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Why the Arguments for Privatizing Public Schools Fall Flat /
Why the Arguments for Privatizing Public Schools Fall Flat
Ruth Conniff
This animated video by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mark Fiore looks at school privatization through the eyes of little Timmy, a kindergartener who likes his public school.
Timmy gets a confusing lesson in corporate education reform, starting with the rightwing mantra: “Public schools have failed.”
“But I like my public school,” Timmy protests.
A top rightwing think tank has devoted more than $30 million to spread the message that public education is failing. According to a report by One Wisconsin Now, the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation is a major underwriter of this propaganda effort. Bradley spent millions on shoddy research, media punditry, and a lobbying campaign to promote the idea that public schools have failed and to push school vouchers and other privatization schemes as the “solution”.
Large, national charter-school chains have been major of the beneficiaries of the campaign to fix “failing” public schools. Among them, Rocketship––“a low-budget operation that relies on young and inexperienced teachers rather than more veteran and expensive faculty,” according to a report by economist Gordon Lafer for the Economic Policy Institute.
Not all charter schools are bad. Some offer high-quality, alternative models classrooms that are enriching for kids. But over the last decade, the charter school movement has morphed from a small, community-based effort to foster alternative education into a vehicle for privatizing public education, pushed by free-market foundations, big education-management companies, and profit-seekers looking for a way to cash in on public-education funds.
Rocketship (see Barbara Miner's report from our new Save Our Schools issue) uses computer programs to teach children for a significant portion of the day, and eschews “extras” like school librarians, art, gym, and social studies, which further reduce staff costs. This combination of real teachers and online programs, dubbed “blended learning,” is the fastest-growing sector of the burgeoning charter school industry.
“The call for public schools to be replaced by such tech-heavy, teacher-light operations comes from some of the most powerful actors in local and national politics,” Lafer wrote in his report.
While privatizers and their advocates claim that charters and schemes like blended learning will increase students’ test scores, national research shows that charter schools, on average, perform no better than public schools.
Voucher school results are even worse. School vouchers where first launched in Milwaukee 25 years ago, allowing poor kids to use public education funds to cover tuition at private schools. Proponents imagined vouchers as a ticket out of poverty, and into mainline Catholic and Lutheran schools that would offer a better education and a safe environment. Instead, fly-by-night voucher academies have popped up in strip malls, corner stores, even an old car dealership.
Rocketship experienced high test-scores when it opened its first school in California in 2009. But those scores have rapidly declined, calling into question the lasting value of the schools’ test-prep focus, and prompting a painful self-examination chronicled in the Education Week article “Growing Pains for Rocketship’s Blended-Learning Juggernaut.”
Two of Rocketship’s five schools have fallen below state test-score goals. “Ironically, by Rocketship’s own standards, they would need to build another school nearby to compete with and replace their own failing schools,” the website Stop Rocketship notes.
More findings about Rocketship from the Economic Policy Institute:
• The “blended learning” model of education exemplified by the Rocketship chain of charter schools—often promoted by charter boosters—is predicated on paying minimal attention to anything but math and literacy, and even those subjects are taught by inexperienced teachers carrying out data-driven lesson plans relentlessly focused on test preparation. But evidence from Wisconsin, the country, and the world shows that students receive a better education from experienced teachers offering a broad curriculum that emphasizes curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking, as well as getting the right answers on standardized tests.
• Blended-learning schools such as Rocketship are supported by investment banks, hedge funds, and venture capital firms that, in turn, aim to profit from both the construction and, especially, the digital software assigned to students. The very curricular model that Rocketship employs is shaped not simply by what is good for kids but also, in part, by what will generate profits for investors and fuel the company’s ambitious growth plans.
'Tried to nullify millions of Black votes': Kayleigh McEnany smacked down for tweet praising MLK
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October 04, 2017 Screen » Film
Film Fanatics Unite
BendFilm returns with a knockout lineup
BendFilm
he time is upon us once again for the Pacific Northwest's premier film festival, BendFilm. I have to say, with no hyperbole, that the lineup for this year's festival has several movies that any film festival on the planet would be lucky to have—downright coups for our little festival that could.
With this year's fest, BendFilm has curated a selection of narratives, documentaries and shorts that TIFF, Sundance and all the festivals in between would be elated to have.
While I didn't have the time to watch everything that will be playing, here's a look at a few of the films that either blew me away or that I'm excited to catch next week.
The Tenth Step (Documentary Feature)
The opening night film this year is a gorgeously photographed adventure following expedition leader Gerry Moffatt as he heads on a 4,000-mile solo motorcycle tour across the Himalayas. This documentary is a true travelogue look at an area of the globe that so few of us will ever get to see. At turns life-affirming, harrowing and breathtaking, this is what nature doc filmmaking is all about.
The Square (Narrative Feature)
This is the foreign film everyone's talking about this year. From director Ruben Oestlund, the visionary behind the classic "Force Majeure," "The Square" looks at some of the big existential questions we find ourselves confronted with when we try and discover whether we are decent human beings. This one is a little weird, but in a way that makes us confront how we view ourselves in the larger scheme of things. Easily one of the best foreign films of the year.
BendFilm Festival 2017 from Ghost Village Films on Vimeo.
Northwest Shorts (Narrative Shorts)
This is the most varied Northwest Shorts block I've seen in years, featuring stories about WWI railroad workers, time travel, squirrels, mixtapes and just about everything else under the sun. It's always fascinating to see what filmmakers in the Northwest can achieve without the same resources as filmmakers in NYC or Hollywood. It's always inspiring to see how the imagination can be a much stronger instrument than a budget.
Lucky (Narrative Feature)
In what basically amounts to the perfect swan song for the dearly departed Harry Dean Stanton, "Lucky" chronicles the spiritual journey of a man who has never had much use for religion in his 90+ years of life. Directed by the wonderful actor John Carroll Lynch ("Fargo" and "Zodiac"), "Lucky" is the definition of a must-see for festival audiences.
The Scent of Rain and Lightning (Narrative)
In director Blake Robbins' sophomore effort, he takes a story of a family in turmoil centered around a murder mystery and turns it into an emotional rollercoaster. When a young woman learns the man who killed her parents is released from prison, she attempts to find out what really happened on the night of their murder. With shades of "Winter's Bone" and "Hell or High Water," Robbins crafts an unforgettable modern Western where the inner lives of the characters drive the story instead of letting plot mechanics control their behavior.
No Man's Land (Documentary Feature)
Expect packed houses for both screenings of this one. Director David Byars takes an even-handed look at the 2016 occupation of Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and the event's supporters and detractors. The occupiers speak for themselves while the film attempts to withhold judgment of the people involved on both sides. The film is almost structured like a thriller as the music builds up to the inevitable bloody confrontation we know is coming. There will be many arguments after the screenings of this film, guaranteed.
The Road Movie (Documentary Feature)
Every moment of this madcap compilation of craziness is taken from the dashboard cameras of Russian automobiles. There is nothing like this movie and, at barely over an hour long, it rushes by so quickly that it's almost depressing when it ends. Shots of road rage, crazy drivers and a terrifyingly close comet crashing to Earth are just a few of the shenanigans captured by these amateur filmmakers.
IDFA 2016 - The Road Movie - Trailer from Volia Chajkouskaya on Vimeo.
Late Night Shorts (Narrative Shorts)
Every year I've gone to BendFilm, the Late Night Shorts block has always been filled with some of the most bizarre and memorable little movies imaginable. This year will be no different as the selections include stories about urinal etiquette, dead dads, estranged families, twisted twins and space adventurers. Those with a little bit of darkness in their soul will find something to love from each of these nasty little treats.
The Sounding (Narrative Feature)
A strangely haunting and beautiful film set on a remote island off the coast of Maine. A beautiful young woman who hasn't spoken in years starts creating a new language using the words of Shakespeare. I found this to be an intensely moving look at the power of language and how easy it can be to underestimate the importance of truly listening to one another even if the words aren't quite familiar. Once the film ends, the power of its unique view of life and language continues to absolutely captivate the imagination.
The Misogynists
Writer/director/actor Onur Tukel has quietly been making some of the most entertaining and delirious movies for the last several years. With "Summer of Blood," "Applesauce" and "Catfight," Tukel puts his stamp and with a massively varied range of styles, genres and tones. Not only is his new film, "The Misogynists," in the fest this year, he also has a delightfully weird genre-bender he wrote ("Infinity Baby") playing as well. Discover this guy while you can, because he's going to be a massive force in film sooner rather than later.
Check bendfilm.org for the full schedule
Confused about how ticketing works? Check out the handy BendFilm primer
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February 09, 2011 Culture » Theater
Winter Theater Season in Full Swing
The winter theater season has proven to be vibrant and jam-packed full of variety, just the way we like it.
The winter theater season has proven to be vibrant and jam-packed full of variety, just the way we like it. Whether you're looking for a one-man show with a historical twist, or a warm romantic comedy, Bend's local theater scene looks like it should be able to please you in the coming months.
Ten Cent Treasure
After the success of Jay Frank's one-off one-man show earlier this winter, the former local TV news anchor brings his solitary performance back to The Wine Shop & Tasting Bar every Wednesday in February. As a modern storytelling, Ten Cent Treasure reveals three mysteries of the past, which include: a treasure in the U.S. Mint, a disappearance at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and a kidnapping and murder on the Colorado frontier. Frank, a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and MTV's The Real World alumnus, performs by candlelight, in front of a projected backdrop of historical photographs. Free with a $5 drink minimum. 7pm Wednesday, Feb 9, 16, & 23. The Wine Shop and Tasting Bar, 55 NW Minnesota Ave.
Eat, Drink & Be Deadly
If you're looking to impress your sweetie this Valentine's Day weekend, dinner theater may be a winning option. Buckboard Mysteries takes over Café 3456 for an evening of fine food and interactive entertainment. This Valentine's Day-themed show features Pierre Pinot Noir, Sawyer Sauvignon, Charlotte Chardonnay and more in a "whodunit," which offers bit roles for dinner guests and everyone tries to solve the murder. $49/adult, $45/seniors. 6pm-9pm Saturday, Feb 12. Cafe 3456, 63136 Powell Butte Hwy.
2nd Street Theater presents a warm and romantic comedy that celebrates love, resiliency and the magic of belief in something beyond oneself. On the brink of becoming an old maid, Lizzie Curry feels hopeless. Her skills as a homemaker are no match for the fact that she's too plain. Though she secretly harbors feelings for the local sheriff, he won't even take a chance on her. When an intense drought threatens the town, Bill Starbuck, professional rainmaker, enters the lives of Lizzy and her family. The play, directed by Susan Benson, begins on February 18 with an opening night champagne and dessert reception. Shows run Wednesday through Saturday at 8pm, with Sunday matinees at 2pm. $20/adults, $18/students or seniors. Friday, Feb 18 - Sunday, Mar 13. 2nd Street Theater, 220 NE Lafayette Ave.
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Local rockers Cosmonautical release a debut album
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Bowdoin Street Health Center
Best of Bowdoin Newsletter June 2016
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"Our Bowdoin/Geneva" Campaign
Early Monday evenings, when people are rushing home after a long day of work, school, and life responsibilities Bowdoin Street Health Center hosts a community group whose focus in on the change they want to see in their neighborhood.
This community group, diverse in race, color, age, and ethnicity, come together for the same reason: the care and concern of the Bowdoin/Geneva neighborhood of Dorchester.
By Ed Cook
I live in the center of Dorchester: Ward 15, St. Peter’s parish, Bowdoin/Geneva. Once known as Dorchester Center. Home to some of the best residential architecture in the country.
Birthplace of people who have made a great difference in our city and country like John King (CNN political commentator), Bill Bratton (police leader from Boston to LA), Karen Charles Peterson (Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications Cable) and, seemingly, of half of the parents of residents of the South Shore (“my mother grew up on Mt. Ida Road”) etc.
On Thursday afternoons, Dunia Goncalvez, a Boston native and mother of one, welcomes an afterschool group of boys and girls for their weekly exercise class. Dunia is one of the newest fitness instructors at the newly designed Wellness Center at Bowdoin Street Health Center in Dorchester’s Bowdoin-Geneva neighborhood.
230 Bowdoin Street
Bowdoinstreethealth@bidmc.harvard.edu
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Asian shares jump after Dow sees biggest gain since 1933
by: STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA, Associated Press
Posted: Mar 24, 2020 / 06:20 AM GMT-0500 / Updated: Mar 25, 2020 / 03:32 AM GMT-0500
Tom Greene, New York Stock Exchange Vice President of Building Operations, rings the opening bell of the NYSE, Monday, March 23, 2020. Wall Street is wobbling mostly lower in early trading Monday after a bill to provide emergency help to the economy stalled in Congress. (New York Stock Exchange via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares opened sharply higher in Asia on Wednesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to its best day since 1933 with Congress and the White House nearing a deal on injecting nearly $2 trillion of aid into an economy ravaged by the coronavirus.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index jumped 5.3%, while Hong Kong added 3% and Sydney climbed 3.6%. Markets across Asia were all up more than 2%.
The Dow burst 11.4% higher, while the more closely followed S&P 500 index leaped 9.4% as a wave of buying around the world interrupted what has been a brutal month of nearly nonstop selling. Investors released some frustration that had pent up over days of watching the U.S. Senate stalemate over the crucial rescue package.
Despite the gains, investors were far from saying markets have hit bottom. Rallies nearly as big as this have punctuated the last few weeks, and none lasted more than a day. Economists and investors alike are still expecting to see some dire economic numbers in the days and weeks ahead.
“Today was a good day, but we would not necessarily see this as turnaround time,” said Adam Taback, chief investment officer for Wells Fargo Private Bank.
Both Democrats and Republicans said Tuesday they’re close to agreeing on a massive economic rescue package, which will include payments to U.S. households and aid for small businesses and the travel industry, among other things. A vote in the Senate could come later Tuesday or Wednesday.
Investors were imploring Congress to act, particularly as the Federal Reserve has done nearly all it can to sustain markets, including its latest round of extraordinary aid launched Monday.
“It’s sort of like, keep the patient alive in the emergency room so you can provide some treatment options,” said Katie Nixon, chief investment officer at Northern Trust Wealth Management.
The Dow rose 2,112.98 points, its biggest point gain in history, to 20,704.91. The S&P 500, which is much more important to most 401(k) accounts, rose 209.93, or 9.4%, to 2,447.33 for its third-biggest percentage gain since World War II. The Nasdaq composite jumped 557.18 points, or 8.1%, to 7,417.86.
In Asia early Wednesday, Tokyo’s Nikkei was at 19,053.40, while the Hang Seng rose to 23,374.57. South Korea’s Kospi gained 4.2% to 1,678.13 and the S&P/ASX 200 picked up 3.6% to 4,906.10. Taiwan’s benchmark jumped 4.4%.
U.S. crude oil gained 88 cents to $24.89 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the international pricing standard, added 91 cents to $30.65 per barrel.
In currency trading, the U.S. dollar was at 110.90 Japanese yen, down from 111.22 yen late Tuesday. The euro rose to $1.0803 from $1.0790.
Earlier share rebounds have evaporated. Since stocks began selling off on Feb. 20, the S&P 500 has had six days where it’s risen, and all but one of them were big gains of more than 4%. Afterward, stocks fell an average of 5% the next day.
“One of the things to be careful about is thinking this will be the panacea or that this fiscal response will be sufficient,” said Eric Freedman, chief investment officer at U.S. Bank Wealth Management.
Ultimately, investors say they need to see the number of new infections peak before markets can find a floor. The increasing spread is forcing companies to park airplanes, shut hotels and close restaurants to dine-in customers.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday during a Fox News virtual town hall that he hopes to “open up ” the economy by Easter. Analysts said the pronouncement wasn’t a contributor to the day’s huge rally, which was mostly due to the stimulus hopes.
For most people, the coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. Those with mild illness recover in about two weeks. Severe illness including pneumonia can occur, especially in the elderly and people with existing health problems. Recovery could take six weeks in such cases.
Economists are topping each other’s dire forecasts for how much the economy will shrink this spring due to the closures of businesses, and a growing number say a recession seems inevitable.
Some of the market’s areas hardest hit by the closures, though, led the way higher Tuesday as expectations rose for incoming aid from the U.S. government.
Norwegian Cruise Lines, MGM Resorts and American Airlines Group were all up at least 33%. Energy companies and banks were also strong, though all remain well below where they were a month ago.
Governments and central banks in other countries around the world are unveiling unprecedented levels of support for their economies in an attempt to limit the scale of the upcoming virus-related slump. Germany, a bastion of budgetary discipline, also approved a big fiscal boost.
The gains came even as the first reports arrived showing how badly the outbreak is hitting the global economy. In the United States, a preliminary reading on business activity in March showed the steepest contraction on record, going back to 2009. Reports were also gloomy for Europe.
“Everyone was prepared for a set of shockers, and that is precisely what we got, but they are not a surprise,” said Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG. “It is at times like this that the market’s propensity to look forward is demonstrated most effectively.”
More gloomy data is nearly assuredly on the way. On Thursday, economists expect a report to show the number of Americans applying for jobless claims easily set a record last week. Some say the number could be way beyond 1 million, amid a wave of layoffs, topping the prior record of 695,000 set in 1982.
Helping to lift sentiment in markets was news from China that it is preparing to lift the lockdown in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, and from Italy reporting a reduction in the number of new cases and coronavirus-related deaths.
“It’s still early days, of course — perhaps investors can start to envisage life beyond the coronavirus,” said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at OANDA Europe. “That could make stocks look a little more attractive, although anyone jumping back in now will need to have nerves of steel.”
Despite Tuesday’s big gains, it’s no time to get complacent, said Wells Fargo’s Taback.
“We would caution that the danger is not all behind us at this point,” he said. “We still have not seen numbers that give us an indication of just how bad things are.”
AP Business Writer Joe McDonald contributed from Beijing.
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FedEx said in a statement Tuesday that the cuts will take place over 18 months and include express-delivery operations and back-office employees of TNT Express across the continent.
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AlphaLISA: Human Insulin Quantification Using Synergy 4 Hybrid Multi-Mode Microplate Reader
Related Products: Synergy HTX
Author: Paul Held Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Applications Department, BioTek Instruments
Diabetes mellitus is a disease that is reaching epidemic proportions in the United States. Insulin plays a critical role in the regulation of blood glucose levels. Its production and secretion by beta cells in the islets of Langerhans is tightly regulated under normal conditions. The quantitation of insulin levels in serum or plasma samples after treatment with potential drug compounds is an essential procedure in diabetes research. Here we describe the use of the Synergy™ 4 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader to quantitate Insulin using an AlphaLISA assay.
The Amplified Luminescent Proximity Homogeneous Assay (AlphaLISA™) uses active donor and acceptor beads that have been coated with a layer of hydrogel, which allows their conjugation with biological molecules (Figure 1). With excitation, a photosensitizer in the donor bead converts ambient oxygen to reactive singlet oxygen. A high concentration of the photosensitizer in the donor bead can result in the generation of as much as 60,000 singlet oxygen molecules per second and serves as a means for significant signal amplification. The singlet oxygen species reacts with thioxene compounds in the acceptor bead to generate a chemiluminescent signal that emits at 370 nm. The energy is immediately transferred to fluorophores contained in the same acceptor bead, which effectively shifts the emission wavelength to 520-620 nm. Because singlet oxygen is unstable, with an average lifetime of approximately 4 msec, it can only diffuse a distance of 200 nm before it decays. The distance limitation insures that in the absence of a specific biological interaction between the two beads the singlet oxygen produced by the donor bead will go undetected. Acceptor beads that are not within this distance will not emit light.
The human insulin assay uses two different monoclonal antibodies against insulin to bring the donor and acceptor beads in close proximity. The AlphaLISA acceptor beads have been conjugated with 8E2 anti-human insulin antibodies, which can bind and capture any human insulin in the sample. The biotinylated 3A6 anti-human monoclonal antibody forms a bridge with the streptavidin coated donor bead by binding the insulin-acceptor bead complex and the donor bead (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Schematic of Human Insulin AlphaLISA Assay.
A Human Insulin Detection kit, which contained AlphaLISA acceptor beads, AlphaLISA Donor-streptavidin beads, human insulin, and biotinylated anti-human insulin antibody, was obtained as a generous gift from Perkin Elmer (Boston, MA). Solid white 384-well microplates (catalog # 3705) were obtained from Corning (Corning, NY).
A series of dilutions ranging from 0 to 400 µIU/mL of human insulin were made using assay buffer as the diluent. Assay buffer consisted of 30 mM Tris pH 7.4, 0.5% Triton X-100, 0.1% BSA. A master mix that contained biotinylated anti-human insulin-3A6 antibody (2.5 nM) and Anti-insulin 8E2 antibody coated Acceptor beads (25 µg/ml) was prepared using assay buffer as the diluent. Streptavidin coated donor beads were diluted 80-µg/mL using assay buffer. Reactions were prepared by adding 5 µL of insulin dilution to wells of a 384-well microplate in replicates of 8 followed by the addition of 20 µL of master mix to all wells.
This was allowed to incubate for 30 minutes at room temperature followed by the addition of 25 µL of diluted donor bead solution. The complete reaction mixture contained 1 nM biotinylated-3A6 antibody, 10 µg/mL acceptor beads and 40 µg/mL donor beads besides the human insulin dilution. The reaction was allowed to incubate in the dark for 60 minutes and the AlphaLISA signal determined using a Synergy™ 4 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader (BioTek Instruments). The reader was controlled and the data collected and analyzed using Gen5™ Data Analysis Software (BioTek instruments).
Figure 2 demonstrates the relationship between insulin concentration and AlphaLISA signal. This relationship can be best described using a 4-parameter logistic fit of the data. This assay directly quantifies insulin concentration and as such the AlphaLISA signal increases with increasing insulin concentrations.
Figure 2. Human Insulin Concentration Curve. AlphaLISA signal generated from a titration of Human insulin was plotted against insulin concentration and a logistic 4-parameter best fit applied to the data using Gen5 Data Analysis Software.
By using the “zoom” feature of the Gen5 Data Analysis Software, one can examine the signal for low insulin concentrations. As seen in Figure 3, even at very low insulin concentrations the logistic fit of the data shows a very good relationship with the true data. The detection limit of the assay was determined from the calibration curve using the calculation of 3 x the standard deviation above the zero standard. This value was then used to interpolate the calibration curve. An average value of 2.8 µIU/mL or 120 pg/mL was calculated as the lowest limit of detection.
Figure 3. Titration of Low Insulin Concentrations. Data presented in Figure 2 were expanded to demonstrate the calibration curve at low concentrations. The AlphaLISA™ signal and the concentration of the calculated detection limit are indicated by the green line.
This application note describes the quantitation of human insulin using AlphaLISA™ assay technology. The AlphaLISA™ is a homogeneous assay, which unlike conventional ELISA, does not require any separation or washing steps. By not requiring any separation steps, the AlphaLISA assay can not only save considerable time and reagent expense, but also improve the ease and simplicity of the assay. Because they do not require wash steps, homogeneous assays can also be moved to higher matrix microplates (e.g.1536 well) much easier.
The AlphaLISA acceptor beads in conjunction with streptavidin coated donor beads provide an easy means by which any biomarker assay based on antibody detection can be developed. The basic requirement would be to have two antibodies specific towards the analyte. One antibody is covalently attached to the AlphaLISA acceptor bead and the other is biotinylated, both of which are straightforward and efficient procedures.
These data presented demonstrate the ability of the Synergy 4 Hybrid Reader to perform AlphaLISA™ assays. Typically, devices that have been designed to run AlphaLISA assays are very expensive dedicated instruments that utilize a laser for excitatory light. Monochromatic lasers provide continuous light output, as well as wavelength specificity, both of which are necessary for the AlphaLISA assay. Xenon flash lamps are typically used in Multi-Mode Microplate Readers because they can provide light output over a broad wavelength range, but also cease illuminating very rapidly as required for time resolved measurements. Unfortunately, the flash lamp does not provide the continuous illumination necessary for AlphaLISA assays. The time between flashes allows the excitatory reaction to diminish. Unlike most Multi-Mode Microplate Readers, the Synergy 4 has both a constant tungsten-halogen light source and a xenon-flash lamp. This unique multi-optic design has the capability to provide a continuous excitation light source, wavelength specificity, and high sensitivity necessary for these assays to be run.
AlphaLISA is a registered trademark of PerkinElmer, Inc.
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Mortgage brokers banned for loan fraud
by Rebecca Pike30 Apr 2018
Three mortgage brokers have been permanently banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
Xiaoyi (Jeff) Zhao, Jun (Leo) Ma and Liang (Victor) Zhang were found to be knowingly or recklessly involved in the provision of false employer letters and/or pay slips to Westpac Banking Corporation.
Zhao and Ma were mortgage brokers and directors of Sydney Global Investment Pty Ltd, which formerly operated a finance brokerage business in Sydney that traded as X Finance Group. Zhang was also a mortgage broker and lending manager at X Finance Group.
ASIC found that between July 2015 and February 2016 the group provided the false documentation to support 21 home loan applications lodged on behalf of customers of X Finance Group.
ASIC found that the companies nominated in the letters and payslips were based in China, that the customers concerned were not employed by these companies and that pay slips provided income figures that were much greater than the customers' actual incomes.
As a result of that conduct, Westpac financed over $17m in home loans in reliance on false documentation.
Zhao, Ma and Zhang have the right to seek a review of ASIC's decision to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
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73 albums we’re anticipating in 2021
Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar, Eyehategod, Archers of Loaf, Julien Baker, FKA twigs, Teenage Fanclub, Deafheaven, Foxing, Joey Bada$$, Turnstile, The Weather Station, and many more albums we're looking forward to this year...
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You can probably guess #1.
Listen to new songs by Courtney Barnett, Kali Uchis/Rico Nasty, Anderson Paak/JID/Noname, Popcaan/Drake, Bonny Light Horseman, Toots & The Maytals (ft. Ringo Starr & more), more.
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Cardi/Megan, Kali Uchis/Rico Nasty, Freddie Gibbs, Jamila Woods, Flatbush Zombies/James Blake, Anderson .Paak/JID/Noname/Jay Rock, 2 Chainz, Rick Ross, Popcaan/Drake, DaBaby, and much more...
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”Planned Parenthoods have been placed inside cities by white supremacists to do the Devil’s work,” Kanye said in an interview.
Amanda Hatfield
92 songs we like from June 2020
Our June 2020 playlist includes tracks by Megan Thee Stallion, Beyonce, YG, Jonsi, Hum, DEHD, Elvis Costello, Jesu, Bob Mould, Phoebe Bridgers, Ulthar, JARV IS, Tricky, Fontaines DC, Arca (ft. Bjork), Meek Mill, and more.
Noname responds to J Cole on new Madlib-produced song, “Song 33″ (listen)
”Wow look at him go/He really ’bout to write about me while the world is in smokes?”
amazing live videos of Noname, Marvin Gaye, Trash Talk & more to watch while every show is…
Today's picks for live videos to watch while you're home and every show is cancelled include Marvin Gaye in 1974, Noname's 2017 Boiler Room set, Trash Talk at SXSW 2013, Prefab Sprout in 1985, and more.
J Cole confirms he was rapping about Noname on new song, “stands behind every word”
”Morning. I stand behind every word of the song that dropped last night. Right or wrong I can’t say, but I can say it was honest.”
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Pac-12 Notes: Buzzer-beater from UCLA’s Kris…
Pac-12 Notes: Buzzer-beater from UCLA’s Kris Wilkes a very momentary reprieve for league
As Kris Wilkes calmly delivered a thrilling, game-winning 3-pointer late Saturday night on one good leg, it might not have been only UCLA coach Steve Alford, he of the perpetual hot seat, who was relieved by the result. It was easy to wonder if a collective sigh of relief was echoing from each of the 11 other head coaches across the Pac-12 Conference.
Wilkes’ winner — a 3-pointer at the buzzer against Notre Dame he swished despite battling leg cramps for the bulk of the game — gave the league at least one memorable nonconference victory against a marquee national foe.
Sure, the Fighting Irish aren’t quite at the same top-20 level seen in recent seasons, but Saturday’s win by the Bruins nonetheless gave the Pac-12 a reason to smile amid a nonconference slate that so far has been marked more by near-misses than impressive triumphs.
That list of missed opportunities nationally grew last week with Washington falling just short of a comeback win against top-ranked Gonzaga and Arizona State squandering a lead against then-No. 6 Nevada.
“That’s growth, and that’s what we want to see,” Alford told reporters afterward. “I thought for the most part offensively we got some good looks but we missed a lot of things in the paint, at the rim, and we missed a lot of open jump shots. Really proud of how the guys clawed and found a way to win.”
It was a momentary if fleeting reprieve from the Pac-12’s struggles nationally. Going into this week Arizona State holds the league’s top NET ranking at No. 26, followed by the Bruins at No. 34. Arizona (37) and Colorado (40) are the only other Pac-12 programs in the top 40.
The Pac-12 also begins the week with a 3-15 mark against the KenPom top 50 and a 10-33 mark against the top 100.
With the league slate now only three weeks away the Pac-12 still has much ground to make up, but there will be opportunities again this week. On Wednesday Oregon hosts San Diego in a matchup that could aid the CU Buffaloes before hosting Boise State on Saturday.
Utah visits No. 19 Kentucky on Saturday while Washington takes on No. 13 Virginia Tech in Atlantic City.
After leading the near-upset of Gonzaga and putting together another solid performance in a win against Seattle, Washington sophomore Jaylen Nowell was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week for the second time this season.
Nowell recorded 26 points with six assists and just one turnover in 38 minutes against Gonzaga. He finished 10-for-18 from the floor and 4-for-4 at the free throw line, including a pair with 9.4 seconds remaining that momentarily tied the game before Gonzaga’s Rui Hachimura connected with a winning jumper just before the buzzer.
Against Seattle, Nowell finished with 18 points, nine rebounds, three assists and no turnovers in 36 minutes. Nowell is the first underclassman in UW history to win the Player of the Week honor twice in the same season.
Arizona State held steady at No. 20 in the weekly AP top 25 and remains the only ranked Pac-12 team. UCLA was the only other squad to earn votes, finishing with a minuscule three points…The NCAA’s active career leaders in assists both play in the Pac-12 — Washington’s Matisse Thybulle (232) and Oregon’s Ehab Amin (228), who spent his first three seasons at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Pat Rooney: rooneyp@dailycamera.com or twitter.com/prooney07
College: Basketball
College: Men's Basketball
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Boronia v Bayswater ~ This Saturday at Tormore Reserve
Posted on March 31, 2016 by BoroniaHawks_Dave
The third and final Practice Match for 2016 will see Boronia take on traditional rival Bayswater at Tormore Reserve on Saturday 2 April.
There will be two big games with the curtain raiser starting at 11:55am and the main game at 2:10pm.
Please come along to see the boys in action for the final tune-up before Round 1 v Park Orchards.
BAR & MEALS ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS THURSDAY NIGHTS
Boronia Football Club receives the handover of the Social Rooms at Tormore Reserve from our co-tenants Boronia Cricket Club on Thursday 31 March.
So the great news is:
The Boronia Football Club Bar will be open;
Meals will be served courtesy of Ellen;
The Merchandise / Uniform Shop will be open;
2016 Club Memberships can be purchased;
2016 Player sponsorship can be paid;
Players Fees can be paid – this is the LAST CHANCE to go into the * Hawka Draw!
All sponsors, members, supporters, family and friends are very welcome.
* HAWKA DRAW PRIZE for player fees paid by 31 March:
2016 Player Fees refunded in full;
Free Thursday night meals for the entire season;
1 x 200 draw ticket;
1 x Gala Ball ticket;
1 x Presentation Night ticket
**Hawka Draw will be drawn 8pm Thursday 7 April 2016 at the 2016 Season Launch.
The Hawks welcome Farmer Joe’s Market
A huge welcome from everyone @boroniahawks to Farmer Joe’s Market as a new Silver Sponsor for 2016.
Farmer Joe’s Market is a large marketplace all under the one roof. Fresh produce, grocery needs, bread, milk, full range deli, cheeses, poultry and much more.
Farmer Joe’s Market is just around the corner from Tormore Reserve at Shop 9 / 163 Boronia Road. All members and supporters of the Boronia Football Club are encouraged to get down to Farmer Joe’s for their fresh foods!
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Rising Tide are on board again in 2016
Boronia Football Club is very pleased to be continuing our partnership with Rising Tide in 2016.
Rising Tide specialises in helping you manage your finances, from when you first start work through to significant decisions you make around investments, superannuation and life’s major milestones.
The friendly team at Rising Tide, including ex-Hawks Matt Hale and Sam Gawenda, are well-equipped to assist with all of your finance needs whether they be personal or business, tax, insurance or lending.
Matt Hale from Rising Tide
Sam Gawenda from Rising Tide
Many thanks once again to Matt, Sam and the team.
Thank you to Forage Food Store
Boronia Football Club is delighted to announce our new partnership with Forage Food Store, a 2016 Gold Sponsor.
Forage Food Store
A contemporary yet industrial café in Boronia serving fresh, healthy and oh so tasty brunch, delightful desserts and that elusively perfect coffee.
Forage Food Store is open just around the corner from Tormore Reserve at 157 Boronia Road. Please click on this link to take a look at their Facebook page for all their daily news and special menu items.
Many thanks to Forage Food Store for their generous support in 2016. We look forward to the @boroniahawks community enjoying their friendly service for years to come.
@BORONIAHAWKS 2016 SEASON LAUNCH
All players, sponsors, life members, members, supporters, family & friends are cordially invited to join us as we kick off the 2016 Football and Netball Seasons.
The bar opens at 6:30pm for refreshments during the all-important final training session before Round 1.
Formalities commence at 8:00pm where the Club will:
~ acknowledge and thank our 2016 Major Sponsors;
~ announce our 2016 No.1 and No.2 Ticket Holders;
~ introduce our 2016 Coaching Staff;
~ announce our 2016 Club Captains;
~ introduce our new recruits for 2016.
BUSYBODIES – 2016 Gold Sponsor
Boronia Football is very pleased to continue our partnership with Busybodies who have generously contributed to our Club as a Gold Sponsor for season 2016.
Busybodies is a family-owned fitness centre built on friendly service, quality facilities and a relaxed and comfortable environment.
Located just a stone’s throw from Tormore Reserve at 29 Erica Avenue, Boronia, Busybodies offer discounted memberships to @boroniahawks players. All players are encouraged to take up the dual benefit of building their fitness and supporting one of the Club’s major sponsors.
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STRETCHING THEIR WINGS – Boronia 2016 from efl.org.au
STRETCHING THEIR WINGS By Davis Harrigan
It’s a new season and a new determination for the Boronia Football Club, as new coach for 2016 Peter Brown steps into the driving seat. Brown said the pre-season has had one key focus: honing the ball movement and usage of the young playing list. “We’ve been working on the quick ball movement and not going backwards or laterally,” he said. “The last few years there’s been a tendency to move the ball lateral or backwards, and that was feedback passed down to me.”
Brown said the club is building but has also identified problem areas that are slowly improving. “Goalkicking was a problem last year, so we’ve done drills to work around it. “We have a strong back six, a workable midfield so we’ve tried different players in different persons with different ideas and that’s where the change is coming from, so we know we’re headed in the right direction.”
One of the most important parts of the training has been skill development, and Brown’s resume includes work at the Eastern Ranges and VFL side Casey Scorpions. He said he is bringing the words of the coaches he previously worked under to Boronia, focusing on the “kicking is king” mantra. “All of our drills are worked around the kicking aspect, moving from one player to another and getting the next play,” Brown said. “It’s all about the skill component around the ground, and when it goes forward you have to get maximum value…when you’re working with the younger guys they can lose focus quickly, so that’s why we’re re-iterating and working hard at training.”
As the club looks to facing a Division Three competition without the 2015 premiers Mitcham, Brown says there is a noticeable change in the structure and dynamic, making the race to the top more open. Brown says the season holds a mixture of long-term effort and the potential to accelerate. “I’m a big believer that you can always fast track things, and I’ll tell them that in a couple of years we’re going to be better, but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen sooner,” he says. “There’s a lot of kids in the side and they’ve all got quality in big numbers, which is scary in one way but good in another.”
The oldest player on the list in 2016 is 26, and Brown says he has been impressed by the talent of many of the new, younger players. “We gave Cameron Flanagan a run against Wantirna South in a practice game,” he says, mentioning just one of a new crop. “Twenty-six of our under 19’s turned up for a practice game, and a lot of them are good enough – I’m still getting my head around that they’re still juniors.” “We’ll definitely be more than competitive…there are still fairly even sides in Division 3, and those I spoke to at Mitcham say the side that pushed them last year was Boronia,” Brown says. “They were the benchmark by a long shot, and with them not being there there’s always a side that can sneak up, and I’m hoping it’s our guys.”
Peter Brown ~ 2016 Coach
THANK YOU TO IGA – Gold Sponsor in 2016.
We are very grateful to have IGA with us once again in 2016 for their third year as a major sponsor of @boroniahawks.
We encourage all Boronia Football Club members and supporters to buy their groceries and take-away alcohol from either the Alchester Village, Montrose or Rowville Lakes IGA stores (especially for parties etc) so that we support the businesses that support our club.
Many thanks to Brad Munro and the great team at IGA for getting behind us in 2016.
WELCOME TO TOM DODD!
Boronia Football Club is very pleased to welcome Tom Dodd to Tormore Reserve. Tom joins us from Montrose, where he played in their Division 2 premiership year, being unluckily injured in the finals.
He can be expected to play in a variety of key positions in 2016 and is really keen to be part of the future with @boroniahawks. One other thing: he is Sam Goldsack’s cousin, but don’t hold that against him. We are very glad to have you with us Tom!
Tom Dodd from Montrose
PS: More announcements are expected soon………
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Sudan sheltering Kony, group says
April 27, 2013, 12:00 a.m.
KAMPALA, Uganda — Fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony recently found haven in territory controlled by Sudan, a watchdog group said Friday, accusing the Sudanese military of offering aid to commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army.
US-based Resolve said in a report that Kony recently directed killings from an enclave protected by the Sudanese military. Until this year, according to the report, Kony and some commanders were operating in Kafia Kingi, a disputed area along the Sudan-South Sudan border where African Union troops do not have access.
“The enclave is currently controlled by Sudan, and numerous eyewitness reports indicate that elements of the Sudanese Armed Forces in Kafia Kingi have actively sheltered senior LRA commanders there and provided them with limited material support,” the report said. “Kony himself first traveled to the Kafia Kingi enclave in 2010. He returned to Kafia Kingi in 2011 and was present there throughout parts of 2012.”
Kony “continued to direct LRA attacks against civilians in neighboring countries and issue new orders.”
The Ugandan military — with support from US military advisers — is the driving force behind the hunt for Kony.
— ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre
Centre for Digital Healthcare Technology
Screen and Media Innovation Lab
Global Innovation Institute
Institute of Research Excellence for Advanced Clinical Healthcare
What will the City Deal do for the Belfast Region?
Regional Strengths
#BRCD_Innovation
Belfast Region City Deal
Your questions answered.
What is the Innovation strand of the Belfast Region City Deal?
The Innovation strand is a suite of five projects with a common theme: interventions to equip the Belfast Region to succeed in a future digital, data-driven economy. The projects are designed to provide complementary offerings to business across a wide variety of sectors, creating a network of facilities and expertise that generates a new innovation ecosystem for the region.
The Innovation strand is being developed by the region’s two universities, together with the Digital strand led by Belfast City Council, form one of the investment streams of the Deal. The others are: Tourism and Regeneration, Infrastructure, and Employability and Skills.
Who is involved in delivering the Innovation strand?
Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University are leading the development of the Innovation projects, working in close partnership with the councils and FE colleges within the Belfast Region. Each of the projects is being developed in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders across the private, public and voluntary sectors.
How is the Innovation strand being managed?
A dedicated Innovation Programme Management Office has been established by the universities with support from EY to manage the development of the Innovation Business Cases, liaising closely with the overarching City Deal Programme Management Office at Belfast City Council, and relevant regional government departments.
The Programme Management Office reports regularly to the Innovation Pillar Board, which is accountable to the Belfast Region City Deal Executive Board.
How can I contact the Innovation team?
The Innovation Programme Management Office can be contacted via e-mail, or by phone at 028 9097 2553.
The activity of the strand can also be followed on social media, through the hashtags #BRcitydeal and #BRCD_Innovation.
Contact details of each of the Innovation Project Leads can be contacted through the contact information listed on the dedicated project pages.
What funding is available for the Innovation strand?
The total funding for the Belfast Region City Deal is a £1 billion package, spread over 15 years.
£350m from UK Treasury for the Innovation and Digital projects
£350m match-funding from the NI Executive for Tourism and Regeneration, Infrastructure, and Employability and Skills
£300m co-investment from private sector, councils, and universities. Queen’s University and Ulster University have together committed £30 million towards
the Innovation projects
What is the timeline for delivery of the Innovation projects?
The formal signing of the Heads of Terms by the Secretary of State and City Deal partners in April 2019 established the funding envelope for the Deal. The release of this funding is dependent on the approval of Outline Business Cases for the projects, evidencing the need and economic benefits.
The Innovation projects teams are currently conducting wide-ranging engagement with regional, national and international stakeholders, to inform the final proposals within the business cases.
It is anticipated that the Outline Business Cases will be submitted in early 2020, and that approval can be expected later in the year to enable the projects to enter the capital build phase early in 2021.
How does the Innovation strand relate to other parts of the Deal?
22 projects are being developed through the Belfast Region City Deal, categorised under 4 themes:
Employability and Skills
Tourism and Regeneration
All of the projects being developed are aligned to the overarching aims of the Belfast Region City Deal: to deliver a step change in our region’s economic fortunes, help achieve a 15 year programme of inclusive growth, an increase of £470m Gross Value Added and create up to 20,000 new and better jobs, accessible to people from all communities.
The Universities, via the Innovation Programme Management Office, are working very closely with those developing the other strands, particularly Digital and Skills, with which there are very clear synergies.
How does the Belfast Region City Deal relate to the other City/Growth Deals across Northern Ireland?
The City Deal model as developed in England, Scotland and Wales, is based on the definition of a “city region” as a geographical area surrounding a single urban hub, on the basis of factors such as commuting distance. This model has driven the definition of the “Belfast City Region”, which comprises six council areas. City Deals are designed to enable investment in economic development priorities identified by partners at this local level.
In a region the size of Northern Ireland – in terms of both geographical area and population – the very close economic relationship between the two city regions, as well as the areas for which Growth Deals have recently been announced, is clearly relevant to the development of all of the Deals.
The Innovation Pillar Board, while directly responsible to the Belfast Region City Deal Programme Board, has agreed that one of its core principles should be to work to ensure complementarity across Deals.
It will be key to the economic success of all of the regions that NI as a whole is able to articulate its offering coherently to potential international investors.
Economic analysis conducted as part of the development of the Business Cases will ensure that projected growth is genuinely additional, and not the result of displacement from another part of the province.
Will environmental sustainability be taken into account in developing the projects?
Both Universities are committed to environmental sustainability as a key underpinning principle not just for the design of City Deal facilities, but in all Estates projects.
In 2009 Queen’s University, Ulster University and Health Estates Northern Ireland introduced the Sustainable Development Design Brief (SDDB).
The Brief is designed to enhance the existing BREEAM environmental sustainability assessment method, in monitoring design proposals and construction practice against the highest sustainability standards.
It is an integral part of the tender process for major projects and is included in the brief issued to design teams.
Collaboration between Queen’s University Belfast & Ulster University
For more information or to find out how you can become involved,
please contact the Programme Office: brcdinnovation@qub.ac.uk / 028 9097 2553
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Municipal Perspective published on July 1, 2020
Taking the Measure of Bond Ladders
Christopher Day
Breckinridge offers actively managed, investment grade fixed income strategies that strive to reach the investment and income goals of our clients. In managing client portfolios, Breckinridge seeks a diversified maturity and duration structure. In addition, its tax-efficient strategies focus on income generation and stress tax-efficiency throughout the portfolio management process. While these goals are similar to those of a municipal bond ladder, we view laddered strategies as unnecessarily restrictive in their approach. The restrictions can limit security selection, proactive trading, portfolio structure and, ultimately, opportunities to build or sustain investment returns.
Breckinridge believes that more flexible bond strategies can pursue similar objectives as ladders. In addition, we believe a strategy unencumbered by the restrictions we believe characterize ladder strategies may be more likely to capitalize on market opportunities and manage risk exposures by offering access to more bonds, trading tactics and portfolio structures. In this article, we will look at some of the key limitations of municipal bond ladder strategies.
How ladders generally work
Typically, ladder strategies set bond maturities at 6- or 12-month intervals over 5- or 10-year periods. Investors can expect to receive interest payments from bonds across all maturity steps in the ladder. In addition, investors expect bonds to return capital at maturity. Proceeds from maturing bonds are reinvested in a new bond added to the long end of the ladder’s maturity structure. It is anticipated that this systematic and repeatable process could help investors mitigate impact of rising rates, create a diversified portfolio, and plan for potential income. However, these benefits can come with severe limitations.
Ladders may limit security selection
Selecting securities for ladders assumes that, at every maturity date, bonds with the desired characteristics will be available in the market at an appropriate price. Based on the nature of the municipal market, this assumption can prove impractical at times, such as in cases when there are state-specific or state-biased requirements, for example.
Consider the example illustrated in Figure 1. As illustrated, on any given day, there are only a certain number of bonds with a 10-year maturity on offer in the municipal market. After determining the number of bonds available in the 10-year range, characteristics such as the state of issuance, credit quality, sector and issuer need to be considered in order to meet the criteria set forth by the ladder strategy. The series of limitations, along with the ladder’s rigidity, particularly when investing for a state-specific or state-biased portfolio, could reduce suitable investment opportunities substantially.
Now consider the increased flexibility a bond strategy would enjoy if it is allowed greater optionality in selecting bonds. Rather than being restricted to adding a bond maturing in 10-years at the end of a ladder, for example, an active approach might choose to purchase a 12-year bond with a 10-year call option or two bonds with maturities bracketing the target 10-year maturity, as long as they also meet the investor’s tax-exemption, income, credit quality, sector and other requirements.
One can logically expect that as the options available to the strategy increase, so too will the security selection choices. As more choices are available to the portfolio manager, the potential that the investor’s objective can be reached more efficiently and with great flexibility may also increase. A broader security opportunity set also holds the potential of allowing adjustments along the way to accommodate evolving investor objectives in response to changing circumstances.
Ladders may limit proactive trading
Ladders typically limit reinvestment timing to redemption dates. From time to time, selling a bond before maturity or call and reinvesting the proceeds can capture value. Over the course of a year, the municipal market may experience a lack of supply and/or an increase in demand, potentially decreasing opportunity. The converse is true as well, as the municipal market can trend toward oversold, with more bonds for sale and fewer buyers for them, potentially increasing opportunity.
As such, the flexibility to sell a bond before maturity and purchase another bond can help to build or sustain income. Without trading the portfolio excessively, an active strategy can attempt to avoid expensive periods or take advantage of cheaper periods by being more attentive to the changing market conditions. A ladder, as a buy-and-hold strategy, would tend not to leverage opportunities or mitigate reinvestment risk through proactive trading.
Ladders may constrain portfolio structure
In addition to limiting the number of securities available for purchase, a ladder also constrains the portfolio structure. Because a ladder is, by definition, an equally weighted portfolio, its profile along the yield curve does not change. Ladders invariably reinvest at the long end of their maturity limit, even when that maturity may not represent the best relative value or risk-adjusted return.
In contrast, active strategies can modestly adjust yield curve exposure, targeting a more bulleted or barbelled position, based on market conditions. Importantly, active structures at Breckinridge are not meant to represent a bet on the direction of rates and will always strive to be diversified. Rather, similar to trading more opportunistically, we believe that active structures can be utilized to help build or sustain income more effectively than a traditional ladder by making tactical adjustments in light of changing market conditions.
Questions to ask your ladder manager
Here are four additional questions to ask when considering a bond ladder strategy.
Is the manager selecting and marking up bonds chosen for the ladder from its own existing inventory of bonds or purchasing bonds from the broader universe available in the municipal market each day?
How is trading conducted by the manager? How broad is the network of dealers operating nationwide with whom the manager maintains relationships?
What are the credit research capabilities of the manager of the bond ladder? Does the manager maintain its own credit research teams or relay solely or primarily on third-party research?
How does the manager allocate bonds among its investors’ accounts? If a bond available in limited supply is considered to be an appropriate investments for multiple accounts managed by the firm, how is the decision to allocate that bond across various accounts such as ladders, actively managed accounts, mutual funds, separate accounts or other investment accounts
Similar to Breckinridge’s tax-efficient strategies, ladders seek a diversified structure, income generation and tax-efficiency. Unlike Breckinridge’s approach, they have a rigid structure that can limit their ability to adjust the portfolio according to market opportunities or risk factors. We believe an active investment manager can apply a disciplined approach to interest rate exposure that seeks diversity and consistency without the constraints of a ladder. While the restrictions that we believe are inherent in bond ladder strategies may suit some investor objectives, we believe they are not well suited to the municipal market’s inefficiency and erratic supply.
Master Class: Bond Yields
By Jeremy Jenkins
Fixed-income market participants often quote the term “yield,” but the word’s context could be misunderstood because various types of yield exist and each is calculated differently.
Premium Bonds 101
By Matthew Buscone
Premium bonds and the math behind them continue to furrow the brows of many municipal investors.
A Key Metrics Rundown for Securitized Product Investors
By John Bastoni
New perspective piece from our securitized trader discusses the major building blocks in securitized pricing, and explains how they interact to affect MBS and ABS.
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Marathon man Matt defies injury to complete iconic London race
Published: 10:14 AM April 29, 2016 Updated: 9:40 PM October 31, 2020
Matt Halmshaw after completing the 2016 London Marathon. - Credit: Archant
A man from Chatteris overcame injury to finish the 2016 London Marathon in under five hours.
Matt Halmshaw travelled to the capital last Sunday for the big race, but pulled up with an injury just after the 18-mile mark.
Unperturbed, Matt soldiered on an finished the 26.2 miles in a time of four hours and 41 minutes.
Matt ran the raise in an attempt to raise £2,100 for Kidney Research UK. To donate, visit Matt’s Just Giving page at https://www.justgiving.com/MattHalmshaw.
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Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques to go to the FIRST Québec robotics competition
From: Canadian Space Agency
On Saturday, March 3, from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques will be at the Claude Robillard Sports Complex for the FIRST Québec robotics competition to cheer on the 5000 or so young participants. The festival, now in its seventh year, is for young people aged 6 to 18.
Longueuil, Quebec, March 2, 2018 — On Saturday, March 3, from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques will be at the Claude Robillard Sports Complex for the FIRST Québec robotics competition to cheer on the 5000 or so young participants. The festival, now in its seventh year, is for young people aged 6 to 18.
The jury will be made up of four experts from the Canadian Space Agency. They will assess the projects from a technical and innovation standpoint, while taking into account the cooperation among the teams and the business plans.
10:00 am to 12:30 pm ET
David Saint-Jacques to meet and cheer on those participating in the competition organized by Robotique FIRST Québec
David Saint-Jacques, Canadian Space Agency astronaut
CSA experts on the jury:
Taryn Tomlinson, Engineer and Chief of Staff
Isabelle Tremblay, Director, Astronauts, Life Science and Space Medicine
Danielle Cormier, Mission Controller
Laurie Metcalfe, Engineer, Exploration Planning
Claude Robillard Sports Complex
1000 Émile-Journault Ave., Montreal, Quebec, H2M 2E7
Website: asc-csa.gc.ca
Email: ASC.Medias-Media.CSA@asc-csa.gc.ca
Search for related information by keyword: ST Science and Technology | Canadian Space Agency | Canada | Science and innovation | general public | media advisories
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Should Canada have to qualify for the gold cup?
Canadian_Soccer replied to Canadian_Soccer's topic in Men's National Teams
We should probably ask to qualify for the gold cup, but I don't know if the CSA will be willing to do that. It would definitely benefit us as we would get extra matches and since the Central American groups are unbalanced (as pointed out earlier) it works out to 2 groups of 4. It would be mainly MLS players and maybe young international players, so we will get to possibly see more new faces and if they fit in the system. So more playing time for those who may not get much in other matches.
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After losing to arguably a minnow and years of mediocre/disappointing results, I'm wondering if we really should have an automatic bid to the gold cup. I don't want to go over poor results from recent memory to back up the fact that we are not an elite CONCACAF nation like Mexico or USA (who receive automatic bids to the gold cup) So we probably don't deserve to automatically qualify based on rankings and results. So I ask you, should we have to qualify like many other nations? We would have the benefits of additional matches to let floro work his system and ultimately gel as a team. The
What should help the youth now?
I think all coaches at an elite level should have to take the CSA 'A' liscense because better coaching = better players. I really like what the mls academies are doing so I think there should be an academie set up in Edmonton and Ottawa (NASL). I feel that would really help as we would have 5 academies to grow players. I also think it would be great if the CSA sent a guy like tony fonseca to a few cities (not Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver) and run a few sessions with different clubs. This would show a few techniques that the coach can use to improve their players and also gives a first hand
Sorry if i wasnt too clear, What needs to be done to improve players 14+ so that we will be better in the next 2 cycles? Right now it's the young age groups (u8, u9) that the focus is on for a long term plan. But they won't be effective players for Canada in a long time, so should we also shift our focus to the youth in order to get positive results in the next 2 cycles. The last thing we need is to continue to do poorly and lose fans, that's why I think it's vital to improve our youth programs now.
Well we all hope that drastic changes will be made at a young grassroots level to eventually make better players for Canada. However, my question is will/should any changes be made now at the youth level? I know it is short sighted, but if the youth players were to improve due to some changes, it may lead to a stronger side sooner. Would it be worth it for them to put the funding to improve programs for players 14+ at the moment, or would it be better to wait a little while? Personally I think there should be more exposure to national opportunities which would certainly inspire others to
Honduras - CANADA 16th Oct. 2012 Game Tread (R) KICK-OFF 4pm ET....1pm PT
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Haha odaine demar on twitter "Dear Mr. Hart, I kindly ask that you give me a call. #CanMNT
Our October FIFA rank
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Rankings came out today: 61st in the world and 6th in concacaf
WC Qualification CONCACAF 2014 Brazil STANDINGS - 7th Sep UPDATE
I doubt part of this will happen but could you imagine if USA somehow didn't make the hex and we did? I know USA will probably make it but if they didn't that would greatly increase our chances of completing mission 2014
Canada vs Panama Sept. 7th 2012 @BMO Field Game Thread
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Our boys are looking very strong but we got to finish our chances. I can smell a goal coming
Cuba-Canada in game thread (R)
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We should end the round right now, we would be first place in the group In all seriousness great to get 3 points thats all that matters. Hopefully it will be a draw between panama and Honduras but if not, who would you rather want to win?
GDT - Armenia v. Canada [R]
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What's the score and how much time is left?
Game day! I think we have an upset and win 1-0. We would really move up the rankings which could lead to more support or WCQ
Armenia Roster Predictions/Call-Ups
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Armenia Roster announced: http://canadasoccer.com/armenia-roster-announced-for-canada-friendly-p149336
Predictions for Canadian soccer in 10 years
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The Ottawa fury have had players go to England and Brazilian academies and had gotten interest from mls academies too. So it would be easy to set up an academy and possibly add some local talent when it's 2013/14
Ottawa is confirmed either 13/14 as it depends when the stadium is completed. They somewhat have a academy as John Pugh who was a big part to get the franchise, runs the Ottawa Fury which not only have PDL but have youth teams that have produced some pretty good players and some may go on to play in the NASL
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Casting Call for Lost girl adults
Lost girl adults
njoi21
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About Lost girl adults
So I found out my Aura can only do it for a few episode so I need an Aura as well as I need an Adrian with a few extra characters. Break a leg and thank you for auditioning.
About the Creator: njoi21
Hayden Geneus
Age:Infinity
Nationality:everything (for the outside Italian-Indian)
Hair: Charcoal black ( in the underworld his natural hair is fire)
eyes:brown eyes
weapon:himself (he literally made of fire)
Hayden wasnt born he was created from a flame that sparked out of Vestas fire. Wandering as a flame taken in by The God Agni and was trained under his care. Years past when Hayden was being in the simplest way being co-parented by both Vesta and Agni. (Believe it or not I had a normal childhood).He grew up clever and under the guidance of Mars and Kartikeya was training to become one of the strongest warriors. Loyal to a bone he dreamt he would become a fierce warrior for his mother. One day Hayden was trapped in the underworld (I wanted to explore next thing I new I was in darkness). As he wander he began to feel lose his internal flame (closes thing to a heart) going out. When he went wandering around further into dark and saw no light except his own. He was near close to non existence until someone threw him into a flame. (If you haven't guess....it was Adrian).Now owing a debt to the son and heir of the underworld he was bound here. As much as both of his parent try to arrange deals. At first Hayden went from Grateful to resentful and then actually liking Adrian that he would remain loyal to the young heir. (We been through thick and thin like Holmes and Watson).As they would get older he was just there to be the sarcastic, funny and outspoken friend Adrian needs. He just also Adrian voice of reason ( I was the one to convince skull head to go back to Aura). Now he help take cares of Jordan.
Alright who did it!..WHO TOOK MY KATANA
(Say anything)
Extra/understudy
I need some one who can just be there if the female actors can't do it
Adrian Richard Luke
(He doesn't have an age but appearance wise he looks like an adult)
Nationality:everything (for the outside Mexican-Irish)
Eyes:Brown
Weapon:Scythe
Story: Adrian(Death) never knew how he became death to be exact. Death would like to think its because people were bored living and didn't know what to do after that thus he was born. Now he complains. He says he doesnt like it, because he gets lonely especially since he met Cordelia; someone who he believed could love him but only wanted power to keep her and her family alive forever (He still despises her to this day). This experience made him feel alone and the situation was he would never have a heir or at least someone he could love. (Despite the misconception and rumors of me I am quite lovable). So with that he never expected to meet Aura; the future queen of the Divine light when she came to discuss situations of the human world. She was a women who had seen death so much that it was bound they would have to meet. So, when her daughter was killed she made a deal to stay with Death for a year (while still working of course) and things happened and (That how Jordan was born! Dad...) Much to his delight but dismay he was going to have a child. But, the mother had to go back into the world. It took him 10/11 years to go after her and this is where we left off.
Hurt my daughter, and you will be you under my jurisdiction not even your mother could save your own soul from my fire wrat- Hey sweetheart have fun!
I'm going to kill him!...no seriously he going to die next week
(Say anything )
Aura Elle Powell
Mother of 5 (For our story sake mom of Jordan and Tai)
Nationality: Garifuna (Black and Spanish mix)
Hair: blackish-brown
Weapon: Bow and Arrow
Story:Aura (Life) knew her destiny since even before she was born.The rules were simple servire et tueri, maria, caelum et terram to serve and protect, the seas, the sky and the earth. She was part of a family who could live for thousands of years. Her mother abandoned her as soon as her duty as a seer, the Guardian of Nirvana and future queen of the divine light (Which allows her to bring people to life.) came at the age of 16. You can say it was not an easy life (that an understatement). So not understanding any other option she choose her destiny and work to become something better than her mother. This didn't stop her from falling in love. Clyde Parker a Psychologist whom she met in college and she believed was the love of her life they wed and had a daughter together She was content and still able to follow her duties not only as a seer but a wife and mother as well. (and to make a short story short I didn't tell him my true job he died I brought him back to life death got angry and I got a divorce, as I went through life basically having more kids and saving more lives death didn't like it got revenge, I made a trade abracadabra I fell in love with my enemy had my little Jojo and Im getting married again). There are still some things Aura just can't let go of and some people who won't let go of her.
If you call me an angel you will regret that I saved you
So is no one going to tell me what is going on? Or will I have to cut the wifi off
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Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar)
Archidioecesis Ernakulamensis-Angamaliensis
George Alencherry, Cardinal, Major Archbishop
Antony Kariyil, C.M.I., Archiepiscopal Vicar
Sebastian Vaniyapurackal, Curial Bishop
Thomas Chakiath, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
Suffragan Dioceses
Idukki (Syro-Malabar)
Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar)
Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Name Changed: 16 December 1992
Major Archbishopric
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of the Chaldean Tradition
Square Kilometers: 1,500 (579 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/
Mailing Address: The Syro-Malabar Major Archepiscopal Curia, P.O. Box 3110, Kakkanad, Kochi-682030, Kerala, India
Telephone: (0484)235.2629; 235.2906
Vicariate Apostolic of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar)
Latin Name: Ernakulamensis
Erected: 28 July 1896
Vicariate
Archdiocese of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar)
Elevated: 21 December 1923
Metropolitan See
Aloysius Pareparambil (Pazheparambil) † (11 Aug 1896 Appointed - 8 Dec 1919 Died)
Augustine Kandathil † (8 Dec 1919 Succeeded - 10 Jan 1956 Died)
Joseph Parecattil † (20 Jul 1956 Appointed - 30 Jan 1984 Resigned)
Antony Padiyara † (23 Apr 1985 Appointed - 11 Nov 1996 Retired)
Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. † (23 Dec 1999 Appointed - 1 Apr 2011 Died)
George Alencherry (25 May 2011 Confirmed - )
Antony Kariyil, C.M.I. (30 Aug 2019 Appointed - )
28 July 1896 Erected Vicariate Apostolic of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar)
Vicariate Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar) Vicariate Apostolic of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar) (erected)
21 December 1923 Elevated Vicariate Apostolic of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar) Archdiocese of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar)
29 July 1956 Territory Lost Archdiocese of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar) Diocese of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar) (erected)
16 December 1992 Name Changed Archdiocese of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar) Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar)
1950 265,879 1,375,000 19.3% 203 203 1,309 105 838 127 ap1951
1970 273,772 1,210,000 22.6% 215 125 340 805 172 2,144 110 ap1971
1980 323,850 259 176 435 744 332 3,258 272 ap1981
Sebastian Adayanthrath (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Feb 2002 to 30 Aug 2019)
George Alencherry (Major Archbishop: 25 May 2011 - )
Thomas Chakiath (Priest: 1 Dec 1964; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jan 1998 to 10 Sep 2012)
Antony Kariyil, C.M.I. (Archiepiscopal Vicar: 30 Aug 2019)
Jacob Manathodath (Priest: 4 Nov 1972; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Sep 1992 to 11 Nov 1996; Apostolic Administrator: 22 Jun 2018 to 27 Jun 2019)
Ephrem Nariculam (Priest: 27 Dec 1986 to 31 Jul 2014)
Jose Puthenveettil (Priest: 26 Dec 1987; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Aug 2013 to 30 Aug 2019)
Bosco Puthur (Curial Bishop: 18 Jan 2010 to 11 Jan 2014)
Sebastian Vaniyapurackal (Curial Bishop: 1 Sep 2017)
Joseph Chennoth † (Priest: 4 May 1969 to 24 Aug 1999)
Augustine Kandathil † (Priest: 21 Dec 1901; Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: 29 Aug 1911; Vicar Apostolic: 8 Dec 1919; Archbishop: 21 Dec 1923 to 10 Jan 1956)
Abraham Kattumana † (Priest: 3 May 1969 to 8 May 1991)
Sebastian Mankuzhikary † (Priest: 12 Mar 1955; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Nov 1969 to 28 Apr 1986)
Antony Padiyara † (Archbishop: 23 Apr 1985; Major Archbishop: 16 Dec 1992 to 11 Nov 1996)
Joseph Parecattil † (Priest: 24 Aug 1939; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Oct 1953; Archbishop: 20 Jul 1956 to 30 Jan 1984)
Aloysius Pareparambil (Pazheparambil) † (Vicar Apostolic: 11 Aug 1896 to 8 Dec 1919)
Matthew Pothanamuzhi † (Priest: 2 Oct 1932 to 29 Jul 1956)
Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. † (Apostolic Administrator: 11 Nov 1996; Major Archbishop: 23 Dec 1999 to 1 Apr 2011)
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Arsenal boss admits need for goals amid links to Real Madrid striker
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted that his side need to score more goals, reports the Daily Express.
This is comes amid rumours linking the Frenchman with a move for compatriot Karim Benzema from Real Madrid [Daily Mail]. The 27-year-old scored 22 goals in 47 appearances last season, and is widely regarded as one of the best specialist strikers in world football.
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However, Wenger seems adamant that his current squad are capable of hitting the back of the net more often. This is despite Petr Cech, a goalkeeper, being their only signing of the summer so far. Danny Welbeck missing the start of the campaign will also hinder the Gunners in their efforts to score more.
“You are right. Our target is to improve our number. We want to combine good defensive efficiency with 10 more goals,” Wenger said, “In the second part of last season we only conceded 13 goals in 19 games. So we want to keep that and add a few more goals.
“I think we can find that from inside, I am convinced of that. We have enough goals in the squad. What we want is some more goals from some players who are not really strikers. That was our strength traditionally. The players who were offensive and creative players scored 10 to 12 goals, that’s what you need. But if we can find it from outside then we will do it as well.”
The North London outfit finished 12 points behind Premier League champions Chelsea last time round, so clearly something will need to change if they are going to challenge the Blues. The recent revelation that they have £200 million in the bank will give hope that something can indeed be done.
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Nearly 500 new cases of COVID-19, 10 deaths announced in Sunday update
Written by CHVN Sunday, Nov 15 2020, 5:00 PM
10 more people have died as a result of COVID-19 and 494 new cases have been announced in Manitoba.
The updated numbers were announced as of 9:30 a.m. Sunday. The update brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in the province to 10,947.
Public Health officials say these deaths, which occurred between November 3 and November 14, include:
a female in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region
a female in her 80s, two males in their 80s, two females in their 90s and two males in their 90s all from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Maples Long Term Care Home
a male in his 100s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the Seine River Retirement Residence, Assisted Living Facility cluster
a female in her 70s from Southern Health–Santé Sud
This brings the number of COVID-19-related deaths to 162.
Meanwhile, 494 new positive cases of the virus were announced as of 9:30 AM today Today’s data shows:
28 cases in the Interlake–Eastern health region
30 cases in the Northern health region
34 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region
136 cases in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region; and
266 cases in the Winnipeg health region.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 12.4 per cent provincially and 13.1 per cent in Winnipeg.
Presently, there are 6,715 active cases in Manitoba and 4,070 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19. There are 220 people in hospital with the virus right now, 41 of whom are in intensive care.
Laboratory testing numbers show 2,715 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February to 309,794. Case investigations continue and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.
Laboratory testing numbers show 2,715 tests were completed yesterday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February to 309,794. Case investigations are continuing and if a public health risk is identified, the public will be notified.
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APLIKASYON POU FON D’AIDE
THE RETURN CAMPAIGN
Chagos in Parliament: Ministers pressed on justice for Chagossians
The Chagos Islands and their exiled people have featured notably in Parliamentary proceedings over the past week or so.
Firstly the government issued a statement in the reaction to the UN General Assembly vote to refer the UK to International Court of Justice. In a written statement, Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan said the UK would "robustly" defend its sovereignty over the Chagos Islands.
The statement also referenced the Chagossian people, stating that:
"The UN Resolution also mentions the very important matter of the Chagossians. We are currently designing an approximately £40m support package, to improve Chagossian livelihoods in the communities where they now live: in Mauritius, the Seychelles and the UK."
As UK Chagos Support Association have stated previously, it is not just the voices of Mauritius and the UK who need to be heard in this dispute. Chagossians need to be at the centre of any decisions about the future of their homeland.
Since then, the Chagossian campaign for justice has been raised again in Parliament. In one of her final acts before being removed as a Shadow Foreign Office Minister with the responsibility for the Chagos Islands, Catherine West MP asked the Foreign Secretary if:
"He or a Minister of his Department intends to meet representatives from the Chagos community to discuss (a) their campaign to return to and (b) the vote in the UN on the legal status of the Chagos Islands."
The response from Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan stated that:
"The former Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Rt Hon. Baroness Anelay of St Johns met representatives from the Chagos Refugees Group on 15 September. FCO officials continue to regularly meet members of the Chagossian community in the UK and overseas. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon holds the lead responsibility for British Indian Ocean Territory and looks forward to meeting with Chagossian representatives in the near future."
It's good to hear the new Minister intends to meet with Chagossians in the near future. We only hope Lord Ahmad is able to bring clarity on a number of issues relating to the £40m Support Package announced last year, and will take seriously his responsibility to a community still suffering from their brutal deportation from their homeland.
#Chagos #Chagosreturn #ChagosReturn #Parliament #UNGeneralAssembly
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Chagossian Voices Conference: Watch in full
‘The system has betrayed us, but the people won’t'
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On my current Christmas stay, I remained in a mid-tier Deluxe Veranda King room, which was comped for evaluation purposes, but normally publications for $595. I’ve constantly seen common spaces, which are in fact larger, and with a reduced cost factor. Unless you’re taking a trip with household or preparing to amuse in-room, in my experience, a standard-sized room is the best value for first-class holiday accommodations that are roomy, luxurious, and also prime for people-watching.
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Seeds Of Life, Seeds Of Success
A successful businessman was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business.
Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together because by realizing that one’s character is defined by what we do when we think no one is looking he was motivated to choose this process of promotion.
He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you. “The young executives were Shocked, but the boss continued. “I am going to give each one of you a SEED today – one very special SEED. I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I have given you.
I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO.”
One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed. Everyday, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow.
Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still nothing.
By now, others were talking about their plants, Jim didn’t have a plant and he felt like a failure.
Six months went by — still nothing in Jim’s pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing
Jim didn’t say anything to his colleagues, however, he just kept watering and fertilizing the soil – He so wanted the seed to grow. A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company brought their plants to the CEO for inspection.
Jim told his wife that he wasn’t going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest about what happened. Jim felt sick to his stomach, it was going to be the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right. He took his empty pot to the boardroom.
When Jim arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful – in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry for him!
When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young executives.
Jim just tried to hide in the back. “My, what great plants, trees and flowers you have grown,” said the CEO. “Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!”
All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the Financial Director to bring him to the front. Jim was terrified.. He thought, “The CEO knows I’m a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!”
When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed, Jim told him the story.
The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, “Behold your next Chief Executive Officer!
His name is “Jim!” Jim couldn’t believe it. Jim couldn’t even grow his seed.
“How could he be the new CEO?” the others said.
Then the CEO said, “One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead – it was not possible for them to grow.
All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new Chief Executive Officer!”
* If you plant honesty, you will reap trust
* If you plant goodness, you will reap friends
* If you plant humility, you will reap greatness
* If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment
* If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective
* If you plant hard work, you will reap success
* If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation
So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later.
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Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal bemoans lack of creativity at the club
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Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal admits his squad are still short of quality to challenge the top teams in European football, Guardian Sport reports.
The Red Devils have spent over £200million on the likes of Angel Di Maria and Ander Herrera since the Dutch boss replaced David Moyes at the helm last summer in an attempt to restore the club as genuine title challengers to the likes of Chelsea and fierce rivals Manchester City.
Bastian Schweinsteiger, Morgan Schneiderlin, Memphis Depay and Matteo Darmian have all been recruited by van Gaal this summer but he feels his squad are still lacking the creativity to pose a threat in the Premier League as well as the Champions League:
“We don’t have a good vision. We can use much more creativity,” said Van Gaal, who then cited Ashley Young and Barcelona star Neymar as an example to emphasize his point.
“Young had a fantastic season but he is not a Neymar and we have to compete with that kind of class.”
“Manchester City have Agüero, it’s the same type. Barcelona has Messi, Neymar and Suárez. We as Manchester United have to compete with these clubs. So we have to look also for that kind of players,” van Gaal added.
United will be busy in the month of August as they begin the new season with a home game against Tottenham on the 8th and will also face a two-legged qualifier in order to reach the group stages of Europe’s elite club competition.
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Texas organizations supporting multiple international-focused nonprofits
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There are 141 organizations supporting multiple foreign affairs and international nonprofits in Texas. Combined, these Texanorganizations supporting multiple international-focused nonprofits employ 119 people, earn more than $514 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $753 million.
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Employment in Texas organizations supporting multiple international-focused nonprofits is driven by large organizations like The Preemptive Love Coalition, Christian Relief Fund (CRF), Baitulmaal, Shelter the Homeless International Projects, and Water To Thrive (W2T).
Sizes of organizations supporting multiple international-focused nonprofits in Texas
Large organizations like Jasper Ridge Partners, The Preemptive Love Coalition, Christian Relief Fund (CRF), Council on Regional Economic Exp and Educational Development Foundation, and Amoud Foundation earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Texas organizations supporting multiple international-focused nonprofits.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 5.1% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Texas organizations supporting multiple international-focused nonprofits with more than $100 million account for 86.2% of nonprofit earnings.
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Baitulmaal
Baitulmaal AHED engages in compassionate projects locally and worldwide to improve lives of victims of disaster and poverty regardless of nationality, race, or religion.
The Preemptive Love Coalition
The preemptive love coalition (plc) exists to facilitate: the promotion and protection of human rights and the fostering of cultures of justice and mercy; the nurturing of civil society in developing countries to promote the discovery of indigenous reso...
Kershaw's Challenge
Kershaw's Challenge mission is to provide funds and other assistance to build schools and orphanages in the town of Lusaka in the country of Zambia and to provide support for other organizations in the United States. Kershaw's challenge mission is to pr...
Christian Relief Fund (CRF)
CRF provides hungry children with food, clothes, medical care, schooling, and Bible teaching through Child Sponsorship for only $25 a month.
Jasper Ridge Partners
Jasper Ridge Partners provides discretionary investment management services and customized solutions to prominent families, foundations and global institutions.
Kinder USA
KinderUSA will be partnering with Al Huda Development to provide daily, hot meals to children attending UNRWA administered schools located in Rafah and Khan Younis.
Arise Africa
Arise Africa shall primarily raise financial contributions for the purpose of assisting impoverished orphans in Zambia, Africa. Additionally, Arise Africa shall make distributions to other organizations with similar purposes that qualify as exempt organ...
Amoud Foundation
Amoud Foundation impacts the local and global communities by helping people help themselves through sustainable humanitarian projects while maintaining trusting relationships.
Water To Thrive (W2T)
In the decade since its founding, Water to Thrive has funded more than 800 water projects that bring clean, safe water to more than 450,000 people in rural African communities.
Livingstone University Partner
Harmony project international was created for the primary purpose of improving the spiritual, physical, and educational conditions of people in disadvantaged areas of the world. The first of these endeavors is the development of livingstone internationa...
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Should People in the U.S. be Able to Travel to Cuba?
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Argument in favor
The Cold War is over. The President has already endorsed rekindling the U.S./Cuba relationship, and easing antiquated restrictions on travel will strengthen diplomacy efforts on both sides.
tea's Opinion
Top Comment for
Law-abiding U.S. citizens should have the freedom to travel anywhere they want unless there is a pressing national security reason to restrict their travel. Lifting the travel ban alone will not lend the Castro regime legitimacy, as many fear; the embargo is still pretty much in full effect, after all.
myrouhani's Opinion
At this point there is no reason why we should bar American's from visiting Cuba, especially Cuban American's which may wish to visit the land of their fore fathers or previous homes.
StratonGarrard's Opinion
Castro's Communist regime will likely die with him. It's imperative to build relations now so that the road to Cuban democratization can be as smooth as possible
Argument opposed
Cuba is still a repressive dictatorship and allowing Americans to travel there only lends legitimacy to the Cuban regime. Easing the travel ban could give the Castro family an chance to reassert themselves.
operaman's Opinion
Top Comment against
Absolutely no travel to Cuba. I also support no trade or support to a Communist country. This would place pressure on the Castro's government/Dictatorship. Examine what is currently taking place in Venezuela- the collapse of Socialism. Even with natural oil wealth, you can't afford gasoline or toilet paper. I suspect a dictatorship soon which will certainly include a famine. I also hope Iran stays out of the military takeover.
Loraki's Opinion
Easing restrictions on travel amounts to more appeasement of a repressive dictatorship. Does anyone in Congress and the Obama administration understand about setting boundaries?? If you allow someone to disregard your boundaries, you know the old saying: "Give 'em an inch, and they'll take a mile!" The Castros have no respect for this country, our laws, or our leaders. Bullies and dictators only respect strength and power. The Cold War *may* be over, but the reasons for the restrictions against Cuba haven't changed.
Mark's Opinion
People risk death to get out of that shit hole of a country. Anyone who would voluntarily go there needs to be committed.
Opinions 100
President Not Signed
What is House Bill H.R. 664?
This bill would prohibit the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by any U.S. citizens or legal residents. It would end the longstanding travel ban on U.S. citizens going to or from Cuba that prevents spending U.S. currency in Cuba.
This would include travel-related transactions such as baggage fees, living expenses, travel arrangements, voyage-related fees, and normal banking transactions. Transporting items other personal baggage would remain prohibited.
All of these provisions would be prohibited from restricting presidential authority during a state of war between the U.S. and Cuba, or imminent danger to the public health and safety of U.S. travelers. It also would prohibit this legislation from prohibiting the President from authorizing U.S. importation of personal consumption goods that were purchased in Cuba.
U.S. citizens who would like to travel to Cuba, U.S. travel agencies, Cuban commerce.
Cost of House Bill H.R. 664
A CBO cost estimate is unavailable.
