tag match. There were also videos posted online of the duo “shooting” on the wrestling business.
It’s interesting to note that the TNA logo was recently posted on Sid’s MySpace page. (source: www.prowrestling.net)
— TNA president Dixie Carter noted on her Twitter that TNAWrestling.com will be relaunched this weekend. This will be the website’s first major overhaul since 2005.
— TNA Women’s Knockout Champion ODB is this week’s special guest on Live Events Center. You can view the episode at the following link.
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Alberto El Patron Explains Why He & Paige Are No Longer Engaged (Audio)
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By Brad Davis
Impact Wrestling star Alberto El Patron has confirmed that he is no longer engaged to WWE Superstar Paige.
On the latest episode of Konnan’s Keepin It 100 Podcast, Alberto explained that the main reason he and Paige ended their relationship is their conflicting schedules. Up until recently, Paige was living in Orlando and training for her in-ring return while he was based out of San Antonio, where his children live. They tried to see each other as often as possible, but ultimately decided it was too difficult to remain together.
You can listen to Alberto’s comments here:
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Bang Thy Head Carefully
A survival guide for the summer's more vigorous music festivals
Michael Alan Goldberg • 06/29/2005 4:00 am
It used to be fairly easy to survive the summer concert season mostly intact. Wear sunscreen, remember where you parked your car, don't eat the brown acid ….
Though all that advice still holds true, there are new pitfalls to be avoided in the current crop of warm-weather music fests. Here are a few strategies for making it through some of the summer's larger events, happily and healthfully.
Saturday, July 2, at Pier 30/32
The average punk rock song is two minutes long, so there's some irony to the fact that Warped is America's longest-running traveling festival tour. It's also the Baskin-Robbins of music fests, with the 11th edition of “The Tour That Won't Die” offering 31 flavors of punk (emo, screamo, pop, hardcore, goth, '77, metal, etc.), plus skating, BMXing, and a nonstop parade of Hot Topic fashions.
Highlights: My Chemical Romance, The Transplants, The Offspring, Dropkick Murphys, Strike Anywhere, Mike Watt.
Survival Tips:
Plan early, plan well. There are 82 bands on 10 stages, with each act given 30 minutes to play. So when you arrive, figure out which bands you really want to see, exactly where and when they're playing, and if you can realistically catch their sets. Otherwise you'll spend nine hours scampering between stages and only 13 minutes actually enjoying the music, the spectating equivalent of the dopey college freshman who schedules back-to-back classes on opposite ends of a sprawling campus.
It's hot, dress smart. Hey, Mr. Goth: You might look cool in those black PVC pants and overcoat, but after five minutes in the MyChem pit under the blazing sun, you'll be carted off to the first aid tent with heatstroke, no matter how many $14 bottles of Aquafina water you've chugged.
Beware the half-pipe: Pro skaters can easily pull off awe-inspiring Nollie Heelflip Indy 540s about 90 feet in the air. The vert competitors at this year's Amateur Skate Jam … mmm, not so well, probably. Special spectator warning: Enjoy from a distance, or you might come home with a deck lodged in your skull.
OLD SCHOOL FUNK FEST REUNION
Saturday, July 9, at the Chronicle Pavilion
Surreal Life alumnus, PAX-TV preacher, legendary money-squanderer, wearer-of-shiny-genie-pants, and, oh yes, rapper MC Hammer headlines this year's celebration of all things old and funky (except your grandmother).
Highlights: MC Hammer, Cameo, Morris Day & the Time, S.O.S. Band, Ohio Players.
Selective memory: To keep from ruining your own good time, it's probably best if you avoid remembering MC Hammer proudly sporting his Speedo-wrapped boner in the “Pumps and a Bump” video; Cameo singer Larry Blackmon's bright-red codpiece (unless he pulls it out of mothballs for this show); or Morris Day being such a prick to poor Prince in Purple Rain.
No requests: Jerome Benton is Morris Day's onstage valet, not yours. So if you see him in the parking lot after the gig, don't ask him to bring you a mirror, fetch your dry cleaning, or bring your car around.
Leave the catchphrases at home: Sorry, but “I'm Rick James, bitch” isn't funny anymore, not even at a funk fest.
ANGER MANAGEMENT TOUR
Tuesday, July 19, at HP Pavilion
Believe it or not, the third installment of the Anger Management Tour marks the first time that close pals and fellow Dr. Dre protégés Eminem and 50 Cent are hitting the road together. Eminem, of course, is a veteran of the 2000 and 2002 AM tours, which also featured such nü-metal acts as Limp Bizkit and Papa Roach. This time out, however, it's all hip hop, with Lil' Jon (“Yeeeahhhhhhhh!!! Wut??!?!”) onboard to make things extra crunky.
Highlights: Eminem, 50 Cent, Lil' Jon & the East Side Boyz, D12, G-Unit.
Know your beef: Last we heard, the “truce” between 50 and former G-Unit member the Game is off after the latter mocked the former onstage at a New York radio station festival last month and threw his old G-Unit chain into the crowd. Meanwhile, Eminem's DJ Green Lantern recently got caught up in the ongoing battle between 50 and Jadakiss and had to split from Em to help keep the peace between the two superstars. Confused? Well, just be sure not to show off any Game, Jadakiss, or (we think) Ja Rule gear, especially around the crews and posses, and check the wires for any fresh beef the day of the show and dress accordingly.
Mark your goods: If you're planning to bring a pimp cup to the festivities, and you didn't bother to get it personalized, be sure to etch your name and phone number on the bottom in case you lose it. Untold numbers of pimp cups go missing every year; don't become a statistic.
SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND
Saturday, July 23, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre
Warped and Ozzfest too corporate for ya? Not keepin' it real enough? Too many prima donna MTV bands on those bills? The inaugural Sounds of the Underground festival was conceived as a super-aggro alternative to those other tours, where hardcore and extreme metal bands usually found on the small-club circuit can link their cult followings together for one big molten throwdown (or at least make up for the fact that they didn't get selected for Warped or Ozzfest).
Highlights: High on Fire, Clutch, Poison the Well, Lamb of God, From Autumn to Ashes, GWAR.
Pits can be the pits: These pits promise to be the most violent of any this summer. Be sure to check the lengths of your chain wallet and wristband spikes so you don't strangle or impale anyone while you're crowd-surfing.
What? Whaaaat?: Sure, earplugs look lame. So does wearing a hearing aid at 22 because you planted your naked ears next to speakers louder than an air raid siren for seven hours straight. Concerts rarely get louder than this one, so be sure to invest in a pair of those $5 foam plugs. Or maybe shove some of your buddy's well-chewed gum in there.
Support your rawk troops: If you see a new band you really dig, make sure you buy an album or a T-shirt directly from the merch table instead of getting them from the mall the next day. The bands might charge you a couple bucks less, they might throw in some free stickers and stuff, and this way the artist gets a bigger cut. Remember, “underground” = “broke.”