In-Depth:
Following the Cuban Revolution that saw Fidel Castro establish a communist regime in Cuba, relations between the U.S. and Cuba have been tense. In 1960, two years after Castro’s revolution succeeded, the U.S. banned all exports into Cuba aside from food and medicine. The failed Bay of Pigs operation and the Cuban Missile Crisis over the next two years exacerbated the tensions, which led to the enactment of a ban on all imports from Cuba.
While the U.S. never explicitly banned travel to and from Cuba as part of its embargo — but it did create rules that made it essentially impossible to travel into Cuba without violating them. The Obama administration had previously eased regulations on Cuban-Americans traveling to-and-from Cuba. The travel restrictions did not prevent U.S. citizens from traveling to another country and going to Cuba from there, and about 98,000 Americans did just that in 2012 despite technically being in violation of the law.
Many have argued that Cuba’s record on human rights and its status as a totalitarian dictatorship should preclude the U.S. from easing restrictions on Cuba in exchange for democratic elections, releasing political prisoners, among other conditions. According to Freedom House’s index of Freedom in the World, globally Cuba has some of the worst political rights.
Sponsoring Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) Press Release
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Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015
To allow travel between the United States and Cuba.
bill Progress
Not enacted
The President has not signed this bill
The senate has not voted
The house has not voted
Committee on Foreign Affairs
IntroducedFebruary 2nd, 2015
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Rep Mark Sanford
(R - SC)
131 Cosponsors
Introduced 02/02/2015
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tea's Opinion In Favor
myrouhani's Opinion In Favor
Evercraft's Opinion In Favor
The Cuban regime is changing, and the Cuban people desperately want change.
StratonGarrard's Opinion In Favor
operaman's Opinion Against
stimoceiver's Opinion In Favor
The distinction between dictatorship and democracy erodes with each passing day we allow corporations the same rights as people. Cuba has better medical care than we do. Americans should be allowed to go to Cuba for medical care since we cant care for our own.
MichealBaca-T's Opinion In Favor
They have one of the best medical systems in the world. As well as the mutual boost of tourism. We cant start to change things if we don't at least try. If the Castros do try and reassert themselves we can intervene more easily if we have diplomatic relations.
bubblewater's Opinion In Favor
I like traveling. Why is Cuba off limits? It's a pretty ridiculous embargo to begin with.
Loraki's Opinion Against
Austin's Opinion In Favor
By allowing people to travel to Cuba, the US is increasing contact between Americans and Cubans. This is beneficial because Cubans will see first hand that the American regime isn't as bad as the Cuban propaganda makes it out to me. In effect, the US is weakening the regime by allowing citizens to travel to Cuba.
Rita 's Opinion Against
We should not deal with them other than get someone in power that takes care of its citizens.
Maureen's Opinion Against
No. The Castro regime has not proven to treat their citizens any better than cattle. Until they show an open Republic where the people are truly free, no US citizens should be allowed to travel there and no Cuban citizens should be allowed to travel to the US. Trade should also not be engaged.
Jim's Opinion Against
All that would do is provide that Communist regime with the dollars that it is starved for. I have friends that got out of Cuba one step ahead oh Castro's goons and had to leave everything behind. There is nothing to prove that the situation is almost as bad today.
Delaware57's Opinion Against
We should not support Castro, even those that left there.
Mark's Opinion Against
Cary's Opinion In Favor
Kevin 's Opinion In Favor
You should be free to travel if you a American
John's Opinion In Favor
I feel like the bad blood has started to subside and we should start to work once again to stabilizing our relationship with Cuba.
Kyle's Opinion Against
Amador d 's Opinion Against
No, no one should be allowed to travel to Cuba until our country knows it safe for Americans to travel there and the present regime is revamped. That should apply to businesses as well especially lawmakers that have skin in those future money making ventures.
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US Experts Head to Egypt to Probe Shark Attacks
December 7, 2010 / 7:20 AM / AP
A team of top shark experts from the U.S. was heading to Egypt Monday to help determine what is behind an unusual series of shark attacks that have killed one tourist, injured four others and cleared Red Sea beaches of swimmers.
Shark attacks at Egypt's Red Sea resorts, famed for their reef diving, are rare. The attacks on snorkelers and swimmers over the past week at Sharm el-Sheikh, on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, are believed to involve two oceanic whitetip sharks, which normally do not get close to beaches.
The attacks turned fatal on Sunday. A shark tore the arm off an elderly German swimmer, killing her almost immediately. Days earlier a shark badly mauled three Russians and a Ukrainian.
Authorities have indefinitely closed the beaches to swimmers and barred anyone from entering the water except for professional divers.
Environmentalists have theorized that overfishing and a declining ecosystem could be driving sharks closer to shore in search of food. There are also accusations that tourist boats are illegally dumping meat into the water to attract sharks for passengers wanting to photograph them.
Still, a third theory says sharks have been drawn to the area by the crew of a ship transporting livestock that dumped dead animals overboard.
The three visiting experts are George Burgess, director of the International Shark Attack File; Marie Levine, head of the Shark Research Institute in Princeton, New Jersey; and Ralph Collier, author of "Shark Attacks of the Twentieth Century."
They will give the final word on the causes and also on when it is safe for tourists to return to the water, said Egypt's Chamber of Diving and Watersports.
The chamber's chairman, Hesham Gabr, said that based on the patterns of bite marks on the victims' bodies it appeared there were two sharks involved.
Before Sunday's fatal attack, authorities believed they had caught and killed the two sharks that mauled the tourists. Gabr questioned the way the sharks were targeted and said he was against "random shark hunting."
Gabr said a passing transport ship recently threw dead sheep in the waters and said sharks are sometimes fed from boats carrying tourists out to see them.
In the last fatal shark attack in Egypt, a French diver was killed by an oceanic whitetip in the Red Sea in 2009.
Sharm el-Sheikh is one of Egypt's main beach resorts, which attract hundreds of thousands of foreign vacationers annually. The spate of attacks could deal a blow the country's tourism industry, a vital source of income.
Jochen Van Lysebettens of the Red Sea Diving College in Sharm el-Sheikh said his company had to take customers to other resorts along the Sinai.
"We were shocked by the attacks, but cancelations are rare, as we offered alternatives," he said.
In Germany, Nina Meyer, spokeswoman for L'Tur tour agency, said the company had no cancellations, but "we've had many customers' calls with questions - can I still swim, what is safe, what isn't."
She said that the company canceled all of its boat excursions in the Sharm el-Sheikh area to ensure extra safety.
In Britain, two big travel agencies, Thomson and First Choice, advised holidaymakers to stay out of the water.
"We are also canceling all water-based excursions in the Sharm el-Sheikh area until further notice," the companies said. Both are part of TUI Travel PLC.
Beach tourism is believed to contribute some 66 percent of Egypt's total income from tourism, which is expected to reach $12.3 billion by the end of the current fiscal year in June, Tourism Minister Zohair Garanah was quoted as saying in state-owned Al-Gomhuria daily.
In September, the prime minister predicted the country's economy could grow by 6 percent in the current fiscal year, boosted by strong first quarter results in tourism.
First published on December 7, 2010 / 7:20 AM
© 2010 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Apple TV app coming to Roku players, Roku TVs today ahead of Apple TV Plus
Roku owners can access Apple TV Plus when it launches on Nov. 1, as well as iTunes TV shows and movies today.
David Katzmaier
Starting today owners of Roku media streamers and Roku TVs can download Apple's TV app, allowing access to Apple's video content on their devices for the first time. The app is the exclusive home for Apple's upcoming Apple TV Plus service, due Nov. 1. The service is a Netflix rival that will launch with nine confirmed titles, including a drama called The Morning Show starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, the post-apocalyptic thriller See starring Jason Momoa and a comedy about poet Emily Dickinson. It costs $5 per month and buyers of new Apple devices will get a year of access for free.
With the launch of the TV app on Roku, Apple expands the potential audience of Apple TV Plus significantly. Roku is the most popular streaming media platform, with 39% of the installed base of media streamers according to Parks Associates. And televisions powered by Roku's operating system, including the TCL 6-Series, are among CNET's favorites thanks to their ease of use and affordability. Currently the seven best-selling TVs on Amazon are TCL Roku TVs.
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In addition to Apple devices like the Apple TV 4K, iPhones and iPads, Apple's TV app has been available on Samsung smart TVs like the Q70 QLED since April. But the Roku launch brings the app and Apple TV Plus down to a much more affordable level of hardware: Roku players start at just $30. The Apple TV box costs $150 for the basic version and $180 for the 4K model.
Read more: Will Apple's TV app on Roku, Fire TV and Samsung kill the Apple TV box?
Beyond access to Apple TV Plus, the app also lets Roku owners rent or buy TV shows and movies from Apple's iTunes service, and provides a place to watch iTunes content they already purchased. In addition the app offers Apple TV Channels, services like HBO, Showtime and Starz that users can subscribe to and watch from within the TV app, without having to download those individual apps.
Apple says its TV app is coming to other devices, including the Amazon Fire TV platform as well as smart TVs from LG, Sony and Vizio, "in the future."
Roku's representative confirmed to CNET that Roku devices do not yet support Apple's AirPlay 2 standard, which allows users to control video and music using their iPhone, iPad or Mac devices. Samsung TVs, as well as smart TVs from Vizio, Sony and LG added AirPlay earlier this year.
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Even More Zombies in the Call of Duty Advanced Warfare 3rd DLC Trailer
News 5/28/2015 at 9:45 AM by Sam Tyler 0
Bringing out the undead
Gone are the days when you bought a game in the shops and that was your lot. DLC is now an everyday part of a gamer's existence and Call of Duty Advanced Warfare is leading the way again. The third slice of DLC for the game is due June 2nd on Xbox Live and is entitled Supremacy.
Like with the previous two pieces of downloadable content for the game, Supremacy will have four new multiplayer maps, but also the next installment of the co-operative Exo Zombie mode:
Take the first look at Supremacy, the third DLC pack for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Supremacy includes four Multiplayer maps: Kremlin, Parliament, Compound, and Skyrise, a reimagining of the fan-favorite Highrise from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Also included is Exo Zombies Carrier, part three of the Exo Zombies co-op experience.
Supremacy will be out on Xbox Live platforms from the 2nd June, whilst others will just have to wait. The co-op in Advanced Warfare did not fare the best in our Co-Optimus review, but the solo and versus gameplay went someway to remedying this. Season pass owners will get this DLC as part of the deal, whilst people looking to buy it as a one off will be set back $15.
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Home It's News to Me The Market’s Fine, What About The Hobby?
It's News to Me
The Market’s Fine, What About The Hobby?
Mentoring May Be Missing With Pandemic Problems
1913 Buffalo Nickel Type 1 Proof
By Donn Pearlman
During this “new normal” year, when hunting through row after row of dealers’ inventory boxes may only be a memory, what will be the long-term effects on collectors searching for affordable, potentially profitable coins?
The market for U.S. coins has remained quite active despite pandemic problems. Unable to attend coin shows and club meetings or visit a local dealer’s store because of cancelations and closings, many hobbyists turned to online and mail-order sales and auctions to add to their collections, whether it is inexpensive, circulated common date Indian Head cents or million-dollar rarities.
“Even with economic uncertainty and the lack of face-to-face transactions and in-person floor bidding, major auction firms reported selling more than $167 million of U.S. rare coins in online public auctions during the first half of 2020. Dozens of record prices were established for coins selling for five, six and even seven figures,” reported Professional Numismatists Guild President Richard Weaver.
Active Market Action
In addition to the auctions, PNG conservatively reports these firms sold at least another $150 million of U.S. coins through private transactions in the first half of the year. The coins that sold each ranged in price from $100 to tens of thousands of dollars.
For younger collectors, online-only transactions are a common experience. In the July 2020 issue of the American Numismatic Association’s magazine, The Numismatist, 18-year old William Cooper wrote about the collecting habits of Generation Z (those born in the late 1990s to early 2010s).
“…technology and the social media platforms that we use for hours every day can provide a way to view, buy and sell any number of astonishing coins with just the click of a mouse, ” Cooper wrote.
But holding a coin to a computer’s camera during a Zoom conference is not the same pride of ownership feeling as actually letting friends examine it in their hands.
Mindful About Mentoring
Bring a friend to add to the fun! (Photo courtesy Bellaire Coin Club – https://www.bellairecoinclub.com)
There’s something else missing these days: in-person mentoring. How are collectors, both newcomers and advanced, going to get the informal but important instruction from chatting one-on-one with knowledgeable dealers and expert collectors and actually holding coins at club meetings, conventions, and at one of the remaining local coin shops? Yes, there are excellent instructional videos and online educational programs available, but the in-person camaraderie is missing.
One of the outstanding numismatic mentors I had taught me how to grade Buffalo nickels so well I was later able to purchase a proof 1913 Type I that a dealer offered as only a superb circulation strike.
At the time, high-grade Type 1 Buffalos brought about $35, but I paid $50 for that coin for two reasons. First, my mentors emphasized that sometimes you only get one chance to make a great purchase, so you may have to pay more for exceptional quality. Paying more, in this case, was still affordable. Second, the lessons I learned from my Buffalo nickel mentor led me to correctly suspect the coin was actually a proof, not simply a sharp circulation strike.
The subsequent sale of the $50 coin purchase I mention generated enough profit to pay for a vacation. It was truly an affordable coin.
About the Columnist: Donn Pearlman is a former member of the American Numismatic Association Board of Governors.
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On 27th April 2015 we successfully raised £7,895 with 182 supporters in 56 days
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Not a white tiger, but a normal one with pigmentation: MTR official
Udhagamandalam: A senior official in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in Niligiris District today clarified that there was no white tiger as such and the one reportedly found in the reserve was a ‘leucsistic’.
Replying to a specific question on the reports appeared in a section of the press as claimed by a wildlife photographer, MTR Director Srinivas R Reddy said that there was some process by which the normal tiger becomes white. “It is a normal tiger with more quantity of white pigmentation. Not a white tiger, as made out to be,” Reddy told reporters here.
Similarly, one can find black panther, which is a process of changing the colour of the cell of a normal panther, he said.
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Groundhog Day 7
December 10, 2007 in War in Iraq by craig
I fear I have entered a time warp. Gordon Brown is in Basra announcing that we are going to reduce our troops pointlessly occupying its airport to 2,500. He hasn’t been there and made that announcement for almost three months, since he tried to steal the thunder of the Conservative party conference. Indeed that is at least seven different times this announcement has been made over eight months.
We have also taken Musa Qala from the Taliban. That is the fourth time “coalition forces” have done that since 2001. I wonder if we’ll do it again next year?
All just became clear. Sky News gave out the headline “As Gordon Brown touched down in Afghanistan, NATO announced they had just taken a strategic Taliban headquarters.” We bombed the town – that’s the way to win hearts and minds. If we kill enough Afghan civilians they’ll love us eventually, no doubt. I expect we’ll manage to hold the town at least until Gordon has left, so that was worth several deaths, including of at least one British soldier.
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writeon December 10, 2007 at 20:09
The reason you feel you're in a kind of time-warp, is becuase you/we are.
We are going around in circles in Afghanistan, because we can't do much else. We don't have the troops available to properly pacify the country, control it, impose our will, and start meaningful reconstrucion programmes. So, instead we move our over-stretched forces from one area to another, push the Taliban out for a while, then they re-group somewhere else, and we're forced to leave the first place and follow them, and the whole process starts over again.
Most people seem to agree that one would need at least as many troops as the Russians had, around 600,000, to stand any real chance of "winning", so people think 1,000,000 is a more realistic figure. Now where are those troops going to come from? Are we considering introducing conscription in order to pursue the war in Afghanistan? I don't think so!
The troops we have there are simply too few and too overstretched. Now we're talking about handing out weapons to local groups so they can take on the Taliban. The Russians tride this too. It didn't work. One runs the risk of actually arming the Taliban that way. It's a sign of desparation on NATO's part.
Our strategy in Afghanistan seems to be coming apart, so we invent an artificle propaganda victory in Musa Qula to give the impression that ther'e progress and point to the whole affair.
But what is the point of being in Afghanistan? Damned if I know! It seems like we're there to prove that NATO still has a role to play in the world and is relevant and can agree on what it is, and why it is. So we're fighting in Afghanistan to prove a point about NATO. But does NATO still, really, exist? It doesn't really look like it, at least not in Afghanistan. Very few NATO countries have troops on the frontline and are willing to expose their men to danger. In reality NATO is split down the middle on the whole Afghan adventure, and the split is likely to get worse the longer the war continues.
ruth December 10, 2007 at 22:35
I've read that we're in Afghanistan so that an oil pipeline can be built through part of the country. But I wonder if we're also there for the opium?
Wasn't opium produced in India under a British government monopoly and then shipped by British traders to China not so long ago? And didn't the British government attack China when they didn't want any more?
Now, in the British controlled south-west region, there's more Helmand heroin than ever before. The land for poppy cultivation in the country has increased by 59 per cent to 165,000 hectares, according to the United Nations. In contrast a growing number of provinces in northern Afghanistan are becoming opium-free.
Afghanistan now accounts for 92 per cent of the world's opium production with
Britain being the world's biggest customer for Afghan heroin. Nine in every 10 grams of heroin sold in Britain originates from Afghanistan.
Why is so much allowed to be grown in the Helmand province? And how come it's not being tracked and stopped in transit and impounded at our borders?
Someone's making billions. I wonder who.
pamery December 11, 2007 at 12:22
Opium war dissonance.
"We are there to eradicate the opium crop"
The crop rises to record levels.
Afghan bureaucrats, the drug barons, the Western officials dispensing largesse and idiotic advice and, one suspects, some of our politicians, army and intelligence chiefs. Imagine how much the British army is worth to an Afghan drugs baron who can destroy a rival by calling him "Taliban" and arranging an air strike.
We can only defeat the international criminals who both run the drugs trade and support its prohibition by legalising opiates at the point of consumption – here. The next time a politician, policeman or customs officer reacts with outrage to this suggestion we might do well to investigate his or her bank accounts.
George Dutton December 11, 2007 at 17:21
Thought you might like to read this Craig (sadly confirms what you say on this blog, as if it needed to) you may like to check out this sites homepage as well?…
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pamery
Good post. You should read all of this link…
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One of the main reasons they are in Afghanistan (CIA) doing what they
did in Nicaragua/South America…making a lot of money and running the whole
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Poppy harvest at a record level…
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Boss December 12, 2007 at 02:16
The range of opinions explore differing issues;
Afghanistan;
Boasts gas fields, oil fields, and uranium mines, all awaiting 'discovery', and exploitation, that so far have been subject to no debate, or discussion.
The notion of replay of the 'great game' in the twenty first century with a hydrocarbon hungry China, rising powerful Russia, and increasingly developing India, is a pipe dream that only could be conjured up by the mind of a bullied public school boy, whom would later blame God for making him do it!
However on goes the charade, and death keeps befalling the operatives, and their victims alike in the nightmare of realizing the Emily's pipe dreams.
Opium;
Those interested in this trade, ought read 'Politics of Heroin' by Alfred McCoy, they will be surprised to find their hunches validated, and proved.
Musa Qula:
Bouncing rubble, through carpet bombing an already devastated, and beleaguered town, in an effort to deliver the 'victory' that was so impatiently awaited by the sole BBC reporter sitting somewhere in Afghanistan (probably in Kabul), and going on record; 'the promised capture of the town is taking longer, than anticipated, and the final push is yet to come'. Was in fact a little boost for Brown whom could go on to extol the victories in Afghanistan, and tactical withdrawal from Iraq (military parlance for defeat), to concentrate his forces on the winnable Hemland.
This theory however has one little qualifier, the last time around Russians fought in Afghanistan for fourteen years, and gave up, Afghans are set for the long haul, and within next few years the events on the ground would be tilted for yet another withdrawal, however, until then there will be deaths, and carnage for the hearts, and minds of Afghans, after all once the heart is torn out of its owner, and brains splattered across the mud hut, then the guy is won over!!
Finally, for those students of the power games, who is ready to bet on when will the Afghans start getting new military hardware from Russia, or China?
PS even Husni Mubarak is at it these days; Egypt 'fabricated terror group', http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7137950.st…
papageno March 11, 2008 at 21:40
I confess I haven't read McCoy's book (it's from 1972, imagine…), but the essential points are:
– guerilla wars cost mony
– both sides need weapons (and lots of other things)
– drugs make easy money
So whereever there is guerilla warfare, there is drug trade. Also, globally rising weat prices make food more expensive, especially in crisis countries. There are food riots in Lebanon now.
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Abdellah Mouslik, Staff Reporter|December 6, 2018
Ballston Quarter Mall’s website listing the new restaurants opening.
The long-awaited, completely renovated Ballston Quarter Mall is nearing its grand opening after delays. Specifically, the new food hall will open this spring and feature 18 dining options in a 25,000 square feet area. The new food court will be called Quarter Market and will be accompanied with a 5,000 square feet plaza.
One fan-favorite option to be included in the new food court is Ice Cream Jubilee. This will be its first opening in Virginia, and it is expected to attract a heavy crowd.
“I’ve tried Ice Cream Jubilee in Washington, D.C., and completely fell in love with it,” sophomore Jhoan Loaza said. “It incorporates that homemade feeling to it. I’m glad that I will be able to have it more often with its upcoming opening.”
Cucina Al Volo is another restaurant making its first appearance in Virginia. The Italian oriented restaurant is famously renowned for its homemade pastas, ragu, and risotto.
Compass Coffee will also be opening. Already having multiple locations in the District, Compass Coffee is a new spot around Northern Virginia.
A more nutritious type of restaurant being added is True Food Kitchen. The California-based restaurant incorporates a lot of healthy choices as part of their doctor-reviewed menu choices. This is their second opening in Virginia, after already having one location in Fairfax county.
Famous for their tarts and milkshakes, Ted’s Bulletin will be featured in the new Ballston Quarter Market. Ted’s Bulletin already has locations in the District and in Mosaic Fairfax.
“I have always had trouble deciding what to eat whenever I went to Ballston, as I personally didn’t like any of the options they had to offer,” freshman Simon Tekabe said. “But as I glanced over the new options they have to offer, I have become more satisfied with the options.
Other debutants include an abundance of Asian cusineries. This includes Mi and Yu Noodle Bar, Pinch Dumplings, Rice Crook, Maizal, Mezeh, and Slapfish. There are a few mainstream fast food restaurants included, but a vastly culturally diverse food court with some dessert spots.
“I was amazed when I read that the mall would include 18 restaurants, I don’t know any mall with that many restaurants,” sophomore Thomas Sharp said. “You bet that will be the first part of the mall I check out!”
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More than Rs 350 crores of RTE dues pending
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DOUBLE DQS AT LANGLEY
AL PEARCE Daily PressDaily Press
Greg Edwards and his brother, Danny, were disqualified late Saturday night after finishing 1-2 in the Late Model 150 at Langley Speedway. The double-DQs elevated Phil Warren from third to his first victory since 1997.
Greg was disqualified because his car's intake was not stock. Danny was disqualified because his intake and cylinder heads weren't stock. Both have appealed to NASCAR, and the parts have been sent to Daytona Beach, Fla., for inspection and a ruling.
"Maybe they're tired of us winning (24 races in the past 32 starts),'' Greg said Monday. "They said my intake wasn't as rough as a new one from the box. They couldn't tell me how rough it should be, they just said it wasn't rough enough.
"Well, I've run that intake for six years, so it's not going to look or feel brand-new. They got Danny for a casting mark not being on his head, but that mark isn't supposed to be on his heads he runs. They didn't know what they were looking for, so they just found an excuse.''
Track operator Wayne Wyatt said Greg has a five percent chance of being reinstated, but Danny has almost no chance. "I don't know why, but they think I'm out to get them,'' he said. "There are rumors flying all over the place, but that's not the case at all. They've supported the track and have done well, and we're glad of that. But when you're wrong, you're wrong.''
As for Saturday night: "I didn't know what the inspectors were going to look at,'' he said. "It was a shock to all of us. We never expected it to happen to them.''
QUOTE, UNQUOTE. This from Ken Schrader, when asked Sunday at Dover, Del., if his crew could repair his car so he could run the last 390 laps of the MBNA 400: "I hope not.''
NOT FOR SALE. There were denials all around Monday about reports that Bill France and International Speedway Corp. are buying Richmond International Raceway. Speculation was fueled when track vice-president Wayne Sawyer recently was seen talking with ISC vice-president Jim France and John Graham of Daytona International Speedway.
"We were talking about lights, about night racing,'' Sawyer said Monday. "There's nothing to those reports, and I wish I knew where they came from. It's like opening a floodgate when that kind of talk begins. ...
"Believe me, if I was going to talk about selling RIR, I wouldn't do it in the garage on a race weekend.''
WEEKEND WINNERS. David Blankenship won the Late Model race Saturday night at Southampton near Capron, where Terry Allison won Grand Stock, Kevin Barrett won Mini Stock, Chuck Mitchell won Pure Stock, and Anthony Warren won Mini Truck.
Burt Culpepper won Saturday night's Late Model 35 at Mid-Bay near Saluda. Donnie Daniels won in Super Street, Marvin Booth Jr., in Charger, Kevin Curtis in Bomber, and Bo Reiner in Virginia Sprints.
Also, Mark McFarland won at Old Dominion, Barry Beggarley at Orange County and Eddie Johnson at Southside. ... Zach Brewer won the Goody's Dash race at Bristol, Tenn., and Mark Kinser, Stevie Smith and Tim Shaffer won World of Outlaw Sprint Car races in New York and Ohio.
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CLEAN THE BAY DAY VOLUNTEERS INVEST IN ENVIRONMENT
HUGH LESSIG Daily PressDaily Press
John Finch pulled garbage from the Hampton River all Saturday morning. At one point, he thought he came across the modern-day gold nugget: a credit card.
Alas, the card had expired so Finch couldn't use it - even if he wanted to pull a fast one.
No matter. He, along with hundreds of other volunteers, was more interested in making a longer- term investment as part of Clean the Bay Day '99.
The event spanned South Hampton Roads and the Peninsula, as people searched the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for garbage and other debris. It involved 19 sites in Hampton alone, including the downtown waterfront near Mill Point, where Finch and others set to work.
"I'm basically seeing huge quantities of things people have no business throwing in the bay," Finch said.
Motor oil containers. Old toys. Shoes. Last year, they found a full-sized futon.
"I'm seeing more cheap wine bottles this year," said Finch, who has volunteered for several years. "I've picked up more bottles than you can shake a stick at."
Farther down the river, Ann Muir and her dad, John, were just starting to fill their garbage bags. Ann plucked a white cross from the water. Emblazoned on it were the name "Bubba" and the slogan "We will always love you."
"I spent 13 years in California," she said, "and I got spoiled by the lakes."
Cheryl Copper of the Hampton Public Works Department coordinated the Hampton effort. It involved nearly 500 volunteers and 17 miles of shoreline, up from 13 miles last year.
Last year's effort yielded 13 tons of trash and debris in Hampton. The results of Saturday's work were not available, but it was clearly a bumper crop of filth.
Over at Newmarket Creek behind the Kmart, a team headed by Penny Ingram posed for a picture in front of 24 bags of trash, more than 20 car tires, a few metal shelving units and old wooden pallets, plus a big blue "something" - perhaps a spool used for cable or wire.
Anyway, it was round and more than 6 feet tall.
Just after someone snapped the team photo, Jim Bruff and his 9-year-old son, Mark, floated in on a boat from Newmarket Creek with two more tires for the pile.
"We live right on the creek so, for us, this is a personal thing," Bruff said.
Tires are major hazards for boaters, he said. Running across one could ruin a motor. The same holds true for plywood or other debris that floats just beneath the surface.
As the group left to enjoy the rest of the day, Ingram gave them a word of advice: Think what it took to pick up all this stuff, and make others think twice about throwing things away.
"If you tell five people," she said, "they'll tell five people."
Hugh Lessig can be reached at 247-4787 or by e-mail at hlessig@dailypress.com
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Oct. 19-25 is National Friends of the Library Week. This event recognizes the critical importance of Friends' groups to the health and well-being of their community libraries. Our own Poudre River Friends of the Library has been around for nearly 75 years. They were formed in 1939 and officially incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 1974.
Our mission is to enhance the resources of our libraries and to encourage literacy in the community. Over the years, the Friends have averaged donations to the Poudre River Public Library District of more than $70,000 annually. The Friends' efforts help support the Summer Reading Program, History Comes Alive series and the Kevin Cook nature talks. We help fund cultural celebrations like Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month and Asian Pacific Day. We assist in sending staff to conferences and provide books for library book club kits. We are proud to contribute to Fort Collins Reads community one book event and to the author series with CSU Friends of the Library.
A critical part of our mission is to advocate for our libraries. We were active in the campaign to form a library district in 2006 and the campaign to pave the way to the expansion and renovation of Old Town Library in 2011. We are library lovers, and we are eager to spread the word about what a great community resource Poudre libraries are.
How do we do it? We raise money by memberships, and by selling used books. We hold well-advertised book sales several times a year, and our Harmony Shop and Nook at the Old Town Library have bargains galore available year-round.
This requires a gargantuan effort by scores of volunteers. Our book sorters work year-round to process donated books and get them ready for our sales. Our Harmony Shop by the Harmony Library on FRCC campus is staffed every day by volunteers. Our Book Nook at Old Town Library requires more volunteer time in choosing books to offer for sale. And the sales themselves are extremely labor-intensive: transporting and setting up sale space for hundreds of boxes of books. Our Friends volunteers logged more than 9,000 hours last year.
How can you help? That's easy — you can become a Friend or make a donation today by joining online (www.prfol.org). You can donate your used books to the Friends by dropping them off at 301 E. Olive. We are always looking for volunteers to work our sales, take a shift at our Harmony Shop, or join our board.
This week, help show your appreciation for decades of community library advocacy during National Friends of the Library Week.
Robin Gard is president of the Poudre River Friends of the Library.
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► As POLITICO reports, momentum continues to build for impeaching President Trump:
House Democrats are moving quickly toward impeaching President Donald Trump as early next week, a reflection of the seething outrage that remains over his incitement of deadly riots inside the U.S. Capitol.
Timing remains in flux and Speaker Nancy Pelosi has yet to make a decision on exactly how to proceed, including whether to pursue a constitutional process that could remove Trump without impeachment. Top Democrats are still in talks with all their members and will hold a caucus-wide call at noon. But they are expected to decide today on their next steps, according to several lawmakers and aides.
Whether or not Trump could officially be impeached before his time in office expires at noon on January 20 is less important than holding Trump accountable for this week’s assault on the U.S. Capitol:
If Democrats pass articles early next week — and Pelosi immediately sent them to the Senate — the Senate would be required to begin a trial immediately under congressional rules. Trump’s first impeachment trial, on charges he abused his power and obstructed a congressional investigation, ultimately lasted four weeks before the Senate delivered its verdict.
That timetable suggests the goal of any impeachment is unlikely to be Trump’s removal and is much more focused on the option to prevent him from holding federal office in the future. Some Democrats believe that possibility could woo Senate Republicans, some of whom are eyeing a 2024 bid themselves.
► CNN reports on another tragic loss resulting from the Trump mob’s attack on the Capitol building:
Prosecutors in the US Attorney’s office plan to open a federal murder investigation into the death of Brian D. Sicknick, a US Capitol Police officer who died Thursday night, a law enforcement official tells CNN.
Sicknick was injured Wednesday when a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol. He died at approximately 9:30 p.m. ET Thursday “due to injuries sustained while on-duty,” Capitol Police officials said in a statement.
The death is being investigated by the DC Metropolitan Police Department’s homicide branch, the US Capitol Police and their federal partners.
Sicknick was many Capitol Police officers who were attacked with lead pipes and other blunt instruments.
► As Marianne Goodland reports for the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman, there is a growing list of high-profile names and organizations calling on the resignation of Rep. Lauren Boebert and Rep. Doug Lamborn for taking part in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election:
The letter said the two lawmakers “have betrayed the trust of Colorado voters by helping incite violence against the body you were elected to, a body designed to serve us. By endorsing the president’s unsubstantiated and repeatedly debunked, discredited, and false claims of voter fraud, you encouraged and tacitly endorsed the actions of these terrorists and threatened the basic foundation of our democracy.”…
…Signatories to the letter include seven Democratic members of the Colorado General Assembly, city council members in Aurora, Broomfield, Denver and Edgewater; former Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Trish Zornio and Lorena Garcia, and two dozen progressive organizations, including unions, Planned Parenthood and ProgressNow Colorado.
Meanwhile, Boebert appears to have no concept of the harm she and fellow Trumpians have caused. In a video released today, Boebert sounds absolutely looney:
We are the United States of America. Freedom will find a way to persevere. God bless each and every one of you. You are all in my prayers. pic.twitter.com/EoOAbJVeMa
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) January 8, 2021
Boebert says that she wants people to view her floor speech on Wednesday. We agree. Here it is.
#ResignBoebert.
More political (and coronavirus) news is available right after the jump…
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► Congressman Jason Crow (D-Aurora) is speaking up and not mincing words:
“Lauren Bobert is a fool,” Crow told the Sentinel. “…She has no place in the Capitol.” #Boebert #COpolitics #Sedition https://t.co/2u8rDBEPI4
— Sentinel Editor Dave Perry (@EditorDavePerry) January 8, 2021
This calls for the “Quad Facepalm.”
► Ronna McDaniel has been re-elected as Chair of the Republican National Committee. Seriously. As The Washington Post reports:
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who remained a staunch Trump supporter during her four-year tenure, was reelected unanimously Friday at an RNC meeting in Florida where members seemed uninterested in making changes after losing the White House and the Senate.
The reelection of McDaniel, who ran unopposed, came at the end of a difficult week for Republicans that included the loss of two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia, a takeover of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob and the distribution of a video by Trump acknowledging there will be a new president Jan. 20.
In remarks, McDaniel praised Trump for picking her and did not condemn his role in Wednesday’s mayhem at the Capitol.
As The New York Times reports, plenty of Republicans are still — STILL — unsure about whether they should completely distance themselves from Trump:
A small number of Republican officials who have been critical of Mr. Trump in the past, including Representative Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and two governors, Phil Scott of Vermont and Larry Hogan of Maryland, called for Mr. Trump’s removal from office.
Top Republicans ran headlong into an immediate problem, though: Millions of Republican voters are seeking no such separation from Mr. Trump, nor are the House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, many of his House colleagues and state lawmakers around the country.
► You can count Rep. Lauren “Q*Bert” Boebert among those Republicans who aren’t yet willing to abandon Dear Leader Trump…whether it makes any logical sense or not:
“Either we have laws, or we do not.” These were your own words literally minutes before the Capitol was overrun on Wednesday. https://t.co/BjeRPJVUWT #copolitics https://t.co/cvym0tHgk9
— Jason Bane (@jason_bane) January 8, 2021
► Texas Sen. Ted Cruz seems hellbent on taking Donald Trump’s position as the most disgusting elected official in the country. As Chris Cillizza explains for CNN:
Ted Cruz said something truly remarkable — like, truly — in an interview with a Houston TV station on Thursday.
“The President’s language and rhetoric often goes too far,” the Texas senator said straight-facedly. “I think, yesterday in particular, the President’s language and rhetoric crossed the line and it was reckless. I disagree with it, and I have disagreed with the President’s language and rhetoric for the last four years.”
Yup! You read that right. The Texas Republican senator, who not only has stood by Trump through thick and thin over the past few years but also was one of a handful of senators who voted to object to the Electoral College results following a riot at the US Capitol on Wednesday, actually uttered these words, “I disagree with it, and I have disagreed with the President’s language and rhetoric for the last four years.”
It would be sort of funny — in a get-a-load-of-this-guy way — if it wasn’t so incredibly disingenuous.
This man has no soul. #ResignCruz is trending on Twitter.
► The editorial board of The Kansas City Star hammers Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley for his leading role in objecting to the certifications of electoral votes:
No one other than President Donald Trump himself is more responsible for Wednesday’s coup attempt at the U.S. Capitol than one Joshua David Hawley, the 41-year-old junior senator from Missouri, who put out a fundraising appeal while the siege was underway.
This, Sen. Hawley, is what law-breaking and destruction look like. This is not a protest, but a riot. One woman who was apparently part of the pro-Trump mob was fatally shot by Capitol Police as lawmakers took cover. Some of those whose actions Trump encouraged and later condoned brought along their Confederate flags.
And no longer can it be asked, as George Will did recently of Hawley, “Has there ever been such a high ratio of ambition to accomplishment?” Hawley’s actions in the last week had such impact that he deserves an impressive share of the blame for the blood that’s been shed.
This man also has no soul. #ResignHawley is also trending on Twitter.
Senator Chris Coons of Delaware is calling on both Cruz and Hawley to resign.
► At this point, nobody would really argue otherwise:
BREAKING: President Donald Trump says he will not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20. https://t.co/Y5GoS9bxpX
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 8, 2021
► Dominion Voting Systems has filed a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against on-again, off-again Trump legal adviser Sidney Powell.
► The Washington Post reports on the scene inside the White House on Wednesday:
Cloistered in the White House, Trump raged uncontrollably about perceived acts of betrayal. He tuned out advisers who pleaded with him to act responsibly. He was uninterested in trying to repair what he had wrought. And he continued to insist he had won the election, even as his own vice president certified the fact that he had not.
Only after darkness fell in Washington on Thursday, after the Capitol had been besieged by death and destruction and a growing chorus of lawmakers had called for his immediate removal from office, did Trump grudgingly accept his fate.
“Now Congress has certified the results,” Trump said in a video recorded in the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room late Thursday afternoon. “A new administration will be inaugurated on January 20th. My focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power. This moment calls for healing and reconciliation.”
► Bob Beauprez reconfirms that he is a horse’s ass.
► Colorado lawmakers are looking at making significant security improvements at the State Capitol building.
► Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman is getting hammered for his ridiculous stunt pretending to be a homeless person. As Westword explains:
Mayor Mike Coffman didn’t inform anyone on his communications staff that he planned on spending a week as “Homeless Mike,” instead opting to tell just one person: Shaun Boyd of CBS4.
So the mayor’s staffers were caught off-guard when the television station aired Boyd’s piece on January 5 documenting Coffman’s week living on the streets and in shelters in Denver and Aurora. And it sounds like he might have needed a little communications help with his story.
“I think that Mayor Coffman’s shallow performative exercise was ill-informed. It could’ve been well-informed. It was poorly executed, in my opinion. And that’s what happens when you ignore expert advice,” Shelley McKittrick, the former homelessness programs director for the City of Aurora, said on January 7.
Among other problems, Coffman told “reporter” Shaun Boyd of CBS4 Denver that living outside as a homeless person is a “lifestyle choice.”
► As Colorado Public Radio reports, falling gas tax revenues have Colorado leaders concerned about transportation funding options.
► As The Colorado Sun reports, Colorado’s efforts to quickly distribute the COVID-19 vaccination aren’t without problems…but overall the process is working.
Meanwhile, Colorado is seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases in the first week of January.
► State unemployment cases are rising, but some officials are pointing to fraud as the reason.
► Colorado’s statewide drought was already bad. It looks like it’s getting worse.
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► State Rep. Rod Pelton (R-Cheyenne Wells) says he will refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine and is instead trying to prevent himself from catching COVID by taking de-worming medication meant for horses.
► We mentioned Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley earlier. Well, someone who knows him very well is very disappointed with the ambitious young Senator. From The Huffington Post:
The political mentor of Sen. Josh Hawley (Mo.) told a local newspaper on Thursday that backing the freshman Republican’s bids for office was “the worst mistake I ever made in my life,” calling Hawley’s attempts to undermine confidence in the election of President-elect Joe Biden “dangerous.”
Jack Danforth, a former senator and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations who is considered the dean of Missouri Republican politics, played a key role in elevating Hawley ahead of the latter man’s race against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in 2018.
“Supporting Josh and trying so hard to get him elected to the Senate was the worst mistake I ever made in my life,” Danforth told St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger. “Yesterday was the physical culmination of the long attempt (by Hawley and others) to foment a lack of public confidence in our democratic system. It is very dangerous to America to continue pushing this idea that government doesn’t work and that voting was fraudulent.”
Remember that time when Josh Hawley thought he might be President one day?
We are all Sen. Mitt Romney (left)
► Congressman Jason Crow (D-Aurora) recounts his harrowing experience inside the House chambers on Wednesday.
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High Valley Lurker says:
January 8, 2021 at 12:49 PM MST
I wanna know one thing. I keep hearing charges that say something like “unlawful entry to a restricted government building” or something like that. Is this a felony? I would imagine so, but I don’t know. Surely breaching the heart of democracy when it was closed to the public during an important constitutional function is a felony, right?
Its important, because if that is a felony, then they also get at least two counts of felony murder on their charge sheet. Because one protestor and one police officer died in their commission of that felony. And if it was a leftist protest, they’d probably get more felony murder charges for the other medical and accidental deaths. After all, if you do an armed robbery on a jewelry store and the clerk dies of a heart attack, I think you’d probably get charged with felony murder.
There’s an awful lot of radicalized extremists on video tape who could face such charges of multiple felony murder counts. Including I think 8 state lawmakers who’ve been identified.
Four years ago, anti-Trump protestors at Trump’s inauguration faced charges, ‘rioting’ IIRC, that led to possible 75 year prison sentences. It will be interesting to see how America deals with these right-wingers.
gertie97 says:
January 8, 2021 at 1:34 PM MST
Boebert's video is flat frightening. That anyone that clueless could get elected is an indictment of her district.
Sadly, I live in it. We've got to get her out of there.
MattC says:
Pence should immediately resign.
Sure, he was never fit.
But he should follow other administration officials and resign – especially if he plans to run in four years. Shh,, plenty of less qualified and lesser known R candidates have run before. Besides, he seems to have just figured out that Trump hates him now.
Diogenesdemar says:
RE: Shorter Coffman . . .
. . . the sign probably gave him away.
Will mayor, or anything you can spare, for food.
But, it’s heartening to see my former Representative trying to lift himself up by his tiny bootstraps . . .
. . . for some folks with nowhere else to go, being mayor is probably a lifestyle choice, I suppose. Go figure?
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SESPES: socio-ecological systems and payment for ecosystem services model
Eulàlia Baulenas | Published Sun Dec 20 16:44:58 2020 | Last modified Sun Dec 20 18:43:41 2020
The purpose of this spatially-explicit agent-based model is to intervene in the debate about PES policy design, implementation and context. We use the case for a woodland-for-water payment for ecosystem services (PES) and model its implementation in a local area of Catalonia (NE Spain). The model is based on three sub-models. The structural contains four different designs of a PES policy. The social sub-model includes agent-based factors, by having four types of landowner categories managing or not the forests. This sub-model is based on behavioral studies and assumptions about reception and reaction to incentive policies from European-focused studies. The ecological sub-model is based on climate change data for the area. The output are the evolution of the ecological and social goals of the policy under different policy design scenarios. Our focus in Europe surges from the general context of land abandonment that many Mediterranean areas and Eastern countries are experiencing, and the growing interest from policy-makers and practitioners on the implementation of PES schemes to ameliorate this situation.
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ISN biodigester
Kasper Pieter Hendrik Lange Gijsbert Korevaar Igor Nikolic Paulien Herder | Published Thu Dec 17 14:13:39 2020
The purpose of the model is to explore the influence of two circular business models (CBMs),
i.e. Circular Waste Management and Waste-as-byproduct, and its design options (consisting of design
variables) on CBM viability in case of Industrial Symbiosis Networks (ISNs). CBM viability is expressed
as supplier and processor cashflows in the ISNs and the survival rate of the ISN. Moderating variables
are environment and agent behaviour factors. The main performance indicators for viability of CBMs are
[1] the ISN survival rate (number of runs with surviving ISNs / number of total runs) and [2] the average
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Constantine - Official Trailer
Based on the wildly popular comic book series Hellblazer from DC Comics, seasoned demon hunter and master of the occult John Constantine specializes in giving hell... hell. Armed with a ferocious knowledge of the dark arts and his wickedly naughty wit, he fights the good fight - or at least he did. With his soul already damned to hell, he's decided to leave his do-gooder life behind. But when demons target Liv, the daughter of one of Constantine's oldest friends, he's reluctantly thrust back into the fray - and he'll do whatever it takes to save her.
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DC Comics unveils latest addition to The New 52 - CONSTANTINE
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HELLBLAZER #283 Sneak Peek
Gemma not only sold her uncle John Constantine’s trench coat via the internet, she made a deal which has come back to haunt her. Now, the stinky old mac has a mind of its own and is wreaking havoc on those who wear it.
John Constantine’s Trench Coat is Missing
And one lucky fan got to take this signed coat home from today’s Vertigo panel.
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Entertainment Bollywood 31 May 2017 Film producer, wife ...
Film producer, wife of late Kannada actor Rajkumar, Parvathamma, no more
Published May 31, 2017, 9:30 am IST
Updated May 31, 2017, 11:53 am IST
She was hospitalised on May 14 and has been on ventilation since.
Parvathamma Rajkumar
Mumbai: A renowned film producer and wife of legendary actor Rajkumar, Parvathamma Rajkumar, died at 4:40 am today. The 78 YO was undergoing treatment for renal problems and difficulty in breathing at MS Ramaiah Hospital.
After undergoing Tracheostomy for about six days, which is a medical procedure where a tube is inserted into windpipe in the neck to open up restricted airway, if any, and enable breathing. Admitted on May 14, the veteran producer was on ventilation and caught fever a day after completing the procedure.
Parvathamma Rajkumar body is now at her son Ragavendra Rajkumar’s residence and will be shifted to Poorn Grounds for people to pay their last respects. Friends and colleagues from the film industry have expressed their grief over the news of her demise.
Just like her deceased husband, Parvathamma Rajkumar had also donated her eyes.
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Sports Cricket 14 Aug 2019 Rahul Dravid cleared ...
Rahul Dravid cleared of conflict of interest
Published Aug 14, 2019, 1:45 pm IST
Updated Aug 14, 2019, 1:48 pm IST
Last month Dravid was named as director of the National Cricket Academy, a breeding ground for young talent.
The case against Dravid was brought by Sanjeev Gupta, a state association member of the BCCI. (Photo: File)
New Delhi: India's cricket board has cleared batting great Rahul Dravid of conflict of interest charges after he was made head of the national cricket academy while working for a company that owns an Indian Premier League team.
The complaint against Dravid followed similar allegations against record-breaking batsman Sachin Tendulkar and former India captain Sourav Ganguly as authorities attempt to root out corruption in India's powerful cricket establishment.
Last month Dravid was named as director of the National Cricket Academy, a breeding ground for young talent, while remaining as a vice-president of India Cements, which owns IPL franchise the Chennai Super Kings.
But Board of Control for Cricket in India administrators ruled out any conflict of interest involving Dravid, who has taken leave from the cement company, after a meeting in Mumbai on Tuesday.
"There is no conflict on Rahul's case," BCCI administrator Ravi Thogde told reporters.
"He has got a notice and we have cleared his appointment. We had seen no conflict, but if the Ombudsman finds any conflict, we will give our response to the Ombudsman stating why we found no conflict."
The case against Dravid was brought by Sanjeev Gupta, a state association member of the BCCI. The Indian board is being run by a Supreme Court-appointed panel tasked with clearing out corruption from the world's wealthiest cricket body after a series of scandals.
Ganguly, who is president of the Cricket Association of Bengal and mentor of IPL franchise Delhi Capitals, had hit out over the accusation against Dravid, saying "God help Indian Cricket".
"New fashion in Indian cricket .....conflict of interest," Ganguly wrote on Twitter.
The case against Ganguly is still pending, as is one against former India batsman VVS Laxman who mentors the IPL's Sunrisers Hyderabad and has stepped down from the BCCI panel currently selecting India's next coach. He also works as a commentator.
Tendulkar, an ambassador for the IPL's Mumbai Indians, was cleared of any conflict of interest after he stepped down from the BCCI panel.
Accusations of corruption and match-fixing tarnished the IPL -- the board's lucrative Twenty20 competition and opened a pandora's box of other irregularities in the game's finances.
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Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS)
Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) treats dehydration caused by severe diarrhea through the replacement of lost fluids.
Tracking disparities in use of oral rehydration solution to treat childhood diarrhea
Over 500,000 children die due to diarrheal diseases each year despite the fact that diarrhea is a preventable and treatable disease. One way to prevent diarrheal deaths is through treatment with oral rehydration solution (ORS), a simple therapy
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93% of diarrheal deaths in children under five could be prevented with universal access to ORS
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“A healthy start to a new generation”: Stopping the cycle of diarrheal disease
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Empowering children to take their health into their own hands
Eight-year-old Dipesh can tell his class everything about ‘dast' (diarrhea) and what to do if anyone gets diarrhea. He says if oral rehydration salts (ORS) don't give you relief, you need to go see a doctor. Like Dipesh, many other children in
Progress over a Decade of Zinc and ORS Scale-up:
By end of 2015, diarrhea remained a leading killer of children under 5, claiming the lives of approximately 530,000 children annually. However, significant progress has been made over the past decade to scale up access to and use of zinc and ORS,
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icddr,b: Turning local lessons into global impact
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Secret to Nigeria’s success in overcoming Ebola: ORS
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The man who helped save 50 million lives
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Oral Rehydration Solution Re-formulated
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“Stop the Diarrhea”
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Making a medicine as easy to find as a can of Coke
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Clinton arrives to fight diarrhoea in children
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A journey through Kenya's ORT corners
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The Real Power of 1%
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Power of ORS and ORT
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In a program expanding across India, UNICEF and IKEA provide life-saving supplements
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USAID, June 2010 On June 29, 2010, Dr. Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator, spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. In his outline about how the President's Global Health Initiative will strengthen and integrate
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BVSPCA buys new vet hospital, plans shelter expansion
By Nick Ciolino • Jan 7, 2021
Brandywine Valley SPCA
The Brandywine Valley SPCA continues to expand its footprint in the First State with the purchase of a veterinary hospital in New Castle.
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The more than 12,000 square foot facility is the former site of the Veterinary Specialty Center of Delaware.
BVSPCA spokeswoman Linda Torelli says it is twice the size of the existing BVSPCA New Castle site it replaces.
“We’ve really outgrown our current campus,” said Torelli. “We get tremendous demand from the community for low-cost veterinary services, for instance. When we look at our numbers last year compared to the year before, our clinical services are up 30 percent across all of our campuses.”
Torelli says the new facility will include the state’s first ever Intensive Care Unit for dogs and cats which will be used to treat animals from all three counties.
“That ICU is going to help us take care of pets from Georgetown, from Dover, in New Castle,” she said. “That we may have to send out for care right now or may be at higher risk because they have contagious diseases. We have additional quarantine rooms; the in house hospital. It’s really going to be a great life-saving resource”
The BVSPCA is also planning a 7,500 square foot addition to the site to add space for a shelter and community center.
Torelli says shelter animals will have more spacious housing at the new facility. Adoptable dogs and cats will each enjoy both indoor and outdoor space.
The venture is expected to cost $4 million and open this fall. The BVSPCA has already spent $5 million in private donations over the past five years to expand its infrastructure in all three Delaware counties.
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BVSPCA to open its Kent County location this weekend
By Nick Ciolino • Mar 3, 2020
The Brandywine Valley SPCA is set to open its new location in Dover this weekend.
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Volunteers with the Brandywine Valley SPCA greeted nearly 350 dogs and cats arriving in Delaware Tuesday.
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News round-up: Big Momma’s House, Fast & Furious 5, The Thing, Arthur, Death Race, Zack Snyder
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By Simon Brew | March 3, 2010 |
* Crikey, this is scary. Martin Lawrence has confirmed that he’s donning the fat suit and a dress again for Big Momma’s House 3. The promising Brandon T Jackson, one of the highlights of the recent Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief, is being dragged into the film too. Please, to the cinema-going public: don’t go and see this one. That way they won’t make a fourth…
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* Zack Snyder’s next movie has had a name change. The Watchmen helmer is hard at work at what was once called Guardians Of Ga’Hoole. It’s now switched moniker to Legend Of The Guardians. It’s due out in September.
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For the past seven years, major collectors and artists from around the world have escaped the dog days of August by descending upon Aspen for ArtCrush, a gala and auction benefiting the Aspen Art Museum (AAM). The fundraising event, which takes place this year on August 5, has evolved into the late-summer art gathering—so much so that the three-day contemporary art fair ArtAspen was launched last year to capture some of ArtCrush's exclusive audience. "The whole week has evolved into this little destination party in the mountains," says ArtCrush cochair Amy Phelan. If you are attending this year's festivities, here's a conversation-starter beyond the Richard Avedon and Ryan McGinley works on the ArtCrush block: AAM's expansion plans. The museum, which has occupied a 7,000-square-foot converted hydroelectric plant since 1979, is slated to break ground on a new 30,000-square-foot Shigeru Ban-designed facility later this year. ArtCrush: August 5, tickets from $1,250. 590 North Mill St., Aspen; 970-925-8050; aspenartmuseum.org. ArtAspen: August 6-8, tickets from $15. Aspen Ice Garden, 233 West Hyman Ave., Aspen; 800-211-0640; art-aspen.com.
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Derriford Hospital at Plymouth significantly fails four-hour A&E wait target on Boxing Day
It has blamed the major failing on high patient numbers and major trauma incidents, along with cases of gastroenteritis and flu-like symptoms
Anita Merritt
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A Devon hospital fell significantly short of the four-hour A&E wait target on boxing day.
Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital has confirmed it only saw 51 per cent of patients within the specified wait time. The national target all hospitals are required to achieve is 95 per cent.
It has blamed the major failing on high patient numbers and major trauma incidents, along with cases of gastroenteritis and flu-like symptoms.
Torbay Hospital
The hospital, which is the major trauma centre for the Peninsula, had 286 A&E attendances Boxing Day. The trust added it is seeing around 30 extra patients per day compared to last year.
Elsewhere in Devon, other hospitals A&E department fared much better.
The best performer was Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust which achieved above the national target on both Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
North Devon District Hospital, which dealt with only seven less A&E attendances on Boxing Day than in Plymouth, achieved 88.5 per cent.
The Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Image: Lewis Clarke / Geograph)
The Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, which had 10 less attendances than Plymouth, achieved 92.3 per cent.
Greg Dix, chief nurse and operating officer for Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “Our emergency department saw a very high majors presentation over Christmas Day and, in particular, on Boxing Day.
“Almost half - 260 patients - of the patients attending ED in those two days were very sick patients, who needed to be seen and treated within the majors’ areas of the department.
“Many of these patients were brought into hospital via ambulances - 133 on Boxing Day - including a number of major trauma patients requiring emergency care and treatment at the same time, which had a knock-on effect on the waiting times for those other patients needing to be seen in the department.
Long waits today for patients at region's accident and emergency departments
“We acknowledge that the wait for some of our patients was then longer than it should have been and for that we are sorry.
“While this subsequently meant we were well below the national target for patients being seen and treated within four hours on Boxing Day, I am reassured that, for the vast majority of patients, when they entered our department, depending on their care needs, they were triaged, by a senior nurse or doctor, within half an hour.
“They were being checked on regularly whilst waiting in the department and when they were called to be seen, they were treated, on average, within two hours.
“I would like to say a huge thank you to all of our staff across the trust, who work incredibly hard to continually ensure our patients are given safe, quality care and treatment.”
North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple
All Devon’s hospitals were keen to urge people to make sure they only attend A&E when necessary and to make use of a new NHS app.
An RD&E spokesperson said: “The RD&E is well prepared for extra demand this winter but we would ask people to think carefully about whether they need to access our very busy emergency department or whether they can receive the help they require from their local GP, minor injury unit, pharmacist or the NHS 111 helpline.
“We would also encourage people to stock up on over-the-counter medicines and remedies to help manage minor illnesses and injuries at home this winter and to get a free flu jab if eligible.
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“The new NHS Quicker App, available for Apple and Android smartphones and tablets, enables people to see real-time waiting and travel times for their local urgent NHS services. It shows up-to-date waiting times for local emergency departments and minor injuries units, based on the user’s location, and includes information about less urgent NHS services, such as GPs, pharmacies, sexual health services, dentists and opticians.
“The HANDi Paediatric App, available to download in the App Store and Google Play, also provides expert advice for parents on a range of common childhood illnesses.”
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A spokesperson for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust added: “There are currently a lot of flu-like illnesses circulating in the community, and for people who are otherwise healthy, these conditions can be managed at home by drinking plenty of fluids, taking over the counter remedies and painkillers, and getting plenty of rest.
“Only vulnerable people such as the very old or very young, or those with other underlying conditions such as COPD, may need to be admitted for hospital treatment because they are vulnerable to other complications arising from flu.
“Urgent and emergency NHS services are expected to remain under pressure over the remaining holiday period.”
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Gardener accused of raping girl in work van
It started when she was about six, the court heard - she eventually told her aunt in a Facebook message
Colleen SmithDevon Live Chief Reporter
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A former gardener has denied abusing a young girl in his van while taking her to work with him.
Rodney Howliston, aged 65, is alleged to have touched the girl repeatedly while alone with her or when babysitting at her mother's home in South Devon.
The girl has told Exeter Crown Court how the abuse started when she was about six and continued for several years in the 2000s and early 2010s.
She said that on one occasion he made her perform a sex act on him as he stood naked in front of her.
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Howliston, of Stokeinteignhead, near Teignmouth, denies rape, five counts of assault by penetration, and one of inciting a child to take part in sexual activity.
Mr Richard Crabb, prosecuting, said Howliston had told the girl to remain silent at the time and she had done so until 2014 when she told her aunt in a Facebook message.
She went on to tell a school friend the next year but the police were only called in after she told a worker at a youth club and a teacher at school in early 2016.
Mr Crabb said the abuse started when the girl was about six and carried on for around six years. It often took place bedrooms or bathrooms at her home when Howliston was looking after her.
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He said:"He would tell her to keep quiet. This pattern of behaviour was repeated over years at her house or in his van when he was working as a gardener. He told her not to tell her mother and gave her small sums of money.
"On one occasion when he touched her in his van he told her that next time she went to work with him she should not wear any underwear."
Howliston was interviewed by police about the allegations and denied them. He said:"No, I do not agree with that. I'm not saying it is all lies. There are things I don't recall."
Mr Crabb said Howliston told police there had been occasions when he had been naked in the girl's presence but denied any deliberate sexual contact.
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National experimental music touring network
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YEMI AWOSILE
OUTLANDS is a new national experimental music touring network championing the genre-resistant bringing adventurous interdisciplinary music to the forefront, commissioning and touring six brand new interdisciplinary collaborative productions during 2018-19.
Initiated by De La Warr Pavilion in 2018, the Outlands Network came together to boost the ecology for non-mainstream music across eight diverse organisations, including visual arts and music venues, independent promoters, and creative producers, from regions across England outside the capital. Outlands was developed out of a motivation to pool expertise and resources, to encourage diversity and accessibility, build local audiences, and to support engaging and ambitious interdisciplinary music productions across the country, and the organisations that strive to promote them. the
A free interconnected participation programme offers new experiences to audiences through workshops, open rehearsals and Q&A’s to shine a light on the artistic processes within experimental music.
“It is to the credit of DLWP, Arts Council England and Esmée Fairbairn that they facilitated the conception of this ambitious and vital project. Ambitious in its method of combining such a varied group of partners; vital – in terms of placing a stake in the ground in support of the experimental arts and non genre-based musics and musicians across the country who continue to produce such compelling and original new work in the face of severe commercial restrictions.”
– Caleb Madden, OUTLANDS Project Director
Read the launch feature from Drowned in Sound here. “Projects like these act as the first line of resistance against a potentially myopic, monoculture and should be supported.”
For more information please visit www.outlands.network
OUTLANDS is supported by Arts Council England Strategic Touring Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
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OUTLANDS believes that....
Experimental music adheres to no boundaries in style, instrumentation, or musical training. Artistically it is inherently founded on ambitious and widely differing approaches, and therefore it’s artists and audiences are also inherently diverse.
Experimental music is often a grass-roots, self-starting phenomenon. Scenes exist all over the country, forming localised, democratic platforms and communities for music making with whatever instruments, and ideas come to hand. These scenes and art forms need reliable and on-going recognition and support to ensure a diverse cultural climate.
Due to the current economic situation and the subsequent changes in funding over the last five years the provision of non mainstream music and live interdisciplinary arts has declined. Experimental music can be seen as risky for producers, venues and audiences. The knock-on effect of this is that audience levels for those working outside the mainstream are dropping and less producers are able to take financial and creative risks on developing ambitious new work.
Lack of income can especially compromise development time and production values, narrow artistic horizons, and limit the breadth of provision available to audiences in the UK. This downward spiral threatens a vital and germinal part of our national culture, and seems particularly problematic outside the capital.
Organisational shifts in thought need to occur to enable non-commercial music to flourish. In an economically driven music climate, the notion that live music must be profit making is outdated. We believe that this cycle must be broken and this type of music should become an integral part of programmes across contexts.
A network that consists of a broad cross section of diverse partners across far reaching regions of the UK for the first phase of the project will allow us to test out how our aims can unfold. Through establishing what works, and what doesn’t, we can identify ways in which the network can evolve in the future.
Shared knowledge, resource and expertise of a network will both support and extend reach. Shared presentation and production of commissions will help mitigate costs. More can be spent on production values, achieving more ambitious events rather than solo operations often re-inventing the wheel for sporadically funded events.
The process of commissioning will provide opportunities for network partners to conceive and present ambitious productions, giving artists the time, support and resources required to develop new work.
Audiences for this type of work are harder to attract and retain as it’s programmes are inherently challenging and often unknown. A solid narrative of events will instill confidence in audiences, encouraging them to return to future events. Networked working has the potential to help us grow audiences for this type of work through reaching out to and connecting regional audiences.
Engaging with non-network partners for the touring commissions will precipitate wider awareness of the project, the artists involved as well as generating core income for the project.
Establishing a mechanism and platform for experimental music touring will benefit those working within this field. Extending the network through the recruitment and engagement of new partners in the future should enhance and inform the network’s resilience, activities and reach.
Partnership with Arts Council England
In 2015, initiated by ACE South East, a study by the touring consultancy No Nation delivered an executive summary that indicated an economic threat to diverse and ambitious music in the region. Motivated by a shared sentiment to counter this, and guided by ACE South East, the De La Warr Pavilion and MK Gallery brought together a consortium of likeminded producers and promoters with the goal of tackling these issues nationally, through shared capacity, shared expertise and united effort. Our bid successfully received funding from the Strategic Touring Fund and touring activities began in May 2018.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation aims to improve the quality of life for people and communities throughout the UK both now and in the future. They do this by funding the charitable work of organisations who are building an inclusive, creative and sustainable society. The Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-makers in the UK. In 2016 we made grants of £42.4 million towards a wide range of work within the arts, children and young people, the environment, food and social change. They also have a £45 million allocation to social investments for organisations with the aim of creating social impact.
The curatorial network developed and presented three new large scale productions per year.
A full learning, participation and community engagement programme ran alongside each tour.
A lasting and resilient infrastructure between regional arts partners which offers a long-term platform for artists, and a reliably highly engaging offer for audiences across the UK
We will increase the financial viability, excellence of content and standards of presentation for experimental music tours outside the capital.
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Faraday Future may have to delay its electric car launch
By Stephen Edelstein November 28, 2016
The last couple of months haven’t been good for Faraday Future, the Chinese-backed startup that hopes to launch an electric car within two years. Work on the company’s factory in North Las Vegas, Nevada, has stopped, and Faraday’s Chinese patron, tech company LeEco, is running short on cash.
Faraday still plans to unveil its production car at CES 2017 in January, though, and hasn’t discussed any plans to push back the start of production. At CES 2016, the company said it would start production of its electric car. But one former Faraday employee told the Financial Times (subscription required) that meeting the target launch date is “not possible.”
“If CES goes badly, it’s all over,” the anonymous former employee said. “It will be a long time before there is a production car.” Faraday’s production timeline has always been fairly aggressive. The company has never built a car before, and doesn’t even have a factory, so it has quite a bit of work to do. Factory construction and pre-production prep work alone could consume a lot of time, and it’s unclear whether development work on the Faraday electric car has been completed.
Work at the factory site is at a standstill. Earlier this month, lead contractor AECOM said that “grading and foundation prep work” had been completed, but that Faraday Future is “temporarily adjusting their construction schedule with plans to resume in early 2017.” In October, AECOM sent a letter to Faraday warning that the automaker was late on a $21 million deposit for an escrow account to cover material costs and subcontractor work.
At the same time, LeEco and its billionaire founder, Jia Yueting, are experiencing financial trouble. In a recent letter to employees, Jia said LeEco has overextended itself and was running out of cash. He cited the company’s automotive projects, as well as the recent effort to launch its television and smartphone lines in the U.S. In addition to Faraday Future, LeEco has a partnership with Aston Martin, and has considered building cars under its own brand name.
Faraday still plans to unveil its electric car at CES. Little is known about the car, although Faraday has said it will use the Variable Product Architecture (VPA) platform from its FFZero1 concept car, and lithium-ion battery cells from LG Chem. Teaser images indicate the car may be a crossover SUV.
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She falls in love with the Eternal City every day and in her free time she is immersed in exploring its numerous secrets. You can find her strolling down the streets around Piazza Navona with a cup of cappuccino or just reading a book in one of Rome's numerous cafeterias.
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On the Art of Verbal Instruction by Dr Tyson Yunkaporta
Recently, a group of fourteen year old Koori students were interviewed at a TAI (The Aspiration Initiative) camp. TAI is an academic enrichment program for high-performing Indigenous students, and the interview was about effective pedagogy. The data collection technique was an unusual one that TAI refers to as “speed dating”, whereby small groups of students rotate through a series of adult facilitators who run brief “yarns” on a series of topics. Some of the results were very surprising indeed, with particularly strong responses around verbal instruction that will be of interest and benefit to all teachers.
Many of the responses were aligned with the best international research in Aboriginal pedagogy, focusing on group discussion, narrative, land-based learning, hands-on activity, balancing communal and individual tasks, visual learning and purposeful/contextualised learning. The big surprise came with assertions around a preference for verbal instruction – but only very specific kinds of verbal instruction.
In general, these Koori students stated that they usually fell asleep during verbal instruction, but that their favourite learning events occurred when interactive and dynamic teachers were delivering the same. “It’s not the talking; it’s the way of talking!” They asserted that passion and “interactivity” were the keys to successful verbal instruction. The teacher must be interested, passionate and excited about the topic, so that “you can tell they want to be there.” Their favourite learning experience was a lesson on grammar that was delivered by a passionate and dynamic instructor.
Delivery is the key – it must be fast paced (but not rushed in terms of content), action-packed and full of variety in terms of tone, volume and emotion. Movement was a significant factor. Contrary to orthodox practice, these students asserted a preference for teachers who moved around the room constantly. They also emphasised the importance of using exaggerated hand gestures and body language. Humour was also flagged as a key element of successful instruction – when the group is laughing, the group is learning. They stated a preference for instruction that responded to their input and interest, with the teacher being happy to change the structure of the delivery from one moment to the next.
The instructor must be prepared to both review and preview ideas, to jump forwards and backwards in the planned sequence. Students like to have an overview of the content, with the most important points flagged before and during delivery and the discussion built around these key points. The group should be encouraged to find their way through the topic, with the teacher co-navigating the learning sequence, making sure students are both collaboratively and individually making connections between the main ideas.
In addition to actively shaping the discussion and exploring ideas, the students also like to “have something to do to stop daydreaming”, which may involve taking notes or visually mapping ideas.
Above all, the subject matter must be interesting. The students expressed a unanimous disdain for presentation of plain facts – they asserted that “it has to have a meaning behind it.” For example, they found a session on iconography fascinating, whereas a regular English lesson explaining the elements of visual text analysis would be considered boring. They also demanded that content be grounded in documented, real-life events. There was a strong desire expressed for evidence and proof of knowledge. Proof must be demonstrated either through logic or practical testing (e.g. measuring students’ heart rates to test the assertion that fluorescent lighting elicits a flight/fight response in teen males). Students expressed a need to be able to validate or discredit claims made by the teacher by interrogating or testing those claims. The need to cite sources was also important – “Who? Who says this?”
Finally, a word on culture. The students seemed to value culture more as an organising principle or ethical standpoint than as a topic for study, stating this as a preference for culture as the “why” rather than the “what”. They said that culture needs to give extra meaning to the learning, a reason for learning in the first place. They cited cultural metaphors (“this is like this”) and narratives as good ways to assist in the understanding of new concepts. “But the link must be clear – when it isn’t a real link, when the message is not clear, it’s not good.” They said they were often confused by the cultural content presented in mainstream learning, that the culture must support the learning process rather than just provide the topic.
One example they repeatedly referred to was a TAI session on Aboriginal memorisation techniques, in which they converted some lecture notes into symbols and burnt these images onto message sticks. A year later they still have those message sticks as a “daily reminder” of what they learned in that lecture.
From Guest Blogger – Dr Tyson Yunkaporta | The Aspiration Initiative Aboriginal Education Specialist
Tyson Kaawoppa Yunkaporta is a Bama of Nunga and Koori descent with cultural ties to Mardi mobs in Western NSW. With an accomplished career in both mainstream and Aboriginal community contexts, Tyson has worked in K-12 classrooms, as a university lecturer, as a senior executive officer in the Department of Education and as an Aboriginal pedagogy mentor. In 2009, Tyson completed his PhD in Education at James Cook University, where he was awarded the medal for excellence with his thesis titled “Aboriginal Pedagogies at the Cultural Interface.” As The Aspiration Initiative’s (TAI) Aboriginal Education Specialist, Tyson works on the overall development and structure of TAI’s pedagogy and curriculum. On camps, he takes on key roles in teaching and cultural facilitation, with both students and teachers. He continues to play a fundamental role in community relationship building and consultation.
Michelle Meares2019-11-26T19:00:08+10:00
Learning continues on Country
Nawarddeken Academy students, teachers, rangers and elders came together to reconnect with Country and connect Bininj (Indigenous) science and balanda (non-Indigenous) science on their annual camp – this year to Barradji.
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Our PrinciplesDusseldorp Skills Forum2019-03-13T22:39:06+10:00
These principles are a checklist of attributes and behaviours that we look for when assessing potential partnerships.They also provide an outline of our expectations of our partner relationships.
We acknowledge that barriers exist for some young people more than others and that multiple factors affect their ability to thrive. We look for partnerships that redress inequality and ensure greater opportunity for young people.
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We are an organisation that is engaged in its partnerships and relationships. We look for partners who can benefit from more than funding support with a focus on strengthening capacity, capabilities and credibility to increase their impact.
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Being able to measure and show impact is a vital part of creating social and system change. Building an evidence base is an essential component in our partnerships.
We look to partner with organisations that take a long-term view and have considered their future path to sustainability.
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We believe in the power of working together to solve complex problems and want to work with others who demonstrate this belief. We value the open source ethos of making what we learn freely available, shareable and open for others to build upon.
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We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to Elders past, present and future.
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Opinion: Coronavirus Christmas debate misses the point
As Germany begins the start of the Christmas season with the first Sunday of Advent, what's normally a time of reflection has become politically charged. It's a development DW's Anja Brockmann finds disconcerting.
The first gingerbread cookies and chocolate Santas had barely made their way to supermarket shelves and German Chancellor Angela Merkel was eyeing the rising COVID-19 infection rate with concern.
As before, in the spring, she had only one prescription to tackle the problem: bans and restrictions. The most important thing, she said, was for everyone to limit the amount of personal contact they had with others.
In order to muster some enthusiasm for this, at Germany's darkest time of the year, the chancellor set a common goal for the German people: Christmas. The message was clear: Stick to the rules now for the chance to revel in an almost a normal holiday. But only almost. The implication was also clear: Like so much of 2020, Christmas won't be entirely free of restrictions on personal contact.
Ever since, politicians have been fighting over Christmas as if the holiday itself were decisive for the fate of the German people.
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The right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD), which claims to represent the voice of the people and whose knee-jerk reaction is to criticize everything Merkel says, rejects any state interference in people's private lives on principle — especially, of course, at Christmas. It's poisoning society, said Alice Weidel, the AfD's parliamentary leader. What an absurd accusation from a party that attracts most of its attention with targeted provocations and social polarization.
DW editor Anja Brockmann
Friedrich Merz, like Merkel a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, is also calling for a Christmas free of government interference. It's none of the state's business how he celebrates Christmas with his family, he defiantly declared in an interview.
Merz aims to become CDU leader next year and then, later, replace Merkel as German chancellor. For precisely this reason, he ought to know that, even in a democracy, there are valid grounds for the state to interfere in our most private realm. Domestic violence, for example — which, incidentally, reaches its annual tragic peak during the Christmas period in Germany.
Or, indeed, a pandemic. Because the state must protect the freedom of its citizens from injury. Merz's declaration is also disastrous at a time when protests in Germany against the measures taken by the state are becoming increasingly radical, their leaders fantasizing about a supposed Merkel dictatorship. A "Christmas belongs to me" credo like Merz's will galvanize COVID deniers — and a potential candidate of chancellor should be keeping well away from this.
Read more: Opinion: Germans ready to avoid a superspreader Christmas
Alarmism and absurdities
The comments by Merz's rival, Armin Laschet, are no less unfortunate. The premier of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia also wants to be CDU leader and chancellor. He recently said this Christmas would be the hardest the postwar generation has ever experienced, a statement that leaves one speechless. This Christmas will be harder than those when Europe still lay in ruins and millions of people had to live in huts? Worse than during the division of Germany, the decades when families were separated by the Berlin Wall? Merely because extended families have been told they shouldn't all meet at one time but spread out over the Christmas holidays?
A politician with ambitions to be chancellor ought to be exuding confidence and offering creative solutions. Instead, Laschet's alarmism is a slap in the face to everyone struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic and facing worries beyond who they're going to see when for a family get-together.
Santa might not be the only one watching how Germans spend their holidays
Christmas not a big deal for everyone
And for many people in Germany, the whole idea of staying safe for Christmas is utterly beside the point. The politicians have left out of the equation everyone who doesn't see Christmas as big a deal — and with almost 5 million Muslims and around 32 million citizens who don't belong to any religious group, there are quite a few of these people.
The debate also underestimates, almost shamefully, the majority of Christians in this country. According to recent opinion polls, many have long since realized that this year, amid a pandemic, making do is a way of loving your neighbor. To protect their families, especially the elderly who are most at risk, they changed their holiday plans weeks ago to limit the number of visits and visitors. Many Germans will voluntarily be having a more or less Silent Night this Christmas. If only some politicians had as much sense.
This article has been translated from German.
Author Anja Brockmann
Related Subjects Angela Merkel, CDU, Christian Democratic Union, Advent, Christmas, Coronavirus
Keywords coronavirus, pandemic, COVID-19, Angela Merkel, Christmas, politics
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University exam from 1895 is leaving people totally baffled - can you complete it?
Call yourself a history buff? Give this impossible test a go
Claire GallowayDigital Journalist
Could you have gotten into university over 100 years ago? (Image: Getty)
The competition to get into the best universities is more intense than ever but today's students might just have got off lightly.
An entrance exam dating back to 1895 has gone viral and shows just how tough it was to get into university over 100 years ago, reports the Mirror.
The exam, which was part of the entrance paper for Trinity College in Cambridge, was posted on Twitter by William Whyte, a Professor of Social and Architectural History at Oxford University.
While most of us won't be able to remember what we had for dinner last night, this exam tests knowledge on English history between 1485-1815 - and it's not multiple choice.
Here's a look at all 12 of the questions, can you answer any of them?
Give your estimate of the foreign policy of Henry the Eighth before 1520.
How did the doings of the reforming party under Edward the Sixth facilitate a return to Catholicism under Queen Mary?
Did the execution of Mary Queen of Scots increase or diminish the difficulties of Elizabeth’s position?
How did the policy of James the First change for the worse after the death of Robert Cecil?
How did the acceptance by the English Parliament of the Solemn League and Covenant affect the subsequent progress of the war between the Parliament and the King?
Discuss the good and the bad features of the government of England under the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell.
Illustrate the political importance of the Protestant Dissenters in the reigns of Charles the Second and James the Second.
On what matters of practical policy did the Whigs and the Tories differ most markedly in the later years of William the Third?
Was there any utility to England in Walpole’s jealousy of rivals?
How did the elder Pitt differ in political opinions from Newcastle or Rockingham and their followers?
How did the general election of 1784 make the House of Commons a less unpopular institution than it had been?
In what respects was the Spanish Peninsula more advantageous ground for an attack by Great Britain on Napoleon’s power than any other part of Europe?
Most people were left totally baffled by the questions, we're not even sure history buffs could whiz through this test.
One person said: "This paper looks like you’d already need a degree in history to answer it."
Elsewhere, another added: "Proof that we are being dumbed down to a frightening extent. Our high-school grads don’t know who’s the Vice President of the US and who Jean Chretien was, now look at the entrance exam for Cambridge in 1895."
What did you think, did you scrape a pass?
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Father Browne: The Missing Photographs
Defamation, anonymity and some missing photographs?
Home Titanic Research Articles Francis M. Browne Father Browne: The Missing Photographs
by Senan Molony
THIS is a tangled tale; but one that explains how an impoverished student priest came to be travelling first class on the most luxurious ship ever constructed – and how some of the pictures he took on board may still be missing.
Fr Francis Browne, a man of no property, captured priceless images of the RMS Titanic’s first and only voyage. While justly famous, there are tantalising indications that the known Fr Browne trove is incomplete – and that other glimpses may remain to be discovered.