OZZFEST
Saturday, August 13, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre
No one dreamed Ozzy Osbourne would actually make it past 40 (he's just a couple years shy of 60 at this point). And when Ozzfest — devised by Sharon Osbourne, who was angry that her hubby'd been denied a Lollapalooza slot — launched modestly in 1996, few thought it had the staying power to make it to this year's 10th anniversary edition. But millions of rabid metalheads have made Ozzfest the biggest, best attended, most leather- and tattoo-laden summer festival in the U.S.
Highlights: The 87th and possibly final reunion of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Rob Zombie, Mastodon, Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society, Wicked Wisdom (fronted, we shit you negative, by Jada Pinkett-Smith, actress and wife of actor/candy rapper Will Smith).
Pick your battles wisely: Unlike, say, audiences for the Warped Tour, Ozzfest crowds are comprised of more than just weenie high schoolers easily stomped should you get into a shoving match. Here, you'll find some serious bad-ass metal lifers (not to mention some dudes who came this close to getting 20-to-life). They won't take too kindly to your lip; they've wasted guys at the Sturgis motorcycle rally for less. So think twice before mouthing off to the guy who elbows you during the Maiden set or cuts in front of you at the Jaeger tent.
Keep your hands to yourself: OK, let's be honest here — it's no secret that metal draws its share of male misfits and miscreants. It's also no secret that between the chicks flashing their goods at the stage, getting their T-shirts watered down by “concerned” security guards, and lining up at the breast-painting booth, there's probably more boobage on display at Ozzfest than at the AVN Awards in Vegas. So for all you skeezy dudes out there, remember: Look, but don't touch. Not only is touching sexual assault, but it often means you'll get your ass kicked by a big, jealous boyfriend or, more likely, a really pissed-off chick.
Bang thy head … carefully: Many thousands of people arrive in emergency rooms each year suffering from whiplash, a soft tissue injury that commonly occurs during automobile crashes or heavy metal concerts. In addition to severe neck pain, symptoms may include memory loss (“Dude, I swear, I was never into hair metal”); irritability (“Sixty bucks for a Mudvayne T-shirt, what the fuck?!”); and depression (“Aww man, now that Ozzfest's over the rest of the year is all downhill …”). If you experience any of these symptoms, consult a doctor immediately.
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Kids need more time than adults give them
Further proof that children require more time comes via a study to be published today in Developmental Science asserting that the fast pace expected by adults–both parents and educators–can be beyond children’s perceptual abilities.
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August 2006 – “Children are increasingly being expected to provide an adult-level of detail and information,” says David Shore, associate professor in McMaster University’s Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour. “Adults have had years to hone their perceptual skills; children–even 10 year olds–are just starting out.”
The study is the first to probe so-called change blindness in children, a hot topic in psychology circles especially when it pertains to gauging the veracity of children who are called upon to give eye-witness testimony in court.
The results surprised Shore.
“When it comes to many aspects of attention, an eight-year-old’s skill is adult-like,” says Shore. “But on this particular skill we never thought 10-year-olds would differ so dramatically from adults. Kids do not appear adult-like in this regard until their early teens.”
Shore’s study looked at the development of change detection in children ranging from ages six to 10 and found that, contrary to societal perception, even 10-year-olds cannot be relied upon to provide adult-like details. The reason is that children have undeveloped and, therefore, imprecise attention, he says. Their difficulties with eyewitness testimony may not stem from memory errors alone but may arise due to difficulty in perceiving some critical aspects of a scene in the first place.
“We expect children to be adult-like, because of their proficiency on computers or because they display adult-like speech,” he says, “so we give them instructions and get impatient when they can’t understand what we tell them the first time. Children learn through repetition, at a pace suitable to the child, not to the curriculum. Once upon a time, kids controlled their own pace; now that pace is controlled by adults.”
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Cakes and cars continue to draw folks to fire department event
By Staff | Jul 26, 2019
Donald Shirley, left, and Perry Mentzer, stand beside their vintage cars at the cruise-in car show hosted by Shepherdstown Fire Department on Friday night. Toni Milbourne
SHEPHERDSTOWN — Whether they came to view the rows of beautiful cars parked along the grassy bank beside the fire department building, to enjoy the pulled pork and other tasty dinner fare or to bid on a cake or pie in the annual bake auction, supporters of Shepherdstown Volunteer Fire Department turned out Friday evening to support the company.
Braving the extreme heat, vintage and specialty car owners gathered to show off their prized possessions. Perry Mentzer, who owns two vintage cars, brought his 1970 El Camino to the show.
“There are not many of them left,” Mentzer said of the car. “It’s a ‘car/truck’ and I can enter into shows either way.”
Parked next to Mentzer’s black ride was a bright yellow 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air belonging to Donald Shirley.
“I’ve owned it since 1981. I had air conditioning put in,” Shirley said mentioning he likes to ride in it, not to simply let it sit.
Fire Chief Ross Morgan, right, smiles with four-year-old Hunter Reese, whom Morgan assisted into Company Three's ladder truck. Toni Milbourne
“We like old cars and the people that go with them,” Shirley said, when asked why he comes to cruise-ins and car shows like the one at the fire department. “We were the young kids that drove these cars back in the day.”
The two friends were joined by others who often attend similar events together around the region. Karen Carroll, of Berryville, Va., brought her 1963 Impala she lovingly named “Peggy.”
“it’s about the camaraderie,” Mentzer said. “We like driving the cars and we go to a lot of shows together.”
After walking past the cruise-in entries and into the building, attendees found tables of homemade baked goods ready for bidding, as the 6:30 p.m. auction time drew near. Auctioneer Eric Mason was assisted by several volunteers from the station, as he showed each item and opened the bidding. Bids ranged from $10 to $500, as pies, cakes, candy and cookies were targeted by hungry buyers.
The highest-selling cake, as was similar in past years, was a hot milk sponge cake baked by Kenny Barron, which sold for $500.
Another item up for auction at the event was a handmade peddle car, which was donated to the auction. The car sold for a high bid of $775 to Kara Day. Day then asked if Treasurer Dennis Barron if the members of the company would like to display it at the station. In addition to putting the car on display for the next year, the couple will offer for it to be resold at next year’s event.
Adding to the bounty of the evening were the highest bids on silent auction items, ranging gift certificates to collector coins.
Fire Chief Ross Morgan, right, smiles with four-year-old Hunter Reese, whom Morgan assisted into Company Three’s ladder truck. Toni Milbourne
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The Army Camp at Shoreham 1914 – 1918
Following the commencement of hostilities Lord Kitchener was appointed Secretary of War and it was he that laid the format for the organisation of four separate armies. Shoreham with a railhead, seaport and airport in a strategic position on the south coast became the location for forming the 24th Division, part of Kitcheners Third Army or K3 as it was known..