Much of the background to this mystery lies, ironically, in wireless telegraphy… and the intense interest in the subject displayed by Fr Browne prior to the maiden voyage.
Fr Francis Browne, Bishop Browne, and Fr William Browne.
An uncle and his two nephews.
Courtesy of Senan Molony
IT is already widely known that Fr Browne’s ticket for the Titanic was bought for him by his uncle, who happened to be the Lord Bishop of Cloyne, a diocese whose seat is St Colman’s Cathedral, towering high on a terrace above Queenstown, Co Cork, the White Star liner’s last port of call.
Why a Catholic Bishop bought an expensive ticket for his nephew on an apparent whim can now be explained. The Bishop won the money, and more, in a libel award delivered exactly a month before the ship sailed –
BISHOP OF CLOYNE VINDICATED
Foul Calumny Refuted
A Scottish Paper's Charges Most Rev Dr Browne Examined Protestant Witnesses' Testimony
£200 DAMAGES FOR BISHOP
£50 for Each of Six Priests
This is a report of the case from the Weekly Freeman, datelined Edinburgh, on Friday March 15, 1912:
At ten o'clock today in the Court of Session, the hearing of the action brought by His Lordship the Bishop of Cloyne against Messrs D. C. Thomson and Co., Limited, publishers and proprietors of the Dundee Courier was opened before Lord Hunter and a City of Edinburgh special jury.
Joined with his Lordship as co-plaintiffs were Rev. Fr Madigan, PP, Castletownroche; Rev Fr Corbett, Adm, Newmarket; Rev Fr O'Connor CC, Queenstown, Rev Fr O'Donoghue, ditto, Rev Fr Kent CC, and Rev Fr Browne, CC, do.
The matter complained of was an article appearing in the Dundee Courier of August 15th (1911) headed:
SINISTER SIDELIGHTS ON HOME RULE.
"Irish Incident Showing Feeling Towards Britain. By One Who Has Lived in Ireland." "Religion makes all the difference in everything in Ireland. This incident will show you what it can do, and has done. Two years ago, in Queenstown, Co Cork, instructions were issued by the Roman Catholic religious authorities that all Protestant shop assistants were to be discharged. One shopkeeper, a Roman Catholic, refused to discharge an assistant he had had for a number of years. The consequence was that his shop was proclaimed, and in three months he had to close and clear out, his stock being sold for next to nothing. He and his family left for Britain, where, as he said, he would employ an atheist if he liked."
This, the plaintiffs alleged, was a false, calumnious, and malicious charge of having conceived, out of a spirit of religious intolerance, and put into operation, a criminal and illegal conspiracy to secure, by underhand use of ecclesiastical influence upon the Catholic laity, the indiscriminate dismissal of all the Protestant shop assistants in the employment of Catholics in Queenstown, solely on account of their being Protestant, and with having brought about the banishment from Ireland and ruined the business of a Catholic shopkeeper for refusing to discharge a Protestant employee when ordered to do so by the plaintiffs.
During the year stated, the plaintiffs alone were the Catholic religious authorities in Queenstown, and the statements in the article constituted, they alleged, a gross libel on them and the said story was a deliberately concocted tissue of false and calumnious statements, fabricated and published to defame their character and reputation.
The defence was that the article was contributed to the paper by a person who was believed by the defendants to possess intimate knowledge of Irish religious affairs, that it was written and published in good faith, and as a matter of public interest, and was not intended to reflect upon the plaintiffs; that the words "Roman Catholic authorities" did not and were not intended to apply to the plaintiffs, and the statements were published in the bona fide belief that they were true.
EVIDENCE OF MOST REV DR BROWNE
Most Rev Dr Browne, Bishop of Cloyne, examined by Mr Ure, said he had been Bishop of Cloyne for more than 17 years. For many years he was prominently associated with both Catholics and Protestants on the public boards of Queenstown and the County and City of Cork.
He first saw the matter complained of reported in the Cork Examiner and read it. The meaning he attached to it - and the only meaning it conveyed or that could be attached to it - was that he and his clergy were infamously slandered in the article.
What did you read it as imputing to you? – “It imputed to us very shameful conduct, conduct that was dishonourable and uncharitable and unjust, that we had published orders for the indiscriminate dismissal of Protestants on the grounds of religion by their Catholic employers and had ruined the business of a Catholic shopkeeper because he refused to obey these monstrous orders to dismiss a Protestant from his employment.”
Is there a shred of foundation for that? – “Not one shred of foundation.”
To further questions witness said that he alone held religious authority in the diocese, subject only to the Pope, and through delegation, the priests were associated with him. The article was calculated to do himself and his priests most serious injury. It injured them in many respects. It injured them grievously, first, as citizens. He held his honour dear, and so did every clergyman and every decent man. It was a dishonourable thing to charge them with such base conduct as that.
He held, as Bishop, a prominent place, not only in Queenstown, but in the city of Cork, and through the extent of his wide diocese. He did not wish to say much of himself, but he was pretty well known throughout Ireland. He was for twenty years in the National Ecclesiastical College in Maynooth and for nine years held the highest post - that of President. It was a college rather famous in Ireland and beyond Ireland. Every year out of that college scores of priests were sent.
The injury the article did him as a public citizen was very great. He was represented before his Protestant fellow countrymen, before the respectable Protestants whom he met on public boards, as a contemptible, doubled-dyed and double-dealing hypocrite, pretending to be kind and just, and here he was reported as having one face for the public and another in private, and a black heart to injure and stab a man because he was a Protestant. That was a shocking thing to be laid to his charge as a public man, but it was most cruel against him as a clergyman and Bishop.
Cross-examined by Mr Murray:
"I suppose you will agree that in political controversy things are said which are sometimes rather extravagant in character?" - That may be so, but under no circumstances is it as much a libel as this is a libel. The judge: - That does not justify it.
Mr Murray - I put it to you that the main intent of the article was political, and so was regarded by the Cork Examiner? – Witness: “If it was political in the Courier, one of the means that they took for political purposes was a most shameful slander of me.”
I put it to you that for many years previous to this, the matter of employment of Catholics as against Protestant employees was one of public notoriety in your district? [The Lord Advocate asked that the question be disallowed. It had, he said, obviously no relation whatever to the question that was before the jury. Lord Hunter disallowed the question.]
To further cross-examination witness said that his secretary, Father [William] Browne, [Photographer Fr Francis Browne’s brother] was curate in the parish, like the others, and had authority as the others.
"It is not said in the article that orders were issued by the Roman Catholic religious authorities at Queenstown?" - Oh, I need not say that that distinction would not apply to any human being. Surely the meaning of the sentence is not to be decided on the words alone, but on the context as well, and no man of common sense would put a meaning on them other than that it was done at Queenstown.
"I suggest that is a matter for the jury?" - Well, don't ask me.
"Has the article hurt you in your pocket?" - It has not, but it has hurt my character. That is something dearer to me than my pocket - honour and reputation. He that filches from me my good name, etc.
"Do you mean that your well-known reputation, of which we have heard so much, has been injured?" -Certainly.
“In the eyes of whom?” - In the eyes of those with whom I associate. If this went uncontradicted and unpunished, these men would regard me in a very different light to what they regarded me before. Then, as to my own people, I feel I should go amongst them with my head down if I were guilty of conduct like that. Then, as to the clergy through the country, in their minds I would have fallen very low indeed if I were to preach any such doctrine as that alleged. My brother Bishops would look on me with amazement that I was accused of such a crime. The priests from Maynooth College are everywhere - in Scotland, England and America. These men knew me as President. I was largely charged with the formation of their character, and what would they say as to their former President doing a thing of this character? If a priest has not a good character, he is lost. Excuse me for making a speech.
The Judge - He gave you an opening. (laughter).
Mr Murray – “You desire to vindicate your character?” - Yes, by damages on the man who did all he could to ruin my character.
“Is it money?” - Reparation. If he could repair my character without money, let him keep his money.
Evidence was taken from a number of other witnesses, including priests of the parish. Rev Father William Francis Browne gave evidence that the meaning he attached to the word "proclaimed" came to the same thing as boycotting. He didn't think he met anybody who believed the charges, but he met many who were indignant at them. In his own neighbourhood he did not think they would be believed, but elsewhere they might be.
The one witness called for the defence had to do with the limited circulation of the Dundee Courier in Ireland. William Shepherd, in charge of the distribution department, said they only sent one copy of the paper daily to Ireland. They had four subscribers in Ireland, but the other three took the paper only on certain days of the week.
The next day saw closing speeches. Mr Murray KC, for the defence, contended that the keynote of the article was politics and nothing but politics, and the jury was bound to look at the intent with which the article was written. It was quite true that he had not attempted to plead the truth of the alleged charges. That was because nobody in his senses would have dreamt of such foolishness.
With regard to the injury to character, he thought the plaintiffs were in a simple dilemma. The people who knew the pursuers did not believe a word of the alleged charges. The people who did not know them had not the remotest notion to whom the charges referred. To say that there had been injury to reputation was nonsense.
Lord Hunter, in his charge to the jury, said that if an odious charge was made, and it was proved to be false, the jury was bound to award substantial damages, not by way of recompense, but as a solatium for the annoyance, and to mark disapprobation of the unwarrantable character of the slander.
The jury found unanimously for plaintiffs and awarded Most Rev Dr Browne £200 damages and each of the six priests £50 damages.
(Weekly Freeman, 16th March, 1912, p. 19)
THE rest is history. Fr Francis Browne embarked the Titanic at Southampton on a ticket bought at James Scott & Co., shipping agents in Queenstown, and charged to the Bishop's Palace up the hill from the waterfront. Fr Browne brought with him on board a new camera - which his biographer, Fr Eddie O'Donnell, believes was also paid for by Bishop Browne as a further gift to his nephew.
It may not be putting it too high to say that if the Dundee Courier had not libelled the good Bishop, the world of Titanica would be very much the poorer through not having Fr Browne's unique portfolio of photographs, taken in home waters in the early stages of her one and only voyage across the Atlantic.
That they survive for posterity is lucky indeed, although the priestly Brownes might point out that God moves in mysterious ways, his wonders to perform.
Cleaning teams working on two forward funnels
Fr Browne was inordinately interested in wonders, including the unseen sorcery of wireless. His collection demonstrates that he visited the Titanic’s Marconi room, a place normally totally out of bounds to passengers. Such devotion might even have led him to possess an extraordinary image of the Titanic, taken at
Southampton, which shows off the vessel’s aerials to best effect – a picture that is not included in the recognised Browne canon.
This photograph survived in the effects of Fr Henry Gill, a contemporary of Fr Browne and a Jesuit colleague (member of the Society of Jesus religious order) in Dublin. Fr Gill, who published regularly on wireless telegraphy, was at Belvedere religious community with Browne in 1912.
Browne gave Fr Gill some Titanic pictures to illustrate a lecture in May 1912, as the article below relates.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
Lecture by Father Henry Gill, S.J.
On Monday, May 6th (1912), a crowded house had the pleasure of hearing Fr Henry Gill, S.J., B.A. of Belvedere House, lecture on Wireless Telegraphy. Fr Gill, as is well known, did a brilliant course of scientific research at Cambridge, and in a recent lecture Sir J.J. Thompson, F.R.S., paid a high tribute to his "able and valuable work and his great power of dealing with physical problems." Consequently something above the ordinary was expected from such an eminent scientist, and those who were present at the lecture were not disappointed. The Freeman's Journal gave a long account, as well as a leading article, to the lecture. The following are extracts from the report published in the Freeman :--
The lecture on Wireless Telegraphy delivered last night at the theatre of Belvedere College by Father Henry Gill, S.J., was attended by a crowded audience, whose interest in the subject was doubtless intensified by the recent disaster to the Titanic, and in conjunction with which the science so ably treated of by the learned Jesuit, has come so prominently before the public mind. The lecture was profusely illustrated with slides from actual photographs taken on board the Titanic by Rev. F. Browne, S.J., on the voyage from Southampton to Queenstown, and these include one of the Marconi room in the ill-fated vessel. Seldom has the community been more impressed and horrified by a great calamity than at the loss of the Titanic, the masterpiece of engineering and electrical skill. The proceeds were devoted to the families of those who perished in the disaster, amounting to £44 1s. 6d.
THAT Gill had an original Titanic photograph in his personal effects, and that Browne had given him Titanic images, suggests that Browne could have possessed – and disbursed – other Titanic pictures that do not form part of his own Titanic album.
In the course of this article, Browne biographer Fr Eddie O’Donnell will offer his opinion that further photographs were taken, and outline the reasons for that belief. First, let us consider a 1912 newspaper contribution by Browne which offers a list of possible locations on the vessel that might have been captured in his lens.
Titanic adjusts course en route from Cherbourg to Queenstown.
Courtesy of the Father Browne S.J. Collection
Published anonymously in the Cork Constitution on Saturday April 13, 1912 (the day before disaster struck in mid-Atlantic) the present writer has identified the following as coming from the pen of Fr Browne himself:
A SALOON PASSENGER'S IMPRESSIONS
Interesting Notes
“Look how that ship is rolling, I never thought it was so rough." The voice was a lady's, and the place was the sun deck of the Titanic. We had just got well clear of the eastern end of the Isle of Wight, and were shaping our course down the English Channel towards Cherbourg.
The ship that had elicited the remark was a large three-masted sailing vessel, which rolled and pitched so heavily that over her bows the seas were constantly breaking. But up where we were - some 60ft above the water line - there was no indication of the strength of the tossing swell below. This indeed, is the one great impression I received from my first trip in the Titanic - and everyone with whom I spoke shared it - her wonderful steadiness. Were it not for the brisk breeze blowing along the decks, one would have scarcely imagined that every hour found us some twenty knots further upon our course. And then this morning, when the full Atlantic swell came upon our port side, so stately and measured was the roll of the mighty ship that one needed to compare the movement of the side with the steadyline of the clear horizon.
After a windy night on the Irish Sea, when the sturdy packet boat tossed and tumbled to her heart's content - by the way, have ships a heart? – the lordly contempt of the Titanic for anything less than a hurricane seemed most marvellous and comforting.
But other things besides her steadiness filled us with wonder. Deck over deck and apartment after apartment lent their deceitful aid to persuade us that instead of being on the sea we were still on terra firma. It is useless for me to attempt a description of the wonders of the saloon - the smoking room with its inlaid mother-of-pearl, the lounge with its green velvet and dull polished oak, the reading room with its marble fireplace and deep soft chairs and rich carpet of old rose hue - all these things have been told over and over again and only lose in the telling. So vast was it all that after several hours on board some of us were still uncertain of our way about, though we must state that, with commendable alacrity and accuracy, some 325 found their way to the great dining room at 7.32, when the bugle sounded the call to dinner. After dinner, as we sat in the beautiful lounge listening to the White Star orchestra playing the "Tales of Hoffman" and "Cavalleria Rusticana" selection, more than once we heard the remark, "You would never imagine you were on a ship." Still harder was it to believe that up on the top deck it was blowing a gale, but we had to go to bed, and this reminds me that on the Titanic the expression is literally accurate. Nowhere were the berths of other days seen, and everywhere comfortable oaken bedsteads gave place to furniture in the famous suites beloved by millionaires. Then the morning plunge in the great swimming bath, where the ceaseless ripple of the tepid sea water was almost the only indication that somewhere in the distance 72,000 horses in the guise of steam engines fretted and strained under the skilful guidance of the engineers, and after the plunge a half-hour in the gymnasium helped to send one’s blood coursing freely, and created a big appetite for the morning meal.
But if the saloon of the Titanic is wonderful, no less so is the second class, and in its degree the third class. A word from the genial purser acted as the "Open Sesame" of the Arabian Nights, and secured us an English officer and his son [cross-channel passenger Major G.T. Noel and his son, of Shortlands, Devon], whose acquaintance I had made at lunch, and a free passage through all the floating wonder.
Lifts and lounges and libraries are not generally associated in the public mind with second-class accommodation, yet in the Titanic all are found. It needed the assurance of our guide that we had left the saloon and were really in second class.
On the crowded third class deck were hundreds of English, Dutch, Italian and French mingling in happy fellowship, and when we wandered down among them we found that for them too the Titanic was a wonder. No more general cabins, but hundreds of comfortable rooms, with two, four, or six berths, each beautifully covered in red and white coverlets. Here too are lounges and smoking rooms, less magnificent than those amidships to be sure, but none the less comfortable, and which, with the swivel chairs and separate tables in the dining rooms, struck me as not quite fitting in with my previous notion of steerage accommodation.
ONLY six adults, all saloon passengers, disembarked at Queenstown. The likelihood is thus already very strong that this article is an unrecognised piece by Fr Francis Browne, who had lived in Queenstown and was certainly familiar with local pressmen, such that he might be prevailed upon to write a piece. The others who disembarked, essentially the Odell group, were going on holidays and not ordinarily resident in the country.
Support for this authorship is found by comparing the article here with a piece written by Fr Browne weeks later for the Belvederian, the Dublin school journal he founded.
In this latter piece, Browne’s phraseology is uncannily reminiscent of this pre- sinking description by the “Saloon Passenger.”
Where the newspaper article refers to the “genial purser,” Browne’s later account tells of a visit to the purser’s office where a letter of introduction served as a passport to the “genial friendship of Mr McElroy.”
Similar features in both articles are references to “inlaid mother of pearl” in the smoking room, the use of the phrase “sun deck,” and “four-masted sailing ships and cross Channel packets tossing in the choppy sea.”
The known Browne piece mentions the dinner bugle, the widespread impression of not being at sea at all, and listening to the orchestra after dinner. Furthermore he exchanged letters with Major Noel, who must be the anonymous Saloon Passenger’s “English officer,” and even sent him a set of his photographs taken on board. Thus the Saloon Passenger is Fr Browne — shedding new light on how he visited every inch of the Titanic over the course of April 10th and 11th, 1912.
The Gymnasium
The obvious point is that Fr Browne’s extant photographs do not show every place he is now known to have visited.
The Dining Saloon
The Wireless Room
All courtesy of the Father Browne S.J. Collection
Fr Eddie O’Donnell, Fr Browne’s biographer and the curator of his vast photographic collection, supports the present writer’s contention that the ‘Saloon Passenger’ is Fr Browne. Known around the world as E. E. O'Donnell through his editorship of a dozen books of Fr Browne photographs, it was Fr Eddie who rediscovered 42,000 Fr Browne negatives in a trunk in the basement of the Provincial House of the Society of Jesus in Eglinton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin, in 1985, the same year the Titanic herself was found.
Some Titanic photographs were included in the trunk, but were unique in being positives, while all others were negatives!
Eddie had heard, of course, of the album of Titanic photographs taken by his religious confrère so many decades earlier. Indeed, the album itself, then valued at over a quarter of a million pounds, was securely locked in the bursar's safe. But the total absence of any Titanic negatives has led Fr Eddie to speculate on what became of them.
“It may be that they are still in some newspaper library in Britain, perhaps that of the inheritors of the Daily Sketch,” he says. “We know he sold the pictures within days of the disaster, and the purchasers may have wanted the negatives as well to ensure that they had full exclusivity.”
But Fr Eddie has another theory, one that is fairly dramatic in its possible ramifications:
“It is possible that there are many other Titanic negatives taken by Fr Browne still in existence, which we have not seen because he did not print them up.
“Everything that was in the photo album was printed in Fr Browne's Titanic book (which sold over 100,000 hardback copies in 57 countries and was even translated into Hungarian.) But I would consider that it is likely he took many other pictures which he did not print up, for whatever reason.
Eddie O’Donnell examines one of Fr Browne’s negatives.
“I have seen his other albums and treatments of subjects, and it seems that in these cases he used about one-third of the images available to him. This suggests that in the case of the Titanic pictures, he may have taken twice as many more pictures which we have not seen.
No-one knows where those negatives are now.”
Fr Eddie says that Fr Browne's account of his Titanic
trip, published in the 1912 Belvederian, and the newly-identified Browne account, together must mean that Fr Browne travelled throughout the ship, and not just in first class. We now know that he paid extensive visits to second class and steerage, and to the transatlantic post office.
Therefore the strong possibility exists that Fr Browne took photos of the steerage accommodation, of the mail room on Titanic, the Turkish bath, swimming pool, purser's office, smoking room and reading room. Indeed, such are his mentions of the orchestra and his penchant for photographs of people in activity, that he may have snapped the Titanic's band in action. Where might these priceless negatives be now? Fr O'Donnell has no idea, but from his intimate knowledge of Browne, believes firmly that additional photographs were taken. The staggering chance exists of a new momentous find.
FOR the sake of completion, there next appears a report from the Cork Examiner of a Titanic lecture and slide show of his photographs given by Fr Browne in Queenstown shortly after the sinking. This came less than a week after the lecture by Fr Gill, also using Fr Browne photographs, in an entirely different city (Dublin), 160 miles away.
While it is likely that the photographs used in both lectures were the same, there must also be a possibility that they were not – and that the Browne trove was split between two wireless-obsessed Jesuits in May 1912. This is the Cork Examiner account:
LECTURE BY REV. F.M. BROWNE, S.J.
A highly interesting and thoroughly enjoyable lecture on wireless telegraphy was delivered by Rev. Francis M. Browne, S.J., in the hall of the Queenstown Catholic Young Men’s Society on Sunday evening [May 12, 1912]. The proceeds were devoted to the Titanic Fund, and it was not surprising, with such a worthy object in view, to find the attendance assume large dimensions.
The spacious hall was well filled, and the remarks of the eloquent lecturer were followed with the deepest interest. The lecture was illustrated by numerous experiments and a unique series of photographs taken on the Titanic during her trip from Southampton to Queenstown. Rev. W. F. Browne [Fr Browne’s brother] occupied the chair and amongst those present were…[/]
The Rev. President said that it generally fell to his lot to introduce lecturers in that hall, but, as he said before, he found it a rather a difficult matter to introduce the lecturer of that evening because he knew too much about him (laughter). The lecturer would deal with wireless telegraphy. Most of them had experience of what speaking on the telephone was, but they did not know so much about the sending of wireless messages, and it would, therefore, be very interesting to them to get an explanation about such an important matter (applause).
The Rev. Lecturer, who was most cordially received, said that perhaps the audience had heard that he had had the rather unique opportunity of travelling from Southampton to Queenstown on the
Titanic, and that he had taken a number of photographs on board the vessel that were of a good deal of interest.
As regards the Titanic, they were all aware of the unfortunate sequel to its maiden voyage, and it was on behalf of the cause of the sufferers from that disaster that he ventured to trespass himself upon that audience that night.
Jesuit students at Belvedere with wireless equipment in 1911.
They had often heard of Marconigrams. Perhaps they knew how such messages were sent, and perhaps they did not know. If they wanted to know how they were sent, the best thing for him to do was to read for them an extract from a paper read before the Royal Institute by Mr Marconi himself. That extract was as follows:
“Wireless telegraphy is operated by electric waves, which are created by alternating currents of very high frequency induced in suitably placed elevated wires or capacity areas.
These waves are received or picked up at a distant station on other elevated conductors, tuned to the period of the waves, and the latter are revealed to our senses by mean of appropriate detectors.”
Taking the words of Mr Marconi as his text, the rev. lecturer then proceeded to explain in detail the meaning of the inventor’s words. In the first place, the scientific conception of a wave was explained by means of a number of experiments with a system of pendulums.
Then the phenomena of resonance – so intimately connected with the “tuning” of the Marconi apparatus – were explained by some interesting experiments with tuning forks and resonance apparatus. Having thus cleared the ground by the explanation of waves, the rev. lecturer described production of electric waves by means of the induction coil and the Hertz oscillators.
Then, pressing a key, an electric bell attached to a Marconi apparatus situated at the middle of the hall some forty feet from the platform immediately responded. This introduced the second part of the demonstration, which dealt with the Marconi receiver. Having fully explained the instrument, the rev. lecturer said it was now his duty to thank the gentlemen who had so kindly lent him the apparatus with which he had given those demonstrations… [/] (applause)
The lights were then lowered, and a large number of photographs taken by the rev. lecturer while on board the Titanic, in addition to views of the scenes at Queenstown on the occasions of the departure of liners and photos of other large ships, were then thrown on the screen, and were followed with the deepest interest.
The slides were signalled by Marconigrams. Opening this portion of the lecture with a view of a special train with a large number of passengers for the Titanic leaving Waterloo Station for Southampton, pictures were then shown of numerous apartments on board, etc., and these views won general admiration and were heartily appreciated.
Snapshots of the Marconigrams sent out by the operator on board the ship when she met with accident were given, and the rev. lecturer explained that these Marconigrams could be sent much more easily from north to south than from east to west, and more easily by night than by day. Mr Marconi said that those were mysteries not yet answered, and it remained for future scientists to explain that. In conclusion, he showed a picture of Mr Marconi, which evoked hearty applause, and said that while they said good night let them think and pray for those who went down to the sea in ships (applause).
Rev Fr. O’Connor said that he desired to say, on behalf of every member of the audience, as well as on his own behalf, that they were deeply grateful to the Rev. Fr Browne for his lecture that evening (hear, hear). A splendid lecture had been delivered to them and they would always remember the remarks of the lecturer (hear, hear). They came into the rooms, perhaps, with hazy ideas of wireless telegraphy, but he thought, after the very interesting and lucid remarks of Fr Browne, that each and every one of them could now deliver a little lecture on the subject.
The lecturer’s remarks had been quite clear and interesting (hear, hear). The pictures that had been shown were of pathetic interest to the people of Queenstown. They had all been interested in the great ship the Titanic, and they were all grieved to hear of her fate (hear, hear). They were deeply grateful to Father Browne for his lecture, and they hoped that he would live long to give lectures of that kind to instruct and entertain them (applause).
The rev. lecturer suitably returned thanks, and the interesting proceedings concluded.
Cork Examiner, Wednesday 15th May, 1912, p.8
THE crucial words above are of photographs being shown of “numerous apartments on board.” The Fr Browne album shows only two “apartments” – being the gym and the Marconi room. All the rest were exteriors.
A figure — thought to be Father Browne himself — reflected in the mirror of his dressing table.
Courtesy of the Father Browne S. J. Collection
In Browne’s small discard pile are two blurry images of his cabin (showing Fr Browne reflected in the mirror on a dressing table) and damaged pictures of the Titanic first class dining room and the reading and writing room. Another exterior shot is double-exposed with what appears to be a photograph of a private promenade suite, suggested to be that occupied by millionairess Charlotte Drake Cardeza.
Fr O’Donnell notes in his book that Fr Browne surely did not know Mrs Drake Cardeza. Yes, but he certainly knew his fellow Irishman, Titanic purser Hugh McElroy… and McElroy had given him the run of the ship. Pursers are responsible for all accommodations on shipboard, and McElroy could have thrown open any room he wished.
A word from the purser acted as an Open Sesame… as the Saloon Passenger delightedly writes. And Fr Browne never could resist an opulent eyeful.
Are there undiscovered Titanic pictures taken on board by Fr Browne? No-one knows, but the possibilities are intriguing. Will the ship’s bugler ever herald rediscovery with his own photograph in action? Will the faces of the orchestra finally emerge, silently scraping Cavalleria Rusticana… ?
Where, in short, are any of the Saloon Passenger’s extra impressions?
The editor wishes to thank Davison & Associates and Fr Eddie O’Donnell for the use of images from the Father Browne S. J. Collection.
Visit www.fatherbrowne.com for prints from the Father Browne S. J. Collection.
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The Black Square: #BlackOutTuesday and Performative Allyship in the Music Community
What constitutes as true accomplice work versus feckless, performative allyship in an online-only setting?
On June 2nd, 2020, in response to those protesting the murder of #GeorgeFloyd and police brutality against the Black community at large, a campaign of black square images flooded Instagram to show solidarity from music artists: #theshowmustbepaused. Initiated by Black music executives Brianna Agyemang and Jamila Thomas as a way for the music industry to address the current moment, the call to action went viral and subsequently received a great deal of backlash. As a result of poor hashtag optimization, anyone looking to assert a position of solidarity on Instagram co-opted it, failing to amplify Black voices and subsequently giving off the “performatively woke” vibe. Like many early perpetrators of this social media trend, I failed to learn the origin of the initiative, and contributed to its clumsy execution.
Well-intentioned usage of the #blacklivesmatter hashtag in conjunction with #blackouttuesday or #theshowmustbepaused in image captions resulted in a nightmare scenario for organizers using Instagram to disseminate safety information. Searching through the #blacklivesmatter hashtag, users were confronted with an infinite scroll of black squares—an utterly useless feed for those using the hashtag to search for vital information such as donations tags, medical best practices for injured protesters, and video news updates. To make matters worse, Instagram’s algorithm retained posts with #blacklivesmatter in the hashtag search results even after they were edited out. At best, we can view the complexities of this situation as illuminative of something we call performative allyship. And there are ways we can fix it.
My initial interaction with #blackouttuesday did not include #theshowmustbepaused. Personally, it felt similar in action to the pink #DJsForPalestine square that was made popular in 2018 by artists like Ben UFO, Four Tet and others. When the call to action began negatively impacted activist work online, conversation on Twitter began to suggest a misinformation campaign. There is little substantial evidence however to corroborate that this was a true psyops attempt. What this does demonstrate though is a major disconnect from what constitutes actual grassroots actions online and what is just empty, corporate gesturing (Apple, Spotify, and others all got behind it). We need to be smarter about that distinction for the sake of Black lives.
As non-black people in the electronic music scene, we all have an obligation to heed to the demands of the culture from which we all reappropriate. The culture is demanding that those non-black individuals pay it forward now. Simply put, if you have sold records, sold tickets, or made a living as a DJ, producer, club owner, or party promoter at any point pre-COVID, you need to donate to a Black-led cause immediately. Predominately white artists from privileged backgrounds have risen to great heights in the industry off of sounds created by Black, queer, and working class artists. Their inaction is an affront to us all and a sign of their complicitness with global racism and white supremacy. In this scenario, a visible announcement of their commitment to the cause is necessary.
Not everyone has the means to give large amounts of money without negatively impacting their quality of life, especially in this time of mass unemployment due to COVID-19. Nobody is asking for that. There are industry professionals, however, who have benefited significantly from the pre-COVID-19 music business that have said nothing, done nothing, or have actively ignored any kind of call to action with tone deaf self promotion or party nostalgia posts. This is what #theshowmustbepaused and #blackouttuesday was initially trying to address.
The point of donating to Black-led causes now is to reach real people on the ground immediately, not political causes or candidates in the long term. Bail funds for protest arrests are reaching their capacity for donations, so the next place to give is mutual aid funds. These funds go to contingent causes such as outreach training, housing, healthcare, childcare, food supplies, and pandemic relief. Artists like Mykki Blanco have donated to causes like the Homeless Black Trans Women Fund based in Atlanta. The families of victims like #GeorgeFloyd and #BreonnaTaylor are still taking donations, as are mutual aid funds in their hometowns like Minneapolis and Louisville, respectively. Comprehensive mutual aid funding threads and master documents can be found from Black activists on Twitter. You can also directly donate to your Black friends and loved ones as well. Every donation matters.
It is of paramount importance to learn about Black Struggle immediately. The importance of self education and reading about Black oppression, anti-blackness, and how this relates to the Black historical roots of popular music is as critically needed as donations and protesting. We cannot move forward as a community, much less a society, until everyone is up to speed about their own racism, prejudices, colonization, and social programming. This begins with reading the history from all angles.
Ibram X. Kendi’s “How To Be Antiracist” has been a popular choice on social media recently, but there are so many seminal works including personal accounts like The Autobiography of Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Assata Shakur, historical accounts like Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, radical essays by Audre Lorde in The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle The Master’s House, or my personal favorite, the Haitian Revolution retold in dynamic detail in CLR James’ The Black Jacobins. These accounts and varied histories all connect when applied to music and the performing arts, as told in Dan Sicko’s Techno Rebels or Malik Gaines’ Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left.
For those of us who are very much a part of a music community built upon Black artistry, the #blackouttuesday incident brings into question what tangible actions are available to support protesters, particularly for those still in quarantine or unable to show up IRL. What constitutes true accomplice work versus feckless, performative allyship in an online-only setting is as dependent on race and class as everything else in the fight against white supremacy. Learning to make that distinction requires an internalized education, followed by action.
Part of the confusion behind the social media black out stemmed from the fact that it was intended for non-black individuals to 1) signal support for the movement and 2) abstain from self promoting personal projects. This, however, was NOT a call for absolute silence about the movement itself. Instead of promoting yourself, ask your fans to donate to the same causes. Use your platform to amplify individuals who are doing organizing and antiracist work on social media. Ask your contemporaries to match donations. And stop publishing Black trauma or Black death on your feeds. Unless you are a verified news source, this is extremely triggering and unnecessarily. As Aja Barber describes on the Nuzi Collective Instagram, recycling horrific video has damaging ramifications.
To make the black out effort even more effective than simple posturing, users have been swift to add white supremacist hashtags like #trump2020 #womenfortrump #bluelivesmatter #kag2020 & #keepamericagreat with the black square post in order to have a disruptive effect within white supremacist online spaces. DO NOT use hashtags related to bail relief funds or other important information regarding BLM. Those hashtags must be reserved for vital organizing efforts.
Ignorance gets in the way of antiracist work. My initial #blackouttuesday post is a prime example of an unthinking act encouraged from an uncertain place of origin, culminating in either a pointless or harmful act of performative allyship. This results in erasing the narrative of the original authors’ call to action. Performative allyship however is a behavior pattern we must learn to recognize in ourselves and others as part of our ongoing antiracist work. This work is often uncomfortable because of the looming dread of “not doing enough,” coupled with the potential shame of doing the wrong thing in public and receiving criticism. We are collectively past that point. Your personal insecurity should not override human suffering.
No act will ever be enough. One act of kindness will not undo five centuries of wrongdoing. Nor should any criticism of your social faux pas or misguided post on social media discourage you from your commitment to antiracist work either. We need to not make this about ourselves.
As musicians, artists, fans, promoters and other members of the music industry lean into this paradigm shift, we must recognize that “normalcy” is not coming back and our patterns of behavior and thinking must make some severely past due transformations. The work of the non-black accomplice and the white abolitionist in the fight against antiblack racism and systemic violence was never just a heartfelt Instagram post or a singular act of giving: it is a demand on ourselves and others to do better now, tomorrow and onwards.
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The Boundaries of Section 75-1.1 and Pervasively Regulated Conduct: A HAJMM Sandwich?
Thomas H. Segars
Did our post on Contant v. Bank of America leave you hungry for more analysis of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 and pervasively regulated conduct?
If so, you’re in luck. A new comment in the North Carolina Law Review serves up a main course on the issue.
The article is called Bank Sales and Bake Sales: Section 75-1.1 and the HAJMM Legacy, and it is written by third-year law student Robert T. Lucas IV.
Lucas focuses on section 75-1.1’s “potential as a remedial backstop when regulatory schemes do not apply.” He describes a “gap” in the law “when allegedly unfair or deceptive conduct arises out of a transaction related to a regulatory scheme but the conduct itself is not actually subject to the scheme’s regulation.”
This sounds like the Contant court’s reason for rejecting the “regulatory scheme exception” argued in that case. Contant permitted a section 75-1.1 claim to proceed, distinguishing the defendants’ pervasively regulated conduct cases because “in each of [those cases], the plaintiff could bring a cause of action and seek relief under a different statute.”
Is this reasoning persuasive?
Lucas begins where the relevant cases take root: the “in or affecting commerce” requirement in section 75-1.1(a). This requirement, as Lucas explains, developed over time.
Originally, the statute prohibited practices “in the conduct of any trade or commerce.” Courts interpreted this narrowly. In State ex rel. Edmisten v. J.C. Penney Co., the North Carolina Supreme Court held that the statute covered only “bargain, sale, barter, exchange or traffic” in goods.
The General Assembly intended Section 75-1.1 to apply more expansively. Its response to J.C. Penney was swift. In 1977, it deleted the (arguably limiting) word “trade” and clarified that the statute covered “all business activities, however denominated.” The language is in section 75-1.1(b).
The General Assembly did not, however, define “business activities.” As Lucas illustrates, this omission would become significant.
After these amendments, a series of cases concluded that the General Assembly did not intend the statute to apply to pervasively regulated conduct. These cases—Lindner v. Durham Hosiery Mills, Inc., Skinner v. E.F. Hutton & Co., and HAJMM Co. v. House of Raeford Farms, Inc.—expounded the idea that pervasively regulated conduct falls outside the scope of conduct “in or affecting commerce.”
Lucas closely examines the reasoning in these cases. He also examines Champion Pro Consulting Group, Inc. v. Impact Sports Football, LLC, as an extension of this reasoning to “private codes of conduct.”
Slicing HAJMM
Lucas’s comment focuses especially on HAJMM. That case had some particularly unique features when compared with Lindner and Skinner, which involved traditional securities. The courts in those cases emphasized that securities regulations unquestionably provided recourse for the allegedly wrongful conduct.
HAJMM, by contrast, involved unconventional “revolving fund certificates.” Misconduct in transactions involving “revolving fund certificates” was not explicitly regulated.
Nevertheless, HAJMM reasoned that the conduct fell outside of the statute’s scope. Although this is the same ending point reached in Lindner and Skinner, the HAJMM court had to take a new route to get there.
HAJMM could not base its holding on the existence of a regulatory remedy; it was not clear that one existed. (This facet of HAJMM is in obvious tension with the reasoning in Contant.)
Instead, HAJMM turned to the meaning of the term “business activities” from the 1977 amendment. Although the General Assembly acted in response to J.C. Penney and in an effort to expand the statute’s scope, HAJMM read this term narrowly.
“Business activities,” according to HAJMM, meant “regular, day-to-day activities, or affairs, such as the purchase and sale of goods, or whatever other activities the business regularly engages in and for which it is organized.” The court reasoned that issuing securities and other efforts to raise capital were “extraordinary event[s]” that fell outside of the definition.
The novelty of this reasoning was not lost on Justice Harry C. Martin, who dissented from this part of HAJMM. Justice Martin disagreed with the conclusion that efforts to raise capital were not “business activities.” He also noted that the majority’s decision marked a departure from the reasoning in Lindner and Skinner, where the regulation already provided a remedy for the specific conduct at issue.
According to Lucas, this dissent foreshadowed the gap in the law that developed.
A HAJMM Sandwich
Lucas describes how certain section 75-1.1 plaintiffs may get sandwiched between two unfavorable legal principles. (In fairness to Lucas, he more aptly calls it “the HAJMM conundrum.”)
On one side, if the conduct at issue stems from an “extraordinary event” outside of HAJMM‘s definition of “business activities,” then section 75-1.1 will not apply. This will be true whether or not the conduct is subject to pervasive regulation.