The sign of the 24th Division
Almost before the ink was dry on the recruiting posters men started arriving by rail at Shoreham and local territorial soldiers began creating a tented camp on the Oxen Field to the north of Mill Lane. The close proximity of the railway station to the field meant that heavy equipment could more easily be hauled there. Initially, there were no instructors to train the new recruits nor uniforms or small arms. The flood of men was so great that the churches and townsfolk were needed to assist with providing temporary housing and food for them. As new recruits continued to arrive it was not long before Buckingham Park was also being used as a tented army camp with a field kitchen and latrines dug to provide a modicum of hygiene. The local Territorial soldiers were engaged to set up the spacing for tentage and supervise raw recruits by organising swimming parties on the Beach and holding basic roll calls to keep unsworn trainees busy.
The early stages of the camp in 1914 with tents in Oxen Field (centre left) and Buckingham Park (right, in the distance) – Photo: Winton Collection
A postcard sold at the camp showing neat rows of tents. Photo: Doris Steers Collection
The occupation of time to prevent the onset of boredom became a priority and a large parade ground with a hard surface was set up on land at Mill Hill. The building of wooden offices to house the Headquarters Staff and Quartermasters stores were built adjacent to the square. As time progressed wooden buildings to house the Medical Officer and staff were erected and it wasn’t long before recruits were being taught basic drill and how to march in line of route. The volume of mail at Shoreham post office increased so much that eventually an army post office was opened at the Mill Hill camp. A sanitation unit was provided but as this did not include a laundry the army posted a request in the local paper with a tariff of charges asking for laundering services which was responded to by many Shoreham housewives.
The Parade Ground looking west to Mill Hill. Photo: Sussex Archaeological Society Collection PP_SHORM_89.688
Regular servicemen returning to ‘Blighty’ from India found themselves posted to Shoreham Mill Hill in order to pass on their military skills to the new recruits. Early rifle shooting training without bullets used indoor Hill-Siffken landscape targets which were used in areas where space was restricted and to save ammunition. The ground floor of Marlipins Museum was set up with these targets as were two large greenhouses at East Worthing near to what is now Onslow Court on the sea front.
Hill-Siffken indoor targets such as this were used at Marlipins Museum Photo copyright “Rifleman.org.uk”
It is understood that the inflow of new recruits was so rapid that by late 1914 Mill Hill camp was almost entirely tented but around 20,000 men were still in civilian clothing. Even the gate guards had no rifles and carried just a swagger stick each. Uniforms did not arrive until May the following year and the whole Division only had two rifles that had been borrowed from the Lancing College Officer Training Corps.
Following the winter of 1914/1915 which caused huge mud slides in the camp the tents were replaced by wooden billets that accommodated 20 men each and included a Corporal who was in charge of the hut. Drill purpose rifles were issued initially and replaced later by veteran Lee Metford long single action rifles which had been in use since the Boer War. Once basic drilling skills had been learned, uniforms were issued which came complete with a kitbag and large and side packs. Working parties were organised to assist with the construction of the billets which were built by local contractors and the Army Procurement Executive.
The basis of early training was to provide discipline, the ability to take orders, security of manpower, exercise and an ‘early to bed/early to rise’ routine. The civilian population living near to the camp soon became used to the army bugle calls of ‘reveille,’ ‘cookhouse’ and ‘lights out.’ A popular day for every soldier was pay day when all ranks paraded to salute and sign for their weekly pay. This was always given to soldiers in alphabetical order of their surnames so that those with names beginning with ‘W’ often had to stand patiently for an hour or more to receive their money.
Top: The huts that eventually replaced tents Below: An interior view Photos: Sussex Archaeological Society Collection PP_SHORM_89.563 and 89.561
As winter turned to spring and the weather improved an outdoor rifle range was set up at distances of 25, 50, 100, 150, and 200 yards on the open downland above the camp. Army chaplains and Church Army bible readers were drafted into Shoreham to cater for the men’s spiritual needs. Canteens were built but did not then involve the NAAFI (Navy, Army & Air Force Institute) which was not founded until 1919. Red Shield Clubs run by the Salvation Army provided tea, light snacks and board games with the Young Men’s Christian Association providing similar facilities. The army did supply a ‘wet’ canteen but soldiers on basic training were confined to the camp and the partaking of alcoholic drink was strictly forbidden. Horse-drawn transport for the regular instructors though was laid on for social trips into Brighton.
After seven weeks when the initial training had been completed further instruction in field craft, route marches, the use of machine guns and trench mortars took place. The area above Buckingham Park and Slonk Hill was transformed to create a realistic battleground where trenches were dug and barbed wire laid before them. The golf clubhouse on the Downs above Southlands Hospital was commandeered to become an officer’s mess. Shoreham had then two distinct camps, Mill Hill for recruits and Slonk Hill for learning advanced soldiering. Soldiers who had elected to serve in the Corps ie the Medical Corps, Pay Corps, Artillery and Signalling left Shoreham after basic training to go on to Aldershot and other regimental depots to complete their training.
The army of 1914 was fairly self supporting providing its own facilities such as barbers and boot repairers. The Veterinary Corps manpower included veterinary surgeons, blacksmiths and facilities for kennelling dogs with men trained in grooming and feeding horses. The 24th Infantry Division was formed out of men trained at Shoreham and possessed an ammunition train comprising some 500 horses used mainly to pull artillery field gun limbers. At places like the Shoreham camp local blacksmiths were also employed in order to cope with the huge number of horses used in training.
Top: An aerial view of the later camp showing huts around Buckingham Park. Photo: Winton Collection Below: A 1940’s shot showing all that remained of the camp (top centre). Photo: Sussex Air Photo Catalogue
In June 1915 rifles were eventually issued to all soldiers and the 24th Division by then comprising 35,000 men was posted to Aldershot during 19th to 23rd June where Earl Kitchener and King George subsequently inspected them. On 19th August orders were received to move to France and a few days later the Division went into action at Loos in Flanders where an appalling 4,178 casualties were incurred for little or no gain. During the period September 1915 to November 1918, the total number of casualties was put at 35,362, including those killed, missing and wounded.
Training continued at Shoreham where facilities gradually improved as the camp became a wooden town with a number of shops for the troops run by local traders such as William Winton’s stationery store and the Burfoot brothers who provided vegetable produce grown at their Middle Road nurseries. In all, five Divisions trained at the camp and left an indelible memory on the residents of the town. A memorial in the St Georges Chapel of St Mary’s church is virtually all that remains of the once huge training base that existed in Shoreham.
Gerald White
Reference Sources:-
‘The Long Trail’ internet website www.1914-1918.net
‘Peter Jackson Cigar Merchant’ by Gilbert Frankau – although a book of fiction much is based on fact concerning the Shoreham camp.