On the other side, if the general subject matter is subject to pervasive regulation, then the plaintiff may be limited to the remedy provided by that regulation. If there is no such remedy addressing the specific conduct, as was the case in HAJMM, then the plaintiff may be out of luck.
(Some other law may still provide a remedy. After all, the HAJMM plaintiffs themselves recovered compensatory and punitive damages at trial on claims for breaches of fiduciary duties and corporate bylaws.)
Since HAJMM, several courts have discussed this dilemma. Some have even identified it as an area of concern. In this regard, Lucas carefully examines Oberlin Capital, L.P. v. Slavin, Latigo Investments II, LLC v. Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., DeGorter v. Capitol Bancorp Ltd., and Tillery Environmental LLC v. A&D Holdings, Inc.
The Future of the HAJMM Sandwich
Lucas ends with legislative and judicial proposals for closing the gap created by HAJMM’s reasoning. These policy arguments are thought-provoking.
Practitioners and legislators will debate the wisdom and the effect of HAJMM’s reasoning. Regardless of the side you take in this debate, though, you will find Lucas’s comment to provide a succinct summary of the law, a useful collection of relevant cases, and a thoughtful analysis of each side’s reasoning.
Author: Tom Segars
January 22, 2019 Thomas H. Segars
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A beautiful boxed set containing all seven Harry Potter novels in paperback. These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASS THE MAGIC ON.
The official playscript of the original West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children.
While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.
The playscript for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was originally released as a 'special rehearsal edition' alongside the opening of Jack Thorne's play in London's West End in summer 2016. Based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, the play opened to rapturous reviews from theatregoers and critics alike, while the official playscript became an immediate global bestseller.
This revised paperback edition updates the 'special rehearsal edition' with the conclusive and final dialogue from the play, which has subtly changed since its rehearsals, as well as a conversation piece between director John Tiffany and writer Jack Thorne, who share stories and insights about reading playscripts. This edition also includes useful background information including the Potter family tree and a timeline of events from the wizarding world prior to the beginning of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was J.K. Rowling's first novel, followed by the subsequent six titles in the Harry Potter series, as well as three books written for charity: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages and The Tales of Beedle the Bard. The Harry Potter novels have now sold over 450 million copies worldwide and been translated into 77 languages.
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Evie Clair was a top 10 finalist on Season 12 of NBC’s America’s Got Talent as a singer, songwriter and pianist. She grew up on the stage winning her first professional role at the Hale Theater in Gilbert, Arizona at age 8. Her first full album, released at age 14, hit the pop charts at #49 with 1.2 million streams just after her original song was featured in a movie soundtrack. A viral video of her first AGT performance was recognized as having the 3rd highest view count on YouTube world wide for 2018 and now has 235 Million views. After headlining her first concert in New York with The Village People and Angelica Hale, Delta Airlines featured Evie’s single, Auld Lang Syne, in their holiday commercial about kindness and she was the headliner for a 72-show run in Reno. She then began touring to sold out audiences with the #1 selling Broadway magician – Adam Trent. Evie continues to write and release new, original music, perform worldwide in concerts and music festivals, keep up with her social media fans and speak for live events and church youth groups. She is a champion in the fight against cancer after losing her father and she strives to live a life that would make him proud.
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“Evie… you are gusty and let me tell you something… your voice was beautiful…your tone, your pitch was stunning. It was laid back and let me tell you, you’re dad is gonna be so proud…” — Simon Cowell
More than one judge and millions of fans echoed that Evie’s voice was the sound of an angel. She’s different because although she can sing the big notes, she doesn’t depend on them and wants people to feel her soul when she sings, even in the quiet, heartfelt moments. She writes music to help heal the hearts of people suffering with loss and grief and heartache.
Evie is the second of five children. She loves her siblings who are also gifted poets and musicians. She is from Arizona and loves the sun. She loves to write and arrange music and has been at it since she was a toddler writing songs at the piano. She has had music and fine art in her family heritage for generations. Her mother was a music teacher and helped her develop her skills to express her strong emotions. She loves people and is caring and giving and deeply religious. She gives gratitude to God daily for the ways he blesses her and she serves others to show her gratitude. Her music is somehow relaxed and full of energy at the same time. Evie is admired by fans for her not only her unique talents but her personal strength and staying true to her values.
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NFL - FANTASY
NFL Playoffs Fantasy Picks: Start 'Em, Sit 'Em for Rams vs Seahawks Wild Card Game
By Max Staley | Jan 6, 2021, 4:13 PM EST
Russell Wilson fantasy outlook suggests he's not a great start in the Wild Card Round. | Chris Coduto/Getty Images
The first matchup of the NFC playoff kicks off with a battle between the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks. Even with Jared Goff's status up in the air, Russell Wilson and the Seahawks are slim 3.5-point home favorites in this one, per FanDuel Sportsbook's NFL playoff odds.
If you're still looking to get your fantasy football fix, there are plenty of formats available to keep playing throughout the NFL Playoffs. Here's some start 'em, sit 'em advice for this Rams-Seahawks clash.
Cam Akers Fantasy
Start Cam Akers, RB, Los Angeles Rams: It's tough to know what to do with the Rams' offense from a fantasy perspective. Even if Goff is active, he's not going to be anywhere near 100% so it's tough to trust this passing game. And the Seahawks' run D is stingy, allowing the fifth-fewest rushing yards per game. Don't expect Cam Akers to do too much on the ground, but he's clearly this team's feature back, and this game could lead to a ton of easy checkdowns to the RB. Akers caught 4 passes for 52 yards last week, which led the team, so he could make an impact through the air while also having a heavy-volume, inefficient game as a rusher. It might not be pretty, but Akers should be alright.
Chris Carson Fantasy
Start Chris Carson, RB, Seattle Seahawks: Similarly, the Seahawks' passing game might not be able to do much, as the Rams have been insanely strong against opposing QBs. There's just not much value to be had in this one, but Carson should see a nice mix of rushing and receiving work. He turned 19 touches into 79 yards from scrimmage the last time these two met and he appears to be the safest bet to produce on the offense. Start him, but don't expect a monster game or anything.
Cooper Kupp Fantasy
Sit Cooper Kupp, WR, Los Angeles Rams: Cooper Kupp missed Week 17 after testing positive for COVID-19, and that has taken a real toll on some players attempting to get back up to full speed this year. Plus, Goff is either going to be inactive or hobbled, and so much of Kupp's value is derived from having a great connection with his signal-caller. Against a Seahawks' secondary that has quietly turned things around, surrendering the third-fewest PPG from Week 9-16, this is not a good spot for Kupp.
DK Metcalf Fantasy
Sit DK Metcalf, WR, Seattle Seahawks: DK Metcalf has established himself as one of the best wide receivers in football, but it's tough to like his prospects here. He's faced off with Jalen Ramsey and the Los Angeles Rams twice this season, averaging 43.5 receiving yards per game across those two. To his credit that's better than most have fared against Ramsey, who is allowing just 23.6 yards per game in coverage in 2020. Playing Metcalf probably just isn't worth it this week.
Max Staley is not a FanDuel employee. In addition to providing DFS gameplay advice, Max Staley also participates in DFS contests on FanDuel using his personal account, username mstaley1212. While the strategies and player selections recommended in his articles are his personal views, he may deploy different strategies and player selections when entering contests with his personal account. The views expressed in their articles are the author's alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of FanDuel.
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FCT › Apoios › Instituições de I&D › Estudo Bibliométrico › Indicadores Bibliométricos
Para a constituição dos indicadores bibliométricos foram considerados exclusivamente artigos e revisõespublicados entre 2007 e 2010 e incluídos em Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI).
Indicadores Bibliométricos CWTS:
P – Number of publications in international journals of the unit of analysis in the entire period;
TCS – Number of citations received by P during the entire period, excluding self-citations;
MCS – Average number of citations without self citations per paper;
PP (uncited) – Percentage of publications not cited by others (in the given time period);
MNCS – Mean field normalized citation score. This is the actual number of citations (without self citations) divided by the expected number of citations on a paper basis. The expected number of citations is based on the world-wide average citation score without self-citations of all similar papers belonging to the same field (journal subject category). In this way, a field normalized score is calculated for each paper. Next, the MNCS indicator is computed for the unit of analysis by taking the average of these field-normalized citation scores for individual papers. A value above 1 indicates that the mean impact for the unit is above world average whereas a value below 1 indicates the opposite.
MNJS – Mean normalized journal score. Indicates the average citation impact of the journals that are used by the unit and is calculated based on the same principles as the MNCS. The indicator shows whether the unit publishes in top or in sub-top journals.
PP (top10%) – Percentage of highly cited publications. Indicates the average citation impact of the journals that are used by the unit and is calculated based on the same principles as the MNCS. The indicator shows whether the unit publishes in top or in sub-top journals.
TNCS – Total field normalized citation score;
Coverage – Internal coverage. Measured by the proportion of cited references in the oeuvre linking to other WoS publications;
PP (collab) – Publications that are done in institutional collaboration (the shares are calculated based on the total number of publications);
PP (int collab) – Publications that are perfomed among institutions of more than one country (the shares are calculated based on the total number of publications);
"no collaboration" - Publications from a single FCT institute;
"national collaboration" - Publications from at least two authors in the same country (Portugal);
"international collaboration" - Publication from FCT funded institutes with one or more foreign (non-Portuguese) institutions.
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By Uproar - Iceland
Today, I got a phone call from my 6-year-old son's school telling me they were concerned about him as he wouldn't stop barking at the radiator. After talking to my husband about it, I found out he's been teaching him so he could see the look on my face. FML
OK, well, goodbye
By HarleyDavison - United States - Harrisonville
Today, I went to a parade. While I was there, I ran into my ex and his new girlfriend. Trying to prove I was over him, I tried to act like I was oblivious to them and having a great time. I turned around, only for a piece of candy to hit me square me in the eye. FML
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Today, I accidentally called my teacher "Babe". FML
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Today, while on student exchange in Germany, I was making myself a cup of coffee. When I rummaged around in the fridge, my room-mates asked me what I was looking for. I said I wanted to put "samen" in my coffee. They laughed. Ah yes, "sahne" means "cream". "Samen" means "sperm". FML
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Today, my girlfriend and I were trying something new. I ended up with a shard of glass in my back and a concussion. Don't have sex on a glass table. FML
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Today, my blanket got caught on my nose ring and it took my boyfriend over an hour to get it free. Afterwards, he admitted he was trying not to laugh because it reminded him of a bullfight. FML
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Today, my fiancée told me she was having a bad day while we were lying in bed. Just as she was about to fall asleep I thought it would be sweet if I sang her a song that her Mom sang to her when she was a child. Instead, I was told to shut the fuck up and that I sucked. FML
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Today, after 8 years, I confessed one of my best friends I've been in love with him since we were kiddies. His answer was "Don't worry, I won't stop talking to you." FML
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Today, as I was driving, a massive cockroach clicked its way across my windshield. I pulled over to fling it out the window, but it spread its wings and flew around like a hook-armed stabbing machine. I lost it in the dark car and now I can't find it. It's going to be a long drive home. FML
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Today, my girlfriend broke up with me. She'd walked in on me jerking off, which she said is exactly the same as cheating on her. FML
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Today, in break from tradition, I proposed to my boyfriend. We were at a Japanese Pagoda. Water was trickling everywhere; the moment was perfect. While I was on my knee, after pouring my heart out, he looked wistfully out over the water and said, "So, I was thinking pizza tonight." FML
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In-laws, in-fighting
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Today, I was shopping with my dad and I saw one of my guy friends, so we waved and smiled at each other. My dad clearly thought his wave was too "romantic", because he shouted at him, "Touch her, and I'll kill you." FML
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Today, I was skating in the city when I slipped and fractured my arm. As I was lying in pain, a guy walked up to me, frisked my pocket and took my wallet. He then said: "It's nothing personal." FML
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Today, I was having sex with my boyfriend for the first time. I moved my leg to wrap it around him and accidentally hit his penis. Without thinking, I said, "Sorry little guy!" FML
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#5055026 - Thursday 18 October 2012 8:31
He always told you he just wanted a dog. Now look what he's done.
By Dory123 | 9
Corrupting your son for his own entertainment, he needs to grow up.
TrueTriage | 16
Meh I could see a ton of people doing this it just sounds like an awesome practical joke. As long as it can be remedied very quickly. With the purchase or adoption of the dog OP's husband clearly wants.
SakataGintoki | 9
#5055540 - Thursday 18 October 2012 12:05
Like father, like son :P sorry OP; I heard it was a "Guy thing" these days.
gc327072 | 29
They said I could be anything, so I became a dog.
Snazzy_Snaz | 17
Sometimes I wish I could be a dog
FATTY_MCDOOGLE | 29
#5068667 - Monday 22 October 2012 21:17
I would do this.
By hayyyyleyyyybaby_fml | 14
Wow, your husband sounds super awesome..
By CrewBoy | 10
Well, I guess it's time to get him neutered.
MormonPornstar | 7
Hope you mean the Husband.
lmaouloser | 5
Oh lighten up!
sugoine | 12
Isn't that what kids are for? LMAO
By Miguemex95 | 4
Hey some humor should've be that bad right?... well.. unless your son gets in trouble for it
cosmosis | 12
What the hell are you trying to communicate???
SirEskimo | 13
Wouldn't you like to know ';)
By drewcat21 | 0
CrewBoy | 10
^Yolo is supposed to encourage people?....... Well, that failed.
By ycrem0n | 21
There's nothing wrong with that because YOLO!
XKXKKXK | 10
Good god. YOLO is not an excuse to do stupid shit. It's supposed to encourage you to do something meaningful with your life.
Damn. The dumb comment I was replying to got deleted. Disregard these please.
drewcat21 | 0
What in the heck are you talking about? Where did I use YOLO at all?
bladedrose | 3
??? Yolo? Who the hell said anything about yolo? Try RWWW (Reading What Was Written)
By jacobsond | 5
I now have something new to teach my niece
By mintcar | 9
Great, you're kid is now going to be made fun of.
st333ph | 12
Your*
mintcar | 9
Ha, thanks.
Very little sleep does that to you.
By borkchop1992 | 15
One day when i have kids i won't be doing this
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Leon boss ‘strapping himself in’ after hiring dynamic food director
People by Joe Peskett on 19th December 2016
Former Pret A Manger head of food, Nellie Nichols, who helped to launch the brand in the 80s and develop its international profile, is to join Leon as its new director of food.
Nichols first worked for the chain in 2012 and will rejoin early next year to manage the food team as it develops Leon’s new seasonal menus for restaurants at home and abroad.
Leon hopes Nichols’ experience and track record in the food industry will push it into new international markets.
She was formerly the head of food (twice) at Pret, helping launch the brand and then going to back to support its international expansion into New York, Hong Kong and Japan.
Prior to that she worked in food manufacturing for Hazlewood Foods and produced TV food commercials for Birds Eye Walls. Lately she has been running her own food development agency, working with clients such as Marks & Spencer.
Leon co-founder and CEO, John Vincent, said: “If you know Nellie you’ll understand why I’m so happy. Nellie and I worked on a significant development of the menu for two years from 2012 and it was a privilege. And always a lot of fun. She’s back and I’m strapping myself in.”
Nellie Nichols said, “I am very in love with Leon and always have been so I’m delighted to be going back to be part of its dynamic growth in 2017 and beyond.”
She is a member of the Guild of Food Writers and won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Sandwich Industry in 2009.
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La Liga La Roja
Sergio Ramos forced off for La Roja at half-time by injury
By Alan Feehely - 17 November 2020, 20:50
Spain took on Germany in La Cartuja in Seville on Tuesday evening with the winner guaranteed a place in the final four of the Nations League.
The winner will also go into the winter with the confidence that comes from defeating one of the most historically successful sides in European football.
Alvaro Morata opened the scoring for La Roja before Ferran Torres and Rodri extended their advantage to send them into the half-time break 3-0 in front.
It wasn’t all positives for Luis Enrique’s side, however. Sergio Canales was forced off in the opening ten minutes with a suspected hamstring injury before captain Sergio Ramos joined him in the treatment room two minutes before the break.
Sergio Ramos has been forced off with a suspected hamstring injury 🤕 pic.twitter.com/ihFmomv8mk
— Goal (@goal) November 17, 2020
The injury is bad news for Spain and for his club, Real Madrid. Ramos is currently in the midst of contract negotiations with Los Blancos.
Ramos wants a two-year deal, while Madrid, due to his age, are only willing to offer him a one-year deal with a second year possible if certain variables are met. A muscular injury like this won’t help his case.
The Sevillano is one of the most decorated footballers in the sport’s history. With Madrid and Spain he’s won five La Liga titles, two Copa del Reys, four Spanish Super Cups, four Champions Leagues, three European Super Cups, four Club World Cups, one U19 European Championship, two European Championships and the 2010 World Cup.
Featured image courtesy of Diario AS.
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Nathan VardiForbes Staff
Following the money trail
Billionaire David Einhorn’s terrible year got even worse in November with his Greenlight Capital hedge fund tumbling by about another 5%. As a result, Einhorn’s Greelight Capital has fallen by more than 20% in the first eleven months of 2015, according to the web site of his reinsurance company.
With the U.S. stock market basically flat this year, Einhorn’s returns look particularly bad and, in a way, represent the general disappointment of hedge fund returns this year. A noted stock picker and short seller, Einhorn, 46, seems sure to be heading toward only the second down year of his hedge fund career.
David Einhorn, President of Greenlight Capital. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
Einhorn’s returns this year have been hurt by big bets on stocks like SunEdison, the solar and wind energy producer, and Micron Technology, the semiconductor company. Securities & Exchange Commission filings show that Einhorn had sold a chunk of his holdings in both SunEdison and Micron by the start of October. But SunEdison’s stock fell by more than 56% in November and still seems to have further dented Einhorn’s returns.
Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital hedge fund has a very large position in Apple, which represents a big chunk of Greenlight’s U.S. stock portfolio, SEC filings show. Shares of Apple fell by 1% in November, meaning Einhorn’s hedge fund was facing a headwind during the month. Einhorn has signification positions in two other stocks that also performed poorly in November. The stock of one of those significant positions, Time Warner, fell by 7% in November. The stock of the other position, Green Brick Partners, fell by 28% in November.
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I am a senior editor at Forbes who likes digging into Wall Street, hedge funds and private equity firms, looking for both the good and the bad. I also focus on the
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Funding Uncertainty Undercuts Outlook
With 2010 in the rear view mirror, construction and highway industry insiders ponder what lies ahead in 2011.
Rod Dickens
With memories of 2010 fading quickly, contractors have to wonder what’s on the horizon. The stimulus package was a step in the right direction, but did its impact meet expectations and will the projects it “stimulated” set the tone for 2011? Or will a stalled highway bill and questions about the future of the Highway Trust Fund dictate near-term industry prospects? These are among the questions we posed to industry experts. Here’s what they had to say about 2010 and where the industry is heading in 2011.
Analyzing the ARRA's Impact
Q: What impact did the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) have on highway construction in 2010? Did it meet, exceed or fall short of expectations?
Jeffrey Solsby, Director of Public Affairs, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA): Put simply, the ARRA was a lifeline for firms throughout the industry. For some, especially those on the asphalt side, the blow from the recession was softened by the prevalence of asphalt work funded by the ARRA. But that doesn’t compensate for the complete obliteration of the private market, which is a large portion of many contractors’ work. Typically, they do a combination of public and privately supported jobs.
Ken Simonson, Chief Economist, Associated General Contractors of America (AGC): The ARRA kept highway construction from falling into a steep decline. Many contractors were able to avoid layoffs or to hire workers. The Act provided funds quickly to every state and the money was largely spent on high-priority projects. States got a great bargain and were in many cases able to fund more projects than expected because of lower materials costs and fierce bidding by contractors.
However, total highway construction spending in the first eight months of 2010 was 1.5% less than in the same period of 2009, so clearly not all highway contractors came out ahead. There is enough spare capacity in the highway construction industry to support an even higher level of funding.
Jack Basso, Director of Program Finance & Management, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO): The ARRA helped stabilize construction employment. Before the stimulus package, construction unemployment was heading toward 28% and now it is closer to 20%. We’re pretty happy, as well, with the amount of resurfacing and repair work and material used as a result of the program.
When this money disappears, so will about 300,000 jobs. The industry will need alternative funding.
Ed Sullivan, Chief Economist, Portland Cement Association (PCA): Ultimately, we are very disappointed in where the funds went. Introduced as an infrastructure bill, in actuality, very little went into infrastructure. Major infrastructure construction takes time to get into the marketplace; hence, most of the money was used to repair existing roads.
Over the next 25 years, there will be a projected 50 million more drivers on the highways. If we don’t invest more in new highway construction, drivers will experience horrendous traffic jams in cities, which ultimately will hinder our country’s economic growth.
Leif Wathne, P.E., Vice President of Highways and Federal Affairs, American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA): As a starting point, the concrete pavement industry welcomed the ARRA. In terms of the actual program, however, it had mixed results... There were some highway, roadway and airport pavement construction projects started and completed quickly and efficiently. But we simply need to do more to improve the capacity and condition of our nation’s surface transportation infrastructure.
There are three critical issues that are hanging in the balance:
1. Condition and capacity: Both the condition and capacity of highways and roadways in the U.S. are sorely lacking... and well documented. Road builders and agencies have been lagging behind for generations as federal funding has fallen short of the critical needs of our system.
2. Jobs: The overall construction industry is still facing unemployment in the range of 20% or more. Transportation construction plays a vital role in our nation’s economy, not only by providing well-paying, permanent employment, but also by supporting business and commerce in the timely shipment of goods to market.
3. Competition: In nations such as Russia, Brazil, India and China, there are large-scale investments being made in highways and other surface transportation infrastructure. It is no coincidence that these nations are emerging not only as economic superpowers, but also formidable political powers, as well.
The short-term gains realized from the ARRA will be lost without a robust highway bill now. It is for this reason the ACPA is urging quick passage of a multi-year highway bill, as well as the required funding mechanism, such as an increase in the federal motor fuels tax.
Prospects for future funding
Q: The much anticipated highway bill remains stalled. How quickly do you see the bill passing? What impact will passage have on the highway industry?
Solsby: Along with other groups/coalition partners, we are working to pass the next bill ASAP.
The greatest impact [of passage] will be to provide certainty. That certainty governs decisions by contractors, suppliers, materials and equipment firms to hire, invest, and expand. You don’t make a major investment or expansion decision -- or plan to buy a $10 million piece of equipment -- based on one year’s worth of work. You make it based on five to six years of work in the pipeline. That federal certainty will also help the states plan their own work. Right now, we’re seeing nearly half of all states -- even with the ARRA -- cut their transportation budgets.
Wathne: The answer to the question of what impact it will have on the concrete pavement industry will depend largely on the scale of the program. Even so, we expect the bill, when signed into law, will help reduce the high unemployment in the construction industry; create good jobs; and allow companies and agencies to plan for both the short-term and long-term needs of the federal-aid highway system.
Sullivan: The administration became sidetracked with the health care bill, and now Congress has an anti-spending mentality. It is unlikely that we will see a highway bill in fiscal 2012 and maybe not until 2013. In the meantime, another extension will be necessary. It’s not just economics, it’s also politics.
Q: What does the future hold for the Highway Trust Fund (HTF)? Where will additional funds come from knowing that alternative-fueled vehicles are gaining in popularity and the gas tax remains unchanged?
Solsby: The HTF remains the most effective and viable transportation financing program in place. But its effectiveness is undercut because it is not indexed to inflation and its level has not been augmented to reflect current economic values.
The Fund has lost some 30% of its purchasing power in recent years. Imagine if you had no pay raise since 1992! We support raising the gas tax and indexing the tax to inflation going forward, as do many in Congress. To fund the next bill at a level commensurate with goals outlined by key Congressional leaders, we will have to look at putting all revenue options on the table — including raising the gas tax.
Basso: The 18.4 cent federal gas tax was enacted in 1993, and current estimates suggest that the HTF will get us to 2012. In the short run, raising the gas tax and collecting more DMV fees is the course to follow. Long term, a 7 to 8 cent-per-gallon federal gas tax will only allow the industry to tread water, whereas a 13 to 15 cent increase would be more appropriate.
Sullivan: The Highway Trust Fund hasn’t benefitted from a gas tax increase in 17 years. When one factors in inflation, the fund continues to lose ground. The gas tax has to increase dramatically.
At this point, I don’t believe alternative-fueled vehicles are having a significant impact on the fund. There are somewhere between 275 and 300 million vehicles on the road, and only a very small percentage of them are alternative-fueled vehicles, with an estimated 10 million more of them taking to the roads each year.
The key to current funding... is miles driven, and that is dictated by employment, or rather unemployment in this economy. If you don’t have a job, you won’t be driving to work. Once we create jobs, miles will go up. In the meantime, the long-range solution may come in some form of privatization.
Wathne: The HTF clearly needs stable revenue sources that reflect consumer trends for using alternate fuels, but also which are tied to the consumer price index or some other metric of the economy. Our posture is consistent with the recommendations presented in the 2007 Commission report, where increases in the federal motor fuels tax is identified as the only viable solution in the short-to-medium term, and a VMT (vehicle miles travelled) based system is most likely a long-term approach.
Q: Generally speaking, what will 2011 look like for highway contractors and producers?
Solsby: There will be challenges, there’s no doubt about it. ARRA funding tapers off, states have cut spending on infrastructure and we still don’t have a bill. We see this as reason No. 1 to push for the next highway bill.
Simonson: At best, new contract awards are likely to remain at pre-ARRA levels in early 2011. ARRA funds will quickly be depleted, and large cutbacks in activity and employment are likely by late 2011 unless there is a new surface transportation act by then.
Basso: We need long-term, well-funded legislation. Until we get it, numbers will continue to head south. AAA now supports a gas tax to help fund a bill. So does the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as do we and a number of other organizations.
Sullivan: I think the best we can hope for is a flat situation. The ARRA stimulus package will have less of an impact in 2011 than it did this year, not to mention the passage of a highway bill is questionable for 2011.
At the state level, deficits will continue to impact street and local road construction. In 2006, for example, street and road construction accounted for 18 million tons of cement. This year, that figure is down to 5 million tons.
On a brighter note, a new highway bill and pent-up demand for new roads and streets bode well for concrete contractors and producers in 2013 and beyond.
Wathne: We are optimistic that both the highway and FAA bills will be passed in the year ahead. When the programs are enacted, we believe this will have a stabilizing effect on road builders and agencies alike.
It generally takes between 12 and 18 months after the highway bill is signed into law for agencies and road builders to hit stride. Even so, it is only with the enactment of adequately funded, robust programs that agencies and contractors can plan for the future; invest in capital equipment; and build, repair, and maintain the surface transportation systems that are so vital to our nation.
Sustainability on Standby
In the construction market, the sustainability movement is gaining traction. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification has been making its way into building construction since it was first introduced in 1998, and has continued to gain momentum as more building owners and contractors look to incorporate environmentally preferable methods and materials into new construction projects. Asphalt producers and contractors have also been looking for ways to incorporate more sustainable solutions into the products they produce and use. Will this trend toward a more green- friendly environment be the catalyst that will help inject energy into the construction marketplace or will even greener buildings and greener parking lots have to their turn for the economy to first turnaround?
"Most people don't' realize the progress that has been made in asphalt production," relates Anirban Basu, Chief Economist for the Associated Builders and Contractors. "There have been tremendous strides made producing a material that is more environmentally friendly. The use of recycled shingles and the advent of warm mix production reduce the industry's reliance on valuable resources. Then there is porous asphalt to help reduce runoff and lighter colored asphalt that works to reflect and not absorb the sun's rays."
As innovative and helpful as these advances are, or will be, Basu says they will likely have to wait their turn until the economy does an about face - when companies have the money and the confidence to invest in something new and different. When will that be? Basu forecasts another year of tight credit and lack of job creation for privately financed companies, although he also sees some indication that the credit market is loosening up a bit.
"Full recovery will still take three or more years," he predicts, "depending on the market. "Manhattan and Washington, D.C., for example, are better off than cities in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Florida that remain extraordinarily overbuilt. One of the cruel ironies of any economic downturn is that the greatest building frenzies occur just prior to the downturn."
Basu says there will be a time when new "green" technologies will have a massive economic and environmental impact in the marketplace, but that time remains a few years off. Just how long depends on how soon investors and consumers shed uncertainty for confidence.
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Stuff you've been listening to
Author Topic: Stuff you've been listening to (Read 230941 times)
RTP2003
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Timber Timbre--"Black Water", "Demon Host", "Magic Arrow", "Bad Ritual", "Creep On Creepin' On", "Woman", "Like A Mountain", "Lay Down In The Tall Grass", "We'll Find Out"
Ween--"Buckingham Green", "Spinal Meningitis", "The Mollusk", "The Stallion Pt. 4", "Alone", "Don't Get Too Close (to My Fantasy)", "Little Birdie", "All My Love" (Led Zeppelin cover), "Pork Roll, Egg, and Cheese", "Did You See Me?", "She Wanted To Leave", "Demon Sweat", "The Going Gets Tough From The Get Go", "Push The Little Daisies", "Squelch The Weasel", "Roses Are Free", "Licking The Palm For Guava", "Mushroom Festival In Hell", "She Fucks Me", LMLYP (Let Me Lick Your Pussy)", "Mutilated Lips", "Transdermal Celebration", "Fat Lenny"
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starry-eyed pirate
Re: Stuff you've been listening to
Yeah I saw that clip of Obama doin Al Green. Pretty good. Those are not easy notes to hit.
If you would have justice in this world, then begin to see that a human being is not a means to some end. People are not commodities. When human beings are just to one another government becomes obsolete and real freedom is born; SPIRITUAL ANARCHY.
groovyhatefuck and other cassettes.....
Timber Timbre--"Black Water", "Demon Host", "Magic Arrow", "Bad Ritual"
Ween--"The Golden Eel", "Johnny On The Spot", "The Mollusk", "Mutilated Lips"
The Stooges--Metallic K.O.
Radio Birdman--Radios Appear (Overseas Version)
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives--"Infra-Riot", "Sister Surround", "Broken Imaginary Time", "Galaxy Gramophone"
Hellacopters--"Where The Action Is"
Butthole Surfers--"Cherub"," BBQ Pope", "Negro Observer", "Creep In The Cellar", "Going Down To Florida", "Roky", "Johnny Smoke", "Strawberry"
Nirvana--"Lounge Act", "Aneurysm", "Something In The Way"
1000 Homo DJs--"Supernaut" (Black Sabbath cover)
Fleetwood Mac--"Tusk", "Albatross", "Green Manalishi (w/ the Two-Pronged Crown)"
Kinks--"BIg Sky", "Wicked Annabella"
Blue Oyster Cult_Fire of Unknown Origin(v)
1$ at the salvation army. Nice clean record.
Froderik
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Don't think I've ever listened to this one. I like the lyrics to "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" though...
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Not one of their better works, but "Veteran......." is a fucking cool song. Co-written with Michael Moorcock, who created the "Elric of Melnibone" saga (which is what the BOC song "Black Blade" off Cultosaurus Erectus is about). He's also written lyrics for Hawkwind.
Jimmy Castor Bunch / It's Just Begun
Sonny Stitt--The Champ
Blind Willie Johnson / Nobody's Fault But Mine
The Stickmen / Paralyzer
T.T. Tucker & Bum Rush
Little Feat--Sailin' Shoes
Suicide / Dream Baby Dream
David Johansen - Frenchette
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Dead Kennedys / Government Flu
Monster Magnet / Look to Your Orb for the Warning
John Lennon / Stand By Me
Stiff Little Fingers / Nobody's Hero
The Stooges / Scene of The Crime
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Dumptruck / Back Where I Belong
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Neil Diamond - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usZtSl8mX08
none-ya
My neighbors wind chimes,literally. I want to tear those fucking things down!
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Blue Oyster Cult_Some Enchanted Evening(v)
File Under Druggie Music
Hot Rats--"Big Sky" (Kinks cover), "Mirror In The Bathroom" (English Beat cover)
Yo La Tengo--"Big Sky" (Kinks cover), "Big Day Coming", "Drug Test", "Sugarcube", "The Room Got Heavy"
Appalachian Death Ride--"North Green", "Set The Controls For the Heart OF The Sun" (Pink Floyd cover)
Timber Timbre--"Magic Arrow", "I Get Low", "Bad Ritual", "Until The Night Is Over", "Oh Messiah"
Jorma Kaukonen--"Ice Age", "Genesis", "Mann's Fate"
Mudcrutch--"Lover of the Bayou" (Byrds cover)
REM--"Pretty Persuasion", "Driver 8", "So. Central Rain", "Moon River"
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Blue Oyster Cult_self titled(v)
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Fleetwood Mac / Peacekeeper
Brightblack Morning Light / Another Reclamation
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Steeleye Span / The Blacksmith 1971
Arcade Fire--The Suburbs
Radiohead--The King of Limbs
The Rolling Stones / I'm Going Down
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Timber Timbre / Oh Messiah
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Party-girl Alisha (Antonia Thomas) can send people into a sexual frenzy with just one touch, hard as nails Kelly (Lauren Socha) can suddenly hear people’s thoughts, while one-time sporting hero Curtis (Nathan Stewart Jarrett) discovers he has the ability to turn back time. Even painfully shy nerd Simon (Iwan Rheon) can make himself invisible – which is what he has always felt.
Howard Overman's (Merlin, Hustle, New Tricks) treatment of super hero mythology is worthy of comparison to Bryan Singer's The X-Men. Sans sentiment, one scene brutally lampoons The X-Men's Professor Xavier. However, Overman denies such subtext, preferring the audience to embellish!
There will be no trite explanation of the meaning behind the mysterious storm that enthuses the ASBO miscreants with super powers, thereby preserving some semblance of enigma and precluding a narrative 'black hole' should Misfits, deservedly in my opinion, garner a second season! And, the creative team should be lauded for holding back on the special effects, which were secondary and tertiary to the charismatic characters. Again, the adage of less is more, applies here, in abundance (budgetary limitations aside)!
I should point out that Misfits will embrace, in the words of Channel Four's Steve Berry, 'transmedia storytelling'. This is storytelling across multiple forms of media with each element making distinctive contributions to a viewer's understanding of the story world. By using different media formats, it attempts to create "entrypoints" through which consumers can become immersed in a story world. And, perhaps most coolly of all, audiences will be able to officially follow the protagonists on Twitter; Mad Men fans started tweeting as characters, and the studio, bogged down by old media politics, initially tried to stop it, which was counter-intuitive.
Misfits isn't a reaction to Heroes, the programme's genesis pre-dates the hit US television drama series, or a self-serving misfire caching in on sociological trends. But, could be the best in-house genre show from the Channel Four stable since Dead Set! That's a super power worthy of any hero or anti-hero...
So, set your PVR to record Misfits, which begins 10PM Thursday November 12th on E4.
Special thanks to Channel Four's Steve and Alex for being so welcoming.
Posted by John Hood at 11:10 am
Labels: channel four, dead set, e4, howard overman, jedi, mad men, misfits, social media, super heroes, twitter
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West Riding, Parishes
High Hoyland
West Riding, Yorkshire
Memorial Inscriptions
Names, Geographical
The Ancient Parish of HIGH HOYLAND
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"HIGH HOYLAND, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles N. of Penistone, 6½ from Barnsley, 9 from Wakefield, 37 from York. Pop. 268. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, in two medieties, each, ~£5. 3s. 4d. Patrons, Colonel and Mrs. Beaumont.
Anciently these two medieties had separate Patrons, and separate Rectors each Incumbent having distinct parsonage Houses, glebes, tithes, &c. and performed the duty alternately. Col. and Mrs. Beaumont having purchased the advowson of the second mediety of the Earl of Mexborough, in 1811, there has been but one Incumbent since."
Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.
Bilham Grange
Bretton Dykes
Cisset
Clayton West
Lower Cumberworth
Toppit
[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
The Barnsley FHS has the full Monumental inscriptions for the High Hoyland Parish Church for sale on the Genfair site. This includes Tombstones, Plaques and Memorial Windows, recorded in 1975 by Hilda L. Dearnley.
Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
All Saints Church, Clayton West, view 1.
The United Reformed Church, Clayton West.
St. Aidan's Church, Skelmanthorpe, view 1.
Internal view looking down the nave
The font
The former Wesleyan Chapel, Skelmanthorpe.
The Trinity Evangelical Church, Skelmanthorpe. This Church is in the cemetery grounds. (The Church's website is here.)
A transcription of the Clayton West Congregational Church History
Transcript of the entry for High Hoyland in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of High Hoyland.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.
There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, Yorkshire extracts.
Ask for a calculation of the distance from High Hoyland to another place.
For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE272102 (Lat/Lon: 53.587683, -1.59058), High Hoyland which are provided by:
The World War I and II War Memorial at Hoyland.
The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
(SE260114) Park Mill
This parish is covered by the following Society:
Barnsley FHS
A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.
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If you have any suggestions for links to other sites that may be useful to other researchers, please use this User Links page
Web-page generated by "DB2html" data-base extraction software ©Colin Hinson 2017
[Last updated at 10.59 on Saturday, 12 December 2020, by Colin Hinson. ©2020]
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Approx 8,000 casino staff join Macau pension scheme: govt
Jun 14, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck
Approximately “8,000” casino staff in Macau have so far joined the local government’s voluntary pension scheme. So said Ieong Iun Lai, head of the department administering the central provident fund, during a Friday radio show hosted by the Chinese-language channel of local public broadcaster TDM.
According to some casino labour groups, the number of people in the scheme could have been higher, but for the fact people can only receive benefits from it when they reach 65, the official retirement age in Macau. Choi Kam Fu, a vice-director at the Macao Federation of Trade Unions, made that point to local media on Thursday.
The scheme – officially the Non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund (CPF) – is meant to give Macau residents an income in their old age, complementing other provisions of the social security system in the city.
Speaking on the Friday radio show, Ms Ieong said she expected a “gradual increase” in the number of casino employees that participate in the voluntary pension scheme. City-wide, there are approximately 156 employers that have joined this scheme, Ms Ieong noted to the audience.
All six Macau casino operators have a commitment to make contributions on behalf of employees under the voluntary pension scheme. Sands China Ltd, Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd, Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd and Wynn Macau Ltd had announced previously that they would join the CPF in July.
Two other casino operators in Macau, SJM Holdings Ltd and MGM China Holdings Ltd, are already in it, as conditions for the extension of their respective gaming concessions until June 26, 2022.
About 17pct of Macau resort eateries...
Casino unpaid leave extends to 2021 say...
Wakayama casino RFP deadline affirms still 2 suitors January 18, 2021
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Intersection of Highway 53 and 211 reopened after crash knocks out signals
Breakfast gives Georgia representatives a peek at needs
Local officials meet to discuss budget issues
0102POLARAUD
Listen as Jeremy Frydrych talks about his dive into the lake.
State representatives will act as Santa’s elves Friday and take note of local officials’ wish lists for next year’s legislative session.
The representatives for legislative districts within Hall County will meet with local council members, commissioners and school board members at Lanier Tech to see what they want to happen in the upcoming legislative session.
And what most of them want is more money.
Gainesville City Manager Bryan Shuler advised the City Council at last week’s work session to ask the delegation about a program that would reimburse cities and counties for money they are having to spend because of the drought. Shuler also told council members to ask the delegation about creating a program to reimburse public utilities departments for money they will lose as a result of state-mandated watering restrictions. Public utilities departments operate like a business, Shuler said, and selling less water could cause financial problems for those departments as the drought drags on.
"Right now it’s not so impactful, but later on it will ... have significant financial implications if we’re accustomed to selling in excess of 20 million gallons of water and we’re selling 15," Shuler said.
Oakwood officials are also going to ask the delegation for money. But Oakwood wants the money to upgrade its city park.
Oakwood City Manager Stan Brown said city officials will ask the delegation for about $25,000 in local assistance grant money to help in the next phase of the city park upgrade. The city will ask for the money to ease the financial burden of building a $60,000 to $80,000 multipurpose court for basketball and volleyball at the park.
Last year, the General Assembly granted Oakwood monies to construct rest rooms and a concessions stand at the park, Brown said.
"We were able to get a lot of things accomplished last year, and we appreciate their support," Brown said.
School officials want more money, too.
Hall County School Board members plan to ask for more funding to help them accommodate the high numbers of immigrant children in their schools. The board said that having immigrant students is more expensive for the schools, and currently, the state is failing to provide adequate funding for schools with these populations.
The Gainesville-Hall County legislative delegation will meet with the public this morning from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Eggs & Issues Breakfast at the Gainesville Civic Center. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle will speak at the event.
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Path of Exile December Events and Lore Q&A, Part 2
Written by ValH on November 26th, 2020
Path of Exile’s upcoming challenge league expansion was recently delayed to January. But while the developers are working on this new expansion, you’ll still be able to get your hands on some fresh Path of Exile content thanks to a series of special events throughout December. These include a week of Mayhem, an Endless Delve event, and a Flashback event. You can read all about them over here.
And here’s just the schedule:
This December, we've lined up three epic events for Path of Exile players to test themselves against. We've planned a one-week Mayhem Event, a one-week Endless Delve Event and a three-week Heist Flashback Event to keep the slaybells ringing during the holiday period in the lead-up to our endgame expansion in January. Please find our schedule below for our most important upcoming dates.
Dates In US/EU Timezone
Dec 4 - One-Week Mayhem
Dec 11 - One-Week Endless Delve
Dec 18 - Three-Week Heist Flashback
Jan 7 - 3.13 Announcement Livestream
Jan 11 - Heist Ends on PC
Jan 15 - 3.13 PC Launch
Jan 21 - 3.13 Console Launch
Beyond that, you can now read the second part of the official lore Q&A (check out the first part). Have a look:
We're continuing to share bits and pieces of Path of Exile's world. Check out the first batch of lore questions and answers here. We hope all the lore fans will find this news post interesting. Enjoy!
Why did Grigor try to enter the Temple of Solaris? What did he want to do with remnants of the Gemling Queen? Why did he ask Exile to destroy these remnants?
Grigor tried to enter the Temple of Solaris to find the remains of the Gemling Queen. He did this because of an ode, Of Jewels and Eternity. Grigor regarded her as ‘the enigma behind the fall of the Ezomytes and the Eternals both’ as well as ‘a living embodiment of the cataclysm.’ He initially wanted the Exile to destroy the remnants to keep Piety from getting them for her research, but once he found out the Gemling Queen was still alive, he seemed quite concerned for her safety from the Ebony Legion. I believe he regarded her as a crucial part of his own tale as an Ezomyte and as a gemling (Piety put a gem in his vital organs). In essence, this was a search for answers.
Clarissa: "...Vinia sold her thaumaturgy in the day, her body at night. Sought after, she was. Enough so to become one of my best buyers..." Why was Piety one of Clarissa's best buyers? Did Clarissa sell something special that Piety needed?
Clarissa sells gems, flasks, and other mystical devices. In Oriath, some of that - especially the gems - was illegal. She likely got into that business after her father lost all the family’s money to gambling and they were forced to move. From there, Hargan started helping take care of her, so his underground business contacts probably got Clarissa into selling illegal items to make ends meet.
Vinia dabbled in thaumaturgy, and purchased such things from Clarissa, since they were difficult to obtain. As Vinia’s skill with thaumaturgy grew, so too did her need for reagents and components.
What are the reasons behind Clarissa's and Hargan's exile?
Clarissa doesn’t discuss why she was exiled, but it probably had something to do with her affiliation with Vinia and the selling of illegal thaumaturgical items. Clarissa was aware of her ‘buyer’s’ use of thaumaturgy. Once Vinia became Piety, Clarissa was likely exiled as a way to get rid of any loose ends. Indeed, many references point to Dominus exiling anyone who posed even the slightest threat to his plans.
Hargan became Clarissa’s guardian in Oriath after her father lost all the family money gambling. While Hargan is clearly willing to get involved in looting antiquities and other shady business dealings, no one is quite sure why he was exiled. Personally, I believe he was never actually exiled, but left Oriath of his own accord to continue watching out for Clarissa. He’ll deny it, of course, to maintain his image.
Was the Vaal pyramid underground all the time and arose only when the Darkness was destroyed?
Yes. The pyramid rises and breaks out from under the ground after the Vaal Oversoul is destroyed. There is actually a drill at the top, so some ancient architect intended this structure to put on quite a show. One can imagine being a Vaal citizen and watching the sacrificial temple literally rise from the earth to block out the evening sun...
Did Dominus start to experiment with thaumaturgy only because of Piety?
It’s very difficult to determine this. Reviewing the testimony of the people the Exile met, Dominus ran many different projects in his pursuit of power. However, the timing does line up rather compellingly. It’s very possible that Piety, then Vinia, sold Dominus on a vision of power the night before she was to be burned at the stake. After Dominus met with her, she was pardoned, given a new name, and put in charge of grim research. Not too long after, mass exilings began, and Dominus directed Blackguard legions to Wraeclast - including Helena’s expedition.
When did Dominus start experimenting with thaumaturgy? Was it before he became the High Templar, after, or just recently?
Dominus has always been quite ambitious, and willing to violate the tenets of the Templar faith in secret to pursue power. Thaumaturgy was not fully on his radar before he became High Templar, however. His interests were elsewhere at that time...
So his research into Wraeclast could be described as recent. That interest was the impetus for the overzealous exiling trend. The people being exiled were sent to Wraeclast to be observed and experimented on in many different ways. Thus, the Exile’s story begins.
Could you elaborate more on the power of Innocence and the power of Beast? Why are they different, why couldn't Dominus wield the Sign of Purity?
Innocence derives power from Divinity, which comes from the power of believers and faith. There was a time long ago when anyone with enough followers could ascend to godhood, and that was when most of the gods we know, including Innocence, were created. Unfortunately, there seems to be a feedback cycle involved with Divinity, in which the image the leader projects informs what beliefs the followers imprint upon the leader, perpetuating an ongoing exaggeration of traits and desires. Sin retained his humanity, likely because Innocence had him vilified in the Templar religion rather than worshipped; as the gods became increasingly unstable, Sin decided to create the Beast, which feeds upon the energies of faith. The gods, denied the divine energies from their followers, went to sleep.
Unfortunately for everyone, the Beast didn’t just consume divine energies - the process of digesting it leaked its inverse, Corruption, as a form of waste. While divine energies are extremely ordered and focused, Corruption is inherently chaotic and maddening. Corruption bathed Wraeclast over the ages, irradiating the land with sinister energies. Eventually, some realized that this could offer an alternate route to power. The first ones who tried it were the Vaal, and that eventually led to their destruction. Thousands of years later, the Eternal Empire tried it, too, with similar disastrous results. Not learning from history, in modern times High Templar Dominus became obsessed with Corruption, spending all his resources to research it. He was eventually so steeped in Corruption that the Sign of Purity became anathema to him, for Divinity and Corruption are opposites.
For a bit of extra information on the question, this is the same general reason that people couldn’t become gods while the Beast was active. The best a person can hope for on Wraeclast is to remain neutral, unaffected by either. For example, one can be spared corrupted mutations if they inspire faith in those around them. That might be why the Exile remains human when so many others become abominations in proximity to Corruption. Wraeclast also has thousands of years of imbued Corruption that will continue to radiate for an unknown length of time, so the gods the Exile encountered in Acts 5 through 10 were much weaker than they were in the past.
How many years has Dominus been the High Templar? When did Avarius become the High Templar?
Dominus took over as High Templar after Venarius’ disappearance. That event occurred when Zana was a child, so we can guess that Dominus was the High Templar for two or three decades. We can’t be more specific because Zana won’t tell us her age (and it'd be rude to ask!).
Avarius became the High Templar some time after Dominus is slain in Act 3. It is likely there was a period of contention over power, because Avarius only truly rose to prominence once the Beast was slain in Act 4 and Innocence awoke and possessed him. That means Avarius was only High Templar for a very short time, relatively speaking, before the Exile comes along and destroys him, too.
Is it possible that Piety learned lightning spells from Shavronne and cold/fire spells from Lunaris/Solaris respectively? Or was it more of a 'common knowledge' that doesn't come from the gods?
Thaumaturgy comes from virtue gems. Piety had a Ball Lightning gem, an Ice Shot gem linked to a Multiple Projectiles support, and a fire melee gem of some sort. Her blood minion summoning and her transformations, on the other hand, were proto-Corruption abilities learned from her horrible experiments on the victims in the Lunaris Temple. Steeped in Corruption as she was, she could not have employed any divine abilities.
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U.S. Winter Bid for 2022 or 2026
By Soaring,
March 11, 2010 in 2022 Olympic Games Bids
Soaring 182
Think big. Aim higher.
Location:Formerly Chicago, Currently Tulsa
I am beginning to think that it will be inevitable that the USOC puts in a OWG bid for either 2022 or 2026. I know, it is impossible to predict, but I really can't see the USOC sitting idol for too long. I of course would prefer the USOC to wait, and put their main energy into a 2028 Summer bid.
Reno-Tahoe and Anchorage have been scoping out a Winter Olympics for quite some time (at least since the 1980's). Anchorage garnered a second place (23 vote) first round for the '94 Games, but was eliminated in the next round. Denver can't be discounted either.
So if you could pick a USOC candidate city for 2022 or 2026, who would it be?
Denver, Colorado (Population: 600,000/2.5 million metro)
Reno, Nevada (Population: 218,000/310,000 metro)
Anchorage, Alaska (Population: 280,00/360,000 metro)
or somewhere else?
baron-pierreIV 203 posts
Athensfan 166 posts
Quaker2001 115 posts
FYI 82 posts
Rob.
It came across as arrogant (maybe that's far too strong a word actually) because it's making an assumption that the vote was about a message to America, when quite frankly it wasn't. It's viewing the
Athensfan
The thing that surprises me the most in this thread is that there are so many people who are unwilling to just be patient. Is it really that hard to wait and put forward a top-drawer American bid when
baron-pierreIV
And do u really think they will turn down the whatever $.5 million deposit for over a year + all the interest it can add to its coffers, at the outset--just to put US supporters' mind at rest? And wh
For purely personal preference, I'd like to see Anchorage, or a New England bid.
OneTimeOnly 171
OneTimeOnly
Location:New York, New York, USA
Denver. Reno is deluded if they think they are a viable candidate.
baron-pierreIV 1693
Cauldron Lighter 20000 Club
Denver is deluded if it thinks the USOC will attach their name to that city again.
It's Reno-Tahoe's turn. Last time in the area was 50 years ago.
Athensfan 1081
I have not been bashful about expressing my views regarding the next U.S. bid. I STRONGLY believe the next Games on U.S. soil must be Summer Games. If 2024 is not the right time, then I think the U.S. needs to bid for 2028. I believe ANY Winter Bid would be an enormous mistake because a winter hosting would significantly prolong the wait for another Summer Games. This would be catastrophic for American Olympic fans, sponsors and athletes.
IF, however, the U.S. bids for 2022 and they lose, this will increase the IOC's incentive to reward a future summer bid.
It is interesting to note that Denver was 50 degrees Fahrenheit during the Vancouver Games and is the only city to ever "give the Games back." I have not heard much passion or drive about a Denver WOG.
Reno seems to have plenty of energy and interest, but the city itself is an embarrassment. I cannot imagine "welcoming the world" to Reno. It is just tacky strip malls and casinos. Zero international appeal. Tahoe is beautiful, but Reno is decidedly not.
I haven't really heard of any serious interest from other potential Winter bidders.
The truth is that the qualifications of the city alone are not enough to win a bid. Leadership and vision are just as important if not more so. It is difficult to compare any hypothetical bids without being able to assess their quality of leadership. I believe the USOC recognizes this and I think they will tread very carefully. They will not bid for any Games (Summer or Winter) unless they feel they have a capable, internationally attractive host city with dynamic, trustworthy leadership.
Other than the Temple, do you think salt Lake is/was beautiful? What were Squaw Valley and Lake Placid? Mere villages. A city with a 280,000 population can be prettied up with all the right Olympic banners. Look at Vancouver.
If they can get a $30 milllion warchest going, Reno will be the US candidate to beat. Denver is about as delusional as Tulsa.
The issue is not Reno's size. Reno is TACKY. Salt Lake may not be the world's most glamorous, cosmopolitan city, but it isn't cheap. Reno is tacky, cheap and ugly. It showcases many of our country's worst qualities. I COULD NOT support a Reno bid and I think the USOC need to have their heads examined if they consider it.
This is NOT an argument in favor of Denver (or anywhere else). If Reno is the best the U.S. can offer then they jolly well better sit out the race. Reno doesn't stand a chance against any number of potential European or Asian hosts.
The worst case scenario would be if the USOC submitted a Reno bid for 2022, if the IOC awarded Reno the Game not because they believed Reno to be the best host, but as a goodwill gesture to the Americans and because of continental rotation, if everybody left the Reno Games thinking "Why in the world did we decide to go THERE? Let's never go back to the U.S. again." That would be the worst case scenario.
NOT RENO.
nykfan845 51
nykfan845
Melodramatic much?
This post actually made me laugh.
Faster 545
Torch Bearer 10000 Club
Location:Waterloo
Arrogant much. What about the French sponsor and sports fan and athletes, 8 sports generations of summer athletes without a home games, or Japanese sponsor, fans and athletes that have gone 5. Or Africa that has gone 12. Yes its such a catastrophe that the rest of the world gets to host the games and the rest of the world's people and countries can host and compete in front of home fans.
There are a fair few people that think the Atlanta experience has dampened IOC spirits/nose plugging to the US. And lets be honest, the IOC has had to deal with 7 years of it with China.
It just debunks your "Summer First and Only" bid. I told you that is a very flawed mindset.
Personally, I don't think it's ever going to come to this.
I doubt the USOC will put forward a Reno bid and even if they are foolish to do so, I doubt the IOC would vote for it.
stir.ts 18
stir.ts
Winter sport is more about geography than glamour, if the natural setting is spectacular who needs the pretence? Not to mention there is plenty of glamour in Tahoe if you know where to find it. As for Reno, it's a great winter hub, with a few banners I'm sure it'd dress perty darn nice!
NO SUMMER GAMES, too expensive.
I think Athensfans thinks he is in the USOC.
He also forgot the Tahoe part.
If they are going to have it in Tahoe then have it ALL in Tahoe. How many of you have actually BEEN to Reno. It's a mini Las Vegas! You're are CRAZY if you think Reno is going to be the place the USOC would put forth for another winter bid. It'll be Denver or nothing. Reno is a joke!
My last couple of posts were focused solely on American bidding intentions (the subject of this thread).If you have read many of my other posts, you will see that I strongly believe the Olympics are a global event. I do not think the U.S. is entitled to host and I believe unofficial continental rotation is a good thing. I think the U.S. has been very fortunate to enjoy so many Olympic Games on home soil. I do not believe that the IOC owes the U.S. I think there are many countries that could and should stage excellent Games. If the above posts are the only posts of mine that you have read, I can see how you might decide that I am just another self-centered American, but in the context of my whole body of posts, I think you will find this is not the case.
As an American, of course I would like to see another Games on home soil. I'm just expressing my opinion on the wisest course of action for future U.S. bids. I admit that perhaps "catastrophe" was too strong a word. However, if the U.S. has to wait until 40 years after Atlanta to host the Summer Games, I think American interest in the Olympics may radically deteriorate. This would be saddening to me personally because I value the Games and would be disappointed to see enthusiasm wane.
I do not think the Olympics will die if the U.S. audience and sponsors lose interest. The IOC will just have to develop audiences and sponsors in other parts of the world. This is very possible.
I am impressed that the countries you mentioned (France, Japan, and others) have not lost their Olympic fervor. Unfortunately we Americans have short attention spans. It is a character weakness.
I reiterate my hope that the U.S. will focus on a summer hosting and abandon the thought of pursuing the Winter Games -- especially with a substandard host like Reno. (Incidentally, Baron, I fail to see how Reno's lackluster image is an argument in favor of WOGS over SOGS....)
Hope this has offered some clarification.
No idea why you made the USOC crack. I've got an opinion, that's all.
If you re-read my earlier posts you will see that I acknowledged Lake Tahoe is beautiful. It is -- stunning, in fact. But there are no stadiums or rinks in Lake Tahoe. The nearest urban center is Reno. These recent Olympics weren't the Whistler Games, they were the Vancouver Games. Similarly, unless somebody wants to build a lot more accommodation and a good number of venues in Lake Tahoe, a Tahoe/Reno bid would become the Reno bid.
Dear Athens Fan,
I like your posts, I wish you would post more, you are always balanced. But you are too hard on Reno, it in such a fantastic location to support Tahoe, and it has it's own sort of western charm. If you ski a lot you have to appretiate Reno as the gateway to Tahoe (unless you are luckey and have a small plane to land in South Shore!)
Thanks, Stir.
I would love to give Reno the benefit of the doubt, but my limited experience has been pretty negative. Banners can hide a lot, but they don't provide an infusion of culture or history. The Olympics are such a significant event and, as we can clearly see just from this forum, we should not take Games on American soil for granted. If we are going to have to wait several decades between hostings (no one is sure how many), do we really want to invite the world to Reno? Is that the best we've got to offer? I really hope not.
Regarding the expense of Summer Games that others have alluded to, American Games are notoriously profitable and I have full confidence that any American Games would be financially successful. Any bid that is anything less than financially sound will not make it out of the starting gate.
FYI 1191
I can't see Denver going for it. I think the poeple of Colorado would try & stop it again.
While Reno isn't "pretty", per se (which neither is Sochi, so what gives), the one important thing that they do have is the drive & great enthusiam to go along with the bid, which is one of the key elements that the IOC likes to see in a bid campaign. Afterall, the IOC is not particularly a big fan of sending the Games to places where the local people absolutely don't want them.
There's a lot of history in Reno. I guess you gotta like that type of open western country with tons of space to just ride your horse (or drive) as far as you can see. Reno attracts a lot of riff-raff, but it has a lot of authenticity too. Did I mention it's the gatway to Tahoe!!! I could see a lot of exciting development in Reno to accomodate the games. People probably thought Salt Lake City sounded lame before they came. What's important in winter is geographic location!!!!! And in that respect Reno would be great!
On the surface, Denver seems the most capable (would Aspen be too far?). I know Baron, you hate any idea of Denver hosting because of the '76 debacle...
Anchorage kind of sounds appealing in an unexpected way for me, but I think their largest stadium only seats 8,000. Alaska really doesn't get much attention, so I think it would be cool to bring such an important event to that state. I wonder how short the daylight hours are in February...
I kind of agree with Athensfan about Reno. I don't really care for the town, but it would be awesome if Tahoe were to some how become capable of hosting on their own. I have never been to Reno, but my impression of the city is a cheap Las Vegas know-off.
...I meant knock-off.
As majestic as an Anchorage Winter Olympics would be, Anchorage's best chances I think have come & gone (92 & 94). Their infrastructure doesn't have what it takes to accommodate what the Winter Games have become now. Anchorage's chances on getting the Winter Games are probably just as bleak as Honolulu getting the Summer Games.
Nice post. I do think, though, you underestimate your fellow Americans' attention spans with the Olympics. I really think when it comes down to it, just the fact of following your Team US, with its proud history, will always be a drawcard, even or especially if they are battling it out on foreign fields. I also feel in some ways having "too much of a good thing" could possibly even be more of an enthusiasm damper than too few hostings. What makes the Olympics so special to host in countries like my own, and I'm sure most others, is that it really IS a Once In A Lifetime event, a celebration you'll likely never be able to experience again in your homeland, and how this even more makes your homeland the subject of keen world attention, without familiarity breeding disinterest. Maybe, in hindsight, it was just a bit too much to have so many games in the US, in such a short period of time, from Lake Placid 1980 through to SLC 2002. It has led to too much of a sense of expectation and entitlement and less that it is a rare and precious event.
Yeah, I've been through the Reno-Tahoe area and agree with you. It was probably the part of the US where I best experienced a taste of the "Old West", and yeah, while as a casino town it's a bit ... cheezy ... I could still see it as a centre that could rise to the Olympic challenge.
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On the surface, Denver seems the most capable (would Aspen be too far?).
Aspen is farther than many large capable areas and resorts, and I think it would be unlikely they would host any alpine events. Aspen would also present some challenges with samaller access roads. I think there would also be local resistance for several reasons.
Plus, that could be the core of Reno's bid...an urban renewal...an upgrade to a more deluxe town much as there's more to Vegas now than just gambling.
Further, so long as Reno can present even A- venues, everyone (or at least that matter for the Olympics, and the cameras) in Reno will be inside at those venues anyway. Tahoe will take care of the daytime gorgeous scenery; and Reno's "tackiness" will be disguised at night. So it's Torino+Salt Lake with the neon.
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September 11, 2020 September 11, 2020 by Ganjactivist1
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Local partnership highlights Star Buds’ continued growth and brings deli-style buying experience to Jamaica
Star Buds, an internationally-operating cannabis retailer, has opened its first dispensary in Jamaica, featuring a deli-style buying experience for its customers.
Founded in 2013, Star Buds was one of the first companies to receive a dispensary license in Colorado, and has since expanded to 23 locations in the Rocky Mountain State, Maryland, Oklahoma and, now, Kingston, Jamaica.
Star Buds is the eighth dispensary to open in Jamaica since 2016, when the island decriminalized cannabis and established a regulated medical marijuana industry.
The company’s Kingston location is the first non-vertically integrated cannabis dispensary on the island, procuring all of its products from other locally-owned cannabis companies.
“We have taken it upon ourselves to support the local industry [and] the local farmers that have all these products for sale,” owner/operator Jonathan Harris says.
Star Buds is also the first dispensary in Jamaica to dispense cannabis flower deli-style, which Harris says provides a transparent experience for customers.
“Every other dispensary in Jamaica has the prepackaged model, and we do deli-style,” he says. “Customers have all these items in front of them, and we package and serve it to them.”
Harris likens the experience to a Subway sandwich shop, where customers can see the ingredients and examine their quality before purchasing. In contrast, at dispensaries that use a prepackaged model, he says “you get it prepackaged, you go home, and you might not like the product quality [or] the size. You might not like the way it looks, and you’ve already made your purchase, and there are no refunds, unfortunately.”
Harris says Star Buds’ deli-style model “changes the whole experience for Jamaicans.”
“They’re actually able to see what they are getting beforehand,” he says. “They can actually choose and be more comfortable and more secure in what they’re getting because they’re actually seeing what they’re purchasing, versus not seeing the quality that they’re really getting. … What they’re getting is served right there in front of them and they can … feel more confident purchasing.”
Star Buds’ dispensary is situated on Hope Road, the main road through Kingston, and is positioned a short distance from the Bob Marley Museum, which was built to preserve the area where Marley cultivated cannabis and recorded his music.
The dispensary held a soft opening due to coronavirus-related restrictions that placed limits on in-person gatherings and allowed only six people at a time into the 1,000-square-foot space. Now, as some of the restrictions have lifted, up to 250 people are permitted at gatherings, and Star Buds is planning a grand opening celebration for a to-be-determined date after Jamaican Independence Day, which takes place Aug. 6.
“We’re trying to have local reggae artists, and we’ll have a couple other vendors [with] everything from food to art to fashion—really just having everything to do with Jamaican culture all in one,” Harris says.
Overall, Harris is most excited about the opportunity to educate Jamaicans about the cannabis industry. While cannabis has been part of Jamaican culture for years, Harris says not everyone has embraced it.
“Even though we’re a great place for cannabis [and] we’re world-renowned for it, Jamaica itself has a stigma of cannabis use,” he says. “With education, it’s amazing to see people actually learning about the plant and understanding exactly what cannabis can do for them.”
Beyond that, Harris would like to open at least three more retail locations in Jamaica, and he also has his eye on other countries in the Caribbean, such as St. Lucia, which recently moved to decriminalize cannabis.
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Increased bone mineral density in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: Impact of body composition differences.
Bone mineral density (BMD) has been reported to be both higher and lower in Indigenous women fromdifferent populations. Body composition data have been reported for Indigenous Australians, but there are few published BMD data in this population. We assessed BMD in 161 Indigenous Australians, identified as Aboriginal (n=70), Torres Strait Islander (n=68) or both (n=23).BMD measurementswere made on Norland-XR46 (n=107) and Hologic (n=90) dual?energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) machines. Norland BMD and body composition measurements in these individuals, and also in 36 Caucasian Australians, were converted to equivalent Hologic BMD (BMDH) and body composition measurements for comparison. Femoral neck (FN) and lumbar spine Z-scores were high in Indigenous participants (mean FN Z?score: Indigenous men +0.98, pb0.0001 vs. mean zero; Indigenous women +0.82, pb0.0001 vs. mean zero). FN BMDH was higher in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander than Caucasian participants, after adjusting for age, gender, diabetes and height and remained higher in men after addition of lean mass to the model. We conclude that FN BMD is higher in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians than Caucasian Australian reference ranges and these differences still remained significant in men after adjustment for lean mass. It remains to be seen whether these BMD differences translate to differences in fracture rates.
Maple-Brown, L.J.; Hughes, J.; Piers, L.S.; Ward, L.C.; Meerkin, J.; Eisman, J.A.; Center, J.R.; Pocock, N.A.; Jerums, G.; O'Dea, K.
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Steve Vai to talk guitars, music and “esoteric life principles” in two weekly Facebook Live series
By Richard Bienstock 31 March 2020
“It seems the world lockdown situation was the right time,” says Vai about the Q&A sessions
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Steve Vai recently gave us a tour of his weirdest and wackiest guitars. Now, he is offering fans a journey into the deepest recesses of his mind, as the electric guitar wizard has announced the launch of two weekly Facebook Live question and answer sessions.
The first series, titled Alien Guitar Secrets Live: Music and You, will see Vai offer insights into the guitar, music, his career and the business. Additionally, he'll break down various songs from his catalog to show techniques and discuss writing, recording, publishing, promoting and touring.
The second series, Under It All: Hard Questions, finds Vai engaging in “more esoteric life principles and topics where no question is off limits,” including “his observations surrounding life, the creative process, spirituality or the human condition.”
The two Facebook Live series will take place on Tuesdays or Thursdays at 12 PM PST.
Said Vai, “For the past three to five years I have been bouncing around in my mind the idea of launching these two webinars, but was waiting for an organic opportunity, and it seems the world lockdown situation was the right time.
“I had no idea of knowing how these would be received, but the moment I went live, within minutes there were thousands and thousands of people logged in and the comments were tremendously encouraging. It was quite the shocker to get this kind of response, and quite humbling at the same time.
“My goal in these webinars is not to talk about myself so much, but to answer people’s questions that I may be able to assist with an answer based on my own experience.”
For more information, head to Steve Vai’s official Facebook page.
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Ali pledges to work with Surinamese gov’t to ensure greater respect for democratic norms, craft pathway to deepen economic, social cooperation
Guyana’s President, Dr Irfaan Ali has given his commitment to working with the Surinamese government to bolster bilateral trade, and to preserve democratic norms and values. He made this comment and more in his congratulatory message at the Extraordinary Sitting of the National Assembly of the Republic Of Suriname, on the occasion of the country’s 45th Independence Anniversary.
Scenes from Suriname’s Independence Day Parade and Cultural display earlier today.
President Ali said that both Guyana and Suriname held elections this year, and that both governments were elected. This, he said, is a reminder that democracy “remains the strongest ally for development”, because it allows electorates to choose their governments, and to hold them accountable.
“Guyana looks forward to working with Suriname to ensure greater respect for democratic norms and values. Democracy helps to unlock the latent potential of our economies and to boost investor confidence. Indeed, Guyana and Suriname are totally perched to benefit from accelerated growth and development, not only through the exploitation of our natural resources but through the abundant potential that lies in Agriculture, value-added, tourism and expanded trade. The attention these resources now attract should make all of us even more thankful for the achievement of political Independence. Investors and entrepreneurs are now knocking at our doors, more eager than ever to do business,” he said.
Ali pledge the solidarity of his government with the people of Suriname and committed to working to ensure enhanced cooperation for mutual benefit. He told the House that the future of Guyana’s economy is intertwined with that of Suriname and opined that both countries “seize this special period to strengthen our bilateral relations”.
He added: “We have a golden opportunity to begin to dismantle the impediments through bilateral trade – especially if there are no legal obstructions. We should take advantage of both the synergies and complementarities of our economies to deepen economic and social integration. Guyana and Suriname are also part of the Caribbean Community. The 45th Anniversary of the Republic of Suriname comes at a time for both states to take the lead in demonstrating the efficacy of regional integration. Together we can meet and fulfill a great proportion of the food needs within the Caribbean Community.”
DEDICATED PATHWAY
As Suriname celebrates and enters into the 46th year of its independence and as Guyana prepares to celebrate its 55th year of independence next year, Ali said that both countries should create a dedicated pathway that would deepen economic and social cooperation.
“My government is prepared to exert its energies in working with the government of Suriname on the creation of such a plan,” he said. In closing, Ali congratulated the President of the Republic of Suriname, Chan Santokhi, his government and the people of Suriname.
“[O]n this auspicious celebration of the Republic of Suriname’s 45th Independence Anniversary. I pray that God will continue to bring the people of Suriname together, bring you in peace and continue to allow prosperity and democracy to flourish in this beautiful land of yours. On behalf of the Government and people of Guyana, I wish Suriname continued peace and prosperity in the years ahead. Happy Independence Anniversary! May God bless all of the people and all of you here today and your families.”
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Notes Official Mistake at Presidents Cup
GEORGE, South Africa -- Stuart Appleby and K.J. Choi hit out of turn on the par-5 fifth hole Thursday in the Presidents Cup, but they were spared the loss-of-hole penalty because of an official's mistake.
In the alternate-shot match against Tiger Woods and Charles Howell III, Choi hit his drive so far left that it wound up at the base of a thick shrub.
Appleby decided they should take a one-stroke penalty for an unplayable lie, and he summoned Theo Manyama from the Sunshine Tour to clarify.
Manyama told Choi to take the drop and hit the shot. Appleby assumed the second shot -- which belonged to him -- was the penalty stroke, and Choi would hit the third.
Woods and Howell looked back as Choi was hitting, and questioned whether it should have been Appleby playing the shot.
The Americans were right.
However, since Manyama told them what to do, they were not penalized.
Manyama said he made the ruling because he thought Appleby had hit the tee shot.
Ultimately, it didn't matter.
The International team reached the green in four, while Howell hit his second shot just over the green and Woods' chipped down to 2 feet for a sure birdie.
Manyama, embarrassed by his goof, was at least glad Woods and Howell won the hole outright.
'That was my consolation,' he said. 'I feel sick about this.'
COIN TOSS: South African president Thabo Mbeki, an honorary chairman at the Presidents Cup, was in charge of the coin flip on the first tee to determine whether the U.S. or the International team had the honor to hit first.
As he went to flip the coin, it slipped out of his hand.
Mbeki laughed, looked on the ground and saw it favored the International team.
'Their turn,' he said to Nick Price and Mike Weir, as everyone laughed.
Former President Bush smiled and shook his head.
'I want a recount,' Bush said.
THE BEAR RETURNS: U.S. captain Jack Nicklaus was still suffering from flu-like symptoms Thursday, his voice cracking as he announced his team during the opening ceremony.
Still, he was on the course watching the Americans play, and his pep talk on the eve of the Presidents Cup was a big hit.
'He said, 'This is my last event,' meaning playing or captaining,' Kenny Perry said. 'And that inspired me. I wanted to win. I would rather win this for him than anything because probably this is it. He's going out.'
Nicklaus brushed it off on two accounts.
Asked what was the best thing he could say to a player coming to the 18th hole of a close match, Nicklaus replied, 'nothing.'
'They know where they are. They know what they're doing,' Nicklaus said. 'Do they like support? Absolutely. Saying something, would it make any difference? Just for me, I couldn't see it.'
He also clarified his future.
Nicklaus said he plans to play the Memorial next year, and probably the Masters. He would like to play a PGA Tour event in Florida to make sure his game is in shape.
EYE OF THE TIGER: Charles Howell III has played several practice rounds with Tiger Woods, and they even played against each other in the quarterfinals of the 1996 U.S. Amateur, won by Woods.
They were partners for the first time Thursday, and Howell said he was reminded how badly Woods wants to win.
'As competitive as everyone thinks he is, you can just triple that,' Howell said. 'It's amazing that when the gun goes off on Thursday, he's not the same guy you see on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. And that got my attention.'
Howell was the 12th partner for Woods in the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup, and Woods said it was a good pairing.
'I'm a little bit shorter than he is, but that's OK,' Woods said. 'That's just old age.'
Woods (27) and Howell (24) are the youngest two players on the U.S. team.
DIVOTS: Phil Mickelson has changed back to his old blade-styled putter after using the Scotty Cameron Futura during the PGA Tour season. Lefty holed his share of putts, including a 45-footer down the slope on No. 2 for birdie, and a testy 4-footer that gave him and David Toms a 1-up lead on the 16th. ... While the galleries were partisan toward the International team, they were cheering every shot struck by Woods, favoring him over Stuart Appleby and K.J. Choi. That could change Friday, as Woods and Howell are in the final better-ball match against South Africans Ernie Els and Tim Clark. ... The wives of Jim Furyk and K.J. Choi did not make the trip because they are due to give birth in December.
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BY Rex Hoggard — December 11, 2020
The 2026 Presidents Cup will be relocated to Medinah Country Club’s No. 3 course from TPC Harding Park the PGA Tour announced Friday.
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BY Ryan Lavner — July 08, 2020
The Ryder Cup wasn’t the only team competition affected by the Wednesday postponement of the matches to 2021.
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Collegiate stars get invites to John Deere Classic
The John Deere Classic is continuing its tradition of offering up sponsor invites to potential future stars by giving four high-profile college players starts in this year's event.
Recently announced Jack Nicklaus Award winner Norman Xiong (Oregon), NCAA individual champion Broc Everett (Augusta), No. 1-ranked amatuer Doug Ghim (Texas), and two-time Big 10 Player of the Year Nick Hardy (Illinois) will compete at TPC Deere Run, July 12-15. Hardy played last year, making the cut and tying for 55th.
“In the past we’ve given sponsor exemptions to some elite young players who have gone on to win major championships, but I don’t think we ever have invited as strong a class as we have this year,” said John Deere Classic tournament director Clair Peterson in a statement. “It’s a tradition that the John Deere Classic established many years ago and this year the tradition continues in a big way.”
Past sponsor invites have included: Jordan Spieth, who has twice won this event; Bryson DeChambeau, who won last year; Zach Johnson, the 2012 champ; Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Jason Day, Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar and Aaron Wise.
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Illinois sophomore Nick Hardy had to turn down a few of the players' kind gestures Saturday.
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Scott loses late lead; still searching for win at Match Play
By Ryan Lavner
AUSTIN, Texas – Adam Scott ended his seven-match losing streak at the WGC-Dell Match Play – sort of.
In control of his match Wednesday against Thomas Pieters, Scott lost the 16th hole after leaving himself in a tough spot, then dropped the 17th after Pieters made an 18-foot birdie putt. They halved the match.
“It’s pathetic,” Scott said. “I finished par-par-par, but just didn’t beat the guy that I’m playing today. You’ve got to close it out like you’re trying to win a tournament, and that wasn’t good enough today.”
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Scott has had a rough time in this event of late. He went 0-3 in pool play last year and got knocked out in the first round three consecutive years before that. He hasn't won a match since 2010.
He appeared on the verge of ending that skid, but he sent his approach shot into the par-5 16th long and left of the green. From a severe downslope, his pitch shot raced across the green and led to a par.
“I hit it in a spot on 16 that you just can’t hit it,” he said. “Massive error.”
Scott will face Chris Wood (0-1) on Thursday.
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BY Ryan Lavner — November 04, 2020
Adam Scott had recently planned to visit Augusta National to get an initial sense of how the home of the Masters would play in the fall.
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UL Crown roster spots at stake in Women's PGA
KILDEER, Ill. – The South Koreans are waging the most intense roster battle to make the UL International Crown.
But the Americans have a nice struggle going, too.
The eight teams qualifying for the UL International Crown were set a month ago, but this week’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship marks the end of individual qualifying.
The top four players in the world rankings from the eight countries that have qualified will make their nation’s rosters after the final putt falls Sunday and the new world rankings are released.
South Korea, the United States, Japan, England, Australia, Thailand, Sweden and Chinese Taipei qualified.
For South Korea, world No. 1 Inbee Park is a lock to make the team, and No. 5 So Yeon Ryu should be, too. No. 6 Sung Hyun Park is hoping to take the third roster spot, with No. 7 Hye Jin Choi and No. 8 I.K. Kim battling for the fourth spot. It’s not inconceivable Choi and Kim could both move up and bump out Sung Hyun Park.
No. 15 In Gee Chun, No. 16 Jin Young Ko, No. 21 Eun-Hee Ji, No. 23 Sei Young Kim and No. 26 Jiyai Shin are also in the mix.
There is intense interest in South Korea with that nation hosting the event for the first time. The competition is scheduled Oct. 4-7 in Incheon.
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“All the fans expect us to hold the crown, but we haven’t held it yet,” Ryu said.
Spain won the inaugural International Crown in 2014 and the Americans won it in 2016.
World No. 3 Lexi Thompson is a lock to make the American team, No. 11 Jessica Korda and No. 12 Cristie Kerr are in good positions, with No. 17 Michelle Wie trying to hold on to the last spot.
No. 22 Danielle Kang, No. 27 Lizette Salas and No. 32 Marina Alex are best positioned to make runs onto the team this week.