Family reminiscences – handed down from my Shoreham forebears who had first-hand knowledge of the events at the time.
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2 Replies to “The Army Camp at Shoreham 1914 – 1918”
Gerald White says:
The paragraph ,,,which starts Following theWinter 1914/1815 is repeated twice….
Published by Nelson says:
Corrected – thanks Gerry.
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Posted on December 29, 2020 by Bryant Billing
Minster to hosts Valley View Wednesday on SCORES
Both programs scored big wins on Monday
Division IV Minster (6-1) and Division II Valley View (6-2) will lock horns in girls basketball bonus coverage on ScoresBroadcast.com and WMVR on Wednesday night.
Pregame air time is 7 p.m. for both online coverage and the radio simulcast.
The Wildcats are fresh off a strong, come-from-behind, 56-45 win at previously unbeaten Lima Bath on Monday night. Coach Mike Wiss’ club rallied from a 31-23 halftime deficit.
Ivy Wolf, the Cats 2019-2020, first-team, all-sate guard, leads the way in scoring at 21 per outing. Janae Hoying and Ella Mescher are both at 12 points per game.
Meanwhile, the Valley View Spartans thumped Dayton Carroll, 45-28, away from home on Monday. The Patriots edged Minster in overtime during last year’s regular season.
Valley View is coached by Steve Dickson, who has a 19-year career mark of 267-153 as mentor for the VV girls program. His club was 22-4 a year ago. Claire Henson, Abigail Dickson and Lauren Legate average double figures for the Spartans.
Minster won the D-IV northwest regional last March and was set to play in the state semi-finals. With Coach Wiss at the helm, the Wildcats rolled to back-to-back state titles in 2018 and 2019.
Wednesday’s tilt at Minster is an add-on contest for both the Wildcats and Spartans. Minster was forced to postpone six early games on its schedule. Contests versus Celina, Wapakoneta and Springfield Catholic Central have been re-set.
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Editorial – The Scottish Banner Says….
September 2020 (Vol. 44, Number 03)
Gracing our front cover: The Scottish Banner founder, publisher and editor Valerie Cairney.
The Banner Says…
Remembering Valerie Cairney
It is with great sadness that I am writing some of the hardest lines of my life, as I slowly come to terms with the fact that the founder and four decade publisher and editor of the Scottish Banner, my mother, Valerie Cairney has sadly and unexpectedly passed away.
Valerie’s footprint
I know many readers have enjoyed her content over many years or met her at numerous Scottish events
around the world. Though the Scottish Banner has morphed and changed over time in what we offer,
our look and our writers, Valerie’s footprint is across each and every page still today.
Valerie’s love for this publication and its readers and supporters was infinite. When she, along with my father Jim, came up with the idea of a Scottish publication back in the 1970’s it really was a way for her to take on a job that suited her demands of being a mother to three children, and in many ways the Banner became her fourth offspring.
My mother would often say she would never have had the life she did if it was not for the Scottish Banner and she loved every minute of it.
She met so many people through her career from celebrities to royalty, but it really was the readers she loved to meet and hear from most. For my mother, the relationship with
the readers was so special and it was very much a two-way street, she loved them and so many loved her. Our readership became extended family to her and she got to know so
many incredible people and I have no doubt had she not been so busy with running the Banner she would have had a very busy life keeping up with all the special people she met along the way.
People’s positive feedback about our content made all those long hard hours of work so
worth it to her. Valerie especially loved attending Highland Games across the world and connecting with people and enjoying the spectacle of Scottish culture.
I cannot even begin to tell you how many people whether it has been in person, on the phone or by email have simply asked me “Are you the son?” I am of course so very proud
to be one of her boys and it just happens to be I was the one to follow her in her footsteps and take a leap of faith and join the Banner many years ago and make a life out of being
part of the amazing international Scottish community. Sometimes to my absolute embarrassment, at the time, she talked of me in her articles, those articles I now treasure and have read a few over recently with a big smile, one of the few smiles I have just now, but with each word her love and support came through.
It may be quite rare for a mother and son to work the way we did, but we did form an incredible partnership in both our professional and personal lives. We may have not
always seen a page the same way, we did however learn from each other and she always said whilst the Scottish Banner is very rewarding it is also a challenging job and if I ever
wanted out she understood.
There are few people who understand the challenges of running a business like the Scottish Banner like Val did, at each press time you may feel you can take a breather
but in fact the next issue is only a few short weeks away from printing again, there can be a heavy travel schedule as you attend events (either across the country or the world), and
of course all the hard work that is not always seen by others. To this day I have known few people that have worked as hard as my mother did for all those years to keep the Scottish
Banner not only going, but going from strength to strength for so many decades.
I was of course honoured when she asked me to take over as editor, a job she said I was made for. For me it was all part of my bigger job and that was being her son.
Her legacy
Valerie really was the Scottish Banner, and it was her, her legacy is across each issue still produced today. Since my mother retired four years ago, I have felt simply as the conduit to her vision and passion which never went away.
We often discussed so much in each issue, ideas about future issues and our combined hope for the future of the business. I know she was so proud of what she achieved with the Banner and was probably just as surprised as the rest of us it carried her through her life.
My mother also made it very clear to me on numerous occasions how proud she was that the Banner continues still today. This publication is not just our family business, but it is her legacy to both the international Scottish community and to me. I know my mother will rest better knowing how many her work touched and connected across the world.
Valerie passed away in Florida just before this edition went to press. I can already hear her telling me to “get the issue out on time, the readers expect it”. She always wanted to know when each issue got off safely to press and as we call it “putting the issue to bed”, well now Val too has “gone to bed” and leaves her family not only with a great sense of loss, but one of pride and respect.
My mother broke many glass ceilings with the Scottish Banner and her other business ventures, and became an international entrepreneur, a passionate supporter of the global Scottish community and a friend to many. To me she was so much more, my business partner, my friend, my hero, my mentor and most importantly my mother, who can
never be replaced.
Now my family and I will come to terms with the finality of this surreal loss, made even more difficult in a Covid world, and remember one incredible lady who gave so much to
so many, and one I was simply not yet ready to say goodbye to.
Rest in peace Mum and thank you for everything you have done xoxo
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It's time to stand up': Peaceful demonstrations, looting and chanting on sixth night of George Floyd protests
Chris Woodyard / USA TODAY
Protesters marched in the streets again Sunday across the U.S. to call for reforms after the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in police custody on Memorial Day in Minneapolis.
Most demonstrations, some attracting hundreds of people, were peaceful though violence, including the burning of police vehicles and looting, prompted police in some cities to deploy tear gas to gain control of the crowd.
Early in the day, volunteers turned out in many cities to sweep up debris from businesses that had been burned, had their windows broken or were otherwise damaged Saturday.
Here's a look at how protests are unfolding around the country on Sunday:
Washington, D.C.: Historic St. John's Church near White House set ablaze
As protesters gathered near the White House, flames were seen at the Washington, D.C., landmark that bills itself as "the church of the presidents."
The fire, apparently an act of arson, was in the basement of St. John's Church, across from the White House, The Washington Post reported, and was extinguished.
It occurred as a demonstration was taking place outside. The gathering had attracted as many as 1,000 Sunday, who faced off against officers in riot gear.
The Episcopalian church in Lafayette Square boasts on its website that every U.S. president since James Madison has attended services there. Consecrated in 1816, the church also says the bell in its steeple, weighing almost 1,000 pounds, was cast in 1822 by Paul Revere's son Joseph.
New York City: Protesters force closure of Manhattan Bridge; street fires, looting
A crucial bridge into Manhattan was closed Sunday to make way for protesters, a day after hundreds of arrests including the mayor's daughter, it was reported.
Street fires were being set and sporadic looting was reported Sunday evening after a day that saw large groups of protesters walk from Brooklyn to Manhattan over the Manhattan Bridge, which had to be closed, ABC7 in New York reported.
Mayor Bill de Blasio's daughter Chiara, 25, was among 345 arrested, the station reported based on unnamed NYPD sources. The Daily Mail said it was able to confirm the arrest from a police report.
She was reportedly arrested as part of a group of 100 demonstrators who refused to leave a roadway when ordered by police.
Seattle: National Guard called to Bellevue; protesters block Interstate 5
National Guard troops were ordered to the Seattle suburb of Bellevue after reports of widespread looting.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee ordered 200 National Guard members to Bellevue after the mayor declared an emergency due to violence. Rioters broke into the Bellevue Mall and were stealing goods from stores.
The thefts were part of a day of protests in the Seattle area that included shutting down Interstate 5, the same freeway that San Diego demonstrators blocked more than 1,000 miles away in southern California.
Chicago: Gov. JB Pritzker activates National Guardsmen to assist police
Vandalism reports continued to crop up in several city neighborhoods and some suburbs.
The communities of Tinley Park, Crestwood and Oak Lawn alerted residents to stay home due to civil unrest. Many businesses boarded up.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he activated 375 Illinois National Guard soldiers to assist local law enforcement with street closures.
The downtown Chicago demonstrations that drew thousands started peacefully Saturday afternoon in a plaza, with protesters reading the names of black people who have died at the hands of police. But that gave way to violence and destruction that continued overnight Sunday in Chicago and elsewhere.
Police used batons to beat back demonstrators as police cars were set ablaze and windows were smashed at businesses ranging from neighborhood convenience stores to high-end Michigan Avenue shops.
Santa Monica, California: Unchecked looting as marchers confront police
Looters took advantage of a large demonstration several blocks away to hit stores in the city's business district.
In late afternoon, police were met with resistance when they tried to end a demonstration that had been peaceful. Demonstrators constructed a makeshift barricade in the middle of a street to protect themselves from non-lethal rounds fired by officers.
The march had attracted hundreds along the city's main oceanfront boulevard.
Though there were many police officers present for the march, looters were able to plunder stores with few to stop them. Cars were seen pulling up in front of stores, with looters running in to collect bundles of clothes and other merchandise, then running out. Boxes littered the sidewalk as thieves were seen transferring goods into plastic trash bags.
A 5:30 p.m. PST curfew was announced due to the protests.
The looting came despite the arrival of the National Guard troops in neighboring Los Angeles, which had seen extensive looting, vandalism and arson on Saturday.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Brick thrown into business, police use tear gas
A small but tense demonstration in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, appeared to have dispersed after demonstrators blocked traffic and threw a brick through the window of a local business, prompting police to respond with canisters of tear gas.
About 50 protesters, many of whom appeared to be Middle Tennessee State University students, marched from Main Street toward Forrest Hall, a campus building named for Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said protests in Murfreesboro are now “overt threats to public safety and property.”
Police said an armored vehicle was vandalized and protesters have blocked traffic by lying in the street in an intersection. Officers responded by throwing canisters of tear gas to drive protesters out of the street.
However, before the protest escalated, negotiations between police and protest leaders led to calm, then students and officers were seen walking together and posing for photos.
– Nancy DeGennaro, Joseph Spears, Mealand Ragland-Hudgins and Brinley Hineman, Murfreesboro Daily News Journal
Savannah, Georgia: Protesters chant 'Arrest the other three' during rally
Thousands demonstrated against racism and the killings of black people at the hands of police Sunday in Savannah, Georgia.
City leaders joined protesters who peacefully marched from Johnson Square to City Hall.
“We need to make sure that we stop apologizing and we move from apology to action,” Savannah Police Chief Roy Minter said.
At one point during Mayor Van Johnson’s speech, the crowd broke into a chant of “arrest the other three,” referring to other Minneapolis police officers who stood by while an officer knelt on Floyd’s neck.
“Yeah, they should arrest the other three,” Johnson said.
“We are tired of the mess and we want it to stop now. We stand here as a united community to say that we are standing with George Floyd and his family, because no man should ever have to die like that,” Johnson said. “We stand here united as a community to say that crooked police officers are called criminals. And in jail, they should be.”
– Will Peebles, Dennis Knight, Mary Landers, Nathan Dominitz and Zach Dennis, Savannah Morning News
San Diego: Police fire tear gas after being assaulted by rocks and bottles
San Diego Police said they fired tear gas canisters Sunday after rocks and bottles were thrown at them.
The department said in a series of tweets that the confrontation was taking place at Second Avenue and Broadway in the seaside city's downtown.
"Certain protestors continue to throw objects and vandalize our city," the department said in one post. "The criminal behavior of these few is unacceptable. We are continuing to order the crowd to disperse."
Earlier, however, the department praised the peacefulness of most demonstrators. But it said it had to issue the order to disperse because of the dangerous actions of a few.
At one point, demonstrators occupied Interstate 5, stopping traffic in both directions, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
Philadelphia: Mayor Jim Kenney 'saddened and disappointed' beyond words
Another day of street protests gave way to looting, with at least one police vehicle set on fire.
Looters were running out of stores in the northeastern section of the city with armloads of merchandise. In the downtown, workers and volunteers swept up broken glass from windows shattered during riots the previous day. Graffiti was being removed.
Mayor Jim Kenney said the mayhem “saddened and disappointed me beyond words, and I’m sure it saddened every Philadelphian who takes pride in their city.” He said those responsible “not only desecrated private businesses, they also desecrated the important message that was heard in the earlier peaceful protests.”
Spartanburg, South Carolina: Passing motorists show support for protesters
Chanting “No justice, no peace,” about 100 peaceful Spartanburg, South Carolina, protesters gathered at Barnet Park, drawing support from motorists who honked their car horns.