“It’s a huge deal,” Salas said. “It’s a goal of mine to make the team, but I’m not thinking about who else is trying to make it. My focus is on playing well this week.”
For Thailand, there’s also a tight race, with No. 152 Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong holding down the final spot and No. 156 Thidapa Suwannapura battling her. They are both in the field this week.
For Australia, No. 80 Sarah Jane Smith is holding the last roster spot and looking to hold off No. 95 Hannah Green and Hall of Famer Karrie Webb, who is No. 145.
Here are the UL team standings:
For Korean women, golf is double-edged sword
BY Randall Mell — October 17, 2018
When In Gee Chun won the recent KEB Hana Bank Championship, her smile masked a disturbing secret: her relief that the intense pressure to win would abate - for a while.
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Huge crowds, fan clubs -- Korea is positively mad for women's golf. American players love it, but wonder, why isn't it like this in the U.S.?
Scramble: Teamwork(s), unless it doesn't
BY Will Gray — October 08, 2018
Brandt Snedeker lets one get away, Jim Furyk speaks up, the LPGA gets it right, the European Tour gets creative and more in this week’s edition of the Monday Scramble:
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2020 Sydney Good Food Month | Post Event Survey T&Cs
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The Sinner Season Two Is Instantly Addictive
Carrie Coon is the star of The Sinner season two, which premieres tonight on USA. Honestly, that could be the end of my review, since she’s reason enough to watch the latest installment of this anthology crime series. Coon established herself as such a commanding presence in The Leftovers and Fargo that whenever she joins a show, it automatically becomes must-see TV.
But there are plenty more things to recommend about The Sinner, including another murder-driven narrative that immediately draws in the viewer, a precise balance between character development and plot advancement that doesn’t succumb to lulls, and a fine lead performance by Bill Pullman as the grizzled yet compassionate Detective Harry Ambrose. In particular, Ambrose serves as the primary connective tissue between the first season — which starred Jessica Biel as a wife and mother who suddenly stabbed a man to death for reasons that slowly came into focus — and the second, which also begins with a crime that seems to solve itself, until motive enters the picture. (Biel remains onboard, but this time off screen as executive producer.)
The first episode opens on a couple and a preteen named Julian (Elisha Henig) taking what appears to be a family summer road trip to Niagara Falls. After car trouble delays their journey, they find a hotel to stay in overnight where, the next morning, Julian returns from the breakfast bar with mugs of tea for his parents. Shortly after a few sips, Dad falls dead in the shower and Mom does the same on the floor of the hotel room. We see what happens, so we know what happens: This 13-year-old boy just killed his parents.
Except we don’t totally know. There’s something off-kilter about the kid and odd about the circumstances surrounding that trip to Niagara Falls that suggests there’s more going on here than meets the eye.
Heather Novak (Natalie Paul of The Deuce), the detective-in-training assigned to investigate the deaths, reaches out to Ambrose, an old friend of her father (played by Coon’s husband Tracy Letts), and asks him to serve as a consultant on the case. That brings Ambrose to Keller, New York, the upstate scene of the crime and also his hometown — which, as sparing flashbacks sprinkled throughout the first three episodes indicate, contains a wellspring of troubling childhood memories. While grappling with those recollections, Harry tries to develop a bond with Julian and help Heather poke at the most relevant holes in the story of what happened in that hotel. Then a woman named Vera (Coon) enters the picture, and things get even more complicated. She walks into the Keller police station demanding to see Julian for one very important reason: She says she’s his mother.
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Elements of other shows may creep into your head while watching season two of The Sinner, the same way memories simmer to the surface for Harry and, eventually, too, for Heather. The whole “reluctantly returning to one’s hometown to investigate a crime” scenario is reminiscent of Sharp Objects. The fact that Vera lives in a “utopian community” just outside of town, a place that’s viewed skeptically by Keller locals, gives this season a whiff of Wild, Wild Country. And naturally, certain story elements — like the fact that what seems to be an easy open-and-shut case is made more complex by Ambrose’s probing — share a lot in common with the first season of The Sinner.
Yet it doesn’t feel derivative. One of the greatest strengths of this season is its confidence in the compelling nature of the story itself to carry the day. Under the supervision of showrunner Derek Simonds, who also wrote the first episode, The Sinner takes twists and turns but is neither flashy nor heavy-handed. It’s straightforward, smart, and doesn’t condescend to its audience.
The same can be said of the cast’s performances. Coon is, as ever, thoroughly controlled, and she turns that steadiness into Vera’s biggest tell. The more firmly Vera says something, and the more sturdy and calm her demeanor seems, the more you get the sense that she’s hiding something. You also get the sense that you do not want to piss off this woman; if you watched The Leftovers, you already know that watching Carrie Coon dance right up to the line of losing her shit is one of the greatest pleasures TV has to offer.
Pullman — whose early reputation was built on playing ridiculously nice guys and presidents — resettles into his role as Harry beautifully. With a beard that’s a month away from going full Letterman, a beleaguered slouch, and eyes that still radiate warmth, he’s a detective raging very quietly against the dying of his own light. Meanwhile, as a confused kid who can suddenly lose all control, Henig (who played Zach Braff’s son on the short-lived Alex, Inc.) is also very believable.
The idea of a child killer is obviously disturbing, but The Sinner avoids drowning in its own grimness. Perhaps this is because, at least in the first three episodes, it backs away from getting overly gratuitous in its depictions of violence. The series is dark, but doesn’t revel in that darkness. It tells and shows what it needs to tell and show, and nothing more.
That’s why I’m tempted to say it’s a shame that The Sinner rolls out each episode on a weekly basis, since its addictive properties make it highly conducive to binge-watching. But consuming it week after week allows us to prolong the experience, the same way we try to extend the pleasure of a well-crafted, literary summer read. That’s what this season of The Sinner is: an intelligent August thriller that’ll hook you in so firmly, it’d be impossible to disengage from its grasp, even if Carrie Coon were not involved.
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Charles Connell and Company, shipbuilders of Scotstoun, Glasgow on the River Clyde.
1861 Company founded.
1861 Charles Connell bought his first yard at Scotstoun and manufactured his first ship, which was a steamer. Prior to this, he had worked at a number of other shipyards and was an experienced worker.
1860s Orders started flowing in almost immediately for sailing ships and tea clippers. Following this, the yard made twenty iron barques and another China tea clipper.
1865 See 1865 Clyde Shipbuilders for detail of the tonnage produced
1866 Launched the 630 ton 'Huntley Castle'
1870s The yard began making steamers.
1880s The yard moved away from iron and into steel production.
Connell died on 14th February 1884 and the yard was then run by Charles B. Connell (his eldest son) and his various brothers and half brothers. The yard continued making steel barques.
1889 See 1889 Shipbuilding Statistics for detail of the tonnage produced
1899 See 1899 Shipbuilding Statistics for detail of the tonnage produced.
1900s Steamers and liners dominated the output of the yard, along with steam yachts and passenger ships.
1902 Private company.
WWI The yard made seven sloops for the Admiralty, seventeen cargo liners, six standard tramps and tankers.
1919 The yard was modernised with tower cranes added to the landscape. It continued to manufacture around thirty ships during the post war period, which helped it to see out the difficult post war years
1930s However, the yard closed for eight years when the Depression hit. This was longer than almost any other shipyard. The yard opened again in 1938.
WWII The yard made 12 tramps, twelve cargo liners for private customers, and a fast cargo-liner. At the end of the war, the yard launched a large tank transport ferry.
1940s The yard spent much of its time rebuilding or replacing war damaged tramps.
1950s The yard was commissioned to build tankers, ore carriers and cargo-liners, with over 38 completed between 1946 and 1968.
1961 Engineers and shipbuilders. 950 employees.
1960s After a difficult period in the early 1960s, the Connell yard joined the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders on 7th Feb 1968.
The company was liquidated in 1971 and the Scotstoun yard became part of Govan Shipbuilders.
1973 The yard changed its name to Scotstoun Marine in 1973, the main output of the yard was cargo-liners. However, two reefers were also commissioned, and in the late 70s six huge cargo liners were built for the United Arab Shipping Co.
1980 The yard was closed.
Files referenced by the Scottish Archive Network [1] shows correspondence with David Rowan and Co, 1915-1954, and Dunsmore and Jackson, 1915-1920, presumably as suppliers of marine engines
[2] Wikipedia
British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss
The Engineer of 5th January 1866 p19
1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
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More Chinese to visit Myanmar during cultural tourism year: experts
By Li Xuanmin in Yangon Source:Global Times Published: 2020/1/15 14:13:40
A night market in Yangon, Myanmar, on Tuesday Photo: Li Xuanmin/GT
The number of Chinese tourists visiting Myanmar will increase during 2020 with the opening of the China-Myanmar cultural tourism year, booming bilateral relations under the Belt and Road Initiative and the opening of more direct flights, industry insiders and business representatives said.
The comments were made ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Myanmar from Friday to Saturday. During the visit, Xi, along with Myanmar leaders, will attend a series of events including the opening ceremony of the China-Myanmar cultural tourism year, China's Foreign Ministry announced.
U Kyaw Win, chairman of Myanmar company Shwe Than Lwin Group, which has extensive operations in local tourism, told the Global Times that he estimated more than 4.5 million tourists will visit Myanmar in 2020, and the number of Chinese tourists will jump quickly.
In the first eight months of 2019, about 1.94 million Chinese tourists visited Myanmar, up1.145 million from the same period in 2018, according to media reports.
U Kyaw Win said that the fast expansion was thanks to more direct flights from Chinese cities to Yangon, Mandalay and other cities in Myanmar as well as the arrangement for on-arrival visas for Chinese nationals.
At least 16 Chinese cities have direct flights to Myanmar.
U Kyaw Wei , chief executive officer of the Myanmar-China Cultural Tourism Promotion Association, told the Global Times on Wednesday that more Chinese cities will open direct flights to Yangon, Mandalay and the capital of Naypyidaw in 2020, which could provide a new boost to the bilateral tourism industry.
Li Qiuyan, Lvmama's branding development director, said that the number of Chinese tourists travelling to Myanmar via the platform is "quite small" compared with those visiting other Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. "But it is growing very fast."
Xi's visit will facilitate people-to-people exchanges between China and Myanmar, helping Chinese tourists to form a better understanding of the Southeast Asian neighbor's culture and traditions, and further triggering their interest, industry insiders said.
"There are many tourist attractions in Myanmar such as cultural and religious sites, ancient cities and beaches. Due to the similarities of culture, religion and tradition between China and Myanmar, Chinese tourists enthusiastically visit Myanmar where cultural heritage sites exist," U Kyaw Win said.
Xu Xiaolei, chief brand officer of China CYTS Tours Holding, told the Global Times that as China's young generation is undergoing a consumption upgrade, Myanmar's unique travel experience will cater to their needs.
"We hope Myanmar could become a new hot spot in China's outbound tourism," U Kyaw Wei said. "A booming tourism relationship will also cement paukphaw friendship, which means brother in Myanmese, and lead to cooperation in other fields."
But industry insiders also suggested Myanmar should further improve its accommodation facilities, such as transportation, hotels and catering services, to attract more tourists.
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6 Odd Things You Can Buy at Walmart
Keep your eye out for these wacky items that next time you're shopping at Walmart.
By Jodi Thornton-O'Connell June 13, 2017 Retail Credit Cards 101
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Walmart is a go-to place to find good deals on everyday products. But, you’ll also find some that are a little off beat.
Whether it’s a gag graduation gift or unique apparel to spice up your summer wardrobe, chances are you’re going to find items that aren’t run-of-the mill at the mega-retailer.
Here are a few weird things you can buy at Walmart this summer.
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1. Powdered Peanut Butter With Flax and Chia
Cost: $35.94 for a pack of six
If you go nuts over peanut butter, you probably like to carry it with you for a healthy pick-me-up when your blood sugar starts to drop. Noshing on the nutty paste can even help you clear your Eustachian tubes on an airplane flight, as you swallow and suck to get the sticky substance off the roof of your mouth. However, the Transportation Security Administration limits you to a mere 3.4 ounces for even the longest flights, and your peanut butter has to be crammed into a 1-quart baggie with your other liquids.
Find the solution pre-flight at Walmart. Peanut Butter & Co. Mighty Nut Flax & Chia Powdered Peanut Butter isn’t subject to liquid rules at the airport or anywhere else. The 6.5 ounce container even comes in a six-pack.
Best of all, you won’t have to worry about a well-meaning person in the seat next to you regaling you with how the fat in peanut butter can contribute to heart disease. It has 85 percent less fat than regular peanut butter, not to mention all that sweet heart-healthy fiber in the flax and chia.
If you’re just not ready for an entire six-pack of the stuff, you can order a single 6.5-ounce container off the company website for $6.50.
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2. Tuxedo Boxer Briefs
Cost: $19.95-$21.95
If you’re wondering what to wear underneath to that formal event, wonder no more. Walmart carries tuxedo boxer shorts and boxer briefs to give you the right foundation for whatever you decide to put over the top. Choose from slinky satin mesh, comfy velour or sleek cotton/Lycra blends.
Is it your big day? Opt for the Groom Tuxedo Boxer Brief by NDS Wear. Or let her know the right one didn’t get away with the Under Disguise Mr. Right Valentine’s Day Tuxedo Boxer Brief. It says so right there on your left thigh.
Don’t forget to stock up on tuxedo underwear for the holidays. When it’s time for the wearin’ of the green on St. Patrick’s Day, your backside is covered with Walmart’s selection of green tuxedo boxers with a lucky four-leaf clover on the lapel. A Halloween version of the tuxedo boxers is something Count Dracula might wear. It even comes with a cape attached to the back. Walmart tuxedo briefs also come in fun colors like blue and red.
3. Pickle-Flavored Ice Pops
Cost: $2.92 for six 2-ounce pops
Back in great-grandpappy’s day, getting a fresh pickle from the barrel at the general store was a real treat. Pickle barrels are in short supply in stores today, but that doesn’t mean kids — and adults — stopped enjoying cool pickle-flavored treats.
Walmart to the rescue: Bob’s Pickle Pops aren’t just pickled-flavored treats, they’re 100 percent pickle juice squeezed from dill pickles with nothing else added.
The surprising part is that they actually might be good for you, though the science is inconclusive. Some schools buy them as alternatives to sugary sweets, and some athletes claim they help prevent muscle cramping.
Walmart’s price of $2.92 for six isn’t expensive: Some websites sell them for $12.99 for the same amount. You can save yourself more dough by making them yourself. Just send fresh, crunchy dill pickles through your extraction juicer, mix the juice with the brine from the jar and freeze in a popsicle mold.
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4. Electronic Yodelling Pickle
Cost: $13 to $15.99
If all that pickle juice goodness has you wanting to sing, yodel along with the Yodelling Pickle. Just push a button on the side of the pickle and it will serenade you with a melodic yodeling song.
Get some friends together and have your own yodelling pickle quartet. Or go totally wild and make your own yodelling pickle orchestra.
The Yodelling Pickle comes in a Christmas ornament size, too. Hang The Lucky Yodelling Christmas Pickle Ornament from your tree, turn on the motion-activated feature and watch the fun as Fluffy or Grandma checks it out.
Walmart carries the Yodelling Pickle and the Yodelling Pickle Ornament cheaper than online sites selling it for $16.99. So go ahead and pick up the toy when shopping at Walmart for your dills and gherkins.
5. Camouflage Cake Mix
Cost: $2.48 for an 18.25 ounce box
If someone in your life is a lover of the great outdoors, show them how "deer" they are to you with a camouflage cake.
The Camouflage Cake Mix by master cake maker Duff Goldman sells for just $2.48. It comes in two color options: Traditional green camo for the boys and pink camo for the girls. It's truly the cake mix you've been hunting for.
6. Duck Dynasty Role Play Sets
Cost: approximately $12
The Duck Dynasty series might have rolled its final episode of its 11-season run at the end of March 2017, but it’s not forgotten. The beard-bedecked Robertson family struck it rich with the series that aired beginning in 2012. They entertained audiences with their Southern charm and hi-jinks.
Pick up boxed sets of each season for under $10 at Walmart so you can laugh along for years to come, and grab a Duck Dynasty Willie Role Play Set while you’re there. The set comes with the sweet oversized beard as well as the famous patriotic bandana and a duck call. The set sells for $40 on Amazon, making it a super Walmart score.
Don’t let Willie get lonely. Pick up an Uncle Si role playing set at Walmart for $16.98. The set comes with Si’s signature glasses, gray beard, hat with gray ponytail and tea cup. You won’t find Uncle Si cheaper anywhere else. In fact, he’s hard to find online at all.
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Walmart and other prices are accurate as of June 1, 2017.
Jodi Thornton-O'Connell
Jodi O’Connell is a freelance wordsmith based in Sedona, Arizona, who writes about everything from vacation vagary and adventure sports to real estate and pets. She spent more than a decade in Arizona’s real estate industry advising first-time homebuyers and commercial investors before indulging her passion for the written word on a full-time basis. Her articles appear on websites as diverse as U.S. News and World Report, USA Today, Hipmunk, Roots Rated, and Travelocity.
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Deathly Silent Cars Made Safer with Aftermarket Product
New research shows millions of Brits could benefit by switching to an electric vehicle - but a road safety expert warns many are still 'silent killers'. Vehicle safety expert Chris Hanson-Abbott OBE, of Brigade Electronics, says drivers thinking of making the change must be aware of how dangerously quiet the cars can be. Chris, who introduced the reversing alarm to the UK back in 1976, says the popularity of electric vehicles is soaring - and with good reason. He added: "The best EVs can now cover more than 200 miles on a single charge, the cost benefits are tangible, and the environmental impact is profound. But drivers must be wary of their safety limitations." In a bid to tackle the issue, Brigade has developed an aftermarket solution - the Quiet Vehicle Sounder. It is designed to save lives by producing a distinctive sound. It is highly directional, enabling a pedestrian to tell where the vehicle is, and it varies in pitch and tone as the vehicle speeds up or slows down.
Barn-Find Jaguar XK120 Comes To Market For First Time In 50 Years
A rare 1954 Jaguar XK120 in barn-find condition is set to get classic car collectors bidding when it goes to auction this month with The Market, the original online classic car auction house. Residing on a farm in Wales for the past 50 years as an ongoing restoration project, the classic Jaguar is one of just 151 right hand drive, fixed-head coupe models made for the UK market, of which around 57 are believed to exist today. Presented in partially-built yet largely complete condition, the car is for sale from its second owner. It has its original chassis and engine for an auction estimate of £25,000 to £35,000. A certificate from Jaguar Heritage which accompanies the car confirms that it was manufactured on 16th March 1954 and distributed by Byatts of Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, originally finished in Birch Grey with a grey leather interior. Potential buyers looking to purchase a car with The Market pay only what they bid with no additional fees or commission. The auction will run online only and begin on 20th November, closing at 8pm on 27th November.
ASTON MARTIN OPENS DOOR TO INTERIOR DETAILS & PRICING OF DBX
Combining the results of intensive customer research and Aston Martin's expertise in hand-crafted interiors, the luxury British marque has released the first image showcasing the finely crafted cabin of the Aston Martin DBX. DBX has been designed inside out to ensure owners feel instantly at home from the moment they enter the spacious cabin. They have used a bespoke chassis allowing them to tailor the interior space to the specific needs of DBX's customers. Over six months were spent solely focused on defining the position of the driver within the vehicle. Fundamentally, DBX offers a cabin that gives the driver an instant and relaxed confidence, yet offers the promise of dynamic performance to reward the most discerning driver. The landmark model's Recommended Retail Price has been confirmed at £158,000.
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The UK's Best Cars for Families with Young Children Revealed
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Earn as You Drive with Jaguar Land Rover
An innovative 'Smart Wallet' technology which is being tested by Jaguar Land Rover will let drivers earn cryptocurrency on the go. Drivers will be able to earn cryptocurrency and make payments on the move using innovative connected car services being tested by Jaguar Land Rover. Using 'Smart Wallet' technology, owners earn credits by enabling their cars to automatically report useful road condition data such as traffic congestion or potholes to navigation providers or local authorities. Drivers can then redeem these for rewards such as coffee, or conveniently use them to automatically pay tolls, parking fees and for smart charging electric vehicles.
Plug-In Cars At Record Numbers
According to new Motorparc data released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders or SMMT, last year, the number of plug-in electric cars on British roads grew by three quarters. The UK's largest automotive analysis shows there is now a record 195,410 plug-in vehicles on our roads. As drivers take advantage of the latest low emission vehicle technology - whether petrol, diesel or AFV - it means that the average CO2 emissions for the UK Motorparc have fallen to the lowest on record, down -17.8% compared with 2008. Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive, said, "Thanks to massive investment from manufacturers in delivering a wide range of models across all fuel types, to suit all driving needs, environmental gains are now being delivered across the UK. Ever-more advanced in technology makes every new generation of vehicle more efficient than the last, and this is filtering rapidly from the new car market into the broader parc." Overall ownership of alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFVs) increased by almost 30% last year, with more than 620,000 hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery electric cars now in use. It's thanks to manufacturer investment in advanced powertrains, transmission types, lightweight materials and aerodynamics, that cars are more efficient than ever before and drivers are seeing the benefits. The UK's record 34.9 million-strong car fleet has never been more diverse, with more than 1,600 model ranges and almost 68,000 different specifications on the roads last year. "Fleet renewal is proven to work," continues Hawes, "so we need a world-class package of incentives and infrastructure to give motorists the confidence to buy the latest, cleanest cars, whatever the fuel type, in the greater numbers we need to meet environmental challenges." While superminis continued to dominate, making up a third (33.2%) of all cars in the parc, dual purpose vehicles saw the biggest growth, up 10.6%. At the same time, family hatches and saloons (upper medium) saw the largest fall, down -4.7% to four million. Elsewhere, the data reveals that female car ownership remains at a record high, surpassing 2017's level by 1.4%, with more than 12 million cars now owned by women. Cars registered to men also rose moderately by 0.5% to almost 17.9 million.
FORD - Changing The Way We Charge Our Electric Cars
For many people and businesses, when it comes to switching to a fully electric vehicle, there is a concern that charging stations will not be there when they are needed. However, Ford has now come up with a concept to help allay those concerns. The basis for this new approach is using big data to identify the most beneficial places to locate new rapid-charging points. Data scientists at the company have developed an algorithm, based on more than 1 million kilometres of driving data to pinpoint the places that could help drivers integrate charging within their operating patterns. This will alleviate having to make special journeys to out-of-the way locations. "Being able to harness, analyse and leverage the huge amounts of data that is available through existing vehicle use can make a real difference to how easy we find it to get about in the cities of the future," said John Scott, project lead, City Data Solutions, Ford Mobility. "We at Ford are committed to delivering smart vehicles for a smart world - including electric vehicles that will contribute to cleaner, quieter towns and cities." Following in-depth analysis in Greater London, the team concluded that it would be possible to significantly improve access to on-the-go charging through deploying a relatively small number of strategically positioned rapid-charging stations. Ford City Data Solutions Report As part of its far-reaching Ford City Data Solutions Report, published in December 2018, Ford fitted 160 connected vans with a simple plug-in device to record journey data. With the consent of participants, this generated more than 500 million data points, from more than 15,000 days of vehicle use, that was sent to the cloud for analysis. It was from this data, captured over an eight-month period, that Ford's Global Data Insight and Analytics team were able to identify where charging points would be most useful to a fleet. "Electrification changes the way we drive - and refuel - our vehicles," said Scott. "In locating these additional charging points, we've attempted to take into account regular driving and stopping patterns so that topping up slots into drivers' regular day-to-day activities." This announcement is ahead of the plug-in Transit Custom van and Tourneo Custom people carrier that go on sale later this year.
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Why Veganism is the Future
by Charles Weller March 30, 2018
Let's take a look at the FACTS:
Between 6 and 10% of the planet’s mortality rates and 29 to 70% of greenhouse gas emissions could be cut if the world went primarily vegan.
70 Billion land animals are slaughtered globally each year.
The Worldwatch Institute estimates that livestock and their byproducts create 51% of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.
This year the first plant-based medical center opened up in Washington, D.C. and other medical programs are offering residents training to help patients treat chronic health conditions with plant-based eating.
There has yet to be another move that significantly addresses--and even reverses--as lots of the significant health and environmental concerns out there since the vegan movement.
One study that made its rounds earlier this year researched an idealized change toward plant-based ingestion and predicted that between 6 and 10% of the world's mortality rates and 29 to 70% of greenhouse gas emissions could be cut if the world went mostly vegan. Fortunately, if we believe some recent trends, it appears we're already headed in this direction.
In regards to animal suffering, eating meat, egg and dairy products are the biggest culprits globally, hands down. It may feel fine to exercise our outrage about a cat and dog abuse we see in the news, but when 70,000,000,000 (yes, that's billion) land animals are slaughtered worldwide each year--since our diet needs it--our outrage is seriously missing.
Mercy for Animals, an animal rights nonprofit organization, is famous for its undercover investigations exposing the general public to what goes on behind closely hidden slaughterhouse doors. Due to their hard work people have seen the horrors of both business-as-usual clinics and horrendous abuse by employees at big names like Perdue, Tyson, Butterball, Seaboard Foods, Maple Lodge Farms and countless others.
And the public isn't liking what it is seeing. The ability of this documentary has shown how companies can have the wind knocked out of the sails from clients taking a glance at what is behind the curtain. The volatile momentum of Blackfish and SeaWorld's travel from scoffing refusal to announcing its ending to orca breeding programs is sufficient to observe how an educated public can create real change. Ringing Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circuses are also felt the heat from activists and decided to "retire" the dinosaurs that have lived in misuse as entertainers (however, some of those majestic creatures will face a future in cancer research experimentation, so we still have work to do).
With climate change becoming harder and harder to deny--although some still cling desperately to their snowballs and lack of critical thinking--the effects of animal agriculture on the world's fate may also no longer be overlooked. 1 report from earlier this year demonstrated that some of the highest poultry and meat producers, such as Tyson and Perdue, have a much bigger pollution footprint compared to Exxon Mobil. The Worldwatch Institute estimates that livestock and their byproducts create 51% of all greenhouse gas emissions globally. Even if these numbers are too large to completely understand, seeing what animal agriculture is doing to our world with our own eyes can change hearts and minds in an instant.
There are awakenings blossoming into larger and more impactful moves in the health and health care fields, also. This year the first plant-based medical center opened up in Washington, D.C. and other medical programs are providing residents training to assist patients to cure chronic health issues with plant-based eating.
And just this month that the American Osteopathic Association published a study of 1.5 million people showing how meat-eating increases mortality rates throughout the board.
The term "vegan" is now a household name recently as restaurants add it to their menus, grocery stores carry more veg-friendly choices and net surfers Google the term increasingly.
In actuality, vegan "meat" earnings, especially, are expected to skyrocket over the next few decades. The growing success of organizations like Hampton Creek and Beyond Meat (and the anxiety-laden strikes by companies fearful of losing clients) illustrate a change toward more conscious consumerism. Other nations also have undergone a dramatic shift toward plant-based fare. Germany's vegetarian choices have increased 600% in the past four decades and one-third of Canadians now admit to eating less meat.
A Chatham House poll even discovered that people are open to the notion of taxing meat to fight its harmful impacts on the environment and our health! In a world where men's magazine GQ called a veggie burger its "best burger of this year" the businesses who rely on customers purchasing animal products are shaking in their boots. Not only will they urge the criminalization of documenting what goes on behind their closed doors, but businesses will also be releasing advice on "How to Prevent selecting an Animal Rights Activist." Seriously.
Consumers are already demanding more "humanist" animal products, largely by searching for labels like cage-free, pasture-raised, grass-fed, etc..
What the people will recognize in time is exactly what the business deems humane is far from what we may envision as causing no injury. All of these trends indicate something: a change toward empathy. Rather, it's a shift back toward empathy. As we grow up we're taught that compassion is sweet and admirable if it's through a child's eyes, but feeble through an adult's.
By choosing foods and products that resist the status quo of violence and devastation we're casting a vote for conservation and kindness. We're reminded to share with others, not to be mean to other people, to clean up after ourselves--the fundamental lessons we learn in the earliest stages of our lives. And veganism is most definitely the future.
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Gilbert + Tobin advised Pacific Group Bidco Pty Ltd, an entity owned by funds advised by Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) on the financing aspects of its acquisition of 100% of the shares in Citadel Group Limited by way of a scheme of arrangement.
Pacific Equity Partners secured support for its $449 million acquisition of Citadel Group Limited (Citadel) by receiving backing for the approach from the company’s Board back in September 2020. The scheme was approved by the Federal Court on 7 December 2020 and was implemented on 17 December 2020.
Citadel is an ASX-listed software and technology company that specialises in secure enterprise information management across health, national security, defence and corporate enterprises. The company specialises in providing core software for medical specialists and secure records management software, technology and professional services to a diversified set of Government clients in Australia and the UK. It has recently made a push into healthcare software.
Gilbert + Tobin is a leading legal advisor to private equity firms in Australia and has worked with PEP across a number of corporate and financing deals.
The G+T team was led by Banking + Infrastructure partner John Schembri, supported by partner Spiro Papadolias, lawyer Corrie Eames and graduate Logan O’Brien.
John Schembri and Spiro Papadolias said, “We are proud to have been involved in such a significant public to private transaction for our longstanding and highly valued client, Pacific Equity Partners. The acquisition of Citadel will complement their portfolio of investments and we look forward to Citadel’s continued growth in this market under PEP ownership.”
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In the occupied West Bank, “Undesirable life is ended, and unauthorized death is banned.”
So we should ask Mohammed Al-Durra. He isn’t dead again.
Recall his face. Even from a government one of the chief exports of which is images of screaming children, his was particularly choice, tucked behind his desperate father, pinned by fire. Until Israeli bullets visit them and they both go limp. He for good. Pour encourager les autres.
Now, though, thirteen years after he was shot on camera—one year more than he lived—he has been brought back to life. But wait before you celebrate: there are no very clear protocols for this strange paper resurrection. Mohammed Al-Durra is a bureaucratic Lazarus. After a long official investigation, by the power vested in it, the Israeli government has declared him not dead. He did not die.
There was another boy at the hospital, there were no injuries, it was a trick. A blood libel to suggest he was killed by Israelis, the same day as were Nizar Aida and Khaled al-Bazyan, one day before Muhammad al-Abasi and Sara Hasan and Samer Tubanja and Sami al-Taramsi and Hussam Bakhit and Iyad al-Khashishi, two before Wael Qatawi and Aseel Asleh, three before Hussam al-Hamshari and Amr al-Rifai, but stop because listing killed children takes a long time. Keep his name out of that file.
Jamal Al-Durra will open his son’s grave. “Is that enough?” he asks with a unique exhaustion. “To prove that this thing we saw happen happened, that the boy we saw die died?”
The task is complete. Wheels are spinning. A new pass law. The IDF has been sent, a checkpoint set up at the border of the land of the dead. And Mohammed Al-Durra has been hard-stopped by the guards because he does not carry the right papers.
Undesirable life is ended, and unauthorized death is banned. Where is Mohammed to go now, the victim of this necrocide, this murder of the killed?
Between wire runnels, tangled chains, cages, again. Again, again. Maybe that’s where the shot-again newly unkilled boy will kick his heels. A purgatory not for the unshriven but for the troublesomely Arab, for the death-contested.
In Jerusalem, the government decrees that Palestinian deceased sublimate after seven years, to be absent, to go to the nothingness that their recalcitrant bodies, living then dead, resist. They absent themselves finally from the real estate they hog, and at last it can be where a cable car touches down. It can be a foundation for engines.
“Peace is a corrupt business in Palestine,” he says.
Driving in from Allenby, the rock gorge has been hacked ruthlessly out of the mountains and protruding from one part is a jagged fringe of metal where some once-submerged and hidden corridor has been exposed and left to weather and dangle from its housing.
Yes, we know the holy land is now a land of holes, and lines, a freakshow of topography gone utterly and hideously mad, that the war against Palestinians is also a war against everyday life, against human space, a war waged with all expected hardware, with violent weaponized absurdism, with tons and tons of concrete and girders. This is truism, and/but true.
“Settler” is an odd term for these vectors of the unsettling, government-sponsored agents of government-desired permanent crisis, for whom stability and everyday life is anathema to be fought unstintingly, with bullets and beatdowns and strategies of berserker spite.
The low mesh sky of Al-Khalil market is pelted with its own grotesque microclimate. Hebron. These low clouds are piss-bottles, concrete slabs, storms of trash, a suspended weather of race-hate. Stand between stallholders whose dogged sales patter become heroics in the shadows of bags of shit, stand by a ledge where a ginger kitten picks intrepidly through razor-wire and look up. There’s something brewing.
They used to play games, she explains. She and her friends were told to behave or else the Settler would come and get them. They knew his name, they knew he had a wooden leg, they convinced each other and themselves that they could hear him coming. Clack drag clack drag clack. They knew the scary rhythms and covered their mouths. Those sounds he made. They pantomimed the terrible things he would do if he caught them. Much later, she read a newspaper and of course he had been real.
In Jerusalem, the flags on the stolen house metastasize. They jut vertically, of course, and horizontally, but then they protrude at all ludicrous angles in between, as if any sough of Palestinian air unruffled by the white and blue is an outrage. They must not leave a breath unclaimed.
There is a mannequin in Al-Khalil, in the market, a plastic woman with very pale skin and outdated hair, modeling a long black dress with red trim. She stares stupidly ahead, as if she would like you to join her in ignoring the hole in her forehead, almost exactly in the center, only a little to the right, where her eyebrow ends. It is just like the hole a bullet would make if this placid woman had been targeted by a sniper. Move to the side: the right rear of her head is gone. Yes, that’s where the exit wound would be, and it would pass through much like that, yes, leaving a hole like that one, shaped, I swear to God, like that one; like something big and familiar.
The young Jewish woman turns and gasps as you follow her into Qalandiya, through steel runs that are too narrow. She says “I can’t believe this was designed by people with these memories.” An entrance to discourage entrance in the first place, but, like a pitcher plant, to make it impossible, once entered, to change your mind.
There’s a place where the wall incorporates a house. If you hang a picture up you decorate the inside of that dorsal ridge, the scales of that rising concrete animal.
And in its wedge of shadow the long stupid zigzag of the checkpoint between Bethlehem and Jerusalem is indicated with a sign, there on the Bethlehem side. Entrance, it says, white on green, and points to the cattle run. Inside are all the ranks of places to wait, the revolving grinder doors, green lights that may or may not mean a thing, the conveyor belts and metal detectors and soldiers and more doors, more metal striae, more gates.
Finally, for those who emerge on the city side, who come out in the sun and go on, there is a sign they, you, we have seen before. White on green, pointing back the way just come.
Entrance, it says. Just like its counterpart on the other side of a line of division, a non-place.
No exit is marked.
The arrows both point in. Straight towards each other. The logic of the worst dream. They beckon. They are for those who will always be outside, and they point the way to go. Enter to discover you’ve gone the only way, exactly the wrong way.
Entrance: a serious injunction. A demand. Their pointing is the pull of a black hole. Their directions meet at a horizon. Was it ever a gateway between? A checkpoint become its own end.
This is the plan. The arrows point force at each other like the walls of a trash compactor. Obey them and people will slowly approach each other and edge closer and closer from each side and meet at last, head on like women and men walking into their own reflections, but mashed instead into each other, crushed into a mass.
Entrance, entrance. These directions are peremptory, their signwriters voracious, insisting on obedience everywhere, impatient for the whole of Palestine to take its turn, the turn demanded, until every woman and man and child is waiting on one side or the other in long long lines, snaking across their land like the wall, shuffling into Israel’s eternal and undivided capital, CheckPointVille, at which all compasses point, towards which winds go, and there at the end of the metal run the huge, docile, cow-like crowds will in this fond, politicidal, necrocidal, psyche-cidal fantasy, meet and keep taking tiny steps forward held up by the narrowness of the walls until they press into each others’ substance and their skins breach and their bones mix and they fall into gravity one with the next. Palestine as plasma. Amorphous. Amoebal. Condensed. Women and men at point zero. Shrunken by weight, eaten and not digested. An infinite mass, in an infinitely small space.
In the bowels of that hangar where the lines of those arrows meet are advertisements. “Israel,” one says in that no-place, on the line in the sand, “where it’s vacation all year round.”
Please understand that there is nothing unthinking about that joke, that these are exactly the posters a Palestinian is supposed to see at this point, that this is information she needs, now move on, keep going on this time out of time, time off, this vacation you have been given on the sand. You are beached. Get out.
There is no out. The signs are very clear. Everything is an entrance, and it all leads here.
In Hebrew, Arabic, and English, in black on yellow: “Prepare your documents for inspection.” And below that another of the posters. Under the smiling, piggy-backing couple: “Israel: For the time of your life.”
It’s not intended to be a surprise. So that is the plan and there it is. Here is time, and your life. Have everyone shuffle forward for all time on this bad, bad holiday, into this eternity.
You are supposed to follow the signs. Here is the idea. It will be explained again, as often as it takes. The end is not to be three strangers in a room alone but a nation, two near-unending lines of broken living and the authorized dead, ordered forward and pushing and pushed and becoming nothing. What is lawfully inscribed here is not “No Exit”: it is “Entrance—Entrance.”
China Miéville is the author of nine novels and two books of non-fiction, as well as comic books and many short stories. Miéville has won the Hugo, World Fantasy and Arthur C. Clarke Award (three times). He visited the West Bank as a guest of the Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest), where this piece was written and performed in Nablus. He lives in London.
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3 Comments on “Exit Strategy”
Devra says:
This fascinating interpretation of the carefully-considered cruelty of Israel is one of a growing number of articles showing the oppression suffered in the West Bank (Palestinian Occupied Territories). The issue is, how can such accounts be put before mainstream, especially USA, mainstream publications?
Often, as I suspect in the case of Guernica, they are speaking to the converted, or the ones who have always understood the facts of Palestinian life in the OPT. I applaud and at the same time curse that it is taking so long for the USA in particular to wake up to the facts and, more importantly, stand up to Israel.
MAH says:
Complete and utter drivel.
There are plenty of Israeli policies to criticize but to paint a one sided and tainted picture of the reality in the region is quite another.
It is entirely possible the Israelis have tired of hearing decades long, state sponsored bigotry and racism with promises to ‘Finish what Hitler started!’ and ‘God in heaven, Hitler on earth!’ as mantras. Given that truth, the Israelis have been remarkably restrained.
The occupation didn’t happen as a result of Israeli militarism- it began as an exercise by Arab states to invade and ‘slaughter Jews’.
By all accounts-the UN, NATO, Quartet-, peace could be had predicated on three pillars:
Cessation of terror
Secure borders
Which of those things are too onerous a burden for the Palestinians?
This was a beautiful piece. I would love to have heard it performed. Thank you for paying attention to the plight of Palestinians under occupation.
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