“We want to take a peaceful stand to show support,” said organizer Kelvin Brown. “If we can all come together as a people, black and white, we can make a difference.”
Many protesters said it wasn’t just Floyd’s death at the hand of a white police officer, or that it took days before the officer was arrested, that triggered anger.
“We need to end the racist system,” said Curtis Pickens. “If you want all this to stop, real justice is what is needed. Stop the racial and social profiling. Stop hiring white supremacist officers.”
“It’s time to stand up for what we believe in,” Isaiah Jordan said. “What happened to George Floyd terrorizes the whole nation. We’ve got to do something about it. I’m just sick and tired of young, black men dying."
--Bob Montgomery, GoUpstate.com
Lafayette, Louisiana: Protesters want police to know 'we're human'
Hundreds of protesters, some wearing protective face coverings, lined Lafayette streets to join a peaceful demonstration against police brutality.
The protest, peaceful like others in Baton Rouge and New Orleans this weekend, began in the morning with protesters lining the streets to chant.
“I am sick and tired of being sick and tired,” Lafayette NAACP President Marja Broussard said to protesters. “I have a message for law enforcement. The message is: we want you to know that we’re human just like you...We want you to know we have families. We’re human.”
– William Taylor Potter, Lafayette Daily Advertiser
Augusta, Georgia: Demonstrators chant 'No justice, no peace'
Demonstrators chanted “no justice, no peace” as they walked along Washington Road in Augusta, Georgia.
While “No justice, no peace,” was a popular chant among protesters, Sunday’s peaceful march was about showing strength through peace rather than through violence, organizers said. Latoya Lovett said she asked the Street Justice Council to help her organize the marches after hearing many Augusta residents talk about going to Atlanta to join protests there, which have turned violent after peaceful starts.
“You can march in your own city, you can have a voice in your own city,” Lovett said. “You don’t have to go smash windows, you don’t have to go beat people, you don’t have to drop on the police.”
Demonstrators were escorted by Richmond County Sheriff’s Office deputies who blocked off roads and intersections as needed. Sheriff Richard Roundtree was among those who helped guide the marchers and ensure safety for both them and the motorists.
“We believe in free speech and protesting and voicing your opinion, as long as you do it in a safe manner,” Roundtree said. “As long as you’re doing that, we’re all for it.”
– Will Cheney and Miguel Legoas, The Augusta Chronicle
Jacksonville, Florida: Peaceful rally follows violent Saturday night of protests
A peaceful demonstration was held Sunday outside the Duval County Courthouse. Then protesters started moving downtown and Jacksonville, Florida, police worked to keep them in certain areas.
The cleanup of smashed store windows began Sunday around Florida after a night of unrest throughout the state’s cities.
Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said an unnamed deputy was either stabbed or slashed in the neck and was taken to a hospital for treatment Saturday night. A sheriff’s office spokeswoman would not comment on the deputy’s condition Sunday morning.
A protest Saturday resulted in many arrests, “but we still don’t know how many or anything related to those arrests,” the sheriff said.
– Sarasota News-Tribune
Cincinnati: Police make 100 arrests after urging protesters to go home
Police arrested as many as 100 people after using tear gas and imploring the crowd to go home ahead of a curfew.
It ended a day that earlier featured a large crowd gathered at Inwood Park in Cincinnati to hear speakers as a rally, followed by a march.
Organizers gave instructions about what to do if they are tear-gassed. The rally started with a fist-up salute and a song about the death Sam DuBose, shot by a police officer not far from the scene of this protest in 2015.
Some Cincinnati City Council members tweeted from the rally.
– Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati Enquirer
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Lakers VP Jim Buss Excited to Chase Top Free Agents in 2014
The Los Angeles Lakers’ highly-anticipated season has yet to begin, and already, the hype for the team two years from now is well underway. Even Laker front-office types can’t help themselves. Per the OC Register: “We purposely ended all contracts that year,’ Buss said. ‘I can’t talk about Kobe (Bryant), but this is what he signed till. So basically we put everything to that, and we want to make a big splash in the free-agent market if we get to that spot. So we designed the contracts and the players and our future all around that.’ That makes for a completely viable scenario wherein Bryant retires in 2014 – and LeBron James signs a free-agent contract to replace him on the Lakers’ marquee. […] Buss specifically did not mention anyone by name and wouldn’t be allowed to because of NBA tampering rules. Yet if Bryant steps aside, the Lakers envision having a re-signed Dwight Howard with Steve Nash in the final year of his new contract and some new, incredibly potent blood. ‘Yeah, depending on the free agents that year,’ Buss said. ‘We would basically, money-wise, be able to sign the top free agent – maybe even two. I don’t know the numbers exactly, because we’re not privy to what the cap is and how much room we have, but it’s going to be close to two of the top free agents that year.’ […] If Bryant, then 36, is amenable to returning in 2014, the Lakers’ changes could be put on hold a year for that reason, too. Or Bryant could return at a heavily discounted rate that might allow the Lakers still to sign James or another new star to team with Bryant, Howard and Nash. The possibilities are enough to make a Lakers fan dizzy – even before possible champagne bottles are opened with Bryant, Gasol, Howard and Nash these upcoming two seasons. Buss said it had been ‘a little scary’ to contemplate beyond two seasons … until the acquisition of Howard. ‘Because if we don’t win championships (in 2013 and ’14), we basically failed,’ Buss said. ‘But with Dwight hopefully wanting to stay with the Lakers, we feel our horizon is bright.'”
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Shaq on Cavs: ‘Best Team I’ve Been on’
by Marcel Mutoni
He simply can’t help himself.
Shaquille O’Neal is undoubtedly the greatest self-promoter in the history of the NBA. Which is why no one should be surprised when he makes outlandish statements about whatever team he happens to be on.
He’s a Cav now, so naturally, he thinks — or he says, anyway — they’re the best he’s ever had (a statement coming after a single preseason game.)
From the Akron Beacon Journal:
The words came easily, without hesitation and seemingly with the thought required before going for the bold splash. In Shaquille O’Neal’s estimation – one based on four championship rings and other honors – he’s found basketball nirvana. And in of all places, Cleveland.
”Like I said before, one through 15, it’s probably the best team that I’ve been on,” O’Neal said. ”I’ve always been on management to get me the shooters I needed and the power forward I needed, but here [we have that].”
There’s no need to go into the details of why the above statement is patently false; that would be missing the point entirely.
At one point or another, depending on who was signing his checks, Shaq has said similar things. It’s an integral part of his overall marketing plan.
He’ll probably end up making the exact same statement a few years from now, about whatever team he ends up joining on the senior circuit.
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Sole Power, Part 2
by SLAM Staff September 03, 2009
“Sole Power.” You may recognize that title, as it accompanied the excerpt of the following piece when it ran in glossy print in KICKS 12. With KICKS 12 resting on newsstands for a few weeks now, and as we promised in the issue, here’s Lee Gabay’s full-length story. While all of the words are real and true, please note that names have been changed to protect identities. If you want to read part 1 before part 2 (which we recommend), here it is.
by Lee Gabay
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The rise of boy sneakers culture in the 1980’s evolved during a reactionary period in response to the political gain made by social movements of the 1960’s and 1970’s. The public and political tone was such that small government was the zeitgeist. Federal policy decisions to cut public housing, standardize education, and crackdown on crimes reflected the growing cultural and political intolerance to etiological factors such as early education failure, family disruption, drug abuse, and gang involvement. During President Reagan’s first term the number of juveniles sent to adult prisons rose almost 50%. The policies that emphasized deterrence and punishment impacted the inner city social context where many urban young men resided. Forces of race, class, gender, and distribution of wealth in the US inner cities during Regananomics gave rise to three things: the prison industrial complex, hip-hop, and the sneaker iconoclast.
Many boys lived in neighborhoods and attended schools where they were put down, shamed, humiliated, exploited, and alienated—or where they were doing this to others. Sneakers provided fertile aesthetic ground, which emerged from the frustration and anger stemming from the growing oppressive and disempowering systems. Young men, longing for salvation and agency and through their shoes, found an uncensored and often amplified platform from which to speak. Sneaker culture screamed of young men’s issues of exclusion from individual opportunity and real diversity. Sneakers were a prop used in meaning-making propelling boys toward deeply rooted escapist fantasies: by wearing sneakers they could be that guy on the poster. Personal achievement was difficult in a world where most things seemed contested, incoherent, and unrealized. Sneakers offered boys something many were not receiving in school or at home: positive attention, praise and a semblance of control within an ontologically insecure world.
Though the stereotype is usually attributed to girls, boys too can be deeply concerned with how they are viewed. Sneakers thus became an inexpensive way to achieve quick social mobility in the fashion show of the streets and school. Sneakers became a place of recognition, a sense of worth and an ingredient that united disparate groups. The appeal is seductive. Sneakers excite like a drug, entertain like a movie, and praise like a church.
Boy sneaker culture somehow escapes the precepts of the larger society. As mentioned, sneaker subculture is immune to the domination of mainstream values, as each buyer claims these products as their own. Sneaker culture is not a revolution, but it shares certain elements of rebellion and resistance that emerged from protest communities. Sneaker culture is not necessarily organized, but is clearly articulated. Subversive sneaker culture is not counter-capitalism, as the products are produced by billion dollar companies who attempt to co-op the prophetic at every moment.
If not prestigious, sneaker culture membership is based on a select manifest, a sovereign tale, a creed, and a cause celebre. The currency of sneakers is the cross-cultural exchange of ideas of like-minded people. These ideological allies represent a distinct bunch of people purchasing a lifestyle that generates individualism. Speculating about the dictums of its participants in this axis indicates to others that what particular brand is on their feet is not as important as each one’s passion and obsession in deciding these things. The emphasis is on a discursive interaction that is in principle unbounded and open-ended. Sneaker culture encompasses an extremely democratic frame with the tremendous possibilities implying the invention and reinventing of self. Those who participate in the sneaker ministry are stylish not in a cool hipster way, but in the way they represent themselves. As suggested, boys are more likely to define their masculinity through the separation from others. Sneakers are part of a boy’s persona. They are tattooed on his psyche as if they were a religion, a modern bouncing crucifix.
In an episode of HBO’s Entourage audiences witnessed a dramatized glimpse into today’s sneaker culture. Turtle, one of the show’s main characters, decided he needed the new limited edition Nike shoes that were dropping. He attempts to satisfy this desire with a fervor that hadn’t been seen from this generally apathetic character: a man-child who spends his days sitting around smoking and playing video games. Once the decision is made to find the limited Fukijamas Nikes, the mumbling Turtle is uncharacteristically expressive and coherent. Turtle, like so many boys, finds direction and purpose through his intimate connections to sneaker culture. When Turtle and Vince (his rich, famous, and well-connected movie star friend) get to one store they encounter a huge line. They wait for a while and the sneakers eventually sell out. The shop worker tells them that the Santa Monica branch has a few remaining pairs, so the gang races toward the coast. When they arrive someone swoops in, grabbing the last size elevens. Turtle is shattered, crushed by the great defeat. Vince makes a few calls and eventually spends $20,000 on a pair of custom made Nikes for Turtle. Turtle is subsequently brought to tears on his ride home, where he caresses a gold plated sneaker box.
Turtle’s hunger and spiritual search goes well beyond the potent and dangerous cocktail of vanity. His very place in the world and his self-esteem are riding on the size eleven Nikes. Delving deeper than mere materialism, particularly for the young, isolated and lonely, the society of sneaker consumption provides a community and nucleus for relationships. To have a pair of sneakers is not unique; what makes the subculture atypical (in droves) is the allied exploration without a core leadership, but consent to participate. Notably, during the sneaker hunt, Turtle even finds his first real girlfriend.
Girls and Old People
A boy’s relationship with his sneakers on a personal micro- and macro-societal level is not gender exclusive, but it is gender specific. There are certainly many types of common footwear for both boys and girls (men and women): gender neutral sandals, Birkenstocks, clogs, roller blades, golf shoes, Doc Martins, water booties, brogans, hiking boots, galoshes, ski boots, flip flops, and Crocs. Females are undeniably part of and even principle players within the subculture surrounding sneakers. They’re sneaker lovers, but they have so many options with fashion, that they don’t specifically focus on sneakers. Sneaker culture embraces millionaires, the guy on the street, grandmas and first graders. It bridges all sects and every clique: goths, jocks, techies, shop rats, nerds, cheerleaders, boys, punks, preppies, hip hoppers, skaters, head-bangers, cops, gangsters, convicts and even teachers.
Sneakers are not a social movement, but within a framework of social change, sneakers are significant to the discourse. Sneaker subculture is a politic of identity rather than that of class. Sneakers are also reactionary and for many boys necessary for daily survival in adolescence. In the book This Boy’s Life (and the movie based on it), Dwight, the abusive and controlling stepfather, hurts young Toby in the cruelest of ways for a boy—public humiliation. Dwight blames Toby for his changing foot size and refuses to get him another pair until his foot decides on a final size. The public social shaming begins when Dwight not only refuses to buy Toby sneakers—which is indeed punishment—but he also forces him to play a middle school basketball game in brown dress shoes. Toby slips and slides all over the court while amused onlookers witness his visually hilarious (and emotionally daunting) public castration. Toby clomps loudly and slides as if on skates crossing the varnished floor of the gymnasium. Toby’s heavy square dress shoes appear even more outrageous paired with his red satin basketball uniform. The scene is both poignant and comical, while the phallic and Oedipal overtones in this quasi-Shakespearian power struggle between the stepfather and stepson are manifested in control of sneakers.
No Running in the Halls
Teaching is an athletic endeavor, especially within the transient juvenile detention school system, and if high-tops aren’t worn to class, an ankle may be sprained. One of the challenges educators face, particularly in these alternative schools, is to capture student interest quickly and develop a space of trust, connection, and comfort. In this way, teachers must walk a fine between ingratiating themselves and maintaining an appropriate distance: My students do not know my first name or where I live, but they do know that I love the Knicks (and are sympathetic) and that I am a sneaker aficionado (and are appreciative).
My love of sneakers reveals a personal side of myself and often sparks a co-generative dialogue with my students. As I begin class by looking at their homework, visiting each desk in an informal but personal ritual, I notice my student’s sneakers and they notice mine. Later, we do in class journaling, which gives the students the opportunity to describe that which they know best–themselves. The journals provide a space for them to express why they love their girlfriends but hate Beyonce or why they didn’t finish the last book we read in class but stayed up all night writing in their diary. Many studies have proven that a teacher’s genuine interest in student’s individuality leads to improved test scores. In others words, students need to know how much you care before they care how much you know.
With this understanding, a teacher can foster a learning community that rigorously engages the curriculum without neglecting the reality and passion of the students’ own life experiences. My methodology is such that lesson plans are rooted in academic areas but are ultimately designed as departure points for further education exploration. For instance, every year we listen to Gil Scott-Heron’s anthem, ‘The revolution will not be televised’ as a springboard to discuss consumerism in urban areas and we watch the film The Outsiders to dissect gang culture.
Though I do not advocate sneakers being a formal academic subject, they do aid in presenting a lesson. When I ask a new student to “free write twenty lines,” the response is usually a still pencil and a blank sheet of paper. However, if I alter the prompt slightly—“List ten places to get sneakers and your top ten favorite brands”– the page is filled in minutes. Personalizing the material immediately makes it both relevant and compelling. It is not hyperbolic to suggest that building on a seemingly simple dialogue about sneakers can lead to highly evolved colloquy and often-sophisticated essays.
As seen, personalizing a lesson plan can be very effective. However, one must not pander. During one humbling exchange, Martinez, a soon-to-be-remanded tenth-grader, made proud reference to his ‘Bugs Bunny’s,’ which I assumed to be parlance for his Nikes. A few weeks later, I confidently praised another student on his Bugs Bunny’s and he looked at me blankly. “These aren’t Bugs, Mr. G, they’re Dunks.” Sensing my embarrassment, he kindly explained that the Air Jordan VIII, aka Bugs Bunny’s, received its nickname not only from the “Mike And Bugs” commercials, but from the straps which resemble Bunny ears. I thanked him for the lesson and stumbled back to the board in my Pro-Keds ‘69ers.
Traversing the residence halls of my school, I can see that the cells are clean and organized and, under each bed, lay a pair of sneakers (without laces; they are forbidden). The sneakers are meticulously lined up like the outside of a mosque; they are dusted, polished, pampered and idolized.
No one will ever confuse this monolithic structure for anything other than what it is: a detention center. Nonetheless, the rubber and canvas of a fresh pair of sneakers, even seen through steel bars, can create a jumping off point, bridging the gap between student and teacher.
The Wars of Wardrobe!
There are numerous economic, political and even moral issues that surround the subject of sneakers. Neoteric sneaker culture, like boys themselves, is constantly changing and its pluralism can be manipulated to fit the parlance of these complicated times. I and those who buy, wear and love sneakers are slightly teflotic and often ignore the hard facts of fair-trade labor and wanton hedonistic capitalism that are synonymous with sneaker production. It is necessary as a society to explore how, where, and by whom sneakers are made. There are many important, disconcerting stories to be told of sneaker factory working conditions and other related issues. For instance, it is a social emergency when Nike pays Michael Jordan more to wear its product than the company paid its entire 30,000 Indonesian workforce to make them. These are stories that cannot remain untold.
Are Those Keds?
The ongoing legacy of boys and their relationship to sneakers seems to be in continual postscript and renewal. Sneakers’ historical framework is rife with fulfillment and failures, and provide maps of self-actualization and recognition. The most vivid memories from my childhood in the late 1970’s include Evel Knievel, The Gong Show, Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions, The Bad News Bears, and going sneaker shopping with my mom each September. Scenes of putting my feet on the silver metal apparatus with lines that measure your foot size (a device that does not exist anywhere else in the world but in a shoe store), and fooling around with it when the salesman departs to bring out my latest pair still play in the glorious Technicolor of my mind. I always paused when giving up an old pair either to be discarded or donated as if I was saying goodbye to a dear friend with whom I shared years of memories. Snapshots of my dad letting me win a race around a track and mental Polaroids of my brother not letting me win in stoopball all include the Nike Waffle Trainers and Pony MVP’s on my feet.
I learned to move on but never away from worn sneakers as I take the fresh pair out of the box intoxicated by their effects; the olfactory delight of the new sneaker smell, a combination of musk and seraphia flows over me. I fumble through the white tissue paper which protects the untouched shoes, and gently pick them up, holding them up to the light and almost caressing them. Both the shoe and I are grinning, the sneaker wags its tongue; I mine. I surrender to the seduction. I begin the journey, full of hope, full of possibility. Where will these souls in my sole lead me? I quickly remove the thicker gray tissue paper stuffed deep inside the synthetic and rubber heaven. I slide my foot inside, make sure the laces are evenly distributed, I don’t miss a hole. The starchy white bow tie falls on either side of the ashen frame and I slowly rise for the first time, like a phoenix, the new sneakers permeate my flesh, uniting, extending and supporting the final layer between me and the primordial earth. From head to shell-toe this is not merely metaphorical bliss, it is euphoria itself. My hero within is unleashed. I jump for no apparent (yet seemingly every) reason. My heart dances, my legs move in ways they’ve never done before. I want to paint, write, and sculpt. I want to climb Everest, swim in the Great Barrier Reef, cure cancer, eradicate world hunger, and play second base for the Yankees. I want to scream at the top of the Empire State building from the bottom of my lungs! However, I’m getting over a recent bout with pneumonia and I have an acute fear of heights. So, instead, I meticulously lace up my shoes–sending the rabbit carefully through each hole—to wear out of the store.
It is now thirty years later and I am heading home walking down a crowded street in Brooklyn. An elderly lady approaches me and asks, “Are those Keds?” pointing to my navy 69ners. I nod as she continues with a smile, “I haven’t seen those in years.” I smile back as we both return to a place of innocence, simplicity—a time long gone and probably altered through nostalgia’s lens of purification. I look up and see an old pair of sneakers hanging from a power line above. I think about their past as they point me towards a future. My heart jumps, my soul bounces. I walk on.
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